speedmetalmessiah's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mega Man X4 | Double]

Heavy

Your tone is sounding pretty good man. The drums and synth get a little drowned out at times, but that's my only real complaint. It's nice to see that you finally havd the time to finish something again.

DarKsidE555 responds:

I guess that's because of the second guitar layer at some times...To be honest, I was a little to lazy to automate that one so that it fits with the rest. ;)

Yeah, been ages since my last submission, even if that one is a collab work. Hopefully, I'll get stuff out a little faster again.

Thanks for checking it out man! <3

[.:Unholy:. Death Demo]

Fuck

Those guitars are sounding pretty damn good. What are you using for them? As for the rest of the song, it's pretty cool. But the snare doesn't cut through the mix much on my speakers. The kick and the cymbals are fine, but the snare gets a little drowned out. The piano/synth(sounds like a piano with a fuck-ton of effects at the moment, but I woke up not long ago) also might be just a bit loud. Overall though, it's pretty cool man.

[Keep on Rotting-Carcass-Demo]

Awesome

Good shit man. Carcass are truly badass. The drums actually don't sound too bad in this one. They could maybe use some eqing to bring them to life alittle, but other than that not too much needs to be done to them. Just let me know what you need me to do.

[Guitar Challenge - June Matrix]

Not bad

The only thing I'd change in it would be how heavy you went on the effects with the distorted guitars. It made them a bit muddy and just a little too hard to hear that well. It did sound a bit clearer during and after the clean section though. All around it's a cool track that you played well on man.

TomBanks responds:

Ah, come on, it's clear enough - I really wanted to make this one swim with cool sounds. Thanks for the review man.

[Simple Guitar Solo]

Hmm

The playing itself wasn't too bad, but the mixing was pretty shit. You should try making a drum loop to play over. It also would beef up the sound if you were to double track the rhythm guitars and pan them out. Then that'd leave room in the middle for the solo, and there wouldn't be any clipping. Keep it up though man. if you need help with any of the shit I mentioned just send me a pm and I'll try my best to help you out some more.

[Soiled]

Nice

A pretty cool tune man. I liked the mix of instruments you used. Though I wasn't entirely fond of the guitar tone. It was a little thin sounding to my ears. The vocals were badass though. You've got some great mid-range and lows screams man. The gutturals could use a bit of compression on them, then again I put compression on just about everything, haha. All around a cool fucking track though.

CWN responds:

Thanks man!
The low gurgling screams are a new technique I tried out, compared to my old growls, which used a different part of my throat... I like the new technique more, sounds more "real"... I might want to try and lower the mids of the guitars and raise the overall volume... dunno... hehe... It's a never ending process... remastering is a pain in the ass...

[Patriot]

Hmm

The song itself isn't that bad, but the mixing wasn't that great in my opinion. There was a lot of clipping throughout with the guitars. The drums were also really drowned out. Most of the time the snare was the only thing that you could make out well. The vocals weren't too bad, but with the rest of the mix the way it was, it just took away from the tune too much. If you can mix it more effectively, I think it'd be a lot better of a tune. I will say though, I really liked the part that kicked in at around five minutes. Keep it up man.

Schleif responds:

hey man, thanks for listening, just that is much appreciated! and yep, the clipping is definitely the main issue here. i'll do my best to mix shit better in the future, hopefully just need some more ehm, practice =p. til' next time and all that. thanks for the review! - and keep it up yourself, your stuff's great man!

[Alone Is Not An Option]

Hmm

Sounds a lot like Testament man. I mean, A LOT like Testament. not necessarily a bad thing, just thought I'd mention it. I also thought some of the leads were too quiet. If you'd kick them up a bit it'd sound better. It could use some vocals as well, why don't you contact Crucified here at Newgrounds and ask if he'd like to do some vocals for it? His voice would fit really well over it. Anyway man, was a cool tune in the end.

Dimoria responds:

I don't know if that's cool or not :) I've never heard testament. But are they good ? If they are I will download it. :) And if you have read my description etc , you would know that this song is 3 years old or more :P So I won't fix anything on this version. However if you guys like this one I will record it again but with my new sound etc :) And perhaps add vocals etc. Thanks alot anyways :)

[Epic Feud]

Good shit

Though like I said on MSN, the drums could use some mixing. Unfortunately you don't have the files to do it though. Oh well, I'm pretty sure I gave you all the advice I could on Messenger, so I'll just say good job man.

[**\ The Sleep Pt II /**{P]

Hmm

Sounds good so far, but there are a few things I'd mess with whenever you get around to mixing it. Mostly I think I'd get a better tone for the bass. it should have a deeper sound to it in my opinion, just to really fill out the lower end of things. Then when it gets heavier you should get it sounding nice and punchy with some compression. I'd also suggest disabling the cabinets in Guitar Rig and on your Zoom, and using some better sounding impulses.

You can read up on them here http://www.guitarampmodeling.com/view forum.php?f=32&sid=b5b57ea4e5958327e3 efe8be38649681. Once you sign up to the site you can download the impulses posted by various people. They also have sections for different software and hardware. Hope this helps a bit man, I'll be looking forward to the finished product.

Sonofkirk responds:

As always, an awesome review from you, thanks a lot. Yeah, it fuckin' difficult to find a good bass sound with Guitar Rig. Thanks for your piece of advice, I will check out this link quickly and fix that problem.