Month: November 2016

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Chris Wöhrer -When You Are Supposed To Socialize But Turn Your Friends Into Mindless Zombies Instead | Metal

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 8 November 2016.

Well, that’s quite the track name! Insane track name length aside, this piece about Starlight Glimmer’s escapades is awesome in all the right ways. It’s got some pretty non-stop energy, and the guitar riffs are all pretty great. It’s also cool to be able to see Chris Wohrer playing live courtesy of the video, where he (intentially or not, I don’t know!) pulls all sorts of amusing faces along the way. If that sounds like fun to you, make sure to check it out below!

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New Reverian – Night Of The Willow | Orchestral

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 8 November 2016.

New Reverian makes a combination of orchestral and electronic tracks, and whilst some of their electronic stuff has been quite popular this track shows their orchestral works can be just as good! Luna is a popular source of inspiration for pieces such as this, and the heavy night-like tone of the track certainly fits her well. The woodwind and foley sounds back up some strong drums, piano and strings wonderfully, and overall this is a pretty neat track!

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The L-Train & Cyril The Wolf – Attitude & Altitude | Metal

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 6 November 2016.

The L-Train has started up a new project where he’s working with 6 different collaborators on 6 different genres to make songs about 6 different ponies, and this piece for Rainbow Dash with Cyril the Wolf is the first! Full of energy, cleanly mixed and featuring some pretty awesome metal vocals, this track definitely suits Rainbow Dash’s style, and it’s awesome to hear some new metal stuff from L-Train, who is definitely one of the best at it in the fandom. Make sure to check it out below!

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FillyInTheBox – Sugar Meltdown | Electro

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 7 November 2016.

Filly in the Box has been on fire recently, and this trend continues with another heavy track dominated by powerful bass design. The Pinkie Pie vocal chops help to set the tone of the track before the distorted-feeling bass sounds come in to drive it forward with some great energy and compositional design. Definitely worth checking out if you like the heavy stuff!

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Silver Note – Fabulousity (feat. Sterling Fusion) | Pop Rock

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 6 November 2016.

Silver Note returns with a new track featuring some extra vocals from Sterling Fusion. Whilst this song isn’t especially long and some of the lyrics are a bit odd (‘makes me feel like an elephant??’), what is on show is a really well produced and fun pop rock track. The repetition of vocals in the chorus works really well, and it’s definitely pretty catchy.

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Totalspark – Pillars | Trap

It’s nice to hear a refreshingly new take on trap. Rather than the standard minimal sounding drop, Totalspark’s gone for something with an Eastern melodic influence and big sounding leads. A very nicely done song, and good for Sparky for taking on various genres with his own style!

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Luminn – Phantomhorse | Drum & Bass

There’s always room for a belated Nightmare Night track, and it seems ASoS picked this one as their signature NMN song. I hear a couple of Sytrus presets in there (*waves fist at the sound of Borealis*) but it’s still a pretty solid track. Vibrato leads make it extra spooky.

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Radiarc – 6pm | Orchestral

As part of an upcoming project, Radiarc released this “Animal Crossing style” track the other day. Said project will involve 24 “short simple themes for every hour of the day”, a concept similar to other I’ve heard before but none quite as extensive and detailed as this. This particular piece seems to mark a slight change of style from some of Radiarc’s recent works, and feels (for lack of a better word) ‘happier’.

(In other words, it’s written in a major key)
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Sky Runner – Stargazer | Drum & Bass

Not very long at all after their debut release, Sky Runner has another track for us! This one makes more use of breakbeat-style beat patterns and more drawn out synth sounds than Antagonist, but still has the great liquid vibe to it!

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The Wasteland Wailers – (Hey Hey) Ms. Rarity (Acoustic Version) [Ft. Yondy and Mike Williams] | Acoustic

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 5 November 2016.

The Wasteland Wailers over at Overmare Studios have released a new track! This time it’s a stripped down acoustic version of one of their previous pieces, Ms. Rarity. Featuring some really nice vocals from Yondy, and a really well performed bit of violin from Mike Williams as well as production from Haymaker, it’s definitely nice to hear an alternative version of this track. I think the acoustic nature of it really helps the vocals shine, and it’s definitely something worth checking out if you liked the original version!