The ego-strokings of Theiyonus
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kyrasantae
The song "Laulu on kuollut" by Kotiteollisuus caught my attention (darn you, last-song-on-album syndrome) because of the rather distinctive 'epic' outro, which practically SCREAMS this is TH's work(, which it is).
In my opinion, the rest of the song isn't terribly interesting - just the usual metal stuff that's just barely at the edge of my tolerance point (beyond it is all those heavier sub-genres... ick).
A more interesting thing is, though, how TH's parts feel rather... artificially tacked on.
So, about that outro...
[The transcriptions below are transposed one half-tone up (which makes the fingering for performance much more reasonable) from what is heard on the recording. I think it must be a common strategy to make songs sound darker by shifting down a half-tone. ALL metal songs are written in either a-(C+), e-(G+), or d-(F+), don't'cha know. At least Kotiteollisuus uses their major keys. Most such bands don't, as far as I can tell.]
Part 1 (3:43)
The song, if it were any other Kotiteollisuus song, would have ended with a fade-out at the end of this section, because part 1 at least continues the melody introduced in the chorus. This part also reminds me of the outro to their song "Siemen alla routaisen maan" (another song I rather like, also victim to the last-song-on-album syndrome and which fades out the outro, by the way), but it's already well-known that a number of their songs kind of sound the same. They probably admit it on the blurbs next to the song lyrics on their website.
Part 2 (4:38)
This part is clearly written by TH. There's not much else I can think of, to which I can attribute the sudden switch to the relative minor and a whole different melody and chord progression. It just... sounds like his stuff.
Part 3 (6:03)
This continues the chord progression introduced in part 2, and it must absolutely be TH playing this, because... that's what he does. It's pretty.
In my opinion, the rest of the song isn't terribly interesting - just the usual metal stuff that's just barely at the edge of my tolerance point (beyond it is all those heavier sub-genres... ick).
<kyrasantae> awww i <3 the outro to this song - pity it's played by TH :(
<kyrasantae> now i want to go to the piano and learn to play it so i can
insert it into one of my versions of other TH songs :P
<kyrasantae> well actually only half of the track is actually... song
<kyrasantae> and then the other half is the outro
<kyrasantae> [1/3 song outro-type thing] [1/3 epic clearly-written-by-TH
thing] [1/3 piano thing]
<kyrasantae> :)
<kyrasantae> AND HOW MANY NW FAN-BOIS AND -GIRLS KNOW THIS SORT OF STUFF? :)
<kyrasantae> maybe only the finnish ones
<kyrasantae> because the other ones don't know about this other stuff he doesA more interesting thing is, though, how TH's parts feel rather... artificially tacked on.
So, about that outro...
[The transcriptions below are transposed one half-tone up (which makes the fingering for performance much more reasonable) from what is heard on the recording. I think it must be a common strategy to make songs sound darker by shifting down a half-tone. ALL metal songs are written in either a-(C+), e-(G+), or d-(F+), don't'cha know. At least Kotiteollisuus uses their major keys. Most such bands don't, as far as I can tell.]
Part 1 (3:43)
The song, if it were any other Kotiteollisuus song, would have ended with a fade-out at the end of this section, because part 1 at least continues the melody introduced in the chorus. This part also reminds me of the outro to their song "Siemen alla routaisen maan" (another song I rather like, also victim to the last-song-on-album syndrome and which fades out the outro, by the way), but it's already well-known that a number of their songs kind of sound the same. They probably admit it on the blurbs next to the song lyrics on their website.
Part 2 (4:38)
This part is clearly written by TH. There's not much else I can think of, to which I can attribute the sudden switch to the relative minor and a whole different melody and chord progression. It just... sounds like his stuff.
Part 3 (6:03)
This continues the chord progression introduced in part 2, and it must absolutely be TH playing this, because... that's what he does. It's pretty.
