Guitars and bass tones are all Neural DSP: Parallax for bass, and Archetype Gojira for guitars.

Architects - Doomsday (Neural DSP Archetype Gojira mix)

A collection of brief (and some full) covers I made using Cakewalk by BandLab.

Rabid (Mortician Cover)

The beginning riff to this song had been stuck in my head for quite a while, but now I've finally got it worked into a song that's satisfyingly heavy! I was very much inspired by bands like Spiritbox and Dead Crown while writing the instrumental and with the spoken word voice effects.

Lyrically I wear my heart on my sleeves. I write about some intense mental struggles with self worth and battling with inner demons; I make comparisons of the brain to a "maze" and a "black cage" that I get dragged further and further into.

Hope you all enjoy this one and for any of those also struggling / wrestling inner demons - keep up the fight! The world is better with you in it! <3

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My Gear:
Schecter Reaper 7-String
Audient iD4 MKII Interface
Neural DSP Gojira virtual guitar amp sim
EuroBass III VST, by Submission Audio
Steven Slate Drums 5.5

Recorded, mixed, and mastered in Mixcraft 10 Pro Studio.

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Lyrics:

Is this all you are?

Is this all you are? A means to an end?
A life too broken and mangled to mend?
Drowning in fear, can anyone hear?
Lost in the maze of my brain, I’ll never be the same.

(Far beneath, blooming venomous seed)
(Rooted deep, for the soil we bleed)

FAILURE
Screaming lies, a past self immortalized
FAILURE
I’m trapped inside this black cage immobilized

Demons twisting my sanity
(Distorting reality)

DROWN THEM OUT
Tortured by pain, haunted by memories.
BLEED THEM OUT
They pull the chain dragging me down,
drag me down, drag me all the way

(All the way, all the way, all the way, all the way)

DOWN
Drag me all the way down
All the way DOWN
All the way fucking down

Is this all you are?

Is this all you are? A means to an end?
A life too broken and mangled to mend?
Drowning in fear, can no one hear?
Lost in the maze of my brain, I’ll never be the same.

Drag Me Down - Single

Drag Me Down

Back with another song demo courtesy of Soleil Custom Guitars! It's an Orion 6-String model finished in "Aurora Fade," spec'd with a set of Seymour Duncan JB/Jazzmaster pickups, Hipshot tremelo bridge, flamed maple fretboard, and a beeeaaautiful stained quilted maple top. Check out this guitar and more over at www.soleilcustomguitars.com

Huge thanks to Soleil Guitars for lending their instruments for me to put to the test and review! You can check out my full demo playthrough and review here: https://youtu.be/efSsxebn4R4

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Specs:
• Black Limba body with Quilted Maple top, finished in Aurora Fade (high gloss multi-color stain).
• Flamed maple neck with C-D modern profile, matching stain to top with smooth satin finish
• Flamed maple fretboard with white Pearloid fret marker dots and Luminlay side marker dots.
• Jescar Jumbo Stainless Steel frets
• Hand carved & polished bone nut
• Custom stainless steel 2 way heel adjustable truss rod
• Hipshot™ GripLok Open Gear (18:1)
• Hipshot™ Contour 6 string tremolo bridge with Floyd Rose™ string tree
• Seymour Duncan JB / Jazzmaster pickups
• Recessed jack plate
• Foil shielded cavity


Aurora Fade Orion 6-String (Guitar Demo)

My fingerstyle cover of `Towards the Light` from the anime series `The Apothecary Diaries`.

Cover Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mv9qx5gdZZk

Arranged by myself from the original song by ear.
Mixed on Ableton Live 11 using the Archetype Abasi Neural DSP.

Towards The Light - The Apothecary Diaries ~Fingerstyle Guitar Cover~

Last year I made this song when I'd asked a friend for a random cover suggestion. I'd been somewhat familiar with the song but had to go do my homework. Turned out to be a lot of fun to make! I've since re-mixed it, and I'm much happier with the latest results. Thanks for listening!

Roll With The Changes (REO Speedwagon Cover)

BEFORE THE FALL

The air is thick with what you’ve done
Ashes of children, blood of sons
You carve my name in poisoned stone
And wonder why you ended up here

(Burn it all)

Burn, Crawl, and see the void
Kingdom’s built on bones and noise
Embrace your agony
Before the fall

Blinded, you avoid the light
Your suffering is from the dark
Enjoy it before the fall

Skulls beneath the towers rise
Concrete prayers to deadened skies
All the seeds planted in lies
will choke the truth buried to die

(Burn it all)

Burn
Burn it all

Burn, Crawl, and see the void
Kingdom’s built on bones and noise
Embrace your agony
Before the fall

Blinded, you avoid the light
Your suffering is from the dark
Enjoy it before the fall

Before the Fall

my last guitar track for a while.... a bit of time is needed to revaluate things. love x

we can fly

A metal cover of Turbo Killer, originally off of EP III by Carpenter Brut.
(File replaced May 11th 2021)

Drums: OKW Metal by GetGood Drums
Guitars: Archetype Nolly by Neural DSP
Bass: Parallax by Neural DSP

Turbo Killer (Carpenter Brut Cover) (Updated for 2021)

Marilyn Manson - Disposable Teens guitar cover

Presonus Audiobox iTwo into Logic Pro X.
OMEGA Ampworks Granophyre plugin

Drop D tuning
Guitar: ESP E-II Eclipse loaded with EMGz

Recorded over:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jkOz0h5gkU

Marilyn Manson - Disposable Teens (guitar cover)

Guitarist, composer and producer.
All my musical musings, solo and otherwise.

This is an experimental electronic music project performed and produced by Saif. He has been creating music since the age of 16.   with various instruments and methods – mainly focusing on playing guitar and using multi-track analogue equipment for recording and production. 

His approach to music is a daringly beautiful combination of atmospheric music with emphasis on rhythms, variety of tone and the layering of electronic textures over a more traditional approach. 
Saif describes his song writing method as being vertical "I add layers and subtract others over shifting and interlocking rhythmic parts. The main theme of the track is always there in one form or another. it's usually the first idea I start with. everything around it is a result of that first spark" 

Welcome to my “musical” diary…. A Sonic sketch book of feelings and impressions.

One!

I play guitar and bass. I like to make instrumental tracks (mainly heavy metal).

Alias of solo musician Zach Norman from the great state of Texas, pumping out sweet metal jams for the masses! I will mostly upload demos, covers, and singles here - but be sure to check out my BandCamp page for my full discography of releases!

Welcome to Avia Music Lab.

Thank you for listening !

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