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shed blood demos/early versions
🕑 Added 2018-07-09 19:31:42 +0000 UTC A lot of the songs on shed blood were reworked significantly a few times before release. Sardonica in particular had maybe 4 or 5 different versions dating back to mid-2016 (it was originally written during Void Fantasy for a game project that never happened) - I'd love to do a post entirely about the revisions that track went through. For now, though, here are some early versions of abyss55199794 and void fantasy (the song).abyss55199794 in particular started out as a completely different idea, at a completely different tempo, but i just wasn't feeling it so i ripped out the vocals, stretched them to a slower bpm, and rebuilt the track around it completely. A few of the looping samples from the original show up here and there, but otherwise it's a totally new instrumental.
void fantasy was also reworked, but not as significantly - its quiet beginning section and slow buildup was actually a last-minute decision a few days before release since I wasn't really happy with the lack of dynamics the upbeat, synthpop-y original version exhibited.
Anyway, you can find both early versions attached below! I'm looking forward to doing more posts like this in the future, too, as I go through the sessions and dig up more early versions & scrapped ideas for songs that made it onto the album.
Thank you so much for the support as always! I hope you find this interesting!!
<3 rook
(The files are up now!! Sorry for the confusion, Patreon always gives me trouble with uploads)
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Shin Newmaker
this is a longshot to ask because i earnestly don't know if you even check here but It's a good shot This post is like nearly 6 years old but i wanna ask if you have any plans to share the early versions of Sardonica? Shed Blood is an album that escapes words in how much I can say I love it and Sardonica is genuinely, earnestly one of my favorite songs of all time. I'm genuinely so invested to hear what those early drafts sound like... If you're willing to share them, but i'd love to hear any and all early versions of your songs !! Much love, Rook! ^_^
