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Ooooh Abandonment is a VERY strong opening imo, music box + piano makes for such a great combo and the music box switching into minor every now and then completely sells me on the "broken and trying to survive an oppressive world" mood. I do feel like there could be a little more dynamics in the piano chords though, they sounded a bit consistently high for what felt like a more somber track.

Love the energy in Their Freedom, especially with the textures like the glass breaking, vocals and glitches. The electric guitar goes perfectly with the breakbeat, but I do feel like it was missing some low end bass. Also don't be afraid to completely hard pan elements (especially when you have multiple guitars) to the sides, 'cause with headphones on it did sound clean but felt like it was missing some stereo depth. That's a really small thing though, again, amazing energy and super cool transition into the outro. LOVE those chords in the outro I might steal those.

Your freedom is a great way to close it out too, mix-wise it feels much more full and it builds on itself well. Using the instrument combinations in the previous tracks (piano/music box) is a great touch and those strings sound pretty good. That chord at 2:10 hits very hard and feels earned, which I absolutely love to hear. The drum velocities sounded very similar to each other and the guitar at parts sounded a little too resonant I think though. Some variation on the hihats especially and either some EQ on the guitar or playing with the distortion a bit more (I know how finnicky that can be, that'd take me 48 hours lmao) would go a long way I think.

Overall, really solid submission. Great work!

Oh my, this is one of the best comments I've received yet.
Thank you so much for your sincerity and constructive criticism, I will apply these advices in the future. A lot of people are scared to sound too rash or negative, yet we still need honesty to progress, so my respect for doing just that.

As for the chords from "Their Freedom", they are quite simple: Some minor chord + 7 + 9 + 11 ==> a major chord half of a step lower with the same* upper voicings (you will DEFINITELY hear what needs to be lowered, haha. (It is the 9th, by a semitone)). Then just repeat it as much as you want to, but transpose the pattern by a major third down every time. I basically kept going down in big leaps on the circle of fifths, so that it evokes this "dread-like" feeling. (A slow pitch automation might also help, if you are after that specific feeling)

Thank you for listening, reacting and giving honest opinions. You are amazing.

Have fun and see you :)