RESULTS ROUND 8... FINALLY? - Thunderstone - Great Man DownI don't like power metal very much, but this was better than average song in the genre. I don't like the main riff, but verses are much better and the soaring chorus is very good. The vocalist has a nice voice.
8,1lonestar - Absolute Priority - Dead Man Walkin'Almost same track title than with the Bowie song last round. Lovely acoustic guitar solo in the intro. The vocalist sounds exactly like young Geoff Tate, which is not a bad thing. Very dramatic piece. Great heavier instrumental section (cool rhythm) with a stunning guitar solo! Climax could've been bigger, but works well still and the outro is beautiful.
9,5WindMaster - Alcest - Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs NouvellesSecond time in this roulette when I got something sung in French. Pretty mesmerizing one. Lots of reverb or some other effect like that, which creates sort of hazy feeling. Lots of beautiful melodies and even though there are some growls and fast drum beats, it isn't really heavy.
9,5Nekov - Devin Townsend Project - Awake!Catchy and heavy track. Devin has a very good clean voice, I'm a bit torn at the growly stuff. I love the chorus with female vocals. However, I probably would have liked this more if it was around five minutes long. The latter half of the song is good, but not as good as the first.
8,8MoraWintersoul - Sieges Even - Sequence VIII: StyxLots of clean guitar, I like. Sounds a bit Rush-esque. Great snare drum sound! Great riff at about 2:20. I love the more energetic middle section, and the outro is magnificent.
9,6Lolzeez - The Mars Volta - Day of the BaphometsBass solo... Bass solo. BASS SOLO! Well this is awesome! Sounds like Latin-American King Crimson. Wicked playing! Nice guitar-sax trade-off soloing at 5:00. I'm afraid I can't give anything else than full points. Hey, and why would it be impossible for them to reunite, you might be able to see this live if it happens.
10obscure - Aeon Zen - WarningI love me some athmospherical music and the intro is really beautiful. The turn into heavy metal is not a bad thing either. Catchy verses, and a pretty good chorus. Proggy bridge, but within the limits of the good taste. Awesome keyboard solo. And the end is quite surprising, I didn't saw it coming the first time I listened to it. But it's a nice to end the song at it's most energetic point, for a change.
9,1Scorpion - Devin Townsend - Bad DevilJazzy heavy metal... niiiice. Great pre-chorus
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9,3Phuuh. Let's look at the final standings.
lonestar 73,1 (yellow is kinda invisible, it says "lonestar 73,1")
MoraWintersoul 72,8obscure 72,3? 71,4
WindMaster 71,3
Lolzeez 71,3
Nekov 70,9
Scorpion 70,3
All hail to RJ! And thanks to everyone else participated, I had great time and found lots of great music. Hope you enjoyed too!