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[Kingbastard [ boxclever ]]

Hmm...

Since Rucklo had it in his sig as the possible "McGodlyBurger we've all been waiting for," I figured I'd have to listen to this and review.

And the results are in... This song is interesting. Well put together. Definitely something worth listening to and the download.

But the question remains- is it worth the McGodlyBurger?

No.

However, it is, without question, the McPerfectBurger recipient today.

Why not McGodly? It seems to be missing that crucial ingredient, that "special sauce", if you will- It's great and all, but it just doesn't seem to hit it.

Anyways, good to have yer music back, and glad to see you back! :D

-Solus

Kingbastard responds:

Thanks.

[<KZ> Underwater Chills]

Gack.

Death by bass.

I think that's the only problem I have with this song. However, since it runs through the entire song, it kind of kills; and that's a shame. The rest of the song is McAwesome material. However! I still think this song is deserving of a five.

And it shall recieve as such.

-Solus

(McGreatBurger)

Kirizzle responds:

... wow, that's odd. The bass in this song is exactly the same as the one in Submerged Storm, except not as heavy, and you gave a 10 for clarity on that song and a 5 for this one? I do not understand you... but who would, you're SolusLunes, a walking paradox :P

Thanks for the vote though, that's what really matters.

[Take Control!]

Wewt.

Nicely done. Can't see anything particularly wrong with it, but it just doesn't seem to have that last little bit that makes it unique and just hits people. Nice, perfect dance tune, but nothing altogether too special. Solid, though.

Fifened, DL'd and McGreatBurgered.

Drop me a review sometime (under the account name of Aeterminus.)

[{Frozen}]

Very nice.

I gotta say, this is professional. Awesomely done, it made my hair stand on end. Definitely a DL and a 5. And a McAwesomeBurger for you!

(Plus check out my music under the name Aeterminus. Tell me what you think.)

cornandbeans responds:

=O

they should so sell McAwesomeBurgers!

I'll check your tunes out. :)

[The Unproven Theory--_--(3:03)]

You know I love it.

Awesome.

Do I really need to say any more?

Not really, but I will. Loops perfectly, the sounds meld together extremely well, awesome bass and melody, and overall, McPerfect.

And fifen. :D

PERVOK responds:

:D

We are gonna miss you in the AF... :')

Don't die on us XP

[Khuskan - Pulsar]

I dunno...

The synths were nice... but just nice. Nothing particularly spectacular. Also, they seemed to be missing something, like if you lost your arms.

That's what they were, synths without arms, and I could feel it, and it hurt me to know that they had more potential than this, it just feels like they were neglected as children.

The main melody sounds a bit like your song "Exaggerate"'s main melody. A good melody. Then you took it, chopped its arms off, and raped it to being too repetitive.

Crowd sounds- Wasn't quite my cup of tea, since I'm not a big fan of putting crowds into songs. It also seemed to fuzz out the armless synth even more, making it sound worse.

The slow part- that synth was possibly where it was nicest. Still not amazing, just nicest.

Another thing that bothers me, where's the percussion? This song sounds like it has a lot of missing parts, once you put the percussion in, it'll sound better for that at least.

Bassline- Disappointing. I know you can do better.

All in all, I gotta say, marginal. :p

Painfully honest is better than "ZOMGTHATWASAWESOME"... right?

3'd.

Khuskan responds:

Your negativity is pretty unusual, considering the other more posotive responces here, but I really have to agree with you on a lot of this.

Pulsar was actually made before exaggurate. It was made strictly for the game at the time, and this was pretty annoying to me so I made exaggurate to fill my newly found trance love. Therefore this, beside outside abfin, was my first true experience with all the trancy features in reason. For example, I only just worked the filter out in this track and so I was playing around to see what I could do with it.

Also this song was rushed out of production. At the time, the (supposed) release date for the mod was a mere week away, so I kept it pretty simple arrangement wise.

As for the percussion, I've always been pretty shitty with drums. Thats what's been holding me back from making more trance or even some of the dnb songs I had in planning.

I can't help but feel though that after you listend to exagg and outside, you were probably half expecting a vocoded lyric thing in there. I would have loved to put one in but it wouldnt have suited the context of the track at all.

So you have this little track to thank for exaggurate, and although admitidly it isnt my best, i learnt a lot from making it.

[TRS-Marimba Mania!]

Eh...

I absolutely hated the synth at the beginning... it just grated on me. I don't know why. But adding the marimba... A master stroke. It just feels good. Makes the beginning synth sound good with it.
Makes me think of some random online rpg anime happy game.

Don't ask why.

Anyways, ima give this a 4 and a McGreatBurger award. :D

itsameyayo responds:

Sweet!

-Thanks much! McGreatBurger yummy!

-I'll tell the truth, I really wish I could do something about synths, but now, I just don't have the resources. I'm looking into some stuff though : )

-Muchas gracias!

-SuperDrummer146

[Lower Norfair (2:39)]

Mmm... Metroid.

Such a great game. I kept my old SNES just to continue playing this game.

May I be the first to say, that was freakin' MCAWESOMEBURGER material.

Now all I gotta do is hope for a Maridia remix. *crosses fingers*

Sure, I could do one of my own...
but then I wouldn't be surprised. :D

FIFEN AND MCAWESOMEBURGER!

WinTang responds:

Yay!! MCAWESOMEBURGER!!
Dude, I thank you, and I've been contemplating more SMetroid reissues, Crateria was top of the list, but I might do Maridia (which has 2 tunes, but I'm assuming you mean that melancholic one) first now, to kiss your ass :)

[Khuskan - Tombstone]

I do believe you've gone crazy.

And why didn't you do it earlier?

THIS IS FREAKIN' AWESOME.

Sorry. Wrong. Freakin McPerfect. Catchy tune, and freaking awesome singing. Great lyrics, too.

"Fuck, I'm dead."

I could imagine this being in some sort of musical :D

Khuskan responds:

I've heard from several unreliable sources that a certain well known flash animator has taken perticular interest in this track...