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// ABOUT AGORED SOUNDS

Built for metal. By metal people.

A sample platform designed to serve metal producers, bands, and creators who make heavy music their life.

METAL · METALCORE · HEAVY SUB-GENRES

MISSION

Why this exists

Generic sample libraries scatter their focus across every genre under the sun. Metal producers end up digging through sounds that will never fit a breakdown or a djent riff.

AGORED SOUNDS exists to fix that. It's a subscription library where every upload, every pack, and every preset is meant for the metal ecosystem: artists, producers, mix engineers, and bands who need sounds that actually match their world.

Browse, preview, download, and share samples, packs, presets, and MIDI while giving certified creators a stage to reach a dedicated metal audience.

// GENRES WE SERVE

Metal & everything heavy

If it crushes, breaks down, or bleeds distortion, you're in the right place.

MetalcoreDeathcoreDjentThallThrashDeath metalBlack metalNu metalHardcoreIndustrialProgressive metalPost-hardcoreMetal
SCOPE

Probably not your platform if…

We're honest about who we build for. If you mainly work outside metal and heavy sub-genres, AGORED SOUNDS is not recommended for non-metal styles. You won't find the catalog depth or community fit you need. No hard feelings; we just stay in our lane so metal gets the attention it deserves.

// ORIGIN STORY

From BEATCRACKER to AGORED SOUNDS

The platform you see today is not version one. It is a restart with the same ambition, years of hindsight, and a codebase that finally matches the vision.

2020

BEATCRACKER: the first attempt

Before AGORED SOUNDS, there was BEATCRACKER, a sample marketplace I started building in VB.NET with a close friend. Same core idea: a place where producers upload sounds, browse a catalog, and download what they need.

We pushed through profiles, upload flows, and library browsing in a desktop app. The vision was real, but the scope was enormous for two people learning as they went: not enough time, not enough resources, and no modern stack to lean on.

We had to walk away. The project never shipped, but the source code is still out there, a snapshot of that first push.

View BEATCRACKER on GitHub →
2024–2025

Picking it back up

Years later, the idea never really left. I restarted from zero instead of reviving the old codebase: Next.js, Supabase, Stripe, Vercel, tools that did not exist in our VB.NET days.

The lesson from BEATCRACKER was scope: go niche, ship smaller, iterate in public. AGORED SOUNDS would not try to be everything for everyone. Only metal, metalcore, and heavy sub-genres.

One focused mission, one community, one catalog that actually matches how heavy producers work.

2026

AGORED SOUNDS

Live

AGORED SOUNDS is the production version of that original dream: browse, preview, download, and upload samples, packs, presets, and MIDI built for the metal ecosystem.

Certified creators get a public profile and a dedicated audience. Membership covers hosting so the platform stays online without turning into a corporate machine.

Same spirit as BEATCRACKER. Different stack, clearer boundaries, and a second chance done right.

SUBSCRIPTION

Where your money goes

AGORED SOUNDS runs on a simple monthly membership. That fee exists for one reason: cover server and hosting costs (storage, bandwidth, database, and keeping the platform online).

We're not trying to build a corporate machine. The goal is a sustainable home for the metal sample community, not profit on top of profit. Subscribe, use the library, upload if you create, and know your contribution keeps the lights on.

View pricing · €5.99/mo
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Ready to write something heavy?

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