I want to make something and I have a big question about it so I guess I can't keep it secret.
I want to make a Demon's Crest EP, or series of EPs depending on how it goes with the first one. I want to do this EP in the style of Dimmu Borgir, black metal but with strong orchestral elements. I know the panel doesn't have a bias against certain genres and they usually don't have too much trouble critiquing live stuff. Sometimes they seem a little too soft on live stuff, and at other times unreasonably harsh. But the point is I don't think they really have all that much experience judging orchestral black metal, it has a distinct kind of production, performance, including vocals...
I guess my question is, preferably if someone like Larry or DJP or someone who can DJP could come in and opine on this because I think it's a pretty big question about less common genres. I think the music in Demon's Crest is pretty great and would lend itself to black metal in a creative and enjoyable way, but I don't want to invest all that time and emotion into the project if it wouldn't fly at OCR.
As for the argument "do it because you want to", well I have original stuff I could do and release separately. I don't want to do that just yet. I want to work on some more remixes. :3
I don't mean any offense with statements made above, the panel does a good job yet they don't get the opportunity on a regular basis to hear many diverse sub-genres and more underground genres.
Here's my Demon's Crest youtube playlist: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=C9A7FFC5A6B949AE
Some black metal for example: this and
, the latter being a lot less approachable but more traditional