Devastus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dark World Adagio Extended]

Really nice going with this.

While being quite ambientic, the song pretty much took me with it right from the start.

I really like the soundscapes. The mixing is spot on; alot of variety between sections while still maintaining a rather soundwall-ish approach. And six and half minutes man! It gets hard (read: takes alot of time) for me to make a complicated song that's over 3 minutes, let alone doubling that amount :P

I will be surprised if no one will ask you to use it in a Flash submission. This would be solid gold for a cinematic soundtrack. Be proud of yourself.

10/10 and a five ( 4.26 / 5.00 (+ 0.030) ).

popraz responds:

Thank you very much ! Well, I usually don't like making long songs, because sometimes length breaks the focus of the main ideas, but in this case, I worked on it for a long time. I found that doing a song, then leaving it for a few days and then working on it some more helps. For this song, I worked on and off for about a month. Once again, thank you for the review, and I'm glad you liked it so much.

[Universal Collapse-Demo-Reich]

Really nice

The guitar riffs are nasty as fuck. The drums beat the living shit out of me, very nice job.

I think you should lift the guitars volume up a notch though. The drums drown them a bit. Other than that, very nice. I'm awaiting for the full version anxiously.

10/10 and a five ( 3.84 / 5.00 (+ 0.013) ).

Eternalreich responds:

Thanks a bunch brutha. was definatly the craziest drum prog ive done in a while. lost the session so it has to be redone.

[FistsOfStone(deathkllr84&bard)]

Sweet bloody entrails!

We share the same appetite!

This is brutal. I'd kinda want the vocals to be a little bit louder, though that's nitpicking, since you can still hear the words clearly :P

Let's stamp a 10/10 and a five on it.

TheBardOfBlasphemy responds:

lol... mmm... guts for dinner!

yeah, the vox man... i did mention this in the notes... the problem is that in different setups, the centre channel (vox channel etc) will be louder/quieter... I've found that in places with poor stereo separation (biggest offender = computer speakers) the centre channel is too loud. In setups with good stereo separation (headphones being the extreme of this) the centre channel is a bit quieter.

At the end of all the stress, i went for somewhere in the middle.

Cheers for the review!

[Dramatic Reading - Xaos PM]

Haha.

Nice work with sounding dramatic. Maybe a little bit more background noises so that it'll stay interesting from beginning to the end. But it's good anyway.

Oh yeah. Well, epic background music would fix that. Whatever :P

Rig responds:

Thanks for the tips!

[Arctic Combustion (Bard&PBomb)]

Holy fuck.

Although I was already expecting quality, I was totally amazed. Excellent mixing quality, technical riffs and good melodies. 10/10, definitely, and a five.

Gets me in the songmaking mood :P

TheBardOfBlasphemy responds:

fuck yeah... Pbomb kicked the shit out of this one... he's a demon.

Glad you had a listen... i'm keen to hear what you come up with next D:

[Never Easy]

Very nice.

I really like the technical riffs here. And all around the sounds are well mixed. The guitar tone is very bright (distorted) - maybe even a bit too bright. Maybe.

May your friend's mother rest in peace. Something like that happened to my friend not so much time ago, so I know how it feels.

Keep it up.

Dimoria responds:

Thx man :) Yeah I know. I initially made the sound for F# tuned guitars. But since i had it tuned in E it sounds more present. Glad you liked it still :)
I want to hear more of your symphonic pieces. You are a God on that front.
Cheers.

[Desolate Ways - Morbid Angel]

Really nice.

That's a good acoustic. And good playing. I don't think I've heard much Morbid Angle, but I think I'll check it out.

Now, take a five and keep it up.

Eternalreich responds:

oh man you MUST listen to Morbid. I would recomend Gateways to Annihlation, Domination, Formulas Fatal to the Flesh. but they are all fucking killer.

[Mario 2 - Underground - Reich]

Ahh the fucking onions.

And the masks. Goddamn those masks were fucking annoying, like that one pit where you had to get the key and it was full of 'em.

Really simplistic, which works. Nothing else to say, really.

Five.

Eternalreich responds:

yeah wish i had some bongos.

[Born Into the Beast - Monolith]

Really nice.

A long intro. Creepy as hell too, works nicely with the overall piece. Amazing guitar work, really like the riffs. The vocals too, the great amount of variety is a big plus.

Of course, the mix has some gayness to it, but since you didn't mix it yourself, I won't crit you for it :P

Really tight stuff, man. The band should have continued it's work (if it doesn't, but that's what I've gotten from reading the comments and such).

Eternalreich responds:

Yeah this band is no more. We totaly worked with a producer that had never made a metal track before and wasn't metal influenced at all, But we got a good deal and we knew him pretty well. i wish we could have gotten a better guitar sound.

We had some rediculously complicated songs back then, i tend to write a little more simplified and catchier now. with better execution.

[johnny's little secret]

Awesome.

Really comedic sound atmosphere. Simple, but still effective. You'll need to do more music, man. MORE!

Ten and a five ( 4.03 / 5.00 (+ 0.074) ).

TheBardOfBlasphemy responds:

You rock, Dev...