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[--Shoreside--]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Amazing. This is as close to utter relaxation as someone can get. The intro was particularly good, with a brilliant chord progression. THe lack of a climax was somewhat disappointing however, with the drums just suddenly erupting into the music. Speaking of the drums, they werent exactly matching and could've been less loud in my opinion. The melodic rythm was also slightly off with the instruments playing the notes just slightly after each other. However, after the initial drum part the relaxition reigned supreme and the rest of the song was brilliant. A fantastic outro close off everything fantastically. Nice work!

SCORE : 8/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

KrazeyOne responds:

hah, awesome! :D

[Everything and Nothing]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Hm...Not bad. A difficult genre to work with, but i suppose you did a pretty decent job. In terms of instruments, guitar work was overally great, although some parts where discordant. The vocal part had especially good guitar work with an interesting bass line providing an extra sense of depth to the whole thing. The vocals were pretty well recorded, although they lacked variation. Intro and outro were basically the same, although i must say that they provided a nice climax and anticlimax respectively. Overall, not much to complain except the fact that it was way too short, maybe a couple more verses and a bridge? Also, the chorus could use some drums.

SCORE : 7.5/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

aocrkid responds:

Dissonance is love.

[Hopes & Dreams - NG Deathmatch]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Now this is simply great. I adore any trance with well placed vocals in it, i simply love it. Instrument blend in the intro was enough to leave me with mouth gaping open in amazement. The climax was simply great, with a superb kick giving the trance that extra edge and discoish feel. I wasnt exactly expecting the vocals when they came in but they were simply superb. Great work. Bass was simply brilliant, transitions as smooth as ice and overall work simply fantastic. Briliant work.

SCORE : 10/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

[Life is the Drug - BK]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Fantastic. The main brilliance of this piece is taht it never stops. It has a fantastic continous flow with fast paced melodies and brilliant drums. A fantastic work overall. Melodies were amazingly varied and provided the piece with enough imagination to never make it dull. Intro was brilliant as was the outro. Overall, the only thing i can find wrong is the fact that it lacked a sufficient amount of Bass to it, and as such reduced the overall level of Depth and blend. However, despite this fact, the piece remains one of my favs for this round.

SCORE : 9.5/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

[Broaden Your Sound]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Brilliant, simply brilliant. As yet, after hearing it through three times, i cant find too much that's actually wrong with it. It has a superb melody for a Heavy Metal song, with great effects and guitar work. Mastering could use a bit more work, but other then that simply great. The filter you put on the guitar was great too and the bridge was amazing. The loudness however put me off a bit, i mean it sounds good on my com speakers but other then that not so much as my headphones tended to cut off its quality, maybe you could fix that a bit. The calm outro was simply brilliant and cut off the whole song simply fantastically. If all Heavy Metals song on Ng were this good, id find myself with a lot more of them on my favs list. Nice work.

SCORE : 9.5/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

mr-jazzman responds:

Haha thanks for the review my friend; it would be nice if the scoring could go in-betweensies, but alas, it cannot. =`( I hope I can continue to receive more "brilliant" from you; the next song I submit won't be a metal song, but I hope it still brings something to the table for ya! =)

[From Love to War]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Not bad, in fact its quite good.Brilliant bagpipes, with fantastic work on depth and harmonizing. A truly magnificent job on the Love part. the war part did spoil it somewhat however, as it just sort of started, built up and ended without ever reaching a climax. Some discordancy was also slightly present in this section, but not too much to spoil the overall depth, which was still surprisingly good. What i would suggest would be a sort of clashing between love and war, with both struggling to come out on top. Overall however, nice work and good job on most terms.

SCORE : 9/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

[Power Blast]

NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2

Brilliant work! I love the way that it immiedetely starts off with a fast rythm and a brilliant atmosphere. Great work on the synth melodies. They just blended together perfectly and never stopped the flow of the music. I also loved the way taht you put a decent level of depth to the whole piece. The drums were however the dominant masterpiece in this. Simply brilliant, fast-paced and providing a fantastic sense of rythm and adrenaline to the whole thing. The only particular thing was that it didnt loop quite as well and also, it could've used some more bass to give the whole thing more of a realistic feel. Great job overall.

SCORE : 9.5/10

P.S. This is your judging review from the NGADM 2009 Group 2 Round 2 and i posted it here cos its cool to have more reviews.

Darklight17

[_Rise_]

Not bad, not bad at all.

The intro was definetely something you should be proud of. It immiedetely set the template for a great song. With a superb but slightly long build up.

The interesting beat in the background from the start was simply fantastic and added to the general atmosphere, which was yet again great. The synths which came afterwards, slowly fading in and building up, played some pretty awesome melodies, which sadly, got slightly repetitive after a while.

The drums, although slightly too faint, were quite good, varied and providing a steady beat. I particularly loved the way they mixed in with the middle section, setting off the mood brilliantly. The thing which really bugged me however was the sad lack of bass. I thought i could hear a bass playing faintly in the background, but whether it was there or not, it should definetely be louder. Originality was also quite little. Chord progressions were slightly on the generic side as was the beat. But still, the main part of the song was great. Outro was slightly abrupt but left the listener hanging, wishing for more, so great work on that behalf.

Overall, great work on most parts.

Intro/Outro = 1/1
Blend = 2/2
Mel./Transition = 2.5/3
Drums + Bass = 1.5/2
Originality = 1.5/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?

[SN | Bipolar | SN]

Incredible, simply incredible.

I cant say i found a lot that sounded wrong, even from the point of view of anyone who hates this style, this is simply something you can never ignore.

A brilliant, atmospheric intro, with amazing glitchy melodies. The build up into the main melody was simple sublime, nothing wrong whatsoever with the transition. U also looked like u put extra focus into building the atmosphere, and it paid off, as the depth and background on this was simply fantastic. The chords in the background were simple amazing, harmonized beyond perfection.

The gltichy melodies, as ive said before, caught my attention and didnt let go till the song had looped five times. Simply superb, varied, interesting, harmonized, everything that makes them perfect really. Drums too, were focused and varied, providing a steady rhtym which paid off in terms of both overall originality and background blend.

Outro was great too, closing the song off fantastically. Theres only one thing i can find that bothers me (arent i picky :p) and that was that the song felt like it was building up towards a superb climax but this never actually came! Still, overall, this is a great song and fully deserves all the high points it can get.

Intro/Outro = 1/1
Blend = 2/2
Mel./Transition = 2.5/3
Drums + Bass = 2/2
Originality = 2/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?

SessileNomad responds:

aye it is but once again i felt like i was having some deja vu when i read that, then it hit me that you were posting reviews again xD

[Osher - Classic]

A decent piece.

Interesting intro, with a nice, albeit a very long, intro. Particularly great build up into the main melody but this was then cut short when the melodies failed to climax into anything.

Background got slightly repetitive after a while and lacked any sort of build up as well. Drums too were slightly repetitive but u varied them later so no points go down for that. Originality was particular in instrument choice and use of effects. Interesting fade out made it more fun to hear and the FX u used improved the quality quite a bit. What i particularly liked was the use of responding instruments as they interlocked with the main melody.

Depth however was sadly lacking, and it could've used more harmonization of instruments in the background. The interlude in th middle was brilliantly placed and provided a welcome break from the normal trance beat. Outro although slightly abrupt was great and it even looped very well with the intro.

Overall, decent job, but could've used more work.

Intro/Outro = 0.5/1
Blend = 1.5/2
Mel./Transition = 2/3
Drums + Bass = 1.5/2
Originality = 2/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?