As some of you members my have already seen before

I am personally not a Skrillex fan

Now why is that so?

Well I've offered brief explanations

But I've never been able to go in depth to the music of Sonny Moore

And I've been wanting to do so for a while

So now, here it is

Why Moog really doesn't like Skrillex one bit at all

Enjoy and if you easily get butthurt then don't bother making a comment

Because I don't need your "fuk u Skrillex iz a best" comments

Also no, I'm not gonna rant about how Skrillex isn't dubstep

Because we've already heard that shit a thousand times by now

So you don't need to hear it 1001 times

Now since that is aside *ahem*

The first thing that I'd like to say that I have already brought up before is that his sounds that he uses are not that special at all. Honestly without the growl bass sound to hold up Skrillex then he'd be nothing right now. The leads that he uses are pretty much your basic everyday ordinary Trance leads. There are way better sounding leads than his, the only thing that helps cover up the fact of how simplistic his leads are is that he can actually create a melody. But for me having a nice melody doesn't cover up your lead sounds. Now as for the signature "growl bass" sound, he does cleanly produce them and he does take time to make them, but they just don't fit too well with me at all. The sound of his bass drops to me are unnecessarily loud and don't fit in with the track over half the time, which I will get into deeper explanation later on. Surely he has the skill to create a melody but for me in this case, the good doesn't concur the bad.

Another thing that I would like to bring up with about Skrillex is the vocal samples that he uses. Surely in some of his songs they fit well to the aggressive bass drop and make a suitable transition. But then you have those vocal samples that he messes around with the pitch and distorts them. Really these vocal samples can really be bothersome in some cases, most notably tracks like "The Reason", "Rock 'n' Roll", and "Long Drive". Honestly was there ever a need to throw those in there, since to me they just sound annoying and unfitting with the rest of the track. He does use them in good ways with songs, such as "First Of The Year (Equinox)", and "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites", but that only happens in rare occasions.

And now here's the last thing that I want to bring up is the thing that irks me the most about Skrillex. Well let's take a look at the song "Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites" the song starts up with a nice, soft peaceful melody, and then it starts to get even more softer when the vocal samples start up (Like what I said if Skrillex tries hard enough he can use samples right), and then all of the sudden BOOOOMMM just a random loud, noisy bass overpowers the whole track. Now I understand that the whole suddeness of the bass drop is meant to give off more energy, but I can't find it very energetic at all, as to me it just makes the whole track feel obnoxious and awkward. There are better ways to put aggressive energy into a song while still keeping it as melodic as it previously sounded, and one good example of that is an older Skrillex song (Since I actually like his old stuff) being named "Fucking Die", the bass drop is aggressive, but not too aggressive, and it's not blown up loud, so you get that energy while still getting that same vibe and feel previously. Now don't take me wrong with this, since I'm not saying that all of the dubstep/electro songs need to sound Melodic, you can have a loud and noisy dub-track but it just doesn't sound right when it starts out with a house/trance type lead.

But overall of that Skrillex's older stuff I will admit is good, you know the stuff pre-Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites. Songs like "Fucking Die", "Slats Slats Slats", "My Name Is Skrillex (Not the terrible remix)" and "No Mercy, No Violence" are incredible sounding. But his recent stuff I just can't withstand at all.