Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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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[Soda Pop]

Ooo this is screechy... I can appreciate the energy, and the damper; more toned down parts, but that shrill noise-heavy sound this has otherwise man, it's hard on the ears. Have to lower the volume more than this deserves, it's a banger otherwise!

I get how the sound could be representative of the title but wouldn't a soda pop be a little brighter after all? More positive? Less distortion; more just bubbly joy? More ASMR than distortion? Maybe we feel differently about soda!

Props on creative approach and detail level overall but... have a hard time with these high frequencies.

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[joy_]

Funny credit to... who? Is that a person? The sensation itself - the joyous wonder a track such as this imposes on you?

Loudness indeed a little on the high end, but the mix still sounds crisp enough, punchy and upbeat melody, interesting pauses and sound effects after the two minute mark... it's a pretty refreshing mix of sounds and melody, definitely reflective of the emotion it seeks to convey.

Towards the end I'm wondering if the slow-down parts really contribute to the overall energy of the song - feels like they might get in the way of that sense of elation and exaltation a bit - like you break away from the sensation itself when the music breaks, the epitome of such feels as it thus might be..

But such a dope mixture overall. Fresh; fun; a little loud but... hella energetic and joyous!

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[ROF - Area Codes]

And y'all can sing too! :D This was fantastic, though took me a few seconds before I really started getting into it, thought the flow faltered a little initially but not at all, why that impression...

I love how unprocessed the vocals are but I do wonder how good this could sound with a little more work on that, layers, harmonies, IDK, production's not my forte but feels like you could get this sounding way way better with a voice like this! Gotta be ways. Maybe just crisper recording equipment/more noise cancellation/isolation/some foam on the walls or something...

Hope y'all just keep getting better and better! Soulful stuff.

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[R.O.F. - I don’t gangbang]

I do miss those 2010-2011 battles, even had official compilation albums for a couple of years, have both of those on a shelf here... don't recall names but good to see you're still going strong!

You're definitely going hard on this. Delivery's on point, rhyme scheme's on point, the beat's good, and minimal so you really do focus on the vocals; there's not much room to mess up there...

Production quality could maybe use a little extra polish occasionally, like for example the 2:35 part, feels like the autotune/filter makes the vocals a little flat here, could probably increase the range/richness a bit. Clarity's great everywhere but maybe a little de-essing elsewhere too.

Overall though what a banger. The annunciation's clear; the flow never falters. Feels like the strong point above all here: y'all really can rap!

Keep up the goodness.

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ScottiePimpin responds:

Check out “I’m sorry baby” & “too much sauce”