Ryan-of-the-Metal's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Something]

Holy sh-t McMuffins...

I'm not sure where to begin with this one, except that it's got this difficult to match sort've sound that's really something to behold, quite something something. (Me and my jokes...)

No, I don't understand the lyrics half the time, but on the same note, that actually might do something good for the overall congeniality of this submission. Even if I can't exactly understand them, they still sound good for improvisation for a lack of a better word, in a good way.

The guitar tone's also a bit creepy, good, but also sounds like it's got some sort of quaint reverb, good stuff. The breaks with the note scraping add another sort of element to the overall sense to the character of the song, which is another good point really.

Not to mention, where the bass emerges in the song is pretty interesting too, I'd like a bit more of that. ;)

The drums seem to break out of rythm sometimes, but it isn't anything too serious in my opinion.

MarkArandjus responds:

Whaaw! Thanks so much, never expected this type of reaction.

Personally I love this song even though it oviously lacks quality, it's from back in the day when we were starting out, stilll earning and keeping it simple, hence only one chord throughout the entire song x)
Thanks again for the in-depth review!

[Burning The Flames]

I like this stuff.

Yea, this stuff called music. :)

This is interesting, and I definately like it, it seems like a nice jam, but the thing is that it's nothing all to heavy, it seems to be more appropriate for 'tha General Rock section.

In the early part of the song, it sounded very Velvet Revolver-esque which is commendable in my book!

At the same time, there seems to be a few problems with the recording, with the prevelant crackling and all, which seems to be frequent throughout the song. I've never recorded yet, but I suppose it can be rectified.

Good attempt on vocals, just some of the screaming sounded vaugely out of place with me, out of personal opinion, but overall, this is interesting.

[Falling to pieces/What's Done]

Looks like someone's back.

Definately, it's time to review another one of the kind Mr. Badman's submissions. :O

To begin with, the main riff is somewhat snappy, yet heavily crisp. In other words, I'm just tossing around words that all eventually mean that I like the tone lol.

The vocals in a sense caught me off-guard since it had began lacking hesitation, straight to screaming. I like this since these are the screaming vocals that are actually understandable yet still enraging.

Not to mention that the vocals still seem to carry some emotion with them, especially the prechorus and the chorus. They also seem to hit the right note in my opinion.

Drums and percussion is simply fine, and well, as I don't know too much about them, I don't quite have much to say. >_>

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Haha, thanks dude. I've been working a lot with my tone lately, and pretty satisfied. :D
Also happy you dig the vocal mix up. I'm a little concerned with the meshing of different styles...but I quite like the differences.

Which chorus did you like better?

Fucking glad you dig it thus far\m/ Thanks for the review!

[Desert Rose]

It took forever...

I remember finding this sond over a few years ago, and this was the most beast thing that I was able to show to my friends, and they all found this sooo sick. Now I'm finally reviewing this lol.

The sheer speed for this song, the way the harmonics fit so well, the elements together are really quite incredible, it's really overall awesome.

Not to mention how I like the eastern influence. :D

[Reverance (DGF-Azazel)]

Love it.

I'm fairly convinced that most anything that you submit in the category of glorious metal will be appreciated. I like that tone of the lead guitar near the beginning, it gave an interesting contrast to the rythm guitar in my opinion.

As always, you beasted with percussion, but isn't the only focus in the submission though, as the guitars are up to par too. ^_^ It sounds a bit light, but really, that doesn't really matter lol. It also sounds vaugely like it could be applied to a chase scene.

[Far Away From You]

Deadly awesome.

I have to repeat myself, deadly awesome. The piano intro caught me off-guard, but that guitar tone makes up for it in every way.

The vocals are fantastic, with some odd echo effects thrown in especially caught my attention. The overall style and sound reminds me boldy of something of Killswitch Engage.

Overall though, this is another one for my MP3 player and another quality song produced by Bad-Man.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Super glad you liked it, bro. Thanks for the review!

[Evil Monkey]

Lol, this is great

I like submissions of Dimora, but this is funny, it sounds something like 80's metal lol. I haven't seen the episode of Family Guy this based from, but now I think I should see it. The intro riff was very beast too.

[Kush-Metaljonus]

I'm at a loss for words

The bass line is incredibly rich, and- screw it, it's sexy lol. The arpeggios used in this tracks are so fitting with the harmonics used, I didn't quite know that music could be this epic. Obviously, it sounds very professional with that Jonus-touch, and the tremolo effects mid-way give a really sweet out-of mind breakdown. I could really go on for pages admiring this track, but aren't I doing that just now? Lol, overall, this song is reall quite mind-blowing... Why name it kush?

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks man! I named the song after my favorite thing in the world and that is some Kush son!

[Manhunter]

Much appreciated!

The intro, bieng muddy sounded very sweet and was quited fitting for the song... Especially since it was the rythm lol. The tremolo lead makes me want to believe that this sounds similar to one of those spy tracks lol, but it's way more heavy. I really liked everything, the guitar tone and drums especially sounded quite awesome too

Overall, this song seems quite high quality and awesome, and a chase song as the name reflects. This is just what I'd like to expect from TheRealSam lol.

TheRealSam responds:

Thanks a lot man! Glad you liked the song and its quality, even if in my opinion it's not one of my best work :p

[Remember the Killings Finished]

Glad that I checked this song out...

This submission is really awesome! Metal is metal, even without the screaming vocals, just not as heavy, not being a problem at all! This seems more like a ballad, as was previously mentioned. Vaugely, it reminds me of Mettalica too. The vocals are absolutely outstanding! I'm glad that I selected this song, I think it turned me on to your music, which makes me wonder why I haven't listened to it realier lol.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks for the kick ass review. My vocals are all over the place in terms of styles, and I work hard on every style. Glad to have you checkin my shit. But stay tuned....I'm working harder and harder on each song...so future ones should be pleasing!

Thanks again!\m/