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Kattelox's Album Roulette
"Party on, Garth!" - Wayne 3:16
Welcome to my first roulette, everybody - possible turbulence ahead, bear with me if I screw something up. Since I've always felt one song rarely does justice to its given album, I want to give everyone the chance to show me a full album of an artist's work. Please give the rules a quick skim, maybe give my Last.FM and RYM a look, and don't forget to check the section on my musical preferences to gauge how much I'll like your submission.
I tend to listen to albums in three places: work, the gym, and at home with my speakers. The goal is to listen to every submission at least once in all of these scenarios so I can fairly judge. I am single, I am a homebody, and I enjoy my alone time, so getting this done shouldn't be difficult, although I can't promise it will always work out perfectly as planned, particularly with work. I hadn't planned on everybody signing up in advance, but that's just how it turned out. Next time it will be a free for all.
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The Participants-=-=-=-=-=-
[scores and positions updated to reflect current standing]
1. Sacul - 71.5
2. Stadler - 71.0
3. Evermind - 70.5
3. home - 70.5
3. jingle.boy - 70.5
6. Tomislav95 - 68.5
7. ariich - 67.0
8. Puppies_On_Acid - 64.5
9. Lethean - 63.0
10. Parama - 57.5
11. twosuitsluke
12. TAC
13. Train of Naught
14. lonestar###SIGN UPS ARE NOW CLOSED###
###ONLY 10 WILL REMAIN AFTER ELIMINATION ROUND###
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The Rules-=-=-=-=-=-
- 7 rounds, 10 participants. There are no themes. Go wild.
- You have 48 hours to send me an album. I have Spotify and Google Play, so I would prefer to use that whenever possible (particularly Spotify), but if I can't, send me a YouTube link. We'll get through this together.
- I will finish each round in no more than 1.5 weeks, ideally each round will be finished and summarized every Saturday or Sunday evening, central US time.
- Once an artist is submitted, it cannot be submitted for the rest of the roulette.
- If the same artist is submitted twice in a round, I will accept it for that round.
- Any artist with an album rated 4 or higher on my RYM is banned. Also, any artist with at least 2 ratings is banned, because I'd like to find new artists I haven't listened to.
- If you can't use Spotify or Google Play, I am not picky with file types or quality other than they are at the very least 192kbps, and not Apple format. MP3 is best.
- You can also just send me the album name and I will find it, but a little help is appreciated.
Until the final round, please keep the album length under 1 hour (60 minutes). It is fine if it's a few seconds over, but please don't send me an Ayreon-length album. EDIT: No time limit after elimination round, but double albums are forbidden.
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The Rounds
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(will edit with links upon each round's conclusion)
Round (Elimination Round) (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2416637#msg2416637)
Round 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2419148#msg2419148)
Round 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2421799#msg2421799)
Round 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2424588#msg2424588)
Round 4 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2426754#msg2426754)
Round 5 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2429083#msg2429083)
Round 6 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2432031#msg2432031)
Final Round (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52084.msg2434494#msg2434494)
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Helpful Links
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Last.FM (https://last.fm/user/Empathica1928)
RateYourMusic (https://rateyourmusic.com/~Firewings)
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Musical Taste
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I worked my way backwards - I got into power metal before classic rock and heavy metal, so there are lots of big artists missing from my collection. Im not a big fan of shoehorning bands into genres, so Im going to try to explain my tastes as best I can. I apologize this is so long and splits hairs. Dont be afraid to ask questions to clear something up. I cant keep up with all this dreampop neo-artwave turbogrind subgenre madness. Rock and metal get big sections of their own due to said madness.
Rock
Im going to break this down as best I can. Honestly, I am not looking for much rock music - your best bet is in the Classic/70s, Post-rock, and Other sections. Anything else is playing with fire.
60s on back: I dont really know anything from this era of music. I know The Beatles biggest hits, early Zeppelin and Cat Stevens, thats about it. 60s music doesnt really speak to me, so choose carefully if youre thinking about sending Beach Boys. All I know is that when I was a baby, I loved Kokomo.
What I like: I dont know.
What I dislike: I dont know.
What Im interested in: Anything that will shed light onto 60s rock, maybe some bands that have become forgotten over the decades.
Classic/70s/Blues rock: This really is a crapshoot, unfortunately, without much consistency. I dont like guitar-only bands get a keyboardist in there, please but they absolutely cant overdo it with the corny 70s synth or Hammond organ sounds for me to like them. I hate songs about how great it is to rock, or songs about hot women and how they need some love, or Stevie Ray Vaughn-style blues rock in general. Basically, stick to the interested in hearing list unless you like to live dangerously.
What I like: Led Zeppelin, Rush, early Toto, Neil Young's Harvest album, Bon Scott ACDC, various radio hits by liked bands listed below
What I dislike: Ted Nugent, The Eagles, BTO, Bon Jovi, Bad Company, Joe Walsh, Supertramp, KISS, The Clash, The Police, The Who, Stevie Ray Vaughn, many others along those lines
What Im interested in hearing: Queen, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, The Doors, Chicago, Emerson Lake Palmer, Crosby Stills Nash, Steely Dan, possibly CCR and Lynyrd Skynyrd just to scratch the surface
80 Rock/Hair Metal/etc.: Youre playing with fire here. I cut my teeth on 80s rock so I know what I like and dont like, and for the most part, I cant stand any of it as an adult. If its modern 80s-sounding rock like Eclipse then Im game, but still, be careful.
What I like: Asia, Guns N Roses, Toto, Motley Crues hits, some early Van Halen, thats about it
What I dislike: Cinderella, Tesla, John Paynes Asia, Thin Lizzy, Cheap Trick, Joan Jett, Warrant, Poison, Winger, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Quiet Riot, Twisted Sister
90s/2000s Rock Grunge, Alternative, Garage Rock, etc.: I cannot stand these genres or eras of rock. I dont know what happened after the 80s, but something got in the water and fucked everything up. I really, really dont like them, so please dont send them to me unless youre truly confident its going to be that diamond in the rough, so to speak.
What I like: Alice in Chains, The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys (A.M. only, havent heard anything else)
What I dislike: The Offspring, anything with Chris Cornell on it, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails, Trapt, Staind, Static X, Sublime, Blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, The Presidents of the United States, Weezer, Lifehouse, Linkin Park, Local H, Royal Blood, Highly Suspect, etc.
Prog rock: I'm really interested in exploring prog rock regardless of the decade. King Crimson is good, but hard to get into for this since they aren't on Spotify. Van der Graaf Generator, Camel, Jethro Tull, Yes, non-famous eras of Pink Floyd are classic artists I'd like to explore, but also bands like Spock's Beard, The Flower Kings, The Dear Hunter, Haken... take me away. This is a very good genre to pick albums from especially since so many old bands focused on 'the album experience.'
Post-Rock: I really enjoy post-rock but could use with some new bands since I havent really heard anything I dislike in this genre. I enjoy the ebb and flow of Explosions In The Sky, the electronic sound of God Is An Astronaut, and the haunting atmosphere of GY!BE but I could use more.
What I like: Explosions In The Sky, God Is An Astronaut, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Sigur Ros, ef, This Will Destroy You, Mogwai
Others: Randy Newman. Ive heard it described as baroque pop give me more of that, the rock music that blends various styles and sounds of classical music or film score work. Kings of Leon is a modern band that I greatly enjoy who has floored me with every album theyve released, and yet I cant seem to find another band like them. Giving me something along these lines would be an easy way to please me.
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Metal
Sigh. Ive listened to metal my whole life and pretty much know what I like and dislike, and Im really not interested in discovering new metal. Modern metal tries way too hard to do way too many things and Im so sick of every band having to use growls in one way or another. If you send me metal, youd do well to send prog - its the only subgenre Im still interested in exploring.
Old-school metal: I dont really have a definition for this - classic metal bands, I guess. This is similar to a lot of old rock bands in that older metal bands didnt use keyboardists much, if at all, and so I find it very hard to stay interested in it when guitars are taking 100% of the action.
Old school bands I enjoy: Testament, Iron Maiden, first half of Megadeths career, very early Metallica, Death, Saxon, Exodus
Old school bands I do not enjoy: Motorhead, Slayer, Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Korn, Rammstein, etc.
Power metal: I know everything I need to know about power metal, its my bread and butter, it shaped the foundation of my musical life. I dont want or need any more in this genre, please dont send me anything here unless its a truly revolutionary album - its highly likely Ive already heard it anyway.
What I love: Stratovarius, Rhapsody, Sonata Arctica, Dragonforce, Cellador, Blind Guardian, Helloween, Iced Earth, Angra, Avantasia, Edguy, Kamelot, Power Quest, Cains Offering
What I loathe: gimmick acts like Gloryhammer, Twilight Force, and Alestorm; bands that try way too hard to blend multiple styles like Amaranthe; bands that blend growling and screaming with clean singing; bands that are carbon copies of Stratovarius; people aping Avantasia with their own terrible metal operas
Symphonic metal: I like symphonic metal that sounds like it was written by people with actual skill at orchestral arrangements or writing film scores, to the point that the metal actually takes a backseat so it serves the song rather than creates the foundation. I do not like symphonic metal that is your generic death/power metal with six hundred layers of generic strings and a 40-piece choir chanting generic and probably incorrect Latin.
What I like: certain periods of Nightwish, Fairyland, Aquaria, Rhapsody of Fire, Luca Turillis Rhapsody, early Avantasia, late-era Blind Guardian, Orphaned Land
What I dislike: Epica, Wintersun, anything that feels like traditional power metal tossed over a layer of generic choir chanting and symphonic tracks, anything that sounds like a pisstake of Rhapsody
Alt, Death, Thrash, Black, Grind, Core, Nu: I cannot stand any of these genres, I politely request that you not send them to me. Growling/screaming is tolerable in certain power and prog metal situations, but thats about it. If you send me anything with growls, I prefer it be like Devin Townsend Project, or Kardashevs Between Sea and Sky where there are surreal growls under a shimmering layer of synths and slow guitars but extremely fast drums.
Prog metal: Theres so much I havent listened to in this genre. Opeth, Dream Theater, later-era Symphony X and Angra, Voyager, Ayreon, these are some of my favorites, but Ive also heard a lot of prog metal I dislike (BTBAM makes me want to vomit). Its a crapshoot send at your own risk. The new Orphaned Land was an impulse buy and instantly made me a fan, so the bar is very high, but try to keep the growling to a minimum.
Opeth: Because yall love to debate Opeth. Pale Communion, Sorceress, Damnation, and Watershed are monumentally better than the rest of their catalogue. If you know of something like these albums, send them to me. If theyre like Still Life and MYAH, keep it away.
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Other Genres
New Age: I am a massive Enya fan, and I also like Yanni and David Arkenstone. Beyond that I dont know much. I enjoy lots of synth pads and shimmering, raindrop-like keyboard effects that invoke the feeling of tranquility and serenity. Basically, if its like Enya, I should like it.
Electronica: I briefly enjoyed dubstep for a time but dont really like it these days. Dance/techno type stuff like Armin van Buuren is cool, but Ive never known how to look into these artists because they dont ever seem to release in the typical album cycle that almost every other genre does. My favorite artist in this realm is Tycho; Awake is one of my most-played albums and my go-to for whenever I want to chill, shower, do household chores, or even work out. I also like Emancipator. Other than that, clueless, and while Im not really looking for more, Im open to it.
Rap: I really, really like Eminem and Kendrick Lamar because I enjoy the sound of their voices and their masterful control of lyrics, wordplay, and rhythm, but theres not much in this genre that calls to me. Feel free to have fun with this, because while Im not interested in club music, triphop, trap, etc. I know theres good stuff and legends of the genre I havent heard.
Bluegrass/Country/Americana/Soft rock/etc.: This modern Chevy-ad country can take a hike, but when I hear old school, genuine country, I like it. The only album Im familiar with is Kenny Rogers The Gambler and I love it. And that one song Wildfire. I love Robert Plants album Raising Sand with Alison Krauss, and Zooey Deschanels oldie-time sounding group She & Him. I dont know anything about bluegrass does Fleet Foxes count? I really enjoy them.
Pop: Florence + The Machine. Katy Perry. Lady Gaga. I may not like all their work, but I consider myself a fan, particularly of Florence. Im not sure if Kimbra counts as pop, but I do enjoy her, although sometimes her vocal style borders rapping a bit more than Im comfortable with, it sounds like shes trying too hard. Overall not a big pop fan outside of those names but Im game for women with killer voices. I dont like Ed Sheeran.
Indie: I have no idea what the hell indie music means anymore. I dont really know anything in my collection that counts as this. I enjoy Elliott Smith, who I just found, and Im gaga for Monica Heldal and her album Boy From The North. Bon Iver has that song Holocene which is lovely. I dont know what else really fits here. MGMT? Foster the People? Alt-j? Im not really into them, but someone with killer acoustic guitar skills and a nice voice, thats what I like. I also love Zooey Deschanels indie outfit called She & Him.
Ska: I do not like ska from what Ive heard, but I cant say Ive ever heard a ska album. Feel free to change my mind.
Punk: Ive never willingly listened to punk music, so Im not at all familiar with it. I cant say I love it, but Ive tolerated it more than ska, so youre more than welcome to introduce me to something.
Jazz: I don't like traditional jazz. I like smooth jazz, or acid jazz, pick your poison, that's what I enjoy. Incognito and Urban Knights are two artists I really enjoy in these styles. I'm not really a Miles Davis or Herbie Hancock kind of guy, although I've played some of their pieces in jazz bands before. If you have stuff like Dolphin Dance, I'm down for that...
Classical music: Not for this roulette, but my classical tastes bleed over into music such as symphonic metal. I greatly enjoy Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Strauss, Wagner I tend to prefer the romantic era. I also greatly enjoy world music, Gregorian chants, and ancient music (literally ancient, as in the Greeks, for example).
Film scores: Not for this roulette, again. Thomas Newman, Howard Shore, I really like their work. John Williams is fantastic. Hans Zimmer is pretty good although sometimes he goes overboard. I dont know many names outside of them.
Video game soundtracks: Also not for this roulette. The soundtracks to 8-bit and 16-bit games shaped my love for synthesizers and synth lead tones. Nintendo soundtracks particularly have profoundly impacted my musical development see Snowboard Kids, Golden Sun, Donkey Kong Country, Zelda, Mario, Pokemon. Motoi Sakuraba, Nobuo Uematsu, Yasunori Mitsuda, Koji Kondo, among others, are noteworthy composers to me.
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Banned Artists
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Any artist listed here is ineligible for submission. It doesn't cover everything, but it's a quick reference.
Adrenaline Mob
Agalloch
Alestorm
Allman Brothers Band
Amon Amarth
Anathema
Angra
Animals As Leaders
Aquaria
rstir
Ascendia
Asia
Avantasia
Axenstar
Ayreon
Bal-Sagoth
Bent Knee
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond the Bridge
Bittencourt Project
Blind Guardian
Brand New
Cain's Offering
Caligula's Horse
Caspian
Cat Stevens
Cellador
Celtic Frost
Children of Bodom
Coheed and Cambria
Dark Moor
David Arkenstone
David Gilmour
Dec Burke
Delain
Demons & Wizards
Devin Townsend + related projects
DGM
Dimension Act
Dire Straits
Disturbed
DJ Tiesto
Dragonforce + related projects
Dragonland
Dream Theater + related projects
Dredg
Echoes
Eden's Curse
Edguy
Elvenking
Emancipator
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Eminem
Emperor
Ensiferum
Enya
Epica
Evership
Explosions in the Sky
Fair To Midland
Fairyland
Fates Warning
Finntroll
Fishmans
Five Finger Death Punch
Florence + The Machine
Flying Colors
Foster the People
Frank Turner
Gamma Ray
Genesis
Ghost
God is an Astronaut
Guns N' Roses + related projects
Haken
Helloween + related projects
Huntsmen
Iced Earth + related projects
Iron Maiden + related projects
IQ
James LaBrie
Jeff Buckley
Joe Satriani
Jordan Rudess
Jorn Lande
Journey
Kamelot + related projects
Karmakanic
Karnivool
Katatonia
Kendrick Lamar
Kepler Ten
(The Reign of) Kindo
Kings of Leon
Korn
Kotipelto
Kris Kristofferson
Led Zeppelin
Leprous
Levin Minnemann Rudess
Luca Turilli
Marillion
Markta Irglov
Mark Knopfler
Masterplan (power metal)
Meat Loaf
Mechanical Poet
Megadeth
Metallica
Mew
MGMT
Mike Oldfield
Moon Safari
Moonsorrow
Myrath
Mystery
Naglfar
Need
Nils Frahm
Randy Newman
Nightwish + related projects
Norah Jones
Obscura
Oceansize
lafur Arnalds
Opeth
Orphaned Land
Ostura
Pain of Salvation
Periphery
Petter Carlsen
Phideaux
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Power Quest
Primal Fear
Queen
Queensryche
Radiohead
Rainbow
Redemption
Rhapsody (of Fire) + any and all related projects
Riverside
Rush
Secret Sphere
Shadow Gallery
She & Him
Sieges Even
Sigur Rs
Silversun Pickups
Sleep Party People
Snarky Puppy
Soen
Solefald
Sonata Arctica
Sons of Apollo
Sons of Seasons
Steven Wilson
Stratovarius + all related projects including Timo Tolkki's
Sufjan Stevens
Symphony X
Symphorce
Testament
Thank You Scientist
The Black Keys
The Antlers
The Clash
The Cure
The Dear Hunter
The Joy Formidable
The Offspring
The River Empires
The Who
Thy Catafalgue
Tom Waits
Tool
Toto
Tycho
Type O Negative
Unisonic
Vanden Plas
Van Halen
Von Hertzen Brothers
Voyager
Warmen
Wetton/Downes
Winery Dogs
Wintersun
Wolfmother
Wuthering Heights
Yanni
Yes
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Okay, folks. I'm working on a preliminary list of banned artists - expect that this evening - but I hope if you skim the post on preferences you'll have an idea of what to send. Feel free to send me your submissions in the meantime, hopefully nobody will pick something I have banned. We'll figure out a timeframe for the first round's results after I have everyone's submission. I have a headache to kill, so bear with me.
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First.
90s/2000s Rock Grunge, Alternative, Garage Rock, etc.: I cannot stand these genres or eras of rock.
My man! :hifive:
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Damn, was seeking some sweet revenge for the power metal round but seems all places have been taken :P
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Damn, was seeking some sweet revenge for the power metal round but seems all places have been taken :P
I think I can squeeze just one more person in if you want, Sacul. You have an interesting, dare I say eclectic taste in music, and I'd like to see what you have to offer.
EDIT: Put up a partial banned list, need to go sleep off a headache. Hope I covered all the bases... If more people want to join then I will expand the participation count, the first round will be elimination (and therefore last longer), and we'll go from there. I'll check later.
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My man! :hifive:
What an ass kisser!
Seems I missed the signup.
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Seems I missed the signup.
Ahh not too late. You can still sign up, I'll just have a preliminary elimination round with everyone involved so this remains manageable!
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Based on your comments on Randy Newman and Baroque Pop, I'm almost tempted to send you Scott Walker's The Drift. But that may be a little risky for an album roulette.
Are you doing eliminations each round?
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Based on your comments on Randy Newman and Baroque Pop, I'm almost tempted to send you Scott Walker's The Drift. But that may be a little risky for an album roulette.
Are you doing eliminations each round?
Nope. Only at the start, if Sacul, TAC and others want in, then I'll pare it down to 8 again.
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I'm good. I'll follow. I don't want J Boy to cry when he gets eliminated right out of the gate.
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Based on your comments on Randy Newman and Baroque Pop, I'm almost tempted to send you Scott Walker's The Drift. But that may be a little risky for an album roulette.
Are you doing eliminations each round?
Nope. Only at the start, if Sacul, TAC and others want in, then I'll pare it down to 8 again.
Hmm, well I definitely wont send it if you do a preliminary elimination round...but maybe at some point.....
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Actually, you know what..I'm IN!
Even though you hate Tesla. How does anyone hate Tesla?
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COOL! We got ourselves an elimination match in the works. Okay for real I gotta nap now :lol
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oh man i'm probably gonna get cut in prelims, fun :corn
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"pisstake of Rhapsody" is a phrase of redundancy.
Actually, you know what..I'm IN!
Good, another roulette I can kick your ass in.
Even though you hate Tesla. How does anyone hate Tesla?
I wonder the same about Winger!?!
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I'm in, ready to get cut :metal
Based on your comments on Randy Newman and Baroque Pop, I'm almost tempted to send you Scott Walker's The Drift. But that may be a little risky for an album roulette.
Was actually listening to that album last night, you should definitely send it :neverusethis:
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Got room for one more?
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Got room for two more?
But I'm really ok with it if you don't. 13 albums is a lot :tup
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Yea, I really should've signed up for this too. An album roulette is something I want to actually get in on :lol
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Are you serious about this 60 minute limit? Can't you push it to 70, or at least 65? :)
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let me go write up a dissertation on why 45-50 minutes is the optimal album length
that being said i really dunno how many albums i have for this roulette regardless, haha
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Sent. 57 minutes.
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Maybe I'm spoiled by DT, but 45 minutes feels short to me. :) I'm not planning on giving Firewings a bunch of 80 minute albums, but there are a lot that are over 60.
Firewings - not even Omni would qualify for this roulette...
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Well so much for sleeping. :lol
Everyone who wants to participate can, and I'll add you all to the list - just send me something within the next day or so. Just be prepared for a merciless elimination after round 1. I initially cut off sign-ups at 8 so no one would have to feel bad about being eliminated, but this is cool.
I'll cut signups off after tonight just so I can manage all this. Since this is a long round, expect writeups sometime next week, it may even be towards the end, just depends on how much listening I get done this week and weekend. I have 4 submissions so far.
Also, Lethean - I had to cut the time limit somewhere, and 60 is pretty good considering all the people in the first round. I will allow wiggle room by allowing intro/outro tracks and bonus tracks to not count, but that's as lenient as I'll go.
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Ooh, can I play? I'm sure I expressed interest in the roulette tracker thread!
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Ooh, can I play? I'm sure I expressed interest in the roulette tracker thread!
Baby in one hand, roulette in the other?
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I thought I was forgetting someone. You're in! Also LOL king :lol
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Ooh, can I play? I'm sure I expressed interest in the roulette tracker thread!
Baby in one hand, roulette in the other?
:rollin :rollin
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I thought I was forgetting someone. You're in! Also LOL king :lol
You sure? I guess I can play and still mock everyone!
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I thought I was forgetting someone. You're in! Also LOL king :lol
You sure? I guess I can play and still mock everyone!
That's the spirit!
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I will send tomorrow night!
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WTF?? You might not live that long!
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WTF?? You might not live that long!
My liver mocks you Tim
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Sent the best album I own that fits the time constraints :metal
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WTF?? You might not live that long!
My liver mocks you Tim
It probably farts in his general direction.
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You get a chance in the roulette! YOU get a chance in the roulette! Everybody gets a chance!
As a result ya'll are gonna have to wait a bit longer for round 0 to complete, but it'll be worth it. :corn
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WTF?? You might not live that long!
My liver mocks you Tim
It probably farts in his general direction.
Trust me, that breeze from the north can be rather strong.
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Ask the Queen. She knows the power of my ass.
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King's new album - out now
(https://s17.postimg.org/nz9fi36n3/judaspriest_asspower.jpg)
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I wear that Blackie Lawless studded cock piece was well.
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I wear that Blackie Lawless studded cock piece was well.
Please tell me there's a typo in here somewhere. Otherwise, I'm going to have a hard time sleeping tonight.
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Feel free to have fun with this, because while Im not interested in club music, triphop, trap, etc. I know theres good stuff and legends of the genre I havent heard.
:'(
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I wear that Blackie Lawless studded cock piece was well.
Please tell me there's a typo in here somewhere. Otherwise, I'm going to have a hard time sleeping tonight.
Enjoy your sleep bro.
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Feel free to have fun with this, because while Im not interested in club music, triphop, trap, etc. I know theres good stuff and legends of the genre I havent heard.
:'(
If you've got something that you think may change my mind, send it! I'm really fair despite how picky I seem, I think, and you have an entire album. But since it IS an elimination round, be careful... Plus, I don't know crap about rap or its variants anyway.
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I might send some, but not on this round :P
Also, seems you really bless the rains down in africa, huh
(https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/7ae3dbe4-4242-4366-9359-3cccd2295eb2.png)
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I bless every second of what is easily the best album Man ever laid to tape.
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Toto makes me happy. Saw them last year.
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Sent....
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Hey! A roulette Im not playing in!
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Round 0 sent!
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Toto makes me happy. Saw them last year.
All it takes is a little peanut butter on your balls, amirite? :hifive:
No??
Nevermind then...
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Already got 10 out of 14 submissions. There is some very cool stuff here and even a couple I've been meaning to check out myself, so I think this will be a very tough elimination round. Some of you are going to make me feel bad when it comes time to eliminate since you love these so much :lol Also, forgot to mention, Google Play is an option if need be. I don't use it often but it is there.
Like I said this round will be the longest of them all, so once we make it through this and move the bodies off the chopping block we'll be golden :lol
EDIT: Updated banned list
EDIT 2: Just need Stadler, Evermind, and Sacul and then we can start hangman :corn
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Man, it's not even 24 hours since this thing started and I'm already getting shade for not sending timely. :lol Can't send songs or albums from work.
You'll get my entry in an hour or two.
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Oh no, I was just commenting! You'll know when I throw shade. :lol
Also, this board really loves Riverside. Wow.
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Sent.
I also love Riverside.
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Also, this board really loves Riverside. Wow.
As they should. It would be cool if you got their whole discography all in one round. :)
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Too bad their best is over 60 minutes long :-\
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Huh? Their best is only 45 minutes ???
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As much as I like Riverside I can't say I'd even considered sending any of their albums.
Too bad their best is over 60 minutes long :-\
Huh? Their best is only 45 minutes ???
You're both wrong. Their best has a run time greater than 45 minutes and under an hour :tup
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Nah, I've never been wrong even once in my entire life :corn
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I also considered sending Riverside, but then decided against it. I figured someone else would.
I must have missed the part about albums being under 60 minutes. I didn't even check to see how long the album I sent was. I hope it wasn't too long...
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Riverside are... ok.
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I also considered sending Riverside, but then decided against it. I figured someone else would.
I must have missed the part about albums being under 60 minutes. I didn't even check to see how long the album I sent was. I hope it wasn't too long...
Neither did I...
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It's just a guideline more than anything, just to keep my sanity. As long as you aren't going way overboard or sending an Ayreon type of album it's all good but generally yeah I would like to keep them a little shorter. 60 minutes for an album tends to make me antsy around the 50 minute mark.
A few notes:
- Riverside were submitted almost 4 times :lol
- all albums are on Spotify which is a pleasant surprise
- there is some incredible music so far. Stiff competition indeed. You folks are impressing me already
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Stiff competition.
Looks at Lonestar's avatar.
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Stiff competition.
Looks at Lonestar's avatar.
If his avatar makes you stiff, then there is no competition.
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Stiff competition.
Looks at Lonestar's avatar.
If his avatar makes you stiff, then there is no competition.
Just like a blonde to miss the joke.
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If I make it past this round I'm probably sending something heavier next & getting cut :metal
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Stiff competition.
Looks at Lonestar's avatar.
If his avatar makes you stiff, then there is no competition.
Just like a blonde to miss the joke.
You don't get it?
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oh i get your joke. If you call it a joke.
Man, Parama is rubbing off on me. :lol
Wait that's an innuendo as well.
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It's just a guideline more than anything, just to keep my sanity. As long as you aren't going way overboard or sending an Ayreon type of album it's all good but generally yeah I would like to keep them a little shorter. 60 minutes for an album tends to make me antsy around the 50 minute mark.
I sent a 50-minute album. :hat
- Riverside were submitted almost 4 times :lol
"Almost" 4 times? So... 3 times?
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Regardless of what I sent earlier I sent an album just a minute or two under 60 because I'm a hypocrite
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- Riverside were submitted almost 4 times :lol
"Almost" 4 times? So... 3 times?
3 times, had to reject the third per the rules, and the fourth was sometime inquiring about someone already submitting them before they did :lol
Just getting a head start on the listening, since there's a lot, even though the 'official' start time for listening isn't until tomorrow night. :corn :corn :corn
Regardless of what I sent earlier I sent an album just a minute or two under 60 because I'm a hypocrite
:lol I tend to agree actually. Lately I have preferred albums in the ballpark of 45 minutes, but a good album is a good album regardless of length.
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I hope one of the riverside albums you got was ADHD or I will be sad
Still probably a top 10 album for me dunno
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I just sent 33 minutes and 21 seconds of some of the best hard rock ever produced. It will be almost like a light in the black of all the other albums you receive.
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I didn't even need to read your post to know you sent Rainbow's Rising.
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Since I feel bad about cutting people and there's a lot of people involved I bumped up the participants to 10 post-elimination.
Also, I am eager to learn who exactly the 'fogeys' of the forum are. The submissions have not made that any easier than before I made this thread. Except for one person. :lol
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Stadler, TAC, jingle, and king are all fogeys for sure
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Stadler, TAC, jingle, and king are all fogeys for sure
Yup, these guys, old fucks all of them.
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...said the gray-haired chef.
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I just sent 33 minutes and 21 seconds of some of the best hard rock ever produced. It will be almost like a light in the black of all the other albums you receive.
Pretty sure it's the same one you sent for the first round of my roulette. :lol
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lonestar isn't even a memorable fogey which is why I forgot him
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Sent.
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Awww yeah! Hangman after I get home in an hour or so.
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Also, this board really loves Riverside. Wow.
Not by everyone. TAC surely thinks they blow. Me too.
Stadler, TAC, jingle, and king are all fogeys for sure
Yup, these guys, old fucks all of them.
Da fuq (@ Parama)
...said the gray-haired chef.
And that's just his pubes!
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Legacy of Hangmanen
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I hope we're not Fogey profiling.
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Stadler, TAC, jingle, and king are all fogeys for sure
I just turned 50 yesterday. I'm damn old.
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Y'all are twice my age, so definitely fogeys
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Y'all are half my age, so definitely punks.
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Pharell Williams is twice my age, so definitely bad music
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Pharell Williams is twice my age, so definitely bad music
That dude is like twice everyone's age, though. Pretty sure he is a vampire or something... :jamaritard:
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I don't know if Sacul is the only person to do hangman or not. I'm ripping it off anyway because it's fun. :biggrin:
Time for hangmanenemanemone! Back to listening for me.
1. (?) _______ - ___ _____ __ _ ____
2. (?) ________ - ___ ____ ___ ___ ______
3. (?) ______ ____ - ___ ___ __ __________ __ ___ _____
4. (?) _________ - ______ ____ ________
5. (?) ______ ___ _______ - ____ ______, _'_ _______ ____ __, ______ ___: __ _____ ___ ________
6. (?) ______ - ___ ____
7. (?) _____ ___ _________ - ____ __ ___-________ ______
8. (?) ____ - ______
9. (?) ____ __ _______ - ______ ____ _ ______: ____ _ ____ ___ _____ _____ __ ____
10. (?) ______ - ______
11. (?) _________ - ____ ______ ____ __________
12. (?) __ - ___ ____ __ _____
13. (?) _______ - ______
14. (?) ______ _____ - ______ ______
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lonestar isn't even a memorable fogey which is why I forgot him
:'(
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lonestar isn't even a memorable fogey which is why I forgot him
:'(
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8. (?) ____ - ______
10. (?) ______ - ______
13. (?) _______ - ______
One of these is Rainbow Rising, sent by Stadler.
Choosing a T.
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GIVE ME YOUR D!!!!!!! :vomitard:
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Riverside: Second Life Syndrome and Anno Domini High Definition
nice
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Y'all are half my age, so definitely punks.
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1. (?) ___t___ - T__ ____d __ _ ____
2. (?) _____d__ - T__ ____ __d t__ ___t__
3. (?) ______ ____ - T__ __t __ ______t___ __ t__ _t___
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (?) _____d __d _______ - ___d ______, _'_ _______ _t__ __, ______ T__: __ ____d ___ T_______
6. (?) __t___ - T__ ____
7. (?) T____ ___ _____t__t - ____ __ ___-____t__t ______
8. (?) ____ - ______
9. (?) ____ T_ __d___d - ______ ____ _ ______: ___t _ T___ ___ T____ T____ __ T___
10. (?) ____t_ - ______
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (?) __ - T__ ___d __ _____
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) ______ _____ - ______ D_____
Guessed letters: T D
TAC waits 1 turn
Puppies_On_Acid waits 2 turns
Parama waits 3 turns
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A
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You wait your turn, Alleged Fogey #2 :lol
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Fair to Midland
Also people only wait after guessing letters usually :P
On that note gimme R
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Album name is Fables from a Mayfly: Unnecesarilly Long Rest of the Album Title That I Can't Remember
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Oh. Apologies to TAC then! :lol okay I'm on it
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Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Part II: No World For Tomorrow
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You wait your turn, Alleged Fogey #2 :lol
Um..
TAC waits 1 turn
(one turn) Puppies_On_Acid waits 2 turns
(2nd turn) Parama waits 3 turns
Give me the f'n A! ;D
Oh. Apologies to TAC then! :lol okay I'm on it
:natalieportman:
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1. (?) ___t_r_ - T__ __r_d __ A _a__
2. (?) A____d_a - T__ ____ a_d t__ ___t_r
3. (?) ______ ____ - T__ Art __ _a___at___ __ t__ _tar_
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (?) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (?) __t_ra - T__ R___
7. (?) T_a__ ___ _____t__t - _a__ __ ___-____ta_t __a___
8. (?) ____ - ___a_a
9. (?) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) __rat_ - ___a__
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (?) __ - T__ R_ad __ _____
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) _nar__ _____ - _a____ D____r
Guessed letters: T D A R
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
That should be right, the wait list is what it is now, sorry :lol
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I see mine!
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Djanks You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
Myrath - Legacy (why this album)
IQ - The Road of Bones
Ostura - The Room
The Art of Something of the Stars
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IQ - The Road of Bones
Lonestar
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these are all such DTF-y albums that i have no clue who sent what :lol
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these are all such DTF-y albums that i have no clue who sent what :lol
I was just thinking the same thing. I'm going to guess that you sent Coheed?
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why would i guess the album i sent :corn
i have no clue how i didn't get TYS or IQ though :lol
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Nahh, he sent Djanks, jingly boi sent The Boom and Coheed was probably luke (if he;s in this roulette that is, for some reason I always get this wrong and too lazy to check)
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why would i guess the album i sent :corn
i have no clue how i didn't get TYS or IQ though :lol
Apparently I missed that....but you never know... :rollin
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Met you halfway on #3, ToN :)
1. (?) ___t_r_ - T__ __r_d __ A _a__
2. (?) A____d_a - T__ ____ a_d t__ ___t_r
3. (?) ______ ____ - The Art of _a___at___ __ the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (?) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (?) ____ - ___a_a
9. (?) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (?) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) _nar__ _____ - _a____ D____r
Guessed letters: T D A R
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
IQ - The Road of Bones
Lonestar
Nope, and Parama did not send Coheed.
Nahh, he sent Djanks, jingly boi sent The Boom and Coheed was probably luke (if he;s in this roulette that is, for some reason I always get this wrong and too lazy to check)
Correct on Parama and luke.
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Then Lonestar sent Ostura.
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Evermind sent IQ?
The World Is A ???
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Is that Snarky Puppy I see?
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Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars. (and it's awesome).
But... isn't hangman supposed to have one space for each letter?
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That's Evermind.
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Yeah, Ruslan sent IQ, he always leads with it.
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Correct on all counts except that Evermind sent neither Sieges Even nor Snarky Puppy.
Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars. (and it's awesome).
But... isn't hangman supposed to have one space for each letter?
I'm confused. Hm?
1. (?) ___t_r_ - T__ __r_d __ A _a__
2. (?) A____d_a - T__ ____ a_d t__ ___t_r
3. (?) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (lonestar) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (?) ____ - ___a_a
9. (?) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (Evermind) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) Snarky Puppy - _a____ D____r
Guessed letters: T D A R
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
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Correct on all counts except that Evermind sent neither Sieges Even nor Snarky Puppy.
Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars. (and it's awesome).
But... isn't hangman supposed to have one space for each letter?
I'm confused. Hm?
To show how many letters each word has - like:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _
And if I were to guess an e, it would become:
_ _ e _ _ _ _ e_ _e_ - _ _ _ _ e
and so on. (So I know word 1 has 5 letters, word 2 has 7, and word 3, the album title, has 5).
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Oh, it's Easy Mode you want. Okay. :biggrin: I would've done that but there were some crazy long titles in this round. I forget anyone who's on a phone doesn't have that option so easily. I'll remember to do that next time.
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Oh, it's Easy Mode you want. Okay. :biggrin: I would've done that but there were some crazy long titles in this round. I forget anyone who's on a phone doesn't have that option so easily. I'll remember to do that next time.
:P
How about an N?
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personally i prefer it the way it is, but ehh
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1. (?) ___t_r_ - T__ __r_d __ A _a__
2. (?) A___nd_a - T__ ___n and t__ ___t_r
3. (?) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (lonestar) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (?) ___n - ___a_a
9. (?) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (Evermind) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) Snarky Puppy - _a____ D_nn_r
Guessed letters: T D A R N
Lethean waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
TAC waits 1 turn
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M
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I'll take an O
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Soen - Lykaia
train sent this
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1. (?) M__t_r_ - T__ _or_d __ A _am_
2. (?) A___nd_a - T__ __on and t__ ___t_r
3. (?) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (lonestar) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (Train of Naught) Soen - Lykaia
9. (?) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (Evermind) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) Snarky Puppy - _am___ D_nn_r
Guessed letters: T D A R N M O
Puppies_On_Acid waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
Lethean waits 1 turn
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Mystery - The World is a Game
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Snarky Puppy-Family Dinner
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Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
little bit of google-fu to find this one :corn
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Lucky guesses ;) See if you can figure out who sent them.
1. (?) Mystery - The World Is A Game
2. (?) Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
3. (?) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (lonestar) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (Train of Naught) Soen - Lykaia
9. (?) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (Evermind) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (?) Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner
Guessed letters: T D A R N M O
At the rate I'm going I'll try to have writeups written sometime Sunday night, should get all the listens in by then. I'm on album #6 (different from hangman list) and am very surprised so far.
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snarky puppy seems like sacul
home probably sent fair to midland
ascendia is the only one i haven't heard of so i'mma guess puppies sent them
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Maybe Puppies sent Puppy. :neverusethis:
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Maybe Puppies sent Puppy. :neverusethis:
Puppyception?
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Snarky_Puppies_On_Acid
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I own 10 of the 14 albums.
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Do I still add limbs for wrong guesses at this point? :lol
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I own 10 of the 14 albums.
I own two. The one I sent and the one Stadler sent.
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I own 10 of the 14 albums.
I own two. The one I sent and the one Stadler sent.
I own all but two... ;)
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I own 5 :corn
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snarky puppy seems like sacul
home probably sent fair to midland
ascendia is the only one i haven't heard of so i'mma guess puppies sent them
Correct on Sacul, correct on home, wrong on puppies.
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1. (?) Mystery - The World Is A Game
2. (?) Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
3. (?) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (lonestar) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (Train of Naught) Soen - Lykaia
9. (home) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (Evermind) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (Sacul) Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner
Guessed letters: T D A R N M O
I guess there should be more limbs on that poor man because of earlier incorrect guesses. But I'm a newb, so screw it, this is what you get :lol
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Y'all are half my age, so definitely punks.
HA! That's my MAN!
For the record, I'm 50 as well (since September).
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I own 10 of the 14 albums.
I own two. The one I sent and the one Stadler sent.
I actually own only the album I sent. Wow. Now, I own four copies of it (there are a couple different mixes of the album) but still.
All I know is I got cut from my last album roulette after two rounds, losing off Rainbow Rising and Ozzy Diary of a Madman, so there are no guarantees here. But I'm going to go down swinging the classic rock hammer! Up the Irons!!!!
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I own 10 of the 14 albums.
I own two. The one I sent and the one Stadler sent.
I actually own only the album I sent. Wow. Now, I own four copies of it (there are a couple different mixes of the album) but still.
All I know is I got cut from my last album roulette after two rounds, losing off Rainbow Rising and Ozzy Diary of a Madman, so there are no guarantees here. But I'm going to go down swinging the classic rock hammer! Up the Irons!!!!
I admire someone who sticks to their guns. Rainbow Rising is an awesome album. Not as fond of Diary of a Madman, but still a decent album in my book.
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In Stadler's case, he sticks to his Love Gun. (Speaking of classic rock, did you know Love Gun went platinum the day it was released? What the fuck? How?!)
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too many of the rest could be basically anyone, i have no clue :lol
whoever sent ADHD wins the round though imo, that's better than the TYS album imo
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I was about to send that Riverside album but got cockblocked fast :lol
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I hope my sell by date didn't expiiiire yesterday
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I'm sad that I'm not playing in this roulette :(
the signups opened and closed between me going to bed and getting up again
send some good stuff for me!
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Gonna send that Schizoid Lloyd song that starts with "Your ass is a volcano" for you
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Thanks a bunch :tup
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i'm not gonna send obsidian kingdom since katt would hate it
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So I'm gonna go with:
Tomi sent Second Life Syndrome
Jingle sent Myrath
And...
Ariich sent Anno Domini High Definition?
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I think Mystery is the jingle.submission
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i'm not gonna send obsidian kingdom since katt would hate it
isn't that your specialty though? sending stuff people don't like
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Jingle sent Myrath
I think Mystery is the jingle.submission
I will neither confirm or deny either of these statements.
I can't remember who all is, but if King is in this one, I'll wager Sieges Even was sent by him.
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I'm not in but that would be a great album to send.
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I'm sorry, Elite! Next time you'll have a better chance at getting in. After 14 people signed up I felt like I had to cut the sign-ups really short :lol
I'm halfway through the first listen of all (14) of these albums, but something worth pointing out is that someone who wasn't immediately signed up came in and is leading the pack, extremely happy with their submission.
Also I had noticed one of these albums is 74 minutes. :tdwn It's a little too long but I'll take it for this round (since I didn't even notice until it was much too late). Or maybe I'll abolish the time limit altogether. I'll figure it out at the end of the round.
Going to get a bunch more listens squeezed in throughout the day. Hangman next post. :corn
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i'm not gonna send obsidian kingdom since katt would hate it
isn't that your specialty though? sending stuff people don't like
I was going to say this if you hadn't :lol
I think Mystery is the jingle.submission
Winner is you!
Sorry luke, all were wrong :) Poor Lieutenant Dan just hangin' here without his legs...
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1. (jingle.boy) Mystery - The World Is A Game
2. (?) Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
3. (?) Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
4. (?) Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
5. (twosuitsluke) Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World for Tomorrow
6. (lonestar) Ostura - The Room
7. (Parama) Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existant Places
8. (Train of Naught) Soen - Lykaia
9. (home) Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
10. (?) Myrath - Legacy
11. (?) Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
12. (Evermind) IQ - The Road of Bones
13. (Stadler) Rainbow - Rising
14. (Sacul) Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner
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In Stadler's case, he sticks to his Love Gun. (Speaking of classic rock, did you know Love Gun went platinum the day it was released? What the fuck? How?!)
I would like to keep quiet on how much I stick to my Love Gun. :)
I say this respectfully, but I don't think that people quite understand just how big Kiss was for a three or four year period there. They were MASSIVE. Love Gun was platinum on release, as were ALL FOUR solo albums.
Now what that means is that retailers bought a million of each to sell; that doesn't mean that the punters actually bought them. There were probably 800,000 copies of those solo albums (976,000 for Peter Criss) in the cut-out bins shortly after. But that late '76 through '78 - '79, Kiss was literally the biggest band in the world.
(It's also why many consider Kiss a joke; none of the four could control themselves. Ace and Peter with coke, liquor and broads, Gene and Paul with microphones and press. Kiss - the legendary, mythological Kiss of 1975 - had no business on Mike Douglas and Tom Snyder and the like, but there they were. Yes, I know "Mike Douglas" was before that (1974) but the point remains. Gene went from "evil incarnate, what-the-fuck-is-this-guy", to "dating Cher tabloid nonsense" in the space of a year.)
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Gonna send that Schizoid Lloyd song that starts with "Your ass is a volcano" for you
I feel like I need - not want, but need - to hear that song. :)
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I will say, Stadler, if you make it past the elimination round, you're more than welcome to send me a KISS album, since I've never heard one in full. Also, you should take a look at this scene from Role Models (not work safe):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5IUj42fL58
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someone who wasn't immediately signed up came in and is leading the pack, extremely happy with their submission.
You're welcome :coolio
Also I had noticed one of these albums is 74 minutes. :tdwn It's a little too long but I'll take it for this round (since I didn't even notice until it was much too late).
I'm going to kick right off about this :lol
You should either only judge the album based on the first 60 minutes or maybe we could all be allowed to send one album that's 60+ minutes? I would've sent C&C's best album (even though the one I sent is incredible) if I could've gotten away with it.
In regards to my guesses, the only one I felt certain about was Tomi but I even fudged that :rollin
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By the way, I was going to suggest what twosuitsluke did: at "60:00", hit stop, wherever it lands. So be it.
As for later submissions, if you cut Rainbow Rising, you're a f******g idiot and don't deserve a Kiss album. :) I'm kidding; I have ideas for about half of my subsequent submissions should I be lucky enough to continue on.
(And for the others, Kattleox and I are buds; I have no doubt he will be objective, and will have no problems sending me packing if it doesn't make his Top whatever. Regardless of how the elimination round goes, I'm going to pester him here so there's no incentive either way!)
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I wouldn't feel comfortable only judging the first 60 minutes and potentially missing 2-3 tracks in some cases. That would be weird. I think I'll just omit the time limit because I don't feel like checking the lengths myself each time and really I guess it doesn't add much work if I'm already hearing 50+ minutes. Sorry to those who hedged submissions based on the time limit but so far everyone's impressed me in some way.
And yes, Stadler is my brother from another generation's mother, but friends get judged the same as everyone else, no hard feelings. :)
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i'm not gonna send obsidian kingdom since katt would hate it
isn't that your specialty though? sending stuff people don't like
that's only in sacul's roulette
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You should either only judge the album based on the first 60 minutes or maybe we could all be allowed to send one album that's 60+ minutes?
My vote would be to the latter choice. I had a writeup all ready to go on my first choice, but just before I clicked send, noticed it was 79 minutes. So, into the trash pile it went. I'd still love the chance to play that - assuming I make it out of Round zero.
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Yea, I was only really joking about the first option.
I'd like to be able to send a 60+ minute album (if I make it through eliminatons) but of course, it's up to you oh masterful host :hefdaddy
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I will lift the time restriction after this round. But I have a hard 'forbidden' stance on double albums. I am thinking about allowing those for the final round. Since there are no eliminations after this one, everyone remaining will have a chance.
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I don't really care either way because I meant to start with IQ anyway. But if I make it, yeah, a time limit increase would be helpful.
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I don't really care either way because I meant to start with IQ anyway. But if I make it, yeah, a time limit increase would be helpful.
I think Stadler offset the imbalance anyway with his 33 minute submission
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And an excellent submission, if you ask me. I like Rainbow - Rising better than anything from IQ.
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We'll see about that!
Might be quiet on my end for a few days, folks. Lots to digest, so I apologize if there isn't much activity here til the weekend, I don't want to give away impressions too much.
EDIT: May have first impression write-ups tomorrow night. I think a second listen is all I need for this round.
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand :corn
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We'll see about that!
Might be quiet on my end for a few days, folks. Lots to digest, so I apologize if there isn't much activity here til the weekend, I don't want to give away impressions too much.
EDIT: May have first impression write-ups tomorrow night. I think a second listen is all I need for this round.
Take your time, let these albums sink in. I'm actually kind of regretting not doing an album roulette for mine. I'm finding it harder to judge things based on one song... Oh well, I'm gonna stick to it and besides I can always do an album roulette next time.
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Yeah, I'm trying to pay very close attention to every album and give the focus they deserve, especially because I don't want to disappoint people or offend them by not respecting albums they really like. It's amazing how helpful taking notes is when you try to remember details of an album after hearing it. Good thing I did that. To tide people over til I post the full list tonight, here are a few snippets of first impressions. Feel free to debate who they're describing.
- "This is wild, and more importantly, fresh to my ears. I fully expected to hate it, but ended up falling in love with it."
- "It's dripping with musical talent, but I got exhausted towards the end. There's just too much going on sometimes, as if the songs rarely know where they're going."
- "I feel grimy, like acid trip grimy, where you know you're clean, but still feel kind of... like you want to scrub something away that isn't there, it soaks into you."
- "I played this so loudly I was afraid the neighbors would call the cops or come banging on my door, and it still wasn't as loud as I wanted. This kicks serious ass."
We'll definitely have this wrapped up Sunday. I've been playing these albums nonstop since they were sent to me.
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Yeah, I don't think any of these applies to The Road of Bones. Kinda think the last one could be Rainbow Rising though, I always want to crank it up.
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Do not think any of those is mine either. Even though I'd disagree, the 2nd could be Thank You Scientist
Thinking one of the Riverside's could be the first?
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If the second one is TYS I'd be surprised especially with how straightforward the song structures are, sounds more like snarky puppy from what I know of them :corn
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I'm on the second listen now, so I'll share some brief excerpts of the writeups (which will be much longer and less cryptic when finished). But the first impressions were mostly good. I do want to stress that there isn't one bad album in the lot - I don't dislike any of them, but figuring out which will get past is going to be agonizing. And yes, these are mixed up and don't match the submission list :)
1. "Power metal needs to flirt with prog metal to remain fresh. This does exactly that."
2. "This is wild, and more importantly, fresh to my ears. I fully expected to hate it, but ended up falling in love with it."
3. "It's dripping with musical talent, but I got exhausted towards the end. There's just too much going on sometimes, as if the songs rarely know where they're going."
4. "The heavy riff moments remind me a lot of Tool, and I like this, but I don't like Tool. I'm confused."
5. "I feel grimy listening to parts of this, like acid trip grimy, where you know you're clean, but still feel kind of... like you want to scrub something away that isn't there, it soaks into you."
6. "Simply solid prog metal that doesn't bash you over the head letting you know they're good at their instrument or genre. It was actually fun and interesting."
7. "The guy's voice is still not my favorite - that sound isn't something I'm crazy about."
8. "It's pretty good at one kind of prog metal style, but it never seems to stray far away from that."
9. "I played this so loudly I was afraid the neighbors would call the cops or come banging on my door, and it still wasn't as loud as I wanted. This kicks serious ass."
10. "There's a cool, upbeat atmosphere throughout this album and I enjoyed that because it's a break from the typically gloomy atmosphere that a lot of prog seems to have."
11. "It was a real treat to experience this mostly relaxing work of art. I love every single thing about this."
12. "Spellbound from start to finish - I was actually happier after listening to this magical album. The Forum Fogeys know some damn good music."
13. "I was really hoping to get something completely different when I started the roulette, and this fits the bill. Brilliant pick out of left field."
14. "Little if any filler. Always end your album with a strong song - I wanted to replay this as soon as it ended."
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7. "The guy's voice is still not my favorite - that sound isn't something I'm crazy about."
Damn, I guess I'm gonna get cut :rollin
Claudio Sanchez is renound for having a voice like Marmite (love it or hate it). I know many people who hate Coheed and Cambria just because of his voice. I don't get it, I love his voice. Hope this isn't me :corn :corn :corn
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Hmm..I feel like four or five of these could apply to my album.
1. "Power metal needs to flirt with prog metal to remain fresh. This does exactly that."
Mystery
7. "The guy's voice is still not my favorite - that sound isn't something I'm crazy about."
Coheed
12. "Spellbound from start to finish - I was actually happier after listening to this magical album. The Forum Fogeys know some damn good music."
Rainbow
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I'm predicting/hoping I've got #12. It just seems to fit Mystery, and it doesn't fit any of the other fogey submissions.
Tim... have you ever listened to Mystery?? :rollin. Power metal they are not.
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I'm predicting/hoping I've got #12. It just seems to fit Mystery, and it doesn't fit any of the other fogey submissions.
Tim... have you ever listened to Mystery?? :rollin. Power metal they are not.
Appaerently not. :lol
Did they release an album last year? What band am I thinking of...? I thought the band's name was Mystery.
You wish it was 12..
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They had a live release last year.
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You wish it was 12..
Oh, it's 12... just ask your ole lady. :heybaby:
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12 seconds maybe..
It could easily be Rainbow.
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12 seconds maybe..
Still double what she normally gets.
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You wish it was 12..
Oh, it's 12... just ask your ole lady. :heybaby:
I tried and failed to suppress a laugh in the gym at this because of the emoji :rollin
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12 seconds maybe..
Still double what she normally gets.
:facepalm:
What's next, you gonna try and give me a wedgie? A noogie?
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12 seconds maybe..
Still double what she normally gets.
:facepalm:
What's next, you gonna try and give me a wedgie? A noogie?
Purple nurple!!
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1. no
2. maybe
3. dunno, hope not :lol
4. this is one of the riverside albums
5. dunno
6. probably the other riverside album
7. coheed, rip
8. no
9. also no
10. maybe?
11. definitely not :lol
12. and i'm not a fogey
13. maybe
14. maybe
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I really don't like Coheed's singer, his highs sound like a dying cat :P
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Can't say I've ever liked anything by C&C... except when it's Crown & Coke.
And Riverside does not float my boat at all - and I've given them about as many chances as I've given Haken.
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I'm on the second listen now, so I'll share some brief excerpts of the writeups (which will be much longer and less cryptic when finished). But the first impressions were mostly good. I do want to stress that there isn't one bad album in the lot - I don't dislike any of them, but figuring out which will get past is going to be agonizing. And yes, these are mixed up and don't match the submission list :)
1. "Power metal needs to flirt with prog metal to remain fresh. This does exactly that."
Ascendia (maybe possibly Myrath)
2. "This is wild, and more importantly, fresh to my ears. I fully expected to hate it, but ended up falling in love with it."
Snarky Puppy? Or Coheed and Cambria
3. "It's dripping with musical talent, but I got exhausted towards the end. There's just too much going on sometimes, as if the songs rarely know where they're going."
Could also be Snarky Puppy or Coheed. Could be ADHD... ish? Probably could be most of the bands on this list.
4. "The heavy riff moments remind me a lot of Tool, and I like this, but I don't like Tool. I'm confused."
Soen. Riverside may have some Tool-like moments, but I'd find it odd to say this about them when you haven Soen on your play list.
5. "I feel grimy listening to parts of this, like acid trip grimy, where you know you're clean, but still feel kind of... like you want to scrub something away that isn't there, it soaks into you."
No idea
6. "Simply solid prog metal that doesn't bash you over the head letting you know they're good at their instrument or genre. It was actually fun and interesting."
Could be Riverside, if you call them metal, or Sieges Even, if you call them metal, or Myrath or Ascendia, or... probably more
7. "The guy's voice is still not my favorite - that sound isn't something I'm crazy about."
I think this could be anything. True that Coheed vocals are known for being love or hate, but vocals are such a weird thing, for most of us I think. Coheed would be my first guess and then Thank You Scientist, but I really think any singer could fit the bill if Firewings just doesn't like him.
8. "It's pretty good at one kind of prog metal style, but it never seems to stray far away from that."
Ascendia would be my vote for this if they weren't also my vote for #1. (But I think again, most could fit here as well).
9. "I played this so loudly I was afraid the neighbors would call the cops or come banging on my door, and it still wasn't as loud as I wanted. This kicks serious ass."
No idea
10. "There's a cool, upbeat atmosphere throughout this album and I enjoyed that because it's a break from the typically gloomy atmosphere that a lot of prog seems to have."
Myrath maybe? Sieges Even could fit this, or someone could consider it totally the opposite.
11. "It was a real treat to experience this mostly relaxing work of art. I love every single thing about this."
IQ maybe. But I've heard Riverside, Fair to Midland, and Sieges Even referred to as relaxing sometimes
12. "Spellbound from start to finish - I was actually happier after listening to this magical album. The Forum Fogeys know some damn good music."
I don't know who the fogeys are. Rainbow will be my default guess.
13. "I was really hoping to get something completely different when I started the roulette, and this fits the bill. Brilliant pick out of left field."
Snarky Puppy seems the most left field to me. I'm not familiar with Mystery, but I don't think they would fit that description; a random snippet that I listened to remind me a lot of Rush.
14. "Little if any filler. Always end your album with a strong song - I wanted to replay this as soon as it ended."
Could be anything
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oh yeah totally forgot about Soen, that's #4 for sure
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Remember, I have weird opinions... sometimes. :hat
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:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
Remember, I have weird opinions... sometimes. :hat
Oh I'm fully aware of your weird opinions. :)
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I'm getting cut for sure :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :vomitard: :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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I have the best opinions as demonstrated in the Kamelot, Rush, and Angra threads. And eventually this one! :biggrin:
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No. 12 is surely Mystery, it fits it very well. I'm hoping mine is No. 9
We'll see..... :corn
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I have the best opinions as demonstrated in the Kamelot, Rush, and Angra threads. And eventually this one! :biggrin:
You at least like Angra, so that's really all that matters there. :)
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I'm hoping mine is No. 9
We'll see..... :corn
You could be 8 or 14 too.
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Some of you are dead-on balls accurate with your guesses. Some are dead wrong. :lol
It was surprisingly easy to determine what needed more listens and what did not. 5 of them are automatically on my 'to buy' list, so they're very safe. 3 are on shaky ground and deserve more listens. There's going to unfortunately be one cut that I just don't want to make...
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Oh, only one cut? I thought, as there are like 14 of us, you'd be cutting 4 or 5? I feel a lot more confident now :rollin
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Oh, only one cut? I thought, as there are like 14 of us, you'd be cutting 4 or 5? I feel a lot more confident now :rollin
Oh no. I mean 3 are on shaky ground and are likely to be cut, but I'm going to give them more listens than the ones that automatically blew my mind in case they're growers and my mind changes. The last 1 getting cut (to bring the participants down to 10) is going to be a tough call because the rest are all so damn good. :|
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Yea, that makes sense. So I'm back to feeling less confident :lol
I feel confident in the music but I know how Claudio's voice divides opinion. Looking forward to results
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I agree that #12 is probably Mystery, not Rainbow. "Spellbound from start to finish" is something I could see being said about this album. I fell asleep while listening to it on the train, though, but I blame the fact I only had three hours of sleep previous night. I liked what I've heard.
If it wasn't for C&C, I might've thought the voice tidbit was for IQ, but come on, it's definitely C&C. :lol
#10 (the upbeat one) is probably Sieges Even.
Kinda hope the IQ one is #14. I'm not sure anything else fits.
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12 seconds maybe..
Still double what she normally gets.
:facepalm:
What's next, you gonna try and give me a wedgie? A noogie?
Purple nurple!!
I swear to god, I read TAC's post and thought "PURPLE NURPLE!" then 8 seconds later, Jingle delivers as if on cue. :) This place is awesome.
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Oh, I knew it was coming.
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:lol
Chad, You must to a Stan Smith imitation.
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Who is Stan Smith?
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Got a ton more listening in today. Write-ups Sunday evening, I'm confident about the results now but want to have the weekend to ruminate on the writeups. SOON
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Who is Stan Smith?
American Dad tv show.
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Got a ton more listening in today. Write-ups Sunday evening, I'm confident about the results now but want to have the weekend to ruminate on the writeups. SOON
:corn :corn :corn
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can't wait to Die on sunday :corn
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
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Yesterday I listened to both Riverside albums and time for a weird opinion of my own - I feel both uplifted by them and that I could totally see playing them loud enough for the cops to come. :) I'm still going with Sieges Even or Myrath for my guess for the uplifting album though.
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
I know, just trying to explore my inner Parama.
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
I know, just trying to explore my inner Parama.
Yeah, that Ostura album is awesome.
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can't wait to Die on sunday :corn
:corn
Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
:corn :corn :corn
Yesterday I listened to both Riverside albums and time for a weird opinion of my own - I feel both uplifted by them and that I could totally see playing them loud enough for the cops to come. :) I'm still going with Sieges Even or Myrath for my guess for the uplifting album though.
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
I know, just trying to explore my inner Parama.
:hat
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
I know, just trying to explore my inner Parama.
:rollin :rollin
I just spun it again this afternoon... damn, gonna have to be some kickass album to supplant it as AOTY.
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Yup, time to enjoy my last few moments in this roulette...
I don't think you have any reason to fret.
I know, just trying to explore my inner Parama.
:rollin :rollin
I just spun it again this afternoon... damn, gonna have to be some kickass album to supplant it as AOTY.
It's currently sitting as my #1 for the year. Followed somewhat closely by the new Orphaned Land.
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Lots of love for it, apparently. I just revisted Lonestar's thread to see what I wrote about it. Seems I found where J Boy got his shiny new sig. :lol
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Lots of love for it, apparently. I just revisted Lonestar's thread to see what I wrote about it. Seems I found where J Boy got his shiny new sig. :lol
:rollin :rollin I thought you knew!
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I actually didn't. After I posted, and read RJ's response, I left the circle jerk.
I saw your sig the other day and laughed my ass off.
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I don't fully get the love for this Ostura album, to be honest. It's a good one, and there are some great tracks, but it's not that outstanding, in my opinion.
Then again, the only 2018 albums I listened to are The Room and Firepower, so what do I know. :lol
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You know that Firepower is better. That's what you know.
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Oh, tomorrow is going to be so fun. Not being familiar with most of your tastes (I think only 2 of you I have any idea of what you like), this is a neat position to be in :lol
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Oh, tomorrow is going to be so fun. Not being familiar with most of your tastes (I think only 2 of you I have any idea of what you like), this is a neat position to be in :lol
It was an honor to participate in your roulette.... :corn
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Oh, tomorrow is going to be so fun. Not being familiar with most of your tastes (I think only 2 of you I have any idea of what you like), this is a neat position to be in :lol
It was an honor to participate in your roulette.... :corn
Expecting a revenge elimination?
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Oh, tomorrow is going to be so fun. Not being familiar with most of your tastes (I think only 2 of you I have any idea of what you like), this is a neat position to be in :lol
It was an honor to participate in your roulette.... :corn
Expecting a revenge elimination?
I hadn't even thought of that. It's possible. :facepalm:
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I don't fully get the love for this Ostura album, to be honest. It's a good one, and there are some great tracks, but it's not that outstanding, in my opinion.
Then again, the only 2018 albums I listened to are The Room and Firepower, so what do I know. :lol
Agreed. It's solid, but nothing particularly special IMO.
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i still haven't listened to it but ev is the expert on that style of symphonic/prog metal so i'm going in with lowered expectations whenever i do get around to it
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i still haven't listened to it but ev is the expert on that style of symphonic/prog metal so i'm going in with lowered expectations whenever i do get around to it
Don't worry... you'll hate it.
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It's Sunday ....
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Going over them one last time to check all the boxes. Results sooner than expected. Gimme a couple hours.
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Going over them one last time to check all the boxes. Results sooner than expected. Gimme a couple hours.
But that's like forever!
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my :soon: is ready
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First, thanks to everybody for participating. Everyone has shown me something I liked, even on the ones that ranked lowest or even when it sounds like I'm nitpicking. I wouldn't mind buying any of these albums for my collection. Some of them I think are growers, but after multiple listens just didn't rank high enough to continue. To the bottom 4: thanks for playing, and in one instance making me a little more open minded about an artist I wasn't particularly keen on listening to. To the other 10: you have 48 hours to send your next album. Remember, no themes, only tasty music.
This was a lot of work to type up and format it properly so I really hope everything is where it should be and looks good.
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1. IQ - The Road of Bones
sent by Evermind
2014; progressive rock/metal
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I've heard of IQ for years and I'm kicking myself now for never checking them out. I was very happy listening to this album. The softness, the lack of heavy songwriting, it was simply mesmerizing. The best moments on this album are when it is as soft and unintrusive as possible, but even the heavier and upbeat moments are breathtaking. With the really long tracks, I always hoped they'd keep going. I never wanted them to end. I'm convinced everybody has some albums that just resonate with them on a deeper level, and that is what this album is for me. I love every single thing about this, from the fantastic vocals ("and when I throw my weight around" and "as I walk the road of bones" just won't get out of my head) to the shimmering synths and everything in between. Lovely keyboard work, the title track is just perfect in every way with its spacey nature. I love that this band takes its time and is never in a hurry just to get to a heavy riff section. The last track actually brought tears to my eyes. This is a true work of art and I am so happy to have been introduced to this. I did not listen to the second disc because it was the length of another album, but I absolutely will when the roulette is over. 9.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: The Road of Bones, Without Walls, Until The End
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2. Mystery - The World Is A Game
sent by jingle.boy
2012; progressive rock
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This is, in a word, enchanting. There's a cool atmosphere to the entire record, and this is the kind of prog rock I enjoy. It has its odd meters and cool instrumental parts, but it's not unnecessarily complex or busy. It's got groove, sense of melody, emotional lyrics and singing - I can't think of anything I dislike about this record. This is what Rush would've continued to sound like if they had continued down the Hemispheres path, I think. I never found myself checking the time or being anxious for it to end, even in the 19 minute epic "Another Day" - I just wanted this album to continue playing. What I really enjoy is that the singing - his voice, the lyrics, the melodies - really speaks to me. When he shouts out, "Pride / How does it feel to cry? / How does it feel to have to hide?" it hits my heart. This is taking 3 parts Rush and blending it with 1 parts Dream Theater, Pink Floyd, and Marillion. The 'fogeys' know their music. Spellbound from start to finish - I was actually happier after listening to this magical album. Jingle came out guns blazing and hit every mark with this one. 9.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Pride; Dear Someone; The World Is A Game
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3. Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating by the Stars
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
2005; progressive metal
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Oh, now this was a fun one. You know what I like about prog metal? These guys. There's always room for the bass to pop in, which adds so much to a song and I love it. There isn't much in the way of sludgy, super low guitar riffs, either - it's always doing something interesting in terms of keeping melody or playing a melodic riff, I really enjoy that. I hear some Yes influence hear and there, although I don't listen to Yes - the 'doo doos' in particular. I really enjoy the singer's voice, it's kind of midrange but has this smooth quality that complements the vibe of the music they're playing. I don't feel weighed down by this music and I love it, it's almost carefree at times and I feel like I can see the members having fun with it, like the middle section of Stigmata. There's a wise choice in planting that track in the middle of the album because to me it's the most fun song on the album and it helped with the album's flow. Blue Wide Open has some gorgeous guitars, lovely Spanish guitar style in there. Another band I've heard few people talk about. Perhaps I've been in the wrong corners of the Internet my whole life. Simply put, it's solid prog metal (rock?) that doesn't bash you over the head letting you know they're good at their instrument or genre. It was actually fun and interesting and every time I've finished it I wanted to go back and play it again, which is good because this still demands more spins to digest it all. 9.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: The Weight; Stigmata; Blue Wide Open
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4. Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places
sent by Parama
2012; progressive rock
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I fully expected to hate this, and instead I fell in love with it. I've never heard anything quite like this before. It's wild and fresh. The first track mislead me with a soothing choir arrangement, but then it does a 180. The peppy guitars, the horns, the incredibly... odd? voice of the singer, I initially did detest this. But there was something about it that grew on me. The singer's voice, in a normal rock/metal context, would annoy the hell out of me. In this music, though, this strangely upbeat but kind of heavy music but with horns, it somehow works. He even sounds tough sometimes, but the songs never sound angry or sad. I have no idea if this is prog or something else, but whatever it is, I can't get it out of my head. There's a crazy, positive vibe to these songs and lots of modern flourishes. It's such a welcome change from the typical gloomy, heavy vibe that permeates so much prog music I've heard. I didn't get bored with this album at all, and I crave more like it. It's simultaneously simpler but stranger than almost anything else in this round without sounding contrived. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: A Salesman's Guide to Non-Existence; Suspicious Waveforms; My Famed Disappearing Act
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5. Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition
sent by Tomislav95
2009; progressive metal
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First, this gets closer to the sweet spot with prog metal for me. I'm a little tired of hour-long (or more) albums, and this is only 44 minutes, that really does make a difference. The whole thing makes me think of Tool meets Katatonia meets Steven Wilson meets... something else? The section around 3:00 in Egoist Hedonist sounds like game show metal, which isn't good or bad, just a funny observation. The synth work on this album is absolutely delightful and adds to the trippy atmosphere of this album. The overall vibe makes me think of Katatonia on psychedelics. I feel grimy listening to parts of this. I don't expect anybody else to relate to this, but it makes me feel grimy in the sense of an acid trip, and by that I mean I know I'm clean and there's nothing to worry about, but the music seems to permeate my soul and make me feel... heady. That's the word, heady. The synth leads are gorgeous and have this bite to them that thickens up the already aggressive guitars. I enjoyed this a lot more than Second Life Syndrome because it's more concise, trippier, and uses some really cool rhythms and scales. It's less doom and gloom than Second Life Syndrome, yet somehow darker in ways I just can't properly put into words. The last song is really, really freaking good, I can't get enough of that. There are almost Ayreon-like vibes with the synth work; it reminds me of preset patch rhythms on my old MicroKorg that tend to pop up in Ayreon's music. This one got better with each replay. This is the side of Riverside I greatly enjoy. The way the album begins is one of my favorite beginnings of any of the submissions this round. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Hyperactive, Egoist Hedonist, Hybrid Times
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6. Fair To Midland - Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True
sent by home
2007; progressive rock(?)
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Oh, this is a cool album. From the get-go it has this cool air, a kind of groove that I can get down with. I like the keys - since I can play, I can see in my head the keyboardist's hands dancing in patterns I enjoy playing, and the vocalist has this amazing ability to do all sorts of different styles, plus he has a respectable range which I find impressive. I dig a lot of the melodic choices made on this album a lot. There's just something inherently captivating about the songwriting, it speaks to me. There's a really chill, upbeat atmosphere over the whole album. I enjoyed that because again, it's a break from the typically gloomy atmosphere a lot of prog metal tends to have (this is a very big sticking point for me). At times it reminds me of Thank You Scientist in that way, but not as wacky, and with its own identity. I'm huge on vocalists and again, this guy adds so much to help the songs stand out from other bands. This one helped one work day in particular go by quickly this week, and I've found it super fun to play at the gym. I'm keeping my eye on this band for future listening excursions, because I really enjoyed this record. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Dance of the Manatee; The Wife, the Kids, and the White Picket Fence; Walls of Jericho
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7. Rainbow - Rising
sent by Stadler
300 B.C. 1976; hard rock/heavy metal
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What can I say about this that hasn't been said for the last 40 years? I've always wanted to check out Rainbow but for some reason just never did. This is something else, though. Hooked immediately with that kickass synth solo at the start of Tarot Woman. The production added some strangely charming quality to this album; once I cranked it loudly, I could hear very subtle details in the playing of each instrument, and it sounds so real. This is the one I cranked so loudly I feared the neighbors calling the cops. Something about how straightforward the whole album is gets to me. It doesn't need a thousand layers. It doesn't have to do a whole lot of revolutionary songwriting. There are a couple songs here that are, frankly, by the numbers, but they're done so well with so much conviction that I found myself singing along after the first listen, it stuck on my brain that much. Best of all, it's only 33 minutes. Even Stargazer is just as long as it needs to be, and let me tell you, finally playing that on some quality speakers as opposed to FM radio was a fun experience. Dio is considered the godfather of power metal and for good reason: I regret not hearing this album when I was younger. Fun fact, so far this is the only one I have bought. I found a copy of this at the record store yesterday, snatched it up, and cranked the bastard all the way down the highway home. No filler, no over the top bullshit, just rock and f'ing roll, like it should be! 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Tarot Woman, Do You Close Your Eyes, Stargazer
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8. Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner, Vol. 1
sent by Sacul
2013; jazz fusion
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I was really hoping to get something completely different when I started the roulette, and this fits the bill. Brilliant pick out of left field from Sacul. Jazz? Fusion? A bunch of other stuff? This is a musical smorgasbord. And it's live! I hardly believed it at first. I want to compare this with a studio album of theirs, because they are super tight live from the sound of this album. The singing is so good, though, it has to be the star of this album. Amour T'es La and I'm Not The One in particular got my attention. I've been trying to branch out of rock and metal for a long time and this is another great example of stuff I dig big time. This was actually the last album I listened to in this round, but it quickly became one of the better ones. The only reason it doesn't score higher is because it isn't a studio album and the writing credits on Spotify show them going to a bunch of different people, so I'm kind of in the dark on who wrote the songs, who's actually in the group, and what they sound like in the studio. But honestly, this is superb coming right out of left field. 8.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Amour Te's La, Turned Away, I'm Not The One
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9. Myrath - Legacy
sent by ariich
2016; progressive metal
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At first, this album didn't click with me. The first half is good, but the second half is where it really shines. This is a great one. The back half is loaded with some real killer tunes, this is some epic prog-power metal without trying to do too much all the time. I really, really like the singer, because he elevates the band: he has just the right amount of power and emotion when it's called for, and his melismas - singing the same syllable across many notes - remind me of Orphaned Land, in a good way. Wasn't expecting several things like the brief electronic moments or the jaunty piano on Endure the Silence, but those were really cool to hear. There's variety, but not so much that it's overwhelming. Huge songs, sincere music. I spun this three times, and it demands more, so I'll be returning to this for sure in the future. There's little if any filler, maybe it could've been a couple songs shorter at most. Always end your album with a strong song, because I wanted to replay this as soon as it ended - Other Side is a fantastic closer and a good summary of what this album is like in my opinion. 8.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Believer, I Want To Die, Other Side
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10. Riverside - Second Life Syndrome
sent by Lethean
2005; progressive metal
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Do these guys know what happiness is? This is a very gloomy, depressing record, from the very beginning with the miserable spoken words. This has some kind of energy to it I'm finding hard to describe. It's like Katatonia with Steven Wilson but not quite either of them. The singer is bland and is my least favorite part of this album because he just sounds like he doesn't want to be there, like he's not interested. Jonas Renske Syndrome, I jokingly call it. That said, I really dig the way he transitions smoothly from clean singing into angry shouting, he does that well. Other than the singer, this album rocks. It has this energetic but serene vibe, like Mikael Akerfeldt and Steven Wilson making musical magic together. I like how there are times when the guitars are simply allowed to breathe, like at the start of Second Life Syndrome. Several moments remind me of Tool, like (again) in the title track about 10 minutes in. When the riffs get heavy, I kind of lose interest, but they pull me back in sometimes with great synth work (Reality Dream III for example). This album is way too long and a little too bleak, but I've enjoyed it more with each repeat listen, so perhaps my quibbles with the singer will subside in the future. Lots of moments on this album I enjoy, but I wish they had trimmed the fat. It's way too long for something this bleak, but when it slows down (I wish all of Dance with the Shadows was like its beginning), it is something beautiful. (I initially said this reminded me of Tool, but on repeat listens, I could hear more differences.) 8.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Conceiving You; Second Life Syndrome; Reality Dream III
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11. Coheed and Cambria - Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume Two: No World For Tomorrow
sent by twosuitsluke
2007; progressive rock
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You know, the overarching concept is cool in theory... but it doesn't do anything for me, sadly. Reading up on this concept that links Coheed and Cambria's albums together, I was expecting some super epic rock opera. Unfortunately, for as complex and sprawling as the sci-fi story is, I don't get any of that out of the music. I hear standard pop-rock/metal with little else. So, while I tried to dig the concept, I just couldn't stay interested at all in it. Now, just playing them at work and at the gym, this was a really fun album. Songs like Feathers are awesome, fun and catchy and that's where the singer's voice shines for me, it's a highlight of the album. The lack of keyboards really hurts though - with 13 tracks, I was really expecting some artsy synth work to help prop up such a weighty concept. The guitars that open The Fall of House Atlantic are really cool, though, and stand out, but I wish that track was a bit longer. Radio Bye Bye is a fun tune, but is almost a carbon copy of everything else on the album. Overall, it's a fairly homogeneous album that plays it safe and doesn't experiment nearly as much as I would like, but I enjoy it more on repeat listens especially in active situations for me like work or the gym. The guy's voice is still not my favorite, that sound isn't something I'm crazy about, but he fits the music. I would not be opposed to hearing more of them. This album was the toughest one to decide to cut, and if there weren't so many other awesome albums submitted this round, it may have stuck around. 7.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Feathers; Gravemakers & Gunslingers; The Road and the Damned
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12. Ascendia - The Lion and the Jester
sent by TAC
2015; progressive power metal
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I wondered with some amusement while listening to this whether or not Tac read my disposition towards power metal. This was a risky submission. I've said recently that power metal needs to flirt with prog metal ideas (whatever you define those as) to remain fresh and interesting. This includes just enough to not go in radical directions but enough to keep me a little interested. But that's it - only a little. On repeat listens I found myself getting antsy and wanting it to wrap up early, because I think there are a few too many songs here. Now, on one hand, this is way better than almost all the power metal I have tried listening to the last few years. I am very picky about power metal vocals, and I actually really like this guy's voice, so that adds to my enjoyment. At the end of the day, though, I feel like I've heard this a hundred times, no matter how polished it might be. It's good, but not good enough to pull me back into the genre. It's a serviceable album for the gym, and I'd like to follow up with this band later to see if they do some proggier stuff. 7.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: At the End of It All; Remember Me; The Song That You Deserved
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13. Soen - Lykaia
sent by Train of Naught
2017; progressive metal
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I'm seeing this band at ProgPower later this year, so this was a surprisingly apt choice. Unfortunately, while it's pretty good at one kind of prog metal style, it never seems to stray far away from that. It definitely sounds like Opeth in lots of ways, from the vocals to some of the riffs - Orison reminds me of Blackwater Park riffs at times - and it even sounds quite a bit like Tool. Unfortunately, every song sounds pretty similar to one another, and there's nothing here that really stands out from any other band doing this style of prog metal. By the third spin, I got kind of tired and would check how far along I was - always at the halfway mark. It's good, certainly not bad, but very same-y and there isn't much that screams "unique" to me. I feel like I've heard this before, despite not being hugely knowledgeable on prog metal. I think I will enjoy hearing this live more. For what it's worth, I recall hearing their first album once way back when, and despite my complaints with this, I think Lykaia is far superior, so I'm definitely going to keep an eye on these guys. I like them more when they aren't playing heavy riffs. I'm ready to experience their live show now... 7.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Lucidity; Opal; Paragon
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14. Ostura - The Room
sent by lonestar
2018; symphonic progressive metal
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I'm probably going to get hate for this, but I was really let down with this. There is way too much going on in almost every song. They can't seem to just stick to one idea and develop that. It's dripping with musical talent, but I got exhausted towards the end. There's just too much going on, as if the songs rarely know where they're going. Both of the singers meander around the melodies and nothing sticks; riffs come and go; orchestrations are shoved everywhere without any focus on making a memorable song. Every song seems to ebb and flow with the rhythm and tempo, and the album is already 74 minutes, so every song ends up sounding like each other. Each musician proves themselves capable, there are some impressive solos, some incredible vocal moments like at the end of Escape, and this is insanely good from a technical point of view, but I think this album embodies the word 'overhyped' unfortunately. I wanted to like it, I really did, but it's just too much for a concept that I don't really find compelling - after four spins, every time the album ends, I immediately forget which song is which... Less is more. But who knows - I can tell blood, sweat, and tears went into this album, so perhaps over time it'll grow on me. I haven't written them off entirely, but this album is a miss for me. 6.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Escape; Only One; Deathless
Scores
1. Evermind - 9.5
2. jingle.boy - 9.5
3. Puppies_On_Acid - 9.0
4. Parama - 8.5
5. Tomislav95 - 8.5
6. home - 8.5
7. Stadler - 8.5
8. Sacul - 8.0
9. ariich - 8.0
10. Lethean - 8.0
11. twosuitsluke - 7.0
12. TAC - 7.0
13. Train of Naught - 7.0
14. lonestar - 6.5
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Peace bitches... Happy enough that my favorite band won the round.
Based on the writeups, it'd be criminal if someone didn't send Marillion... Just saying...
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I want to stress that NOBODY sent a 'bad' album. Ostura is simply too grandiose for my taste, but I certainly don't think it is a bad album. Just not for me (I do like to emphasize the difference between something not gelling with me, and something that is genuinely subpar). Thanks for playing, lonestar. :)
Now I'm gonna go get some desperately needed fresh air. Hit me with what you got for round 2, ya'll.
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If I had thoroughly read your OP, I would've never sent Ostura. I just sent. :lol
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If I had thoroughly read your OP, I would've never sent Ostura. I just sent. :lol
I'll admit it's extremely long, but that's why I bolded everything :rollin You at least sent me something I was already interested in hearing, though!
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7. Rainbow - Rising
sent by Stadler
300 B.C. 1976; hard rock/heavy metal
:rollin :rollin
Ostura last ... da fuq? And damn... two fogey's down. You and me gotta carry the torch Stads.
Glad to come out all :huckleberry: though.
Will send later tonight ... I know exactly what the play is.
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Gonna have to update the J Boy vs TAC standings.
Have fun, boys!
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Probably shouldn't have gone with such a 'safe' album, just not suuper familiar with you and your tastes :-[
The show should be awesome. When I saw them, they faded out on a heavy version of the Jinn outro, lit incense candles, and came back with the original outro. Love the spirituality in their music and that really came to the forefront at that point. Glad TYS, Snarky Puppy and Fair to Midland made it through too :metal good luck to all the others
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Probably shouldn't have gone with such a 'safe' album, just not suuper familiar with you and your tastes :-[
The show should be awesome. When I saw them, they faded out on a heavy version of the Jinn outro, lit incense candles, and came back with the original outro. Love the spirituality in their music and that really came to the forefront at that point. Glad TYS, Snarky Puppy and Fair to Midland made it through too :metal good luck to all the others
One reason I feel bad cutting people is because there were more people who signed up than I ever expected, and if this wasn't an album roulette I probably would've done a penalty-free first round, then the real eliminations later, but I didn't want to burn myself out by the end of eliminations with so many albums - so anyone who unfortunately got axed didn't really get a chance to test the waters. From what you say, their live show will be really cool.
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What sucks is that seeing IQ and Mystery at 1 and 2, I got about twenty bands of similar caliber to send...
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I'm not even mad that my album finished 3rd to The Road of Bones and The World is a Game, those are both fantastic albums. Glad you enjoyed mine too. Definitely check out their last album called Paramount once the roulette is over. I'll be sending something later today for the official first round. Question - Did you remove the time constraint? You just don't want any 2 disc albums right?
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we in there boys :metal
now it's time to send the weird/bad stuff
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As I was scrolling, I feared I had gotten the axe, but glad I'm still in. Don't mind that Anno Domini scoring higher than my album, it's a fantastic record and I agree, Hybrid Times is :2metal: .
Snarky Puppy are mostly a live band, haven't tried their studio records yet, but they don't have many, and each live album is very different from each other, not having the same setlist at all. Check We Like it Here, it's mostly instrumental, and has fantastic vibes, grooves, comfy mood, and lots of fun songs.
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Glad you enjoyed Riverside, and I don't care that you liked ADHD better - that album is incredible. It is by far their heaviest album though - so while I definitely think you should check out their whole discography, just realize that the rest isn't as metal as ADHD. But it's all fantastic. As I think I said in the Riverside thread, I don't think they've made a bad song. Glad you called out some of the guitar work - Piotr was really special and watching him live, you could tell that he really felt what he was playing.
About the vocals - first, being compared to Jonas Renkse is an incredible compliment as far as I'm concerned. :) I know you didn't mean it that way, but it is. Aside from that, I do think it's likely his voice will grow on you. It worked that way for me, big time. I thought they were just kinda there, and at the time was also looking for something heavier, but something kept drawing me back to that album. At some point I came to really like his voice and I think it's a perfect fit for the music.
From here on out, I'm just sending you what I like. I'm not concerned with winning, just sharing what I love, though obviously I won't send something I think you'll hate.
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i'm gonna send a balance of what i like & what i expect to do well, fortunately i picked out an album for round 1 that definitely hits the first box & should hit the second just fine as well :metal
can't believe this band wasn't banned actually, probably would've sent them for round 0 if i'd realized but i mean i don't regret sending TYS
though, fair warning, despite the fact that it will not score well, i'm sending The Apologist in the final round if i make it to the final round
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I think there are no more eliminations. In that case, my goal is to send stuff that doesn't fall into any kind of rock or metal till the end :P
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Second Life Syndrome is my favorite but ADHD is more :metal and I figure maybe you'd like it better. And also, SLS is over 60 minutes long :lol
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What sucks is that seeing IQ and Mystery at 1 and 2, I got about twenty bands of similar caliber to send...
That's what happens when ya go with your heart, and not your head. And given you're at the top of the leaderboard, give the rest of us a chance for (another) victory. ;D
If it's any consolation, your #1 in my books. Seriously, of the DTF influenced music in my library, you're easily the biggest culprit to the demise of my retirement savings.
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If it's any consolation, your #1 in my books. Seriously, of the DTF influenced music in my library, you're easily the biggest culprit to the demise of my retirement savings.
Jeesh J Boy!
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If it's any consolation, your #1 in my books. Seriously, of the DTF influenced music in my library, you're easily the biggest culprit to the demise of my retirement savings.
Jeesh J Boy!
Don't feel left out.... Mrs TAC is #2 in my books. :heybaby:
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What sucks is that seeing IQ and Mystery at 1 and 2, I got about twenty bands of similar caliber to send...
Just think of it as a missed opportunity and keep an eye out for future roulettes. I'd love to do this again because this is reigniting my passion for finding and listening to new music in a big way, and I have no doubt those who got cut have plenty of other awesome stuff to pick from.
I'm not even mad that my album finished 3rd to The Road of Bones and The World is a Game, those are both fantastic albums. Glad you enjoyed mine too. Definitely check out their last album called Paramount once the roulette is over. I'll be sending something later today for the official first round. Question - Did you remove the time constraint? You just don't want any 2 disc albums right?
Correct. Do not send me double albums, but the time limit is gone. Evermind touched on this with IQ. There are two discs on The Road of Bones, but he specified the first disc specifically, whereas the second disc was a bunch of extra tracks to make a 2-disc album. I would've accepted either disc but not both. Or, if I wasn't a Symphony X fan, if someone sent the 1-CD version of Iconoclast I'd take it, or either disc of the 2-CD special set. But if you submit something like an Ayreon album, for example, where both discs are required for the full experience/understanding of a given concept, you might want to rethink. Does that make sense? I hope so. I just don't want to get 1 half of a concept album to judge, y'know?
Snarky Puppy are mostly a live band, haven't tried their studio records yet, but they don't have many, and each live album is very different from each other, not having the same setlist at all. Check We Like it Here, it's mostly instrumental, and has fantastic vibes, grooves, comfy mood, and lots of fun songs.
Very cool. Snarky Puppy is definitely a group I'm going to dive into. I liked how different it was from everything else, but also the chops on display were extraordinary. Just a delight from start to finish, I was actually listening to the whole thing again while I put the finishing touches on the write-ups this morning.
About the vocals - first, being compared to Jonas Renkse is an incredible compliment as far as I'm concerned. :) I know you didn't mean it that way, but it is. Aside from that, I do think it's likely his voice will grow on you. It worked that way for me, big time. I thought they were just kinda there, and at the time was also looking for something heavier, but something kept drawing me back to that album. At some point I came to really like his voice and I think it's a perfect fit for the music.
I think Jonas works well for Katatonia, but I really don't enjoy when artists seem to channel his vibe and style, even unintentionally. It just sounds like the guy doesn't want to be there. I'll relate it to the last Sonata Arctica album, which, although a completely different style, has Tony Kakko just kind of murmuring his way through each song like he's bored and tired and really couldn't care less. I crave energetic vocals. "Thank You Scientist" really turned me around on the guy's voice in that aspect: at first I couldn't stand him, but the more I listened and heard his powerful singing and inventive melodies, I dug it.
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i'm gonna send a balance of what i like & what i expect to do well, fortunately i picked out an album for round 1 that definitely hits the first box & should hit the second just fine as well :metal
can't believe this band wasn't banned actually, probably would've sent them for round 0 if i'd realized but i mean i don't regret sending TYS
though, fair warning, despite the fact that it will not score well, i'm sending The Apologist in the final round if i make it to the final round
No eliminations from here on out - I didn't want to cut more than I had to, because I want to find as much music as possible. So it's pretty much bragging rights. If I don't come up with an idea for the final round within the next 2 or 3 rounds, then yeah, it'll just be for fun, whoever wins.
I haven't checked my PMs yet so I don't know what's been sent but I'll look tonight, got some chores to do that got put off since Friday :lol
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What sucks is that seeing IQ and Mystery at 1 and 2, I got about twenty bands of similar caliber to send...
I'll finally see both bands for the first time in October. RJ got me into IQ.
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What sucks is that seeing IQ and Mystery at 1 and 2, I got about twenty bands of similar caliber to send...
I'll finally see both bands for the first time in October. RJ got me into IQ.
Seen IQ, though that was twenty years ago, so I'm more than primed for another shot. Really hoping to make Progstock happen. As much as I'd like to see Mystery and Enchant, they pale in comparison to IQ and the delightful young lady that lives about 15 minutes from the venue.
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Hey, no pressure. The Queen loves, loves, love The Road Of Bones.
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The delightful young lady is the most important meet.
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Apparently Sieges Even had the Holzwarth brothers involved with them. I should have known that given my raging hard-on for Rhapsody and Blind Guardian. D'oh.
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Apparently Sieges Even had the Holzwarth brothers involved with them. I should have known that given my raging hard-on for Rhapsody and Blind Guardian. D'oh.
Yeah, I was going to mention that in the PM I sent you, but I knew you would figure it out eventually. They are one of my favorite bassist and drummer combos.
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I've overplayed those 2 Sieges Even albums from the 2000's. Their amazing.
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About the vocals - first, being compared to Jonas Renkse is an incredible compliment as far as I'm concerned. :) I know you didn't mean it that way, but it is. Aside from that, I do think it's likely his voice will grow on you. It worked that way for me, big time. I thought they were just kinda there, and at the time was also looking for something heavier, but something kept drawing me back to that album. At some point I came to really like his voice and I think it's a perfect fit for the music.
I think Jonas works well for Katatonia, but I really don't enjoy when artists seem to channel his vibe and style, even unintentionally. It just sounds like the guy doesn't want to be there. I'll relate it to the last Sonata Arctica album, which, although a completely different style, has Tony Kakko just kind of murmuring his way through each song like he's bored and tired and really couldn't care less. I crave energetic vocals. "Thank You Scientist" really turned me around on the guy's voice in that aspect: at first I couldn't stand him, but the more I listened and heard his powerful singing and inventive melodies, I dug it.
I didn't really listen to the last Sonata album that much; would have to go back to it to really comment on the vocals. But Mariusz isn't bored or uninterested or wanting to be somewhere else - he's the main song writer in the band, and I think the emotion he puts into really comes through. That being said, it took me a bit to get to that point; you hypothesized that it might take some time to grow on you as well, and I think that's quite likely. I also don't really think he sounds much like Jonas. I put him more in a category of singing - that are definitely less energetic - like maybe Steven Wilson, Peter Gabriel, one of the Pink Floyd singers, etc. I don't think they all sound like each other, but they fit in a grouping in my head. Whereas Jonas Renkse - I'd be closer to putting him in that category a more "energetic" category, but really I think of him off on his own, because his delivery to me is really different. Others may (and probably do) disagree with that.
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Well shit, I expected better than that for one of my top #10 albums of all time :lol
Good luck to everyone who's still in this thing and I'll be following along.
I would've been interested to know where I would've ranked if I'd sent Coheed and Cambria's best album, instead of just the best one that was under 60 minutes. I know Coheed are kind of an all or nothing sort of band but I really thought this would be a shoe in.
I can't argue with some of the albums sent in this round though, some great stuff (Riverside, TYS, FtM and Soen).
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The competition was fierce for round 1. I really don't know how I hadn't heard of most of these groups before. Just that first round was super eye opening. For what it's worth luke, I played a bit of that Coheed album at the gym earlier today and it was pretty good for that sort of situation. Even the Ostura album has stuff I like about it, and I would like to own that too because it's high quality music with cool art (plus I've already heard it several times, so I really should buy it).
I have 4 submissions so far, a couple I'm surprised weren't sent at the start.
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Well shit, I expected better than that for one of my top #10 albums of all time :lol
Good luck to everyone who's still in this thing and I'll be following along.
I would've been interested to know where I would've ranked if I'd sent Coheed and Cambria's best album, instead of just the best one that was under 60 minutes. I know Coheed are kind of an all or nothing sort of band but I really thought this would be a shoe in.
I can't argue with some of the albums sent in this round though, some great stuff (Riverside, TYS, FtM and Soen).
honestly i think this (or maybe one of the afterman albums) would've been the best picks for katt, just that the vocals wouldn't ever be his thing :lol
and i was surprised my pick for round 1 wasn't sent last round like i said, it's a fairly popular DTF band
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There's an example of my inconsistency at work. I like the guy in Thank You Scientist but not Coheed, and I think Axl Rose and Randy Newman have wonderful voices. :lol
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to be fair, in 15 years coheed has never produced a hook as good as feed the horses has
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Dunno what to send tbh, prob some trip-hop or electronic shit :P
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portishead - dummy
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I'm tempted but it will probably bore him, that record is an acquired fine taste :hat
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Party on, Garth. :hefdaddy
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There's an example of my inconsistency at work. I like the guy in Thank You Scientist but not Coheed, and I think Axl Rose and Randy Newman have wonderful voices. :lol
Yea, I'm kinda surprised. When I first discovered DTF I started looking for proggy bands that were similar to C&C, the two names that I kept coming across were Thank You, Scientist and The Dear Hunter (two of my top DTF discoveries). I know TYS and C&C don't have the exact same vocal style but there are similarities, which is partly why I was drawn to them. Hell, they're even signed to Claudio's record label.
Can't win them all (or any in my case :lol )
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Well shit, I expected better than that for one of my top #10 albums of all time :lol
Good luck to everyone who's still in this thing and I'll be following along.
I would've been interested to know where I would've ranked if I'd sent Coheed and Cambria's best album, instead of just the best one that was under 60 minutes. I know Coheed are kind of an all or nothing sort of band but I really thought this would be a shoe in.
I can't argue with some of the albums sent in this round though, some great stuff (Riverside, TYS, FtM and Soen).
honestly i think this (or maybe one of the afterman albums) would've been the best picks for katt, just that the vocals wouldn't ever be his thing :lol
and i was surprised my pick for round 1 wasn't sent last round like i said, it's a fairly popular DTF band
If I were to pick a Coheed album it would be In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth 3
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yeah, that's my fav, but it's even more up the pop rock alley than their later material imo
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Chad :hifive:
Good to see IQ winning the round, this album is just outstanding. Second CD isn't as good as the first (but still got some great songs like Fall and Rise); but some of their other albums are just as great.
I really want to send Beyond the Bridge, but seeing how you didn't like The Room and how you say you're tired of prog metal albums over an hour long, I have reservations about this. But I really want to send them, I pretty much send them whenever they're not banned. :lol I should probably go with another prog rock album I've got on my list.
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send beyond the bridge tbh, if i like it then anyone will like it (unless they suck)
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I suck though. Look at Sacul's and POA's roulettes :lol
Chad :hifive:
Good to see IQ winning the round, this album is just outstanding. Second CD isn't as good as the first (but still got some great songs like Fall and Rise); but some of their other albums are just as great.
I really want to send Beyond the Bridge, but seeing how you didn't like The Room and how you say you're tired of prog metal albums over an hour long, I have reservations about this. But I really want to send them, I pretty much send them whenever they're not banned. :lol I should probably go with another prog rock album I've got on my list.
It's more like if it's over an hour long AND full of the same or trying to cram way too much in. Like Soen or Ostura, no offense at all those who sent them :lol
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sacul sucks too so it's ok
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Yeah, screw it, let's send Beyond the Bridge. The album is just so good.
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Hangman:
Ev sent Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
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:hifive: back at ya!
Hangman:
Ev sent Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
:rollin
How this scores will play a huge role into whether I play another (similar) particular album.
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Taking the hit for you, you're welcome.
Sent the album and the long-ass write up I always do for Beyond the Bridge. :lol
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Taking the hit for you, you're welcome.
Sent the album and the long-ass write up I always do for Beyond the Bridge. :lol
Ahh... going with the "if you can't convince them, confuse them" approach! I like it. :lol
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Do people usually send write ups? I've either just sent the song/album and a link, or sent at most a sentence or two.
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My writeup was like "oh lol this isn't banned? well its good ok"
I'm usually too lazy to do writeups and just let the music speak for itself instead
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Sent something a bit less conventional than Riverside :corn
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As I told Evermind, no pressure, right? That was one long ass writeup :lol He's very passionate about it. I hope I enjoy it.
There's your free hangman answer :lol Waiting on 2 more before we get that started.
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Sent a 74 min album :P
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Sent!
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Sent!
When did you join? :lol
Just need one more. I've already played one submission twice.
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Peanut gallery checking in! :lol
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Sent!
When did you join? :lol
:neverusethis:
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Elite sent Perhelion Ship
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Damn, I wish he had actually sent me something :lol
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oh :(
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Elite sent Perhelion Ship
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Just need home's submission. 4 listens on one of the first submissions, it's that good. :metal
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Dang :corn
Guess someone else is getting more points than me
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Round 1 begins! Let's try this for starters, since Lethean brought it up earlier, maybe it'll help with reading. I'm good with doing it either way.
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(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit :lol
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And go :corn
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give me that 3==D
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Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief, The River's End
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No D :omg:
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(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
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Oh jeez, In Contact is in there as well...
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No D :omg:
Guess I'll just use my fingers then
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How in the hell do you guys do that? Do you put on special glasses? Holy shit :lol
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(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(?) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ' _ _ _ _ _ _ - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
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Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief, The River's End
Oh jeez, In Contact is in there as well...
come on... I'm not guessing that one if I don't know the artist ;)
How in the hell do you guys do that? Do you put on special glasses? Holy shit :lol
I'm just good at this and you didn't let me play, so I'm playing the hangman :)
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Marillion - Clutching at Straws
Great album. This could be either Stadler or Puppies.
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Sleep Party People - Floating
do I win the hangmanen now?
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Give me R :yarr
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Sleep Party People - Floating
home :azn:
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(?) T _ _ _ - _ _ t _ r _ _ _ _
(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(?) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
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(home) Sleep Party People - Floating
Guessed letters: D R T
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Parama waits 2 turns
home waits 1 turn
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Like Elite said twice, In Contact is by Caligula's Horse :P
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I fucked up I require SPECIFIC answers :tup
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Marillion - Clutching at Straws
Great album. This could be either Stadler or Puppies.
I actually wanted to send Marbles, but only the 2 cd version is worth sending, and he didn't want any double albums, so.....
Clutching is a great album though.
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How in the hell do you guys do that? Do you put on special glasses? Holy shit :lol
The apostrophe's and comma's make it an almost complete give-away. Doesn't help that Caligula's Horse is one of the most well-known modern progmetal bands on DTF either
Now watch In Contact get ranked higher than The Tide, The Thief, The Water's Edge :lol
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How in the hell do you guys do that? Do you put on special glasses? Holy shit :lol
The apostrophe's and comma's make it an almost complete give-away. Doesn't help that Caligula's Horse is one of the most well-known modern progmetal bands on DTF either
Now watch In Contact get ranked higher than The Tide, The Thief, The Water's Edge :lol
honestly if this happens i'm just gonna send garbage for the rest of the roulette because why even try if their worst album gets ranked above their best :metal
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how the hell is In Contact their worst album when their debut exists?
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Also In Contact is their best.
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Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief, The River's End
Parama sent this.
Also Bloom is their best album
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Also In Contact is their best.
Rich sent this.
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Also In Contact is their best.
:rollin
Also Bloom is their best album
:tup
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All of them suck :metal
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Tool / Lateralus
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How in the hell do you guys do that? Do you put on special glasses? Holy shit :lol
The apostrophe's and comma's make it an almost complete give-away. Doesn't help that Caligula's Horse is one of the most well-known modern progmetal bands on DTF either
Now watch In Contact get ranked higher than The Tide, The Thief, The Water's Edge :lol
Man. I don't think I've even heard of Caligula's Horse before these submissions. Or I just read about them in passing. :lol
Ostura got the lowest ranking last round so you never know, my opinions might suck :biggrin:
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(?) Tool - Lateralus
(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(ariich) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
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Guessed letters: D
Screw the turn waiting since you all are prog hangman geniuses :lol
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I'm not able to see The Dear Hunter here, there must be some mistake.
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Rengeteg by Thy Catafalque?
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I'm not able to see The Dear Hunter here, there must be some mistake.
Or Haken
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(?) Tool - Lateralus
(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(?) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
(?) Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
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(home) Sleep Party People - Floating
Guessed letters: D R T E
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On Caligula's Horse album rankings:
1. The Tide, The Thief, The River's End
2. In Contact
3. Bloom
4. Moments From Ephemeral City
But the first three are really, really close.
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(?) E _ e r _ _ _ _ - E _ e r _ _ _ _
(?) Tool - Lateralus
(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(?) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
(?) Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
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(home) Sleep Party People - Floating
Guessed letters: D R T E
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Parama Detector going out of scale on this.
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How in the hell do you guys do that? Do you put on special glasses? Holy shit :lol
The apostrophe's and comma's make it an almost complete give-away. Doesn't help that Caligula's Horse is one of the most well-known modern progmetal bands on DTF either
Now watch In Contact get ranked higher than The Tide, The Thief, The Water's Edge :lol
honestly if this happens i'm just gonna send garbage for the rest of the roulette because why even try if their worst album gets ranked above their best :metal
I learned long ago that there is no rhyme or reason to these and that is half - no, three quarters - of the fun. And there's no veiled comment in there; I apply that to myself as well. When I was listening to stuff, things just... clicked or they didn't. I felt really bad slagging off stuff that was really popular here, but it either clicked or it didn't, and there's really no point in "but [XYZ] is their best album!!!"
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I learned long ago that there is no rhyme or reason to these and that is half - no, three quarters - of the fun. And there's no veiled comment in there; I apply that to myself as well. When I was listening to stuff, things just... clicked or they didn't. I felt really bad slagging off stuff that was really popular here, but it either clicked or it didn't, and there's really no point in "but [XYZ] is their best album!!!"
*pulls the 2/10 button closer for when Stadler sends Destroyer or Hotter Than Hell* :hat
I've actually never heard a KISS album so that would be interesting to hear
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Sleep Party People - Floating
home :azn:
you lost this one
also for the record as far as CH albums go, 2 > 1 > 3 > 4 bye
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wow this is an... interesting choice :lol
if i had any intention of sending them it would've been Sgurr all the way
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This one looks like Sufjan Stevens, but I don't know the album.
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Evermind - Evermind :neverusethis:
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This one looks like Sufjan Stevens, but I don't know the album.
Illinoise
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Rengeteg by Thy Catafalque?
wow this is an... interesting choice :lol
if i had any intention of sending them it would've been Sgurr all the way
Definitely a brave choice. I'd have sent Meta (except for the fact I wouldn't have sent Thy Catafalque in the first place, and I'm not in this roulette any more :yeahright).
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Am I still waiting a turn? If not, how about an A.
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I am a moron who copied the wrong hangman post so I stopped tracking the turns. :biggrin: Especially since everyone already knows the albums without guessing letters apparently because they are tr00 prog geeks :lol
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(?) Tool - Lateralus
(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(?) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
(?) Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
(?) Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
(home) Sleep Party People - Floating
Guessed letters: D R T E A
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Ostura got the lowest ranking last round so you never know, my opinions might suck :biggrin:
I'll make my judgement once I see your ranking of Clutching at Straws
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(?) Tool - Lateralus
(?) Marillion - Clutching at Straws
(?) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
(?) Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
(?) Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
(home) Sleep Party People - Floating
Guessed letters: D R T E A O
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Oh believe it or not I've never heard Spock's Beard. Except for a song that popped up Saturday. That was kinda neat.
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Also I think you lost who sent which CH album at some point
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Wow okay this is clearly not my week. Here, just take the list :rollin
(Parama) Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief, and River's End
(Lethean) Leprous - Coal
(jingle.boy) Evership - Evership
(Puppies_On_Acid) Tool - Lateralus
(Stadler) Marillion - Clutching At Straws
(ariich) Caligula's Horse - In Contact
(Evermind) Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit
(Tomislav95) Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
(Sacul) Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
(home) Sleep Party People - Floating
Good stuff so far. One of these, I did NOT like the first play but I came around to it. :corn
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Weird choice with Coal, but hey, it has Foe, The Cloak, Valley and Echo. Can't believe I didn't guess it though. :facepalm:
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In my defence, that's the only Thy Catafalque I know and I absolutely love it!
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Coal is a weird pick yeah :lol
I'd have sent Bilateral (or maaaybe TPS but I like Bilateral more) but I also wasn't considering them either because growls on all their albums except the one that sucks
If Katt doesn't hate the growly albums in this round I definitely have a good one for next round then
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Except that Coal is Leprous worst album, but lets not have this discussion again.
With all the bands sent so far Im extra sad Im not playing :( did I win the hangman though?
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Tbh of the people I showed Leprous to that didn't like something about them, on more occasions it was the high cleans than the growls. Also Malina rocks :2metal:
lets have this discussion again
Bilateral < The Congregation < Malina < Coal < Tall Poppy Syndrome
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Every Leprous album is considered the best by some and the worst by some. I went with Coal because it was a little bit shorter than the rest, and he's already heard Bilateral. Also, it rules.
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Tbh of the people I showed Leprous to that didn't like something about them, on more occasions it was the high cleans than the growls. Also Malina rocks :2metal:
lets have this discussion again
Bilateral < The Congregation < Malina < Coal < Tall Poppy Syndrome
Swap The Congregation and Bilateral and I would agree with you.
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Much debate.
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Malina is total trash but whatever train has bad opinions and I'm used to it
Coal does have the single best Leprous song though
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Bilateral < The Congregation < Malina < Coal < Tall Poppy Syndrome
Did you think the other way around? Bilateral is your favorite, right?
1. The Congregation
2. Bilateral
3. Malina
4. Tall Poppy Syndrome
5. Coal
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Bilateral < The Congregation < Malina < Coal < Tall Poppy Syndrome
Did you think the other way around? Bilateral is your favorite, right?
Yeah, holy shit, I missed that. :lol
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1. Bilateral
2. The Congregation / Tall Poppy Syndrome
4. Malina
5. Coal
6. Aeolia (do we count this one?)
Coal does have the single best Leprous song though
No, regardless of which song youre referring to. (For the record, my favourite from Coal is Contaminate Me)
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(For the record, my favourite from Coal is Contaminate Me)
That's literally my least favourite from Bilateral - Coal - The Congregation - Malina album run. :lol
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Bilateral < The Congregation < Malina < Coal < Tall Poppy Syndrome
Did you think the other way around? Bilateral is your favorite, right?
Yeah, holy shit, I missed that. :lol
Hahaha fuck, it's been a long day. Obviously I did mean it the other way around yeah, on some days Congregation is ahead of Bilateral for me too though.
Best song on Coal is The Valley or Contaminate Me, and the best Leprous song is impossible to pick for me, but today it's Slave.
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The Valley is the best Leprous song yeah
B > TC > TPS = C > M
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This Leprous band sure is popular around here. I only know one person who has talked about them outside of this board. I'm not saying what I think of them yet. :)
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Coal is definitely an interesting choice. My personal rankings are
Bilateral = Congregation > Malina > Tall Poppy Syndrome > Coal
They're all good in fairness, but I consider the top 3 much stronger than the other 2.
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Coal isn't too popular around here, but I love it. I think my favorite tracks are the only ones that haven't been mentioned - Chronic and Coal. But I love every one. It took some time to grow on me because it was so different from Bilateral, but when it did... :metal.
My overall favorite Leprous track is still Forced Entry.
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So results when :corn
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Coal isn't too popular around here, but I love it. I think my favorite tracks are the only ones that haven't been mentioned - Chronic and Coal. But I love every one. It took some time to grow on me because it was so different from Bilateral, but when it did... :metal.
My overall favorite Leprous track is still Forced Entry.
Change Contaminate Me or Foe to Chronic and I agree to everything.
Also In Contact > The Tide.. = Bloom at the moment, but they are all really close.
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So results when :corn
When you let me back in your roulette :hat
Since I was able to squeeze all 14 albums in multiple times last week I'll be able to make the weekend updates a regular thing, so expect them probably around the same time this Sunday, or even Saturday night. Since I got 3 listens in to every album last round I'd like to be able to get everything played 4 or even 5 times by the weekend... there are still some I haven't even heard yet. Some of you sent some deep and weird stuff this round :biggrin:
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(Parama) Caligula's Horse - The Tide, The Thief, and River's End
I called this already.
In my defence, that's the only Thy Catafalque I know and I absolutely love it!
This needs to be rectified dude. Meta is my fave, it was the first album I heard of theirs. Came for the artwork and stayed for the music :hefdaddy pumped for their new one.
Leprous =
1. The Congregation
2. Malina
3. Bilateral
4. Tall Poppy Syndrome
5. Coal
6. Aeolia (do we count this one?)
Yes, we do.
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I messed up hangman something fierce this round. Sorry luke, you did call it :lol
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
I'm guilty of discussing more over lesser bands :lol
I've easily discussed Dream Theater less on here as well
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
You're being too generous.
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yeah i sent the round winner anyways so it's whatever :metal
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Leprous =
1. The Congregation
2. Malina
3. Bilateral
4. Tall Poppy Syndrome
5. Coal
I haven't seen many put both The Congregation and Malina so high. :) I still like Coal and Bilateral a little better, but I really like those two a lot as well. (And Tall Poppy Syndrome as well).
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yeah i sent the round winner anyways so it's whatever :metal
I thought I did.... :metardica:
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
This is my reaction to most of the "what are yours favourites of these ..." threads and the super random threads by WildRanger
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
This is my reaction to most of the "what are yours favourites of these ..." threads and the super random threads by WildRanger
:clap:
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:hefdaddy
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Damn man, so much discussion for a very average band...
This is my reaction to most of the "what are yours favourites of these ..." threads and the super random threads by WildRanger
:tup
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Also applicable to the DT subforum
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haha, checking the DT subforum, i literally haven't done that in years
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I'll have some first impressions up soon. Not a bad round :corn
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It could have been better with a different Leprous album :biggrin: :corn
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It could have been better with a different Leprous album :biggrin: :corn
:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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It could have been better with a different Leprous album :biggrin: :corn
:tup
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Oh, man. One of these is unfortunately a dud. :lol
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I knew it :'(
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I knew it :'(
Yeah gotta be honest it's probably Thy Catafalque :lol
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Those higher spheres, I can't adore them
I'll save my sins, I can't abhor them
It could have been better with a different Leprous album :biggrin: :corn
:rollin
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If Sufjan is a dud then I'll send you Converge :P
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If Sufjan is a dud then I'll send you Converge :P
As long as it's Jane doe.
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Related: Mystery announces new studio album just after jingle gets me into them in a big way :metal (https://s18.postimg.org/e65wt74zd/ezgif-4-7f4219b042.gif) :metal
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Related: Mystery announces new studio album just after jingle gets me into them in a big way :metal (https://s18.postimg.org/e65wt74zd/ezgif-4-7f4219b042.gif) :metal
Source please??
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Related: Mystery announces new studio album just after jingle gets me into them in a big way :metal (https://s18.postimg.org/e65wt74zd/ezgif-4-7f4219b042.gif) :metal
Source please??
https://www.therealmystery.com/news July 14th! :biggrin:
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Giddy the freak up!
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Related: Mystery announces new studio album just after jingle gets me into them in a big way :metal (https://s18.postimg.org/e65wt74zd/ezgif-4-7f4219b042.gif) :metal
Source please??
https://www.therealmystery.com/news July 14th! :biggrin:
This is good newws
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I maybe exaggerated on the 'dud' album. It's not really. There are gripes I have with several albums actually. :lol Four are getting high marks for certain...
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I said results on Sunday but it's looking more like Saturday night at this rate. Hear are some quick snippets of my impressions.
1. Wasn't sure I'd like this at first. It's occasionally overwhelming, but it does this kind of music better than other artists I've heard.
2. Is this djent? I don't know if I can say I like djent, but I like this...
3. Inoffensive, curious, entertaining - I've never heard of this group before but I like what I'm hearing.
4. I have a few songs by this band and I've always wanted to dive into them, so this was a great pick - everything about this is my cup of tea.
5. This is beautiful. Old school but not really. Strong Kansas vibe at times.
6. This is the soundtrack to being on the cusp of death.
7. I wanted to like this. I really did... but this was so tedious to get through.
8. This is the kind of music I like to relax with at home after the work day. Lovely stuff.
9. I wish I had listened to this years ago, but I think I'm only now able to appreciate it. This is a beautiful album.
10. Half of this album is unbearable, but the other half does some great things.
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The 2nd one is Sacul's
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The 2nd one is Sacul's
Sufjan Stevens is djent now, ya'll :lol
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10 might be coal :corn
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No. 9 of them are decoys, the 2nd one applies to all albums
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1. Wasn't sure I'd like this at first. It's occasionally overwhelming, but it does this kind of music better than other artists I've heard.
7. I wanted to like this. I really did... but this was so tedious to get through.
10. Half of this album is unbearable, but the other half does some great things.
Pretty sure one of these is mine. Probably the 7th one.
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Well, I'll just scratch off what I guaran-damn-tee is NOT mine
1. Wasn't sure I'd like this at first. It's occasionally overwhelming, but it does this kind of music better than other artists I've heard.
2. Is this djent? I don't know if I can say I like djent, but I like this...
3. Inoffensive, curious, entertaining - I've never heard of this group before but I like what I'm hearing.
4. I have a few songs by this band and I've always wanted to dive into them, so this was a great pick - everything about this is my cup of tea.
5. This is beautiful. Old school but not really. Strong Kansas vibe at times.
6. This is the soundtrack to being on the cusp of death.
7. I wanted to like this. I really did... but this was so tedious to get through.
8. This is the kind of music I like to relax with at home after the work day. Lovely stuff.
9. I wish I had listened to this years ago, but I think I'm only now able to appreciate it. This is a beautiful album.
10. Half of this album is unbearable, but the other half does some great things.
Some of them are just sonically impossible to be Evership; the others logically impossible. Of those which remain, my prediction/hope is either 3 or 5. I really don't think it could be 7, so ... yeah. My guess is that Marillion fits the bill on these guesses too (except #3). God help you with the wrath of Lonestar if Marillion is #7... but it's probably #9
Ruslan... I fear for you, as those three would indeed be apt for the Old Man.
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I'll laugh if Marillion is 7th, because I was choosing between The Old Man and the Spirit and Clutching at Straws. I love Clutching at Straws.
Man, if Beyond the Bridge fails and Marillion does great, I guess I'll just revert back to prog rock. Thankfully I've got a lot to send in this department.
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Reading your guesses is just as fun as I hoped it would be. :)
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Welcome to hosting the roulettes. That's one of the best parts of it, aside from, you know, discovering some great music. :lol
Edit: Oh oh oh, I missed that!
2. Is this djent? I don't know if I can say I like djent, but I like this..
Don't you know? If you like what you're hearing, it's not djent. :biggrin:
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7. I wanted to like this. I really did... but this was so tedious to get through.
8. This is the kind of music I like to relax with at home after the work day. Lovely stuff.
9. I wish I had listened to this years ago, but I think I'm only now able to appreciate it. This is a beautiful album.
10. Half of this album is unbearable, but the other half does some great things.
Prob one of these :lol
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I'm listening to The Old Man and the Spirit now and no matter what the results are, I don't regret anything at all.
I SENT
IT WAS MEEEEEEE
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2. Is this djent? I don't know if I can say I like djent, but I like this..
Don't you know? If you like what you're hearing, it's not djent. :biggrin:
:rollin :rollin
Old Man was #5 on my Top 50v2. Damn fine album.
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I never have regrets with stuff I sent because if I get anything less than a 9 out of 10 it's the host who is wrong, clearly :neverusethis:
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:lol
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7 is mine lol
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7 is mine lol
Yeah probably
That's just a confusing choice to send to Katt not gonna lie :lol
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7 is mine lol
Yeah probably
That's just a confusing choice to send to Katt not gonna lie :lol
I wanted to send something not so popular after Riverside. There are still some popular bands he should hear but someone will probably send them eventually.
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Go listen to Sgurr dude it's so good
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Better than round 4 of my roulette for sure :corn
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Is Tomi right? Is Tomi wrong? Who does #7 belong to?! Find out this weekend... :metal :corn
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Better than round 4 of my roulette for sure :corn
Sorry that I sent the only good song
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Results tomorrow. Starting writeups now.
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aww yeah bois :soon:
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Results tomorrow. Starting writeups now.
Puppies told us that yesterday too. Don't you fail us.
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Results tomorrow. Starting writeups now.
Puppies told us that yesterday too. Don't you fail us.
It's still Friday.... :corn
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This was an interesting round with only a couple clear duds. Most everything else was a real knockout, though. I was very surprised with the submissions this time and how much I enjoyed them considering nobody has to worry about eliminations. Honestly, it is very fun for me to discover what your favorite albums are, whether I love them or not (though of course, appealing to my taste is part of the roulette and obviously a big plus). I can't wait to hear what you all send for round 2. There's plenty of room for change in the ranks, just because you're at the bottom doesn't mean you can't rise (and vice versa) :)
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1. Sleep Party People - Floating
sent by home
2014; dream pop
(https://s18.postimg.org/bkty9qu15/Sleep_Party_People_-_Floating.jpg)
home knocked this one out of the park by picking some extremely relaxing electronic music. I have listened to this while cleaning, cooking, showering, working out, lounging on the couch, doing my job - this is great. At times there's even the spacey atmosphere that Kings of Leon seems to paint with their music and that's a massive draw for me. No, seriously - this is like taking Tycho's beautiful synth work and blending it with Kings of Leon's simple melodies, guitar parts, and song structures. I hear a little Chroma Key in there, too... It's very pretty and relaxing. I never know where to look for music like this, yet I crave it. Sometimes you just need to get away from all things rock and metal and this ticks every box on the list. I've played this numerous times from start to finish without even looking at the tracklist, and then I get disappointed when it ends. Inoffensive, curious, entertaining - I've never heard of this group before but I love what I'm hearing. I need more! 9.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Floating Blood of Mine; I See the Sun, Harold; I See The Moon
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2. Leprous - Coal
sent by Lethean
2013; progressive metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/6m6fv8ddl/Leprous_-_Coal.jpg)
There was a lot of discussion about Leprous earlier in this round. Unfortunately, I've heard Bilateral, and this album is way better. I'm not sure how this ranks so low with so many of you! This is some incredible prog metal. It feels like every song is about a negative emotion - isolation, loneliness, mental illness, darkness. Sometimes it's like Opeth meets Katatonia with a blend of their own unique sound. Overall, I absolutely love this album, with songs like The Valley and Foe being solid from start to finish, and the singer has a really interesting voice that I like. I don't like when he growls or does rougher stuff, but his cleans are amazing, and his high notes - Foe, for example, what an awesome way to open this album! - are really good and have a lot of character. The Cloak is a beautiful piece of music too and not what I expected from this group. What I don't like are the repeated chorus in Chronic - it is annoying and goes on way too freaking long. Contaminate Me ruins the whole experience and should be removed from the album. I can't stand growls like this, and the last 3 minutes literally sound like someone dying, and are a waste of space on the record. It should have ended with Echo, because that is a cool song that isn't grating. That said, this is a marvelous record outside of Contaminate Me (and Chronic's chorus). I was extremely surprised since Bilateral was good but not mindblowing. Despite my complaints about the growls, this ranks very high with me. 9.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Foe; The Valley; Echo
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3. Caligula's Horse - In Contact
sent by ariich
2017; progressive metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/8qqswb7ah/Caligula_s_Horse_-_In_Contact.jpg)
Oh man, now this is some tasty stuff. It's smoother than the one Parama sent me. Almost has a jazzy vibe at times, and it's heavy without being dark or sounding like it's trying too hard. I really like the vocals and the harmonies, and how the songs manage to keep... almost a positive vibe? even when it's in rock/metal mode. This whole album has a vibe that I'm really attracted to. Love Conquers All is criminally short, however and is the most beautiful song here, it's just a real work of art. I enjoyed just putting this on and letting it go from start to finish. By the time I got to 'Intertia and the Weapon of the Wall' I was actually returning to my apartment so it was playing while I was lighting candles in the dark, and I think that added to the weight of the words. Very interesting piece to throw into the mix and I immediately replayed it a few times. While I like the other album sent in this round, this one is more my speed, for sure. I can't do the 15-minute epic Graves justice in this write-up, but it's the shining star on this album, and that includes the saxophone - big plus for that. On the list of bands to check out after this roulette, Caligula's Horse now ranks pretty high, and In Contact has some priority on my list of purchases to make. Their sound is just perfect. 9.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: The Hands are the Hardest; Love Conquers All; Graves
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4. Marillion - Clutching At Straws
sent by Stadler
1987; progressive rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/5wnniuxeh/R-1151767-1236878468.jpeg.jpg)
Stadler keeps it old school. This is Fish on vocals, right? I like his voice. I actually wasn't aware this was a concept album until I was almost finished with my first listen, but that's good because all these songs seem to stand on their own. I adore the lead synth voice in Incommunicado, and the odd meters employed throughout the songs between standard 4/4. Stadler, you clearly understand I am a sucker for strong melodies, because they're all over this one, not only in the vocals but the guitars, keys, and even the bass. It says something that I still enjoy the music so much despite not caring about the concept. Perfect balance between all the instruments, the instrumental sections don't overstay their welcome. Did I mention how much I love the keys? I think those and Fish's voice are my favorite things about this one. Of all the classic prog bands, Marillion is far and away the one I enjoy most (there's room for debate about early Rush in here). I already knew a few songs - Ocean Cloud, Sugar Mice, Lavender, This Is The 21st Century - and loved this album so much I scoured YouTube for live videos of the band afterwards. I see lots of Marillion purchases in the future. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Just For The Record; Incommunicado; Sugar Mice
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5. Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise
sent by Sacul
2005; folk / indie rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/p1qwsn6xl/Sufjan_Stevens_-_Illinoise.jpg)
There are some really small, stupid problems with this album, like the ridiculously short tracks, and the ridiculously long song names that aren't even titles so much as rambling descriptions of... something. But those are my biggest problems with it. I love the sound this has. It's soft, but grand - horns add a lot... It's so relaxing, though. The majority of my playtime with this album has been on the road, driving down the highway. Since I'm from Illinois, this was an interesting and amusing album to listen to. I wasn't expecting any flirting with odd meters or bells and horns, so I was surprised very early on. I've heard so much about this album, but only from hipsters. Are his other albums as good as this? There is something about this music... it doesn't sound like Illinois at all, and yet it has so much charm. Subject matter aside, it's just an hour of quirky, uptempo numbers mixed with some beautiful acoustic guitar and dreamlike vocals. I think it's too long, though, with too many tracks. I'm just disappointed there's no mention of how awful Decatur smells all day, every day. I wish I had listened to this years ago, but I think I'm only now able to appreciate it. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Jacksonville; Casimir Pulaski Day; The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts
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6. Evership - Evership
sent by jingle.boy
2016; progressive rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/avb5xf3s9/Evership_-_Evership.jpg)
Finally, something old school and... wait, this isn't old school at all. This is from 2016! This is beautiful - old school, but not really. Strong Kansas vibe at times, you can really tell they're influenced by classic prog, especially with almost every track reaching 10 or more minutes. But it's not too much to take in. They balance heaviness with groove and melody, and the singer's voice flies above the rest of the band, as it should - this group has some really strong hooks and I'm surprised at how well they blend the sounds of classic and modern. I'm not sure if this is a concept album, but it seems like it. I absolutely adore the keyboard work throughout this. It's difficult to pick favorite tracks because they're all so long, but every one is solid. They just go for it. Inventive melodies, interesting riffs, fantastic work from the bassist and drummer keeping it all together, this album's got it all. Lovely surprise out of nowhere that keeps getting better the more I hear it. I would like to hear more music like this, especially Flying Machine, because it's not heavy at all, and despite being 13 minutes, goes by pretty fast. Gorgeous song on a gorgeous album. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Silver Light; A Slow Descent Into Reality; Flying Machine
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7. Caligula's Horse - The Tide, the Thief & River's End
sent by Parama
2013; progressive rock/metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/dcmx4n5o9/Caligula_s_Horse_-_The_Thief.jpg)
I've never listened to this band before, but I'm really glad you turned me onto them, Parama. This was the first of the two Caligula's Horse albums I listened to for this round, and it was a great introduction to the band. They can be heavy, but not in an overwhelming, dark way. This has all the smoothness and heaviness of Riverside, but with way more interesting songwriting to me. The guitars can shred - not sure if there's one or two guitarists, but they have a great grasp of melody and can still make a fast part memorable. Really cool riffs - is this djent? There are riffs that remind me of Voyager's later albums with a lot of staccato playing. I don't know if I've heard enough to say I like djent, but I really like this. The singer has a great voice, powerful and can carry a melody and in my opinion matches the sound of the band very well. The way the album ends, the last minute or All Is Quiet By The Wall, is a beautiful, almost Dream Theater-y way to close. I don't know how they have such a unique sound without experimenting too much, but it's really cool. I just wish Thief lasted longer than 2 minutes, because it's beautiful. 8.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Water's Edge; Thief; All Is Quiet by the Wall
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8. Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Sea
sent by Evermind
2012; progressive metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/jdkm1pkkp/Beyond_the_Bridge_-_Old_Man_and_the_Sea.jpg)
Evermind really hyped this with his dissertation :lol - Wasn't sure I'd like this at first. It's occasionally overwhelming, and a bit too long, but it does this kind of music better than other artists I've heard. This was described to me as 'the Ostura album done right' - I have to agree. This is very similar in a lot of ways, but there is just stronger songwriting here. There's always something catchy to latch onto and the songs rarely meander into territory that ruins the memorability of the song. Triumph of Irreality was the one that made me really focus. Those keyboard runs! THAT is my kind of prog/power metal instrumental. Everyone take note of that. That is some straight-up technical wankery in a melodic style I can't get enough of, right down to including some piano amongst the shred. And I have to mention the drop dead gorgeous electric piano on World of Wonders, which I don't hear enough of in music. I can't say I'm interested in the concept, unfortunately, so sometimes the back-and-forth between the male and female singers disinterests me, but this is a fantastic album and I'll be honest, I enjoyed it way more than I expected to. It's one I'll have to return to over time to fully absorb, but there's enough on these first few listens for me to remember and know this is some good prog metal. 7.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Triumph of Irreality; World of Wonders; The Struggle
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9. Thy Catafalque - Rengeteg
sent by Tomislav95
2011; avant-garde metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/l5dkwne89/Thy_Catafalque_-_Rengeteg.jpg)
Oh, Tomi. You did so well in round 1. This album... Half of this album is unbearable, but the other half does some great things. Most sections with growls remind me of black metal. I do not hear any resemblance to Agalloch, rather, during the growl sections I am actually reminded more of Burzum's Filosofem than anything else. The low production quality adds to that association... I have no idea what any of the songs are about, but I've listened to bands who sing in foreign languages before (and still do occasionally) so that is not a knock against them. But this album is best when it isn't following the first two tracks. Songs like Trilobita and Ko koppan got me interested in the album, and I was really hoping the majority of the album would be like those. Sadly, it's kind of half and half. It's like listening to two different bands. 'Holdkomp' is the centerpiece of the album in my opinion. As an instrumental, it just has to create a mood and carry it, and it does so perfectly. Az eso, az eso, az eso - that's another great track. The album should've opened with that! I wish the whole album was as cool and fun as those songs - and it is for a couple of tracks - because most of it is a real chore for me to listen to, unfortunately. Make no mistake, though - what I enjoyed, I really, really enjoyed. But the lows really brought it down. 6.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Ko koppan; Holdkomp; Az eso, az eso, az eso
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10. Tool - Lateralus
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
2001; progressive metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/zbtbrwc8p/Tool_-_Lateralus.jpg)
Sorry, Puppies, but this was a bomb. And you were doing so well with Sieges Even! :) I do not get Tool, unfortunately. Maynard has a slightly more interesting voice than, say, Soen or Riverside's singers, but listening to him wax intellectual about human nature and the mind does nothing for me, and there seems to be absolutely no emotion on this record. The riffs are... proggy? but there's no feeling behind anything here. It all sounds completely mathematical, and apparently this is the album where they use the Fibonacci sequence for the title track, which proves my point: this is an album that is constructed scientifically rather than musically. I can't say anybody here is anything but great at their instrument - the drumming at the start of Ticks and Leeches is impressive, no doubt, and while I don't find the riffs interesting the guitarist has some serious chops - but when it all comes together, there's nothing that I find interesting about the whole. It's too long, it never strays from the midtempo groove it finds in the beginning, and that oppressive, brooding atmosphere isn't fun. I can totally see why some people would dig this... and I wanted to like this, I really don't like being 'that guy' who people think is just a contrarian... but this was a dud for me. 5.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Schism, Parabola, Lateralus
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Scores
1. home - 18.0
1. jingle.boy - 18.0
3. Evermind - 17.0
4. Stadler - 17.0
5. ariich - 17.0
6. Lethean - 17.0
7. Sacul - 16.5
8. Parama - 16.5
9. Tomislav95 - 14.5
10. Puppies_On_Acid - 14.5
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Ouch. :facepalm:
Time to continue my downward spiral with my next pick. :biggrin:
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Cha-ching. :fistpump:
The more I scrolled down to find Evership, the more worried I got... a lot of high scores this round. And don't sweat it - I don't 'get' Tool either. :dunno:
Round 2 on the way.
Ouch. :facepalm:
Time to continue my downward spiral with my next pick. :biggrin:
Sucks to come in last, doesn't it. ;) :D
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There was some seriously good music this round, and it was hard to figure out the scores because most of the submissions honestly did impress me a lot. The world of prog is immense and I've clearly been living under a rock, because whenever I try to find prog myself, I don't find stuff I like. Most everything submitted so far has been totally new to me. Wherever you guys find this stuff, I have to get in on it...
POA, you'll do better next round, I'm sure. Just don't send Puscifer or APC. :lol
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Wherever you guys find this stuff, I have to get in on it...
Three simple letters....
D
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dangit, TTtTaRE is better than In Contact by miles :getoffmylawn:
anyways did not expect Tool to do so poorly but then again after how Soen underperformed it shouldn't be as much of a surprise
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Ok, my favorite album made the cut, you don't get my eternal hatred.
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Cha-ching. :fistpump:
The more I scrolled down to find Evership, the more worried I got... a lot of high scores this round. And don't sweat it - I don't 'get' Tool either. :dunno:
Round 2 on the way.
Ouch. :facepalm:
Time to continue my downward spiral with my next pick. :biggrin:
Sucks to come in last, doesn't it. ;) :D
I had a feeling.
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Hell yeah, Illinoise is amazing :metal . But yeah, his music is very elaborate and complex in general, but so charming and accessible, some times quirky, others heartfelt. Haven't explored his full discography, but his work previous to this album is similar. However, from the following one, Age of ADZ, he went in a very different direction, with electronics, choirs, orchestras, and more - pure maximalism. Only to make a very minimalist, soul-shattering album in 2015 about the death of his mother. And they're all excellent.
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I can't say I did not expect that. But it's fine, it's a bit weird music, just thought you might enjoy it more.
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dangit, TTtTaRE is better than In Contact by miles :getoffmylawn:
anyways did not expect Tool to do so poorly but then again after how Soen underperformed it shouldn't be as much of a surprise
Hey, that one is still awesome, but In Contact is just a smoother album :biggrin: And yeah. I definitely hear lots of similarities between Soen and Tool.
Ok, my favorite album made the cut, you don't get my eternal hatred.
Which is that? :lol
I had a feeling.
I promise you, it has nothing to do with your roulette! If you knew me personally, you probably would've had more insight into how I feel about Tool. I thought about banning them, but I honestly hadn't sat down and listened to any of their albums except 10k Days, and that was many years ago, so I thought it was only fair to give them an honest, focused listen.
Hell yeah, Illinoise is amazing :metal . But yeah, his music is very elaborate and complex in general, but so charming and accessible, some times quirky, others heartfelt. Haven't explored his full discography, but his work previous to this album is similar. However, from the following one, Age of ADZ, he went in a very different direction, with electronics, choirs, orchestras, and more - pure maximalism. Only to make a very minimalist, soul-shattering album in 2015 about the death of his mother. And they're all excellent.
I'd be very interested in hearing the 2015 album next as opposed to Age of ADZ, it seems. But I'm definitely going to spend some time with Illinoise after the roulette ends. Lots left to soak in. Metropolis is the highlight of the album I think, it's just so solidly focused on that beautiful melody.
I can't say I did not expect that. But it's fine, it's a bit weird music, just thought you might enjoy it more.
I can't exaggerate enough: the non-metal moments, the more artsy ones, really lifted that album high. If we took out the heavier moments and the growls, man, you'd have a solid winner there. Lots of bands I can think of that have two sides to their music, but only one really speaks to me, this is definitely one of them.
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Sure, just don't forget the tissues :P
Sent happycore.
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Ooooh boiiiiiiiii, finally another person on DTFwho loves Sleep Party People! ;D
Be sure to check out We Were Drifting On A Sad Song and Lingering out some time too, I think you'll dig them as well
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Contaminate Me ruins the whole experience and should be removed from the album. I can't stand growls like this, and the last 3 minutes literally sound like someone dying, and are a waste of space on the record. That said, this is a marvelous record outside of Contaminate Me (and Chronic's chorus).
You better be glad we are not on the TrainofNaughtForums, cause man, this would've got you banned so hard :bosk1:
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So glad you liked In Contact, I thought you would! Seriously, your write-up (for that and for the other CH album) really articulates my own thoughts nicely, you rate the two albums the same as me, and your favourite In Contact tracks are the same as mine.
HIGH FIVE
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\o my friend, that was an excellent choice.
Train, it's a testament to how good the rest of the album is that it still scored a 9. But damn, the last track is muy mal. No bueno. Mucho bado. :lol
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Contaminate Me ruins the whole experience and should be removed from the album. I can't stand growls like this, and the last 3 minutes literally sound like someone dying, and are a waste of space on the record. That said, this is a marvelous record outside of Contaminate Me (and Chronic's chorus).
You better be glad we are not on the TrainofNaughtForums, cause man, this would've got you banned so hard :bosk1:
as someone who doesn't mind growls at all, i agree with katt here 100% that the entire ending of Contaminate Me blows
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I feel like I should clarify this even though it's under my tastes: you take your chances when you send growls. If they're the predominant vocals on the album you should probably not send it, because I'm just not into growls these days. When used occasionally, they can work, and sometimes even then it doesn't (see Leprous - Coal - Contaminate Me for an example). Growls/screams are dangerous territory for me these days. Death/black metal... you're really fishing for low scores if you go that route.
Agalloch is one major exception but if you try to find something similar it may not work well. I don't even like half of Agalloch's albums, but Ashes... is top 5 all time for me from any genre. The growls are more like a whisper on that album and the production sets it miles ahead of all their other albums, and there's none of the double bass, super heavy blackened metal, like on Marrow of the Spirit or Serpent/Sphere.
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... Ashes... is top 5 all time for me from any genre...
Word, man :hefdaddy :metal
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... Ashes... is top 5 all time for me from any genre...
Word, man :hefdaddy :metal
Every second of it :metal :metal :metal
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ashes is like, the black metal album that basically everyone likes at least somewhat
i don't really love it myself but it's, y'know, pretty good
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I feel like I should clarify this even though it's under my tastes: you take your chances when you send growls. If they're the predominant vocals on the album you should probably not send it, because I'm just not into growls these days. When used occasionally, they can work, and sometimes even then it doesn't (see Leprous - Coal - Contaminate Me for an example). Growls/screams are dangerous territory for me these days. Death/black metal... you're really fishing for low scores if you go that route.
Agalloch is one major exception but if you try to find something similar it may not work well. I don't even like half of Agalloch's albums, but Ashes... is top 5 all time for me from any genre. The growls are more like a whisper on that album and the production sets it miles ahead of all their other albums, and there's none of the double bass, super heavy blackened metal, like on Marrow of the Spirit or Serpent/Sphere.
Seems I have taken my life in to my own hands with the album I just sent. :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :corn
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the album i sent has like, the very occasional growl but it's really just used to accentuate the most intense parts so i'll probably be good :corn
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I feel like I should clarify this even though it's under my tastes: you take your chances when you send growls. If they're the predominant vocals on the album you should probably not send it, because I'm just not into growls these days. When used occasionally, they can work, and sometimes even then it doesn't (see Leprous - Coal - Contaminate Me for an example). Growls/screams are dangerous territory for me these days. Death/black metal... you're really fishing for low scores if you go that route.
Agalloch is one major exception but if you try to find something similar it may not work well. I don't even like half of Agalloch's albums, but Ashes... is top 5 all time for me from any genre. The growls are more like a whisper on that album and the production sets it miles ahead of all their other albums, and there's none of the double bass, super heavy blackened metal, like on Marrow of the Spirit or Serpent/Sphere.
Seems I have taken my life in to my own hands with the album I just sent. :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :corn
I even gave you the chance to change your submission and you stuck with it! You must have put your hand on the stove a lot as a kid. :rollin
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i've got a death metal album that i'm saving for a future round, which should be a really fun round :corn
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I sent something relaxing and a bit of a big gap in his collection, and will do so next round :corn :corn :corn
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Glad you enjoyed Coal so much. Before you dig into the next round, I'd be curious to hear what you think if you listened to the bonus track - Bury.
I like Contaminate Me, but I get why someone wouldn't. To me, it's very artistic and even though I myself generally do not like growls it works for me on that track. Relieved you like Einar's clean vocals so much, because if you didn't the album wouldn't have fared well.
I definitely recommend you check out both In Malina and The Congregation. TC has few harsh vocals and Malina has none.
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Glad you enjoyed Coal so much. Before you dig into the next round, I'd be curious to hear what you think if you listened to the bonus track - Bury.
I like Contaminate Me, but I get why someone wouldn't. To me, it's very artistic and even though I myself generally do not like growls it works for me on that track. Relieved you like Einar's clean vocals so much, because if you didn't the album wouldn't have fared well.
I definitely recommend you check out both In Malina and The Congregation. TC has few harsh vocals and Malina has none.
I'll be honest, while I liked Bilateral it wasn't enough for me to drop what I was doing and check their other stuff out. Coal however sealed the deal, I'm digging into them big time at the end of this. Einar's voice is fantastic clean, I love the quality of the higher shrieks in Foe, as well as the 'ah ah ah' part. It goes so well with the dissonant, tense nature of the music and the lyrics. It's horrifying. I'm very interested in Malina. Haven't heard Bury yet, but I'll look it up tonight.
Gonna start round 2 listening tomorrow, already got half the submissions, neato.
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Glad you enjoyed Coal so much. Before you dig into the next round, I'd be curious to hear what you think if you listened to the bonus track - Bury.
I like Contaminate Me, but I get why someone wouldn't. To me, it's very artistic and even though I myself generally do not like growls it works for me on that track. Relieved you like Einar's clean vocals so much, because if you didn't the album wouldn't have fared well.
I definitely recommend you check out both In Malina and The Congregation. TC has few harsh vocals and Malina has none.
I'll be honest, while I liked Bilateral it wasn't enough for me to drop what I was doing and check their other stuff out. Coal however sealed the deal, I'm digging into them big time at the end of this. Einar's voice is fantastic clean, I love the quality of the higher shrieks in Foe, as well as the 'ah ah ah' part. It goes so well with the dissonant, tense nature of the music and the lyrics. It's horrifying. I'm very interested in Malina. Haven't heard Bury yet, but I'll look it up tonight.
Gonna start round 2 listening tomorrow, already got half the submissions, neato.
They opened their live set on the Coal tour with Foe. That was a bold choice imo - a friend of mine was totally sold from that moment on. Whereas at ProgPower, some people who were unfamiliar with them left at the end of that song. :)
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Well, shit, to be honest, I either expected my album to get like 5/10 or to win the round. 7.5/10 is alright I guess, but I secretly hoped for more.
Still, not out of the competition yet. Will send something in 48 hours.
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Sent. No growls this time :loser:
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I feel like I should clarify this even though it's under my tastes: you take your chances when you send growls.
No worries here pal.
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Round 2 sent!
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Well, shit, to be honest, I either expected my album to get like 5/10 or to win the round. 7.5/10 is alright I guess, but I secretly hoped for more.
Still, not out of the competition yet. Will send something in 48 hours.
:lol Honestly it'll probably get a higher rating in my mind over time. Something that epic doesn't usually strike me as a 10/10 right away. Still, loads of great moments on that album, I just wish they were all as kickass as Triumph of Irreality :metal
8/10 submissions already, very nice, got some cool stuff this round.
EDIT: I think Stadler's the only one who hasn't spoken up on his results. I want to hear his thoughts :P
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Just need submissions from home and Stadler and we're off!
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Can't wait to get my 9.5/10 :metal
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probably a 5.9/10 :loser:
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probably a 5.9/10 :loser:
Nah, that's what I'm getting for round 2.
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i'm getting a 0/10
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i'm getting a 0/10
You are having delusions of grandeur...
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Everyone who didn't send growls gets 10/10
Everyone who sent growls has to resend :biggrin:
Still waiting for home, Stadler, and Evermind (miscounted last time). So far we got 3 artists I know about and 4 I've never listened to before.
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Everyone who didn't send growls gets 10/10
Everyone who sent growls has to resend :biggrin:
Just give me my 2nd loss in a row. :corn
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Everyone who didn't send growls gets 10/10
Everyone who sent growls has to resend :biggrin:
Just give me my 2nd loss in a row. :corn
You can still change it if you'd like :lol
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Just got back from work, sending now in both this and Puppies' roulette.
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Sent. Probably my boldest ever roulette submission. I feel like I either storm to the lead or fall to the cellar with this one. Go big or go home!
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Sent!
Sent. Probably my boldest ever roulette submission.
I'm really looking forward to find out what album is it.
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Stadler did indeed send a curious album. This is turning into an interesting round. Just need that last one before hangmeningitis.
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Just need that last one before hangmeningitis.
Sent.
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Gimme that DDDdDdD
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A very interesting round this time, folks. I think it might be the most diverse one yet. I also pledge not to fuck up hangman this time, which means I'll fuck up sometime this evening.
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Give me the I
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Last one is probably Karnivool - Sound Awake
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Omg I told you guys you were too good at this :lol I'll include that in the next update
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Last one is probably Karnivool - Sound Awake
Sent by Home?
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Omg I told you guys you were too good at this :lol I'll include that in the next update
I mean I have no clue on any of the others and Karnivool is relatively popular
Though after the failure of both tool and soen it's a little surprising to see them :B
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10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F
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Haken / Affinity
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how did i not get that one :lol
rip the mountain
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Haken / Affinity
That's a good album. I could have sworn Haken was on the banned list.... :censored
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The Mountain is way better tho :P
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Yeah, but they both have the same problem ....
It's Haken.
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affinity is an okay album. the mountain is a great one.
the problem with being jingle is that you're jingle and that's horrible :loser:
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I can't take serious someone with this avatar :neverusethis:
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_536_1522070148.png)
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the problem with being jingle is that you're jingle and that's horrible :loser:
Now now, no need for personal insults.... you douche. A lesser member might report you. :-*
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I can't take serious someone with this avatar :neverusethis:
(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_536_1522070148.png)
:rollin
I've actually already heard The Mountain. But I'm not telling you my thoughts on it. :biggrin:
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7. (?) Haken - Affinity
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10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F
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Guessed letters: D I F R
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Sacul waits 2 turns
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gimme dat O
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How about Sigur Ros - Takk.
May as well pick a letter: S
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10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F R O S
Lethean waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
jingle.boy waits 1 turn
:corn
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I see Kris Kristofferson (probably Stadler's bold choice) and Moonsorrow
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Moonsorrow
Veriskeet
I don't know this album but anything Moonsorrow is definitely an interesting choice for this roulette :corn
puppies probably sent it?
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Wtf is up with your avatar jingle? Lose a bet or something?
And someone really sent Kris Kristofferson? That might be a roulette first.
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I'll take a Y?
Verisakeet is the best Moonsorrow album. And even though it will probably net me last place again, I regret nothing!!! :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :vomitard: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica: :metardica:
I still regret nothing....... :facepalm:
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if it does even okay i have an album i'm gonna send soonish, so :corn
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if it does even okay i have an album i'm gonna send soonish, so :corn
It's probably Six Roaming Owls or some other obscure band I've never heard of.
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they're dropping a new album later this year, i'm so stoked
(https://s7.postimg.org/p4kqzdd1n/sro_cover.jpg)
cover looks sick as hell too :metal
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:corn
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Where are the other 5 owls at :millahhhh
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he ate them
new avatar for Parama, do it!
SRO :heart
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i changed my avatar like a week ago LOL i'm keeping this for a while
tho i'm using that pic as an avatar on a different site so i mean, ok
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Verisakeet is :hefdaddy almost better than the album I sent :corn
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Verisakeet is :hefdaddy almost better than the album I sent :corn
The Antlers? :)
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:tup
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Wtf is up with your avatar jingle? Lose a bet or something?
Yes.
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4. (Puppies_On_Acid) Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
5. (?) R _ _ _ _ _ t i o _ - T _ _ F _ _ _ _ _ s s of T i _ _
6. (?) T _ _ _ _ t _ _ r s - _ o s _ i _ _
7. (?) Haken - Affinity
8. (Stadler) Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
9. (?) _ _ i d _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ r s _ _ _ _
10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F R O S T Y
Puppies_On_Acid waits 3 turns
Sacul waits 2 turns
Lethean waits 1 turn
Difrosty? :lol
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Redemption - The Fullness of Time
The Antlers - Hospice
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Redemption - The Fullness of Time
Goddamn that's a good album. Made my Top 50v2. I had considered sending it... guess I can un-consider it now.
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Sorry, I forgot to update Tomi in the hangman. Correct guesses btw.
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4. (Puppies_On_Acid) Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
5. (?) Redemption - The Fullness of Time
6. (Tomislav95) The Antlers - Hospice
7. (?) Haken - Affinity
8. (Stadler) Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
9. (?) _ _ i d _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ r s _ _ _ _
10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F R O S T Y
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Redemption - The Fullness of Time
Goddamn that's a good album. Made my Top 50v2. I had considered sending it... guess I can un-consider it now.
It's a fantastic album! :metal Based on Kattoelox's tastes and what albums have been sent Redemption is the round winner I'm guessing. I cant believe that Redemption wasn't on the banned list.
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Interesting Redemption pick. I prefer The Origins of Ruin and Snowfall on Judgment Day, but it's a good album, yeah.
Huntsmen - American Scrap
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Going by my tastes if you're strictly looking at my last.fm is misleading since that it so old; the RYM ratings were all made between January and now, so that's more accurate. There's a lot of highly rated power metal, but I'm not interesting in hearing power metal (or black metal, or death metal, or anything heavily growl-based), otherwise Ascendia would've probably been a 9.5/10 ;) also, correct, Evermind!
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Based on the first two rounds, my album is probably the round winner.
Now watch me getting 5.5/10. :lol
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i was considering sending hospice at some point & it's the best album here actually
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Hospice is great, really nice pick.
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Based on the first two rounds, my album is probably the round winner.
Now watch me getting 5.5/10. :lol
I already have a score in mind for you (https://oi66.tinypic.com/ielc9v.jpg)
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1. (?) Huntsmen - American Scrap
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3. (?) Sigur Rs - Takk
4. (Puppies_On_Acid) Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
5. (?) Redemption - The Fullness of Time
6. (Tomislav95) The Antlers - Hospice
7. (?) Haken - Affinity
8. (Stadler) Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
9. (?) _ _ i d _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ r s _ _ _ _
10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F R O S T Y
Puppies_On_Acid waits 3 turns
Sacul waits 2 turns
Lethean waits 1 turn
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So, there's some... curious choices this round...
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I'm guessing Lethean sent Redemption
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I'm guessing Lethean sent Redemption
You're right. Usually people don't guess, right or wrong, what I sent. Was it my posts in the FW thread, process of elimination, or something else?
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So, there's some... curious choices this round...
rip puppies
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So, there's some... curious choices this round...
rip puppies
It's OK, I've got a round winner I'm sending next round. :neverusethis:
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I'm guessing Lethean sent Redemption
You're right. Usually people don't guess, right or wrong, what I sent. Was it my posts in the FW thread, process of elimination, or something else?
People rarely guess mine either, they only got the Caligula's Horse one last round because I gave it away. :lol
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I'm guessing Lethean sent Redemption
You're right. Usually people don't guess, right or wrong, what I sent. Was it my posts in the FW thread, process of elimination, or something else?
Gut feel/elimination. If it wasn't me or Puppies, it was either you or Evermind. I don't think it would've been anyone else in this Roulette.
I'll bet Rich sent Haken.
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Yeah, Rich probably sent Haken.
Chad's album is still unguessed at this point, I'm pretty sure.
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(https://s31.postimg.org/76zg3cipn/woop.gif) Correct guesses! (https://s31.postimg.org/76zg3cipn/woop.gif)
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1. (?) Huntsmen - American Scrap
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3. (?) Sigur Rs - Takk
4. (Puppies_On_Acid) Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
5. (Lethean) Redemption - The Fullness of Time
6. (Tomislav95) The Antlers - Hospice
7. (ariich) Haken - Affinity
8. (Stadler) Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
9. (?) _ _ i d _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ r s _ _ _ _
10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F R O S T Y
Puppies_On_Acid waits 3 turns
Sacul waits 2 turns
Lethean waits 1 turn
So, there's some... curious choices this round...
rip puppies
(https://s31.postimg.org/q3n1mv4x7/cackle.gif)
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Parama sent Huntsmen
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Chad's album is still unguessed at this point, I'm pretty sure.
What, you don't think I'd send Sigur Ros?
Gimme an A
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1. (Parama) Huntsmen - American Scrap
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3. (?) Sigur Rs - Takk
4. (Puppies_On_Acid) Moonsorrow - Verisakeet
5. (Lethean) Redemption - The Fullness of Time
6. (Tomislav95) The Antlers - Hospice
7. (ariich) Haken - Affinity
8. (Stadler) Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
9. (?) _ _ i d _ a _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ r s _ _ _ _
10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
Guessed letters: D I F R O S T Y A
jingle.boy waits 3 turns
Puppies_On_Acid waits 2 turns
Sacul waits 1 turn
You just gotta guess Sacul, Evermind, and jingle's albums now :)
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Right.
Kepler Ten - Delta-V, sent by Chad. And I obviously didn't send Sigur Ros, so that's Sacul.
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Surely Lucas sent Sigur Ros. Clearly neither me or Ruslan would
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Surely Lucas sent Sigur Ros. Clearly neither me or Ruslan would
I actually sent a band that got a participant kicked out of your roulette. :lol
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Surely Lucas sent Sigur Ros. Clearly neither me or Ruslan would
Ya'll have actual names? No way :eek Who are Lucas and Chad and Ruslan?
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Surely Lucas sent Sigur Ros. Clearly neither me or Ruslan would
I actually sent a band that got a participant kicked out of your roulette. :lol
Phideaux - Number Seven
Sacul - spell it backwards
Evermind - Ruslan
Me - do the math
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Oh man I never even made the connection with Sacul :lol Yup, correct guesses. And since we can do the math for the remainder...
1. (Parama) Huntsmen - American Scrap
2. (jingle.boy) Kepler Ten - Delta-V
3. (Sacul) Sigur Rs - Takk
4. (Puppies_On_Acid) - Moonsorrow Verisakeet
5. (Lethean) Redemption - The Fullness of Time
6. (Tomislav95) The Antlers - Hospice
7. (ariich) Haken - Affinity
8. (Stadler) Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
9. (Evermind) Phideaux - Number Seven
10. (home) Karnivool - Sound Awake
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Tomislav95 = Tomislav
:neverusethis:
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Tomislav95 = Tomislav
:neverusethis:
ariich - Rich. :footloose:
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Surely Lucas sent Sigur Ros. Clearly neither me or Ruslan would
I actually sent a band that got a participant kicked out of your roulette. :lol
Phideaux - Number Seven
Sacul - spell it backwards
Evermind - Ruslan
Me - do the math
And my name in real life is actually my DTF username spelled backwards too!
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ThguaN!
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It's a very poetic name
My RL name is irrelevant because I'm just an autonomous AI they had to stop developing because I got addicted to metal
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Surely Lucas sent Sigur Ros. Clearly neither me or Ruslan would
I actually sent a band that got a participant kicked out of your roulette. :lol
Phideaux - Number Seven
Sacul - spell it backwards
Evermind - Ruslan
Me - do the math
And my name in real life is actually my DTF username spelled backwards too!
By the way, I have a minor villain in my D&D campaign named Esteban, because I had to come up with a random name on the spot. :lol
In other news, I just listened to Hospice again and yeah, that album is probably going to win the round, not mine.
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What an honour, the villain character no less :lol
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The good guy is called Marchena
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What an honour, the villain character no less :lol
You kinda struck me as a villainy type, not going to the gig with the rest of us. :lol
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It's a very poetic name
My RL name is irrelevant because I'm just an autonomous AI they had to stop developing because I got addicted to metal
I think you're Kotowboy 2.0.
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I have the worst forum username ever :emo:
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I don't even know who Kotowboy 1.0 is but he may have been the prototype model? I'm far superior though
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Puppies_On_Acid is an anagram of my real name. :|
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Never met someone with underscores in their name, wow
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"Must be Italian."
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Someone here is getting a spanking... for not sending me this album earlier. Lord there is some tasty stuff this round, going to have a tough time with the scores. Writeup snippets tonight. :soon:
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Corn corn corn corn
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Someone here is getting a spanking... for not sending me this album earlier.
Logic would suggest it's one of the bottom ranked players.
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No logic. Only party time. (https://i67.tinypic.com/1rp53k_th.gif)
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1. It's not bad, but I feel like I've heard this album many times before.
2. I've heard you talk about this before and you'd be surprised how much I've played this compared to others this round.
3. Wow, this is cool. It's interesting and does a lot of stuff without sounding like it's trying too hard.
4. Rainy day metal - I like it.
5. I enjoy this album even though it doesn't stand out that much as a whole.
6. Vocals took a while to get used to, but a few songs have been stuck on my brain all week.
7. Tasty as hell. You are very good at understanding what I enjoy.
8. A fantastic album but the singer and lyrics leave a lot to be desired.
9. This is the soundtrack to a nice dream that I don't want to wake from.
10. This is the soundtrack to a nightmare that I can't wake from.
I'm having a real blast with the roulette so far, especially this round.
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3. Wow, this is cool. It's interesting and does a lot of stuff without sounding like it's trying too hard.
6. Vocals took a while to get used to, but a few songs have been stuck on my brain all week.
9. This is the soundtrack to a nice dream that I don't want to wake from.
6 is very likely mine but the others seem fitting too.
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1. maybe
2. probably not
3. maybe?
4. probably not
5. maybe?
6. maybe moonsorrow? :lol
7. i hope
8. i have no clue
9. this is sigur ros
10. hospice?
this is Something
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Well, lots more that could be applicable to my submission. Pretty sure I can rule out 2, 4, 8, and 10... and most likely 6. I'm gonna let it ride (super-optimistically) on 7.
(https://78.media.tumblr.com/5536da3c38994d62862321e0352290a2/tumblr_o56e5r5wIw1ueufq0o1_400.gif)
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4. Rainy day metal - I like it.
6. Vocals took a while to get used to, but a few songs have been stuck on my brain all week.
8. A fantastic album but the singer and lyrics leave a lot to be desired.
10. This is the soundtrack to a nightmare that I can't wake from.
Mine is probably one of these. Most likely 6 or 10...
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K-Lox...by eliminating me in the first round, you have missed out on some AMAZING music. Just sayin'.
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K-Lox...by eliminating me in the first round, you have missed out on some AMAZING music. Just sayin'.
You took that risk when you sent power metal after I gave a warning :lol Feel free to send suggestions after the roulette finishes. Or wait for the next roulette in the future :)
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K-Lox...by eliminating me in the first round, you have missed out on some AMAZING music. Just sayin'.
You took that risk when you sent power metal after I gave a warning :lol Feel free to send suggestions after the roulette finishes. Or wait for the next roulette in the future :)
You got a weird definition of Power Metal if you think that's what Ascendia is. :huh:
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power metal is just any metal i find boring, right? that's how they define it, right? :huh:
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K-Lox...by eliminating me in the first round, you have missed out on some AMAZING music. Just sayin'.
You took that risk when you sent power metal after I gave a warning :lol Feel free to send suggestions after the roulette finishes. Or wait for the next roulette in the future :)
You got a weird definition of Power Metal if you think that's what Ascendia is. :huh:
Well, Metal Archives has them listed as progressive power metal, and the album is extremely power metally. There's lots of types of power metal. [insert Bubba montage here] It's definitely power metal. I just feel like I've heard that album many, many times already.
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K-Lox...by eliminating me in the first round, you have missed out on some AMAZING music. Just sayin'.
You took that risk when you sent power metal after I gave a warning :lol Feel free to send suggestions after the roulette finishes. Or wait for the next roulette in the future :)
You got a weird definition of Power Metal if you think that's what Ascendia is. :huh:
Well, Metal Archives has them listed as progressive power metal, and the album is extremely power metally. There's lots of types of power metal. [insert Bubba montage here] It's definitely power metal. I just feel like I've heard that album many, many times already.
I can't argue that point... I found them to be fairly ordinary, and didn't dig the vocalist at all - too one-dimensional and no range. I guess everyone can define musical genres however they see fit, I just wouldn't classify them into what I would consider predominently 'power' metal. Quasi-prog metal is how they struck me.
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I don't think any of those descriptions fit my submission
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8. A fantastic album but the singer and lyrics leave a lot to be desired.
I'm pretty sure this is mine.
Dormouse, dormouse, have you any cheese
Or did it melt in the thermonuclear breeze
:lol
As you said you didn't quite like the concept in Beyond the Bridge album, I thought I just won't put a lot of stock into lyrics with my next entry. Guess that didn't work out.
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You all seem so sure of which is yours... LOL
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I don't think any of those descriptions fit my submission
You don't say!?!?
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I don't know which one is mine, but I'd be quite surprised if it was one of the ones with negative comments about the vocals. Ray Alder is one of my favorites.
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I don't know which one is mine, but I'd be quite surprised if it was one of the ones with negative comments about the vocals. Ray Alder is one of my favorites.
Me too... but I can understand how his voice might not click with everyone. I feel the same about Tom Englund, but have had a few roulette hosts be put off by his voice.
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I don't know which one is mine, but I'd be quite surprised if it was one of the ones with negative comments about the vocals. Ray Alder is one of my favorites.
So is Andre Matos (https://i66.tinypic.com/2s62gyg_th.gif)
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I don't know which one is mine, but I'd be quite surprised if it was one of the ones with negative comments about the vocals. Ray Alder is one of my favorites.
So is Andre Matos (https://i66.tinypic.com/2s62gyg_th.gif)
Did I ever say that?
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I don't know which one is mine, but I'd be quite surprised if it was one of the ones with negative comments about the vocals. Ray Alder is one of my favorites.
So is Andre Matos (https://i66.tinypic.com/2s62gyg_th.gif)
Did I ever say that?
Now that you mention it, I don't think so. But I just assumed, given how badly you've tried to change my mind on his voice hahaha. Just giving you a hard time :)
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I don't know which one is mine, but I'd be quite surprised if it was one of the ones with negative comments about the vocals. Ray Alder is one of my favorites.
So is Andre Matos (https://i66.tinypic.com/2s62gyg_th.gif)
Did I ever say that?
Now that you mention it, I don't think so. But I just assumed, given how badly you've tried to change my mind on his voice hahaha. Just giving you a hard time :)
But I haven't tried that either, have I? The witness's testimony is a bit unreliable, your honor. :)
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I believe it was implied when I was chastising the quality of Matos-era Angra, but I will cop to maybe possibly potentially having been mistaken. :biggrin: ;)
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I believe it was implied when I was chastising the quality of Matos-era Angra, but I will cop to maybe possibly potentially having been mistaken. :biggrin: ;)
What I actually did try to convince you of was the greatness of those albums, especially Holy Land. I even suggested you just go with versions with Fabio singing so that the vocals didn't get in the way. :)
So all that having been said, I wouldn't call him one of my very favorite singers, but... I do love his voice on the Angra albums and think Holy Live is all kinds of awesome. I would love to have seen him live with them at the top of his game, and I'd even like to see it now for a special anniversary show or something, even though I'm sure he'd struggle with some of that stuff. However, the stuff he's done since just hasn't captured me the same way. I'm sure he had to tone it down and don't blame him, but part of the reason I don't call him a favorite is that his toned down voice just doesn't grab me so much. I love Ray on the older Fates stuff where he's up in the stratosphere, and I love his voice now and on everything in between. For Andre, I think it's a combination of his voice and not having Rafa around that means the magic just wasn't there anymore. (As far as my relationship with his singing and writing goes).
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That's fair. You also need to listen to Luxaeterna by Aquaria. Given your love for Angels Cry I think you will at the very least enjoy it if not fall in love with it. :)
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My favorite singer is merzbow
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Maybe I'll do a roulette and you can send it to me. If he's trying to sound like Matos though, I dunno. There's only room for one. (Just like I don't like Savage whatever it was called with the dude who sounded like Hansi).
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My favorite singer is merzbow
:rollin
Maybe I'll do a roulette and you can send it to me. If he's trying to sound like Matos though, I dunno. There's only room for one. (Just like I don't like Savage whatever it was called with the dude who sounded like Hansi).
At one point or another you WILL be listening to Aquaria, roulette or not hahaha :) I wouldn't say he's TRYING to sound like Matos, and he certainly has his own distinct voice, but he definitely does have that South American power metal voice, heavy falsetto sound that only they seem to have. I would say you'd like him because he is very similar to Matos in his younger years, but if you don't like Savage Circus for the reason you stated (aw :( ) then that's a tough call...
Also, I'm unfortunately going to have to give a lower score than I had hoped to... but warnings were given. :lol
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RIP memesorrow
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results when
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Tomorrow. It would be tonight but I have plans, believe it or not!
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RIP memesorrow
Nah... I'm feeling it's Delta-V
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Tomorrow. It would be tonight but I have plans, believe it or not!
Someone who is browsing DTF? Plans? Hahaha, that's a good one
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Didn't know there was life outside DTF :huh:
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Tomorrow. It would be tonight but I have plans, believe it or not!
Someone who is browsing DTF? Plans? Hahaha, that's a good one
(https://oi68.tinypic.com/szj2pj.jpg)
Also Kamelot is playing on April 27th and Infinity War is the next day so results will be delayed that week
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Tomorrow. It would be tonight but I have plans, believe it or not!
Someone who is browsing DTF? Plans? Hahaha, that's a good one
:(
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Maybe I'll do a roulette and you can send it to me.
(https://media.giphy.com/media/87xihBthJ1DkA/giphy.gif)
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Hangovers are real. Expect the results this evening. :lol
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:soon: :corn :soon:
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Hangovers are real.
The struggle is real
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:corn :corn :corn
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:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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Leave some popcorn for me!
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you're not allowed to have any popcorn if you're not in the roulette
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alright, I won't open this thread again then :corn
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You Euros are either have to stay up real late, or not find out until Sunday.
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Apologies for the delay. There were some very high highs and very low lows this round. While I finally go lay down in a dark room for a while, you can send for round 3 (4 to some of you :lol). This was a really interesting round with some very noteworthy artists for me to check out after this is over. I'll update the first post's round links and scores and add these to the banned list. And I apologize if you strongly disagree with my views. :)
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1. The Antlers - Hospice
sent by Tomislav95
2009; indie rock/post rock/dream pop
(https://s18.postimg.org/wl7mz0ko9/The_Antlers_-_Hospice.jpg)
This is a special album. It's just a delight. I think there is a theme or concept given some recurring motifs, something about someone with a disease. I haven't had time to really dig into it, but even without that in mind, this is just full of beautiful music. Wispy, ethereal sounds from the opening really set the tone for the album and it's like that until the final fadeout. I love the vocals. I'm not familiar with much music in this style, so forgive me, but at times he sounds similar to Cat Stevens particularly in the final track, and other times he gives me a Caleb Followill (Kings of Leon) vibe, in the more upbeat songs like Bear or Two. There's a KoL vibe in other ways, with upbeat or happier sounding songs, but they're all really kind of sad. Two is a good example of this, kind of a poppy vocal melody and guitar strumming, but the keyboards underneath give it a special melancholy vibe. It's incredibly emotional and feels honest and organic, but it's not overwhelming at all. Man, this is good. I really hope their other albums are similar to this. Very strong comeback, Tomi. I love this album. 9.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Sylvia, Two, Epilogue
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2. Kepler Ten - Delta-V
sent by jingle.boy
2017; progressive rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/4l3jeqwnd/Kepler_Ten_-_Delta-_V.png)
DAMN!! jingle knows his stuff. This is killer all around. It's not super heavy but rocks hard, it's got great hooks and a really fun sound. This has been really good for me at the gym, really gets my blood pumping. I don't dislike anything about this, and I really like that they kept it simple, there's only 7 songs and only one over 10 minutes. This singer reminds me of a bunch of different people all at once, but he stands out as unique to me and complements the music perfectly. They know how to write a memorable chorus and have it stick in your head. I like how after just one listen I could immediately identify 5 of 7 tracks without trying. Killer keyboard patches, I especially like the short-lived lead synth towards the end of Swallowtail and the electronic drums on The Shallows. Really hard to pick favorite tracks for this one because the whole thing is a joy to listen to, and I honestly have no complaints or quibbles. I don't mean to jynx you, jingle, but keep it up... 9.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Time and Tide, The Stone, The Shallows
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3. Sigur Rs - Takk
sent by Sacul
2005; post-rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/4l3jeq1s9/Sigur_R_s_-_Takk.jpg)
I have another album by Sigur Rs, whose name I'm too lazy to find and copy/paste, but it wasn't as enjoyable as this. This is like the soundtrack to a nice dream I want to stay in. I really, really liked this. The warm synth pads make me feel ways, and Jonsi's vocals are always pleasant. I just wish I knew the language, or that the lyrics were in English, so I could tell if they were as pretty as the music itself. The use of bells is always a plus, the gentle twinkling adds so much to the vibe. It's never in a hurry, which I like, and slowly builds into this wall of sound that pulls up some emotions in me. Sglpur (no copy paste! I remembered how to type one of the tracks!) kind of sums up everything I love about this record and really shows off what I like in this realm of music. I also got really high to this album which I think is a requirement for maximum effect, but I'm also the kind of person who wants an artist to go for maximum beauty or emotional response in their music as opposed to trying to fit a certain mold, and I've been sleeping on Sigur Rs. This album makes me want to curl up into a ball on the couch and drift lazily into sleep. The *only* reason it's not a 9.5 is because I just don't understand Icelandic. 9.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Glsli, Sglpur, Andvari
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4. Kris Kristofferson - Kristofferson
sent by Stadler
1970; country
(https://s18.postimg.org/mmmod3vzd/Kris_Kristofferson_-_Kristofferson.jpg)
Well, well, well. The oldest submission yet - this album is 48 years young. I have very much been into older music like this lately, and I'm pleasantly surprised with this. Blame It On The Stones was a bit of a weird opening and didn't really prepare me for the rest of the album. It's like a time machine when you focus on some of these lyrics (like Blame It On The Stones) and I wonder how this was received when it first came out. There's something relaxing about this. It's no busier than it has to be, it feels honest and real, but most importantly, the lyrics actually mean things and tell a story! That makes a huge impact on the quality of the music. Bland or unmemorable lyrics only hurt a song, not help, and I like Kristofferson's voice. The combination of the two on 'To Beat the Devil' makes that one of my favorites. Mixing spoken word with sung vocals, I tend to associate that with this style of music and it's so good. I wish the entire album was like that song. Kind of like Seasick Steve, but less... inebriated. I know next to nothing about Kris Kristofferson, but if the rest of his albums are along these lines, consider me a fan. You've suggested this album to me more than once, Stadler, but I'm really happy I finally heard this and loved it. I've thrown this in my playlist of Randy Newman, Neil Young, Cat Stevens, etc. and it fits like a glove. 9.0/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: To Beat The Devil, Just the Other Side of Nowhere, Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down
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5. Phideaux - Number Seven
sent by Evermind
2009; progressive rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/vvoumncex/Phideaux_-_Number_Seven.jpg)
This one really came out of nowhere - I've never heard of Phideaux and have never seen a mention of it anywhere. But here we are, this album is 9 years old and just now gracing my ears. What a trip! It's proggy, it's adventurous, it's memorable... and it's not taxing at all. It explores other soundscapes than simply distorted guitars, wacky drum fills and nebulous lyrical themes. There's some truly interesting stuff here but it all works. Even the long songs - the second tracks is 19 minutes, and another is 14 - are quality and don't get boring or tedious. In fact, those are two of my favorites here, proving that a long song can be great if it's inspired enough. I love the focus on keyboards and non-traditional rock or metal instruments and the little repeated musical motifs like in Waiting For The Axe To Fall. The stuff about the "Dormouse" as it's written and Thermonuclear Cheese is a bit strange, but doesn't put me off. This is some pretty inventive stuff and I want to hear more. Kind of hard to describe exactly what this music is because it's all over the place but not obnoxiously so. I think this is the most unique submission this round and doesn't offend my tastes in any way. Good stuff, dude. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Waiting For The Axe To Fall, The Search For Terrestrial Life, Love Theme From "Number Seven"
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6. Haken - Affinity
sent by ariich
2016; progressive metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/bn1h1hiex/Haken_-_Affinity.jpg)
I'm actually familiar with the album that precedes this, The Mountain. I haven't heard it in a couple years but I remember enjoying most of the music but was very put off by Ross's voice and the dreadful lyrics. Unfortunately the same applies to this album. This album seems to have a theme about robots and computers and... For all the hype this band gets this is a pretty generic concept not helped out by the emotionless lyrics and a simply average singer. If they revamped those two things, this album would be fantastic. The instrumental sections are on the other hand brilliant. 1985 has such an awesome vibe going for it right around the 7 minute mark, a very Ayreon or Time Requiem vibe to the duelling keyboards and guitars and I just love it. I love the riffs, the great bass solo on The Architect, can't say there's much about the drumming that stands out but major props to the keyboardist for setting the mood just right and having the shreddy chops to match the guitars. Sometimes I think the songs are too long and fall into the stereotypical prog metal problem of doing too much but they're a lot more concise than other bands trying to play with massive concept albums. I think the first half if stronger than the second, but after a few listens, I think this is way stronger than The Mountain, and a very good album, but could be fantastic with a good singer and a completely different approach to lyrics. I like that the ending ties in with the beginning. I bet there's a message in the code. Much nuggetz, so prog. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: 1985, Lapse, Bound by Gravity
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7. Huntsmen - American Scrap
sent by Parama
2018; post-metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/7dwqzbmvd/Huntsmen_-_American_Scrap.jpg)
A brand new album released not even two months ago. This strikes me as rainy day metal. Yeah, it's loud, but it's dreary as all get out, and the album art really conveys the tone of the album: gray, miserable, a little dirty. The guitars have a filthy sound to them. But I really enjoy moments like the start of Canary King with isolated vocals and drawn out pauses, then... a dirty, crunchy barrage of really dirty guitar sounds. The songs all have a groove they get comfortable with, sometimes evolve a little bit, but they always come back to this dismal atmosphere which they do so well. The interludes are nice instrumental treats bookending a great song in Atlantic City which I think sums up the album well. It has a little bit of everything. The Barrens and The Last President do a great job of closing out the album: The Barrens is intense and speedy, but The Last President opens with these lovely female vocals and soft guitars before going into this simple yet powerful instrumental section to close the album. A bleak album that has both spacey and intense vibes and it does it all well, but the back half is where it shines. Good stuff, Parama. 8.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Atlantic City, The Barrens, The Last President
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8. Karnivool - Sound Awake
sent by home
2009; progressive rock
(https://s18.postimg.org/hp93rfgzd/Karnivool_-_Sound_Awake.jpg)
There were moments I really liked on this album, like the end of New Day where everything gets to breathe, but overall I didn't get much of a response from this album. It's good music, but even after three spins I can't really recall much about it, and I find that weird. I enjoy it while it's on, but when it ends, I find it almost impossible to differentiate the songs from each other because there isn't much that makes each song stand out. I suppose it'll grow over time. Don't get me wrong, it isn't bad and I certainly don't dislike it, but it's hard to come up with thoughts on something that doesn't leave much of an impression. I want to check out more by this group because I have a feeling this is a case of me just listening to the 'wrong' album. I think backloading the album with two very long tracks was a mistake because those are the ones they seem to let loose on and really show who they are, but you have to make it through all the other tracks first. Although there weren't any lyrics that stuck with me, there's a chill vibe to this group that has me intrigued, so while this didn't really blow my mind, I'm certainly more interested in following them now. 7.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: The Caudal Lure, Deadman, Change
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9. Redemption - The Fullness of Time
sent by Lethean
2005; progressive metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/jh22mb5h5/Redemption_-_The_Fullness_of_Time.jpg)
Ray Alder is good, and he was noteworthy as I made my way through Fates Warning's discography, but this was unfortunately a big disappointment that he can't save. This is prog metal by the numbers, very reminiscent of Symphony X but without much charisma, emotion, or identity. It's unwise to backload a 50 minute album with 2 songs that make up 37 minutes of said album, particularly when the title track sounds as pompous as it is (The Fullness of Time, Pt. IV: Transcendence), Sapphire is too long on its own, and there are some really awkward melodic/lyrical choices, like in Pt. I: Rage, instead of "down every darkned avenue" which would make a strong rhyme, they go with "every darkened street" and ends in a very weak cadence. The whole album suffers from that, and even in the first song one of my musical pet peeves rears its head - the 6/8 time signature "kick, kick, k-kick kick" drum beat that every band abuses. After a few listens I went back and just poked at random places throughout the album and it's all very one note. There isn't one strong riff here except for Threads, and even that is a bit rote. To me one of the biggest offenders is that the lyrics are predictable and uninspired, generic stuff about being confused or bland interpretations of emotions - to quote Futurama, you can't just tell the audience how you feel! That makes me feel ANGRY! This wasn't terrible, but just so I'm not entirely negative, I do enjoy the keyboard sounds, the crunch of the guitar, and Ray Alder is certainly my favorite part of this record despite the lyrical quibbles, but I much prefer him in Fates Warning. You seriously impressed me with Coal, but this took no risks that would've helped given it some personality. I have a feeling they have way stronger albums than this. And although you don't care about scores, I have faith you'll come back next round... right? 6.5/10
FAVORITE TRACKS: Threads, Parker's Eyes, Scarred
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10. Moonsorrow - Veriskeet
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
2005; folk metal
(https://s18.postimg.org/vhninmd21/Moonsorrow_-_Verisakeet.jpg)
Oh, Puppies, I hope you're bracing yourself. I was so happy when I heard Sieges Even because I expected a lot more along those lines. I gave plenty of warnings, I gave you two chances to pick a better album, and you stuck with it, even after I had already heard some stuff by these guys. Well... I don't have much good to say about this album, honestly. There are five songs - three of them are 14 minutes or longer, one is almost 20, and the other is 8. This entire album is one note until the final track, and it's a real chore to listen to. Insane drumming, guitars that go too far with the gain, boring riffs, and a singer who tempted me every second he was present to turn off the album. The only parts of this album I enjoyed where the very brief folky moments without any metal music. The last track is actually enjoyable with the clean singing and ambient sounds, but that is the only enjoyable part of this. The vast majority of the album is one tedious soundtrack to a nightmare I just can't wake from. Everything about this style of metal rubs me the wrong way, and I've heard a lot of it. I once dated a girl with whom I had to travel to many a folk metal concert for bands just like Moonsorrow, and the genre has become laughably trite in my opinion. The growling is not fun and... well, I've already bashed the album to hell, so you know. I'm not sure if you thought this would somehow change my mind or if it was simply payback for my reception to Tool, but man, I was really hoping you'd send something better than this. It's a shame that the only good thing about this album is the part that isn't even music. Sorry, man, but I honestly struggle to even rate this as high as it does - any lower feels unnecessarily harsh since we aren't doing eliminations. I have faith in your next pick however, and you still have plenty of time to make a comeback... 5.0/10
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Scores
1. jingle.boy - 27.5
2. Stadler - 26.0
3. home - 25.5
3. Evermind - 25.5
3. ariich - 25.5
3. Sacul - 25.5
7. Parama - 25.0
8. Tomislav95 - 24.0
9. Lethean - 23.5
10. Puppies_On_Acid - 19.5
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I honestly sent that Moonsorrow album in hopes of you finding something to like in that type of metal. Oh well. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I think I have a pretty good grasp of where to go next. Expect something much more to your tastes next round.
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I'm glad I hit the right spot with Hospice :tup
Unfortunately, none of their other albums come close, at least that's what I think.
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I honestly sent that Moonsorrow album in hopes of you finding something to like in that type of metal. Oh well. It's one of my favorite albums of all time. I think I have a pretty good grasp of where to go next. Expect something much more to your tastes next round.
Darn. Yeah, sorry man, you took a left when all the warning signs told you to go right. :lol I'm actually glad you were confident enough to send such a risky album, because it gives me a better idea of your tastes and you get an idea of what to avoid. Unfortunately this one very much missed the mark. A for effort though. :)
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okay, i've got an average score of over 8/10 and i'm still in 7th, dang :lol
i'm gonna send a bad idea this round
edit: apparently not, Katt already knows Wilderun. darn :corn
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Redemption - The Fullness of Time
Goddamn that's a good album. Made my Top 50v2. I had considered sending it... guess I can un-consider it now.
You're welcome. ;)
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Round 3 results tomorrow then?
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puppies: 4/10
everyone else: 10/10
next round
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puppies: 4/10
everyone else: 10/10
next round
That would be my initial guess as well.
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Send the goods. The good goods. :hat
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Sigur Rs lyrics are not in Icelandic but in a made up language, which probably isn't really a language and just a way to justify putting words that sound good. And that's the point with their music, pure emotional bliss, his vocals being another instrument, an integral part of their wonderful style. So give me that 9.5 :neverusethis:.
Anyway, I'm glad Takk did so well, although it's not my favorite album of them, I like it a lot. If you want something as warm and lovely as it, check their 2008 record - jolly summer tunes.
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Stadler, I am going to announce The TAC v.3 Roulette very shortly, and while Kris Kristofferson will not be on the banned list, you will be immediately expelled if you send my Kris f'n Kristofferson!
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Sigur Rs lyrics are not in Icelandic but in a made up language, which probably isn't really a language and just a way to justify putting words that sound good. And that's the point with their music, pure emotional bliss, his vocals being another instrument, an integral part of their wonderful style. So give me that 9.5 :neverusethis:.
some of their lyrics are icelandic, some of them are gibberish language, takk has a lot of both iirc
keep your 9.0 fool :corn
also, ( ) is the best sigur ros album by far
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Maybe I'll do a roulette and you can send it to me.
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So how does it work? Do I just start one if/when I feel like it? Are people going to be upset if my write-ups aren't super long like Stadler's were?
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there's a thread https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=43449.0
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While I'm thrilled with the 9.5 for my submission, the score on Redemption displeases me, and makes me question my planned strategy for the next few rounds. So yeah... thanks for taking that bullet Lethean.
And to answer your question on roulettes... no need for huge-assed writeups (although, participants do appreciate them). Some have gone with a quick 2-3 sentences.
And Tim, if serious ... put me in coach.
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also, ( ) is the best sigur ros album by far
Very much this. Although Takk is really good and was my first exposure to the band many years ago.....whenever that album came out.
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Wait they're really gibberish? That's weird but really cool. The 9.0 is already cemented in your plaque and cannot be amended :biggrin:
I do the write-ups cause I'm a huge fuckin' nerd and I like to babble.
Also jingle you are on a good streak please don't ruin it. :lol
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I do the write-ups cause I'm a huge fuckin' nerd and I like to babble.
I love it when roulette hosts put a good amount of effort into describing what the like and don't like about the music. I also understand why others go with brevity. Doesn't bother me one way or the other.
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my entire last roulette i had to separate writeups into two separate posts because i write too much :lol
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I'll take the 8.5. Don't know how the hell Kris Kristofferson beat my album though. :lol
Phideaux is great because I don't quite know any other progressive rock band that sounds like this. Number Seven is my favourite, but Doomsday Afternoon and Snowtorch are just as good. In fact, Doomsday Afternoon is considered their best album.
I'll have to decide if I should take a risk in the next round, or stick with more good progressive rock.
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Sent :tup beautiful album again. I really hope I catch up with the rest of you soon, my first round submission ruined me.
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I decided that I will be sending progressive rock in the even rounds (IQ and Phideaux in rounds 0 and 2) and the albums I love in the odd rounds (Beyond the Bridge in round 1). So, just sent something I love that'll probably get me 5/10.
Send :tup beautiful album again.
I'm willing to bet that the album I sent is more beautiful than yours. :biggrin:
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Stadler, I am going to announce The TAC v.3 Roulette very shortly, and while Kris Kristofferson will not be on the banned list, you will be immediately expelled if you send my Kris f'n Kristofferson!
HAH! I'll send an album of just "Kristofferson" covers and you won't even know what hit you!
I get that music is subjective, but I think Kattleox was spot on, and got from the music what I get from it. The lyrics and the mood is three quarters of the battle with Kristofferson. Everyone knows the Janis version of "Me And Bobby McGee", where it's a barrelhouse, almost drinking song, and the original is so much more layered. It's such a sad, melancholy song the way Kris sings it. Janis' version hinges on the line "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose!", kind of in a 60's way, and Kris's version hinges on the line "I'd trade all my tomorrow's for a single yesterday", in a universal way, where he knows what he wants and what must be are not the same thing at all.
Darby's Castle; if that isn't Melania Trump in there, I'm a monkey's uncle.
TAC, remember, I'm the guy that sent a Genesis song to the guy that basically said "the only rule? NO GENESIS!" Haha.
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I'll take the 8.5. Don't know how the hell Kris Kristofferson beat my album though. :lol
Have you heard it? I don't know how the hell Kris Kristofferson didn't beat Sigur Ros and come in first! :)
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I'll take the 8.5. Don't know how the hell Kris Kristofferson beat my album though. :lol
Have you heard it? I don't know how the hell Kris Kristofferson didn't beat Sigur Ros and come in first! :)
I have, I've been spinning most of this round albums during the week. It is pretty good (definitely better than Sigur Ros), but I don't think it's better than what I've sent. :)
Then again, I thought Kepler Ten was pretty average except for one song, so what do I know.
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Sigur Rs are better than all this dad music :metal
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I'm really stumped as to what to send next; I'll try to get something in tonight, first thing tomorrow at the latest.
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Don't underestimate my enjoyment for older, simpler music, y'all. It's very likely I will enjoy that stuff more than the latest balls to the wall ambitious neo prog symphonic rock opera ;) :D
And I really love that Kepler Ten album. God damn is that good.
Also also, the next round will once again have one artist appearing twice. Neat!
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While I'm thrilled with the 9.5 for my submission, the score on Redemption displeases me, and makes me question my planned strategy for the next few rounds. So yeah... thanks for taking that bullet Lethean.
No problem. It's a great album, and sometimes Firewings is just plain wrong. Happens to everyone. :) At least he'll know some of the songs if they play a few from that album at ProgPower.
And to answer your question on roulettes... no need for huge-assed writeups (although, participants do appreciate them). Some have gone with a quick 2-3 sentences.
I'll do my best with it. I think I can manage more than 2 sentences at least.
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I know you have way better stuff than Redemption. It falls right into what I'm bored with in metal unfortunately. :P
EDIT: Ray Adler, as I said, was the best part :) also count me in for your roulette.
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Way better? No, I don't. Way better is the stuff you are already familiar with.
What I might have is something you happen to like better, and if that's the case, great. If not, so be it. "I used to listen to that when I was 13" is a comment I'm quite familiar with. That's nice, and so? I used to listen to classical music when I was a kid. I don't listen to it so much now, but is it really because classical music isn't so good after all and my listening habits are so much better now? Or, is it maybe because my tastes just changed? I tend to think it's the latter.
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Way better? No, I don't. Way better is the stuff you are already familiar with.
What I might have is something you happen to like better, and if that's the case, great. If not, so be it. "I used to listen to that when I was 13" is a comment I'm quite familiar with. That's nice, and so? I used to listen to classical music when I was a kid. I don't listen to it so much now, but is it really because classical music isn't so good after all and my listening habits are so much better now? Or, is it maybe because my tastes just changed? I tend to think it's the latter.
What I meant was, I don't think my tastes have changed too much because I still listen to a number of artists who sound just like them - rather, it's just stale and doesn't interest me because it doesn't do anything new. I try very hard to avoid saying something is flat-out 'bad' and when I do I always try to imply it's relative to my own taste, so even for Moonsorrow, there was a time I dug that kind of music a bit, but these days I don't find anything entertaining about it, so although I personally don't find anything good on it, I don't necessarily think it is a 'bad' album - it's a way to avoid insulting the taste of the submitter, but maybe that hasn't worked so well.
I guess what I'm getting at is Redemption simply sounds like all the stuff I've heard a million times before, so I don't see anything special about it. But if everyone else loves them? That's awesome. I'm not here to cast judgment on people's taste, only my own, and my perception of what you all send me. And that requires being brutally honest, and I expect the same in return (just as Puppies told me how corny Bubonic Waltz was, although I disagree). :) :)
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ftr i 100% agree on redemption, i find them one of the least interesting prog metal bands out there, tried to listen to them & never got into them & tomi got destroyed in my second roulette when he tried to send them too
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Way better? No, I don't. Way better is the stuff you are already familiar with.
What I might have is something you happen to like better, and if that's the case, great. If not, so be it. "I used to listen to that when I was 13" is a comment I'm quite familiar with. That's nice, and so? I used to listen to classical music when I was a kid. I don't listen to it so much now, but is it really because classical music isn't so good after all and my listening habits are so much better now? Or, is it maybe because my tastes just changed? I tend to think it's the latter.
What I meant was, I don't think my tastes have changed too much because I still listen to a number of artists who sound just like them - rather, it's just stale and doesn't interest me because it doesn't do anything new. I try very hard to avoid saying something is flat-out 'bad' and when I do I always try to imply it's relative to my own taste, so even for Moonsorrow, there was a time I dug that kind of music a bit, but these days I don't find anything entertaining about it, so although I personally don't find anything good on it, I don't necessarily think it is a 'bad' album - it's a way to avoid insulting the taste of the submitter, but maybe that hasn't worked so well.
I guess what I'm getting at is Redemption simply sounds like all the stuff I've heard a million times before, so I don't see anything special about it. But if everyone else loves them? That's awesome. I'm not here to cast judgment on people's taste, only my own, and my perception of what you all send me. And that requires being brutally honest, and I expect the same in return (just as Puppies told me how corny Bubonic Waltz was, although I disagree). :) :)
It looks like you edited your original comment, probably when I was writing mine, so I'll leave it at that, lest everyone else gets as confused as I just started to get. :)
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That's my worst habit on the forum, apart from posting in the first place. :neverusethis:
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To another edited part of your post - start picking out your favorite Aquaria song. You probably have a couple months to decide. :)
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To another edited part of your post - start picking out your favorite Aquaria song. You probably have a couple months to decide. :)
I cannot wait for you to tear it apart. :biggrin: :metal
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To another edited part of your post - start picking out your favorite Aquaria song. You probably have a couple months to decide. :)
I cannot wait for you to tear it apart. :biggrin: :metal
I'm probably not going to. But if the singer sounds like Andre 2.0, I probably won't care for it. I'm curious. If they just sound a little like Angra, it's probably fine. It's when people get too close - like the Hansi clone, or Tommy Kevarik, etc.
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Eh, hard telling. Sometimes he does, sometimes not. Maybe I'll send the song I took my (old) username from. :metal
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You shouldn't have told me that - I might just have to listen to it now and then ban it...
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Snowfall on Judgement Day is, imo, Redemption's best album, and it's not even close. But others are far from bad.
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Snowfall on Judgement Day is, imo, Redemption's best album, and it's not even close. But others are far from bad.
I think Kattoelox would have enjoyed that Arch/Matheos album more.
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Snowfall on Judgement Day is, imo, Redemption's best album, and it's not even close. But others are far from bad.
I think Kattoelox would have enjoyed that Arch/Matheos album more.
He's already heard it, but it would be a good pick for those who like Arch's voice (which he does).
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I love John Arch. Sympathetic Resonance was one of the best discoveries I made in 2017 thanks to this place.
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The Mountain ... dreadful lyrics
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Surprised you dislike Ross's voice so much as he has a lot in common with the guy from Caligula's Horse, but no matter, 8.5 is still a solid score so glad you liked the album overall!
I'm now moving on from prog metal and will be sending you stuff that I think is awesome, and which you MIGHT like (or at least I have no reason to think you'll DISlike it). So into risky territory...
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Yeah, like I said earlier, sometimes my taste isn't consistent. I don't hear much of a similarity between him and the Caligula's Horse guy, but others might. (Just like how I think John Arch sounds very similar to Michael Kiske, but others laughed at the comparison when I made it last year :lol) I really do think that album would be a 9.0 or 9.5 with a better singer and better lyrics though. The instrumental section at the end of 1985 is just freaking killer. Also not a fan of Einar's guest spot in The Architect, the harsh vocals aren't necessary in my opinion. But hey, still a really good album!
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(Just like how I think John Arch sounds very similar to Michael Kiske, but others laughed at the comparison when I made it last year :lol)
WTF?? You need some new ears because apparently yours have expired. :lol
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As I promised, sent harsh noise.
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Arch totally sounds like Kiske on the first three FW albums. Absolutely. And his inflection even on the Sympathetic Resonance album is definitely Kiske-esque.
Just waiting for one last submission.
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See what I mean about him being wrong sometimes?
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Lethean, you've been listening to too many cookie monster vocals. Go play Night On Brocken again! :biggrin: :biggrin:
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Lethean, you've been listening to too many cookie monster vocals. Go play Night On Brocken again! :biggrin: :biggrin:
Said no one about me, ever. :).
I even saw Arch and Kiske in the same year; didn't sound anything alike.
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That boggles my mind. Ears are funny. I just played early Helloween and early Fates back to back and they both sound identical to me. Maybe it's because I just had mine cleaned. :hat
Hangman will start tonight whether I get home's submission in or not :)
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Hangmanegan
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I think whoever doesn't get their submissions in should have a point or two taken off...
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If home doesn't have his submission in by 5 PM (that's 4 hours from now, when I get off work) then, I dunno, I'll figure something out. I've already started listening. I have... thoughts.
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Hold those thoughts, I'm sending in a minute...
Sorry for the delay!
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WOMP WOMP
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BAIT was effective!
A wild home appeared!
Katt uses HANGMAN!
There are some long titles here so I'm not going to split up the underscores this time...
1. (?) ___ - ___ ___ _____ ______ _____
2. (?) ________ - ______ _________
3. (?) _____ ___ - ___ _____ ___ ___ ___ ______ ______ __
4. (?) ___ - ________
5. (?) _________ ___ - _____________ __ ________
6. (?) _____ _______ - __ __ ______
7. (?) _____ ______ - _______ ____ __ _____
8. (?) _________ - _ ____ ______ ____
9. (?) _______ ____ _ ______ - _______ ____ _ ______
10. (?) ___ ____ ______ - ___ __
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T time
Also one of those could be The Dear Hunter - Act II or Act IV if we're not using the full title :corn
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Lucky guess :)
1. (?) ___ - __d T__ _____ ___d_d __t__
2. (?) _______d - ______ ________t
3. (?) ____d ___ - T__ D____ ___ __d ___ ______ ____d_ __
4. (?) ___ - ________
5. (?) D________ __t - _______t_t___ __ ________
6. (?) D____ _______ - __ __ _____d
7. (?) _____ T_____ - ______d ____ __ _____
8. (?) __d_____d - _ ____ _____d ____
9. (?) _______ ____ _ ______ - _______ ____ _ ______
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T
Parama waits 3 turns
Sacul waits 2 turns
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H
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And one could be Mew - Visuals if KTLX accidentally used one _ too much
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The first one is definitely Mew - And the Glass Handed Kites, so
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And one could be Mew - Visuals if KTLX accidentally used one _ too much
None of those letters have even been guessed yet. I'm really bad at this...
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He did say there's one duplicate artist, so someone who actually knows Mew come in here please and solve that second Mew album if it's not Visuals
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It is not Visuals. Train's head is now in the rope.
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2. (?) _______d - ______ ________t
3. (?) ____d ___ - T__ D____ ___ __d ___ ______ ____d_ __
4. (?) ___ - ________
5. (?) D________ __t - _______t_t___ __ ________
6. (?) D____ _______ - __ __ _____d
7. (?) _____ T_____ - ______d ____ __ _____
8. (?) __d__h__d - _ ____ _____d ____
9. (?) _______ ____ _ ______ - _______ ____ _ ______
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H
Lethean waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
Sacul waits 1 turn
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It's Frengers then :lol
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It's Frengers then :lol
:tup
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Frengers is top tier tbh, Comforting Sounds is just one of the best songs ever
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) _______d - ______ ________t
3. (?) ____d ___ - T__ D____ ___ __d ___ ______ ____d_ __
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (?) D________ __t - _______t_t___ __ ________
6. (?) D____ _______ - __ __ _____d
7. (?) _____ T_____ - ______d ____ __ _____
8. (?) __d__h__d - _ ____ _____d ____
9. (?) _______ ____ _ ______ - _______ ____ _ ______
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H
Lethean waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turn
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A
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Gimme the V
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) _____a_d - ______ __v_____t
3. (?) __a_d ___ - T__ D_v__ a__ __d A__ _a____ ____d_ __
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (?) D________ A_t - _a_____tat___ __ ________
6. (?) Dav__ _______ - __ A_ ___a_d
7. (?) __a__ T_____ - ____a_d ____ __ _____
8. (?) _ad__h_ad - A ____ __a__d ____
9. (?) _______ _a__ _ _a____ - _______ _a__ _ _a____
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H A V
Sacul waits 2 turns
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Ahh nice
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
That band below Mew is something with Act, took out my previous guess on the first word cause I'm not sure, but that name has been going around in roulettes a lot
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Dimension Act
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool sent by Sacul
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Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) _____a_d - ______ __v_____t
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (?) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (?) Dav__ _______ - __ A_ ___a_d
7. (?) __a__ T_____ - ____a_d ____ __ _____
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (?) _______ _a__ _ _a____ - _______ _a__ _ _a____
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H A V
Sacul waits 2 turns
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I probably needed Train of Naught's help. :)
How about an L.
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David Gilmore - On an Island?
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If I was going to be a real douche, I'd only accept 'David.' :)
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) __l__ald - ______ l_v_____t
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (?) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (?) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (?) __a__ T_____ - ___la_d ____ __ _____
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (?) _______ La__ _ _al___ - _______ La__ _ _al___
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H A V L
Lethean waits 2 turns
Sacul waits 1 turn
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Train of Naught for The Dear Hunter?
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E me up
Whatever #9 is it's a self-titled album
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Train is a deceptive poster, because he is not in the roulette. :biggrin:
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) __le_ald - ______ l_v_____t
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (?) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (?) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (?) __a__ T___e_ - E__la_d _ee_ __ ___e_
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (?) E_e____ La_e _ _al_e_ - E_e____ La_e _ _al_e_
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H A V L E
Parama waits 2 turns
Lethean waits 1 turn
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Oops. :)
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How about Stadler for David Gilmour?
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Solefald - Norron livskunst
Only puppies would make a decision this bad
One album name is England Keep My Bones
By Frank Turner
Emerson Lake & Palmer is the S/T
Evermind probably sent Gilmour
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (?) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (?) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (?) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Guessed letters: D T H A V L E
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I edited my previous post before you updated :corn
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I edited my previous post before you updated :corn
What are you talking about? It's up to date. :hat
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Ok, Stadler for ELP?
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Also if it wasn't clear I guessed puppies for solefald
And I'm guessing jingle for dimension act
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (jingle.boy) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (?) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. (?) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
The ones missing: Parama, home, Puppies_On_Acid, Lethean, Tomislav95, and ariich
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Home for the Dear Hunter?
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I guess Tomi send Solefald then? They're like apparently some black metal band or something?? :lol
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (jingle.boy) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (?) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. (home) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Shame be upon those who send me growls after my merciless thrashing of Moonsorrow. :biggrin:
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Well shit... this one went quick!
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Ariich - Frank Turner. I half cheated on this one.
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Shame be upon those who send me growls after my merciless thrashing of Moonsorrow. :biggrin:
Keep sending the growls folks... it'll just make my stuff seem that much better. :neverusethis:
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The faster hangman moves, the more concentration the toe gets on his submissions. :metal
My predictions, having only heard a couple submissions so far: Puppies will try to claw out of his points rut, one of the top guys may or may not lose their edge, and someone from the middle will come out on top. Or will they? We'll see.
Lethean is correct again!
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (?) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (jingle.boy) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (ariich) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. (home) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
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You need to put home back on #10
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My predictions, having only heard a couple submissions so far: Puppies will try to claw out of his points rut, one of the top guys may or may not lose their edge, and someone from the middle will come out on top. Or will they? We'll see.
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Lethean sent Solefald? I mean, I didn't and everyone else left is guessed so :lol
To be fair I dunno Lethean's tastes
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1. (?) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
2. (Lethean) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
3. (?) Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
4. (?) Mew - Frengers
5. (jingle.boy) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
6. (Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
7. (ariich) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
8. (Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
9. (Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
10. (home) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Okay as part of a promise I made to myself this week this is the last update til tomorrow so good luck sussing those out. Off to listen. :neverusethis:
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I'm not gonna fill in the rest because they're all very feasible choices for me & I dunno which of who sent what either :corn
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Parama sent Brand New, puppies sent Frengers, tomi sent the other Mew.
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My predictions, having only heard a couple submissions so far: Puppies will try to claw out of his points rut, one of the top guys may or may not lose their edge, and someone from the middle will come out on top. Or will they? We'll see.
I fear that's me. I struggled with my submittal, but ultimately went with my gut.
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My predictions, having only heard a couple submissions so far: Puppies will try to claw out of his points rut, one of the top guys may or may not lose their edge, and someone from the middle will come out on top. Or will they? We'll see.
I fear that's me. I struggled with my submittal, but ultimately went with my gut.
Ditto for me. Both of us have keyboard heavy albums, so it'll be interesting if Kattoe prefers old, or new school.
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Parama sent Brand New, puppies sent Frengers, tomi sent the other Mew.
Correct on Parama, and if you switched the Mew guesses around you'd be right :lol so here's the list!
(Puppies_On_Acid) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
(Lethean) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
(Parama) Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
(Tomislav95) Mew - Frengers
(jingle.boy) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
(Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
(ariich) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
(Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
(Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(home) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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My predictions, having only heard a couple submissions so far: Puppies will try to claw out of his points rut, one of the top guys may or may not lose their edge, and someone from the middle will come out on top. Or will they? We'll see.
I fear that's me. I struggled with my submittal, but ultimately went with my gut.
Ditto for me. Both of us have keyboard heavy albums, so it'll be interesting if Kattoe prefers old, or new school.
Why not both :neverusethis:
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My predictions, having only heard a couple submissions so far: Puppies will try to claw out of his points rut, one of the top guys may or may not lose their edge, and someone from the middle will come out on top. Or will they? We'll see.
I fear that's me. I struggled with my submittal, but ultimately went with my gut.
Ditto for me. Both of us have keyboard heavy albums, so it'll be interesting if Kattoe prefers old, or new school.
Why not both :neverusethis:
Or neither. :P
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Ariich - Frank Turner. I half cheated on this one.
How, out of interest?
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Ariich - Frank Turner. I half cheated on this one.
How, out of interest?
I've never heard of him, except I thought I had read the name on this forum. So I looked him up and saw that he was from the UK, which probably isn't great guessing criteria overall, but it seemed like a clue. Then the cheating part - I did a forum search and saw that you'd posted about him.
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That's hardly cheating. :lol Surely the only way to guess who sent what is by reference to what they post about on DTF?
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I was worried someone might send Frengers, which is the more universally liked Mew album. I still think And the Glass Handed Kites is better by far. :tup
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and unfortunately, you're wrong :corn
but the tide the thief is better than in contact so katt's capable of getting it wrong anyways
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In Contact freaking rules and so does TTTTARECDEHRNCVCE but In Contact is better. Parama gets 2/10 and everyone else gets eleventy/10. Send for round 4 :neverusethis:
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Hell yeah, here's my next submission.
https://youtu.be/AguPH0XBxdw
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ghost reveries is better than blackwater park and still life
the great misdirect is better than colors
anno domini high definition is better than second life syndrome
deadwing is better than in absentia
when dream and day unite is better than any redemption album :neverusethis:
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anno domini high definition is better than second life syndrome
when dream and day unite is better than any redemption album :neverusethis:
I agree on anything else. I understand you like ADHD better. But c'mon, Redemption is not that bad.
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Hell yeah, here's my next submission.
https://youtu.be/AguPH0XBxdw
This makes my eyes twitch.
Pale Communion is better than blackwater park and still life
the great misdirect is better than colors
anno domini high definition is better than second life syndrome
deadwing is better than in absentia
when dream and day unite is better than any redemption album :neverusethis:
Fixed :hat
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Hell yeah, here's my next submission.
https://youtu.be/AguPH0XBxdw
This makes my eyes twitch.
Hahaha. And it looks like they have more than one "album?". If someone really sent this, would you feel obligated to listen to the whole thing?
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Hell yeah, here's my next submission.
https://youtu.be/AguPH0XBxdw
This makes my eyes twitch.
Hahaha. And it looks like they have more than one "album?". If someone really sent this, would you feel obligated to listen to the whole thing?
Honestly? If I hadn't just given up smoking weed, I'd probably sit and listen to the whole thing. But I could not sit through that sober. Would I feel obligated? Sure. Would I do it? I'd probably lie. :lol
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i just wanna bring up again that merzbow is the 0/10 on my ratings scale (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=50206.msg2314772#msg2314772) :hat
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ghost reveries is better than blackwater park and still life
Better than one but not the other.
the great misdirect is better than colors
On a par (both great).
anno domini high definition is better than second life syndrome
On a par (both meh).
deadwing is better than in absentia
Correct.
when dream and day unite is better than any redemption album
lol
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i just wanna bring up again that merzbow is the 0/10 on my ratings scale (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=50206.msg2314772#msg2314772) :hat
Yeah I have a feeling that's what I'd give it too...
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Hell yeah, here's my next submission.
https://youtu.be/AguPH0XBxdw
This makes my eyes twitch.
Hahaha. And it looks like they have more than one "album?". If someone really sent this, would you feel obligated to listen to the whole thing?
Honestly? If I hadn't just given up smoking weed, I'd probably sit and listen to the whole thing. But I could not sit through that sober. Would I feel obligated? Sure. Would I do it? I'd probably lie. :lol
Hey good for you. :)
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Sobriety! :neverusethis:
This is a really cool round. Only one album I'm having a hard time getting excited about, but loads of good tunes here. Tough competition.
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ghost reveries is better than blackwater park and still life
the great misdirect is better than colors
anno domini high definition is better than second life syndrome
deadwing is better than in absentia
when dream and day unite is better than any redemption album :neverusethis:
Bold = yep
Scrolling pink underlined italics = haha react
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That's hardly cheating. :lol Surely the only way to guess who sent what is by reference to what they post about on DTF?
I guess you're right. But I thought some just know what others like - from their posts sure - and guess without having to look it up.
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Sobriety! :neverusethis:
This is a really cool round. Only one album I'm having a hard time getting excited about, but loads of good tunes here. Tough competition.
. I wonder which one it could possibly be...
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Sobriety! :neverusethis:
This is a really cool round. Only one album I'm having a hard time getting excited about, but loads of good tunes here. Tough competition.
. I wonder which one it could possibly be...
I really should've saved last round's results for Sunday so I could've played games with everyone's heads... drats. Who knows how this will turn out :biggrin:
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I am so fascinated that most of you speak such fluent Chinese.
Because that's what pretty much every band and album mentioned in the last 15 posts might as well be to me.
I've heard of: Mew, Gilmour, Radiohead and The Dear Hunter
I like: Gilmour
(By the way, this is self-deprecating; I'm not at all suggesting that any of these bands blow or anything. Except Radiohead. They blow.)
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Well I don't think that's such a big deal... I've heard of Dimension Act but not Mew, Frank Turner, or Brand New. I suspect that in the next round there will be at least a few more I haven't heard of.
I'm not listening to most of it in case people want to reuse some of these for my roulette...
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Most of the names in this roulette I've never heard of before. Some I vaguely recall reading at some point but that's it. Pretty fascinating how much quality stuff is out there that I had never ever heard of, like Mystery or IQ.
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I've heard and own Dimension Act (great album, the epic is awesome), TDH Act IV (also like it). I've heard ELP and like it, but I don't own that one.
I love that Gilmour album, and I love Remember That Night - Live in Royal Albert Hall DVD even more. Not sure what score I'll get, but I have no regrets.
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I've actually heard of (though not heard) every artist in this round so :corn
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Based on this page of posting, I'd normally think that I'm in the wrong roulette. But then I see me and Stadler at the top of the standings, and realize it's everyone else in the wrong roulette. :lol
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I mean there's a 4-way tie for third only a half point shy of second but go on :corn
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Based on this page of posting, I'd normally think that I'm in the wrong roulette. But then I see me and Stadler at the top of the standings, and realize it's everyone else in the wrong roulette. :lol
I actually think that David Gilmour album is very fogey-friendly. It's just not exactly rock or metal, it's more like 1 rocking song and 9 ballads. :lol It just so happens that I love ballads.
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In jingle I trust because that Mystery album is still completely owning my soul. :hefdaddy
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I had the Solefald album on my list from the beginning, and thought about pulling it after his comments on harsh vocals. But I pretty much hate harsh vocals; there are very few exceptions and I've never been able to get past them with Opeth, who I'd otherwise like. And yet I *love* the album I sent.
I will admit to sending it sooner than I had been planning. :P
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I mean there's a 4-way tie for third only a half point shy of second but go on :corn
You want more tongue-in-cheek humour, eh? Well, the same 2 points that separates that group from 1st place, keeps you from being 2nd to last. So there's that too.
In jingle I trust because that Mystery album is still completely owning my soul. :hefdaddy
That's cuz I have the Soul Stone.
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Considering I'm still batting an average of >8 I'm not super disappointed with my current standings :tup
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Sacul why didn't you send a better Radiohead album?
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There are good radiohead albums? ???
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Sacul asked me about Radiohead, and I basically told him that what I've heard didn't really thrill me. Basically their first two albums. So, he decided to send one of their later efforts - apparently different from the rest of their stuff - to see how I receive it. We'll see. And yes, Lethean, you took a risk with that. Hmmm. :)
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I mean I tried to send Wilderun and Katt said he knew it and didn't hate it so
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OK Computer I had considered but thought Katt would enjoy something smoother and more atmospheric instead of some of the banging guitars of that album. Couldn't see him very thrilled by their more cerebral, electronic albums, so AMSP seemed the best choice to me.
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ghost reveries is better than blackwater park and still life
the great misdirect is better than colors
anno domini high definition is better than second life syndrome
deadwing is better than in absentia
when dream and day unite is better than any redemption album :neverusethis:
Get out of my head! I agree on all of these. Although Deadwing and In Absentia is very close.
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I don't disagree there either I like both a lot
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Just catching up with this. Some amazing albums this round. My ranking of the ones I've heard is as follows:
(home) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
Easily the best album I have discovered via DTF. Period. I was obsessed with this in a seriously unhealthy way :hefdaddy :hefdaddy :hefdaddy
(ariich) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
Ariich is the only other person on this forum who loves this album as much as me. This is just a perfect collection of songs that sum up Frank perfectly and I can connect and relate to these songs in a way that goes beyond just music. With this album Frank encapsulates what it is to be British, to have a wanderlust and come of age in the 90's. I seriously love this album.
(Parama) Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
This is one of my current obsessions and I kind of can't stop listening to it at the moment. Parama sent me a song off this in my roulette, which turned out to only be middle ranking within the songs on this album. This is just great on so many levels.
(Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I mainly listened to this because my Dad was a huge fan. I dig ELP because you can hear their influences on Nobuo Uematsu, who created my all time favuorite video game music :heart
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I wish I had noticed that The Dear Hunter wasn't banned........ I would have sent Act IV a long time ago....Probably instead of Tool or Moonsorrow. :(
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I wish I had noticed that The Dear Hunter wasn't banned........ I would have sent Act IV a long time ago....Probably instead of Tool or Moonsorrow. :(
I would've sent it in the first round and still been in this roulette :facepalm:
Unfortunately I followed the rules and sent an album that was 60 minutes or less...
I swear I'm not bitter :yeahright
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I wish I had noticed that The Dear Hunter wasn't banned........ I would have sent Act IV a long time ago....Probably instead of Tool or Moonsorrow. :(
I would've sent it in the first round and still been in this roulette :facepalm:
Unfortunately I followed the rules and sent an album that was 60 minutes or less...
I swear I'm not bitter :yeahright
This is assuming he doesn't hate the album... :corn
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I wish I had noticed that The Dear Hunter wasn't banned........ I would have sent Act IV a long time ago....Probably instead of Tool or Moonsorrow. :(
I would've sent it in the first round and still been in this roulette :facepalm:
Unfortunately I followed the rules and sent an album that was 60 minutes or less...
I swear I'm not bitter :yeahright
This is assuming he doesn't hate the album... :corn
It's a game changer :hefdaddy
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act II is better
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act II is better
Yup!
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act II is better
Yup!
Nope
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everything from evicted to black sandy beaches on act II is great, just a fantastic run of songs especially red hands, and there's plenty of good stuff before that too
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Act III is the best.
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everything from evicted to black sandy beaches on act II is great, just a fantastic run of songs especially red hands, and there's plenty of good stuff before that too
yes, that's correct, but you'd be wrong not to give The Lake and the River and both Bitter Suites a mention
I think it's funny that opinions on the best Dear Hunter Act vary so much, I've seen people prefer every single one but the first, but to me Act II remains the best and by quite much as well
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everything from evicted to black sandy beaches on act II is great, just a fantastic run of songs especially red hands, and there's plenty of good stuff before that too
yes, that's correct, but you'd be wrong not to give The Lake and the River and both Bitter Suites a mention
I think it's funny that opinions on the best Dear Hunter Act vary so much, I've seen people prefer every single one but the first, but to me Act II remains the best and by quite much as well
I actually like them all, but I find Act IV to be the best, followed by III, then II, then V, then I.
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i couldn't even listen thru V a second time because it's like 75% showtunes and that's the TDH stuff i find the least interesting
i got the acts 1-3 collection CD thingy so I'm gonna spin act III a fair bit starting like next week or something & act I a month or two down the line so act V can remain the only one I don't have & don't want
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DO THE HEAVENS EVER SPARE THE CROP WHEN THE WINTER FALLS
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I find it hard to pick a favourite between act II and IV, but IV got me into them so eh
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No doubt it's:
IV
V
II
III
I
for me
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III
IV
V
II
I
Is of course the correct order.
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Funny how nobody even mentions The Colour Spectrum :P
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Funny how nobody even mentions The Colour Spectrum :P
I was just ranking the Acts. If we're going all out then:
Act III
Act IV
Act V
The Color Spectrum
Migrant (incl Migrations Annex)
Act II
Act I
All Is As All Should Be
Random EP #2
Branches EP
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I wonder if The Dear Hunter is a band that I'm just not going to like, or if I got a bad setlist (for my tastes). I had seen them mentioned the MP forum a lot, and then here too, so I was interested in seeing them on the current tour (went to see Leprous). The first song was really good, the second was good, and then it all went downhill from there, to the point that we eventually bailed. Song 3 was The Tank and it, and everything after until we left, had this kind of carnival music vibe to it.
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I wish I had noticed that The Dear Hunter wasn't banned........ I would have sent Act IV a long time ago....Probably instead of Tool or Moonsorrow. :(
I would've sent it in the first round and still been in this roulette :facepalm:
Unfortunately I followed the rules and sent an album that was 60 minutes or less...
I swear I'm not bitter :yeahright
This is assuming he doesn't hate the album... :corn
:neverusethis:
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I wonder if The Dear Hunter is a band that I'm just not going to like, or if I got a bad setlist (for my tastes). I had seen them mentioned the MP forum a lot, and then here too, so I was interested in seeing them on the current tour (went to see Leprous). The first song was really good, the second was good, and then it all went downhill from there, to the point that we eventually bailed. Song 3 was The Tank and it, and everything after until we left, had this kind of carnival music vibe to it.
Lethean, I'm with you. I've tried - I even mistakenly listened to Deerhunter, thinking I had the wrong band - but it's a no go. I must have missed the train, because it doesn't jibe with me.
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Next roulette I am putting a hard ban on anything with a majority growling/screaming vocals.
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rip solefald :lol
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rip solefald :lol
I KNEW this would be your response! :lol
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I mean none of the others this round qualify unless you're like super stretching the definition to include the occasional rough edged delivery on brand new and even then it's nowhere close to majority of that style :corn
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Oh no, I just knew you'd drop the RIP line :biggrin:
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Thankfully I knew better and sent the album where Gilmour doesn't do growls.
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Next roulette I am putting a hard ban on anything with a majority growling/screaming vocals.
I do hope you're enjoying your time with my album :) Also you might want to be careful with how you word your ban, because it still doesn't have a majority of harsh vocals...
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Next roulette I am putting a hard ban on anything with a majority growling/screaming vocals.
I do hope you're enjoying your time with my album :) Also you might want to be careful with how you word your ban, because it still doesn't have a majority of harsh vocals...
If it spans most or many of the songs on an album, it's a majority. Growls/screams are unlistenable noise :hat
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Genuinely tempted to send rolo tomassi now
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I YouTubed them for 20 seconds. If you send that, I will find you, Parama. :lol
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Next roulette I am putting a hard ban on anything with a majority growling/screaming vocals.
I do hope you're enjoying your time with my album :) Also you might want to be careful with how you word your ban, because it still doesn't have a majority of harsh vocals...
If it spans most or many of the songs on an album, it's a majority. Growls/screams are unlistenable noise :hat
Nah - if there are more harsh than clean vocals, then it's a majority. Not so in this case. :)
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I'm probably banning power/prog/death/black metal in my next roulette so nobody can play on it :metardica:
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I'm probably banning power/prog/death/black metal in my next roulette so nobody can play on it :metardica:
I'm banning power and symphonic metal in my roulette unless Solefald gets a high score...
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For my roulette I'm adding a rule where if I can't finish an album on first listen you get automatically cut and the rest of the round proceeds as normal.
This is not a joke btw :corn
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I YouTubed them for 20 seconds. If you send that, I will find you, Parama. :lol
Shame, the lead single of the new album (Aftermath) is very peaceful and actually only has cleans :angry:
I sw this band live on Sunday and they blew me away, but then again I looove the new album and her growls aren't the most accessible I understand
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The title drop on track 6 whatever it's called is amazing tbh
It's a weird album because I think pretty much all the short tracks rule and the long tracks are kinda eh
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Yeahh that's Alma Mater, they didn't play it :'(
Yeah now that you mention it, the best tracks are pretty much all the short tracks (except maybe the intro and outro) + The Hollow Hour
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I'm probably banning power/prog/death/black metal in my next roulette so nobody can play on it :metardica:
I'm banning power and symphonic metal in my roulette unless Solefald gets a high score...
:rollin
Good thing I have lots of types of music!
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Next roulette I am putting a hard ban on anything with a majority growling/screaming vocals.
I do hope you're enjoying your time with my album :) Also you might want to be careful with how you word your ban, because it still doesn't have a majority of harsh vocals...
If it spans most or many of the songs on an album, it's a majority. Growls/screams are unlistenable noise :hat
Nah - if there are more harsh than clean vocals, then it's a majority. Not so in this case. :)
Without spoiling my thoughts, I just went through it and it definitely sounds like there are at least an equal amount of growls.
And I was extremely clear in my tastes you were at risk sending growls ;)
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Alt, Death, Thrash, Black, Grind, Core, Nu: I cannot stand any of these genres, I politely request that you not send them to me. Growling/screaming is tolerable in certain power and prog metal situations, but thats about it. If you send me anything with growls, I prefer it be like Devin Townsend Project, or Kardashevs Between Sea and Sky where there are surreal growls under a shimmering layer of synths and slow guitars but extremely fast drums.
Oh hey :lol
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Quadruple post. Sorry! I just hope nobody is actually bitter about how my tastes dictate my reception to albums or certain styles. I like to think this is all in fun and that I've been consistent and clear (especially with exceptions, see: Leprous - Coal). If ya'll wanna ban symphometal in yours go ahead, power metal isn't even a style I'm interested in anymore :lol
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Next roulette I am putting a hard ban on anything with a majority growling/screaming vocals.
I do hope you're enjoying your time with my album :) Also you might want to be careful with how you word your ban, because it still doesn't have a majority of harsh vocals...
If it spans most or many of the songs on an album, it's a majority. Growls/screams are unlistenable noise :hat
Nah - if there are more harsh than clean vocals, then it's a majority. Not so in this case. :)
Without spoiling my thoughts, I just went through it and it definitely sounds like there are at least an equal amount of growls.
And I was extremely clear in my tastes you were at risk sending growls ;)
If you just went through it, that means there's still plenty of time for you to fall in love with it. ;) I was being a bit silly, but there are two songs with only clean vocals, and all the rest have both, so technically you can't say that the majority is harsh.
But in all seriousness, I had this one picked out from the beginning, and wanted you to hear it regardless of what score it might get. I imagine you will like at least a little bit of it. I love the clean vocals on this, and I love how weird it is. (Normally I can't stand harsh vocals and feel much the same way as you. This guy doesn't bother me so much, and I actually quite like it in the context of the songs. Without the clean vocals however, I probably wouldn't listen to much of him either.)
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That was actually the third time I spun it, and it was the first I listened to this round :) Snippets tomorrow. We'll find out if there's a turd in the punch bowl again.
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Quadruple post. Sorry! I just hope nobody is actually bitter about how my tastes dictate my reception to albums or certain styles. I like to think this is all in fun and that I've been consistent and clear (especially with exceptions, see: Leprous - Coal). If ya'll wanna ban symphometal in yours go ahead, power metal isn't even a style I'm interested in anymore :lol
I was just messing with you about banning that. But if Stadler participates in my roulette he's getting automatic points off for not liking Grace Under Pressure...
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Quadruple post. Sorry! I just hope nobody is actually bitter about how my tastes dictate my reception to albums or certain styles. I like to think this is all in fun and that I've been consistent and clear (especially with exceptions, see: Leprous - Coal). If ya'll wanna ban symphometal in yours go ahead, power metal isn't even a style I'm interested in anymore :lol
I was just messing with you about banning that. But if Stadler participates in my roulette he's getting automatic points off for not liking Grace Under Pressure...
Oh, yay! Get ready for Fairyland :biggrin:
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Quadruple post. Sorry! I just hope nobody is actually bitter about how my tastes dictate my reception to albums or certain styles. I like to think this is all in fun and that I've been consistent and clear (especially with exceptions, see: Leprous - Coal). If ya'll wanna ban symphometal in yours go ahead, power metal isn't even a style I'm interested in anymore :lol
I wouldn't apologize. You can like or not like something for any reason, or no reason at all. We might pound on you a little bit, but it's music. I know when I did mine, almost every round there was a song I SHOULD have liked and didn't, and a song I SHOULDN'T have liked and did. My only dilemma was how much to reward people for taking a real chance.
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If you ever play in my roulette, you're getting points off for not having me in yours :biggrin:
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Quadruple post. Sorry! I just hope nobody is actually bitter about how my tastes dictate my reception to albums or certain styles. I like to think this is all in fun and that I've been consistent and clear (especially with exceptions, see: Leprous - Coal). If ya'll wanna ban symphometal in yours go ahead, power metal isn't even a style I'm interested in anymore :lol
I was just messing with you about banning that. But if Stadler participates in my roulette he's getting automatic points off for not liking Grace Under Pressure...
I'm in!!!! But realize that once I'm out of it score wise I start to break out the '80's hair metal, and old school Nashville country. Bring on the Johnny Cash!!!
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I'm in!!!! But realize that once I'm out of it score wise I start to break out the '80's hair metal, and old school Nashville country. Bring on the Johnny Cash!!!
I wouldn't even wait until I'm out of it! White Lion and Slaughter all the way baby!!!!!
LEEEEROOOOOOOY JEENNNNNNNKINS!
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I'm starting to think Firewings is going to win by default...
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I'm starting to think Firewings is going to win by default...
I win! Everyone else loses. Time for Lethean's roulette #2. Hey, I win again! Boy you folks are slacking.
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rip solefald :lol
I'm still surprised Solefald was sent after KTLX ripped Moonsorrow up one side and down the other.
Thankfully I knew better and sent the album where Gilmour doesn't do growls.
This made me genuinely laugh. :rollin
I'm probably banning power/prog/death/black metal in my next roulette so nobody can play on it :metardica:
I got you covered.
For my roulette I'm adding a rule where if I can't finish an album on first listen you get automatically cut and the rest of the round proceeds as normal.
This is not a joke btw :corn
This seems reasonable :corn
I'm in!!!! But realize that once I'm out of it score wise I start to break out the '80's hair metal, and old school Nashville country. Bring on the Johnny Cash!!!
I wouldn't even wait until I'm out of it! White Lion and Slaughter all the way baby!!!!!
LEEEEROOOOOOOY JEENNNNNNNKINS!
I mean, what's the worst that could happen.... :|
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rip solefald :lol
I'm still surprised Solefald was sent after KTLX ripped Moonsorrow up one side and down the other.
So.... I didn't actually read the Moonsorrow comments before I sent Solefald...
I'm in!!!! But realize that once I'm out of it score wise I start to break out the '80's hair metal, and old school Nashville country. Bring on the Johnny Cash!!!
I wouldn't even wait until I'm out of it! White Lion and Slaughter all the way baby!!!!!
LEEEEROOOOOOOY JEENNNNNNNKINS!
I mean, what's the worst that could happen.... :|
Worse scores than Moonsorrow got, or Solefald's probably going to get, could definitely happen... :)
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How dare you not thoroughly reading each single writeup and listening to all the albums per round, so you can fine-tune your submissions and get high scores - what are you, a poser? :neverusethis:
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I assumed everybody at least just read the highest and lowest ranked ones (beside their own)
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i just read the lowest ranked one and nothing else, not even my own :jamaritard:
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How dare you not thoroughly reading each single writeup and listening to all the albums per round, so you can fine-tune your submissions and get high scores - what are you, a poser? :neverusethis:
I did eventually read, or at least skim them all. But the Solefald submission went something like this: I had it picked out at the beginning. I kind of thought about not sending it after reading some of his comments about harsh vocals... *But* I don't really like harsh vocals either. Leprous is one of the few exceptions, and he liked Leprous. So I thought maybe I'd see how I was doing towards the end of the roulette and decide at that point. Then I read his comments about Redemption. Now he gets to listen to Solefald. :)
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Well, you did say you didn't have better than Redemption. :lol
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You mentioned wanting old stuff, but I don't have that much old stuff. I guess I should go through my 90s albums and find something to send you from that.... :)
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You mentioned wanting old stuff, but I don't have that much old stuff. I guess I should go through my 90s albums and find something to send you from that.... :)
90s ... old stuff.
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My thought exactly, Chad. :lol
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You two turds. That's plenty of good 90s music. :lol
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You two turds. That's plenty of good 90s music. :lol
Well obviously. We were commenting on the youngsters referring to 90s music as "old".
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You two turds. That's plenty of good 90s music. :lol
Well obviously. We were commenting on the youngsters referring to 90s music as "old".
I just meant that since I don't have really old stuff, that's what I have left to work with. I'm not really sure what he meant about "old" when he posted that.
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I don't really have a fine line for what is 'old' but I'd say anything from the early 80s on back is definitely old. Kris Kristofferson's self-titled was from 1970, so that's pretty freaking old now. 90s I wouldn't call old simply because I was born in 91 and I'm YOUNG, damn it :metal :lol
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You two turds. That's plenty of good 90s music. :lol
Yeah, but it's not OLD. I listen to 90's music and I'm all like "see that, I'm down with the kids' music." :)
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I don't really have a fine line for what is 'old' but I'd say anything from the early 80s on back is definitely old. Kris Kristofferson's self-titled was from 1970, so that's pretty freaking old now. 90s I wouldn't call old simply because I was born in 91 and I'm YOUNG, damn it :metal :lol
I'm thinking about not sending anything that came out after 1976. Though, I already have one exception on my list (it's still old by your criteria, though).
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Yeah from the early 80s or back I have, um... Rush. :). Want to pretend like it's 6 months ago?
Actually I do have a little more than that Queensryche, Fates Warning, Iron Maiden... a Rainbow album, Dio.
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I'm thinking about not sending anything that came out after 1976. Though, I already have one exception on my list (it's still old by your criteria, though).
I'm curious if you would've sent me Asia were I not already a fan. Alpha has seriously become one of my all-time favorite albums, as you're probably aware. To anyone reading this: if you have anything like Alpha, you would do well to send it my way. Think it's too cheesy/fruity/soft? Then I'll love it :)
Yeah from the early 80s or back I have, um... Rush. :). Want to pretend like it's 6 months ago?
Actually I do have a little more than that Queensryche, Fates Warning, Iron Maiden... a Rainbow album, Dio.
The roulette would've been broken in round 1 if someone had sent me any number of Rush albums, because the bar would've been set too high :lol
Snippets tonight, still have two albums to go through. Very tempted to give one of these a straight 10/10.
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The roulette would've been broken in round 1 if someone had sent me any number of Rush albums, because the bar would've been set too high :lol
Snippets tonight, still have two albums to go through. Very tempted to give one of these a straight 10/10.
Clearly that one is mine. ;)
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I'm thinking about not sending anything that came out after 1976. Though, I already have one exception on my list (it's still old by your criteria, though).
I'm curious if you would've sent me Asia were I not already a fan. Alpha has seriously become one of my all-time favorite albums, as you're probably aware. To anyone reading this: if you have anything like Alpha, you would do well to send it my way. Think it's too cheesy/fruity/soft? Then I'll love it :)
I absolutely would have, and that would have been the album. I list the first on my top 10 or 20 albums ever, but I actually listen to and prefer Alpha. Those melodies!!!!
Yeah from the early 80s or back I have, um... Rush. :). Want to pretend like it's 6 months ago?
Actually I do have a little more than that Queensryche, Fates Warning, Iron Maiden... a Rainbow album, Dio.
The roulette would've been broken in round 1 if someone had sent me any number of Rush albums, because the bar would've been set too high :lol
Snippets tonight, still have two albums to go through. Very tempted to give one of these a straight 10/10.
You're such a tease, I love it!
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I'm thinking of sending an album from 80s next round, but that depends on the score I get this round. Hopefully Gilmour is the 10/10 one, because it definitely is for me.
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Don't we all think our albums are 10/10? I mean who - not named Parama - sends an album they think is 6/10?
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I actually have been sending mostly 9/10 or 9.5/10 albums, I can't think of a single album I'd give a perfect 10 honestly
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I would say IQ, Beyond the Bridge and Gilmour are all 10/10, and Phideaux is probably 9 or 9.5/10 for me. I know, I'm generous. But yeah, good point, Chad.
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Don't we all think our albums are 10/10? I mean who - not named Parama - sends an album they think is 6/10?
Eh, the ELP album I sent isn't my favorite - that's Brain Salad Surgery, which is a 10/10. ELP is a better introduction, though, and better showcases the essence of ELP - AMAZING keyboard playing, warm vocals and percussion as a lead instrument. I'm not giving KTLX any hints or suggestions - it's a 10! it's a 10! - but I may not give it that if I'm rating the catalogue. My next one might be in the same boat; I haven't fully decided yet.
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The albums I've sent I'd rate them:
Snarky Putty - Family Dinner 8.5/10
Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise 8.5/10
Sigur Rs - Takk 7.5/10
Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool 9/10
I've got some almost 10/10 albums I could send but I'm sure Katt would hate them :lol
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Merzbow! Merzbow! Merzbow! :neverusethis:
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Sorry guys would've had hints up but it's a wild day at work. I'll have something a few hours from now
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1. What an obscure but cool album! No duds, only great energy!
2. Absolutely gorgeous - could be the first 10/10 of the roulette.
3. Poppy, proggy, pretty. Heard a lot about these guys on MP's forum but not at all in recent years. This is cool.
4. Safe, but strong. I really like the lyrics and how the playing serves the music - no showboating here.
5. This isn't something I'm into, unfortunately. Has a few cool moments here and there, but I really don't like the singer.
6. I did not expect this kind of music at all, and I dig the hell out of it!
7. I like the sax...
8. Holy hell, man. That is some ridiculously good playing. No wonder he's a legend.
9. Vocalist reminds me of Silversun Pickups at times, but the music is way more fun and adventurous. This is a cool album.
10. Needs some fat trimmed, but this is cool. Way different than what I expected given some comments about them earlier in this round.
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(Puppies_On_Acid) Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
(Lethean) Solefald - Norrn livskunst
(Parama) Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
(Tomislav95) Mew - Frengers
(jingle.boy) Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
(Evermind) David Gilmour - On An Island
(ariich) Frank Turner - England Keep My Bones
(Sacul) Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool
(Stadler) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(home) The Dear Hunter - Act IV
:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
3 is frengers
9 is and the glass handed
10 is the dear hunter
5 is presumably solefald :lol
No clue on the rest but mine is probably 4? Dunno
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No I think Solefald is #7, and it's the only thing he likes. :)
Which means there's probably another one with a singer he doesn't care for.
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8 is probably ELP
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Ahh, I'm #5 then :metal
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1. What an obscure but cool album! No duds, only great energy!
2. Absolutely gorgeous - could be the first 10/10 of the roulette.
3. Poppy, proggy, pretty. Heard a lot about these guys on MP's forum but not at all in recent years. This is cool.
4. Safe, but strong. I really like the lyrics and how the playing serves the music - no showboating here.
5. This isn't something I'm into, unfortunately. Has a few cool moments here and there, but I really don't like the singer.
6. I did not expect this kind of music at all, and I dig the hell out of it!
7. I like the sax...
8. Holy hell, man. That is some ridiculously good playing. No wonder he's a legend.
9. Vocalist reminds me of Silversun Pickups at times, but the music is way more fun and adventurous. This is a cool album.
10. Needs some fat trimmed, but this is cool. Way different than what I expected given some comments about them earlier in this round.
I think I can rule out 3, 5, 6, 7 (I don't remember sax on this album), 8 (which I'll say is not ELP, but the David Gilmour submission - sorry Evermind, no 10/10 for you), and 10. So, I think I'm left with 1, 2, 4, or 9 .. and I'm leaning towards 4.
I'd agree that 10 is TDH.
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2. Absolutely gorgeous - could be the first 10/10 of the roulette.
5. This isn't something I'm into, unfortunately. Has a few cool moments here and there, but I really don't like the singer.
6. I did not expect this kind of music at all, and I dig the hell out of it!
Really, really hope it's #2 or #6 at least, AMSP is a beautiful record. But wouldn't surprise me if it was #5 :lol
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8 is probably ELP
Well, it's certainly not number 4!!!
ELP could be 2, 3, 6, 8, or 10. I know KTLX likes/loves some Asia - John Wetton - and Greg Lake has more than a passing resemblance to Wetton vocally, and that is one of Lake's better vocal performances, so it's definitely not 5, and I can't see it being 9, so.... I guess I'll just have to take the 10/10 and move to the next round, then. :) :)
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It's certainly not out of the question.
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I'm still debating if I want to give a 10/10 this round. 10/10 is 'perfect' in my mind and there are very few albums that reach that mark, and it's usually after a long period of listening. That said, Mystery and IQ from the first round are approaching 10/10 status for me, the only albums of the roulette to do that, so I'm going to chew on it. And I'm trying to figure out what the low ones will get.
Dread it, run from it... the ratings still arrive. Tomorrow.
:jamaritard:
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I'm not really good about giving music a numbered ranking. There's a lot of albums or songs that I would give a 10 to because I love them. I might even say I like song a better than song b but still consider them both a "10" in my head, and then if I were going to compare them to each other I suppose I'd give one a slightly lower score.
All of Riverside's albums are pretty much 10s in my head, even though I might like some better than others and if they had to go up against, say, Six Degrees, Six Degrees would "win." But, I still don't want the Riverside albums to be anything other than exactly what they are.
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I'm still debating if I want to give a 10/10 this round. 10/10 is 'perfect' in my mind and there are very few albums that reach that mark, and it's usually after a long period of listening. That said, Mystery and IQ from the first round are approaching 10/10 status for me, the only albums of the roulette to do that, so I'm going to chew on it. And I'm trying to figure out what the low ones will get.
Dread it, run from it... the ratings still arrive. Tomorrow.
:jamaritard:
Regardless of what happens in the rest of the roulette, I'm glad I was able to participate just because of that. Always good to introduce people to some awesome bands.
Also, I'm seeing Helloween tomorrow, so I'll probably miss the results. I guess I'll be able to send my next entry at Monday as usual.
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Evermind if you have an idea of what you wanna send, you can send it now if you'd like. I'm also thankful for hearing every single album sent each round by all of you. Also have a blast at Helloween. I have my tix for a couple days after ProgPower and I'm gonna be dead but that will be the show of the year.
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I'm not really good about giving music a numbered ranking. There's a lot of albums or songs that I would give a 10 to because I love them. I might even say I like song a better than song b but still consider them both a "10" in my head, and then if I were going to compare them to each other I suppose I'd give one a slightly lower score.
All of Riverside's albums are pretty much 10s in my head, even though I might like some better than others and if they had to go up against, say, Six Degrees, Six Degrees would "win." But, I still don't want the Riverside albums to be anything other than exactly what they are.
I wish Riverside was like ADHD all the time. SLS is too 'life sucks and everything hurts' for me lyrically (musically it's good), and SONGS was kind of boring. However I'm interested in the last album they released because it sounds totally my kind of thing.
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Evermind if you have an idea of what you wanna send, you can send it now if you'd like. I'm also thankful for hearing every single album sent each round by all of you. Also have a blast at Helloween. I have my tix for a couple days after ProgPower and I'm gonna be dead but that will be the show of the year.
Yeah sure, now that I know that Dire Straits are banned, I've got another prog rock album coming for you. Will send in a few hours then.
I'm not really good about giving music a numbered ranking. There's a lot of albums or songs that I would give a 10 to because I love them. I might even say I like song a better than song b but still consider them both a "10" in my head, and then if I were going to compare them to each other I suppose I'd give one a slightly lower score.
All of Riverside's albums are pretty much 10s in my head, even though I might like some better than others and if they had to go up against, say, Six Degrees, Six Degrees would "win." But, I still don't want the Riverside albums to be anything other than exactly what they are.
I wish Riverside was like ADHD all the time. SLS is too 'life sucks and everything hurts' for me lyrically (musically it's good), and SONGS was kind of boring. However I'm interested in the last album they released because it sounds totally my kind of thing.
Love, Fear and the Time Machine is probably my favourite Riverside. Definitely check it out.
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I wish Riverside was like ADHD all the time
lol 100% same
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I'm not really good about giving music a numbered ranking. There's a lot of albums or songs that I would give a 10 to because I love them. I might even say I like song a better than song b but still consider them both a "10" in my head, and then if I were going to compare them to each other I suppose I'd give one a slightly lower score.
All of Riverside's albums are pretty much 10s in my head, even though I might like some better than others and if they had to go up against, say, Six Degrees, Six Degrees would "win." But, I still don't want the Riverside albums to be anything other than exactly what they are.
I wish Riverside was like ADHD all the time. SLS is too 'life sucks and everything hurts' for me lyrically (musically it's good), and SONGS was kind of boring. However I'm interested in the last album they released because it sounds totally my kind of thing.
I wouldn't mind another album like ADHD because it is awesome and they don't have anything else that heavy. However, I'm glad they're not all like that because they're all incredible. Second Life Syndrome is just perfect. So is SONGS, and by the time it gets to the end of Escalator Shrine after the full ride with the album - intense.
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Hey, I get it. I'm that way with bands I like but nobody else seems to :lol Your chance for merciless retribution is fast approaching.
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There's no need for it. You'll hear more Riverside somehow, someday, and you'll eventually come around. It's just a matter of when. Maybe it'll be at a live show if (hopefully when) they come back to tour the states. (That's going to be a hard show for me though, without Piotr.)
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In all seriousness, I don't think so. :lol Like I said, they're just too mopey for me to fall in love with them like that. If they were more along the lines of ADHD I could see it, but I like happiness in (most) of my metal, or at least throughout the discography. Riverside sounds like Steven Wilson but even MORE depressed. :)
EDIT: That's meant to be a hint to what to send for the rest of the roulete ;)
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I don't think they're that much like Steven Wilson. But I'm not a big SW fan. There are similarities, but to me Riverside's music, even their softer stuff, is way more intense and dynamic. Also, Riverside has those awesome bass lines.
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I really want to see how Gilmour scores now, because the music is kind of sad and longing, but it's not depressing, it's rather serene and calming and beautiful and uplifting in its message I guess. We'll see.
Also, sent for Round 4.
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brand new is def. pretty depressing
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I already told Evermind this but btw, I love big-ass writeups. I really enjoy reading your thoughts on submissions when you send them - lets me know how you feel about it, what you enjoy about it, what your favorite songs are, etc.
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okay well i'm lazy i'll send you a big one for my last submission for sure though
i have a review of the devil and god on RYM too, so :lol
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okay well i'm lazy i'll send you a big one for my last submission for sure though
i have a review of the devil and god on RYM too, so :lol
I tend to send my review from Top 50 thread (if the album is from my Top 50) and a big-ass writeup along with it, how's that. :lol
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i sent this
sorry that you're wrong :loser:
https://open.spotify.com/album/2YnqAuFmC2r8JeQVOIozTy
Brand New - The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
if I can't destroy you sonically I guess I'll just have to destroy you emotionally
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:lol
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That's actually one of the albums I have to check out. I liked Handcuffs a lot.
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limousine is the best them imo
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Re: Riverside....
In all seriousness, I don't think so. :lol Like I said, they're just too mopey for me to fall in love with them like that.
Pretty much. I've given them many - MANY - tries, but just can't click with them. Don't fret if they (or any band really) don't click with you.
I already told Evermind this but btw, I love big-ass writeups. I really enjoy reading your thoughts on submissions when you send them - lets me know how you feel about it, what you enjoy about it, what your favorite songs are, etc.
And yet, Old Man and the Spirit only got 7.5 - a solid 2.5 points less than it deserved. :lol
Except in a few instances, I prefer to just give a couple of sentences - I want the music to do the influencing, not my opinion of it. If ya gotta give a long-assed writeup just to 'sell' the tune/album... :biggrin:
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Old Man and the Spirit might actually age well. It's really hard to digest and absorb all the nuances and little bits of albums so complex as those when you have 9 others to pay equal attention to. :)
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Old Man and the Spirit might actually age well. It's really hard to digest and absorb all the nuances and little bits of albums so complex as those when you have 9 others to pay equal attention to. :)
:tup :tup
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TYS and Caligula's Horse were both like that for me as well, liked them on first few listens but they only got better the more i listened
This round and the previous round were way more immediate ones for me though :corn
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Dude, that Thank You Scientist album is so good. Surprised how much that has stuck on my brain the last few weeks.
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yeah it does that :corn
their EP and their second album are both great too, i like the first album slightly more but they're all good really
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Got some unexpected errands to take care of today so results will be a bit later. Expect them this afternoon/evening. :corn
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Well, we're halfway through this, and this is the strongest round yet. There are only two albums I don't care for, and we have our first 10/10 two of them, actually and all the others are very good. So don't think much of it if you came in #7 or #8 this round, because there was huge competition. Without further ado...
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1. David Gilmour On An Island
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2006; progressive/art rock
sent by Evermind
This is all of my favorite things about Pink Floyd (what I know of their discography) with a sprinkle of that certain je na sais quoi that only David Gilmour's songwriting has. To me, beautiful music doesn't discriminate it can apply to any genre, emotion, tempo, etc. - but this is the most gorgeous album of the roulette. Even the two songs that remotely approach 'rocking' status are so doped up on the Floydian vibes that they don't break the flow of the album, and actually reinforce it because the rest is so laid back. The title might have a part in this but this album makes me feel like I'm on laying on a beach at night. The Blue could be my favorite song of the roulette so far the best music, for me, hits me emotionally, and that one hits hard. Absolutely gorgeous. Thank you very much for introducing me to this album! 10/10
Favorite tracks: The Blue; Red Sky at Night; Then I Close My Eyes
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2. Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool
(https://s18.postimg.org/rqldy0k4p/Radiohead_-_A_Moon_Shaped_Pool.jpg)
2016; art rock
sent by Sacul
Some bands just never clicked with me until I heard one specific album that flipped a switch and allowed me to go back and appreciate the works I once dismissed. This one might have done the trick for me and Radiohead. I'm not sure what I expected with this one, but I certainly did not expect this. This is a real work of art, and I was entranced from the start. Pulsing synths all over the place, haunting vocals and memorable melodies, this is superb and easily my favorite submission of yours yet. When I think Radiohead, I think of Creep, I think of High and Dry but this album is staying in my rotation and I'll definitely be buying a copy. It's so loaded with restrained emotion, yet it's fragile, as if the songs are about to buckle under the weight. I have to mention Ful Stop this is insane. The constant drone of the synths over the simple drum beat, it very slowly grows and grows with some hypnotic vocals, what a killer track. It is almost impossible for me to pick favorite tracks from this, even after five spins. Risky submission that paid off big time. Huge thanks for this, Sacul. 10/10
Favorite tracks: Burn The Witch; Ful Stop; Identikit
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3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer
(https://s18.postimg.org/4cdem27c9/Emerson_Lake_Palmer_-_Emerson_Lake_Palmer.jpg)
1970; progressive rock
sent by Stadler
I've only ever known 2 things about ELP: Keith Emerson was a monstrous keyboardist, and Jordan Rudess's version of Tarkus is incredible. So, when I started this, I didn't know what to expect. But holy hell, man, that is some ridiculously good keyboard playing. No wonder Emerson is a legend. The opening is a tease, though - The Barbarian is just an onslaught of Hammond and drumming madness, and didn't prepare me at all for all the piano to come. I love that the keyboards, and often piano, are the focal point of this album. I can't recall a single thing about the guitars, but the piano? Unreal. My piano professor in college was a huge prog rock fan and loved ELP, and I totally get why. Don't get me wrong, the rest of the album is fantastic with all the synth action, but it's the piano playing that really took me by surprise and takes this to another level. 48 years old and yet I don't think I've ever heard an album quite like this, it's just beautiful. Huge thanks for introducing me to this. 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Take a Pebble; Knife-Edge; The Three Fates
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4. Mew And The Glass Handed Kites
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2005; progressive rock
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
First, I want to apologize for beating up on Moonsorrow so badly. I feel like I was harsher than I needed to be, but this is the kind of music I expected to hear after Sieges Even. It's poppy, it's proggy, it's pretty. This is so cool. It's a prog rock album, but it's like it was dipped in a layer of sugary, shimmery synth pads and bells, with a sprinkling of gorgeous vocals. The end of Chinaberry Tree is like snuggling with warm sheets fresh out of the dryer. I had to stop what I was doing the first time I heard The Zookeeper's Boy just to focus on that enchanting hook. Almost every song catches my attention in these ways. I like vocalists with character, who stand apart from the crowd, and this guy is what I'm looking for. He has a lovely voice; I dig higher pitched male singers. This album gets better each time I play it. Sometimes the seamless transitions between songs annoys me, but I like the way they're done on this album. Now I know why everyone seemed to go gaga for this back in the day at MP's forum. Great comeback, Puppies! 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Special; The Zookeeper's Boy; Louise Louisa
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5. Mew Frengers
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2003; progressive rock
sent by Tomislav95
Most of what I wrote about And The Glass Handed Kites can be said about Frengers. It's happy, it's poppy, it's fun, it's pretty. I have to say, I am really digging the hell out of this band. I enjoy how as this roulette goes on, most everyone is hitting closer and closer to what I am looking for. This might not be as saccharine as ATGHK, but it's still full of sugar, spice, and everything nice. The singer sounds like Silversun Pickups at times. Believe it or not I wish there were even more synths on this and less guitar, but there are moments where the guitar does so little but says so much, like the start of Her Voice Is Beyond The Years. This band is like waking up on a sunny, carefree Saturday. Consider me a fan. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: 156; Snow Brigade; Her Voice Is Beyond The Years
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6. Frank Turner England Keep My Bones
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2011; folk rock
sent by ariich
It's nice to have a more down to earth, easily digestable album once in a while. This is solid rock, with some of the better lyrics of this round. I don't think his voice stands out a lot, but it works well with the music and he has strong hooks. This one helped work go by pretty fast this week, lots of nice speedy rock songs without being way too heavy, and lots of softer stuff in between. Almost all the songs have this nice singalong-at-the-bar type vibe, especially Glory Halleljuah which really sticks on the brain. Sometimes I think there are too many songs, but I don't want to skip any when I play it. I want to hear more from Mr. Turner great songwriting, lots of energy and heart, and even though I don't always know if it's the proper term, this is just a solid folk rock album I can put on and not have to worry about skipping tracks. 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Rivers; Nights Become Days; Glory Hallelujah
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7. Dimension Act Manifestation of Progress
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2012; progressive metal
sent by jingle.boy
Dude, this is good! It's got a lot of what I enjoy about progressive-power metal condensed into one criminally unheard of album. The keyboard playing caters to my prog metal tastes and they have a strong sense of melody and atmosphere which is important to me. I enjoy the synths sharing almost as much of the spotlight as the guitars, if not more. I really don't have much to say about this because it doesn't bring a whole lot that's new to the table, it just does it right, and sometimes that's all I want to hear, a new band putting their spin on a familiar style and just kicking ass at it. This has been a very fun album for me at the gym, so it'll remain in rotation for a while. 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Industrial Evilution; Pre-Spective; Counterparts
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8. The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
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2015; progressive rock
sent by home
This was interesting. It took one spin to tell whether or not I liked this, but it's going to take many more to really absorb it. This is cool. Needs some fat trimmed, but it's cool. Way different from what I expected given the comments about circus music earlier in the thread. This is artsy, but still has memorable hooks and nice melodies, even if the vocalist doesn't stand out much, and some great playing from everyone in the band. Waves has an awesome epic vibe, and A Night On The Town has a ton of cool stuff going on but never too much. The biggest problem is that it just goes on too long, and I think would be just as good if not better if they cut out a few songs, because while there are no bad songs, some of them don't seem to do enough to warrant inclusion, and if there's a concept here, I'm pretty oblivious to it. Still, I'm really curious to hear more albums from this group. Cool album. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Waves; The Bitter Suite IV and V; Wait
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9. Brand New The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
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2006; alternative rock
sent by Parama
When I hear an album that doesn't click (but neither impresses nor disappoints me) I'll end up giving it more listens than the others. I went through this one five times, and I still struggle with this. I'm surprised that the Wikipedia entry talks about how influential and important it is to alt rock/emo music, but I just don't understand why. I'm not particularly fond of the vocalist, the lyrics aren't interesting, and I just can't find very many interesting musical passages. I do like the hook in Jesus Christ and the drums in Archers, but it's not enough to make me come back for more. My favorite song is Untitled because there are no vocals and it's chill. Overall, this isn't bad, it's just boring. I'm not terribly interested in this style of music. 6.5/10
Favorite tracks: Jesus Christ; Untitled; Archers
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10. Solefald Norrn livskunst
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2010; avant-garde/black metal
sent by Lethean
I knew this would be a troublesome album after looking up the genre, but I gave it three full spins and tried to have an open mind about it. I at least hope you were being truthful about not caring about scores. The language barrier is a bit troublesome since the lyrics lose all meaning to me, and I was hoping the rest of the album would at least follow the style of the first track unfortunately it doesn't. Sometimes there are cool soft moments or passages with clean vocals, and then the harsh growls/screams come in and completely ruin the mood. There's a vocalist on this album that sounds like a ten year old child or an imp screaming obnoxiously, and that might be even worse than the growls. As a result, Tittentattenteksti is a really irritating piece of music. Eukalyptustreet is by far the best piece of music here, I truly enjoy it... except that it gets heavy in the last two minutes, and then introduces growls at the end, which completely destroys the mood set in the first 5 minutes of the song, especially with that beautiful sax break in the middle. I really wish you had read the Moonsorrow writeup before sending this. I know you wanted me to hear this, but I can't understand why. I'm sorry, I just don't like this kind of music. 6.0/10
Favorite tracks: Song til Stormen; Eukalyptustreet
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Scores
1. jingle.boy 36.0
2. Stadler 35.5
3. Evermind 35.5
4. Sacul 35.5
5. ariich 34.0
6. home 33.5
7. Tomislav95 33.0
8. Parama 31.5
9. Lethean 29.5
10. Puppies_On_Acid 29.0
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Atta boy Ruslan. :tup Although, it's getting crowded at the top. And damn.... 8.5 and I'm still 7th!!!
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Yeah, basically everyone else in this roulette who knows brand new will back me up on this one so irdc if you wanna die on that hill :tup
anyways gonna send some crap brb
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:( Devil and God, guess it's just not for everyone. For me, the lyrics in Limousine are among the best I know. I love when somehow a lyricist can address such a traumatic event without being too literal. That song is absolutely devastating, became one of my all-time favourite songs veery quickly. But again, understand that it's not everyone's cup of tea.
I think you'll like King of Limbs by Radiohead a lot after reading that write-up. It's not one of the fan favourites, but most of the reasons I like the album are things you also addressed in the write-up, especially the album opener Bloom.
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*hits the reverb switch* I have spoken! :hat
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I think you'll like King of Limbs by Radiohead a lot after reading that write-up. It's not one of the fan favourites, but most of the reasons I like the album are things you also addressed in the write-up, especially the album opener Bloom.
King of Limbs doesn't compare to AMSP at all.
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ok sent another album like half of the roulette crowd loves hoping to get at most a 4.5/10 this time
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I cant believe that Radiohead album scored as well as it did.... I'm a little sad it rated higher than either Mew album :( :( :( :( :( :(
Time to send more Black Metal :jamaritard:
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I cant believe that Radiohead album scored as well as it did.... I'm a little sad it rated higher than either Mew album :( :( :( :( :( :(
Time to send more Black Metal :jamaritard:
Make no mistake, that Mew album is awesome. Really awesome.
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Sent 80 minutes of Noisy LoFi Recorded-In-A-Bathroom-with-a-Potato Black Metal/Drone :vomitard:
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yeah radiohead is p. boring most of the time but what can you do etc. :tup
puppies you should send DWeF
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yeah radiohead is p. boring most of the time but what can you do etc. :tup
puppies you should send DWeF
Their latest is such a good album. Which is why it was album of the year for me... I don't think KTLX would like it though.
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brb sending Darkthrone
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brb sending Darkthrone
Should have sent Sunn O)))
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I'm familiar with Darkthrone :hat
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Wow! Just came back from Helloween gig (awesome, but a bit disappointed with the setlist), and decided to check out this thread. Not disappointed with the results at all! :lol
Seriously though, I couldn't agree more with your writeup. This is one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard. I'm thrilled someone else agrees with me on that point. If you're into watching live DVDs, buy Remember That Night. It has full On an Island album played live (with some instrumental sections extended), it has the second set with a load of Pink Floyd songs, it has Richard Wright playing keys and piano... well, it's just awesome.
Also, fair scores overall. I would've send Love Over Gold by Dire Straits in this round, but turns out they're banned. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on that album when you listen to it.
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Wow! Just came back from Helloween gig (awesome, but a bit disappointed with the setlist), and decided to check out this thread. Not disappointed with the results at all! :lol
Seriously though, I couldn't agree more with your writeup. This is one of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard. I'm thrilled someone else agrees with me on that point. If you're into watching live DVDs, buy Remember That Night. It has full On an Island album played live (with some instrumental sections extended), it has the second set with a load of Pink Floyd songs, it has Richard Wright playing keys and piano... well, it's just awesome.
Also, fair scores overall. I would've send Love Over Gold by Dire Straits in this round, but turns out they're banned. I'm curious to hear your thoughts on that album when you listen to it.
And let me suggest Live In Gdansk from Gilmour. Stunning live album. Similar to Remember That Night, plays the whole album and a bunch of Floyd with Rick Wright. The solo in Comfortably Numb is mind-blowing.
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Both AMSP and On An Island in the top 2? Hell fucking yeah :2metal:
No other Radiohead album is similar to that one tbh, but then none of their records have much to do with each other. I'd recommend you going with In Rainbows, and then tackling their classics Kid A and OK Computer, in that order. Take your time with each and you'll love them :tup
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Many years ago I tried getting into Nightwish. Couldn't do it, just didn't get it. Then Dark Passion Play came out, I fell in love with that, and went back and somehow enjoyed (not all, but a lot of) their earlier stuff. Hopefully that'll happen with Radiohead, because AMSP is really, really god damn good. It's so creative. "Creep" and "Burn the Witch" - it's like listening to two completely different artists.
I'll keep the Gilmour info in mind. I'd love to watch him play. OAI is so good. I have to get a copy of that into my collection pronto...
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Both AMSP and On An Island in the top 2? Hell fucking yeah :2metal:
No other Radiohead album is similar to that one tbh, but then none of their records have much to do with each other. I'd recommend you going with In Rainbows, and then tackling their classics Kid A and OK Computer, in that order. Take your time with each and you'll love them :tup
No, you will not.
Speaking of "Devil and God", "Radiohead" and "David Gilmour". I literally have zero beef with Gilmour getting a 10/10 (and yes, you have some homework to do, young man!); that's almost a perfect album in every way, and to this day Gilmour's voice just makes me shiver (in a good way). But Radiohead? My god, man, I just don't see it. I wouldn't give all their albums combined a 10, let alone one. But it's your rodeo.
I'll be sending something tomorrow.
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Both AMSP and On An Island in the top 2? Hell fucking yeah :2metal:
No other Radiohead album is similar to that one tbh, but then none of their records have much to do with each other. I'd recommend you going with In Rainbows, and then tackling their classics Kid A and OK Computer, in that order. Take your time with each and you'll love them :tup
No, you will not.
Speaking of "Devil and God", "Radiohead" and "David Gilmour". I literally have zero beef with Gilmour getting a 10/10 (and yes, you have some homework to do, young man!); that's almost a perfect album in every way, and to this day Gilmour's voice just makes me shiver (in a good way). But Radiohead? My god, man, I just don't see it. I wouldn't give all their albums combined a 10, let alone one. But it's your rodeo.
I'll be sending something tomorrow.
You just take your 9.5 and enjoy it, old man. :biggrin:
I get it, I know music is subjective, but Sacul asked my opinions on Radiohead before sending that, and I basically told him I didn't really like what I knew of them, which was pretty much their really old stuff. Off the top of my head, I can't recall anything of theirs other than Creep and High and Dry, and this album - and like I said somewhere earlier, it's like two completely different bands. I freaking love it.
Of course if you've heard AMSP then disregard this post :lol
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3. Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer
I've only ever known 2 things about ELP: Keith Emerson was a monstrous keyboardist, and Jordan Rudess's version of Tarkus is incredible. So, when I started this, I didn't know what to expect. But holy hell, man, that is some ridiculously good keyboard playing. No wonder Emerson is a legend.
I was pretty sure the legend comment was ELP; looks like I got it right.
8. The Dear Hunter Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
This was interesting. It took one spin to tell whether or not I liked this, but it's going to take many more to really absorb it. This is cool. Needs some fat trimmed, but it's cool. Way different from what I expected given the comments about circus music earlier in the thread.
I hope you weren't expecting the entire band to be "circus music" based on my comments. It was based on one live show, I said it might just not be the setlist for my tastes, and I even said that the first 2 songs were really good. I think I said carnival music, but either way, it's not exactly accurate, and I'll admit to not being great at describing music, but there were songs that made me expect someone to start yelling "step right up..." I don't know anything about the band other than now 2 live shows, so there might be a lot that I like about them, or possibly not, but I wasn't trying to describe their whole existence.
10. Solefald Norrn livskunst
2010; avant-garde/black metal
sent by Lethean
I knew this would be a troublesome album after looking up the genre, but I gave it three full spins and tried to have an open mind about it. I at least hope you were being truthful about not caring about scores. The language barrier is a bit troublesome since the lyrics lose all meaning to me, and I was hoping the rest of the album would at least follow the style of the first track unfortunately it doesn't. Sometimes there are cool soft moments or passages with clean vocals, and then the harsh growls/screams come in and completely ruin the mood. There's a vocalist on this album that sounds like a ten year old child or an imp screaming obnoxiously, and that might be even worse than the growls. As a result, Tittentattenteksti is a really irritating piece of music. Eukalyptustreet is by far the best piece of music here, I truly enjoy it... except that it gets heavy in the last two minutes, and then introduces growls at the end, which completely destroys the mood set in the first 5 minutes of the song, especially with that beautiful sax break in the middle. I really wish you had read the Moonsorrow writeup before sending this. I know you wanted me to hear this, but I can't understand why. I'm sorry, I just don't like this kind of music. 6.0/10
Favorite tracks: Song til Stormen; Eukalyptustreet
I wanted you to hear it because I love it, and wanted to share it. It's also one of the strangest albums in my collection. But I'm fine with this review - I like it way better than the previous one, and if I were giving you star ratings on reviews, this one would get a higher score. :) I disagree about the harsh vocals ruining anything, especially Eukalyptustreet; I think it finishes the song off on a really intense wave. But I get that you may not agree. My only "issue" so to speak is... why would you consider the language barrier to be "troublesome?" I know English is the standard language for rock, metal, and most forms of music, but... I don't have a problem with listening to stuff in other languages. It's your choice of course, but I'd be happier if the 6/10 score is the same as it would have been if the language was English.
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Well, it would've been a 6/10 regardless. What I'm saying is that lyrics factor into my enjoyment of an album and since I'm already turned off by the rest of the music, being in the dark on the lyrics really doesn't help my enjoyment of the album. It's just one of those things; if I like a song enough on a fundamental level, foreign languages don't keep me from playing a track. There's a ton of Rhapsody in Latin and Italian, and I have no shortage of metal albums in my collection that are sung in or include Spanish, Faroese, Russian, Portuguese, French, German, and Finnish languages.
Edit 1: I don't know; I straight up disliked the album on a fundamental level, so not knowing the words just hurt it more.
Edit 2: Also I just seriously do not like growls. The new Kamelot uses them for 'effect' in a few spots and it just makes me mad.
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Well, it would've been a 6/10 regardless.
Glad to hear it. And I didn't expect the album to rank higher, I'm fact I thought it might get an even lower score.
What I'm saying is that lyrics factor into my enjoyment of an album and since I'm already turned off by the rest of the music, being in the dark on the lyrics really doesn't help my enjoyment of the album. It's just one of those things; if I like a song enough on a fundamental level, foreign languages don't keep me from playing a track. There's a ton of Rhapsody in Latin and Italian, and I have no shortage of metal albums in my collection that are sung in or include Spanish, Faroese, Russian, Portuguese, French, German, and Finnish languages.
Me too, but add some and take out some. Sometimes I do like the way some languages sound when sung more than others. I've found for some reason that I like the sound of Norwegian a lot.
Edit 1: I don't know; I straight up disliked the album on a fundamental level, so not knowing the words just hurt it more.
Edit 2: Also I just seriously do not like growls. The new Kamelot uses them for 'effect' in a few spots and it just makes me mad.
I doubt whatever I send next will have harsh vocals - I just don't have much of it myself. There might be something with a line or two that I've forgotten about, but that's about it. But I also doubt I have anything to send you that you'd call sugary.
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You need more saccharine metal and I promise to help fill that hole in your collection :biggrin:
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katt i hope you join my upcoming roulette and send me a metal album i truly, deeply despise
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You need more saccharine metal and I promise to help fill that hole in your collection :biggrin:
I wasn't really talking about metal - I mean I guess there is sugary metal depending on what you mean, but the albums you've described that way in this roulette aren't metal, I don't think.
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katt i hope you join my upcoming roulette and send me a metal album i truly, deeply despise
I will and I guarantee you'll think less of me as a person when you hear them :neverusethis:
You need more saccharine metal and I promise to help fill that hole in your collection :biggrin:
I wasn't really talking about metal - I mean I guess there is sugary metal depending on what you mean, but the albums you've described that way in this roulette aren't metal, I don't think.
Good. I have enough metal. :)
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yeah tbh i'm done sending metal lol i don't have any metal you'd like
except i'm still sending east of the wall in the last round
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katt i hope you join my upcoming roulette and send me a metal album i truly, deeply despise
I will and I guarantee you'll think less of me as a person when you hear them :neverusethis:
You need more saccharine metal and I promise to help fill that hole in your collection :biggrin:
I wasn't really talking about metal - I mean I guess there is sugary metal depending on what you mean, but the albums you've described that way in this roulette aren't metal, I don't think.
Good. I have enough metal. :)
. That may be, but that's still what you're getting from me. If you didn't want metal, you definitely invited the wrong person into your roulette.:)
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It is a lengthy album indeed! But there's no song I dislike, so I personally don't mind too much.
and if there's a concept here, I'm pretty oblivious to it.
There's a whole story running trough all the Act albums, it's pretty good and really gives some extra depth to the lyrics/songs.
https://www.lakeandtheriver.com/index.php?showtopic=194 (https://www.lakeandtheriver.com/index.php?showtopic=194)
Here's a pretty good song-by-song write up if you're interested
non-famous eras of Pink Floyd are classic artists I'd like to explore
Does this mean that early Pink Floyd is not banned? If so you're totally getting The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, easily the best thing Pink Floyd has ever done imho.
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Thanks home! I'll check that out. I really do like that album, and I'll definitely be checking out The Dear Hunter after the roulette. I'm really curious about The Color Spectrum EPs now.
Pink Floyd is banned in full. I've just heard enough to know that if I do want to explore them, I kind of know where I want to go. I don't like Ummagumma or Atom Heart Mother or Echoes (other than Echoes the song) at all. I also don't think Wish You Were Here, Animals, or The Wall are very good or interesting, so I really only enjoy Dark Side. The only era I'm really curious about these days is the stuff after The Wall, but I'll do it outside of the roulette.
I forgot I put them in the tastes section, but yeah, stay away from the Floyd please :biggrin:
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Thanks home! I'll check that out. I really do like that album, and I'll definitely be checking out The Dear Hunter after the roulette. I'm really curious about The Color Spectrum EPs now.
Pink Floyd is banned in full. I've just heard enough to know that if I do want to explore them, I kind of know where I want to go. I don't like Ummagumma or Atom Heart Mother or Echoes (other than Echoes the song) at all. I also don't think Wish You Were Here, Animals, or The Wall are very good or interesting, so I really only enjoy Dark Side. The only era I'm really curious about these days is the stuff after The Wall, but I'll do it outside of the roulette.
I forgot I put them in the tastes section, but yeah, stay away from the Floyd please :biggrin:
It's called Meddle. :biggrin:
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:facepalm: I just woke up. Noob mistake!
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I think you'd like The Division Bell, it's a very nice album and it has one of their best songs, High Hopes.
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Do check out The Piper At The Gates of Dawn sometime tho. It's mostly written by Syd Barrett, and quite different from anything after. (besides some songs on Saucerful) I really love the fairytell like lyrics and the psychedelic pop style on it
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I'll keep that in mind. Speaking of Floyd, has anyone seen the tribute band Think Floyd? Saw 'em in the Ozarks twice. Insanely good shows.
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I think you'd like The Division Bell, it's a very nice album and it has one of their best songs, High Hopes.
THIS! ^ :tup
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I think you'd like The Division Bell, it's a very nice album and it has one of their best songs, High Hopes.
Also, Coming Back to Life :hefdaddy
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have you ever heard of their obscure album dark side of the moon, it's really good
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I think you'd like The Division Bell, it's a very nice album and it has one of their best songs, High Hopes.
THIS! ^ :tup
Especially if you like the Gilmour solo stuff; it's not the same, but it's closer to that than the very experimental stuff of the early years.
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I have to say I know it looks like I've beaten up on Lethean the last two rounds but we actually have a lot in common so that might make it tougher to pick something new and fresh. If I hadn't dived into Queensryche, Vanden Plas, Rush etc. Lethean would probably be in the very top tier :neverusethis:
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I have to say I know it looks like I've beaten up on Lethean the last two rounds but we actually have a lot in common so that might make it tougher to pick something new and fresh. If I hadn't dived into Queensryche, Vanden Plas, Rush etc. Lethean would probably be in the very top tier :neverusethis:
I would have sent Rush - Power Windows the first round if they weren't banned.
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I have to say I know it looks like I've beaten up on Lethean the last two rounds but we actually have a lot in common so that might make it tougher to pick something new and fresh. If I hadn't dived into Queensryche, Vanden Plas, Rush etc. Lethean would probably be in the very top tier :neverusethis:
I would have sent Rush - Power Windows the first round if they weren't banned.
I would never send Rush tbh because I don't want to risk them getting low score, that would make me (and many people here) very sad :lol Also, if I had to pick one album to send it probably wouldn't be PW but I understand someone would.
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I wonder how many people got sad when I mercilessly eliminated Rush - Marathon
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I wonder how many people got sad when I mercilessly eliminated Rush - Marathon
Eh it's not one of my favorites so whatever. I know if I had to send one song, I'd probably send Jacob's Ladder, it's their peak for me :hefdaddy
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I wonder how many people got sad when I mercilessly eliminated Rush - Marathon
I know I was sad...... :( :tdwn :angry: :loser: :facepalm: :corn
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Both AMSP and On An Island in the top 2? Hell fucking yeah :2metal:
No other Radiohead album is similar to that one tbh, but then none of their records have much to do with each other. I'd recommend you going with In Rainbows, and then tackling their classics Kid A and OK Computer, in that order. Take your time with each and you'll love them :tup
No, you will not.
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The only two I'm waiting to get submissions from are viewing this thread :corn :corn
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I admit I've got no clue on what to send but I'll try send something later today :corn
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The only two I'm waiting to get submissions from are viewing this thread :corn :corn
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I'm feeling really under the weather and my brain isn't really functioning. I'll try and send something today though.
By the way, really glad you liked Frank Turner. I absolutely love his stuff. If you want to check out more, I'd definitely recommend Tape Deck Heart next. Positive Songs for Negative People and Poetry of the Deed are also strong.
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Get well ASAP, dude! I've already started listening for the round, so it has begun :metal
This is a cool round so far. Mostly artists I've never heard of or listened to before. (edit: 2 I've heard before, so I'm being kind of generous in letting them through)
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I will be continuing my legacy of sending two terrible albums right after a really good one.
4/100 here I come! :corn
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You should extend this by at least two rounds. I can't decide on what to send for the last three rounds, and I screwed myself by ad-libbing this last submission at the last minute...
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LOL. Stadler, if you want to change your submission, you still have time, since I'm waiting on the last two entrants to give me theirs. Up to you. :)
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How do you feel about long pieces of music with some repeating melodies all throughout it? I may have an album for you but dunno if that will bother you :P
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How do you feel about long pieces of music with some repeating melodies all throughout it? I may have an album for you but dunno if that will bother you :P
Well, it depends on how long and how repetitive, but I like trance music (would put on 20+ minute trance pieces while I studied in school). So, I don't mind. Go crazy. I like being surprised. :)
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Nice, I'll save that for next round then :P. Sent some prog.
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How do you feel about long pieces of music with some repeating melodies all throughout it? I may have an album for you but dunno if that will bother you :P
Is it Nils Frahm's new album?
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I hope ariich checks back soon because he sent an album I've already heard, although I don't think there's any way he would've known that :lol
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I hope ariich checks back soon because he sent an album I've already heard, although I don't think there's any way he would've known that :lol
DAMMIT NICK.
It wasn't in your banned list or RYM ratings. Ah well, I'll try and decide on something else.
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I screwed the pooch on that one but now's your chance to send something that I'll just love (https://s31.postimg.org/4ykwdc997/swoon.gif)
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How do you feel about long pieces of music with some repeating melodies all throughout it? I may have an album for you but dunno if that will bother you :P
Is it Nils Frahm's new album?
Damn it I didn't think of that one. But I'll keep it in mind now ;D
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Ok re-sent!
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And we're off! This round is a motley crew.
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4. (?) _a__a_a___ - ____ t__ ____ __ t__ _a_t___
5. (?) ____ _______ - __a__
6. (?) __a___ A__a___ - ___ ___ _ A_ ___t__
7. (?) _____ - _at__ __t___t A___
8. (?) ___ ___t___ ___t____ - ____ _____
9. (?) ______ - _at___ ____t____
10. (?) _____ - _____ __
Guessed letters: A T
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1. (?) _e_t __ee - _____ E_e_ _a__e_
2. (?) ___e _____e__ - ___a_a__
3. (?) ___ - __a_e
4. (?) _a__a_a___ - ____ t__ ____ __ t_e _a_t___
5. (?) _e__ _____e_ - __a_e
6. (?) __a___ A__a___ - ___ ___ _ A_ ___t__
7. (?) __e__ - _at__ __t___t A___
8. (?) ___ _e_t_e_ ___t_e__ - ___e ___e_
9. (?) E___e_ - _at__e E___te__e
10. (?) __ee_ - __ee_ __
Guessed letters: A T E
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R!! I have no clue on any of these still :lol
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R!! I have no clue on any of these still :lol
I don't either. I thought the one that started with an E was Eisley, but the album name doesn't fit..
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Seems like a tricky round (https://oi65.tinypic.com/dpeiq8.jpg)
1. (?) _e_t __ee - _____ E_e_ _a__e_
2. (?) ___e _____e__ - ___a_a__
3. (?) ___ - _ra_e
4. (?) _ar_a_a___ - ____ t__ ____ __ t_e _a_t_r_
5. (?) _e__ _____e_ - _ra_e
6. (?) __a__r Ar_a___ - __r ___ _ A_ ___t_r
7. (?) _re__ - _at__ __t___t Ar__
8. (?) ___ _ert_e_ _r_t_er_ - ___e ___e_
9. (?) E___e_ - _at_re E___te__e
10. (?) __ee_ - __ee_ __
Guessed letters: A T E R
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D
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Bent Knee - can't be bothered to search their discography
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Von Hertzen Brothers
Jeff Buckley - Grace
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Oh derp
Olafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter sent by home
It looks like there's a second album named Grace too :lol
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Von Hertzen Brothers
Nine Lives. Interesting choice.
Also, dredg?
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Oh and yeah the Bent Knee album is Shiny Eyed Babies :lol
Sacul sent it I presume? Said he sent prog so
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Oh and yeah the Bent Knee album is Shiny Eyed Babies :lol
Sacul sent it I presume? Said he sent prog so
Damn I had considered sending them, so am really curious about what Katt will make of them.
I'll guess Stadler sent Buckley's Grace.
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Oh, dredg album would be Catch Without Arms
Don't know it :corn
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It's dredg but more straightforward songs and less experimentation than El Cielo. Good album.
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Sacul did not send Bent Knee and Stadler did not send Jeff Buckley. :biggrin:
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1. (?) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) ___e __d__e_d - ___ada__
3. (?) D__ - _ra_e
4. (?) _ar_a_an__ - ____ t__ ____ _n t_e _a_t_r_
5. (?) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (?) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (?) E___e_ - Nat_re E___ten_e
10. (?) __een - __een __
Guessed letters: A T E R D N
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Echoes - Nature | Existence
I think this is a jingle album
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Nailed it!
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1. (?) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) ___e __d__e_d - ___ada__
3. (?) D__ - _ra_e
4. (?) _ar_a_an__ - ____ t__ ____ _n t_e _a_t_r_
5. (?) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (?) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (?) __een - __een __
Guessed letters: A T E R D N
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Queen - Queen II?
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How 'bout an I?
Queen - Queen II?
If so, THAT is Stadler.
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1. (?) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) _i_e __d_ie_d - ___ada_n
3. (?) D__ - _ra_e
4. (?) _ar_a_ani_ - ____ t_e ____ in t_e _a_t_r_
5. (?) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (?) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (Stadler) Queen - Queen II
Guessed letters: A T E R D N I
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Gimme the uuuuuhhhhh... F
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O me up (O ME UP INSIDE)
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1. (?) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) _i_e O_dfie_d - O__ada__
3. (?) D__ - Fra_e
4. (?) _ar_a_ani_ - __o'_ t__ _o__ in t_e Fa_tor_
5. (?) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (?) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (Stadler) Queen - Queen II
Guessed letters: A T E R D N I F O
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Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Frame
Who's the Boss in the Factory
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DGM / Frame. Gotta be Evermind. Killer album.
Our host will probably find it too pedestrian though
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oh the last artist is karmakanic
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Evermind did not send DGM, therefore I've chopped off one of jingle's arms and put it on the gallows. This is how hangman works now. :lol
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1. (?) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
3. (?) DGM - Frame
4. (?) Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory?
5. (?) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (?) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (Stadler) Queen - Queen II
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Dammit there's like 5 artists I was thinking of sending, and three specific albums. Limits my choices in future rounds!
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Dammit there's like 5 artists I was thinking of sending, and three specific albums. Limits my choices in future rounds!
Glad no one sent the one I was thinking of for next round :metal
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Evermind did not send DGM, therefore I've chopped off one of jingle's arms and put it on the gallows. This is how hangman works now. :lol
It's just a flesh wound!
Lehman then.
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Close enough :tup
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1. (?) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
3. (Lethean) DGM - Frame
4. (?) Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory?
5. (?) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (?) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (Stadler) Queen - Queen II
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puppies sent Grace, tomi went with dredg, parama sent Bent Knee
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onviously ariich sent Jeff Buckley
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Oddly enough, every album sent (except mine) would not be the album I would have sent from the respective artists.
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unfortunately, you have bad taste in bent knee albums then :corn
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Whoever sent Grace, I hope you sent version with that additional song :corn It's funny, I think the song released after the original album is the best on the album and also one of my favourite songs ever.
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unfortunately, you have bad taste in bent knee albums then :corn
Honestly I've only given Shiny Eyed Babies 1 listen, so it may end up my favorite....maybe.
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it took a few listens to grow on me but then i ended up loving it. there's like, one or two tracks that are not "pretty dang good" and a few that are "holy cow awesome" and it's just such a colorful and consistent record overall, it's really cool
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onviously ariich sent Jeff Buckley
Incorrect. But that was one of the other albums I'd been considering, so still a good guess!
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Tomislav probably sent the Dredg album. Coincidentially I listened to it yesterday :metal
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Catch Without Arms is good, though I would have sent (and was considering) TPTPTD as that's even better.
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El Cielo is where it's at though
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El Cielo is where it's at though
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Sacul nailed them all but I'm still adding an arm for Elite's wrong guess :neverusethis:
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1. (Parama) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
2. (?) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
3. (Lethean) DGM - Frame
4. (?) Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory?
5. (Puppies_On_Acid) Jeff Buckley - Grace
6. (home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
7. (Tomislav95) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
8. (?) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
9. (jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature | Existence
10. (Stadler) Queen - Queen II
Evermind, ariich, and Sacul remain :corn
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El Cielo is where it's at though
meh
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Sacul - Mike Oldfield
Evermind - Karmakanic
ariich - Von Hertzen Brothers
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Tomislav is winnar :jamaritard:
(Parama) Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
(Sacul) Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
(Lethean) DGM - Frame
(Evermind) Karmakanic - Who's The Boss in the Factory?
(Puppies_On_Acid) Jeff Buckley - Grace
(home) lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
(Tomislav95) Dredg - Catch Without Arms
(ariich) Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
(jingle.boy) Echoes - Nature|Existence
(Stadler) Queen - Queen II
I told ya this round was a motley crew...
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what are you talking about, i don't see motley crue on the album list
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I'm sending Motley Crue next round. :metal
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Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.
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Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.
Indeed! I'm in it to win it now... :corn
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Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.
Yup. Top 3 all time
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Fuck, that Buckley album is a beast.
Yup. Top 3 all time
I think I might be the only person in the world who doesn't like that album. :)
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I'm not a big fan of DGM to be honest. Heard a song here and there, and they just don't click with me.
Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.
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i've never heard the jeff buckley album, personally
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The only artist on this list I'm familiar with at all is Queen. Lethean and I have discussed DGM before and I've heard their very early albums but that was MANY years ago.
I will say I am pleasantly surprised by one of these albums so far and I haven't heard anything I dislike yet, but I'm only halfway through the first round of listening
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i've never heard the jeff buckley album, personally
Yeah but if you do hear it it'll probably be your favorite album of all time and I'll still be the only person who doesn't like it. :)
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i've never heard the jeff buckley album, personally
Yeah but if you do hear it it'll probably be your favorite album of all time and I'll still be the only person who doesn't like it. :)
I couldn't even finish the first song.
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dont want to weep for you, dont want to know
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Well, the song "Grace" is simply beautiful. I can take or leave "Hallelujah"; probably the most over-rated song of all time, ever, but the rest of the album is really well done.
It's easy to dislike; the aforementioned Hallelujah, the critical hipster-ness of the acclaim, the tragic death (so he didn't have to follow it up), etc. but I got "Grace" in a roulette and ended up getting the album on eBay for about $2.00 and it was well worth it.
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Glad Im not the only one who thinks Hallelujah is easily the worst song on the album.
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Well, the song "Grace" is simply beautiful. I can take or leave "Hallelujah"; probably the most over-rated song of all time, ever, but the rest of the album is really well done.
It's easy to dislike; the aforementioned Hallelujah, the critical hipster-ness of the acclaim, the tragic death (so he didn't have to follow it up), etc. but I got "Grace" in a roulette and ended up getting the album on eBay for about $2.00 and it was well worth it.
It can't possibly be more overrated than Stairway to Heaven or any number of other classic rock hits.
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Well, the song "Grace" is simply beautiful. I can take or leave "Hallelujah"; probably the most over-rated song of all time, ever, but the rest of the album is really well done.
It's easy to dislike; the aforementioned Hallelujah, the critical hipster-ness of the acclaim, the tragic death (so he didn't have to follow it up), etc. but I got "Grace" in a roulette and ended up getting the album on eBay for about $2.00 and it was well worth it.
It can't possibly be more overrated than Stairway to Heaven or any number of other classic rock hits.
Oh, no, it is, trust me. When you've got Kate McKinnon singing it on SNL as an elegy to the LOSING candidate in a Presidential election, and/or the outgoing Obama Administration, it's over-played.
Even Cohen says it (all this is quoting from Wikipedia): In an April 2009 CBC Radio interview, Cohen said he found the number of covers of his song "ironic and amusing", given that his record label refused to release it when he first wrote it; however, he then claimed the song could benefit from a break in exposure: "I was just reading a review of a movie called Watchmen that uses it and the reviewer said "Can we please have a moratorium on 'Hallelujah' in movies and television shows?" And I kind of feel the same way...I think it's a good song, but I think too many people sing it." Conversely, in early 2012, while promoting his then-current album, Old Ideas, Cohen stated he wasn't tired of the song being covered: "There's been a couple of times when other people have said can we have a moratorium please on "Hallelujah"? Must we have it at the end of every single drama and every single Idol? And once or twice I've felt maybe I should lend my voice to silencing it but on second thought no, I'm very happy that it's being sung." But even that acknowledges it's pervasiveness.
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I just played the album and I've never heard it before in my life. Not once. Never even heard of it before this thread. Weird.
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Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.
I think it's diverse enough to tickle his pickle.
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Grace prob wouldn't enter my top 100 but it's still pretty good. Eternal Life is :metal
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Holy cow I'm almost certain there's another 10/10 here.
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Based on what got a 10 last round I'm guessing it's Jeff Buckley or maybe Olafur Arnalds? :corn
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I'm not a big fan of DGM to be honest. Heard a song here and there, and they just don't click with me.
They probably don't with a lot of people. But I've played that album a lot and always enjoy coming back to it. They're also a great live band, which I know isn't relevant to this, just my 2 cents.
I will say, FW, that when I met them, they all struggled with their English. So, you're not going to listen to me, but I would suggest not reading along to the lyrics.:p I don't think they're bad - they get the job done - but if you just sit there and read them... they word some things awkwardly.
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Based on what got a 10 last round I'm guessing it's Jeff Buckley or maybe Olafur Arnalds? :corn
Queen II
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Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.
I don't think so. Based on the standings, I think K-lox is under the impression that J-Boy is someone important around here and is obviously favoring him.
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I listen to a lot of bands whose first language isn't English so I'm used to bad grammar etc. Nothing new for me whatsoever :) I mean, Stratovarius, Rhapsody... come on! lol
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Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.
I don't think so. Based on the standings, I think K-lox is under the impression that J-Boy is someone important around here and is obviously favoring him.
At least someone gets it.
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A lot of my favorite bands don't sing in English period which solves the problem entirely :corn
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A lot of my favorite bands don't sing in English period which solves the problem entirely :corn
A lot of your favorite bands don't sing. ;D
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Scratch that we might have 2 10s. I think ya'll are starting to get me :hat (or you're just lucky)
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I listen to a lot of bands whose first language isn't English so I'm used to bad grammar etc. Nothing new for me whatsoever :) I mean, Stratovarius, Rhapsody... come on! lol
I don't know much about either band's lyrics but the Stratovarius guys seem to speak very well. I wouldn't normally even mention and maybe didn't need to, but you seem a little weird about lyrics.
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Scratch that we might have 2 10s. I think ya'll are starting to get me :hat (or you're just lucky)
That or youre giving out perfect 10s way too easily. Im not entirely sure whether I have ever heard an album I would give a 10/10.
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I expect Ommadawn to be one of the 10s :metal
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I listen to a lot of bands whose first language isn't English so I'm used to bad grammar etc. Nothing new for me whatsoever :) I mean, Stratovarius, Rhapsody... come on! lol
I don't know much about either band's lyrics but the Stratovarius guys seem to speak very well. I wouldn't normally even mention and maybe didn't need to, but you seem a little weird about lyrics.
I'm talking about the broken English and grammar, not specifically the way they sound while singing. I'm not weird about lyrics - picky maybe, but only because metal bands in general have awful lyrics, and the older I get the more I wish bands would just stop forcing verses and choruses to exist just for the sake of existing. If I have to hear one more metal band, or really of any genre, sing about their brooding adult angst and rage and inner pain I'm going to barf. :D
I also mentioned early on that I'm wildly inconsistent. Even if the lyrics are bad to me, it's all about context - does the rest of the music appeal to me? Does the texture of the singer's voice lessen or intensify my disposition towards the lyrics or vocal melodies? Etc.
I suppose that could be weird, but I'm super particular and choosey for a reason: I'm very bored with music and am simply looking for good art that appeals to me :biggrin:
Also a 10/10 in the context of the roulette is not necessarily a 10/10 done deal in general. It's just how I feel by the end of that round. None of the 10s so far come anywhere close to an all time 10/10 for me like Toto IV, Stratovarius's Episode, or Ashes Against the Grain.
Fuck me, I'm a chatterbox. I just love dissecting music and talking about it and discussing what I like and what I don't, even if my taste doesn't make sense to others.
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If I have to hear one more metal band, or really of any genre, sing about their brooding adult angst and rage and inner pain I'm going to barf. :D
I'm sending Nine Inch Nails in the next rounds :metardica:
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If I have to hear one more metal band, or really of any genre, sing about their brooding adult angst and rage and inner pain I'm going to barf. :D
I'm sending Nine Inch Nails in the next rounds :metardica:
The Downward Spiral actually ain't too terrible :metardica: (there's that inconsistency!)
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The Fragile is better tho :2metal:
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I'm not weird about lyrics - picky maybe, but only because metal bands in general have awful lyrics, and the older I get the more I wish bands would just stop forcing verses and choruses to exist just for the sake of existing. If I have to hear one more metal band, or really of any genre, sing about their brooding adult angst and rage and inner pain I'm going to barf. :D
I've been burning my CDs to a network drive lately, and as part of that I've been on eBay and Discogs to fill a couple holes. I got a couple soundtracks from the Marvel movies (one had Alter Bridge "Save Me" on it, which I love). And MAN, does a lot of the current metal blow. Holy shit. From Drowing Poll to Puddle Of Mud (who I like), to Chevelle to Seether to Strata to Hatebreed to Finger Eleven to Switchfoot to Taking Back Sunday... it's all just noise. I feel like they cycle the same singer across all these bands, and it just sounds all alike. The guitars are all sort of the same - quiet at first then that really heavily compressed wall of noice behind the singer screaming about how "Hollow" they are or how "Broken" they are or how "Sick" or "Complicated"... fuck me, too.
Fuck me, I'm a chatterbox. I just love dissecting music and talking about it and discussing what I like and what I don't, even if my taste doesn't make sense to others.
Don't apologize; this is the fun part of roulettes, at least for me.
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I've been burning my CDs to a network drive lately, and as part of that I've been on eBay and Discogs to fill a couple holes. I got a couple soundtracks from the Marvel movies (one had Alter Bridge "Save Me" on it, which I love). And MAN, does a lot of the current metal blow. Holy shit. From Drowing Poll to Puddle Of Mud (who I like), to Chevelle to Seether to Strata to Hatebreed to Finger Eleven to Switchfoot to Taking Back Sunday... it's all just noise. I feel like they cycle the same singer across all these bands, and it just sounds all alike. The guitars are all sort of the same - quiet at first then that really heavily compressed wall of noice behind the singer screaming about how "Hollow" they are or how "Broken" they are or how "Sick" or "Complicated"... fuck me, too.
If we ever meet remind me to buy you a few rounds of beers for this because I feel like I could've written this post VERBATIM. Also, you know I've talked about how my brother runs the radio at the shop here. I have to hear that Puddle of Mudd song with the lyric "I love the way you smack my ass" every single day. Multiple times. I want to die. :lol
Don't apologize; this is the fun part of roulettes, at least for me.
It'll be even better when I send my favorite metal music to other people here and they'll think, "This is exactly what you said you hate!!" :rollin But of course that's because those either helped shape my taste or I found them so long ago I've grown up with them, or just plain think they're good... opinions on art are weird, man.
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Scratch that we might have 2 10s. I think ya'll are starting to get me :hat (or you're just lucky)
That or youre giving out perfect 10s way too easily. Im not entirely sure whether I have ever heard an album I would give a 10/10.
:iagree:
Based on what did get 9.5 and 10 earlier, Ill bet next months paycheque Im not getting 10/10, and this relinquishing the lead.
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I'm not weird about lyrics - picky maybe, but only because metal bands in general have awful lyrics, and the older I get the more I wish bands would just stop forcing verses and choruses to exist just for the sake of existing. If I have to hear one more metal band, or really of any genre, sing about their brooding adult angst and rage and inner pain I'm going to barf. :D
I've been burning my CDs to a network drive lately, and as part of that I've been on eBay and Discogs to fill a couple holes. I got a couple soundtracks from the Marvel movies (one had Alter Bridge "Save Me" on it, which I love). And MAN, does a lot of the current metal blow. Holy shit. From Drowing Poll to Puddle Of Mud (who I like), to Chevelle to Seether to Strata to Hatebreed to Finger Eleven to Switchfoot to Taking Back Sunday... it's all just noise. I feel like they cycle the same singer across all these bands, and it just sounds all alike. The guitars are all sort of the same - quiet at first then that really heavily compressed wall of noice behind the singer screaming about how "Hollow" they are or how "Broken" they are or how "Sick" or "Complicated"... fuck me, too.
Fuck me, I'm a chatterbox. I just love dissecting music and talking about it and discussing what I like and what I don't, even if my taste doesn't make sense to others.
Don't apologize; this is the fun part of roulettes, at least for me.
Yeah all those bands are like post-grunge garbage trash nobody likes
Anyways I gave what i consider to be my favorite album of all time a 9.75 when I reviewed it and there's maybe like, 2 or 3 other albums I'd rate as high, nothing 10/10 in my book yet but I'm looking for it still
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I can't fathom not having a single album in your collection that isn't a 10/10. That's just madness to me. I can make a top 10 right now and every single one of those is a perfect, flawless album to me (in the sense that it needs nothing taken away or added to it; as it is, it is a brilliant work of art that I never get sick of hearing).
The thought of not having a 'perfect' album (relative to one's tastes) in my collection makes me genuinely sad. You all need to find your 10s! Those albums that you think are so good words fail to do them justice!
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I mean I absolutely think that way about my fave albums just that I can still recognize flaws or weak moments in them
We obviously use different rating scales though if you completely hated moonsorrow and still gave it a 5, so :lol
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The Fragile is better tho :2metal:
I'll second that!
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I mean I absolutely think that way about my fave albums just that I can still recognize flaws or weak moments in them
We obviously use different rating scales though if you completely hated moonsorrow and still gave it a 5, so :lol
We do, but I'm also working out the kinks in this one for the next one. And I intend to use the full scale then to show ZERO mercy :biggrin:
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Excellent :corn
I still haven't had to give out a score as low as 2/10 since my first roulette despite using a harsher curve but I'm not doing scores for my next roulette anyways
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I mean I absolutely think that way about my fave albums just that I can still recognize flaws or weak moments in them
We obviously use different rating scales though if you completely hated moonsorrow and still gave it a 5, so :lol
What was that record that got a 9.75?
It's all good, I'm not being critical here, just observing, but I think you and I have a fundamental difference when it comes to music. I really enjoy the artist's take on things. I sometimes slip here with terminology, but deep down I don't believe in "good" or "bad" art, only "whether I like it". The one one that can say if it's "good" or not is the artist ("how close did I come to my vision?"). Doesn't mean I like everything they do - just the opposite. Some bands - Queen - are infuriating. But rather than say "It was a mistake to put "Misfire" and "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" on there???" I kind of try to understand why they did. And, like with Iron Maiden on Number of the Beast (or U2 The Joshua Tree) I'll make versions I like (with Total Eclipse for Maiden, and all the b-sides for U2).
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@Katt the one I'm sending you in the last round
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I mean I absolutely think that way about my fave albums just that I can still recognize flaws or weak moments in them
We obviously use different rating scales though if you completely hated moonsorrow and still gave it a 5, so :lol
What was that record that got a 9.75?
It's all good, I'm not being critical here, just observing, but I think you and I have a fundamental difference when it comes to music. I really enjoy the artist's take on things. I sometimes slip here with terminology, but deep down I don't believe in "good" or "bad" art, only "whether I like it". The one one that can say if it's "good" or not is the artist ("how close did I come to my vision?"). Doesn't mean I like everything they do - just the opposite. Some bands - Queen - are infuriating. But rather than say "It was a mistake to put "Misfire" and "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" on there???" I kind of try to understand why they did. And, like with Iron Maiden on Number of the Beast (or U2 The Joshua Tree) I'll make versions I like (with Total Eclipse for Maiden, and all the b-sides for U2).
I agree with you that in reality, it's all about whether I like it vs "good" or "bad." But when I score something, it's going to be on a scale of how well I like it, rather than the artists intentions. How do you even know what they are? And if you did, it could be anything.
"What was your intention with this record?"
"To kick some ass!"
"Do you feel like you succeeded?"
"Hell yeah!!!!"
"Ok, 10 for you."
Or
"Mr. Gabriel, what were you trying to do with your vocals on Supper's Ready?"
"Why, I wanted to make the listener cringe."
"Well, I did, so, OK, 10 for you..."
If an artist has a vision and meets that vision - that's great. But I'm not sure how I'm even going to know it, but let's say I do - it's not going to make me give them a higher/lower score. Or what if, 2 years after an album's release, they love it and think it did exactly what it set out to do... but 10 years later, they look back and think "you know, we missed the mark on that one." Should I give it a 10 at first and then downgrade it later? If I give a score, it's gotta be based on how I feel about it, even if it's different than how the artist feels.
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"What was your intention?"
"To make an album"
"Okay, 10/10"
~Me, reviewing Nickelback
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For me, even an album that is the GOAT (by my own criteria) has flaws or moments that I wouldn't consider 10/10. I guess I hear 10/10, or "perfect" and take that literally. No flaws; nothing I don't like; cannot be improved; nothing is better.
Different strokes; different folks... it's cool. But I ask this, what happens if/when someone sends you an album you think is better than Gilmour or Radiohead? Do your knobs go to 11?
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For me, even an album that is the GOAT (by my own criteria) has flaws or moments that I wouldn't consider 10/10. I guess I hear 10/10, or "perfect" and take that literally. No flaws; nothing I don't like; cannot be improved; nothing is better.
Different strokes; different folks... it's cool. But I ask this, what happens if/when someone sends you an album you think is better than Gilmour or Radiohead? Do your knobs go to 11?
Since I assume this is for me ;) It gets a 10. Gilmour and Radiohead got 10 last round, but I enjoy those albums in different ways, and I think they excel at what they're trying to communicate in different ways. For me, a 10/10 is simply maximum enjoyability. What entails maximum enjoyability? Whatever caters to my tastes. It just so happens that everything about those Gilmour and Radiohead albums spoke to me in such a way that I feel it's worthy of the best possible score. In other words, 10/10 is a big neon arrow sign pointing at the album saying, "SEND ME MORE OF THIS PLEASE THANK YOU" - not that it's a "perfect" album in the sense that it's incapable of being criticized.
But like I said it's just for roulette standings. Again, Gilmour and Radiohead got 10/10, but if you wanted me to rank them seriously in my catalogue *right now* I would probably not even consider that until I get a physical copy and spend much more time with it. I wanted to mention it earlier but a big benefit of these roulettes is teaching me to digest albums in a much quicker way so I can discover music quickly once again instead of taking 3 weeks with one album.
So yeah. I think the topic is interesting, and I totally get why some would never give a 10/10 in a roulette or even to their own collection, but I definitely feel I have lots of "10/10" albums on my shelves. :D
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Totally fair points and perspective. I dig can dig it.
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I can't fathom not having a single album in your collection that isn't a 10/10. That's just madness to me. I can make a top 10 right now and every single one of those is a perfect, flawless album to me (in the sense that it needs nothing taken away or added to it; as it is, it is a brilliant work of art that I never get sick of hearing).
The thought of not having a 'perfect' album (relative to one's tastes) in my collection makes me genuinely sad. You all need to find your 10s! Those albums that you think are so good words fail to do them justice!
The thing with ranking music is that context plays a role as well, not just the music itself. When I did my latest top 50 a year or two ago, I had a very hard time ranking everything above, say place 25. What can be your favourite album on one day may be something you don't want to listen to at all the next day. Besides; what makes an album actually good? I consider Images & Words by this band Dream Theater to me my favourite album of all time, but that's mainly because it has opened doors to so much other music. In the past three years I've maybe heard the full album twice. Is Images & Words a perfect album though? I don't really think so. I placed other albums in my top 50 that are maybe objectively 'better'.
I'm a music teacher and I hold a Master's degree in Musicology. One of the recurring 'problems' with studying music is that at a certain point, you start thinking about things like ranking music too much and it becomes meaningless. I can enjoy albums that didn't even make my top 50 just as well as albums that are in my top 10. It's never as black and white as a ranking like xx/10 with art, as far as I'm concerned.
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That's interesting. Particularly this line:
What can be your favourite album on one day may be something you don't want to listen to at all the next day.
Not for me! My favorite albums of all time are always bouncing around in my head and tend to be the ones I go for when I'm feeling indifferent about what music I want to hear at any given moment. Although I may not listen to them every day they're definitely the albums that inform my musical taste.
Also it's cool that you have a degree in music! I have a degree in music education with a focus on piano, although I've decided that isn't the career I want anymore :biggrin:
Also I've given every album a listen or two so far and wow this is another great round... scoring will be tough
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I mean I absolutely think that way about my fave albums just that I can still recognize flaws or weak moments in them
We obviously use different rating scales though if you completely hated moonsorrow and still gave it a 5, so :lol
What was that record that got a 9.75?
It's all good, I'm not being critical here, just observing, but I think you and I have a fundamental difference when it comes to music. I really enjoy the artist's take on things. I sometimes slip here with terminology, but deep down I don't believe in "good" or "bad" art, only "whether I like it". The one one that can say if it's "good" or not is the artist ("how close did I come to my vision?"). Doesn't mean I like everything they do - just the opposite. Some bands - Queen - are infuriating. But rather than say "It was a mistake to put "Misfire" and "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" on there???" I kind of try to understand why they did. And, like with Iron Maiden on Number of the Beast (or U2 The Joshua Tree) I'll make versions I like (with Total Eclipse for Maiden, and all the b-sides for U2).
I agree with you that in reality, it's all about whether I like it vs "good" or "bad." But when I score something, it's going to be on a scale of how well I like it, rather than the artists intentions. How do you even know what they are? And if you did, it could be anything.
"What was your intention with this record?"
"To kick some ass!"
"Do you feel like you succeeded?"
"Hell yeah!!!!"
"Ok, 10 for you."
Or
"Mr. Gabriel, what were you trying to do with your vocals on Supper's Ready?"
"Why, I wanted to make the listener cringe."
"Well, I did, so, OK, 10 for you..."
If an artist has a vision and meets that vision - that's great. But I'm not sure how I'm even going to know it, but let's say I do - it's not going to make me give them a higher/lower score. Or what if, 2 years after an album's release, they love it and think it did exactly what it set out to do... but 10 years later, they look back and think "you know, we missed the mark on that one." Should I give it a 10 at first and then downgrade it later? If I give a score, it's gotta be based on how I feel about it, even if it's different than how the artist feels.
You may not know it. No argument there. But that just means any ranking you give is mostly just "I like it". You can rationalize that "like" all day long, but it's still just "I like it". I just bristle at this notion that somehow one asshole with ears is qualified to say to anyone else what a "perfect album" is. I bag on Radiohead a lot, and 99.99% of that is to be funny and/or stimulate conversation, but at the end of the day, I don't really lose any sleep over whether others like them or not, I personally can't STAND them. UNLISTENABLE to me. Really. Thom Yorke is top three most annoying singers in rock to me. But you also don't see me trying to justify why they are "bad". I don't know that they are "good" or "bad". It's okay to not know.
A great example here is "Atom Heart Mother" by Floyd. Top three or five Floyd album for me. I LOVE it. That song is just... every time I listen to it, it just connects with me. Gilmour and Waters have both actively dismissed that record and distanced themselves from it. Turns out that they actually didn't finish it, Ron Geesin did. So whether they like it or not, whether it hit their mark or not, is interesting, but it's not really relevant. I just know that when I put it on, it triggers really good feelings in me, and that's what music is intended to do.
You will also note that I usually stick up for bands like Nickelback in these conversations (not bagging on you, Parama, you just happened to mention them). I don't understand the need to actively denigrate artists like that. From what I gather from interviews with Chad Kroeger, he's not really interested in being the next Steven Wilson (and thank god for that), but he also gets 14,000 people to put their hands in the air and forget about that mortgage, or pregnant girlfriend or shitty job for two hours every night, and don't kid yourself: Steven Wilson would take that in a fucking HEARTBEAT if he could.
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I mean I absolutely think that way about my fave albums just that I can still recognize flaws or weak moments in them
We obviously use different rating scales though if you completely hated moonsorrow and still gave it a 5, so :lol
What was that record that got a 9.75?
It's all good, I'm not being critical here, just observing, but I think you and I have a fundamental difference when it comes to music. I really enjoy the artist's take on things. I sometimes slip here with terminology, but deep down I don't believe in "good" or "bad" art, only "whether I like it". The one one that can say if it's "good" or not is the artist ("how close did I come to my vision?"). Doesn't mean I like everything they do - just the opposite. Some bands - Queen - are infuriating. But rather than say "It was a mistake to put "Misfire" and "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" on there???" I kind of try to understand why they did. And, like with Iron Maiden on Number of the Beast (or U2 The Joshua Tree) I'll make versions I like (with Total Eclipse for Maiden, and all the b-sides for U2).
I agree with you that in reality, it's all about whether I like it vs "good" or "bad." But when I score something, it's going to be on a scale of how well I like it, rather than the artists intentions. How do you even know what they are? And if you did, it could be anything.
"What was your intention with this record?"
"To kick some ass!"
"Do you feel like you succeeded?"
"Hell yeah!!!!"
"Ok, 10 for you."
Or
"Mr. Gabriel, what were you trying to do with your vocals on Supper's Ready?"
"Why, I wanted to make the listener cringe."
"Well, I did, so, OK, 10 for you..."
If an artist has a vision and meets that vision - that's great. But I'm not sure how I'm even going to know it, but let's say I do - it's not going to make me give them a higher/lower score. Or what if, 2 years after an album's release, they love it and think it did exactly what it set out to do... but 10 years later, they look back and think "you know, we missed the mark on that one." Should I give it a 10 at first and then downgrade it later? If I give a score, it's gotta be based on how I feel about it, even if it's different than how the artist feels.
You may not know it. No argument there. But that just means any ranking you give is mostly just "I like it". You can rationalize that "like" all day long, but it's still just "I like it". I just bristle at this notion that somehow one asshole with ears is qualified to say to anyone else what a "perfect album" is.
Well, if said individual's ranking was going to be added to the official book of album rankings as the one true measure of an album's worth, I'd say no one is qualified. Not even the artist. Other than that, we're all qualified to say what a perfect, great, mediocre, or poor album or song is to us.
I bag on Radiohead a lot, and 99.99% of that is to be funny and/or stimulate conversation, but at the end of the day, I don't really lose any sleep over whether others like them or not, I personally can't STAND them. UNLISTENABLE to me. Really. Thom Yorke is top three most annoying singers in rock to me. But you also don't see me trying to justify why they are "bad". I don't know that they are "good" or "bad". It's okay to not know.
And all that's fine, I think. But if someone asked you to score it, maybe it was in a roulette, there's nothing wrong with you giving it a low score. What else can you give something that you dislike that much? If the band told you it was their best song/album and they did exactly what they meant to, would that make it more listenable to you?
A great example here is "Atom Heart Mother" by Floyd. Top three or five Floyd album for me. I LOVE it. That song is just... every time I listen to it, it just connects with me. Gilmour and Waters have both actively dismissed that record and distanced themselves from it. Turns out that they actually didn't finish it, Ron Geesin did. So whether they like it or not, whether it hit their mark or not, is interesting, but it's not really relevant. I just know that when I put it on, it triggers really good feelings in me, and that's what music is intended to do.
Which is all about you and how you feel about it. Do you have any idea what this other guy's vision or intentions were? Probably not, but it doesn't matter.
You will also note that I usually stick up for bands like Nickelback in these conversations (not bagging on you, Parama, you just happened to mention them). I don't understand the need to actively denigrate artists like that. From what I gather from interviews with Chad Kroeger, he's not really interested in being the next Steven Wilson (and thank god for that), but he also gets 14,000 people to put their hands in the air and forget about that mortgage, or pregnant girlfriend or shitty job for two hours every night, and don't kid yourself: Steven Wilson would take that in a fucking HEARTBEAT if he could.
How do you know that? Maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he would take it if it just so happened that way, but he's not going to change his music in search of it.
I don't have strong enough feelings about Nickelback to denigrate them. I reserve that for smaller bands that lots of people praise but I can't stand. :)
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Risky choice with Echoes, Chad, I think this might be chucked under "boring progressive metal" category by our host.
I don't think so. Based on the standings, I think K-lox is under the impression that J-Boy is someone important around here and is obviously favoring him.
:lol
I don't think mine is 10/10 this time, but I'm making a deliberate effort to keep my entries varied enough. I'll be very surprised if I get a score lower than eight though.
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And all that's fine, I think. But if someone asked you to score it, maybe it was in a roulette, there's nothing wrong with you giving it a low score. What else can you give something that you dislike that much? If the band told you it was their best song/album and they did exactly what they meant to, would that make it more listenable to you?
I'd give it a score based on whether I like it. That's all I can do. I know with my roulette there was some controversy, but I went with what resonates with me. I thought Lorde was sort of pretentious. I don't really like pretentious, so she suffered in MY rating. I thought Devin Townsend was everything I love about music. Power, passion, precision, fun, emotional, melodic, rhythmic... it blew me away then and blows me away now. That's all I can do, and so I support KTLX and his 10's. He should give me one, though. He's losing credibility by not. ;) :) ;)
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I'm expecting to get a score this round, don't disappoint me
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The 9s and 9.5s aren't far off from 10s either honestly, like, IQ and Sleep Party People could go toe to toe with David Gilmour and that Radiohead album for my tastes. Hell a 9.5 could become a 10 over time, or a 9, it's just all how much time favors it. There's only a small handful of albums submitted that I have no interest in returning to so far, everything else is a guaranteed journey for me
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Return to brand new until it kills you :metal
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What's that? Play more Hospice by The Antlers? You got it :biggrin:
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To be fair, that is genuinely a better album so w/e
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I'm getting the sinking feeling that Jeff Buckley may not resonate with KTLX the way thought it might when I initially sent it.... I'm hoping for at least a 7/10 though. :corn
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If it's any consolation there isn't a single clunker this round. :neverusethis:
I'll post some snips tomorrow
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Sending deathspell omega next round then :metal
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Sending deathspell omega next round then :metal
I was going to send that. I guess we both technically could. :metal
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I've decided to do a follow-up post after the final round with my final thoughts on each person's submissions. But for now, here's a tease for Saturday's results...
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1. Cool album with strong hooks that I really enjoy. Singer has a pleasant voice. I'm surprised I haven't heard of this group before.
2. For me, there is a very thin line in this genre that separates the good from bad, and it doesn't take much to bring the whole thing down. This lands safely on the 'good' side.
3. There are so many moments on this album that remind me of my own playing and songwriting, when I dabble in it. I feel like I "get" this album, and it gets me.
4. Definitely one of a kind. This does not vibe with what I've always thought of the band - it's better, and way more adventurous than I anticipated.
5. Loads of really cool keyboards and some great, great instrumental work and vocal melodies. One of your best submissions.
6. Your favorite tracks on this album are my favorites, too. This is beautiful, expertly crafted music. Prog done right, to my ears. I love this album.
7. This kind of outfit tends to bore me easily, but the songs are energetic and infectious, and great for the gym.
8. I begged for different stuff and you delivered the goods. Super creative and kind of out there. One of my favorites of the whole roulette.
9. It took a few days of chewing on my thoughts, but I really warmed up to this after initially hating it. This is intense and more creative than a lot of prog metal bands - it's refreshing.
10. A nice, warm vibe seems to radiate from this record and I dig it a lot.
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2. For me, there is a very thin line in this genre that separates the good from bad, and it doesn't take much to bring the whole thing down. This lands safely on the 'good' side.
3. There are so many moments on this album that remind me of my own playing and songwriting, when I dabble in it. I feel like I "get" this album, and it gets me.
10. A nice, warm vibe seems to radiate from this record and I dig it a lot.
One of these, the rest don't fit Ommadawn at all :P
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Are you right? Are you wrong? Who knows?! :biggrin:
Very very good round, I am enjoying these a lot.
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Could be so many of these but they're all positive so that's good :corn
1. maybe
2. ehh prob not
3. this seems like Jeff Buckley I dunno
4. no
5. most likely tbh
6. maybe? I have a review up for bent knee too so
7. no
8. god I hope
9. no
10. probably not
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I've decided to do a follow-up post after the final round with my final thoughts on each person's submissions. But for now, here's a tease for Saturday's results...
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1. Cool album with strong hooks that I really enjoy. Singer has a pleasant voice. I'm surprised I haven't heard of this group before.
2. For me, there is a very thin line in this genre that separates the good from bad, and it doesn't take much to bring the whole thing down. This lands safely on the 'good' side.
3. There are so many moments on this album that remind me of my own playing and songwriting, when I dabble in it. I feel like I "get" this album, and it gets me.
4. Definitely one of a kind. This does not vibe with what I've always thought of the band - it's better, and way more adventurous than I anticipated.
5. Loads of really cool keyboards and some great, great instrumental work and vocal melodies. One of your best submissions.
6. Your favorite tracks on this album are my favorites, too. This is beautiful, expertly crafted music. Prog done right, to my ears. I love this album.
7. This kind of outfit tends to bore me easily, but the songs are energetic and infectious, and great for the gym.
8. I begged for different stuff and you delivered the goods. Super creative and kind of out there. One of my favorites of the whole roulette.
9. It took a few days of chewing on my thoughts, but I really warmed up to this after initially hating it. This is intense and more creative than a lot of prog metal bands - it's refreshing.
10. A nice, warm vibe seems to radiate from this record and I dig it a lot.
I could be 2, 3 (not sure about your playing?), 5 (but I doubt it), 7 (but I doubt it), 9 (but I hope not!), or 10.
I'd bet next months paycheque that Puppies/Buckley is 8, and Lethean/DGM is 1
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I've decided to do a follow-up post after the final round with my final thoughts on each person's submissions. But for now, here's a tease for Saturday's results...
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1. Cool album with strong hooks that I really enjoy. Singer has a pleasant voice. I'm surprised I haven't heard of this group before.
2. For me, there is a very thin line in this genre that separates the good from bad, and it doesn't take much to bring the whole thing down. This lands safely on the 'good' side.
3. There are so many moments on this album that remind me of my own playing and songwriting, when I dabble in it. I feel like I "get" this album, and it gets me.
4. Definitely one of a kind. This does not vibe with what I've always thought of the band - it's better, and way more adventurous than I anticipated.
5. Loads of really cool keyboards and some great, great instrumental work and vocal melodies. One of your best submissions.
6. Your favorite tracks on this album are my favorites, too. This is beautiful, expertly crafted music. Prog done right, to my ears. I love this album.
7. This kind of outfit tends to bore me easily, but the songs are energetic and infectious, and great for the gym.
8. I begged for different stuff and you delivered the goods. Super creative and kind of out there. One of my favorites of the whole roulette.
9. It took a few days of chewing on my thoughts, but I really warmed up to this after initially hating it. This is intense and more creative than a lot of prog metal bands - it's refreshing.
10. A nice, warm vibe seems to radiate from this record and I dig it a lot.
I could be 2, 3 (not sure about your playing?), 5 (but I doubt it), 7 (but I doubt it), 9 (but I hope not!), or 10.
I'd bet next months paycheque that Puppies/Buckley is 8, and Lethean/DGM is 1
How bout I take you up on the second part of your bet? If DGM isn't #1, you can send me that check. :)
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:corn
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I'll also wager Stads/Queen is #4. While hoping that I'm not #9, I'll hope (no offense pal) that #9 is Evermind/Karmakanic. Gun to my head... I'll predict #2 for me. Though it could easily be the other way around.
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I think mine could be 2, 3, 8, or 10.
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Jingle, do you have a gambling problem? Youve bet next months paycheck on three different occasions now :lol
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Jingle, do you have a gambling problem? Youve bet next months paycheck on three different occasions now :lol
No, I'm just loaded. I have more money than brains.
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:lol
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Well, 9 definitely isn't mine, but apart from that, I don't really know.
You're such a tease, Katt.
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I'll also wager Stads/Queen is #4. While hoping that I'm not #9, I'll hope (no offense pal) that #9 is Evermind/Karmakanic. Gun to my head... I'll predict #2 for me. Though it could easily be the other way around.
I don't really think Karmakanic is prog metal, so I don't think #9 is mine.
I hope #6 is mine. I always mention my favourite tracks from the albums I sent.
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Actually 9 is not prog metal. I didn't think about that interpretation, but what I mean is that that album sounds more progressive than some progressive music. :biggrin:
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In that case, any of them could be mine.
MAYBE IT'S ALL OF THEM AND YOU'RE JUST TROLLING ME
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I'll also wager Stads/Queen is #4. While hoping that I'm not #9, I'll hope (no offense pal) that #9 is Evermind/Karmakanic. Gun to my head... I'll predict #2 for me. Though it could easily be the other way around.
That's my thought/hope as well.
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In that case, any of them could be mine.
MAYBE IT'S ALL OF THEM AND YOU'RE JUST TROLLING ME
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Results tomorrow, as usual. I'd have them up tonight but I want to watch movies. Sue me. :biggrin:
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What movies :corn
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What movies :corn
The Dark Tower (watching out of obligation as a massive Dark Tower fan)
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 (seen the other 4 so I gotta watch this too)
Dr. Strange ('cause Dr. Strange is awesome)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (I don't know why I rented this)
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I saw the first three pirates films but had no interest in the fourth so you're not obligated imo :corn
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Eh, the fourth was all right. To be honest I'm not really a huge fan of the series, but they're enjoyable enough. I think the second was my favorite. The third had the coolest climax though, that whirlpool ship battle is just amazing.
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The Dark Tower (watching out of obligation as a massive Dark Tower fan)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (I don't know why I rented this)
Because you needed some hatred in your life after loving my album so much :P
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Alle in one evening? How do you not fall asleep?
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The Dark Tower (watching out of obligation as a massive Dark Tower fan)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (I don't know why I rented this)
Because you needed some hatred in your life after loving my album so much :P
:lol
Alle in one evening? How do you not fall asleep?
Nah, it's throughout the weekend. I just wrapped up The Dark Tower and am really fucking mad at how awful it is, so I'm going to the gym. Piece of traaaash
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You a big King fan? Might give me an idea for a future submission.
Jumanji was pretty funny. POTC 5 was certainly better than 4, but hat doesn't say much. Jingle.son and I are watching Dr. Strange this weekend.
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What movies :corn
The Dark Tower (watching out of obligation as a massive Dark Tower fan)
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 (seen the other 4 so I gotta watch this too)
Dr. Strange ('cause Dr. Strange is awesome)
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (I don't know why I rented this)
That's a lot of suck right there.
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Shouldn't you be in the corner of this roulette feeling shame?
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Or I could be like you kissing K-Lox's ass. ;D
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I mean TAC isn't wrong, I'm certainly not proud of this batch of rentals :lol but I was really just stretching to find stuff to keep on in the background (except Tower, which I was super eager to watch... and super disappointed in).
I've seen Dr. Strange before, but he's one of my favorite Marvel characters so I wanted to watch it again. I was gonna buy it, but Wal-mart (the only big store in my town) only had it on DVD for some reason. Which led me to the rental store, which led to bad decisions :rollin
Oh I'm not a big King fan either, but The Dark Tower is far and away my favorite thing of his.
Also also both of the women in this Jumanji movie are jsdfjklsdf HOT. (I didn't go to the gym. I got... sidetracked.)
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I mean TAC isn't wrong, I'm certainly not proud of this batch of rentals :lol
:lol
J-Boy, I got something for you...
:natalieportman:
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I mean TAC isn't wrong, I'm certainly not proud of this batch of rentals :lol but I was really just stretching to find stuff to keep on in the background (except Tower, which I was super eager to watch... and super disappointed in).
I've seen Dr. Strange before, but he's one of my favorite Marvel characters so I wanted to watch it again. I was gonna buy it, but Wal-mart (the only big store in my town) only had it on DVD for some reason. Which led me to the rental store, which led to bad decisions :rollin
Oh I'm not a big King fan either, but The Dark Tower is far and away my favorite thing of his.
Also also both of the women in this Jumanji movie are jsdfjklsdf HOT. (I didn't go to the gym. I got... sidetracked.)
You should be doing the writeups, not watching movies......
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That's what I've been doing for the past 2 hours! :corn
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So, here's round 4 (5 counting elims). If you're curious about the scores, so far it's out of 50 total. Everybody sent good stuff this round, so even those who have begun redeeming themselves for past rounds had a tough time catching up this round. Regardless, I had fun with every album this time. Some of you in particular are knocking it out of the park though. Let's see what we got!
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1. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
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1975; progressive rock/folk/world
sent by Sacul
You told me to only consider Ommadawn Pt. 1 and 2 for this, so I'm taking that into account. However, if I included the rest of the album, this would still be a 10/10. Maybe I have been living under a rock but this is the first I've ever heard of Mike Oldfield, I think, and I had no idea what to expect. I loved this from the start, but as it went on I expected it to fall into predictable trappings... but it didn't. I couldn't predict what would happen next. It's in no hurry to move things along, but it makes no apologies for doing some experimental stuff. I begged for different stuff and you delivered the goods because this is one of the best things anyone's sent so far. The instruments speak for themselves, there's no need for lyrics. Yeah, there's a little bit at the end, but it's for only a couple minutes out of 36+ and some of it is spoken, which is nice. Ommadawn Pt. 1 slowly transforms into this world piece with a primal drum beat and some hypnotic chanting (I can't figure out what they're saying or even what language it's in), and the guitar parts that play over it give it some lovely extra flavor. It just goes on, and on, and I love it. Slowly the synth runs build and build... then take over, but only gradually. The transitions on this are seamless and not jarring at all. I like when musical ideas take their time and develop organically and this does it perfectly. I am just loving this, man. It's something else. Soothing, mystical, absolutely fucking spectacular. Have a 10. I'd give it an 11 if I could. 10/10
Favorite tracks: Ommadawn Pt. 1 & 2
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2. lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter
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2013; ambient/experimental
sent by home
People talked after last round's results about giving 10s too easily: nah. I don't particularly care, because this and Ommadawn deserve it. Forget guitars, forget percussion, forget prog and rock and metal altogether. Only some electronic drums, otherwise it's synths, synths, and more synths! And a bit of piano. Some ghostlike singing in places, but it's sparse - a good thing, perhaps you've noticed my disdain for needless lyrics in music. I've probably drilled the point home by now that I look for beauty in music and this oozes beauty. Only a few brief moments pick up, like in Reclaim and Old Skin, but it's just enough to break up an impending sense of monotony or boredom. Between those moments are heartwrenching tracks with dramatic synth pads and piano with just enough reverb to hit my sweet spot. This is an example of projecting power without being 'busy' or chaotic. For me, the emotional strength of this album is amplified when I play it at night. This is so calm and beautiful, but in a different way from David Gilmour's On An Island which earned a 10/10 last round. It sounds a bit more personal. There are so many moments on this album that remind me of my own piano playing and songwriting, when I dabble in it. I feel like I "get" this album, and it gets me. 10/10
Favorite tracks: Words of Amber; Hands, Be Still; Only The Winds
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3. Karmakanic - Who's the Boss in the Factory?
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2008; progressive rock
sent by Evermind
This is a phenomenal album. Goran Edman's fantastic - I own a Time Requiem album with him on vox - but it's the instrumental side of this album that blows my mind. It nails every mood it goes for, and the musicians are on another level. Drums, bass, keyboards and synth, they all shine. There's so many ideas going on here but it's never too much, and the keyboardist seems to have a patch for every situation. Not a bad song out of the 6 here, but Let In Hollywood and Two Blocks From The Edge are probably my least favorite only because the others are that good. I love the inclusion of saxophone here. I really think saxophone can make almost anything better, if played correctly. Eternally, Pt. 1 is one of my favorites here for the stellar piano playing. It's just a respite from the prog and rock realms and two minutes of gorgeous classical piano, which tickles my fancy something fierce. This would be a 10/10 if only those two particular tracks were more like the others, but regardless, it's a spectacular record. 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Send a Message From the Heart; Who's The Boss In The Factory?; Eternally, Pt. 1
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4. Jeff Buckley - Grace
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1994; alternative/folk rock
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
A nice, warm vibe seems to radiate from this record and I dig it a lot. This album was discussed earlier in this thread, and I just don't agree with the comments about Hallelujah. That is a great song, and this is a great album. I've never heard Jeff Buckley before, and I don't know how, because I like this more each time I play it. I could maybe do without Dream Brother and Forget Her, but perhaps I just haven't given it enough time for them to sink in. I love the 90s rock vibe on Eternal Life. Mojo Pin and Grace are good tunes, but it's the triple run of Lilac Wine, So Real, and Hallelujah that really gets me. That is the best part of the album to my ears. The music does a lovely job of complementing the poetic lyrics, particularly in Lilac Wine. Buckley has a sweet and tender voice with loads of emotion and a great falsetto... I looked this album up on Wikipedia while writing this write-up after several spins and was crushed to hear that this was his only album before his untimely death, way too soon. I wonder what he would've gone on to make after this, because this is just wonderful. The emotion in this album is palpable. Thanks for showing me this, dude. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: Lilac Wine; So Real; Hallelujah
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5. Echoes - Nature|Existence
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2010; progressive metal
sent by jingle.boy
What do we have here - some more obscure prog metal from jingle! This has loads of really cool keyboards and some great, great instrumental work and vocal melodies. I love the keyboard playing. It shares a lot of time in the spotlight with the guitar and I enjoy the variety between piano, strings, synth pads and leads, and other voices. But man, oh man, the album really gets cooking with Lullaby and Bonfires. Fantastic instrumentals, Bonfires is simply gorgeous and I really love the pop of the drums, the silky bass solo and the beautiful guitar/piano playing toward the end - this is a real highlight. Unfair is kickass, I love the flow between those three tracks. Seasons Came to Pass and Far From Coincidence aren't bad either, but Despair and Wings of Dread put them to shame. Despair smashes Lullaby and Bonfires together and adds a little saxophone, that part always puts a smile on my face, but it's only a teaser for that AWESOME sax solo in Wings of Dread! The last two tracks aren't bad either but man I wish Wings of Dread was the last track because it ends so damn well. I enjoy this more each time I hear it. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: Bonfires; Unfair; Wings of Dread
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6. DGM - Frame
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2009; progressive metal
sent by Lethean
Welcome back to the upper scores, Lethean - although there's some serious competition this round as well... You know my history with DGM - not a fan of the very early stuff. For me, there is a very thin line in this genre that separates the good from bad, and it doesn't take much to bring the whole thing down. This lands safely on the 'good' side. This is the prog metal I like, and what I was hoping to hear from Redemption. Great album here. Lots of speed, strong sense of melodies, heavy double bass drumming, this is exactly what I like to hear. Mark Basile has a great voice and is a good fit here, although generally higher = better and there are so many moments I want him to go just a few notes higher to really hit that sweet spot. I like the positive sound to lots of these songs, like in Not In Need (and the jazzy vibe in the verses is a huge plus). The little orchestral break with Trapped... is awesome, that's right up my alley. My favorite moment on this album is the beginning of Heartache. I just want that awesome synth intro to go on through the whole song underneath some heavy guitars and drums. It's so short it hurts, but the rest of the song is fantastic, so it's okay. I still have a sweet spot for prog/power metal along these lines. I thought I was going to be disappointed with this, but I'm pleasantly surprised. I find myself bobbing my head to this a lot and it's so good for the gym. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: Hereafter; Not in Need; Heartache
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7. Queen - Queen II
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1974; rock
sent by Stadler
Queen! This is definitely one of a kind. This does not vibe with what I've always thought of the band - it's better, and way more adventurous than I anticipated. You gave me some info on the 'white' and 'black' sides of this album - I like the whole thing, but the 'black' side, the back half, is where this band shines. I enjoy Father To Son and White Queen, but everything on the back half is so much cooler and more daring. The way Ogre Battle starts off in reverse is cool, but it takes a whole minute before things actually get going, so that's kind of annoying. Once it gets going it's awesome, though. The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke is one of my favorite songs on this album. It is completely unexpected, and I've never heard another band write a song like this. Mercury's singing is incredible, I LOVE how he transitions seamlessly into the upper register, but then he comes back down effortlessly. It's like he could do anything. The choir work is great, and it's so obvious now where some of my favorite bands draw their inspiration for 'big' music. Is Mercury playing the piano as well? He's great, I just wish there was more of it. March of the Black Queen is pretty good but not my favorite - that goes to Funny How Love Is. I love the tension in the rhythm even though it's a happy tune. The vocal melody is deadly infectious and Mercury sells it with such passion. The lyrics combined with this intense rhythm actually made me choke up for some strange reason. Not many plain Jane 'rock' albums or songs can fill me with happiness like that one has. Far and away the best tune on the album, and nothing else sounds like it. I can't say this is my favorite of the round, or even my favorite of your submissions (ELP is going to be hard to top), but I really like this and it's the little push I needed to go grab a handful of their records at the record store and just dive in the deep end. I almost told you to pick something else, but you wrote such a heartfelt write-up that I couldn't say no. I did listen to this before, at your request even, but it was years ago, and I couldn't remember any of it, so I went with it. This was a real treat, and in a way a much needed history lesson. Still, the white side is nothing compared to the black, and I suspect it's all because of Freddie Mercury's songwriting. If he had done the whole thing, this would've left an even better impression on me. 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Ogre Battle; The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke; Funny How Love Is
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8. Dredg - Catch Without Arms
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2005; alternative/progressive rock
sent by Tomislav95
This is cool! I had no idea what to expect. Some slick guitar riffs, tasty bass, and very strong singing. There's a nice spacey vibe throughout the record... I wish there were more keyboards or piano sometimes, but I love the tremolo picking of the guitars in some songs that rings out behind the vocals. Sometimes the speedier songs end up sounding like radio rock I'm not big on, so I enjoy when this band is actually slower and mellowed out. Jamais Vu is the high point of the album for all of the reasons above, and along with Ode to the Sun form a great bookend to a bunch of other strong songs. I enjoyed this, although you did have stiff competition this round. This kind of outfit tends to bore me easily - some of the songs here do too - but overall, it's energetic and infectious, and great for the gym and driving. This might not get as high a ranking as others this round, but by no means did I dislike this - although I do wish the verses were as strong as I think the choruses always are, because that would easily raise the score. My favorite tracks have really infectious choruses. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Ode To The Sun; Not That Simple; Jamais Vu
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9. Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
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2014; rock
sent by Parama
First of all, Parama, you'll have to forgive me. I had a much bigger write-up, and then I accidentally cut it while I was formatting and then wrote over it with something else. So I'm just going to run through this (again) quickly. I think the singer has an interesting voice - it was off-putting at first, but on the next few listens I fell in love with it. I like the song Way Too Long, but sometimes I get annoyed with how obnoxiously she sings. She's much more enjoyable when she controls the intensity, like in Sunshine, or In God We Trust, building slowly to a super powerful climax. I think a few songs could be cut from this, and while the singer stands out, the other instruments in the band don't do too much to interest me, but it's much more enjoyable than your last submision. There's a strange darkness to most of this album, which makes an eerie contrast with the very first track... Again, Sunshine - a remarkable take on otherwise boring and happy-go-lucky lyrics. That, like much of the rest of this album, didn't connect with me at first, but after chewing on my thoughts for a few days I really came around to this. I'm not sure if I'll be leaping to dive into this band given the caliber of other submissions, but they're on my radar, and I think it's very interesting how they crafted a record that can't easily be defined by labels. It's rock, of some kind, but it's so much more than that. This was cool. Thanks for sharing it with me. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: In God We Trust; Battle Creek; Sunshine
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10. Von Hertzen Brothers - Nine Lives
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2013; progressive rock
sent by ariich
These guys are from Finland? They sure don't sound like it to me. Anyway, this is a cool album. I get a super strong Richie Kotzen vibe from the singer on the first two tracks, with some super awesome choruses and this kickass hard rock energy. Coming Home is cool as hell, really straightforward but catchy. I wish the rest of the album continued with this style because I was so taken in by those three songs, yet it goes into a spacier, proggy direction, which normally I'd love but I was digging the rockin' vibe so much and it never really comes back! So the rest of the album is pretty good, but not as memorable or infectious as the beginning. Lost In Time actually does blend the two styles well and I didn't initially like it but as the days went on that one really stuck on my brain. I haven't heard of this group before, but I think I'll be returning to this one over time because I really enjoy the mood and the playing. Plus, the singer's similarity to Richie Kotzen is a massive plus and I gotta hear more especially if there's some other hard rock tracks on their other albums. I don't have much else to say, really - it doesn't get too prog or experimental, and when it rocks, it just rocks hard. This was a safe submission with some really tasty stuff. I also love the bonus track, Time & Summer. Would not mind hearing more music from these guys in the future, but I'd like to hear an album with better flow in the middle, and more of that hard rock energy they do so well. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Insomniac, Flowers and Rust, Time & Summer
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Scores
1. Sacul - 45.5
2. Evermind - 45.0
3. jingle.boy - 45.0
4. Stadler - 44.0
5. home - 43.5
6. ariich - 42.0
7. Tomislav95 - 41.0
8. Parama - 39.5
9. Lethean - 38.5
10. Puppies_On_Acid - 38.0
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anyways, i'm pulling exclusively from my pool of "top 5 albums of all time" for the next three rounds, a pool i have not yet reached into
one of them is The Hirsch Effekt - Holon : Anamnesis which i will -not- be sending but you should check it out regardless
ironically none of them are banned, which is surprising especially given that one of them is by an artist that's really popular here? nobody has sent them all roulette? omg i may have to do that
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I hope you know I really dig that album but there were 7 others I liked even more :hat
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I actually hoped Echoes would score well, because it's a great album and more people need to know about it because it kicks some serious ass, so good job, Chad. However, Echoes scoring 9/10 and Beyond the Bridge getting 7.5/10 is a crime. Still, good to see Echoes score high. I was kinda afraid it would be like 6/10.
I agree about my album, these two particular tracks are my least favourites as well (althought Two Blocks from the Edge is still a kickass track), but the rest of the record makes up for them big time. Like, big fucking time.
When the world is falling and it's digging in the dirt
Send a message from the heart
When the sky has risen and its waiting for the end of the Earth
Send a message from the heart
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I have just the album to send you next, and I'll do it tomorrow. Hopefully I'll keep getting good scores!
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Fuck yeah :2metal:
The rest of the album is bonus tracks for the Deluxe Edition, original tracklist only has Ommadawn pt. 1 and 2, but they're still very nice. You might have heard of his Tubular Bells record, the title track appears on the Exorcist movie :P . Out of his discography, I highly recommend you his last record, Return to Ommadawn - a fantastic sequel to that album, and among my favorites of 2017, absolute beauty. Then I'd try his first two albums, Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, and his 1990 record Amarok, which is closer to Ommadawn in songwriting.
I guess I'll finally check out that Olafur Arnalds album, he's been on my radar for quite a while.
Katt, are long EPs allowed? I have one in mind that lasts about 40 mins and Spotify considers it an album for some reason.
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you'd prob like the olafur arnalds album, saculitis
i like it but not as much as katt :lol
anyways changed my entry to "what the hell this band isn't banned??"
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Absolutely, Sacul. I don't make a distinction between EPs, albums etc. - jyst double albums. Although I do intend on listening to disc 2 of The Road of Bones. Maybe this weekend while I have a brief respite from roulette listening.
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Also, it's Wings of Dread, not Winds of Dread. :biggrin: (I know, this isn't even an album I've sent, but here you go)
Absolutely, Sacul. I don't make a distinction between EPs, albums etc. - jyst double albums. Although I do intend on listening to disc 2 of The Road of Bones. Maybe this weekend while I have a brief respite from roulette listening.
I bet you'll enjoy Fall and Rise, it's a fantastic track.
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D'oh. Thanks for pointing that out dude :)
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I wonder if POS is the band that isn't banned...
So I see I'm still the only person who doesn't like the Jeff Buckley album... :) At least DGM didn't score lower than it.
I suspect that you won't like my next submission that much, but I'm still sending it. :)
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Anyway, all things aside, holy shit! Two 9.5s and a 10, wow. Regardless of how the rest of the roulette goes, I would say I did a good job in this.
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I wonder if POS is the band that isn't banned...
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I'm slowly getting back in to the points standings. Glad you enjoyed Grace. Seems everyone did pretty well this round. I expect to tank the next round, which I sent already. :corn
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I actually hoped Echoes would score well, because it's a great album and more people need to know about it because it kicks some serious ass, so good job, Chad. However, Echoes scoring 9/10 and Beyond the Bridge getting 7.5/10 is a crime. Still, good to see Echoes score high. I was kinda afraid it would be like 6/10.
Thanks bro... I was feeling confident, but not overly confident. I agree that N|E is not better than Old Man, but I'll gladly take the 9.
But damn... 9/10 = 5th, and I STILL drop into a tie for 2nd. Tough TOUGH competition.
Now to decide if I keep on my strategy (which I think is kinda risky), or go back to what got me in the lead in the first place.
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Old man is too bloated. N|E is not :biggrin:
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8.0 is good, glad you liked it.
I'm sending something a bit different this time ;)
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I've decided to do a follow-up post after the final round with my final thoughts on each person's submissions. But for now, here's a tease for Saturday's results...
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1. Cool album with strong hooks that I really enjoy. Singer has a pleasant voice. I'm surprised I haven't heard of this group before.
2. For me, there is a very thin line in this genre that separates the good from bad, and it doesn't take much to bring the whole thing down. This lands safely on the 'good' side.
3. There are so many moments on this album that remind me of my own playing and songwriting, when I dabble in it. I feel like I "get" this album, and it gets me.
4. Definitely one of a kind. This does not vibe with what I've always thought of the band - it's better, and way more adventurous than I anticipated.
5. Loads of really cool keyboards and some great, great instrumental work and vocal melodies. One of your best submissions.
6. Your favorite tracks on this album are my favorites, too. This is beautiful, expertly crafted music. Prog done right, to my ears. I love this album.
7. This kind of outfit tends to bore me easily, but the songs are energetic and infectious, and great for the gym.
8. I begged for different stuff and you delivered the goods. Super creative and kind of out there. One of my favorites of the whole roulette.
9. It took a few days of chewing on my thoughts, but I really warmed up to this after initially hating it. This is intense and more creative than a lot of prog metal bands - it's refreshing.
10. A nice, warm vibe seems to radiate from this record and I dig it a lot.
I could be 2, 3 (not sure about your playing?), 5 (but I doubt it), 7 (but I doubt it), 9 (but I hope not!), or 10.
I'd bet next months paycheque that Puppies/Buckley is 8, and Lethean/DGM is 1
How bout I take you up on the second part of your bet? If DGM isn't #1, you can send me that check. :)
Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
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Oh, and also Lilac Wine and So Real are my favourites as well :tup after Forget Her :yeahright
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Old man is too bloated. N|E is not :biggrin:
Your face is too bloated. :biggrin:
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I hate my dumb face. :neverusethis:
Yeah jingle, looks like you owe Lethean some money. That's two bets you've lost. Maybe you should stop before you bet the car! :biggrin:
Tomi, I've been hearing about Dredg for over a decade so that was really cool to hear. Not at all what I expected, for some reason the name made me think I was going to hear sludgy, growly metal. Very cool.
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You should check out their El Cielo, given your comments on CWA, you might like it more.
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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Hmm, what to do, what to do. Maybe you should donate some of your points to me.... :)
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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Hmm, what to do, what to do. Maybe you should donate some of your points to me.... :)
i support this. roulette socialism :corn
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Way to go jingle :rollin
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You should check out their El Cielo, given your comments on CWA, you might like it more.
Absolutely check that album, Katt. Has some very ethereal songs, and more variety than CWA imo.
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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Hmm, what to do, what to do. Maybe you should donate some of your points to me.... :)
Haha ... joke's on you again - with the exchange rate, I'm actually in 8th place.
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If you want another Von Hertzen Bros album, check out War Is Over. In addition to doing the hard rock side well, that album has more inspired proggy stuff than Nine Lives.
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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Whoa, dude is this a joke? I hope so.
Anyway, you and I are in the same boat; I have two options from here on out and now that I dropped a little I think I'm going to take some chances. It was a fools game to think I'd win a roulette at DTF anyway, so I might as well go out in a flaming ball of... whatever the fuck burns in a ball.
Kattleox, I am so happy though; I rarely if ever care if people like what I do, but for some reason it makes me so happy that not only did you like the record, but you literally latched on to the very thing that makes it special to me. That part of Funny... where Mercury sings "...
From the earth below to the heavens above..." and he just elevates the song in such a positive way... I've heard that song 500 times if I've heard it once, and it gets me every single time.
As much as I would love for you to explore the catalogue, be aware that there ARE some duds in there; it'll be your call what are duds and what aren't, but the catalogue is very eclectic. Personally, I love A Night At The Opera, The Works, A Kind Of Magic, and Innuendo.
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you're only a point and a half behind dude you can still win easily :lol
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Yeah Stadler's talking like his score took a huge dive in the last round. Clearly I'm going to win since I have all of Jingle's points plus my own, but second place is still totally up for grabs. ;)
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i was never gonna win since the album i'm sending in the final round is gonna get like a 4/10 from katt but i have no regrets i'm just here to share cool music
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Scores don't matter much anyway. Everybody's shown me something (numerous somethings) to dig deep into after the roulette. I was so bored with listening to new music until I started this, now it's like I'm at an oasis after years of meandering through the desert :)
Stadler, I really enjoy that album and that song is simply magical. What a great song. I love it and the lyrics and melody so, so much.
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i was never gonna win since the album i'm sending in the final round is gonna get like a 4/10 from katt but i have no regrets i'm just here to share cool music
I know what youre planning to send, and dont do it because Katt wont like it :corn
Also, this has to be the roulette with the highest average scores per round :lol
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Also, this has to be the roulette with the highest average scores per round :lol
What about Scar? :neverusethis:
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I know what youre planning to send, and dont do it because Katt wont like it :corn
though, fair warning, despite the fact that it will not score well, i'm sending The Apologist in the final round if i make it to the final round
how ever did you find out
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An owl told him.
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I know what youre planning to send, and dont do it because Katt wont like it :corn
though, fair warning, despite the fact that it will not score well, i'm sending The Apologist in the final round if i make it to the final round
how ever did you find out
Educated guess. I seriously didnt read that message a month ago :corn
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Damn, 8 out of 10 and still dead last. :lol
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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To be clear to everyone, this was indeed a joke.
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Damn, 8 out of 10 and still dead last. :lol
It was a pretty good round :lol
I just love music so it's hard to get a bad score unless you send extreme metal :biggrin:
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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To be clear to everyone, this was indeed a joke.
Oh good, I was about to set up a Get Jingle off the Streets GoFundMe page for you. :biggrin:
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Already got 7 submissions, looking like another interesting round with one or two seemingly risky picks... gonna start listening soon. :corn
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Jingle, should I send you my PayPal information? :)
Haha... joke's on you - I'm unemployed.
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To be clear to everyone, this was indeed a joke.
Oh good, I was about to set up a Get Jingle off the Streets GoFundMe page for you. :biggrin:
Well, don't let the facts stop you.
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I expect the last submissions to come in sometime today. Then it's manhang :metal
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Yeah Stadler's talking like his score took a huge dive in the last round. Clearly I'm going to win since I have all of Jingle's points plus my own, but second place is still totally up for grabs. ;)
No, it didn't take a huge dive, but I don't see a lot of shuffling going on in the next couple rounds, and that's not a bad thing at all. I've known what my last round submission is going to be since the preliminary round, but the last two or three have been up in the air (and the next one is still changing, as a matter of fact).
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Yeah Stadler's talking like his score took a huge dive in the last round. Clearly I'm going to win since I have all of Jingle's points plus my own, but second place is still totally up for grabs. ;)
No, it didn't take a huge dive, but I don't see a lot of shuffling going on in the next couple rounds, and that's not a bad thing at all. I've known what my last round submission is going to be since the preliminary round, but the last two or three have been up in the air (and the next one is still changing, as a matter of fact).
You're gonna have a hard time topping ELP. There's room to do so but good lord man, I'm almost upset you haven't advocated that one to me as strongly as Queen :)
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I'll do my best to submit this evening, but things are fairly chaotic with the little one around, so it might possibly need to be tomorrow morning at the latest (promise!).
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Niiiiiiice :metal
I'll sent soon
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I'll do my best to submit this evening, but things are fairly chaotic with the little one around, so it might possibly need to be tomorrow morning at the latest (promise!).
Parenting should never take priority over roulette'g. Toughen that chap up!
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I'm really not sure of what to send, I've got some things you'd probably love but dunno how much into ambient you are, or if you enjoy glitchy electronics, or a bit of spiritual music.
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Ambient - very interested
Glitchy electronics - kind of a vague descriptor so hard to say
Spiritual music - hell yeah
The Olafur Arnalds album gets ambient at times and I freaking loved it
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Nice, sended.
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I suggest ariich lets the little one pick since I have everyone else's :lol
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Devin Townsend Project - Babysong, Part II: Scenes from a Meme
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Devin Townsend Project - Babysong, Part II: Scenes from a Meme
:metardica:
I sent Funeral Ambient Black Midi
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I hate that I know what all of those mean
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I hate that I know what all of those mean
I figured you might. :lol
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So you sent Liturgy :P
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So you sent Liturgy :P
Actually that would be hilarious. Maybe if KTLX decides to do a joke round or something.
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I suggest ariich lets the little one pick since I have everyone else's :lol
I'd actually chosen, I just couldn't find it on Spotify so I needed a chance to upload it for you.
Doing it now!
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Woohoo! Hangnam style coming today.
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1. (?) ___ _____ _______ - ________
2. (?) _______ ______ - ____
3. (?) ____ _____ - ____
4. (?) ________ - ___ _______
5. (?) ____ _ ________ - _______ ____
6. (?) ___ - _____ ___ ___ ___
7. (?) ____ - _________
8. (?) ____ __ _________ - ___ _______ _______ __ _
9. (?) ___ _____ - _______ ____
10. (?) ________ - ________
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1. (?) T__ _____ _______ - ______u_
2. (?) _____t_ ______ - _u__
3. (?) ____ F____ - F__t
4. (?) __t_____ - T__ __t____
5. (?) T___ _ ____t___ - __t____ _u_t
6. (?) ___ - _____ F__ T__ ___
7. (?) ____ - _________
8. (?) ____ _f _____t___ - T__ ___f__t ______t _t _
9. (?) T__ ___t_ - _______ T___
10. (?) ___t____ - ___t____
Guessed letters: F U T
Lethean waits 2 turns
jingle.boy waits 1 turn
I'm not feeling this round so far. Maybe I started with the wrong albums. :corn
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A me up (A ME UP INSIDE)
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1. (?) T__ _____ _______ - ______u_
2. (?) _a___ta _____a - _u_a
3. (?) ____ F_a__ - F__t
4. (?) A_t_____ - T__ _at____
5. (?) T___ _ ___at___ - __t____ _u_t
6. (?) ___ - _____ F__ T__ ___
7. (?) ____ - ___a_a__a_
8. (?) _a__ _f _a__at___ - T__ ___f__t ______t _t _
9. (?) T__ _a_t_ - _______ T___
10. (?) __t____ - __t____
Guessed letters: F U T A
Parama waits 2 turns
Lethean waits 1 turn
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Give me a B!
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Hit me up with some E
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Hopefully you havent spun mine yet. :-\
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Hopefully you havent spun mine yet. :-\
I was just thinking the same thing.
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It's a mystery :tup
1. (?) T_e ___e_ E____e_ - E_____u_
2. (?) _a__eta _____a - _u_a
3. (?) ____ F_a__ - Fe_t
4. (?) A_t___e_ - T_e _at____
5. (?) T___ _ _e_at__e - __t_be_ _u_t
6. (?) _e_ - _____ F__ T_e __e
7. (?) _ee_ - _e_a_a__a_
8. (?) _a__ _f _a__at___ - T_e _e_fe_t E_e_e_t _t _
9. (?) T__ _a_t_ - _______ T__e
10. (?) __t____ - __t____
Guessed letters: F U T A B E
ariich waits 2 turns
Puppies_On_Acid waits 1 turn
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Need - Hegaiamas sent by Evermind
I got this only because you brought it up in puppies' roulette, haha
gimme RRR
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I don't know who sent Hegaiamas, but it definitely wasn't me.
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oh, and:
rstir - rstir
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Parama's head goes in the noose for assuming Evermind sent Need :jamaritard:
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1. (?) T_e R__er E___res - E_____u_
2. (?) _ar_eta _____a - _u_a
3. (?) ___s Fra__ - Fe_t
4. (?) A_t_r_e_ - T_e _at____
5. (?) T___ _ _e_at__e - __t_ber Rust
6. (?) _es - _____ F_r T_e __e
7. (?) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (?) _a__ _f Sa__at___ - T_e _erfe_t E_e_e_t _t _
9. (?) T__ _a_ts - ___s___ T__e
10. (?) rstir - rstir
Guessed letters: F U T A B E R S
Bolsters waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turn
Futabers.
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Tom Waits
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Pain of salvation - the perfect element I by Parama
Nils Frahm - Felt wait wat who sent this >:(
Also the river empires
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1. (?) The River Empires - E_____u_
2. (?) _ar_eta _____a - _u_a
3. (?) Nils Frahm - Felt
4. (?) A_t_r_e_ - T_e _at____
5. (?) T___ _ _e_at__e - __t_ber Rust
6. (?) _es - _____ F_r T_e __e
7. (?) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (Parama) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
9. (?) Tom Waits - ___s___ T__e
10. (?) rstir - rstir
Guessed letters: F U T A B E R S
Bolsters waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turn
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October Rust
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Anthriel - The Pathway
This is probably Chad.
Marketa Irglova - Muna
Sacul sent this one.
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1. (?) The River Empires - E_____u_
2. (Sacul) Marketa Iglova - Muna
3. (?) Nils Frahm - Felt
4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
5. (?) T___ _ _e_at__e - October Rust
6. (?) _es - _____ F_r T_e __e
7. (?) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (Parama) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
9. (?) Tom Waits - ___s___ T__e
10. (?) rstir - rstir
Guessed letters: F U T A B E R S
Bolsters waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turn
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Tom Walts - Closing Time
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October Rust is Type O Negative
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1. (?) The River Empires - E__l__u_
2. (Sacul) Marketa Iglova - Muna
3. (?) Nils Frahm - Felt
4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
5. (?) Type O Negative - October Rust
6. (?) _es - _____ F_r T_e __e
7. (?) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (Parama) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
9. (?) Tom Waits - Closing Time
10. (?) rstir - rstir
Guessed letters: F U T A B E R S L
Lethean waits 2 turns
Bolsters waits 1 turn
Odd shift this round. I've heard 4 so far (a few times each) and only really dig 1 of them.
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Did Stadler send Tom Waits?
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Nope. And I'm super surprised nobody's guessed the last unknown artist/song combo. I thought that would be the first to be guessed...
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Ev probably sent arstidir then
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Puppies sent type o negative
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Aye.
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1. (?) The River Empires - E__l__u_
2. (Sacul) Marketa Iglova - Muna
3. (?) Nils Frahm - Felt
4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
5. (Puppies_On_Acid) Type O Negative - October Rust
6. (?) _es - _____ F_r T_e __e
7. (?) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (Parama) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
9. (?) Tom Waits - Closing Time
10. (Evermind) rstir - rstir
Guessed letters: F U T A B E R S L
Lethean waits 2 turns
Bolsters waits 1 turn
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The last one is Yes - Going For The One.
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This one is Stadler's; Tom Walts is Tomislav (if he's in this roulette). I guess Need is Lethean? I must say I like Hegaiamas, but I still like Orvam more.
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Ya'll are on it...
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1. (?) The River Empires - E__l__u_
2. (Sacul) Marketa Iglova - Muna
3. (?) Nils Frahm - Felt
4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
5. (Puppies_On_Acid) Type O Negative - October Rust
6. (Stadler) Yes - Going For The One
7. (Lethean) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (Parama) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
9. (Tomislav95) Tom Waits - Closing Time
10. (Evermind) rstir - rstir
That leaves ariich and home. :P
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Ariich sent the river empires and home sent my precious nils Frahm >:(
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4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
Awesome album
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WOW! I know THREE albums this round (including mine). Thank god for Tom Waits and Type O Negative.
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Ariich sent the river empires and home sent my precious nils Frahm >:(
Hey you said you didn't think of sending Nils Frahm untill I mentioned him :p
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4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
Awesome album
Never heard of this before. Apparently I'm out of the loop.
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I think it's power/prog metal, because I've got Anthriel from Chad in my roulette. I actually haven't checked them out, even though I liked the song a lot. Gonna maybe check this album out tomorrow.
Anyway, from what I remember of the song I've got, this is a risky submission.
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I think it's power/prog metal, because I've got Anthriel from Chad in my roulette. I actually haven't checked them out, even though I liked the song a lot. Gonna maybe check this album out tomorrow.
Anyway, from what I remember of the song I've got, this is a risky submission.
Didn't you say that about Echoes too? ;D
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Echoes had a saxophone. :metal
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Echoes had a saxophone. :metal
So does Rivers of Nihil. You should probably check that out :metal
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Rivers of Nihil has growls tho :P
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Saxophone: yay!
Growls: *tosses CD into the freeway*
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I don't think you're a fogey, but you're -definitely- a fogey.
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I'm just a fogey trapped in a young(ish) body. :lol
These days growls are muy mal - I like my intensity with melodies these days, or even better, just super chilled out music. Grown men yelling and growling and screaming like my bowels after burrito and margarita night at Casa Fiesta don't exactly appeal to me anymore
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The Pathway is the best power metal (in a wider sense) album that has come out from Finland, and there's been a lot of it.
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The Pathway is the best power metal (in a wider sense) album that has come out from Finland, and there's been a lot of it.
With all due respect to jingle and that band, I've heard that album a couple times already, and without giving away anything for the write-up, it doesn't even touch the shadows of my favorite Finnish power metal albums. Not. Even. Close. :biggrin:
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I'm also not a huge fan of power metal in general, so there's that :lol
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Oh. Well then yeah that makes sense :rollin
Two of my favorite Finnish PM albums are Stratovarius's Episode and Sonata Arctica's Winterheart's Guild. Episode in particular is in my top 3 albums of all time and is my all-time favorite metal album. Those two albums alone define 'the best' power metal imo.
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Snippets when
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Winterheart's Guild? I mean, even if we don't count Unia and albums after that, because that's not really power metal anymore, I would at least take Ecliptica and Reckoning Night over WH. And maybe Silence, too.
But hey, tastes and all.
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Memes when
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Snippets in a couple days. I still have to hear a few. :)
Also yeah. Silence and Ecliptica are blatant Stratovarius clones, and even though I love the albums, they absolutely pale compared to Winterheart's. Winterheart's is a masterstroke of power metal genius in every single way, only bested by Episode. I wrote an 8 page paper on Gravenimage in high school. :lol
Reckoning Night is a close second but if we get into that territory I'd be listing hundreds of other power metal albums too haha :)
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I'm sorry, but Stratovarius is yet to do something as good and inspired as Ecliptica is.
I'm out of this thread now. :biggrin:
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Evermind gets a 0/10 this round and is now barred from the roulette :neverusethis:
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Winterheart's Guild
Ecliptica
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Ya'll got strange definition of "power" metal - Antrhiel is much more prog than power. No way in hell I'd put 'em in the same category as Stratovarius.
The Pathway is the best power metal (in a wider sense) album that has come out from Finland, and there's been a lot of it.
With all due respect to jingle and that band, I've heard that album a couple times already, and without giving away anything for the write-up, it doesn't even touch the shadows of my favorite Finnish power metal albums. Not. Even. Close. :biggrin:
So basically I'm staring down the barrel of a 7.
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No, I'm just saying, those albums are untouchable :) and Lethean gets it, hehe
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The Black Halo is the only power metal album in existence as far as I'm concerned
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Power metal isn't real, you've never seen one
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There's no such thing as metal, only Brutal Rockcore
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There's no such thing as metal, only Brutal Rockcore
One word in that sentence stands out more than others.
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Okay...
Some of you are really good at sending stuff you think I'll like... and some of you make me think about why eliminations are a good thing. :lol
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i'm gonna be really distressed if you don't like The Perfect Element :tup
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You're probably safe. I don't like PoS, so that probably means he'll love it. :P
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Ready to break my streak and tank to the bottom :2metal:
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ready to get the first 11/10
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ready to get the first 11/10
You already did with the SRO song in my roulette.
Ready to break my streak and tank to the bottom :2metal:
But I'm on the bottom and I'm probably tanking this round. I think you are safe. :corn
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ready to get the first 11/10
You already did with the SRO song in my roulette.
:metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
did you get my updated EP & stupidly long writeup post
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ready to get the first 11/10
You already did with the SRO song in my roulette.
:metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
did you get my updated EP & stupidly long writeup post
Indeed. Everyone else in my roulette will need to step up there game for the EP round.
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This round is evenly split. There's music I like, and then there's everything else. :corn
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This round is evenly split. There's music I like, and then there's everything else. :corn
I'm ready for another 5/10! :corn
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Start biting your nails now :lol Also I just realized I didn't share the full list even though Sacul correctly guessed the last two...
1. (ariich) The River Empires - Epilogue
2. (Sacul) Marketa Iglova - Muna
3. (home) Nils Frahm - Felt
4. (jingle.boy) Anthriel - The Pathway
5. (Puppies_On_Acid) Type O Negative - October Rust
6. (Stadler) Yes - Going For The One
7. (Lethean) Need - Hegaiamas
8. (Parama) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
9. (Tomislav95) Tom Waits - Closing Time
10. (Evermind) rstir - rstir
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Joke's on you owls have no nails to bite
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Snippets maybe tonight. Looking likely.
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:metal
Man I'm so ready for my 4/10 of TPE
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:metal
Man I'm so ready for my 4/10 of TPE
What makes you think you'll get that high? :neverusethis:
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You're right, I'm the new king of loss
I'll get a I II / II I_
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Snippets maybe tonight. Looking likely.
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I'm currently at the gym giving one of these another fair shot before I pick out some snippets. It'll be an hour or so. A bit late, but the night is young where I'm at :hat
And yes I browse the forum at the gym. Cardio gets boring sometimes. :lol
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Hey, for some of the fogeys, browsing the forum IS cardio.
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how do you all even get out of bed every morning, that's like the fogey equivalent of running a marathon
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Have some snippets.
1. As of this snippet I have no idea if the pros outweigh the cons, but I feel like I've heard it a hundred times before...
2. Soothing. Some of my favorite lyrics of the round, and a gorgeous voice. My favorite cover art of the round, too.
3. I like softer stuff like this, but was bored by the end. It somehow feels like there's both too much and too little here...
4. I was so eager to listen to this, but honestly, I find this pretentious and boring.
5. You've actually managed to get me interested in this band after I wrote them off for good last year. That's impressive....
6. This is a really cool and interesting album when the singer doesn't sound like he's going to kill me. Dig the keyboard patches.
7. This album puts me in a great mood. It's damn pleasant, and says so much with so little. I love really unintrusive but powerful music like this.
8. This is representative of a great many things I don't like about certain kinds of prog metal...
9. Enjoyable from start to finish, but there's never a particular moment that stands out to me. Wonderful singing and playing. Good campfire music, probably.
10. This album says more in two bars than some albums say in their entirety. Fantastic!
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Im worried Im # 1, but hoping for #2. Outside shot at 7 - tho unlikely.
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4 is mine :lol
Or 8. One of those :corn
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Have some snippets.
4. Vocals sound like a 5 year old girl.
Definitely Stadler's.
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1. dunno? i kinda doubt it
2. no
3. no
4. me
5. i hope it's this one though
6. maybe?
7. no
8. this is me if not #4
9. no
10. i dunno lol
a lot of people sent low-key stuff this round because of the 10's in the last round so that makes it a bit easier to narrow down snippets but i'm gonna be a :sadpanda: if TPE scores low, for real
though i get my revenge in two rounds :angel:
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I would say it's probably the most varied round so far; there's some really heavy stuff, and some really soft stuff, and not much in between.
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2. Soothing. Some of my favorite lyrics of the round, and a gorgeous voice. My favorite cover art of the round, too.
3. I like softer stuff like this, but was bored by the end. It somehow feels like there's both too much and too little here...
4. I was so eager to listen to this, but honestly, I find this pretentious and boring.
7. This album puts me in a great mood. It's damn pleasant, and says so much with so little. I love really unintrusive but powerful music like this.
9. Enjoyable from start to finish, but there's never a particular moment that stands out to me. Wonderful singing and playing. Good campfire music, probably.
Any of these could apply to Muna, but I'll guess it's 2, because of the lovely vocals and cover :P
7 is very likely Nils Frahm, 9 is Tom Waits
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I think Tom Waits is 2, 7, or 10.
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Have some snippets.
4. Vocals sound like a 5 year old girl.
Definitely Stadler's.
Did you just make that up? Or did he actually post that and then try to edit it? :)
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That was all him :lol
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I would guess that Yes is #5.
Mine is probably one of the boring prog metal comments. :-\
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I'd bet dollars to donuts that mine is #6, although I'm hoping its #10
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I would say it's probably the most varied round so far; there's some really heavy stuff, and some really soft stuff, and not much in between.
Pain of Salvation isnt that heavy.
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nothing this round seems really that heavy tbh :lol
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Tom Waits is heavy :metal
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nothing this round seems really that heavy tbh :lol
Type O Negative can be heavy, not so much on this album though. The song Haunted probably has the heaviest bits. I thought about sending World Coming Down, which is pretty heavy :metal, but didn't want to put KTLX in to a deep depression :biggrin:
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My album is damn heavy... on the feels :metardica:
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I'm sending you all black metal in every roulette from now on :lol
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Did anyone send you black metal in this round?
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Nope. I'm just stirring the pot. :hat
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I sent harsh noise
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I'm sending you all black metal in every roulette from now on :lol
rad :metal
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I'm sending you all black metal in every roulette from now on :lol
I'm game! :metal
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Except you two. You get sugar, spice, and everything nice. :lol
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I'm going to send explicitly black and death metal in Parama's next roulette and see how many rounds I'll last. Either that, or I'll just won't sign up, we'll see.
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i can't believe you have any black/death metal albums at all :corn
i bet they'll be stuff on my banned list though
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We shall see when the time comes. :biggrin:
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sure :corn
if it sucks i have my auto-cut clause in the rules though :metal
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I'm gonna make 8 alternate accounts and get in before anyone else does
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sure :corn
if it sucks i have my auto-cut clause in the rules though :metal
Wait, just remembered, your roulette is album roulette, right? If that's right, I'll probably pass.
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Album roulette -and- elimination roulette :metal
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Album roulette -and- elimination roulette :metal
I'll offer you my elimination right now.
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Album roulette -and- elimination roulette :metal
I think I'll take this approach on my next roulette, whenever it happens in some years :P
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sure :corn
if it sucks i have my auto-cut clause in the rules though :metal
Wait, just remembered, your roulette is album roulette, right? If that's right, I'll probably pass.
Ruslan, do you not like album roulettes? Or just Parama'a album roulettes?
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Considering he's playing in Katt's, clearly the latter :P
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sure :corn
if it sucks i have my auto-cut clause in the rules though :metal
Wait, just remembered, your roulette is album roulette, right? If that's right, I'll probably pass.
Ruslan, do you not like album roulettes? Or just Parama'a album roulettes?
Considering he's playing in Katt's, clearly the latter :P
Yeah, that's it. :P
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So by now hopefully you all know I love albums that get emotional responses out of me, and the ones that don't tend to get scored lower if they don't at least rock hard. There have been a few albums this roulette that have got me choked up or misty eyed, but man, there's a 10/10 this round that gave me goosebumps and made the waterworks flow, each time I listened to it. That's amazing. I just had to get that out there before the write-ups, because wow. :hefdaddy
I really wish I could think of a surprise theme for the final round but I can't. Also ariich seems quite busy with his little one so I don't want to throw a curveball this late, also some of you have already sent your favorite albums ever so I won't do that either.
Write-ups are half-done but they won't be tonight because it's card night with the fellas :hat
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Probably Nils Frahm or Tom Waits. Maybe Marketa Irglova, although I've listened to this album and, in my opinion, it's not a tear-jerker.
Mine is probably the "campfire music" one. Although I've never seen violin/cello played at a campfire, so there's that.
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It's HEAVY METAL that makes a grown man cry, Evermind! :metardica:
I can smell salt in the air, coming my way tomorrow. :lol
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Well, as I said, I always shed a few tears at the last three tracks of that Beyond the Bridge album, so you're not wrong.
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I can smell road salt in the air, coming my way tomorrow. :lol
nuggetz
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Well, as I said, I always shed a few tears at the last three tracks of that Beyond the Bridge album, so you're not wrong.
I'm there with ya bro.
I'll bet next months paycheque it is NOT Anthriel that brings anyone to tears - though, there are a couple of very touching lyrics in there that hit home (at least, for me)
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Beyond the Bridge makes me tear up at the end too, because it's way too long! :lol
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Probably Nils Frahm or Tom Waits. Maybe Marketa Irglova, although I've listened to this album and, in my opinion, it's not a tear-jerker.
Likely one of these three, I hope it's Muna, but seems likelier to be Nils Frahm (which I hope it is but also don't, damn you home :P).
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Beyond the Bridge makes me tear up at the end too, because it's way too long! :lol
What it this?
I don't even.
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Hey jingle, I just checked Anthriel's second album on metal archives and they have a song called Rhapsody of Fire. You should've sent that album, because that alone has me laughing :lol That's an awesome nugget...
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i dont get it :millahhhh
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i dont get it :millahhhh
Rhapsody changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire in 2006, and that's the first I've ever seen a band write a song with another band's name as the title :P
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i dont get it :millahhhh
Rhapsody changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire in 2006, and that's the first I've ever seen a band write a song with another band's name as the title :P
I am 100% certain that's not true.
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I think Iron Maiden had a song called "Butthole Surfers" that was used as a Book of Souls b-side. :)
Seriously, though, Kiss has a song called "Little Caesar".
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I'm also certain there's a song called Six Roaming Owls.
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i dont get it :millahhhh
Rhapsody changed their name to Rhapsody of Fire in 2006, and that's the first I've ever seen a band write a song with another band's name as the title :P
I am 100% certain that's not true.
I mean, a power metal band. Freedom Call's Stairway to Fairyland doesn't count. I can't think of another.
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So by now hopefully you all know I love albums that get emotional responses out of me, and the ones that don't tend to get scored lower if they don't at least rock hard. There have been a few albums this roulette that have got me choked up or misty eyed, but man, there's a 10/10 this round that gave me goosebumps and made the waterworks flow, each time I listened to it. That's amazing. I just had to get that out there before the write-ups, because wow. :hefdaddy
I'm confident this is my album :metal :\
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Where are my results? :corn :corn :corn
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I just woke up and am making coffee, so results in a few hours!! :soon:
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Depending on what I get, I may send a metal album next. We'll see.
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Depending on what I get, I may send a metalcore album next. We'll see.
FTFM
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jane doe sucks, sacul, i'm sorry to be the one who has to tell you this
anyways regardless of my results i'm sending prog rock
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That's exactly why I'd send it :metardica:
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Parma you juts dont understand the intelligance of the songwriting and compositions of jane though. I pity you for your inferior music listening skills
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i don't like angry music
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end my suffering
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We're approaching the end. A couple thoughts: since there are no themes this roulette, it's been a crapshoot for some people each round, but every single round there have been at least a couple entries that have blown my mind. And there have been albums every single round that I haven't been crazy about, or have straight-up disliked. So, we're getting to the point where the top players are obvious, but those at the bottom have still been sending me some great stuff. That's why I didn't have eliminations, because personally points don't matter to me, it's just a fun way to observe who's been consistently sending stuff I like. So please don't dwell on the overall standing too much. You've all sent amazing stuff.
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1. Tom Waits - Closing Time
(https://i.imgur.com/u0rfm8o.jpg)
1973; folk/blues
sent by Tomislav95
You've shown me some good music this roulette, with one exception. You really blew my mind with The Antlers and (so far) my favorite Riverside album, and gave me a great Mew album, as well as showing me Dredg. But this? This is your finest submission yet, Tomi. I've gone misty-eyed and actually shed a tear every time I've listened to this album. I didn't know what to expect going into this, but it all sounds like a boozier, sadder Randy Newman and Cat Stevens. His voice just drips with emotion and honesty. The piano has this delightful bell-like quality that reminds me of an old upright piano I practiced on for hours on end in college and I love everything about it. Every song sinks its teeth into my brain and heart. I won't go into every song or this would be the length of a novel, but "Martha." This song makes me cry, it is a perfect song lyrically, musically, even the sound of the piano could not be better. The sadness, the longing... I've stopped playing entire albums this round just to come back and play this song over and over again. The whole album hits me in the heart something fierce but that song just makes me weak. The combination of his voice and the melodies he chooses is so unique, I don't know if anybody else could make it sound so heartbreaking if they tried. And let's not forget the gorgeous "Midnight Lullaby" with that dreamy ending, "Rosie," how sad "Ol' 55" is, hell even the upbeat "Ice Cream Man" gets my toes tapping as a nice reprieve from my emotions, and "Grapefruit Moon" and "Closing Time" are perfectly placed to close the album. Heavy metal fans, eat your heart out. This is *real* heaviness, and it doesn't need a single distorted guitar to do it. This is the album I was hoping to receive from the very beginning of the roulette - when I was describing my love for Randy Newman, one of my favorite songwriters, I wanted to hear this. Of course it has flaws, but its flaws make it perfect. I love his seemingly untrained, normal voice, I can picture him sitting in dim light with a cigarette with his heart just bleeding all over the place. (Plus, he likes stouts, apparently. My kind of dude.) 10/10
Favorite tracks: All of them - but specifically Ol' 55; Midnight Lullaby; Martha
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2. Yes - Going For The One
(https://i.imgur.com/7ScyE2u.jpg)
1977; progressive rock
sent by Stadler
How dare you. Yes, along with Genesis, are two classic bands I have tried time and time again to enjoy, and last year I wrote them off for good after going attempting to go through a big list of their songs (and failing). Then you come along and make me listen to a whole Yes album. So why do I enjoy this so much? Jon Anderson has a quality to his voice that just rubs me the wrong way, and Yes's radio hits actively annoy the hell out of me. But this is the only time I've ever listened to an entire Yes album. The title track really doesn't do much for me, it's a bit jaunty and exactly what I expected out of Yes. But wait, there's more - "Turn of the Century" turns the record on its head and piques my curiosity by ditching the rock sound in favor of some fun synth playing and lovely guitars. It's a total 180 from the title track, in the best possible way. "Parallels" does, as you said, suffer from what surrounds it - it is a good song with some huge, tasty organ playing, but it's a slow build to the end, where it really culminates in this wall of prog rock, big organs and vocal layers and a tasty guitar solo to cap it off. But the last two tracks - "Side B" for your generation ;) - are where it's at, and where my opinions on this band shifted on the first listen. "Wonderous Stories" is to this record what "Funny How Love Is" from Queen II. Absolutely fucking beautiful, unlike anything else on the record, rich keyboards, and melodies that radiate joy and positivity. "Awaken" sounds exactly like what I expected Yes to be, but in a good way. Steve Howe is good, but Rick Wakeman is a fucking genius, and when Jon Anderson comes in after the 10 minute mark, it's game over. I have issues with his voice, but it's that part right there that made me go back and replay this album, because I knew it was on to something. "Awaken" is monstrous, with a super epic finish, I can't get enough of the way the vocals are timed in that end part, and... I just keep coming back for more. And I think over time I'll get more used to Jon Anderson, but you've managed to do the impossible and rekindle my interest in Yes, big time. I really wish you could've seen my 180 turn on this in real time. I fully expected to hate everything about this, but now I want to go down to the record store and snatch up this record - and more. One of your best submissions, and I'll no doubt still be discovering things in this album well into the future. How dare you. 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Turn of the Century; Wonderous Stories; Awaken
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3. Nils Frahm - Felt
(https://i.imgur.com/04bZJYj.jpg)
2011; electronic/classical/experimental
sent by home
No vocals, only tasty instrumentals. I like that. I've said before how much I hate lyrics that just seem to be there to give the singer something to do, and this avoids the problem entirely. It's damn pleasant, and says so much with so little. You haven't sent me anything I've straight up disliked, but your prog rock submissions pale compared to this (along with lafur Arnalds and Sleep Party People). One of my favorite things in music is hearing the human elements, such as the sliding on guitar strings (Opeth does that very well), but the only thing I like more is when I can hear a pianist move the pedals - or am I actually hearing the hammers on the felt-covered strings? "Less" keeps me coming back for more, because in between those lush piano notes, there's the ambience of the noise the mic is picking up and the pedals being played. I love the addition of, I believe, xylophones. Melodic percussion instruments pair so well with piano and I like how they're used here. But then there are the more experimental moments like the second half of "Unter" which are haunting and mysterious. I can't say enough good things about the last track, "More" because it plays off of "Less" and literally adds more without straying from the mood of the album. This album flies by for me, and I want to replay it each time. So far, home, you've sent me a few albums that have taken over my nighttime music sessions, and I love that. This is almost a 10/10, but I've found that this kind of music is primarily nighttime music, and for reasons I can't explain, it loses the impact when I've tried to listen during the day. A small but noteworthy observation, not necessarily the fault of the album, but perhaps a consequence of being such a minimal work. Regardless, this is amazing. 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Less; Old Thought; More
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4. Type O Negative - October Rust
(https://i.imgur.com/LgGREBI.jpg)
1996; gothic/doom metal
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
I'll be honest: on my first listen, I hated this album. Hated it. It was sludgy, filthy, the singer sometimes went so deep with his voice it made me uncomfortable... I was really put off. I kept coming back, and every day I latched onto a few more things, and by the end of the week I was loving this album without even trying. The 90s vibe of the keyboard effects and piano speaks to me on a personal level, and Peter Steele's voice grew on me super fast after getting used to its creepy vampiric sound (but when he goes up, he sounds totally different, in a good way). I don't have anything like this in my collection. I love the vibe these songs put out, a very melancholy, gray atmosphere, but with this sense of longing, like in "Love You To Death" or "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)", the latter of which is absolutely the highlight of this album: a soaring, brilliant keyboard melody that I can't get enough of. "Be My Druidess" was one of the songs I couldn't stand at first, but by now I'm really digging it. It's a filthy, nasty song... but it's also very pretty in a way. I wish I had found this years ago, because it seems like very cathartic music for going through a dark period. "Haunted" is 10 minutes but never overstays its welcome, and seems to represent very well what the band is about. There are some songs I could do without, particularly in the second half, but dude, I am really impressed with this album and how quickly I changed my views on it. It was tough at first, but "Red Water" and "Be My Druidess" are two of my favorite songs of the round. This album is a nice blend of several moods and styles of music I dig, it's unique, and I love it. This is the coolest thing you've sent since Sieges Even. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: Be My Druidess; Red Water (Christmas Mourning); My Girlfriend's Girlfriend
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5. Markta Irglov - Muna
(https://i.imgur.com/q0p1Maq.png)
2014; alt pop/gospel/spiritual
sent by Sacul
Sacul, you've sent me some incredible albums this roulette, and this is no exception. I dig your taste in music. I'm not a religious person, but I greatly enjoy songs about seeking answers or comfort in something, anything, especially when the emotion is this palpable. I went back and forth on how to score this. I think your last two submissions nailed the mark perfectly - particularly with Radiohead - but here there are a couple songs I'm not as keen on, so logically it just ranks a bit lower. However, when the songs are good, they are amazing. "Without A Map" gives me chills, "Remember Who You Are" has a great message with rich, lush vocals. "Fortune Teller" brings some necessary uptempo music but it's not loud, and I enjoy the rhythm section because of that, just like in "Time Immemorial" - beautiful, somber vocal melodies. It's unintrusive but changes the whole song. Markta has a beautiful voice - is she playing the piano too? I've gone through this album five times and it gets better each time, so she's officially on my radar. Some of my favorite lyrics of the round are here on this album, because they're not trying to be 'cool' or force rhymes - their strength comes from how honest and sincere they are. This is also my favorite cover art (I love Six Roaming Owls birds, and the colors). I'm a staunch atheist but damn if this didn't take me to church. 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Time Immemorial; Without A Map; Remember Who You Are
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6. rstir - rstir
(https://i.imgur.com/6qAzPjG.jpg)
2009; indie
sent by Evermind
This is enjoyable from start to finish, but there's never a particular moment that stands out to me. Wonderful singing and playing. Good campfire music, probably - the vocal harmonies are lush and the guitars don't hog the spotlight but play enough charming patterns to keep my interest. This is a good example of how the language barrier doesn't impact my enjoyment of the music, in fact, the Icelandic songs are some of the best here - the sound of the rolled Rs and Icelandic language pairs so well with the violin and crooning guitars in "Heiin" for example. Like I said, there aren't really any big moments that stand out, but listening to it, it's such a pleasant experience, and would make for good music to play by a campfire, it's calm and relaxing. A lot of the songs sound similar, but it doesn't negatively affect the album - like I said, calm and relaxing is a good thing. Excellent use of violin and piano across the board. Maybe I'm biased, too, but splitting the languages between Icelandic and English here makes digesting the album so much easier. I first took in the English tracks, then went for the Icelandic ones, and listening to the album from start to finish got a lot easier (I tend to do this with lots of albums like this). I've managed to appreciate this a lot more when I have it on as background music for cleaning or doing other tasks. I can turn up the volume and pick out the nuances. You've sent so much good music so far, Evermind - you've only had one misstep but have more than made up for it with excellent prog and gentle tunes like these - although I'd like to see if you have any other intelligent prog up your sleeve like Karmakanic and IQ. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Ages; Vonarneisti; Nturylur
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7. Anthriel - The Pathway
(https://i.imgur.com/IWfMHjP.jpg)
2010; progressive metal
sent by jingle.boy
I want you to know I struggled heavily with how to score this. I feel like I've heard this album a hundred times before, it doesn't do a single thing that surprised me... but it is solid. It's just another solid prog metal album, actually very progressive power metal, but it all feels so rote. By the time I get to the last track, a 14 minute epic, I'm just exhausted, and kind of bored. There are some awesome songs here that will enter my rotation - "Devil's Lullaby," "Dark Divided Minds," "Controversial Euphoria," and "Promised Land" - but most of the others have failed to stay in my memory even after five listens. On one hand it's really good, and any fan of progressive/power metal will find stuff to love here. But on the other, I am just bored with this, and it takes a monumental effort (or sheer luck) to get me actually excited about this, and it often sounds like they eschew emotional weight in their lyrics for lines that sound cool and immediately satisfying but don't have much to them other than that. This is not a bad album. This is actually a very good progressive metal album with many elements I enjoy (fun rhythm guitar, great production, awesome piano and synth lead effects), but your past submissions have done something different - symphonic interludes, interesting instruments, a band that sounds like a doped up Rush, etc... I think this pushes the prog metal a little too much, and after a while I find myself bored with this, even when working out. So, it's not a bad album, and I do enjoy several songs here, but as a whole? I could take it or leave it. 7.5/10
Favorite tracks: Devil's Lullaby; Dark Divided Minds; Promised Land
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8. The River Empires - Epilogue
(https://i.imgur.com/WGAI6Dl.jpg)
2010; cinematic bluegrass
sent by ariich
It's hard to find much info on this artist online. There isn't even a Wikipedia page. Anyway, about the music: this is pretty laid back stuff, but unfortunately there's nothing that really sinks its claws into me and holds my attention. Don't get me wrong, this is not a bad album, but outside of a few choice tracks, there's not much going on here. I like softer stuff like this, but was bored by the end. It somehow feels like there's both too much and too little here, like the good ideas are spread thin. The playing is great, and I dig the various styles and lovely performances apart from the vocals, which are just kind of 'there.' I know this is supposed to be kind of a cinematic accompaniment to stories the author has written, so maybe I'm just not approaching it correctly, but each time I listen I'm drawn mainly to a couple tracks, and the rest I forget about. This was an interesting album but I'm afraid there's not much that makes me want to come back. In part because most of the quieter moments sound very similar to one another. It's not bad, and there are lots of moments that interest me momentarily (basically any time the tempo picks up or horns and bells etc. come into play) but it doesn't hold my attention either. Your submissions so far have been varied and interesting, but I think this is the only one I haven't been able to actually dig. I'm curious to see what you have for the last rounds. I feel like you have a real winner in store... 7.0/10
Favorite tracks: Three Tigers; Lull of Celeste; A Dimmer Lux
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9. Need - Hegaiamas
(https://i.imgur.com/yDKrXuS.jpg)
2017; progressive metal
sent by Lethean
By now, I feel like I have a very good idea of the kinds of metal you enjoy, Lethean. There are musical similarities across your submissions that I've taken notice of - vocals, melodic structures, riffs and guitar playing, the general vibe. This album represents a lot of that... unfortunately, it's all part of the realm of prog metal I don't enjoy that much. This is not a 'bad' album, and I think plenty of Googling shows that a lot of fans of prog metal will have no problem enjoying this, but for me? It all sounds rote. Not unlike how Anthriel sounds like a hundred other prog metal bands of that style, this album sounds like a hundred other prog metal bands of this style. The guitar riffs are just playing busywork to fill up sonic space and have no emotion to them, which is a huge turn-off, and the lyrics are once again more whinging about life and being lost or confused ("I hate everything you stand for / They keep calling, in my skin they're crawling") and I just don't find myself interested in that stuff. The singer is strong, yet I feel anybody could step in and do what he's doing. "Tilikum" has some beautiful piano, but I don't like the lyrics. It's funny that my favorite track on this album is actually "I.O.T.A." - all dialogue between this woman and a psychiatrist/grandfather-type figure, with serene classical piano underneath. I enjoy the dialogue about surreal dreams and watching the universe like it's playing out before her eyes, whatever it's about. This is the kind of artsy prog stuff I dig, not the nebulous lyrics about confusion and angst. The title track is a bit of a slog to get through - did they really just make up a whole word for this album? It's so pretentious, and a big turn-off. The title track needs to be at least ten minutes shorter, because it's just the same as every other song here but three times as long. There are good moments here, but the album seriously needs to be at least 20 minutes shorter than it actually is. It's a very good culmination of prog metal tropes, but in the end that's what it is: stale tropes thrown into a pot that's a bit too big for its own good. I'm waiting for you to send me something as off the walls and bizarre as you did with Leprous's Coal, because that remains far and away the coolest thing you've sent so far. 6.5/10
Favorite tracks: Rememory; Riverthane; I.O.T.A
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10. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
(https://i.imgur.com/FjWAuNt.jpg)
2000; progressive metal
sent by Parama
I was so eager to listen to this... but honestly - much like Hegaiamas - I find this pretentious and boring. Daniel Gildenlow has such a good voice, but even the best voice can't save underwhelming music. And that's a shame. I've heard Daniel sing for other artists and was always eager to listen to Pain of Salvation... maybe this was just a bad album to go with? But I don't know. There are some really cool songs here, particularly the second half of "Her Voices," but a lot of them sound the same and stay in that midtempo range which gets old very fast for a metal band. Some of the songs overstay their welcome, like "Idioglossia." I don't find myself invested in any of the lyrics either. Most of the time, this album sounds like it's trying to be way more important or grandiose than it actually is or needs to be. Gildenlow sometimes makes me laugh (not a good thing) like in "Used," "Idioglossia," and "Reconciliation" - sometimes he's just too dramatic and needs to reel it in, a lot. I've struggled to come away with much to say beyond this. I would like to know if they have speedier albums, or albums with a more interesting vibe, because this one just doesn't do anything for me. It's all fairly one note. You've sent some pretty cool stuff this roulette, Parama, but as you get darker with the submissions, I fear that they're not clicking with me. Thank You Scientist remains my favorite of your submissions, because it's so different and, in a way, happy, despite your tendency to send darker stuff. 6.0/10
Favorite tracks: Her Voices; Dedication; Song for the Innocent
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Scores
1. Sacul - 54.0
2. Stadler - 53.5
3. Evermind - 53.0
4. home - 53.0
5. jingle.boy - 52.5
6. Tomislav - 51.0
7. ariich - 49.0
8. Puppies_On_Acid - 47.0
9. Parama - 45.5
10. Lethean - 45.0
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Hahahaha, TPE is the worst album in this round? :lol Wow. Maybe try Remedy Lane, if you don't like this one, Pain of Salvation probably isn't for you.
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Oh, and also, as far as I'm concerned, I had no missteps so far, because never in my right mind I would call sending Beyond the Bridge "a misstep". You just wait, this album will grow on you.
It's a shame that I still have a chance to win, I really want to send you some metal, but apparently this is not a good idea.
We've got two more rounds, right? In that case, the next "intelligent prog" album is coming your way tomorrow.
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Two more rounds. You're taking chances with metal, but only because that's a genre I'm overly familiar with and am VERY picky on. I'm more into anything that has a serious emotional impact. Metal can do that, but I have quite a bit that satisfies that prerequisite already, so again, I'm just super picky. jingle has been good on the metal side, up to a point. His taste in that realm seems to be very close to mine. :)
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I've actually clawed my way out of last place! Glad you liked Type O Negative, I knew it would be a risky album to send. The fact that you hated it at first does not surprise me at all. The first time I heard TON was on the Life is Killing Me album. A friend of mine gave me the CD because he didn't like it. At first I hated it, but there was something about the keyboard melodies and Peter Steele's voice that kept drawing me back in. It's now in my top 50 of all time. I would have sent that album, but it's not quite as accessible, IMO. I would give Life is Killing Me or Bloody Kisses a listen next if you are inclined to further explore their discography. Then go to World Coming Down, which is the least accessible, but another fantastic album. Just be prepared for the extremely gloomy atmosphere of it.
I've also just realized the last 2 albums I've sent the singers have both passed away. Maybe I'll keep that trend going, for morbid reasons..... :( maybe not. Actually the next album I planned on sending the singer had also passed away, but based on your review of Anthriel and Pain of Salvation I may change course.
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On the one hand, expected a bit more from Muna, but that' a great score, also I'm really happy you loved Felt, is a fantastic record and you should definitely listen to more Nils Frahm, in particular his mind-blowing live album Spaces (he's got a lot of energy and his tracks go into wild interpretations), and his excellent last record, All Melody, one of my favorites of this year so far. On the other, damn you home :lol .
So no Converge for you this round, will probably just fuck up anyways :lol
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Two more rounds. You're taking chances with metal, but only because that's a genre I'm overly familiar with and am VERY picky on. I'm more into anything that has a serious emotional impact. Metal can do that, but I have quite a bit that satisfies that prerequisite already, so again, I'm just super picky. jingle has been good on the metal side, up to a point. His taste in that realm seems to be very close to mine. :)
Chad has introduced me to a lot of amazing metal. For example, I own both Dimension Act and Echoes albums only because he actually went ahead and sent me the link to the record label site when they had a sale. :lol
I think I'll stick to my odd/even rounds strategy though. No more metal in this roulette for you. Maybe next roulette I'll go all out on metal stuff.
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Totally fair assessment, and pretty much what I was expecting - which is why I wished you'd have tried my other choice.
Ok, abandoning my strategy, since it's clear it won't work any longer. I think I've dropped my way out of contention- 1.5 points and 4 players to pass in 2 rounds will be unlikely, but here goes nothing. I predict I'm either looking at a 9.5, or a 5. I just don't see this album being an in-betweener.
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Totally fair assessment, and pretty much what I was expecting - which is why I wished you'd have tried my other choice.
Ok, abandoning my strategy, since it's clear it won't work any longer. I think I've dropped my way out of contention- 1.5 points and 4 players to pass in 2 rounds will be unlikely, but here goes nothing. I predict I'm either looking at a 9.5, or a 5. I just don't see this album being an in-betweener.
I wouldn't say so, 1.5 points is probably still manageable in two rounds.
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I do wish I had tried your other submission, jingle. For what it's worth, I'm still going to listen to it out of curiosity - probably tonight. I was actually wondering, after Echoes, how long your strategy would last. :)
Puppies, I'm very happy you sent me this, because TON for years has been a band that I've known about but always wrote off as not being 'my thing' - you've changed my mind and shown me some classic songs on it (Red Water, seriously - amazing stuff).
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You know what dude...
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You know what dude...
:corn
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You know what dude...
I want to say I'm sorry, but I'm completely unapologetic and 100% honest with my thoughts, and I don't want anybody else to sugarcoat their feelings (good or bad) about my own submissions. I've said it before and I'll say it again: you and I have more in common musically than this roulette indicates. :biggrin:
EDIT: I expect a thorough ass-tearing from Lethean when I get back. And during your roulette, you can rip to shreds my fruity power metal. :lol
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You know what dude...
:corn
The suspense is killing me :corn :corn :corn
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maybe i'll just send some crap then if one of the best albums of all time gets a 6/10 :corn
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Ah screw it, I'm going to send what I had planned all along, consequences be damned.... :corn
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Oh yeah, that's one hell of an album :tup I feel similar to you when it comes to it, every song is great. Little Trip To Heaven has been my favorite lately, lyrical masterpiece. BTW he completely destroyed his voice and sounds growly after third album, and also, his music is much more experimental and weird. You'll probably have hard time getting into it (if you're like me), but Rain Dogs is still awesome (and weird). His second album is similar to Closing Time but not as good IMO, it's more boozy and less romantic :lol
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maybe i'll just send some crap then if one of the best albums of all time gets a 6/10 :corn
That one song I remember - Sleeping Under The Stars - was sadly more interesting than that whole album. Maybe PoS just isn't for me, though. I'm clearly missing something! I'm glad you sent them though. They're one of those names I've seen forever but never heard, like Caligula's Horse, Karnivool, etc... :biggrin:
Oh yeah, that's one hell of an album :tup I feel similar to you when it comes to it, every song is great. Little Trip To Heaven has been my favorite lately, lyrical masterpiece. BTW he completely destroyed his voice and sounds growly after third album, and also, his music is much more experimental and weird. You'll probably have hard time getting into it (if you're like me), but Rain Dogs is still awesome (and weird). His second album is similar to Closing Time but not as good IMO, it's more boozy and less romantic :lol
I know some people have talked about how weird his voice is, and as soon as Ol' 55 started I thought... wtf? He sounds great! I'll absolutely be checking out his repertoire. Regardless, I'm looking for this as soon as I hit the record store next. :hefdaddy
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saying all the songs on the album sound the same makes me think you were listening to scarsick or something lol :corn
i sent an album
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There are reprises on TPE but that's what makes it so good...
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If I have bad taste, ya'll can just tell me. I've heard it all before. :rollin
I really hope Lethean isn't upset with me. I still enjoy discovering what people love to listen to even if it doesn't click with me. :(
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I really hope you'll listen to Remedy Lane one day though. That album is where it's at.
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remedy lane is a 5* album too so yeah w/e they're both great i just thing TPE1 has the better songs overall
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remedy lane is a 5* album too so yeah w/e they're both great i just thing TPE1 has the better songs overall
I'm the other way around, I think RL has better songs, but I agree TPE is also excellent.
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idioglossia is just outright my favorite PoS song so there's that but undertow is a close second
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I'm with Ev on this one. I was thinking about it the other day, Remedy Lane might even be my favorite album right now even though I didn't hear it in full in a while, it just always sounds fresh unlike some others of my all time favorites I heard (too) many times.
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PoS is meh all around imo. That's just me tho.
And KTLX, I love that you don't sugar coat things. Anyone who can't put on their big-boy underoos and handle some critical thoughts of the host who may happen to not love what they love shouldn't play. I've eliminated lonestar from a roulette, and he single-handedly is the person who's recommended more in my library over the years than any other DTF'r (except maybe Brent).
So, buck the fuck up - everyone.
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i mean i've given outscores in the 2-4 range before so i know what's up with not sugarcoating stuff :lol
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I gave out a couple of 4's so far in my roulette. Jingle was the lucky recipient of one of those. You gotta take the good with the bad. Buck up. Put on your bravest face. Don't be a little girl. :biggrin:
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seriously considering changing my submission this round to the hirsch effekt tbh
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seriously considering changing my submission this round to the hirsch effekt tbh
:2metal:
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Thanks jingle :biggrin:
I'm actually learning a lot from this since it's my first roulette and already have plans to do things differently for the second when that far-off day arrives. Like having themed rounds (to make it easier on you and myself), eliminations (to force participants to think each and every round carefully), and even doing scoring differently (big changes there that I've been thinking about a lot, if anything I've been both lenient and generous with some of the lower scoring ones here).
The only bands I've written off from ever looking into again are Thy Catafalque, Moonsorrow, and Tool (and I already had prior experiences with two of those bands anyway). Literally every other artist is something I'd be willing to look up again - even Pain of Salvation, Need, Redemption, hell even Brand New, since a song that popped on after The Devil/God... actually sounded pretty cool.
Out of 60+ submissions, writing off only 3 is damn good.
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Writing off Moonsorrow makes me sad, but I get it. It's not your style of metal. Tool I get writing off as well. They seem to be very polarizing. Either you love it or you hate it.
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6.0/10
No.
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seriously considering changing my submission this round to the hirsch effekt tbh
:2metal:
if you promise to give me at least a 9/10 in the next round of your roulette i'll do it :neverusethis:
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10. Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Pt. I
6.0/10
No.
You're right, it's too high :neverusethis:
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Jingle covered this earlier I think but I want to ask differently, does anyone think I sound snobby when I talk about albums I dislike? I don't think my taste is superior whatsoever, I'm just being honest about how I feel. I'm super passionate about music and devote a crapton of hours every week to listening, absorbing, and thinking about each person's submission. It took me 5 hours just to do the write-up stuff today alone. I like to imagine I'm being fair and honest, I'll admit I was really hard on Moonsorrow but I go out of my way before each results posting to mention that each person has sent stuff I like.
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Jingle covered this earlier I think but I want to ask differently, does anyone think I sound snobby when I talk about albums I dislike? I don't think my taste is superior whatsoever, I'm just being honest about how I feel. I'm super passionate about music and devote a crapton of hours every week to listening, absorbing, and thinking about each person's submission. It took me 5 hours just to do the write-up stuff today alone. I like to imagine I'm being fair and honest, I'll admit I was really hard on Moonsorrow but I go out of my way before each results posting to mention that each person has sent stuff I like.
I think it's fair to dislike something and write how you feel about it, especially in a roulette. As far as Moonsorrow is concerned, I knew what I was getting myself in to. :tup
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Jingle covered this earlier I think but I want to ask differently, does anyone think I sound snobby when I talk about albums I dislike? I don't think my taste is superior whatsoever, I'm just being honest about how I feel. I'm super passionate about music and devote a crapton of hours every week to listening, absorbing, and thinking about each person's submission. It took me 5 hours just to do the write-up stuff today alone. I like to imagine I'm being fair and honest, I'll admit I was really hard on Moonsorrow but I go out of my way before each results posting to mention that each person has sent stuff I like.
I think it's fair to dislike something and write how you feel about it, especially in a roulette. As far as Moonsorrow is concerned, I knew what I was getting myself in to. :tup
Word, son. :metal
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i just take all my scores directly off of RYM anyways so idrc what scores people give in roulettes :neverusethis:
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And KTLX, I love that you don't sugar coat things. Anyone who can't put on their big-boy underoos and handle some critical thoughts of the host who may happen to not love what they love shouldn't play. I've eliminated lonestar from a roulette, and he single-handedly is the person who's recommended more in my library over the years than any other DTF'r (except maybe Brent).
So, buck the fuck up - everyone.
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Jingle covered this earlier I think but I want to ask differently, does anyone think I sound snobby when I talk about albums I dislike? I don't think my taste is superior whatsoever, I'm just being honest about how I feel. I'm super passionate about music and devote a crapton of hours every week to listening, absorbing, and thinking about each person's submission. It took me 5 hours just to do the write-up stuff today alone. I like to imagine I'm being fair and honest, I'll admit I was really hard on Moonsorrow but I go out of my way before each results posting to mention that each person has sent stuff I like.
That's totally fair and my approach - if a song sucks, I'll say so right away :metal
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I was starting to think I was being an asshole... but maybe this will make me so.
If you can't handle criticism, or if you take criticism of the art and only the art personally, don't participate in a roulette. This is kind of ruining the fun for me. I am not trying to belittle anyone's taste or intelligence by expressing (routine) disappointment with musical elements I don't like. This is a huge reason I want to have eliminations next roulette, so nobody's feelings get hurt.
That's the last time I will say anything about that...
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Fuck feelings, roulettes are brvtal arenas where your sacred songs get slaughtered and crap steals all the points :2metal:
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yeah that's about how i feel about tom waits in general
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But Closing Time is a great album :neverusethis:
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I've got two albums (actually like 10) in mind, they're kinda ambient-ish, but a little sombre in mood at times, which could be risky. I'll think carefully and send soon.
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Hahahaha, TPE is the worst album in this round? :lol Wow. Maybe try Remedy Lane, if you don't like this one, Pain of Salvation probably isn't for you.
Try the closest sounding PoS album to TPE? That's not very logical.
I'm honestly not surprised. TPE is a 5 star album for me, but it doesn't strike me as Katt's sort of thing at all. Honestly, I think he might dig the Road Salts more, which I also think are excellent.
Anyway, sent for round 6!
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I was starting to think I was being an asshole... but maybe this will make me so.
If you can't handle criticism, or if you take criticism of the art and only the art personally, don't participate in a roulette. This is kind of ruining the fun for me. I am not trying to belittle anyone's taste or intelligence by expressing (routine) disappointment with musical elements I don't like. This is a huge reason I want to have eliminations next roulette, so nobody's feelings get hurt.
That's the last time I will say anything about that...
Is anyone actually feeling butthurt about getting low scores? I don't think I've noticed it in any serious way in the thread.
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Hahahaha, TPE is the worst album in this round? :lol Wow. Maybe try Remedy Lane, if you don't like this one, Pain of Salvation probably isn't for you.
Try the closest sounding PoS album to TPE? That's not very logical.
I'm honestly not surprised. TPE is a 5 star album, but it doesn't strike me as Katt's sort of thing at all. Honestly, I think he might dig the Road Salts more, which I also think are excellent.
Anyway, sent for round 6!
I was thinking if you want something really different from PoS KTLX should try the album Be. That's my favorite. Too bad Scarsick was so terrible...
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I have heard one of those Road Salt albums (part 1 I think?) but it was so long ago I don't recall anything of it other than Sleeping Under The Stars... which is just weird enough for me to like and remember clearly. Very theatrical in a good way, a Sweeney Todd vibe, even though I don't like Sweeney Todd
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you should check out BE then, it's this whole bombastic concept album thing with full orchestra, it's good but not my fav/not as consistent as TPE and RL imo
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Maybe I will in that case :tup
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i hope you hate the album i've sent for this round too :corn
i know the apologist isn't getting anything over a 6 at absolute best so that's a lost cause but you might genuinely like the album i sent you this time so wh o k nows sss
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I was starting to think I was being an asshole... but maybe this will make me so.
If you can't handle criticism, or if you take criticism of the art and only the art personally, don't participate in a roulette. This is kind of ruining the fun for me. I am not trying to belittle anyone's taste or intelligence by expressing (routine) disappointment with musical elements I don't like. This is a huge reason I want to have eliminations next roulette, so nobody's feelings get hurt.
That's the last time I will say anything about that...
Is anyone actually feeling butthurt about getting low scores? I don't think I've noticed it in any serious way in the thread.
Maybe not butthurt, but (and you just did it yourself above) more expressions of one's own views that end up implying that KTLX is 'wrong' in his views/ratings.
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I did no such thing! But I get what you mean.
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Hahahaha, TPE is the worst album in this round? :lol Wow. Maybe try Remedy Lane, if you don't like this one, Pain of Salvation probably isn't for you.
Try the closest sounding PoS album to TPE? That's not very logical.
I'm honestly not surprised. TPE is a 5 star album for me, but it doesn't strike me as Katt's sort of thing at all. Honestly, I think he might dig the Road Salts more, which I also think are excellent.
Anyway, sent for round 6!
Conveniently added the "for me".. ;)
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the "for me" implies inherent subjectivity tbh, it'd be worse if he didn't add that :P
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Yeah it should always be implied, and I genuinely meant to include it originally. But even without it, I think my post is pretty clear I'm not disparaging Katt's taste.
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Oh yeah, it was. Besides, I am secure enough with what I like/dislike in this world to not let stuff like that bother me. It's when people take criticisms of the art itself as some form of personal attack. :lol
Got 6 submissions so far, looking solid, already got a jump on listening.
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Oh yeah, it was. Besides, I am secure enough with what I like/dislike in this world to not let stuff like that bother me. It's when people take criticisms of the art itself as some form of personal attack. :lol
Got 6 submissions so far, looking solid, already got a jump on listening.
I suppose it could be looked at as a personal attack if you actually created the art that is being critiqued.
As to the second part of your post....... 11/10 for my album!!!! :metal :corn
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i'm expecting a score out of 10 for my album
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First, let me say that I'm totally with Jingle on this; if you're really taking this to heart, you might really need to look in the mirror and re-evaluate. It's all in fun.
But having said that, I'm sort of psyched that some classic music is getting props here, and some of the music I personally think is way over-rated and pretentious is sort of being recognized as such. My opinion only.
My problem now is that I've never found myself in this position; I'm usually well into the bottom half by now and I can just send random, wild shit. So.... with two rounds left, I think I'm going to split the baby; I'm going to play it safe(r) this round, and go for broke in the last round with a controversial pick.
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I think you should go for the win, Stadler. :) (Actually everyone in the top 5 looks to have a decent chance). Or at least, see where you stand after the next round. Not saying you shouldn't send the "controversial" pick, because maybe it would be successful. But just really consider if there's a chance he'll like it.
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I'll probably end up sending obscure japanese shit or something :corn
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I'll probably end up sending obscure japanese shit or something :corn
X Japan?
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Probably that shit he sent me in my sing-along round :lol think they were called 'toe', making me sing in Japanese smh
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sacul, send fishmans
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Wooo :metal
I really feel you about those 'human' elements, that's something I really love as well in music like this as well. I'll try to find something today!
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I think you should go for the win, Stadler. :) (Actually everyone in the top 5 looks to have a decent chance). Or at least, see where you stand after the next round. Not saying you shouldn't send the "controversial" pick, because maybe it would be successful. But just really consider if there's a chance he'll like it.
Stadler's done pretty well thus far, to be honest. I knew he'd be going with classic picks for the roulette but he came out strong and has been consistently good or even great since. Insofar as filling the surprisingly large classics gap in my collection, he's doing the lord's work :lol
Wooo :metal
I really feel you about those 'human' elements, that's something I really love as well in music like this as well. I'll try to find something today!
It's sooooo good. I love love love it.
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Taken from his site:
Originally I wanted to do my neighbours a favour by damping the sound of my piano. If I want to play piano during the quiet of the night, the only respectful way is by layering thick felt in front of the strings and using very gentle fingers. It was then that I discovered that my piano sounds beautiful with the damper. Captivated by this sonic exposition, he placed the microphones so deep inside the piano that they were almost touching the strings. This brought a host of external sounds to the recordings which most producers would try their hardest to hide: I hear myself breathing and panting, the scraping sound of the pianos action and the creaking of my wooden floorboards all equally as loud as the music. The music becomes a contingency, a chance, an accident within all this rustling. My heart opens and I wonder what exactly it is that makes me feel so happy. FELT creates its own personal microcosm, offering a refuge of tender and honest beauty.
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Sending in an hour or so, sorry for the delay.
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All good Evermind. One of the picks is so hard to find this round I have to wait for the sender to upload it themselves. :)
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Sent. Not sure how this'll go, maybe I'll actually get a low score and will send some metal in the final round. :lol
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:lol
I have everyone's submissions (technically), so hangman will come this afternoon. I'm really surprised by a few artists I know of who have yet to make an appearance, but perhaps the final round will be their time. Heard a few albums so far...
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Smoke 'em if you got 'em :hat
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2. (?) ___ ____ - ______________
3. (?) ______ _______ - _______
4. (?) ________ - ______
5. (?) ______ _______ - ______ ____ _____
6. (?) ______ ______ - _ ____ _____ ____
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And IiiijiiiiIiIiiiiEeeiiIIIIi
Will always want
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I meah, the third one can be Circus Maximus - Isolate, but then again it could be anything without any guessed letters, so I'm going to leave it at that.
Oh, and give me the D.
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I actually like Circus Maximus... kind of. Nine was all right and Havoc was just a mess, but the first two albums are still very good (A Darkened Mind :2metal:).
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5. (?) _____r __r____ - ______ D___ _____
6. (?) ___r__ ____r_ - _ ____ ____r ____
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I know what they all are already. Just not going to say to not ruin the fun. Yeah, that's it. :)
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I know what they all are already. Just not going to say to not ruin the fun. Yeah, that's it. :)
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I doubt you know mine, but I could be wrong :P
Gimme the uuuuuuhhhhhh H
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2. (?) ___ __r_ - D_______r_____
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5. (?) _____r __rl___ - _l____ D___ _____
6. (?) ___r__ __h_r_ - _ ____ ____r ____
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Guessed letters: R D L H
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I was halfway to guessing Hall of the Mountain King for #9, but then was stopped in my tracks.
Gimee a K
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Shadow Gallery
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Shadow Gallery
Tyrany. That screams of Lethean.
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It's definitely Shadow Gallery's Tyranny, but it wasn't sent by Lethean!
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5. (?) _e__er __rl_e_ - _l__k_ D___ _____
6. (?) _e_re_ __here - _ ___e _e_er ___e
7. (?) _______ - D___ ___ D_____e_
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9. (?) ___rk K____ler - K_ll __ _e_ _r_____
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T?
still have no clue on any of these
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I probably should have guessed Shadow Gallery, but didn't notice the space in the band name and thought it was all one word.
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I think I'm allowed to guess. If not, fuckit, put my torso in the noose.
Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson. Gotta be Evermind.
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I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
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Nailed it, jingle.
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6. (?) _e_ret __here - _ T__e _e_er ___e
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8. (?) ___h____ - L___ _e____
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
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Guessed letters: R D L H K E T
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Lethean waits 1 turn
I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
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Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count, by ariich. Very nice album, good choice.
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Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come. That smells of Lethean. Great album dude.
I'll go with Puppies for Shadow Gallery then.
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Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come. That smells of Lethean. Great album dude.
It is me, but it's pretty different from my other submissions, so what gave it away? Because I said I was always going to send metal, and most others aren't?
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Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
Thats a jingle submission if I ever saw one
The Cure - Disintegration
Sacul?
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Nope, Stadler likely.
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That was actually my first guess and then I thought The Cure was not very Stadler-like
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Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count, by ariich. Very nice album, good choice.
Can't possibly imagine how you guessed that. :neverusethis:
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That was actually my first guess and then I thought The Cure was not very Stadler-like
Aye, but then he posted this some weeks ago:
The Cure is a weird band; the early stuff is hard to listen to, but I like the stuff around "Disintegration"; very lush, very much draws you into the mood. Having said that, I got to see them live, and it was A-MAZING! Over three hours, and even though I didn't know much of the set, it was absolutely mesmerizing. Really good show.
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Nice Mark Knopfler pick :tup I almost sent that (or Sailing to Philadelphia) myself.
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Good sleuthing. :) I thought I remembered Stadler saying he really disliked The Cure but now I'm pretty sure I was mixing them up with Depeche Mode.
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It would be funny if it actually wasn't him :lol
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Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come. That smells of Lethean. Great album dude.
It is me, but it's pretty different from my other submissions, so what gave it away? Because I said I was always going to send metal, and most others aren't?
Process of elimination. None of the other yokels in this Roulette would send Italian power metal. Frankly, my first thought was that it was me! :lol
Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
Thats a jingle submission if I ever saw one
You see me very well.
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Good sleuthing. :) I thought I remembered Stadler saying he really disliked The Cure but now I'm pretty sure I was mixing them up with Depeche Mode.
I almost sent a Depeche Mode album. Almost...
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I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
Does this mean you think it was a bad album to send?
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I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
Does this mean you think it was a bad album to send?
Personally, I think it's a fantastic album - either my fave or 2nd fave from SG. But seeing the albums that are getting 9s and 10s, they are nothing like Shadow Gallery.
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Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come. That smells of Lethean. Great album dude.
It is me, but it's pretty different from my other submissions, so what gave it away? Because I said I was always going to send metal, and most others aren't?
Process of elimination. None of the other yokels in this Roulette would send Italian power metal. Frankly, my first thought was that it was me! :lol
Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
Thats a jingle submission if I ever saw one
You see me very well.
Indeed.
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I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
Does this mean you think it was a bad album to send?
Personally, I think it's a fantastic album - either my fave or 2nd fave from SG. But seeing the albums that are getting 9s and 10s, they are nothing like Shadow Gallery.
I figured it would have a chance, considering how much he liked Sieges Even, even though Shadows Gallery doesn't sound much like them. I was going to send Room V, that's my favorite, but it's the second half of the story. I think he needs to hear it in order :corn
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Before I update the hangman, I want to say, just because non-metal gets 9s and 10s (if they're good enough) doesn't mean metal can't. I'm just really hard to impress. Now some of you might say, "But Katt! You've given 8s and 8.5s..." - yeah. I haven't scored much below a 7 in this roulette because I really try to be fair judging an album and if it's well written and played etc. but not gelling with me it'll still get a 7 or 7.5 or even an 8 likely. Once you climb above an 8 you start to really impress me, and anything 9 or higher is just fucking awesome.
So the reason I've tried steering away from power metal is because, well, that's grounds for a paddlin'. If it doesn't impress me. I'm hard to please in that realm. :lol
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Also: from time to time I still dabble in fake plastic instruments (Guitar Hero) but I exclusively play custom songs on my PC and laptop with my old Guitar Hero 2 controller. Shadow Gallery's "Stiletto In The Sand" is a track I've been playing for years but never heard the full album until now :lol
Sacul/Stadler did not send The Cure.
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1. (jingle.boy) Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
2. (?) The Cure - Disintegration
3. (?) Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
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5. (ariich) Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
6. (Lethean) Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
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8. (?) ___h____ - L___ _e____
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
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Guessed letters: R D L H K E T
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I need to get a PC compatible guitar sometime i haven't played much GH in years :B
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3. (?) Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
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5. (ariich) Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
6. (Lethean) Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
7. (?) ___p___ - D__t ___ D_____et
8. (?) ___h____ - L___ _e____
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
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Guessed letters: R D L H K E T P
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I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
Does this mean you think it was a bad album to send?
I don't know. But the top scorers have been avoiding metal, so I didn't think it was one of them. I'm probably the last person you should ask about whether it's a bad album to send. But I don't think it's a bad album at all. I like it a lot.
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I predict that whoever sent Shadow Gallery is not in the top 5....
Does this mean you think it was a bad album to send?
Personally, I think it's a fantastic album - either my fave or 2nd fave from SG. But seeing the albums that are getting 9s and 10s, they are nothing like Shadow Gallery.
I figured it would have a chance, considering how much he liked Sieges Even, even though Shadows Gallery doesn't sound much like them. I was going to send Room V, that's my favorite, but it's the second half of the story. I think he needs to hear it in order :corn
I would guess he'd like Room V better, but don't ask me why. Just a feeling.
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Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come. That smells of Lethean. Great album dude.
It is me, but it's pretty different from my other submissions, so what gave it away? Because I said I was always going to send metal, and most others aren't?
Process of elimination. None of the other yokels in this Roulette would send Italian power metal. Frankly, my first thought was that it was me! :lol
Hehehe. I know I sent exactly the type of metal he didn't want, but why not?
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Why not indeed! Fuck it! Left turn? Nah, drive straight over the abyss! Maybe you'll land on a cloud. :lol
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3. (Puppies_On_Acid) Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
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5. (ariich) Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
6. (Lethean) Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
7. (?) ___p__n - D__t _nd D_____et
8. (?) ___h__n_ - L_n_ _e___n
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
10. (?) _ett_n D__ne_ - ___n _
Guessed letters: R D L H K E T P N
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By the way, Jingle guessed my album back up on post 1439 :tup
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Edited :biggrin: :metal
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sacul, send fishmans
He did it
Fishmans - Long Season
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I still can't figure out the remaining ones, so someone guess a letter. :)
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oh hey i just realized
caspian - dust and disquiet sent by homeboy :lol
thanks, other roulette thread
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FYI, I did not send The Cure, though Disintegration is by far my favorite album by them (which isn't saying much; I was impressed by the live show, though). There's a lot of respect there, it's just not my thing.
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Parama sent The Cure?
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lolno
i've listened to that album through once (i got two songs from it in my first roulette) and it's just not really for me
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Then I guess it has to be Tomislav? If you're right about Home, I think it has to be.
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With regards to Shadow Gallery; Legacy is where its at. Tyranny is a fairly close second :)
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With regards to Shadow Gallery; Legacy is where its at. Tyranny is a fairly close second :)
Now that I think about it, Legacy may be the more appropriate album to introduce somebody to Shadow Gallery, even though it's my least favorite next to their debut album.
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Then I guess it has to be Tomislav? If you're right about Home, I think it has to be.
I thought it was obvious :D some of you know how much I love it
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1. (jingle.boy) Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
2. (Tomislav95) The Cure - Disintegration
3. (Puppies_On_Acid) Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
4. (?) __ean___e - _ra_e_
5. (ariich) Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
6. (Lethean) Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
7. (home) Caspian - Dust and Disquiet
8. (Sacul) Fishmans - Long Season
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
10. (?) _ett_n D__ne_ - ___n _
Guessed letters: R D L H K E T P N A
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Oceansize - Frames
Parama.
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Oceansize - Frames
Parama.
I almost sent this one a few rounds ago, but after how bad Tool did, I decided not to. They have a somewhat similar sound, imo. I hope it does well though.
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FWIW, I don't hear any similarities between the two. :corn And ya'll are one leg away, but I bet you'll get this last one by process of elimination... unless you fuck up the title. LOL! This is a good one :biggrin:
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1. (jingle.boy) Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
2. (Tomislav95) The Cure - Disintegration
3. (Puppies_On_Acid) Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
4. (Parama) Oceansize - Frames
5. (ariich) Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
6. (Lethean) Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
7. (home) Caspian - Dust and Disquiet
8. (Sacul) Fishmans - Long Season
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
10. (?) _etton Do_nes - __on _
Guessed letters: R D L H K E T P N A O G S
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Wetton / Downes - Icon 3
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has to be sent by stadler
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I was going to ask how the hell you got that but apparently Icon 2 has a subtitle and Icon 1 obviously doesn't have the 1. Good job!
1. (jingle.boy) Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
2. (Tomislav95) The Cure - Disintegration
3. (Puppies_On_Acid) Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
4. (Parama) Oceansize - Frames
5. (ariich) Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
6. (Lethean) Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
7. (home) Caspian - Dust and Disquiet
8. (Sacul) Fishmans - Long Season
9. (Evermind) Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
10. (Stadler) Wetton/Downes - Icon 3
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i hope i win
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spoilers parama gets 0/10 for the rest of the roulette
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next round for sure yeah but this round i'm getting a 7/10
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Then I guess it has to be Tomislav? If you're right about Home, I think it has to be.
I thought it was obvious :D some of you know how much I love it
Not me. :) I don't know much about what everyone else likes. Plus I did a search and The Cure was on Parama's banned list so that's why I guessed Parama first.
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1. (jingle.boy) Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
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1. (jingle.boy) Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
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Fat chicks need lovin too!
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Damn, ya'll. There is some gooooood stuff this round.
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And then there's me :hat
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Damn, ya'll. There is some gooooood stuff this round.
Damn yourself ... and your wallet.
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What's that? Jingle's gonna buy all these albums for me? You're so kind! :biggrin:
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What's that? Jingle's gonna buy all these albums for me? You're so kind! :biggrin:
Unlikely, seeing as how I'm not getting a paycheque until August.
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What's that? Jingle's gonna buy all these albums for me? You're so kind! :biggrin:
Unlikely, seeing as how I'm not getting a paycheque until August.
I can wait. :neverusethis:
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Given everything at least one listen so far. Interesting. Snippets tomorrow, but results won't be til Sunday, sorry folks.
Just for my own reference, for the next roulette (in the far-off future):
- less lenient scoring, will use the full 1-10 scale, no punches pulled, put on your big kid pants and deal with it
- themed rounds (ties in with less lenient scoring)
- considering scoring multiple aspects of an album per round to spice it up
- eliminations throughout roulette
- probably album format again :metardica:
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If I were to ever do an album roulette, I would still try to rank each song individually, then just average it out to get a full album score.
Not that I'll ever do one, because each round would have to take at least a couple of weeks for me to give the albums a fair quantity and quality of listens.
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I'd be the same way - would need several weeks per round. Unless I only had 2 participants, I suppose. :) So mine will be a song roulette. Not sure about themes yet, but I have time still to decide.
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Yeah my rounds won't be as fast as katt's but I'm probably only taking 8 people max and the elimination rule might speed up the pace even more so it'll balance out :corn
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Yeah, I'd personally do it in summer when I'm in vacations so I have time for the albums, and an elimination format would make things smoother - I've noticed I end up a little burnt on the last rounds of the roulettes I've hosted, so that format feels appealing now.
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I see now that eliminations are a good thing. Helps motivate people to send their best for a given round, and cuts off those who unfortunately clearly won't make it to the top.
And my rounds are only fast because I get to listen to music at work, and live alone, so it's basically music all day every day :lol :metal
That said... this round does have some surprises...
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I'd be the same way - would need several weeks per round. Unless I only had 2 participants, I suppose. :) So mine will be a song roulette. Not sure about themes yet, but I have time still to decide.
I've already picked out about 5 songs for yours, assuming I make it past any potential eliminations. (https://oi66.tinypic.com/ielc9v.jpg)
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I don't like pure elimination-based roulettes, where you eliminate the worst entry every round without taking into account any previous scores. I can understand cutting people here and there at some point in the roulette, but to be eliminated because of one misstep is disappointing for me as a participant. Elimination rounds in the beginning are fine by me (when you want to get 10 participants but there are 17 instead and you have to pick somehow), but otherwise I'm trying to avoid elimination-in-every-round based roulettes.
If I were to host another roulette, I would go with the song roulette again. Album roulette seems like too much work to be honest, and as I like to give at least five spins to every entry, it would be impossible for me to keep a good pace with album roulette. Props to everyone who is doing it though, I appreciate the effort you put into this.
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My last elimination roulette was a weird anomaly because evermind somehow made it all the way to the final round but I will be sure that doesn't happen again :neverusethis:
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I'd be the same way - would need several weeks per round. Unless I only had 2 participants, I suppose. :) So mine will be a song roulette. Not sure about themes yet, but I have time still to decide.
I've already picked out about 5 songs for yours, assuming I make it past any potential eliminations. (https://oi66.tinypic.com/ielc9v.jpg)
No eliminations for mine, but I don't know if there will be themes yet. I might do a mix of themed and open. I think we still have a couple months to go though.
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My last elimination roulette was a weird anomaly because evermind somehow made it all the way to the final round but I will be sure that doesn't happen again :neverusethis:
Yeah, and that allowed me to send my glorious EP. :lol
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I don't like pure elimination-based roulettes, where you eliminate the worst entry every round without taking into account any previous scores. I can understand cutting people here and there at some point in the roulette, but to be eliminated because of one misstep is disappointing for me as a participant. Elimination rounds in the beginning are fine by me (when you want to get 10 participants but there are 17 instead and you have to pick somehow), but otherwise I'm trying to avoid elimination-in-every-round based roulettes.
If I were to host another roulette, I would go with the song roulette again. Album roulette seems like too much work to be honest, and as I like to give at least five spins to every entry, it would be impossible for me to keep a good pace with album roulette. Props to everyone who is doing it though, I appreciate the effort you put into this.
I agree with this. My eliminations would be more like POA's or Sacul's roulettes (the only others I've participated in) where they eliminate after a few rounds, or like this one where there were 14 - 14! - albums in the first round :lol Album style is a ton of work but I LOVE it. Song roulettes are agonizing for me. I already have a problem liking the tracks that most people seem to not like, so trying to pick a good song takes me hours. But it's really fun reading the responses. :biggrin:
No eliminations for mine, but I don't know if there will be themes yet. I might do a mix of themed and open. I think we still have a couple months to go though.
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No eliminations for mine, but I don't know if there will be themes yet. I might do a mix of themed and open. I think we still have a couple months to go though.
(https://oi67.tinypic.com/11l0v81.jpg)
? You want me to have eliminations? I can make an exception and eliminate you, if that's what you really want. :)
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I will get at least one song in before my head is on the chopping block. :biggrin:
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Leprous - Eliminate Me
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Leprous is banned. :) But no Leprous song would ever be cause for elimination.
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I'm just using the song name for a joke :lol
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Yeah but Lethean is a meme/sarcasm filter
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Oh I know. :) But in the event that part of the joke is that Contaminate Me would lead to an elimination... just had to set the Leprous record straight. :P
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That song makes me feel unclean. That album is still amazing though. The Valley is still on my brain.
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the valley is leprous' best song so that's fair
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Contaminate Me is fantastic.
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Snippets coming soon. Those will have to tide ya'll over til Sunday unfortuantely.
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I like snippets :corn
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I like hummers.
I'll settle for snipets.
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In the event that bosk bans me for ranting about shopping carts :lol here are your snippets.
1. It's a damn shame that the only thing holding this back is the atrocious quality of the synth patches...
2. Yeah, they're kind of aping (blank), but they do it so well I don't mind.
3. This is a weird album and I don't know what to say about it yet.
4. It's almost cheating to send this one. It's not perfect but damn is it good.
5. Not sure if this is for me, but maybe the goth kids on South Park would like it. :)
6. :2metal: :neverusethis: :hefdaddy
7. This is par for the course of your submissions, unfortunately it's not blowing my mind! It's pretty good, though, and that's good enough for me.
8. Great lyrics, great playing. Kind of embarrassed I've ignored this for so long.
9. Never heard of this artist before but this is cool. Nice voice, nice atmosphere. Kind of safe, but a damn fine album.
10. Taking simple ideas and building on them for as long as it requires is the key to my musical heart. Very, very cool album.
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5 is probably the cure :lol
10 sounds like fishmans
no clue which is mine tho
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oh yeah 2 of those are for one person, here's yours
11. sux 0/10 would never listen again
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ahh, that's better
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Fishmans could be 7 too.
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I guess mine is either 7, 8 or 10.
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Fishmans could be 7 too.
How so? If par for the course is not blowing his mind, it can't be you because you have the highest score. :).
Not sure what mine is. Definitely not 5, 9, or 10. Probably not 3 either. Probably not 8 either because I don't think "great lyrics" would fit.
So 7 is a good possibility. I'd be happy with 6 though. :)
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I wonder if Caspian could be #10.
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I'll wager 1 or 9 for me. Probably 9 - since you're specifically referencing an "artist" and not a band. I'd guess Knopfler is either 4 or 8... the latter could also be The Cure (which could also be 7). 6 is likely Secret Sphere or Shadow Gallery.
Basically, I have no fucking clue.
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I chose my words very carefully as to not give away the artist in question, so when I say 'artist' it could mean 'guy' 'gal' 'band' etc. :hat
Lethean, I'm going to give you a hint: yours is not 7. :)
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:metal Assuming I'm right about the ones I don't think are mine, the other options aren't bad. #1 I likely wouldn't have noticed, so if it does have bad patches, I guess it hasn't been an issue for me. :)
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Lethean, I'm going to give you a hint: yours is not 7. :)
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I bet 7 or 10? Perhaps 2 since they do sound somewhat similar to GIAA, but not so much I would say they are aping them...
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Lethean, I'm going to give you a hint: yours is not 7. :)
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First, I'm glad I watched that last night. Well played. Second, both your guesses are wrong. :biggrin:
I bet 7 or 10? Perhaps 2 since they do sound somewhat similar to GIAA, but not so much I would say they are aping them...
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First, I'm glad I watched that last night. Well played. Second, both your guesses are wrong. :biggrin:
I can live with that. Now I'll just assume (hope) that mine is 10. Don't deprive me of hope... it's all I have. :lol
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Sometimes none of the snippets seem to apply to me.
Sometimes most of them do.
This is the latter.
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First, I'm glad I watched that last night. Well played. Second, both your guesses are wrong. :biggrin:
I can live with that. Now I'll just assume (hope) that mine is 10. Don't deprive me of hope... it's all I have. :lol
Capsian does for Shire fit 10 tho
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Mine could be 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, or even 10 maybe.
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Mine could be 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, or even 10 maybe.
Well, one of those is right. :lol
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In the event that bosk bans me for ranting about shopping carts :lol here are your snippets.
1. It's a damn shame that the only thing holding this back is the atrocious quality of the synth patches...
2. Yeah, they're kind of aping (blank), but they do it so well I don't mind.
3. This is a weird album and I don't know what to say about it yet.
4. It's almost cheating to send this one. It's not perfect but damn is it good.
5. Not sure if this is for me, but maybe the goth kids on South Park would like it. :)
6. :2metal: :neverusethis: :hefdaddy
7. This is par for the course of your submissions, unfortunately it's not blowing my mind! It's pretty good, though, and that's good enough for me.
8. Great lyrics, great playing. Kind of embarrassed I've ignored this for so long.
9. Never heard of this artist before but this is cool. Nice voice, nice atmosphere. Kind of safe, but a damn fine album.
10. Taking simple ideas and building on them for as long as it requires is the key to my musical heart. Very, very cool album.
Mine could be 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, or 8. Or all of the above. Or the secret invisible snippet that says I get -∞/10 :corn
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I just got home from Kamelot and my neck is going to hurt like hell tomorrow but at least I got a good start up on writeups. If I don't finish them tomorrow, which unfortunately is likely, keep your eyeholes peeled Sunday.
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soonday
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I don't like pure elimination-based roulettes, where you eliminate the worst entry every round without taking into account any previous scores. I can understand cutting people here and there at some point in the roulette, but to be eliminated because of one misstep is disappointing for me as a participant. Elimination rounds in the beginning are fine by me (when you want to get 10 participants but there are 17 instead and you have to pick somehow), but otherwise I'm trying to avoid elimination-in-every-round based roulettes.
If I were to host another roulette, I would go with the song roulette again. Album roulette seems like too much work to be honest, and as I like to give at least five spins to every entry, it would be impossible for me to keep a good pace with album roulette. Props to everyone who is doing it though, I appreciate the effort you put into this.
I agree with this. My eliminations would be more like POA's or Sacul's roulettes (the only others I've participated in) where they eliminate after a few rounds, or like this one where there were 14 - 14! - albums in the first round :lol Album style is a ton of work but I LOVE it. Song roulettes are agonizing for me. I already have a problem liking the tracks that most people seem to not like, so trying to pick a good song takes me hours. But it's really fun reading the responses. :biggrin:
I completely missed this conversation. I also don't like the idea of elimination after each round, which is why I did my roulette the way I did. It provides motivation, but you won't get cut because of 1 elimination. For example, if I had done eliminations after each round Jingle would have been eliminated after round 2 and then I would have missed out on all the fantastic music he has sent since that round. I want more awesome music, not be an evil dictator :biggrin:
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if I had done eliminations after each round Jingle would have been eliminated after round 2 and then I would have missed out on all the fantastic music he has sent since that round. I want more awesome music, not be an evil dictator
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soonday
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In a few hours.
:soon: :corn :soon:
FYI, I was going to award bonus points or score differently for the final round, but I really don't want to deal with that hassle, so it's just going to be a normal round. Sorry. :biggrin:
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that's fine
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I had a lot of fun with this round and I was genuinely surprised at how much I enjoyed a few of these. Have fun with the last round, everyone, and thanks for playing. Found dozens and dozens of awesome artists to give my money to. I want to see what you've got for the last round. Go crazy, fight for your spot, see if you can bump it up, or be like Parama and cut your losses. :lol
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1. Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
(https://i.imgur.com/CC2KFvW.jpg)
1998; progressive metal
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
This. Album. Rules. I get a huge Mindcrime/RFO-era Queensryche vibe from this album, and since I just got into that band, this is hitting all the right marks. The production on the vocals is perfect (nevermind his singing - what a great voice!), I love the gang vocals and the harmonies. First time I heard "War For Sale" I knew this was going to be an awesome album. What a great singer. The drums are speedy and powerful, the guitars have a lot of ballz n chunk to them, and the keyboards - the keyboards! Prog metal keyboard madness. I don't even really care about the concept here, this is just a super entertaining album, and a rare exception to my disdain for super long metal albums: 73 minutes and it doesn't drag. I can't get enough of that amazing keyboard playing, and there's a tendency to hang on to a final chord in a progression and really let the final guitar/keyboard notes sing until the transition comes in, which I love. It's intelligent composition. And it just doesn't slow down. "Chased" is super fast, love those tight rhythmic parts like at 3:10, it's also present in "Stiletto In The Sand" at the start. This album gets better each time I play it. This album makes me realize I'm not bored at all with metal... I'm just super picky, but there's still plenty out there that tickles my fancy, and I simply need to find people to show me where it is. A wide range of tempos, instrumentation, and moods makes me fall in love with Tyranny. This deserves every point it gets. In a word: spectacular. Going to look for a copy of this immediately. 10/10
Favorite tracks: War For Sale; Chased; Ghost of a Chance
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2. Wetton/Downes - Icon 3
(https://i.imgur.com/9VH3LjX.jpg)
2009; rock
sent by Stadler
This is almost cheating. You know how much I love the original Asia, particularly Alpha, and how John Wetton's voice and Downes' keyboard playing appeals to me. "Twice The Man I Was" is a solid rocker, the perfect opening track. Hell, it sounds like it could go on an Asia album. I can't lie, I'm not picking up on the homage you pointed out on "Destiny" but that's still a lovely song with great instrumentation: bells, woodwinds, strings, horns, and a rock band! "Green Lights and Blue Skies" - other than those affected vocals, it's perfect, what a killer vibe it puts out. "Follow, follow your dreams" - chills. Stadler, I think you know how some singers just resonate with an individual. It could be the quality of their voice, their delivery, the lyrics - John Wetton's got all three in spades and it just hits me in the heart on songs like "My Life Is In Your Hands" and "Never Thought I'd See You Again." Geoff Downes doing some very cool things in the background of the latter, by the way. "Sex, Power, and Money" is the black sheep of the album, but you know what? I like it, just like some of the cheesier tracks on Asia's albums. It just works for them, I can't explain it. "Under the Sky" is beautiful, not my favorite, but it's close. I like that you said Wetton is not the best lyricist. That's true, but sometimes, I don't need Bill Shakespeare in my music. I need honest, heartfelt lyrics that match the music. And I love me some John Wetton. It's a shame it's so hard to find any of this album's music online. I can't stop listening to this. I love it. 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Twice The Man I Was; Green Lights and Blue Skies; Peace In Our Time
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3. Mark Knopfler - Kill to Get Crimson
(https://i.imgur.com/HP5HTgh.jpg)
2007; blues rock/folk rock
sent by Evermind
This is really, really good. Between this and buying Dire Straits' self titled earlier this year, I regret not listening to them many years ago. This is about where I was going with music before the roulette began, so this is resonating with me big time. I love how every song has plenty of room for everything to breathe. He has a lovely voice. I don't think there are any duds here, but a few don't do much for me, like "The Fish And The Bird" and "Madame Geneva's" but perhaps they could over time. Poetry in lyrics and beautiful melodies with nice folky instrumentation - the accordion is great to hear in "Let It All Go" and "Secondary Waltz." This is really nice to put on when I just want to chill, but still want some musical activity. Oh, and the sax in "In The Sky" takes that to another level. Heck yeah. Excellent album. 9.5/10
Favorite songs: True Love Will Never Fade; Heart Full of Holes; In The Sky
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4. Fishmans - Long Season
(https://i.imgur.com/M6gSfUI.jpg)
1996; dub/dream pop
sent by Sacul
I think this is the weirdest album I've received in the whole roulette. One song split into 5 seamless parts. I really didn't get it the first time through. But the second time, it clicked. I turned it on at home, pumped up the bass on my monitors and just soaked in it. Parts 1 and 2 are awesome, they build on their ideas organically and the transitions are seamless and unjarring (reminds me of Ommadawn, which tooks its time and never had an abrupt or awkward transition). Love the sound of the drums on this album, and the beats used under the pretty piano and other instruments. The vocals are beautiful, I'm not sure if there are actual lyrics or not but I enjoy the melodies and how they add to the intensity as the parts build. What I don't like is the end of part 2 and most of part 3. The sounds of something splashing into water are way too loud for me. Honestly, it sounds like someone's dropping bombs in a deserted restroom. But it's okay, after some experimental stuff they get back to the real good stuff in part 4, and then part 5 is a reprise of previous ideas. Love the addition of the accordion. This album is so weird, so experimental, so... out there. I really do love this album apart from my quibbles with part 3. It's probably the most artsy album of the roulette, but it's got a vibe I dig the hell out of. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: Part 1; Part 2; Part 5
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5. Secret Sphere - A Time Never Come
(https://i.imgur.com/E99DIEu.jpg)
2001; progressive power metal
sent by Lethean
So, Lethean, we discussed the two versions of this album. It has to be talked about first. I listened to the rerecording first, but I'm going with the original for the final score. The original, 2001 version of this album rocks. Hard. It is produced just the way I like my power metal, but I'm also biased to the 90s and early 2000s period of power metal, so that helps. The keyboards sound good in the 2001 version, but somehow the 2015 rerecording not only removes all the crunch and power of the original songs in general, but the keyboards especially sound worse. Truly terrible, as if it was recorded on a cheap Casio, not worth paying money for - the original has a far better sound (These problems have plagued other bands rerecording old albums, and I don't get why it keeps happening). Luppi's voice is great but the way it is mixed removes all the power that is present in the original. The lyrics are so-so, not bad, not amazing, but they get the job done. In this case I'll take Messina over Luppi. I don't think Luppi sounds bad when he goes higher, per se, but on songs like "The Brave" Messina just delivers the higher vocals better. This is a fun album that I've loved playing at the gym. Lots of double bass drumming, speedy solos and riffing, but sprinkles of piano and softer moments throughout. Really cool stuff here Lethean, thanks for making me pay attention to Secret Sphere again. Solid, early 2000s progpower, speedy and keyboard-heavy, just the way I like it... 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Legend; The Brave; Hamelin
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6. Dec Burke - Destroy All Monsters
(https://i.imgur.com/UAfr1KE.jpg)
2010; prog rock
sent by jingle.boy
Let's get right to it: "Signs of Life" reminds me of the soundtracks to the Snowboard Kids video games - games whose music has heavily influenced what I like in keyboard-heavy metal and rock more than anything else. So, that song is just fucking incredible, full stop. That said, I'm still not sure about the whole thing. It's grown on me a bit but there are some songs that don't do much for me. His voice didn't appeal to me at first, and still doesn't (it might be how it's mixed?), but I won't stop a song because of it, either. I do like how the piano comes out to play on the back half of the album, but I love the electronic elements throughout. There's one noticeable flaw, however: "Promised" is for some reason quieter than the rest of the album, which is strange, but hopefully that is just the Spotify version. So, this album is a bit inconsistent to me, but I'm interested in Dec Burke now. (And really, nobody has submitted anything that sounds like Signs of Life, so you get props for that alone. I really love that it invokes memories of those old games' music for me, even if this wasn't inspired by games at all.) 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Winter to Summer; Signs of Life; Small Hours
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7. Caspian - Dust and Disquiet
(https://i.imgur.com/7UuknyU.jpg)
2015; post-rock
sent by home
This album continues your streak of sending beautiful music. At first I thought they sometimes leaned too heavily on the God Is An Astronaut vibe, but more listens made me realize they're so different. Melodies are playful but timid in the softer moments, and aggressive and commanding when they go heavy. "Sad Heart of Mine" is one of those songs that sounds like Explosions In The Sky; "Darkfield" brings up those God Is An Astronaut vibes. The title track is an awesome closer. I only have two quibbles. The ending of Arcs of Command gets a bit old after the first time and has me ending the song before it properly finishes. I'm also not a fan of "Run Dry" - it has lyrics yet I think the instrumental tracks still manage to say more than this. They're not big complaints, though. I suppose I could've used more variety in mood, though, as it sounds kind of one note. Really good stuff though, man. 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: Sad Heart of Mine; Darkfield; Dust and Disquiet
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8. Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
(https://i.imgur.com/viwAXAq.jpg)
2011; indie rock
sent by ariich
This is a curious album... Straightforward indie rock, but with artistic flair. The upbeat tracks are speedy and energetic. He has a great voice and knows how to use it. Love how the keyboards complement the guitars in moments like the end of "Spirits In Need," but the guitar also stands out on its own. Really good playing with some tasty licks through the whole album. Don't think I didn't notice the sax in here, too - always happy to hear that thing in any amount, so "Even Dead Things Feel Your Love" immediately became one of my favorites. His voice reminds me of a lot of prog rock, actually. Nothing in particular, just a general vibe - is he in any prog rock groups? I do find myself a little bored by the end, although the last track is emotional and very pretty, but overall I found myself enjoying this, particularly on the road to and from Chicago this week. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Spirits In Need; Even Dead Things Feel Your Love; Waiting In The Wings
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9. Oceansize - Frames
(https://i.imgur.com/2KIPHHT.jpg)
2007; progressive rock
sent by Parama
This comes in 9th, but just look at the scores for everyone else: this is not a bad album, in fact, this is a great album. It's prog rock, but it's got elements of post-rock, too. They take fairly simple and easy to digest musical ideas, then expand upon them. Lots of cool rhythmic ideas, nothing too crazy but just enough to give the music some spice. But man, are the songs long! Could've trimmed a little fat here and there. I love how the drums keep driving the song forward in "Unfamiliar" as the guitars twinkle above it all. But then it picks up big time without losing the mood. This album is really cool that way - it does lots of things but they never lose sight of what the song is about. I kind of wish they didn't even have a singer, because the rest of the band is so on point, but he does such a good job with "Savant" that it's not a problem, that's definitely one of my favorites. "An Old Friend of the Christy's" is another favorite of mine; a lengthy, dark track that paints a picture without words. Not too crazy about "Sleeping Dogs and Dead Lions" but the title track at the end makes up for it and ends on a strong note. Did I mention I really enjoy the drummer's style? This is a cool album, though it needs a lot of trimming. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Unfamiliar; Savant; An Old Friend of the Christy's
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10. The Cure - Disintegration
(https://i.imgur.com/3A90Q62.jpg)
1989; goth rock
sent by Tomislav95
I don't really know anything about The Cure. This isn't a bad album, but I don't think it's doing much for me. I am impressed this is an 80s record; it sounds too sophisticated and lacking corny synth patches to belong to that decade, yet there it is. I really like songs like "Closedown." "Lullaby" has some really cool keyboard stuff going on - pizzicato strings, good stuff. As the album gets to the end though, I find myself disinterested. I think it's a combination of the singer, subdued vocal melodies, and some kind of hazy atmosphere that clouds the songs. It's hard to describe, I don't know much music in this style, but it's this heavy weight of... sadness, disappointment? that hangs over the album like a dark cloud. "Homesick" sounds like what I'm getting at. There are a ton of things I like scattered throughout the album, but I think it gets a little boring towards the end especially as the songs get longer. There's nothing I actually dislike here, but a lot that isn't grabbing me. I know The Cure is big, though, and I wouldn't mind checking out something else at some point. This one might require a rainy day to really appreciate, though I really wish the whole album was more like "Pictures of You" - very cool vibe, I love that song. 7.5/10
Favorite tracks: Pictures of You; Closedown; Lullaby
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Scores
1. Stadler - 63.0 :omg:
2. Sacul - 63.0 :omg:
3. Evermind 62.5
4. home - 61.5
5. jingle.boy - 61.0
6. Tomislav - 58.5
7. Puppies_On_Acid - 57.0
8. ariich - 57.0
9. Lethean - 53.5
10. Parama - 53.5
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hell yeah, gonna continue to hold on to that last place slot for the final round :metal
you already have my album so i'm ready to lay back and meme
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Also,
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Is this Alison Brie? I only know her from Mad Men, but she looks like her. She is beautiful.
hell yeah, gonna continue to hold on to that last place slot for the final round :metal
you already have my album so i'm ready to lay back and meme
I've liked a lot of what you've sent. But damn you to hell for this last one. :lol :metal
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Damn it, I kind of hoped I would score badly just so I could send whatever I want in this last round. :lol
Truth is, I don't have another album I have a lot of confidence in. I've got a lot of good stuff, but nothing that would be particularly up your alley (I think, but I may be wrong). So, well, I just have to pick something and watch either Stadler or Sacul win the whole thing. :biggrin:
edit: also, I love Madame Geneva's, one of my favourite from that Knopfler's album. But that's okay, you still gave it a great score. ;)
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I've liked a lot of what you've sent. But damn you to hell for this last one. :lol :metal
it's not like i have anything to lose anyways :corn
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YES! :tup :metal I would suggest getting Room V next, then the rest in whatever order you feel like. Just keep in mind their debut album is very rough around the edges, but still has some great songs. Maybe save that one for last. The album Digital Ghosts has a different singer, since Mike Baker passed away before they were able to record it. :(
Had I not sent Moonsorrow (and thats the only album I regret sending at this point) I would probably still be able to win this. I still think Tool was an album worth sending, just to get a feel for your Prog Metal music tastes. I may still be able to take 6th place :corn But unless everyone else completely tanks the last round and I get another 10, I'll just have to be content with middle of the pack.
I'll send something in the next hour or so for the final round.
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Evermind - you've sent fantastic stuff throughout the roulette, so whether you're confident or not, you've been consistent. I look forward to it.
Puppies - Yeah, I'm curious to see where you would be right now if it wasn't for Moonsorrow ;) Tool would probably have been a hit with most people, but not me. But hell, between Sieges Even and Shadow Gallery, you're a winner in my book :metal
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I'm tempted to send some hip hop.... I have a couple albums in mind. Or I may send something completely different. :justjen
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Yeah, I think I've already picked the album for you. Just have to finish editing Puppies' EP first.
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Yeah, I think I've already picked the album for you. Just have to finish editing Puppies' EP first.
Take your time :metal
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I'm leaving tomorrow morning and won't be back there until Wednesday (except from the phone), so I actually need to send both your EP and Katt's album today. :biggrin: But no worries, your writeup is done, I only need to do actual editing; and I have the album for this roulette in mind. You'll both get your PMs in a few hours.
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KTLX, there are so many of your holes I want to fill...........wait that came out wrong....anyway, I've just noticed a few more glaring holes in your music library....what to do, what to do...
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send the worst one
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send the worst one
I was actually half tempted to send Siamese Dream or White Pony, but I think they both fall under genres he specifically said not to send, even though they are both fantastic albums...
EDIT - Wait, System of a Down isn't on his banned list. I'd be interested in how he would react to their self titled album :biggrin:
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Send White Pony :2metal:
Ohboy, two widely different generations fighting for the 1st place :metal
Yeah was worried you wouldn't like part 3 too much, but since the band is called Fishmans and in the cover you can see them using fishing rods, I think it fits :P.
Anyways, glad you liked the album, it's a beautiful one, but my favorite of them is the followup, Uchu Nippon Segataya, fantastic chill, electronic album you should totally check out. And their live album 98.12.28 is one of the best live records I've listened to, they close with a very interesting performance of Long Season.
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I'm glad you went with the original. :) At first I didn't really care and thought the vocals would be an improvement in the re-release, but then I listened to a few tracks from the re-release and became irritated. :) It seemed like they tried to fix something that wasn't broken.
But the snippets aren't all contained in these write ups. Which one was mine? The bad synth sounds referring to the re-release? Just curious.
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They're not on the banned list but should be, please, god, do not send me System Of A Down. One of the few bands I actively hate. :lol
I'm glad you went with the original. :) At first I didn't really care and thought the vocals would be an improvement in the re-release, but then I listened to a few tracks from the re-release and became irritated. :) It seemed like they tried to fix something that wasn't broken.
But the snippets aren't all contained in these write ups. Which one was mine? The bad synth sounds referring to the re-release? Just curious.
Yeah, yours was the one with the bad synth sounds. I am genuinely stunned at how bad they are in the rerecording. The original is where it's at, and I'm glad I heard it, because I want to check out another album or two soon. I was talking about them with some guys at the Kamelot show and suggested this album to them. :2metal: And I agree, exactly, it sounds completely unnecessary.
Send White Pony :2metal:
Ohboy, two widely different generations fighting for the 1st place :metal
Yeah was worried you wouldn't like part 3 too much, but since the band is called Fishmans and in the cover you can see them using fishing rods, I think it fits :P.
Anyways, glad you liked the album, it's a beautiful one, but my favorite of them is the followup, Uchu Nippon Segataya, fantastic chill, electronic album you should totally check out. And their live album 98.12.28 is one of the best live records I've listened to, they close with a very interesting performance of Long Season.
I am pretty amused at you and Stadler fighting for #1. A few rounds ago I would've predicted jingle leading the pack easily. I'd like to hear more from Fishmans because that was some genuinely interesting stuff, part 3 might grow on me over time, but overall yeah, very solid, fun album.
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Sent!
Regardless of where I'll finish after this round, I'm glad that I could participate in this roulette and had the opportunity to introduce great music to you. That was worth it.
I also want to say, this was (well, is) an extremely well-run roulette all around. Good pace and good writeups. Great job.
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Thanks dude! I try. :biggrin:
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Welp... well, there goes any chance of winning. No worries, gives me a chance to send a top 10 Album of all time (for me).
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Regardless of where I'll finish after this round, I'm glad that I could participate in this roulette and had the opportunity to introduce great music to you. That was worth it.
I also want to say, this was (well, is) an extremely well-run roulette all around. Good pace and good writeups. Great job.
On this I completely agree.
But you are completely schizophrenic when it comes to Prog Metal - to simultaneously dislike Fullness of Time, but find Tyranny perfect is baffling to me.
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I'm not schizo, just super picky. Both deserved their respective scores :biggrin:
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Welp... well, there goes any chance of winning. No worries, gives me a chance to send a top 10 Album of all time (for me).
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Regardless of where I'll finish after this round, I'm glad that I could participate in this roulette and had the opportunity to introduce great music to you. That was worth it.
I also want to say, this was (well, is) an extremely well-run roulette all around. Good pace and good writeups. Great job.
On this I completely agree.
But you are completely schizophrenic when it comes to Prog Metal - to simultaneously dislike Fullness of Time, but find Tyranny perfect is baffling to me.
I like both of those albums, but in fairness Tyranny is head and shoulders above Fullness of Time. And Shadow Gallery is a better band in my opinion.
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I mentioned this in jingle's writeup but this is a metal cover of the music to a final boss battle in one of my favorite video games ever. The original song is already pretty metal, but it goes balls out with the synths and guitar solos. Prog metal along these lines is my shit. Go big or go home, man. Not everybody likes this stuff but to me this is the nerdiest, coolest stuff :metal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEcqNFqaH4E
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I'm not schizo, just super picky. Both deserved their respective scores :biggrin:
No, you're schizo. Fullness of Time deserved better.
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I'm not schizo, just super picky. Both deserved their respective scores :biggrin:
No, you're schizo. Fullness of Time deserved better.
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No, it doesn't actually suck, but that was too good to not use
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I don't have the wherewithal to edit this so I'll just say
Starlord - Kattoe
Spidey - Lethean
Iron Man - jingle
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Well, I am the best looking, and correct, so, yeah. :lol
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I appreciate the support Jingle... I think?
Ok I confess - I have no idea what your post means. :)
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:lol
It's a reference to the film Infinity War. Stark is explaining a plan, and Star Lord (a smartass) basically says, "Your plan is good, except it sucks, so let me do it and it'll be good" and Spidey (Stark's protg in simplest terms) is spectating.
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Ned Stark? :)
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Nah, Tony. You know, genius, billionaire, playboy philanthropist. Keeps his head after the first season. :lol
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No, I don't. :) He sounds rich enough, ok but, is he a superhero? I guess keeping your head is a step in the right direction.
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No, I don't. :) He sounds rich enough, ok but, is he a superhero? I guess keeping your head is a step in the right direction.
Yeah, you know, Iron Man, shiny metal suit, been a pop culture sensation for 10 years. I'm gonna need you to soak yourself in the delicious marinade that is the Marvel Cinematic Universe and get back to me before you miss out on the worldwide sensation that is Infinity War.
Or just know that much. :hat
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Ah, Ok. So... Jingle is wealthy. I expect that paycheck any day now.
(Heard of Iron Man, but obviously know nothing about him.)
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It's on Paranoid, man!
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Already got 5 submissions :D
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Already got 5 submissions :D
You'll have mine before the end of business today, since I didn't bother to check RYM before my Leeroy Jenkins submission. Just weighing out some choices.
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You mentioned that the Wetton/Downes stuff was hard to find. Burning Shed just sent out an email today mentioning re-releases of the entire iCon catalog.
iCon
iCon / Rubicon / 3 (cd pre-orders)
2018 remasters of the first three studio releases by iCon, the collaborative band of the late John Wetton and keyboardist Geoff Downes.
Guests include Annie Haslam (Renaissance), Ian McDonald (King Crimson) and John Mitchell (It Bites/Lonely Robot/Kino)
These re-releases are part of a definitive edition re-issue campaign, which will culminate in a career spanning box set.
Pre-order for 1st June release.
https://burningshed.com/index.php?route=product/search&filter_name=icon&filter_sub_category=true
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Well well well. Perfect timing for Stads to send that album then. Thanks Professor!! :biggrin:
It hasn't been 48 hours, but I am still waiting for 3 more submissions. :natalieportman:
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Mine should be tomorrow.
Glad you liked Petter Carlsen!
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Mine should be tomorrow.
Glad you liked Petter Carlsen!
Good stuff dude. Looking forward to the last one :biggrin:
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I've got no clue on which to choose from the 7 or so albums I have in mind, I'm afraid of fucking up :dangerwillrobinson:
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I've got no clue on which to choose from the 7 or so albums I have in mind, I'm afraid of fucking up :dangerwillrobinson:
Send all 7!
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*twiddles thumbs*
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hey i sent my album a week ago don't blame me ;D
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hey i sent my album a week ago don't blame me ;D
Parama is an overachiever. Still need ariich, Sacul, Stadler... Results might not be til mid-next week. I know it's the final round and it's essentially a battle between the top 3 but I still want to hear the music. :biggrin:
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Enviado!
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Parama is an overachiever.
This particular round he is a bit more of an Underachiever imo
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Everyone wish Sacul luck :jamaritard:
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I sent one of my favorite albums so I'll need tons of it :metardica:
Btw Katt, I've got plenty a few albums I couldn't send during the roulette, and I think you'd dig them, can I send you a list? :P
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Absolutely :biggrin:
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F*** ME. I've never been in this spot, ever, and I don't know what to do!!!! AGGGGHHHHHH. Heavy is the head that wears the crown...
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F*** ME. I've never been in this spot, ever, and I don't know what to do!!!! AGGGGHHHHHH. Heavy is the head that wears the crown...
I'm as surprised as you are, quite frankly. :lol
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F*** ME. I've never been in this spot, ever, and I don't know what to do!!!!
Yes you do.
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Sent!
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I went with my conscience.
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Final hangman coming tonight :metal
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Parama sent East of the Wall - The Apologist
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Parama sent East of the Wall - The Apologist
You're a character, Parama. :hat
1. (?) _______ ____ - _________
2. (Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
3. (?) ______ - ___________
4. (?) ___ ____ _______ _______ - ___ __ ___ ___
5. (?) _____________ - __________
6. (?) ______ ______ - ______ __ _____________
7. (?) ____ ______ - ____ __ ______
8. (?) ______ - _________
9. (?) ______ ____ - _____ ____ ___ ____
10. (?) _______ _______ - _______ _____ __
VERY cool submissions this round, all of you. Except Parama, his is terrible and he gets a -18/100. :biggrin:
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I have not been the least bit subtle about what I was sending anyways
Give me that sweet, sweet final D
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Gimme the I
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I counted the I for the Roman numerals
(?) _______ ___d - _________
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(?) ______ - _i__i______
(?) ___ ____ _______ _______ - ___ i_ ___ ___
(?) i____________ - _i________
(?) _i_i__ Di_i__ - ______ __ _____i_______
(?) ____ _____i - _i__ i_ ___i__
(?) ______ - _i_______
(?) ______ ____ - _____ ____ ___ ___d
(?) ____i__ D_i____ - _______ _____ II
Guessed letters: D I
Sacul waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turn
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iamthemorning - Lighthouse sent by ev
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Lucky guess :P
(?) _______ ___d - _________
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(?) ______ - _i__i______
(?) ___ ____ _______ _______ - ___ i_ ___ ___
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(?) _i_i__ Di_i__ - ______ __ _____i_______
(?) ____ _____i - _i__ i_ ___i__
(?) ______ - _i_______
(?) ______ ____ - _____ ____ ___ ___d
(?) ____i__ D_i____ - _______ _____ II
Guessed letters: D I
Sacul waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turn
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Mostly it was the lowercase i in the band name
You even missed the I in morning
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Damn. I'm tired. :natalieportman:
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iamthemorning - Lighthouse sent by ev
Oooh, that's a good album!
Gice me a C
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T
C-C-C-C-Combo breaker
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T
C-C-C-C-Combo breaker
:neverusethis:
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jingle.boy keeping it kid friendly :neverusethis:
(?) __tt___ ___d - ______c__
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(?) ____t_ - _i__i__t___
(?) T__ ____ _______ _____ct - ___ i_ t__ ___
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(?) _i_i__ Di_i__ - ______ __ C___ci_______
(?) ____ _____i - _i__ i_ ___ic_
(?) ______ - _i___t___
(?) __t___ T___ - _____ ____ T__ ___d
(?) ____i__ D_i____ - _______ ____c II
Guessed letters: D I C T
jingle.boy waits 2 turns
Puppies_On_Acid waits 1 turn
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A
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Give me the R :yarr
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(?) _att___ ___d - A_a_a_c__
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(?) _r__t_ - _i__i__t___
(?) T__ A_a_ _ar____ _r___ct - ___ i_ t__ ___
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(?) _i_i__ Di_i__ - __r_a_ __ C___ci_______
(?) ____ _a_ari - _i__ i_ ___ic_
(?) ______ - _i_rat___
(?) __t_r_ T___ - _____ _r__ T__ ___d
(?) _a__i_a Dai____ - _r__ra_ ____c II
Guessed letters: D I C T A R
Puppies_On_Acid waits 2 turns
Sacul waits 1 turn
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Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II sent by Sacul
The Alan Parsons Project
Moon Safari
Migration
gimme O
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The Alan Parsons Project album is Eye In the Sky. Nice album! Old and Wise is such an incredibly sad song.
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Gentlemen and scholars...
(?) _att___ _ood - A_a_a_c__
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(?) _ro_t_ - _i__io_to__
(?) The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(?) _i_io_ Di_i__ - __r_a_ o_ Co__cio______
(?) Moon Safari - _i__ i_ ___ico
(?) _o_o_o - Migration
(?) __t_ro T___ - _o___ _ro_ T__ _ood
(Sacul) Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II
Guessed letters: D I C T A R O
Parama waits 2 turns
Puppies_On_Acid waits 1 turn
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N
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jethro tull - songs from the wood
this is probably stadler
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??? Consciousness?
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stream of consciousness
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Ooh, Migration is by Bonobo, sent by Sacul. Really nice electronica.
EDIT: And Moon Safari is surely called Live in Mexico.
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can't believe sacul sent two albums
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:lol Shit, didn't notice that.
Who the hell else here listens to electronic music?
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maybe tomi? dunno
actually no it's probably home
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:lol Shit, didn't notice that.
Who the hell else here listens to electronic music?
I do...
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:lol Shit, didn't notice that.
Who the hell else here listens to electronic music?
I do...
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Sweet. :tup
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Matthew Good - Avalanche
Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
leaving only the third from above
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Frost* - Milliontown
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Damn, I should have gotten that one.
Chad sent Vision Divine
ariich sent Frost*
Stadler sent Alan Parsons
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Damn, I should have gotten that one.
Chad sent Vision Divine
ariich sent Frost*
Stadler sent Alan Parsons
Wrong on at least one count.
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Hard to say if VD was Lethean double-dipping on the Italian Power Metal, or Puppies riding his coat-tails. If I had sent them, it likely would've been Destination Set to Nowhere. Surprised it's something from the Luppi era, and not Lione - given Kattoe's mad love comments about Rhapsody in Puppies' roulette.
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I'll update shortly but I threw Lethean a bone with that one. The Dream Maker is easily my favorite VD song from what I know but anything with Fabio on it is banned because I like everything with Fabio singing.
That said, it is power metal, and I did beg not to get power metal, but we'll see where it ranks among these others...
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I sent Darude - Sandstorm (The Remixes)
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Screw the gallows for wrong guesses ;)
(?) Matthew Good - Avalanche
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(ariich) Frost* - Milliontown
(?) The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(Lethean) Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(?) Moon Safari - Live in Mexico
(?) Bonobo - Migration
(Stadler) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
(Sacul) Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II
Guessed letters: D I C T A R O N
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Bonobo by home (I know it was already guessed but maybe you missed it)
Alan Parsons by jingly.boi
Matthew Good could be a Stadler artist but I'm not sure
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Moon Safari by Puppers
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This is almost the same situation we had in Championship roulette by the way, only now it's Stadler competing against Sacul's Kashiwa Daisuke with the fogey song (I sent Joan Baez in Championship roulette and lost) :biggrin:
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Bonobo by home (I know it was already guessed but maybe you missed it)
Alan Parsons by jingly.boi
Matthew Good could be a Stadler artist but I'm not sure
At least 2 of these are wrong.
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Matthew Good by jingle then?
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Nope. The home - Bonobo guess was correct though, I did miss that.
(?) Matthew Good - Avalanche
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(ariich) Frost* - Milliontown
(?) The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(Lethean) Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(?) Moon Safari - Live in Mexico
(home) Bonobo - Migration
(Stadler) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
(Sacul) Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II
I will say, so far, one of the players who's been in the middle of the pack may have finally earned their top score...
Also if this ends in a tie - which it might, I really should have chosen a more thorough scoring method but whatever - then I'll award bonus points to everybody. Half wishing/not wishing for this though. :neverusethis:
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FFS - jingle sent Moon Safari
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FFS - jingle sent Moon Safari
Ding ding ding!
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Nope. The home - Bonobo guess was correct though, I did miss that.
(?) Matthew Good - Avalanche
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(ariich) Frost* - Milliontown
(?) The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(Lethean) Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(?) Moon Safari - Live in Mexico
(home) Bonobo - Migration
(Stadler) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
(Sacul) Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II
I will say, so far, one of the players who's been in the middle of the pack may have finally earned their top score...
Also if this ends in a tie - which it might, I really should have chosen a more thorough scoring method but whatever - then I'll award bonus points to everybody. Half wishing/not wishing for this though. :neverusethis:
Give me extra points for my alternate submission. :)
(For the record, I didn't submit "alternate submissions". I have been promising/threatening to send Kattoelox a Kiss album, and was I not tied for first, he would have gotten "Music From... The Elder" instead.)
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Frost* - Milliontown
This was one of several albums I considered sending for this final round. Glad someone sent it. It's a fantastic album. :tup
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Stadler, if anything, I'll take away points for even thinking of sending me a KISS album. :lol
No, but really, I like to listen to anything and everything people recommend me (Sacul, bless his heart, gave me a big list of artists to check out post-roulette). I'll listen to that one particular KISS album hopefully soon. :)
EDIT: Listening to the Guardians of the Galaxy playlist on Spotify and boy are there some sick tunes in there. Genuinely surprised Stadler didn't send ELO, or Sweet.
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Frost* - Milliontown
This was one of several albums I considered sending for this final round. Glad someone sent it. It's a fantastic album. :tup
Personally, I think the title track is a lot to digest. That notwithstanding, I had considered it as well.
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Hard to say if VD was Lethean double-dipping on the Italian Power Metal, or Puppies riding his coat-tails. If I had sent them, it likely would've been Destination Set to Nowhere. Surprised it's something from the Luppi era, and not Lione - given Kattoe's mad love comments about Rhapsody in Puppies' roulette.
It's not so much double dipping, as it was me finding out kinda by accident that he wasn't really familiar with Luppi, so I figured I may as well send that. I didn't think he would listen to it otherwise.
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Hard to say if VD was Lethean double-dipping on the Italian Power Metal, or Puppies riding his coat-tails. If I had sent them, it likely would've been Destination Set to Nowhere. Surprised it's something from the Luppi era, and not Lione - given Kattoe's mad love comments about Rhapsody in Puppies' roulette.
It's not so much double dipping, as it was me finding out kinda by accident that he wasn't really familiar with Luppi, so I figured I may as well send that. I didn't think he would listen to it otherwise.
Well, you're not wrong, I did go 16 years without exploring them :neverusethis:
I've heard every album at least once, and most twice, so far. I'll share the first impressions I wrote down either tonight or tomorrow, but someone has impressed me big time for their final submission, and I didn't really expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
I've already decided who the ultimate winner is... but that's a secret for now. Here's the full list since I forgot to finish it:
(Puppies_On_Acid) Matthew Good - Avalanche
(Parama) East of the Wall - The Apologist
(ariich) Frost* - Milliontown
(Tomislav95) The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
(Evermind) iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(Lethean) Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(jingle.boy) Moon Safari - Live in Mexico
(home) Bonobo - Migration
(Stadler) Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
(Sacul) Kashiwa Daisuke - Program Music II
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but someone has impressed me big time for their final submission, and I didn't really expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
So you DID listen to "Music from... The Elder"!!! Noice!
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it's clearly not me but it could be kashi dashi
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Yup, not me either. :lol
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jk everyone gets a 2
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jk everyone gets a 2
:metal
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jk everyone gets a 2
I knew it! :hefdaddy
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I'll share the first impressions I wrote down either tonight or tomorrow, but someone has impressed me big time for their final submission, and I didn't really expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
I'm guessing this is either Frost* or iamthemorning.
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Find out tomorrow! :neverusethis: wait... no. Next week. :lol
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Find out tomorrow! :neverusethis:
Snippets when? :corn
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I'll share the first impressions I wrote down either tonight or tomorrow, but someone has impressed me big time for their final submission, and I didn't really expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
I'm guessing this is either Frost* or iamthemorning.
tbh i think it's not iamthemorning, considering it's another in the "chill atmospheric stuff" category that's gotten almost all of the 10's in this roulette :lol
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I'll share the first impressions I wrote down either tonight or tomorrow, but someone has impressed me big time for their final submission, and I didn't really expect to enjoy it as much as I did.
I'm guessing this is either Frost* or iamthemorning.
tbh i think it's not iamthemorning, considering it's another in the "chill atmospheric stuff" category that's gotten almost all of the 10's in this roulette :lol
Oh, good point. Then just Frost* then :biggrin:
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Find out tomorrow! :neverusethis:
Snippets when? :corn
Tomorrow, as I'm currently stuffing food into my face for the first time in 30 hours :lol
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Find out tomorrow! :neverusethis:
Snippets when? :corn
Tomorrow, as I'm currently stuffing food into my face for the first time in 30 hours :lol
Ah yes, one of my favorite pastimes, stuffing my face full of food. :tup
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I'm going to try to get the results up by tomorrow night instead of Monday, since I've been able to squeeze a lot more listens in than I expected. I have an idea for the final scoring though...
Would anyone be opposed to an exciting scoring for this last round? The #1 spot is a 10 to me already (I know what it is), so they'll get 10. But #2 would get 9, and #3 would get 8... #10 would get 1 point. This would make the results far more interesting instead of knowing one of two or three people.
Or we'll just go as normal... oh, and snippets: :soon:
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If that version of scoring gives me the win, I'm all for it. Otherwise I would say leave it as it is.
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:lol
I feel like I should have done that scoring system the whole time since I hate giving numbers like that to the albums when it'd be easier to just rank from most favorite to least. Next time...
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Lots of roulette hosts struggle to find a scoring system that actually works.
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1. Incredible. It's like two of my favorite bands had a baby and let King Crimson raise it.
2. I love how gentle and relaxed this is but how catchy and rhythmic it can be at the same time.
3. No, no, no, this is all wrong.
4. I don't dislike the singer at all, but my favorite moments are the instrumental ones where the rest of the musicians really get to shine.
5. Great voice on the singer, amazing keyboard playing/voice variety, just excellent all around, I loved this from start to finish.
6. Someone gave Cat Stevens a lot of drugs. A lot of really good drugs.
7. I would love to know how you come across such beautiful, unique music like this album. This is very peaceful.
8. Some songs sound very similar to each other so I think it goes on much too long, but I really dig the overall vibe of this record. Another album where my favorite moments are instrumental.
9. I like the uplifting vibe these songs have and all the tasty, positive-sounding instrumental bits and solos. Massive props to the keyboardist - wow!
10. This album makes me feel conflicted. There are a lot of moments I simply adore, and they seem just out of reach of being able to replicate brilliance of that magnitude on every track.
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Lots of roulette hosts struggle to find a scoring system that actually works.
Says the guy with the most confusing scoring system yet.
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3. No, no, no, this is all wrong.
Guess I'm going out with a whimper.
And I like the scoring system you have been using. It would feel inconsistent to change it now.
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:neverusethis:
All right, I'll just do the usual.
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I would say it would have been absolutely fine to change the scoring system for the final round (even something simple like double points) in order to raise the stakes, but if so then it would have been better to do that before submissions in case it affects what people want to send (high risk vs safe, etc).
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Lots of roulette hosts struggle to find a scoring system that actually works.
Says the guy with the most confusing scoring system yet.
:neverusethis:
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I would say it would have been absolutely fine to change the scoring system for the final round (even something simple like double points) in order to raise the stakes, but if so then it would have been better to do that before submissions in case it affects what people want to send (high risk vs safe, etc).
Very good point. Yeah, I'll just consider it for the next one then.
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I'm definitely going with a different scoring system for my next roulette. My next one will also be an album roulette. I like Wolfking's scoring system.
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Use wolfking's, but add it to Elite's formula, then use quadratic equations to graph the peaks and valleys of each submission for ultimate scoring :2metal:
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Use wolfking's, but add it to Elite's formula, then use quadratic equations to graph the peaks and valleys of each submission for ultimate scoring :2metal:
:hefdaddy This gives me an idea...... :justjen
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3. No, no, no, this is all wrong.
Guess I'm going out with a whimper.
nah this is me
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2. I love how gentle and relaxed this is but how catchy and rhythmic it can be at the same time.
7. I would love to know how you come across such beautiful, unique music like this album. This is very peaceful.
Very likely #7, but maybe #2.
I think you should post one or two albums at a time, by the ranking of the player, to build more suspense :neverusethis:
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Mine is probably 4th, so there's that.
I'm just really curious who wins, Sacul or Stadler. Personally, I'm rooting for Stadler.
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who'd win, old dad or a young boi
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when i was
a young boi
my old dad
took me into dtf
to see a roulette man
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When I was a young boi (https://youtu.be/eF0aub7w5SQ?t=40s)
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Use wolfking's, but add it to Elite's formula, then use quadratic equations to graph the peaks and valleys of each submission for ultimate scoring :2metal:
:hefdaddy This gives me an idea...... :justjen
For real though; my ultimate goal was to combine scoring and elimination, without eliminating someone every round and without the eliminations being at fixed points. Since I dont like scoring from 0-10, the method I came up with basically ranks the songs against each other, which hopefully will turn out to be a fair way of scoring. It also means that in a bad round an average song could win, but thats part of the game.
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My vote is that scoring should be kept consistent throughout. Looking at those snippets, I think any one of them could apply to Moon Safari. I doubt #4, since they have so many vocal harmonies.
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Use wolfking's, but add it to Elite's formula, then use quadratic equations to graph the peaks and valleys of each submission for ultimate scoring :2metal:
:hefdaddy This gives me an idea...... :justjen
For real though; my ultimate goal was to combine scoring and elimination, without eliminating someone every round and without the eliminations being at fixed points. Since I dont like scoring from 0-10, the method I came up with basically ranks the songs against each other, which hopefully will turn out to be a fair way of scoring. It also means that in a bad round an average song could win, but thats part of the game.
Yeah, I was just poking fun since I first read the scoring rules when I was super tired and was like uhhh :lol I actually think it's pretty cool.
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If that version of scoring gives me the win, I'm all for it. Otherwise I would say leave it as it is.
You stole my answer!
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who'd win, old dad or a young boi
Defense wins championships.
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Okay, y'all... gonna try to have results up and finish this baby tonight. I have more to write up than just the normal results but here's hoping.
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:metal :metal :metal
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Wow wow wow @ the submissions this round. Several were EXCELLENT, and got very high scores. The people who scores high might be surprised - I was, too! This roulette was really fun and thanks to everyone for playing, let's do it again in the future :)
I was going to add up the averages and then add to the final score but I didn't tell you that before the round began, so we'll just end it here. Also I'm too tired after writing all this up to bother doing that. So let's get to it!!
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1. Frost* - Milliontown
(https://i.imgur.com/2fjesDG.jpg)
2006; neo-progressive rock
sent by ariich
This is extraordinarily good. I went in thinking, "I've always heard about this, I hope it's all right" and came out floored. Super happy, positive melodies and phrasings, all of the synth lead voices and patches are excellent which is of course a massive plus. The keyboard playing is out of this world, I just can't get enough of it. I like "Hyperventilate" a whole lot for managing to remain engaging and fun for 7 and a half minutes as an instrumental. The other three middle songs all sound unique and are great in their own ways, but those epics, man, that is some awesome stuff, impressed me in many of the same ways Mystery and IQ did, but those two songs are wholly unique and interesting from start to finish. "Black Light Machine" has kickass guitar playing, a spacey section in the middle that I love, and a really catchy, almost Sonic the Hedgehog-type vibe at the end. The same can be said for the title track, but it never gets old... it's just tasty synth solo after synth solo. One of the most fun and outstanding albums of the roulette. Hard to believe this is their debut. It's fucking amazing and gets better each time. 10/10
Favorite tracks: Hyperventilate, Black Light Machine, Milliontown
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2. The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky
(https://i.imgur.com/fGHGXpZ.jpg)
1982; progressive rock
sent by Tomislav95
I've always heard it and wondered what that song was... ("Sirius"). Incredible. It's like two of my favorite bands - Toto and Asia - had a baby and let King Crimson raise it. This takes almost every quality of Toto and Asia's early periods and blends them together perfectly, with some moments that vaguely remind me of In The Court... Love on first listen. So catchy! I particularly love the midsection of "Silence and I" with the awesome horns. Lots of groovy stuff here and amazing synth work, I like what's going on in "Psychobabble" and "Mammagamma" is a brilliant piece, it reminds me a lot of Pink Floyd. I love the quality of the singer's voice and harmonies, the melodic phrasings and cadences, the varied instrumentation, all of this is just killer. "Old and Wise" is a great closer. Superb songwriting all around. I do think "Silence and I" could be a minute and a half shorter, and not every track blows my mind, but that's very minor. Doesn't get much better than this. 10/10
Favorite tracks: Children of the Moon; Silence and I; Mammagamma
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3. Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(https://i.imgur.com/j87WKbD.jpg)
2004; power metal
sent by Lethean
I had a much longer write-up, so let's try this again. Sending straight power metal was such a risky choice... I ignored this band when I was a kid in favor of other more immediately appealing choices. I'm super jaded on this genre. So when I first listened to this album, I didn't like it at all. Thought it was rote, derivative, boring... but then I came back to it again, and again, and again. Sitting here listening through my good headphones, listening to it again.. this is a gem that I ignored for a very long time. The more I hear this, the more I like it, and Michele Luppi, too. Songs like "Colours Of My World," "La Vita Fugge" (that final note, my god, that's how you end a power metal anthem! HELL yes!), "Shades," "Out Of The Maze"... that super speedy, double bass, ultra catchy power metal, that is what I like in my power metal. I think when they slow it down (even if it's midtempo, it's relatively slow) it's not as interesting, which is consistent with my power metal tastes - speedier and louder is usually better - but when they're good, they're really fucking good. I'm super impressed at how much this grew on me, listening with a good pair of headphones and speakers really brings out the power in the songs. I almost don't want to give it such a high score, and yet... This is EPIC. Luppi ain't no Fabio, but he's DAMN good on this album, and when the band channels their inner Stratovarius ("Shades," "La Vita Fugge" etc.) I can't help but want to sing along and bang my head. This is some really good stuff. This is so much better than what power metal has turned into over the last decade. :) 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: La Vita Fugge; Shades; Out Of The Maze
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4. Moon Safari - Live In Mexico
(https://i.imgur.com/yPkaHeZ.jpg)
2014; progressive rock
sent by jingle.boy
A lot of the praise I have for this album is the same as I have for Frost*'s Milliontown. Incredible keyboard/synth melodies and performance. The vocalist is awesome. I'm wary of how much live albums are overdubbed, but if this is all live in its entirety, they nailed this. Everything is clean and easily heard, even the vocal harmonies. And the melodies, they're so happy. To me, this is 'fun' prog - my favorite kind, not that serious, brooding kind, partially because you can get away with these awesome synth lead sounds and positive chord progressions in the happy prog, and I love those two aspects of this album. Man, that playing. All of the last three songs just knock it out. of. the. park. Each of the songs goes by without me ever wanting to check the time, that positive energy is so infectious, the playful solos and jamming, I'm tickled pink at how fun these guys make prog rock sound... kind of glad you backed off the metal, jingle, 'cause this is fucking fantastic! 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: Too Young To Say Goodbye; Crossed the Rubicon; Lover's End Pt III
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5. Bonobo - Migration
(https://i.imgur.com/lum0b6n.jpg)
2017; experimental/downtempo
sent by home
I fucking love your taste in chill music, homeboi... this is so so good. It's perfect 'good weather' music, shower music, workout music, driving music. I love how gentle and relaxed this is, but also how catchy and rhythmic it is. This makes me feel good. Par for the course I could do without the singing on some of the songs but I'm weird about electronic-based music like that (although, "Bambro Koyo Ganda" is kickass and it works there best). The arrangements are still beautiful and I love how organically the songs evolve and introduce new ideas. I'm bad at drum/beat terminology but whatever's going on with the beat in tracks like "Outlier" (at the start) is very nice and fun to hear. "Second Sun" isn't a bad track but breaks the flow to me because it's the one track without some rhythm underneath, and I think the rhythms are some of the best things about the album. I still dig the hell out of this and love listening to it from start to finish. "7th Sevens" is flawless. Makes me think of summer. 9.0/10
Favorite tracks: Outlier; Ontario; 7th Sevens
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6. Kashiwa Daisuke - program music II
(https://i.imgur.com/250Knph.jpg)
2016; experimental
sent by Sacul
I would love to know how you come across such beautiful, unique music like this album. This is very peaceful. It picks up in a few spots which I'm actually not crazy about, like in "meteor" and near the end of "city in the lake" - I think the album is best when it's a bit more subdued, but that's just me. I love the piano solo spots. "airport" combines the beauty of the the piano with a fantastic upbeat drum track that makes the song intense but in a different way from "city in the lake" that I just adore. It's very pretty. "cluster gear" is a really cool track with interesting stuff happening underneath the tinkling of the piano, it sounds like pizzicato strings but it's very sharp. "subaru" is really good and similar to "airport" in its mood. That run right there really impresses me, although on repeat listens, as pretty as the rest is, I did start to want some of the songs to hurry up and finish ("city in the lake"). But it's a very pretty album and I enjoyed this a lot. 8.5/10
Favorite tracks: airport; cluster gear; subaru
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7. iamthemorning - Lighthouse
(https://i.imgur.com/JOvirb5.jpg)
2016; progressive rock
sent by Evermind
I don't dislike the singer at all, but my favorite moments are the instrumental ones where the rest of the musicians really get to shine. That's not a diss on the singer; she has a lovely voice, but I find myself more drawn to what's happening underneath the vocals than the lyrics. I love the variety of styles and instruments at work here. The second half of "Clear Clearer" with the gorgeous synth lead and that melody, man, that's good music right there. "Harmony" is another favorite of mine, it's interesting enough on its own without needing any words (again, not a diss on the singer). I dig how theatrical everything is, but it never goes overboard for me; it's not so schizo that it hops from one side of the mood spectrum to the other in a single song. It's well-tempered. All that said, I'm not exactly jumping to play it again, but it is a good album, and you've got me interested in this group now. 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Clear Clearer; Harmony; Chalk and Coal
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8. Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
(https://i.imgur.com/O4grGz1.jpg)
1977; progressive rock
sent by Stadler
Someone gave Cat Stevens a lot of drugs. A lot of really good drugs. That was my first real thought about this album, and I still think that, but it's just a funny observation. This album is pretty unique and individual but as a result it's kind of exhausting to hear so much folkiness from start to finish. By the end, I feel like I've had my fill of this style for a while. "Ring Out Solstice Bells" is really cool and kind of trippy at the end though. "Beltane" has a really interesting turn in the chorus melody that I love. It's cool to end on a song like that after prancing in the woods with fairies and hippies for the whole album. Seriously, this is really good, and as seems to be the case, I enjoyed this far more than I expected to, although after a full spin, I become antsy to hear something radically different. Sorry Stads - you came very close to winning. :) 8.0/10
Favorite tracks: Cup of Wonder; Ring Out Solstice Bells; Beltane
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9. Matthew Good - Avalanche
(https://i.imgur.com/Lx8Oo8A.jpg)
2003; alternative rock
sent by Puppies_On_Acid
I can't say I love this album, but after listening to it several times, I do think it's better than a lot of stuff I've heard in this style. I wouldn't consider myself an alt rock fan (or folk rock, whatever this style tends to be called). There's just something about all the artists in this that adopt the same sound that doesn't click with me. A lot of songs here seem to sound very similar to one another and since I'm not crazy about the style that stands out to be in a bad way. There are pockets, little moments, of greatness, like towards the end of "A Long Way Down," and in songs like "While We Were Hunting Rabbits." He's got a good voice, maybe it's because it reminds me just a little bit of Silversun Pickups at times, but I've liked it more with each repeat listen. Silly as it might sound, I liked this most when I played this on a cloudy, cool day at work. Listening to it on a bright sunny day makes me feel weird, like it doesn't fit. I may dig out some of these tracks for the next rainy day... I think it goes on a bit too long, but my favorite moments here are instrumental and I wish there were more of them. Not a bad album at all. Just not a style I'm crazy about. 7.5/10
Favorite tracks: In a World Called Catastrophe; 21st Century Living; A Long Way Dow
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10. East of the Wall - The Apologist
(https://i.imgur.com/unViAru.jpg)
2011; progressive metal/experimental
sent by Parama
No, no, no, this is all wrong. I (kind of) liked the first song up until the shouting. And that's one of my biggest problems with this album... The shouting/screaming vocals ruin everything, especially when they only pop in for a little bit. The other is that it's so noisy. "Precious Memories" is good, it's like a regular song of theirs without any vocals, although the guitar parts make it all... well, noisy. By the halfway mark I'm a bit antsy to get it over with. It's heavy and technically impressive, but there's not much for me to sink my teeth into here. "Nurser of Small Hurts" is a much needed change after "A Functional Tumor" and is one of my favorites as a result. I gotta admit, it was a chore just to get through this for one listen, and I didn't make it through the second, only revisiting it after that for this write-up to check the notes I took on it. But overall this is just way too noisy with far too many annoying vocals for me to like. You should have sent Six Roaming Owls - now you have six roaming points. :P 4/10
Favorite tracks: My Favorite Society Guy; Precious Memories; Nurser of Small Hurts
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Scores & Favorites
(https://i.imgur.com/gLuo8jb.gif) 1. Sacul - 71.5 (https://i.imgur.com/gLuo8jb.gif)
(Favorite submissions: Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool; Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn; Fishmans - Long Season)
2. Stadler - 71.0
(Favorite submissions: Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Yes - Going For The One; Wetton/Downes - Icon 3)
3. Evermind - 70.5
(Favorite submissions: IQ - The Road of Bones; David Gilmour - On An Island; Mark Knopfler - Kill To Get Crimson)
3. home - 70.5
(Favorite submissions: lafur Arnalds - For Now I Am Winter; Nils Frahm - Felt; Bonobo - Migration)
3. jingle.boy - 70.5
(Favorite submissions: Mystery - The World Is A Game; Moon Safari - Live In Mexico)
6. Tomislav95 - 68.5
(Favorite submissions: The Antlers - Hospice; Tom Waits - Closing Time; The Alan Parsons Project - Eye In The Sky)
7. ariich - 67.0
(Favorite submissions: Caligula's Horse - In Contact; Frost* - Milliontown)
8. Puppies_On_Acid - 64.5
(Favorite submissions: Sieges Even - The Art of Navigating By The Stars; Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites; Shadow Gallery - Tyranny)
9. Lethean - 63.0
(Favorite submissions: Leprous - Coal; Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness)
10. Parama - 57.5
(Favorite submission: Thank You Scientist - Maps of Non-Existent Places)
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Im not even playing here, but big ouch at East of the Wall getting 4/10. That album is ridiculously good and doesnt deserve the pummeling it got.
Also, let me be the first (and probably only one) to say that Experiments in Mass Appeal (Frost*s second) is better than Milliontown :biggrin:
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It's too bad I'm not playing in your roulette, Elite, because I have a feeling I would get creamed in yours :lol
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Im not even playing here, but big ouch at East of the Wall getting 4/10. That album is ridiculously good and doesnt deserve the pummeling it got.
i had zero expectations katt would like it but i also was in last place anyways so whatever :corn
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Fuck yeah, finally a win after so long :2metal: :2metal: :2metal: :2metal: :2metal: :2metal:
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@Parama I was wondering if that's an album you really love and just sent because of where you were in the rankings, or if you were just testing my limits, or genuinely thought I'd like it but I really did not like it unfortunately :(
Congrats Sacul, thanks for the tunes my dude :)
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it's literally my favorite album :corn
i am getting the impression you would not do well in my upcoming roulette, from the looks of things in this roulette in general :tup
hell yeah to only getting one "favorite submission" too
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3. Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(https://i.imgur.com/j87WKbD.jpg)
2004; power metal
sent by Lethean
I had a much longer write-up, so let's try this again. Sending straight power metal was such a risky choice... I ignored this band when I was a kid in favor of other more immediately appealing choices. I'm super jaded on this genre. So when I first listened to this album, I didn't like it at all. Thought it was rote, derivative, boring... but then I came back to it again, and again, and again. Sitting here listening through my good headphones, listening to it again.. this is a gem that I ignored for a very long time. The more I hear this, the more I like it, and Michele Luppi, too. Songs like "Colours Of My World," "La Vita Fugge" (that final note, my god, that's how you end a power metal anthem! HELL yes!), "Shades," "Out Of The Maze"... that super speedy, double bass, ultra catchy power metal, that is what I like in my power metal. I think when they slow it down (even if it's midtempo, it's relatively slow) it's not as interesting, which is consistent with my power metal tastes - speedier and louder is usually better - but when they're good, they're really fucking good. I'm super impressed at how much this grew on me, listening with a good pair of headphones and speakers really brings out the power in the songs. I almost don't want to give it such a high score, and yet... This is EPIC. Luppi ain't no Fabio, but he's DAMN good on this album, and when the band channels their inner Stratovarius ("Shades," "La Vita Fugge" etc.) I can't help but want to sing along and bang my head. This is some really good stuff. This is so much better than what power metal has turned into over the last decade. :) 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: La Vita Fugge; Shades; Out Of The Maze
Just want to say that this album is AMAZING!!!!
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@Parama I was wondering if that's an album you really love and just sent because of where you were in the rankings, or if you were just testing my limits, or genuinely thought I'd like it but I really did not like it unfortunately :(
All of them :neverusethis:
Thanks for having me, it was a blast and I'm glad I finally got a chance to send some artists I never could never get someone to love in a roulette :metal
I would love to know how you come across such beautiful, unique music like this album.
I personally am a sucker for that kind of music so I've naturally looked much into it, also having friends that also like this stuff helps :P. For Daisuke I'd recommend you the albums Program Music I (similar to this but more electronic) and 88 (only piano, pure bliss).
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Well, now I wish I had sent Milliontown and not changed my mind at the last second...
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Also, let me be the first (and probably only one) to say that Experiments in Mass Appeal (Frost*s second) is better than Milliontown :biggrin:
Not the only one. I find EIMA to be more consistent. Kinda wish I sent this earlier - it was this or Dec Burke, and I went with Dec. That 1.5 extra points would've put my at the top. Eh, oh well - Anthriel was the one that really killed my chances.
Well run Roulette KTLX. 10/10; would play again.
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Thanks jingle.boi :biggrin:
@Parama, I have a feeling I will get thrashed in your roulette, which is part of the reason I want to play. I feel like it's only fair. Show no mercy :metal
@Puppies: although that particular album isn't my favorite, it's far from bad, it's actually quite a good album. In fact other than the couple of missteps you had early in the roulette, you did great and sent several fucking outstanding albums :2metal:
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Oh, and Luppi is f'n awesome. Love his voice.
As for whether Live in Mexico is overdubbed, I'd be surprised if it was. I saw these guys last year at RoSFest, and damn they were amazing. Bought their discography off of them at the meet 'n' greet right after their set.
Stream of Consciousness is good, but Destination Set To Nowhere is where it's at. :2metal:
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Anything with Fabio is where it's at, my dude. :tup
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Oh, and Luppi is f'n awesome. Love his voice.
Stream of Consciousness is good, but Destination Set To Nowhere is where it's at. :2metal:
Both are amazing. SoC is easily the best thing they did with Luppi.
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it'll be hard to get thrashed in my roulette bcuz if i hate something i'm cutting it after first listen, if i even make it through the first listen
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it'll be hard to get thrashed in my roulette bcuz if i hate something i'm cutting it after first listen, if i even make it through the first listen
Then I know what to send for round 1 :corn
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3. Vision Divine - Stream of Consciousness
(https://i.imgur.com/j87WKbD.jpg)
2004; power metal
sent by Lethean
I had a much longer write-up, so let's try this again. Sending straight power metal was such a risky choice... I ignored this band when I was a kid in favor of other more immediately appealing choices. I'm super jaded on this genre. So when I first listened to this album, I didn't like it at all. Thought it was rote, derivative, boring... but then I came back to it again, and again, and again. Sitting here listening through my good headphones, listening to it again.. this is a gem that I ignored for a very long time. The more I hear this, the more I like it, and Michele Luppi, too. Songs like "Colours Of My World," "La Vita Fugge" (that final note, my god, that's how you end a power metal anthem! HELL yes!), "Shades," "Out Of The Maze"... that super speedy, double bass, ultra catchy power metal, that is what I like in my power metal. I think when they slow it down (even if it's midtempo, it's relatively slow) it's not as interesting, which is consistent with my power metal tastes - speedier and louder is usually better - but when they're good, they're really fucking good. I'm super impressed at how much this grew on me, listening with a good pair of headphones and speakers really brings out the power in the songs. I almost don't want to give it such a high score, and yet... This is EPIC. Luppi ain't no Fabio, but he's DAMN good on this album, and when the band channels their inner Stratovarius ("Shades," "La Vita Fugge" etc.) I can't help but want to sing along and bang my head. This is some really good stuff. This is so much better than what power metal has turned into over the last decade. :) 9.5/10
Favorite tracks: La Vita Fugge; Shades; Out Of The Maze
Just want to say that this album is AMAZING!!!!
Yes indeed. :) I have to say that I'm surprised it scored so high, but I'm glad it got the listens it deserves. :metal
Oh, and Luppi is f'n awesome. Love his voice.
Stream of Consciousness is good, but Destination Set To Nowhere is where it's at. :2metal:
Both are amazing. SoC is easily the best thing they did with Luppi.
I need to revisit that one. I thought both it and 9 Degrees were a little lackluster. But it could be (and I didn't dare tell Firewings this earlier lest he hold it against SoC) that it was because I thought Fabio paled in comparison to Luppi, and I therefore didn't give the songs the time they deserved. Now FW - keep in mind that this all happened before Fabio was in Angra and I gained a better appreciation for him. So at some point I will revisit those 2 albums.
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Fuck I should have went with "Music From.... The Elder".
Seriously, though KTLX, nice roulette; well-run and a shit ton of fun (not even counting the final standings).
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Lethean, you should just listen to Rhapsody until you're as gaga for Fabio as I am :hefdaddy If anybody steals them (if they're not banned) in your roulette I'm gonna kick names and take ass.
Stadler, thanks man. Funny thing: when doing the write-ups and hangman, I constantly kept making the mistake thinking you sent Alan Parsons Project. That seems like something you'd totally be into. :lol
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Fuck I should have went with "Music From.... The Elder".
Seriously, though KTLX, nice roulette; well-run and a shit ton of fun (not even counting the final standings).
I was pulling for you Stadler. At least you can take consolation from knowing that you did better than the rest of us. :)
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I need to revisit that one. I thought both it and 9 Degrees were a little lackluster.
IMO, 9 Degrees is a turd.
Been a while since I spun any VD... might fire off a couple tomorrow.
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I was really surprised I managed to do as well as I did, to be honest. Didn't expected to win, so no disappointments in the final results whatsoever.
However, I will confess I don't understand your tastes in metal at all. I don't even mean Beyond the Bridge (which is somehow my lowest score in this roulette), because you wouldn't be the first roulette host who docked me a few points for Beyond the Bridge which, in the end, cost me the win (hello, 425, I still remember that half a point, even if you're probably not visiting DTF anymore :lol). What's funny, the album really grew on him later on. Give it another chance someday, perhaps it'll click.
But some of the scores for metal albums seemed really random for me, even despite your explanations. :lol Redemption and Shadow Gallery was one example. Your power metal tastes somehow don't align with mine, even though we like the same bands, album-wise it's all over the place. I would've never rated this Vision Divine album that highI kinda like Destination Set to Nowhere (TAC introduced me to this album in my last roulette, I think)but I just listened to Stream of Consciousness at work and, to be honest, I wanted to skip some tracks.
But hey, it was fun! I really can't complain about the person who liked both Gilmour and KnopflerI try to send them almost everywhereand glad you liked some other albums too. If I ever play in another roulette of yours, I'm probably going full metal route just to see where it takes me.
Also, I know I'm in minority on this, but I can't get into Milliontown at all, and I tried a few times.
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However, I will confess I don't understand your tastes in metal at all.
But some of the scores for metal albums seemed really random for me, even despite your explanations. :lol Redemption and Shadow Gallery was one example. Your power metal tastes somehow don't align with mine, even though we like the same bands, album-wise it's all over the place. I would've never rated this Vision Divine album that highI kinda like Destination Set to Nowhere (TAC introduced me to this album in my last roulette, I think)but I just listened to Stream of Consciousness at work and, to be honest, I wanted to skip some tracks.
I'm with ya there bro. SoC was better than I remember it to be, but far from a 9.5-level album
But hey, it was fun! I really can't complain about the person who liked both Gilmour and KnopflerI try to send them almost everywhereand glad you liked some other albums too. If I ever play in another roulette of yours, I'm probably going full metal route just to see where it takes me.
Allow me tell you.... the land of even more confusion.
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Like I said, I hated the Vision Divine at first. Like, seriously didn't like it at all and really couldn't stand it. Very funny how that's grown on me.
My metal tastes are a bit peculiar especially throughout this roulette because I know exactly what I like, and I'm quite bored with certain styles of metal, so if something rubs me the wrong way it's going to rub badly, but if something hits the sweet spot, it's going to go over very well with me. But even then, my tastes in metal have been a bit... weird. I don't always like the really popular stuff most power/prog fans seem to like, but I do tend to like the stuff most people seem to really dislike (Kamelot is a perfect example).
I didn't like BTB much because something I really dislike in a lot of modern metal is the tendency to just go overboard and try to cram too much into the album. That's the main complaint I have with Ostura. Everyone and their mother loves that album... very very boring to me.
So that's why I was hoping to get - and thankfully did - a lot of non-metal this roulette. :biggrin: I fucking loved a lot of the albums you sent, Evermind. If you play in the next one I hope to do in the future... good luck. I'm putting a hard ban on certain styles of metal and other music. :)
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Oh, funny story. I once dated a girl who had the exact same taste in power metal as me, in fact we met at an Edguy show up in Chicago. Guess what? Most of our favorite bands were the same, but we didn't agree on a single thing as far as favorite albums or songs. Her least favorites tended to be my favorites, and vice versa. I had SO many (fun) arguments with her about Nightwish and Sonata Arctica. :lol
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However, I will confess I don't understand your tastes in metal at all.
But some of the scores for metal albums seemed really random for me, even despite your explanations. :lol Redemption and Shadow Gallery was one example. Your power metal tastes somehow don't align with mine, even though we like the same bands, album-wise it's all over the place. I would've never rated this Vision Divine album that highI kinda like Destination Set to Nowhere (TAC introduced me to this album in my last roulette, I think)but I just listened to Stream of Consciousness at work and, to be honest, I wanted to skip some tracks.
I'm with ya there bro. SoC was better than I remember it to be, but far from a 9.5-level album
I'm not even sure if I would have given it that high of a rating. Maybe - if I like something I tend to think of it very highly and if forced to put a number to it, probably would give it a high mark. On the other hand, there are a lot of albums I like better, so depending on the situation I'd want to leave room.
Side note - while I try to steer myself away from stereotypes, sometimes I'm guilty. I was at Rosfest on Saturday struggling to stay awake for the first two bands. When the third was announced as being from Italy I immediately became hopeful and thought to myself, "maybe I'll at least like the singer." :) And I did.
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I'm not sure how the Vision Divine will be rated definitively until I secure a physical copy to add to my collection, but within the context of the roulette, at least, I was greatly impressed with it after it grew on me so quickly. I would certainly not put it close to my favorite power metal albums at all, of course.
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I have a funny history with Italian prog and power metal, it almost never does well with me. Some of the roulette folks learned that a hard way. :lol
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I have a funny history with Italian prog and power metal, it almost never does well with me. Some of the roulette folks learned that a hard way. :lol
That's the opposite of me. None of my very favorite bands are from Italy, but there are a number of Italian bands that I really like a lot.
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I knew you'd like The Eye in the Sky :tup I had fun in this roulette, count me in for your v2. If only I sent something else instead of Thy Catafalque...
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I was at Rosfest on Saturday
Dude! You missed the chance to meetup with Nick and/or Kingshmegland!
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Wooo it's really nice you're liking all the chill stuff so much! :D
Thanks for hosting this, and putting the time to listen to full albums in!
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I was at Rosfest on Saturday
Dude! You missed the chance to meetup with Nick and/or Kingshmegland!
Maybe next time - or at least next time Rosfest has a band I want to see desperately enough to get me there. :)
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I knew you'd like The Eye in the Sky :tup I had fun in this roulette, count me in for your v2. If only I sent something else instead of Thy Catafalque...
Or if you'd sent a different album, I think Katt would like Sgurr or the new one :lol
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Italian power metal ranges from horrible to amazing for me, unfortunately most tend to be very bad (imo). Domine and Ancient Bards come to mind... truly bad stuff to my ears.
I knew you'd like The Eye in the Sky :tup I had fun in this roulette, count me in for your v2. If only I sent something else instead of Thy Catafalque...
I'm kinda glad you sent it last, because now I can enjoy it freely without having to worry about listening to other albums right away :biggrin:
Wooo it's really nice you're liking all the chill stuff so much! :D
Thanks for hosting this, and putting the time to listen to full albums in!
Thanks for sending so much awesome relaxed stuff! That Bonobo album has been great even when working out and Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds etc. have entered regular rotation at night. I like your taste!
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Mediocre final position, but very pleased to finally win a round! Glad you loved Milliontown so much, I thought you would - and yeah the synth work is just sublime. Jem Godfrey is absolutely brilliant.
Thanks for having me, glad I was able to introduce you to some cool music. :hat
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Italian power metal ranges from horrible to amazing for me, unfortunately most tend to be very bad (imo). Domine and Ancient Bards come to mind... truly bad stuff to my ears.
I guess I only have the good stuff. :)