TheBardOfBlasphemy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Towards Dead End (C.O.B cover)]

awesome

i would like to see some of this skill going into your own originals... layering some chunky rhythm guitars and then adding melodic fingerpickin' over the top... you've got some impressive fingerwork on display here!!!

wilb0b responds:

I just love old C.O.B. and wanted to record it for once, its a great exercise for 2 guitarist to play along to

[I Don't Like The Direction...]

intro maybe needed something more

but i haven't checked out BMI's idea below.

once it kicked into the drums i was cheering

wilb0b responds:

his idea was really awesome, but I'm not sure if i want to continue in that direction, this is all for my BM band

[New Black Metal Band's 1stsong]

sound is very good!

sometimes through the song, though, I felt like it lacked a bit of direction. That may be partly due to lack of vox, though.

For example, I really liked at section around 1.50 where the frenetic guitars shifted into the big doomdoomdoomy guitar/choppy drum section, but in other parts it seemed to meander along. Once again, vocals could possibly change that alot.

Speaking of which, check my latest metal upload if you get the chance. My vox may suit some of your gear like this one.

wilb0b responds:

yeah my vocalist hasn't recorded anything/ i just heard his sing for this first time yesterday lol @ practice so I'm gunna get it recorded

[Ultimatum Sanctum (gtr Solos)]

save me jeebus...

...from the fiery fingers of the devil!

great fretwork, man... absolutely impressed and sold on your ability. I'm off to find one of your "serious projects" because i've already got a woody from this and who knows what's next :P

wilb0b responds:

lmao awesome man! I'm just shocked people actually listened to this

[(The) Man In Red]

hehehe

recording quality was a bit dodgy but sometimes that's ok in extreme forms of metal (such as this). I'd leave more constructive comments but I'm fried.

post some more dude, I'm interested to see what else you got, eh?

hey, check my latest if you get a minute, too... long live metal!!! \m/

Sylak responds:

Currently this is my only song, but I will post more if I make any. Thanks!

[NS - Flight 175]

good job, slut :P

lead gear around 1.50 on was most impressive!

I'll never really get over the synthy guitar sound but you do a good job of distracting me from how much i don't like it. There must be ways of improving the realism of those guitars... i'm sure there is and i'm sure it costs $$$, eh?

still, this was a cool track NS.

I'm back on channel and thanks for the PMs while I was away... check out my latest gear and keep rocking, dude :D

netty-swobb responds:

Thanks man, I have tried hard to improve the synthyness of the guitars. Right now I get slayer 2 and make it sound like a good sounding clean guitar the best I can, then I feed it through a JCM900 (Or something along those lines) guitar VST amp. I then export into adobe audition and mix and master it properly there. Personally I think I've done a good job but I really don't know how to make it bettter from there. I can record some real guitars and drums, i've got the gear, but I just cba haha. Oh well, thanks for checking anyways :)

[WMD]

wow... all the way to 11?

haha, a lot of people (no one actually) said I'd think this song was awesome, especially the lyrical mayhem...

um, was that a compliment or not?

good shit schlief, i dig it!

Schleif responds:

of course it was a compliment! ...was it?
haha, thanks alot bro, much appreciated! \m/

[RC - Inst. Crazy]

i'm with that guy...

riffs were pretty cool but the mix was a bit dodgy... drums seemed to need to be panned further out (that cymbal - hihat? - in the middle there was pissin' me off) and the levels on the guitar were uneven... to my ears anyway.

how did you record those guitars? they were a bit full-on & crusty but that isn't always a bad thing in metal.

so, yeah, music = awesome, drums = ok... mix needs improvement

some gutsy growls/screams would go fine on this (if mix is fixed up)

hey check out my latest if you get a chance

CRF250 responds:

well, we use an 8-track recorder, so its not like a USB-computer kinda deal. Its pretty nice stuff....

As for mix/eq we have no idea what we are doing, but give it enough time and we'll get the hang of it.
I'll check out your stuff, just make sure to listen to my song worthless. That one is proficiently executed.

[I Want You Dead [w/ Vocals]]

hahahaaa holy fuckrat

grrrrr fast is awesome fuck the djcockwhore and hooray for 0-bombers

seriously, though, great track... really surprised that the wacky synth worked as well as it did.... guitar work is very gutsy and skilled... good to hear!

hey check out my latest if you have time... i added vox to one of deathcalype's tracks... he's a metal monster.

Jakisdead responds:

Thanks, man. Haha I think it works well too!
And I'm happy that you think I'm a skilled guitarist! XD

Shit yeah! I'll check it out, Deathcalypse is shit hot!

Thanks for the review!