Phoog's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Quarantine - Original]

Real nice.

You should re-record this properly.
The gentle vocals in the verse sound rather nice, along with the clean guitar.

If you'd re-record this, it could do the song justice.
The distorted guitar seems distant and quiet, and the vocals in the chorus sound like you're struggling.
Other than that, it's nice.

Jakspeed responds:

Hey thanks a lot, I'm glad you took the time to listen and give an actual thoughtful response. We knew right off the bat that the chorus would sound bad, but we figured we should record it all anyway. We'll probably leave the verses alone, maybe redo the end of the second one, but fix up everything after that.

We were having trouble finding the right guitar sound cause nothing sounded right, so we'll work on that, and probably do the vocals alot better.

Thanks though.

[Laid To Rest (Cover)]

Nice.

My favourite band ;)
It's done really well.

Can I maybe vocal it sometime in the summer when college is over?

[Soulja Boy Style 1]

Dang right

I voted 5. 10/10 bish! ;)

["Hes a Pirate prev" Nintechno]

Dude

Beast of a preveiw.
One thing I'd suggest purely from my peronsal opinion - make the kick a bit louder, and the claps a little quieter. It's up to you, though.
Can't wait for the full version.

[Dj Otherworld - Cursed Pyramid]

This hit me like a truck

Incredibly nice. I just visiting the audio portal, and bam. Ouch. Awesome.
It's not often I write reveiws, but, this deserves it.

I can't honestly come up with an reasons how to improve in the slightest. So, enjoy my bit of arse kissing, I guess? :)

Also, what equipment/software was used for this?
Thanks.

raretools responds:

Thx for the arse kissing but a good magician never reveals his tricks ^^
I can tell you it involves a sertan VST synthesizer wich is my personal favourite.
Feel free to guess though, if anyone gets it right i will tell

[Beast Unleashed]

Cool, cool.

Wasn't so sure about the intro. It might just be my personal opinion, but the bass didn't sound quite right? Timing perhaps?

The screams were pretty cool, and I loved the bits where you kind of merged the screams and the singing. It sounded quite hardcore shout-esque.
Although some of the clean vocals I wasn't too keen on myself. But they were still pretty heavy, and could go well with a bit of work.

Being honest, I wasn't sure about some bits of the riffs aswell, but again might just be my perosnal opinion, other people seem to have liked it.

I thought near the end and the ending was proper wicked.

Overall I liked it quite a lot. :)

CyriltheWolf responds:

Sweet thanks! Glad you enjoyed it on the whole, and I know... my vocals need work.
My riffs were almost all written spur of the moment to that drumline, so I dunno. Haha. I just tried my best.

Almost perfect right?

[Edd's Crappy Song]

I lol'd!

I lol'd much! :D

<3

5'd :)

[Twisted fate - Preview!]

cool

The transition from the intro into the main bit of the song is immense.
This erects my ears.

DarKsidE555 responds:

erection is good for your pen0r as well! ;D

[Rain Down]

This is wicked.

Fucknig dude. I think your hardcore shouts sound fucking brutal. And your low growls sound amazing. Nice one.
I'm not too keen on the drum sounds in this, but everyone to his own.

10/10 - 5/5

CWN responds:

Thanks man!

I'm planning on remastering the whole track, make the double bass less clicky, more burtal and I'll give the snare more debth.

[Silently]

Cool concept.

I hear some really really wicked ideas in this. However, the samples and sounds used (sounds like you're using the fruity loops defaults) really hold back what you are trying to acheive.

I'll give it a vote of 3 because I feel like being generous.