Lonestar's Death Island Roulette- And the winner is.....

[lonestar]

OK all songs are in.....

Tomislav- Agalloch- Our Fortress is Burning Pt 1,2
Jingle- Sunburst- Beyond the Darkest Sun, Breaking the Core
Orcus- Deafheaven- Dream House, Irresistable
Elite- The Ocean- Hadopelagic 1,2


And let the listening commence...

[Crow]

the ocean is who i'd sent for round 5 but i wouldn't have sent them here because i'm not a fan of sending instrumental pelagial & the other song would've been stenian

let them believe is cool though. the instrumental track basically doesn't exist though 

also orcus is boned imo. i don't perceive deafheaven as something lonestar would like at all

[Tyrias]

yeah, I'll go ahead and welcome Orcus to the loser-side. I'd be surprised if lonestar enjoyed Deafheaven.

[lonestar]

You guys are really selling it here 

Ok, guess we'll give this round a spin.

[orcus116]

This round stumped me for some reason. I had another band lined up but the instrumental wasn't really anything. Ah well.

[lonestar]

He's writing himself off and I haven't even clicked play yet 

[Tyrias]

To be fair, I do like that song. It's the weakest one on the album, though.

[orcus116]

He's writing himself off and I haven't even clicked play yet 

  I actually know what I would send in later rounds it's just this one tripped me up for some reason.

To be fair, I do like that song. It's the weakest one on the album, though.

I wanted to send Vertigo but that itself is almost 15 minutes.

[wolfking]

Sunburst should be a pretty safe pick.

[Tomislav95]

Yeah, Deafheaven is not something lonestar would like IMO but I though the same about ISIS. Both great bands.
I think Agalloch isn't in our host's taste either, it's kinda blackish metal but who knows, it's that good even Evermind liked them .

[jingle.boy]

Sunburst should be a pretty safe pick.

I figured it was a slow heater, right over the center of the plate.

[jingle.boy]

Wasn't at all into the 1st half of Dream House; 2nd half was good, and I enjoyed the instrumental.  Same with the instrumental from The Ocean was good, just too short as a prelude.

Agalloch... that's some gloomy shit - not shit music, just gloomy as shit.

[TAC]

[King Postwhore]

[Tomislav95]

When can we expect results?

[lonestar]

Tomorrow at the latest, I have a firm loser, I just still need to give the others another spin or two to get a winner.


Also, binge watching The Punisher yesterday and today didn't help things.

[Crow]

"I have a firm loser" rip orcus?

[lonestar]

Ok, so here goes nothing....


Elite, you get the record for shortest instrumental...but your other track more than made up for it. Great submission, you're safely into the next round.

Tom, Agalloch lived up to my surmised hype. A haunting track that just got darker and darker, so much atmosphere in this one. You get the win my friend...

Jingle and Orcus, I'll make the cut later tonight...


Tomislav- Agalloch- Our Fortress is Burning Pt 1,2
Jingle- Sunburst- Beyond the Darkest Sun, Breaking the Core
Orcus- Deafheaven- Dream House, Irresistable
Elite- The Ocean- Hadopelagic 1,2

[Tomislav95]

Album Ashes Against the Grain is just more of that, make sure to check it out

[lonestar]

Eh, I got shit to do tonight, so I'll make the cut now.



Jingle, good prog metal, very good actually. This and the two others were pretty close for the win tbh.


And that means of course that Orcus, you are cut my friend. As everyone else alluded to, this song was just outside my comfort zone, it finished nicely, and the instrumental was good, but it just wasn't quite there for me. Thanks for your submissions, and thanks for playing!!!


Jingle, elite, and Tom, send at your leisure, I won't be getting to anything until after the Thanksgiving holiday.

[lonestar]

Just realized I missed an opportunity to be a total dick and cut Chad on his birthday. Oh well....

[jingle.boy]

Changing gears for this next round. We'll see if it pays off.

Just realized I missed an opportunity to be a total dick and cut Chad on his birthday. Oh well....

You are far too fine an individual to be that mean!

There's always next year.

[orcus116]

[lonestar]

 

[King Postwhore]

Oh shit! I'm amazed he had that ready to post right away!

[jingle.boy]

Oh shit! I'm amazed he had that ready to post right away!

 

[Crow]

he died as he lived,

deafheaven

[lonestar]

I really didn't want to cut him, I didn't want to play into the prophecy, but as it is, sometimes prophecies hold true.

[jingle.boy]

So who did you “want” to cut??

[King Postwhore]

It's easy to cut the Canadiens. They're so docile.

[lonestar]

So who did you “want” to cut??

Nobody in particular...it's just when everyone is all "oh man so and so is getting cut" before I've even cracked one song, I have an itch to prove them wrong. In this instance, they happened to be right.

It's easy to cut the Canadiens. They're so docile.

Like shooting fish in a barrel bro.

[Elite]

I kind of thought I could be on my way out with that submission, not because Let Them Believe is bad, because that song is absolutely killer, but because the instrumental is indeed very short and not very noteworthy as a standalone track. Glad I'm still in though, now to send you something amazing for this round.

[jingle.boy]

It's easy to cut the Canadiens. They're so docile.

Like shooting fish in a barrel bro.

I got nothin.

[Tomislav95]

Ugh I  have trouble picking what to send. There is a lot of stuff left in my library, from consecutive tracks about 9 minutes long to epic songs with shorter intros almost 20 minutes long. The question is, to risk and save an album for next round or not
EDIT: And sent.

[lonestar]

I kind of thought I could be on my way out with that submission, not because Let Them Believe is bad, because that song is absolutely killer, but because the instrumental is indeed very short and not very noteworthy as a standalone track. Glad I'm still in though, now to send you something amazing for this round.

Waiting on you bro...