Hello everybody!
Last year I ran a song roulette for the first time (thread
here). It was fun and I heard a lot of awesome music - so much, in fact, that I haven't had time to check out some of those great bands and artists properly yet. I didn't think I'd get to start another roulette so soon, but luckily I did, since fall would've been a bad time for me because of school and other stuff. To quote James LaBrie, this time I'll do things differently:
-I'm taking in as many participants as possible, and one or two players get eliminated each round.
-Instead of ratings I'll use tiers for ranking: "safe", "in danger" and "eliminated".
The one who sends the best song receives immunity and can't be eliminated in the next round.-I'm thinking of doing 8 rounds, but the number depends on how many participants join in and how I handle the eliminations.
-NO THEMES! You can send
anything you want, expect music by the bands in the list below. I made the list shorter this time, dropping some artists whose albums I've heard only once.
-No time limit either, but think carefully whether you want to send me a 10-minute song that might not click after three listens.
-Youtube and Grooveshark links are still ok, but I also accept Spotify now that I have it. PM me the link, and if you need to send a file, ask me for my email address.
Banned bands and artists (stuff that has been good enough to make it to my mp3 player at some point, at least for a while):
Alcest
Alternative 4
Amorphis
Anathema
Antimatter
Arch Enemy
Barren Earth
Camel
Candlemass
Children of Bodom
Chroma Key
CHVRCHES
Dan Swanö
Dark Tranquillity
Depeche Mode
Dimmu Borgir
Dream Theater
Enochian Theory
Fates Warning
Ghost Brigade
In Flames
Iron Maiden
James LaBrie
John Wesley
Katatonia
Kevin Moore
King Crimson
Kingston Wall
Kotipelto
KYPCK
Lunatic Soul
Metallica
Murmansk
My Bloody Valentine
Nightingale
Nightwish
Nosound
October Tide
Opeth
OSI
Paradise Lost
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Portishead
Pure Reason Revolution
Queensryche
Riverside
Rush
Sentenced
Sigur Ros
Slowdive
Sonata Arctica
Steven Wilson
Storm Corrosion
Stratovarius
Swallow the Sun
Talk Talk
The Cure
The Gathering
The Man-Eating Tree
This Empty Flow
Thunderstone
Tool
Tori Amos
Type O Negative
Ulver
Warmen
Wisdom of Crowds
Witherscape
You can see what I received in my previous roulette by clicking the link at the beginning of the thread. Those artists aren't banned (unless they appear in the list above), but I'd prefer to hear something new.
Please note that I'm working until the end of the month, so I won't have a lot of time for listening to your submissions on weekdays (Mon-Fri), but I promise to pick up the pace after that. Anyway, stop hesitating and join the game!
The players:
Scorpion (defending his crown)
Gorille85
LieLowTheWantedMan
senecadawg2
kingshmegland
Onno
MoraWintersoul
GentlemanofDread
Evermind
Sacul
jingle.boy
Shadow Ninja 2.0
adace
Lolzeez