Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Warp away]

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It sounds interesting and does loop quite well. But I think the ending doesn't really fit with the rest of the loop.

The beginning is very good and you manage to create a good atmosphere. But the ending just sounds out of place, the change in style is too abrupt and so the whole atmosphere you created with those warping sounds is lost from one second to the other.

Also, this is too short and sounds a bit unfinished. Just as if you planned something big with this and then all of a suddend lost interest in it.

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Cyberdevil responds:

Unfinished? Hmm . . . I suppose I threw this together in quite a hurry, but I didn't really have any bigger plans for it. Anyhow, thanks for the comments!

[Talking To Myself]

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Yes, it sounds a bit like Moby. But I think it sounds a lot more like White Stripes than like Moby ^^.

The main riff and the melody of the vocals are very good. The lyrics are very easy to understand and they are somewhere in between "funny" and "dead serious", heh...

I also like the setup of the song. It's very simple but nevertheless very catchy. I'm humming along the melody right now as I'm typing this, even though the song already stopped playing ^^.

Too bad that nearly the whole song is so overamplifyed. This really hurts the song and prevents it from getting a higher score. I'd really like to hear that again in a cleaner version!

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LenardNotLenny responds:

Alright then. Its decided. I have officially gotten enough people to say its too distorted... to Garageband!

[Zafer-- Tribute of XEPHER]

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Starts pretty well with those nice female vocals and get's a bit crazy afterwards, heh.
Sometimes it sounds very random, but then again it all sounds as if it was planned carefully. I liked that you also used those female vocals later in the song. They really fit in there.

13 months seems a bit long for a work on one single song, but it also seems that you put that 13 months to good use ;) .

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Diamondz07 responds:

I use 13 month because the University dont leave me free time, so i do music only in the night :P, Thankz for comment :)

[Man In the Smoking Mirror]

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I like this song. It creates a very dense and creepy atmosphere. The beats you used are great and I like the piano in here. Even though it can hardly be heard at some points in the song one just knows it's there and one can hear that charactaristic and catchy melody the piano plays.

This song reminds me a lot of games like Resident Evil. I think it would fit perfectly in games like this.

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WritersBlock responds:

Cool, Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like it.

[Vondelpark High]

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I love that bass-line. It's pretty catchy. Somehow the intro remined me of The Door's "Riders on the storm" for a short second...

Sometimes the piano sounds a bit strange, but the rest of the instruments sound great and are played very good, too.

The quality of the sound is just amazing, good job!

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JCsoul responds:

The Door´s? Ahah, nice!

As for the piano, yeah, gotta work on that.
Thanks for the review man!

[Beast Unleashed]

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Heh, this reminds me a bit of Soulfly. Especially the intro of the song sure sounds like them.
During the verses you sound a bit like Hetflied ^^.

I think you've done a great job with the vocals, they are pretty clear and good sung most of the time. I think you need some more practice on the "clean" parts during the refrain.

The mixing is done very good, everything goes along pretty well. So, good job!

CyriltheWolf responds:

Thank you very much good sir. I do realize that I have a ways to go with the clean vocals.

I do realize that I sound a bit like Hetfield, but lets face it, when you grind its hard not to! I just hope I didn't sound TOO close to Hetfield.

[Trigun : Intro Theme !]

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It's quite some time ago since I watched the Trigun series, but this song sounds familiar ;) .

It's played very accurate but it needs to be a lot louder, I think. Nevertheless, good work you've done here!

Sonofkirk responds:

Hey Hagard ! Thanks for all your reviews !! I'm glad you liked it. See ya later.

[The Reno- [A Heros End]]

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It's a sad yet nice song with a very fitting title. I think you managed to express everything you wanted with this song.
It's good for - as you said - flashback moments with short cutbacks to the present were the funeral procession is slowly moving towards the church or the burying place.

The atmosphere is very dense here and the use of the church bell was a very good idea.

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TheReno responds:

thanks you very much sir!

[Fall Into The Blazing Cold]

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I think this is a very good song, but the rather low sound quality hurts this one a lot. I'd really like to hear this again with a better sound as I think that this song is really a masterpiece!
But be sure to add some vocals to this song, as it would be even better then ;) .

BazookaZombie responds:

all those suggestions are being worked on.

i'm redoing all the guitar parts, changing some riffs around to beef them up a bit, using my newer recording setup. and completely revising that lame excuse for solo i threw on the end of it.

i;m not sure what direction i wanna take lyrics in though yet, hopefully i come up with something good.

[Desert Run Zone]

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It creates a very good atmosphere and I think it fits really well into the story you mentioned in the author comments.

I like the somewhat "spacey" sound you create with the various effects here. However, I think the loop needs some work, as there still can be heard an echo when the loop cuts off and starts over again. This sounds a bit strange and I think it can be fixed if you add a second more to the ending and let the echo die off by itself, rather than cutting it off.

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WritersBlock responds:

Yeah, I know what you mean, I might go for more static, edgy instruments in the future, but I probably will do something about the echo.

Thanks for the review.