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[Catalyze]

This definitely does sound like a second Zaphkiel. Honestly though, I'm really just not feeling the melody nearly as much as Zaphkiel. A good way to put it is that with this, I have to to try to get it stuck in my head, whereas Zaphkiel immediately stuck. I feel like this is trying a bit too hard to recreate Zaphkiel, and in the process, loses what was special about it. Especially the drop just doesn't feel like a natural progression.

DevinChin responds:

I wasn't trying to recreate Zaphkiel, at least not intentionally. Some of the melodies that wound up in this track were actually written before Zaphkiel. The only elements that I consciously transferred over were the primary chord progression (which, I admit, is a rather big part of it) and the chiptune bridge section. Any other similarities, I think, arose simply from the conventions of the genre. I appreciate the thoughtful criticism, though, thanks!