ROUND 3 RESULTSSacul: The Cardigans – Erase / RewindI think I heard some of their songs somewhere, probably here, and liked it but completely forgot about it. Let me say, this is the kind of stuff I want to get from you, really catchy and at the same time haunting, really quality pop music. I love, just love her voice. If it wasn’t for its smokiness it probably wouldn’t have had the same effect on me and I can’t imagine it without her voice. I like how haunting the chorus sounds, it’s been stuck in my head for days. Unfortunately, unlike most songs this one wasn’t really a grower for me. It’s like I heard everything there is to hear in first two listening and I was just relistening it later, it could get boring with repeated listens. But still a great song and the best in this round.
10.5 pointsCyril: Illyria – The Carpathian SummitThe longest song I got in this roulette so far and definitely worth it. I like it when black metal sounds so epic and mellow at parts, they definitely know how to make great music on both parts of the spectrum. On moments, during a heavy part, it even feels like it could be some other genre if it wasn’t for growls and heaviness, the melodies are quite prog sounding. I just absolutely love the melodies in this piece. The part I’m not too keen on is when the growls start (verses, I guess), it just loses the charm a bit but it gets it again with its melodic guitars later. It really reminds me of Agalloch and you know how much I like them. Sax part loses me a bit again, it doesn’t work that well here imo but it’s fine. After all, it’s a great song but a bit still overlong.
10 pointssenecadawg2: Ben Howard – All Is Now HarmedBen Howard is one of those artists you can’t not hear of if you’re into indie folk. But somehow I never really checked him out. Actually, I think I did but only one song and didn’t like it so I didn’t try further. With this song I can see it is a grower, I like it more and more every time I listen to it and I think I will even more in future. Too bad there are two songs I like a bit better because this would get a point more otherwise. Production is kinda different than I’m used on but I like it. The thing that won me is definitely that chorus which sounds really beautiful. Can’t wait to check him out further.
9.5 pointsTAC: Branch Arterial – My CurseRight from the start this reminded me of Artificial Language, the band I heard in one of the roulette, but it’s less wacky and I like that. The weird thing about this are the vocals. I kinda like them but still can’t connect this music with his voice. I guess it would work a bit better with less heavy music. I don’t have much to say about it, it’s nothing too original but it keeps things interesting during all 5 minutes so I like it and enjoy it every time I hear it.
9 pointsLethean: Angra – Upper LevelsSomehow I managed to never hear a second of this band even though I’m familiar with the name. I have to admit I didn’t hear much interesting at first. The only thing I liked from the start were the vocals and vocal melodies which really reminded me of Symphony X, the band I like for the same qualities. The more and more I listened to it I started to appreciate other elements of the song and it turned out to be real grower. I’m not sure if it good or bad thing, at the middle it kinda turns into different song, even sounds more like older progressive rock which doesn’t go well with really metally riffing at the first part of the songs. All in all, it’s a good song but doesn’t sound too original and middle part sounds a bit disjointed. Will check out though.
8 pointsStadler: Jane’s Addiction – Three DaysI really didn’t know what to expect from this band, it sounds familiar but I didn’t even know which genre it is and I was quite surprised it’s alt rock from 80s/90s. The first thing I noticed is that it sounds quite similar to later indie/emo bands. But of course, it wasn’t Jane’s Addiction who copied the influence
there’s not much I don’t like about this song other than it’s a bit too long and I’m not sure how I feel about vocals. Other than that I like the bass, tempo changes, guitar solo, vocal melodies, it’s really one of the best alternative rock songs I heard lately.
7.5 pointsEvermind: Amadeus Awad – Lonesome ClownFinally this band. I was interested in it since I first saw the album art in “What album are you listening to?” thread but it got lost in my to-check-out list, I guess. You probably know Anneke is my favourite female singer, even though she is everywhere I have a feeling I will never get tired of her. I was always fan of her more folk-style singing and it is (fortunately for me) in this style here. I’m not too keen on instrumental part, it’s just not too original, I’m afraid. I’m also not into keyboard-driven music that much. Anneke and Marco Minnemann both shine on this song and I’m afraid if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t like this so much so I’m not sure I’ll like the album…
7 pointsPuppies_On_Acid: Liturgy – HarmoniaFinally my type of black metal from you. Yes, it’s harsh and heavy but it also sound beautiful. The thing I like in some black metal and it applies here is that they are not afraid to use more conventional riffs and melodies. Some riffs sound pretty much like something from classic heavy metal song. Production is quite muddy and I can understand if that’s intentional but I’m not into that, sadly. Growls sound really painful even if I don’t understand one word of it but I still like them. I guess you would get better score If this round wasn’t this good. Will check this band out.
6.5 pointswolfking: Persefone – Spiritual MigrationIt seems everyone here is baffled I’m not into this band already. I got them in my second roulette and I didn’t hate it but I neither liked it that much. All elements I like are there but it still lacks something to make me love it, I guess I just don’t feel it. Sadly, it crosses that boundary of wackiness and chaos I like but clean vocals make up for some of it. My favourite part of the song is atmospheric part in the middle until the end but I don’t think they sound like that most of the time.
6 pointshome: Frank Ocean – NightsIt was bold move sending me R&B/hip-hop considering I’m not into it but you get some bonus points so it turned out ok. Actually, it turned out more than that. At first, I just couldn’t get into it, didn’t really hear the appeal. I started liking it more and more later, especially the first part. Second part isn’t really my cup of tea so you’re getting slightly lower score than you would if it sticked to the style of the first part. Still, I’m pretty interested in his music, given how well this album is rated on rym and it has grown on me quite a bit in the end.
4 + 1.5 = 5.5 pointsKwyjibo: Soundgarden – The Day I Tried to LiveAs you know, I love Chris Cornell. The reason I never checked out Soundgarden is that I started to listen to Audioslave fairly recently and never came to listen to this band. The only song I know is Black Hole Sun which I like. Here, in my opinion, Chris sounds I bit burned out during chorus and it is definitely too high for him, it’s straining his voice and that takes some enjoyment from the song. Other than that, it’s fine hard rock song but not really something I listen to all the time.
5 pointsKattelox: Magic Dance – In Their EyesSo yeah, this sounds like something I would like. But… it also sounds a bit generic, both music and vocals, something you could hear during credits of not so good movie. Still as I said, I like this kind of music but it’s far from perfect synthpop and there’s nothing that stands out. Even though it’s catchy, in the end it just falls flat and it’s there, not great, not terrible.
4.5 pointsFlyingBIZKIT: Nine Inch Nails – RingfingerThe band I expected to receive for a long time, given how often I see it in other roulettes. I never checked them out because I don’t like this style that much and sadly it turned out it did not grow on me with this song. I just think this combination doesn’t work well for me. I can’t really describe it, it just get boring for me after same time, I don’t like repetitive music.
4 pointsSTANDINGS:1. Cyril - 30 points
2. senecadawg2 - 26 points
TAC - 26 points
4. Lethean - 24 points
5. Evermind - 23.5 points
6. Stadler - 21 points
7. Sacul - 20.5 points
8. FlyingBIZKIT - 20 points
home - 20 points
10. wolfking - 18 points
11. Kwyjibo - 17 points
12. Kattelox - 16 points
13. Puppies_On_Acid - 14.5 points
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