Raised In Hell - Orion Hellraiser

Introducing: Dark Victory Records!!

2015-04-23T16:29:00.004-07:00

I'm kind of a control freak you know? If you want something done right, you gotta do it yourself!! and when it's about my music, my babies....then i'm tooking no fucking exception!!

In the spirit of it, I've created Dark Victory Records, which will take care of my releases as well as the releases of a couple more artists (Satanic Butcher, Death of Innocents) and will be the home of many other bands releases as well (hopefully).

I'll be in control of producing those albums and of the artists as well, and this means one thing only.....FREEDOM!! we all want that isn't it? I think we all agree that we deserve better music, we need to push the artists and audience further, there are a lot of amazing artists here on Mexico, and be pretty damn sure as hell that if they ever step foot on Dark Victory Records, we'll make their fierce sound be heard.

So, stay tuned, we'll announce the first release on Dark Victory Records and hell, you'll better watch out! this thing is heavy as fuck!

Posting a few kick-ass heavy metal demos - "Someday" By Orion Hellraiser

2013-11-04T08:00:00.000-08:00

This time I'll post some kind of a personal song, maybe I'l re-record it someday, maybe not, who knows? I composed this song as a gift, and I actually wrote some lyrics that will remain maybe top secret until the end of time, so this is actually a song that could put me really nervious to expose it to somebody else

If you're interested in the animation, you should check out this guys, which template I modified, it's free, royalty free and they do an amazing job

http://www.freeaetemplates.com/2013/trendy-after-effects-templates/flower-haze-free-after-effects-template/

Posting a few kick-ass heavy metal demos - "Angels & Demons (Instrumental)" By Orion Hellraiser

2013-10-28T09:30:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite songs, the only one to this date planned to be completely instrumental, which was one of my dreams back when I started to play music and I was only 12 years old banging my head listening to some Metallica songs.

Fun fact is that I created this song by accident, when I was jamming and goofing around with Black Sabbath's "Children of the Sea" which starts with a D Minor chord and it suddenly became the main riff when the distortion starts by refining some notes to my liking.

Sometimes I think that I might be the only one in the world that actually loves the "Lulu" collaboration from Metallica and Lou Reed, and to prove it, this song was largely inspired by the song "Dragon" from that album.

It's hard to say what was exactly going on inside my head at the time, it was a very difficult time in my life when I finished this song, and back when I saw how the song was progressing ....I actually forgot everything else, I was so mezmerized by the riffs and the melody that I forgot everything else, that's why I love music and I'll keep doing this until the day I day

It's also hard to say which songs inspired me to make this one, I had some Saxon, Metallica, Beethoven, Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Angel Witch running on my head, I just mix everything in my mind to create something that I really love....

The title (such as many other songs that I made) was conceived by the sound, I wanted to portray some tranquility and chaos, a beautiful chaos, and I remembered Dan Brown's book entitled "Angels and Demons", and the title of the book (just the title!) described everything perfectly on the song, so I used it.

As far as the animation goes, it was inspired by the "Angels & Demons" logo I created shortly after the song was conceived, which was simple.... but I loved it, and it largely described the song also.

If you're interested on the animation, please check out this guys which template I modified to create the really really cool animation on After Effects http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imm2nr...

New demo NEXT MONDAY!!

Posting a few kick-ass heavy metal demos - "Confussion" By Orion Hellraiser

2013-10-21T08:00:00.000-07:00

Well well well....... what do we have here? I'll be releasing some original demos, that I "mastered" in order to keep a decent and constant audible level, There'll be a total of 6 songs that will be periodically uploaded to my youtube channel, These covers have no footage whatsoever, so instead of making a shitty static video, I'll be making shitty animated videos for your joy in the next couple of weeks.

This one in particular is kinda old, recorded 5 years ago, it was the first song that actually made me believe that I could record decent music and was the first song I started to play for some people, and I started to upload it everywhere, and it was composed to actually have some vocals on it, check it out!

The animation was chosen because it really fitted the old cover I used back in the days to promote the song, and I think it came out pretty good, it's up to you the final opinon!

We'll meet again next Monday, with another kick-ass demo....

Thin sound Stratocaster?? I don't think so....

2013-02-04T12:00:00.000-08:00

There's a lot of people out there that loves Stratocaster guitars, but many agree that they are excellent for solos.....not for heavy stuff, you need at least humbuckers to compensate the sound, or another guitar.....I really think that's a lot of bullshit, you can make your guitar sound amazing with the right signal chain.

There's my first electric guitar right above this text (with an Undertaker's symbol sticker that I created near the bridge lol) and I got it for under 100 dollars back then when I was 15 years old, and at the time, all I played was my acoustic guitar that I got when i was 12. I spent a lot of time trying to get a good sound from that cheap piece of crap, and I did it!!, it took me a long time to understand how a signal chain works, I really needed to crank the hell out of that guitar in order to get a good sound and it became my only ally when I had to experiment many of the stuff I know by now.

I recorded my "first" semi pro sounding song with this guitar and I used all the way to about 1 or 1 and a half year ago when I got a washburn wi14, you can even see it on my first experimental videos........wanna know how this sounded with the correct signal chain?? check this out:

I'll talk about the signal path that might seem to work really great on almost any guitar, all that might change is the input signal.......but you'll have an awesome starting point to record.

The Compressorhead Band ACE OF SPADES!!

2013-01-31T12:00:00.000-08:00

A really awesome work by making robots playing the famous Motörhead song "Ace of Spades" while it's kinda brilliant, we can see why machines and computers can't emulate the feeling that only a human can put into a song......and not to say that no one can copy Lemmy!!

Wanna make a wise investment? record guitar with the Logitech c270

2013-01-28T12:00:00.000-08:00

When you start on the recording music world, the first issue you front is "F*ck!! I don't have enough money to afford this things", but the most important thing even with pro equipment comes down to........creativty, and if you're creative enough, you can make amazing things from stuff that others might point as "unthinkable crap".

Before I got the XM8500 to record my acoustic guitar, I was kinda interested on buying a cheap HD webcam, as the regular consumer I always look for the cheapest 8th wonder of the world that might be some times impossible.......but I think I got more than what I paid with the Logitech c270 that was under 40 Dollars

It's not the best webcam.....but it gets the job done, it has a 720p resolution (but kinda noisy image), it has some color correction, but then I found that it had a built in microphone that the system detected, and I really wanted to do some tests with it.

I put the c270 mic as default on windows (it also works great on a mac) and I fooled around with my acoustic guitar and putting the webcam mic somewhere near the 12th freat and about 4 or 5 inches far from the guitar, then I recorded a cover from Metallica called "Low Man's lyric", with some dedication I got this:

It's really interesting to see that I got a really helpful device that served as an awesome mic and camera, hopefully you can get more creative than I and make even more awesome things, in my opinion, all arts (specially the music) it's about the passion, the love, the inventiveness and it doesn't matter to get 1st class products to get a decent result, it always comes down to taste, dedication and creativity.

I'll explain the process behind setting the webcam mic to record on Windows and Mac soon, so you might want to check out this blog sooner than what you think.

You can find this amazing webcam on amazon right here for just 28,99 dollars, you can also click the amazon ad below to see more details

Labels get Fake Views on Youtube

2013-01-24T12:00:00.000-08:00

While we saw the rise of the "Gangnam Style" last year achieving the unbelievable number of 1 Billion views in just a couple of months, the even more unbelievable number of 2 Billion fake views were stripped from label channels such as Universal Music Group, Sony and RCA Records acording to the Bobby Owsinsky Music 3.0 blog

I gotta say.......I'm not surprised, but I'm glad that we live in an era where the internet freedom allows people to choose what is best for them, we are no longer on the years where Labels, T.V. and Radio decides what's best for us by just receiving in some cases money from untalented artists to get airplay.

I personally don't like that stupid "Gangnam Style" song, but it's kinda cool to see how an artist that was certainly unknown on many countries achieved a worldwide success by just the word of mouth, and that's the cool part of this new era of music.

Be sure to check out the Music 3.0 blog, it's amazing and it has really valuable relevant information.

See ya!!

The Behringer XM8500 Review - Awesome noob gear

2013-01-21T12:00:00.000-08:00

This mic is really aimed for recording enthusiasts, but it really works great in almost any studio application you may want, the purpose behind the reviews for "noobs" here, is to start with the cheapest RIGHT products that will do the job, and will last a long time..........what a better way to do this than reviewing the Behringer XM8500.

There's almost nothing bad to say about this product, it's under 50 dollars too....but I could easily pay twice the price for a product of this quality.

The first thing that you'll notice about this is the amazing build quality, it feels heavy and it ensures durability and quality, this is the first right step for beginners (and not so beginners) that wants a mic that really stands out for vocals and instruments.

It has an incredibly wide frequency response from 50 hz to 15 khz that make things sound clearer and cleaner, it's a cardioloid dynamic mic. I should recommend this mic as the first choice for a person that has never bought a mic before and wants to give it a shot.

Another plus that the product has, it's a hard case for the mic that most "pro" mics are missing, it's a really valuable item to keep that mic safe for a long looooong f*cking time, it also includes its own mic stand adapter (such as most mics).

Like I said before, there are almost nothing bad to say about this product, except for the noise created when you hold the mic, that's a big pain in the ass that asks you to buy at least a cheap mic holder, that's the only bad thing I found on this product.

I used it on acoustic guitar recordings and it sounds really really great, I also used it on the "September 20th" song where I blended the acoustic nylon guitar with a clean chorus guitar.......and I really liked how it turned out, alongside with the Behringer XENYX 302USB it really kicked ass for an amateur recording.

You can find this amazing dynamic mic on amazon right here for just ....... 21,99 Dollars!! you can also click on the amazon publicity below to see more details

The amazing Behringer XENYX 302USB review - Awesome noob gear Pt. 1

2013-01-17T01:00:00.000-08:00

Well, there isn't quite an extensive review about this really cheap and affordable piece of gear from Behringer (kinda becoming my favorite brand).

There are a lot of stuff to say that no one has said about this little mixer on the web, that I'll be making this multi-part review for all of you.

This is a mini Mixer/USB Interface that can really kick major ass if you know how to use this. it has a combo input for both 1/4 instrument jack and XLR that provides up to 16v of phantom power (I'll address this in a few moments) Recording electric guitar, bass, acoustic guitar and vocals in a professional way for less than 60 dollars (at the time of writing this post).

But.....don't get fooled by my awesome words about this product, it has its limitations, like for instance, if you see the review on the video above (or even Behringer's website) it claims to be a 5 input mixer..........you can mix up to five channels, hell yeah, but in a really complex and unpractical way.

The PC only detects 2 inputs, being the left and right channel, that is some kind of disillusion, but if you're creative enough, you'll give it a good use.

There's no need for drivers on Windows or Mac, as soon as you plug this little mixer it will be instantly recognized as an USB audio device right out of the box and will be ready to record anything you goddamn want, it is powered by the USB wire that comes included (that also is the same that is used to connect some printers, so it's kinda easy to find if you lose it), has a 2-band EQ, that is most like a "High Shelf" and "Low Shelf" EQ that really pops out like a nice extra touch to shape your sound.

Now it comes the ugly part of the story.........the mistakes and limitations for this device might be a letdown for some people, but believe me, you can deal with some of this stuff:

-The 16v phantom power that this device offers......it's just pretty useless for some condenser mics, some might work, but I recommend to use this only with Dynamic Mics (I really love how the XM8500 sounds on this thing )

-The panning control isn't that great, I can maybe say that if you put the slider all the way to one side, it might pan the sound a 95%.........not a 100%

-You might find some "hiss" issues if you put the knobs above let's say 60-70% of their capacity, the important thing is that the "hiss" isn't present on the recorded file, but it is present on the monitoring side, which is one of its biggest letdowns

-And the most really annoying thing when you're recording guitar or bass is that..........there's no way in hell that the unprocessed signal may not be heard natively on this interface, that's the only part of "mixer" on this product where I really really was disappointed.

But don't get me wrong, if you know how to use this in a proper way, even the biggest disappointment can disappear and this might be one of your biggest allies on the world of home audio production, and that's the reason why I'm recommending this product.

I recorded the "September 20th" song (on the video below) entirely on this device, probing that it works besides its limitations.......check out the next part on this review to see how I dealt with those limitations and what other possibilities this product has.

You can find this awesome product on Amazon for the cheapest price I've seen, check it right here or by clicking on the publicity below

New channel, New video

2012-11-03T09:29:00.000-07:00

Well, I put my ass to work really hard for like a week or so, and I recorded the first video for my new channel, where I'll be uploading original stuff every once in a while, be sure to check it out.

I used a Behringer XENYX 302USB and a XM8500 to record, and a Washburn WI14, no amps, just VST's, free VSTs like LePou LeGion and LeCab, which are just a beast!!! I'll be posting some reviews on the interface and the mic

I recorded the whole video with............just 1 webcam!!!! a Logitech c270, this is what I achieved with a lot of patience, time and imagination (as fucking silly as it may sound)

Let me know what you think, give a thumbs up, comment and suscribe if you liked it, more videos will come sooner or later to this channel

Cheers!!!! \m/

Only Misfits Backing Tracks ... My little collaboration for other musicians

2012-08-16T23:55:00.000-07:00

First of all, I Apologize for my long absence, I've been struggling with some health issues, I WAS BLEEDING LIKE A RAPED WH*RE!!! Lol, but I'm back again!! and I'm bringing a few gifts for those Misfits and Backing Tracks lovers!!

You'll see, I've recorded a few Misfits tracks in order to practice my mixing/playing/creative skills, and I thought it would be a cool idea if I also make them backing tracks, they are really useful tools for guitar players.........so I thought.....what the hell, let's do it!!

The songs are:

American Psycho
Astro Zombies
Dig Up Her Bones
Lost In Space
Saturday Night
Teenagers From Mars
The Haunting

You can download them by clicking on the song you want!!

I also want to point out that I also sent those tracks directly to an excellent site called GuitarBackingTrack.com , you can see that there's also a profile from me http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/author/Orion_Hellraiser.htm (1000% verified, No BS, the original Orion Hellraiser is there collaborating)

I did my best at the time, recording songs and making the drums, are just a fucking pain in the ass......it's fun but it's damn hard!! nevertheless, they are free to download, I made those tracks all by myself playing every instrument (well, you only hear the bass and drums right?) I didn't write the music, the music comes from an amazing band called The Misfits, you should hear them, praise them, and fuck!!! you'll maybe end up buying their cd's like I do, that's the only music that worths your money and not stupid shit like Lady CACA or Justin Beaver......it's like throwing your money to the dumpster and wait until your braincells dies slowly.

The only rules for using the backing tracks are.........JUST HAVE FUN!!! I don't give a shit about you giving me credit, use them anyway you want, I recognize the shit I do when I hear it.....and if I get the chance to hear you playing with my backing tracks......that's all the payment I need in the goddamn world.

Have fun!!!

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Online Piracy??

2012-05-07T10:00:00.000-07:00

January 20th 2012, we all witnessed an act of autoritarism from the U.S.A goverment. ....it seems like they are the kings of the world, that they have the power to control the entire world.....

I don't mind if Kim Dotcom was even selling drugs, fucking the president's mom.......I don't really care, what pisses me off the most is that they're trying to control the internet, the ultimate tool of knowledge and freedom that we all have is being forbidden in such a degree that they don't know when is the piracy causing damage and when the users are being violated in their personal life.

The fuck with what was Megaupload involved with!!! is that the kind of security we are having with the new almighty "Cloud Storage"? if some stupid guys upload "copyrighted" material to our favorite file host (Megaupload, Mediafire, SkyDrive, iCloud, Dropbox, etc) the FBI can take our personal information without any advice and permission whether if we are americans or not?

When the Megaupload event appeared in January and the FBI told via the internet the reasons.....It was really unbelievable.....Megaupload made an specific, economic plan to encourage and take advantage from piracy??!! WTF?!!! that was the most stupid thing they could say.....as a matter of fact, I think that hosts like RAPIDSHARE, FILESERVE, 4SHARED and others should've been shutted down in that way, not Megaupload....

The RIAA and the DMCA are the people that want to control the market the same way they did in the XX century.....but guess what?? we're on the XX1 century!!

Wanna fight piracy?? look at iTunes and Netflix!! they contributed in a large way to the market making high quality content available for everyone....don't you get it??

Piracy it's just the reflection of the economy on the world, and it shows what are the industry doing wrong, why buy a CD for $15 when you can have it for free......and besides, taking the risk that the CD that you bought sounds like crap?? that's scamming people legally....

On the other hand....some people were doing things right and offering super-rare HQ music for $0.99 and made us think....."wow, I really dig that, maybe I'll give it a shot"

Internet can be a risky and dangerous tool without any control on it, pedophiles, murders, drug dealers, stalkers.....but it proved to be an awesome tool for people around the world, where you could find stuff that you could only dreamed.....education, music, videos and techology that were unavailable for must of us.

When you find something that really worths your money....you just buy it, if you don't, then you save your money for something that really worths it, THAT'S IT!!!

The CISPA law has been approved.....but good luck U.S.A. let's see if you have the infrastructure to do what you think you can do in all the world, let's see if your money worths to put in jail people that downloaded a movie that they don't even liked it, a crappy CD to know how it sounded before they wasted their money.........let's see if that kind of piracy worths all your resources instead of taking care of terrorists, rapers, murders, scammers, pedophiles, kidnappers.......because Warner, Sony, EMI and more just care about the money isn't it?? they just care about their business and not the people......right?

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My top 5 favorite metal bands of all time

2012-04-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

Well, first of all read the title........that's right MY favorite bands are listed here, I'm not claiming that they are the best in the whole fucking world, but they are to my personal taste.

Everyone (at least in my opinion) that is hooked up with some band or genre, is because the music touched them in the best or worst moment of their life, like Lemmy Kilmister once said.......There are only two genres of music, the one that you like and the one that you don't like, so here I'll list the ones that mean a lot to me, I wish that I could list at least 30, but, it's a little bit more practical to handle a number of 5 don't you think?

No. 5 - VENOM

One of my favorite Metal bands, They have an special sense of aggression and melody that no other Black Metal/Thrash Metal/Speed Metal band has (as far as my personal taste goes), they are just admirable, I love every stuff that they released with Chronos.....and maybe the album "Prime Evil" too, They bring a lot of power, they can't disappoint us with every work they release

No. 4 - SAXON

Well, this band needs no introduction, they are the masters of reinvention, they are one of the few bands that I know that just keeps getting better and better with every album they release, awesome riffs, awesome voice and awesome melodies are the formula of one of the most underrated and talented bands of all time, but you got to admit that at least, if you are a real Saxon fan, then you are a loyal fan and with awesome taste in music. that said........SAXON FUCKING RULES!!!

No. 3 - MOTÖRHEAD

I first heard Motörhead a long time ago, the first song that I ever heard was "Overkill", they just blew my mind with those fucking drumz from hell, that aggressive distorted bass, and that fucking awesome voice just defined an era in my music gallery, I'm pretty obsessed with the order of hearing a band's music, when I find a band that I love, i just get every single album and I hear them in chronological order, just when I thought that Motörhead stucked in the same great sound, they released "Orgasmatron" and they blew my mind again, and then they started to make even more awesome albums, they can be a really good versatile band, and at the same time they please the audience with that original sound that we all love, I just love Motörhead.

No. 2 - BLACK SABBATH

God.....they just fucking rule.....I mean, Iommi is just a genius, I don't know how he keep creating such amazing riffs, even out of Black Sabbath he is just amazing and a constant inspiration for me as a guitar player, and then amazing musicians such as Geezer Butler who made the most amazing catchy bass lines that I ever heard in my life, Bill Ward with a jazzy style that even today no metal player have dare to try again, and the we have Ozzy that maybe was the less talented of all, but he had the charisma and the rare voice that gave the songs a "doomy" sound that was just amazing.

Then we had the other Sabbath that I love, with the adition od Vinnie Appice on the drums, so precise, such a genius, and then we had Ronnie James Dio with the most amazing voice that you could ever hear in your life, he was capable of singing amazing fast, heavy and melodic tunes on the Sabbath catalogue, they are an iconic band for me that influenced every single metal band on the earth and every single metal guitar player.

No. 1 METALLICA

Love them or hate them, they'll always be the band that made me pick a guitar for the first time ever, I'm one of the few people that really digged St. Anger, Load and ReLoad, they are the most daring band.....some guys out there say that they sold themselves with every new release they make, but fuck.......they don't wanna play pop.....they make metal mainstream with magnificent music.......why the fuck somebody would pick as their first single a metal song of about 8 minutes?? that¡s the most stupid reason to say "FUCK!! METALLICA SOLD OUT!!!, they just do what they want they way they want it, ...and that's having balls my friends, that's why I love this band, because I know that with every new release, I'll hear another completely different band......if you just love "Master Of Puppets" and want to hear the old school Metallica.......then hear only old school Metallica, because the best part of this band is that they reinvent themselves year after year....

Once again, this is MY PERSONAL LIST, and I picked 5 because I want to keep it simple, Id love to include even more bands that I really love, like Angel Witch, Exodus, Megadeth, Danzig, Slayer, Candlemass, Napalm Death.......and the list goes on and on......that's why i picked only 5

Hope you dig this post, and if you have your own list, please let me know!!

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Dr. Phibes Rises Again - The Misfits Covers Demo

2012-04-16T10:00:00.000-07:00

First of all, let me apologize about the long, LOOOOOOOONG absence here, I've had some health issues, as a lot of work as well, but I'm back!! Now, I'll be posting new stuff Monday mornings

Let me introduce to all of you an "album" (if we can call it that way) made entirely by myself, containing all of the experimental covers that I made around the late 2010's and during 2011.

I first made some tracks exclusively for www.guitarbackingtrack.com because everyone lacked of Misfits backing tracks, and I really love to play their songs, so I thought........what the Fuck?!!! let's have some fun, reccord those tracks and then do whatever I like to them.

Once the tracks (as backing tracks) were finished, I did whatever arranges were needed and then, I kept them for my personal use (some tracks were uploaded to youtube to experiment a little bit).

Then I reunite the best tracks (or in some cases, just the ones that had an special meaning for me) to make some kind of "album" for the newly created Taringa! music site, then I decided that I would later publish it on last.fm

All tracks obviously were low budget, I only had one shitty stratocaster-alike guitar that costed under 100 bucks at the time, and I made the tracks with superior drummer 2.0, and the bass was my guitar tuned 12 steps down with a plugin, I hope that you enjoy it.

Hear the backing tracks - http://www.guitarbackingtrack.com/author/Orion_Hellraiser.htm

Hear the album on Last.fm - http://www.last.fm/music/Orion+Hellraiser/Dr.+Phibes+Attacks+Again+-+The+Misfits+Covers+Demo
Hear it on Taringa! - http://www.taringa.net/musica/559-Dr_-Phibes-Attacks-Again---The-Misfits-Covers-Demo/

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Talking about band reunions....

2011-11-18T18:13:00.000-08:00

Hi there mötherfuckerz!!! tonight I´ll talk about band reunions, Money? Fame?? I don´t give a shit, but we all want some reunions to happen, and we always wanted some reunions that we know they´ll never happen.

First of all, Black Sabbath, one of my all favorite bands are playing together one more time since 2005, they made it official on the video above, they are coming back with a world tour, original members and a new record, produced by the legendary band resurrecter Rick Rubin, I don´t know about you guys, but I´m pretty excited about it, but looking at the realistic and bad side of the history......how much can my Idols can take?? I don´t want to be disrespectful with a legend such as Bill Ward, but I think that he will be the first to fall due to his past, he has fallen a lot of times on the past......can he stand a world tour?? I only can wish him the best, On the other hand, Iommi and Butler are fucking beasts on the stage! I can´t worry that much about them, they were borned to be on the road........and Ozzy......I don´t think that he is the must umpredictable man on the business just followed by Axl Rose.

I think that a reunion that will never ever happen and I always wanted to see (unless black magic does exist), was a Rainbow reunion with Dio, I love Rainbow, and I respect their job during all of its time alive, but I just dig the Dio era on Rainbow, I don´t get to know Ritchie Blackmore, I also respect him as a guitar legend, but the media just make him looks like a dickhead, but I might understand his wishes to be out from the mainstream and do his own thing, It´s just that fans like us always wanted to see a Rainbow and a Deep Purple reunion....

How about the big 4 huh? we all wanted to see them, but let´s face it....we al wanted to see what the fuck was going to happen between Metallica and Megadeth......between Hetfield and Mustaine, Rumors have been flying around that they´ll be doing a collaboration together according to Mustaine, but Hetfield is like testing the water before jumping in LOL, Mustaine wants a collaboration with a nice lineup being Mustaine/Ellefson/Ulrich/Hetfield, I think that it sounds awesome as he wants it to be........METADETH or MEGALLICA!!, but let´s wait until Hetfield feels comfortable about saying a FUCKING YES!!!

Another request that I have (it´s about christmas time isn´t it?), is a classic Motörhead line-up, that in fact It´s my favorite one being Kilmister/Clarke/Taylor, I would be psyched about hearing them! But god, I think that Phil has the same problem as Bill Ward, he is just really old!! but he still rocks (I hope), but I don´t think that the heart of Motörhead (Lemmy) would accept it, I just think that it´s a damn shame.

There are a hell lot of other band reunions that I want such as Led Zeppelin (I mean....we want more than a fucking one night only), Misfits with Danzig (we think that in some way we are expecting to see Danzig playing again with Jerry but it´s not going to happen), Misfits with the American Psycho line-up, I would love to see Kirk Hammet playing again on Exodus, I want to see Paul Di´Anno again with Iron Maiden, the Cavaleras brothers back on Sepultura with Andreas Kisser, I want to see Mercyful Fate back........but fuck!! if they can´t return together as the legends that they are, it´s better to keep those expectations just as simple dreams, because....sadly, If Sabbath teached something with their reunion, is that it´s easy to get back on board doing what you love the most......but keeping the same quality for five years and keeping it fresh as the start....it´s fucking hard and I think that it was the main reason on why Sabbath took such a long hiatus, and it´s kinda sad for me.

See you next friday on another post!! \m/

Cabinet Impulses??.....What the fuck is that??

2011-11-11T12:48:00.000-08:00

First of all I want to say thanks to youtube user fearcomplexmusic, that showed how simple is to get an awesome sound in just a matter of seconds, so simple as shit.

WTF are cabinet impulses man??!! well, if you record music like me, you may be familiar to DAW´s (Digital Audio Workstations) like Nuendo, ProTools, Reaper, Cubase, etc (I personally use Magix Samplitude 10), and know that they all work under third party plug-ins.

As a guitar player some useful plug-ins are Amplitube 3, Revalver MkIII, GTR3 (they have some kind of sexual feeling around the number 3 uh?) they are all fucking great, but if you compare them side to side with real gear......you´ll know that it lacks of aggression.....it sounds like shit honestly.

As you can see above a real guitar signal chain goes through the tuner, effects, and then it goes to the head, the head goes into the cabinet, then the cabinet is recorded with a mic, so that what you hear as the final product, The amp sims mentioned early, does everything right, but you can get more realism sound with an impulse, which it´s a .wav file really small, it might sound just like a clip if you play it on WMP, but it´s useful as fucking hell, because if you run it into a convolution reverb plug-in like kefir (shown on the video right above) it will sound like a real cab, because after all, a cab it´s just a controlled reverb for whatever comes out from the head, the sound will change a lot after you´ve done it.

I´ll leave here the links so you can check it out, they´re all freeware, so you don´t have to pay for them, you can use them with any amp sim you want, just bypass the cabinet module on the amp sim, and run kefir immediately after your amp sim (Kefir just works on windows you might try LAconvolver on Mac).

GuitarHack impulses:
http://relivethefuture.com/music/patches/GuitarHacksImpulses.rar

Kefir plug-in:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3202762/keFIR_v1.dll

LAconvolver (Kefir equivalent for Mac):

http://audio.lernvall.com/

If you have any questions or doubts, let me know ;)

The Haunting (Misfits Cover)

2011-11-10T23:16:00.000-08:00

Ok, I´ll be posting some useful shit in the near future, but I wanted to talk about this song I did not so long ago.

I was having a hard time right before this song, by the lyrics in some point I felt identified, and I fucking loved the song, so I decided to make it quick, to make it fun, the result was better than expected (It took me about 4 hours) and I think it went pretty cool.

I´ll post some really interesting stuff that musicians might like in the next couple of days, so stay tuned!!

Death Comes Ripping ( Misfits Cover )

2011-10-18T13:55:00.000-07:00

This was a song I covered about 4 months ago, I was so fucking pissed off about a bunch of troubles going on, I did this one maybe on 5 hours, that may explain the shitty sound, I just wanted to kill someone but I just then decided to fucking set on fire the strings of my guitar....I still like the arrangements though lol

Hope you enjoy this \m/

Teenagers From Mars (Misfits Cover)

2011-10-14T19:34:00.000-07:00

Brand new!! hot and fresh!! just made!!, well let´s stop saying stupid stuff and check out the new cover I made, I´m making a bunch of Misfits songs for backing tracks (you can find them here ) I made a bunch of different things for this cover, I tried multicamera shit (that were 2 shitty cellphones in fact) I changed the color of the video, I used a nice intro, I mastered the song with T-racks 3, all done by myself, so check it out and let´s hear what you have to say

cheers!! \m/

Let me introduce Myself...

2011-10-12T22:34:00.000-07:00

Hi there, I´m Orion Hellraiser, a young weird musician who enjoys the good music, mainly the Metal Music, Classical, Hard Rock, Punk, Blues, Jazz, Grunge and some Country music.

I´m mainly a guitar player, but I had to learn how to play some bass, some piano (I´m not that good) and some drums, I´ve played guitar since I was 12 (that was Metallica´s fault) and I´ve been composing some songs on my own since then.

I´ve created this blog to share a couple of thoughts, some material, some tips, and some other shit, I would love to learn from whoever reads this stupid blog, and hopefully teach some stuff that I learned as the years passed by.

So I hope you like some of my stuff and I´ll promise to do some interesting stuff (maybe some striptease lol ), so have fun and let me hear what you think \m/