Author Topic: Evermind's Third Roulette v. Final Round Results (Read 70697 times)

Evermind · « **Reply #1190 on:** April 08, 2019, 09:58:57 AM »

Alright! One (or in a few cases, two) listen in for all the compilations, now I'm going to randomly determine the order and focus on them, one matchup by one. First results will probably be up Thursday? I hope so.

senecadawg2: Primordial

Empire Falls
Gods to the Godless
Where Greater Men Have Fallen

Puppies_On_Acid: The Human Abstract

Mea Culpa
Antebellum
Procession of Fates
Vela, Together We Await the Storm

LordCost: Faith No More

Ricochet
King for a Day
Stripsearch
Land of Sunshine

TAC: Silent Voices

World's End

Luoto: Ghost Brigade

Into the Black Light

wolfking: King Diamond

Arrival
Welcome Home
Abigail
This Place is Terrible

Indiscipline: Billy Joel

Where's the Orchestra?

jingle.boy: Hemina

Moonlight Bride
Fantasy
Nightlives

Guessed with no band:

Aurora
A Dead World at Sunrise
Fate Divided
Zanzibar
Vienna
Reign of Terror

Song titles: Part 1/4

_e____rad
Thro__h the _o__ ___ht
_o_ar__

Letters guessed: O DARK METH

Song titles: Part 2/4

C_a__aste_
____ __t __ N___e_e
___ A__ ___n_ _eas__s

Letters guessed: BE CATNIPS

Song titles: Part 3/4

_____d_ / _____ _____ ___
________
_ _t___ ____d_
___d____t ______
_t t__ ______
__ ____t __ _ T___
T__ ______ _____
T__ ______ ____t
______t__
T__ ___t_ __ __d__
____t____ ____ __ D______
__t_ ___t _ ___
T__ __t__t_____
__t_d__
______

Letters guessed: DT

Puppies waits 1
Parama waits 2
Luoto waits 3

Crow · « **Reply #1191 on:** April 08, 2019, 10:23:49 AM »

Land of Sunshine
Vienna

Give me D on the new one

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1192 on:** April 08, 2019, 10:32:29 AM »

Land of Sunshine we can file under Faith No More.

Luoto · « **Reply #1193 on:** April 08, 2019, 10:33:57 AM »

Crow · « **Reply #1194 on:** April 08, 2019, 10:52:36 AM »

Also

The Human Abstract - Vela, Together We Await The Storm

Something that looks like reign of terror

Evermind · « **Reply #1195 on:** April 08, 2019, 11:28:34 AM »

Yep and yep and yep. Updated.

TAC · « **Reply #1196 on:** April 08, 2019, 02:20:09 PM »

LordCost · « **Reply #1197 on:** April 08, 2019, 03:47:58 PM »

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #1198 on:** April 08, 2019, 05:41:20 PM »

E, I, E, I, give me the O for Old McDonald's farm.....

Evermind · « **Reply #1199 on:** April 09, 2019, 01:09:34 AM »

senecadawg2: Primordial

Empire Falls
Gods to the Godless
Where Greater Men Have Fallen
The Coffin Ships

Puppies_On_Acid: The Human Abstract

Mea Culpa
Antebellum
Procession of Fates
Vela, Together We Await the Storm

LordCost: Faith No More

Ricochet
King for a Day
Stripsearch
Land of Sunshine

TAC: Silent Voices

World's End

Luoto: Ghost Brigade

Into the Black Light

wolfking: King Diamond

Arrival
Welcome Home
Abigail
This Place is Terrible

Indiscipline: Billy Joel

Where's the Orchestra?
Goodnight Saigon
The Entertainer
Leningrad
Vienna

jingle.boy: Hemina

Moonlight Bride
Fantasy
Nightlives

Guessed with no band:

Aurora
A Dead World at Sunrise
Fate Divided
Zanzibar
Reign of Terror
Through the Long Night
Matador
A Storm Inside

Song titles: Part 1/4

_o_ar__

Letters guessed: O DARK METH

Song titles: Part 2/4

C_a__aste_
____ __t __ N___e_e
___ A__ ___n_ _eas__s

Letters guessed: BE CATNIPS

Song titles: Part 3/4

Prelude / ___r_ __o__ ___
____ei_e
_t t_e _r__e_
__ _e_rt i_ _ To__
T_e ___i__ __o_t
_o____te_
T_e _o_t_ o_ __d__
_re_t_i__ _i_e i_ De_i_e_
_it_ ___t I _ee
____o_

Letters guessed: EDITOR

LordCost waits 1
Puppies waits 2
Parama waits 3

Luoto · « **Reply #1200 on:** April 09, 2019, 01:16:45 AM »

Primordial - The Coffin Ships

Crow · « **Reply #1201 on:** April 09, 2019, 02:06:52 AM »

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #1202 on:** April 09, 2019, 03:12:35 AM »

Through The Long Night

Goodnight Saigon, another Billy Joel tune, and a great one.

Evermind · « **Reply #1203 on:** April 09, 2019, 10:37:42 AM »

Updated.

Started spinning the two compilations I'm focused on today, I'm fairly this is isn't going to be easy. The two bands are just too different.

Crow · « **Reply #1204 on:** April 09, 2019, 10:52:47 AM »

Prelude /

A Story Inside
The Entertainer, which I believe is Billy Joel
Matador

Evermind · « **Reply #1205 on:** April 09, 2019, 10:55:30 AM »

Quote

A Story Inside

It's actually A Stork Inside

Crow · « **Reply #1206 on:** April 09, 2019, 11:17:49 AM »

A Storm Inside then

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #1207 on:** April 09, 2019, 12:45:08 PM »

Leningrad - Billy Joel

Stadler · « **Reply #1208 on:** April 09, 2019, 12:53:56 PM »

Vienna is one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and incredibly moving as well.

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1209 on:** April 10, 2019, 07:40:02 AM »

Evermind · « **Reply #1210 on:** April 10, 2019, 11:36:59 AM »

Here's your update about the first matchup listening: it's going strong! I recognize all the songs from both submissions now, and I've got some coherent thoughts about both compilations. Both of them aren't great, but both have their moments. I'm leaning slightly towards one of them right now, but I'm still not sure—this is difficult. I think I may post some impressions tomorrow and push the first result to Saturday instead. Or I may just post it tomorrow if I feel confident enough in my judgement. As I said, this round is going to take a bit more time. I'm aiming for this round to be done at the end of next week.

Thank you for being patient, guys. I'll definitely deliver something tomorrow, whether it's the impressions for the first matchup or the actual results.

TAC · « **Reply #1211 on:** April 10, 2019, 08:04:07 PM »

Zanzibar is Billy Joel.

M

LordCost · « **Reply #1212 on:** April 11, 2019, 05:19:42 AM »

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #1213 on:** April 11, 2019, 08:20:44 AM »

Evermind · « **Reply #1214 on:** April 11, 2019, 09:20:22 AM »

Just came back from work. Part 4 and impressions for some compilations coming later in the evening!

senecadawg2: Primordial

Empire Falls
Gods to the Godless
Where Greater Men Have Fallen
The Coffin Ships

Puppies_On_Acid: The Human Abstract

Mea Culpa
Antebellum
Procession of Fates
Vela, Together We Await the Storm

LordCost: Faith No More

Ricochet
King for a Day
Stripsearch
Land of Sunshine

TAC: Silent Voices

World's End
Fate Divided
Reign of Terror
Avalon

Luoto: Ghost Brigade

Into the Black Light

wolfking: King Diamond

Arrival
Welcome Home
Abigail
This Place is Terrible

Indiscipline: Billy Joel

Where's the Orchestra?
Goodnight Saigon
The Entertainer
Leningrad
Vienna
Zanzibar
Prelude / Angry Young Man

jingle.boy: Hemina

Moonlight Bride
Fantasy
Nightlives

Guessed with no band:

Aurora
A Dead World at Sunrise
Through the Long Night
Matador
A Storm Inside
My Heart is a Tomb
Soulmates

Song titles: Part 1/4

_o_ar__

Letters guessed: O DARK METH

Song titles: Part 2/4

C_a__aster
_r__ __t __ N___ere
__r A__ _r_n_ Reas__s

Letters guessed: PINCER STAB

Song titles: Part 3/4

_a__eine
At t_e _ra_es
T_e _amil_ __ost
T_e Mo_t_ o_ __das
Breathing Li_e in De_i_es
_it_ __at I See

Letters guessed: SMITE ARNOLD

Puppies waits 1
Parama waits 2
jingle.boy waits 3

Crow · « **Reply #1215 on:** April 11, 2019, 09:27:29 AM »

Prelude / Angry Young Man, Billy Joel
My Heart is a Tomb
Soulmates
Breathing Fire in

Uhh give me the A I guess

Evermind · « **Reply #1216 on:** April 11, 2019, 11:37:22 AM »

Updated.

So guys, while I was focusing on the two compilations, I also have been sneakily listening to another random two compilations (not to the next matchup, but just to the random two compilations to kinda add the diversity to my everyday listening), and so these impressions apply to half of the entries I've got.

There are four kinds of the impressions:

The positive side of the whole compilation
The negative side of the whole compilation
The thoughts on my (probably) favourite song from your submission
The thoughts on my (probably) least favourite song from your submission

With that, have those sixteen tidbits mixed between each other:

1. I will say one thing for this compilation: these guys certainly know how to write those kickass guitar riffs because holy shit, almost every song here has a riff that belongs in the riffs’ hall of fame if such thing even exists.

2. The whole compilation suffers from a few songs that are just, well, there. I’m not sure if it will change with more listens, but some of the songs are just either too safe, or too unmemorable to make any lasting impression.

3. The way the quiet, calmer sections—sometimes even acoustic ones, and I know, I can’t believe it either—intertwine with the incredibly good parts that heavily remind me of Haken’s Initiate except heavier, damn, this song is something to live for. Best song from your compilation and also somewhere in the nine-ish spectrum, this is rich and fabulous.

4. Not only I found this song a bit boring, I honestly thought that was a fabulous material for a misheard video—then I searched for the lyrics and they were pretty much what I’ve heard in the song.

5. I think my problem with this is that I’m not into happy music—even if the music only sounds happy while the lyrical message is bitter. Give me minor chords over the major ones most of my days. And this compilation has a lot of happy sounding songs.

6. Not only this uses one of the most boring templates for a song—repeat the same parts over and over with increased intensity—but it also manages to use quite a dull vocal melody which is honestly a bit annoying as far as I’m concerned. This song sticks out like a sore thumb on otherwise quite polished—even though not quite that impressive so far—compilation.

7. This compilation serves as a proof these guys know how to write freaking fantastic melodies, and also freaking fantastic song endings—one buildup and payoff in particular is one of my early favourites in this round. And so the question arises: why do they so rarely employ that particular talent of theirs?

8. This kind of feels like older Helloween with someone like Kiske doing the high vocals, Deris doing the lower, menacing parts, and both Hansen and Weikath are playing dirtier than usual and more riff-oriented.

9. I love a lot of acoustic stuff, and I won’t lie, this compilation has a few songs that tickle that sweet spot.

10. This song is… just there, and then it gets to the chorus which is where I begin to wish it didn’t exist. And it’s also over five damn minutes. If you take into account that a lot of songs from your compilation are at least enough to make an impression—even if it’s not a positive one—I just wish you didn’t include this one.

11. Honestly, I think yours might be the best ending song out of all compilations. It hits just the right amount of sweetness and musicianship to nail the mood it’s going for. I love this.

12. It seems that whenever this band is stuck at some fine points of songwriting, or at least at writing vocal melodies, they scale back to the tried and true tactic of let’s scream something on top of our lungs even if it doesn’t fit the rhythm of the song at all and then just rewrite our rhythms to fit the syllables; we’ll call it a progressive touch and it’ll be just fine.

13. This song represents the aspect of your compilation I’d really love to explore more: I love the slower pace and the wistful mood. This might not even be the best song from your submission, but it’s a beauty and wonder captured in those few minutes. Somehow, this really connected with me.

14. I mean, I knew what to anticipate going into this one, and still I was surprised at how much I didn’t like the vocals mostly. And again, I get why they are like this, but whereas the music and the songwriting is well above the average here, the vocals are something I can’t quite get past, no matter how much I try.

15. This feels like the band was trying to reach out of their comfort zone—if they even have a comfort zone—and it ended up being a tacky wannabe hard rock song which I was ambivalent at first and developed a strong dislike on my subsequent listens.

16. These guys know how to write the rhythm guitar parts. The whole compilation kept me interested as I was following the guitar lines. It’s honestly impressive, as I’m not even a guitar player—well, I dabble in acoustic guitar, but that’s irrelevant here—my attention was constantly on that. Also the vocals were nice for a change.

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1217 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:00:50 PM »

Quote from: Evermind on April 11, 2019, 11:37:22 AM

6. Not only this uses one of the most boring templates for a song—repeat the same parts over and over with increased intensity—but it also manages to use quite a dull vocal melody which is honestly a bit annoying as far as I’m concerned. This song sticks out like a sore thumb on otherwise quite polished—even though not quite that impressive so far—compilation.

The Entertainer, ladies and gentlemen.

Evermind · « **Reply #1218 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:11:25 PM »

It is not—this quote isn't from your Greatest Hits.

The Entertainer is actually quite hilarious with Billy's rant about writing a masterpiece but if you want to make a hit you're gonna make it fit and so they've cut it to 3:05.

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1219 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:15:47 PM »

You are raising my hopes before the beatdown, aren't you?

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1220 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:23:13 PM »

There were a few there that I'd say are very likely to be from the Piano Man. Possible some could apply to Hemina as well.

While you're at it Ruslan, give us an R in group 2; and an L in group 3.

I see a song titled Avalon - which is Silent Voices. As is Fate Divided and Reign of Terror

Evermind · « **Reply #1221 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:27:22 PM »

Quote from: Indiscipline on April 11, 2019, 12:15:47 PM

You are raising my hopes before the beatdown, aren't you?

Maybe?

Quote from: jingle.boy on April 11, 2019, 12:23:13 PM

There were a few there that I'd say are very likely to be from the Piano Man. Possible some could apply to Hemina as well.

Could be you're right, could be you're wrong.

Updating R and L right now because why not.

Edit: anyway, right now the schedule for results is as follows:

1st matchup: Saturday
2nd matchup: Tuesday
3rd matchup: next week's Wednesday or Thursday
4th matchup: next week's Friday or Sunday

Indiscipline · « **Reply #1222 on:** April 11, 2019, 12:32:48 PM »

Lovely torture.

Ev, Jingle, you are the Lord Varys and Petyr Baelish of roulette first impressions.

Crow · « **Reply #1223 on:** April 11, 2019, 01:09:39 PM »

At the Graves
The Family Ghost
The Mouth of Judas
With What I See

jingle.boy · « **Reply #1224 on:** April 11, 2019, 02:00:12 PM »

Quote from: Evermind on April 11, 2019, 12:27:22 PM

Could be you're right, could be you're wrong.

I was only having fun ... wasn't hurting anyone.

@ Indi... I've never read or watched a single word or second of GoT, so that reference was Tim-level over my head.

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Author Topic: Evermind's Third Roulette v. Final Round Results (Read 70697 times)