End Game (p-egame.xm)

Posted by Libris on Fri 11th Apr 2003, rated 4 / 10.

End Game starts off dark and brooding, the beginning actually sounds promising, but the illusion is shattered 25 seconds into the piece when the pads playing are abruptly cut. This then leads to a distorted guitar being brought in, and a steady snare beat with the occasional pad and synth sequence over the top. The music doesnt sound particularly bad, but there's no melody to speak of and it's quite monotonous. This song would have benifited greatly if the artist had used volume envelopes on the instruments (especially the pads), the sections of the song which just cut abruptly really spoil it. More variation in the beatwork would have been nice too, while I realise the single pounding of the snare drum might be faithful to the style, it really doesn't help enhance an already fairly bland track.