FAWM: "Malicious Prophecy"

Malicious Prophecy

2 weeks ago by @emplate

Malicious Prophecy

emplate

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Liner Notes

Opening with some bestial black/death metal! This kinda just flowed out of me, so I guess I'm off to a good start. A hefty dose of war metal gods that are Blasphemy in this one, I suppose.

Full disclosure, these previously unused lyrics have mostly been written a bit under a year ago... I made tiny adjustments to them, but mostly they're NOT from this February.

Oh and by the way. If you enjoy this kind of grinding warnoise, then keep your eyes peeled for my band Hoc est Bellum's debut full-length! News about that coming during the first half of this year.

#blackmetal #deathmetal #grindcore #warmetal #bestialblackmetal #metal #mnet

Lyrics

The seals of the black gate break And the beast will take his throne Deep from the belly of earth A roar of malicious prophecy

Piercing the entrails of the kingdom Digging a hole for the mass grave

Rotten walls breathe pestilence Nigredo in the flames of the world Funereal smoke covering the sun Eclipse marking the final chapter

Digging a hole for the mass grave

Comments

@hazydave 2d

Great production! I'd bring the vocals forward just a bit, they sound good. I know you said you just growl, but what else would you need for black metal? I'd just like to hear 'em a bit better.

@emplate 2d

Thank you for the comment! Listening to it, I feel the vocals are hearable. I do think in this kind of music they should be just part of the wall of sound, not particularly the lead instrument. But it has to be said that I've always struggled with mixing vocals and hated it. I just can't seem to get a good sound to them. So maybe I subconsciously bury them to hide what I feel to be a subpar sound, hahah! Well, luckily it's FAWM, so doesn't have to be perfect. Oh, and thanks for the compliment on overall production. I'm starting to be fairly pleased with the guitar and bass tone I'm getting.

@bamsekarhu 4d

Heii hoii the production is kick-ass! Also your örppäs are somehow getting better by the year! Filthyyyyyyy

@emplate 4d

Thank you so much! I feel like I've been rusty with my vox the whole FAWM, so feels nice to get some good feedback 😅

@informationisfree 4d

Those drums sound great. What are you using??

@emplate 4d

Thanks! They're Addictive Drums 2, Drumkit from Hell package.

@howthenightcame 1w

absolutely stellar guitar riffs and tone, the slides around 1m12s slay

great opener!!

@emplate 1w

Thank you! Yes, the pickslides are a homage to the gods of war metal, Conqueror!

@sierain 1w

Is there anything better than opening with a song tagged black metal, death metal and grindcore? Absolutely brutal and unforgiving!

@emplate 1w

Cheers! I really dig the combination of those three brutal genres.

@hatebreeder 2w

Absolutely love it!

@emplate 1w

Awesome, thank you!

@tomgage 2w

This goes so very very hard

@emplate 2w

Cheers! That was the aim, heheh!

@nadine 2w

Great way to start FAWM. I love this aggressive sound. Dude that guitar tone and screeching

@emplate 2w

Thank you! Like I said to a previous commenter, I've honed the guitar tone little by little during the last few years, so I'm happy if it shows :)

@daveydesade 2w

Yay! I love that it keeps the vibe of old black and grind recordings but you can actually hear the music.

@emplate 2w

Cheers!

@danb 2w

Brutal. Love the guitar tone.

@emplate 2w

Thank you! I've spent a few years tweaking it, so I hope it shows at least a little, heh!

@markujiro 2w

Malicious

@emplate 2w

Splendid!

@shingleton 2w

Absolutely nasty. Beautiful stuff.

@emplate 2w

Thank you! Nasty is what I aim for.

@scotttumilty 2w

The second song I listen to this year, and it has blast beats. Fucking. Yes.

@emplate 2w

Cheers! Hope you enjoyed the blasting!

@danxduran 2w

Gonna be some good competition for riffs this year. What's your rig?

@emplate 2w

Thank you for the comment! I use a Yamaha THR10X amp plugged straight into the computer with USB. I use external pedals for that gnarly distortion, which are both made by my friends. The other one's Shivver by Unsound Circuitry https://unsoundcircuitry.bigcartel.com/product/shivver The other, which I also use for bass, is Frank's Spaghetti by fellow fawmer @hmorg

I boost that one with Boss SD-1. The cab sims come straight from the Yamaha computer desktop editor.

@markujiro 2w

Yay

@sapient 2w

Ah... now THAT'S what I was waiting for. Thank the gods you are here, making noise like this. It's just absolutely the right sort of fukkin brutal. Oh, this is going to be a good FAWM, isn't it?!

@emplate 2w

Ave! Oh, my man, it is going to be GLORIOUS!