[djpretzel]

What did you think? Post your opinion of this ReMix.

[OA]

love the sweeps in the rhythm guitars, and though there isn't really any subtlety in the production, there are some nice shades of it in the arrangement.

Super rocking, I really enjoyed this one. \m/

[ambinate]

this is really fucking cool. i really dig that modern, hyper-compressed sound and it's nice to have it get some more representation on the site. the playing and arrangement are great (nice rhythm work!) and i think it feels like a natural fit despite maybe being a little unnatural in theory. very cool stuff, hoping to hear some more in the future.

[cfx]

Take my opinion with a grain of salt if you will. Maybe I don't like wall-of-sound as much as I think I do.

What bugs me firstly is the distortion (wait, what?!). On smaller speakers, the tune sounds like percussive fuzz. Turning the distortion down to 10.5 might have opened things up just enough to be discernible. That is, instead of a cloud of static where an occasional chord or single note might peek out of the fog and say hello (in a very straightforward manner) and then disappear into the ruckus again. On larger speakers and a couple different pair of headphones this problem is less pronounced, of course.

Though, what can be heard through the distortion in those cases is a "one chord"-feeling through the whole piece. The quick guitar runs and 2-chord swing back and forth doesn't allow the fuzz to relax any, so while chords are well and truly moving, the sensation of motion isn't there thanks to the distortion keeping certain frequencies active all the time.

Leads are simple, to the point of not contributing that much to the piece. Even a well-placed vibrato would have made a world of difference. The doubling was nice, but wasn't quite enough to give them legs.

Overall it feels like a show for the double kick, which itself acts like it's supporting other interesting elements in the higher registers, while the higher-register stuff is conservative(! yes, I said it) because it acts like it's giving structure to crazy awesomeness in the lows. With this dual-support structure it comes across as loud but really, really tame.

There are a couple personal nits about the choir having slightly odd panning (feels a bit tilted to the right and forward), cymbals could have been a bit brighter, but that's me being fussy at this point.

All this being said, I completely respect the effort put into this (yes, really). It's mixed pretty well on the whole and one of the few pieces I don't mind massive compression on. I like the double kick work and the way it cuts nicely through. I fully expect to be disagreed with by others on many points above, but really, after all's said and done this is totally worth a listen or three.

[Brandon Strader]

Machine-gun drumming? Is that referring to the double bass or the blastbeats? Hehe and now there's a tommy gun snare.. what is this, The Godfather?

Justin's probably my favorite newcoming artist. Sure, metal bias, but also you don't hear metal like this in the remixing world, and definitely not on OCR. This song is a treat and I'm overjoyed to see it up here now.

Word to your mother: http://www.myspace.com/knightoftheroundmetal

[Nekofrog]

Rhythm needs a bit less gain.

[Belthesar]

Originally Posted by cfx

Take my opinion with a grain of salt if you will. Maybe I don't like wall-of-sound as much as I think I do....

Going to have to say I agree with you on your review on the whole. The rhythm is so compressed that I initially thought it was a synth until I read the exacting detail of how this was recorded, and it overwhelms the lead, which in the source material is so powerful and emotion-stirring. The source immediately evokes a feeling of respect that is reserved for weapons of mass destruction, where this feels more like an automated assembly plant: a cacophony of noise created as machines solder, rivet, and transform raw materials into heavy construction equipment.

[Watarimono]

I like it. The original was a lot more atmoshperic, but your ReMix.... just adds a certain flavor that brings out the melancholy undertones in that first Mako Reactor scene. When Cloud starts hearing voices and we have no idea why yet... Truly a nice work.

[Mikeaudio]

The drums seem to be a little too loud,however its not terrible.My favorite bit is from 0:27 to 0:50.I was hoping that you would explore a bit more of the atmosphere within that section in the rest of the song,but thats just my opinion.All in all, you did a good job man

[Chernabogue]

Rhythm guitars are a bit loud, but the track rocks! Good job!