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[Rebellion of the Patriots -T.R]

American Football?

I'm struggling to find the references made in your author comments, but I do like this piece. It's bold and, while it could have done with a few interludes of percussion, it was nice for the fact that it didn't have any.

With the way you set this out, I knew it was going to be a 'quiet piece' that made a statement. However, I'm still trying to figure that part out about what statement it's trying to make. Maybe it will make more sense when I've had some sleep.

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TheReno responds:

No not football. Soldiers. Like oppresed people fighting for their right to live, their right for freedom. My question was did they become free or stay oppressed. You know at the end of the song.

[DH loop]

Needs to be longer

To make an efective loop, this song must be about 3 minutes - the 1.5 minute marker just makes it quite annoying, reasonably quickly.

For me, the first 20 seconds smacked of Final Fantasy on a primitive level - one instrument is only going to sound so good. With more of a chance to blend instruments into a melody, the piece tends to sound more '3D' and more advanced.

It's a good start and I think that if it was longer and fleshed out with a few more instruments in close melody, the whole piece would blossom into something bigger.

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Dark-Heart responds:

I know what you're saying. But what am I going to do, this is my first audio submission, and I can't play piano very well. Heh, still, I'll try your advice on this song.

[A Collection of Guilt]

Almost perfect

What more needs to be said about this wonderful piece?

Maybe it's a little loud in places, as parts of the guitar music has a trace of static, which is a shame, because this piece is great. Reminds me of a cross between Rammstein, Dream Theater and Metallica. The vocal pieces needed to be slightly louder, so we could understand was was being sang / said / yelled. I am aware of the fact that Rammstein isn't supposed to be understood, but what the hell :P

The mellow change of tempo put me in mind of Nothing Else Matters, by Metallica, which is why it comes in like that. The body of the song reminds me a lot of Dream Theater and Rammstein - thundering drums, deep bass and a great guitar lead.

Maybe the drums lend a little to Man-o-war as well, but they're not one of my favourites, so I'll back off from that :P

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Goatchrist responds:

Thanks!

Well, as I said, the 128 kbit do hurt the song a little, adding more static than intended. The full demo will have better quality.

Your comparisons are definitely interesting, I've never heard anyone comparing my stuff to the bands you mentioned :)

Glad you liked it, thanks for the indepth review!

[*Grooves*]

Nice, but one thing.

About 30 seconds through, the tune changes completely. If you're going to use that, I'd suggest that you make the piece longer, as it's almost there, but to have a modulation like that and suddenly end it makes me feel somewhat hard done by for such a good piece of music.

The first 30 seconds was awesome, with a rocking beat keeping the place at a steady tempo.

Looking forward to the next piece already :)

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Koeberto190 responds:

Thanks for the review, it helped a lot!

[Mandatory Suicide]

Needs work in places

But overall, it's a good piece. A cover version, you say? How did that come about, was it some other artists who covered it, or have you put it together from other tunes (possibly explaining why it sounds a little shitty in places)

I'm sure that metal fans will appreciate it and judging by the number of downloads you've had, some people already do.

The guitar solo was worthy of Joe Satriani (Or more probably Dream Theatre) and overall, I'd say you've done a good job - if only you worked on the mixing and splicing of the tracks :P

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Bonemill responds:

yo yo yo