Hey, thanks Lucid! I'm happy to hear that you dig that rough and tumble sort of sound. Creating different kinds of tracks is always a blast, and it was some of the funky bass riffs that were rattling around in my subconscious, prompting me to lay down the groundwork for the track.

I personally think that this would make for a pretty cool battle theme, or some other tension-filled moment in a game. Most of the plug-ins used were the usual suspects: Stereo Enhancer, some Convolver, a touch of Soundgoodizer, as well as EQ. Then I added a bit of PanOMatic to the bass riffs to give them a bit more omni-directional presence, and applied two different Hardcore presets (followed by lots of adjustment to get just the right sound) to the bass and distorted lead riffs to enhance the grungy rock vibe.

I played around with a couple of ideas while figuring out what I wanted to have as that complementing sound, originally going with a more orchestral strings approach, and finally landing on the perfect Sytrus arp that sounded great across all the lows and highs.

Totally hear you on the length of the track, but it was originally going to be a loop that was about half as long, and even though it's just under two and a half minutes long it feels strangely complete. I could have totally futzed around with it for another week or more, but that's just what the perfectionist in me wants. If I listened to that guy, I would never feel like anything was ready! xD

Thanks again for dropping another sweet review on me, man. Very much appreciated, as always. I still have to get caught up on your latest tracks! Look forward to at least one solid review from me soon.