Stardust-Nation's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Happy Trigger]

Nice, funky, upbeat. No complaints except that I wish that the change at 1:26 would have led to something a little more distinct and different at 1:29. Maybe a few added layers, harder bass, fx, or something. Ditto at 3:00, which was very similar. The lack of tonal changes made the song a little too repetitive considering its length.
But I realize that I just tend to like bombastic songs, and not everyone does. It can be hard to make something that's extremely dynamic, and produce a lot of content, without it putting a drain on creativity.
This song gets a well-earned high score.

Noisysundae responds:

Can't agree more with everything you said. My creativity tank was empty when I was making this, and it took me a whole week to finish. :(

[T.O.N.I.T.S. 11A]

Glittery. Sounds like a soundtrack to an aquarium or some underwater place with lots of fish.

Finnsfolks responds:

Great! That was the point. :D

[Xtrullor - Jnana]

Pretty fantastic. The only problems are:
1. Lack of a memorable melody. The reliance on vocal clips is probably the biggest reason for this. It doesn't leave room for any defining note patterns to make the song more memorable (an example of where you did better in this area recently is with Event Horizon, which was very good at switching between piano and chorus, etc. while balancing variation with memorability.
2. Those drums. Yuck, dude. You've been basically using the same snares for years now, and they really used to fit in, but that was when you also had differently styled music. Now those super loud and compressed drums just stick out like a sore thumb against the otherwise beautiful and well-styled atmosphere. Next time, work on improving your percussion.

I think you really improved with the drop, but it still doesn't quite hit that "sweet spot" you've had in some of your best songs (mostly during 2014, which was probably your best year overall).

9.2/10

[Moancore]

See, it's good, but I don't get what makes it any different from every other metal song. :-/

artistunknown responds:

oh fuck you're right

[geometry dash (remix)]

It started off good but it sounds like the song is literally dissolving. Maybe someone cut it with a glowing red 1000 degree knife?

[Horizons]

Superb. Only problem is that there are some parts where the bass is too quiet and sounds too much like a distant motorcycle.

5TanLey responds:

the bass got high frequencies cut in the second part of the drops on purpose, anyway I'm glad you like it otherwise :)

[Nutshack Theme (Dubstep Remix)]

So dank.