Idiosyncratic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Blue Subjugation]

Typical Eurogate stuff.

Ugh, I absolutely despise most of the popular techno being mass-produced in Europe just like shitty hip-hop is in the US. There were some cool bits, like the big crescendo in the beginning that led to silence. That piece got me thinking, "right about now...BOOM" and the boom wasn't there. So that was cool. The melody, albeit catchy, was kinda generic. The drums did their job, kept the beat steady and whatnot, but the standard 4/4 bass and drum stuff is annoying and just cookie cutter.

Bass lines typically were just root notes played in a staccato triplet fashion, again, nothing special about it. The melody changed in a few places, but mostly the changes were just octaves than the original note and stuff like that. Try to put a more creative spin on things next time.

Lighta responds:

Yeah I didn't really have much inspiration this time. =(

[Underbelly Depth]

This needs work

I'm not going to lie and say this is great. Sadly, it's not. I knew what you were trying to go for, but you didn't reach it. The intro was pointless. It added absolutely nothing to the music as far as melody or neither did it lead into the melody as a tense chord that when it finally lets up, it sounds crazy. The melody was off-kilter, but I liked it. However, if this was given more Drum n' Bass style drums in the back, it would sound killer and it would actually make more "sense" than it does now.

Like chop up and remix the Amen break and use it as the drum beat, and you'll have something more artistically done.

DJBioHazard responds:

There are no drums =.= But yea my friends said that it needs some drums, I'll think about it.

[Absolute Destruction(DB REMIX)]

Traditional Hard Gabber

Hardcore techno and gabber can be fun to listen to, or can be so abrasive on your ears you can't even fathom how anyone could enjoy it. Thankfully, this track didn't drag on long enough to get boring. The bass was cool, and the hard bass hits added so much cold atmosphere to the music. One thing that made you lose points was the amount of distortion on the bass. It became way too fuzzy at certain points that it became hard to distinguish between bass hits sometimes.

All in all, a good track. Keep it up and lay low on distortion.

Murderist responds:

Fanta5t1c loves his distortion. lol, There was even more distortion and overdrive before I remixed it. O_O

[You'd Better Call Jack]

Interesting Blend

The initial blastbeats led me on to think of this as generic grindcore, you know the type. But as we progressed into the song, we arrived at well mixed electronics and riffs that blended nicely. At one point, however, two riffs played simultaneously didn't mix well. I can't remember the exact point to be honest. However the alternation between soft ambient parts and jarring blastbeats makes for an interesting piece that can and should be expanded upon.

I like it.

seanieboy123 responds:

that's what we were going for

glad u liked it

[Acheron]

Fantastic, Marko!

Another great track that you wrote. Like a previous someone wrote, this would work well in a video game, like Final Fantasy or something epic of that nature. Great tremolo picking, the drums worked rather well for what they were, and the lack of vocals was actually a rather smart choice.

Wrrryyyyy

Goatchrist responds:

Thanks a lot my man. Always cool hearing praise like this from a guy who doesn't listen to BM at all ;)

[Beggar.]

I'm impressed.

I am. When the song first started with the drum loop, I didn't expect much, but when the song hit the halfway mark, I heard a huge Throbbing Gristle influence just bolt in.

The production is perfect. It has that abandoned factory feel to it, which is something I strive to achieve in my music, and generally comes out.

BUT ANYWAYZ, it's a great song, and around the 1 minute mark the drum loop changes, so that was a good, unexpected "twist"

8/10

MadCow responds:

Thank you for the critique! It was very helpful and encouraging, and will serve to further support me on future projects :)

[Jormungadd]

You followed my advice

This is a whole lot better than your last try. This has Amon Amarth written all over the guitar parts, and you listened to me when I said to turn the drum volume down.

It kept my attention as everyone else has stated, and I was wondering if you still needed bass parts recorded?

Bonemill responds:

Sure man ill make some tabs and send you them.

[Protos]

Catchy

That sums it up. It has classical guitar, piano, a creepy ambiance about the whole thing. I wouldn't call it industrial, but it has an industrial background whirling.

It's ambient flamenco with samples.

Awesome.

Psychomessiahs responds:

Thank you very much

[The Night Steed--_--(2:24)]

Oh My God!!

The only song I have ever heard worthy of perfect 10s. This is so awesome, I cannot put it into words. The bells in the beginning, well, put simply, DID NOT WARN be of the heavy guitar crunch later.

Perfect.

10/10

PERVOK responds:

Many thanks, Idiosyncratic :)

[Dragon Powered Star]

Well you CAN do improv...

No doubt about it, this is some great improvising. The beginning was quite melodic, sweet, and leaves you with a sense of emptiness, in a good way. The second, heavier part isn't too bad, but you did hit some wrong notes, which did mess it up a bit, but toward the middle of the solo it got better, but again toward the end it still wasn't playing in a scale, which gave it an atonal sound. The solos tend to get better when you're playing faster, and when the double bass drums kick in.

Improve that part and it's pretty good.

8/10

Jimmypig responds:

okay ill take this on board and try to improve my work :) thanks for listening