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Albums: Dwelling of Duels: Rhythm Month (April 2025)

Stygia

Artist(s): Earth Kid, Gregorio Franco, jnWake, TheManPF, Zach Chapman
Game(s): Metal: Hellsinger
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Reviews

  1. slowlycrushed
    May 3, 2025

    \m/(o_o)\m/
    chugga chugga heavy shit now. growling sounds great. clean vocal also sounds great. this one got me doing the stank face chicken head.
    Production notes: The drums at times have no cymbal playing which is weird. Also just in general the drum track feels a bit stiff.

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  2. hydrasphere1
    May 3, 2025

    this is good choice to mix growl and great female vocalist
    the guitar is well played , im digging this style , la seule bemol , this is
    i think for me the song is a little too long, 4 minutes would be good
    gg

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  3. Naop
    May 3, 2025

    Full disclosure: I’m not a fan of growls. And yet…
    Loved the female vocalist here, and even the growls are bearable for me (again, a “me” problem). As it was mentioned during the LP, this is probably a throwback to some popular bands from the 00’s, but I haven’t listened to Metal: Hellsinger‘s soundtrack enough to tell the difference. I do feel that the music is relegated to the back seat at times, and this shines completely through the vocals.

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  4. TheManPF
    May 3, 2025

    Love seeing this here. Intro sounds mysterious, synth patch in the background kinda sounds like a sax which is weird but also really cool. Mix is crisp and nice. Really enjoy the slow-ish gothic style of this arrangement, not something I hear often on this side of the pond, especially with such awesome vocal performances. The growls are thick as hell, I especially love whenever it gets into the higher screams for emphasis, definitely some of the better performed growls I’ve heard in DoD. The lead vocals are also awesome and incredibly performed. Really dig this whole package, it’s oddly nostalgic, this is definitely something I would’ve been blasting on my headphones back in my teenage years.

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  5. deluxdolemite
    May 3, 2025

    Damn, right off the bat with the bass, synth and piano I can feel this will be a heavy one. And hot damn growly vocals, and female vocals. Almost a sort of Evanescence vibe here. It is a touch hard to understand the growly vocals, but I guess sometimes thats also the point. Everything is pretty well balanced here, drums are helping to drive without being overpowering and the guitars, bass and synths are all balanced to each other well. Overall this is a really well executed and performed arrangement, well done anons.

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  6. newmajoe
    May 3, 2025

    ♥️
    Longie time! I’m not the target audience for growls, or growls paired with soprano vocals. So I can’t really comment on the aesthetics (cue the Dr. Frankenfurter line: “I DIDN’T MAKE HIM FOR YOU!”). Production wise, I do think the eq of the guitars might be clashing a bit with the female vocals, but I’m just nitpicking. You poured your heart into this and I salute you.

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  7. emunator
    May 4, 2025

    I am really impressed with this track at its core. There’s some incredible performances and a ton of heart that went into this. I am really impressed with both vocalists performances. If I had to gripe about anything, it’s that the overall mix and master lacks the intensity I wanted from the arrangement and performances. The drums don’t feel like they’re mixed with urgency (forgive the abstract critique but that’s the best way I can put my feelings into words) and the mix overall feels a little dry and not fully glued together. Right now, my feeling is that this is a very good arrangement that could bump up to great with a mix that ramps up the intensity and grit. Still loved this a lot!

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