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[Out Of The Blue (Mans0n RMX)]

Needs more work

Well, others have already stated it, the "pause" in the middle is too long. Some beats can still be heard there, but it sounds too muffled and is too quiet overall. That's a part you really need to look into.

Also sometimes you suddendly take all the bass out of the song, which doesn't sound too good as well. As it is still a demo I guess you are trying out a few things to see how they work in a song, which is always a good thing (in my opinion artists can only learn if they try out various things), but I have to say I don't like those "bassless parts" anyway. ^^

Also I think this song needs some more melodies that are way more present than the few that you have in here now. I don't want to say the song sounds boring right now, but it just didn't click for me.

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[[NN] - Nightmare Reprise]

Starts good, but needs more work

This starts off very promising but after the song is over it sadly leaves a lot to be desired.
I like the deep sounds in here, they could be a bit more bassy, though.

The glitchy noises in here sound cool as well, they really get stuck in your head and make you listen to this song more than once.
Too bad the background melodies are nearly drowned by the other instruments. It's pretty hard sometimes to listen to the melodies in the background, so I guess you should try to master the song a bit better. The stuff that is going on in the foreground needs to be a tad bit quieter, I think.

Also, the cymbal sounds awful, it doesn't really fit into the song with it's clashing sound, imo. Maybe you can find some better sounds to replace it.

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[O.H.35 - My Dy]

Great mix of genres

It's a good mix between techno and rock, it sounds very interesting. The guitars play their riffs very set back (almost sounds careful), but this way they leave enough room for the other instruments that play some very interesting and catchy melodies.

Even though the song is over 6 minutes long it doesn't get boring as you managed to come up with something new just when the "old stuff" started to get repetitive. Very nice job!

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OH35 responds:

Thanks, glad you liked this piece too! Indeed, the guitars are very "cautious" because in this piece we wanted to give more room to the other instruments.

[Stargenx - Forward into DawnV2]

Great song

This song has a very "epic" sound to it, I can imagine this being used in many scenes. I think this piece would fit in a wide range from an intro to a movie, to a battle scene where the hero fights his way back to the end credits of a movie.
However, I think this song is much too good to be buried somewhere in the credits, so that's one possiblity less. ^^

Anyway, I like the build up of the song. It starts off very quiet. The melodies don't step up front in this early stage and we can hear a military rhythm being played on the drums.
Towards the end the melodies take more and more "room" it seems, without even changing the intensity in which they are played in. This sounds pretty good to me, but I think a small rise in volume for the melodies towards the end would sound even better.

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Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the feedback :D I'll go work on some crescendo.

[Hou5Music]

Very simple, but repetitive

The song sounds pretty interesting, and it creates a nice "80s" atmosphere, but towards the end it gets too repetitive. The beats in this song just don't change too much, which gets a bit boring in the end.

I think you should try to put in some more effects and definetly some changes to the main beat, even if the song isn't so simplicistic anymore after you added more things to it.

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Mans0n responds:

its actually not very simple at all. this has ALOT of little beats variations going on. But you have to listen carefully. I agree that some parts MAY be a LITTLE to repetitive though..

[O.H.35 - Child of Liberty]

Good song, interesting mix of genres

Hard to pigeonhole this into any genre. It's a very interesting mix of genres you created here. I think it's amazing how well those different styles work together.

As a guitar player I like the guitar in here the most, of course. But even if I didn't play the guitar myself, I'd still like the melodies the guitar plays. It somehow sounds very familiar, but I just can't say right now where I might have heard a similar melody before. Or maybe it's just the sound of the guitar that reminds me of some other song.

Anyway, this song is just amazing. Only thing is that the main beat gets a bit repetitive towards the end as it doesn't seem to change around too much during the song.

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OH35 responds:

Thanks, mate! We wanted the beat to be as simplistic as possible in order to give the melodies more space. Regarding the melody of the guitar I really have no clue which melody should resemble, though, hopefully it's not that much similiar!!

[Lamp + LB - Interlude]

Awesome

It's a pretty nice song. I like the beginning very much. Very calm, with a good atmosphere.

I also like the build up of the song. It starts off slow, then a slightly faster part is played, it's slow again and then the amazing last part sets in after only a short transmission.

The worst thing about this song is the sound of the guitar in the last part (if it is supposed to be a guitar, that is). I mean, overall the song sounds awesome, but the sound of that particular instrument destroys it a bit for me.

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Lamplighter responds:

This is one of the first songs I've done where I payed attention to pacing, and only subtly until Lublub came up with the guitar part. And as for the sound of the guitar, it was FL Slayer. Recording an actual guitar was attempted, but issues forced us to edit Slayer as best we could. Hopefully it didn't ruin it too much for you :)

Thanks for the review, my good fellow.

[Vomir]

French rap is nice

Yeah, I had french for 4 years in school, but I forgot almost everything... anyway, I know some other french rap songs and they all sound pretty nice. The language might be a bitch to learn, but at least it sounds good in hip hop. XD

I also like the background beat. It's simple but very effective. Especially the melodies stand out very much, and they just have that little something that makes you want to listen to the song again.

I'm a bit disappointed about the ending, though. It ends too abruptly so I was a bit surprised the song was already over there. Maybe you could add some more seconds to the end to finish this song in a better way.

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Loki responds:

Yeah you'd need to understand the ending to enjoy it :P

It's just some random rambling pretty much and it's meant to surprise :)

I guess I'll translate it... :c

[_Revolution_]

I like this

A pretty good song that even comes with some sort of story in the comments. I always like that.

The instruments sound all very nice and I like how they all go along so well together. Everything can be heard just fine without one instrument overpowering the other, or anything like that.

However, I didn't like how the hihat can only be heard on the right side, but not on the left. This doesn't sound too good in my opinion.

The transitions are done very nicely and very subtle. It almost feels natural how the song goes from one part to the other part, so you did a very nice job there.

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Birdinator99 responds:

Sounds like the EQing worked for me!

Sorry about that hi hat, heh; I'll be sure to switch it up next time.

Thanks for the review!

[The Voices in my Head [Jxl180]]

Good song, but the vocals shoulb be more present

The atmosphere created by the instruments is pretty good. Actually quite relaxing (but I think I can relax to almost any tune ^^).

Anyway, I think you should try to concentrate more on the voices. After all, the song is called "voices in my head", so I think they should be more noticeable. But on the other hand you have to be careful not to overpower the music too much. It's a bit of a tightrope walk, but in my opinion it wouldn't hurt the song if the vocals would be more present in the song.

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jxl180 responds:

Thank you for your review. As I said in previous reviews, I will try this when I have a chance.

As always, thank you for taking the time to review.