Reviews for Falling to pieces/What's Done

[netty-swobb]

An Album! Haha can't wait!

This is pretty awesome. The riffs are pretty awesome. The first part of the solo, kinda reminds of the solo from blackmail the universe by megadeth, i dunno if you've ever heard it but the solo is very very very super amazingly similar :P.

Anyways, i prefer the first melody for the chorus, the one at 0:57, even though the second is pretty awesome :). I'm not a big fan of the scream vocals in the background of the clean vocals in the chorus, it kinda distracts you from your awesomeness that are you vocals :D.

The Drums could also do with some work, i suppose this is a rough copy but the drums are good, but need quite a bit of tweaking, especially on the fills.

I hope in final version there's alot of bass :P, don't know why, it always feels like there's something missing when the bass is either really quiet and/or it isn't very bassy. The lyrics are pretty awesome though ;)

Do have any idea when this album's gonna be finished? Cos from the sounds of this, sounds like it's gonna be epic! Also, will it for download, on CD or what? ;) Can't wait man, looking epic. Good luck with it ;)

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

No idea when the album is going to be finished. Thanks for the feedback on the choruses. As for the drums, I quite like them as is. Its all personal preference in the end. Maybe before final recordings I'll find a real drummer. :)

Thanks again dude.

[deathkllr84]

sweetness

If the whole album is like this, oh man. The whole song sounds good man. Guitar tone is awesome. Cymbals are kind of loud, but might just be my speakers.

Anyway, the chorus. I agree that the chorus at :57 has good melody. I think it does sound kind of thin though, like there is not enough going on. Maybe try a melody with your voice, like multiple tracks. Something like that. Sorry I didn't have much else to help with, this is a good song.

\m/

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks dude, glad you dig it!.

[SlayerX3]

A full Album !!!

as for the help

the sync between the guitar and the drums are realy good, and you made a well played solo

as for the vocals: the clear vocals of the chorus are excelent, very well placed in the song
as for the grunting vocals, it felt like your voice was fading a bit when you did them in the song, or maybe they instrumentals had a much bigger volume than them, but that a tune you have to work a little on,.
as the main singing like from 00:19 to 00:44 were fine, but somehow it sounded like you were holding you voince too much, I mean like trying to make it sound something between grunting and clear, I favor to clear vocals a little more on this but the shouting still rules(BTW Tom Araya) I mean with a little more natural voice

as always another great work, well what songs are the other 3?

I'm pro for the Brazilian girl with the guitar thing, and tell Kupia there is some good metal bands in Brazil like Angra, Shaman (both progressive metal) as you said Sepultura, Sarcófago (Sarcophagus), and we have Max Cavalera, it is not only Carnival and soccer here, we still have some kick ass bands...and fans

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

This was a rough mix, dude. I just rushed through the vocals to give the ideas for the choruses, so I could tell which one to use. But thank you for your feedback!

[Slayer-of-trolls]

wicked

No advice, just praise. I can't wait for this musical opus to be released.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Me neither dude. I've been itching to release some of them.. But I have to hold on. :D

[jdh504]

Fuck yeah!

Dude, this sounds awesome!
For the intro/verse, the opening riff is great as always, and I really like the overlapping screaming/talking you did there, and then it's awesome when it's just solo screaming for the last phrase of the verse and the lyrics involve screaming, great stuff!
For the chorus(1 and 2), those vocals are incredible! Has a kind of Killswitch Engage feel to it, it's always great to hear someone who not only can scream and whatnot, but then turn around and sing something great like that, sounds fucking amazing dude. Also, the transition from the first chorus is pretty brutal, and the one after the second chorus has a cool change of pace as well.
For the blah, blah, stuff, solo, maybe it's just me, but I feel that the talking part when it breaks down could be more heavy, not like riffwise or anything, but maybe you could lean more towards shouting rather than just talking, dunno though, maybe it's just a matter of preference there. The solo on the other hand is fucking awesome, nice tapping! The breakdown during the solo sounds great as well!
The only thing I would consider tweaking in my opinion is the talking part after the second chorus that I mentioned before, but besides that it sounds spot-on! It's great to hear that you're coming out with an album, too! Are you gonna be releasing the album on iTunes or anything like that? I'd love to buy it when it's complete and give it a listen! If you want any more feedback on any of the other album tracks I'll be more than happy to help you out there, hope the album recording process is going well for you!

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks for the super kind words, dude. Thats awesome. This is just a rough up of the song. I actually just recorded the vocals just before putting it on newgrounds. I've redone everything. Especially the talking part, that was a 'made up on the spot" thing. My focus here was to get peoples opinions on the different choruses. I'm not going to leak which one I used either ;).

I was going to release ALL the songs on newgrounds at this quality, and sell the c.d. of it all done through a studio. However, the release here on newgrounds may not come to fruition. And here is why:

There have been a lot of FANTASTIC artists that have been here on Newgrounds but discouraged by the vote/rating system. Regardless of the score, it does directly effect their exposure..

It's basically a slap in the face to the artists that work hard to provide newgrounds with the best ORIGINAL, free music ANYWHERE on the internet. SO these artists are slapping newgrounds back in the face, by NO LONGER providing their music for free, and leaving the site. I want to show my support for them, as their loss here is greater than people think. So I may no longer submit anything that I've really worked hard on, to newgrounds either. Don't get me wrong, I have a lot of support and fans because of newgrounds. So only the people who have added me to their favorites will still get a "newground quality" cut of the C.D. for free, but that will be handled privately. :D

The audio portal isn't a joke. It shouldn't be treated like one.