Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[tenth circle]

Catchy, upbeat and a little exotic! It's a cool mix; cool progression... starts getting a little repetitive in the latter half but not too much. it's still enjoyable.

Nice mix of instruments; lively percussion; suitable pauses. All it's missing is maybe something that breaks the structure a bit, even with pauses and varying instruments the melody, tempo and overall structure is always the same.

Keep it up!

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[The Duet: Ambience]

Sounds like something you could've seen in an eighties action movie too. :) Maybe a bit more ambient than that would've been, and less repetitive but... the sound still feels sentimental somehow.

Very atmospheric. Clear production/mix too. Very nice.

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[Journey to Stonyhurst]

I wish the recording quality did your voice justice in this. :) Feels like the full range doesn't come through, but the song's wonderful, does feel a little otherwordly sometimes... the instrumental backing's a bit subtle but complementing; atmospheric too.

Appreciate the layers to the lyrics, the story beyond the words themselves.

Beautiful work.

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[Zos OST - Aeryl]

This was nice. Ambient, explorative... might've sounded a little eerie if the notes were different/it was a different vibe. Sounds both like something ancient, and something warm, and something different... interesting mixture.

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[The Third-Rates: Well Which Is It]

I don't get this but I do love it! XD Unexpected numetal vibes with the Cha Cha Cha part too! Dang. Versatile vocals. Even the louder/more aggressive parts are melodic too.

Appreciate the alternating vocals too, though most when they actually complement each other and follow a certain structure, not as much when some is just inaudible, when you're saying two things at the same time, structure there may not be to my ear entirely, but vocals overall are great. The music's great. The energy's amazing.

I'm trying to catch the red thread with the song itself too but it's a little all over the place... at times the tone's comical, but since it's not obviously comical all the time it seems like there should be something more pertinent to it after all. Could it be as simple as an argument? Between whom though... lyrics ought offer a few more clues!

Creativity levels though: yepp. Being cryptic probably amplifies sense of originality too...

Awesome work y'all. At momentary moments almost sounds a bit like The Ultimate Showdown.

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[Hold My Heart (demo)]

I love those harmonies on the hooks, simple but so suitable here... carries the mood well. The beat seems minimalistic but there's so much nuance there in the background too, love the atmosphere.

The vocals though... or maybe more so the delivery: find it a bit hard to catch the lyrics with the hooks in particular. After 'I gave you every single reason to run'... just can't make out the second part? I like the vocals but clarity maybe... could be better. May be something with the filter/mix more so than the annunciation too, not sure.

Dope vibe otherwise. Sad but... soulful.

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[Sequencizer (TI:Silent Ki]

Jumpy in the best way possible! With not too much loudness but plenty of punch all the same, a beat that builds and evolves in two phases and keeps you bopping.

Feels like structurally it might not be a bad thing with with more waveform variation; some more silent/calmer/softer pauses, some bridges that more than phase out individual layers but also maybe change the tempo and beat and all...

But continuity's maybe underappreciated too... this was great.

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[DenX - Lurking (New)]

Orchestral metal! Always a good time with this particular combo. Pompous, heavy and generally just bad-ass and awesome. It starts soft, builds nicely, grows and goes just about as metal as it possible can...

Solid work all the way, though if there's anything I'm missing maybe... it's some crazy solos. It shifts a bit but seems to solo more with synth than guitar; nothing crazy on that front. Just very melodic; structural; polished all the way.

Dope work.

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[JBI - My dear friend...]

Just like the moment when Sam and Frodo finally head off to Mordor...

At least the first part definitely doesn't seem inspired by that, but when the orchestra really kicks in... oh my. Feels. Feels so familiar too. This was beautiful. Vibrant, calm, clear and crazy emotional for such a short audial sojourn. Suppose it may remind me of emotional moments that carried a somewhat similar soundtrack. But maybe the emotion really is all in the music.

Such a pompous ending too! Truly beautiful.

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[Tetris Ultra Remix]

Was thinking this was good but maybe not the most original remix out there but then... you hit that 1:14 mark! :D And suddenly it's a lot more than I thought it'd be. What a lift.

The melody's still the same, it's still Tetris, it's not a revolutionary change structurally... but melodically a tasty twist, and you do shift up the structure after that point as well for a while, really turns into a grimy dance track for a while, then gets back to more conventional Tetris...

Not incredibly new but: dope take on the old classic.

I really like the softer tones at the end too.

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