Heyo, here to judge. Lengthy song ay?
No worries, listened to it all. Banger.
I will not analyze each section since it's NINE MINUTES LONG, but I'll admit I was checking for one thing in particular: would I realize that much time had passed when the song was over? Time flew by, I'll tell you that much.
I like how you went for an hip-hop style, with drum breaks and countless samples; it makes it almost sound like this enemy is made of recycled pop culture material, and I find that fascinating. I'll admit I never played Terraria or know of the OST, but looking at the graphics, yeah that checks. Might be pretty unorthodox compared to the rest of the competition, but I admire the courage.
Sound design is excellent and the solo, although short, pretty crazy and trundular.
Some time signature changes are appreciated to keep the beat fresh, and I find the switch to a trap/drill beat later on pretty fun. The climax towards the end (forgive me, I don't remember the timestamp lol) is well done. The MVP though must of course be the way you endlessly modulate the BPM, that's the secret ingredient to not make such a long song feel stale, that was a great intuition on your part.
Only nitpick is that 2:15 is pretty odd since it sounds a bit hollowed out compared to the rest of the song, but I understand that keeping up this pace can burn you out in no time, so that's just plain humanity at play.
Great job 👍
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Restlessness check: 14