Demo Songs

Crazyniel · Post by **Crazyniel** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:47 pm

Dudes, that demo album is played with the whole band, or it's played one by one like the final product?! Well played!

Derrick Rose · Post by **Derrick Rose** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 6:50 pm

DEMOlition derby?

Touche!

The demo for "Darkest Hours" is especially nice!

UnaInZodiac · Post by **UnaInZodiac** » Sun Jan 23, 2011 11:25 pm

I had trouble to identify Event Horizon demo version

Crazyniel · Post by **Crazyniel** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 12:39 am

And The Elysium is a little larger in the demo version. Awesome too!

Kecos · Post by **Kecos** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:17 am

Crazyniel · Post by **Crazyniel** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:56 pm

Man, I don't know if it is online. But, who bought the limited version, the demo songs cames in mp3 format in the same cd from the originals.

_Pepe_ · Post by **_Pepe_** » Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:11 pm

you can hear two guitars playing a song at the same time ... so, is recorded one by one...

bockrocker · Post by **bockrocker** » Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:15 am

I'll try to upload it a bit later. Youtube just enabled uploads longer than 15 minutes on my account so it will be a good test I suppose!

bockrocker · Post by **bockrocker** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:05 am

It's up here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZQdpvMA1Bo

Along with testing my newfound 15+ minute upload ability I tried some other things. First is I made only the video part in Windows Live Movie Maker, then I attached the audio with virtualdub. This way the audio is only compressed twice instead of 3 times. Another thing I tried is outputting the video at 1920x1080 which gives the video on youtube more resolution options and I tested a few of them. I believe at 240p and 320p the video will have 96kbps audio, and 480p and above it will have 128kbps audio (although this is all crazy, because the base mp3 and wallpapers used to make a video file are about 25mb, in order to hear the higher quality audio on youtube you have to stream much much more, over 100mb on the 1080 setting)

AAAAAAAAAA · Post by **AAAAAAAAAA** » Wed Feb 02, 2011 9:22 am

bockrocker wrote:I'll try to upload it a bit later. Youtube just enabled uploads longer than 15 minutes on my account so it will be a good test I suppose!

I'd like to eat 4 ounces of wild rice off your chest.

HinatAArcticA · Post by **HinatAArcticA** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:46 am

The Demos.. I'd like to listen to Event Horizon or Move the Mountain

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:21 am

I've already got the album now so I don't need the demo's, though it would be interesting to hear.

AGAG · Post by **AGAG** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:32 am

I really think big muscles are arousing.

robocop656 · Post by **robocop656** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:40 am

That russian girl really made me pee myself. Your idea sparked a fire under her fingers and into our buttholes.

This should be on a T SHIRT!!

:drop: :drop: :drop: :drop:

I look at this and can't stop giggling to myself like a little school girl.

:drop: :drop: :drop: :drop:

AGAG · Post by **AGAG** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:35 am

robocop656 wrote: Your idea sparked a fire under her fingers and into our buttholes.

You make me spill my watermelons... so often!

foerg · Post by **foerg** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:01 pm

really like the outro of infernal maze... but didn´t quite make it to the album...

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Sat Feb 05, 2011 6:41 am

Maybe the band didn't like it

CES · Post by **CES** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 1:01 pm

It's interesting to note that what makes up a Stratovarius demo could very well just be released as an album on its own.

As for the Infernal outro not making it in, it might be because it sounds remarkably like Kiss of Judas.

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 8:55 pm

Also a good point

TwilightEagle · Post by **TwilightEagle** » Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:28 pm

The lyrics are different on the demos. Personally I think, that the finals versions are better, than the demo versions, like usually.

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Mon Feb 07, 2011 11:21 pm

Well that tends to happen, most demo songs usually have lyrics that aren't too good, but then again they are unfinished, that's why they are called demo's

CES · Post by **CES** » Tue Feb 08, 2011 12:39 pm

Thing is, lyrics really have to match the melody of the song (this isn't Rap music after all) so some words might have too many syllables or sound odd when changed to fit the melody.

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 6:53 am

Very true, one case in point was when Judas priest did the song rapid fire, Rob Halford said they had to make up the word Desolizating because of the fact that desolate and desolation didn't fit the flow of the song

rikkertje · Post by **rikkertje** » Wed Feb 09, 2011 2:01 pm

I've heard all the demo's and I like them. But the final album versions are ofcourse better.

Except for one part. It's the ending of the Elysium demo TK sings 'Do you believe in hope and faith, or destiny" and I like the way he sings "or destiny" in the demo version more than the way he sings "or eternity" on the final album version.

That part is a bit rougher and harder in the demo version. I like that.

Elysium is a great album. Loving it more and more every day.

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 3:04 am

I agree, it an album that grows on you the more you listen to it

CES · Post by **CES** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 12:31 am

After having a few more days to listen, I want to thank whichever person in the band came up with the idea to provide the demos as a bonus. They offer a slightly different take on the songs. The Darkest Hours demo amusingly sounds "darker" than the CD version.

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 1:18 am

Almost reminds me of when they did "hunting high and low" the demo version sounds surprisingly more happy

TwilightEagle · Post by **TwilightEagle** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 2:26 pm

hiro23 wrote:Almost reminds me of when they did "hunting high and low" the demo version sounds surprisingly more happy

You forgot "Fantasia" and "Vapaus/Liberty" demos.

hiro23 · Post by **hiro23** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 9:16 pm

Oh I remembered they just weren't the first songs to come to my mind, I thought of them afterwords

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