Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tempting Time]

Good cover

Good cover. I especially like the sound of the drums. Very powerful but not overpowering the sound of the guitars. Nice mixing, too. ;)

I too wish this was longer. Just when the most interesting part starts the song fades out. :/

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HappyHomicide responds:

http://www.myspace.com/animalsasleade rs
Listen to the actual version.

[Born of Osiris - Abstract Art]

Good

Pretty good attempt here. I like the melodies in this short piece. I also listened to short extracts of "Abstract Art" by Born of Osiris (didn't know them before, I'm not that into progressive bands) and I discovered some of the elements there that you used here (or the other way round, I discovered here some elements Born of Osiris use ;) ).

I think you did a pretty good job of catching the nuances here. The drums sound a bit overpowered, though.

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Iskostaa responds:

Thanks, dude.

Yeah, I mixed the whole thing on my little earbuds, and when I played them on my home speakers, it sounded a bit imbalanced. Oh well, the drums tend to be overpowered in metal anyway lol.

[Deliver W VOX]

Wow...

I'm speechless... at least almost speechless or else I wouldn't write this review. ;)

I like the intro a lot. Slow and soulful and I'm glad schleif didn't put any vocals there. It would have ruined the feeling of the intro.

The change over from the intro to the "real" song is a bit abrupt, but I think it fits pretty good there. It's like I'm half asleep and then suddendly screams: "WAKE UP YOU LAZY BUM!"
Nice.

The vocals are awesome! They fit 100% to the heavy riffs and the awesome drums.

Only downside is that the sound of the vocals (well, not the singing itself, more the recording quality) is a bit strange, as if there is an echo effect added.
I guess that is because no high end equip was used?

Anyway, it only takes a short while to get used to it and it doesn't take away one bit from the awesomeness of the vocals and the song. ;)

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Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks dude. Glad you dig. Fucking Shleif rocked the fuck out of this. Very glad you liked it, man. Thanks for the review!

[Zapp Brannigan Montage]

Good

I'm not familiar with the original voices of futurama, but you have a very good range of different voices in this short clip, so even if you wouldn't come close to the originals this would still be a very good voice acting clip. Shows that you have talent and that you are able to act for various characters.

Nice work!

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Coop responds:

Thanks very much - Hopefully I'll be able to get more audio submitted soon and get a few gigs as a voiceover artist

[Between Fear And Death BMI/SoK]

Great song!

Well, what's there to say. Both of you did a great job with this song. The song would be great without added vocals, but it's EVEN BETTER with the vocals of Bad-Man (who again did a great job here).

Nothing more to say than: Rock on! \m/

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Sonofkirk responds:

Thanks for the review Haggard. You are right, Bad Man is the man :).

[SMB For Gorekiller!! 18 ans !!]

Il est dix-huit ans?

Oh, that was two years ago. Anyway, happy way belated birthday. -.-

A very nice use of the SMB theme here. I really like the faster pace of this piece and the added drums make it sound so much better. Less repititve than the original, because there's just more to listen to, heh.

The outro is also pretty good. A different approach than just the normal fade out or the "all end on that beat!".

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Sonofkirk responds:

Haha thanks for the frenchized title :P. You should have said "Il a dix huit ans" but that's a nice try :). Thanks for the compliments although that song is quite bad heh. <3

[NSMB Castle METALIZED !!]

Starts boring, becomes awesome!

Yeah, the start is pretty boring with only the palm muted strumming and the choir. But at 0:23 when the drums set in, then it becomes awesome. Only problem here is that the guitars are a tad bit too loud, they overpower the drums nearly completly (or is because my PC speakers are broken? I have no sound anymore on my left speaker :/ )

Anyway, playing is great as always, but the mixing seems not to be completly finished.

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Sonofkirk responds:

Yeah, I'm with you, the beginning is boring but I like the rest, when I listen to this song, it reminds me some good memories of all the hours I spent recording it my shitty material ;). When I made this song, I didn't even know what "mixing" meant :P.

Thanks a lot for the review!

[Pissed off Piano player]

Funny

I think every piano player goes through a phase like this sometimes (and most definatly more than once ^^). Playing wrong notes over and over and then just slamming the keyboard out of frustration.
This also holds true for every other instrument, I guess.

The use of this piece for a flash is quite limited I guess, as it HAS to contain a pissed off piano player. Variations may only be possible in the setting. One setting was described by Corky below, another setting might be: A well known pianist gives a concert but totally fails and slams the piano out of frustration.

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ForNoReason responds:

Thanks!

[** \Symphony Of The Demon]

Yeah, Super Mario!

Yes, it fits there where you put it. Mario Theme would fit anywhere if it is played on a distorted guitar. I personally like kicking the distortion aaaaallll the way in and then playing the Mario Theme as fast as I can (which actually is not very fast at all -.-)

Anyway, the mario theme is not the only highlight of this song. The slow and heavy riff is just awesome and it creates a halloweenish atmosphere (which is not an easy thing to do, now that it is spring again ^^). Only the church organ sounds not that well and it is a bit too quiet compared to the rest of the song.

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Sonofkirk responds:

I put that Super Mario in a lot of other compositions which are not on Newgrounds - those for my bands - and yeah it fits everywhere :D. As for the church organ, I made them with guitar pro and another suck-ish program, that's why it doesn't sound very good ^^.

Thanks for the reviews <3

[**\The Coronation - Dim/SoK/**]

Nice build up

Wow, pretty nice build up here. Starts off slow with that choir, then the guitar sets in and it slowly but surely becomes another one of sonofkirks kick-ass metal tracks! ;)

However, the ending doesn't work so well. It feels as if it is cut off. The difference between the ending and the beginning is just too big. And seeing how this is labeled as a loop, I guess I have to take a point away from that. :(

But I think this would work awesome as a prelude to another song (just like Blind Guardian's "Trial by the Archon" is a prelude to "Wizard's Crown").

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Sonofkirk responds:

Yes, it doesn't loop very well and the transition is harsh but I'll work on it for sure. It's hard to make it loop well since NG audio player add a 1/10 of second in the end of the sound file ;).

I don't know what is Blind Guardian but I will check those two songs and see if I can get any inspiration from them. Thanks for the criticism dude, I appreciate your reviews a lot :).