Rejoice, after a long wait results are here! I'm sorry it took so long, but in my defense, I had about twice as much music to listen to as in previous rounds because there was exactly one song under 10 minutes
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So, here come the result
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Caladan Brood - Wild Autumn WindApparently even the genre tag of this song has "Epic" in it, so I guess it was a perfect send for this round
. This is some kind of Atmospheric Black Metal with Folk influences (at least it sounded kinda folky at times). In a way this reminds me off Agalloch's Ashes Against The Grain, just slower music, worse production and a bit less diversity; replace that with some orchestral epicness and you've pretty much got the sound of this song down. It falls a bit short of AAtG's greatness, but nevertheless it is a pretty epic and likeable tune.
4/6 points
Lucien: Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake, Act 4 - No.29 Scène Finale This video feels like it starts one and a half minutes early, that part until 1:20 totally sounds like the ending of a previous movement
. It's still awesome, but feels kinda tacked on. I can totally see why you sent this, it's about as epic as you can get with classical music, and it pulls of the epicness splendidly. Lots of huge melodies, with some calmer interludes that make for awesome dynamics and keep you attention throughout the whole piece.
5/6 points
lonestar: The Omega Experiment - StimulusListening to this in a playlist right after Tchaikovsky sure feels weird
. Apart from that; I'm not sure what to think of this track. There are awesome parts all over the song, but it feels like a chaotic mess. No part really has time to shine and drowns in all the stuff that is going on. As someone who's not that fond of chaos in music that unfortunately means that this song fell kinda flat for me...
2,5/6 points
Sacul: Nils Frahm - Toilet Brushes - More (Live in London) This was fantastic! This whole song feels more like an improvisation than a composed song, and it's really repetitive, but somehow it works splendidly. Despite its 15 minutes running time I never once lost interest in this song and it kept me thoroughly entertained all the time. Also, the improvisation with Olafur Arnalds in the related videos is absolutely beautiful.
5,5/6 points
senecadawg2: Ludovico Einaudi - Oltremare This was a surprisingly relaxing song/solo piano piece. Also, I didn't quite get a "Sea of progressive rock and metal", unless you consider 2 out of 7 songs a lot
. Anyway, I really liked this, but I have one qualm: If I really try to focus on the piece it's just a tad to long and if I listen to it as background music it takes too much attention away from what I'm doing. I imagine this could be great as background music while daydreaming, but I've been to busy lately to daydream
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4,5/6 points
Tom Bombadil: Redemption - Love Kill Us All / Life in One DayThis was a pretty standard prog metal song, but then I wouldn't be on this forum if I didn't like Prog and Metal. I like the calm intro (despite that cheesy keyboard sound), but the song really kicks of when it gets loud and epic. Some really cool riffs, great solos that are more than just shredding, and I also like the singer's voice quite a lot. Good one
5/6 points
adace: Saor - Pillars of the EarthThis was really similar to the song Shadow Ninja sent. The Folk influences were turned up a notch, but in terms of overall sound and atmosphere it was just a bit more trashy and faster. The production sucks (especially the guitars), but I really like the music. The acoustic interludes provide a nice and needed break from all the blast beatsm screaming and fast guitars. Cool song!
4,5/6 points
Standings:
senecadawg2 30
Lucien 27,5
adace 26,5
Tom Bombadil 26,5
Shadow Ninja 2.0 25,5
Sacul 25,5
lonestar 24,5
Round 7 Theme: In response to the epic last round, send m something that is calm, subtle, relaxing, .... And most definetely not epic
(Can be a ballad, something ambient or anything else really but try to keep loud parts to a minimum.
Also, so you can all prepare: Round 8 is going to be the last one and it's going to be an open round. You've had 7 rounds to figure out my tastes in music now, send me something I will absoultely love
. Also, since this is the final, I'm going to be scoring out of 10 points instead of 6. Feel free to send now if you want to, but you can also wait until results are up for round 7.
Also, I'm not really sure how seneca was planning to post results, but I'm really curious to find out