Biggyzoom's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Killswitch Disengage]

Friggin' stellar. Very high quality tone, riffs and playing. Now make a full song with the knowledge you've gained and make my day.

PirateCrab responds:

Thank you sire! Full song on its way! :)

[genericMetal]

Ow that guitar sound grates... The kick drum was playing at a really awkward rhythm too. Generic was right. Sorry.

StodgyAyatollah responds:

No need to apologize since that was pretty much what I was shooting for and I don't expect high ratings for this. Like I said it fit the project well, it wasn't really meant to stand on it's own.

[Periodic Sanity]

This is pretty good. The atmosphere really matches well with the context you've provided and it has some really cool sounding timbres in it. The best bit of the track is when the percussion comes in and starts to really drive the piece along.
It makes me wish however that the drums started to develop at least a minute earlier because I feel that the 2 minutes before it got a bit boring. It still works as an intro but because the loop is only 4 minutes long it takes half the track to get to the satisfying part.

EnigmaticWolf responds:

It's fit for an OST (games, movies). That means it isn't a normal song that plays by itself, but plays behind the scenery the OST was built to compliment. It's background music. I agree only if you take this song as a real song, but it's not a real song, it's a song played behind greater elements. It isn't about being in the front, it's about supporting greater elements, like the game's atmospheric levels. I am 100% sure that if you would've played this during an environment it was made for while fighting monsters, the song would fit exactly in the way I originally intended for it to fit.

Thank you for listening, and your opinion is considered. Go try it, then tell me your final opinion.

Cheers.

[MFMMK (8bit)]

I too like the chords you use here. They're really creative and certainly portrays the description. It's quite dynamic too. The texture is too thick however to be considered proper 8-bit to me although I think it could work in an old point-and-click adventure game. It does sound like it's been wrote/played on a piano and then changed to a square wave and with note this thick it presents some phase issues and detracts from the harmony. Good, but could work better with a different timbre.

Calamaistr responds:

it wasnt preplayed in a piano :p

i know my 8bit isnt always the actual thing but i just prefer to compose whole orchestrations with chip plugins because the soundtype lends itself so well for accuracy. :)

[KKS - Sunshine & Corpses]

This one's not as good as your other tracks. Musically it's just not as substantial. It might be ok background music but it doesn't really challenge or excite enough for another listen.

KKSlider60 responds:

Thanks mate! \m/
KKS

[KKS - Mad Arena]

Damn son, that was awesome! Crunchy as fuck and get's you all pumped up. My only beef is that the low-end sounds kinda weird in my ears. It's like it's 2 basses that have been panned hard left and right. There's like this weird separation between the speakers and it's actually quite distracting.

KKSlider60 responds:

This is probably my best metal track so far. I like how it's mixed and it can be very versatile.
Glad you enjoyed it ^^
KKS

[KKS - Bone Grinding]

That was pretty killer. System Of A Down really came to mind at first but yeah, even in the world of prog rock this was pretty original. It's really cleanly played too. I like it.

KKSlider60 responds:

It's funny you mentioned them, 'cos I was thinking of Korn instead. :D
Thank you,
KKS

[Dark Dance of the Stars]

It's not bad. For what I hear it's not particularly substantial, even if it had drums. There's no particular hook but saying that, it could be a good building block for something more. The glockenspiel/music box sound has some very high frequencies in there and while they don't hurt the ears they are audible and mess with the brain a bit. EQ and reduce the treble and it would be better.

musicislight2 responds:

Like I said above, I compose on FL studio, and not having any sound production/engineering knowledge I do fall short in that I can't really fix any of the problems you've just described.

Thanks for the review. :)

[Pandas Can't Count]

Hey, that was pretty smooth. It has a cool atmosphere but I couldn't really pick up on much tune on first listen. But hey, maybe that's just jazz for ya. It sounds like it was played live so if that's the case then props to you. I couldn't tell you if it's a characteristic of the style but the amount of grace notes you play actually got on my nerves as it went on.

JacketFunk responds:

Haha my apologies man, I think that's just a flaw in my particular playing style, I tend to rely far too heavily on grace notes. I'm glad you liked it though dude.

[Final Boss Oh Noes!!]

Hey dude, that was pretty cool. Same as what the other guys said, it doesn't really sound like a boss theme to me but it would still be a cool and funky level theme.

Terracorrupt responds:

HOLY CRAP ITS BIGGY LET ME LOVE YOU