Folk-metal composition

Hi everybody, this is my last composition. It is part of a three -chapters song and this part is the second therefore there is the introduction and the conclusion. The song stands up on its own nevertheless.

Same as all my previous composition, it has a "flowing" structure, so from the beginning it develops until it gets a certain momentum, slows down and then finishes on a grand finale.

The mixing is not amazing so please do not complain about the sound quality. I would like to hear opinions about the song, whether to develop certain parts etc

Khmer - Thorns

Thanks

Hey,

The link you gave doesn't seem to take me anywhere I can listen to the piece...

Ok, the link is the following

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So what's folky? Some decent gallop rhythms. The main melody doesn't really grab me, but the rhythm's pretty infectious.

Some serious mixing stuff, but I'm sure you'll work on it... oh damn 11 minutes?

Ok, it calms down, but it still doesn't scream folky, in any sense...

The single note riff doesn't add anything. I would put either a solo/melody there, or have an effect over the whole section, like an eq+bitcrusher maybe, or a buffer override... i mean, those are just quick ideas, but something to not overbear, but fill out, over the pretty section.

It's really dense and hard to pick stuff out... real EQ issues that need to be worked out or rearranged.

The second straight-eight passage works, but it it is too rough into the next section, make a smoother transition.

I kind of like the triplet thing, but get some chords going, to give it more of a thick sound.

The heavy section should be slower... make it real heavy like Sleep or the sludgier end of Melvins.

The basslines I sometimes feel are a bit too pretty and straight -- get some nasty syncopation... check out some Athiest for good metal bass, or even early Metallica. Or Kyuss's Welcome to sky Valley for melodic, but still heavy bass.

The last part needs some more wonkiness to work in, like that low fart chord, or some rapidly expanding harmonies like a bunch of octave pedals.

The outro seems a bit tacked on.... some more dynamics would make it feel more like what you're going for, either connected or disconnected.

Sounds alright... Biggest concerns are with tempo control, ie when to rock out and when to drag the tempo, just like dynamics -- check out some jazz for that kind of idea, or some old-school zepp or sabbath -- and continuity -- you're working with 10 minutes here, build a story. Not literally, but you have to take the listener from each part to the next, and development would have such a big effect to have them guided in some parts, but jarringly swapped the next.

neat ideas.

Thanks Ferkungamabooboo for your comment, much appreciated! I agree with some of your opinions and I ll probably work on some parts...