riff idea(architects like)

no clean part

Coming out of left field with this one, I've been listening to a lot of math rock and prog metal bands like Hella, King Gizzard, and Animals as Leaders, which is where I took a lot of inspiration from. Everything on the first three tracks besides one bass line is recorded by me, with that bass line being a midi bass. As much as I wanted to record tracks 4 and 5, they were just a little to out of my skill level to get clean recordings, but I wanted to put them out there regardless in case someone else can play them.

Meteors (MIDI Demo)

Lightspeed

Colossal

The Irregularity (MIDI Demo)

Firewall

“Shadows” is a slow-burning collapse into the weight of self-doubt and the hunger to break free. Built on bass-driven hypnosis and walls of distorted guitar, the track drags the listener through suffocating verses before erupting into cathartic choruses that demand release from the static haze.

The song unfolds like a ritual—each section tightening the pressure until the whispered breakdown detonates into screams of fracture and rebirth. The production leans into atmosphere and unease: ghostly echoes stretch across the mix, drums shift between uneasy syncopation and pounding resolve, and layers of vocals rise from whispers to primal roars.

Production Notes:

Reverb-drenched guitars tracing shadows across a tense low-end.

Vocals that alternate between restrained whispers and full-throated screams, capturing the fracture between silence and eruption.

A long, cinematic build in the bridge, spiraling into chaos before the final surge of clarity.

Hypnotic outro locked into a bass pulse, the clock still ticking as the noise fades.

Emotional Tone:
Haunted and restless—this is the sound of being trapped in repetition, clawing for escape, and finally daring to rise. “Shadows” embodies the fracture between suffocation and self-discovery, pulling the listener into its maze before showing a path through.

Shadows

Immolation
Written, Recorded and Produced by
John Tree

Drums Co-Written by
Thomas Lewis

For this recording I used:
Strandberg Guitars
Dingwall Basses
Tones by Neural DSP and GetGood Drums

Immolation

What lies ahead has come before
Always running toward a door
Windows of past moments fading
Blown shut by Wind's future failings

Nascent

Guitarist

I have been playing guitar for 20+ years and I love making music. Metal is my first love, and that’s very plain to see if you listen to my music. After years of doing the band thing, I am now a self-produced solo instrumental artist. I hope you enjoy these instrumental offerings, I had a lot of fun writing them!

Prog rock artist out of LA. New Album "The Marrow Wheel" coming soon.

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