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[viggorrah]

Colintastic wrote...

I'm really liking the main theme.

That's one of my favorites, along with Garrus, Tali, and The Attack. Shadow Broker Boss Battle is a good one too.

[Jonathan Shepard]

I love metal, and I love Mass Effect, but I'll be honest as a really critical musician. Some of the songs are muddied. Produced quite well, but hardly recognizable, and it especially shows on the boss battle tracks. Suicide Mission feels like there are entire parts missing, as though you only learned the one part and played it over and over; without the inflection of the original piece, it just sounds bland. However, listening to Vigil was simply beautiful. Same with the Main Theme. Those two pieces you have down really solid. I'm torn on The Illusive Man, because you have the passion and feel for the piece, but I don't hear all the different parts once again. Uncharted Worlds is another piece you did right with.
Still, I feel like this album is split between being a great metal cover for the greater half, and then the other half feels like you took a song, and tried to make your own song using the basis of the original as a template.

Now, I'm being really critical here, and your effort was not wasted at all, so don't let my picky-ness get you down. This is still a great album of metal versions of classic ME songs, so I'm not complaining. I'm enjoying the music, but as tips for next time, these are things that turn you from a musician who is merely fun to listen to, into a guy who makes legendary music.

Overall, I approve.
But it could use a few calibrations.

[Homey C-Dawg]

These are all great. Thanks for sharing OP.

[Wikal]

These are really great! Thanks for making these!

[DarthSlim108]

Awesome stuff man! I love rock covers of epic orchestral scores. Some people don't do them very well, but you definitely did a great job with yours.

[hawat333]

Time to dig up my bass.
A nice thing you've done there.
Keep up the good work!

[littlevmills]

Jonathan Shepard wrote...

I love metal, and I love Mass Effect, but I'll be honest as a really critical musician. Some of the songs are muddied. Produced quite well, but hardly recognizable, and it especially shows on the boss battle tracks. Suicide Mission feels like there are entire parts missing, as though you only learned the one part and played it over and over; without the inflection of the original piece, it just sounds bland. However, listening to Vigil was simply beautiful. Same with the Main Theme. Those two pieces you have down really solid. I'm torn on The Illusive Man, because you have the passion and feel for the piece, but I don't hear all the different parts once again. Uncharted Worlds is another piece you did right with.
Still, I feel like this album is split between being a great metal cover for the greater half, and then the other half feels like you took a song, and tried to make your own song using the basis of the original as a template.

Now, I'm being really critical here, and your effort was not wasted at all, so don't let my picky-ness get you down. This is still a great album of metal versions of classic ME songs, so I'm not complaining. I'm enjoying the music, but as tips for next time, these are things that turn you from a musician who is merely fun to listen to, into a guy who makes legendary music.

Overall, I approve.
But it could use a few calibrations.

thanks for the feedback man! I'd like to hear some of your stuff! I'm still relatively new to doing stuff like this since this is my first full album and I did it entirely myself. Also keep in mind I'm a 20 year old drummer

[Beerfish]

Excellent job, I'm not a huge metal fan because I'm an old curmudgeon but this was some very fine work.

[Metal_Psycho]

My very first comment here,but after listening to your stuff,i just couldn't hold myself.

Awesome dude,am loving it madly.

[Sarcastic]

Bought it! Thanks, this is really good.

[johnbonhamatron]

Dude, that is non-non-non-non-non-heinous.

/gratuitous Bill & Ted reference

[leighzard]

How has this escaped my notice for 4 days? I'm really impressed. Nice work!
Main theme is going straight on my gym mix.

[Dominus]

Why....Why did no one tell me about the existence of this album?! Right now, I'm listening to vigil, and it's a surprisingly fantastic reinterpretation of the original work, with more of a groovy sound in the middle. Almost reminds me of something from Alice in Chains.

Tali has some good chugging action going for it. A bit stock-y on some of the instrumentation, but it's still quite solid. The cute little DOOM-esque melody near the second half is a nice touch.

Garrus is pure thrash(which is always a good thing), though I'm not sure if the brief electronica bits were necessary for the overall flow.

Still, I bow before your work, for the glory of the metal.

....THE METAL.

Possible name for the next album:

The Illusive Metal?
Reach and Shreddability?

Modifié par DominusVita, 08 décembre 2011 - 01:34 .

[Dominus]

Two more things, then I'll leave the topic alone for the moment.

Overlord Boss Battle feels the most appropriate for the genre. The Double Bass Pedal really keeps the pace as high as the tempo, and the melody is simple and appropriate. Once the chugging comes in, it builds upon it.

One thing I would really like to hear would be some guitar solo attempts. For some songs, it's obviously not going to work - something as somber as Ilos or Vigil was meant to be on the quiet side. However, take a look at Garrus or Overlord Boss. There are some opportunities there to really blast it to, well, 11.

[dheer]

I'm really impressed. Well done V.

[littlevmills]

DominusVita wrote...

Two more things, then I'll leave the topic alone for the moment.

Overlord Boss Battle feels the most appropriate for the genre. The Double Bass Pedal really keeps the pace as high as the tempo, and the melody is simple and appropriate. Once the chugging comes in, it builds upon it.

One thing I would really like to hear would be some guitar solo attempts. For some songs, it's obviously not going to work - something as somber as Ilos or Vigil was meant to be on the quiet side. However, take a look at Garrus or Overlord Boss. There are some opportunities there to really blast it to, well, 11.

Well I would have tried a few more solos except for the fact that I'm not a guitar player. I'm a drummer! lol

[Had-to-say]

I'm no rock aficionado, but your talent is evident with this album. Encore.

[Dominus]

Well I would have tried a few more solos except for the fact that I'm not a guitar player. I'm a drummer! lol

Point taken - it's something to experiment with, but I'd probably being fumbling over for hours trying to make that on music-creation software. The songs overall still have the general guitar rhythms and riffs down very well though.

[Jazharah]

Count me impressed!

I had been looking forward to the whole album since you posted the first couple of tracks. There's a few rough edges on the production, but I must truly say that for a one-man project, in this amount of time you definitely did one hell of a job. Kudo's, sir, kudo's. Lots of them.

[Omega4RelayResident]

Its awesome

[Realmjumper]

Someone make a better album cover please lol. Thanks for the music.

[littlevmills]

Realmjumper wrote...

Someone make a better album cover please lol. Thanks for the music.

what? you don't wanna stare at my ugly mug while listening to the tunes? lol

[Paula Deen]

...that...was incredible. As in, would be AMAZING if it were in ME3. It's excellent; different enough to be original and fresh, but still close enough to be like an homage.

[Paula Deen]

I'll buy it as soon as I can get PayPal to actually WORK.