Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[NOVEMBER]

Thoroughly enjoyed this one! Pompous and vibrant brass parts amidst the relentless house and high-vibe supersound. Flows so good, the audio quality's great, the bass is funky, the variation's plenty... it really is all right on the money as far as I'm concerned.

Awesome work.

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[Flex bubblin' diamond on my wrist]

I like the vibe! Chill, good voice, jazzy backing... though all the flex and bubblin' wrist diamond bits do get a little repetitive. :) Seems there's room to improve annunciation and delivery a bit, the vocal volume sways a little as well, but I love the melodical style.

Dope vibe, just maybe... a little bit more context? A little more? A bridge or solo somewhere?

Keep up the dope work!

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[You're Awesome]

YOU'RE awesome. XD What an awesome track to start your day with.

Have a little pet peeve for lines that don't really rhyme, which there are plenty of here, but maybe that goes with the nerdcore genre, definitely seems to go with your artistic style. Love the style overall. Love the scratches - especially love the scratches. Love the concept. Love the laid back pace and bombastic beat in back, it's both pretty energizing and chill like that.

Frequency range maybe pushing it a bit? Vocals a little too high-pass? Wonder how they'd sound with a bit more weight, but that's a stylistic choice too of course! Keep up the dope work.

Overall awesome stuff.

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[Crazy Arcade]

What a vibe. Mellow chiptune with a steady beat in back but such a bombardment of melody; little intricacies and switches along the way... does the name justice, and manages to both keep you captivated and bob your head all the way through.

Appreciative breaks and shifts too, in the part after the two minute mark maybe it did go a little long without shifts, and the ends a little strange but... overall: solid. Catchy tune, good composition; great production quality.

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X-ManOfficial responds:

Thank you for your feedback, your opinion is important to me. "Crazy Arcade" is far from my best song. It was the first time I tried to make a full-fledged chiptune, so there are similar errors here.

[Night Agenda]

Definitely a creative one! Seems like DnB and jazz improve combined somehow, with a both soothingly ambient and almost eerie mellow tone with the background/foreground strings, and then VG like sound effects in the background... what a clash of styles of elements!

The general chaos is a strong point creatively, but maybe would be a better listening experience if it was streamlined a bit too; didn't shift between things so entirely, in so many layers that don't always align. Both beat and rhythm seems to trip up occasionally, and sometimes it sounds cool, but sometimes more like an unintentional stumble.

Usually tracks are more so monotone though, so props on really keeping it varied, just sounds like it'd still be good with a bit more structure. Something to latch onto throughout the chaos.

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[Bomberman Hero '98House Mix #1]

Soothing vocals coming in at a surprise time, subtle 'huh!' or 'wah!' or such adlibs in back of the track - but never so much it gets cluttered, a calming, jazzy kind of mellow house beat with a build of atmospheric effects and slightly alternating beat along the way...

I wonder how this compares to the original Bomberman Hero, don't know if I've ever played or heard the soundtrack... listening to it briefly it seems more DnB centered, so this is a real shift in style too...

I like it. Soothing. Atmospheric. Great background music, would probably work well in the game too, if there's any flaw to it maybe it's the repetitive nature of the genre itself... but can't put that against something that's meant to be so!

Great work. Great sound quality too.

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[Falling up]

Metal AF! Vocals are on point, musicality's on point... the only thing I'm really missing here is some kind of solo, or break, or bridge, something that just breaks it up a bit, changes the rhythm, takes it to the next level... there is that bridge at the 2:05 point but maybe it feels too similar, stays on beat; doesn't really break away or build into anything new. In the end it all feels a little repetitive, despite the dopeness.

Amazing track - may need just a bit more variation! Keep up the dope work.

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[Too Much Information]

Not a wasted second in this! :D It kicks in right away and just keeps going, what an awesome energy...

Your accent throws me off a little - don't immediately catch the lyrics, but fortunately they're written below so that's easy to remedy, and they weren't as complex as I initially thought they might be. XD Recording quality's maybe not the best but great voice, great energy, great backing and solo and everything.

Wonder if the drum's a machine/sampled, or actual drums? They sound a little bland/distant compared to the guitar, but man this was wholesome overall. Dope work.

Who would've thought you'd make these lyrics sound so good too. XD

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[Speed Addict]

Maybe a bit too long a pause after that intro hmm... once it gets going though what a ride! Creative kick/beat/bass. The guitar's dope, there's definitely no shortage of skill, the solos are soulful and vibrant, but the flow overall... even though it's fast it seems a little hesitant sometimes. Maybe the beat and guitar don't always match tempo, not sure what it is, you can clearly hear the speed yet I'm not as blown away by it as I feel I should be.

Wonder if the drum kicks could be a bit more prominent, seems the guitar's the bigger focus overall. But the instrumentality's insane. So good. Impressive pace all the way...

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Banana-head responds:

thanks for the review!

[Left Brain vs Right Brain]

What a trip! Thought I'd heard the gist of it about a third in but... it keeps evolving. You make use of the silence too. The brief moments of expectation between those radiating; radical kicks of sound, it fades, it builds, it trips up... there's a discernable pattern but still it's just totally unpredictable. And on headphones it's... another level too. So trippy. Love the fade-in and build after the ~1:20 mark.

Thoroughly good. Just feels like when it ends maybe it didn't have to, suddenly it's just abruptly over... would've liked to ride this wave a little bit longer yet.

The unpredictability overall seems key, even though it manages to hold a certain pattern/base beat that ties everything together, but maybe not the ending. Little short/unfinished-like there.

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