Kalmah Fan Covers

johnharvey1 · January 1st, 2010, 04:09 PM

Hey Kalmah fans,

I figured a Kalmah cover thread could be a cool idea as there seems to be
a lot of good covers on youtube that go unrecognized.

Anyway, I've just finished completing this artistic type cover of Like a Slave.
I decided to do this cover after I found a mask that looked the same as the swamplord man featured on the covers of some of Kalmahs albums such as The Black Waltz and For the Revolution. The mask is by no means super serious, I just thought it would be a cool idea for the cover.

I spent some time researching a swampy type background, then with the help of photoshop, I put a collection of Kalmah pics together and worked out the layout and set up of the video. The programs I used to make this video included Photoshop, After Effects and Imovie.

In terms of guitar tabs, I basically just mixed together the tabs I found available, then just worked out the other bits. For the keyboard solo I used a Roland Gr-20 guitar synth.

Please check it out and give us your thoughts.

MathLePirate · January 2nd, 2010, 02:37 PM

Nice concept. But recording quality sucks! Keep working on this ^^

Kalmah338 · January 4th, 2010, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by MathLePirate

Nice concept. But recording quality sucks! Keep working on this ^^

i completely agree, definitely work on that. or just do an animation ontop of the track and not bother with the guitar. cuz i was much more impressed with your editing than the guitar work with this and most of the bodom ones you did. and i think you tried to post this as a video response to my song on you tube but it never came thru.

johnharvey1 · January 12th, 2010, 10:01 PM

Bad audio, really, geez I really tried hard to improve it this time, hard to please. If anything, it's just a bit loud, maybe I will make it softer next time.

@Kalmah338
I probably would'nt just make a video with arty effects, I'd rather include my guitar cover as well. But at the moment I don't know if will do another cover in a hurry, for the time and effort it takes to put together, I haven't really recieved enough views or responses to make it feel worth it. Maybe I'II leave it for a while.

Kalmah338 · January 13th, 2010, 10:49 PM

im not trying to tear you down or anything. just take it as constructive criticism. the tone was off for the guitar. too much gain and trebel. now the playing was really good, it just didnt sound good. and that will come when you discover better tone. now i am completely blown away in your editing skills. now maybe do a collaboration or something and hit up barrymetallon and have him do the guitar cover and you do the editing. but thats just an idea.

versionfiv · February 2nd, 2010, 01:32 AM

that video is so funny , but in a good way!

Marklee · February 25th, 2010, 03:31 PM

This is much better than any of Kalmah's official videos in terms of post-production (although, the glowing edges neon effect was awful). Keep up the good work.

johnharvey1 · February 26th, 2010, 02:21 AM

I've got Heritance of Berija in the works now. Should hopefully do it within the next couple of weeks

WilDChilDx · March 1st, 2010, 04:33 PM

I am currently working on a cover of Bullets Are Blind. The solo will be improvised because I am not very good to learn a solo by ear xD This should be ready next week.

Kalmah338 · March 1st, 2010, 07:16 PM

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Originally Posted by WilDChilDx

I am currently working on a cover of Bullets Are Blind. The solo will be improvised because because I am not very good to learn a solo by ear xD This should be ready next week.

12 gauge is gonna be my baby

johnharvey1 · March 2nd, 2010, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kalmah338

12 gauge is gonna be my baby

The solo will be fun

Valde94 · March 8th, 2010, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by WilDChilDx

This is my cover of Bullets Are Blind. Sorry for the drum, I take a MIDI Files from the program " Guitar Pro " but the person who makes the tab didn't put the good tabs for the drum. But i hope you like it, enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJf_fw2GteM

Nice cover man! Nice tone on guitars

johnharvey1 · March 17th, 2010, 04:14 PM

Ok, I finally finished my Heritance of Berija cover.

I did this video using After Effects, Photoshop, and Imovie.
This time I went for the full out artistic type cover, collaborating everything about Kalmah. I've alway's liked Kalmah's album art and music, so bringing together the two was great.

In terms of guitar, I mixed a bunch of tabs to learn this song, as they not all seemed right, but I'm sure I got the majority of the parts correct.

Anyway, I hope you like it, please tell me what you think,
thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xf-Ck-v8Uc

WilDChilDx · April 30th, 2010, 06:30 PM

Here is my cover of Bullets Are Blind, sorry for the bad quality but it's not too bad so enjoy everyone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvdsRecUG0s

Scorpeagle · May 1st, 2010, 01:24 AM

good cover.

WilDChilDx · May 1st, 2010, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Scorpeagle

good cover.

Thanks man, I appreciate

shinderhizzle84 · May 10th, 2010, 04:46 PM

Sorry for the weird sound levels, I'm terrible at mixing and such...

Anyways, here is my vocal cover for "Heroes To Us"

Intro scream was bad because I forgot to warm up, so hope you excuse...thanks, haha :P

You Tube

EDIT: Gonna re-do the cover because it was bad..hopefully the new version is a bit better.

2ND EDIT: Re-uploaded, let me know what you think!

deathforce12 · May 10th, 2010, 09:16 PM

You Tube

My cover of 12 gauge from the new album

shinderhizzle84 · May 12th, 2010, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathforce12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou1QkT9LFFo
My cover of 12 gauge from the new album

great first post, lol :P

deathforce12 · May 12th, 2010, 11:17 AM

hey thx i spent a lot of time on the solo :P

Gurby · May 19th, 2010, 03:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by deathforce12

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou1QkT9LFFo
My cover of 12 gauge from the new album

Welcome to the forum man

and that's a very nice cover!
but you maybe should have tried it with
a little less reverb

ardipithecus11 · May 29th, 2010, 03:16 AM

Delivering Heroes to Us or Hades soon...

deathforce12 · May 29th, 2010, 07:16 PM

You Tube

Same cover but much better quality :P

blacksmithtomahawk · August 17th, 2010, 12:16 PM

Solid. Solo looked great, but I would have loved to hear it without the backing track. Just to make sure ha. Plus no retakes, which is really impressive. And nice shirt!

nickyarchy · August 20th, 2010, 09:39 PM

Hey guys check my cover out.

Its pretty bad but as you all know it is a very difficult and kickass solo

You Tube

January 1st, 2010, 04:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
johnharvey1 Metal Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 46	Kalmah Fan Covers Hey Kalmah fans, I figured a Kalmah cover thread could be a cool idea as there seems to be a lot of good covers on youtube that go unrecognized. Anyway, I've just finished completing this artistic type cover of Like a Slave. I decided to do this cover after I found a mask that looked the same as the swamplord man featured on the covers of some of Kalmahs albums such as The Black Waltz and For the Revolution. The mask is by no means super serious, I just thought it would be a cool idea for the cover. I spent some time researching a swampy type background, then with the help of photoshop, I put a collection of Kalmah pics together and worked out the layout and set up of the video. The programs I used to make this video included Photoshop, After Effects and Imovie. In terms of guitar tabs, I basically just mixed together the tabs I found available, then just worked out the other bits. For the keyboard solo I used a Roland Gr-20 guitar synth. Please check it out and give us your thoughts.

January 13th, 2010, 10:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
Kalmah338 Swamplords Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 252	im not trying to tear you down or anything. just take it as constructive criticism. the tone was off for the guitar. too much gain and trebel. now the playing was really good, it just didnt sound good. and that will come when you discover better tone. now i am completely blown away in your editing skills. now maybe do a collaboration or something and hit up barrymetallon and have him do the guitar cover and you do the editing. but thats just an idea. __________________ http://www.myspace.com/c_augustine http://www.youtube.com/atomics338 http://www.soundclick.com/CameronAugustine

February 2nd, 2010, 01:32 AM	#6 (permalink)
versionfiv Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Northern VA USA Posts: 84	that video is so funny , but in a good way! __________________ http://www.last.fm/user/versionfiv/ http://www.versionfiv.com/

February 25th, 2010, 03:31 PM	#7 (permalink)
Marklee Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 15	This is much better than any of Kalmah's official videos in terms of post-production (although, the glowing edges neon effect was awful). Keep up the good work. Last edited by Marklee : February 26th, 2010 at 06:20 AM.

March 1st, 2010, 04:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
WilDChilDx Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 109	I am currently working on a cover of Bullets Are Blind. The solo will be improvised because I am not very good to learn a solo by ear xD This should be ready next week. Last edited by WilDChilDx : March 2nd, 2010 at 11:59 AM.

January 2nd, 2010, 02:37 PM	#2 (permalink)
MathLePirate Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Montréal, Québec Posts: 12	Nice concept. But recording quality sucks! Keep working on this ^^

January 12th, 2010, 10:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
johnharvey1 Metal Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 46	Bad audio, really, geez I really tried hard to improve it this time, hard to please. If anything, it's just a bit loud, maybe I will make it softer next time. @Kalmah338 I probably would'nt just make a video with arty effects, I'd rather include my guitar cover as well. But at the moment I don't know if will do another cover in a hurry, for the time and effort it takes to put together, I haven't really recieved enough views or responses to make it feel worth it. Maybe I'II leave it for a while.

February 26th, 2010, 02:21 AM	#8 (permalink)
johnharvey1 Metal Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 46	I've got Heritance of Berija in the works now. Should hopefully do it within the next couple of weeks

May 1st, 2010, 01:24 AM	#15 (permalink)
Scorpeagle Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: France (Alsace) Posts: 13	good cover. __________________ "My middle finger raised"

May 12th, 2010, 11:17 AM	#20 (permalink)
deathforce12 Junior Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 4	hey thx i spent a lot of time on the solo :P

May 29th, 2010, 03:16 AM	#22 (permalink)
ardipithecus11 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 6	Delivering Heroes to Us or Hades soon...

August 17th, 2010, 12:16 PM	#24 (permalink)
blacksmithtomahawk Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 11	Solid. Solo looked great, but I would have loved to hear it without the backing track. Just to make sure ha. Plus no retakes, which is really impressive. And nice shirt!