FAWM: "Reptile"

Reptile

17 hours ago by @sapient

Reptile

sapient

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Liner Notes

Time to get HEAVY... Blatant channeling of Morbid Angel's "Where The Slime Live" on this, and that's deliberate cos I was always curious whether I could get close to that sort of vocal effect. Turns out it's just mostly a flanger with everything turned up to 11. 😂

#metal #deathmetal

Lyrics

Crawling Dragged through life Dragged into chaos Roofless, rootless, decaying phantasm

Nothing begets nothing The scales fall from flesh You cannot percieve The intention to deny Nothing begets nothing The flesh falls from sky An anger bound in hope A fear that never dies

Reptile

Crawling Dragged back from death Dragged into chains Artless, soulless, trapped in this entropic tomb

Nothing begets nothing The scales fall from flesh You cannot percieve The intention to deny Nothing begets nothing The flesh falls from sky An anger bound in hope A fear that never dies

Reptile

Comments

@rowleyjohnuk 2h

lol great opening then the stop and the riff was almost enter sandman style! Vox style really good love it!

@prota_gonist 5h

And Sapient is back in 2026 with the bangers!!! Vocals on this one are especially excellent... hoarse and grimy and breathy, like an undead iguana. I'm always floored by how much polish and composition you can crank out on a whim, it's legitimately amazing.

@sapient 5h

Thanks so much! A lot of this comes down to having a template in Cubase that I know gives a set of solid sounds. All I have to do is feed it with riffs... 🤣

@iwilleatyou 8h

I got ASMR listening to your vocals. Haha just kidding. I love where it kicks in at 1:43.

@tcelliott 10h

This is cool. But everything I've read says you shouldn't have an intro for over one minute before the vocals come in. I mean, it's just not good pop songwriting. That being said, it's a great intro. Digging the slow burn. Really digging the guitars. It is impossible to sit still. I mean I'm not banging my head but I'm definitely moving. Okay, the outro is killer, kicking in nicely. Love the ending.

@sapient 6h

My singing teacher used to complain about intros when I'd take some more listenable metal tracks into my lessons to practice. She'd look at me with slight despair in her eyes, wondering if the vocals were ever going to start... 🤣

@markujiro 12h

REPTILE WINS

@coolparadisoMod 12h

you are right , it wasn't far behind. ooooo watch out behind you its building! and building and the chug and growl is back! Classic Sapient - came to listen - got what i wanted.

@rica 13h

The vocal delivery really makes this feel metal to me, the flanger on the voice gives it a heavy, distinctive character!

@andyt13 13h

Welp, that's fire! 🔥 Nice

@alyxanderjames 13h

Ooo, love the ominous intro! And the rest of the song delivers. Heavy, indeed!

@nadine 15h

You did not disappoint me. The chugga is back, the chugga is dark. I like how you layered the growls, they really sound "meaty", don't know the right word, but like zombies having hunger...?

@aeye 16h

Maaaaan what a friggin huge intro to this. It lulls you in and then those growly vocals pop in. Those are some absolutely wild vocal effects. OH the panned doubled vox is chef's kiss. This is friggin awesome all the way to the final note.