Here we go finally after two weeks of wait! These are round 8's results, and they're all good, the good news is. Not even a bad song in this batch!
Let's dive into 'em
ROUND 8: OPEN ROUND IV
Sacul
Tim Bowness - 'Sing To Me'To start things off, this is a beautiful melodic song. It has dreamy atmospheres that definitely remind me of early Porcupine Tree works, and infact, if I understand correctly Steven Wilson has something to do with this album, as I remember him posting the album cover on Facebook a while back. So yeah, kind of a safe choice there, but it worked! It has a beautiful hook that doesn't overstay its welcome in my head, and the instruments aren't invasive and don't ruin the immersion in the song at all. It's like sticking your head in the clouds!
8.5Tomislav95
Paradise Lost - 'No Hope In Sight'It's kind of rare to hear a doom metal song so short and catchy. Well, let me get this straight, it's not really catchy. It just doesn't have the redundancy that other songs of the genres seem to have, and to me they can ruin it. It's well built thorughout, and it seems infact to be the most popular song by this band. It's not mindblowing, but it's certainly well done.
Funny thing, the main riff reminds me of Hell's Bells, heh.
7.5Parama
Slice The Cake - 'The Holy Mountain'Man, will you just stop not sucking?! It's getting embarassing. Well, here we go, this song by a band whose name made me think I was going to get another 'Moron Police' type of song, instead is a fucking huge Prog Death metal epic. This is called The Holy Mountain for a reason, guys. The soundscapes are vast, the impact is massive and it's really emotional. The best part of the whole track is the second one, where a long spoken part builds up to the last fadeout. The vocalist of this band takes the cake (
), but man, let me say that to build a huge atmosphere like this takes some talented musicians. Amazing stuff all around.
9.5Train Of Naught
Rishloo - 'Landmines'You pointed out The Mars Volta being a huge influence on this track, and while I definitely see that, there's one thing that keeps popping up in my mind:
MUSE.
Like, early Muse, Showbiz and OOS. This has the same insanity, eloquency and emotion to it. And production too, the sounds are basically the same. The resemblance is great in my eyes, but it doesn't ruin the track. Infact, it's a great track, I have tons of fun listening to it.
8twosuitsluke
Cyinc - 'The Space For This'This song starts beautifully melodic and then explodes in a frantic question-throwing song, as the title gets repeated with great fury. It really is an impactful track that leaves me with a nice taste of Cynic, I wanna hear more after this track. Great stuff, it left me unsatisfied and looking for more!
8.5Tyrias
Azedia - 'Something'A perfect example of the right thing at the right time. I needed music like this right now, in my life. Is this trance-pop or something? Well, it works. It gets me to another dimension of.. complete peace. This was an unexpected entry, even if it was yours, Tyrias, and I reacted to it very positively, it immediatly hit the spot for me. As the beat dropped a huge smile on my face was drawn and it never gets away while I listen to it.
9Evermind
Phideaux - 'Gift Of The Flame'Love the folk atmosphere in this. I imagine a prairie while listening to this. It's a nice track, light-sounding, although it doesn't really get anywhere consistent in my opinion, but it lets itself listen smoothly so I like it for that.
7.5Elite
Trauma Field - 'Life Passed'Rick, you're pissed. I know it
I'm sorry about not having enough time for this roulette, I really wish I could. But in the end I think I didn't do as bad of a job, I mean, we're here, the last round is around the corner, I just needed to shorten what was already pretty long.
With that out of the way, this was an interesting entry. When I first started listening I though ' not another doom track please ' , but, similarly to Paradise Lost, this track didn't bore me. It has nice songwriting, it's catchy and it doesn't let go of my attention. The guitar solo is really great and the strings in the end add a touch of emotion to it all. Real nice track!
8Scorpion
Dir En Grey - 'Vinshuka'At first I thought Dir En Grey (which are pretty popular here, believe it or not) were a scandinavian band, so you can imagine my face when I heard friggin' japanese lyrics.
Other than the surprise, man, these guys are on fire!
Every two minutes the song turns itself around and offers new and more fun stuff. It is a built-up listen, some of this stuff is really crazy. It has me interested for sure. Will check more stuff. But man, if this is an indication of how they sound like, I'm sold.
9Stadler
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds - A Simple Game Of GeniusEeeeeh it's okay. I mean, it's not bad, but I expected a bit more by this band, seeing that I like it more than Oasis itself. I guess I see why it's only an iTunes bonus track, it has its ideas, but it doesn't do too much to them, and it goes on for seven minutes so.. yeah. It's not a bad song, but it could do more, in my honest opinion.
7splent
Worlds - 'Little Lens'Haken meets Yes meets 80's new wave.
Never even would've thought of such an intertwined mix of influences, but Affinity prepared me for this, it was just unexpected.
And... it's good. It's interesting to say the least, I've never heard about this band.. when did this song even come out? Huh.
Overall, it's fun track, I love the off-beats in it and the vocals. The bass is also real groovy in this one. One of the most interesting entries in the whole roulette.
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So, here we go. After 8 rounds and almost three months (
) we get to see who gained access to the final round. And those would be...
SCORPION, with 67.5 points
PARAMA
TRAIN OF NAUGHT
and EVERMIND, with each 66.5 points!
aaand last but not least TYRIAS with 65 points.
Man, dat even score. For the final round the scores will not count anymore. I'll just pick the song I like most and the person who sent it will win the roulette! It doesn't matter anyways, since you're pretty much all tied.
To the rest of you, which I respectfully and dutifully salute:
Twosuitsluke (64 points)
Splent (62.5 points)
Sacul (62 points)
Tomsilav95 (58.5 points)
Elite and Stadler (58 points)
You were all amazing players, and each of you sent some really great songs that I will certainly relisten and possibly explore further. Thank you guys so much for participating and for your patience with me. Like, really, a huge shoutout for that. Once again, I'm so sorry.
Enough of that though, let's get this thing done! Send me ROUND 9! THE FINAL ROUND!
With unique btw, I mean a song that you think doesn't sound like anything else you've ever listened to. So yeah, if it's unique power metal, it counts. Could be anything.
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