Lonestar's Death Island Roulette- And the winner is.....

[Crow]

Oh okay you sent Sleep at the Edge of the Earth, which was my round 7 entry 
So, understandable. That's really even with the devil and god imo, though. I honestly wouldn't be able to pick a favorite

And I think he would probably like EOTW a fair bit considering they also hit upon some of the same prog/sludge vibes as anciients and dvne but I can also see the argument why he wouldn't like it as much, dunno

Anyways i am not familiar with the artist jingle sent but considering the competition I expect him to get thoroughly crushed barring a cutting-iter-impius failure from our host 

[jingle.boy]

Your support means so much. It’s amazing how well you know lonestar’s tastes. Remind me again what round you were eliminated?

[Crow]

Early enough that I didn't have a great grasp on lonestar's tastes but have since gotten a much better grasp on them, and anyways I told you I haven't even looked up your band so take your chill pill old boy 

[jingle.boy]

I'm plenty chill for a guy who is constantly slagged by you in roulette's.   

[lonestar]

Easy to talk shit from the bleachers, right?

[TAC]

Parama, looks like you got the fogey twins all hot and bothered. 

[Crow]

I'm less commenting on the quality of jingle's album (which I've never heard) and more about how the other two albums are both at least 9/10 albums in my book & will probably make at least my top 20 when I redo my top 50 albums list next year, so I dunno what's got them so bothered 'cause I haven't said a single bad thing about jingle's album yet 

[jingle.boy]

I'm less commenting on the quality of jingle's album (which I've never heard) and more about how the other two albums are both at least 9/10 albums in my book & will probably make at least my top 20 when I redo my top 50 albums list next year, so I dunno what's got them so bothered 'cause I haven't said a single bad thing about jingle's album yet 

No, you just rag on my entire library, and pre-insult lonestar if he doesn't love the albums you love.  This isn't the first time either.

If you lose then the roulette was never worth winning anyways
Unless elite sends something better I dunno but jingle definitely doesn't have two albums better than that one 

I'm not saying I do or I don't have a chance to win this, but it's in lonestar's ears now.  Your arrogance to presume you know what the outcome is (or should be) is getting a tad tiresome.

[lonestar]

If he had any semblance of influence with me, he wouldn't have been kicking bricks five rounds ago.

[Elite]

I'll just let the album I sent speak for itself..

[jingle.boy]

I'll just let the album I sent speak for itself..

 

[lonestar]

OK gents, I've gotten a good taste of each album, and three very different ones at that. All some seriously quality stuff, this ain't gonna be easy. How this will roll is that by Sunday I should have an idea as to where things will fall, and by Tuesday I'm looking to do final (maybe...) results.

[jingle.boy]

OK gents, I've gotten a good taste of each album, and three very different ones at that. All some seriously quality stuff, this ain't gonna be easy. How this will roll is that by Sunday I should have an idea as to where things will fall, and by Tuesday I'm looking to do final (maybe...) results.

Fingers crossed for "maybe".



You gotta admit though... that album cover for Alithia is psychedelic as fuck.

[King Postwhore]

Chad, stop begging.  You hoser.

[TAC]

No shit! Eh?

[King Postwhore]

Take off, eh!

[jingle.boy]

Take off, eh!

It's a beauty way to go!

[King Postwhore]

$10 dollars is $10 Chad.

[lonestar]

I will give him the best cover of the three albums....

[jingle.boy]

I will give him the best cover of the three albums....

[lonestar]

So I'm gonna go ahead and finish this now. My workweek is gonna hit high gear through next Monday, so I don't think I'll have time to post later, and honestly, I don't think any more listening will change the standings...


Jingle- Alithia- To The Edge Of Time- Decent enough, with some outstanding instrumental work, but the vocalist just didn't really click for some unexplainable reason.

Tom- Brand New- The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me- Very powerful, a certain grower with some serious chops, but for me it just hung on a dark and needlessly morbid feel.

Elite- Wilderun- Sleep at the Edge of Earth- Someone was paying attention, or managed to see how much I spun Gloryhammer on Spotify lol. A nice blend of folk, symphonic, and hard, without getting generic, this album kept fresh throughout. And for me, the one thing that really makes it stand out, when I'm driving, this is the one I want blaring with the windows down. And in the end, it's how it makes me feel that really counts.


And our winner is Elite!!! Congrats man, and a huge thank you to all the players, I had a blast. It was really nice to dig back into the roulette game. I'm always amazed at how much great music is out there, there were no really bad songs in this thing, just good and great.

[King Postwhore]

Congrats Elite!!!!!

[Crow]

Sleep at the Edge of the Earth is friggin' incredible & what I would've sent to ariich in his last round if I'd made it 
And now you can skip my intended round 7 entry too & skip straight to The Apologist, I bet you'd dig it 

[jingle.boy]

Atta boy Rich. 

I'll just let the album I sent speak for itself..

And that you did.

[Tomislav95]

Congrats Elite
I really had fun with this roulette and you can count me in when you do another one too bad I didn't win but I couldn't forgive myself if I sent album I liked less (any other than Devil and God tbh) and then lost. This way I went all in with one of my all time favorites, too bad you didn't like it as much

[Crow]

to be fair I'd also pick Wilderun over Brand New in this case despite loving them both like, a lot, so I'd say you shouldn't feel too bad about being edged out

tho limousine is still the best song between the two

[Elite]

Thanks for having me! And glad you liked most of the stuff I sent you
And all the other people playing; it was fun! There was some great competition throughout. It was nice being a part of it (and nice to get a roulette win after so many years of playing in them and losing )

Enjoy the music!

[lonestar]

Was this  your first win?

[Elite]

No, but the last win I had was a few years back

[Podaar]

Yeah, that Wilderun album is all kinds of cool.

Interestingly, their first album is quite good too but the folk aspects have a bit of maritime feel to them. It's like an American Pirate/Folk/Death Metal album  .  I dig it a lot, but it's not for everyone.

[Crow]

Yeah I wasn't a huge fan of their pirate metal debut lol listened to it once and had no desire to ever listen to it again

[jingle.boy]

Guess I can go back to Kim Jong-Il now?

[Luoto]

Interestingly, their first album is quite good too but the folk aspects have a bit of maritime feel to them. It's like an American Pirate/Folk/Death Metal album  .

None of it is original material, they're metal versions of old American folk songs.

[Podaar]

I might have guessed. 

[Crow]

Interestingly, their first album is quite good too but the folk aspects have a bit of maritime feel to them. It's like an American Pirate/Folk/Death Metal album  .

None of it is original material, they're metal versions of old American folk songs.

ahh no wonder I hated it