Wintersun - Eternal Darkness (Autumn) | Slow Drums Version

Here is Wintersun's 'Eternal Darkness' with a different, slower drum track. I used EzDrummer 2 and Cubase 5. If you like the concept maybe I'll put more time into a more polished version. For now, enjoy the draft.

[@Patralgan]

Works surprisingly well! It changes the atmosphere substantially.

[@NaturalBrunKiller]

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! This is blacker than the blackest black times infinity

[@WintersunExtras]

That's pretty black.

[@turboromy]

One thin I didn't like from the published Autumn was drum part being too busy. I usually skip to winter. I guess I'll enjoy this version more.

[@turboromy]

Ah...I just noticed this may not be by Wintersun, but made by a dedicated fan. I paid and downloaded bunch of files last summer and heard it has separate tracks. Maybe you made the best use of it. However it was made, I am surprised and thankful. It is always delightful to find a geniuses like Jari, Yngwie, Bill Gates, Jobs and so so but it is equally thrilling to realize there are just as geniuses right behind them.

[@WintersunExtras]

That's right, I used the isolated tracks released by Wintersun, silenced the drum track and programmed my own. I'm just an idiot from Australia with an unhealthy obsession with Wintersun.

[@ryanblue5627]

This version I actually understand the foundation of the blast beat drumming. I couldn’t tack down the rhythm. I love the different versions.

[@TheUltimateBAN]

Weird how well this works. What's next? Loneliness with blast beats? yea, maybe not...

[@WintersunExtras]

Don't tempt me, Perkele...

[@TheUltimateBAN]

Haha

[@TheUltimateBAN]

Btw, did you make the clean guitar louder at 1:18?

[@WintersunExtras]

MUCH louder.

[@jfbrko290]

@@WintersunExtras ACOUSTIC Loneliness with blast beats lol.

[@flan25821]

Thank you! This makes the song much more listenable than the album version! I was mostly ignoring this track until now!

[@WintersunExtras]

Glad you like it! I was avoiding it at first too, but it eventually grew on me.

[@calderonugaldesalvador1662]

3:58 That part grooves so hard!

[@ronaldtebrinke2599]

Sounds really doomy, love this version!!

[@benjaminkotnik2369]

this is amazing, great work man! the last part 'death' could maybe be normal speed, so it's kind of a build up. just a thought :D

[@WintersunExtras]

Thanks! Yeah there's definitely a lot of refinement that could be done, this is really just the first glimpse into the potential this sort of mix has.

[@annakonda6286]

I had the same thought :-)

[@hwatwate2]

very deep , a real masterpeace

[@Patralgan]

I wonder if would sound like with even much slower drums, aiming for really doomy atmosphere?

[@WintersunExtras]

Probably wouldn't work too well with the riffing, but hey it'd be amusing at least!

[@AHutt-vr7ju]

I freaking love it.

[@dragonforks93]

Sounds like the slow, unstoppable march of death, love it!

[@flsh666]

You earned a subscriber with this :)

[@WintersunExtras]

Cheers, glad to have you on board.

[@PartialViewmusic]

This is fucking amazing!

[@asgart16]

Wow, great work! This really makes it easier to listen to this song in more of a chilled mood. Is there any way for you to send me the original file, uncompressed by KZbin? :)

[@WintersunExtras]

Thanks mate, no worries here's a link to the .wav! www.dropbox.com/s/b1t4c2of2453nwj/Eternal%20Darkness%20%28Slow%20Drums%20Version%29.wav?dl=0

[@asgart16]

Thank you! That was fast!! :D

[@petebateman143]

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[@luislemus9442]

so fucking amazing!!!!!

[@petebateman143]

I actually prefer this version. The Album version just gets painful to my poor old earholes after the first minute or so.

[@PrithviKantan]

Nice. The original had grown on me over time, but I am of the opinion that the some of the originally non-blast beat sections worked better with the earlier drums. And the end is so intense with blastbeats, I feel it may lose a little bit with slow drums. That said, this certainly has potential.

[@antcy4n]

if Lars Ulrich was drummer for Wintersun xD

[@calderonugaldesalvador1662]

Cool, i was doing something similar with The Forest that Weeps, but i never finished it

[@WintersunExtras]

That's a shame, what were you using to put it together? Like DAW, VSTs etc.

[@luciansatmarean75]

Is there an instrumental version of this?

[@Slkfd55]

How did find out the exact tempo of the song?

[@WintersunExtras]

First I imported it into Riffstation so it would detect the tempo (which came out at 152 BPM), but then when I was editing it in Cubase I just imported it, manually lined up the drum track with the first beat and adjusted the tempo til every beat lined up with the whole drum track. In this one I used 85 BPM.

[@Slkfd55]

Well, that's strange. I'll do it with midi drums so if I don't have the exact tempo (even if it's like 1 off) I'd have to first render the track and then stretch it accordingly... hmm, I'll see if I can figure it out.

[@WintersunExtras]

I was using MIDI drums too, the only other thing to look out for is the time signature. In the beginning it sounded like 6/8 was best and it seemed like 3/4 was best in another section then back to 6/8, and a constant 85 BPM worked for me.

[@Slkfd55]

I wish Jari just released the isolated track package as ready project files with proper tempo markings lol

[@WintersunExtras]

That'd just be TOO convenient! In case you didn't know; you can get the isolated tracks in FLAC or many other formats on their Bandcamp page. It's annoying how we were only given MP3s!

[@AeolethNionian]

ooooOOOOoooo! Somber

[@Mistted]

Drums are mixed too quiet and don't have much impact at all. It sounds like someone recorded them playing a basic beat with a shitty mic, because i can't even hear the bass drum. In the end this isn't so bad, however it needs a lot of work. I think from 6:15 to 10:50 the original drums fit very well in the song, have you thought about that?

[@WintersunExtras]

Like I said in the description, this certainly isn't a finished product. I'll take your suggestions and use them if I come to making a more polished version.

[@Mistted]

I know it's not a finished product, just giving my honest opinion because this has great potential to become a song that i would enjoy really much. I really hope you can make it sound like the real deal.

[@WintersunExtras]

All good mate, this upload was somewhat of an experiment to get an idea of what the people want something like this to sound. I changed the drums entirely in this one, but the improved version would more than likely utilise some of the original drums.

[@Hobberta]

💀

[@starchild606]

To be honest it's cool but we don't feel the heart beat anymore so I think it's missing the concept.