Within me (within.it)

Posted by warhawk on Sat 1st Dec 2001, rated 9 / 10.

Wheehoo, i just filtered this tune from the newdir and just had to review it. This is awesome metal, no question about it. S.T.B is definitely a very skilled tracker, as he shows with this tune. Describing this tune is hard, as it consists of many different parts, a positive side not could be that they all sound great and different. Because of the variation in this tune it never turns dull, you can easily listen to this tune several times in a row. It starts with some soft guitars, shortly the electric guitar and big metaldrums comes in, setting a very nice mood. Shortly after it speeds up (in a very good way), later it slows down again, and then up the speed goes again. This lovely variation in tempo really keeps the listener listening and it shows of S.T.Bs skill. In the middle there is this calm ballad like part which sounds relaxing compared to the speedy first part. Again, it fits very well. After your pulse just dropped to a normal level it speeds up again, Rockin! This song really has everything a metal tune should have, it really sounds professional. Sample quality are not as good as they could be, as many metal samples used in mods are. However STB uses them in a great way, so you rarely get a chance to hear the "quality" of the (lower quality) samples. This tune runs for 5 minutes and 29 seconds, quite long, i enjoyed it all the time. Both heavy and speedy parts, great melodies, great everything. Bad parts then? Well i could really not find anything to complain about, except maybe the sample quality, could be a little better =) Really Superb tune! Update on 01-12-01: Now whats with the re-review you may ask? Well, if i thought this tune would really be worth a 10 it should not be a problem right? If i reconsidered the review it should still come out as a 10 if it was really worth it. That might already have explained it, but after further consideration i came to the conclusion that it is not worth a 10. That because of a few reasons, but the main factor is, even though i could not find any special flaws in this song doesnt mean it is awesome. This is the reason for this update. Now 9.5 compared to 10 may not be such a big difference, but it still shows it is not perfect. With that said i would still like to point out that this is an awesome metal tune.