Wings Were Everywhere (Butterfly Massacre Reviews)

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jeff robertson wrote:Sorry.. I have family who were impacted by Katrina and at this point joking about it is still like joking about the Holocaust.
Whoops. Yeah, I know I'm going to Hell, so at least I'm gonna have a laugh first.
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Speaking of the holocaust...

Coolest. shit. ever.
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Holy crap, that is the coolest shit ever.
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I quite like this one:
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Mogosagatai wrote:
jeff robertson wrote:I have family who were impacted by Katrina and at this point joking about it is still like joking about the Holocaust.
Totally acceptable among friends? :)
Yeah.. I'm not nearly as whiny and easily offended as that post makes me look.
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A lot of people pointed out that our singer, Thröat, pronounced Massacre wrong. So true. In our defense, Thröat can't read very well. I wrote the lyrics and he sang them when I wasn't around. He sort of just sounded everything out the best he could.

I'll try to be there when he records next time so I can help him out.
On the other hand, that Leaf tune röcks so hard.

So.
Hard.
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Post by Tonamel »

(Not reading other reviews, so they don't influence my own.)

Caldor
I like the way this starts. And I like the way it continues. Unfortunately, the sound isn't anything new, so I'm a little tired of it halfway through. Well produced and recorded, but the songwriting doesn't really stand out as anything special. Ending is kind of abrupt.

Chekhov's Pistol
The vocals are a little quiet. I like how loose this is. A good thing that it's short, it'd be hard to keep something like that short.

Damien Verrett
This sounds weirdly sped up. I'm not sure what to think of it, really. It's disjointed, yet charming, but possibly annoying.

Bombathon
You've titled your song "a cool preset for 3xosc." That tells me that you weren't thinking about butterflies or massacres when you wrote this.

Demön Kiss
The umlaut says it all. Your metal voice isn't very convincing, though. Sounds like it should be just a little bit more Blind Guardianish

Destruction Enterprise
You've got a theme, let's go for variation.

.ephedream
With the word "massacre" in the title, I suppose I shouldn't be suprised at all the metal. Unfotunately, this one is really overcompressed, and no attention at all was paid to the drums, which I consider one of the most important parts of metal.

Flvxxvm Florvm
Vocal needs to be louder, it sounds amusing. I can't really tell what you're saying, so I really hope amusing is what you were going for. It relies on the guitar a fair bit more than it should.

thehipcola
I really like the music, but the dialogue is distracting and irritating, particularly the "adult."

Johnny Cashpoint
I have no complaints with this at all. Nice.

Leaf 62
And it's metal time again! Best of the metal so far, I think. I like that you're not trying to force your voice to do things it can't. Works out really well.

Luke Henley's Heartland Choir
And this is about as un-metal as it gets. Totally awesome, just the same. Easily my favorite so far.

middlemarch
There are some production issues (mostly a lack of high-end), but overall, this works. I want to hear some more happen in the percussion, though. Not that I need Krazy Persushion, but it's largely the same thing over and over, and it would have been nice for it to change up once in a while.

penguin map mijinko
This starts off... on the fence. It's tough to pull off quirky stuff like that. *waits* Aaaand... no. It never goes anywhere, so nothing really comes out of the quirkiness, and it just ends up being flat. It needs to change and build.

Phil's First Tambourine
A tambourine AND a shaker! Nice whispering at :52. I want more of that, instead of another verse right away. Still nice.

PiGPEN
Do I sense more metal? Um. Maybe? The vocal is pitch shifted/delayed/reverbed into nonsense, so I have no ide what's going on. Makes me think of Beseech's cover of "Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight).

Pr0n 4 Uma
I was worried from the band name, but this is pretty rockin'. Great energy thorughout. Good guitar solo. Well done.

Stubby Phillips
The midi'd drums are absolutely killing this for me. Sounds okay, but sparse otherwise. But you NEED a drummer in a bad way.

Tom di Giovanni
Political stuff turns me off, but then it's redeemed by chaos theory! Standard gng, nothing worth mentioning, but nothing bad, either.

wreckdom
I don't usually like wreckdom's stuff, but I'm won over by the phrase "spore thingies."

Winner: Luke Henley, by two lengths.
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Post by tomdg »

Fistula - and there was me thinking the pronunciation (massacree) was a tribute to Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant". Thröat is a great name :) Is that pronounced "throw-at"?

Jeff Robertson - sorry if I caused any offence on the Katrina front. The song was only supposed to cause offense to gung-ho pro-Bush SUV-driving climate-change-denying Republicans. Like most people here in the UK, I was horrified by what happened in New Orleans. I held a kind of solidarity dinner with some friends where I cooked gumbo and red beans and rice, no doubt so badly that any true New Orleanean would have taken it as a deep insult.

If you want to watch a good slapstick comedy about the holocaust, I suggest Roberto Benigni's Life Is Beautiful.

Jim of Seattle - glad you liked the song. "Not a single sincere song in the bunch". I was trying to be sincere, honest! I was just using ridicule to make the point. As maths grad I'm a big fan of reductio ad absurdum. But hey, I won't split hairs. Agreed about the guitar parts and the length, though. It needs a lot more work, not least a proper arrangement, and I should probably cut the final chorus. Thanks for the comments.
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tomdg wrote: I held a kind of solidarity dinner with some friends where I cooked gumbo and red beans and rice, no doubt so badly that any true New Orleanean would have taken it as a deep insult.
I immediately ran out and bought as many boxes of Zatarain's as possible, fearing a shortage.
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[quote="Tonamel"](Bombathon
You've titled your song "a cool preset for 3xosc." That tells me that you weren't thinking about butterflies or massacres when you wrote this.


Hey no, fuck that. The first song I ever entered in here was not made from the title, it was like vishnu cycle or some shit, but every song I've entered since then has been my complete interpretation on the title. I don't know why it says that, because I exported it as DankasaurasRex_BM. Don't be a narrowminded douche.
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Post by Mogosagatai »

OriginalDankster wrote:Don't be a narrowminded douche.
OriginalDankster wrote:Hey no, fuck that.
it was like vishnu cycle or some shit
I don't know why it says that, because I exported it as DankasaurasRex_BM
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tomdg wrote:Thröat is a great name :) Is that pronounced "throw-at"?
It's pronounced röck.
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Pron4uma.-this is awesome in a late 70's kinda sorta way. Iy does not taste as good as my coffee and baileys'. Your stinking guitar work makes me s ick.

Destructionenterprise.-main keys groove is wick. Digonit. I sawe this video once on the internet with some redneck hunting with his son. Retarded.

Middelemarch.-i dont' like that count in. cut that crap. Not much happenin'.

Caldor. - drumming is nise. This is pretty good recordng. Nice job w/ the screams.

Chekhovspistol. -this is good almost. Don't ask me why, it just is.

Damienvarret. -dude your singing is a bit bad. Not into uke.

Dankosaurusrex. -if u played that synth, wicked. If its a loop, not. This is weerd.

Demonkiss. -rok the snot. You people illin' on massacree, shutup. Thats cool.

Ephedream. -i rocked this one hard as nails. I see i have to bring a more A'r game next time. Thanks for the 'views ya'll.

Flxxmflorum. -ween meets sesame street. Not5me.

Thehipcola. -spacetown. Kind of relaxing. Nice splat. Also kidn of stupid. Stupid but neat to.

Johnnycashpoint. -this is not for me.

Leaf62. -i'mtryin but having a hard time with all the changes. Damn straight, yo. Antoher snotrocker. You might be a better axeman than me. Until next time...hahah. Or is admittance restricted to that club?

Lukehenley. -another uke thign? Don't wanna, but i like this.

Penguinmapjinko. -depchemode with your pie? Not doin' it for me bro.

Philsfirsttamb. -snore.....dude..where the rock at?

Pigpen. -first 10 seconds was cool, the rest sucked.

Stubbyphillips. -geroge thorogood you ain't.

Tomdg. -wo. Wake me up when the next rack starts. All you acoustic guitar people need to rock it a bit.

Wreckdom. -awesome ending. Almost dint make it tho. Muthafuckas gonna die.


Well nos ecret i dint like all the tunes, but some good stuff in there. I think the bar is raisd for next time, im gonna have to up the anti an shine up my game.
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anyone who posted above wrote:[...] blah, blah, blah *funny, funny* blah, blah
i'm so glad geoff of wreckdom turned me on to this site. everyone here rules!
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Caldor
This sounds really cool. Maybe a smidge too much “roomâ€
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Post by Leaf »

Another popularity contest concludes.


I dont' often think that my solo stuff is "the best"... and I'm not disappointed at all, strangely, in the result. I think it's cause I know I wrote a winner this week. It just didn't win...but it sure made me feel... released.

I know I did something this week that I've wanted to do for a long time. It was true. Funny, cause it started as a joke...sometimes the best things do.

Congratulations to Luke.
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Post by Kweep »

Leaf wrote:Another popularity contest concludes...
i'm not sure that's fair this week. It was a good tune, the style choice was great and the voting was fairly close. btw, i voted for yours, leaf.

'grats luke!
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Post by furrypedro »

Does that mean I came 2nd in a popularity contest?! awesome

a second to Luke is 1st in my head; does he get some kind of trophy for winning three weeks in a row?
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Post by tomdg »

I got a vote! I really did, I didn't just vote for myself. Woohoo! And only at the third attempt. That made my day. That means that but for the vagaries of sampling (i.e. the fact that all the other people voted too) I could even have won! Whatever next?!?

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3 entries - 1 vote
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Post by jack »

what a load of crap. leaf, you had the best song this week. both times.
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Post by WeaselSlayer »

Yeah, fuck all you voters who liked me better. What a bullshit.
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Post by jack »

exactly.
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