JustShawn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[White Knights of Andorias]

If a track like this was used in the White Knight Chronicles platformer on the PS3...pretty sure a lot of people would have loved to keep their TV's turned up high!
You should check out the OST's of the White Knight Chronicles game...you seem to have a flare for melodies that are similar in comparison Dan!

If you feel the desire to remix a few of those tracks...you will be the first on NewGrounds to do it and you'll have my 6's across the board (TrollFace)!

Nothing to really critique about this piece. Flawless as usual, and the melody is catchy!
The repetitiveness of the track though...could use a brush up in some places, but then again...who cares, it rocks!

DanJohansen responds:

Glad you dig it man! Yeah White Knight Chronicles 1 was good, was a bit disappointed at the rehashed use of everything in the sequel though :( I hope they make a 3rd mainline game one day from scratch!

[We are Number One but it's METAL]

My ears are bleeding with sheer delight!
This is the kinda shit I come to newgrounds to listen to when I'm seriously bored and need a Pick-Me-Up! Good shit you got going here, and your leads are fantastic! The drums are crispy, your symbols and hi's are on point, and the vocals add the much needed flare to the piece.

The chorus on the other hand, just a tad bit too cartoon-ish for the piece, but then again...you ARE number one...LOL!

[{AIM} Ascend to Madness]

(FaceDesks)
Another savage piece of yours I didn't review...(Nut Kick x2)
Ive always enjoyed Madness Day as it brings out the savagery in our community and we see all kinds of interesting videos and hear tunes of mass variety that suit the savagery that is Madness!

This piece does just that...brings about the Madness!
Fuckin' Epic!
Can't wait to see what you come up with this year!

[.: Far Sky :.]

Pretty damn sad of me...
I listened to this back in July, and didn't write a review...you can kick me in the nuts for this one later.
Given the piece was uploaded in 2015, it's still a good listen and something to come back to when I need a hype! I forgot all about this piece until I sat here today reading emails and getting ready for work, and thought..."Its a shitty looking day, need to listen to Far Sky"...and what do you know...like a dip shit, I couldn't find it in my MP3s...so here I am, listening to this marvelous piece of non-lyrical goodness.

[L-55 - The Reborn of Dragon]

Considering you're unscouted, and still working out your style and quirks of things...you did a pretty good job. I do agree with iRaider, the violin is abrasive as hell in the beginning, but other than that, the piece is pretty good. You do have a few sections where your instruments don't tie in well with each other and leave subtle skips/gaps.

No one's perfect and it takes a bit of fine tuning to get it just right! Keep practicing and working out those nasty flaws as they say! 4/5 for you! Keep it up!

[Burning Sun Bleeding Moon]

I would love to see a heavy collab between you and metaljonus Dan....
I mean shit, you two pushing out something like this in the future...with more refined instruments...my ears will bleed with sheer delight! (ahem)

This piece takes me back to the Mega Man X days for some reason...it just feels heavily inspired by said game series...and the solo...that fucking SOLO! (drools)
Keep it up! MOAR! MUST HAVE MOAR!

DanJohansen responds:

Glad you dig it man, me, Jonus and Khairul made a collab last year called Chaos Realms, not too similar type of tune, but a metal collab nonetheless! I will def keep coming with MOAR haha :P

[Hustle]

Man...I feel like I'm listening to some old school shit right here!
I love it when people go back to the root of things with beats like this, however...you forgot to enable looping, and you might want to clean up the loop a bit. Half a second of melody can be heard before the piece repeats and that's a bit sloppy.

4/5 for you.
Keep it up and refine your style to epicness!