Hello! This is a review for the NGUAC competition.
I've gone over one or two general categories of issues specific to your song, and one section of things I think also deserve complimenting. I prefer being very direct with my critique, none of it is meant to offend. Thank you for your understanding!
Constructive Criticism:
- I'm actually entirely unsure why you didn't just have this in 7/4 right at the start for the first half of your riff. This riff works fantastically for that, and it actually feels even more disorienting to have the eighth beat right at the end of that riff. Outside of the beginning, it fits... but also makes me quite sad that the extra spice wasn't added.
- During the section of 1:48-2:22, it seems like your singing can't quite decide between screamo vocals and melodic vocals. This causes a really disorienting effect where it ends up sounding like a worse version in both respects, since each singing type is pretty diametrically opposed in character and musical function.
Compliments to the Composer:
- Yeah, okay, I think it's obvious based on my critique points that this is a fantastic djent track. While I think some of that extra spice would have pushed it just that little bit further to be a truly unique piece, everything of this strikes pretty damn hard. You have solid breakdowns and calmer sections, arranged everything appropriately, used multiple themes and developed them throughout the track, and... man, when your song started the quality was already obvious. I was really looking forward to a banger of a metal track, and you killed it. Really looking forward to your continued tracks.
Final score: 9.8 - (Top score of my reviewed tracks!)