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.

[A Corrupted Mind]

Big time Michael Myers Halloween/Childs Play vibes here. Love that it ends with that super ambient chime sound, it gives the listener the perspective that the horror is far away, and then it comes right back with that almost music-box ending.

[I Know Who You Are]

Heck yeah, dude! Reminds me of Combichrist but with a more sophisticates sound design like Celldweller. It definitely has a cinematic action sound that I would expect to hear in something like Resident Evil.

[Big Fight Time]

I don't hear anything wrong with the mixing/mastering, don't fret :)

This is experimental in a really cool way, definitely reminds me a lot of games I played in the 90's on Sega Genesis. Did you play the guitar solo on a guitar?

If you're working in FL Studio as the software list shows, Maximus is a really good single VST for the master bus, it's about all the mastering I use when I am in FL. Anyway, solid work, sounds great!

[Gotta Dash]

Totally reminds me of 80's synthwave mixed with some Sonic Ice Cap Zone :)

Great work!