Score: 9

"The nourishment my ears love."

submission: Chernoshtan - Trance Demo

date: September 14, 2009

It has been said that the way to a man's love is through his stomach.
Listening to the first ~30 seconds of this song was like listening to the most delicious experiment any kitchen's ever come up with.
The careful, yet, determined fade-in could be described as the point where you're getting your food served and just can't wait to dig your teeth into it.
Impatient and hungry, you cannot wait, and at 00:15 the first bite is swallowed and the flavours entrance the body.

But towards the middle it got a bit weak, like most foods, it wasn't as great as it seemed at first. The flavours are not varied, I hear pathetic attempts at varying the first pattern. Though these variations are not too bad, frankly they don't bother me much, I still feel like they are what's keeping me from rating this 10/10.

Otherwise, there's really only positive things I can say. The transitions are impeccable, bass is fitting, chords, drums, everything is great.
Not to mention the outro, that really makes me want more, want to loop the whole thing; even though it is the same pattern as in the intro, isn't it?
Great job!

Chernoshtan, I hope I will be hearing more songs from you.

Score: 10

"Ready, set, GO!"

submission: Photolytic Corrosion

date: February 14, 2009

This is the kind of music that makes me think positively about the fact that I'm sitting at home, in front of my computer, on Valentine's Day.
I can imagine this being in a racing game, in fact, I'm imagining that non-stop right now. It makes the adrenalin flow and the heart beat faster.
Great job!

Score: 10

"(This is a bad summary for) an awesome track"

submission: Rustic Runes

date: February 11, 2009

This is really one of the best best tracks I've heard on Newgrounds.
It's got an awesome ostinato, and the atmosphere it creates is beyond the limits of my vocabulary. Just like music's supposed to be, it cannot be explained, only experienced.

Score: 10

"I'm in love"

submission: Carly Comando-Everyday (Remix)

date: January 4, 2009

I just recently wrote a review on you first submitted piece saying it was one of the best things I've heard on the portal... well, this one is probably even better.
You Sir, have great skills.

Score: 10

"This is great"

submission: Requiem of a Disguise

date: January 4, 2009

This song totally blew me away. Seriously, I'd say it's one of the best songs I've heard on the portal. This is also probably the first time my 5.1 headset has really come to use when it comes to music =D

Score: 9

"Simple? Not really, but nice indeed!"

submission: A Test of Remix

date: December 28, 2008

Your music is quite inspiring. I won't dance to this one, but listening to it is a pleasure. That high-pitched lead sounds a little.. weird(can't find the correct word) at the highest notes it played, but it's no biggie, the rest sounds just great :P
To be really picky though, I think I heard something fishy (an off note or two?) in the beginning 0:30-something.

I also have to say that your chosen BPM is fascinating. What made you choose that? Very original imo, although I have no idea what BPM others use.

Score: 6

"more harmony"

submission: Techno Demo #002 (Hat Trick)

date: December 28, 2008

I like this track, but it feels like it's got a lot of power that never gets unleashed.
It feels as if there is some vital piece that is missing to make it good, especially the first 30 seconds.

All of synths that come in from 00:36 are good, I think you should harmonize them more. You had some nice harmonies from 00:41 to 00:46, but there was not much focus on them. The bass line won't manage to provide enough harmony on its own, in my opinion.

Once again, I must say that the melodies you've got there are good, and it saddens me how suddenly they end, so keep working on it, unleash the power ;)

Score: 10

"This song is too good for me to review =P"

submission: Geno's Underwood {Psy-nigma}

date: December 22, 2008

You have a great song here. Unlike many remixes I've heard, it never gets boring, and it manages to maintain the sort of mystical feeling, or spirit, of the original song. I cannot imagine, but I understand, the amount of time that must have been spent on this.
If I were to break this song down I'd say it consists of around 10 parts. This is a crude assumption, not to be taken as a fact. Each of those parts contains a significant change to the progress of the song (I won't go deeper into this though).
What is interesting here is that the melody generally stays the same. It is everything else that changes and keeps the song varied. There are many changes in synths, effects, drums, dynamics, and stuff that I cannot express properly due to an improperly developed vocabulary.
There is one significant exception to this though, namely an flawless guitar part that slowly builds up and explodes into a breathtaking ad lib (at least that's the feeling it gives me). If someone for some unfair reason would have any thoughts about this song being repetitive, they would probably HAVE to change their mind at this part.
There is one last thing I would like to mention, not that I have mentioned much, but I would really like to say that the transitions are superb. Those parts I mentions, you won't notice them unless you focus on listening for them. All the changes that are made throughout the song feel very natural.
Simply said, if you let your guard down and just listen to this, it will carry you away. That is also why I find it difficult to write a review for this, I don't want to analyze this song, I just want to listen to it; over and over again. But I promised I would, so there it is =D

Score: 7

"Good beat, bad mastring"

submission: Inside the Madness

date: November 24, 2008

The intro synth was interesting, it did what an intro should; make you wonder what will come next. Well, what happened was that it switched into another synth, with less energy, and further into even less energy, in my opinion.
Now, if I were to take this whole synth switching as the introduction of the song, not just the first synth, I have to tell you it sounds more like an outro with slowly degrading energy. In my opinion, the intro should build up energy instead of letting it go.

However, after that it feels like the drums slap the decaying intro across the face and take over the song with their friend, the bass synth. And I must say I really love that part, it's a great boost of energy right there.
However, I do not really like waiting for that boost of energy for so long, just to hear it decay again soon after, when you force the attention over to the bass, which doesn't really want the attention.

After that part, the song is basically over, because you try to force in a piano which doesn't know what it's supposed to be doing there. This, you try to compensate by trying to replicate the energy boost from earlier simply by playing the same drum pattern as earlier again. This time, however, the drum loses the fight with the piano, and it simply sounds weird.

After that the nuclear war starts. I don't know if it is a kick that is added, but it sounds like a huge explosion, and it hits often, hurting my ears a little every time. However, at this part you also added a very cool variation to the bass, which sounds liquid and is good.

Since you have named this song "Inside the Madness", I guess that you want it to sound a bit mad. And I'm telling you it does, which is good because it lives up to it's title, but I think that there still is room for smoother transitions between sounds, and perhaps a bit more varied sounds.

To wrap things up, it sounds like the instruments are fighting with each other in this song. I get the picture of a violent, never ending, elimination race between them. As if they think that the only one left at the end of it would be the best sounding one. Never ending it is, because you keep adding new sounds as the old ones get left behind, or eliminated. It could have something to do with the genre, I'm not sure, but in my opinion instruments should co-operate with each other. Make the race a relay race instead of elimination, so to speak.
As tough as that may sound, it's mostly a question of mastering I think. From what I've read, seen, heard, and even tried a little myself, effects can really make a difference. You should give it some more work, I really think that this song could become great!
I have listened to your other songs and I'd say that you are certainly getting better and better. So keep up the good work!

I hope that this review will be of any use to you, I wrote it from a very, very, subjective point of view, and I don't know much about the genre. But I hope it is at least a little constructive =)

Score: 10

"This is full of skill"

submission: 1. Great escape (TDM)

date: November 6, 2008

I really enjoyed listening to this one =)
I'm sorry I cannot write anything more constructive, the originality and awesomeness successfully prevents me from trying to find aspects to improve upon. =)
Keep up the good work.