ROUND 2 RESULTS!!
Good round guys. A couple incredible gems and a couple misses, but it's alright, there are other rounds to make it up!
YtseBitsySpider: Badlands – Winter’s Call
Well well well… 80’s hair metal. Not a genre I like at all and this song was no exception unfortunately. Thematically it was fine, as a portion of the lyrics were about winter (however, the song did not have a very wintery feel), but the music and the rest of the lyrics were pretty atrocious, not to mention the video was a cheesefest. Sorry, dude, but I just really didn’t like it.
Theme: 3/ 4
Song: 1/6
Total: 4/10
Lolzeez: Genesis – Snowbound
Genesis is a prog band, and this is kind a prog ballad song, I guess you could call it. I did like it somewhat, however, and it definitely fit the theme. I liked the chorus a lot and it was probably my favorite, but the song didn’t really change a lot. It was pretty same-y throughout, which really doesn’t cut it.
Theme: 3.5/4
Song 2/6
Total 5.5/10
Crazyaga: Do Make Say Think - Fredericia
I quite liked this song. It started out very mellow and gradually progressed into a faster light and airy riff that was really awesome. The buzzing guitar that enters around the 5 minute mark adds another layer which really made the song great. This song didn’t remind me of winter exactly though. But a pretty good song nonetheless.
Theme: 2/4
Song: 4/6
Total: 6/10
PuffyPat: A Great Big Pile Of Leaves – Drought of Snow
Hmm… I’ve heard of AGBPOF before, as I know a lot of people on this forum are familiar with them, but I’ve never heard them before now. This song was pretty incredible and I really liked it. The addition of brass in this song was quite cool. Although this song didn’t change a lot, it was quite catchy. Thematically it was fine. The song didn’t have a cold feel, but the lyrics were about snow so I guess that counts for something. I’ll definitely be checking these guys out some more.
Theme: 2/4
Song: 5/6
Total: 7/10
Elite: Wolves In The Throne Room – Dia Artio
This song was described as ambient black metal, and that’s kinda accurate, but it seems to be missing the black metal aspect of it. It’s a long, slowed down and drawn out piece of music and very clearly gives me a feeling of winter. It makes me just want to lie down and chill out and listen to this. It fit the theme incredibly well, but didn’t work too well as a song. I liked it ok.
Theme: 4/4
Song: 3/6
Total: 7/10
Nekov: God Is An Astronaut – Snowfall
This song was incredibly cold and empty and I really liked that feel. However, it didn’t really well as an instrumental. Some of the parts I felt like needed vocals, but the last couple minutes worked fine, in fact, the piano riff was one of the best parts of the whole thing. Overall I liked this song a lot, but it could have used a little vocal improvement.
Theme: 4/4
Song: 4/6
Total: 8/10
Scorpion: Wintersun – Sadness and Hate
I’ll start off by saying this song has a definite wintery feel to it. The song itself was also excellent, albeit a little long. This sounds like power-prog with black metal influences and the genres are mixed very well. The singer is quite talented, his screams and clean vocals are both very good. I definitely liked this song, and I will probably check out this band in the future. Great submission.
Theme: 4/4
Song: 4.5/6
Total: 8.5/10
Heretic: Ulver – Soelen Gaaer Bag Aase Need
First off, I love me some good Norwegian black metal any day and this was no exception. My favorite part of this song was the 6/8 feel with the clean singing, although I loved the rest of it very much. To me, black metal is the very embodiment of winter: bleak, cold, and desolate. This song fit the theme very well and was also an incredible piece of music. I’ll definitely be checking out more by this band. Awesome
Theme: 4/4
Song: 6/6
Total: 10/10
The standings
Scorpion: 18.5
Heretic: 17
Elite: 16
Nekov: 14
PuffyPat: 13
Crazyaga: 11
Lolzeez: 9.5
YtseBitsySpider: 8.5
Good round.
Next round's deadline will be whenever you can get it in, because I know a lot of you have the holidays to deal with.
This round's theme will be:
Heavy & Brutal
Pretty self explanatory.
Special Condition: The heaviest and most brutal of the bunch will get an extra 2 points no matter how much I like it or not.
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