After injuring my arm at the beginning of 2020 I was rendered pretty much unable to play the guitar for at least 9 months while I recovered.  This meant I had to re-learn playing the guitar, and after many months I got good enough to start recording again. So here we are. Enjoy

Overcome

I actually wrote the basics of this song a couple of years ago, and after digging around on my PC late last year I found the files and decided to work on it some more.  This song is heavily influenced by early Metallica - in particular the songs No Remorse, Seek & Destroy and Disposable Heroes.  I'm not going to sugar coat it - the main riff sounds A LOT like No Remorse's chorus riff, but I feel I have brought enough of my own ideas to the table to make a very different feeling song.  There are 2 tempo changes, and with them come a mood change that really grew on me the more I listened to the track.  Hope you enjoy it!  AO x

Fear No More by Andy O'Flaherty

I originally put out a version of this song 6 months ago, but I was never really happy with it.  The song, essentially 2 songs stuck together with a similar theme, had a first part that was boring and long compared to the second half, which was miles better.  Over the last 6 months I have listened to it and decided to change the first half of the song to make it a bit more interesting.  I hope you enjoy it! Oh, if anyone is interested the original song is still on here, but I think you'll agree this one is much better.  Thanks to my guitar teacher Neil Mellor for his input on parts of this track.

Drawn To The Unknown V2 by Andy O'Flaherty

This originally started out as what here is the 'verse' lead melody, and I wanted this to be the opener to my album, but as the song started to take shape it became pretty obvious that it is more an end of album track.  I think it has a bit of an Iron Maiden vibe going on, which is no bad thing.  Enjoy!

The Hallowed Beyond by Andy O'Flaherty

Back when I very first started making music I made a song called 'The Contest Begins' using Music 2000 (it's on here if you're interested).  Well, now I'm actually good enough to play the song for real.... so I did.  Enjoy!

Breaking Old Ground by Andy O'Flaherty

This song brings together a few ideas that I have been messing about with for a while.  I don't try and hide how heavily influenced by Metallica I am, and this song borrows massively from 'Fade to Black' (hence the title).  Let me know what you guys think!

The Fading Light by Andy O'Flaherty

This is a track that I started working on 3 (!) years ago, but didn't really know where to go with it.  It was initially based on a track I made years and years ago using Magix Music Maker, but now actually sounds nothing like it, well - apart from the intro.  This is by far the hardest I've worked on a guitar solo so far, and I think it shows - I think this may be my favourite track I have ever made.  The intro and outro samples are courtesy of sound scalpel and... another free sample site who's name escapes me at this time - I'll update this when I remember.  Enjoy!

The Wrath Of Azrael by Andy O'Flaherty

Another track that I recorded myself based off of a song I made using MTV Music Generator back in the day.  I have to say that 'chorus' melody is awesome, so thanks for that Jester Interactive!

The Road To Elysium by Andy O'Flaherty

This song, well, more specifically the intro to this song just came to me one day while I was in work and was thinking about the song that will preceed this track.  I knew straight away I needed to create this track and knew how to play it even before I got anywhere near my guitar.  The lead on this was a bit of a struggle I must say but got there eventually.  Enjoy!

Solar Patrol by Andy O'Flaherty

Here's the first song of my upcoming album.  I may still tweak it yet to make it a better opener, but have deiced to put this up now as a 'demo' or sorts. This is the first time I have every recorded acoustic guitar, and what a pain in the a@£ it was as you can hear every single tiny mistake!  Thankfully the rest of the song is distorted beyond belief. Enjoy!

From The Icy Depths Of Charon by Andy O'Flaherty

Soundcloud page belonging to Andy O'Flaherty, who sometimes plays guitar (badly), sometimes strangles a cat ("sings") and sometimes creates music from samples (because, you know that requires loads of skill... :-/) Enjoy! I guess....

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