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This one feels more like a riff-based approach compared to previous works I've heard from you guys. I found the approach to be very surgical in the chopped-up nature of the source usage. You might want to use some cautery on that riff, it's leaking BLOOD. 2:14 the vocal grunge held note crossing into the guitar pinch squeal was absolutely rad. My initial concern with this was the amount of source usage, but after quite a few listens and going back-and-forth between arrangement and source there's plenty. I was thrown off by taking the small bits from the source and turning them into riffs to be used. It's like Frankenstein's monster, taking the best bits from the source that you liked and pieced them back together into a new amalgam of audio. Acoustic guitar section was an awesome break and contrast from the heaviness surrounding it. Transitioning back to the heavy bits was done well and felt great to get back to them after the acoustic contrast. The ending does come out of nowhere, that was disappointing. Something about either the arrangement or mixdown made the vocals feel somewhat more isolated from the other parts and less supported. Not sure which contributed specifically to that feeling, but I wanted to point it out as it was the one thing throughout the track that did bother me some. Aside from the ending, the arrangement itself was handled masterfully, the production was clean, and the performances were very nice. YES

obsessed with this mix! the small world chorus is the icing on the cake. Grunt's artistic voice is so strong and it amazes me how cohesive it is between his visual art, his games and of course his music. long live transfatylvania!