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[Swerve - Rip]

Nice beat

Good fading in of the melody to the beat here. I like the way that the whole piece seems to fit together nicely. I'm quite happy to listen to this piece as I play on certain games and keep myself in a gaming mood. Certianly something that implies urgency and it would be a decent tue for driving games.

I'm not sure about what sounds like a motorbike revving its engine over the top of the latter part of the tune. Perhaps toning that part of the tune down would assist in the production, but it's something that could be viewed as a minor niggle on the scale of the tune.

[Review Request Club]

[Paradox (Remastered)]

Great intro

I love the spoken intro - reminds me very much of The Prisoner by Iron Maiden, which has such a well used movie clip in, to get the punters interested.

What you then suffer with is when the music kicks in - the vocals need a lot of work to right. The music itself is decent, but not really to my linking I prefer a better quality of metal, that doesn't have each instrument competing against one another to drown each other out. The vocals drowned out most of the music, which is a shame, but not a great one, as the music does still require work.

I'd suggest that you work on adding a nice metal solo to the piece - metal bands can do this, even to the speed and thrash metal sub-genres. Just look at Metallica for some inspiration. With this and some work on making the song more of a song, you'd certainly have a better sounding piece.

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Blackdoom13 responds:

Ok thanks for the review.

[In vitro Space Jesus]

Holiday in Cambodia

Sadly, the similarity with The Dead Kennedys hit song ends at the intro, as they actually launched into some music, rather than continuing on with the white noise. I think that the spectrum visualisation sums this up well, as 12 of the 14 bars are all bouncing off the upper limit.

It needs to be a lot shorter, as this isn't really a tune, more a collection of aggressive sound that drowns out the occasional guitar note that makes Slayer sound like a mellow band of troubadours, ready to give you a jolly good sing song while you're having an evening out at the local pub.

[Review Request Club]

nihilisticeq responds:

Music is for old people

Real men listen to noise

[Rondoesque]

Well worked

It's a piece that reminds me of theme music for some sort of 1980s Agatha Christie crime drama production. I really like it, as it has that tone of suspense from the piano, led along nicely by the commanding tones of the saxophone. Perhaps it could have used a lower solo, just to re-assert itself, away from the piano, as that can tend to become more dominant after a while - it's the nature of the instrument.

It loops really well, so I can certainly see this getting quite a versatile market that it can be used for. Another great piece from you and I'll look forward to hearing more.

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sarias responds:

the volume of it is completely wrong when i get my sax player to play it it should be better never though agatha christie but cool :) thanks for the review and im looking forward to giving you more to listen to

[The Terminator (Revamped)]

Hmm, needs work

I think that the piano intro was a little long winded for a Heavy Metal track - Personally, I'd either chance the genre to General Rock or cut some of the piano.

The ending was a little brief and it just cut off, which could have been faded more, rather than just stopping all of a sudden.

I think that this piece does capture the essence of the Terminator movie series and I can certainly see armies of robots wandering around the place in an apocalyptic wasteland that was once this green and pleasant earth.

[Review Request Club]

Blackdoom13 responds:

Lol I'm glad you got the picture. Yes I'll go back and cut the intro a little more and level the instruments more. Thanks for the review.

[Ecliptic]

Quite loud

The pumping beat is a good indication of the power that this tune has. It sort of reminds me of an Indian witch-doctor charming a snake, as it rises out of the wicker basket, but in a more modern sense.

I think that the silence at the end of the track is something that can be removed, possibly paving the way for further variation in the middle of the track, to encourage the user to stay focused on the music, rather than zoning out.

[Review Request Club]

EvilScorpio responds:

Thanks for your advices)

[The Voice Actor's Creed]

Way to self whore.

What an interesting way to put yourself forward in order to try and get voice acting work. It certainly sounds interesting and the whole range of personas that you give I can't fault - I'll save that for if they get used in any flash productions in the near future, as the context can be seen / heard a lot better then.

As a fellow voice actor, I think that it's just showing people how to make their way forward in the world of flash production and voice acting. Given that you'll eventually get gigs with this sample you've shown us, proves that you can make the grade. I'll look forward to seeing the productions that you'll be involved in.

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ForNoReason responds:

Thank you. Best of luck to you as well!

[Galuminum]

Could use a tweak or two

I personally think this is more of a Video Games tune, as opposed to Heavy Metal. there seems to be more sounds like they have been purloined from computer games than from an Iron maiden concert, for example.

A couple of times in the tune, you have a little too much going on - this is a complex beat that doesn't work well with the other elements that get added. The best sound is when you stop the beat and run the melody on its own at about 1:10. Perhaps a simplified version of the beat needs to be employed for when the rest of the melodious parts are playing?

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loansindi responds:

This piece is two different variations on the concept, the first being the longer, the second starting right at 1:10. the second variation is the one I hope to continue with, texture wise.

Thank you for the review!