Hey guys! Hope you are as excited as I am for another roulette!
I'm thinking this will be very similar to my last one: 8 rounds, a couple themes here and there, and no limit on participants.
A couple things about my (very strange) tastes:
I'm not all that into prog metal anymore. I certainly still like some bands, but I feel like the majority these days is super bland and predictable. I'm definitely not doing this roulette to discover more Dream Theater clones. So feel free to send some prog metal, but try to make sure there's something in it that makes it unique.
I'm totally fine with harsh vocals, but I'm usually pretty picky about them. My favorite harsh vocal bands are Opeth and Meshuggah, so hopefully that can give you a little help in that regard.
I said this last time and nobody seemed to listen, but I'm really not big on instrumentals. Obviously there are some exceptions, but the odds are not in your favor by sending an instrumental.
Totally cool with Jazz (mostly big band), but not all that into classical.
Definitely not a fan of power metal or hair metal.
SUBMISSIONS:
YouTube is fine, but try to make it good quality. Spotify is also fine if you prefer, or you can email me at phil.minsker@yahoo.com if you want to send a file.
Try to keep the songs reasonable in length. 15 minutes should be the maximum, but remember that I don't have all that much time to listen to your songs (shooting for one round per week), so I might not be able to fully digest a 12-15 minute song.
PARTICIPANTS:
1.Parama
2. Sacul
3. Shadow Ninja
4. Train of Naught
5. Splent
6. Tyrias
7. Senecadawg
8. Scorpion
On to the banned list. It is rather large. I apologize.
Some of these are bands I like, some I dislike. I put some of my favorites in green to help out. I also banned anything that received a score of 8 or higher in my previous roulette.
BANNED:
The Alan Parsons Project
Agalloch
Alcest
Alice in Chains
Angels & Airwaves
Anubis Gate
Avenged Sevenfold
Ayreon
Bass Communion
The Beatles
Beck
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond the Bridge
Big Big Train
Black Sabbath
Blackfield
Blink-182
Bob Dylan
Box Car Racer
The Cars
Circus Maximus
Coheed $ Cambria
Coldplay
David Bowie
David Gray
David Maxim Micic
Dave Matthews
The Deadstation
Demians
Destiny Potato
Destrage
Devin Townsend
Disturbed
The Doors
Dream Theater
Dredg
Emerson, Lake, & Palmer
Fate's Warning
Flying Colors
Foo Fighters
Genesis
Goldfinger
The Grateful Dead
Green Day
Haken
Headspace
Hector Berlioz
IEM
IQ
Isis
It Bites
James Labrie
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Joe Jackson
Joe Satriani
John Petrucci
Journey
The Killers
King Crimson
Led Zeppelin
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Magic Pie
Masterplan
Mastodon
The Mayan Factor
Megadeth
Meshuggah
Metallica
Moon Safari
Muse
Mystery
Neurosis
No-Man
Oasis
Oceansize
The Offspring
Opeth
Pantera
A Perfect Circle
Persefone
Phish
Pink Floyd
The Police
Porcupine Tree
Primus
Puscifer
Queen
REM
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Redemption
Reel Big Fish
The Reign of Kindo
Rush
Russian Circles
Scar Symmetry
Sieges Even
Simon & Garfunkel
Soen
Spock's Beard
Steely Dan
Steve Hackett
Steven Wilson
Sting
Storm Corrosion
Sublime
Subsignal
Switchfoot
Symphony X
System of a Down
Talking Heads
Tears for Fears
Tenhi
Third Eye Blind
Thoughts Factory
Tom DeLonge
Tom Petty
Tool
Tower of Power
Transatlantic
Trey Anastasio
Twenty-One Pilots
U2
Umphrey's McGee
Voyager
Weezer
While Heaven Wept
The Who
Wings Denied
Yes
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Anything that scores 8 or higher will also be banned in future rounds
Newly Banned:
Obviously, this is not everything I've ever heard, but covers most of what I'm familiar with. There's also a lot of bands that I've checked out and didn't really like, so if you notice some hugely popular DTF band not on the list, I probably already tried it and wasn't a fan.
Also, for those who participated last time, I think I'll be grading songs a little harsher than last time. The gap between great songs and good good songs was only like .5-1 points, and I think it should be a little bigger. So don't be super upset if you get a somewhat low score.
Alright, that should cover everything, so if you'd like to participate just drop a comment below and get sending! First round will be open, so send whatever you feel like.
Good luck to all!