06 September 2012

Magnetar / Toltek Industries - "Liftoff"

Mixed feelings... (5/10)

This is a collection of tracks dating from 2000-2004.
I called the project Magnetar.
I have plans on releasing another album of tracks from this period.
Phineous

I have mixed feelings after listening to this album. Some tracks are very good, some are rather boring for me. But overall, the album would earn maybe even 7 points, if not... two issues.

Firstly, the sound volume variations. Some parts are so quiet, you must turn the volume up to the maximum. Then, you are attacked by sounds so loud that you cannot hear your own thoughts. So listening to this album requires constant struggle with a volume slider. It is a very stupid and annoying "feature" of some records, which on this one is pushed to extremes.

Secondly, who in their right mind would name such song as no. 3 on this album "Elven Lore"? What these guitars, drums and dark mood have to do with elves? "Orcish pit" would be a much more appropriate name. If the dear author wants to hear music that fits a theme of elves, I will recommend albums of Enya or "Robin Hood" by Clannad.

Of course I did not really lowered my rating because of the name of the track, but because of the sound volume problem.

The album has been published under the Free Art License, which is more or less equivalent to the CC BY-SA license.



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