Round 4 results! This was a tight one,
Ruba - Fall Out Boy - Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued
2 pointsRuba asked me if they were a major name in Serbia once upon a time. Well, they were, and I was exposed to a lot of their music - this was better than anything else I've heard of theirs but not really something I'd play for myself in my spare time.
Lolzeez - Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Sleep
2 pointsIt's pretty hard to judge a 23-minute post rock song objectively in a song roulette. I mean, it's a beautiful piece of music, and I would certainly like to hear more, but I wouldn't use it for a mix CD. So there it is.
Onno - Mastodon - The Last Baron
3 pointsA pretty okay song. Something about Mastodon rubs me wrong, I'm always left a bit cold to songs that people claim are their best, but they seem to handle the "epic" format better than others.
ariich - Von Hertzen Brothers - Angel's Eyes
4 pointsI was supposed to see these guys with Pain Of Salvation in 2011, but, as it happens, I only get awfully sick once per year and it always coincides with that one show worth seeing here per year. I liked this song, it had some great Amorphis-y moments, so I guess those come from their common influences.
YtseBitsySpider - Sepultura - Inner Self
4 pointsI don't like thrashy stuff much and I dig this. What is it with you guys making me dig stuff I don't dig?
Elite and Dr. DTVT - Ice Age - The Lhasa Road (No Surrender)
5 pointsProg. Really proggy prog. And good prog. Someone give me some info about these guys a.s.a.p because this is my song roulette and if I am too lazy to google, it is your civic duty
Mystery Participant - Star One - Human See, Human Do
5 pointsQuoting Mystery's email: "So, we've established that you love Russell Allen. With Headspace on the no-no list, looks as though Damian Wilson is another vocalist you appreciate. According to your forbidden band list, it would seem you also get moist over Dan Swano. And as you so eloquently stated in the Nightwish thread a while back, Floor Jansen is "majestic". All that said, how could you not possibly have Star One in your listening repertoire ?!?"
Because me and Arjen don't get along much! Everything I've checked out of his so far (yes, even THE) falls under "pretty nice, but nothing worth getting obsessed over", and since he has so many different projects going, I got discouraged from checking out everything. Needless to say, that should change, I can't be a proghead and ignore most of what Arjen did, I'm getting tired of the surprised gasps
Oh and nice song. Those Dan roars
love that man to pieces.
Scorpion - Ihsahn - On The Shores
6 pointsI honestly didn't expect to like this as much as I did, but I did. I like weird/proggy black metal-based stuff, just never gave Ihsahn the time of my day. This song is pure sax (shamelessly stealing ?'s pun). Especially that second half.
Standings:
Scorpion - 21 points
ariich - 18 points
Dr. DTVT - 17 points
Elite - 16 points
YtseBitsySpider - 15 points
Mystery Participant - 15 points
Lolzeez - 12 points
Ruba - 12 points
Onno - 12 points
(I need to check my math but I think I got it all right)
I think I got almost everything for round 5 as well but I won't be able to judge in the afternoon because I'll be out of the house from about 2pm til 2am
so Saturday morning it is, if I manage to wake up well before class. Thanks for being cool and cooperative once again