Hello folks, and welcome to this roulette of mine. My Top 50 list has just been finished, and after eight months of waiting, it’s finally my turn, and here we go. I’m looking for ten players.
It’s the first time I’m hosting such thing, so the rules will be quite simple: classic eight rounds, the odd-numbered rounds are open, the even-numbered rounds are themed. Like this:
Round 1: Open (Length limit: 10 minutes)
Round 2: Themed: Ballads (Length limit: 10 minutes)
Round 3: Open (Length limit: 10 minutes)
Round 4: Themed: Two or more vocalists (Length limit: 10 minutes)
Round 5: Open (Length limit: 15 minutes)
Round 6: Themed: Short epic (Length limit: 6 minutes)
(cut-off line, six players are eliminated)
Round 7: Open: Two songs (Length limit for two songs: 20 minutes)
Round 8: Themed: Epic (Length limit: none)
If your song goes beyond the length limit for less than 30 seconds, it’s alright. For example, you can send a 10:29 song for the first round. However, every next 30 seconds will result in losing a point, for example, 10/10 song clocking at 10:31 will receive 9 points, at 11:01 — 8 points and so on.
This brings us to the scoring system. I’ll rank each song out of ten, and whoever has the most points after Round 8, well, wins the whole thing. No special points, no handicaps, nothing. It’s that easy. Here are the milestones for ranking the songs:
2.5 – bad
5.0 – average
7.5 – good
10 – perfection
So basically if you get more than 5 points for your song, it’s above average, and that’s a good thing. The artists whose song will receive 7.5 and more points are banned for the rest of roulette. My goal for this roulette is to discover new awesome bands, so, please, keep this in mind.
That brings us to banned artists and my overall tastes in music. I’ve recently finished my Top 50 albums list and I’ve got a neat recap of it
here, so you can check it out to get a general grasp on my tastes. I mostly enjoy power metal, prog metal, hard rock, prog rock and such stuff. I do not enjoy a lot of djenty approach, growls, thrash, rap and electronic music, and probably a lot of other stuff, but you’re welcome to try, because, well, there are always some exceptions. While I enjoy classical music, please refrain from sending it in this roulette.
So, the banned artists list! It’s going to be a bit long probably, and not all the bands here are the ones I enjoy, so be careful.
AC/DC
Accept
Adrenaline Mob
Aerosmith
After Forever
Aina
Alice Cooper
All Seeing Eyes
Allen/Lande
Alter Bridge
Amaranthe
Ambeon
Amethystium
Amorphis
Anathema
Angra
Anneke van Giersbergen
Anubis Gate
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Ark
Armageddon
Astra
Astral Domine
Avantasia
Axel Rudi Pell
Ayreon
Beyond The Bridge
Big Big Train
Black Sabbath
Blackfield
Blackmore’s Night
Blind Guardian
Bloodbound
Bob Dylan
Bruce Dickinson
Casualties of Cool
Cain’s Offering
Conception
Crystal Viper
David Bowie
David Gilmour
Deep Purple
Delain
Demons and Wizards
Derek Sherinian
Destrage
Devin Townsend / Devin Townsend Project / The Devin Townsend Band
Diabulus in Musica
Dio
Dire Straits
Dragonforce
Dream Theater
Echo Us
Eden Circus
Edguy
Eluveitie
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Enchant
Ensiferum
Epica
Evergrey
Fates Warning
Firewind
Fish
Flaming Row
Flying Colors
Gamma Ray
Gary Moore
Genesis
Green Carnation
Guilt Machine
Haken
HammerFall
Heaven and Hell
Helloween
Holy Shire
Ian Anderson
Intervals
IQ
Iron Maiden
Iron Savior
James LaBrie
Jethro Tull
Joan Baez
John Illsley
John Petrucci
Jon Lord
Jon Oliva’s Pain
Jordan Rudess
Jorn
Judas Priest
Kaledon
Kamelot
Karnya
Katatonia
King Crimson
Kiske / Somerville
KISS
Lacuna Coil
Led Zeppelin
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lunatic Soul
Magnum
Marillion
Mark Knopfler
Masterplan
Metallica
MindMaze
Mostly Autumn
Muse
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Need
Nevermore
Nightwish
Opeth
Orden Ogan
OSI
Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation
Pink Floyd
Place Vendome
Porcupine Tree
Pretty Maids
Primal Fear
Psycrence
Queen
Queensryche
Rainbow
Ring of Fire
Riverside
Robert Wyatt
Rolling Stones
Rush
Rustfield
Sabaton
Savatage
Saxon
Scorpions
Serious Black
Seventh Wonder
Shadow Gallery
Shattered Skies
Sonata Arctica
Spock’s Beard
Star One
Steve Hackett
Steven Wilson
Sting
Storm Corrosion
Stormwarrior
Strapping Young Lad
Stratovarius
Stream of Passion
Symphony X
Synaesthesia
System of a Down
Tarja Turunen
Tarot
Temperance
The Beatles
The Doors
The Flower Kings
The Gathering
The Gentle Storm
The Who
Thoughts Factory
Timo Tolkki’s Avalon
Toehider
Tool
Transatlantic
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Triosphere
Tuomas Holopainen
Unisonic
Van Canto
Van Halen
Vanden Plas
Vanishing Point
Whitesnake
Wind Rose
Within Temptation
Yes
Yngwie Malmsteen
Additions to the banned list:
Trail of Murder
Absolute Priority
Wolverine
Last Tribe
Free Fall (and any Magnus Karlsson work, for that matter)
Helker
Enbound
Roger Waters
Lord
Mazzy Star
Xen
Ten
Dog Fashion Disco
Susanne Sundfør
The Tallest Man on Earth
Boston
Arstidir
Circus Maximus
Headspace
Lost in Thought
Pendragon
Morifade
Steam Powered Giraffe
Pure Reason Revolution
Phideaux
Damien Rice
Amadeus Awad's Eon
Bodies of Water
Serenity
Hear N' Aid
Elvenking
Angel Dust
Nightingale
Tiles
David Gray
Speaking to Stones
Iced Earth
Mandroid Echostar
Arena
Swans
Mind's Eye
Heavenly
Pride of Lions
Threshold
Galahad
Kingcrow
Crystal Eyes
Mattador
Ice Age
Journey
Wishbone Ash
Lost Horizon
Surely I forgot some other bands, so I’ll just return your song if I’ve already heard it. Don’t take offense at that. If you’re not sure if the band is eligible or not, ask away. Also, I’ve been following some roulettes and therefore listening to some often appearing songs, so your usual choices may be not eligible here. Songs like Anciients – Raise the Sun; Kevin Gilbert – Song for a Dead Friend; David Maxim Micic – Where is Now? and I think about ten more are not eligible too.
How to send files: via PM. I can also give you my e-mail, if needed.
MP3 files are preferable, because I can upload them on my phone and listen to your songs at work or on the road. You can use
MEGA to upload the files.
Youtube links are alright too. Please,
absolutely no Spotify, as it’s not available in my country. Also, please
provide the artist and the song’s name in PM to avoid any confusion.
And I guess that covers it all. As I said, I’m looking for ten players. Two less or two more will be fine too, so don’t hesitate to sign in. The first round will start as soon as there’ll be enough players.