Awesome track.

Wow. I can't believe you almost had 7 minutes without it being too repetitive.

I disagree with 4 minutes being enough. It's probably much easier to make something four minutes, and you'd be taking a risk by makign it longer, because techno music can easily become VERY repetitive.

Pretty much every part has it's own instruments playing different melodies. Or not so different melodies, but just playing the melodies with different sounds. This makes sure you don't get an unoriginal and repetitive sound. The transitions between the different parts were also really good, and never felt out-of-place.

This doesn't sound a lot like hardcore, but after reading Stargenx' review (wanted to see why he only gave it 7/10), I see from your response that UK Hardcore is quite different, so I wont take any points from that.

The only issue I had was that there were some minor parts that didn't fit in completely with the entire song, but these are such minor things that you needn't worry much about them. What comes after the transition on 2.15 sounds abit out of place. But that might just be the genre, no?

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Gufrogle. That is the question.

Firstly, I'd like to say that this song sounded too long to me. Any song over 4 minutes seems like it's pushing it. It had some thick and nice textures but then they got too thick. Maybe that's just because I'm not a fan of hardcore music. I'm just reviewing what I hear based on what I like to hear. That's the beauty of getting many reviews. You get many perspectives.

The part from 0:0 - 0:24 seemed like it had no relationship at all to the part that came next. The part at 1:00 seemed like a harder version of the second part, which was a good thing. Like I said, the hardcore sound seems too thick for me. It seems a little oppressive. That's just me though, I can appreciate good songwriting.
The part at 2:14, again, had no relation to what came before it. Then came 2:50 which turned it into a harder version. Nice trick.
It does sound a little disjointed, though. 4:00 was another such random change to hardcore part. At 5:30 the song was long enough for me to forget if I had heard that part before, so no nostalgia there. The song ended with the first part which was a good enough ending for the song.
Overall, I'd say that this sounds average to me. I've become desensitized after listening to years worth of Newgrounds' techno. 7/10

~Stargenx

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Oh fuck dude!

im already pretty high, but im sure this would sound just the same sober, haha.

Definitely liked the progression the song had, had great melodies, great producing.

I've only listened to Surge so i dont know which part is which but i think you guys did a great job. lol.

Not as repetitive as some progressive trance gets which is a nice relief because i hate it when great melodies over stay their welcome. haah

As for the uk hardcore, havent really listened to that style of music, but it didn't really strike me as 'hardcore' unless uk hardcore is different. haha

Either way, i m diggin this mix.

Nice job