first album hype
also I'll check out nazz-can now
Crossfire Barrage
(Touhou Arrange CD)
Track 01 - Scarlet Devil
Original: Touhou 06 - Septette for the Dead Princess )
This is a good, solid remix of the original track, but really nothing terribly specail. The guitars are decent for what they are, there's a nice solo at about the 2/3 mark, but after that it gets into the low-pitched, kind of rumbling guitar sound that I don't like much. The main riff is alright, but I feel like it doesn't really represent the original song that well. By no means a bad track, though.
Rating: 6/10
Track 02 - Mountain of Faith
Original: Touhou 10 - The Venerable Ancient Battlefield ~ Suwa Foughten Field )
Let me start by saying that I don't care for the original much. It drags on and on, I feel, and at some points it tries to feel overblown and "epic". On a synthesiser. 'no'. The arrangement, however, is great. It's a heavy mix, for sure, but it actually feels like a battle theme and I feel like it gets everything the original was going for, without sacrificing much else. The guitar solo is a classic shredding solo, but it fits the nature of the song well. Very good and enjoyable arrange of a below-average song.
Rating: 8/10
Track 03 - Crossfire Barrage
Original: Touhou 09 - Higan Retour ~ Riverside View )
The original really feels like the same song played twice <_<. The arrange is pretty solid, though. The riffs really capture the essence of the main song, and I find this to be a very enjoyable piece to listen to. The solo halfway through is another "how fast can I play" solo, but it at least makes it flow within itself, making it one of the better ones of that type <_<. The slow, melodic section shortly after is also a well-placed break from the overall weight of the rest of the song.
Rating: 7/10
Track 04 - Extended Sky
Original: Touhou 08 - Extend Ash ~ Hourai Victim )
**** IN Extra. Now that that's out of the way, this takes a good theme and makes it better. There's a good riff, good backing instrumentation, and a damn good guitar solo. Some points it's like "ehhh", but overall, everything blends together in one good package.
Rating: 8/10
Track 05 - Twin Crescent
Original: Touhou 07 - Mystic Oriental Dream ~ Ancient Temple )
I feel like this piece is totally average. It's got an "alright" riff, but it feels like a lot of it is just that riff over and over again with no real variation to it. The guitar solo is nice, but beyond that, there's not much here other than a pile of listenable mediocrity.
Rating: 5/10
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