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Sacul - Nine Inch Nails: Mr. Self Destruct
So I'm somewhat familiar with certain NIN songs and mostly the Ghosts album but need to listen to all their stuff more still. Now the groove in this song is really intresting since its really mostly done by some weird metallic sound and then some synths that pop in once in a while. The most important thing is that it works. Also the vocal melodies really fit and go with the groove. The small break in the middle song gives you a breather while still having that groove being played by a bassline quietly in the background and I quite frankly think it works. Maybe I also need to listen to this song in the context of the album cause for me and I don't know why, it just sounds and feels like the ending to a longer song actually. Also wish that ending with the weird sound effect was a bit shorter.
Score: 8/10
Nekov - I Mother Earth: Juicy
Holy bass slapping. Why is bass slapping so groovy? Also the rhythm being played by the drums just adds more groove to the song and keeps it going during the chorus where there is no bass slapping obviously. And then the break this song has with just the vocals and the bass is awesome and sounds great which leads into some pretty damn nice guitar solos. All in all, awesome groovy song though I feel like I heard other songs similar sounding to this one by some other bands but this one is one of the best ones.
Score: 9/10
Tyrais - Rammstein: Mein Teil
Ah good all Rammstein. I like them but have not heard maybe even 25% of their catalog so its something I need to work on. And yes I 've seen videos of their live shows and think they are awesome and wish I could've gone to the Live at Nimes one. Also songs in other launguages don't bother so don't worry about that. AAT forst I was kinda meh about this song cause it didn't do much for me and still think the chorus is just okay at most currently. Also regarding the groove of the song, it takes a while to grow on me and only really with the synth part is that it works.
Score: 6/10
LordCost - Twelve Foot Ninja - Clarion
So when this song first started, I didn't know what to expect and then all the instruments kicked in. What a bad ass, groovy riff in my opinion. Only thing is that I don't have much to say about this one besides that right now. I just think its a really good riff with a good amount of groove in it.
Score: 8/10
sneakyblueberry - Earth, Wind, & Fire: Serpentine Fire
The grooviness is just oozing out of this song right from the start. Every thing in this song is just great and adds to the groove from the drums, bass, percussion, and trumpets. Even the vocals with the way they sing in this song. I like how they even strip down certain sections of the song with just the percussion at parts and it still just has an undeniable groove to it. The most impressive thing as well of this 10/10 score I will give it is that I rearely listen to music of thie time era or certain genres cause they're usually a miss with me but not this one.
Score: 10/10
adace - TREPALIUM: Heic Noenum Pax
So first of all, this is a pretty cool song with grreat instrument playing and a good riff. The main problem I have with it is that it pales in comparison to lots of other songs I got in this round in the groove factor. If this song was submitted in some other round or something, it would've gotten a higher score but since I was looking for groove, this song doesn't have much in my opinion. I may be wrong though but it just doesn't for me.
Score: 5/10
Scorpion - Sigh: Ecstatic Transformation
I'm a fan of Sigh but have only listened to their last album and Hangman's Hymns. Been meaning to check this album out since what seems like forever and this pushing me even more to do so. Although I felt at times that it might've been just a tab bit long and should've had more going on for it but all said and done, I enjoyed it.
Score: 7/10
Lucien - Brain Bennett: Voyage
When this started I literally thought, "Who the hell turned on my PSone. But besides that, onto the song. Took quite a bit to get started and get into the main theme or groove of the song you can say but its a 7 minute song. The funkyness of the song gave it that groove though. With it being an instrumental song and not relying on vocals to help it, at first it felt a bit simple and not much going on for it. But as the song kept on going it made subtle changes to keep the song from going stale which it felt it would at times.
Score: 8/10
Scores
Tyrias: 23.5+6=29.5
Lucien: 23+8=31
sneakyblueberry: 24+10=34
adace: 27+5=32
Sacul: 28+8=36
LordCost: 24+8=32
Scorpion: 24+7=31
Nekov: 22+9=31
Round 5 will be and I was going to save this for the end but fuck it, I'ma do it now. The theme will be epic which I know some of you were hoping for an epic round so there you go. Send away!