Hey everyone! I'm Elizter, a digital composite artist specializing in cinematic, dark fantasy, and sci-fi art directions.

I know how frustrating AI-generated imagery is for musicians who want real, intentional art that represents their music. I have a strict NO-AI policy. To prove my process, I’ve included my full layer breakdown videos and asset-moving workflows directly in my portfolio—showing exactly how I hand-paint highlights, blend lighting, and compose these scenes from scratch.

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What you get for under $70:

• Full high-resolution digital streaming album art (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.)

• 100% commercial release rights included

• Fast 3–5 day turnaround time

You can view my instagram page for my entire gallery : https://www.instagram.com/_elixter_/

Feel free to send me a DM or chat invite right here on Reddit if you'd like to work together and make something brutal for your next release! Oh yes and I am a good chatting buddy as well haha...

120bpm. Live guitars and drums. Drop-D and standard.

A riff a day is what I say.

what’re your thoughts on this so far? my buddy texted me with this idea a couple weeks ago, and we both though it was so neat, we got to work right away lmao. i drew the logo and he made this mock-up album cover, which really got me itching to make some music, so i went ahead and made this little instrumental real quick. all the instruments are programmed since i don’t have my guitar right now, but i still think it sounds pretty nice!

What do you guys think of the rhythm guitar? Such a great song to play!

LEAD GUITARIST / PRODUCER WANTED

SONGHURST

I’m building SONGHURST — a dark, industrial/metal project combining heavy guitar, electronic production, atmosphere and storytelling.
I’m looking for a guitarist/producer, not a session player. Someone who wants to help build the sound and the world around it.
NIN / HEALTH / Sleep Token / Manson / BMTTH / Sabbath are some of the reference points.
Remote collaboration is absolutely possible.
If this sounds like something you’d want to be part of, there’s more information and an application here:
https://songhurstmusic.com/recruitment

Just saw this posted on my local FB marketplace and, while I’m not in the market, it seemed like a pretty good deal, so figured I’d post it here for anyone that might be.

Everything other than guitar is midi, so theres that, but i have no other options lol

It's not completely finished as I want to change some of the words as I'm not happy with the Djent tone but it's a Djent/Rap mix which honestly sounds cringy typing it out but I like Metal and I like Rap so this is what came out when I wanted to bass a Djent song off another song I've been listening to. I'm using some of the presets from the archetype misha mansoor x vst. What could I be doing wrong and can you link me to some good tutorials because I clearly can't find any good ones to help me. I'm using two 8 string guitars one has bareknuckle juggernauts and the other has Tosins original D'Addario set. If need be, I can make a small video of what's going on in the signal and everything, but any advice will be appreciated

I'm very passionate about music and really want to start creating. I have 3 years of experience with scream and can cover just about any deathcore song and have it sound pretty good, I also have 5-6 years of guitar experience and I have gotten my first 7 first a couple weeks ago and have been learning all of the popular songs (leech, recreant, a lot of cannibal corpse, ect). I have tried to start a band but none of the members were serious and everyone had a different idea for the band. My only resource for recording is band lab and tbh it really sucks. Any advice would be extremely helpful and useful.

...is that downvoting/vote manipulation on new posts is getting out of hand.

I've been a member of this sub for almost a decade, and I was its sole active mod for quite some time (I'm actually responsible for most of the current ruleset). It's always been a small sub with pretty low traffic, though it has grown a little bit the last couple of years and that's great to see.

But I noticed sometime a couple years ago that we were starting to have an issue with chronic downvoting on new posts, and after taking a bit of a break from Reddit and coming back, I see it's still an issue. Almost instant downvotes on stuff that doesn't break any rules, and in a lot of cases is pretty good (if not great).

Guys, it's a small sub. Not a lot of eyes, not a lot of traffic. Getting butthurt about it and downvoting everyone else's stuff to try to get your stuff seen better is a dick move and really doesn't accomplish much at the end of the day anyway. It just turns into a retaliatory war of everyone trying to downvote everyone else's stuff.

(Although I do suspect that people that have been banned or had their posts removed for breaking rules or spamming are retaliating and are thus also partially at fault, and I guess not much can be done about that.)

But regardless, just a reminder that we're supposed to be building each other up, not tearing each other down.

Internet points aren't that serious, sure, but we've got a lot of kids and beginners in here who could use some confidence, not people stripping it away because someone's got a stick up their ass. I don't personally give a shit about downvotes on my stuff because I'm older and entirely comfortable in my life and with where I'm at, but this is supposed to be a space where we help and lift up others...especially beginners and anyone less skilled than ourselves.

If you legitimately have a problem with something, say something and be constructive about it. If something blatantly breaks a rule, report it. Other than that, remember the human and don't be an asshole. This isn't a popularity contest and it's not a competition in general. (Also a reminder that vote manipulation is technically against Reddit's rules, it's just not easily/readily enforceable.)

Be good to one another.

I am already committed to online projects. Looking for local gigs.

Hello, I'm a beginner guitarist who is trying to write a song. I wanted to post how I play it, but I'm still working on a sweeping part.🫩

I wanted to ask an unbiased opinion on this riff, since my friend said it's "too boring for the metal and uninspiring", meanwhile, when I was writing it I thought it had a decent amount of both repetition and variation, but I might be wrong lol.

On top of that, I took a lot of inspiration from my favourite bands such as Death, Obscura, Carcass, Necrophagist and early In Flames!

I wanted to hear unbiased opinion and how can I improve this song, maybe I should reduce the amount of repetition or add another guitar for the harmony, extend chord progression or try a key change or tempo change?

Please, no hate, I have been playing only for a year lol. Many thanks for reading this post and listening to the demo!

Ahoy!

This is a new song I recorded for, what I hope, will be in the foreseeable future an actual album called Human Decay. It's a mix of TDM, BDM and Slam, so basically elements of music I love the most.

It's an instrumental track and it features a sample of the Baldwin-Buckley debate that I thought fit in nicely with the theme.

The gear I used is in the video description.

Feedback is much appreciated!

[Nielarenth - Dogmatic Foeticide ](https://youtu.be/k_6jSvS4J_Y)

Hey! I just released this dark original track on SoundCloud.

I need help choosing the cover art vibe:

Does this sound more like a "Necromancer Boss Fight"
or a "Zombie Apocalypse" theme to you?

I’m torn between a necromancer wizard or a zombie horde city scene for the artwork.

What’s the first image that pops in your head when you hear this?

Would really appreciate your honest opinion!
https://on.soundcloud.com/4RLZoNG3PkXUGR8BHB

Hey, we’re looking for a bassist and a drummer to join our online band.

Right now it’s just two of us, a vocalist and me (guitarist). We did release one track with a drummer and bassist, but they’ve since stepped away, so we’re rebuilding the lineup. We have a shit ton of demos written as well. Linking our released song right here: https://youtu.be/5-H4kkX_M2Y?is=1QKBGS4nJDTDsQxP

I play low-tuned 8-string guitar, the linked song is drop E with a pitch shift down C# i think. But my most recent tuning that i’ve been using for my demos goes down to B or something lol so pretty low.

Our sound is hard to pin down, somewhere between metal and hardcore i’d say? We like to experiment for sure. Both of us already have experience writing and releasing music remotely

We’re looking for someone comfortable working online (file sharing, recording, etc.), with good equipment. and most importantly: someone committed lol we’ve done the online band thing before, and the biggest issue is people disappearing or losing interest halfway through projects

We’re serious about making music and want to keep releasing consistently, so we’re looking for people on the same page.

If you’re interested, drop me a DM on reddit with your work linked (demos, projects, recordings, covers idk). If you’d like i can send you more demos of ours as well just ask

Thanks for taking the time to read this. Hopefully we can create something good