I disagree
with the below reviewers - the mastering sounds good (though I am using crap headphones so some stuff is inevitably lost). I feel that "wall of sound" vs. distinct separation of levels is simply a stylistic choice, as it were, and not necessarily worse. It definitely works if you master the song properly, and it's great with metal.
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No No No
I have to disagree that this version is better than the original. The wall of sound is more like the wall of drowned. This method is why modern music is hard for many people to listen to for any length of time. It feels harsh on my ears when compared to the original. By the way the original is probably one of my favorite songs from ng.
At any rate in the original everything sounded crisp and in this version everything just kind of overlaps and sounds mashed together or something I can't really describe it but it's not a good thing.
Maybe you have your volume set too high? :(
Infact, this version is much less wall-of-soundy than the original and includes all of the bass frequencies. I cut them out in the original to avoid clipping because I was such a n00b at mastering.
In the end it depends on what settings you're using - perhaps you're using a custom EQ setting on Winamp which interferes with this particular version, or maybe your speakers/headphones are on the way out???
great, but...
It's great, and there are a lot of improvements that I've noticed, but at the same time, I'm personally against the whole "wall of sound" method of production, because it really kills the dynamics. A lot of the punchiness of the mix seems to be gone now because you've compressed the guitars and brought them so far forward, the kick drum seems extremely drowned out, and the snare sidesticks now are hardly distinguishable from a normal snare hit to me. this is all just some constructive criticism, and you can take it however you like, but I think that the original Black Hole Earth Consumption was one of your last great songs in which I didn't have a problem with the mix itself. around when you started posting songs from the album you were planning on doing, I noticed the mixes were very compressed compared to your older stuff, and that took away from the punch that I loved in songs such as Project XeRa6.
Nagging mix issues aside though, the lead sound, and especially the delay effect applied to it, is much more prominent now, and the cleans seem a lot crisper, and it is overall a very solid sounding mix. some of the background synth stuff is much more noticable.
I agree with how you say this is one of your masterpieces, as this is easily one of my favorite of your works, and it has probably helped influence my current attempts at making spacey music. Keep it up, I've been checking everyday in hopes that you post something new, and I'm still waiting for your next big song to come up in your audio submissions.
Improved!
The first "Blackhole Earth Consumption" was always one of my favorites, so I was thrilled when I discovered you remade it. It sounds more fleshed out now (more drum-centric?), so I guess you achieved your goal of creating that wall of sound feeling. Great job on this, I hope you keep remaking your songs--they turn out nicely!
Its awesome!
I love it! I dont know why but I like this better than the other one. The production value is indeed far superior than the original one.
I wont do a long review this time cause there is nothing much I can add except that it is in my opinion pretty different than youre other songs but It stands among's the best in your songs and definitely one of the best and innovative songs on heavy metal portal.
PS: The riff 3.13-30 is pure awesemo.