TwilightNecrosis's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Remember the Killings Finished]

Awesome.

The only thing I don't like is the clean guitar sound post-intro. I'm not sure what it is about it that I don't like. Definitely something tonal, though.
If you have Guitar Rig 3, I found an acoustic guitar simulation preset that kicks ass. Just let me know if you want me to send it your way.
Your vocals in this are phenomenal. I'm very, very impressed. Great vibrato, notes are spot-on. The delay was a little long in my opinion, but that's just me.
Overall, an awesome song that is absolutely worthy of however much time you worked on it.
Metal! \m/

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks very much man. I do have GR3 so send away. I don't use it much, because I dislike cubase a great deal, for recording...but I love messing with acoustic sounds a lot. Been looking for an excuse to use GR3 for something, though.
Glad you like the vocals, I've been working very hard on my singing and control. Glad it shows. I had a hard time choosing delay. I actually use echo, because I think some delays sound cheap and tinny. For this one, depending on the words, some made it stand out, and some didn't. I have another setting I want to try for my next song. SO hopefully I'll get it done soon.

Thanks for the wicked review, dude.\m/

[Escape is futile]

Sounds cool.

Real old-school guitar tone, which fits perfectly.
Riffs are tight, drums sound pretty realistic...
All it needs is some kind of old-school vocal, and it would be complete.
The only real complaint I have is the end... doesn't seem to end on as good a note as it possibly could.
Other than that, mad propz. \m/

XxCowMeatxX responds:

real old-school review man lol. and yeah iv been thinking of gettn vox on it.

[Accordion of Death]

I lol'd.

T'were funny.
Although, was Auschwitz even around in 1936?
Anyway, metal! \m/

Schleif responds:

haha, details my friend. sure, there might not have been any concentration camps around, but the anger was still there - guess that had to do, haha. thanks for checking \m/

[Judas Priest - Breakin The Law]

Not too shabby.

The playing is great.
Yes, the production is shabby, but there are simple things you can do to make the song as a whole sound much better, but lose none of the feel.
One of those is to pan guitar parts. Put a rhythm track on each side, at least 70%.
That will clear up the mids a lot, without losing any impact.
Another is to use cabinet impulses, if you're going to record out of a headphone output or straight through a distortion pedal. That will clear up the nasty buzz of the treble, and make your direct guitar sound like a mic'ed cabinet.
Check out guitarampmodeling.com, there's some awesome stuff there.

Good track, man. A little better on the production end, and it would've gotten a 10.
Metal! \m/

[Dave (Phil?)]

Easily...

the most epic chorus the HMAP has ever seen.
EVAR.
Awesome shit man. Keep up this work, and I'll continue to hang my head in shame of my meager offerings.
Metal! \m/

HappyHomicide responds:

Hahahaha! Cheers broski!

[Mein Teil {Cover} (EOC/M-one)]

Guitar tone = needs work.

Guitars sound really mid-heavy, and aren't distorted enough, in my opinion.
Vocals are excellent, though. Props.
\m/

ElfofChaos responds:

Why thank ya TN I'll keep the guitar thing in mind.

[White X In the Sky (RaC2)]

Meh.

Still needs work, in my opinion.
It sounds like there are quite a few mistakes in your playing; you don't have to record the whole thing in one take, you know. You can go back and fix certain parts without completely rerecording everything.
There's some clipping happening every now and then. Clipping = very bad.
Also, the end cuts off pretty abruptly. A fadeout will suffice, if you can't come up with a good outro.
Really, this shouldn't be a finished product; it needs quite a bit more work.
But the potential is definitely there; I will say that. THe melodies are cool, the guitar parts are cool... just needs polishing.
Metal! \m/

Pure-Metal-UTA responds:

I will definately go with what you said.
The final version will be submitted before the finals I guess.
When it comes to recording everything in one take, I find it a bitch to re-record certain parts then having to delete the take... If there's an easier way you gotta tell me how.
You'll also have to tell me how to normalize so I can get rid of the clipping, I still haven't found that normalize button on Reaper.
And I will definately fade out the last part.
You're definately right that this shouldn't be final, but you have to admit it's better than the last version.
But I'm glad you liked the song overall.
Thanks for the review, it was definately useful!
METAL! \m/

[Holy Wars Cover (wip)]

Recording quality...

is very rough. Distortion sounds like a DS-1 straight into your computer. BAD.
I just submitted a clip showing the tones you can get by plugging your guitar directly into your computer or interface, and using VST distortions and cabinet impulses. You can listen to it here: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/224882 .
Visit the site I mention in the Author's Comments; there's a lot of awesome information there, and I'm sure you will learn a lot.
Also, you didn't play the verse riff quite right. =p
Keep working on improving your sound, man. You've got good chops, you just gotta get it sounding good on the recording.
Metal! \m/

Xth responds:

Well, I used guitar rig 3 through garageband for this one. Gb sucks big time but it's easy to record stuff with it. I'm still new to guitar rig3 so I'm trying to figure it out. And yah I know I don't have the verse right. I learned that song by ear and at the recording that part it's pretty crazy. I think I got it now and I'm gonna finish the cover.

Thanx for your review and score!

[Blackened Vendetta]

Needs some more mixing.

Did I mix this, or did you play with it some?
If I did it, I need a swift kick in the arse.
Mainly because the guitars are quite a bit too loud. They sound good, but they're just too damned loud; they drown out the drums a bit.
Or, conversely, maybe the drums need to come up. Yeah, that's it. XD
Anyway, don't know when I can write some lyrics for this, so if you happen to get a flash of inspiration, do it. Then I can do the easy part. XD
Metal! \m/

Pure-Metal-UTA responds:

I will definately fix this then!
Lyrics-wise, I already have some up on DB, it's just a matter of revising...
I will fix it, then put it back on again.
Thanks!

[Recording Test]

Needs some mixing, sounds like.

Who played the drums?
Also, how did you record them?
Kick's a little quiet, snare is kinda dull (not enough highs/wire sound) and a bit loud.
Not bad, but not perfect either.
Guitar tone is kinda dull, which is unlike you. Usually your guitars are really (way) bright. Did you discover cabinet impulses, or something?
Either way, not too shabby for all live instruments. Kudos.
\m/

HappyHomicide responds:

Yeah, I went for a different tone this time, I did actually discover cab impulses but in this case it's not related. The kick definitely is a bit quiet, and the snare needs some wire but I didnt have a bottom mic, I used 2 vocal mics (big condensers) for overheads, my guitar cab mic for bass drum, and some Mxl microphone pretending to be an sm57 for snare, only 4 simultaneous with my inderface which is a downer. thanks for the input dude!