Review by Travis
Micah Jordan releases tons of music
under many different names. Shotgun Guy is the most “standard”
Nintendocore project he has. This album was released April 24th,2015.
I have been meaning to review this release for awhile. It was one of
the stronger nintendocore released of 2015.
“Death Adders Demise” functions as
an excellent intro track. I like when albums actually have a feel to
them and seem as if there was some thought put into flow and track
order. The synth on this track is warm, the drums are strong, This
song is actually about Golden Axe which is wicked. The lyrics are
strong if you read them.
“VXIV” is a great instrumental
track. I love how the lead synth sounds. I'm not quite sure if it's
delay or some level of harmonization going on but it's nice. The
breakdowns/drums on this album start and finish strong.
“Groovy!” Is a song about Earthword
Jim. Any of the tracks with lyrics are immensely more enjoyable if
you check the lyric sheet. I have always found one of the interesting
parts of Nintendocore to be the lyrics/vocals. It is neat to hear the
use of harsh vocals and the crazy lyrics delivered on this album.
“Groovy!” is a bit out of place as it seems that the sound
quality/mixing on this track is a little bit lower.
“Guide me Aku-Aku” is about Aku-Aku
from the Crash Bandicoot games. The track features guest vocals by
Adam from Rambo Hates Rainbows. The part right before the 1:00 minute
mark is very strong. Vocals are on point on this track and I found
the guitar work to be very solid as well. Deep gutturals on this
song. This track is one of the strongest on the album.
“Benefits in Power” is one of the
more upbeat tracks on the album. I find it interesting how Micah
Jordan is effectively able to go from a darker/heavy track to a more
chaotic and happy track. Both styles are pulled off very effectively.
“Fuck You I'm Angry” starts out
with a strong blast beat. It is a 1:07 long track of anger. The info
for the track states that “this is an angry song”. Effective
transition between benefits of power to “Total Meltdown”.
“Total Meltdown” is a Duke Nukem
inspired track. It is the 2nd song on the album to feature
a guest vocalist, Cory from ZOMBIESHARK!. another on the album to
feature a guest vocalist. The track is another example of Shotgun
Guys “happier” sounding songs. I really enjoyed the intro synth.
Another song with good guitar work and strong vocals.
The final track “Redemption Denied”
acts as an effective conclusion to the album. The song features a
pretty neat part at the 1:30 mark. The part features very cool
interaction between the drum/synth and guitars. I am very impressed
with the little fills/rolls done on drums during this album. I love
the instrumental part before the final breakdown/section, good use of
SFX. Ending speech is very cool as well.
The album is very, very solid. The
bottom of the Bandcamp page displays “Note: some of the mixes
aren't as I wish they were, but due to computer issues, i have no way
of changing the instrumental mixes at all”. I remember speaking
with Shotgun Guy and him explaining that computer problems had
rendered it impossible to change/access the files he need to tweak
the instrumentals. The only real knock on this album is “Groovy!”
definitely sounds like it is not mixed/of the same quality as the
other tracks. The fact that he did not have access to all the
instrumentals and the album turned out as well as it did is a
testament to the quality of this release. Great release and I look
forward to more from Shotgun Guy!
Artist-Shotgun Guy
Album-Baron of Hell
Date- April 2015
Country-Henderson,Kentucky
Facebook-
Shotgun Guy
Genre:Nintendocore, Cybergrind
Track List:
1.Death Adders Demise 02:20
2.VIXIV 01:01
3.Groovy! 02:34
4.Guide Me Aku Aku 02:53
5.Benefits In Power (Ft. Adam of Rambo Hates Rainbows) 02:24
6.Fuck You I'm Angry 01:07
7.Total Meltdown (Ft. Curly of ZOMBIESHARK!) 02:09
8.Redemption Denied 03:35
