Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Receipt for Murder]

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Great rhythm, great drums, great guitars. Even though I have to admit that I don't like CC, I really like this one. Very powerful and with a great diversity (those time changes are great!).

[Time For Punishment]

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Heh, the intro is very cool. I like that "question-and-answer"-game with the rhythm and the lead guitar.
The rest of the song is good, too. It's pretty much "straight forward" with a good rhythm and great energy.

TheRealSam responds:

Yeah as I said it was made for a Postal² mod, so it had to be poweful :p
Thanks a lot for the review :)

[Braveheart Theme Redone!]

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It's played very accurate and very emotional. The clean guitar is just right in this song, as it just wouldn't sound good with too much distortion. Good work!

[Through Space And Time]

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The intro is really nice, it's very powerfull. The slower parts are good as well, but a lot of the energy from the intro is somehow lost. But I like how you managed the changeovers from 'fast' to 'slow' and back.
It's a good song, but it would be even better with some kick-ass vocals!

TheRealSam responds:

Thanks man :)
I've put vocals on this song but I don't think I'm gonna put it on NG.
You can always go to my myspace and listen to it: http://www.myspace.com/therealsammusi c

[Wha???????]

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Hm, I don't know wether I like this or not.
On the one hand it sounds annoying and there doesn't happen that much in this piece. On the other hand it sounds "psychadelic" and I can imagine this in a flash with a very strange and terrifying main theme.

Audiomaster responds:

When i made this i didn't know what it would really be about. I just made it.

[:.Knowing:.]

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Very nice intro and good playing. But I think some of the guitar effects you used are a bit misplaced, it would have been better if you just played with normal distortion. It sounds a bit overdone as it is now.
I still like the rhythm of this, though.

[Down In Fire]

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I like the main riff of that song, it rocks! Reminds me a bit of early "Ramones"-songs, heh.
The sound quality is a bit low, so that all sounds a bit "sludgy".
I think that the first solo doesn't fit into this song, whereas the second solo is quite fitting.
Overall it is a nice rock song that shows that you have great talent.

TheRealSam responds:

Wow thank you a lot! :)
Well, this song was made when I was begining to compose my own solos (or soli, I don't know). That is why they sound weird, or not in the right tone.
But anyway, thanks a lot, I'll keep workin on this :)

[---Down The Road---]

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I like this one a lot. It's quite original, I like how you used that harmonica in the song, it adds a lot of varety to your song and makes it very easy to distinguish from other songs.
I also liked the more "heavy" parts of this. Good work!

[Hollow Holloween]

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I like the riffs, they are pretty catchy and the rhythm is good, too. But overall the sound quality is too thin. The drums are too quiet, so that one can hardly hear them - and unfortuneatly the sound of the guitar is very bland, too.
Also, the song gets quite boring towards the end, but that's the problem with nearly all instrumentals. There are very few instrumentals out there that keeps the listener interested the whole time.
As a final remark it can be said that you've done quite a good job here, but you have to improve your sound quality a whole bit.