They Prey

ruffian's picture
Submitted by ruffian on Thu, 2006-09-14 07:14.



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HAH, I don't know who this

synrgy's picture
Submitted by synrgy on Sat, 2006-09-23 02:47.

HAH, I don't know who this is, but it's in it's own fucking class, that's for sure.

This almost sounds like it could be one of the big dogs, a spor, a noisia, a phace, etc etc.  I'm honestly glad I didn't rush my shit and enter this round, because this shit just plain rips.

Your arrangement is creative, interesting, and still tangable enough to mix with tons of shit.  Your mix is pretty damn good, maybe a pinch too many mastering effects, but I can hear everything clearly, and nothing clashes.  You lose a lot of your bassline's character in mono, I think it's spread a little too wide.  The higher frequencies of it I  mean.  That's a nitpick, if you couldn't tell.

Fun drum programming, great filter movement on those reeces, great effects, this is the whole package.  This gets sent to post/mastering, and it's getting dropped all over the place.  No shit.  Do it.

Mix = 4.5
Arrangement = 4.5


full space of tasty smashing

Submitted by crank on Sun, 2006-09-24 09:46.

full space of tasty smashing beats & drills.
entertaining not boring.
reeses are live.
great. beats are phat.
shit what to say to get this fucking 150 characters? Laughing out loud

Ruffian - They Prey - Big

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Submitted by Contayjen on Sat, 2006-09-23 12:03.

Ruffian - They Prey - Big phat reece to start backed up by terror pads...sounds like its going to be a dark one.  Nice filtering and drum edits to build it up.  The reeces are fucking evil in this one.  Sickness.  Tight production and good levels in this, loud too.
 
After the drop, the beat is heavy, but the kick really lacks something...too much air and not enough weight in it.  Sounds like its too compressed.  Change that kick and the pattern its playing dude and you've got a much better track.  The fills sound good but the [kksk] pattern is too basic and industrial, its doesn't roll well enough and takes the whole track down, which is a shame as the sounds are fucking insane, probably the tastiest selection you've got out of all the tracks in this BotB.  The evil vocals work well to instill even more terror.
 
Seriously dude, this track really kicks apart from the drums...Redo them and you'll have an amazing track.


HEAVYWEIGHT!  Damn this

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Submitted by Mista Rilla on Sat, 2006-09-23 00:57.

HEAVYWEIGHT!  Damn this track stomps.  I think the drums may be mixed a bit high tho?  I was into the subtle edits and your breakdown edits were wicked but something about the drum mix seemed a bit outta whack to me.  Still, production's tight and there's plenty going on to keep the flow running.  Top work but not my fav I'm sorry Smiling


good dark intro like the

Submitted by kit on Fri, 2006-09-22 14:55.

good dark intro like the delayed sword noises
dont like the distorted bass noises buut the filtered reeses are sick!
dont like the dist bass drums
wicked build upseems to go on for a bit too long though
good beat but not to my taste
good strong snare/ programming
wicked bass line with filtered reeses gong off all over the shop
overall a wicked dark one let down by a few dodgy distorted bits ie bass drums on the intro

loving the intro reese's

Submitted by Golem on Tue, 2006-09-19 20:24.

loving the intro reese's really dirty and nice, brweak is slamming, very very dark vibe i can see this being the winner very nice, wow those twisty reeses are distorting my brain Sticking out tongue break is overdrawn intro goes on for too long IMO and break on drop doesnt suit it i think intro drums are better, the stabby basses are nice but spoilt by break i donty like the drum pattern either but this has all the elements of a really dark/angry evil tune just needs reconfiguring.

wicked track m8 but spoilt by the break in the drop.

Not keen on some of the bass

Submitted by King_Louis on Tue, 2006-09-26 22:38.

Not keen on some of the bass patches around the drop… thought the some of the distortion on the low notes was a bit to dirty… I liked the sweeps though, it’s just when the distorted note was held if you know what I mean.  Needs more kick drum! 7/10

 

I like the intro,alittle

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Submitted by Bluntman and Co... on Mon, 2006-09-18 12:32.

I like the intro,alittle long for my tatse...but good. When the beat does come in it hits hard,nice bass and backround. Like the dark vibe of this track too. Nothin to complain about with production,sick tune


good work here! nice dark

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Submitted by Stockholm on Tue, 2006-09-26 11:20.

good work here! nice dark sound. ye i like some parts of the tune but it wouls be nice if the breaks was a bit faster. great mixing, breaks and the baslines. some melo riff wouls be nice to in the tune.


Brutal A bit on the

Submitted by Mike Native on Tue, 2006-09-26 17:48.

Brutal

A bit on the distorted mashed up side but still a good tune. Could do with keeping the sound a bit cleaner as it's always going to sound a bit harder up loud and the extra distortion from the mix is going to make the system sound a bit fucked.