Round 5: Epic songs. The songs were longer than usual so heh. Also, I decided that I don’t want songs from a band I already know/a band that you send me a song of anymore. I’ll let it pass for this round but HEY
5 points
TheVoxyn - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep: Amazing track, really great stuff. I can’t believe I didn’t get into these guys earlier since they’re from Montréal. This post-rock piece features two big climaxes. I don’t quite know how to describe this track, but it was definitely epic. I loved everything about it.
4 points
Letters - Karnivool - New Day: Great song. I especially loved the vocals in this one, not just the chorus but also in the verses. The production was really good too. The way the guitar parts were orchestrated, the bass lines, that kind of stuff. And the final part is just epicness in happy can.
Zantera - Oceansize - The Frame: Again, great song. That one was epic in the sense that there really was an evolution, or a crescendo from the beginning to the end of the track. The lyrics were really good, with a great performance by the singer, in particular with the chorus.
3 points
Sigz - The Angelic Process - Burning in the Undertow of God: Awesome stuff, very different from the other submissions. A bit of a drone metal piece, with dissonant guitars and memorable drum parts. The dissonance of the heavy part made it sound really great in contrast to the soothing vocals.
Lat - Dimmu Borgir - Spellbound (By the Devil): I quite enjoyed this one. This band definitely has an orchestral approach to their music, and the aggressiveness of black metal makes it a great mix. The vocals were great, the riffs were heavy and while the song was short, the epicness was there.
2 points
SDN - Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut: Pretty good prog rock song there. The vocals were a bit of a turn-off at the beginning but I quickly got used to it. And while the solos section worked fine in the context of the song, I felt like it took off the momentum a bit. The acoustic section at the end was pretty cool though.
Portrucci - A Forest of Stars - Sorrow’s Impetus: This track was a weird kind of black metal. I quite enjoyed the different sections of the song and I really got an epic feel of it. I just didn’t had the impression that the parts worked that well together as a whole, and some of it sounded a bit samey to me.
1 point
Sonata - Giant Claw - Eraser’s Fantasy pt. I: So that was pretty interesting! Some kind of electro-prog or whatever. I quite liked the original use of different sounds through the song. There was a certain rawness that worked really well too. However, it didn’t feel epic to me at all.
Sonata: 17 points
Zantera: 17 points
SDN: 16 points
Sigz: 16 points
TheVoxyn: 14 points
Lat: 14 points
Letters: 13 points
Portrucci: 12 points
Next round (6): Instrumental. If anyone needs to know the other rounds in advance please PM me.