Shiverwar's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Makou Reactor - FF7 (Metal)]

Fuckin' hell, dude. Your previous cover of this particular theme was amazing as it was, and here you go, just improving on literally every aspect of your first one! I'm definitely getting down on this!

[Just My Luck-Metaljonus]

Not entirely my style, but I can definitely get down on this! Only reason I can't give it a full 5 stars is because it sounds so... basic. Then again, you're new to doing this stuff, right? I can only see even more of an upward rise from this! Keep going with it, man! I'm interested to see where you can take it.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks dude! Yeah, I'm super new to this lol. Any videos or tutorials or anything that would help build my knowledge with this kind of music? Shoot me a pm! I'm really interested in learning more!

[Fairy Tail Theme-Metaljonus]

Damn, dude, this is fuckin' awesome! I admit, I never got around to watching Fairy Tail, but I have looked into the show's soundtrack, and goddamn, dude, you nailed this one, I think! I think you should do more of these!

...Starting with Kurogane.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks dude! Fairy Tail is awesome! And I've never seen or heard of Kurogane. I should look into it!

[Aes Sídhe]

More melodic metal! The beginning was beautifully done, and then it transitioned into a beautiful mesh of harmony and straight metal. The use of synths in this song were a very welcome addition, and only added to the song's greatness. The transitions are very well done, as far as I can hear with my ONE EAR STILL BEING A DICK... *ahem* Sorry about that.

ANYWAY, I daresay this is on the level of "Edge of the Sword", which I know was made after this, but I still get the same vibe! Yet another to add to my fight music list! Well done, well done!

DanJohansen responds:

The tunes are def in the same vein! Kind of like brother tunes haha, glad you dig this one as well man! :D Rock on!

[Xirvus (The Defender)]

The main thing that sucked me in was at the very beginning: the vocal ensemble. That was executed very well, and the rest of the song fell into place right after. A calm knight, pushed to his breaking point, then becomes a monster on the battlefield. Even a holy knight has only so much patience, after all! That being said, some parts of this song did kind of turn me off, such as some of the... I guess mangled vocals that sounded like a monster growling, but that's only a very minor thing. Overall, this song is still pretty freakin' sweet!

DanJohansen responds:

Yeah vocals and ways to go about vocals does not favor everyone, people's taste in vocalists vary incredibly, glad you dug the rest of the tune though man!

[New Millennium]

The beat is simple, and the instruments are surprisingly not much more complex. It's easy to get sucked into, and as someone who is more keen on rock and metal than electronic, I gotta say this makes me feel like I'm in a video game myself! Though, for some reason, parts of it made me think of Mega Man and others made me think of other games I can't quite put my finger on at this moment. All I gotta say now is, you're damn good, man!

DanJohansen responds:

It was def inspired by that era of video games when I made it, 8/16 bit era but with modernized samples. :D I didn't draw direct inspirations from one game in particular but I can't deny Mega Man inspires me big time!

[Sailing the Skies]

THIS was unexpected! I usually know you for your metal, but it seems you can do classical just as well, too! As one of my own fans and friends said to me, you're gonna give me the musical equivalent of breast envy. Seriously, dude, I could even fall asleep to this. It's quite relaxing!

DanJohansen responds:

I've actually made a ton of symphonic tracks like this in the past :D I just finished composing 10 symphonic tracks for an Indie game as well, glad you enjoy this style as well! Got one epic boss battle track with choir chants and stuff for the game too.

[Neo-Bushido]

Two words, Dan, to describe this song.

Fuck. Yes.

DanJohansen responds:

Man that makes me happy, I put a lot of work into this track, and got some mixed response from people, some say it's just riff after riff with no true arrangement but I disagree and stand by it, this is one of my favorite tracks I composed personally, glad you enjoy it bro!

[LV 99 MP 999 HP 9999]

For some reason, I got a very subtle Motoi Sakuraba vibe from this song. Some elements from it sound a lot like his work, and that, if you ask me, is awesome. I'm a huge fan of Motoi Sakuraba, and you somehow made this song sound like something he would have done. You just keep continuing to impress me, Dan!

DanJohansen responds:

I didn't intend for it to go that way XD I thought it was more inspired by JDK Sound team myself, but as a huge fan of Motoi's work on Tales of Symphonia, Abyss, Valkyrie Profile etc I can't deny that he inspires me a lot too, he makes fantasy RPG's truly come to life with his rock tracks!

[Chaos Realm]

Wow. Dan, Khairul, and Metaljonus combining together to make a fucking epic track?! If my right ear wasn't so blocked up with now, I'd say this was a complete eargasm! ...Who am I kidding, it still is. Real nice work here, guys! You guys kick so much ass!

DanJohansen responds:

Khairul and Metaljonus kick so much ass! Two of the most awesome shredders I know of :D
*throws a Q-tip your way* Now unblock that ear! :D Thanks man!