Review #1: Metallica - Orion:
Intro: Fucking fantastic, you can hear the bass in the background and soft drums as it builds up and then the guitars kick in.
1:42 - Cliff Burton's fucking ingenious bass playing. I gotta say, that bass was just deity-like. It is and continue will be fucking great. This song is just fucking good I say, I tell you. This song just will knock you out of reality and say "FUCK THIS, ORION OWNS FAGS!"
2:56 - Kirk/Cliff start to play their guitars/bass. it sounds pretty fucking great. The bass on this song is pretty fucking great. Cliff Burton did a great job on Orion. Composing over 90% of this song, he deserves it.
3:58 - Cliff's base is prioritised over the guitars/drums, as you can see that it is loder than the guitars and drums(sound synthesizing), and the guitars stop, the drums are slow. Your classic thrash metal playstyle. It's just great IMHO. The bass on this song just kicks so much ass it isn't even funny.
4:53 - Kirk starts playing his guitar, he did pretty good. His solo was awesome too.(Notice the bass guitar in the background, if you can even hear it. It sounds fucking great)
5:38 - Kirk's solo again, fucking well done.
6:16 - Kirk's solo once again, well fucking done!
6:34 - Cliff Burton's solo. That's right, a bassist solo. This was probably the biggest solo mixup I have ever made in my life, and probably did when I was a newbie to metal music. You can clearly tell it IS bass. You can also see it on Wikipedia, and check. It is BASS. That is just fucking great.
7:01 - Kirk's solo again, and he did pretty good again. This is actually the part where the band speeds up their play.
7:50 - The song fades. The end of a well composed song by the greatest, if not, one of THE best bassists of all time - Cliff Burton - RIP, dude. RIP.
Rate: 10/10
Comment: Hands down, the best instrumental of all time, and for good reason too. If anyone doesn't appreciate Orion, they ought to die a burning and painful death. This song was composed by a guy who has died the year it was produced. Sad, but true. Cliff Burton was an amazing bassist. Many metal fans agree. Nonetheless, I have too. This song will go down in history as the best instrumental ever made.
Review #2: Trivium - The Crusade:
Intro - Pretty straightforward, no buildup of music. Straight away to the guitars/drums.
0:29, 0:36, 1:05 and 1:12 - You can hear a guitar playing a different chord from the main guitar, another riff, perhaps. Pretty well done.
1:12 - Slow-paced playing, seems like a solo.
1:29 - Everybody starts playing in rhythm, pretty well done. Bass still clear.
1:45 - Everybody except bass is clear, seems bass is doing another riff/chord?
2:10 - Riffs changed, sound changed, playstyle good.
2:29 - Duo by Heafy and Beaulieu
3:20 - Riffs changed, once again, same as 2:10
3:38 - Duo by Heafy and Beaulieu
3:46 - Riffs changed, but differently from 3:20 and 2:10.
4:16 - Heafy and Beaulieu playing in tandem, not duos though.
4:58 - Bass "solo". Although cannot be compared to Cliff Burton's geniousness, it is still great.
5:15 - Guitar solo.
5:45 - Duo again.
6:04 - Another guitar solo
7:45 - Song fades.
Rate: 6.8/10
Comment: Funny how the closest to Orion is so far. Notice how I pinpoint more difference in sound in Trivium than in Metallica. Trivium is much different, they tend to use different riffs/chords to make a song. Usually their songs are short in The Crusade so, naturally, this one would be hard to play as it is an 8:19 song. Anyway, this song is very good, it is active and pretty fun. Trivium is trying to play old school Metallica style, which explains the bass and solo(e)s. I don't blame them for trying to replace 80's Metallica. New Metallica is shit. St. Anger is a joke. I pray and hope the next Metallica album would be decent due to a change of producers.
EDIT: After thinking for a LONG hard time, I've decided to degrade this song cause it cannot compare to "To Live Is To Die" which obviously ranks higher than this.
Review #3: Apocalyptica - Toreador
Introduction - Pretty good. All done using cellos. Well played.
0:44 - Playstyle is very aggresive now, pretty strong.
1:02 - Cellos very loud, bass cello(lol if it even exists) still very loud.
1:30 - They play metal-style now. This is what I am talking about.
2:00 - The bass cello(lol) is much softer now, much better. More in rhythm.
2:25 - Bass plays loudly again, wow. Sounds okay I suppose.
2:35 - Song is sped up.
2:47 - Cello solo. That's right, cello solo. Since Apocalyptica doesn't use guitars, they use cellos to play their music.
3:12 - Playstyle reverted much like playing in the introduction.
4:02 - Fade out of song.
Rate: 4.3/10
Comments: My ratings might be low, but it's a pretty good song still. Not as good as the current apocalyptica with drums but it's okay I guess. Still, song could've been better. I guess that's all for this song, not much to say.
Might review other songs too like Master of Puppets and Disposable Heroes, etc. Pretty good songs from the Master of Puppets Album. Hands down the best album in the world. Well, that is all for now. HNY I guess.
I still have not done my homework. Have you any of you done yours? I can't do the english compre bullshit. Need help on that, Jim/Shim.