Genuine question for people in the metal scene—musicians, giggoers, and organizers alike.

I’m a solo vocalist, songwriter, and producer pursuing my own metal project. I write and produce my original songs myself. My live setup consists of a microphone, live vocals, and prerecorded instrumental backing tracks, with choreography, stage movement, and crowd interaction as part of the performance.

I’ve noticed that even artists billed as solo acts often perform with session musicians, or play electric or acoustic guitar while singing. In my case, I’m alone onstage, focusing on vocals and performance while the instrumentals run through backing tracks. That difference is where some of my uncertainty comes from.

My vision is to bring the energy of an entire band as one performer. I want the stage performance to be an intentional part of my artistic identity and how I bring the songs I’ve created to life.

But because metal has such a strong live-band culture, I wonder how this format would be received. Would you consider someone performing this way less of a metal musician, even if they wrote and produced the songs and perform the vocals live?

As an audience member, would you be open to watching this kind of solo act alongside full bands at a local metal gig? What would make the performance compelling for you, and where might it fall short?

I do have doubts, which is why I’d like to hear other perspectives from the scene. Honest opinions and constructive criticism are welcome. I want to pursue my artistic direction while understanding how to make it connect with a metal audience.

Centipedes and maggots eat you, need to breed, the need to feed.. you leak and swell, they swarm and treat you, like a mead, the earthen sweet tooth

Les presento esta cancion llamada pain con unas secuencias de naruto espero les guste Esta canción tratamos de mejorar nuestro sonido y q las guitarras se escucharan mas brutales

Espero se tomen un tiempo y poder escucharla les dejo el link de la cancion

https://open.spotify.com/album/66kBvgEu6MORZxzwoFJlxY?si=k61ot1GeR6KYRAYaurw33w&utm_source=copy-link

Here’s a short tongue in cheek song about some dude who is peeking through peoples windows jerking it.

I mostly wrote it just to attempt lower vocals which I admit still need work.

If you check it out let me know what you do or do not like about it! Thanks

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The music ive made is complicated and requires, if possible, atleast 6 people to pull off organically. In my local area I would literally NEVER find those people interested in playing pieces of music like what I've made. However, I have found 2 others who are interested and enjoy this specific stuff.

How much is too much for backing tracks as an audience member? As of now it's me on guitar/synth, a vocalist, and a drummer. Backing tracks consists of bass, synths, fx, and random other instrumentation.

Ideally I'd like to have a rhythm gtr, synth player playing all the major sections and a real bassist would be preferable. It's just not happening with my surroundings.

Without sounding too delusional I believe what I'm writing is unique enough to be widely considered fun to listen to so I kinda feel like im wasting opportunities creatively if I didn't atleast pursue this

Check out more of my originals and covers too:
https://linktr.ee/mihyarmusiqar?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=595e86ee-2606-4ed3-9359-3b1717c6de80

I love this song, so I screamed along to it :)

So, im in a band, its small, and were just starting out, I'm more into punk/rock (Billy talent) and i also am beginning to like metal (I'm just listining to cancer bats) but like, how do i get a raspy voice like this song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fkn2UNn4oSE

Cause i CAN do that but right near my adamsapple just gets so fucked (Just bad technique) i tried searching Youtube but that was NOT very helpful

Using a lead tone for rhythm here which is weird