Throughdarkness's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Apocalyptic Paradise]

Damn man, pretty good for not being a vocalist. I'm really digging your stuff tonight. Great songwriting and great musicianship. AND great mixing. Good job.

Twistedsanta responds:

Thanks so much! I'm glad you liked it \m/

[Psychological War (!)]

This was really refreshing to hear. Some very creative elements involved in this and the progression is pretty unique. Kind of reminds me of some stuff Transcending Bizarre would do. Like if they had a baby with KMFDM. Very good guitar work as well. Really loved this mixing on the vocals, but I must say, the chuggy guitars left something to be desired. I did not feel like they were high enough nor wide enough in the mix. Thats why only 4 1/2. Really nice though. Great job on this achievement.

psycopathmusic responds:

Your comment is much appreciated, thanks for the support. Stay tuned for more!!

[November]

This is amazing man. Really a unique style. I really don't find anything wrong with your mixing either. Maybe a little more low end could be implemented but other than that, fantastic. All the way around.

[Best Intentions (Instr.)]

Really good! I agree, it reminds me a lot of Slipknot. It's a little short for my taste and doesn't give you much room to ponder where it's going with anticipation but for what it is, I really enjoyed it!

[ctrlBrain - Liar]

This was pretty awesome actually. I like the sci fi subtlety in there. I try to do that myself in my music lol. My one gripe is I absolutely hate that fake guitar. HATE it. But I just pretend it's real lol. Nice job!

[Of Epic Proportions]

I have way to much to say about how awesome this is but I'll keep it short. Epic. Lifted my spirits right back up. I knew right away when MetalJonas was playing cause of his floyd rose technique lol. Thought that was funny. But, yeaaah, holy crap this was awesome.

RobSoundtrack responds:

That's the way!! Thanks so much, and glad that it lifted you up

Hahaha yeah he's a master divebomber and flutterer

I can definitely now hear everyones distinct tone aspects as well
It's crazy. I'd like to take and implement some into my own....*evil grin*

If I might say,
We are glad you like it man

[Chemicals [NGADM]]

This is pro dude. I can't think of anything negative to say about it musically. Seriously! Anybody who says that it seems like it's all over the place, in all respect, just doesn't dig the complexity of this style. The music community on New grounds continues to stagger me. The flow you have going on here is amazing. And when the flow gets cut short, it's always because of creative fills and transitions. Mad props dude and keep making music, cuz I wanna here it.

Last but not least, you remind me a lot of two bands. Between the Buried and Me, and Subterranean Masquerade. By chance do you listen to them?

Kor-Rune responds:

Thank you for your kind review! I'm glad you appreciate my musical ADHD!

I've actually never heard of Subterraneon Masquerade. I've heard lots of BTBAM though, yessir.

[Aokigahara De Aimashou]

Holy shit!!!

Duuuuuddddeee... this is awesome. Excellent. I love music I need to think about and try to wrap my head around. I cant really think of anything to complain about. Everything sounds pretty good. The mix is done well and the mastering sounds good. Your skill in playing is up there too. Sounds very Veil of Maya-ish. At 45 seconds my heart stopped. Just saying. \m/

TheRealSam responds:

Hope it started beating later in the song, or else you'd pretty much be in danger :3
Thanks a lot man!! :D

[Black Mourning (Damn The Rest)]

Super Grim!!

I really liked the scales you guys used in this one.I get a really dark feeling when hearing it. The production in pretty good. There is room for improvement in the mix I think. Almost like the levels are a bit too high. The first 40 seconds is missing something I think. The lead guitar just doesn't flow well. However the outro into the next song sounds awesome! You guys did a swell job \m/

[Tomorrow Will Suffer]

Dark, dreary...

I thought this was amazing. Really good thinking and pondering music. Im listening to this on a laptop so i cant tell how good your mastering is but the mix sounds amazing. The emotions brought forth are both doomish and inspiring and I applaud your ability to evoke emotion. Keep at this cause it really is fantastic. Do you listen much to Opeth? This reminds me much of their work.

mr-vincent responds:

haha Thanks ! and yes i listen to some Opeth, I very like some of their song... They probably give me inspiration but i'm more trying to make my songs sounds like Swallow the Sun. (But this one is really not inspirated from swallow)