What's an important moral lesson you've learnt from an album?

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ill absolutely check out that Vargav album, never heard of that project so ill do some research! Agalloch are absolutely one of the best American black metal bands, much like Waste of Space Orchestra they arent solely constricted to black metal but i love everything they do nonetheless

sure thing dude!

they're not exactly underrated but if you haven't checked them out yet i would highly recommend the early works of Gorgoroth, specifically their albums Pentagram and Under the Sign of Hell. they're one of my personal favorite black metal bands and in my opinion they're essential listening for the genre.

i would also recommend Windir if you like the more melodic side of black metal, they delve into folky pagan viking territory quite frequently and they do it better than most bands of that style imo

Aokigahara by Harakiri for the Sky, Envaatnags Eflos Solf Esgantaavne by Horna, Devoid of Light by Uada, and Syntheosis by Waste of Space Orchestra are all great albums that i think deserve more attention (Syntheosis is more of a mix of tons of different metal genres, not strictly black metal; definitely check it out nonetheless)

as for underrated albums by respected bands, i would say Hate Them by Darkthrone and Dark Endless by Marduk are the best albums by both bands

My single "Techno Freak II" - I'd appreciate it a lot if you'd check it out and rate it. Thanks a lot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5V-f1KGey6Q | https://www.albumoftheyear.org/album/195814-voidshasky-techno-freak-ii.php

I think it is a good start! The sounds are a little awkward together but there was nothing that actively bothered me. Keep working on it and good job!

Look, don't get me wrong. There is an isolated element or two of this track I like, such as some of the synth work towards the back end.

Outside that, none of the percussion fit together in a sonically pleasing way. More natural open hats and 909 claps don't fit together the best here. And that's to say nothing of the total mess that is the attempt of melodic development on this track, where completely uncomplementary chord progressions are just piled one on top of the other and little to none of them even sound the best on their own. Also some of the panning is pretty jarring too.

Yeah, this is a total friggin' mess. Every bit of instrumentation fits together really awkwardly, or just not at all. The whole thing is pretty much unlistenable overall IMO, sorry. Appreciate the attempt though.

For advice, I'd say look more into production and theory so you could come together with a well-structured, well-produced song.

STRONG 0/10 to light 1 (honestly, sorry)

No problem man, send over new music I'll happily listen. Don't worry! I've had panning issues before. You'll only get better!

I'll settle on 65. The panning is, hmm. There's something up with it but it doesn't sound bad or anything, not to the point where it takes focus from the overall execution. I just wish there was a build up to some sorta trippy drop or something. But hey, good stuff all in. Keep at it.