JayenareMusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Strykjärn Album Teaser]

Finally, someone on here with a good sound! Love the riffs, especially the mix.

Dimoria responds:

Sweet I mixed it myself. Check us out on spotify / itunes etc :)

[Nameless Usurper]

Loved it. Plenty of variety for an instrumental. Mixed well, good drum track, sound is superb, I'm jealous! Makes me want to get on the guitar and write more tracks. I agree that the song should have ended at 7:24. But I'm not unhappy that you kept it going!

Keep it up.

JDawg00100 responds:

Sweet I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for the listen :D

[Makou Reactor - FF7 (Metal)]

Great sound, great riffs, love the drums, loving the lead guitar sound. Matches perfectly. Great work! The concept of the song reminds me a bit of Jeff Loomis or Andy James.

ArtificialFear responds:

Thanks! That's funny because I've been listening to a lot of Jeff Loomis here lately.

[Limbo black death metal]

Dude. The drums in this are amazing. Did you play them? Or are you using a VST? I didn't so much like the guitar as much as the drums. Also the drums are way to loud. And the guitar is a bit messy. But this is some sick stuff bro. Awesome job.

inhumanization805 responds:

yeah i used a custome drum machine i made for ableton. as for the guitars they are suppose to be messy but i want to re-mix it to get them a bit more clarity out of them. thanks though \m/

[No more sun]

This is right here... Is real. Real shit. Awesome job man... I only wish I had the drumming talent. Whether they are generated or not, they are amazing. I use VST's for my percussion and I can never get them complex! I try but it's hard for me. I have the guitar skills but I need percussion practice.

Awesome mixing, it was a pleasure to hear!

altoid responds:

Wow.. I'm glad you like it! Thanks!)

[DrownZ [Album Preview]]

Bro. Bro! This is truly amazing. You guys are for real! I come on newgrounds everyday and listen to metal tracks to review because I write my own (no music uploaded on this account, working on an album). Of course, I don't have a real drummer. It's just me playing guitar, bass and piano. But this here... This is awesome. Great mixing, awesome riffs, amazing drums... You have it all. Please keep up the work! I am favoriting you! It was a pleasure to hear...

lhceist41 responds:

Thank you!
I'm very happy that you liked it that much.
If you have any music of you I could listen to, please let me know.
Would love to hear what you've got!

[Voice of Truth - Song 1]

Hell yes, bro. This is awesome. The problem I had listening to this track is the overall sound. The guitar riffs are amazing... But the sound is way to thin. It sounds like a track recorded way back in the 80's like Pantera. Everything is just so thin and is really quiet and doesn't have that "punch" that most tracks have now days. I don't care much for the sound, it's all about the riffs. But unfortunately, you won't get very far with a thin sound. Did you use a bass? Something is just missing... I am going to give you a 4/5 because of the sound. But dude... This track is amazing. Keep it up. This is only my opinion, don't hate!
\m/

F4c3Fuck3r responds:

Thank you! Yes the sound is a bit hollow. Bass is missing, and the drums were run through a transient shaper, and it was a bit too harsh. Additionally, I noticed a huge decrease in tone when down-converting to MP3. This particular track should be at 320, but the WAV file was a little bit fuller. Overall, I'm just trying to get better at mixing. The drums are my biggest challenge, but guitar is up there too.

Thanks for the input, we are most certainly on the same page. The punch is there though. A little too much though. The transients are really shaped to kick the speaker's ass. At least it sounds like such on my monitors and the speakers in my car and headphones. The MP3 file may have killed it :/