AngelsDontKill's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Acceptance]

You could have saved the upload for the shittiest of all days - Tuesday - but that's when you got frontpage'd, so I guess you've been recognized on the day that counts. I did only discover this now though, my Tuesday done flew by.

Yes, I've listened twice because this shit is like drinking an iced tea while watching people move your furniture. Experiencing the heavy through the hands and grunts of others. The vocals are really well mixed and have a lot of depth in this, did you do the mix on this track? The instrumental is phenomenal too, sounds like Spiritbox.

As for Artificial Intelligence, it ain't replacing you and Nick, y'all are on another level with this music production. Hearing this has made me realize I am just not utilizing all of the guitar layers that I should be, those leads and vocal layers are symphonic in a way that makes me rethink my life. Congrats, both of you!

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Sorry for the late reply, my friend.
Tuesdays, indeed suck.

Thanks for the words, brother - but you are one of the ones who set me on this path of audio destruction, so mad respect to you and your sound.

I did mix the vocals on an earlier version - the version that is up, is his mix and effects. Pretty good, I say. More reverb than I add - I like dry and add echo where I need richness. haha.

I dig working with this guy and definitely more to come, and I'm glad you come out and let me know what you think. you're one of my music dads, even though I'm twice your age. lol

[Wrath of my Hellfire]

This is such an interesting musical composition, I love it! I can't explain why it reminds me of Opeth, but the note choices have this mysterious and sinister energy. Great work you two! This is a track I will be coming back to often :)

DanJohansen responds:

Thanks a lot man! Glad you dig it, I had never made a track like this before, so it was a fresh experience!

[Doomsday Army]

Holy fuck dog, that chorus got some real Whitechapel vibes \m/

The guitar and synth work is unreal man, I am really impressed!

Love the collab you two - keep them coming!

DanJohansen responds:

Appreciate it man! Got some other ideas cookin' in the oven :D Rock on! ]m/

[No God]

Woah, the horns are menacing! \m/ It's like you've summoned Godzilla!
Well-deserving of a frontpage, as always. Songwriting, composition, sound, vocals and lyrics ... all perfect my guy.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

My friend, I'm so glad you got a chance to hear it, A lot of my inspiration comes from your music. :)

[Nowhere to Hide]

Sound design and you play guitar like this!? Dang man. Just dang.

This gives me a lot of Lamb of God vibes mixed with some thrash. I like the higher-note pull offs you threw in (0:54, for example).

kinamlo responds:

I kinda still play guitar like that, I recorded this quite a while ago. You've got some pretty good riffs yourself!

[A Shaded View]

A solid ten to fifteen years ago, this would have had hundreds to thousands of listens a day. Unfortunately NewGrounds isn't the same community of music producers it once was, because you deserve so much attention for what you're making. I saw your comment about vocoding percussive elements and that's such a wild idea I have never though of but now I am so excited to try that on some things.

I gotta say, I loooove that reverse snare roll thing at 2:46-2:47, my only thought is that was such a cool trick that I think it could be a great moment in the music to let the drums have a momentary break with some sort of reverb/delay/distortion or something to make it pop. But, that's just a random thought - it's still fantastic.

kinamlo responds:

Sadly I didn't know of Newgrounds back in the day, and this track is actually from that time period... I had requests to put a couple old tracks up so they could be used in Geometry Dash levels, so I just uploaded a bunch of tracks I didn't have published anywhere.

Vocoding percussive stuff is hit and miss, but it can make for really interesting textures. You definitely should give it a go. I also recommend loading short samples into a convolution reverb.

[Crush]

How do you casually make this as a lil ditty? Lead guitar and all ... puts me to shame. You know I fucking love this. Love the overlapping "crush" vocals too! Ending with the clean dreamy sounds going back into that deep deep butthole ripping riffage is what I'm here for.

Make a new album my man, this is what metal is missing.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Ah, you run circles around me, my brother. I use the "ola" riff challenges for riff farming - so its a bunch of those ideas. It really helps when I'm strapped for creativity!

I got a new 7 string since this, cause it was soooooooooo frustrating on my jackson. I paid $250 for it, new - so really cheap. So I bought a good one cause I wanna make more.

Anyways, you're ridiculous and awesome. <3

[Cement]

I'm so upset, I followed you but didn't get notified of this wonderful upload >:(

You have the pipes of Sarah Mclaughlin and Cookie Monster. The chorus blew me away when it kicked in, that ambient reverb/delay works so fucking well!

Instrumental is solid as always man. I loved the way the bass stuck out in the breakdown around 2:39 and on. Reminded me of MudVayne a lil' bit. That last gutteral you unleash to end it is absolutely crushing too, love it! You can rest assured I will be coming back to this one repeatedly.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Well, holy shit. I didn't realize this got the FP. And Also - sorry for the late reply. Dealing with some real life fiascos...so humble apologies there.

Thank you, for the super kind words, as always. You're an amazing musician, to me, someone I looked up to, very much - so it's really awesome to hear that!!
Thanks brotha!! \m/

[new years for the alcoholic]

I don't know how to offer constructive criticism, so I will just say I loved this and look forward to hearing more of your work! Great job with this, I zoned out pretty good while listening :)

kilroyirl responds:

thank you man, i really appreciate it!

[The Clown Of Death]

It should be mandatory that I am notified via Pidgeon w/ note attached or something every time you upload >:( This is too damn cool! I love your voice in that chorus, and I especially dig the lead guitar over the rhythm cords it works really well! Your tags are appropriate.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

oh man i miss u