MASH YOUR HEAD (KSM) (mash.s3m)

Posted by IceFront on Fri 28th Jun 2002, rated 6 / 10.

Mataforic introduction with sound effects such as opening door, blowing wind, moaning of pain and an evil laugh. Next, the song offers a fast beat, which at first is accomplish by one drum loop, a quite famouse drum loop i belive, not the artists work. However, then the artist adds some of his percusion which serve the song well. The next main thing about this song is the trash guitars. It starts along with the percusion, with some typical and expected metal chords, however it gets more interesting as the song progresses, with some fast plucking. There is an end to this song, yet i cant say its really a musical end because musically the song doenst reach any conlcusion, it just plays the sound effects heared at the inroduction. The samples belong to one another, creating the noisy atmosphere which is typical in this kind of tracks, but in some parts the trash guitar is too loud and distracting. Basically, its good for this kind of music though slitely repeative. Recommended if you're a fan. All samples used are 8 bit, however they work fairly well together. The trash guitar is noisy and dirty, but i guess it supposed to be. The plucking in patterns 15-16, accomplished by note cuts, is notable. Some sound effects were used, especially note slide up and note slide down, but most of them are unnoticed and i think the track would sound the same without them. More carefull attention on the volume part could avoid the very loud and distracting moments of the track. The panning settings are not so good, the guitars are concentrated on the left side, which makes them sound dim, and gives the whole piece a "dead" sound.