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All right, i'm gonna go hard on this since its unranked, feedback time, don't worry might seem brutal but its what it is.

Stronghold at the end of the world : Beginning seems a bit weak with cello and violins, what I mean is the melody and bass are a bit predictable and do not have a nice harmony together, the note you chose could be a litte different or the playing that sounds a bit MIDI its not too bad but I think playing with expression modulation will help alot. I like the second part but I would like more movement on the cello/basses instead of keeping the sustained notes for this long at every chord change, strings like to move alot. Its okay to sustain at first but then you can move it a bit more even though the high strings are moving.

heart of the mountain : Cello melody is fine but very simplistic and like the first song, playing with expression and modulation if possible would make everything better and more humane. I like the delay keys. 1:36 would be a good moment to introduce the doublebass doubling the cello melody. Other than that its just a couple of EQing to get rid of the mud.

Sleeping dragon : The most original so far, very weird chords I like it, gotta watch out the bass frequency with the basses/cello, they are clashing a bit. Almost the same with the brass they are very far away in the mix and I think its the most important instrument of this track, have to bring it back up a bit.

Sheer cold : I like the ostinato pattern but again percs and bass clashing a bit. The muted trumpets are a cool addition too but way too low. I think at 1:00 the tension is great but you could add something to make an even greater build up before we regain the main motif.

If its just a question of VST there is alot of free nice orchestral VST by Orchestral Tools, spitfire and even more if you have kontakt library or decent sampler.

That might seems like a lot but its still a great album production so don't be too offended by this. Good job :)