Score: 10

"Opethesque"

by: Haggard

date: September 20, 2009

This really reminds me of Opeth (if you don't know them I would highly recommend you check them out ;) ).
The atmosphere you create with this song is just amazing. I like how all instruments seem to take themselfs away a bit so that the other instruments can be heard better. This creates an interesting effect: Even though no instrument really stands out you can concentrate on one single instrument and follow it throughout the song. Then the next time you listen to it you can follow an other instrument and so on.

Very nice!

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Score: 9

"More great sounds"

by: Coop83

date: September 19, 2009

I'm not entirely sure why you came up with this name for the piece, but it seems to work, in that if it didn't have a title, what else would you call it?

This piece has some great piano, backed up by the drums and guitar, but I'd suggest that you let the piano take the lead, toning down the drums slightly, to give more of an impact when the guitars come in to carry it with the metal flair that appears to be your band's signature at present.

There is definite potential to take this elsewhere and as with the last piece that I listened to of yours, the onus seems to lie with getting some vocals for the piece to take more effect. I can see that making the giant stride forward for the band as a whole, so perhaps some further auditions are in order?

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Score: 8

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by: Fro

date: September 17, 2009

At first I enjoyed the random sounds in the beginning, but after awhile I noticed that perhaps you over used them just a tad bit as sounded a little over done. The song itself though was pretty cool. After the beginning of the song though you did a great job on limiting how random it was.

It had so many different sounds. I coulnd't quite place my finger on what influenced the song the most because I heard some miscellaneous stuff, some heavy metal stuff, some general rock stuff, etc.. It was all mixed in quite well.

I thought that perhaps the part right before the ending was a little overdone as well as it got a little repetitive, but the ending itself was done quite well. I also like how it picked up a bit towards the end of the song as one would think that it was about to die out.

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Score: 9

"Wow, this is one good song O.O"

by: Supersteph54

date: September 16, 2009

Amazing job on this, it sounds great and I enjoyed it.

This has some really nice melodies, especially the piano ones that come at around the middle of the song. Really unique batch of instruments here, which sound great, but I suppose that's because they're real. I noticed some nice effects you used here too, which fit nicely with the song. In short, awesome instruments and melodies.

The transitions here from one melody to another were in general excellently done. The song was very varied too, but I think it's rather too varied. The structure here is what really bothered me. You should add a main melody or a chorus which plays a few times in the song; besides, after hearing the melodies used over here, I'm sure you can think up a nice and catchy melody to play for the chorus, since as it is now, it sounds quite random.

Very nice intro, starting songs with only piano always come out great, and the ending was fine too, although if you had made a chorus over here, and then ended the song by playing the chorus and a proper ending note will surely sound better.

The drums were one of the best drums I've ever heard in ages. They were extremely varied, although still, like the song itself, they were quite random. Still, they made excellent drum transitions, and were played out very well. Excellent drums over here, if not just a little random, which made me lose track of the rythm in parts.

Overall, it's a really well done song, but the randomness is the biggest problem over here. Nice melodies, great instruments and effects, good transitions, excellent intro and ending, and in all, fantastic song. Keep up the great work :D.
9/10
5/5

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Score: 8

"Your right hand."

by: FUNKbrs

date: September 12, 2009

I'm focusing on your right hand. I notice you've got your double kicks down, fucking awesome, but I notice a serious lack of stuff like latin and african style claves and straight up gear changes. You're doing things on the kicks you should be doing with your hands, which isn't quite meshing with the guitars.

Again, heavy reliance on effects on everything, not to say you're not tonally correct, just that when you're using a clean tone on the guitars, you can't just pound in with the double kicks like you do on the hard songs. There's lots of places where you're shuffling the kicks where you should be shuffling your pinger or your ride cymbal.

my first thought when hearing the guitars is "separated teradiddle (21221211) with slow dynamic cymbal build" but instead you're all trying to hardcore this one out. Also, the sampled "clap snap rap" effect completely throws me off.

You keep doing corps style snare in places where an airy big cymbal holding pattern should be.

Again, great song, very clear and all that, but there's more to music that sound clarity. In the opener, you go for highhat when ride would match the reverb on the guitar more.

I know I sound like I'm nitpicking, but what good is a review without constructive criticism?

Basically, in short, you need to work on your strike form on your right hand. That's why your kicks are so much faster than your hands; I have a feeling if I watched you play your arms are doing all the work instead of your fingers.