I like the tranquil guitars at the beginning and the rich atmosphere. It has a great, haunting cinematic vibe, and the echo-y guitars at :45 (and again at :53) are really cool. I’m thoroughly enjoying the melodic content and the progression, and you do a wonderful job of slowly escalating the intensity by gradually making the atmosphere richer. By the time you start absolutely shredding at 1:47, I’m completely sold on the composition - favorited this piece before it was halfway through. The return of the bass-heavy riffs at 2:25 served as a really fun re-intro, and the production quality is as wonderful as the composition tbh. The melodic content doesn’t stop being awe-inspiring in the second half, and I also thoroughly enjoyed the heavy, distorted final chord at 4:21. Hell, that lead guitar could convince me to leave my family and join a religious cult if it wanted to. This piece is awesome and you should feel awesome. Have I done enough ass-kissing yet? Probably. Keep up the great work, man! :^)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
2/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.5/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
2/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.5/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
1/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
1/1
Composite score
10/10

Dang, nice job getting a perfect 10 from TaintedLogic. Well deserved :)