It seems like you are getting pretty good at 7/4. The drums, especially in the second minute are amzing.
Reviews for "Xtrullor - Birth of the Sun"
Not my favorite one but still, you're amazing. :D
Great, not amazing.
That orchestra is awesome, but not eargasmic. It lacks some of the energy and power to the melody that Event Horizon or Terran Era had. I would actually say that with the percussion you bring in around 2:45, it's very similar to the style of some of LunyAlex's older cinematic orchestral songs, just with a slightly more xtrullor-y feel. That slightly dubstep-y feel was one of the things I thought gave Terran Era and Event Horizon some of that power, but there was less of it in this song.
Moving on to the drops. The first one had some of the same problems I felt that Terran Era's so-called "drop" and Event Horizon's first drop had. They felt like "We interrupt your eargasm to bring you: Lazers. We now return to our regularly scheduled program." However, to this drop's credit, I will say it let in more of the orchestra than those other two I mentioned (especially EH). The main problem is that the lazers and the orchestra aren't really blended together. It's more like when you mix oil and water, you get bubbles of oil and bubbles of water, but they don't REALLY mix, you just have smaller pockets of them interspersed with each other. In the song it was a little orchestra, a few lazers, some more orchestra, then some more lazers. What I think of as the perfect blend of the two is something like Ichor or Soulstorm.
I hope that makes at least some sense.
As for the second drop, it was slightly better, but mostly the same.
And finally, is The Doctor mad that you stole his sonic screwdriver at 4:11 ;P?
I hope this helps. I really do think you make some of the best dubstep around, and your skill is unmatchable.
-TRX
A pretty cool and well produced electronic track with all the neccesary bells n whistles that has a couple of parts (wub wub drops) in it that people 200 years from now will have no cultural reference point in the musical zeitgiest to fall back on that would even allow them process the song correctly or relate to in any enjoyable manner. (In stark contrast with something evergreen like the beatles or similar)
I guess in short i think its gimmicky. Not overtly, it just reverberates the same small collection of musical tropes that tons of artist do purposely like an echo chamber that, in my opinion is more like stamping their ideas with an innevitable obsolesence date of about 20 years when the associated music culture has moved on the next hip tropes and trends respectively.
With that being said, its not terrible. If this is your thing, you do it well. and im guessing it is, so ill rate it accordingly.
This song is absolutely MIND BLOWING! This song is definitely better than Even Horizon, with the increased orchestral and buildup time. The sounds in the drop fit the song very well, and even the tiniest transition was something I heavily admired! Something I think you should work on is perfecting the drops, because I don't want to sound like a jerk, but to me it seems you've gotten a bit rusty on this one compared to your other orchestral dubstep songs like Ichor. I think you should work on making it fit with the song a bit more. A problem with some dubstep songs is that the drop comes out of absolutely nowhere, and that problem really bothers me. It seems like a small problem(it is dubstep after all), but to me it really changes the song. You seem to have taken care of that problem with this one, but it could be a bit better. Anyways, good work Xtrullor, this is by far one of my favorite songs by you! :]