Sonofkirk's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Theme Song(metal inst)]

Nice as fuck

I really dug this one, I can hear a lot of different influences on this one. First, this is fucking Metaljonus inspired! That harmonized melody sounds very Mj-ish and that freaking rocks. Also the drums and the guitar riff from 0:02 to 0:09 reminded me of ... And Justice for all, the drums were very Ulrich-ish and this melody sounded like a lot of melodies in this album. Overall great influences and very well played.

Though, the drum sound wasn't as great as the rest, I think it used too much high frequencies, try to work on the EQ a bit. This ismy only complain. I can't say more since there isn't vocals and it's quite short. Overall it's an awesome little theme with some great melodies ideas. I'm really looking forward to hearing the full version :P. 5'd dude.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Yeah, I can't play nearly as fast, but those harmonized leads are a direct result of pounding metaljonus songs in my head EVERY day. haha.
These drums are a lot different than the version I originally sent you. I really like the eq and snap to these. I mixed them a bit louder than normal as well, so that there was a distinct sound to each sample, so that the beat could be followed just so, ya know? Also, there was a frequency sharing problem between the 3 leads, and the drums. I had to find a balance that didn't clip. Fuck I hate clipping. So I think I settled for the lesser of two evils. YOu have a fantastic ear, though my friend.
Thanks again!
I have a wrestlers song I worked on, but I'm still waiting to see if he liked it, before I put it on here.
Anyways son, always fucking happy for the input.

[*Wolf of Hate*]

\m/

This music was killer, deathkllr84 has a fucking impressive riffing and rythm tone, I'm jalous :(. The crunchy guitar tone at 1:45 was "trippy" - I don't know what this word means but I think it fits well my feeling about this tone lol. Also nice use of EZDrummer, I especially enjoyed the snare.

Nice vocal as always. I'm a fan of the effects you add on your vocals tracks. I think you added distortion, some crazy EQ, delay and maybe pitch shifter. That sounds nice a heck. Great solos. I won't repeat everything I said about your lead tone in my previous review though :P.

Great work, once again. 5'd bro !

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks son, You have no reason to be jealous. You are a kick ass guitarist, with your own unique sound!
As for the vocals, there is only delay the main ones. No distortion, no nothing. The talking part, there is pre-delay, and pitch shifter. And that is it, man.

As always, it is awesome to hear from you, my friend. Thanks for the review and vote!\m/

[Ain't talking bout love(techno]

Lol Techno

Oh crap, Bad is now producing Techno songs, it means that Newgrounds AP is dying lol. I just listened to original song and LOL. You cover is great, the instruments you used were nice and you it sounded quite professional haha. Hum, I haven't anything to say about this song ... just add fucking vocals on it with a vocoder for the laugh :P.

And keep on submitting boatloads of song to NG so I can increase my number of audio reviews lol. And speaking about audio reviews, I'm updating the top 100 audio reviewers, so make sure to stop by the thread ; ). YOu know the score ! 0'd as well.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

HA. Thanks man, I do have a version, up to the end of the first chorus with retarded vocoded vocals, but...I'll share on messenger only. haha.

As for submissions go, I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm in the process of removing some stuff. There are some reasons behind this, I'll share with you on messenger if you are interested. But basically, I'm only going to be uploading collabs and fun things like this on newgrounds from now on. :D
Anyways, thanks as always. Wish you lived closer. Love to jam with you, maybe I could learn a thing or two. :D\m/

[HappyHomicide's Challenge]

Great melodies

Wow, this was epic. Especially the first melody from the begining to 0:05, I instantly loved this song O.o. Nice tapping bro, you are constantly improving your soloing, it's nice. Then about the backing track, HappyHommicide is the shit, I enjoyed his tone and also his way to use EZDrummer.

Just one thing about your lead tone, try to increase the middle frequences a bit to make your lead sound stronger and also a bit more "musical". Apart from this, that was a perfect try for this challenge. I should give a try to this one, but I have to many other challenges to give a try, MJ, Sorohanro and yours ...

Anyway, you know the score. Keep doing the great job, Shawn <3.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Haha, thanks man. I had a hard time mixing in a solo, because happy homicide's track is so full of frequencies. He kicks a lot of ass!
I tried a lot of tones, and some really faded in the mix, and others were just way too harsh. So I tried to find a bit of a middle ground.

I probably could have looked harder, but...I just wanted to play my guitar. I hate all the pissy stuff about recording. I just wish I could push the red record button, and everything else does what its supposed to, on its own. haha. I disliked having to learn shit about frequencies, tones, mixing, eqing, drum making...etc...when I just want to play guitar. haha.

Anyways, sorry for the ranty response. Basically, thanks for the review! And get your ass on those other challenges too!

[Evolution Revolution]

Dark

The music was awesome, it was pure headbang material. The drudgy tempo was very enjoyable. THis Kensmalts dude has a lot of talent and his dist tone was sweet as fuck. Also did he record the drums himself? I'm wondering because it sounded very realistic.

About your work, your voice is sexy dude :P. I enjoyed the effects you added on your voice tracks, it increased the dark feeling of the song. Nice lyrics, choirs and solos, each time I listen to your songs and especially your solos, I recognize your licks, at 5:25, I already heard this lick from you :P. It's awesome.

Great piece of heavy metal as always. And sorry about the delay on the review, I was pretty busy. Also, 5'd.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks man, yeah kensmalts kicks a lot of ass. He does some wicked black metally viking ish shit. His throaty vocals are the best around.
I'm not really sure of the recording behind this. I know he went or is currently going to an audio engineering school. So...yeah.
And again, ZERO effects on my voice. Just a little delay, except at the beginning talking part..used "megaphone" effect. I may upload a vocal tutorial, on how to manage different growls and screams without fucking up your vocal chords.

Yeah, my solo's aren't really that diverse. Some licks, like that run down into the pinch, are just so fun to do. I do need to pick up some more practice on stuff other than pentatonic scales. haha. But I have been practicing some sweeping like a motherfucker. And i still suck...but there is progress...so hopfully I'll be able to sweep some scales by my next upload. (here's to hoping!)

No worries about the delay on the review, just good to hear from you, man. \m/

[Happy Lands Ahoy!]

Funny !

I think you didn't make this to show your Metal Composer skills, I can assume you made if for the laugh. I must say it was really funny, i had a few laughs lol.

Composition-wise, it was pretty simple but effective and you did a kick ass job with the instrumental part, what instruments did you used ? Piano, clean guitar, bass and drums ? The guitar melody was nice, well composed. Though at 0:15 it was a bit so so lol. The guitar tone wasn't bad in my opinion, it sounded very authentic but I think it used to much compression, try to fix it : ).

Well, fix that compression thing and you get a 10 :P. Kick ass job 5'd.

Devastus responds:

Thanks man, yeah, it was kinda a joke on somebody that was waiting for a serious song from me, although at that time I named it so that it wouldn't be noticed before listening :P

Yeah, piano (with a lil bit of e-piano touch to it), clean guitar, bass, drums and some windpipe flutes with psychotic effects applied to 'em :P

The guitar's a bit overcompressed, I noticed that. I was too lazy to fix it though :P I might check on that a bit later however.

Thanks for the review.

[Hip-Hop Backing 2]

Bad ass

Wow that rocks hard, you are amazing with all kind of music ... I'm jalous :P. The begining reminded me of the Imperial March lol, it must be the drudgy tempo and the Brass Section. The drums were good but I think they didn't started at the right moment. They started inside of a loop if you see what I mean, they started in the 4th bar, and I think it would sound better if they started in the 5th bar, at 0:11.

Other than that, it was pretty kick ass. The melodies were great, and the instruments you used were nice, I also enjoyed the little noise you added to make the song sounds more Hip-Hop-ish, good addition :). You should ask Bad-Man to put some kick ass vocals on it, this fucker could do an amazing work with this backing track.

So, I'm fucking jalous, with your damn fingers, you play the piano, the guitar, the Trumpet. And with these instruments you play, Jazz, Metal, Hip-Hop and so on ... You are not normal, you must be a kind of Hybrid lol. Great job 5'd.

sorohanro responds:

My wife says that I'm an alien, I think everybody else are aliens and I was kidnapped and brought here on their planet :))
Thanx for the review, I'll think about the rhythm, maybe I'll change it and put more statics in the beginning of the track.

[Silly Cat, it's a Ragtime !]

Well done!

That was funny and I think it was the main point, well done. But it was also well done musical-wise. It sounded more bluesy than jazzy in my opinion, especially about the chord progression, it was typicaly a blues progression, but you are more informed than me :P. The piano sounded great, what is this type of piano ? And the little noises were a great addition, I must say that it gave the song this particular feeling. Nothing to complain about : ).

sorohanro responds:

It's a Honky-Tonk piano, you'll find on most piano VST's or piano samples something similar, I put a "telephone" EQ and some statics and here I got instant gramophone effect ;)
Thanx for review.

[Nox-Metaljonus]

Until I listen this one ...

... My favorite song of yours was "War" but now, this one is my favorite. From the begining to the end of the song, I was amazed O.o. Awesome clean guitar intro, very smooth guitar tone, I enjoyed the sharp contrast between the clean part and when the song gets heavy at 0:30. Nice drum fill, by the way. The first riff was very Metaljonus-ish, these chords sounds so epic, beautiful.

Then it's pure brutality and it remained me a lot of War, one your best track. It sounded very porgressive and the melodies were evil as fuck. I noticed that you used a lot of effects on you lead tones, especially at 2:34. Speedy already noticed it and he's right, it sounded very close to a keyboard, amazing phrasing. At 3:04, it was so Symphony X-ish, I freaking loved it, thanks for being Symphony X inspired <3.

Overall, it's a piece of art, I have nothing to complain about, although you could clean the guitar noise at 2:13, I don't talk about the delay but about the little rythm guitar noise :P. Lol I'm just bitching, I respect you, you are colossal.

Metaljonus responds:

wow thanks for the kind words man! I will try to clean up that noise lol I thought I got rid of it. I guess I did'nt lol Thanks again!

-Mj

[[TMM43] The 7th Day]

Good job

Like I told you, I usually don't listen Trance, Techno, and Dance. And I review this kind of song less than I listen this kind of music lol. Anyway, let's see this.

Nice begining, even if I'm not a pro about Trance songs, I noticed that a lot of songs begin like this song, I mean, with a very interesting panning job. And you did a pretty good work with the EQ, at the begining. I enjoyed how the melody came in during all the first minute. The drum kick played half-notes from 0:27 until 0:55, it gave the intro a nice feeling and I have to admit that it made me bang my head lol. And then, at 0:55, when the drum kick plays whole notes, the song iteself started.

Then, after the voice thing at 1:08, the song started to be a bit boring, but you said it in the author's comment, so I forgive you :P. The chord progression could have been a bit more complicated though, these four chords were not enough in my opinion. But I was surprised (in a good way) to hear a "Re-Intro" at 1:53. It really diversified the song although the chords were still the same. During that "Re-Intro" the strings were pretty nice : ). And then a 3:00 the song start again with a good amout of epicness lol.

Overall, a good piece of work. The quality was really nice and I can't complain about anything, the mixing was perfect. Also you did a nice choice of instruments, I especially liked the drum kick because it used a nice about of high freqences and wasn't just bass frequences. The other instruments were great as well. So yeah, next time, a better chord progression would be more than welcome lol. But overall, great job. 5'd. 3.81 / 5.00 (+ 0.13)

TMM43 responds:

Well first, I'd like to thank you for reviewing a genre you don't usually.
I do like to start my songs off with a mellow beginning and work my way towards a more epic sounding song. I feel that it gives me song a more dynamic sound to it.
Yeah I took the half note kick from my song "love the DJ". I really liked the way it sounded in that song and it worked out pretty well in this one.
I'm sorry the song was a little boring. :( I did try to mix things up a little by added the breakdown and a couple other things. So I hope that helped a little.
The chord progression is really simple. I just wanted to add some sort of ambiance to the song with minimal properties without taking away from the rest of the song. But I guess I did the complete opposite and took away from the song. haha
I really worked pretty hard on the mixing. That's what I try to work on the most in songs. I don't like when songs don't have good transitions and when different sounds come in unexpectedly.
Thanks a lot for your kind and critical review! I love these types of reviews.
:D