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[MeimieFan88]

I recorded some stoner metal, just guitar and a drum machine. If you don't have the time or inclination to listen to more than 1 track the best one is 'the answer is neither'.
https://soundcloud.com/prime-zero-82895054/sets/isntthatwhatitis?si=4e34bbb65ff846adb8967ace158e23a2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Yo this is cool! Kinda reminds me of Dream Theater and Tool. Used to be a huge metal head myself and this kinda takes me back haha. The guitar sounds a tad bit too distorted at times for my taste lol but I get the grungy appeal. I guess I might look to add some breakdown sections in places to create more energetic / instrumental contrast. But yeah I really like this sort of heavy stuff. Variations in the melody/riffs keep things interesting and there's something odd yet working about the rhythm - something I really enjoy about metal!

[BikeRacks]

I recorded some stoner metal, just guitar and a drum machine. If you don't have the time or inclination to listen to more than 1 track the best one is 'the answer is neither'.
https://soundcloud.com/prime-zero-82895054/sets/isntthatwhatitis?si=4e34bbb65ff846adb8967ace158e23a2&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Nice!I listened to all 4.  I'm definitely into  Electric Wizard, Sleep, Melvins, High On fire, Kyuss, Sabbath etc etc (more on par than Dream Theatre ). This actually seems a little faster than most stoner metal. How are you recording the guitar,? Sounds like this were recorded on different days, since the sound/mix is a different on each.  I definitely hear a fuzz pedal but can't tell if it's a real one or if its from some IR,  a VST, or Pod/FX setup. Drum parts sound great what did you use, more complex and inline than what I'm able to throw together writing midi or selecting groves .  The beginning of "The answer is neither" also reminds me of something and it's driving me crazy, and yeah that was probably my favorite. All of it sounds down tuned pretty far too

Sorry for all the questions, it's cuz I dig it

[pr1mezer0]

Thanks for the interest.
I wouldn't have artificially distorted the answer is neither if I did it again, as it is the more mellow, but i'd have to do another take, i didnt save the original guitar input. As for clean breaks, only a few riffs were made to follow their predecessors, I just throw riffs that ive already wrote that are in the same scale together, I need more experience to be more cohesive.
For NDE and IYCMAM I went through my amp headphones to the input of my computer, but I wasn't getting a consistent signal so for the other two I used audacity to distort the guitar. I got better at producing as I went along, so those two were louder cause I learnt to make the drums louder with a limiter. I used hydrogen for the drums, I'm very basic on a real set of drums.
I want to move more into doom or even death metal, when I get the chops, or more laid back into stoner rock; stoner metal is a bit of a superfluous genre, but i guess I play what comes out. 3/4 of my favourite bands are metal, but I'm into QOTSA, kyuss, old monster magnet and fu manchu too.
It's in c#. I hope you don't find any rip-offs, I've had to discard riffs realising they were straight from metallica or somewhere.

[BikeRacks]

didn't hear any rip offs at all, just reminded me of something, no harm if it's a slightly similar progression or tone. What are you using for a guitar amp?

[pr1mezer0]

A little fender 10G, it's got an overdrive button and a gain knob. I get a little bit of distortion plugging the guitar straight into my computer which surprises me, maybe because of the converter jack, but it doesn't sound good to me. The guitar is a yamaha pacifica, probably sound better if it was a Gibson or fender.

[BikeRacks]

 10w amp with a gain knob and overdrive button....I would never have guessed that, but yeah now that you mention it, it is kinda of apparent that you're going direct in. Might not hurt to use a DI box or amp sim plugin on the guitar track to add some room/body/airiness since when you go direct in you are bypassing the amp's speakers so the guitar has this presence that can be a bit overpowering

.....here I am giving advice and I still haven't shared anything yet     ...I will get on that