Ericho's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chemical Love]

Loads of fun

I really like this song because it really works hard to create something really subtle. It could be used for really anything that has a slow and soft tone to it. I can see it has been fairly popular, and it is really cool how all of these things still seem to be going on. I believe I can hear some murmuring voices in the background a little. It almost seems like the kind of thing you would listen to if you were making music to put yourself to sleep. That is in no way an insult, and meant to strengthen my love for the music.

Gillenium responds:

Ambient music is sleepy by default, I think. There's nothing wrong with people falling asleep to this. glad you liked it!

[==(Horizon)==]

Beautiful!

This was among the most graceful songs that I have ever heard. It seems just like something that my mom would sing to me as a lullaby when I was little. It made no attempt to have a lot of action or crazy stuff going on, just nothing but nitty gritty pleasure. I did not feel like this song was sad at all, I just felt that it was very relaxing. It also has just the right amount of variety with it as well. It does send a powerful message that I took more as being ambitious and wanting to go out and do things.

[Klacid - Bugs Are Good]

Well, it is different

I think this is probably the least of any audio submission or pretty much any other submission to this website. I could not understand what was supposed to be going on at all. I look much more forward to things like songs or more surreal stuff. I guess this was pretty surreal, but the main problem was that there was just so little going on at all to enjoy it that much. Are you supposed to be eating bugs? While I admire bugs as being, well insects and stuff, I would not recommend that you eat them and stuff.

[Klacid - Atmospheric answers]

The ONLY answer?

I had as little connection with the meaning of your author's comments as I did with the entire song. I think what made this that enjoyable is that this would be perfect as an AMV for something like "Excel Saga". It has a fantastically fast beat, just like ES. It seems to me that the main theme is going through a deep journey somewhere. It definitley built up suspense, which you always end up doing well. This one did not focus so much on surrealism as it did on just making a fast paced song.

[Klacid - Dust]

Suta bong dai!

I probably did not like this as much as I would because I could simply not understand the language at all. It might have helped if I knew what crazy anime this was from. It seems like it could be about something with littler kids like "Lucky Star". It is still a good song to listen to, because it is just so absolutely insane. Someone as creative can you can simply never go wrong in a feel as good as that. I think the best parts were probably the background music that made it more suspsenseful with the words (whatever they were).

[Klacid - Very Angry Seaslugs]

Not that much anger

While not some of your best work, this was still pretty fun to listen to. The thing is, I did not really feel a lot of anger coming from this song. There were definitley some intense parts but I guess it sounded more like standard rock than anything else. Of course, that stuff by its very nature is pretty angry. It definitley has a sort of hardcore feel to it even if the tune was not that original. I appreciated you making a more standard rock tribute as it was at least nice to hear something different from you.

[INSANE!!!1]

It is insane!

I really appreciated this because it kind of felt like you were really trying to get back to your roots. I think that the song overall has mostly themes of insanity but it also tried to go back to some technological stuff. It was interesting to listen to how it would play out. It was a pretty intense song, especially the more it went on. It seemed to be an interesting experiment for you because it was using different styles of the same thing. It was as defining as insanity as most of your other songs.

[Klacid - Apes ver 101]

Pretty good

This was kind of an interesting experiment as you once again decided to kind of abandon the surrealism. The weirdest part about this whole thing was probably the author's comments. I appreciated all of the sounds as they seemed to be like symbols. I guess it was trying to imitate that toy monkey that bangs the symbols together. It was certainly a decent enough effort and as good as what anyone else could make. I liked it best around the middle when it added a bit more experimentation.

[Klacid - Array3++]

Pretty standard overall

I guess it is nice to take a break from the more surreal bits to make something a bit more normal. I have no idea what you mean by "Boats" but I think this was really trying to give off a pleasant tone. It was the kind of thing you think about when you are walking through the park or something. Dang, I wish there was a park in my city. It was interesting to hear those rattling sounds as they seem to be rare in submissions. It did not have a lot of pizazz, but you do not need that to make a good song.

[Klacid - 55*]

Quite sinister

This one did not strike me as being creepy or surreal as a lot of other of your songs do. This was the best example of how a song could be sinister or just threatening. It gave me the feeling of being followed around or about to be attacked. It works well as an action song, but it might work better as a sort of mystery song. You seldom see those being made, so it was nice to see something different. I think the best thing about surrealism is that you can go so many places with it.