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Hauntshade aka Richard Hasselt.
“Blending lyrical storytelling with cutting-edge technology, Hauntshade crafts, at times, deeply personal and evocative songs that try to capture the human experience. With every verse and prompt, he shapes melodies that transcend algorithms, trying to keep emotion, originality, and artistic intent at the heart of his work. Through the unique fusion of songwriting and innovation, he tries to redefine the boundaries of modern music—where creativity leads, and technology follows.”
“Creating quality over quantity, proving that you can create good, entertaining metal/music with the help of AI.”
I enjoy creating songs that I actually like to listen to myself, I enjoy the writing of the lyrics and the process of perfecting my prompts to get as close as possible to what I envisioned when I wrote the lyrics (and prompts). The whole process is not a “click the button” and you have a song. While it is possible to do that, I actually want to try and create quality content. I am not doing this to make money, I’d rather create 20 tracks that are good and enjoyable to listen to, than 300 shitty tracks just to flood the streaming platforms with low effort slop every month.
I try to create original content and not simply copy a band or artist. In fact the AI that I use to create my music with does not allow the use of a bandname or artist name in any prompts whatsoever for that exact reason. I also go through the process of mastering my tracks to improve on the quality.
My music is a blend with influences of metalcore, death metal and industrial metal, that I like to call “Industrial-Tinged Metal”. Overall I don’t like to stick, or limit myself, to a specific genre or style of music and just try to create a track that feels like it fits with the lyrics I write.
You can find the lyrics to all my music on my Musixmatch page.
You can find lyric videos to all my music and unreleased tracks on my official YouTube channel.
Donations.
While I provide my music (mostly) for free, the creation, publishing, and hosting is not free.
If you feel generous and would like to help out, there are several ways to do so.
Buying my music on Bandcamp.
Or if you are feeling even more generous and would like to donate directly, you can use “Buy Me a Coffee” by clicking the coffee cup on screen in the bottom-right or through Liberapay.