Hey guys, it's time for Quaver's Quick Reviews! Every Friday, I will review some artist that hopefully few of you have never heard of.
Chiptunes is a underground form of music which is made by a Gameboy and a modified cartridge Rainbowdragoneyes, a self-proclaimed “one-man killing machine” meshes poppy 8-bit instruments with slightly disturbing auto-tuned lyrics. Rainbowdragoneyes first gained notoriety when a song from this album, “Creatures ov Deception” was put on Rock Band. Rainbowdragoneyes then gained popularity for authoring one of the fastest and hardest charts in the game, and doing it with one of the poppier tunes in the franchise. However, the lyrics are a far cry from the pop hits of today, as Rainbowdragoneyes screams about twisted forms of torture and death as he alternates between an autotuned voice and deep metal growling. All songs from this album can be found on the artist's website.
Released on March 3rd, Rainbowdragoneyes' second album opens with a song named after that date. The album opens with some simple synthesized sounds that are uncharacteristic of the rest of the album. 3.3.11 isn’t particularly catchy, and it has no lyrics. It feels like the red-headed-step song of this album.
The next song, Creatures ov Deception shows off Rainbowdragoneyes’ characteristic’s style (and hatred of the letter ‘f’). The 8-bit intro is simple and cheerful, and feels great. Soon after the poppy synthesizers, the man behind the music begins to sing. With a slightly Slavic timber, Rainbowdragoneyes belts out lyrics about disguised alien creatures who burn down a village. The singer’s perspective switches between from a hero who attempts to fight off the disguised aliens, and the monsters themselves. This all occurs while the the happy, poppy, catchy Gameboy chiptune music plays in the background.
After Creatures of Deception, the album’s titular song sounds similar, but the synthesizers take on a more mellow tone, and Rainbowdragoneyes begins to growl more and more. The quest for an elixir of truth is diagrammed. There is one particularly nasty verse that is growled in the satanic language Enochian. The vocal pattern to this song however, sounds exactly like Creatures ov Deception. I hoped that there would be more variety.
This song changes up the formula used in the past two songs and incorporates more of a jazzy feel. The background synthesizers are more upbeat, but the lyrics detail a horrible, horrible torture. A lot of the lyrics in this album are just unnecessarily cruel and violent. Rape Castle, in particular, uses many inappropriate words and has lewd suggestions. Other songs deal with cannibalism, and he makes many references to his favorite pastime: devouring Christians. According to the the artist, “they are more pleasing to the pallet [sic] and the also scream the loudest”.
Overall, I really enjoyed the instrumental tracks. All of the tunes were catchy, and the instruments used brought back nostalgic memories of Mario and Link on the old-school Gameboy. However, I am disappointed with the death metal lyrics. I am not a fan of normal death metal, but chiptunes are an undiscovered, underutilized form of geeky music that will hopefully become more commonplace in the future.
Chiptunes is a underground form of music which is made by a Gameboy and a modified cartridge Rainbowdragoneyes, a self-proclaimed “one-man killing machine” meshes poppy 8-bit instruments with slightly disturbing auto-tuned lyrics. Rainbowdragoneyes first gained notoriety when a song from this album, “Creatures ov Deception” was put on Rock Band. Rainbowdragoneyes then gained popularity for authoring one of the fastest and hardest charts in the game, and doing it with one of the poppier tunes in the franchise. However, the lyrics are a far cry from the pop hits of today, as Rainbowdragoneyes screams about twisted forms of torture and death as he alternates between an autotuned voice and deep metal growling. All songs from this album can be found on the artist's website.
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The next song, Creatures ov Deception shows off Rainbowdragoneyes’ characteristic’s style (and hatred of the letter ‘f’). The 8-bit intro is simple and cheerful, and feels great. Soon after the poppy synthesizers, the man behind the music begins to sing. With a slightly Slavic timber, Rainbowdragoneyes belts out lyrics about disguised alien creatures who burn down a village. The singer’s perspective switches between from a hero who attempts to fight off the disguised aliens, and the monsters themselves. This all occurs while the the happy, poppy, catchy Gameboy chiptune music plays in the background.
After Creatures of Deception, the album’s titular song sounds similar, but the synthesizers take on a more mellow tone, and Rainbowdragoneyes begins to growl more and more. The quest for an elixir of truth is diagrammed. There is one particularly nasty verse that is growled in the satanic language Enochian. The vocal pattern to this song however, sounds exactly like Creatures ov Deception. I hoped that there would be more variety.
This song changes up the formula used in the past two songs and incorporates more of a jazzy feel. The background synthesizers are more upbeat, but the lyrics detail a horrible, horrible torture. A lot of the lyrics in this album are just unnecessarily cruel and violent. Rape Castle, in particular, uses many inappropriate words and has lewd suggestions. Other songs deal with cannibalism, and he makes many references to his favorite pastime: devouring Christians. According to the the artist, “they are more pleasing to the pallet [sic] and the also scream the loudest”.
Overall, I really enjoyed the instrumental tracks. All of the tunes were catchy, and the instruments used brought back nostalgic memories of Mario and Link on the old-school Gameboy. However, I am disappointed with the death metal lyrics. I am not a fan of normal death metal, but chiptunes are an undiscovered, underutilized form of geeky music that will hopefully become more commonplace in the future.
--Quaver
I liked the cool topic you've chosen (Quaver's Quick Reviews is very clever). The band sounds pretty interesting, and your describtions really bring them to life in words.
-CM
I think that it's good that people are pushing the boundaries of music. The lyrics that you've described sound pretty terrifying, but I'm glad that Rainbowdragoneyes is able to create music with nontraditional instruments.-AS
This post was really awesome!! The band and genre you reviewed were interesting to learn about. I think you should post more of the lyrics because I have to say that “they are more pleasing to the pallet [sic] and they also scream the loudest” had me lollin'.
-Clyde