Review for my hard rock band?

I was wondering what people would think of my band, Shattered Senses. We're from DE, and haven't played many shows. Our drummer just passed away March 24th, so we're not sure if we're going to keep up with it.

But if you have highspeed connection and a few minutes to spare, could you check out the band, and let me know what you think of us? We never really got much honest feedback.

http://www.myspace.com/shatteredsenses

Thanks in advance?

MaTT-O

I tried to listen to the first one.It was somewhat evry messy for me, then hoping to hear a less dirty one ? skipped to the second and it didnot play,as is the case in most myspace posts.

The first one was somewhat experimental but such attempts need better recording to be fully understood.

myspace doesn't work. i promise you a review, but post somewhere else for me (and the majority of the others in this forum)

we registered at soundclick, just for reviews. haha.

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=545684

does that work?

damn, i just typed a huge review, and that {censored} got erased. well, first off, i just read your original post and i'm so sorry to hear about losing a friend. that's something that hasn't happened to me yet and it must be hell.

okay. your first tune:

last goodbye - i hated the acoustic sound. right off the bat, it's thin and weak. it's a piezo going direct, right? i'd cut that {censored} off and mic the guitar - much warmer, more current result. that sound gets scoffed at now. mic your acoustic. condensers work best, but if you don't have one at your disposal, use the same mic you used for vox off-axis with care not to blow up with proximity. fool around with it and find the sweet position and a cheap tube pre would help you in this, too. (everyone makes them now. ART has one for like 60 bucks and it warms things up nicely. another awesome one for a bit more money [100 bucks] is the PreSonus TubePRE. it's worth the extra dough, IMHO. it's a good piece)

the melody's nice. i like your voice on it, too. there are some tuning issues here and there - in the second voice especially, but not exclusively. also, the song just cuts off. initially, i was going to type that you should finish it, but now i'm kind of thinking that it's cool in its fragmented state just thrown in between tunes or at the end of an album acoustically. is that what you were thinking? if so, i like the idea

what lies in frailty:

i'm not a metal guy. i'm more into songcraft that riffing, so i'm naturally going to lean toward the first tune you did over this one, but maybe another who likes your particular metal sound would laugh at me! lol. i didn't hear the hook in this one, for the record. its dynamic changes were cool, but melodically, not much there. today's most successful metal acts hook amidst their heaviness. i didn't hear it in this song. (i think it's only fair to admit that for me, TOOL would be the epitome of heavy songwriting and they don't do the typical metally palm muted riffy stuff that much, so a metal guy would probably classify them differently - i don't know. wrong guy to ask)

good work. i'm interested in hearing a better recording of that first tune.

thanks man, i appreciate it.

Last Goodbye was actually done on a 12 string guitar, maybe thats why it sounded weird. but all the vocalist did was mic the guitar on that one. thats actually all him on that song.

i just play guitar in the band, but on sillhouette i sang. because that song's dedicated to our drummer.