LordAdon's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[They Must Sleep, Or They Will]

Hello

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Some advice: Drums in general sound too close, dont match the atmosphere.
Guitar sound is a bit thin and fuzzy, but it could work with more of a tight, maybe palmuting, sound.

Overall, cool song, just trying to help you out for next time. I use sonar aswell!

himenow responds:

I use Cubase now.
Also if by close you mean dry, then that's what I was going for.

[Sky Guardian 2.0-Metaljon]

Very Nice

Some day, I would love to do a collab with you. Definately one of the masters of metal on newgrounds. I was thinking about putting together a collab group for the 'best' metal artists on newgrounds, kinda master societey.

ANYWAYS,
Do I detect some devin townsend influence? maybe? Or maybe just stevevai? the guitars are very nice, and i like this mix alot, no critiscism to be had, sorry!

Metaljonus responds:

thx....the only influence for this song was dragon ball z!

[Aviary]

Hm..

Animals as leaders anyone? Awesome job man!

FourteenSouth responds:

<3's and such, my good sir.

[This is Groove Metal]

Really good

I much prefer the guitar sound on this one, but i can hear the bass more. The only thing it could use are some real drums and vocals, but awesome job!!

Demon-Slayer12 responds:

Thats my guitar tone I've been perfecting for years, and its quad-tracked to get extra thickness, which means you gotta play 2 perfectly identical tracks on each side, hard work haha. But reald drums would take away from the sound, cuz its hard to play that perfectly and engineering real drums is a lot harder, to get the tones you want. But vocals would be cool, glad you liked it man!

[Metal Mayhem!]

Mixing Advice

I'd like to say overall, nice job!
I understand you did this in the studio? There are a few ways you could improve your sound, which sounds atm a bit like metal from the 80's, mixing wise. The guitars are very very thin, something you might hear in early blackmetal, but it is not pleasent to listen to. Maybe a bit more low end on the guitars, just something to fix the fizzyness.

Also, the vocals have a few problems, a few points where the singer is a bit too close to the mic and you hear the phss sound because of it. Also, the vocals should be EQ'd a bit to fit the mix a little bit better, they seem a bit out-of-place.

I can tell by the amount of reverb on the drums that you were going for something of that sound, and you did a good job! but theres always room to improve

gu3Shaw responds:

Yes, it was in a studio, but it's not exactly professional grade. It's more of a b-line deal. But I can actually tell you why most of what you've pointed out exist. The big problem with the guitar is that I'm playing through a Peavey 5150 Tube amp. We have to mic it at low volume and the tubes just can't get up the the clarity we'd like. Any suggestions to get around that? Cause it's all I've got. lol. As for mic work it's a first time. So thanks for the advice on that.

With mixing it's a real out of band problem. The guy who does our recording does our mixing as well and isn't so spectacular. The emphases on the drums and sound in the mix also comes from the fact that our mixer is a drummer, and the fact that we use electric drums. We've tried working with it but there's been no luck. Maybe you know someone who could help with post recording mixing? But much thanks for the advice. Sorry if I seem rather combative. I just like to help people to get advise I need to fix problems I know of. lol

[Wrath of the Heights]

Not yet

This song is lacking ALOT of potential power. One, Im not sure if you added bass to it, because if you did, its barely audiable. Two, the guitars are a little too much on the highs, which wouldnt be a problem if you had a strong bass covering lows and mids both, aside from that, it would sound really nice. good work

MoNkEyBoY1993 responds:

note to you, my friend, it's only one guitar playing multiple tracks, this isn't a song from a band or anything. a solo project fromm my friend that I added a drum track to.

thanks for the feedback though, but yea, no bass, because my fried doesnt play a bass xD

currently, my friend has much better sound equipment than what was used here, btw. i'm working on a Stricken cover with him ;D

[-Farewell-]

Nice!

Your mix is way better on this one, you did a good job fixing all the issues on the last mix. Overall, it sounds way better!

JMAP responds:

Thanks, man! Glad you gave me your advice!

[SHSI-Metaljonus]

Solid Seven

The melody at the beginning is very cool, and after that, the sudden brutal emerging riffs are interesting, I enjoy them alot. However, there is still room to improve.
The REALLY low-end you could easily EQ down a bit, because it seems very overpowering, and also, EQ the REALLY highs and mid-highs up a bit in this mix. You would have a much smoother sound.
The guitar playing is great, however, the guitars both at the beginning and before the solo clip, and create a displeasing sound when listening to it through this flash player.
Only other problem is the very beginning, which needs some kind of percussive element in the background, either acoustic guitar or anything else, would make it great to listen to.
Most of these problems are with the mix and such, you playing and composition is very good. Fix these and it's a solid nine or ten!
Great work!

Metaljonus responds:

Thaqnks man! As I stated in the authors comments I don't care about the mix since it is allllll rooooouuuuggghh. The clean intro will be messed with for sure but thanks for the review!

[Dark Heavy riffing]

Hey

This is nice, very sludge-metal. I like what you did there, could use some vocals now, the slightly melodic kind, such as the band 'crowbar'

Bret2009 responds:

Thanks mate, yeah normally i put vocals on them songs but this time i was afraid it was going to spoil the dark effect on the song. il'l give it a try tho.

[Fear Angry]

Alright

-You did a nice job on this, I don't want to attack you, but i want to help you improve, so I will offer some critiscism. The mix is lacking some powerful mid to low end from the guitars, which sound a bit thin.
-Also, the lead parts are quite a bit sloppy, and Dan, one thing you need to work on is tone. For a guitar player, you want to sound clean in your bends, with really crisp tone and accurate vibrato, try some satriani or robin trower for that practice.

Overall, nice job guys!

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks for "not attacking" us. I hate to break it to you, but you are allowed to have your own opinion. If you don't like the mix, that is fine. That is your taste. Dan's tone is fine as well. I HIGHLY doubt he needs the practice as you suggest, as his shit is clean as fuck. Unless, I send you a copy of the song without the leads, and you show us what you mean. Because, I'm having trouble interpreting your review, on the leads.

I do think i need to go back and drop the mids and highs on the drums, as they cut through the mix too much creating that "thin" sound you hear. However, they are layered 4 times, 2 separate tones, covering all the ranges.

But yeah, thanks for helping us improve. PM me your email addy and I will send you the raw song for your wanking. :)

Cheers,
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