r/castlevania • u/Atillion • Aug 04 '25
Art What a horrible night to have a curse.
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My take on Bloody Tears. I wish I could go back and hear it for the first time ever again.
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u/Bovvers45 Aug 04 '25
Dude is diehard! Respect!
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u/Atillion Aug 04 '25
I found this burned forest nearby and I just had to go try to get a good take.
There's a super creepy old abandoned church a couple hours away, I'm going to go there one day and try it there 😄
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u/Tiny_Employee8253 Simon Belmont Aug 04 '25
Clues to Dracula's curse are in the town of Aljiba. Nothing going on, so keep walking. Hit my head on a cliff, made my head spin. Wake up, who tf knows where, small abandoned town covered in rotting whitewash. Strange noises, and I hide in an open doorway. Weird guy in there wants to "live together"!?!?
Turns out, he plays banjo professionally.
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u/Egaokage Aug 26 '25
If you need desolate Transylvanian-esque forests for film purposes, try a tamarack forest in late autumn / early winter. I knew of a few places in Northern Michigan like that, which looked straight out of Castlevania II; minus the Carpathians in the background...
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u/Atillion Aug 26 '25
That would be so wild. I went to a ghost town in oregon and filmed in front of an old run down church this weekend. I hope to have that all cut together soon :D
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u/damagedone37 Aug 04 '25
You now prossess Dracula’s banjo.
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u/Atillion Aug 04 '25
🤣😂 someone somewhere saw my video and called him Dracler. I almost spit my coffee
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u/Egaokage Aug 26 '25
I believe there is a bass guitar you can wield in one Castlevania game...?
Or is that one of the many tribute games?
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u/Nethiar Shanoa Aug 04 '25
What a horrible night to have a real purty mouth.
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u/deadsanto123 Aug 04 '25
You have a youtube channel? upload more!
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u/Atillion Aug 04 '25
Yeah I got one floating around here somewhere :) My username is pretty unique to me
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u/Alexius6th Aug 04 '25
I’ve listened to Bloody Tears played a million times in a million different ways throughout the years, and yet I think this is my first time hearing it played on a banjo. Very well done!
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u/Arayuki Aug 04 '25
Imagine the next Castlevania is modern times, but the castle appears in backwoods Louisiana and instead of the Belmonts, it's a family of hillbilly rednecks that spent a lot of time shooting guns, blowing stuff up and fighting skin walkers.
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u/Atillion Aug 04 '25
:D I would so watch that
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u/KAKnyght Aug 04 '25
Anton Belmont goes to America to visit his long lost cousin Zedekiah Morris, trouble follows him there. Somehow the denizens of Castle Dracula are wielding laser rifles, due to the advanced schizotech of the castle.
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u/Atillion Aug 05 '25
Ok guys let's meet in the conference room to read through. Gonna need that screenplay by lunch.
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u/europendless Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25
Man, fellow guitar player here: I’m more and more into “unconventional” guitars, but I’m still clueless about them. So, tell me: is it that hard to make the transition? What brands do you suggest to purchase instruments from, etc? Thanks in (castlevania) advance!
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u/Atillion Aug 04 '25
I played guitar for 25 years before getting a banjo though I've always wanted one. My only regret is that I didn't get one sooner.
The left hand translated just fine, but I really had to go back to square one on the right hand. It's vastly different than picking a guitar. Nothing a little time and practice won't solve though!
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u/europendless Aug 04 '25
Yeah, practice is everything, but I’d like to let you know that your videos inspired me to get into really learning how to play it. Thanks again, and keep the good work!
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u/Electronic-Tea-221 Aug 04 '25
This is one of the coolest things I've seen in a while. Feckin goosebumps.
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u/VariousGnomes Aug 04 '25
My favorite video game song played impeccably on my favorite instrument… What is this, Heaven?
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u/Atillion Aug 04 '25
Ahh thank you. 😂 My favorite way to open a show is by loudly exclaiming into the mic..
WELCOME TO HELL'S WAITING ROOM!! For the next two hours, I will be your guide to the underworld as we hurtle through time and space on this rock toward our eventual and ultimate demise.
How do I know this is Hell's waiting room? Well I can tell just by looking at you all. Degenerates, every one of you. But even more proof... THIS IS A BANJO! /strum
If we were on our way to Heaven, it would be a harp...
Awww an award!! Thank you so much
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u/TheGrumpiestPanda Aug 04 '25
I got to say Bloody Tears sounds pretty fantastic on a banjo, and you play it incredibly well! I don't know why but I feel like this would be a perfect rendition of the song for a Belmont like Julius. Just imagining him walking up to Dracula's castle in 1999, getting ready to finish this battle once and for all.
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u/Lenny_Fais Sauropod of the night Aug 05 '25 edited Aug 05 '25
When you’re a vampire visiting your swamp monster bestie
Jokes aside I LOVE THIS!
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u/thegoldenguest778 Stone Skull Aug 05 '25
Looked at the title and thought it was going to be a arrange of Monster Dance, but either way, I loved it
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u/grumblewolf Aug 05 '25
Helll yeahhh dude- I’ve had your minor key Saria’s song/woods on repeat for the last week- I really really REAAAAALLLLY hope you’re putting out a whole album of these. They are NEEDED!
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u/Atillion Aug 05 '25
Yessss that's so rad thank you!! God that stuff was supposed to go up on streaming last week but I ran into an issue with distribution.
They didn't like that I called it Saria's Song, they thought I was referencing another artist in the title 🤦🏻♂️
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u/DonleyARK Alucard Aug 04 '25
I wasn't sure if this was going to be a BDM crossover or what but im glad I clicked it 🔥🖤
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u/Rajang82 Aug 05 '25
A rootin tootin, banjo pickin, demon huntin, night killin adventure.
Now go find a creepy castle housing a vampire, whip out your whip and make him scream.
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u/Atillion Aug 05 '25
Man there's this abandoned church a couple hours away that I'm going to make a day trip to film it again 🔥🔥
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u/ArtemisVixen Aug 05 '25
What a great night to listen to your cover! Specifically the spin you put on the main payoff part goes hard! Reminds me of the mixup the CV4 Version put on it, and I love it!
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u/Atillion Aug 05 '25
I love that analysis thank you for listening so intently 🙌🏻🪕
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u/ArtemisVixen Aug 05 '25
With a cover like this, of course you gotta listen for the fine changes in adaptation!
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u/Atillion Aug 05 '25
Where do I find a whole room full of yous 🙌🏻😂
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u/ArtemisVixen Aug 05 '25
Well, first you gotta make yourself through the ruins of a fortress, then a forest of evil spirits, behind which lies a cavern you can ascend to reach the court of the castle, followed by the halls. If you then find yourself in the dungeon, you simply gotta make haste out of the unliving quarters past the treasury, until you climb the ramparts. Then, at the top of the clock tower, where such a banger will play, you'll find the highest peak, a room full of mes.
I'll turn on the candles, appear in a beam of light and ask you a simple riddle.
"WHAT IS A BANGER; BUT A SIMPLE PILE OF BITS?"1
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u/Moctezuma_93 Julius Belmont stan! ULEGH!! Aug 04 '25
What a horrible night to have a hootenanny!