ReMix: Demon's Crest 'Phalanx(PossessedbyHumans)'

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Steve Pordon defined persistence with this Demon's Crest ReMix. He's revised it, based in part off feedback from yours truly, at least a dozen times, and the end result is much more solid than the initial work. I don't know how many months it's been, but I believe over half a year has gone by; at least over four months. That, to me, is persistence. I'd be the first to tell you that if I'm not happy with something of my own or I don't think it's quite "there", I can play around with it for maybe . . . a day . . . but afterwards end up deleting many of my experiments or early efforts. It takes discipline and grit to stick with something and improve upon it in steps over time, and to me it's a skill I essentially lack but still admire. Now, the end result isn't Steve's best effort to date, an honor I'd probably reserve for his barebones, elegant FF6 piece, but it's VERY heavy, in less an industrial sense and more a speed metal sense of the adjective. If you crave subtlety and have a general distaste for cacophonic orgies of rapid-fire drums and tortured guitars, this probably isn't your bag. But if that perks your interest, come on in. The biggest restructuring of the song over time has been with the drums, which were originally more artificial-sounding and did not yield themselves to the rigorous paces this track puts its rhythm section through. In addition to hyper, machine-gun drums, the guitars are essentially measured, controlled chaos, with triplet riffs on top of dual-panned power chords on top of a moving bassline . . . like I said, subtle it is not, but it certainly has a menacing, satanic ring to it - appropriate considering the game's protagonist and themes. My absolute favorite bit, though it is brief, is the downright sepulchral shout at 0'41 - I wouldn't have minded more of this sort of accoutrement to balance out the dominating guitar presence, in fact. All in all, a ReMix that's been a long time coming, shows much improvement over the original, and - to fans of the genre (important qualifier) - should provide a welcome treat.

― djpretzel