Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[+After the Fallout+]

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At first I hoped to get to hear something "Fallout-like" (talking about the PC game "Fallout" here, of course) as the songs there create an awesome post-nuclear war-feeling. I was a bit dissappointed when listening to the track for the first time.

But after listening to this a few times more I get that "post nuclear" feeling you are talking about in your description. All sounds sad and even a bit regretful and I can imagine the musicians sitting in an destroyed building and jamming along a bit.

I think you should try to get a more "destroyed" sound here. Some reverbs would be nice, and in this context even a few dissonant tunes would work. It's after a nuclear war after all, and maybe the instruments are a bit broken, too.

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WritersBlock responds:

Lol, yeah. Thanks for the review. I've kind of got this ruined landscape, and these musicians with clean, polished instruments, in pristine condition, reverb should help.
Cheers.

[Toxic Snake]

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It's a nice melody combined with an awesome deep bass (it nearly blew my speakers away ^^).
But I think it sounds a bit too dull during the song. Some higher notes would give this song a bit more depth I think. Also the abrupt ending doesn't really fit there. Either try to loop the track or simply make the outro a bit longer ;) .

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Assios responds:

Thanks for your review. Glad you liked the bass and the melody. I agree with you on that the ending doesn't fit. You're not the first who said that, so I think I'll change it:)

[p4c-Revenge]

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Nice beat and very diversified.

When the song started I thought at first that this is going to be very repititve. But you added a lot of variations to the song, good work!

I especially like the bassline, it's nice and heavy, just the way a bassline shoudl be ^^.

I don't like the clap-sounds in the song. I think they're just being overused by many audio artists, so I am a little tired of hearing them in songs.

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p4c responds:

true ill have to think of a substitute lol. im jst used to it from so much club music, jst seems natural :D thanks for the review, im glad you liked it, and rawk on!

[Dad 'n Me]

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Great song!

Songs with chainsaws are always great, and this one here is no exception from this rule! ;)

I wish the chainsaw could be heard a bit more throughout the song, though. But the part at 1:50 makes up for that. Great laughing and good use of the chainsaw there.
Awesome song, man!

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DarKsidE555 responds:

Hm, I thought it was better not to hear the chainsaw that much in the song. I guess more than 3 times wouldn't be a benefit for the song. Anyways, glad you enjoyed man! Thanks for da reviewz!

[midnight party]

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I think this track is quite nice, but it's too generic for me. I'm not that much into trance, so it has to be an really kick ass song for me to remember it.

You track is good, but not kick ass. As I've said, it's too generic and predictable for me. Also it lacks varations a bit. Some breaks from the main theme sure would be very nice and would help your song to get better and less gerneric.

Also don't be afraid to experiment with various settings in FL Studio during your songs. Sometimes one can find some really great effects this way.

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aldlv responds:

ok... i will experiment more... =D
& I will try to make a kick ass song next time.. XD
thanx

[RofLmaOmfGtfOrly Mix#79;Blue42]

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"Oh my god what a fitting title for that song!"
That's exactly my thought after listening to this track.

I think you've done a good job here, creating something so crazy, yet so funny. I really can imagine you were still drugged while you made this. I feel a little dizzy right now after listening to the song ^^.

The various parts offer a very good beat and some tunes sound pretty familiar (you used some PacMan music in there, didn't you?).

However, the ending didn't fit in there. It was too big a break from the song... I can't tell exactly why I feel this way... maybe because the background music didn't offer that crazy/happy feeling like the rest of the song did.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

thanks for the reveiw. i am remaking this song at the moment, which is why i requested the reveiws. I want to keep the ending because it took so much work to make gir's voice fit into an actual song, but i know what you mean.

but now that you mention that its not as happy, that makes alot of sense, im gonna try to put what i have in the rest, into the end of the song

thanks for the help

[Stages of Death]

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I like the idea of this song, even though I was not able to see the gates of hell before my inner eye, but heaven... yes, I think I can imagine that while listening to the song.
For a more "hellish" feeling the song needs to be more intense in the hell stage, I think. Maybe even add a few disharmonics here with some high pitched sounds, representing some screaming souls.

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TheReno responds:

Thanks. I was just trying to go for a passive agressive feel. But I see where it would help to have some harder chords and a darker mood for hell.

[Beyond the Coast]

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I like the feeling of this track. It's nice and calm and makes me feel kinda warm inside, as if I was sunbathing right now ^^.

I also like the instruments you used here. The strings sound really soft and they go along very well with the background melody.

The tune stays really calm all the time, so I think this could be used as some kind of "world map" music for a RPG like "Final Fantasy" (especially the beginning reminds me of FF), or as a background melody in a strategy game like Civilization.

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Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

hey thanks man :)! its an honor to once again be associated with FF-esque music (although I can honestly say that it wasn't an inspiration for this particular track!) never thought of it being world map music, but I can indeed see how it could fit.

Thanks for the 10 and another nice review Haggard!

[What Do You Fear?]

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I like the two singers here. The lyrics are great and the different roles they play are amazing. I also like that Cousin is balanced to the left while Cyril is balanced to the right. This sounds very dynamic and if I was standing between those two while they have their conversation.

The music is brutal as hell and especially the drums sound very awesome here. Only the guitars fall a bit behind the powerful drums and vocals. They could be a bit louder ;) .

CyriltheWolf responds:

I tried my best, but my fear is that the guitars will overpower EVERYTHING!!!! lol. Also, I had a hell of a time mixing the bass. lol

Thanks for the review!