Published my album! (Thraeol - instrumental metal, tech, prog, shred etc.)

BMU

Go check it out over here on Bandcamp:
http://thraeol.bandcamp.com/

Some of you have heard some of these songs in earlier form. Some are new. They've all been mixed & mastered (by someone who knows what they're doing, not me) re-tracked where required, new sections added etc.

Lethe

Awesome! Well done! Gonna start listening now ?

LooneyAtTheGate

Brilliant! \m/ ?\m/
You going to perform this live?

evolucian

?arty: :goodtimes:
Nice one bud... sounding purdy

BMU

Thanks, thanks and thanks. Much appreciate.

Some fascinating insights from day 1 on Bandcamp:
-Today alone, about 20 new metal albums were published. I've already been pushed onto page 3, when ranking by 'latest releases'.
- I've received upward of 200 song plays (thanks mainly to Facebook and good friends, who told their friends), this is great. But I actually *sold* 2 (two) album downloads.
- Only 25 Metal acts sold more than 2 album downloads today. Because with my 2 sales, I'm still ranked 26th by popularity. If I'm interpreting their ranking order correctly.
- This also implies that many of those 20 new albums sold nothing on their first day.

So now you know why we play metal: it's for the big bucks, fame and chicks.

Live? Nah. That would be tedious. Re-learning stuff that's already been done. Not to mention time consuming, expensive and inconvenient. I am however doing the part I DO like: writing and recording NEW stuff! ?

BMU

Ooh! Look at my lame banner ad! ?

domhatch

BMU wrote: Ooh! Look at my lame banner ad! ?

it's not lame if people click on it. i did... ?

V8

Wow, awesome.

Not much metal in my playlists anymore, but this is seriously impressive stuff :applause:

BMU

domhatch wrote:
BMU wrote: Ooh! Look at my lame banner ad! ?

it's not lame if people click on it. i did... ?

You're right! It just feels weird. Thanks for clicking!

V8 wrote: Wow, awesome.

Not much metal in my playlists anymore, but this is seriously impressive stuff :applause:

Cool! Thx for listening!

shaunf

I really enjoyed that dude! You're one hell of a player!

Psean

Congrats for getting it out there :goodtimes: Had a quick flip through but must still give it a proper listen.

BMU

shaunf wrote: I really enjoyed that dude! You're one hell of a player!

Thanks man.

Psean wrote: Congrats for getting it out there :goodtimes: Had a quick flip through but must still give it a proper listen.

Thx, yeah it's been quite a journey! Thanks for checking in.

andrewjbryson

Awesome awesome stuff man.

My favourites have to be - Careful With Those Beryllium Hemispheres & Sword in the water

Love when the 2 lead tones "merge" at the end of a passage (0:40) and also the unexpected changes in the song, yet it flows seemlessly.

Your production and playing is sounding better than ever.

Keep it up.

BMU

@AJB - thanks man, that means a lot.

unexpected changes in the song, yet it flows seemlessly

Yeah it just came to me, effortlessly. BWAAHAAHAA I'm talking shit. It was a royal pain to arrange and make it flow. Like "maybe I should quit 'cos I'm useless at this", level of pain-in-the-assness ?

Yeah the popular (and I use the term loosely haha) favourites are Beryllium, Sword and some people like Flexaeon for its undercurrent of synth weirdness.

Conrad

Brilliant! Well done man!

Beautiful playing.

BMU

@Conrad - thank you sir. I remember your kind comments in the very first song I posted here a few years ago so thanks! Others too but you stood out 'cos, like, classical dude showing appreciation for the shreddy metalz. ?

@AJB - just to clarify, producing credits belong to www.numbskullaudio.com in the UK. Great dude. I decided to focus on the music only, otherwise there'd still be no album. (Not to mention it would sound like crap.)

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It's a little besides the point saying it, but obviously well done on getting a whole album done, recorded, produced...and SOLD! It's a bit different from my usual listening material, but it made me feel 13 again.

ZarK

@BMU: Really enjoyed listening to your creations. Not a single track I didn't enjoy. Good stuff. Congrats! :goodtimes:

BMU

Viccy wrote: It's a little besides the point saying it, but obviously well done on getting a whole album done, recorded, produced...and SOLD!

I'm a little surprised it finally really happened myself. Sold well..maybe. But at least listened to. Playcount is just over 500 now so I feel good about it!

It's a bit different from my usual listening material, but it made me feel 13 again.

Mission accomplished!!

ZarK wrote: @BMU: Really enjoyed listening to your creations. Not a single track I didn't enjoy. Good stuff. Congrats! :goodtimes:

Thanks man, great to hear.

ZarK

BMU wrote:
ZarK wrote: @BMU: Really enjoyed listening to your creations. Not a single track I didn't enjoy. Good stuff. Congrats! :goodtimes:
Thanks man, great to hear.

Listening to your tunes right now. This time with a decent headset. Dean used for all recordings?