Yes it sounds old school - and it works too. Perhaps more industrial?

Again, I have to thank you all for your comments, I'm glad that all of you saw something good in this song, even though it's based on some very very (oh so very) oldschool rhytms and bounces :D And oh yeah, spectra, most of the things you list as cons were actually engineered by me to create this specific sound :) so I'm glad they're easily noticable, I actually consider your whole review to be one massive plus for me as you've mentioned in great detail all the things I put into the song, so thanks for the detailed review! Edit: Also, when I mean oldschool, I really mean OLD SCHOOL... if the main drum beat sounds familiar.. it's because it harmonizes with the ancient tune "in the summer time" *grins sinisterly*

This song fits your description perfectly; I hear large war machines frollicking in the meadow, can feel the ground shake when they land. I must confess, though. I first heard this playing CRAQ ATTAQ ;) It fits there, too :D

Pros: The beat definitely has groove. Cons: Unfortunately there doesn't really seem to be any variation here except dropping in and taking about drums and effects (I guess somehow this is supposed to count more far as "drum progression" than actual beat rotations of the kick/snare and build-ups...problem is they don't). There are also no transitions here at all beside dropping in-out of instruments or any real sign of intro, outro, main verse, chorus... Also, The choice of instruments is noisy and without much resolution as the noises just drone on in many cases and get mangled in grating note-repeats where it sounds like the sound player has crashed. Combine that with no melody except the little two note effect variations and you get what sounds like a mangled industrial demo beat off a $120 Yamaha DJX synth. Add transitions, some type of melody and/or evolving textures to add dynamics, and do more to filter in/out those noisy samples, some type of mood variation and at least vague structure ALA Future Sound of London's experimental tunes...and you could get something that would work as industrial techno. But, for now...this feels like a groove toward no point....beside showing off tracker effects and a hardcore-style drum setup. 2 of 5 stars.

Thumbs up! And I'm happy this track made it onto Chimera #007 :)

wow got blown away here! Love this track John! 5 !

for a simple trax, I found it highly interesting and very dancable...a 5... this sounds straight out of a Leeds techno rave...