Ok folks, it's that time. Let's turn ten into nine and get this ball really rolling.
Evermind and ToN, both of your songs were, for me, average at best. The Leprous song had some good moments, but that last minute or so of falsetto chorus was painful after a few times. I think there was just something about the vocalist that I just couldn't agree with, and the song was a bit blah in general.
The Ihsahn song was bleak at best, I kept waiting for it to get really going but when it did it just kinda fizzled for me. And Parama called it in that the doom growls just didn't agree. By no means does this mean I don't like growls, or even doom-ish ones, Anciients is one of my favorite recent bands, but these just didn't do it for me.
The edge barely went to Leprous, and because of that, Train of Naught, you sir are cut. Thanks for playing, and please hang around to heckle and give these other guys shit.
So, to recap, here's how I'd rank the songs...
1- Caligula's Horse
2- Pure Reason Revolution
3- Pineapple Thief
4- Witherfall
5- Night Flight Orchestra
6- Hirsch Effect
7- Queens of the Stone Age
8- Bent Knee
9- Leprous
10- Ihsahn
Ok gents, I've received four round two songs so far, I'd appreciate the rest being sent by Friday so I can listen over the weekend and start the culling again on Monday.