Mercury Rain (mercrain.s3m)

Posted by Josephine Lithius on Tue 29th Jul 2014, rated 9 / 10.

This is probably one of my favorite tracks from Skaven -- of which there are many. I'd say this is definitely in my top 3 from him though.

Posted by goodyntox on Tue 30th Aug 2011, rated 7 / 10.

Nice track, seemingly preparing a huge outcome, which unfortunately never comes.

Posted by Saga Musix on Thu 28th Jan 2010, rated 9 / 10.

Nice track. Kinda lofi, but still very nice melodies and development. The samples make me think of Project X :)

Posted by IceFront on Sat 27th Jul 2002, rated 8 / 10.

Very good track, but unfortenatly lacks some important components to be an excellent one. The atmosphere created in this song is very dramatic and mysterious, however it does getting boring and tedious since there are only few changes in the musical line. It starts with some synths background, and a quiet beat. Gradually more and more leyers are added, such as low and high strings, industrial basses, etc. The bass line is very very good, those low industrial bass hits added a whole new dimenstion. At this point the track is still very much interesting and appealing, however, it fails to implement its promises, because nothing happens afterwards, it just continues with its course, with the same chords, with no climax. Another thing that hurt this song in my opinion is its lack of ending. Instead of an end the artist loops the song back to the beginning. I have no complaints at this section of the review, its was quite perfect. All samples are 8 bit quality, but the artist did a fine job with them, selecting the right samples for the right parts. A good volume control, no sample stand out too much, even the background synth that can be heared throughout the whole piece is quite in the right volume and though getting slitely irritating its a very important part of the atmosphere. No panning techniques were used, but the artist did create a sound dispersal system so that it wont be squished in the middle. No major sound effects were used, however i believe no sound effects could drasticlly improve this piece, technically, it sounds and looks very good.