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Remember guys: The sequel is always worse than the original, keep your expectations very low
Welcome to my second roulette! Not gonna lie, I did NOT expect to be up so soon again and neither did you probably, it hasn't even been half a year since my last one ended but I'm all ready for it! Hope you are too.
I’ve been getting major beatings and been doing terribly in some recent roulettes, but now it’s time to host one myself again, really looking forward to it! I didn’t expect to be up again already but I can manage. Anyone who hasn’t participated in/followed my first roulette,
here’s the link (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44884.0). I really enjoyed doing it, tons of great new music came my way and I have further expanded my music library afterwards. However, it wasn’t as smooth as I would’ve liked, being unsure about which themes to discard and which to keep while the roulette was already running, aswell as not standing 100% behind my rankings – not this time, this one is going to run so smoothly it’ll be over before you can say “roulette“.
Scoring system: .25?
The scoring system remains pretty much the same as my first roulette, so I’ll be rating your songs out of 10 points, and I’m going to be realistic here, so I don’t think anyone with a serious attempt at sending something I might like will score lower than a 4, but don’t count it out. Don’t push your luck guys, I won’t rule out scores below 4 if it’s absolute shite, but I have faith in you. The only difference between this roulette and the first one score-wise is that I’ll be scoring with .25 point increments. It honestly doesn't change much, all it does is make it easier for me to give the songs exactly what I feel they deserve. Sometimes I'll have a hard time deciding between 7.5 and 8.0 so with this I can just easily fix that by giving the song 7.75.
1-2: If you get something below a 3 you have fucking done it, for this one I can’t even name examples, I have no idea what kind of disaster it takes for me to give a song a score like this, but by all means, do try. I should at this point probably throw you out of the roulette but I’m no bad guy so instead you’ll just have to deal with a major point deficit.
3-4: Either very boring or annoying in many ways, could be something that’s simply too weird for me (this takes a lot to be honest), something that bores me to death or something that is very standard in every possible way and sparks little to no interest from me.
5-6: Ranging from mediocre to good. Thinking of the songs I’d rate about 6 right now, they have their moments, but I wouldn’t want an album full of songs like that, to put it in perspection.
7-8: Ranging from good to amazing, 7 will likely be my go-to score for good submissions that probably triggered me to check out the album but aren’t too spectacular on their own.
9-10: Perfection
Rules/Notes
I kept it as short as possible, but I want to make sure you know what you’re signing up for, especially if you’re not familiar with roulettes in general. So there’s some general rules in there aswell as stuff about this roulette specifically. I prefer to have questions about the rules in the thread if they apply to other participants too, if they’re personal questions you can go ahead and PM me.
- I will have 12 participants as an absolute max. I gave this a bit more thought than the first time because it seems to be very popular these days to accept everyone who applies and then do qualifiers. It seems like a lot of fun to host, and you sure as hell get a lot of different music from it, but I don’t want to eliminate people based on an unfortunate miss. If someone is eager to join the roulette I want them to stay for the whole duration (until the first elimination point atleast :neverusethis:).Most of you should have enough information about me to determine whether this competition is for you or not. And if you don’t, there’s always my last.fm page, top 50 albums and first roulette thread, aswell as my banned list and the unlockables which you can read about in the next post. Anyone is free to join, I encourage newcomers but I have no problem getting some of the train roulette veterans back on board either.
- Submitting songs is prefered through Spotify/Youtube/files, I’ll even allow bandcamp if you have like the most obscure band in the world, but out of these I think Spotify and mp3 files are my prefered format, though I don’t have any problem with the others. My Spotify username is "LviaLviaquez" if you'd like to send songs through Spotify.
- The length limit for each round will be 11 minutes, but that’s an absolute max. I knew I’d get trouble setting it at 10 and people wanting to send 10:05 minute songs and such. However, since the epic round was by far my favorite from last roulette, and there’s not going to be themed rounds this time around, I decided to allow everyone to send one (JUST ONE) 11+ minute song with no time limit.
- When you’re in, you’re in. Don’t sign up for a competition you can’t keep up with. This seems like a useless point to make but since I’m going on vacation for a week in July and want to keep running this thing as smoothly as possible I want to make sure we don’t have to wait a week for someone to send or something.
I’m going to schedule the rounds properly so everyone knows when they can send, when the deadline will be, aswell as scheduling pre-result teasers and bonus rounds etc. The punctuality in some of the recent roulettes really stood out to me and kept the roulette alive the entire time, gonna try to achieve the same here. This also means that if you don‘t send before the deadline and I don't hear from you at all after contacting I might start the round without you, if you send later I’ll still listen to your song the same amount of times, but I’ll do it in a shorter period of time, so indirectly it could affect the score if it’s too much to take in in just a few days. Let me know if for some reason you can’t meet the deadline and it won’t be a problem. I’m no bad guy, if we need to postpone a round for a couple of days on one or two occasions I won’t make a big deal out of it. - Any band scoring 7 or higher will be put on the banned list, the rest of them is still available (if a song got 7 or higher only because of a bonus point it’s still available). If you do re-enter a used band that got a score lower than 7, please, at least read the writeup for the first song sent by this artist to understand what I didn’t like about it. Anything under a 7 will most likely have atleast one significant element I don’t like about it so it could be helpful.
- So I mentioned mixing up themes a bit, I don’t want people to depend on them too much, and I think the non-obligatory themes of Bolsters‘ roulette were pretty great, so I’m going to shamelessly copy that, here’s a list of the themes you can choose from:
* Foreign lyrics: Songs with lyrics sung in anything but English and Dutch, I’ll allow Spanish. I’m technically Spanish but I don’t speak it as well or as frequently as the other two in my daily life, so it still has that foreign spark to me.
* Instrumental: This speaks for itself.
* World music: I think I have a soft spot for this kinda stuff, but it’s still a tough one, I also barely have any world music influenced stuff so yeah, help me find more.
* Songs with prominent brass/strings/woodwind inclusion: For this one I will allow synthesizers aswell as the actual instruments, I can often hear the difference pretty clearly, but it doesn’t take away from my enjoyment.
* Songs released in 2016: I’ve found lots of cool newly released stuff already, help me find more!
* Cover songs: There’s lots of great covers around, usually the ones I like best are the ones that really form their own identity. A great example is the Johny Cash cover of Hurt by NIN, and Metallica’s covers of Turn The Page and Astronomy by Bob Seger and Blue Öyster Cult respectively.
Note, the banned list applies to the band that’s covering the song, if it’s the other way around, I need to approve of it first, if I know the song or if I think it’s too similar to the original that I already know I will deny your song.
For any of these themes, you could apply your 11+ length limit. You can’t however, use one song for more than one of the themes, let’s say you have an instrumental song from 2016, you’ll have to choose one of the themes. Only a maximum of 3 bonus points will be handed out per participant, and you can’t get more than 1 bonus per theme.
Just to be safe, please mention the theme you’re going for when sending a song! In case a song could apply to more than one theme, or in case it’s a song where it could be borderline passable for a theme such as the brass theme.
Roulette format
Went back and forth with this one a lot, gave it a lot of thought, and in the end I went with this: we are looking at a total of 10 rounds, with one cut-off point after the first 7 rounds. The amount of people cut will be based on my total amount of participants. Either way, anyone that’s not in the top 5 will be cut after the first 7 rounds, unfortunately. :(
Round 1: Open (INCLUDING BONUS ROUND #1)
Round 2: Open
Round 3: Open (INCLUDING BONUS ROUND #2)
Round 4: Open (INCLUDING BONUS ROUND #3)
Round 5 and 6: Open
Round 7: Open (Top 5 advance after R7)
Round 8: Open
Round 9: ??? (Is it a special round? Is it just another open round? You’ll find out when the time comes)
Round 10: EP Round
So in short, I stuffed in a total of 3 announced bonus rounds of which its content remains secret. If I feel some more bonuses are in place I might do one unannounced but I’m aiming on it just being these three. Round 1 up until 7, anything goes. You should read the rules to know which song lengths apply and how you can earn extra points by applying certain themes and such, but mostly this is a straightforward run of 7 open rounds, and the top 5 advance to the final rounds.
Round 10 is when the real finals kick in, I’m not going to eliminate anyone prior to this round so it’ll still be the top 5 players. With this round think of something like Evermind and Sacul’s final roulette rounds, to name a few.[/list]
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Tastes/bonus system
This is a little something I thought of when I was writing a "My tastes"/"My history with music" kinda topic, in the end I decided against it, I wanted to do this in a different way.
This is kind of what I’ve been building the roulette around, apart from the standard format. Bonus rounds include rewards related to this system, but not exclusively.
First off, this has nothing to do with the bonus points you can get from using the themes, this bonus system will not award you any actual points.
Instead, I was thinking of an unlocking system, but I wanted to keep the competition as balanced as possible, so I completely ruled out awarding bonus points for the challenges you’re going to face. Instead of handing out free points, you can earn bonuses that allow you to unlock one of the topics listed below of which I’ve written some (useful?) information about my experience/tastes with that topic. For instance, there’s one topic, “Growls“, which has me talking about all sorts of different types of growls and in what context I like them etc. I think it could be very helpful in finding something good, but it doesn’t directly give you any point advantage, so I thought that was pretty neat.
Obviously, not every topic is going to be as valuable to every single participant, so you’ll have to pick carefully. But to kind of try and balance it out, everything provides roughly the same amount of insight and explanations. I didn’t want to make it so that one or two of these topics are clearly more valuable, from a neutral point of view I can say they look roughly equally useful. So with a topic like “Djent“, things are obviously a little more in depth, and I don’t just talk about palm muting :lol I could be telling you something about my thoughts on certain types of vocals, musical arrangements, you know, things that could be used very well outside of those topics too.
I don’t want to give you any concrete info on any of these though, so without further ado: At the start of the roulette, you all get to choose two of the topics listed below. Just PM me which ones you’d like and I will reply to you with my walls of text. You can expect a roughly 500-800 words text discussing different subtopics, along the way I’ve listed song examples with timestamps between brackets in case I wanted to show a certain moment of that song, to clarify what I’m talking about. For example:
I can be very picky with my vocalists, I absolutely hate when bands have boring whiny vocalists (Dream Theater - Forsaken (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkcAqknKBO4#t=3m14s)) Disclaimer: I like Forsaken
The 500-800 word estimation is including the songs+timestamps.
The links are all youtube links, so if it’s not available in your country you’ll have to look them up yourself. Useful tip: if the link doesn’t work and I linked a specific timestamp, you can quote my message and copy the link, or if you want to perhaps look it up on spotify or something, the timestamp is at the end of the url, marked with “#t=(minutes)m(seconds)s“ or just “#t=(seconds)“ if it’s in the first minute.
Here are the topics you can choose from:
• Traditional rock/metal (the classics) + modern rock
• Growls
• Atmospheric music
• Prog in general
• Djent
• Electronic
• Doom/Black metal
Some (maybe) obvious ommisions on the list of topics to choose from, but that’s because I only wanted to cover the topics that cover a big part of my music, or things that I can atleast explain the best. Meaning that if I would include, for example, powermetal, it would be more of a trap than actual help, like I would bait Evermind into picking power metal, only to find out that I literally have nothing to say about the genre.
To put it in perspective, the two articles with the most words (they exceeded my estimated words mark) includes the one about djent, so I wouldn’t judge the topics too much by how broad they are, but rather by how well they could help you in sending good stuff.
BANNED LIST
A.C.T
Absolute Priority
AC/DC
Aeon Zen
Arcane
Alcest
Alter Bridge
Amon Amarth
Anathema
Apocalyptica
Arctic Monkeys
Arkentype
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Ayreon
Beardfish
Bent Knee
Between the Buried and Me
Billy Talent
Blackmill
Bon Iver
Bon Jovi
Brand New
Brookes Brothers
Bruce Dickinson
Bulb
Bullet for my Valentine
Caligula’s Horse
Chaosbay
Children of Bodom
Children of Nova
CHON
Circus Maximus
Closure In Moscow
Coheed and Cambria
Coldplay
Cult of Luna
David Gilmour
David Maxim Micic
Deadly Circus Fire
Deep Purple
Deftones
Destrage
Device
Devil Doll
Devin Townsend (including the related projects)
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Dire Straits
Disclosure
Distorted Harmony
Disturbed
Dream Theater
Dredg
Drowning Pool
Earthside
Eau Rouge
Eminem
Envy on the Coast
Fates Warning
Five Finger Death Punch
Foals
Foo Fighters
Frost*
Fun.
God Is An Astronaut
Gojira
Gramatik
Green Carnation
Guilt Machine
Hacride
Haken
Headspace
I Am Abomination
Iced Earth
Ihsahn
In the Silence
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
Iron Maiden
James Blake
James Labrie
Jeff Buckley
John Coffey
John Petrucci
Jolly
Judas Priest
Justin Carter
Karnivool
Katatonia
Kauan
King Diamond
Kingcrow
Korn
Kyuss
Lacuna Coil
Lamb of God
Last Chance to Reason
Lechuga
Led Zeppelin
Lemâitre
Leprous
Like Thieves
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Long Distance Calling
Lorde
Lower Definition
Machine Head
Major Parkinson
Mandroid Echostar
Manowar
Mastodon
Megadeth
Metallica
Monuments
Moron Police
Motörhead
Moving Atlas
Muro
Muse
Mutoid Man
Myrath
Native Construct
Ne Obliviscaris
Noisia
Novembre
One Day As A Lion
Opeth
Overkill
Ozzy Osbourne
Pantera
Pearl Jam
Pendulum
Periphery
Plini
Pomegranate Tiger
Porcupine Tree
Projected Twin
Protest the Hero
Pyramid Theorem
Queensrÿche
Rage Against the Machine
Rick Astley
Rise Against
Rishloo
Rival Sons
Riverside
Royal Blood
Scar Symmetry
Sean Ashe
Seether
Serj Tankian
Seventh Wonder
Shattered Skies
Shinedown
SikTh
Skyharbor
Silver Fist
Slash (ft. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators)
Slice The Cake
Slipknot
Soen
Soilwork
Solution .45
Soundgarden
Steven Wilson
Stone Sour
Sum41
Suspyre
Symphony X
System of a Down
Teramaze
Tesseract
Tetrafusion
Textures
Thank You Scientist
The Antlers
The Dear Hunter
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Great Discord
The Human Abstract
The Mars Volta
The Ocean
The Offspring
The Pineapple Thief
The Reign of Kindo
Three Days Grace
Thrice
Tool
Transatlantic
Tremonti
Trivium
Twelve Foot Ninja
Two Steps From Hell
Vanden Plas
Van Halen
Voices from the Fuselage
VOLA
Waken Eyes
Wax Tailor
Wolfmother
Xerath
Yes
Yossi Sassi
Banned during roulette
Round 1:
CHVRCHES
The Fall Of Troy
Maybeshewill
Portishead
Afro Celt Sound System
Woods Of Ypres
Arstidir
Clint Mansell
Thy Catafalque
Round 2:
Death Cab For Cutie
Wilderun
Obsidian Kingdom
Being
Chicago
Moonsorrow
Frightened Rabbit
Rainbow
Oceansize
Round 3:
Dir En Grey
BT
Anciients
The Hirsch Effekt
Slowdive
The Flower Kings
Paradise Lost
Fair To Midland
Ulver
Oceans Of Slumber
Round 4:
Susanne Sundfor
Eluveite
Kashiwa Daisuke
Blue Stahli
Mew
In Flames
Sonata Arctica
Agent Fresco
Schizoid Lloyd
Pure Reason Revolution
Round 5:
Sigh
Zardonic
Chthonic
Scorpions
maudlin of the Well
Dark Tranquility
Amorphis
Hybrid
Rush
Rosetta
Nothing More
ReVamp
Round 6:
This Will Destroy You
Capdown
Orphaned Land
Pain Of Salvation
Pink Floyd
Caladan Brood
Joseph Magazine
Hypocrisy
Sergey Golovin
Blackfield
Round 7:
Nightwish
Stratovarius
múm
Dimmu Borgir
Sigur Ros
iamthemorning
Okkervil River
Solstafir
Have a Nice Life
Gallowbraid
Round 8:
Modest Mouse
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter
Rendezvous Point
Witherscape
Round 9:
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Mr. Bungle
Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall
Daughter
Persefone
Here’s some general info that might help to read into my tastes if you don’t really know me:
• Last.fm (https://www.last.fm/user/TrainofNaught)
• List of banned artists (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2176379#msg2176379)
• Top 50 albums (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=45119.0)
• First roulette (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44884.0)
Wouldn’t say these are all extremely helpful at figuring out my tastes, but this should atleast give you a rough sketch of what bands I like.
Victims Participants
- Parama: W/B/S, Foreign lyrics, Instrumental
- Bolsters: World music, Instrumental, W/B/S
- Sacul: World music, 2016, Instrumental
- Elite: 2016, Cover, Instrumental
- twosuitsluke: Instrumental, 2016, World music
- Evermind: Foreign lyrics, W/B/S, Instrumental
- Scorpion: Instrumental, Foreign lyrics, World music
- Tomislav95: Foreign lyrics, World music, W/B/S
- 425: 2016, Instrumental, W/B/S
- splent: W/B/S, Cover, Instrumental
- Shadow Ninja 2.0: Instrumental, W/B/S, Foreign lyrics
- home: Instrumental, Cover, W/B/S
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Results
Round 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2178572#msg2178572)
Round 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2180684#msg2180684)
Round 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2183257#msg2183257)
Round 4 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2186146#msg2186146)
Round 5 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2190125#msg2190125)
Round 6 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2193309#msg2193309)
Round 7 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2198268#msg2198268)
Round 8 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2200794#msg2200794)
Round 9 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2202724#msg2202724)
Round 10:
#6: Sacul (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2205973#msg2205973)
#5: Scorpion (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2206785#msg2206785)
#4: Bolsters (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2206820#msg2206820)
#3: Parama (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2206922#msg2206922)
#2 > #1: Elite > Tomislav95 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2207030#msg2207030)
Bonus Round #1 (R1) (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2176500#msg2176500)
Bonus Round #2 (R3) (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2179960#msg2179960) (Album Fragments (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2180858#msg2180858))
Bonus Round #3 (R4) (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2183257#msg2183257)
Train roulette Spotify playlists
Best of the best (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/4UqKx9iS5AsWi26pzanX2P)
Round 1 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/1O50KPVPeTOA1W7kI8ViZK)
Round 2 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/2ii6SLUTec9Gb40GticnJN)
Round 3 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/0vYSd16TtAtDSSifNDSPJ3)
Round 4 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/1noMklwpr0sTX2rryi9iQI)
Round 5 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/18iS0HSQgNQRHVVanV1QOV)
Round 6 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/0JOY3Fy0ILkUPeIHSpYxCS)
Round 7 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/6IQDnwmlLFrqlBI7JcZ0YV)
Round 8 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/6dYeWEYwWvW1EjXaceBBF5)
Round 9 (https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/72YvtQ3bAqe1Ehfob453oM)
The EP round/Round 10
As you may have noticed by the overall format and some of my posts before no one is getting sacked between now and the end of the roulette, so the finals essentially consist out of 3 rounds. Still, the EP round is by far the most impactful and pretty much everything comes down to this, so I hope you haven’t gone through all the good stuff yet.
The formula I’ll be using to score the EP's I will keep to myself, but I can give away that I did try to make it rely more on the flow this time around, and the overall replay value, cohesiveness of it all, stuff outside of individual song scores that come into play. I wanted to announce it so soon this time around since you may need some time to think about which songs fit together best and stuff.
So here’s the rules/restrictments:
- Maximum length of 40 minutes, minimum length of 25 minutes.
- Maximum of 5 different artists, with a cap of 17 minutes per artist.
- No cap on the amount of songs you want to fit in, throwing in additional segue/interlude tracks to improve the flow may prove necessary/useful in this so no limit.
- Individual song length limit is 15 minutes and everyone gets an additional use of an 11+ minute song if they want to.
For this round I definitely prefer files over spotify or youtube or any of the other streaming websites/options, to my experience the easiest way is to upload them to MEGA.nz and send me the link to download. Also, make clear in what order they should be listened to in case the titles aren't marked with 1. 2. etc.
Not entirely sure if I've covered everything but if I didn't just ask me here or PM.
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jesusb christ that's a lot of text, /in
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Posting to say I'm in before reading any of that because I might be too late if I read it all first.
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Yeah I came prepared :lol I've been planning bits and pieces for quite a while now so fitting it into the max. characters per post was one of the hardest things.
The essential stuff you need to know at the start of the roulette are the Rules and the Tastes/Bonus system sections. Scoring systems, the schedule for next week and the format of the roulette is good to know but it's not essential right now, just stuff I lik to have in the OP for future reference.
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In. Will not try to send stuff just to win, but to try expand your musical horizons a bit like the hipster I am :P
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east of the wall isn't banned, hmm :corn
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Gave it a read.
So, these bonus rounds (1, 3, and 4) are different themes you will reveal when the time comes, or are those the three rounds you want us to ask for our optional bonuses in?
Also, will you be ranking the optional bonus theme songs like I did and awarding additional bonuses?
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Alright, first off I won't be ranking the bonus themed songs, they're simply a +1 to your score.
The bonus rounds aren't clear apparently, it has nothing to do with themes or anything, completely separate. They're more like mini-games, the winner of one of these rounds can win a small, not too impactful prize. For instance, one of the prizes could be an aditional topic of choice from the ones listed in the tastes/bonus system section.
The bonus points from the themes you can apply to your submissions are allowed in any of the rounds and have nothing to do with the bonus rounds, a bit confusing I admit.
The first bonus round will be revealed when I have ten participants and will go simultaneously with the first round. Without giving it away, I can reveal that for this round you will not have to send any songs or anything, you will take a guess at something, and the person that comes closest with their guess will win. You'll see when I reveal it.
Hope it makes more sense now.
east of the wall isn't banned, hmm :corn
I don't really have a system to determine which bands I put on the banned list and which I left out. Some on the list I only know one album of and some bands I already know or own an album of aren't on the list. So yeah it's not that consistent, but if it's not on the banned list technically you can send it. I assume you know that I won't accept anything from The Apologist though.
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read everything because I had the chance. tbh a lot of it feels like pointless fluff and I already have a solid grasp of your tastes anyways (so I can know how to push them :corn) but okay
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Another roulette for me to screw up in! Count me onboard :)
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I'm in if you'll have me dude. I think out of everyone who regularly posts on this forum your tastes may be most similar to mine. Pretty sure I'll steer clear of Progressive Metal but all other genres of metal will be fair game and from what I do know of your tastes I've got some stuff that I may be (slightly) more confident about sending to you.
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I said I'll join in the roulette tracker thread but apparently that wasn't enough? Anyway, I'm in.
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Consider it done, you are all in and we're now at 6 participants. Luke marks the first Train roulette freshman!
I already had you on the list actually, Evermind, you mentioned wanting to join my second sometime in PM too but I wanted to know for sure. Forgot about the tracker thread though but you would've been in regardless.
I've sent out the first topics through PM just now, remember, you can select two of them at the start of the roulette, choose wisely.
pointless fluff
Where's fluffy at tho :corn
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Some (maybe) obvious ommisions on the list of topics to choose from, but that’s because I only wanted to cover the topics that cover a big part of my music, or things that I can atleast explain the best. Meaning that if I would include, for example, powermetal, it would be more of a trap than actual help, like I would bait Evermind into picking power metal, only to find out that I literally have nothing to say about the genre.
If I participate in your roulette, I don't care what you think about power metal, you receive it anyway. :lol
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I'm in.
Should we PM you right now about the topics that we want to read about or should we wait until the roulette begins?
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You can do that right now, I have everything ready.
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Don't have time to read all that but I'm in.
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That's 8 people in already, this is going quicker than expected! As soon as the tenth signs up I will open round 1 for submission and reveal the first bonus round that comes along with it. After that, I will still allow 2 more people to join if they'd like.
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Bands that have been sent in the first roulette but not in the banned list are game, right? Because I've got this one song I'm spinning like the whole week and I'm not sure I'll be able to resist sending it.
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Yes they are. I want to say I checked out most of the roulette albums but that's not entirely true. Sometimes I wasn't in the mood and turned an album off early, or even forgot to check out some albums.
And if you're unsure you can always send it to me and I'll just ask to re-send if I reject it.
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Alright, I think I'll be able to swing this, actually. I've got about 7 artists that aren't banned and weren't sent in your v1, and then I can supplement that with a few that were sent in v1 plus some new artists I get over the next few weeks. So you can count me in.
Don't necessarily expect me to pull off another victory, but I figure it's better to fight for my crown and lose it than sit on the sidelines and not even try.
I'm not quite sure I understand what the bonus rounds are going to look like, but I'm sure I'll manage and it'll be clearer once I actually see one.
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In.
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Ah what the hell I've got some shit I can send you, I'm in.
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how banned would I be if I sent 5 different east of the wall related artists :neverusethis:
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I read it all, seems cool :tup I will send you PM in a few minutes.
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how banned would I be if I sent 5 different east of the wall related artists :neverusethis:
For your next roulette I'm just going to hit "random band" on Metal Archives until I find one with a sufficiently weird name, then pick a track from their top rated album.
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edit during the process of writing this since shadow ninja ninja'd me: Alright, everyone is in, time to open round 1 and announce the first bonus round!
Round 1
Nothing special, like any other round, this is an open round, I just want to announce it to let you all know that from now on you can send for the first round!
Bonus round #1
This is the first bonus round! The idea is that, along with sending your submission, you will take a guess at what # your song will rank this round. I don’t know if I’m formulating that correctly, but let’s say you’re sending the best song ever and have all the confidence in the world. If you guess your song will be ranked as the #1 song of the round and it ends up winning the round, you win the bonus round too. Similarly, if you’re miserable and have no confidence at all, you could guess last place and send a crappy song, but trust me, it’s not worth the prize. :lol
I wanted to do this one in the first round already because this way no one can be entirely sure who is going to score well and who isn't.
No matter how many identical scores occur when I post results, I will still rank all the songs and check per participant how far they were off with their guess.
You’ll have to guess a # between 12 and 1 in the same PM you’ve sent your submission in, the number being your prediction at what spot your song ends up in a full ranking of the round 1 songs. I want to avoid people knowing anything about other people’s songs before taking their guess - it has to be somewhat random – so I want you all to have the guess out before I reveal the songs that were sent. I want to see how confident people really are in their songs, and if anyone’s cocky enough to guess 1st place.
In case of a tie, the winning spot goes to the participant that guessed the lowest number. So if one person guessed #1 and ended up being #2, while another person guessed #2 and ended up being #3, the one who guessed #1 wins the tiebreaker.
The winner of the bonus round receives a prize, the #2 and #3 do too but their prize will be slightly less significant.
Make sure it's clear what # you're guessing in the same PM you use to PM your submission
Also, to anyone that hasn't asked for their topics yet, go get them ASAP as they might be of use to figure out more about my tastes.
The topics in question are:
• Traditional rock/metal (the classics) + modern rock
• Growls
• Atmospheric music
• Prog in general
• Djent
• Electronic
• Doom/Black metal
The people that have yet to claim theirs are:
Elite
425
splent
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I already know your stance on doom metal :corn
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It would be interesting to send something that is sang in Croatia :lol I wonder how foreigners perceive my language.
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sent
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Can I join? :azn:
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'F course you can! That means we're full guys.
Everyone understand the themes, bonus round 1 rules and the bonus system?
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Everyone else guessing their song will be #1? :lol
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I'll be following this, but I'm glad enough people signed up. I don't think it's a good idea to play in a roulette over the summer holidays, where I'm away from home and computer for quite long :P
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Everyone else guessing their song will be #1? :lol
I'm roulette noob so no :lol
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I sent the Jonas Brothers and guessed #12.
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I'm guessing my song will be #2. Sending for one of the bonus themes as well. Glad Tyrias isn't in.
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I'm guessing my song will be #2. Sending for one of the bonus themes as well. Glad Tyrias isn't in.
What have I done to you to deserve this :'(?
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Everyone else guessing their song will be #1? :lol
I'm curious to see whether some people are cocky enough to go for it :corn
Great to see so much variety in the topics, a few got requested a bit more than others but overall it's very balanced, and everything has been chosen at least once.
Only takers left for the topics now are 425 and splent!
I'm guessing my song will be #2. Sending for one of the bonus themes as well. Glad Tyrias isn't in.
Is this definitive? I meant for people to guess it through PM along with their submissions but if you can confirm your guess is final I'll take it.
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I'm guessing my song will be #2. Sending for one of the bonus themes as well. Glad Tyrias isn't in.
Is this definitive? I meant for people to guess it through PM along with their submissions but if you can confirm your guess is final I'll take it.
Obviously not, I'll send you my guess in PM. I may post random number guesses in this thread just for fun. :biggrin:
Edit: and sent. Also, Tyrias, check your PMs.
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Time to make a Train playlist :metal
Not sending PT's Trains tho, they're banned.
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tbh i won't send until tomorrow night
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I'm tempted to start with the cover song bonus point. May be a bit risky though as covers can be a gamble. I've got a great song/artist though. I'll think it over for like another 2 minutes at least :lol
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tbh i won't send until tomorrow night
Yeah that's fine, I didn't even expect to have 10 participants in at this time let alone all 12. I planned for the songs to be in about 3-4 days from now at latest so results would be up next Friday, but I have to see how much listening I can get in between work and all the time I will spend outside with this amazing weather.
I'm tempted to start with the cover song bonus point. May be a bit risky though as covers can be a gamble. I've got a great song/artist though. I'll think it over for like another 2 minutes at least :lol
Covers is an interesting one, I didn't know whether to put it on there or not but I figured it could be a pretty fun one.
I'll use this post to anounce that I'll be brutally copying splent's hangman after I get all the submissions, same rules and procedures. So the first guessed letter will count and that person will have to wait 3 turns before guessing again.
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Any rewards for guessing songs on hangman? :biggrin: I could really use those in Spencer's.
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Please don't have rewards for guessing songs on hangman :lol Otherwise you can go ahead and declare Evermind winner right now.
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Sent something dark :tup
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I'm tempted to get the epic out of the way first round :corn
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inb4 parama sends lod,dod
I know I'm going to send a pretty epic song first round, but it will probably be under 11 minutes.
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I mean, how about "the person who guessed most songs on hangman gets an immunity from the elimination after Round 7" type of reward?
I've sent a pretty epic song without drums and electric guitars.
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inb4 parama sends lod,dod
I know I'm going to send a pretty epic song first round, but it will probably be under 11 minutes.
green carnation is banned
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Like that would stop you.
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Hangman = no rewards guys :lol
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hangs train
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Have sent.
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I've handed out all the topics, if I somehow messed up and missed someone let me know and I'll re-send.
I've received 5 songs and everyone who has sent has given me their prediction for their overall song ranking for the first bonus round too, should be interesting to see how far people will be off. I will also reveal every number that has been guessed when the 12th submission is in, but the players who guessed these remain anonymous.
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Sent some post rock, I forgot to mention in PM, it's instrumental (for the theme). Probably speaks for itself anyway :P
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Yeah I would've noticed that it was instrumental eventually anyways, but it's always good to mention so that I get reminded to actually award the bonus point, I might forget that otherwise. So thanks
I have half the songs in already, planning to start listening on Tuesday, maybe earlier if I've received the songs before Tuesday but it depends because Euro '16 and work is probably more important than listening to your songs. But yeah, try to have your song submitted by Tuesday at the latest. And predict the # your song will rank amongst the other round 1 songs along with your submission to enter the first bonus round.
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I get Euro is important... but work :huh: I'm disappointed :P
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Yeah, watching England - Russia right now. Can't wait to see how hilariously will my team lose. :lol
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I kinda liked Russia's chances in this group before finding out Dzagoev, who is probably their key player, is left out because of an injury. Don't know much about their team though.
I know England are known to fail in spectacular fassion quite often and they were pretty terrible recently too, Vardy is on the bench and that's like my #1 player to watch but I guess he will come in later. I think Russia still have a good chance to go through because Wales and Slowakia are both kind of mediocre from what I've seen, might just be the first game pressure though.
I managed to swap shifts with a collegue so I can stay at home during the first Spain game on Monday :corn
I get Euro is important... but work :huh: I'm disappointed :P
Without an income I can't afford all your fantastic albums :laugh:
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what is 'work'
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I dunno, I liked Wales in their first game. I'm actually rooting for them to get through.
England usually fails in the international tournaments, true, but maybe they'll make it work in this one. I think they've got a spectacular lineup this time. I don't really care about Vardy, but I'm really glad to see Lallana and Kane playing.
That said, I don't really care about Russian team. I know all players from England team that are playing right now, and I have no idea who the hell half of Russian players are - Dzagoev is pretty skilled though, yep. So I guess I'm rooting for England and Wales to be 1st and 2nd in the group and then let Russia qualify from 3rd place.
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Yeah maybe I overstated it a bit, Wales weren't that bad, I just think they're overrated, but admittedly I might've overrated Slovakia as I predicted them to end up 2nd in the group.
I'm just looking forward to group D, Turkey Croatia and Spain are all some of my favorites and I honestly think they can all easily make the top 2 and maybe even #1.
What's this thread about again?
what is 'work'
Naught but a perception
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Naught
the prophecy
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Group D is really the one where every team could advance. I hoping for Croatia and Spain though.
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We decide what this thread is about. Right now it's about Euro 2016. :biggrin:
Group D is really the one where every team could advance. I hoping for Croatia and Spain though.
Damn straight. Me too. Although I'll feel bad for Petr Cech if that happens. I like him.
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I slowly stopped caring about the Czechs after the Nedved/Koller/Baros era, I've kinda always been an Arsenal fan but not a huge one, just my favorite english team. So I'll admit to hoping Rosicky and Cech can put up a nice show.
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Watching Russian translation and right before the free kick Russian commentator said "oh, and Eric Dier is also there, probably just providing a distraction here". Fast forward five seconds and Eric Dier scores. :facepalm:
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what is 'work'
roulette don't play me, don't play me... or no job :P
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Hahahaha what the hell just happened man
what is 'work'
roulette don't play me, don't play me... or no job :P
Go send me a song saculman
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Uh, I guess alright then. See, Wales is now leading the group. :lol
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tbh i'm a filthy american who has no clue what y'all are talking about
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It's ok, I'm a Brit who actually wished I didn't know what they were talking about.
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tbh i'm a filthy american who has no clue what y'all are talking about
Same. The big sporting event that's ongoing right now is obviously the NBA finals (Go Dubs).
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(https://i.imgur.com/q5kTqoz.png)
sports
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i don't pay attention to any sports because i don't care about sports
i care about music
and sometimes video games
zero time dilemma is 18 days away and i'm dying
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Your attitude towards sports = my attitude towards video games
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i don't pay attention to any sports because i don't care about sports
i care about music
and sometimes video games
e3 is tomorrow and i'm hyped
this
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I almost lost my interest for football, I watch my favorite team plus those big competitions.
Same with games, I'd like to like them more :/ I rarely finish any game since I get bored after few hours. is this a new chat thread?
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is this a new chat thread?
yes.
Not a big fan of video games either, I used to be but I don't think I've actually played any serious games in years (I used to do Fifa from time to time at friends but that's been a pretty long time aswell)
Music is a pretty cool guy though
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tbh i don't even care about e3. boring triple a publishers presenting boring games. i might watch nintendo but prob nothing else. i don't even have any of the current gen consoles lol
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I've been quite out of gaming the last year or two so I'll watch it just to be aware of what's going on on the mainstream.
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The last time I bought a game on release day was GTA5, which is nearly 3 years ago. I too am yet to get a next gen console. That will likely change when they finally release the Final Fantasy VII Re-make (even though I'm prepared for it to suck big time), I'll be all over that.
I go through phases with gaming, the last thing I played religiously was Skyrim, that was great. I'm in more of a drawing/creative phase at the moment with my spare time.
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I'm currently playing Silent Hill 2 because always wanted to play it, and also my girlfriend is obsessed with it and insisted me to play it. The OST is pretty good.
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I know I fell asleep during the Silent Hill 2 movie once so the game can't be that exciting either :corn
8/12 songs right now
EDIT: This could be important regarding the first bonus round. I want to make sure people are aware that I'm ranking the songs by their FINAL score, so that means I include the bonus points people get when they're submitting for certain themes. If you want to change your guess based on this just PM me, it's not closing for atleast a day, depending on when I get the final submission.
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I don't like music.
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I know I fell asleep during the Silent Hill 2 movie once so the game can't be that exciting either :corn
Did you just compare movie and game? :o
But really, movies are disgrace, not just for games, but also for movie industry :P I can assure you if you ever play SH2, you won't sleep that night :lol
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I know I fell asleep during the Silent Hill 2 movie once so the game can't be that exciting either :corn
Did you just compare movie and game? :o
Yea, just look at the live action Street Fighter movie :lol
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Oops, forgot that the game was actually first :lol yeah the movie adaptations of games are always terrible. Horror games are about the only ones I like at times so maybe this'll be good.
The super mario movies are still the best them though.
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my train song list is actually really long and annoying, especially since i only need to send 7 songs :corn
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Bring it on man, I've already gotten 8 really annoying songs for this round so let's see if you can top them. :corn
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i don't mean any of the songs are annoying. they're actually all great.
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I make spreadsheet with bands for every roulette I play in and this one have by far the biggest number of entries.
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i just make a list of bands and pick a song since i generally have a good idea of what song to send
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I make spreadsheet with bands for every roulette I play in and this one have by far the biggest number of entries.
Yeah I do this too. But most of the times I abandon the file because I feel I'm doing better without it. Usually I have something in mind and I just send it right away regardless of what's on the list.
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Bring it on man, I've already gotten 8 really annoying songs for this round so let's see if you can top them. :corn
My song could be boring, yeah, or maybe any other adjective, but it's most certainly one of the least annoying songs I know.
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i sent the round-winning song
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Guess who are the last 3 to send :neverusethis: if that's too hard, just guess two of them. First one to guess them correctly wins no bonus at all.
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Elite, 425, splent
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Not too far off, you got two of them right, but one of them has already sent now, and one of those had already sent before you did :corn
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Sent trip-hop.
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I will reveal the list once the last person has sent me their guess but something that has me absolutely shocked is that a total of 6 people have guessed the exact same #, out of the 11 that have sent. I don't know why this exact number is so popular but I guess we'll see which one of you is right, if anyone at all. :lol
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people are guessing #2 because they know my song already clinched #1
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Who else guessed #11?
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My only guess is Parama at #12
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if i score #12 in this round i'm going to make it a goal to score #12 in every round until i get eliminated tbh
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Results only for Parama's song 0 minutes from now.
Its garbage, 20 minutes ambient crap 1.25/10 + 1.0 bonus = 2.25/10
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ironically still higher than the lowest score i gave in my roulette
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Which song was that one? :P
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slint
also i just checked and i lied, it was 2.5 with a bonus point so w/e
i wonder what's the lowest score that's ever been given out in a roulette
i know genowyn gave out at least one 1/5 but i prefer to pretend that roulette never happened
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I believe I gave a -3 once, but that was in a round where you could only lose points
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I think my lowest was Slash - World on Fire, got like a 5 or something. I guess I've never gone full-blown risky :corn
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Train, when you are looking for new metal would you say you were looking for more of a progressive style? I mean I have a shit ton of more straight forward metal. I find I need metal that doesn't sound too much like stuff I've heard a million times (which is why I've fallen for progressive metal so hard). I've got some cool progressive metal that isn't on your banned list but I have way more straight forward metal. Don't want to lose points if you are kind of over regular metal.
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You should have taken the 'progressive metal' topic then :|
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Yes, the goal of the system is having some strategy involved in which topics to choose and thus having information that others don't. So I won't go deep into these kinds of questions.
I want to pick my words carefully here, but seeing as I might spill too much I'll just leave it at a simple answer: Both have their pro's and cons.
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Good call, completely forgot about the system you'd employed if I'm honest. No unfair advantage for me then :sadpanda:
I'll continue to meticulously plan my entry then get distracted at the last minute and send something on a whim. You're lucky you didn't get reggae in round 1 :hat
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Raggea can be pretty rad.
Everyone is in guys! I'll fire up the hangman during half-time but for now, I'll reveal all the guesses, but the names of who guessed which remain anonymous until results, the amount of #4 guesses is pretty hysterical. I like the optimism though, the lowest guess is #5 :lol sadly not everyone can be in the top 5.
#1: 2
#2: 1
#3: 1
#4: 7
#5: 1
Oh and listening will begin soon! (after the game)
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Perhaps I have a bigger chance to win if I say #8 instead then.
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So same rules as splent here, someone guesses a letter and I put them in, then that person has to wait 3 turns before guessing again.
________ - _______ _______
_____ __ _____ - _ ___ ______ __ _____ ________ ________
___ ____ __ ____ - ________
___ __________ - ___________ _________
____ ____ _____ ______ - ____ _______
_____ _______ - _____ __ ___ ____ __ ___
___ ____ _____ ____ - ___ ____
__________ - _____ ___
____________ - ___ _____ ________
___________ - _________
________ - ___ ______ __ _____
_______ - _ ____ ____ ________
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D :neverusethis:
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Evermind has to wait 3 turns
_____d__ - __d____ ___d___
___d_ __ _____ - _ ___ _____d __ _____ ________ ________
___ ____ __ ____ - ________
____ ____ ____d ______ - D___ _______
_____ _______ - D____ __ ___ ___d __ ___
____________ - __d _____ ________
___________ - ___d_____
________ - ___ ______ __ _____
_______ - _ ____ ____ __d_____
___ __________ - ___________ _________
_________d - _____ ___
___ ____ _____ ___d - ___ ____
I think I got them all. This is harder than I thought
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Portishead - Glory Box
Off to watch second half of Spain - Czech Republic match.
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Z
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Aaaand a total of 1 Z!
Elite waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Letters guessed: DZ
_____d__ - __d____ ___d___
___d_ __ _____ - _ ___ _____d __ _____ ________ ________
___ ____ __ ____ - ________
____ ____ ____d ______ - D___ _______
_____ _______ - D____ __ ___ ___d __ ___
____________ - __d _____ ________
___________ - ___d_____
________ - ___ ______ __ _____
_______ - _ ____ ____ __d_____
___ __________ - __________ ____z____
Portishead - Glory Box
___ ____ _____ ___d - ___ ____
I put down one letter too much for the song with the z in the above posts so disregard those
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G
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L
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Whoever sent Glory Box, you have good taste.
Also I hate you.
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it was sacul
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L
Just once I guess I'll allow both but usually it goes in turns, the first person that guesses after the update is the one that counts and you can only guess another letter in the next turn. After this update I'll sit back a bit though so it doesn't go too quickly. Also think people can guess some more songs at this point. You can already throw out the next guess though, I'll note it but wait a bit before updating.
Luke waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Elite waits 1
Evermind is eligible
Letters guessed: DZGL
_____d__ - __d____ ___d___
___d_ __ _____ - _ ___ _____d __ _____ _l______ ________
___ __ll __ ____ - ________
____ __l_ ____d ______ - D___ ______l
_l___ _____ll - D____ __ ___ ___d __ ___
__________ll - __d _____ L_______
__g____g_l_ - ___d_____
________ - ___ ______ __ _____
_l_____ - _ L___ L___ __d_____
___ ______l___ - __l___l___ G___z____
Portishead – Glory Box
___ ___l _____ ___d - ___ ____
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Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe
H
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Nightingale - Shadowman
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slow down partner, i want there to be unguessed songs by the time i get to work in an hour :lol
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Whoever sent Glory Box, you have good taste.
Also I hate you.
The whole album Dummy is just perfect and brings back memories of a great time in my life :biggrin:
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It's a fantastic record, probably in my top 50 if I was to remake it again.
Also, I'm gonna try push Train's tastes outside rock/metal as much as I can, on this roulette :P
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It's a fantastic record, probably in my top 50 if I was to remake it again.
Also, I'm gonna try push Train's tastes outside rock/metal as much as I can, on this roulette :P
Think I may do the same but via a very different route to you :lol
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Yeah I'll try send mostly electronic stuff.
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I sent electronic stuff
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I sent prog
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I sent black/doom.
I'm curious to see results on that electronic stuff.
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I also sent prog and black metal
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That's why Parama is so confident of being #1 this round, he sent me like 5 different songs and wants me to multiply all the scores for his R1 ranking
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I also sent prog and black metal
Thy Catafalque? Third from bottom.
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That's why Parama is so confident of being #1 this round, he sent me like 5 different songs and wants me to multiply all the scores for his R1 ranking
omg spoilers
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I sent folk.
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That's why Parama is so confident of being #1 this round, he sent me like 5 different songs and wants me to multiply all the scores for his R1 ranking
omg spoilers
sorry
H
Oh lord, Evermind has guessed 2 more songs and Tomislav has guessed a band name. On we go, with H
Evermind waits 3
Luke waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Elite is eligible
Letters guessed: DZGLH
_____d__ - __d____ ___d___
___d_ __ _____ - _ ___ _____d __ _____ _l______ ________
_h_ __ll __ ____ - ________
____ __l_ ____d ______ - D___ _h____l
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
______h___ll - __d _____ L_______
Nightingale - Shadowman
_h___h__ - _h_ ___h__ __ _h___
_l_____ - _ L___ L___ __d_____
Thy Catafalque - __l___l___ G___z____
Portishead – Glory Box
_h_ ___l _____ ___d - _h_ ____
I'm one listen through guys, I got to be reminded how much fun this was to host again! Some really good stuff in here. And a pretty damn diverse round.
Song lengths range from 3:11 to 19:11.
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A
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19:11 :lol
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Parama waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Luke waits 1
Letters guessed: DZGLHA
A____d__ - __da__a ___d_a_
___d_ __ _____ - _ ___ _____d __ _____ _l_a_a__ ________
_h_ _all __ ____ - ________
A___ __l_ ____d ______ - D___ _ha___l
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
______h___ll - __d _____ L_______
Nightingale - Shadowman
_h___h__ - _h_ ___h__ __ _ha__
Ala____ - A L___ L___ __d__a__
Thy Catafalque - __l___la__ G___z____
Portishead – Glory Box
_h_ __al _____ _a_d - _h_ _a__
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R
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I'm one listen through guys, I got to be reminded how much fun this was to host again! Some really good stuff in here. And a pretty damn diverse round.
I'm thinking about signing up for roulette. I'll hopefully have only one exam to pass during this summer (fucking math) :justjen
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I do kinda want to run a mini roulette but it'll be a while now :lol
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I'm one listen through guys, I got to be reminded how much fun this was to host again! Some really good stuff in here. And a pretty damn diverse round.
I'm thinking about signing up for roulette. I'll hopefully have only one exam to pass during this summer (fucking math) :justjen
I would definitely join :tup the waiting list seems rather short since everyone is postponing their roulette atm, summertime and stuff.
Elite waits 3
Parama waits 2
Evermind waits 1
Letters guessed: DZGLHAR
Ar___d_r - __da__a ___d_a_
___d_ __ __r__ - _ ___ __r__d __ _____ _l_a_a__ ______r_
_h_ _all __ _r__ - ___R____
A_r_ __l_ ____d ______ - D___ _ha___l
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
______h___ll - R_d ____r L____r__
Nightingale - Shadowman
_h_r_h__ - _h_ ___h_r __ _har_
Alar___ - A L___ L___ _rd__ar_
Thy Catafalque - __l___la__ G___z____
Portishead – Glory Box
_h_ __al __r__ _a_d - _h_ _a__
Really some should be quite obvious now :lol but maybe that's easy to say if you have all the names in front of you
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I see The Fall of Troy - FCPREMIX I think
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Arstidir
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That Thy Catafalque song is Molekularis Gepezetek, which is pretty awesome btw.
Gee I wonder who sent it ::)
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:corn
still pretty confident about being #1 tbh
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Spotify said it's Molekulaís, so that's what got me confused, apparently they got it wrong.
But yeah that's right, aswell as F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. and Arstidir.
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someone guess a letter tho
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I see Chvrches but I don't know any of their songs.
Oh, and Afro Celt Sound System again. :lol
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someone guess a letter tho
B
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Home waits 3
Elite waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: DZGLHARB
Arstidir - __da__a ___d_a_
___d_ __ __r__ - _ ___ B_r__d __ _____ _l_a_a__ _____ar_
The Fall Of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
Afro Celt Sound System - D___ _ha___l
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
_a_b__h___ll - R_d _a__r La___r__
Nightingale - Shadowman
CHVRCHES - _h_ ___h_r __ _har_
Alar___ - A L___ L___ _rd__ar_
Thy Catafalque - Molekularís Gépezetek
Portishead – Glory Box
_h_ __al __r__ Ba_d - _h_ _a__
Forgot a few a's in the last update. I'll probably update with a newly guessed letter tomorrow at earliest, this should be enough info for now.
I will post some tidbits tomorrow and results will be up Wednesday or Thursday, if it's going to be Thursday I'll likely post them rather early since I'm going straight from work to somewhere else without coming home and will probably not get home until the next day. So the best bet for now is Thursday afternoon GMT +1 which will be like 2 days and 17 hours from now, sound good? :corn
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Nobody is going to guess mine.
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Nobody is going to guess mine.
I'm pretty sure noone knows mine either.
CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share
Sacul? I think I discovered them after you sent it in one roulette (Shadow Ninja's if I'm not mistaken, first one I played in).
Also, I guess 'o'.
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I've never sent chvrches and only know them because I received them in my roulette :lol
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Bolsters sent Chvrches in my roulette.
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Nobody is going to guess mine.
I'm surprised no one has guessed mine.
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I've never sent chvrches and only know them because I received them in my roulette :lol
I don't know why I thought it was you :\
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The Neal Morse Band - The Call
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Yeah I'll try send mostly electronic stuff.
I was thinking the same thing since I stuck mostly to rock/metal in his first.
Bolsters sent Chvrches in my roulette.
It wasn't me this time.
Very interested to see what our host thinks of that song now, though.
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Mine has no letters guessed yet!
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Tomislav waits 3
Home waits 2
Elite waits 1
Letters guessed: DZGLHARO
Arstidir - __da__a ___d_a_
_ood_ o_ __r__ - _ ___ B_r__d __ _o___ _l_a_a__ _____ar_
The Fall Of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
Afro Celt Sound System - D___ _ha___l
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
_a_b__h___ll - R_d _a__r La___r__
Nightingale - Shadowman
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
Alar_o_ - A L___ L___ Ord__ar_
Thy Catafalque - Molekularís Gépezetek
Portishead – Glory Box
The Neal Morse Band - The Call
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E
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Parama waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Home waits 1
Letters guessed: DZGLHAROE
Arstidir - __da__a __ed_a_
_ood_ O_ __re_ - _ _a_ B_r_ed __ _o___ _lea_a__ _e_e_ar_
The Fall Of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
Afro Celt Sound System - Dee_ _ha__el
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
_a_be_he__ll - Red _a_er La__er__
Nightingale - Shadowman
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
Alar_o_ - A L__e Le__ Ord__ar_
Thy Catafalque - Molekularís Gépezetek
Portishead – Glory Box
The Neal Morse Band – The Call
Results will probably be tomorrow already because I have the day off today and I already have a good grasp of most of it, and I'll post tidbits in a few hours. They're probably not going to be exact quotes out of the writeups, but rather some thoughts on various songs, not all 12 will be included though.
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F
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Woods of Ypres - I Was Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery
maybeshewill - Red Paper Lanterns
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Woods of Ypres - I Was Buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Wow.
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I recognised the band name, I must admit that I had to look up the song title.
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Hahah wtf, I never woulda thought. Then again, the music video does have like 600.000 views which shocked me because for a doom/black metal band that seems incredibly popular.
So that leaves only Elites song and the song titles of Artidir and Afro Celt Sound System
Bolsters waits 3
Parama waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
Letters guessed: DZGLHAROEF
Arstidir - __da__a __ed_a_
Woods Of Ypres - I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetary
The Fall Of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
Afro Celt Sound System - Dee_ _ha__el
Clint Mansell – Death Is The Road To Awe
Maybeshewill - Red Paper Lanterns
Nightingale - Shadowman
CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
Alar_o_ - A L_fe Le__ Ord__ar_
Thy Catafalque - Molekularís Gépezetek
Portishead – Glory Box
The Neal Morse Band – The Call
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Google is no fun.
Deep Channel?
Alarion - A Life Less Ordinary?
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Oh come on :lol
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Woods are mine, obviously. They have pretty big underground following, I think. Unfortunately, they become more famous after frontman's death and disband.
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Everything except for the Arstidir song title has been guessed, how the Alarion song got guessed is beyond me but I'll leave it at this, there's gotta be some people that know Arstidir well enough to guess the song at this point right?
Anyway, teedbeets :corn :
You really missed the bar with those vocals I’m afraid
I love reading books with this kind of music playing in the background. So yeah, this does the job
This chorus has been stuck in my head for every moment of my life for the past two days
I thought for some reason that this was a technical progressive metal band, where the hell did I get that from? This sounds nothing like that
19 minutes omg 0/10 :corn
That final climax really caught me by surprise but it’s very good
This is exactly what I thought this band would sound like, which is probably why I didn’t look into it because it’s not really my cup of tea
Are you trying to make me cry or something? This solo is beautiful
Scoring in this roulette is going to be by .25 increments like mentioned in the OP, I've been way more comfortable with the scores this way and I think I can settle a bit easier on certain scores without feeling like I have to correct myself later, so I'm not going to do any of the correction stuff either.
I don't know if I mentioned the next part, but achieving a 9, let alone 10, is way harder this time around. I have one song currently sitting comfortably at 8.5-8.75, I'm not sure yet which of these, and it's an absolutely fantastic song, so it'll be tough to beat I bet.
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Árstíðir - Síðasta kveðjan
Afro Celt Sound System - Deep Channel
i wonder which tidbit is mine :neverusethis:
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I just put the only letters that made sense to guess Alarion. Didn't even know this band existed.
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This is exactly what I thought this band would sound like, which is probably why I didn’t look into it because it’s not really my cup of tea
Eh.
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How many times did you listened to songs? And when can we expect the results?
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You really missed the bar with those vocals I’m afraid
Definitely about the song I sent
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I love reading books with this kind of music playing in the background. So yeah, this does the job
That final climax really caught me by surprise but it’s very good
I'm thinking that one of those two is mine, if any are.
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How many times did you listened to songs? And when can we expect the results?
I'm not doing it too strictly, I want to have listened to every song 4-5 times minimum and I've currently listened to everything at least three times.
I think it's safe to assume results will be up tomorrow, if not you can expect them Thursday afternoon but I think I'll manage Wednesday evening.
I'll be leaving the country for a week a little over a month from now (20th-27th of June) so there's going to be a slight change of pace in the roulette at that point, I think with the pace I'm aiming for that means we're at around round 6 or so. I'll schedule it so that results for whatever round it is will be up before I leave and want to have all the songs when I'm back home 1 week later at the latest. But I'll elaborate on this when the time comes aswell.
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You really missed the bar with those vocals I’m afraid
This chorus has been stuck in my head for every moment of my life for the past two days
I thought for some reason that this was a technical progressive metal band, where the hell did I get that from? This sounds nothing like that
This is exactly what I thought this band would sound like, which is probably why I didn’t look into it because it’s not really my cup of tea
Any of these could be mine. Which either bodes really well, or REALLY badly!! Not feeling too optimistic to be honest :loser:
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I feel cheated cause I can't even guess and I didn't get any useful info :corn
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Don't send 19 minutes song next time :corn
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you only get one 11+ minute song so I can't anyways
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right :lol
props for courage to send song this long in round 1 :tup
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Hopefully the third one :hat
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right :lol
props for courage to send song this long in round 1 :tup
tbh I've been frustrated that I haven't been able to send this yet because epic rounds are always at the of roulettes and I'm gonna get cut from them all
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Knowing my luck with roulettes as of late, you probably didn't like my song :lol
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The 5th one is not yours, does that lower the pressure?
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the 5/10 is mine tho
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The 5th one is not yours, does that lower the pressure?
Yeah that really helps
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So how popular were each of the categories we got to choose from? I'm just curious to see which ones were most popular and if some of them were chosen by only a few or not at all.
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That's a great question, actually was planning to reveal it but I forgot to do so.
First it seemed very balanced but in the end some got picked way more than others:
Electronic: 4
Atmospheric: 5
Traditional rock/metal (the classics) + modern rock: 3
Djent: 1
Prog in general: 6
Growls: 4
Doom/Black: 1
Poor djent and doom/black
I'll be home from work at around 8:30 PM my time (which is a little over 10 hours from now), maybe a bit earlier but I don't know yet. I will have writeups done by then since I'm writing them now, and then I'll kinda 'polish' them when I get home.
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So if it turns out no one guessed their place in the round right, I suggest we ruin that bonus topics system.
I'm willing to trade my traditional rock/metal and atmospheric information for some other topics. :biggrin:
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With the way rankings are currently seated, 1 person has gotten it exactly right. :corn
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I'm still wiling to trade if it's not me. :lol
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With the way rankings are currently seated, 1 person has gotten it exactly right. :corn
It would be amusing if it was none of the people who chose 4th.
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Well, I hope my rank is better than my guess. It's nothing new I'm the most pessimistic person :lol
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Yeah your pessimistic guess really matches the mood of your song :lol I like that. And still, #5 still seems somewhat positive to me, it's just that everyone seemed very positive about their song.
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:lol
I could've send By the Time You Read This, I Will Already Be Dead :P
Actually, I almost sent Distractions of Living Alone. That song is so dark, the one I sent seems happy in comparison.
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When in doubt, go with the darkest option :tup
I have most of the write-ups done but I'd still like to modify them a bit after work. I just got in my shift and seems like I'll be done around 7 PM, I'll hang out there a bit afterwards and will then head home, though it's a 40 minute bikeride from work to home. :lol So looks like you can expect results at around... 9 PM GMT +1 (roughly 6 and a half hours from now), give or take half an hour.
Oh and apparently I suffer from Parama-syndrome, I couldn't fit the writeups in a single post so we'll have a 2 post-result this time around.
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How come that syndrome didn't get named after me (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=43715.msg1993069#msg1993069)?
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How come that syndrome didn't get named after me (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=43715.msg1993069#msg1993069)?
My thoughts exactly.
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because reviewing like 10 EPs is obviously not going to fit in one post (it's like 50 songs), whereas at least once or twice I couldn't even fit normal song writeups in one post :corn
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Keep in mind that's four posts. And, I mean, there's also my epic round (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=43715.msg1984846#msg1984846). Which includes this gem:
I would love to just give Parama a 1/10 for being obnoxious
But I guess I never did it on a standard round. So fair enough.
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i wish i had that delicious 1/10
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Guys, theres a very simple explanation for that. I wasnt even around during that roulette :lol or atleast not following, so I had no idea.
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Okay I just got home guys, going to be supporting Albania in an hour or so, of course, and I will aim to post results within 20 minutes from now.
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Can someone make a "SOON" out of this?
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Round 1 Results
Beware, the writeups aren't in ascending order from worst to best, they're in an entirely random order.
Twosuitsluke: The Fall of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.
I remember being slightly shocked when I saw Closure In Moscow change their facebook profile to a touring poster that said they were going to be the supporting act of The Fall of Troy, somehow I always thought TFOT were a somewhat technical prog metal band or something, based on some posts I’ve seen on reddit and stuff. But apparently, they’re touring The Netherlands too, and I love CIM, so if this one turns out well I might just go see them.
I don’t know if you’re consciously basing this on any of the artists and bands that I listen to, but there’s a lot of resemblances to some of my other regulars. For instance, I guess I would call this music At The Drive-In light or something? I don’t really listen to ATDI but I am a big fan of Cedric on TMV so yeah. They sound like a blend of ATDI and Closure In Moscow’s album “First Temple“, and there‘s a considerably lower amount of screams here compared to ATDI. There’s some awesome proggy elements to flavour it up a bit but my favorite moments are probably where they go a bit more ‘chaotic‘, that crazy over-the-top post-hardcore direction. I would say that this is solid in every way at lowest, and some things (chorus for example) are among round 1 standouts. Maybe not a round winner but it’s a very cool song overall and this might just cause an upset amongst the Train Roulette veterans.
Yeah I feel with Closure In Moscow’s First Temple it’s a bit too much of the same thing at times but this is definitely more diverse because of the proggy stuff and even though it’s only a bit short of 4 minutes it takes the listener a lot of places. One second you’re in this punk-rock anthem and next thing you know there’s this post-hardcore breakdown. It’s a bit of a tough one to rate because on one hand everything is solid as fuck but nothing elevates it to that round-winner level like the Arstidir song for example, or the Woods of Ypres, which were my two favorite from first impression.
Well, this may not have been my absolute favorite, but it was always sure that this song was one of the most, if not the single most thing I kept wanting to return to in this round, it’s such a fun song and while that’s pretty much all there is to it, it does the task perfectly and I have to give you props for that. Might just go see this band when they come here soon.
8.0/10
Guessed:#1
Placement:#7
Difference:+6
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Nightingale – Shadowman
A band name I’ve seen oh so often around, be it reddit, music stores or DTF, I associated them with symphonic metal because the band has ‘Night‘ in its name and so does Nightwish. :lol
And I guess it’s not really symphonic, I guess it’s metal/progmetal or something related. It kicks off with a cool riff and pretty awesome leads. There’s some good moments here and there but after one listen I’m not that impressed, hope it’s a grower. For instance, I like when the song turns acoustic after the first chorus and then again in the end, but it’s only some slim sections. I guess it would’ve been a bit better too if I was more of a fan of this vocalist, there’s a certain something in his voice that doesn’t really win me over. So this song is currently sitting in the “has some good moments but not enjoying it too much as a whole“ category.
I feel bad because apart fom the vocals I can’t really point out exactly what I don’t like about it, it’s just a good-not-great chorus, pretty great acoustic stuff going on a few moments and the rest is just a bit of a blur to me, sorry man. There’s nothing I actively dislike fortunately, so it’s still a decent score.
I guess, after a few more listens in, it’s a bit easier to point out. There’s some very standard riffage throughout the entire song, which I don’t mind on its own. But that’s where the vocals come in, because it makes the song really reliant on that factor, and that was more of a miss with me unfortunately. Still, not a bad song by any means, and that lead guitar riff that’s introduced right away in the intro is pretty sick and quite the earworm, but overall I would mark this song with “just good“
6.5/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#11
Difference:+7
Evermind: Árstíðir - Síðasta kveðjan
Ruslan is the first person to re-send me an artist of the debut roulette and it’s a submission I really admire. As this was not a cheapshot at sending something off a band I already liked a LOT in my first roulette, but rather trying to show me a very different side of this band, props for that. :tup
I love me some good calm music and this one is no different, everything sounds solid from the first listen, the layered vocals are really beautiful in the climax-building process and once the acoustic guitar comes in the song really starts to feel like an adventure of sorts. I’m really glad how this whole Arstidir situation turned out to be honest because half a year ago I would not have appreciated this kind of music nearly as much as I do now, in terms of ‘beautiful‘ music, this is about as good as it gets. I’m tempted to say the violin solo is good but not great, but it does make for some amazing transitioning into the final climax.
If 425’s EP from the first roulette was any indication, I can dig some intimate piano-driven stuff when it fits with the atmosphere, and that’s definitely the case here too. In my mind the song is divided up into four sections, the first three being introduced by the piano, acoustic guitar and violin respectively, and the final one being the climax/song finale. The thing is, no part outweighs the other, and that’s a fantastic attribute to have in a song of this length if you ask me. It’s one naturally flowing piece with clear “chapters“ and I love all of them. And I think a very essential element of this song is that it would be very tempting to go with an absolutely huge finale in this scenario but they kept it quite modest, and it would probably sound way too forced if they went with an outright ‘epic‘ finale.
If I were to compare Shades to this one, it’s really no contest at all, I had my doubts about the band because upon checking out more of them I couldn’t rate anything higher than “good“, just that. But this song showed me that I was going for the wrong album all along, what a fantastic song this is.
8.5+ (1.0) = 9.5
Guessed:#2
Placement:#1
Difference:-1
Bolsters: Afro Celt Sound System – Deep Channel
Dave is trying his luck with a Bolsters‘ staple band in my roulette along with an immediate world music bonus point, with a band name that has me very interested, what the hell is an Afro Celt Sound System?
First thing I notice about this song here is how smoothly this is composed. For instance, I loved Where Is Now? by DMM in my roulette but the different sections didn’t exactly flow smoothly. But here, we go through all sorts of shit and it never feels too sudden. Every solo-section, if you could name it that, fades out with either a cool bassline, fading in cymbals and tribal drums or whatever.
I wasn't sure whether I wanted to include world music as a theme for a long time, it seemed to be a popular choice of theme in recent roulettes but I personally don't own a lot of it and don't know much about it, but I'm glad I did, this is a pretty solid song. I'll leave it at that though. It does really stand out a lot among the other round 1 songs, but it doesn't blow my mind like it would have 1 year ago in terms of experimental stuff. So I'm considering a middle-of-the-road rating, not bad, not amazing, but your bonus point still elevates the overall ranking to #4! You're the only one who guessed it exactly right.
Can’t say I had any expectations as to what this would sound like, but it’s pretty great. I wouldn’t go as far as saying it’s a standout, but for what it is, an instrumental song with a lot of crazy instruments, it’s one of the better things I’ve heard in quite some time.
7.75 + (1.0) = 8.75/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#4
Difference: NOTHING OMG WE HAVE A WINNER
Tomislav95: Woods of Ypres – I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery
This is one I’ve been looking forward to a lot! Firstly, because it’s the only song of this genre I received this round, and secondly, I love the song title.
And first impressions are this is some solid doom metal. The vocals are exactly how they should be, gloomy and not too overtaking. Though I’ll admit right away that I don’t think they’re as great as say, Novembre, where the singer sounds really depressed and it fits the style perfectly. These vocals lean more towards the standard side of doom metal, but that’s not even a bad thing because instruments are mostly what make or break doom for me.
And now, the first 4 minutes have passed and it just became awesome. I assume you thought a lot of people would hate it because of the incredibly distorted guitars? I don’t have a problem with them but I can see where they’re coming from.
And WOW, that guitar solo man! I’m sitting here with my jaw dropped to the floor, I was here like “okay this song is alright but it’s just not a standout“ and then that guitar solo comes in and it’s.. pretty simplistic actually, but the tone is just perfect and they hit all the right notes. Then the climax kicks in with the clean+harsh layered vocals and it’s just epic. I’d say I’m not blown away by those vocal melodies in the end and well, the lyrics aren’t very innovative :lol but the delivery is very strong and that makes for an extremely strong climax after a mindblowingly great guitar solo so I think this song will sit comfortably at the top of the standards.
Okay, I'm done thinking about it and I wholeheartedly believe this song deserves 8.75, which is the highest score without counting bonuses. It was not the only song of the round that had me constantly wanting to return, but it was the only one where I got immediately interested in this band and where I'm most certainly be buying an album of very soon. I read that Gold commited suicide (?) or at least had a fatal car accident, really sad to see. This band is so depressing and dark that it could only add to the overall feeling of the music, I'm excited.
I’ve come to the conclusion that it takes some figuring out from my side to find out in what way certain types of doom metal vocals fit their instrumentals, and it has become a lot better for me. So it’s not just the ending that makes me love this song. You took a shot in the dark, judging by your PM, and it paid off, have some points!
8.75/10
Guessed:#5
Placement:#3
Difference:-2
Home: Maybeshewill – Red Paper Lanterns
I like when people use my writeups to come to certain conclusions about what I might like, maybe they were helpful after all. So yeah, God Is An Astronaut was a bit tough for me at first. I had a hard time gaining the will to listen to it because an instrumental post-rock album seemed boring to me, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s beautiful background music, and not the kind that you completely lose focus of either.
The only gripe I have here is that, compared to GIAA, the music is a bit more busy at times and certain elements slightly distract me from the main melody. It’s some solid post-rock and I would definitely check out an album filled with this but it’s no certain standout, judging from my first listen.
I’d like to say this song suddenly became PERFECT after giving it a few more listens but that’s really not how it works for me with this kind of song, they offer me a selection of limited amount of variety which is no problem at all for instrumental post-rock, but it has to click kind of. Kinda weird even for me, because I thought God Is An Astronaut had such a simple formula going with their music that would always click with me but apparently it's easier said than done. For me the relistening value lies in the atmospheres, the smooth progressions and epic climaxes, and this has all of that, just not to the same quality as similar stuff I’ve heard. Still a good submission though and I’ll be checking out the album for sure.
I feel 7 is a fine score but like I said in the OP it's one that might trigger me to check out the album but aren't ~amazing~ songs on their own and I feel like that applies perfectly here to my thoughts.
7.0 + (1.0) = 8.0/10
Guessed:#3
Placement:#9
Difference:+6
Scorpion: Clint Mansell – Death is the Road to Awe
So without too much of a thought process I’ve come to the conclusion that this is the original soundtrack of a movie called “The Fountain“, a movie I probably should know judging by its popularity.
Funnily enough, I barely know anything classical, and the one song I do know and love is also an original soundtrack for a movie, the amazing “Requiem For A Dream“ which is one of my favorite movies ever.
The setup and overall arrangement of this song is exactly how I hoped for it to be, a slow dark gloomy buildup, and then the big climax which is my favorite part of 'epic' songs most of the time. But wait.. this song has 2 climaxes? So I guess this song compares to really good sex. The second one really came unexpected for me which it's probably supposed to. :lol It’s not the kind of music that usually grabs my interest in spectacular fashion and I guess it’s the same case here. I did like it though, the compositions were really good and the final climax was epic and so unexpected that it made it even more fitting, but I fear the #4 guess will be a longshot unless the others fall into the same, or worse category.
This piece has gotten pretty interesting over time, it’s one I can really immerse into and feel the feels of. Feels good man. I’m in roughly the same mindset as before though, it’s a good piece of music and it’s really immersive, but I’m just not one to go crazy about a song like this. It’s definitely not very short of ‘great‘ and I didn’t expect to get something like this so it was atleast a really cool thing to get in a roulette for a change.
7.25 + (1.0) = 8.25/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#6
Difference:+2
Splent: CHVRCHES – The Mother We Share
Okay so everyone seems to go crazy about churches so I guess I’ll give them a chance.
It’s catchy. These guys sure know how to make catchy music, and that can actually be very hard to achieve, how easy it may look when you listen to the mainstream radio with some of the songs there, this song right here is really tons more innovative, even in its simplicity. This song was very weird for me, because after listening to it I was like “okay this is alright, I don’t think there’s anything special about it though“ but then I just have the random urge to listen to it again and it’s actually damn good!
And so I did, many, many times. Every moment I don’t listen to this song I want to listen to it :lol I know that if you wouldn’t have sent this someone else probably would have, but that doesn’t make it any worse or less valuable, thanks for this. I guess I haven’t pointed out my favorite part of the song but it’s quite obvious isn’t it? It’s that chorus, hot damn!
I can see why people love this band, and I’ve seen the album art for the album this song is on around here a lot, so I guess it’s deservingly getting some attention around here. I love DTF, is there any type of music no one on here likes?
I will not become tired of this song in a very long time, this is a great submission. Apparently you were starting to lose confidence as we came closer to the results, but your song (without counting any of the bonuses submitted to me by others) would rank comfortably at a tied #5 spot which is pretty good.
8.0/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#8
Difference:+4
Parama: Thy Catafalque - Molekuláris Gépezetek
Seems like Parama is getting his one 11+ minute song out of the way right here in the first round, and with a (avant-garde?) metalband from Hungary with a rather interesting bandname. Coming in at just over 19 minutes, this song starts unexpectedly sudden but it’s all in good fashion, some great distant growls with heavy distorted riffs.
What I was most interested in was to see where those wood/bass/strings would come in cause everything so far sounds very solid, from the choir-like vocals to the busy drums, it’s all class. I’ll admit that it’s a lot to take in, not even considering the length, but the fact that there’s an awful lot going on in this tune.
Halfway in I feel like I’m listening to an entirely different tune, which is.. odd. Because I was introduced to this band by heavy distorted riffs and strong vocals, and here I am enjoying some peaceful brass and woodwind instruments on top of soothing female vocals. I’m definitely into both of these sections but the transition is a bit awkward. Sufficed to say, a lot of BTBAM songs “suffer“ from disjointedness, though I put suffer between quotes because all it takes for me to appreciate those songs as a whole is just some time, I’m not completely sold on the whole yet but the finale of the song is pretty great and damn epic. Let’s see how this one turns out ~4-5 listens later.
Duh, obviously a song of this magnitude was going to take more listens.
Can’t really say that, after like 3 listens now, I can connect with the music as deeply as I would’ve liked. And it’s not so much about the length as it is structurally pretty complex and hard to capture with limited amount of words. I’m slowly getting into the whole though and it is pretty amazing.
I can’t really compare this to anything I’ve heard before, not because every single idea in here is completely fresh and new, but because all those ideas got combined into one song and it’s an interesting combination at that, to say the least. My favorite part is from around 9 and a half minutes in onward with the trumpets, where the female vocals kick in. It’s great to have one of the outstanding sections placed in the middle of the song, easier to stay interested that way. It becomes even better when they reprise that section right before the finale. The minimalistic piano-driven quiet section inbetween those that drags a bit I feel, and it would’ve been an easier digest without the overall pretty long transitions like the one with spoken words at around 8 minutes in, but there’s probably some musical genius that has a reason for everything. I personally could’ve done with a ~15-16 minute version that cuts out most of those sections. But I hope time can prove me wrong and show me that this’ll be a 10/10 song months later. Regardless, a really strong song, and it goes to show you that Paramacore ain’t always bad. I feel like I’ve ranted on for too long about this song, especially considering I don’t even think it’s remotely bad, this is a great song, just, you know, very long.
8.25 + (1.0) = 9.25
Guessed:#1
Placement:#2
Difference:+1
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Elite: Alarion – A Life Less Ordinary
Richard kicking off the roulette with a band so obscure they're not on youtube nor spotify, and left me wondering, what the fuck does Alarion mean and why does it sound so similar to Ayreon?
Nooo, right away I already feel like I’m going to have to let you down here, sadly. Really missed the bar here. I quickly did a search on whose vocals are on this specific track and seems like it’s Paul, the guy from Ayreon live? His style is really not my type I’m afraid. There’s some pretty cool chord progressions throughout the song and interesting changes of pace here and there but the vocals really make it nothing more than an ‘alright‘ song to me. Perhaps something with Damian Wilson on it would’ve been more fitting for me. Given, I’m not even a huge fan of some of his work on Threshold, but as a singer I definitely prefer him over this guy. This really reminds me of my whole “guest vocals fiasco“ in wolfking’s roulette, where I constantly picked songs of albums with guest vocalists that he wouldn’t enjoy as much as other guest vocalists. It is what it is, and fortunately there’s some saving graces in this song but overall I found it a hard listen and the vocals became somewhat grating after more listens.
I’ve come to not actively dislike the vocals as much as I did before, but they’re still just ‘there‘, nothing I would go out of my way of to listen to. I guess a problem I have is that I don’t mind the ocassional high note, but even his low notes are quite high, in the sense that his vocal technique comes with a bit of an unusual sound.
6 points :( that’s life for you. Only way to go is up from here though, unless something goes completely wrong. Nearly 3 points difference with the #1 (not counting bonus) is pretty big, but it’s no lost cause.
6.0/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#12
Difference:+8
Sacul: Portishead – Glory Box
Here we have Saculs attempt at broadening my horizons with some trip-hop (no idea how they came up with that name for this genre). I expected trippy hip hop, but listening to it now, it sounds like some chill lounge music with pretty vocals. Holy shit Sacul sent me something pretty good! This way of minimalistic instruments with quiet vocals and groovy as fuck leads and bass guitars is perfect for this kind of song. The late night chill type music that relaxes me the fuck out. Yeah, I like what I’m hearing, and fortunately so. I once checked out sections of a Portishead song after I saw them being mentioned so often but the full experience is miles better.
The guitar solo sounds like a more stripped down David Gilmour solo or something, in the sense that there’s a very slow progression but every note’s just perfect and is packed with “feels“.
I start to see myself gravitate to a lot of mellow music lately and this is no exception, I’m starting to feel the desire to go listen to a full album of this stuff right now, and not just that, I feel like I’ve been missing out on this entire genre for forever, but I have to resist for now. :lol Keep going out of my comfort zone if it means more stuff of the same quality. I know you complained only getting steady 8’s or scores close to 8 in my first roulette because you still weren’t on the leaderboards, but trust me, a score like this means much more in this roulette, and looking at it right now, you’re one of only 3 people in the top half of the standards without having used a bonus point yet.
8.25/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#5
Difference:+1
425: The Neal Morse Band – The Call
425 re-enters one of the artists he used in the first roulette securing his spot in the finals and eventually the win, Neal Morse (or: the proggy christian). I’ve always thought of most of his solo stuff as sort of a retro-classic prog band but never gave it much of a try to be honest.
I’ll go right out and say the vocal melodies (mainly in the chorus) don’t really grab me at all right now. It’s on the soft side of the progrock spectrum most of the time, which is fine, but it‘s not in a ‘beautiful‘ or ‘sympathic‘ way if you catch my drift. It’s happy music but not in a way that makes me go all excited about it. For example with Yes, who they sound very similar to at times, there’s a lot of fun stuff going on with very quick switchoffs and tricks but I don’t get that here. Neal’s vocals most of the time gave me kind of a neutral impression, they’re present but not very colorful or something. Of course, all subjective but that’s how I feel.
For an artist that gets a lot of praise and mention everywhere in the prog scene, I had my opinions, of course. I already had a good idea of what the music might’ve sounded like and looks like I was pretty much dead-on. That’s probably the reason I never looked into his music much because it’s a side of the prog world that doesn’t do much for me.
But there’s actually some pretty good stuff in here, I can’t leave this unmentioned: There’s some freaking amazing bass transitions on this song and they definitely make the separate song sections more interesting. This reminds me of all the cool basslines JMX has done on songs like 8vm and BAI. This is all first impression and for a song that goes many places it’s not messy at all, so this could even be a good grower. The finale is actually quite great, so I still have hopes for this one.
Okay, it’s still not doing a lot for me. Everytime I think there’s going to be some wicked shit, like that metal riff about 6 minutes in, there’s a weird keyboard sound that ruins it for me. I found some joy in this, mostly due to the epic conclusion and the intro that reminds me so much of a classic band but I can’t point my finger on which one. Maybe Queen or something. But overall I had some trouble getting through this song, the length didn’t help in that regard either. Unfortunately the good parts didn’t outweigh the whole, and getting me to like a small section or two in a 10 minute prog song is not hard to achieve, as a whole this was not a song I’d care much about when hearing it.
You’re still within reaching distance of the top half but unfortunately you started off on a backfoot here, unlike the first roulette where it was more or less a middle-ground 8/10 with March of Mephisto.
6.75/10
Guessed:#4
Placement:#10
Difference:+6
Standings:
I'm only doing the standings like this in round 1 since it was useful in determining the bonus round winners
#1: Árstíðir - Síðasta kveðjan (Evermind: 9.5)
#2: Thy Catafalque - Molekuláris Gépezetek (Parama: 9.25)
#3: Woods of Ypres – I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery (Tomislav: 8.75)
#4: Afro Celt Sound System – Deep Channel (Bolsters: 8.75)
#5: Portishead – Glory Box (Sacul: 8.25)
#6: Clint Mansell – Death is the Road to Awe (Scorpion: 8.25)
#7: The Fall of Troy – F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. (Luke: 8.0)
#8: Chvrches – The Mother We Share (splent: 8.0)
#9: Maybeshewill – Red Paper Lanterns (home: 8.0)
#10: The Neal Morse Band – The Call (425: 6.75)
#11: Nightingale – Shadowman (Shadow Ninja: 6.5)
#12: Alarion – A Life Less Ordinary (Elite: 6.0)
Bolsters: #4 = 0
Parama: #1 = +1
Evermind: #2 = -1
Sacul: #4 = +1
Scorpion: #4 = +2
Tomislav95: #5 = -2
Splent: #4 = +4
Twosuitsluke: #1 = +6
Home: #3 = +6
Shadow Ninja 2.0: #4 = +7
Elite: #4 = +8
425: #4 = +6
Bolsters wins first price for the bonus and Parama + Evermind get a small prize for trying.
Here's all the used bonuses so far, SN2, Sacul, Elite, Luke, Tomislav, 425 and Splent all have all 3 available bonus themes left, the rest has 2 left.
Shadow Ninja 2.0:
Parama: W/B/S,
Bolsters: World music,
Sacul:
Elite:
Twosuitsluke:
Evermind: Foreign lyrics,
Scorpion: Instrumental,
Tomislav95:
425:
Splent:
Home: Instrumental,
Schedule for round 2
This round went rather quickly even though I’ve gotten a 19 minute song and a few 8-10 minute ones. I have quite some free time the upcoming weeks but the amount of free time I spend at home really depends on the weather, right now it’s shitty so I pretty much only go out in the evening or when I do groceries and go to work and that kinda stuff. But as the month progresses I expect to not be home as much and I will be going on roadtrips and vacation and that kinda stuff. On top of that I’m planning on moving to Haarlem (:metal) about a month and a half from now. So in short, I want to go as quickly as possible through the first few rounds while I’ll still have all the free time in the world.
^This is not relevant. Submit your round 2 songs in the next 48 hours! I will then have them all in by Friday evening, I will get home from work about exactly when the Spain –Turkey match starts and will not start listening until Saturday earliest, so there’s some leeway. Hoping to have hangman up by Saturday, some teasers on Monday/Tuesday and then results for round 2 one week from now, hopefully on Wednesday.
Oh and like all the other rounds this is an open round of course, you can now send!
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yeah, acceptable. I won't send you merzbow, at least.
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Just dropping by to say that Arstidir has a lot more songs like the one Evermind sent you (as in: calm) than the one I sent you in your last roulette (if I sent you Shades, to lazy to look it up now). If you enjoyed that one, you should enjoy at least 80% of their output.
Also, I'm glad that sending them in pretty much every roulette I play in finally has some pay-off and other people are starting to send them as well. They're so good, but play pretty small crowds most of the time. I wish them all the recognition they can get.
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I don't know, I was not too big on that album (Svefns og voku skil) but admittedly, only listened to it once. I will definitely be checking out self-titled now though, no doubt.
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:lol
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I don't know, I was not too big on that album (Svefns og voku skil) but admittedly, only listened to it once. I will definitely be checking out self-titled now though, no doubt.
Yeah, that's their worst album imo. I just like to send Shades because it's so amazing, especially in a life setting. I mean, the studio version is intense and really good and everything, but that song live is just mindblowingly awesome. Especially since they usually tend to play it at the end of the set, after a lot of calm and soft songs. Then Shades comes along and it's so much more energetic, loud and holy fuck.
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Yikes. Okay. I think I'll take this as an indication that I need to do a hard reset of my roulette strategy and send something completely different.
And technically that's not me re-entering a previously used artist since last time I sent Transatlantic and this time it was Neal Morse Band. Okay, those two artists share a drummer and a lead songwriter, but it's still not the same because Roine Stolt. ;)
Need to take a look at my list here and figure out something totally different to send that you'll still probably like.
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I was reading writeup for my song with big grin on my face :tup I think most people wouldn't like it because it's quite repetitive but it gives certain effect to me, like it is not repetitive because they couldn't think of anything else but they wanted it to be that way, with stylistic change in last part. David Gold died in car accident and, actually, from videos I've seen (there's still his channel on Youtube) he wasn't depressed "for the public", just a normal guy who probably had personal problems and he found it easier to express himself through songs. Maybe he wasn't even depressed or whatever, but though it goes well with this type of music. He really knew how to write mind boggling lyrics about personal issues, society, world etc. I'll be glad to be your guide through their discography :tup
Also, I'm rooting for France, have two of their players in my fantasy team :P
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yeah I need to check out yours it sounds interesting
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Guessed:#2
Placement:#1
Difference:-1
Oh no, fuck this roulette. I'm out. :lol
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Guessed:#2
Placement:#1
Difference:-1
Oh no, fuck this roulette. I'm out. :lol
Just be more optimistic :P
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I meant to say musician, I'm aware they're different bands but I was talking about Neal specifically, damn all his side projects it makes things confusing.
I don't know, I was not too big on that album (Svefns og voku skil) but admittedly, only listened to it once. I will definitely be checking out self-titled now though, no doubt.
Yeah, that's their worst album imo.
Oh, you see this is the kind of thing that's good to know before I start checking out stuff on my own :lol
I think I have Payet in my fantasy team but I just love the underdogs. Also one of my friends has gone to france with like 20 people, all dressed as Albanian supporters just for the heck of it. :lol maybe I can spot them
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hey train don't count the bonus point in the ranking so that evermind can be #2 instead of #1
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hey train don't count the bonus point in the ranking so that evermind can be #2 instead of #1
Actually, that's right! My song was technically second if you don't count the bonus points!
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Yeah but
This could be important regarding the first bonus round. I want to make sure people are aware that I'm ranking the songs by their FINAL score, so that means I include the bonus points people get when they're submitting for certain themes. If you want to change your guess based on this just PM me, it's not closing for atleast a day, depending on when I get the final submission.
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yeah but it wasn't your favorite so :corn
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Yeah but
This could be important regarding the first bonus round. I want to make sure people are aware that I'm ranking the songs by their FINAL score, so that means I include the bonus points people get when they're submitting for certain themes. If you want to change your guess based on this just PM me, it's not closing for atleast a day, depending on when I get the final submission.
I'll be honest, I totally missed that. :lol I think I might've guessed #1 otherwise. Oh well, no big deal.
Anyone willing to send me the "prog in general" topic in exchange for either traditional metal/rock or atmospheric music?
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That's what you get for sending a Dutch band apparently. I'll send a better song next round.
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Yeah but
This could be important regarding the first bonus round. I want to make sure people are aware that I'm ranking the songs by their FINAL score, so that means I include the bonus points people get when they're submitting for certain themes. If you want to change your guess based on this just PM me, it's not closing for atleast a day, depending on when I get the final submission.
I'll be honest, I totally missed that. :lol I think I might've guessed #1 otherwise. Oh well, no big deal.
Anyone willing to send me the "prog in general" topic in exchange for either traditional metal/rock or atmospheric music?
ban.
We can't use bonuses in this round?
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tbh i got nothing out of either tastes writeup I got
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Yeah but
This could be important regarding the first bonus round. I want to make sure people are aware that I'm ranking the songs by their FINAL score, so that means I include the bonus points people get when they're submitting for certain themes. If you want to change your guess based on this just PM me, it's not closing for atleast a day, depending on when I get the final submission.
I'll be honest, I totally missed that. :lol I think I might've guessed #1 otherwise. Oh well, no big deal.
Anyone willing to send me the "prog in general" topic in exchange for either traditional metal/rock or atmospheric music?
ban.
We can't use bonuses in this round?
Yeah, like the fact you could use bonuses in the previous round did you any good. :biggrin:
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Yeah, like the fact you could use bonuses in the previous round did you any good. :biggrin:
That's because I wasn't paying attention so I though I can use them in every round :(
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Yea you can send bonus themes in any round, I would use all 3 of them before the cut-off point at round 7 because 3 points can make a big difference.
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Ye Portishead are essential chill music, I love them, perfect for late-night listening.
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Yea you can send bonus themes in any round, I would use all 3 of them before the cut-off point at round 7 because 3 points can make a big difference.
Oh, cool. "including bonus round #" next to rounds 1, 3 and 4 confused me.
I just realized that's not what bonus rounds are :lol
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I guess it would’ve been a bit better too if I was more of a fan of this vocalist, there’s a certain something in his voice that doesn’t really win me over.
the fuck????
also sent
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sent. even better song than round 1 this time tbh. i have no shortage of awesome stuff to send.
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Sent some djent.
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Sent for a bonus point
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I have half the songs in already wow :lol
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Fair score :tup If you have 6 minutes to spare listen to the first two songs of the album Opening - Take This To Heart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEdC4PwWihQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEdC4PwWihQ) It's my favourite Maybeshewill song and it has some nice piano in it, but I didn't send it cause well it are two songs.
Also, took a gamble and sent funk :hat
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Sent a song through Spotify.
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Wait I don't think I even mentioned my spotify name ???, I also didn't receive anything so it's probably the wrong account.
My username is LviaLviaquez
8/12 submissions including Elite wow
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You also have to follow us back before we're allowed to send anything. Check your own profile and you'll see me (and probably Rich) under your followers.
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As soon as you're Facebook friends, you can send through Spotify. Did you get it?
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My facebook is linked to an old Spotify account, pretty sure of that. But I followed both of you now I think.
My current account should be connected to Facebook now, too.
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According to my profile you are not following me.
I'm bolsters.s
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Again, did you get my submission then?
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According to my profile you are not following me.
I don't know then, my Spotify clearly says I'm following you, and looking at your profile my name's in the "followers" list too.
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I don't know then, my Spotify clearly says I'm following you, and looking at your profile my name's in the "followers" list too.
I still can't see you in my followers list, and when I check your profile I can't see myself in your following list (infact you don't have one at all). :huh:
Give it a few hours, see if it corrects itself.
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I could send in your stead if you'd like :) ^
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Pass.
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He already sent so it's fine, just, a bit strange that I don't seem to appear on his followers list
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It's kind of pissing me off to be honest. You've followed me so you should be in there, there's no reason this shouldn't be working. And while you aren't listed as a follower, it won't let me send you anything.
I suppose you could try sending me something, like my own song, and see what happens.
Edit: Yeah so I'm guessing you did that? My inbox icon has a notification on it but my inbox contains no new messages when I actually open it. :lolpalm:
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Sent. :corn
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Sent for the World Music bonus :P
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Edit: Yeah so I'm guessing you did that? My inbox icon has a notification on it but my inbox contains no new messages when I actually open it. :lolpalm:
Yeah so you still can't send me anything huh? I thought maybe because we started a chat now it would be possible but you said it wasn't. I hate this Spotify PM system.
Got 8 songs in + 1 that needs confirmation and 1 that has to re-send.
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I knew I would have to re-send when I was sending my song.
ToN is yet to realize why I did.
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Ruslan still lives in 2010 and pulls a rickroll on me.
It was actually really good because I had no idea, props to you, got a good laugh out of me :lol
I should just have accepted the song and given you 0/10
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Ruslan still lives in 2010 and pulls a rickroll on me.
It was actually really good because I had no idea, props to you, got a good laugh out of me :lol
I should just have accepted the song and given you 0/10
I'm that oldschool. :lol
I wondered if you would give in to temptation and accept it, but apparently you're not that big of a Fates Warning fan. :lol
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I should've just ninja deleted FW from the banned list and accepted the song and no one woulda noticed. I don't think anyone participating in this roulette ever sends them anyway. :lol
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Did you send not yet released song or something? :lol
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Yeah he claimed to have sent me a song off the new album and I rejected it since they're banned. But then he said I could go ahead and listen to it anyway because it's so awesome. And then I got all excited and downloaded it and it was a 10 minute version of rickroll :lol
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savage :corn
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:rollin
But seriously, I'm hyped for new FW after reading everything people who heard wrote about it.
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Yeah, I think ToN wouldn't mind, that's how it went.
Hey Dennis,
You know I take some roulettes seriously and I really want to win yours, so it's time to cheat and check out how true to your word you are. I want to send something from 2016 to take another bonus point, and I've got just the right song to do it. It's from the new Fates Warning album - hold on, I know the band is on your banned list - and it's awesome, could be one of my favourite FW songs and definitely my song of the year so far. Ten minutes long progressive metal epic with brilliant songwriting, amazing quiet parts and incredible chorus.
So, the problem is, the band is on your banned list. But then I'm fairly sure you haven't heard this song. And I'm fairly sure you'll like the hell out of it. I propose two options:
1) you accept it, download the file from MEGA (since it's obviously not on YouTube yet), rank it and all, but don't share it with anyone else as it could have some severe repercussions for me.
2) you don't allow it, but in that case you don't click on the link below and you don't download the song at all; and I'm deleting it from MEGA as soon as I can.
I want to send a link in this very message because I will probably be unavailable for the evening and tomorrow is a working day. I'm counting on your sense of honor and whatnot ( :lol ) that if you don't allow it you won't listen.
In case you allow this song, I'd like to get a bonus point for 2016-released tune. Also I know we aren't guessing this time but I'm guessing #1 because this song is just incredible.
Anyway, read all the above before clicking on the link... and if you decide to accept it, download it and prepare to be blown fucking away in the next 10+ minutes. Damn, I'm going to spin this song again right now.
Fates Warning - The Light and Shade of Things (https://mega.nz/#!i4tXzABb!Goec8rUlUDSAjgPcjH3rIMYVD2IX-dn75GIZZpqDcBo)
Cheers,
Ruslan
I'm sorry gonna have to deny it.
I haven't heard the new album yet but like you mentioned they are on my banned list. And I want to be fair to others because they might've omitted the possibility from their options aswell because it was banned.
I won't click on the link so you can delete it as soon as you see this message.
Sorry but I gotta be fair to the others, I will check out this album as soon as I can and I look forward to your other R2 song! :tup
Shame. Cool to see you didn't download it though, I appreciate this.
Still, go download the song. :biggrin:
Wait so you DO want me to download it?
Of course. Just don't tell anyone you've heard it and don't share it with anyone. It's a promo file.
Awesomee, I'll keep my promise and let you know what I thought of it after hearing it, been looking forward to this album and I actually thought Darkness in a Different Light was mostly fantastic, especially the closing epic "And Yet It Moves"
Cool man. I liked Darkness in a Different Light, but after hearing this new album and DiaDL back to back... DiaDL isn't even close. This album is so much better it's not even funny.
I'll send you actual Round 2 song in an hour.
GODDAMNIT RUSLAN
:lol
New FW is outstanding though. All the metal crowd on DTF will certainly have it somewhere near the top in AOTY rankings. Just great.
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maybe I should care about it then I dunno
I liked a pleasant shade of gray and I have one of their 80s albums too but I've never been huge on them either or really followed them at all
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maybe I should care about it then I dunno
I liked a pleasant shade of gray and I have one of their 80s albums too but I've never been huge on them either or really followed them at all
I don't think you're among the "metal crowd on DTF", so yeah, no.
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what is the "metal crowd on DTF" then because I primarily listen to metal :lol
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Apologists like Parama are never part of any "crowd", they are constantly apologizing for their odd music tastes but deep down they know they are awesome and that's all they need.
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I would say "metal crowd" includes people who are fond of classic old-school metal in any genre. Heavy, progressive, power, all that. New FW will appeal to them I think.
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that's a very restrictive definition of metal then
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that's a very restrictive definition of metal then
Does the "old-school metal crowd" work better?
Edit: okay, sent for real this time.
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that's a very restrictive definition of metal then
Does the "fogey metal crowd" work better?
Yup.
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that's a very restrictive definition of metal then
Does the "fogey metal crowd" work better?
Yup.
I'm not a fogey though, so nope, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
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Oh please, come on. Everyone knows one year in the rest of the world equals like three years in Russia.
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you don't have to be a fogey to like fogey metal tho
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What is fogey, I keep seeing it everywhere here? :lol
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I'll send in a few hours. Sorry, this week is been crazy for me
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All good. I just need you and 425 but Im not in any hurry, tomorrow is a busy day and I wont have time to listen then so itll be saturday earliest.
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So is a fogey someones who's old? Like 40+ or so? And fogey music is straight-up (boring :omg:) rock/metal?
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So is a fogey someones who's old? Like 40+ or so? And fogey music is straight-up (boring :omg:) rock/metal?
Yes, a fogey is a way of describing someone who is old. You're kind of spot on. I'd also add that in terms of a DTF Fogey, I'd say that it is also someone who won't venture too far out of their comfort zone, disparages djent and anything with a strange sounding genre title etc (that's just my interpretation of a DTF Fogey though)
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So is a fogey someones who's old? Like 40+ or so? And fogey music is straight-up (boring :omg:) rock/metal?
Something like it. Fogey music, old-school music or "grandpa" music :lol I love some of it but can't listen to everything (old school heavy/power metal).
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Yeah the fogeys are the older people of DTF, usually sighted by their apprehensiveness of growls in their music too though there's a few cool ones that dig 'em. I didn't know what it meant before I joined this forum either.
Got one listen in of the songs I already have since I will be a little shorter on time this weekend and had some time this morning. Won't be online much for the rest of the day because I'll be at work all day, watching the Spain game right after that, and will probably head outside for the 5 years celebration of one of my most beloved bars in Amsterdam when the game's over. :metal
First impressions are that this round is not as good as the first round, but that was a pretty high standard anyway and some might be big growers.
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So is a fogey someones who's old? Like 40+ or so? And fogey music is straight-up (boring :omg:) rock/metal?
Something like it. Fogey music, old-school music or "grandpa" music :lol I love some of it but can't listen to everything (old school heavy/power metal).
Curiously, this is exactly what I sent this round.
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So is a fogey someones who's old? Like 40+ or so? And fogey music is straight-up (boring :omg:) rock/metal?
Something like it. Fogey music, old-school music or "grandpa" music :lol I love some of it but can't listen to everything (old school heavy/power metal).
Curiously, this is exactly what I sent this round.
Just to be aware for my roulette :P we have many artists we both listen to but also pretty big differences in taste. That's why I wasn't too good in your roulette, I knew what you like but didn't have much of it to send.
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Sent finally
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I finally got home and I'm not sure whether I'll even leave tonight since I'm exhausted, will decide after the game. But for now:
________ - ___ ______ __ ____
__________ - ____________
_____ - ________
_________ - ___ _____
_______ - _____ __ _______
_____ - _____ _____
_____ - _____ __ ___ ____
__________ ______ - ___ ___
________ - _____ ____
________ _______ - ____ / ______
_______ - __________
_____ ___ ___ _____ - _________ _____
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A
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Parama waits 3
A
________ - ___ _a____ __ ____
__________ - _a__a___a__a
_____ - ______a_
___a_____ - ___ __a__
_a_____ - _a___ __ _a_____
_____ - _____ _____
__a__ - _____ __ ___ ____
__________ _a____ - ___ ___
________ - _____ ____
______a_ _______ - A_a_ / A_____
____a__ - __________
__a__ _a_ ___ _____ - __a_______ _____
I'll be back in about half an hour or so.
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Evermind, give us the D
Also,
Obsidian Kingdom - Away/Absent
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L
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Well I've got ninja'd so no D for you.
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Well I've got ninja'd so no D for you.
As punishment you have to guess 3 songs
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Well I've got ninja'd so no D for you.
As punishment you have to guess 3 songs
Given that this round is featuring a crazy 2 minute funk song, some black metal, djent and a 90's death metal song, I don't think I'm likely to guess a lot of songs this time.
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I sent black metal, too.
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I sent a song that train will rate too low
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I mean, you know I will hate it and still you send me the longest song possible without exceeding your time limit. What a guy
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Sacul waits 3
Parama waits 2
AL
__l_____ - ___ _a____ __ ____
__________ - _a__a___a__a
_____ - _____la_
___a_____ - ___ __a__
_a_____ - _a___ __ _a__l__
_____ - _____ _____
__a__ - _____ __ ___ ___l
__________ _a____ - ___ ___
__l_____ - _____ ____
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
____a__ - __________
__a__ _a_ ___ _____ - __a_______ _____
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E
It's Friday night after all.
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Evermind waits 3
Sacul waits 2
Parama waits 1
ALE (:metal)
__l_e___ - __e _a__e_ __ ___e
__________ - _a__a___a__a
_e___ - _____la_
__ea____e - __e __a_e
_a_____ - _a_e_ __ _a__l__
_____ - _____ _____
_ea__ - _____ __ __e ___l
______e_e_ _a____ - _e_ ___
__l__e__ - _____ ____
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
____a__ - __________
_ea__ _a_ ___ ____e - __a_e___e ___e_
Time to time out for another 45 minutes until the game's over, and I'm still not sure whether I'll stay home so maybe more hangman to come after the game. :metal
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Death Cab for Cutie - some song
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B
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Dear Cab for Cutie - some song
pitiful attempt of us trying to write a 2 minute song for 425
a classic
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I would say there's Death - Voice of the Soul, but it misses an E.
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No idea how I missed that, I double checked everything :lol anyway you got the Death tune right (but how)
home waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Sacul waits 1
ALEB
__l_e___ - __e _a__e_ __ ___e
__________ - _a__a___a__a
Be___ - _____la_
__ea____e - __e __a_e
_a__b__ - _a_e_ __ Bab_l__
_____ - _____ _____
Death – Voice Of The Soul
______e_e_ _abb__ - _e_ ___
__l__e__ - _____ ____
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
____a__ - B_________
_ea__ _a_ ___ ____e - __a_e___e ___e_
Okay now I'm gone for real. Turkey just got slam dunked and Spain is going to win Euro's for the third time in a row, heard it here first bitches (probably not since they were one of the favorites to begin with). :hat
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R
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Obsidian Kingdom - Away/Absent
Jesus Christ
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Parama waits 3
home waits 2
Evermind waits 1
ALEBR
__l_er__ - __e _ar_e_ __ __re
______rr__ - _a__ar__a__a
Be___ - _____la_
__ea____e - __e _ra_e
Ra__b__ - _a_e_ __ Bab_l__
_____ - _____ _____
Death – Voice Of The Soul
_r____e_e_ Rabb__ - _e_ ___
__l__e__ - _____ ____
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
____a__ - B_________
Death Cab For Cutie - _ra_e___e __re_
The / probably gave it away, I had no handle those kind of things. Had the same problem with F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. but decided to leave them out with that one because it would be too much of a dead giveaway.
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T
Now you have Albert if you reorder the guessed letters.
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the death cab for cutie song is grapevine fires :corn
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One of those bands might be Frightened Rabbit, but I've never heard of that band (if I'm even right).
I believe I see Oceansize aswell.
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Dear Cab for Cutie - some song
pitiful attempt of us trying to write a 2 minute song for 425
a classic
I figured it went so well last time that I just had to send it again
the death cab for cutie song is grapevine fires :corn
Wow, actually correct.
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you are fully aware i am a bad person who sometimes googles if i can though :tup
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I figured as much. :lol
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So how did that work, did you google Death Cab For Cutie - songs that contain these letters: _ra_e___e __re_?
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Oceansize - The Frame
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So how did that work, did you google Death Cab For Cutie - songs that contain these letters: _ra_e___e __re_?
no, i searched death cab for cutie on youtube and it pulled up a nice handy list of songs for the band
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Sacul waits 3
Parama waits 2
home waits 1
ALBERT
__l_er__ - __e _ar_e_ __ __re
______rr__ - _a__ar__a_ta
Be___ - _____la_
Oceansize - The Frame
Ra__b__ - _ate_ __ Bab_l__
_____ - _____ _____
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - _et __t
__l__e__ - _____ ____
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
____a__ - B_________
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
Listening has begun. :metal
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i sent the best song of the roulette, so it doesn't have to go on much longer
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No one asked for the D? Give me the D, then.
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Gates of Babylon
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Gates of Babylon
By Rainbow?
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Gates of Babylon
By Rainbow?
Indeed! :tup
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Gates of Babylon
By Rainbow?
Indeed! :tup
Great song :tup
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Tomislav waits 3
Sacul waits 2
Parama waits 1
DALBERT
__lder__ - T_e _arde_ __ __re
______rr__ - _a__ar__a_ta
Be___ - ___d_la_
Oceansize - The Frame
Rainbow – Gates of Babylon
_____ - _____ _____
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - _et __t
__l__e__ - _____ D___
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
____a__ - B_________
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
Already had 1 listen in for most songs before I got the last two songs but now that I have everything I can say for sure. I still like a lot of this round but it's not as good as the first one, I'm sure of that. One song is becoming a contender for 'song of the roulette', it's that good. But I'm not sure yet if I can put it above the Woods Of Ypres song yet, will have to wait until results.
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Wilderun - The Garden of Fire
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Wilderun - The Garden of Fire
Do you listen to those guys? Probably not, but I'm curious.
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C, I guess.
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Bolsters waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Sacul waits 1
DALBERCT
Wilderun – The Garden Of Fire
______rr__ - _a__ar__a_ta
Be___ - ___d_la_
Oceansize - The Frame
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon
__c__ - __c__ __c__
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - _et __t
__l__ec_ - _____ D_c_
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
C__ca__ - B_________
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
I'll post some thoughts on sunday/monday depending on how many listens I can get in, I don't think I can do any more today so it'll probably be monday. And results tuesday.
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Wilderun - The Garden of Fire
Do you listen to those guys? Probably not, but I'm curious.
I've heard the album once but the vocals put me off as I expected.
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I
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Parama waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
DALIBERCT
Wilderun – The Garden Of Fire
______rr__ - _a__ari_a_ta
Bei__ - _i_d_la_
Oceansize - The Frame
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon
__c__ - __c__ __c__
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - _et __t
__l__ec_ - _____ D_c_
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
C_ica__ - B__i__i___
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
Got at least 2 listens in of every song now. Will be leaving the house shortly and I probably won't return today so it's time to get some guesses in guys! Maybe I'll hop in quickly after I get home if I'm not too tired but don't count on it. Teasers will probably be tomorrow and results on tuesday.
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Being - Mindflay
good thing I wasn't planning to send them :corn
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Chicago - Beginnings?
It's missing an E so I'm doubtful, but if it is, props for sending this song.
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Beginnings is a GREAT song
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i just had a flash of realization
focus - hocus pocus
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Oh shit. time to update
I was so happy to see not a single letter from the Focus song got guessed and then the fucking C ruined every6hing
[hr//]
Anyway no letter called but all three (Focus - Hocus Pocus, Being - Mindflay and Chicago - Beginnings) are correct.
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I can't guess a letter but if I could I would guess S
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O
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I am immensely disappointed
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I'll let anyone guess at this point, we're almost done. One of them seems pretty obvious to me now while the Frightened Rabbit song only misses 2 letters and the third and last one could be a bit of a tough one still.
DALICOBERT
Wilderun – The Garden Of Fire
_oo__orro_ - _a__ari_a_ta
Being - Mindflay
Oceansize - The Frame
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - _et O_t
__l__ec_ - _____ D_c_
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
Chicago - Beginnings
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
Starting my third listen soon and will get some teasers out afterwards.
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Frightened Rabbit - Get Out
Moonsorrow - No Idea
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Haha, nobody is going to guess my song :hat
S
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DALISCOBERT
Wilderun – The Garden Of Fire
Moonsorrow - No Idea (:neverusethis:) Sa__ari_a_ta
Being - Mindflay
Oceansize - The Frame
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - Get Out
__l__ec_ - _____ D_c_
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
Chicago - Beginnings
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
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Dammit, I wanted to send Moonsorrow in the next round. :getoffmylawn:
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Dammit, I wanted to send Moonsorrow in the next round. :getoffmylawn:
Maybe you should name this song then, because I'm not going to google it and I'm drawing a blank.
H
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Dammit, I wanted to send Moonsorrow in the next round. :getoffmylawn:
Maybe you should name this song then, because I'm not going to google it and I'm drawing a blank.
H
I sent it and I'm not sure what's the name of it without looking :lol
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DALISCOBERTH
Wilderun – The Garden Of Fire
Moonsorrow - Sa__ariha_ta
Being - Mindflay
Oceansize - The Frame
Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon
Focus - Hocus Pocus
Death – Voice Of The Soul
Frightened Rabbit - Get Out
__l__ec_ - _____ D_c_
Obsidian Kingdom - Away / Absent
Chicago - Beginnings
Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires
Also, I'll give you the teedbeets now that I've given every song a good amount of listens and I feel pretty sure about how I will score the songs.
So does this guy play in a soul band? If not, he definitely should. I feel like he’s terribly underused here
So simple, yet so damn beautiful
I knew I could count on you for sending me some great heavy shit
For a song as unusual as this it gets old remarkably quick
Can’t say this lived up to my expectations for this band but it’s still quite good
Pretty much your run-of-the-mill [genre] music, which is not bad here but I can’t point out anything that makes it stand out
Pretty straightforward [genre] but the sheer energy and dynamics make this a damn good song
And last but not least, I will reveal the second bonus round content this evening or tomorrow, but more likely tonight.
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I knew I could count on you for sending me some great heavy shit
Can’t say this lived up to my expectations for this band but it’s still quite good
One of these two, probably. I hope it's not one of the more negative tidbits :\
For a song as unusual as this it gets old remarkably quick
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What song did I send?
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Mammal Sauce by Crotchduster
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I'll break out the Moonsorrow track since it may be a little hard for you folks ;)
Sankarihauta (Soldier's Grave)
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I'll break out the Moonsorrow track since it may be a little hard for you folks ;)
Sankarihauta (Soldier's Grave)
You're from Finland? Finish is, among European languages, definitely the weirdest one :lol Hungarian is weird, too, but both sound cool.
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Pretty much your run-of-the-mill [genre] music, which is not bad here but I can’t point out anything that makes it stand out
Probably mine.
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Mammal Sauce by Crotchduster
No, that was a different roulette.
Here's a guess for the last band: Zulutech
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You're from Finland? Finish is, among European languages, definitely the weirdest one :lol Hungarian is weird, too, but both sound cool.
Finnish and Hungarian are on the Uralic side of languages, unlike most in Europe. Estonian is probably just as strange :)
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Here's a guess for the last band: Zulutech
:lol
no
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Well, it's gotta be a jumbled mess of lots of consonants and U's.
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Pretty much
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In that case it's pointless to guess that shit.
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Tell you what, here's what the song looks like with the guessed letters + the U's: _ul__ec_ - _u___ Duc_
And Luoto's Sankarihauta was correct, so this is the only one that hasn't been guessed yet.
Bonus round #2
It’s time for your second bonus challenge! For this challenge you will send me any album cover art. You can send me the album art of any album that’s not from any of the banned artists. Or, if you so desire, you can make your own epic album art like I did, this is the cover for my upcoming Pain of Salvation cover album:
(https://i.imgur.com/PSwmVIr.png)
I don’t have anything specific to say about which kind of arts I enjoy most, I will say that minimalistic album art can be just as beautiful as the complex artsy stuff. If you’d like you could turn this bonus round into a little sales-pitch kind of thing if you will, explain what's so great about your album cover art and all that. I won’t disadvantage the people that don’t though, but writing a bit about why you like it or something could be a nice addition.
Opposed to the first bonus round, I won’t deliver results simultaneously with the round 3 results here. These will be ranked and rated pretty quickly and will stand on its own as a round during the sending process of round 3, so the results of this will be out rather quickly after I’ve received them all.
This round is not obligatory, but there’s nothing to lose so it’s probably worth it. Rewards will be slightly different from the round 1 rewards and once again nothing mindblowing, just a small boost, if at all. It’s just a way of keeping the waiting process a bit more enjoyable.
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oh, moonsorrow. i need to pick up their latest album.
1. no
2. PLEASE
3. no
4. no
5. i hope not, but this is still ok
6. i will destroy you if this is mine
7. no
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So for reference, what are some of your fav covers? :P
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That's really tough, I can't straight up name my absolute favorite so I'm just going to name a few that I really like.
Ne Obliviscaris - Portal Of I
Xerath - II
Periphery - Periphery II: This Time It's Personal / Periphery III: Select Difficulty
The Mars Volta - Bedlam In Goliath
Lemaitre - 1749
Gojira - From Mars To Sirius
Foals - Holy Fire
The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise
Chaosbay - Vasilia
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Do I get bonus points if I sent album art from 2016 :P
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Will get looking. Just want to say, whilst on this topic, that I think the latest Riverside album is one of the most amazing pieces of album art I've ever seen. I'm looking to get it on vinyl just to frame it. Also, anything by John Baizley :hefdaddy
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My first thought was David Maxim Micic's Eco. Not the biggest fan of the music, but the art is absolutely stellar. :hefdaddy
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My first thought was David Maxim Micic's Eco. Not the biggest fan of the music, but the art is absolutely stellar. :hefdaddy
It's done by Shepaintswithblood, an artist who does all kind of ethereal drawings and paintings, I recommend following her on FB, her art is stunning.
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So simple, yet so damn beautiful
Hoping this is mine. It probably isn't.
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For a song as unusual as this it gets old remarkably quick
Probably mine, though I've been listening to it for years now and it still is a blast whenever I jam it.
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Interesting bonus. I'll look for something shortly but since this is something I don't usually spend much time thinking about, I currently don't have a damned clue what I am going to send. :lol
Edit: Went through my Last.fm and picked the first thing I came across that I thought "yeah, that looks kinda cool". :lol
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I've gotten 7 submissions in for the bonus round so far and they're so different from eachother :lol I think picking a winner is going to be harder than I thought.
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Make it simple, just pick mine.
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Sent a hardcore cover.
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Sent the latest iamthemorning album cover.
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Im going to be honest I haven't even thought about the bonus round at all yet
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Sent the latest iamthemorning album cover.
Oooh good choice.
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I'll get in another listen (I think it'll be either my 4th or 5th) after the Group B conclusion, got a relaxed evening ahead of me with no plans whatsoever.
Will do the final listen tomorrow and post results very early in the evening (approx. 21 hours from now). Just a heads up so you can prepare for R3 if you're the kind that wants to plan their submissions ahead. Also 3 more people until I have all the bonus round submissions in, not obligatory but yeah.
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England - Slovakia was the most frustrating match of the tournament so far.
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England - Slovakia was the most frustrating match of the tournament so far.
I've mostly watched Wales against Russia, but I had that one running on my laptop, I just I think turned it off after ~60 minutes.
Wales against Russia was the most hilarious match of the tournament so far, but only if you're Russian and you had no faith in your national team in the first place. :lol
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For me the most frustrating match was Spain vs. Czech Republic, mainly because everyone (including me) had huge expectations from this team of Spain, a few veterans from the "golden era" plus a lot of fantastic youngsters though the team isn't ideal IMO. Should've taken Torres and played Koke more often, great combination. And they didn't even play half bad, but they just couldn't finish anything and it wasn't until like the 87th minute until the tie was broken.
I was hoping for Slovakia to go big this tournament, they were one of my few 'dark horse' guesses but seeing them play here, they were falling apart after just over half an hour of playing and their team couldn't stay fit for the entire duration of the game without injuring themselves. :lol Wales was pretty great though, glad to see them in first place.
Wales against Russia was the most hilarious match of the tournament so far, but only if you're Russian and you had no faith in your national team in the first place. :lol
I know, it's kind of a shame though, I really liked Russia when their team was built around Arshavin, during the euro 2008, they beat The Netherlands with 3-0 or something in like the quarterfinals.
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Sent the latest iamthemorning album cover.
Oooh good choice.
Definitely one of the best covers of the year so far.
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For me the most frustrating match was Spain vs. Czech Republic, mainly because everyone (including me) had huge expectations from this team of Spain, a few veterans from the "golden era" plus a lot of fantastic youngsters though the team isn't ideal IMO. Should've taken Torres and played Koke more often, great combination. And they didn't even play half bad, but they just couldn't finish anything and it wasn't until like the 87th minute until the tie was broken.
I was hoping for Slovakia to go big this tournament, they were one of my few 'dark horse' guesses but seeing them play here, they were falling apart after just over half an hour of playing and their team couldn't stay fit for the entire duration of the game without injuring themselves. :lol Wales was pretty great though, glad to see them in first place.
Wales against Russia was the most hilarious match of the tournament so far, but only if you're Russian and you had no faith in your national team in the first place. :lol
I know, it's kind of a shame though, I really liked Russia when their team was built around Arshavin, during the euro 2008, they beat The Netherlands with 3-0 or something in like the quarterfinals.
Yeah, that was like their golden age or something. It was 3:1 and the game ended with 1:1 in the main 90 minutes, then they played another 30 minutes and Russia scored two goals. Everyone was shouting like they went mad on the streets, I had trouble falling asleep because of that. And damn, they were really playing, not just standing there on the field looking like they don't even belong there.
Of course they've lost to Spain in the semifinals after that, but hell, that victory over Netherlands was glorious. And I've got nothing against the Netherlands as you surely know, it's just that was one of the only games where I saw the spark of real football in our team. :lol
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Are we going to do album cover hangman? :neverusethis:
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Guess the album cover.
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I'm so going to do that.
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Blurry covers! Or fragments of it :D
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Something is in the works.
Parama and Elite, do you guys want to submit for this round too? Just curious because I need to know whether I have to include your album covers to the thing I'm working on.
Meanwhile, the second to last listen has kicked off.
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I sent you the album cover through Spotify, it probably didn't show up in your inbox again :lol
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Also, I added you on Spotify, don't know if you can see me. (I see you, enjoy that song :tup)
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Yes, gotcha! Followed you back.
I sent you the album cover through Spotify, it probably didn't show up in your inbox again :lol
Nope! :lol guess we'll have to keep using fb for this, spotify PM sucks so far.
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I can actually see you in my followers list now. I am going to attempt to send you a song one last time.
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Vulfpeck - Funky Duck
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Glad that finally worked out, received the PM's from both you and Elite at last.
I will get the results in a bit earlier than expected. I got called to start a bit earlier for work today and I'm in my final listen right now anyway. Will have results up in 2 hours approx.
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Vulfpeck - Funky Duck
yes
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:corn
I didn't comment on songs this round. Interesting choice with Hocus Pocus, that yodeling :metal Another interesting song is Death's instrumental Voice of Soul. Don't expect any of their other songs to be similar :lol
Frames by Oceansize is awesome album. I heard it only 2 or 3 times but I love it already. I started listening to Death Cab for a Cutie few weeks ago(Transatlanticism album), just kind of stuff I'm into lately.
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Damn, the width of the :corn emoticon made it pretty much impossible to make a proper 'N' but you get the gist.
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Ready for my 5.5/10.
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Ready for my 5.5/10.
Decent score.
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Round 2 results
Parama: Oceansize – The Frame
Oceansize have always been a band I could see be the toughest grower ever and I hope at this point I’m ready to take it in, I know I wasn’t impressed last time when I got “Music For A Nurse“, but Frames really seems to be the most loved album. Seems like you’re really sticking to as long as possible songs in these rounds.
On one hand I really want to like Oceansize because it seems like a grower, but on the other at some point I guess I have to stop trying because it’s starting to feel like a chore. I actually listened to the album “Frames“ once but I didn’t remember much of it. Probably has more to do with me not being much of a post-rock fan than anything though.
Actually, I feel like I need to document this RIGHT NOW because I’ll have to look back to this writeup somewhere in the future, this is the biggest case of “has just clicked with me“ I ever experienced and I was actually about to give you like a 6.5 because I had the same issue with this as I had with 425’s Neal Morse Band song, a long song I only liked chunks of and felt like a chore kind-a to get through. But suddenly it just became a pretty great song. Not my favorite ever but I hope you can atleast live with this. :P I’ve heard from pretty much everyone that Oceansize need a long time to grow on you and I think I understand now, lucky I’m giving the songs such a big amount of listens I guess because if I only did 4 this would’ve gotten a 7 at best. I’m really eager to return to this album again now and see how much I like it more than I did before.
8.0/10
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Frightened Rabbit – Get Out
SN2 wanted me to listen to a song I already know and dislike but I didn’t allow it unfortunately, so we’re going with something I never heard of.
So it’s an indiepop/rock-ish song I guess, I can dig that, but they rarely stand out to me. Foals is my #1 indie band right now and there’s some similarities here and there but not much.
Hmm.. I like the song quite a bit but there’s not really much to it. I know these songs are minimalistic most of the time but I kinda hoped for more. Pretty much your run-of-the-mill indie music, which is not bad here but I can’t point out anything that makes it stand out. Still, the vocals are on point, the chorus is catchy and has this mellow/energetic contrast to it that I like quite a bit. I guess I’d like a little more time with this song.
I think it’s pretty catchy, straight to the point and has good relistening value, though I can’t put it up against the likes of the Death Cab For Cutie and the Chicago song, or even Funky Duck in terms of catchiness. Good submission, though ‘good‘ will not cut it in this competition.
7.0/10
Home: Vulfpeck – Funky Duck
Well this is interesting, a 2 minute song, no fucking around, just a few minutes of pure fun.
Before I get all negative, I want to say that I do love vocals like these. They’re like the high-energy alternative of Leo Napier, a hip hop artist featured on a few songs off the new Gramatik album which nobody on this forum knows anything about.
Conversely, while this song is all in good fun, I can’t get much out of it because that’s literally all there is to it. I don’t want to look like an anti-fun dude but I can’t put it up against the likes of CHVRCHES and The Fall Of Troy, which I considered the ‘fun‘ songs of round 1 or even the round 2 Chicago song, but in a different way, a way that kept me interested. “He’s a funky duck“ is basically all there is to the song. I wish they used this guest singer a bit more diversely because he has a great voice and the verses were awesome, but the chorus where he starts to howl or something really wore on me after a while. So does this guy play in a soul band? If not, he definitely should, I feel like he’s terribly underused here.
I don’t know whether you had any expectations for this one but apart from tuning in to songs like this for about a minute or so I don’t know whether this music is for me.
Hope I’m not coming across as a prog-nerd that doesn’t like a song like this just because it does not have any deep lyrical meaning or complex arrangements :( I’m not like that at all so don’t lose motivation in sending fun songs like this, I hope I clarified the reasons well enough for you to find something that I like better though!
5.75/10
Sacul: Focus – Hocus Pocus
Alright, time to listen to some yodeling, I’m fucking ready.
But this is really not doing anything for me so far, with one listen in. It’s basically a switch-off between a yodel melody and some guitar-lead jamming with an ocassional solo of any instrument they had. There’s probably some deeper meaning to it I don’t know about (or not) but to me it sounds like they were like “hey let’s see how much random stuff we can fit in 6:40 minutes of yodel/guitar switchoffs“. I see the scatting made its return in my roulette aswell, and not as awesome this time around as either of the two scat-men I got in my first roulette.
It wouldn’t even be half bad if the guitar jams weren’t literally the same riff over and over again, I don’t know if that’s just lazy or genius but from my POV it’s a bad attempt at trying to make the song more cohesive because for a song as unusual as this it gets old remarkably quick. That’s not to say that the riff is bad because that’s actually an amazing riff and I like that it returns, but that’s literally all there is to it apart from the solo sections and the yodels. The unconventional stuff can win me over a lot of the time but I feel it becomes less valuable because the yodeling is repeated so often in the exact same melody.
I might’ve been slightly more negative than I actually felt about the song but it’s really not doing much for me, and I realize it might come off a bit rude but that’s not my intention, nothing personal here, just trying to shed some light on why I’m not that keen on the song.
And as a final note while also kind of echoing what I’ve been meaning to say, I think this could’ve been a very good guitar-centered instrumental, almost like an extended guitar solo with the main riff connecting the solo sections into one piece, because I’m not a big fan of all the random solos and yodel sections stuffed in and while that main riff does return an awful lot, it’s still a great one.
6.0 + (1.0) = 7.0/10
Twosuitsluke: Death – Voice Of The Soul
Seems like an easy way out of sending an old-school death metal band by sending an instrumental :lol but in the context of this roulette it makes sense since bonus points and stuff.
I notice right away that the acoustic guitar is straight-up kicking, I love it. There’s a very intricate vibe to it. But the lead guitars really bury that sound as the song progresses and it’s a shame, I woulda loved some progressive acoustic stuff coming in more often here. It seems like they pick it up again in the second half of the song but this song really centers most around the electric guitar. I can’t help but feel like this makes more sense in the context of the album, a near-4 minute instrumental inbetween 2 longer songs seems like it’s a progressive segue song on the album. I don’t get much out of it as a first time listener without hearing the album. Death metal often speaks to me most and I think should speak to most through the vocals, so like you said this is treated more as a metal instrumental with some prog influences, and it’s not the most remarkable I’ve heard at that.
Would still want to give the band a try with some vocal-included songs so if you can recommend me some (maybe this same album?) I’d appreciate it but I’m not absolutely blown away with this instrumental, it’s not bad though.
6.5 + (1.0) = 7.5/10
Evermind: Rainbow – Gates Of Babylon
Ruslan reminded me that Rick Astley wasn’t on the banned list yet so I went ahead and did that, thanks for that I guess.
I knew I was getting Rainbow from you :P I just had no idea what to think of it, because well, it’s kinda out of my comfort zone datewise.
Aaand, the intro riff kicks in and it’s a pretty cool oriental metal style that I can dig, though I just wish those keys didn’t sound so ‘muffled‘, for lack of a better word, they don’t sound all that pronounced. That’s probably part of the old production. I had worse expectations from this one actually, but so far so good. I’m hearing an amazing guitar solo that really fits that eastern style they’re going for in this song, I hear Dio at the top of his game (which is pretty much him on any song), I’m tempted to say that Dio was the closest anyone came to the perfect metal voice, meaning the best fit to the classic take on metal. Not necessarily meaning that he is my favorite vocalist in metal, but he’s certainly pretty good here. Gotta warn you though, even though I think everything’s alright, nothing is blowing my mind and it’s just some good riffage and some strong vocal work.
Against all odds, this song won’t be the round loser. One of those songs that I find good overall and can’t really point out something I actively dislike, but I’m not all over it. Most of my positivity regarding Gates of Babylon comes from some of the awesome vocals hooks in the chorus, will very likely check out the album. :tup
7.25/10
Tomislav95: Moonsorrow – Sankarihauta
Okay, of course the guys of Moonsorrow are no strangers to me, I’ve seen their name around a lot. But I’ve always been a bit apprehensive with picking black metal bands/albums/songs, and I still don’t know a lot about it.
The song starts very intense with the heavy metal riffage and the screams and it’s a really great vibe to build a song upon. With the big orchestral opening and the punching riffs I don’t really know how they will follow this up in the coming 7 minutes but so far so good.
Okay the vocals are how I expected them to sound, kinda. The harsh vox at least, and they’re not to my biggest enjoyment. After some getting used to I can ‘tolerate‘ them but they won’t be the center of attention for me when giving this song the final verdict. I really like the folkish instrumentals scattered throughout the song, they’re not on par with Scorpion’s song though but they’re still awesome.
Man I wish I could get past those vocals but it’s really hard to fully appreciate them. They definitely grew a bit on me but it’s still the instrumentals that carry the song for me, making this not much of a standout, but still a solid song. The vocals are not on a level of not being able to listen to them, but I just don’t think they’re that great. Luckily there’s enough good stuff going on to make me want to listen to an album by them. Can’t say this lived up to my expectations for this band but it’s still really good, just, as one of the biggest names in black metal/folk metal or whatever subgenre they might be in I start questioning whether I’ll ever obsess about a black metal band as much as I do with some other genres.
7.5 + (1.0) = 8.5/10
Elite: Obsidian Kingdom – Away / Absent
I actually don’t know exactly why I left Obsidian Kingdom off the list since I did enjoy Mantiis a lot, but I guess I still didn’t feel like I knew a lot about the band, so I’m glad I left them off so that I can review this closer off the new album which I’ve heard a lot of mixed thoughts about.
These guys really know how to create atmospheres, I mean, Mantiis just made me feel unfomfortable in the exact way that it should, and this song on one hand sounds very dark once the bassline on top of the spoken word samples kick in, but on the other hand has this euphoric feel with the distant screams. I know theoretically any music is a form of art but Obsidian Kingdom really make it feel more artsy than I usually get from music. Therefore, I don’t think I will lose attention for their music anytime soon and this song basically proves that I should’ve just gone to check out more Obsidian Kingdom in the first place.
Listening to this tune a couple of times more now, I’ve realized something. Parts of this song remind me of how I thought and hoped the new Gojira album would sound like. Pretty dense, very somber and dark and vocals with strong emotional impact. Seems like I’ve just been looking for a new Obsidian Kingdom album all this time. :P
8.25 + (1.0) = 9.25/10
Splent: Chicago – Beginnings
I’ve seen this name a couple times and I knew they were a fogey-band sorta kinda but I knew nothing about their music at all.
And this song is really fun, and not in the Funky Duck way where I find it really fun but too much of the same. This piece has all the fun stuff and stays diverse through all its 8 minutes. The trumpets really do the trick here, there’s some pretty brass work here during the verses, aswell as some great harmonics-type brasswork in the chorus. Not to mention that awesome cowbell outro.
This band sounds waaay ahead of their time, I like that. With modern music I can’t tell for sure but when we go back in time I definitely prefer the more unconventional creative stuff. This may not really push boundaries in that regard but it’s still a pretty unique style. I can definitely see why you’ve been digging some Thank You Scientist as of lately too, any fan of good brass should hear them.
7.75 + (1.0) = 8.75/10
Bolsters: Being – Mindflay
I don’t know how I actually heard of this band, but it was probably through Skyharbor or some other djent band, never heard a note of this band though.
This is the kind of djent that really sticks with me, there’s no fucking around with excessive polyrhythms or palm-muting here. The vocals have literally everything I love, the chorus has some good high-low transitions, the growls are powerful but not too overtaking, and the clean vocals in the verses are good too but not as good. It has some pop induced vibes that seems to be essential with djent these days, nothing wrong with that since I love the constant poppy djent/poppy progmetal that gets thrown my way with bands like I Am Abomination, Mandroid Echostar and such. I wouldn’t say I like this as much as some of their songs but it’s a great shout and I will definitely look into Being.
Overall pretty straightforward djent but the sheer energy and dynamics make this a damn good song. I only wish that cheesy auto-tuned a-a-a-a-a (1:50) wasn’t in there, that’s kinda weird but it’s such a small thing I can look past it.
8.25/10
Scorpion: Wilderun – The Garden Of Fire
So this is.. folk metal? I’m very familiar with folk influences in many different types of styles but I wasn’t aware of the genre.
Starting off really strong already with the folkish influences, this song moves very unexpectedly on some occasions and I can’t say I’m against it. I don’t know how many singers are on this song but man it sure stays interesting with all these different vocals. I don’t know if this sounds odd but I hear some very strong BTBAM vibes throughout this song too which is never a bad thing. The funny thing is, in round 1 with all the leaderboard songs I’ve been hammering on about “the climax“ and “song finale“ and here, with one of the heaviest songs I’ve gotten so far, it ends with a nice atmospheric orchestral section, after the fact I’ll admit I wouldn’t have it any other way.
I can see why this is your (one of your) favorite song(s) for sure, this is fantastic, I can imagine this is the kind of song that never gets old either, there’s so much stuff going on that I feel like I haven’t even heard half of it but I’m already sold, I want this album.
I guess during my final listen now, if I could have it my way in a perfect world I would have slightly less deep growls. But that’s just a tiny detail, this song is fookn’a.
I knew I could count on you for sending me some great heavy shit, knowing that if it was one of your favorites surely I would like it too, there’s a lot of overlap between our tastes I feel.
8.75/10
425: Death Cab For Cutie – Grapevine Fires
I don’t even remember a lot from We Looked Like Giants actually, I just know that I liked it and liked Transatlanticism but not remembering much about the songs themselves.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the vocals sound so much like Adam Young, the dude from Owl City. They’re very pretty vocals, especially for male vocals, in the same way some of the soft The Dear Hunter songs feel. These guys have a great sense of compositions too, even though it sounds kinda simple, it’s damn beautiful. I like how all the attention is drawn to the vocals but at the same time there really is a lot going on alongside them.
Yeah I should look more into these guys for sure, this is a great song yet again and relistening to WLLG that one’s great aswell but I think I like this one better. The melodies are so catchy, I feel like they’re going to be stuck in my head but I don’t mind it at all because they’re great.
8.5/10
Additions to the banned list:
Death Cab For Cutie
Wilderun
Obsidian Kingdom
Being
Chicago
Moonsorrow
Frightened Rabbit
Rainbow
Oceansize
Parama: 9.25 + 8.0 = 17.25 (X)
Tomislav95: 8.75 + 8.5 = 17.25 (X)
Scorpion: 8.25 + 8.75 = 17 (X)
Bolsters: 8.75 + 8.25 = 17 (X)
Evermind: 9.5 + 7.25 = 16.75 (X)
Splent: 8.0 + 8.75 = 16.75 (X)
Sacul: 8.25 + 7.0 = 15.25 (X)
Twosuitsluke: 8.0 + 7.5 = 15.5 (X)
Elite: 6.0 + 9.25 = 15.25 (X)
425: 6.75 + 8.5 = 15.25 ()
Home: 8.0 + 5.75 = 13.75 (X)
Shadow Ninja 2.0: 6.5 + 7.0 = 13.5 ()
amount of (X)'s mark the amount of bonuses used, everyone can use up to 3 bonus theme points.
Schedule for next round
Since all the first 7 rounds are pretty much the exact same I will try to keep the same pace. The only variable in this is the amount of time I spend doing stuff away from home. I can usually combine listening with other shit but only at home. I listen to music a lot when I'm traveling for example, but not with the same sense of focus.
So I'd like all the songs within 48 hours again, I think we managed that well within 48 hours last round and this was a damn quick round if you ask me (6 days between round 1 results and round 2 results). I have some hospitation nights ahead of me to check out new houses to move into next year and stuff, but overall I have quite some time on my hands the coming weeks so I could aim for another quick round here to compensate for the 1 week vacation I'm taking in July.
So yeah, send for next round! Of course it's an open round again. Don't forget to check out what the bonus themes are in case you forgot, could get you some easy points!
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one more listen and I bet it would've been a 9.0 :corn
anyways, sending
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Sent.
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Eh, I secretly hoped for more points. But then I basically sent Rainbow on a whim.
Personally I think Long Live Rock'n'Roll (the album with Gates of Babylon on it) is one of the weakest of Dio albums, but still has some great tunes. My personal favourite is Rising (it was #3 in my Top 50 album list), it's pretty short - 36 minutes only I think - so it would be a good starting point.
LLRnR has stunningly beautiful closer though, Rainbow Eyes.
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Ah thanks for that, I'll check out that one then.
Eh, I secretly hoped for more points.
Me every round
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i wish i could get more into the new obsidian kingdom but i've yet to come away from it with anything beyond boredom
mindflay is good but wouldn't have been my pick from the album, probably would've sent air atlantic if anything
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Train, if you want to check Death, The Sound of Perseverance (Voice of the Soul is on it) is good starting point. Also, I like every song better than Voice of the Soul but don't know would you like tech death metal.
I have too much stuff I want to send :\ the worst thing is when I know what band to send I can't decide about song.
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how to know i pay good attention: sending a song that someone else sent in the first train roulette, 6 months ago
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Glad you enjoyed it. Any other song I may have been disappointed with that score but since I basically sent it on a whim reading that you wanted some brass stuff I'm like what the hell and glad you liked it. If you like the brassy stuff listen to anything prior to their huge mainstream success in the 80s when everything sounded like a Peter Cetera power ballad.
I'll send after I finish writeups for my roulette.
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Sent via Spotify (notify me if you didn't get it).
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Glad you liked Voice of the Soul (although I'm not surprised you weren't completely bowled over by it). The whole album, The Sound of Perseverance, is great in my opinion. They do a cover of Painkiller on the bonus version, which I almost sent for the covers bonus point, but I would probably start by listening to either Flesh and the Power it Holds or To Forgive is to Suffer. Let me know what you think. Will be sending shortly
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Hocus Pocus is a parody to big arena rock songs, so that's why such awesome riff was paired with yodeling and weird stuff, and a repetitive structure, for the lulz. It also accidentally became a major hit for the band, which is even more ironic than the song itself :lol
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Sent
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I'll send tomorrow. Just watched Germany against Northern Ireland and there's no way I can pick my song before Spain - Croatia begins. Sorry.
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Hahaha is that Corluka with a Cech helm in your avatar tomislav? :lol He's a fucking hero tho for that game against Turkey.
Glad you liked Voice of the Soul (although I'm not surprised you weren't completely bowled over by it). The whole album, The Sound of Perseverance, is great in my opinion. They do a cover of Painkiller on the bonus version, which I almost sent for the covers bonus point, but I would probably start by listening to either Flesh and the Power it Holds or To Forgive is to Suffer. Let me know what you think. Will be sending shortly
Appreciate it, I like when people can be happy with a positive reaction without an absolutely stand out score, I was definitely into it and will continue to check out the albums you and Tomislav recommended.
Okay I literally just got home and already have like 4 submissions in, you guys rock. Tomislav, I got your spotify PM too so I have that one aswell. Going to watch the Spain - Croatia game right now (e.g. Train vs. Tomislav) and if Spain loses he gets 0/10 next round >:(
I'll send tomorrow. Just watched Germany against Northern Ireland and there's no way I can pick my song before Spain - Croatia begins. Sorry.
No probs, tomorrow is still more than fine. I missed the group C matches but I predicted the entire order of the group correctly (being the only one with enough confidence in N. Ireland to let them win a game :lol) Now if Spain win or tie this game and Turkey wins against Czech I'll have that one right aswell.
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Hahaha is that Corluka with a Cech helm in your avatar tomislav? :lol He's a fucking hero tho for that game against Turkey.
Okay I literally just got home and already have like 4 submissions in, you guys rock. Tomislav, I got your spotify PM too so I have that one aswell. Going to watch the Spain - Croatia game right now (e.g. Train vs. Tomislav) and if Spain loses he gets 0/10 next round >:(
It's Croatian waterpolo cap :D
And I'm pretty sure Croatia won't win today so I'm not afraid :P
EDIT: Damn, goal already.
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So bonus round results when? :P
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Good goal, Croatia! :D
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So bonus round results when? :P
Soon enough, first - have some teasers for no apparent reason.
There's 4 random ones in here since I figured out a 4x4 grid requires 16 album covers instead of 12. So, yeah, you can guess if you like but there's not much to it, I will rank them tomorrow I think and then reveal the results for them.
Every fragment is taken from the section they're originally in, so the bottom right corner is a fragment from the bottom right corner of said album for example.
(https://i.imgur.com/7rph1xp.jpg)
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the third one is the new explosions in the sky record whatever it's called
second to last is in the court of the Crimson king
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7 is Sleep Party People, which I assume is one of the random ones, since I didn't send it.
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6th is Converge - Jane Doe
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Last row, second from the left is While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lacrymose.
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I see mine and that's pretty much all.
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Fair score I guess! I hoped you would score it higher (since it is one of the funkiest and most fun songs ever ::) ) But I agree with your explanation :tup
By the way, can we send live versions of songs?
7 is Sleep Party People, which I assume is one of the random ones, since I didn't send it.
You are not the only person listening to Sleep Party People :hat
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No. 11 and the last one are tickling my memory but I can't place them.
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No. 11 and the last one are tickling my memory but I can't place them.
No 11 is a cover with a broken wine glass with red wine spilling out (on a white back ground) I think. I remember how the cover looks but no idea which band :lol
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What a fantastic game! Croatia are my new favourite team to win Euro 2016. I actually thought that after the game against Czech Republic as well, but they lost their lead there. This was fantastic.
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No. 11 and the last one are tickling my memory but I can't place them.
No 11 is a cover with a broken wine glass with red wine spilling out (on a white back ground) I think. I remember how the cover looks but no idea which band :lol
You mean 13? That's The Art of Loss by Redemption, I think.
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No. 11 and the last one are tickling my memory but I can't place them.
No 11 is a cover with a broken wine glass with red wine spilling out (on a white back ground) I think. I remember how the cover looks but no idea which band :lol
You mean 13? That's The Art of Loss by Redemption, I think.
Yeah I meant 13, such counting skills much wow haha. But that's the one!
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Croatia to win would be amazing, though I have them pegged for semifinals, I still hope they could make it even further. Then again, I predicted a France - Spain final which seems unlikely with the way France is going atm, and Spain haven't been extremely consistent either though I still think they're good candidates.
I don't know if Spain ever lost to Italy in the euro's for the past like 12 years or something, but it has been very close a lot of times, even going into penalty SO's 8 years ago for example.
No. 13 is the new Redemption, Sleep Party People is not one of the random ones indeed, and the 3rd, 6th, 14th and 15th are all correct aswell.
This leaves 1,2,4,5,8,9,10,11,12,16
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12 is sadistic tbh, is it like a darkspace cover or something
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Is 12 Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters?
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No ::)
This one is a bit unfair though I'll admit, so here's a hint: The band is one of the most popular and important among prog metal, formed in the 90's but only really broke through as one of the most popular prog metal bands in the early 2000's. The album pictured here is one of the fan favorites and my personal favorite. (yeah, this is on the banned list, and it's one of the 4 ones I put in randomly)
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It is an Opeth cover I think, perhaps Ghost Reveries?
By the way, can we send live versions of songs?
I think you missed my question ;)
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Oh sorry, you're right. But yeah you can send live songs.
And Ghost Reveries is correct :tup
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Anna Von Hausswolff - The Miraculous
Parov Stelar - Coco
Iamthemorning - Lighthouse
Meshuggah - Obzen?
Soen - Tellurian
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Can't believe I didn't get Ghost Reveries :facepalm:
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Anna von Hauswolff (1), Tellurian (10) and Obzen (16) are correct, iamthemorning and Parov Stelar are not.
Can't believe I didn't get Ghost Reveries :facepalm:
To be fair it was pretty much a black image :lol
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@sacul but which are which
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11 is mine if that gives you any hint which it probably won't :lol
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I think I recognise 4 and 16 but I can't place them.
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16 has already been guessed, it's Meshuggah's Obzen
I'll send after I finish writeups for my roulette.
:corn
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I think 16 is ObZen
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Just had to say that I'm really not a fan of the ObZen album cover. I think it's a great idea for an album cover but suffers from very poor execution, looks a bit amateur to me.
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Yeah me too, almost like Dance of Death bad, but not quite. Its one of the four random ones too, aswell as the King Crimson. I laughed 2 straight minutes just looking at ITCOTKC imagining how someone would send it for a competition of best album covers. :lol
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Yeah me too, almost like Dance of Death bad, but not quite. Its one of the four random ones too, aswell as the King Crimson. I laughed 2 straight minutes just looking at ITCOTKC imagining how someone would send it for a competition of best album covers. :lol
Hey! ITCOTKC is a great cover! :lol (I do honestly really like it ;p) Dance of Death is actually really, really bad though.
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I agree about Dance of Death, it's really amateur computer based artwork. What year was that released though? Early 2000's?? I can forgive them, almost. But ObZen was like 2008 or something, no excuse :lol
Also, what the hell Train?? The King Crimson album art is amazing!! I totally understand why that would be sent in. I have vivid images of staring at that as a kid, not having any idea what type of music it was, I never listened to it but just liked looking at my dad's vinyl.
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I know I know, a LOT of people actually like it but I can't take it seriously. :lol Needless to say if this was an actual submission it would not have won here.
On a side note I have half the submissions in and I'll do the album cover results tonight after work (think 7 hours from now or something)
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Can you post a list of which ones have been guessed so far?
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Sure thing.
1: X
2: X
3: Explosions In The Sky - The Wilderness
4: X
5: X
6: Converge - Jane Doe
7: Sleep Party People - Floating
8: X
9: X
10: Soen - Tellurian (filler)
11: X
12: Opeth - Ghost Reveries (filler)
13: Redemption - The Art Of Loss
14: While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lacrymose
15: King Crimson - In The Court Of The Crimson King (filler)
16: Meshuggah - Obzen (filler)
So all unguessed fragments are actual submissions, to maybe help you out a bit I'll reveal which ones are whose, maybe you could link it to someone's tastes or something.
1: Elite
2: Bolsters
4: Twosuitsluke
5: Parama
8: This is embarassing I forgot what this is or who sent it :lol, I'll be back with the answer in a bit.
9: Evermind
11: Splent (he even said it himself)
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I sent #8.
Want a PM what is was?
Also, could you post the picture again?
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Nah I took a closer look and remember it again, I should write this down before deleting PM's though.
(https://i.imgur.com/7rph1xp.jpg)
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The first one is Anna Von Hausswolff - The Miraculous. Sacul guessed it already.
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Any hints?
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#5: Oceans of Slumber - Aetherial
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2: No one will guess this anyways
4: Has the word "witch" in their name
5: Female-fronted band that released a new album this year
8: Instrumental prog band that got sent in my first roulette
9: A random picture Evermind took in Russia
11: Extremely popular artist in the jazz world
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#11: Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
It was very familiar, just clicked when I read it's jazz.
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#8: Scale the Summit - The Migration
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4 is Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed
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5: Female-fronted band that released a new album this year
this is really funny because the album i sent you is, in fact, not female fronted :corn
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The first one is Anna Von Hausswolff - The Miraculous. Sacul guessed it already.
What if it is not?
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The first one is Anna Von Hausswolff - The Miraculous. Sacul guessed it already.
What if it is not?
Anna von Hauswolff (1), Tellurian (10) and Obzen (16) are correct, iamthemorning and Parov Stelar are not.
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:corn
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What the fuck? I get home a littleo ver 50 minutes after Hungary Portugal started and I missed FIVE goals wtf
I'll start ranking the covers after the match, thought of some interesting rewards too.
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We get Train of Salvation album? ;D
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We get Train of Salvation album? ;D
I wish! I would consider it if I had written actual songs for it. But for now, all I can offer is a picture with an instagram filter and some PoS fonted titles.
So the only one that hasn't been guessed is Bolsters' (#2) :corn
But I don't mind, I'll post results soon, ranking them right now and should reveal the results in like half an hour or something.
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So the only one that hasn't been guessed is Bolsters' (#2) :corn
Damn, I feel like I know it :/
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I think I've seen that before, too, but I have no idea what it actually is.
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Bonus round #2 results :corn
I didn't have anything like writeups planned so I'll just keep it to the top 4 who've made the winners stand and will receive prizes.
#4 through #2 receive the same prize but I ranked them anyway for the sake of ranking, because we at DTF like to rank stuff
#4: Home: Sleep Party People - Floating
(https://nbhap.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//2014/05/Sleep-Party-People-Floating.jpg)
Despite already being familiar with the album I never mentioned anything about it so I still allowed it. Beautiful cover, it's very aesthetic in a dreamy kind of way, and I actually didn't know about the bunny masks so that cleared up a thing or two. I'll send your reward shortly.
#3: Tomislav95: Explosions In The Sky - The Wilderness
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a0140231993_10.jpg)
This is how you spark interest for an album with me, some crazy abstract album cover. It looks very modern in the way I like art a lot these days, so good shout. Reward will be sent to you shortly aswell.
#2: Bolsters: Purity Ring - Another Eternity
(https://cdn.pitchfork.com/albums/21573/e8bfefdf.png)
After CHVRCHES' success I became intrigued with the whole idea of 'synthpop' and this one's no different. Beautiful cover that just missed out on first place. I'll send your reward along with Tomislav's and home's and the #1, who will then later receive his additional reward.
#1: Shadow Ninja 2.0: While Heaven Wept - Vast Oceans Lacrymose
(https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2476773384_10.jpg)
I had no idea what to expect from this bonus round but this is just beautiful. They blend the amazing landscapes you usually see on blackmetal/folk metal covers with this adventurous edge that I think is present on a lot of like conceptual progmetal records but anyway, I fucking love this one.
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So apparently the new iamthemorning cover art wasn't even in Top 4? That sucks.
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eits is subpar from what I've heard
what even is the #1 here tho I'll agree it's a pretty great cover
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So apparently the new iamthemorning cover art wasn't even in Top 4? That sucks.
No I rated the tree trunk it came in last :neverusethis:
But for real the iamthemorning was pretty awesome but didn't make the top 4, it came in #6 behind these four and Anna von Hauswolff
Haven't checked out anything of the music or even direction of the music of these covers to remain unbiased in case people still want to send songs off those albums. I knew the Purity Ring was synthpop but only because Bolsters said so.
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eits is subpar from what I've heard
Their newest or whole discography? I heard The Wilderness once, didn't liked it very much, older albums are much better.
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Quality album covers. Can definitely see how I lost out. No love for John Baizley then? :|
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eits is subpar from what I've heard
Their newest or whole discography? I heard The Wilderness once, didn't liked it very much, older albums are much better.
Yeah the new one.
Never been huge on eits in general but the earth is not a cold dead place is nice
I just find them soooo generic
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:-[ I thought that cover would do better than that. Though I can understand Vast Oceans Lacrymose winning, that is a stunning cover.
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eits is subpar from what I've heard
Their newest or whole discography? I heard The Wilderness once, didn't liked it very much, older albums are much better.
Yeah the new one.
Never been huge on eits in general but the earth is not a cold dead place is nice
I just find them soooo generic
I feel like that about most of the post-rock. But sometimes I'm just in mood for it. They are playing in Croatia in October, ticket is not too expensive so I may check them, I'd like to hear post-rock live (4 days after is Swans + Anna von Hausswolff, too bad I never got into Swans)
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Quality album covers. Can definitely see how I lost out. No love for John Baizley then? :|
I liked the cover from an objective point of view but the style is not my cup of tea.
The Scale The Summit was middle of the pack kinda, I do like it and it always grabs my attention when I see it but it got outclassed here.
Explosions In The Sky are post-rock? No way :lol with that cover I thought it was like technical prog metal or something related.
EDIT: 7 submissions are in now. I need Parama, Elite, 425, Scorp and Sacul but still not really in any hurry.
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No love for Jane Doe? :sadpanda:
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Where was mine, #12?
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Didn't actually rank all of them, first I eliminated like a batch of 5 and yeah both of yours were in that bottom 5 :hat
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Woha, Vast Oceans Lacrymose is an amazing album cover! Definitely deserves to win, though my favourite is probably one of the "fillers": Soen - Tellurian, that's just on another level :angel:
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Sent one of the best metal songs ever, for the "sung-in-a-foreign-language" bonus.
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Bet mine was last... But that album cover is iconic
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Woha, Vast Oceans Lacrymose is an amazing album cover! Definitely deserves to win, though my favourite is probably one of the "fillers": Soen - Tellurian, that's just on another level :angel:
Yeah Tellurian is one of my favorite covers too. The only time ever that an album cover singlehandedly got me into a band :tup
Bet mine was last... But that album cover is iconic
Yours was #7
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Didn't actually rank all of them, first I eliminated like a batch of 5 and yeah both of yours were in that bottom 5 :hat
Because you suck
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wow that sure was a witty comeback
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Didn't actually rank all of them, first I eliminated like a batch of 5 and yeah both of yours were in that bottom 5 :hat
Because you suck
(https://i.imgur.com/mAP03ux.png)
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Didn't actually rank all of them, first I eliminated like a batch of 5 and yeah both of yours were in that bottom 5 :hat
Because you succ
Yup :P
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Cool, I really had no idea if you'd like that cover or not.
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anyways, sent :corn
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Sent my second favorite song of 2016 :corn
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Could you link to the results in the first post, please? :)
edit: oh wait, there's a third post for that, but it hasn't been updated yet.
Sending now
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For any of these themes, you could apply your 11+ length limit. You can’t however, use one song for more than one of the themes, let’s say you have an electronic song from 2016, you’ll have to choose one of the themes. Only a maximum of 3 bonus points will be handed out per participant, and you can’t get more than 1 bonus per theme.
You meant instrumental from 2016 or you forgot one bonus theme?
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Oh. yeah, I meant to change that. At first I just copies some themes from other roulettes but electronic wasn't really a valid theme since I listen to a lot of electronic music already anyway, and since I made it one of the categories for the writeups too. So yeah read 'instrumental' instead of 'electronic'.
I thought I updated the results in the OP but apparently not for round 2 yet, I'll get on that right now.
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425 days in the fire is long enough
You're going home
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Wrong lyrics
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You're going home
Okay then, bye!
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you're going train of naught
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425 days in the fire is long enough
You're going home
Sorry I'm very slow but I just sent a song
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That was probably the last we'll see of Tool in this thread, anyway hangman time
________ ____ - _____ _______ __
____ __ _______ - ___ ____ ___ ____ ___ ___ _____ ______ _____
______ __ _______ - ______
__ - ________
___ ______ _____ - _____ __ _______
_________ - ___ _______ _____
________ - ______ ____
_________ - _____ ___ ___
___ __ ____ - ________
___ ______ ______ - ______
_____ - _______ _____ _______
___ - ___
I'll be home for just over 2 hours from now still to fill in some letters, I've previewed a couple of songs but will start listening in full starting tomorrow.
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Y
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Y
________ ____ - _____ _______ __
____ __ _______ - ___ ____ ___ ____ ___ ___ _____ ______ _____
______ __ _______ - ______
__ - ________
___ ______ _____ - _____ __ _______
_________ - ___ _______ _____
________ - ______ ____
_________ - _____ ___ ___
___ __ ___y - ________
___ ______ ______ - ______
_____ - _______ _____ _______
___ - ___
nice one
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I want the D
Is the artist for the 5th one MO
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nice one
Indeed.
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
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jesus christ evermind how
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10/10 set-up and execution
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Dir En Grey - Vinushka
Oh come on
I want the D
Is the artist for the 5th one MO
No the 5th one has three words in it and a total of 14 letters so I wouldn't count on it :neverusethis: but no the 4th isn't MO either
Parama waits 3
Evermind waits 2
DY
____d___ ____ - _____ D___d__ __
____ __ __d___d - ___ ____ ___ ____ __d ___ _____ ______ _____
______ __ _______ - ______
__ - __dd___y
___ ______ _____ - _____ __ _______
_________ - ___ _______ _____
____d___ - ___d__ ____
_________ - _____ ___ ___
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - _____d
_____ - _______ _____ _______
___ - ___
Oh actually I forgot one 'y' the last time too, can you guess that one aswell Evermind?
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I don't think so. I'm sure it's not IQ and reasonably sure it's not U2, but other than that I've got no idea.
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Fair to Midland - The Wife, the Kids, and the White Picket Fence
You missed "d" in "kids". :D
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You're too good at this.
P.
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Are you sure the first song isn't missing anything? Because it totally looks like Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us. Only without the second part.
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Oh I thought it was the fifth because one of the names wrapped around on my phone screen
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Are you sure the first song isn't missing anything? Because it totally looks like Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us. Only without the second part.
Yes, you're correct. Name on Spotify doesn't have second part.
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Goddamnit.
Are you sure the first song isn't missing anything? Because it totally looks like Paradise Lost - Faith Divides Us, Death Unites Us. Only without the second part.
I got sent Faith Divides Us. Either Spotify is wrong (which wouldn't be the first time) or there's a song with this name. But either way I'll consider it guessed, how the hell do you do it.
Elite waits 3
Parama waits 2
Evermind waits 1
DYP
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us (- Death Unites Us?)
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
______ __ _______ - ______
__ - __dd___y
___ ______ _____ - _____ __ _______
_________ - ___ _______ _____
____d___ - ___d__ ____
_________ - _____ ___ ___
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - _____d
_____ - _______ _____ _______
___ - ___
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Spotify is wrong.
V.
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Don't do vowels, that's boring :P
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Don't do vowels, that's boring :P
I didn't :P
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LIIAAARRRRRRRR
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« Last Edit: Today at 19:39:56 by Tomislav95 »
damn
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Damn, was planning to send some Dir en Grey for a bonus foreign language point :facepalm:
So impressed with how quickly you guys are guessing this shit!!
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Tomislav waits 3
Elite waits 2
Parama waits 1
DVYP
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
______ __ _______ - ______
__ - __dd___y
___ ______ _____ - _____ __ _______
_________ - ___ _______ __v__
____d_v_ - ___d__ ____
_________ - _____ ___ ___
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - _____d
__v__ - _______ _____ _______
___ - ___
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W
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Evermind waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Elite waits 1
DVYPW
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
______ __ _______ - W_____
__ - __dd___y
___ ___w__ _____ - _____ __ __w____
_________ - ___ _______ __v__
___wd_v_ - ___d__ ____
_________ - _____ ___ ___
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - _____d
__v__ - __w____ _w___ _______
___ - ___
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N
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Thought the last band was Mew but apparently not. :D
Slowdive - Golden Hair
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Welp. No Mew but you've still guessed all four of the revealed songs so far. :lol
Twosuitsluke waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
DNPVWY
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
____n_ __ _______ - W_n___
__ - __dd_n_y
___ ___w__ __n__ - ____n __ N_w____
_n____n__ - ___ __n____ __v__
Slowdive – Golden Hair
_n____n__ - _____ ___ __n
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - _____d
__v__ - N_w____ _w___ ______n
One more update after this one before I head out guys, make it a good guess.
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A
looks like the same band was entered twice
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Yeah, and I'm not guessing it because one of these two songs is mine. :lol
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That one song is called Suddenly, but I don't know the band.
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Kudo's to the person sending Fair to Midland! I was going to aend them this round too, but couldn't decide between Orphan Anthem and Dance of the Manatee so sent another band instead :\
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Parama waits 3
Twosuitsluke waits 2
Evermind waits 1
ADNPVWY
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
___an_ __ _______ - W_n___
__ - Suddenly
___ ___w__ __n__ - __a_n __ N_w____
An____n__ - ___ __n____ __v__
Slowdive – Golden Hair
An____n__ - _a___ ___ __n
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - ___a_d
__v__ - N_w____ _w___ ______n
___ - ___
Alright bye guys cya tomorrow happy guessing :tup
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Alright, that took me too long...
The Flower Kings - Train to Nowhere
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oh wow someone sent oceans of slumber - winter
piss off, that was literally my next round choice :tdwn
I hope you get a 9/10
Now I can send something else instead so train gets even more songs I wanted to send to him
How awful >:(
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Yeah, and I'm not guessing it because one of these two songs is mine. :lol
The Longest River is better than Raise the Sun though. Good choice for a band!
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oh wow someone sent oceans of slumber - winter
piss off, that was literally my next round choice :tdwn
I hope you get a 9/10
Now I can send something else instead so train gets even more songs I wanted to send to him
How awful >:(
Quality tune :biggrin:
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Oh yeah, anciients
This is literally the same thing that happened in wolfking's roulette :lol
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Yeah, and I'm not guessing it because one of these two songs is mine. :lol
The Longest River is better than Raise the Sun though. Good choice for a band!
Nothing can beat this fucking riff in Raise the Sun.
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I can't even pick favorites from that album they're all good but nothing is really fantastic
I probably would've sent overthrone? Dunno
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Yeah, and I'm not guessing it because one of these two songs is mine. :lol
The Longest River is better than Raise the Sun though. Good choice for a band!
Nothing can beat this fucking riff in Raise the Sun.
The Longest River did, in Kade's roulette.
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:corn
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Yeah, and I'm not guessing it because one of these two songs is mine. :lol
The Longest River is better than Raise the Sun though. Good choice for a band!
Nothing can beat this fucking riff in Raise the Sun.
The Longest River did, in Kade's roulette.
Well, for someone maybe, but for me, no way. And I tend to send the songs that I like. If I thought too much about ToN's tastes, I would've ended up sending some jumbled mess like Native Construct seem to write.
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SHOTS FIRED
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I didn't intend to fire any shots :lol
but yeah, that Native Construct album was pretty disappointing.
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It's fairly meh
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I love you all
Except for Ruslan because he burned me
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someone guess a letter lol
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O
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Ok Native Construct's debut is awesome and anyone who disagrees is objectively wrong
My next bonus round will be 'whoever can listen to Quiet World the most amount of times without passing out wins'
But for real I'll update the hangman right after I do this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSvFpBOe8eY#t=44)
Oh yeah, anciients
This is literally the same thing that happened in wolfking's roulette :lol
That was my first thought too. Later found out that it was Big Hath who sent Raise The Sun but it's still bloody close. So this band should be good or something right?
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I mean they're solid, not blown away but the album is enjoyable
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Mine as of the last hangman has no letters guessed but my guess is that will change in very short order
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Is one of the songs called Train to Nowhere? :lol
Edit: Yes.
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Train of Naught - Train to Nowhere
Best song ever, easily.
10/10
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It had to be sent. For the title alone. :lol
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Mine as of the last hangman has no letters guessed but my guess is that will change in very short order
I thought this one would be the first one to be guessed :lol
Scorpion waits 3
Parama waits 2
Twosuitsluke waits 1
ADNOPVWY
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
Oceans Of Slumber - Winter
__ - Suddenly
The Flower Kings - Train of Naught
Anciients - The Longest River
Slowdive – Golden Hair
Anciients - Raise The Sun
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
___ ______ ______ - _o_a_d
__v__ - Now____ _w___ ______n
O__ - O__
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OSI - OSI?
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Correct.
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That second to last one could be Ulver.
Edit: an E might be helpful here.
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That second to last one could be Ulver.
Edit: an E might be helpful here.
Yup. Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen) from their latest record that has a title that can't be pronounced.
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Well, that only leaves two more to be guessed, one of which is just the band name consisting of 2 letters, other one should be fairly obvious now I think. Put them on the bottom for convenience.
Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us - Death Unites Us
Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids And The White Picket Fence
Oceans Of Slumber - Winter
The Flower Kings – Train To Nowhere
Anciients – The Longest River
Slowdive – Golden Hair
Anciients – Raise The Sun
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
Ulver – Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen)
OSI – OSI
__e ______ E__e__ - ___a_d
__ - Suddenly
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Suddenly is by BT
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U
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The Hirsch Effekt - Cotard
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Damnit, I had OSI planned for later.
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why would you send garbage
basing this opinion off the one OSI song I know tbh
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why would you send garbage
basing this opinion off the one OSI song I know tbh
Based on what he already likes... idk that's the risk of a roulette. Although I bet I get a low score because I actually read the banned list instead of like last round when I just took a shot in the dark :lol
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placing my bets: I'll score between 0-10 and will rank between 1st and 12th inclusive
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why would you send garbage
basing this opinion off the one OSI song I know tbh
You were sent one of their worst tunes :P
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probably, but still
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why would you send garbage
basing this opinion off the one OSI song I know tbh
Based on what he already likes... idk that's the risk of a roulette. Although I bet I get a low score because I actually read the banned list instead of like last round when I just took a shot in the dark :lol
Now I want to know what you based it on :lol was it Dream Theater?
All songs have been guessed good job guys. Finished my first listen and while I don't want to be too forward about this, I think it's safe to say this is my favorite round so far. Still, not everything is awesome but this'll most likely be the round with the highest average score so far.
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Gonna be the 5.0 :corn
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I can and will probably give you some tidbits on sunday and results will be the day after. My weekend just started baby
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have a good
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I can and will probably give you some tidbits on sunday and results will be the day after. My weekend just started baby
I expect to see you in football thread tomorrow for some live commentary :P did you play fantasy? if yes, you can take new players now.
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Yeah I just updated my team yesterday. Haven't even touched it since the start of the tournament so I never switched in new players, I'm in last place :lol
Unfortunately won't be seeing Switzerland vs. Poland and will probably have to miss Wales vs. N. Ireland aswell because, ironically, we've planned a football tournament with some guys from work and they rented a hall for it. :lol I think everyone except for one or two of us is absolutely terrible, including me, but it should be fun.
But obviously I won't miss Croatia vs. Portugal, I'm fucking stoked for that game.
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I'm third in my league even though I was switching players. Many of my players were rested in last match.
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Haven't transferred the players yet, hopefully I still have time.
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sports are ok
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Haven't transferred the players yet, hopefully I still have time.
You can do it until the start of first match tomorrow.
Also, you roasted us on matchday 3 :tup
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I had like 3 players from Austria in my starting 11, including their keeper whom I don't even know by name. And well, they were my biggest disappointment of the tournament by far as I thought they were going to be the major dark horse, making quarters and maybe even semifinals.
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sports are ok
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Haven't transferred the players yet, hopefully I still have time.
You can do it until the start of first match tomorrow.
Also, you roasted us on matchday 3 :tup
Done my transfers, let's see how it goes now.
I mostly got lots of points because I had Cahill, Vertonghen and Vermaelen in the defenders line and both Belgium and England conceded no goals. And Neuer as a captain of course, that's the second time in a row he scores 12 points for me.
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Possibly going to miss all games today :-\ I really want to be able to make it to Croatia - Portugal though, but it's gonna be a busy day.
I'd like to use this post to warn some people that the first and only cut-off point of the roulette will be after round 7. Everyone has 3 bonuses available and some of you haven't used a single one yet. So if you don't want to miss out on them you'll have to start using them soon. I've actually purpously missed out on a bonus point once because I think sending a great song is more important than following a certain theme just for an extra point, so I do appreciate that, but if you want free points it is recommended.
I'll repeat the 6 available bonus themes here:
* Foreign lyrics: Songs with lyrics sung in anything but English and Dutch, I’ll allow Spanish. I’m technically Spanish but I don’t speak it as well or as frequently as the other two in my daily life, so it still has that foreign spark to me.
* Instrumental: This speaks for itself.
* World music: I think I have a soft spot for this kinda stuff, but it’s still a tough one, I also barely have any world music influenced stuff so yeah, help me find more.
* Songs with prominent brass/strings/woodwind inclusion: For this one I will allow synthesizers aswell as the actual instruments, I can often hear the difference pretty clearly, but it doesn’t take away from my enjoyment.
* Songs released in 2016: I’ve found lots of cool newly released stuff already, help me find more!
* Cover songs: There’s lots of great covers around, usually the ones I like best are the ones that really form their own identity. A great example is the Johny Cash cover of Hurt by NIN, and Metallica’s covers of Turn The Page and Astronomy by Bob Seger and Blue Öyster Cult respectively.
Note, the banned list applies to the band that’s covering the song, if it’s the other way around, I need to approve of it first, if I know the song or if I think it’s too similar to the original that I already know I will deny your song.
And this is where everyone's at:
- Parama: W/B/S, Foreign lyrics
- Bolsters: World music,
- Sacul: World music, 2016
- Elite: 2016,
- twosuitsluke: Instrumental, 2016
- Evermind: Foreign lyrics,
- Scorpion: Instrumental, Foreign lyrics
- Tomislav95: Foreign lyrics,
- 425:
- splent: W/B/S,
- Shadow Ninja 2.0:
- home: Instrumental, Cover
1 more bonus available: home, Scorpion, twosuitsluke, Sacul and Parama
2 more bonuses available: splent, Tomislav95, Evermind, Elite and Bolsters
All 3 bonuses available: 425 and Shadow Ninja
Correct me if I missed one.
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winter was gonna be my 2016 song so now i'll have to find something else to get a bonus point for
technically it came out in december 2015 though :corn
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/yeah I know the situation but I decided to count it because it's a 2016 album. :corn
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Results now?
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Right now!!!
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
Elite: Anciients - The Longest River
3 minutes too long, would've loved to hear a 6 minutes song by this band, that would rock.
6.25 + (0.0) = 6.25
#1 Elite: 6.25
#2 Elite: 6.25
#3 Elite: 6.25
#4 Elite: 6.25
#5 Elite: 6.25
#6 Elite: 6.25
#7 Elite: 6.25
#8 Elite: 6.25
#9 Elite: 6.25
#10 Elite: 6.25
#11 Elite: 6.25
#12 Elite: 6.25
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:rollin
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sixthony out of tentano
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I didn't even send that song what the hell
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you sure did and you sent it 12 times
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Why are you complaining you are in first place.
You are also in last place, so I guess maybe that's why?
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i predict #3 this round
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i predict #3 this round
More like #12, good thing this wasn't the bonus round where you had to guess your ranking because you're 9 spots off :neverusethis:
But for realz I just came home and honestly didn't have the time for any listening today. Tomorrow I'll be all over the songs though and I'll post some tidbits. Results still scheduled for monday.
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i plan to keep scoring 8 or above the entire roulette, thank you very much
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You already failed because Cotard is like 5.5 at best?
Bloodmeat intro rip-off, 10 point penalty
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bloodmeat: officially the only song ever to use guitar/drum synchronization :tup
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Aw come on the first second sojnd exactly the same :lol thats not even a bad thing, I love Bloodmeat. Its just something I noticed. You're such a cotard
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i do have a feeling they probably listened to some protest the hero while writing that album, and some dillinger escape plan, but the end result is the best of both worlds so :corn
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Going to start my final listen before posting tidbits pretty soon, and then one more listen tonight and my last last listen tomorrow and then will post results :corn
So tidbits in about 2-3 hours
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Cool cool cool :corn
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Only 6 this time around. With how songs are currently scored and ranked things are still pretty tight. Things will definitely start getting more interesting once people have used up (almost) all of their bonuses and the rankings start to take more shape. 4 more rounds after this one to get into that top 5 to prevent being cut and move on to the finals!
Would’ve loved to hear some more growls here, easily my favorite thing about this song
Goes to show you that scoring well with simple songs is very do-able
There seems to be an ongoing trend of fantastic song endings and this is no exception though with this one it’s pretty much just the outro that I genuinely love.
This song is literally a descent into insanity
They just... make it seem so easy. Yet again a fantastic song from you, the chorus being my favorite of the round
Okay, the harsh vocals are good and straight to the point, I like how they’re not too overtaking, but the cleans are definitely the main attraction, so power!
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I don't think any of those are about mine.
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The last one has got to be mine :tup
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They just... make it seem so easy. Yet again a fantastic song from you, the chorus being my favorite of the round
The chorus in my song is IMO very powerful, I'd like this tidbit is about it. And I don't know if vocals in chorus qualify as harsh vocals? :lol His voice in verses is much cleaner but still, singing in chorus is not growling, just slightly harsher singing.
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Yeah I don't know, I use terms like growls and harsh vocals very loosely and incorrectly. It's definitely not growling but I could see why people would say they're harsh vocals. Similar to the way Gareth sings at the ending of Slice The Cake's "The Exile Part I - The Razor's Edge", I would probably call it "shouting"? But that just sounds awful so I'll probably lump all of these into the harsh vocals territory.
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Other reason some could call it harsh vocals is that Nick from Paradise Lost actually growls a lot on their latest album and also here and there on others. He is the guy who replaced Akerfeldt in Bloodbath.
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1. probably not, there's like three growls right at the very end and nothing else
2. no
3. i will be severely disappointed if so
4. probably not
5. i bet this is mine
6. nope, not enough growls
i agree with luke that #6 is oceans of slumber btw
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Results somewhere around the next hour :corn :corn
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I'll read them tomorrow. :corn
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5 point 5 out of 10
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Round 3 results
425: The Flower Kings – Train To Nowhere
At first I was expecting one of those boring classic-prog bands that I somehow can’t get in to. They do have this neo-classical vibe to their music but it’s actually a really good song. Simple melodies that pay off really well like the “And then we fade into the night“ with some smooth guitarwork in the background, almost remeniscent of some of the slow songs on Scenes From A Memory.
Amongst the many instruments I hear in the background when giving this my full attention there’s some really pretty piano and acoustic guitar stuff going on. It’s funny, because this does sound like a song that could be covered with just a vocalist and his guitar and it would still sound pretty good. Though what really does it for me is all those layers to the music, great “simple“ song.
8.0/10
Sacul: Ulver – Nowhere (Sweet Sixteen)
Okay, I knew Ulver are known for having changed their sound quite a bit, but this is a pretty substantial change compared to the song you sent in my first roulette, EOS.
And I definitely like this more than EOS, no doubt. This band creates great atmospheres but I simply couldn’t get into the whole ambient thing because of the minimal instrumentation of it all. Here it’s still fairly minimal but the vocals make up for it. Similar to home’s song but to a slightly lesser extent, I like the hypnotizing feel to the instruments especially near the climax.
Based on this, I will probably give Ulver another chance with this 2016 album unless you recommend otherwise. I’m looking for more along these lines though, opposed to the straight-up ambient stuff.
8.0 + (1.0) = 9.0
Evermind/Elite: Anciients – Raise The Sun/The Longest River
Alright I don’t know if I’m going to do duplicate band results like this every time but I think with this kind of thing it’s interesting to compare the two. Can already tell that they won’t receive the same score though.
Both songs: Both of these have very strong harsh vocals, I’ll admit right away that I like them more than the cleans. Seems like these guys like to have somewhat long instrumental sections too which is not a bad thing, but I feel they do drag a bit for a moment or two. Not because I’m not into instrumental sections, but because most of those sections are centered around one guitar riff that gets repeated a lot. Still, pretty good songs from both of you overall.
The Longest River: Being the longer track of the two by quite a margin it took some more getting used to but I think I ended up liking these songs roughly the same. The intro has a very cool dark vibe going on that doesn’t sound repetitive even though it’s basically the same formula as the RTS intro. The growls are a bit more present here and that’s the way I like it, they let loose of the breaks on this song a bit more and it makes it more interesting structurally and creatively. In the end they kinda even eachother out though because this one wasn’t quite as amazing with the grooves.
Raise The Sun: For this song it’s definitely the extremely groovy instrumentals that mostly grab my attention. The finale is pretty sick and I like the instrumental that leads into that part a lot, but at times it got a bit hard to stay interested the entire time up until that final section kicked in. It took a while to get going and I think that’s the main issue I have with the band though I still like both these songs. Once again, the growls are top notch and I feel like they shouldn’t be afraid to use them a bit more loosely. Accordingly, the clean vocals don’t live up to expectations quite as much and so I came up with the same score for both Anciients songs.
7.75/10
They‘re both very close in quality and I like both enough to check out this album for sure, but neither one of them is blowing me away.
Tomislav95: Paradise Lost – Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us
Either you just send all the right bands, or there’s simply such a clear formula to doom that I could like pretty much all of it, but either way here’s another great submission!
The vocal melodies in the chorus are astounding, like the (not-overly) dramatic mood that always does well in the right context. I don’t really see the connection with Iced Earth but I guess you could make an argument for Metallica influences, but mostly this just sounds like their own thing.
This song has a level of epic-ness that some 10-15 minute songs don’t even have, the euphoric buildup to the last chorus is fantastic, and it’s only just over 4 minutes, WTF! It’s not my absolute favorite of the round (it is pretty close though) but then again, this was such a quality-packed round that there’s no shame in that.
8.5/10
Parama: The Hirsch Effekt - Cotard
Bloodmeat?
I was kinda expecting mathcore or something, don’t know why, but that’s the impression that their name left on me.
I’m not sure how I feel about german lyrics in this context. Obviously I know some Rammstein songs but that’s about it, and there’s it’s like this super masculin german dude with a very powerful and overtaking voice but this is on the softer side vocal-wise.
My favorite parts of this song are the more agressive ones and the vocals really were a pretty tough digest. At first the melodies, in the chorus especially, sounded a bit awkward, but it seems like you’re only sending growers in this roulette. I’m not blown away by this song, it’s pretty good alright but apart from the intro which is a-ma-zing and the outro the song doesn’t stick out that much. The finale is really quite great though, with some simple chord progressions a-la post-rock and great trumpets. Here the vocals are quite good too (both the clean and harsh ones) so there are some standout factors to it but overall it’s a 9 minute song where I can only really enjoy half of it while the rest is ‘okay‘.
7.5 (+1.0) = 8.5
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Fair To Midland – The Wife, The Kids, and The White Picket Fence
Yes!! This is more like it! First two rounds I liked your submissions alright, the Frightened Rabbit one slightly edging out the Nightingale, but this blows both of them out of the water.
The vocals are perfect, just perfect. And overall this song is just extremely smooth. There’s soaring choruses, heavy instrumentation, more mellow stuff, but it all transitions so damn smoothly. The singer has this very light vibrato to his voice in some of the lines of the verses and I love it. Goes to show that a pretty straightforward chorus in a not-so-straightforward setting can actually be really cool, adds that catchiness factor to it. I actually kind of expected to like this band from what I’ve heard from others but now it’s confirmed.
Can’t say much about this because it’s fairly short and pretty concise but this is without a doubt one of my favorite submissions (top 3) in what’s easily my favourite round of the roulette so far. Time to get some bonus points in there to maybe get closer to those leaderboards?
9.0/10
Scorpion: Dir En Grey - Vinushka
Okay, I’ve listened to a lot of weird shit the past half year but I still don’t know whether I’m ready for this band..
You can tell from the very first second that this is going to be epic as fuck. The intro is pretty damn beautiful and the clean vocals here remind me a lot of Justin Carter which is a bit awkward since he’s an avant-garde/jazz artist :lol but it works great here. There’s a lot of suspense going on in it and you can really feel the descent into insanity as the song progresses, slowly sounding darker and darker until at last all hell breaks loose.
..And it’s not even half bad! The screaky harsh vox are a bit overwhelming at first but being used to Destrage - whose high harsh vocals actually share a lot of similarities with these – I think I can manage.
I can see why this is one of your favorite metal tunes. Structurally I would go as far as saying it’s perfect, a lot of cool riffs being thrown in here too, especially near the end. I also just noticed that they have the trademark Korn bass sound going on in the very end of the song, I don’t know what it is they do to make it sound like that but I love it. Yeah, favorite song of the roulette, I did say that there would probably be no middle ground score here and well, you can be the judge of that, but this is quite the standout score innit?
9.25 (+1.0) = 10.25/10
Splent: OSI - OSI
Something a bit heavier from splent this time around.
I like the heavy riffage and everything is ‘solid‘ but the vocals (as I feel about Kevin Moore doing vocals in general) sound a bit monotonous. It’s hard to make a song of this length not sound too repetitive and I guess that’s not really a problem I have here, but the things that do repeat don’t really hold much value to me. Frankly, the “hate it when the truth unravels“ kinda bores me. :(
Sorry, I wish I liked this more but it hasn’t got a lot of replay value to me, like I could dig some of the heavy instrumentation on this, I really like that upbeat stuff here, but Kevin is such a downer and I always get that same vibe from his vocals, it makes me want him to just stick to keys here. Still kinda curious which bands you based this on.
6.25/10
Bolsters: BT - Suddenly
Sacul would love this intro.
Was excited to get some more electronic stuff from you after the Celldweller tune from last roulette. I’ll never be all over those glitches in music but they don’t bother me either, but here they’re actually quite good. Though it’s once the song really gets going that I’m sold on this, cheesy lyrics are a given with electronic music but those are never really the center of attention for this kind of music anyway. The chorus is just awesome, and I like how it’s kinda being foreshadowed after the first verse in a glitchy manner. Almost sounds like those vocals are Dan Tompkins from TesseracT which is never a bad thing. :P
Yeah. Don’t have a lot to say about this but it’s a great tune; catchy melodies in a very upbeat way, a fun instrumental section that reminds me a bit of Frost* and overall good replay value. I would say the chorus becomes a bit too much of the same near the end but it's not grating in any way so I still like it a lot.
8.0/10
Home: Slowdive – Golden Hair
Well, it took you one risky choice that didn’t quite turn out how you hoped and one middle-of-the-road song that was still pretty good but man you sure delivered this round!
If I really wanted I could just give you a writeup of one word and I would be happy with it: Mesmerizing
I’m really glad you went for the live version, it really is miles better than the original and well, there’s simply way more music to enjoy (twice as much to be precise).
I love when bands like this prove that you can make up a lack of technical skill (not technically bad players but obviously no mastermind shredders either) with genius compositions and song structures. Less is more. The song is so dreamy and the music keeps coming in waves, makes me really want to just relax and drift away..
I don’t know if it’d be awkward to attend a band like this live but this crowd seems pretty legit. I would probably just want to listen to music like this when I’m alone in the perfect setting, but whatever floats their boat. Interesting submission, also the first one for the cover bonus point, something I would probably have never found out about if it wasn’t for you. :tup:
8.5 (+1.0) = 9.5
Twosuitsluke: Oceans Of Slumber – Winter
I kind of expected to get Oceans of Slumber in this roulette..... from Parama
But either way, I’ve listened to one or two of their songs before and I quite liked it but failed to check out this album as of yet. The vocals are so, so good. These are not the regular female vocals as they sound very powerful, easily equally or even more powerful than most male vocals. And the growls, well, they’re exactly as I want them to be in a song like this. Very present when it’s needed, not overdone at all and when they do appear they’re concise and emotive. During my first listen I didn’t really focus on anything at all during this song but now that I do I’m loving it, this could be a contender for round winner to be honest, it’s that good.
Structurally it’s great too, like, it gets substantially heavier as the song progresses and after the final climax there’s like a relaxing epilogue kinda thing. I would imagine these guys would be great at writing 10+ minute epics but I don’t think they’ve done so.
So we watch the sun for one more day! Probably the most epic line of the roulette so far, hot damn.
9.0 (+ 1.0) = 10/10
Standings
Scorpion: 17 + 10.25 = 27.25 (XX)
Parama: 17.5 + 8.5 = 26.0 (XX)
Tomislav95: 17.25 + 8.5 = 25.75 (X)
Twosuitsluke: 15.25 + 10.0 = 25.25 (XX)
Bolsters: 17 + 8.0 = 25.0 (X)
Evermind: 16.75 + 7.75 = 24.5 (X)
Sacul: 15.25 + 9.0 = 24.25 (XX)
Home: 14.75 + 9.5 = 24.25 (XX)
425: 15.25 + 8.0 = 23.25 ()
Splent: 16.75 + 6.25 = 23.0 (X)
Elite: 15.25 + 7.75 = 23.0 (X)
Shadow Ninja 2.0: 13.5 + 9.0 = 22.5 ()
The border represents the cut-off point after round 7
Schedule for next round
Okay, so we're 3 rounds in now and almost at the halfway point of the first 7 rounds before people get cut and we go into the final stages of the roulette. I'd like all the submissions for round 4 within the next 48 hours, I hope everyone is aware of how many themes they can still use and it would be best to use all three of them up within the first 7 rounds to assure the max. amount of points, I don't mind if people want to dismiss them in order to send me better songs that don't fit certain themes, I appreciate that approach but it might be your downfall. Special mention to 425 and Shadow Ninja however, who both have all their bonuses available.
Bonus round #3
BUT, like mentioned in the OP, the final bonus round is happening during round 4, this is a fairly short and simple one, I can't drag this one out sadly since all there is to it is you will have to guess how many CD's are in my collection (counting physical, digital and albums I saved on Spotify to make it more challenging). The banned list is not really a giveaway at all because some of those artists are ones I listen to from time to time but don't actually have any albums of, similarly, there's artists that are not on the banned list but I do have saved an album of on Spotify. I want this to be a somewhat random lucky guess challenge anyway. Not a very inspirational at that, but it was at this point that I really had run out of ideas and probably shouldn't have even done another bonus round but eh.
To rule out completely useless guesses I won't allow any guesses under 100 but I won't point out a maximum amount. Guess in PM along with your submission please so it remains anonymous, that way we don't get cheaty guesses 1 number above or below someone else's.
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goddammit luke stealing my 10 :yeahright
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goddammit luke stealing my 10 :yeahright
All's fair in love and Roulette. You had 2 chances to send it first dude :loser:
Like I said before, they are a new discovery for me. I've obviously seen the name about on here then Ne Obliviscaris linked the video for Winter on their Facebook page. I checked it out as I'm thinking about getting tickets for the tour they're doing together here in the UK in October. THAT VIDEO BLEW ME AWAY!! First listen/watch (the video really helped put the band over for me) and I knew they were something special. I'm looking forward to seeing OoS more than NI now. :lol
I think the female vocals are what sets them apart. I don't really listen to much with female vocals to be honest. Glad you liked it, I know I'm sure as hell loving the album.
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Kinda expected a bit more, but anyways, I think you'd enjoy this new album, is very ethereal, sometimes borderline post-rock in that sense, but quite experimental. If you don't dig it, try Blood Inside which is just insane. Or Bergtatt if you're into black metal :P
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Sent
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Train, when I mentioned Iced Earth/Metallica influences I was talking about other song I almost sent (Embers Fire).
Also, I yet have no idea will I use all of my bonus points :-\
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Train, when I mentioned Iced Earth/Metallica influences I was talking about other song I almost sent (Embers Fire).
Oh, I wasn't paying enough attention then :lol thought it was a bit of a stretch, it actually didn't sound like either.
Damnit, I had OSI planned for later.
But you can still send them :neverusethis: they're open for re-submissions.
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Evermind/Elite: Anciients – Raise The Sun/The Longest River
Alright I don’t know if I’m going to do duplicate band results like this every time but I think with this kind of thing it’s interesting to compare the two. Can already tell that they won’t receive the same score though.
<snip>
...and so I came up with the same score for both Anciients songs.
7.75/10
Okay then.
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Train/Naught
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Eh I had a feeling. Thought of better stuff to send as soon as I sent it. Last week was absoutely crazy so I just ended up sending for the sake of sending rather than using my best judgement, based on your like of Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree I thought that would be OK, but I haven't listened to OSI extensively in years.
I'm going to use one of my bonuses this round, I know what bonus, just need to decide which one to send.
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Evermind/Elite: Anciients – Raise The Sun/The Longest River
Alright I don’t know if I’m going to do duplicate band results like this every time but I think with this kind of thing it’s interesting to compare the two. Can already tell that they won’t receive the same score though.
<snip>
...and so I came up with the same score for both Anciients songs.
7.75/10
Okay then.
whoops :lol now that the cat's out of the bag, at first it was 7.5 for RTS and 8.0 for TLR but they evened out a few days later in the final stages of scoring.
based on your like of Steven Wilson and Porcupine Tree I thought that would be OK,
That makes sense, I got a strong SW vibe from the vocals at a few points but it's just on another level for me. Also not the biggest SW fan but I do really enjoy what I've heard so far from his solo stuff and PT.
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Surprised to see Dir en Grey won the round. I'm a little jealous as I was planning to send a Dir en Grey track next with hopes of getting a 7.0 or 8.0 max and then a bonus for foreign language. I probably would have sent something off Oroboros as well :facepalm:
Really glad to see them scoring highly though :biggrin: I know what you mean about the Korn bass sound. They do go a bit Nu-metal at times it must be said. Still haven't listened to their most recent album yet.
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I had to look back into my youtube search history because I knew I checked out a Dir En Grey song at some point and it was the song with a video clip of them in glass boxes, called Uroko. I was kinda terrified of their music at that point :lol but this song really hit me, best song of the roulette so far :metal I'm sure this album will be a beast.
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maybe you should've sent them instead of oceans of slumber :corn
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Yep, Dir En Grey are crazy. I think I first saw it on somebody's top 50 list back when I joined DTF.
EDIT: Found it, it was Zantera's list in 2013.
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Don't think I've ever seen any of their music videos, bet they are all kinds of crazy. I think I may have sent you a song called Macabre actually if I had sent Dir en Grey. It's one of my favourites by them and I think one of the first ones my old flat mate played to me 10 years ago :|
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I'm going to avoid listening to them so that one of you can send them in my roulette :corn
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Train of Naught: Dir En Grey - Dirt and Gray
Train/Naught :yarr
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maybe you should've sent them instead of oceans of slumber :corn
No, I'm happy with the way things happened. I would have sent a different song by Dir en Grey, got a low score, witnessed you getting a high score with Winter next round, lost all faith in my self, questioned my very existence and gone into a never ending spiral of depression. I've already suffered the blow of the UK population voting us out of the EU, couldn't have taken that as well!!
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I sent a song even better than winter this round anyways, so I'll be getting a 6/10
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Fuck yes! Finally somebody who appreciates the fucked-up beauty of Vinushka.
Also, don't be surprised if some more Japanese stuff just might come your way. :P
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I need more Japanese music in my life tbh.
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Kind of disappointed with an 8 actually, I had higher expectations for that song.
Edit: submitted my next song through Spotify.
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I gots half the submissions in, and splent you can still submit a guess for bonus round #3, it's listed at the bottom of round 3 results.
So I'll take 6 more songs and 7 more guesses
I need more Japanese music in my life tbh.
Truth. Though Dir En Grey being Japanese did not influence my scoring at all. Sometimes it adds to my enjoyment when there's foreign lyrics, while here it was just the song being fucking great.
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I'll send you 6 songs then.
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anciients - the longest river
anciients - the longest river
anciients - the longest river
anciients - the longest river
anciients - the longest river
anciients - the longest river
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I was thinking Napalm Death - You Suffer
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Sent. I'm surprisingly above the cut off point now and want to stay there. I don't want to try and play it too safe but also don't want to drop a few places and get eliminated :tdwn
Just got to go with my gut I guess. Don't want to just send stuff that has progressive metal elements. Going to send some more straight forward metal and possibly some unexpected genres.
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The bonus points list in post #2 has not been updated yet.
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but why
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It's clearly updated though I don't know what he's talking about
everyone suffers
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suffer the last bridge
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wut
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Glad you liked Slowdive's version of Golden Hair! Sent a song trough Spotify, I hope that worked.
I don’t know if it’d be awkward to attend a band like this live but this crowd seems pretty legit. I would probably just want to listen to music like this when I’m alone in the perfect setting, but whatever floats their boat.
I wonder how it is to see music like this live, it does seem so.. magical or something. I haven't seen any shoegaze or postrock live yet though, (I am really looking forward to seeing Sigur Ros at Lowlands :hat )
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Sent very ghastly music through Spotify.
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Yes indeed
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:metal
Need 425, Sacul and Scorpion still
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Sent. Still haven't used a bonus :lol May try to line up three straight bonuses for the next three rounds, if I think I can swing that.
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Sent my fav song of the year, a 14-min instrumental :P
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Tfw Sacul halves the length of his chosen instrumental and it's still long enough to count as his one epic.
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is it kashiwa daisuke or whatever
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is it kashiwa daisuke or whatever
of course not
mfw the last sender is neither of 425 or Elite, send a song pls scorpionman
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I sent a cover a classic song
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Sent my fav song of the year, a 14-min instrumental :P
My song is better
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I bet it is.
Will start listening today, I will give everyone who hasn't already until tomorrow evening to still submit a guess for bonus round #3, I'll quote the original message just to make sure you understand
Bonus round #3
BUT, like mentioned in the OP, the final bonus round is happening during round 4, this is a fairly short and simple one, I can't drag this one out sadly since all there is to it is you will have to guess how many CD's are in my collection (counting physical, digital and albums I saved on Spotify to make it more challenging). The banned list is not really a giveaway at all because some of those artists are ones I listen to from time to time but don't actually have any albums of, similarly, there's artists that are not on the banned list but I do have saved an album of on Spotify. I want this to be a somewhat random lucky guess challenge anyway. Not a very inspirational at that, but it was at this point that I really had run out of ideas and probably shouldn't have even done another bonus round but eh.
To rule out completely useless guesses I won't allow any guesses under 100 but I won't point out a maximum amount. Guess in PM along with your submission please so it remains anonymous, that way we don't get cheaty guesses 1 number above or below someone else's.
If everything goes according to plan I'll have tidbits up on saturday/sunday and results on sunday/monday, yay!
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Perhaps a bit easier this time since the image is divided into 12 sections this time, didn't want any filler material. No hangman this time around guys :(
If any one of them is going to be unguessable I'll give away some hints but I bet some of you will be able to guess one or two. These are all the albums the round 4 songs are on. Maybe when all the albums have been guessed I'll try to give away a few hints to figure out which songs were sent but it's going to be hard without completely giving it away.
Will start my first listen about an hour from now.
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7 is Sonata Arctica - Taikatalvi, probably sent for the cover bonus.
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3: Susanne Sundfor - The Brothel
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5th is kashiwa daisuke - program music ii
surprise
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5th is kashiwa daisuke - program music ii
surprise
I thought this could maybe have been one of the hard ones if Sacul didn't rightout say he sent a 14 minbute instrumental :lolpalm: and if I didn't use a fragment that has "program music II" written on it
But yeah they're dropping like flies, 3, 5 and 7 are all correct.
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8 is Pure Reason Revolution, though I don't remember the album name.
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The 10th one is obviously called The D :neverusethis:
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Other than mine, literally no clue, none of them even look particularly familiar :|
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Train chose a part of mine that makes it virtually impossible so
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Yours is virtually impossible to guess with either part if you divide it up into 12 pieces tbh, unless I choose the part that has the bandname or the album name on it.
1: I probably made this one way too hard. It's an album by a german ambient/jazz band, instrumental.
2: This has been sent quite a few times, and is one that I think only gets sent by this very person, I guess you could say it's the equivalent of Saculs "Destiny Potato - Love Song". If I recall correctly this is also a song he has secured a win with in a final round of one of last year's roulettes.
4: Gonna leave this one up to Parama, I thought you might know this one since you actually own it.
6: I literally know nothing about this band apart from the 1 listen I gave this song just now but I would describe the cover as a very folky album art and the music has some folk influences aswell.
8: Band has been guessed correctly by SN2 (Pure Reason Revolution), and the song is one that has been sent in a roulette earlier this year.
9: Even with the band and album name you'd have a lot of trouble looking this one up, I got sent an instrumental prog metal tune off this album.
10: Some metal influenced electronic music with a very minimalistic album cover. "The D" are the first four letters off this 8-letter album title, or in hangman language: The D____
11: A song off an album I got sent in my first roulette. The person who sent me this is not the same as in the first roulette, and this is a scandinavian prog band.
12: Probably a pretty obvious hole in my banned list, but not something you see a lot of on DTF. This is one of the most popular modern melodic deathmetal bands out there.
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Oh, schizoid lloyd the last note etc
It's probably suicide penguin too
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I won't guess anything because I was on Spotify this afternoon :D
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Fuck I hate that :lol
I never added anyone on spotify before so this was the first time I noticed that you can constantly see what all of your friends are listening to in the sidebar. You can make the playlists private but I don't think there's any way of not showing what you are listening to. Maybe I should consider using youtube again
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1: Bohren & der Club of Gore - Piano Nights
6: Eluveitie - Helvetios
8: Pure Reason Revolution - The Dark Third
11: Agent Fresco - Destrier
9 and 12 ring a bell, but can't out my finger on them.
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Who the fuck sent Agent Fresco!? That's my band :(
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Your sig says otherwise :neverusethis:
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Yes I am a double agent
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agent overhaul
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Fuck I hate that :lol
I never added anyone on spotify before so this was the first time I noticed that you can constantly see what all of your friends are listening to in the sidebar. You can make the playlists private but I don't think there's any way of not showing what you are listening to. Maybe I should consider using youtube again
File > Private Session? I'm not sure if that option does that, probably it does.
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9 and 12 ring a bell, but can't out my finger on them.
Yeah, same for me.
Edit: typo.
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Fuck I hate that :lol
I never added anyone on spotify before so this was the first time I noticed that you can constantly see what all of your friends are listening to in the sidebar. You can make the playlists private but I don't think there's any way of not showing what you are listening to. Maybe I should consider using youtube again
File > Private Session? I'm not sure if that option does that, probably it does.
Oh yeah I think that works, thanks! :tup
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Who the fuck sent Agent Fresco!? That's my band :(
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sorry ;p
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2 is Frengers by Mew, but I think that's not the right cover.
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wonder who sent them :corn
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Crap, I used the one on spotify ("Eggs Are Nice" or something) but yeah its the wrong cover, anyway that's Mew indeed, Evermind sent it.
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Banning Evermind from my next roulette then :corn
People keep stealing my bands geez
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Well since I'm pursuing the "send different stuff in every round" approach in both this and mike's roulette, that seemed only fitting.
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12 is In Flames - Clayman
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12 is In Flames - Clayman
:tup
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Starting my third listen right now and it looks like I'll stay true to the tidbits sunday/results monday schedule so far. Overall this round is a little weaker than round 3 but about as good as all the other rounds so far.
So that leaves only 9 and 10 to be guessed and honestly I don't expect them to be guessed at all. I honestly can't come up with any tips for #9 since it's so unguessable, the band name doesn't help either since it's the most straightforward name ever that you wouldn't even be able to look up albums of if you wanted.
10: Has a trident on the album cover, that should help with the album name.
(https://i.imgur.com/Jg5PDEa.jpg)
So here's the picture again
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#9: Echoes - Nature|Existence
I got a song from that album in my first roulette.
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Oh, who woulda thought.
Okay now that we have all the albums out of the way (except for Dave's), I'll reveal the songs:
1. Bohren & Der Club Of Gore - Im Rauch
2. Mew - Comforting Sounds
3. Susanne Sundfor - Knights Of Noir
4. Schizoid Lloyd - Suicide Penguin
5. Kashiwa Daisuke - City In The Lake
6. Eluveite - A Rose For Epona
7. Sonata Arctica - Still Loving You (Scorpions Cover)
8. Pure Reason Revolution - Bullits Dominae
9. Echoes - Despair
10. ??? (2nd song off the album so if someone finds out the album somehow you can look up the song aswell)
11. Agent Fresco - Dark Water
12. In Flames - Only For The Weak
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still have no clue :corn
also damn, evermind sent comforting sounds? 10/10 tbh
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still have no clue :corn
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It's Blue Stahli - The Devil
I'll just do hangman again the next rounds this is no fun
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clearly. it's impossible to guess an album cover if you don't know it to begin with :lol
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Still bummed someone sent Agent Fresco. At least I saw them live two days ago.
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It's a solid round guys, still waiting for that 10/10 but I don't know if it's possible with the way I rate the songs right now. There's definitely a 9 in it for one of you though!
This might just be crazy enough to work
These guys really make this music more accessible to the mainstream crowd
I’ve liked literally every song I’ve heard from this band including this one, but since they’re a pretty popular band it doesn’t shock me that they sound a bit more stripped down than the usual [genre] band
I started to lose hope of ever getting this kind of music in my roulette but I’m really glad I did
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why I still haven’t checked out this artist after my first roulette
This song is literally an intermission between the other songs of the round, really chill, but nothing I’d listen to specifically
This is way way waaaaaay better than the other song I’ve heard by this artist
Furthermore, the winner of the bonus round is Shadow Ninja (234), 15 albums away from the exact amount which is 249. So SN2 wins his second bonus in a row, I wonder if it's actually going to help him at all. In second place we have Parama with 283 and third place is home with 342. Rewards will be coming your way tomorrow probably.
In last place we have twosuitsluke with 1850 :lol man, I thought I had a lot of albums on Spotify and I only have saved like 120 or something. Then again, I only save the albums that I know I'll listen to shortly or have in my rotation at times, it woul;d probably be more if I literally saved everything that I would want to check out ever.
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Ouch. Let's flip out our guesses then?
I guessed 367. 249 is really small amount to be honest (as is 367 actually, but I knew you had a relatively small audio library)
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Haha yeah it's relatively small, though it would probably be near 400 if I actually saved all the albums that I've ever listened to regularly. Everything I have on Spotify right now are albums I do listen to pretty regularly. For instance, I only have 2 DT albums on it but I have listened to all of them (except for WDADU) a ton. Maybe not the best example since I have nearly all DT albums physically so they're still part of the collection, but you get the idea.
Ouch. Let's flip out our guesses then?
I'll flip out the last place guess: 1850!
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You already flipped out the last place guess in your previous post. :lol
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Oh, wtf? You're right. Well here it is again! 1850!
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I was clearly way off with 850 then.
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If you flipped it twice is it really unflipped now? :o
I don't think any of those tidbits are about my song.
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Let's flip it out then :lol I guessed 342
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why I still haven’t checked out this artist after my first roulette
This is way way waaaaaay better than the other song I’ve heard by this artist
Could very well be one of these, but I haven't even checked which score See Hell got in you previous roulette :P
Still bummed someone sent Agent Fresco. At least I saw them live two days ago.
Seeing Agent Fresco live must be amazing! :azn:
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Yes it is. Best band of the weekend.
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This is way way waaaaaay better than the other song I’ve heard by this artist
I remember you not digging Stella when I sent it on the championship, so this is probably mine :P
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Wow, I knew my guess was going to be on the upper end of the spectrum but still. I guess you're not the sort of person who gets a whole bands discography once you get into them then!! :facepalm:
I must admit there are some bands that I only have like one album that I love but haven't gotten the rest of their albums. I really didn't think I'd be that far off, especially with people on this forum, as we are generally dedicated to digesting a LOT of music. I'm a bit older than you though so you will hit 1850 before you know it :lol
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oops, I meant 238 not 283, it was a typo
1. no
2. maybe
3. this is in flames
4. no, i already sent the frame :lol
5. this is pure reason revolution
6. i sure hope not
7. this is agent fresco
i have no clue what you were actually sent in your first roulette tbh
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5. this is pure reason revolution
Actually I can figure out why I never checked out Pure Reason Revolution after my first roulette, it's because I hadn't even heard of that name until just a few days ago :lol
i have no clue what you were actually sent in your first roulette tbh
it shows
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then sacul is right and it's kojima dasnake
well #5 is agent fresco and #7 is script tunes B
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Wow, I knew my guess was going to be on the upper end of the spectrum but still. I guess you're not the sort of person who gets a whole bands discography once you get into them then!! :facepalm:
I must admit there are some bands that I only have like one album that I love but haven't gotten the rest of their albums. I really didn't think I'd be that far off, especially with people on this forum, as we are generally dedicated to digesting a LOT of music. I'm a bit older than you though so you will hit 1850 before you know it :lol
Yeah I'm not one to tackle a band's discography all at once, even if I really like what I'm hearing. In my first roulette I sometimes banned just one or two albums off an artist but now I figured since I'm going to check them out anyway I'd prefer to get some new bands coming my way in these roulettes.
I do digest a lot of music in short periods of time, sometimes I feel it's even a bit too much, but I'm also pretty quick in writing off a band if I don't like an album too much after just one listen.
then sacul is right and it's kojima dasnake
well #5 is agent fresco and #7 is script tunes B
I admit nothing
This is way way waaaaaay better than the other song I’ve heard by this artist
I remember you not digging Stella when I sent it on the championship, so this is probably mine :P
nothing
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I guessed 367. 249 is really small amount to be honest (as is 367 actually, but I knew you had a relatively small audio library)
I have 275. And I'm way slower at checking out artists than Train is.
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I guessed 420 because that's a dope number.
I have no clue how many albums I have. I have listened to a lot of records, but I only keep those I really like and revisit often, but they're around... 250-300?
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I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why I still haven’t checked out this artist after my first roulette
I believe that this one is mine, because you rejected my first submission because you got that song in your first roulette, and I know that you liked it a fair bit too.
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I'm doing my final listen right now, also made room for potential extra listens for one or two songs if I feel the need to so I can post the results before going to work. So... results in about 3 to 4 hours from now! :metal
Line up your submissions for next round! I'll be in France for the weekend (9th - 11th of July to be precise) so I won't have time for the roulette during that weekend, would be great to get one listen in before I leave the country.
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You're going to the Euro 2016 Final!?
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Nope, going to Amiens, not even close to Saint-Denis unfortunately which is where the final takes place. It should be cool being in France during the final anyway but it was not a priority of ours when planning this trip.
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Round 4 Results
Parama: Mew – Comforting Sounds
So another parama-favorite here.
I love the second half of this song, it’s almost as dreamy as the Slowdive song I got last round. But this one takes a lot of time to really get going, therefore I can’t fully appreciate it. It seems like that's not the first time this has happened to me with your songs in this roulette. :(
I honestly don’t know how I feel about these kind of lullaby-like vocals, it fits the mood, that’s for sure, but at times I get kinda bored of the same “dun-dun-dun-dun“ melody over and over. You scored some good ‘ol points for that second half of the song which is pretty beautiful but I don’t think you’ve found a new Mew fan today.
7.25/10
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Im Rauch
I guess with this kind of chill stylistically minimalistic song I can really enjoy the mood and I can relax to it, but it’s not doing an awful lot for me. The sax is what really carries this song though and I wish it would be more present at times, gives it that chill jazz-lounge vibe that I’ve really been enjoying as of late. Being mostly the kind of music I’d put on in the background when I’m not really doing anything interesting, this song almost feels like an intermission between the other songs of the round, really chill, but nothing I’d listen to specifically
So still a pretty good song but it seems pretty much everyone is sending really good songs right now, I think people are starting to figure me out.
7.0 + (1.0) = 8.0/10
Splent: Sonata Arctica – Still Loving You
You have quite a standard to live up to here :lol
I said this through PM but splent unknowingly helped me rediscover one of my favorite 80’s tunes, I’ve heard this song my entire life but never knew the name and checking it now I remember how much I love the original, but now I’m dealing with a power metal cover of that song, interesting..
But goddamn this starts out fantastically! I mean, I could’ve done with a slightly slowed down chorus but this is powermetal so I’m not shocked. The opening phase of this song still gives me the chills, no matter what version, and what I’ve always admired from the whole powermetal scene is the vocals. Whether you like powermetal or not, you can’t deny this music has some of the most talented singers ever. The orchestral elements are a cool addition too, very dramatic sounding which really fits to this song. God I just love when he does that evil laugh and the whole band comes in!
You getting me to rediscover the original is one thing, but putting that aside you stiull delivered this round, great adaptation of the Scorpions song with some nice guitarwork and vocals like no tomorrow.
Please do a vocal cover of this splent. :D
8.5 + (1.0) = 9.5/10
Evermind: Echoes - Despair
I think this kinda suffers from the same thing that focus hocus pocus did, it has the same riff repeated a lot, though here it’s a fair bit more natural, it’s basically the main foundation that the piece centers around, everything is based on it but it isn’t repeated in a useless fashion, BUT, I don’t like this riff nearly as much as the one in that song. What does make up for it is that some of the cool stuff that gets thrown in - like the acoustic guitar and the symphonic arrangements, not to mention the Ihsahn-like sax – flows really naturally.
So I still think this is a “fine“ song, in that it is enjoying at certain points, and I wouldn’t turn this off if I had to put a lot of effort into doing so, but nothing of this would make me return to an album full of this kind of stuff (which I hope it isn‘t), let alone an entire band.
6.25 + (1.0) = 7.25/10
Bolsters: Blue Stahli – Not Over Til We Say So
I’m glad you’re continuing with electronic stuff because it’s always interesting, no matter how good it might turn out. The BT song was excellent – that chorus is still stuck in my head - but I think I like this even better.
For a band labeled as “related to Celdweller“ this is quite heavy, damn. But I’m digging it! This one left a phenomenal first impact on me: Great grooves, powerful chorus and just a lot of that electronic/metal stuff that I seem to like a lot. Admittedly one of the very few songs this round where my chorus wasn’t the favorite part but with a song this consistently good there’s no harm in that.
8.5/10
Sacul: Kashiwa Daisuke – City In The Lake
14 minute instrumental? Nah you crazy..
Nevermind this is A-ma-zing! Wow! I don’t mean to offend you because it was like one of your all time favorite songs or something but I think this is way way waaay better than Stella.
I like this intimate piano opening. With Stella, they had this beautiful 4 chord-piano progression that I really liked but they purposely added a lot of glitchiness and distortion to the whole situation to the point where it didn’t really move me, but with this song it’s awesome. The whole violin situation is very dramatic, exactly how I like it, and that wayit builds up nicely into this bombastic core of the song. Then just when I’m about to think the song starts to lose steam and has to do a slow buildup again they start with the funky bass grooves and I’m sold. The entire thing is just so well thought out.
I like everything about this song, and in its 14 minute run-time it doesn’t drag a single second. It’s somehow missing that final spark but everything is great enough to get you your first 9/10, so I think this was a phenomenal choice for your 11+ minute song.
9.0 + (1.0) = 10/10
Scorpion: Susanne Sundfor – Knight of Noir
So, most of the time when I reject a song mentioning that every other song by that band is allowed they go with a different band, but I like this attitude, why not? I liked The Brothel so no harm in some more Susanne Sundfor right?
I can’t, for the life of me, figure out why I still haven’t looked into her music. The vocal melodies are always intriguing, something that seems very hard to pull off for singer-songwriters that have already put out lots of music. I will never be all over this kind of music like some people would but this chick is without a doubt one of my favorites already.
8.25/10
Twosuitsluke: In Flames – Only For The Weak
It’s funny you mention not wanting to play it safe, sending melodic deathmetal is probably one of the safest things you can do in my roulette. :lol Anyway, moving on..
So far so good. The guitar melodies are followable and not too complex, which is where melodeath seems to usually lose me if it does. The chorus is just a great, sing-along-able anthem and overall some good replay value here. Though it’s kind of what I expected In Flames to be like, a good accessible band that represents their genre very well and has everything to offer, but I’m missing that little bit of extra magic. Don’t know what exactly, but something about this lacks the depth that gets me to be absolutely amazed by it. It’s still a very good song though – I can’t not sing along with that chorus once it comes up - and thus you get a pretty good score, but as it seems people are really starting to figure me out and scores start to get more consistent.
7.75/10
Elite: Schizoid Lloyd - Suicide Penguin
Well this sure is something. These guys seem to have all sorts of influences from all sorts of decades. Really when referring to liking the unconventional stuff in classic/neoclassic prog this is exactly what I mean. I love the what seems like short interactions between different people, which is probably just one incredibly talented guy. The use of falsetto is just great.
Great tune man, I did expect something very weird and got exactly that, but it’s all in good fun and I can really dig this, even moreso than everything you’ve sent before.
8.5/10
425: Pure Reason Revolution – Bullits Dominae
Always nice to see songs being passed around from roulette to roulette, I’ve done that a bit in the past aswell and still plan to do so if that person is not participating in the same one.
And Nekov.. he has some pretty great music man. I can see why this was one of your favorites and it definitely has that 425 flavour to it. Some pretty calm comforting music with a great explosive chorus. The male singer reminds me a bit of Steven Wilson at times and the chick, I don’t know, she’s pretty unique, but she has this kind of oriental eastern sound to her voice. So.. a very good song, not a round winner but still very intrigued by this band.
8.0/10
Home: Agent Fresco – Dark Water
Hmm.. maybe my bonus rewards are actually being used? Either that or I really need to check out Agent Fresco.
Anyway, on some points I want to compare this to the In Flames song, not because they’re remotely close in sound :lol because they aren’t, but they both have amazing choruses, and I might just give this song the edge because the singer is just fantastic. A lot more intricacy in this song compared to See Hell if you ask me, with the cool piano shit going on and such, and the kind of standard proggy chuga chuga guitar rhythms that I like. In the end, like with most songs in this round actually, the vocals steal the show here, and this is definitely enough to get me to check out this album.
7.75/10
Tomislav95: Eluveite – A Rose For Epona
Never heard of this band, and with this band name and album logo I honestly expected some dark black metal stuff or something.
But as it turns out this is mainly a mix of folk and heavy metal, and the female singer is absolutely amazing. The use of falsetto in the chorus is simply great and overall it’s pretty rare that I like female singers in metal but this one does the job.
The folkish elements are present here and there but not all that groundbreaking, as goes for the heavy metal riffage which is very good in its simplicity, but the vox really steal the show here, both cleans and harsh.
8.25 + (1.0) = 9.25/10
Standings
Scorpion: 27.25 + 8.25 = 35.5 (XX)
Tomislav95: 25.75 + 9.25 = 35.0 (XX)
Sacul: 24.25 + 10 = 34.25 (XXX)
Bolsters: 25.0 + 8.5 = 33.5 (X)
Parama: 26.0 + 7.25 = 33.25 (XX)
Twosuitsluke: 25.25 + 7.75 = 33.0 (XX)
Splent: 23.0 + 9.5 = 32.5 (XX)
Home: 24.25 + 7.75 = 32.0 (XX)
Evermind: 24.5 + 7.25 = 31.75 (XX)
Elite: 23.0 + 8.5 = 31.5 (X)
425: 23.25 + 8.0 = 31.25 ()
Shadow Ninja 2.0: 22.5 + 8.0 = 30.5 (X)
(if I forgot to add any bonuses or fucked up the scores let me know, I'll correct any mistakes when I get home)
Schedule for next round
Like I just said I will be gone for the upcoming weekend so this round will take a few days longer. That said, I hope to have every song in 48 hours fom now so I can get one or two listens in before I leave. There will be hangman again, but we'll probably not finish it before the weekend so expect the thread to die for a few days by the end of the week.
Aiming to start some more serious listening sessions by the beginning of next week, tidbits on wednesday/thursday (more likely to be thursday) and results on friday.
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Cool. The next one has been transmitted.
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Hey, not a bad score. I must admit that In Flames were the first melodic death metal band I'd ever gotten into and they will always hold a special place in my heart, even though I rarely listen to them anymore. However I know that as my musical tastes have broadened I don't think I would hugely excited by their music now if I heard it for the first time.
FYI, when i mentioned that I didn't want to play it safe I meant that I didn't want to just send progressive metal, but was well aware that this was still a very safe entry. I meant (after sending this entry) I wanted to move away from playing it safe in any capacity. I'm planning to send my take on a great doom metal tune, which, comparing to the doom metal you've been sent so far, will be a different style of doom/sludge metal.
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I forsee problems in your future :corn
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I like my score.
Will send in few minute.
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Okay, fine. Will send something tomorrow.
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Nice to see Daisuke get some love :D
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Nope, the band has four singers. But most of it is one guy, yes.
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FYI, when i mentioned that I didn't want to play it safe I meant that I didn't want to just send progressive metal, but was well aware that this was still a very safe entry. I meant (after sending this entry) I wanted to move away from playing it safe in any capacity.
That makes more sense.
I'm planning to send my take on a great doom metal tune, which, comparing to the doom metal you've been sent so far, will be a different style of doom/sludge metal.
Hmm... maybe... could it be.... BARONESS? :P
Nope, the band has four singers. But most of it is one guy, yes.
That's awesome. Seems like they're currently not planning any tours but I might just go see them once they come near me.
Cool.
Most definitely.
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Glad you liked!!
I'll send tomorrow.
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I'm planning to send my take on a great doom metal tune, which, comparing to the doom metal you've been sent so far, will be a different style of doom/sludge metal.
Hmm... maybe... could it be.... BARONESS? :P
No, no, no!! I would never class Baroness as doom, I meant something more along the lines of Conan, Crowbar or Electric Wizard!!
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baroness is kinda sludge metal but also kinda stoner metal
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Oops, got carried away by the whole sludge side. And of course, it's one of those bands that I've seen both you and Parama talk about so it wouldn't surprise me if there would be a Oceans of Slumber v2 situation. :neverusethis:
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i probably won't get the chance to send the baroness i want to send since i'll be eliminated after round 7 :P
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tbh i have no clue what to send, tho. i'm going to be underwhelmed by your tastes no matter what i send, it seems like
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Yea, most of the doom I like tends to have a bit of a stoner/sludge side to it. Might send the most depressing doom song I've got or something.
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I don't know what to send either, I have a good one but nothing like it is on your banned list so you may not like it.
Oh well I'll probably send it anyway :lol
Then again...
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Happy to pass on a good song. And of course credits to Nekov who previously sent that in the championship.
Lol I guess I should probably send some bonuses now since my lack of bonus sending seems to be among the main reasons I'm so far down. I'll try to figure out some bonus-earning song to send tomorrow.
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maybe i should consider sending shorter songs, but i was planning on saving them all for the EP I won't be able to send anyways so ehh
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Just send good songs :P
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i have been doing that already. i sent two 10/10 songs already tbh
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Oh yeah I meant to say this but yeah 425, you're the only one who needs to send a bonus theme in ecery round starting now on order to have used them all by the time the bottom 7 will be cut.
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Either that or I really need to check out Agent Fresco.
Yes, you really need to check out Agent Fresco :tup Glad you liked the song, will sent for next round later today
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I'm planning a big one-time importcds haul (the prices are extremely good though shipping from america is a bitch cost-wise) soon and Destrier seems to be at an alright price though still a bit more pricey than I'd like along with those shipping costs.
Will definitely check out that album though!
Got 3/12 songs right now people, keep them coming. I'd like them all by tomorrow if that's possible.
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oh crap, I need to order before you clean out the stuff I wanna buy then :P
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I'll try to send today. I have absolutely no idea what to send though.
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By the way, I was too disappointed by my score to say something yesterday, but I must applaud Spencer for his choice of Round 4 song. Outstanding cover by Sonata Arctica and well-deserved good score. :tup I'm relistening to it as I write this and damn did they manage to make this song energetic and fun or what? Great choice.
Also sent Round 5 song.
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Both versions of Still Loving You just fucking rock :2metal:
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Sent a good song :)
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Will be sending in the next hour possibly, if I can decide. Think I'm going to risk some doom/stoner/sludge metal then possibly some black-ish metal next round.
Enjoy life beyond round 7 guys because I surely won't be joining you :biggrin:
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Sent a song I know Train will like
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Because I already know it? Reeee-jected!
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OOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH :hat
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I sent Still Loving You by the Scorpions :lol
Resent.
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Oh yeah I meant to say this but yeah 425, you're the only one who needs to send a bonus theme in ecery round starting now on order to have used them all by the time the bottom 7 will be cut.
Yeah, and I'd be in the top 5 right now if I'd gotten all the same scores and also at least 2 bonuses (I actually have the same raw score as Parama and Sacul). So that's a pretty clear signal for what I need to do differently. :lol
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If I had used all my bonuses I'd be up a point too, to be fair :lol
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Right, but we have the same raw score. I.e. you have two more points than me and you've used two more bonuses than me.
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oh, fair enough
i'll try to pick out somethign to send tonight, but i also might not. i'm trying to only send songs i'd rate 9/10 or above, and your wacky tastes are making it difficult to find something you wouldn't hate and don't already know :P
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Actually I don't think I've hated a single song this roulette so you should be good :corn
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anything below 8 is hated tbh
~my skewed perspective on songs i feel you're underrating
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Lots of great songs scored under 8 already tho
Raise The Sun and The Longest River by Anciients, Sankarihauta by Moonsorrow, Beginnings by Chicago, Cotard by Hirsch Effekt, Gates Of Babylon by Rainbow, Deep Channel by Afro Celt Sound System, etc..
I just feel obliged to name one or more cons, even if they're ever so slightly, just to give the player a helping hand, something to be wary of when sending the next song maybe.
But in the end of course no one wants to get straight 7.5's with the only saving grace being that "I liked them", we all want to win these things :P
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Yes. Now give the song I sent you a 9.5.
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I'll find out soon enough! Will start listening tonight regardless of what I've got so far at that point, will still give everything the same amount of listens but I want to atleast get one or two listens in before I leave the country as the upcoming two days will become a bit busier.
Off the top of my head, I still need Scorp, 425, Sacul, Parama and twosuitsluke
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Will send after work, in about 4-5 hours. You're getting either Doom/sludge or kind of symphonic black metal. Just trying to decide whether to shoehorn a bonus point in this round or just send the best song, not sure I can do both.
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Sent the round winner!! Don't know why I didn't consider this band sooner.
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Lots of great songs scored under 8 already tho
Raise The Sun and The Longest River by Anciients, Sankarihauta by Moonsorrow, Beginnings by Chicago, Cotard by Hirsch Effekt, Gates Of Babylon by Rainbow, Deep Channel by Afro Celt Sound System, etc..
Two of these great songs were mine, add Arstidir which got me 8.75, which means it was more than great... and I'm still in elimination zone. :facepalm:
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Sent the round winner!! Don't know why I didn't consider this band sooner.
If it's the band I've been saving for a future round, then screw you :)
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Sent the round winner!! Don't know why I didn't consider this band sooner.
If it's the band I've been saving for a future round, then screw you :)
I HIGHLY doubt it. I've used the search function to see if this band are known in these parts. They've been mentioned a few times by Dark Castle I think but the last time was about 2 years ago :lol
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If it's the band I've been saving for a future round, then screw you :)
:)
these smileys are the definition of passive aggresive :)
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Sent the round winner!! Don't know why I didn't consider this band sooner.
If it's the band I've been saving for a future round, then screw you :)
I HIGHLY doubt it.
So do I :lol
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finally sent. i did send a 9/10 song but it'll get about a 5.5/10 from train
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I sent a 9.5/10 song, so I win anyway
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I think it's best Train just leave us to score our own songs :P
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Train/0
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Sent d&b metal
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What does that mean? Dolce & Babbana?
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:lol no, Drum & Bass. My song is like heavy electronic metal with harsh vocals. Kinda like Pendulum I guess.
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Pendulum doesn't have harsh vocals though, the only exception being the song I sent you, but those harsh vocals are the singer from In Flames. :metal
What does that mean? Dolce & Babbana?
I want a Dolce & Babbana shirt to wear at drum & bass parties now :lol
9/12 right now but obviously I'm not going to listen right now, it's time for fucking Wales boys :metal :metal :corn :corn
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*fucking whales
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Hangman / other games?
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Yeah, hangman time! I'm going to PM 425 and Scorp to make them aware that they still have to send because I can't wait any longer sadly.
________ - _________
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______ - ___ _______ __ _ _______ _________ ____________
____ ___________ - ____ ____ ___ ____
______ - _____ __ ____
________ - _____ ___ ___ _____
_______ - ______ / ____ _______
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Home waits 3
G
________ - __g______
________ - _______ ____ ___ ___ ______
_________ - __ ___ ____ ___
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______g ____ - ____ __ ___ ____ _______
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_______ - ______ / ____ _______
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The fourth could be maudlin of the well, but I don't know any of their songs.
I
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Evermind waits 3
Home waits 2
GI
______i_ - _igi_____
______i_ - _______ __i_ ___ ___ ______
_____i___ - __ ___ _i__ ___
Maudlin Of The Well - ______ ___ ____
____i_g ____ - __i_ i_ ___ _i__ _______
______ - ___ _______ __ _ _______ _________ __________i_
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____i_ - _____ __ ____
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C
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maudlin of the Well is spelled with just the W as a capital letter. The song is obviously Heaven and Weak.
Good choice!
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I have sent, sorry for the delay.
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maudlin of the Well is spelled with just the W as a capital letter.
Yeah I knew this, normally I capitalize the start of every word here to not give away anything but this one got guessed right away so I don't know why I capitalized them. But yeah, you guessed it correctly.
Continuing with 11 songs!
Bolsters waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Home waits 1
CGI
______ic - _igi_____
C_____ic - _______ __i_ ___ ___ ______
_c___i___ - __ ___ _i__ ___
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
____i_g ____ - __i_ i_ ___ _i__ _______
______ - ___ _______ __ _ _______ _________ __________i_
____ ______i_i__ - ____ ____ ___ ____
____i_ - _____ __ ____
______i_ - _____ ___ ___ C____
_______ - ______ / ____ ___i___
_____i_ - _ig_
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maudlin of the Well is spelled with just the W as a capital letter.
Yeah I knew this, normally I capitalize the start of every word here to not give away anything but this one got guessed right away so I don't know why I capitalized them. But yeah, you guessed it correctly.
It was me who guessed it. :P
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maudlin of the Well is spelled with just the W as a capital letter.
Yeah I knew this, normally I capitalize the start of every word here to not give away anything but this one got guessed right away so I don't know why I capitalized them. But yeah, you guessed it correctly.
It was me who guessed it. :P
No I'm talking about the song title
Luke waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Evermind waits 1
CGIN
_____nic - _igi__n__
C____nic - _______ __in ___ ___ ____n_
_c___i_n_ - N_ _n_ _i__ ___
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
N___ing ____ - __i_ i_ ___ _i__ _______
______ - ___ _n_____ __ _ N______ ________n N________ni_
____ ___n__i_i__ - ____ _n__ ___ _n__
____i_ - _____ __ ____
______i_ - _n___ ___ ___ C____
_______ - ____n_ / ____ ___i___
__n__i_ - _ig_
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Nothing More - This is the Time (Ballast)
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C____nic - _______ __in ___ ___ ____n_
Took too long to figure out the other band that fits between the C and -nic :P Interesting submission.
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After my first full listen, I'll say that that is one of many very interesting submissions :P Round 5 seems to be the turning point where people start to get a bit crazier with their songs. Not to say nothing on the first 4 rounds wasn't crazy though.
Nothing More - This is the Time (Ballast)
Correct.
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i want the D
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Want some, get some
Parama waits 3
Luke waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
CDGIN
___d_nic - Vigilante
C____nic - _______ __in ___ ___ ____n_
_c___i_n_ - N_ _n_ _i__ ___
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
______ - ___ _n_____ __ _ N______ _____d__n N________ni_
D___ ___n__i_i__ - ____ _n__ ___ _n__
____id - _____ __ ____
______i_ - _nd__ ___ __d C___d
_______ - ____n_ / ____ ___i___
__n__i_ - _ig_
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I'm pretty sure the first song is called Vigilante. No idea about the band... Sardonic?
Also, you forgot to reveal Nothing More.
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The third artist is Scorpions.
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the song is No One Like You
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#7 is Dark Tranquility?
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evermind give us a letter :corn
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W
Great catch with Dark Tranquility. The song is What Only You Know.
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Evermind waits 3
Parama waits 2
Luke waits 1
CDGINW
___d_nic - Vigilante
C____nic - _______ __in ___ ___ ____n_
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
______ - ___ _n_____ __ _ N______ _____d__n N________ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
____id - _____ __ ____
______i_ - _nd__ ___ __d C___d
_______ - ____n_ / ____ ___i___
__n__i_ - _ig_
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Not Sardonic? Eh, no idea then.
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Give me M.
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Tomislav waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Parama waits 1
CDGIMNW
___d_nic - Vigilante
C____nic - _____m_ __in ___ ___ ____n_
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
____m_ - ___ _n___m_ __ _ N______ _____d__n N________ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
____id - _____ M_ ____
_m____i_ - _nd__ ___ __d C___d
_______ - ____n_ / ____ ___i___
Sigh - Amnesia
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Amnesia - Sign (or Sigh)
I can never remember the actual name of that song. :lol
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Apparently it's the other way around, I mixed it up :lol
I don't think there exists a song called Sigh by a band called Amnesia, but the artist is Sigh and the song is Amnesia
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That is correct. Sorry, I should have been more clear, the artist is Sigh and the song is Amnesia.
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Sacul waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Evermind waits 1
CDGIMNRW
__rd_nic - Vigilante
C____nic - ___r_m_ __in __r ___ __r_n_
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
R___m_ - ___ _n___m_ __ _ N_r____ _r___d__n N__r_____ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
___rid - _r___ M_ ____
_m_r__i_ - _nd_r ___ R_d C___d
R______ - ____n_ / ____ ___i___
Sigh - Amnesia
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Luke waits 3
Sacul waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
CDGIMNRTW
__rd_nic - Vigilante
C_t__nic - ___r_m_ __in __r T__ T_r_nt
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
R___m_ - T__ _n_t_m_ __ _ N_r____ _r___d__n N__r__t__ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
___rid - _r___ M_ ____
_m_r__i_ - _nd_r T__ R_d C___d
R___tt_ - ____nt / __t_ ___i___
Sigh - Amnesia
Surprised tomislav's song hasn't been guessed yet.
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Y
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Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud
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Rosetta - not sure of song title.
I'm guessing Parama for this one as according to Spotify they did a spilt record with East of the Wall :lol
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funnily, I knew about Rosetta before east of the wall, and they are not very similar bands imo :corn
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:corn
Parama waits 3
Luke waits 2
Sacul waits 1
CDGIMNRTWY
__rd_nic - Vigilante
C_t__nic - ___r_m_ __in __r T__ Tyr_nt
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
R___m_ - T__ _n_t_my __ _ N_r____ _r___d__n N__r__t__ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
_y_rid - _r___ My ____
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Rosetta - ____nt / __t_ ___i___
Sigh - Amnesia
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one quick YouTube search later
Hybrid - Break My Soul
:corn
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Sardonic- vigilante?
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I tried it. It's not Sardonic.
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Hardonic?? :corn
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:neverusethis:
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Mardonic?
Gardonic?
Zardonic?
Xardonic?
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Correct
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Birdonic?
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Evermindonic
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Splent waits 3
Parama waits 2
Luke waits 1
CDGILMNRTWY
Gin Tonic - Vigilante
C_t__nic - ___r_m_ __in __r T__ Tyr_nt
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
R___m_ - T__ _n_t_my __ _ N_r____ _r___d__n N__r__t__ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
Hybrid - Break My Soul
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Rosetta - ____nt / __t_ ___il__
Sigh - Amnesia
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Gin Tonic - Vigilante
I call bullshit! :lol
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Amorphis is in, yay!
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tbh i can't believe my song title hasn't been guessed yet
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So guys, I just received my 12th song, try to guess this, be warned, it's a hard one :neverusethis:
R___ - Yy_
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Rush - YYZ
i'm so smart
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never heard of it
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It goes under the esteemed title of:
The only Rush song I like!!
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What a lazy attempt at sending a song though
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I'm so eager to get my minilette started but splent is being so slow :<
I just wanna destroy your hopes and dreams
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Sacul waits 3
Splent waits 2
Parama waits 1
CDGHILMNRTWY
Zardonic - Vigilante
Chth_nic - ___r_m_ __in __r Th_ Tyr_nt
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
R___m_ - Th_ _n_t_my __ _ N_r____ _r___d__n N__r__th_ni_
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
Hybrid - Break My Soul
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Rosetta - ____nt / __t_ ___il__
Sigh - Amnesia
Rush - YYZ
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Chthonic - Supreme Pain for the Tyrant
(Thanks to Spotify)
And:
Revamp - The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia
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Chthonic - Supreme Pain for the Tyrant
Bonus point for the best music video in the roulette?? :hat
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last song again :corn
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What a lazy attempt at sending a song though
I mean I need bonus points and like... instrumental is a bonus point.
Also, as my philosophy always goes, even if it's a very famous song, if the person doesn't know it they should know it, and sending it makes them listen to it. And it's a really good song so.
Also, #NeverForget that I sent One and Heaven & Hell to Sacul, and Siberian Khatru to Parama. Low-hanging fruit should be expected of me by this point. :lol
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I have some horrible gaps in my collection, especially metal-wise.
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to be fair, siberian khatru is not nearly as famous as the rest of those :corn
i should listen to the third song on that album at some point
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I have some horrible gaps in my collection, especially metal-wise.
I have massive gaps too, which is why I actually like people to send me stuff that fills those gaps. A lot of really well-known stuff is just stuff I wouldn't bother looking into otherwise.
to be fair, siberian khatru is not nearly as famous as the rest of those :corn
i should listen to the third song on that album at some point
Which one have you not heard? No matter what the answer is, you're missing out on a stellar prog epic.
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the one that isn't close to the edge
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And You And I is a very good song. Pretty brilliant combination of an epic and a ballad.
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Heaven & Hell to Sacul, and Siberian Khatru to Parama.
Haven't heard either of these. :lol The name Heaven & Hell does ring a bell but I can't put my finger on the bandname.
I thought, along with some Metallica & Maiden stuff here and there, that the Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms was one of your most out-there submissions, a song I thought everyone had heard by now.
C'mon guys gimme a letter I'll have time for one or two more today before I leave for the weekend.
CDGHILMNRTWY
Zardonic - Vigilante
Chthonic - Supreme Pain For The Tyrant
Scorpions - No One Like You
maudlin of the Well - Heaven And Weak
Nothing More - This Is The Time (Ballast)
ReVamp - The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia
Dark Tranquility - What Only You Know
Hybrid - Break My Soul
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud
Sigh - Amnesia
Rush - YYZ
So the only song that hasn't been guessed just so happens to be the only harsh noise song I've gotten in all 5 rounds of this roulette so far.
Rosetta - ____nt / __t_ ___il__
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Gimme that A then
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Heaven & Hell to Sacul, and Siberian Khatru to Parama.
Haven't heard either of these. :lol The name Heaven & Hell does ring a bell but I can't put my finger on the bandname.
I thought, along with some Metallica & Maiden stuff here and there, that the Dire Straits - Brothers In Arms was one of your most out-there submissions, a song I thought everyone had heard by now.
Brothers In Arms would also fit into that category, yes. But how do you not know Black Sabbath's Heaven & Hell and Yes's Siberian Khatru? Yes is even on your banned list!
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Because I only have Fragile, I don't believe Siberian Khatru song is on that album so there you go. :laugh:
ACDGHILMNRTWY
Rosetta - A___nt / __ta A__ila_
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Absent Beta/Zeta something.
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He sent two songs then?
Absent / Beta Aquilae
They're listed as two seperate songs everywhere, though it might be a live recording or something.
Now we can guess who sent what.
Also, results when?
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no, i did not send two separate songs, i sent two together songs
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Because I only have Fragile, I don't believe Siberian Khatru song is on that album so there you go. :laugh:
Get Close to the Edge. It's an absolute must for any prog fan.
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He sent two songs then?
Absent / Beta Aquilae
It's a 2 disc album, both with the same amount of songs, and they're meant to be played at the same time to complement eachother, if I understand correctly. Since it's basically one song I allowed it, but like I said to a few of you through PM and I think in the OP aswell, I'm not allowing 2 track combo's like I did in the first roulette, with like 1 intro track that flows into the main one. Or the 3 track combo from The Apologist for example.
Because I only have Fragile, I don't believe Siberian Khatru song is on that album so there you go. :laugh:
Get Close to the Edge. It's an absolute must for any prog fan.
I was planning to so yeah not letting this one slip. Fragile was pretty awesome already and I think this one is believed to be even better!
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The one I sent is interesting bcuz the vocals are actually on the ambient half of the track for some reason, which makes that track hard to listen to on its own but really adds to the post-metal half when both are played together
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Get Close to the Edge. It's an absolute must for any prog fan.
I was planning to so yeah not letting this one slip. Fragile was pretty awesome already and I think this one is believed to be even better!
Great! :tup And yeah, I'd say so. Title track is one of the classic prog epics.
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I'm really getting ahead of myself but I just want to make sure it's clear, even though by the format it should be quite obvious, but with the final round I will not reset the scores, otherwise the 8th and 9th round would be entirely useless.
I'm not gonna go with the exact scores you end up with though, but depending on your score difference some will start with a bonus compared to others.
Not sure on the exact amount of points yet, I want to scale it properly so that it's not too unbalanced. For that I first have to settle on a scoring system for the final round, after that I'll reveal whatever formula or system I'm using for this. Either way everyone in the finals should have a fair chance at winning, unless for some reason there's an immense gap between the top 4 and #5.
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I'm going to send you an EP even though I'll be cut before the EP round
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Give us round 5 results first please :|
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>:( >:( >:(
HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THAT RUSH WAS NOT BANNED!?!!??!?!?
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I'm so eager to get my minilette started but splent is being so slow :<
Just for that I'm going to slow down
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ok.
i mean to be fair i just ordered about a dozen albums a few days ago so i'm not in that huge a rush to have more music to listen to :corn
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ok.
i mean to be fair i just ordered about a dozen albums a few days ago so i'm not in that huge a rush to have more music to listen to :corn
Nuggetz
But yeah, splent, I'm surprised no one else took note by now that Rush wasn't banned. I always make sure to carefully scan the host's banned list for low-hanging fruit opportunities (and opportunities to send reunion-era Maiden).
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I'm feeling the most confident I've felt in this roulette so far I think :corn
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I'm feeling the most confident I've felt in this roulette so far I think :corn
Same for me.
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i'm a 2/10 in a 7/10 world
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How is this round coming along? No rush, just curious.
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actually, pretty sure there is indeed rush in this round
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I think Train is in France. Poor sod
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:lol
Im surprised not everyone knew that! I posted it a lot of times on multiple occasions.
Anyway, I'll pick it up tomorrow but I've planned more shit than I expected over the weekend so possibly a 1 day delay or something compared to the schedula listed on the bottom of the latest results.
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I took French for about 6 years in grade school and I remember very little of it
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I too know very little, i know the essentials though (beer, bathroom and thanks)
What slightly worries me is the amount of english words some of the french people in their 20-30's know, i dont think they can ever leave the country tbh.
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Huh, interesting. When I was in Netherlands I had the impression almost everyone there speaks English on a reasonable level.
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Yeah, in the Netherlands everybody can speak English. France is very different, though.
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France really likes France
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Yeah dutchies are pretty damn good at english. There were all kinds of special programmes you could take @ my middle school on top of the obligatory english class, and people would improve a lot on discussing abilities, creative writing and more.
I took none :biggrin:
On my way back home I gave all the songs some listens on the train (nuggetz) and I have a good idea of how to rank the songs amongst eachother, but don't know if the #1 is worth a 9 or a 9.25. Honestly a really solid round, maybe the most solid in terms of score average so far.
I may have some tidbits ready tonight, if not, tomorrow.
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Thanks for all the suggestions guys! Got a ton of cool new albums/bands to look forward to now, even if I'm not working on the roulette I can listen to roulette stuff :metal
Now, it's time for some tidbits, I have 8 for you. Results probably tomorrow? Maybe friday, I'm not sure yet.
I would’ve hated this last year but now I think it’s really good
This is very different from everything I associate you with musically, and it sounds a lot like something one of the other participants would send. Favorite of the round quite easily
This would be a total blast live but in this setting I think it's just alright but not amazing
This is the reason that I shouldn’t write off a band after 1 song, what, this is awesome
At this point I didn’t think it would be possible, but you actually weirded me out with the vocals at some points, and I’m a recent casual Devil Doll listener so that says a lot
I kept my expectations low, and it did have a few great moments that came as unexpected to me, but overall not that great
If everything on this album is up to par with this I can definitely see why it’s somewhat praised on DTF
Not particularly fond of the vocals, they do kinda work here but I wouldn’t mind if they had some more power to them
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1. maybe
2. no, sadly
3. hope not
4. no
5. no
6. i'm gonna destroy you if this is it
7. no
8. doesn't sound like it
i feel ready to be disappointed again
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Let's do this Parama style.
1. Maybe
2. Don't think so
3. Nope
4. Maybe
5. Definitely not
6. Better not be mine (don't think it is though)
7. Definitely not
8. Maybe
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oppa parama style
*blaring synths*
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This is the reason that I shouldn’t write off a band after 1 song, what, this is awesome
I know you heard the band I sent before and didn't like them so I guess this one could be about mine. At least I hope it is.
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If your musical development over the last year has been anything like mine over the last two years, then I can very easily see #1 being mine. At least I hope so.
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I don't really think any of these are mine, though #2 would be nice.
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Results will definitely be up tomorrow, I have already written the outlines of most of the writeups because someone offered to take over my shift for today and I was like alright I'll take a free day off so I had some more time to listen. Will be away for most of the day now though, but results will probably be up 24 hours from now orso so get your shit together for the second-to-last round before elimination!! :metal
Statistically, literally everyone still has a chance of coming out on top with at least a 20 point lead over the #2 after round 7. Realistically, probably not but you gotta believe.
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Mine's one of the ones with weird vocals.
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Round 5 Results
Scorpion: Sigh - Amnesia
At this point I didn’t think it would be possible, but you actually weirded me out with the vocals at some points, and I’m a recent casual Devil Doll listener so that says a lot
That main riff is fucking catchy and one of the best hooks of the round to be honest, but I really think you passed the weird-meter with the vocals for me. It’s still a good song though but I can’t help but be turned off by it at some points.
I will say though, that this is a very cool, interesting mix of styles that I never expected. But, it does go on and on for ages I feel, I feel like I’ve heard it all after a couple of minutes and while the piano and guitar jams are very cool they’re on the loose end of a cohesive piece, giving it a bit of a live extended jam feeling. Those have their moments but in a song like this it sounds a bit off to me. It’s funny I end up not really minding the weird vocals but the length ended up being my only real) issue, as I still quite like songs that I rate with this score.
7.0/10
Sacul: Zardonic - Vigilante
This song man, it sure has its great moments, it got me headbanging unvoluntarily, it’s actually quite progressive sounding opposed to most of the Zardonic I’ve heard before, but it still suffers a bit from the “repeated sample syndrome“ I explained in the Electronic topic. I can’t give it my full admirations because of it.
This would surely be a blast in a live setting, but right now I find it ‘solid‘, with the addendum that it would improve to my enjoyment if it was slightly shorter too.
7.25/10
Twosuitsluke: Chthonic – Supreme Pain For The Tyrant
So.. Taiwanese deathmetal is what this is right? You said it was symphonic blackmetal but to me it has more of a deathmetal vibe to it. Anyway, it sounds kinda rad, totally going for the extreme asian metal because of the success Dir En Grey got :P When he sings “Swallow the sun“ and the way they phrase it, it keeps reminding me of “follow the straight line“ in BTBAM’s Obfuscation.
Enough BS, time to discuss the song. It’s a blast. Great how they pulled off making the vocals sound somewhat diverse, I would say that these are, technically speaking here, the best growls I’ve heard in a good while. Though I think you would understand where I’m coming from when I say they are a bit tiring at first to get through, and it makes the song sound a lot longer than 4 minutes and 45 seconds. :lol I don’t know if they’re my favorite but you can’t deny the talent these guys (+ babe) share. My favorite thing about this song is still the symphonic stuff thrown in though, it adds a nice elegance to the whole thing even though the song is agressive as fuck and they probably sing about death or something. :lol Could say your confidence paid off here, great band I would probably never have heard of in my life if it wasn’t for you.
8.0 + (1.0) = 9.0
Splent: Scorpions – No One Like You
So after a Scorpions cover you go with a Scorpions song :lol
I gotta say, with this song, I know exactly what I’m going to get and that’s fine. I wouldn’t say I know a lot of Scorpions music but I know enough to see that they’re some pretty straight to the point rockers. And with this song it’s the same, great rocking riffs, nice vocals in the verses especially though not nearly on the same level as Still Loving You IMO. But overall it’s not the kind of thing I would keep on listening to after having heard it a few times, does not have the same musical impact on me that it had for the first listen, like it did with you probably.
7/10
Elite: maudlin of the Well – Heaven And Weak
I don’t know if it was Kayo Dot or motW, but I’ve tried 1 song from either (or maybe 2), turned it off before it was over and never looked back. What. This is awesome why did I do that?
Like, it starts out very calmly, I think the Kayo Dot I heard sounded kinda similar stylistically, and it has kind of an ominous horror vibe to it almost :lol and then at the same time it’s pretty beautiful. The best part though is when all hell breaks loose and the song becomes heavier. I guess that’s the part I never got to because I stopped listening to the songs halfway through.
Had “Bath“ on my list before but now I’m definitely checking it out.
8.25/10
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Dark Tranquility – What Only You Know
Somehow you seem to alternate between the alright and the great more than anyone, and so far they have all been either very high or low, by my standards atleast, but I think this is neither. Just a very good metal song alternating between melodic deathmetal and some kind of alternative metal sound to it in the verses. The chorus, like most melodeath choruses I’ve heard, sounds very euphoric and big, exactly how I like it, similar to the In Flames song from last round for example.
But I think I like this one just a tad bit better because of the ominous evil harsh vocals, they’re not just evoking agressiveness but also kind of a cold feeling you get from black metal. Pretty cool tune dude.
8.0/10
Tomislav95: Amorphis – Under The Red Cloud
Well for an album that seems to be very loved around DTF I guess I can see why, this song really has a huge epic sound to it, starting from the very beginning with that guitar melody, and I just love the sheer intimacy of the piano. The singer sounds like he could be on a progpower band, and those usually have very strong vocals, but now I can’t help but be interested in what’s to offer harsh vox-wise, I know I wasn’t impressed when I tried out this album for the first time but I’d probably like it more now.
The guitar solo is magical. It ties the song together quite nicely, the way it flows perfectly into that one last chorus. Yeah I love this, it’s actually not too far off my favorite song of the round, since this one grew on me a lot.
9.0/10
Bolsters: Hybrid – Break My Soul
Another band I’ve never even heard of from you and it seems to be a blend of some kind of slowed down version of neurofunk, along with orchestral elements and female vocals. The chorus is catchy, and the vocals definitely do fit the style of the song, but I still feel like they lack some power.
But I really wouldn’t mind, it’s a relaxing vibe and I can dig it. But the pause in the middle kinda bothers me, it kills the mood and feels like the entire song has to start up again.
The orchestral elements are very present and I love them, they sound very dramatic, but it does kinda meander for a couple of minutes I feel, and because of that I can’t say I enjoy it as much as a whole, not a bad song but I bet you hoped for more. :P
7.25 + (1.0) = 8.25
Evermind: ReVamp – The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia
With all the new Devin album hype and more tours coming up I bet everyone is looking forward to some more music from him. But he really fulfills the role of ‘guest vocalist‘ perfectly here, meaning he is not in the spotlight at all. He just adds some cool atmosphere to the song with his raspy voice. But the girl singer is so damn good! “And I’m losing ground!“ is one of the most epic lines of this roulette. Actually the whole chorus is damn perfect.
Actually the parts I like least are the ones where Devy does take over the spotlight, just give me more of those female vocals. :P But there’s not much of him on the foreground which is fine, because from what I understand he is only on this one song so I could totally get into this band and it would be totally fresh.
In the end I got more and more theatric vibes from this song, actually has a very strong Devin Townsend vibe to it even on the parts that don’t include him.
8.5/10
Home: Nothing More – This Is The Time (Ballast)
I don’t know if you realize this, but this band (or song, atleast) totally sounds like something Bolsters would send. That said, I fucking love it. Something a bit heavier from you this time around as I didn’t even know this almost djent-y prog metal kinda stuff was in your library at all.
The chorus is catchy, energetic and straight to the point, and the harsh vox really pump it up. I can always appreciate some nice clean/harsh transitions mid-sentence aswell and this guy knows what's up with that.
This song reminds me of so much different stuff but I can’t name a single one of them, like a combination of the pop-metal stuff of Periphery and pretty much any of the electronic metal/djent bands Bolsters would send. But I’m not entirely sure.
Anyway, screw it, I’m not hesitating, this is the best song of the roulette so far! Not by much, but yeah.
9.5/10
Parama: Rosetta – Absent / Beta Aquilae
Out of everything you’ve sent, this is actually the first piece of harsh noise!
But nah for real though, I would’ve hated this last year, like really hated it, but now after multiple listens I can truly appreciate it. Almost for the exact same reasons that I liked the Obsidian Kingdom song so much, it’s like the abstract art form of music, have no idea of the underlying meaning of any of this but it sounds pretty amazing and all kinds of different emotions come to mind. I’m slowly figuring out that I love those distant screams as they capture a very dark/cold sound. As the only things I’ve heard that are considered post-metal are some Cult Of Luna albums and The Ocean’s Pelagial (which is kind of a stretch if you ask me) I am treading new grounds here and it’s been a great one at that really.
I did notice that this didn’t do nearly as much for me without headphones, my very first impression was pretty awful because I couldn’t even make out any of the vocals under all the harsh noise. :lol Great return to form here, don’t punish me in the minilette please :tup :tup
8.5/10
425: Rush - YYZ
I hate being in a position where I have to rate a Rush song :lol because they’re so loved.
I’m not the first in this, but you’re definitely better off sending me an instrumental song by them, not a big fan of the vocalist. I kept my expectations low since well, I could only go up from there right? There’s some very cool groovy moments here and there but I feel like overall this is not on the legendary prog level. I know the release date has a lot to do with it aswell but that doesn’t really improve my enjoyment at all because I can just listen to modern prog if I want to hear innovative rhythms and grooves.
Like the Echoes instrumental Evermind sent me I’m usually not a big fan of the whole main theme situation where they build a song around 1 riff with some cool licks and solos to flavour it up a bit. A lot of the time that 1 riff is the most memorable part after multiple listens and with Stream of Consciousness for instance I don’t mind since I love that riff. Here, meh, I think it’s an alright tune but nothing too great, sorry.
Actually this became way better after more listens, it was kind of the bore of the round to me, before, but I’m really starting to feel it. The cool eastern-sounding guitar solo, the groovy riffs, the upscaling tempo. Very neat. Though I can’t help but think I will not become a fan of this band, still I will definitely give them a try sometime.
7.75 + (1.0) = 8.75
Standings
Tomislav95: 35.0 + 9.0 = 44.0 (XX)
Scorpion: 35.5 + 7.0 = 42.5 (XX)
Twosuitsluke: 33.0 + 9.0 = 42.0 (XXX)
Parama: 33.25 + 8.5 = 41.75 (XX)
Bolsters: 33.5 + 8.25 = 41.75 (XX)
Home: 32.0 + 9.5 = 41.5 (XX)
Sacul: 34.25 + 7.25 = 41.5 (XXX)
Evermind: 31.75 + 8.5 = 40.25 (XX)
425: 31.25 + 8.75 = 40.0 (X)
Elite: 31.5 + 8.25 = 39.75 (X)
Splent: 32.5 + 7.0 = 39.5 (XX)
Shadow Ninja 2.0: 30.5 + 8.0 = 38.5 (X)
People who have to use bonuses in every round from now in order to have used them all before the cut-off point (obviously, not obligatory): Shadow Ninja 2.0, 425 and Elite
Schedule for next round
Okay, I'm fine with how things panned out now because I think it shouldn't be a problem to get round 6 results up before I'm going on vacation, 9 days from now. Going to try the same as usual with a bit more space for myself, so I'd like all the songs between the 48 hours-span and then the results will probably be up about a week from now.
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Dammit. :(
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Dammit. :(
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Really chuffed with that score. Didn't even really cross my mind to send Chthonic until this point to be honest. They are a really different sounding band. There's another song of theirs (can't remember the name but I'll look it up in a bit) where they sing this part all in Taiwanese and something about the language works so well with the vocals and sounds unlike anything I've ever heard.
Can't quite believe I've managed to creep up to third. Might try something well out if the box next round, if I take the chance now I still might be able to remain in the top 5.
Only time will tell if I have the balls as I have no clue as to whether you would like the style of music, or if you've ever even heard it :lol
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So I've gained like exactly no ground, haha. Fine then, you'll get my next entry in a few hours.
Evermind: ReVamp – The Anatomy Of A Nervous Breakdown: Neurasthenia
With all the new Devin album hype and more tours coming up I bet everyone is looking forward to some more music from him. But he really fulfills the role of ‘guest vocalist‘ perfectly here, meaning he is not in the spotlight at all. He just adds some cool atmosphere to the song with his raspy voice. But the girl singer is so damn good! “And I’m losing ground!“ is one of the most epic lines of this roulette. Actually the whole chorus is damn perfect.
Actually the parts I like least are the ones where Devy does take over the spotlight, just give me more of those female vocals. :P But there’s not much of him on the foreground which is fine, because from what I understand he is only on this one song so I could totally get into this band and it would be totally fresh.
In the end I got more and more theatric vibes from this song, actually has a very strong Devin Townsend vibe to it even on the parts that don’t include him.
8.5/10
This "girl singer" is belting out the bloody growls on some of the songs. :lol
edit: checked out this Nothing More song... did nothing for me, but I can see how it would get 9.5 in your book, it seems like exactly what you would like. Too bad I don't have stuff like this in my library.
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girl singer
Ever heard the name Floor Jansen? ;)
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Ok, I found the song I mentioned, it's called Takao
https://vimeo.com/37934563 (https://vimeo.com/37934563)
For some reason the studio version isn't on youtube. So if you liked the vocals on the song I sent you check out the vocals at 2:13 in this song, really different. It's like this language is made for this style of music.
I must admit I'm not really into much black metal. The other real exception for me is Dimmu Borgir, they are symphonic black metal and sound very similar to Chthonic. If you've not heard them before I'd definitely check them out as they are better than Chthonic in my opinion.
Last point, Doris (bassist) is so smoking hot, everyone should at least check her out :heart
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oh, that's okay i guess
i think everyone has liked rosetta a decent bit now, which is good
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girl singer
Ever heard the name Floor Jansen? ;)
Yeah, once or twice. I knew it was her too because it got mentioned in the PM, didn't mean anything ordinary with "girl singer" which it seems to imply. :lol
@Luke that sounds pretty awesome, I'll enjoy this band for sure. I've seen Dimmu Borgir live, they were an opening act for Korn :rollin it was a really cool show but didn't really fit the mood as I was just a 11-year old kid (or something around that age) looking to hear some cool Korn songs and suddenly there were two opening acts, one of which a british punk-rock kinda band and the other being Dimmu Borgir.
Never really checked out any of their songs to be honest but I should, it's been so long I can't even remember what a single second of their music sounds like.
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Chthonic are quite similar to Dimmu Borgir so when you're ready to give them a listen I can send you some album/song suggestions. Some one might go ahead and send in this roulette though :lol
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That Nothing More song is pretty awesome; I think I sent it in a roulette once. Or maybe I'm misremembering? Nah, that could never happen. :P
Also sent.
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Woohoo I like where I stand right now :D
Tbh I probably won't use my third bonus, I can't think of anything worthy.
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why won't I enter the top 5
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I sent several hours ago but didn't post it in the thread, I'm sure you were all wondering if I had or not.
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Everyone was waiting for it. Only TWO songs in so far?! Stop slacking guys give me some songs already JEEEEZ
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Yes
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I still have to send to Mike and he posted results like 4 days ago, so you might have to wait 6 days
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Sent!
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Sent. I'll probably get a low score for this and then I'm sending some cheesy power metal in the last round.
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Sounds perfect!
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I've had my round 7 song planned since the start but I need to figure out something to send that I can get a bonus for
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Dammit. :(
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I'm deciding between two.
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Alright, I guess that's about what I expected. I'm glad it grew on you later on. I think it's one of the great prog instrumentals, but I understand why you wouldn't like something that sits on one or two themes for so long. I really like those kind of songs—Stream of Consciousness is probably in my top 20 DT songs at this point and all four Metallica instrumentals are for sure in my top 20 of their songs—but I get why someone wouldn't love it as much. But I do appreciate that you got into a lot of the super Rush-y elements and flourished, which are of course an essential part of what makes it so good.
If you haven't, listen to La Villa Strangiato (https://open.spotify.com/track/4CyElmiM9EF9aURGWlPZLi). It's their other big instrumental and is probably less repetitive and way crazier with the guitar stuff. I was debating whether I should send it or YYZ. I can understand not being wild about Ged's voice, but Rush is just so crazy awesome from an instrumental perspective that I gotta love them anyway.
I'm fine with that score, too. I'm hoping for a little better the next two rounds, for which I plan to send bonuses, but there's still one person in the top five who has the same raw score as me, so I can't be doing too poorly.
I'll send tomorrow, I'm basically looking at two artists and 2-3 options for each one—but in each case one is over 11 minutes and the others are not, so I need to decide a) which order I'm going to send them in, and b) which one is going to serve as my 11+ submission.
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Yeah I'm glad I ended up really liking it. Instrumentals haven't had a really good track record in this roulette so far and I think that's the best one yet. :lol Deep Channel got the same score I think, it's an instrumental but was used for world music IIRC. It makes it seem like I hate instrumentals
Got 5 songs now
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I'm glad you liked Nothing More! I think you'll enjoy their self-titled album a lot :azn: The singer reminds me a lot of the singer of Fair to Midland, they both use this awesome combination of clean and harsh vocals and use their fingers on their throat to produce vibrato.
Also sent for final bonus point, a not too wel known song from a very well known band. It's simple yet beautiful and is probably not going to score me much points :lol
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It's simple yet beautiful and is probably not going to score me much points :lol
I hope so! :biggrin:
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Sent something that I'm fully prepared for you to hate, biggest risk taken so far :metal
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Sent through Spotify.
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I'm glad you liked Nothing More! I think you'll enjoy their self-titled album a lot :azn: The singer reminds me a lot of the singer of Fair to Midland, they both use this awesome combination of clean and harsh vocals and use their fingers on their throat to produce vibrato.
Cool! Didn't know Fair To Midland had harsh vocals aswell. I loved that vibrato technique on The Wife, The Kids and The White Picket Fence (or whatever it was called :lol) too, sounded lovely.
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I know I said I'd send today, but it'll actually probably be in about 12 hours.
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I've settled on a band, just have to choose a song; expect my submission sometime during the day today.
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That's fine guys. Just need Parama then as soon as I have both your songs
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Sent.
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blame mike for me not having sent you a song yet tbh. i haven't even thought about what to send because i need to send something with a bonus point (round 7 song is set in stone tho, but i'm not sending it until round 7)
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blame luke too because i had three bonus point songs lined up from the start and then he went ahead and sent one of the ones i was going to send :loser:
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blame luke too because i had three bonus point songs lined up from the start and then he went ahead and sent one of the ones i was going to send :loser:
Hate the game, not the (opportunistic) player :loser:
I was just glad you didn't send it before I got the chance to. Let's be honest though, there's enough music out there that it shouldn't be too much of a struggle. Just wait until you see the 0/10 song I sent.
Train, any chance of hangman? Interested to see if anyone will get mine :lol
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the thing is, i go out of my way to avoid stepping on toes with my entries so it really bothers me when someone doesn't extend the same courtesy :lol
especially with a band that i'm pretty sure i singlehandedly introduced to dtf culture, but w/e
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the thing is, i go out of my way to avoid stepping on toes with my entries so it really bothers me when someone doesn't extend the same courtesy :lol
especially with a band that i'm pretty sure i singlehandedly introduced to dtf culture, but w/e
Well I'm new enough around here for people not to know if they are stepping on my toes and I'm not familiar enough with others tastes to know if I'm stepping on their toes. To be fair I heard of OoS via Ne Obliviscaris's Facebook page when they linked the video for Winter after announcing they were touring with them. I LOVED it on first listen but it wasn't until after that I realised it was one of the albums I kept seeing mentioned on the "What Album are you Listening to" thread, after that I did realise it was a band you pimped.
However as you hadn't sent them early on I thought maybe you had thought it wouldn't be to Trains tastes or something.
No offence meant dude :biggrin:
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tbh i'm just being salty anyways, you should join my mini-roulette when it starts up (probably next week if splent gets his round 10 results up) :tup
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tbh i'm just being salty anyways, you should join my mini-roulette when it starts up (probably next week if splent gets his round 10 results up) :tup
I'll be up for it, pretty sure I can find some out there stuff for you. You don't seem too easy to please but I like a challenge, it might make it easier if I assume you will hate everything I send :lol
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the thing is, i go out of my way to avoid stepping on toes with my entries so it really bothers me when someone doesn't extend the same courtesy :lol
Once you send something in the roulette, it's free game as far as I'm concerned, so no offense but you can stick this courtesy up your ass or something. :biggrin: Speaking of that, I really wonder why no one's sending David Gilmour in the roulettes, his songs usually get some favourable write-ups/scores.
Anyway, thankfully your entries are usually so shitty weird and not up my alley you've got nothing to worry about. :lol
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the thing is, i go out of my way to avoid stepping on toes with my entries so it really bothers me when someone doesn't extend the same courtesy :lol
Once you send something in the roulette, it's free game as far as I'm concerned, so no offense but you can stick this courtesy up your ass or something. :biggrin: Speaking of that, I really wonder why no one's sending David Gilmour in the roulettes, his songs usually get some favourable write-ups/scores.
I go for something in between these two. Like, yes, I agree it's always fair game, but I also try not to be annoying about it. Like I probably wouldn't send David Maxim Micic in a roulette that had Sacul in it. I think popular bands are much more "fair game" than personal favorites.
I also think that late in a roulette it's much more of anything goes. Like, I remember I sent Lorde once in a roulette that Parama was in, but that wasn't until round 6 or later, after I'd given a lot of time for him to send it.
Just sent something with a bonus! Hopefully you like it and I'm set up nicely for a final push next round, for which I have a bit of an epic teed up (so long as no one bogarts my artist, in which case who knows what I'll do).
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I'll be up for it, pretty sure I can find some out there stuff for you. You don't seem too easy to please
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So, I sent for my final bonus this round, and apparently I sent the band that ToN was hoping to get when creating that particular bonus - so unless hopes and reality are supremely at odds, then that should be a good sign. :D
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the thing is, i go out of my way to avoid stepping on toes with my entries so it really bothers me when someone doesn't extend the same courtesy :lol
Once you send something in the roulette, it's free game as far as I'm concerned, so no offense but you can stick this courtesy up your ass or something. :biggrin: Speaking of that, I really wonder why no one's sending David Gilmour in the roulettes, his songs usually get some favourable write-ups/scores.
I go for something in between these two. Like, yes, I agree it's always fair game, but I also try not to be annoying about it. Like I probably wouldn't send David Maxim Micic in a roulette that had Sacul in it. I think popular bands are much more "fair game" than personal favorites.
I also think that late in a roulette it's much more of anything goes. Like, I remember I sent Lorde once in a roulette that Parama was in, but that wasn't until round 6 or later, after I'd given a lot of time for him to send it.
Just sent something with a bonus! Hopefully you like it and I'm set up nicely for a final push next round, for which I have a bit of an epic teed up (so long as no one bogarts my artist, in which case who knows what I'll do).
I was mostly just fucking with Parama at this point. :lol
Seriously though, I try to avoid being annoying with it except for the instances when I feel I more or less know the person in question and they won't be offended by my choice (mostly happened with Chad). But sometimes I just send something on a whim (like I did with Bodies of Water in mike's).
But hey, I probably won't send David Maxim Micic in the roulettes for the same reasons I won't send Native Construct in the roulettes.
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You are allergic to actually sending good music, is that the reason? :P
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I also think that late in a roulette it's much more of anything goes. Like, I remember I sent Lorde once in a roulette that Parama was in, but that wasn't until round 6 or later, after I'd given a lot of time for him to send it.
i think you sent Lorde after I was cut from a roulette :lol
also evermind, i don't think i'd ever send a single thing you've sent in roulettes, aside from bodies of water ofc :P
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also evermind, i don't think i'd ever send a single thing you've sent in roulettes, aside from bodies of water ofc :P
You are allergic to actually sending good music, is that the reason? :P
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you should join my mini roulette too so you can send me good music :tup
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Train, any chance of hangman?
Well yeah, I would start it but I'm still waiting on Parama's Salty Song
I don't think people ever step on my toes in roulettes, but then again I don't think I ever do it to others either.
Except for MACHINE FUCKING HEAD that gets snatched from me every single time the round before I'm planning on sending them :lol I guess that makes sense though since they're not exactly an obscure band.
But hey, I probably won't send David Maxim Micic in the roulettes for the same reasons I won't send Native Construct in the roulettes.
You are allergic to actually sending good music
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Train, any chance of hangman?
Well yeah, I would start it but I'm still waiting on Parama's Salty Song
The salty sea dog :yarr
Which I think is a Flogging Molly song, could experiment sending something like that one day!!
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Except for MACHINE FUCKING HEAD that gets snatched from me every single time the round before I'm planning on sending them :lol I guess that makes sense though since they're not exactly an obscure band.
Yea, sorry about that. Pretty sure I did that in Mike's roulette last round :loser:
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do you want me to randomly pick out a song off one of the albums i just got and send it to you, train
'cause i'd be up for that :corn
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well yea, either that or send me dordeduh dardeduh
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they wouldn't really qualify for a bonus. i don't think they're folky enough for world music, unless i sent like one of the pure folk tracks :lol
and anyways none of the songs are that great on their own really, not 9.0-level for sure
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ok i sent START rthe friggin HANGMANEN
GIMME THE D
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Are you drunk?
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i'm faking drunkposting for comedic value.
ask train to repost the pm i sent him because i'm pretty sure it's my masterpiece
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Do it, Train. If this is Parama's masterpiece, I think DTF needs to see it.
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It's up there, that's for sure
This is a rough sketch of it, I'll post the full one once this ~mysterious~ band and song has been guessed :lol
i said i was gonna freaking destroy you if you gave me a bad score
but i'm going to anywas
haha this will destroy you
gimme dat instrumen to bonus boy
if i get cut, blame luke
ok i sent START rthe friggin HANGMANEN
GIMME THE D
______ _______ - ___ D____
_________d - ___d____
____d__ ____d - ___d ______ ___d
___d___ - ____d ___ ___ ____d
____ ____ D______ ___ - _____ D__ _______
______ ________ - _____d D____
__________ _____ - _______ ________
_________ - _______ __
____ ____d - _____ D____
____ __ _________ - __________
_______d ___d - _____ ___d ___ __________
__d_____ / _____ - _________
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One band is called This Will Destroy You :neverusethis:
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haha
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I want the V
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V_____ D__
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I'm pretty sure Parama actually sent This Will Destroy You :lol
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play my hangmanen game
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play my hangmanen game
Am I allowed to write those words here? :lol
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are you thinking dirty thoughts
it's not that
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:zydar:
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Yeah, This Will Destroy You was correct :lol I was just waiting for a letter so I could update hangmanen and I went to sleep shortly after.
Sacul waits 3
Parama waits 2
Letters guessed: The D and the V
______ ____v__ - ___ D_v__
_________d - ___d____
____d__ ____d - ___d ______ ___d
___d___ - ____d ___ ___ ____d
This Will Destroy You - V____ D__ _______
______ ________ - _____d D____
__________ _____ - V______ ________
_________ - _______ __
____ ____d - _____ D____
____ __ ___v_____ - __________
_______d ___d - _____ ___d ___ __v_______
__d_____ / _____ - __v______
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Give me B.
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Tomislav waits 3
Sacul waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: BDV
______ ____v__ - ___ D_v__
B________d - ___d____
____d__ B___d - ___d ______ ___d
___d___ - ____d ___ ___ ____d
This Will Destroy You - V____ D__ _______
______ ________ - _____d D____
B_________ _____ - V______ ________
_________ - _______ __
____ ____d - _____ D____
____ __ ___v_____ - __________
_______d ___d - _____ ___d ___ __v_______
__d_____ / _____ - __v______
Listening will start now :metal
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An N will do
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#2 isn't Biohazard is it? Can't see them being sent but you never know.
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Nope! Biohazard sounds like a 90's thrashmetal band or something :lol This band has 10 letters in their name too, one more than Biohazard.
Luke waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Sacul waits 1
Letters guessed: BDNV
______ ____v_n - ___ D_v__
B________d - ___d____
____d_n B___d - ___d _____n __nd
___d__n - ____d ___ ___ ____d
This Will Destroy You - V____ D__ _______
______ ______n_ - _____d D____
B_________ N____ - V______ __n___n_
_________ - _______ __
____ ____d - _____ D____
___n __ ___v____n - __________
_____n_d __nd - ____n __nd ___ __v______n
_nd_____ / _____ - _nv_n___n
I'm going to stop updating for a bit now, don't want to rush this hangmanen session too much. I bet you're all going to go "WTF how was this band not banned?!" with some of these bands submitted to me this round.
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Pretty sure no one will have heard of who I sent.
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I'm going to guess E.
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I bet you're all going to go "WTF how was this band not banned?!" with some of these bands submitted to me this round.
Like this one?
___n __ ___v____n - __________
:biggrin:
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Pain of Salvation - Idioglossia?
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Like this one?
___n __ ___v____n - __________
:biggrin:
That's probably the second biggest offender, yeah :lol
I'll update the hangmanen game soon enough, but first let me tell you I just finished my first listen.
This is my least favorite round of the roulette so far, and not just by a little :lol Like there's a pretty huge gap in score average if I were to rate the songs right now. Of course there's some growing potential, but y'all should fear for the worst.
Pain of Salvation - Idioglossia?
Nope, I did get that one in my first roulette though. This song will not be an easy guess until you have some more letters.
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Nope! Biohazard sounds like a 90's thrashmetal band or something :lol This band has 10 letters in their name too, one more than Biohazard.
Yea, they are a bit thrashy but more hardcore than anything. I couldn't really imagine anyone sending them but it's hard to tell what others think is a suitable submission. Pretty sure no one us going to think my submission this round is suitable :lol
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This is my least favorite round of the roulette so far, and not just by a little :lol Like there's a pretty huge gap in score average if I were to rate the songs right now. Of course there's some growing potential, but y'all should fear for the worst.
Well, shit.
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I'm so glad I took my biggest risk in this round, may be able to scrape through in the top 5 even with a low score :biggrin:
Can't imagine anyone will be familiar with the band I've sent. Don't think they are really known outside of the UK and they're not even well known IN the UK :lol
Here's hoping for an almighty 6/10.
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_____n_d __nd - ____n __nd ___ __v______n
Off a classic album, this.
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Hurray!
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Orphaned Land?
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Here's hoping for an almighty 6/10.
Don't push your luck! :lol
Time to get some E's going
Scorpion waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Sacul waits 1
Letters guessed: BDENV
_e__e_ ____v_n - _e_ Dev__
B______e_d - E__de___
____d_n B___d - ___d _____n __nd
___d__n - ____d ___ __e ____d
This Will Destroy You - V____ De_ _e_____
___e__ ______ne - _____d D_e__
B_______e_ N____ - V_____e __n_e_ne
_________ - ____e__ __
____ ____d - _____ D_e__
___n __ ___v____n - ____e_____
Orphaned Land - __e_n __nd __e _eve_____n
_nde___n / _____ - _nven___n
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C
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I tried to send Iter Impius but it was rejected, so I decided to send another band instead.
Also, I'm kind at loss which Pain of Salvation song it is... ten letters with "E" as a fifth, can't think of such a song.
Edit: could be ! (Foreword) I think if your count includes the exclamation mark and the ")" at the end.
Anderson / Stolt - Invention
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Edit: could be ! (Foreword) I think if your count includes the exclamation mark and the ")" at the end.
Nope. It's 10 letters, no brackets, no other fancy interpunction, and for a change I didn't make any mistakes here :lol
Anderson / Stolt - Invention
yeah
Bolsters waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
Letters guessed: BCDENV
_e__e_ ____v_n - _e_ Dev__
B__c___e_d - E__de__c
C___d_n B___d - ___d _____n __nd
C__d__n - ____d ___ __e ____d
This Will Destroy You - V____ De_ _e_____
___e__ ______ne - _____d D_e__
B__c____e_ N____ - V_____e __n_e_ne
____c____ - ____e__ __
____ ____d - _____ D_e__
Pain Of Salvation - ____e_____
Orphaned Land - _ce_n __nd __e _eve_____n
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
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Blackfield - Epidemic
...Blackfield wasn't banned?
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C___d_n B___d - ___d _____n __nd
I wonder who sent this... I knew the name and what kind of music they play, but didn't actually listen to a track until now.
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Caladan Brood - Wild Autumn Wind
Parama?
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...Blackfield wasn't banned?
Thought I should maybe have said so specifically. That's why with DT I added (including related projects) and with SW I didn't, to imply I only banned Steven Wilson's solo albums from his self-titled project. Go ahead and send me No-Man next round :biggrin:
Anyway, Caladan Brood and Blackfield songs are both correct.
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Pain of salvation - Undertow
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Wild Autumn Wind is fucking awesome, but it's a type of music where I find it very easy to understand why people don't like, so I rarely send it. I wonder who did.
Pain of salvation - Undertow
Thought of that one, but that's only eight letters.
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Wild Autumn Wind is fucking awesome, but it's a type of music where I find it very easy to understand why people don't like, so I rarely send it. I wonder who did.
Pain of salvation - Undertow
Thought of that one, but that's only eight letters.
I counted and somehow it matched. But now it doesn't. I swear I'm not drunk.
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Maybe Train is drunk
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I thought of Undertow too, but yeah, not enough letters. I have no idea what song is it. Nothing fits.
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Maybe Train is drunk
Maybe. But if so, why is that geraffe eating the painting? Geraffes are so dumb
(https://i.imgur.com/YStwf.jpg)
Yo someone guess a letter, clearly no one here is big enough of a PoS fan to guess this song yet.
EDIT: Sorry asshats, I should say that this one particular geraffe is dumb
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Fuck, I totally forgot about the "covers" bonus. :facepalm:
Pain of Salvation - Hallelujah
U
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:facepalm:
That's great submission, one of my favorite covers.
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Evermind waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: BCDENUV
_e__e_ ____v_n - _e_ Dev__
Blackfield - Epidemic
Caladan Brood – Wild Autumn Wind
C__d__n - __u_d ___ __e __u_d
This Will Destroy You - V____ De_ _e_u___
___e__ ______ne - ___u_d D_e__
B__c____e_ N____ - V_____e __n_e_ne
____c____ - ____e__ __
____ ____d - _u___ D_e__
Pain Of Salvation - Hallelujah
Orphaned Land - _ce_n __nd __e _eve_____n
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
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V_____ D__
no letters have been guessed from this yet
so.
A
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V_____ D__
A
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V_a___ Da_
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ITS VLASTO DAY!!!~!~!~!~!~!~ :hat :hat :hat :corn :corn :metal :metal :metal :corn :hat
Tomislav waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Letters guessed: ABCDENUV
_e__e_ ____v_n - _ea Dev__
Blackfield - Epidemic
Caladan Brood – Wild Autumn Wind
Ca_d__n - __u_d ___ __e __u_d
This Will Destroy You - V___a De_ _e_u___
___e__ _a_a__ne - ___u_d D_ea_
B_ac____e_ N____ - V_____e _an_e_ne
____c____ - ____e__ __
____ ____d - _u__a D_ea_
Pain Of Salvation - Hallelujah
Orphaned Land - _cean _and __e _eve_a___n
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
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:rollin
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ABCDE
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you won the hangmanen, train
two of the songs here obviously have Dream as their last word
oh and.
Orphaned Land - Ocean Land The Revelation
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Sea Devil
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Right, I might've spotted the biggest offender :lol
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Guess it then!
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Guess it then!
Haven't been sure it's ok from outside the participants. That's why I've just thrown in random comments at the songs ;)
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It's fine. It's not like you're actually just in here to spoil song names and stuff, you're actually following the roulette quite a bit and commenting on certain songs and stuff aswell if I remember correctly so yeah sure, you can participate in this.
Not sure if the one we're talking about is as much the case of people not knowing that it's not banned though, probably more a case of people thinking that if I haven't checked out enough of this band to ban them at this point they just assume that they're not for me. And for the record, I have one album by this band already and it's not bad.
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Alright then. My situation with this band is actually quite similar to yours, if we're actually talking about the same thing.
Blackmore's Night - Village Lanterne
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I don't think that's the biggest offender actually, but yeah, that's what I sent. :tup
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So far out of the artists/songs guessed, I'd say Pain of Salvation is the biggest offender, though not with that song probably. I see why somebody would send it though, it's a good cover and if Idioglossia didn't convert Train, maybe this will.
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Well if someone wants to throw in the big offender, note that Pink Floyd isn't banned.
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Oh what :lol
But why would you send Julia Dream then?
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Haha, I knew this would happen :justjen
T
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Yeah I was most definitely talking about Pink Floyd there, not Blackmore's Night :lol but they're both correct so what the hey. Oh and Ocean Land (The Revelation) is correct too, getting close now.
Luoto waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Evermind waits 1
Letters guessed: ABCDENTUV
_e__e_ ____v_n - _ea Dev__
Blackfield - Epidemic
Caladan Brood – Wild Autumn Wind
Ca_d__n - __und ___ T_e __und
This Will Destroy You - V___a De_ _e_u___
___e__ _a_a__ne - ___u_d D_ea_
Blackmore's Night - Village Lanterne
____c____ - ____e__ __
Pink Floyd - Julia Dream
Pain Of Salvation - Hallelujah
Orphaned Land - Ocean Land (The Revelation)
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
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Hahaha wow, I didn't even notice that Pink Floyd was in that hangman. I just noticed it wasn't in the banned list and thought it could be a big offender for Round 7.
Turns out I guessed the band even without looking at that hangman thing. :lol
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i'm surprised that, despite having my band given away before hangman even started, that nobody has guessed the song yet
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This Will Destroy You - Chicken Parama
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R
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Nobody is any closer to guessing mine :biggrin:
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Hangmanen will be picked up again tonorrow morning! On the phone now
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The This Will Destroy You song is Villa del Refugio.
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Letters guessed: ABCDENRTUV
_er_e_ ____v_n - _ea Dev__
Blackfield - Epidemic
Caladan Brood – Wild Autumn Wind
Ca_d__n - __und __r T_e __und
This Will Destroy You - Villa Del Refugio
___e__ _a_a__ne - ___u_d Drea_
Blackmore's Night - Village Lanterne
____cr___ - R___e__ __
Pink Floyd - Julia Dream
Pain Of Salvation - Hallelujah
Orphaned Land - Ocean Land (The Revelation)
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
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S for satanic :corn
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Letters guessed: ABCDENRSTUV
Ser_e_ ____v_n - Sea Dev__
Blackfield - Epidemic
Caladan Brood – Wild Autumn Wind
Ca_d__n - __und __r T_e S_und
This Will Destroy You - Villa Del Refugio
__se__ _a_a__ne - ___u_d Drea_
Blackmore's Night - Village Lanterne
____cr_s_ - R_s_e__ __
Pink Floyd - Julia Dream
Pain Of Salvation - Hallelujah
Orphaned Land - Ocean Land (The Revelation)
Anderson/Stolt - Invention
Hey guys I think I will deliver results around thursday/friday. I have some more time on my hands right now than usual but I don't have any grasp whatsoever on some of these songs yet after two listens :lol
Besides, I'll leave the country on Saturday and from there we will all take a 1-week break from the roulette. I've got word in that the place I work at will literally break down the walls and upgrade/rearrange the place so I will basically be jobless for the upcoming 2 weeks after I come back from vacation. Which means probably even more roulette progress! :metal
I'll probably post tidbits tomorrow, and results like mentioned on thursday.
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Hypocrisy - Roswell 47
Peter Tägtgren in the house.
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I already guessed this:
Sea Devil
But maybe it's wrong
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Sea Devil is correct, must've missed that.
And Hypocrisy - Roswell 47 is too
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Sergey Golovin -Sea Devil
Found it on youtube :lol
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Hypocrisy - Roswell 47
Peter Tägtgren in the house.
I sent live version. Peter growl like he's an alien there :P
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capdown - pound for the sound
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capdown - pound for the sound
Class
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So only this one left?
__se__ _a_a__ne - ___u_d Drea_
Come on guys this has been sent in a roulette literally like one month ago
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Museum Macarone - Fluid Dream
I have no idea.
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wtf
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Sorry, just noticed it's six letters. Make it "Rotund Dream".
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Damn, I thought I had you there, but Museum Macarone - Rotund Dream is in fact correct.
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:jamaritard:
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Haha ok just kidding it's actually Joseph Magazine - Liquid Dream
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wow spoilers
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Museum Macarone is far, far better
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Only one more hangmanen for me now
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For me too, probably. Unless he likes my song. But it could be a cold finish with no joy at all :(
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We should make an official hangmanen thread with its own tracker thread, no need to host these stupid roulettes just do hangmanen
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I should get a bonus point for stumping everyone
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No but you do get a red panda for trying
(https://cdn.ohmygodfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/redpand-01.jpg)
This is the first song to make me actually LOL in the roulette thus far but I'm not sure whether that was your intention. The singer totally sounds like mickey mouse at times
This had to click at some point, and I guess it just did, it's one of the most powerful things I've heard in a while
Hauntingly beautiful vibe here, I dig it
Sounds a bit stale to be honest, I have the urge to skip this one quite often
How do they do it? It's so simple but I love it
Not really anything new to be honest. But I still like it since it's just my kinda music
This vocalist is the man, I can see why people praise him
The fans of this band probably really like the way the vocals are, and I do too, but it could've been so much better IMO
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1. no
2. hope so
3. hope so
4. hope not
5. hope so
6. no
7. no
8. no
i'm feeling a bit more confident now :corn
this was like, my riskiest submission so far so
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Sounds a bit stale to be honest, I have the urge to skip this one quite often.
This is most likely mine.
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This vocalist is the man, I can see why people praise him
Peter Tägtgren?
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Sounds a bit stale to be honest, I have the urge to skip this one quite often
Not really anything new to be honest. But I still like it since it's just my kinda music
I'm guessing one of these is mine.
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No clue.
Bring it.
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i'm glad there are so many comments about vocals, while i sent an instrumental. makes my life easier
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Daniel Gildenlöw is definitely one of the vocal(ist) tidbits.
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I guess the 5th one is about Blackfield.
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Mine isn't impressive. Poop.
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Hauntingly beautiful vibe here, I dig it
How do they do it? It's so simple but I love it
I hope it's one of these, the second one being more likely.
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Train, is mine even featured? If it is I can only guess it's the 'simple but you love it' one :corn
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Yeah right like I would tell you.
just kidding yours is the one with mickey mouse vocals
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I can legit guarantee I have the simplest song of the bunch :P
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I can legit guarantee I have the simplest song of the bunch :P
I wouldn't be so sure.
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I legit sent ambient :lol
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(https://cs9279.vkontakte.ru/u11089686/59368475/x_eb5cefa6.jpg)
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I sent Train's hometown.
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OH GOD
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tbh plz don't post that kind of stuff
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WTF is that picture WHY WHY WHY.
Anyway.
I hope mine is this one:
This vocalist is the man, I can see why people praise him
And not one of the bad vocalist ones or this one:
Sounds a bit stale to be honest, I have the urge to skip this one quite often
Or it can be one of the other good ones that's fine.
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Mickeycore.
You guys might want to stay away from the 'What album are you listening to' thread. I might post a Cannibal Corpse album cover one day, it may hurt your delicate eyes :lol
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Tomb of the Mutilated :metal :metal :metal
Best cover ever, y/y?
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Tomb of the Mutilated :metal :metal :metal
Best cover ever, y/y?
Yep, pretty much what album cover springs to mind when I think of offensive album covers :lol
I sometimes gross my girlfriend out by reading out Cannibal Corpse song titles. She's not a fan ???
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How can you not love I Cum Blood? ??? ???
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How can you not love I Cum Blood? ??? ???
They have some classics, also some I can't bring myself to say to her. They're a bit TOO fucked up some of them!!
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Yeah, I'll never understand why that band exists.
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The same reason Korn and Slipflow exist, to please br00tal edgy teens :P
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They're no different to many other death metal bands in their sound. They are just over the top to piss people off. Like, if you're going to be offended by metal music then here have this. It's all tongue in cheek and not to be taken seriously.
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I couldn't take them seriously before I saw one of their making of documentaries. They are very professional and skilled players. I'm not in that kind of death metal anymore but I respect them.
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I couldn't take them seriously before I saw one of their making of documentaries. They are very professional and skilled players. I'm not in that kind of death metal anymore but I respect them.
Yea dude, not sure I could ever take them seriously and I rarely listen to their music, or much death metal save a few bands, but sometimes I get the urge and stick them on.
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The same reason Korn and Slipflow exist, to please br00tal edgy teens :P
Ok Im gonna send you Slipknot again in your next roulette
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I'll probably post tidbits tomorrow, and results like mentioned on thursday.
:soon: :corn
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I can give you them this morning, I'm almost done with writeups and I have time for another listen before Ineed to get some other shit done. So yeah I'll aim for results within 3 hours orso.
:soon:
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3 hours from now will mean it's afternoon then.
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Touché motherfucker
but I'll most likely have them up before those 3 hours have passed, so still results this morning :tup
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Ready for my 5.5/10!
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To my surprise there's only one 5.5 in the works and nothing below that.
I still feel like I'm a bit too forgiving with some of the lower scores some of the time but eh
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If I get 5.5 you will get cheesy power metal in Round 7. Just saying.
Oh and I still have the right to send a long song, so it's going to be a lot of cheesy power metal.
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I'm calling my lowest score so far!
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you will get cheesy power metal in Round 7. Just saying.
Oh and I still have the right to send a long song, so it's going to be a lot of cheesy power metal.
I literally wrote all of this in my writeup for you yesterday :lol
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There's still time to avoid that, you know. :lol
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There's still time to avoid that, you know. :lol
I'm actually looking forward to it tho
Round 6 Results
Parama: This Will Destroy You – Villa Del Refugio
Yes, you read my tastes section perfectly fine, I have absolutely never fully enjoyed any full-on ambient whatsoever and sending it would be a huge risk. Great pick! :neverusethis:
This was actually the “Sounds a bit stale, been meaning to skip this one several times“ tidbit but it has grown on me quite a bit since, for reasons I don’t really want to mention here in public. I can never completely bash on a song, I will almost always find enjoyment in a song one way or another, and during the first listen here I really dug the glitches, they give off a sense of surrealness or something like that. Feels like I’m listening to the background of one of the most depressing movie scenes ever.
So yeah I’ve definitely come to appreciate this more and would likely listen to an album full of this, if only to just relax and drift away into my ever so interesting thoughts.
7.5 + (1.0) = 8.5/10
Scorpion: Orphaned Land – Ocean Land (The Revelation)
The intro alone reminds me of a lot of different bands, but mainly Opeth, the similarities are very clear. I said that this was the first band that came to mind when implementing the world music bonus, and for good reason: I imagined a Myrath-like band with mixed vocals, and that’s pretty much what I got.
Not to nag, but I can’t help but think the vocals overall would be better if the harsh vocals, in the first verse specifically, were phrased differently. I guess the fans of Orphaned Land like them this way but it feels a bit odd to me, they sound way more devil-ish (for lack of a better word) than I woulda liked them there. BUT, the song quickly becomes fucking amazing with that chorus, it has its eastern-oriental elements, the ever present Opeth roots and great guitarwork in the background.
I’m also glad they went with a pretty concise format here, they don’t milk out the chorus by repeating it like 5 times and the song ends before it becomes old, exactly how I wanted it. I’ll be checking out this band!
8.25 + (1.0) = 9.25/10
Twosuitsluke: Capdown – Pound for the Sound
Well, none of the tidbits was about your song, you were correct. This song was so odd that anything I would’ve written about it would’ve been a dead giveaway. :lol
After my first round of listening I said how disappointed I was with the round overall, but this one was more of a middleground entry. Despite the weird (and somewhat repetitive) trumpet-section that returns pretty much anytime they feel like it, the ska-vocals I’m all but used to and the combination of ska and metalcore (?), I can’t really say it felt that weird listening to this song, which in itself, is pretty weird... :P
Anyway this is one of the songs that I’ve felt pretty much the same about after the first listen as I do now, it’s solid enough to get through but I don’t know if this is something I would listen to in my freetime. As expected I do like the metal breakdown sections more than the ska sections.
7.0/10
Elite: Pain of Salvation – Hallelujah
Here goes, a PoS cover of a song I’m well familiar with.
And I couldn’t have wished for a better band to cover it. I’ve heard tons of great singers cover this, Myles Kennedy (one of my alltime favorites) and Jeff Buckley primarily, but the almost melo-dramatic tone of Daniel Gildenlow makes this a perfect fit. This guy is the man, I can see why everyone praises this band and why so many people would pick him as the singer when imagining a fantasy progmetal supergroup. I love how when the chorus kicks in he goes very quiet and shortly after they unleash all the instruments and the song cracks open.
Coming in at 9 minutes, you gotta wonder how they’ll fill that space. And well, that guitar solo absolutely slays, but with a song like Hallelujah it’s obvious that the spotlight remains on Daniel at all times. So, I’ve only heard BE and parts of Remedy Lane, which album should I continue with, Remedy Lane or the TPE’s?
8.5 + (1.0) = 9.5/10
Home: Pink Floyd – Julia Dream
I just love this attitude, you could’ve gone with anything off WYWH, Animals, The Wall or whatever, but you go with this somewhat ‘obscure‘ 2 and a half minute track off an album I never heard of.
It’s a very simple track, but the haunting vibe here is really beautiful. It sounds really dark and the vocals really fit with that style. The flute is a nice little addition aswell, adds to the dark feel off the intro and the chorus. Similar to the Blackfield song there’s some very simplistic melodies that work amazingly well, goes to show you that there’s no need to come up with crazy timesignatures and polyrhythms to be original if you are a musical mastermind. Definitely your best sub-3 minute song :P
8.0 + (1.0) = 9.0
Evermind: Blackmore’s Night - Village Lanterne
I lvoe the acoustic intro, to begin with. But while none of the tidbits was about your song, I wasn’t very positive towards this song in the beginnings of this round anyway. And it’s stayed pretty much the same.
The vocals give me a kind of happy lullaby feeling that really doesn’t appeal to me, you already said that this is a very warm/uplifting track. I’ve never really heard this kind of uplifting folk-y music and I guess it’s not really my thing. Most of the times my happy music is nonsensical, funky, upbeat or just fun that shouldn’t be taken serious, and this falls in neither of those categories. Still really dig the instrumentation throughout the entire song, with special regards to the intro, but man am I impartial to those vocals, not really doing much for me at all.
Sorry, looking forward to the powermetal round though. Remember, I think you still haven’t used your 11+ minute song so you can send me the longest powermetal tune in your library :D
6.5 + (1.0) = 7.5/10
Shadow Ninja 2.0: Caladan Brood – Wild Autumn Wind
Coming in at almost 14 minutes, combined with the song and band title and the album art I thought I was going to get some very epic blackmetal? And well that’s pretty much what I got here, I guess it has some folky elements aswell.
I gotta admit, getting through the blackmetal vocals in the first section of the song was a toughie, but since I liked everything in this song so much I really wanted to get into the vocals too, and luckily I did. This song is amazing, from the grandiose chants to the cold guitarwork contrasting the folky medieval flutes, from the crushing cymbals to the heartwrenching harsh vocals, epic is all I could say to sum it up.
The finale does not disappoint, summing up a long song that already has set the bar really high is not an easy thing to do, but they manage. Everything from the guitar solo flowing into the best set of mixed vocals I’ve heard in the entire roulette (the chants mixed with the harsh vocals), and ending it off with the woodwinds is just perfect. Best song of the round for sure, and probably top 3 material of the entire roulette.
The bones of beasts and the bones of kings
Become dust in the wake of the hymn
Mighty kingdoms rise, but they all will fall
No more than a breath on the wind
9.25 + (1.0) = 10.25/10
Splent: Joseph Magazine – Liquid Dream
No harm in sending stuff you’ve received in your own roulette, I’ve done that several times myself. It’s about sharing good music anyways so it wouldn’t make sense holding on to it if the person who sent it wouldn’t send it here or doesn’t even participate.
Listening to this instrumental, I feel like it’s not covering any new ground to be honest, just a good metal instrumental with some progrock elements here and there. The atonal synths are great, I love that kinda thing, though overall this is not really exciting, for this song there’s 100 others I could put on and get exactly the same out of. That’s not necessarily bad because this is solid enough, but not too impressive either. Poop. Luckily there’s some cool effects and stuff, and a neat guitar solo, they make this song pretty solid throughout, so there’s always something to look forward in this song.
7.0 + (1.0) = 8.0/10
Tomislav95: Hypocrisy – Roswell 47
Getting a lot of live versions in this roulette, and I gotta say, I haven’t been disappointed with any of them so far, I’m glad I allowed them. This one is no different, I always thought the black/deathmetal crowds were just kinda shoegazing throughout the sets but this crowd seems very energetic!
It was just kinda there at first though, I didn’t really think anything of this entry, but seeing as you have only been sending amazing stuff here, it just had to click at some point, and it did. The vocals have this kind of industrial metal/deathmetal combination and it’s SO powerful, wow. It’s like an extraterrestrial is announcing the earth’s defeat through a megaphone, love it. One of the most powerful vocalists I’ve heard in quite a while.
The chorus, if you can call it that, has the euphoric sound to it that most melo-death choruses have, but this is way darker. I agree with you, this is one of the best growlers in the game, possibly the best.
The song is over before you know it, would’ve liked it to be slightly longer maybe but this is good enough, another great song here. ROSWELL FOURTY-SEVEEEE-EEEEN :metal
8.5/10
425: Anderson/Stolt – Invention
This was the disney/mickey mouse song :lol
I dunno how, because I really dug that Flower Kings song and this has 2 of the same band members. I guess the vocals ruin it for me, but it’s not only that, the music is very disney-esque in a very offputting way, I mean I love happy music but not like this. I gotta give you this though, it did actually make me LOL, probably not the reaction you wanted but that’s life for you I guess.
It doesn’t help that it’s nearly 10 minutes in length either, I mean, it does get better towards the end, if only ever so slightly, but I have to get through nearly 7 minutes of not-so-enjoyable music to get there. Sorry, complete miss here.
5.5 + (1.0) = 6.5/10
Bolsters: Sergey Golovin – Sea Devil
With so much instrumental djent to offer these days, I was looking forward what would set this apart from the main stream. And obviously, it wouldn't be a Bolsters submission without some electronic mixed in :P
Getting some Plini/CHON vibes right off the bat here and that's never a bad thing, especially right now with all the hype for the upcoming Plini debut album. Once the song really kicks in it's a pretty awesome tune, lots-a headbangable riffs, groovy grooves, funky funkes. Yeah this is pretty cool, but I can't help but throw it in the 'okay/good' category because it sounds like just another djent/progmetal instrumental with nothing really all that mindblowing to it. For what it is, pretty rad song though.
7.25 + (1.0) = 8.25
Sacul: Blackfield - Epidemic
Somehow I always ignored Blackfield, people told me it and No-Man were both boring sideprojects of SW. Well, I still have no idea about No-Man, but this sure isn't boring..
I love how simple this is, piano melodies a child could learn in no time, easy-yet-memorable vocal melodies, tension-building structure in a very simple manner. All combined with Steven's lovely vocals, this is easily one of the better songs of the round. It's always cool how thin the line between happy and sad are in Steven Wilsons songs, at one point you feel like it's depressing and the next thing you know he's singing an uplifting-sounding chorus.
Yea good stuff, I'll check out more Blackfield soon for sure.
8.0/10
Standings
Tomislav95: 44.0 + 8.5 = 52.5 (XX)
Scorpion: 42.5 + 9.25 = 51.75 (XXX)
Home: 41.5 + 9.0 = 50.5 (XXX)
Parama: 41.75 + 8.5 = 50.25 (XXX)
Bolsters: 41.75 + 8.25 = 50.0 (XXX)
Sacul: 41.5 + 8.0 = 49.5 (XXX)
Elite: 39.75 + 9.5 = 49.25 (XX)
Twosuitsluke: 42.0 + 7.0 = 49.0 (XXX)
Shadow Ninja 2.0: 38.5 + 10.25 = 48.75 (XX)
Evermind: 40.25 + 7.5 = 47.75 (XXX)
Splent: 39.5 + 8.0 = 47.5 (XXX)
425: 40.0 + 6.5 = 46.5 (XX)
Things are still very close around the cutting line, home has made a fucking run for it, the climb between now and two rounds ago is unreal. Also Shadow Ninja is not in last place anymore yay, but it's kinda awkward having my v1 roulette champion in the bottom spot :lol shit how'd that happen.
Schedule for round 7
So this will be the longest round yet, you can all take your time to decide your last song before the bottom 7 get sacked, because I won't be listening to them until more than a week from now, when I get back from vacation. SIT BACK, RELAX, ENJOY THE RIDE :metal or.. just send now if you like, I don't mind.
I plan on starting the listening + hangmanen the day after I get back, and it will be a pretty quick round from there on as I (as mentioned) am job-less because the place I work at is getting closed down for 2 weeks after I come back. Choose wisely, guys. This next submission may just be your last!
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Elite: Pain of Salvation – Hallelujah
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So, I’ve only heard BE and parts of Remedy Lane, which album should I continue with, Remedy Lane or the TPE’s?
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Remedy Lane. I think you'd really like it. I was just listening to live version album they released last month and I thought to myself it is one of the best albums ever. Magnificent.
Also, I'm glad you like Hypocrisy :metal
Remember I asked you about one song with brass section? I think I'll send song from same album with both brass and strings, and it is used more than in song I wanted to send first... if I don't find something better. It could be risky as you don't really have similar bands on banned list :justjen
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Remedy Lane is a good place to start, yeah.
Power metal for Round 7 it is then.
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I'll send something once I decide if I want to try to scrape through the eliminations or just end it all. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/suicide.gif~original)
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Good, I'm catching up!
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Sent. Reasonable chance I'll make it through.
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Wow, glad you liked it! It's honestly one of my favourite Pink Floyd songs :angel:
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Couldn't really expect more than a solid 7. Was a big risk so could have gone horribly wrong :lol
I'll think hard on this one as I want to make it through the eliminations..........then take some more risks!!
It's really close so I need a bit of luck more than anything. Everyone else, feel free to fuck up :lol
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Guess I'll go with Remedy Lane then
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You can't really go wrong with either Remedy Lane or TPE pt. 1, both albums are fantastic.
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I agree. Entropia is also a very good choice, and has the added bonus of being their debut - but then maybe it's only me that likes to experience bands in chronological order, so maybe that doesn't hold much weight.
Either way, those three are easily my PoS Top 3, and they are all fantastic.
If you decide to go with Remedy Lane or Entropia, I'd suggest checking out the bonus tracks on the album as well - Never Learn to Fly (Entropia bonus track) and Thorn Clown (RL bonus track) are two of my favourite Pain of Salvation songs, period, so don't miss out on those.
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ehh, well, that's not quite as bad as your hatred for comforting sounds so i'll take it i guess :corn
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Who the hell told you Blackfield and No-Man are boring? They're awesome. The former is my fav of his side projects, very simple yet excellent music with feels. I may slip in a song from the other group in the EP, but I think you'd find their music too slow or ambient-ish :P
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ehh, well, that's not quite as bad as your hatred for comforting sounds so i'll take it i guess :corn
Yea I like this more. I was fully prepared to give you like a 6 at first though but there seems to be an ongoing trend of your songs being the biggest growers every time.
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to be fair, a lot of the best songs are like that.
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Honestly, I think the best entry into Pain of Salvation is to watch the DVD that song I sent you is from. Every track on Ending Themes is brilliantly performed, even the songs from Scarsick, which is usually regarded aa one of their weakest outputs, are far better in a live context. Just listen to the entire concert an evening - no wait, don't just listen to it, watch the DVD as well - and find out what tracks you like.
According to my last.fm, PoS are my most played artist. All their songs are good (seriously), but there's a lot of it to digest. Other suggestions to take in Remedy Lane first is something I can endorse, but the difference between the albums is quite large on some occasions. That's why you can't really go wrong with Ending Themes, as it's got stuff from all their eras, up to Scarsick.
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TPE1 and Remedy Lane are both fantastic tho
I listened to the song I sent train this morning and it's been stuck in my head all day, so I hope the same happens to him and I get a good score because of it, I find it absurdly catchy
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There is no Ending Theme on Ending Themes tho :-\
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Doesn't matter. Ever watched the DVD? It's honestly my favourite live DVD, everything on it is stellar.
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No. I know Hallelujah cover from Youtube and I checked Undertow and didn't like that version :-\
EDIT: Sent via Spotify.
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i was thinking "hmm if i make it to round 8 i could send spanish sahara" but foals is banned so rip
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Spanish Sahara is a pretty average Foals song tbh fam manen
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Gah, I still have so much stuff to choose from, I don't know what to send! #humblebrag #firstworldproblems
Seriously, though, I'm deciding between three songs. Will send today or tomorrow.
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Yeah, not sure what to send. Will probably send something on a whim later today.
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Yeah I figured.
I'll send when I'm able to.
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425: Anderson/Stolt – Invention
This was the disney/mickey mouse song :lol
I dunno how, because I really dug that Flower Kings song and this has 2 of the same band members. I guess the vocals ruin it for me, but it’s not only that, the music is very disney-esque in a very offputting way, I mean I love happy music but not like this. I gotta give you this though, it did actually make me LOL, probably not the reaction you wanted but that’s life for you I guess.
It doesn’t help that it’s nearly 10 minutes in length either, I mean, it does get better towards the end, if only ever so slightly, but I have to get through nearly 7 minutes of not-so-enjoyable music to get there. Sorry, complete miss here.
:eek That's the legendary Jon Anderson! I don't know, I really liked the vocals on this album if for no other reason than because it's awesome that, in 2016, his voice is still almost as good as it was on the vintage Yes albums 40+ years ago.
Ah well. I guess I'm done. Crown = undefended. But I am going to throw a Hail Mary this time (sticking with my originally planned round 7 song) just to see.
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What? The same guy that sung on Yes' Fragile? I really liked that album but on this song the vocals just have this jolly feel that puts me off or something.
Looking forward to the hail mary tho
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Spanish Sahara is a pretty average Foals song tbh fam manen
uFail
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Sent the best song.
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Cleared my inbox as much as possible and unless people spam my PM we should be good, can receive like 17 more messages or something.
For the remaining 6 people who need to send, you got an entire week so no real hurry at all. Don't forget about it though, as the thread will probably drop to the 2nd page quite quickly. I want to start listening when I get back!
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Sent the best song.
And we danced all night to the best song ever ::)
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What? The same guy that sung on Yes' Fragile? I really liked that album but on this song the vocals just have this jolly feel that puts me off or something.
Looking forward to the hail mary tho
Yeah, that's Jon Anderson! He's just 71 instead of 27. I thought his voice sounded amazingly similar to how it does on classic Yes (much more than most rock singers' would at that age), which is why I'm surprised you were so put-off by them. But oh well.
Hail Mary on the way.
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Sent. Have fun, Train.
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What? The same guy that sung on Yes' Fragile? I really liked that album but on this song the vocals just have this jolly feel that puts me off or something.
Looking forward to the hail mary tho
Yeah, that's Jon Anderson! He's just 71 instead of 27. I thought his voice sounded amazingly similar to how it does on classic Yes (much more than most rock singers' would at that age), which is why I'm surprised you were so put-off by them. But oh well.
Hail Mary on the way.
71, wow, that's impressive. Not a fan of that song at all but he has my respect
Sent. Have fun, Train.
:metal
I'm off for realz now guys, bye
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I will get around to sending in the next 24 hours honest.
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Sent some powerful shit!!
Looking forward to your reaction to this :biggrin:
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I still have no clue of what to send :corn
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Harsh noise tbh
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Have fun Train. I don't remember if I sent but I'll send anyway
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I havent fully kept track of it all but pretty sure you havent sent yet, same goes for sacul and idk anout the rest.
Youve had like a week to think about it :lol I really want them tomorrow at latest
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Sent chamber prog.
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I just came home to a full set of 12 songs this morning, you guys make life worthwhile
Did anyone say hangmanen?
___________ - _____ __ ___________
__ ___ - ___
___ - _____ _____ ____
____ _ ____ ____ - _____ __ __ ____
________ _____ - __ ____ ____, _ __ _______
_____ ___ - ________ __ _________
_____________ - ________
____________ - _______
_________ - ______________
??? _____ _______ - _____ __ __, _____ __ ____
_________ - ___ ____ ___ ___ ________
_____ ______ - _________ __ ___ _____ __________
I might start today but I'm not sure yet, really tired right now and I still have a lot of other things planned. If not, I'll surely pump in a good amount of listens this weekend and will aim to get results up like 5 days from now, maybe 6 as there's a lot of long songs, with some of you getting in that 11+ minute song before they (possibly) get cut.
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I suppose iamthemorning is there somewhere.
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A
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Luoto waits 3
Letters guessed: A
_a______a__ - _____ __ _______a___
__ _a_ - ___
___ - __a__ _a___ ____
_a__ A ____ ____ - _____ __ __ ____
________ _____ - __ ____ _a__, _ A_ _a_____
_____ ___ - ________ __ _a_______
iamthemorning - ________
___a___a____ - _______
_________ - ______________
??? ___a_ ___a___ - _____ __ __, ___a_ __ ____
_________ - ___ ____ A__ ___ ________
_____ ______ - _________ __ ___ ___a_ A___a_____
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B :neverusethis:
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What ??? means?
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You have to guess who sent that song, just that one
Bolsters waits 3
Luoto waits 2
Letters guessed: AB :neverusethis:
_a____b_a__ - _____ __ _____b_a___
__ _a_ - ___
___ - __a__ _a___ ____
_a__ A ____ ____ - _____ __ __ ____
________ _____ - __ ____ Ba__, _ A_ _a_____
_____ ___ - ________ __ _a_______
iamthemorning - ________
___a___a____ - _______
_________ - ______________
??? ___a_ ___a___ - B____ __ __, B__a_ __ ____
_________ - ___ ____ A__ ___ ________
_____ B_____ - _________ __ ___ ___a_ A___a_____
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Gimme dat E, yo.
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Gallowbraid - Stone of Remembrance
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Scorpion waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Luoto waits 1
Letters guessed: ABE
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _a_ - ___
___ - __a__ _a___ ____
_a_e A ___e ___e - __e_e __ __ ____
___e____ ___e_ - __ ___e Ba__, _ A_ _a_____
_____ ___ - ______e_ __ _a___e___
iamthemorning - _____e__
___a___a____ - E______
_e_e____e - _e____________
??? __ea_ __ea_e_ - B____ _e __, B_ea_ _e ____
_________ - __e __e_ A__ __e _e______
_____ B_____ - ____e__e_ __ __e __ea_ A___a____e
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Have A Nice Life - There Is No Food
Google told me, hah
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Uh... Dream Theater - Build Me Up, Break Me Down? :lol
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U
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So much for the 'no vowels' pact some of you had going
Parama waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Letters guessed: ABEU
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _a_ - ___
_u_ - __a__ _a___ ____
Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
___e____ ___e_ - __ ___e Ba__, _ A_ _a_____
_____ ___ - U_____e_ __ _a___e___
iamthemorning - _____e__
___a___a__u_ - E____u_
_e_e____e - _e______u_____
_____a___ - __a_____
_________ - __e __e_ A__ __e _e__u_u_
____u B_____ - ____e__e_ __ __e __ea_ A___a____e
BMU,BMD is correct and I replaced it with their real submission
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iamthemorning was sent by Sacul, obviously
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And you sent this :P
Have A Nice Life - There Is No Food
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The last artist is dimmu borgir
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And you sent this :P
Have A Nice Life - There Is No Food
What makes you think that? ;p
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The last artist is dimmu borgir
Progenies of the Great Apocalypse!
oh, it has been a while since I've heard that one :lol
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Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
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though someone guess a letter though, preferably the D
Also I guess since we're close enough to the final rounds now I'll reveal that round 8 will be scored out of 5 instead of 10, round 9 is a bit different but will be about the same, so shifts in standings from next round results up until the EP final will be harder than normal.
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Where is mine?
D
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why are you making two rounds randomly worth less, what if i was saving my best stuff for rounds 8 and 9, rude
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I doubt you saved your best stuff for now but if you do, round 9 can make a big difference.
But I did it because I somehow formatted the rounds so that no one is getting cut between rounds 7 and the final, so if I didnt give the #1 a lead over the others in the EP round based on their score it would render these 2 rounds useless. But instead of doing that I do give them a lead like I did in my v1 but slightly different, and it has to somewhat reflect their performance in the whole roulette so round 8 isn't going to make a big difference. Again, round 9 still can, I'll make sure everyone knows about round 9 after round 7 results. /pointlessfluff
Time to give splent the D
splent waits 3
Parama waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: ABDEU
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _a_ - ___
_u_ - __a__ _a___ ____
Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
___e____ ___e_ - __ ___e Ba__, _ A_ _a_____
_____ ___ - U_____ed __ _a___e___
iamthemorning - _____e__
___a___a__u_ - E____u_
_e_e____e - De______u_____
_____a___ - D_a_____
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
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What about some T?
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Tomislav waits 3
splent waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: ABDETU
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _a_ - ___
_u_ - __a__ _a___ ____
Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
___e____ ___e_ - __ ___e Ba__, _ A_ _a_t___
_____ ___ - U_t_t_ed __ _a___e_t_
iamthemorning - ____te__
_t_at__a__u_ - E____u_
_e_e____e - De____t_u_t___
____ta___ - D_a_____
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
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What about some T?
I prefer some C though
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Sigur Ros - Untitled #3
Possibly sent by Sacul??
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It's indeed an epics round by the looks of it...
Stratovarius - Elysium
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Sigur Ros - Untitled #3
Possibly sent by Sacul??
Sacul's song was already guessed and it's the iamthemorning one. For convenience I'll add who sent what if it got guessed, totally not copying Parama.
What about some T?
I prefer some C though
we can arrange that
home waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
splent waits 1
Letters guessed: ABCDETU
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _a_ - ___
_u_ - __a__ _a___ ____
Elite: Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
___e____ ___e_ - __ C__e Bac_, _ A_ _a_t___
Sigur Ros - Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)
Sacul: iamthemorning - ____te__
Stratovarius - Elysium
_e_e____e - Dec___t_uct___
____ta___ - D_a_____
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
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Gimme an R.
Also Elysium is fucking awesome, easily my favourite Stratovarius song.
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It's indeed an epics round by the looks of it...
Stratovarius - Elysium
Great guess. Elysium is mine.
Sacul's song is Monsters.
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okkervil river - so come back, i am waiting
also i thought the second one could be mum but i can't find a song name that fits for them
the song name under stratovarius is deconstruction, also
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Nevermore - Deconstruction
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i thought the second one could be mum but i can't find a song name that fits for them
That's because this is an icelandic song title, most of the titles online have been translated to english on streaming programmes and youtube etc.
Scorp waits 3
home waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
Letters guessed: ABCDERTU
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _a_ - ___
múm - _ra__ _a___ ____
Elite: Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
Okkervil River - So Come Back, I Am Waiting
Sigur Ros - Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)
Sacul: iamthemorning - Monsters
Stratovarius - Elysium
Nevermore - Deconstruction
____ta__r - D_a_____
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
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OH LOL
mum - Grasi vaxin göng
which is just, freaking green grass of tunnel in icelandic :lol
tbh listening to this version and the vocals fit more when they're in icelandic so that was probably a good call
also btw it's not that the song titles were translated or anything, they actually made two versions of the album
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There's three songs in Icelandic, actually. Nice round.
Sólstafir - Djákninn
Guessing letters is kinda hard now, but gimme the L :P
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V
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There's three songs in Icelandic, actually. Nice round.
Sólstafir - Djákninn
Guessing letters is kinda hard now, but gimme the L :P
I remember reading about Sólstafir in Metal Hammer magazine a few years ago. Still haven't gotten around to listening to them. Might rectify that tonight, they sounded interesting and pretty unusual.
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Well I don't know who said it earlier because luoto's post is edited but there's no V in the 2nd title anyway so I'll do both
also btw it's not that the song titles were translated or anything, they actually made two versions of the album
I had a feeling, good thing I didn't let my ignorance take over, ignoring the original link and just adding the song on spotify (which only has the english). I'm smart like that
Letters guessed: ABCDELRTUV
Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
__ _al - ___
múm - Grasi Vaxin Gong
Elite: Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
Okkervil River - So Come Back, I Am Waiting
Sigur Ros - Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)
Sacul: iamthemorning - Monsters
Stratovarius - Elysium
Nevermore - Deconstruction
Solstafir - Djakninn
Nightwish - The Poet and the Pendulum
Dimmu Borgir - Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
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I remember reading about Sólstafir in Metal Hammer magazine a few years ago. Still haven't gotten around to listening to them. Might rectify that tonight, they sounded interesting and pretty unusual.
I suggest starting with Ótta and working your way backwards.
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I remember reading about Sólstafir in Metal Hammer magazine a few years ago. Still haven't gotten around to listening to them. Might rectify that tonight, they sounded interesting and pretty unusual.
I suggest starting with Ótta and working your way backwards.
Cheers dude, may well get on that.
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umm so, the last one is M83 - Ok Pal and Train got the artist/song confused
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Train of Confusion
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Ok Pal
Is it sunday? Tidbits tomorrow, results wednesday? Ok pals?
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Ok, pal
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Okcomputer
Added a poll, The Train of Naught Survivor round 1
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it's actually really funny, replace me with you and shadow ninja with lordcost and you have my roulette playerlist
guess the roulette group isn't very big atm :lol
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Haha yeah we lack newbies, most of the people on the waiting list are people that have already hosted one before too. Though not ones I've participated in before except for SN2.
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wow do people think train is gonna give me like a 0 or something :corn
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Ordinarily, I'd probably vote for myself on a poll like this, but frankly I think my song this time deserves a very good score. :P
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I wish I had the option to vote for myself
oh wait i do
but i already voted parama and apparently cant change my vote this poll is garbage
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Didn't even notice Train of Naught was an option. I need to change my vote.
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i am pretty sure i will get cut though, because train doesn't like the same atmospheric music i like and like 4 minutes of my entry are holding on a really cool intense jam too so there's that but goddamn can i not get it out of my head
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Parama, I have to outscore you by four points for it to even be possible for you to be cut.
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uhh, i only have to be slightly outscored by two people to get cut, and one of them is elite, who has a bonus point still to earn :lol
and i have zero confidence, as always, because train seems to be rng scores or it feels like it sometimes :P
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There's 3 people right now I'm 100% sure will make the finals, one of them has sent the best song of the roulette and I seriously doubt it will get topped
I will sleep now omg
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yeah, whoever sent samskeyti is ballin' right now tbh, i can't believe i missed that sigur ros weren't banned
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uhh, i only have to be slightly outscored by two people to get cut, and one of them is elite, who has a bonus point still to earn :lol
Of course. For a moment I thought this was your roulette. And even then, what I said makes no sense. :lol
Basically don't pay attention to anything I say for like the next three weeks at least.
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are you in a perpetual state of drunkenness for the next three weeks?
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I've been living in my parents' house all summer and will for three more weeks, so from a psychological perspective, yes.
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There's 3 people right now I'm 100% sure will make the finals, one of them has sent the best song of the roulette and I seriously doubt it will get topped
I will sleep now omg
Home's This is the time (yes, aawesome song) is still best song of roulette or you got better one in this round?
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Oh no, this is even better! It's not a 10 (yet) but for sure 9.5-9.75 material
Anyway I'll post tidbits somewhere today, maybe in an hour, maybe in 10 hours, but consider it a Train of Naught guarantee. For a change, I'd like to post 12 tidbits, so even all the people I will brutally cut from the roulette will have something to look forward to :tup
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Oh no, this is even better! It's not a 10 (yet) but for sure 9.5-9.75 material
I didn't expect you'd like my song that much :neverusethis:
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if you turn 9.5 upside down, it turns into 5.6
which is the score i'm getting :corn
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Actually it's 2.6 upside down, and that's more accurate for your song anyway so :corn
OK want some tidbits?
I’m not exactly sure how and why but this song has hit me so hard emotionally and it’s the best thing this roulette has offered so far!
This was one of the safest entries of the whole roulette, based on an earlier submission, but it works cause it’s a great song so who cares
Despite liking some of it, I don’t think this genre is for me, based on this song among a few others I recently heard
One part is extremely similar to the chorus of Lonely Island’s “Jack Sparrow“ :lol love it.
I didn’t know this band did metalcore aswell? That’s interesting
I like the ominous vibe throughout but most of this songs riffs and vocal melodies just bore me, probably my least favorite of your submissions so far unfortunately
Can’t help but feel this song is a bit unbalanced, great atmosphere overall ruined by a few moments
Don’t remember this band sounding like this at all, it has some very cool aspects to it but it's a lot to take in
I really wish I’d like this more, it’s a very pretty song but not doing a whole lot for me
This has such an interesting atmosphere, can’t really compare it to anything I listen to but it’s just majestic
Man this gives me chills, I’m not completely sold but this kind of music is starting to intrigue me
In the perfect setting I would probably like this better but something about the vocals I find a bit offputting right now
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The second one could definitely be in reference to my submission, but I think perhaps not because it's too obvious. :justjen
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I like the ominous vibe throughout but most of this songs riffs and vocal melodies just bore me, probably my least favorite of your submissions so far unfortunately
I kinda think that this is mine, unfortunately. Ominous describes the song pretty damn well, and - for reasons that are beyond me - people have described the riffs and melodies to be somewhat boring. I hope I'm wrong, and if I'm not, then I hope that it's still enough for me to go through. Fingers crossed.
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8/12 could be about my song but I'll pretend this is it :corn
I’m not exactly sure how and why but this song has hit me so hard emotionally and it’s the best thing this roulette has offered so far!
Btw, do I get bonus point for strings and brass?
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Yes you do, pretty sure everyone has gotten all three bonus points after this round.
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Noice.
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6th one is me :corn
Also the first one is samskeyti
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going over them all because I die
1. would be nice but probably not
2. no
3. no
4. I have no clue probably not???
5. no
6. probably tbh
7. maybe
8. no
9. also likely
10. maybe
11. maybe but you already kinda listen to some music like this anyways so
12. no
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Interesting guesses so far :corn
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#10 or #11 is mine.
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I think possibly #8 for me. I know you said you'd seen this band open for Korn or something years ago so this could work. If not then I hope it's the 'majestic' one :biggrin:
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I am an entity of eternal dread
I may send you an EP anyways even if I get cut tho that's really all I want to do who needs winning
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Yeah making an EP for sacul's roulette final was probably the most fun I've had in these, it's a lot more fun to me when you have to put a bit of effort into creating a selection of songs that work together instead of just sending good songs.
On a side note, I might just have the time to finish writeups today, so who knows, maybe today is the last day of the Train roulette for 7 of you, hectic enough?
EDIT: I know what I'll do. I'll start with the writeups that I know are going to be by the bottom placed participants and work my way up, if I can settle on the scores I know who will be eliminated and I'll try to post the bottom 7 participants by the end of the day so that the top 5 know who they are and they can start thinking about their next song(s), if I'm lucky I'll have the top 5 writeups done today aswell but it's more likely to be tomorrow.
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Just end my misery
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Just end my misery
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I have 5 and a half of the 7 write-ups done (yes, I've already established the top 5 by now) but it's really starting to feel like a chore right now, I'll hold off for about an hour and then finish the last one and a half, maybe make dinner inbetween. Expect part 1 of the results in like 2 to 3 hours.
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Just end my misery
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Round 7 results (part 1)
Hype!! Okay in case anyone missed it, to keep everyone happy I decided to deliver results today, but I wouldn't have time for all the writeups so I decided to get the ones out from the people that sadly didn't make the finals, the bottom 7 participants. So if your song is in here you've unfortunately been eliminated from the competition and this is the last time I'll be rating your song. If not, you can start thinking about your round 8 song (open round), but don't send yet because I have something to announce (round 9) tomorrow, and it may influence your entry.
I ranked the writeups from last to first, the bottom writeup being for the #6 player, the top 5 of the first 7 rounds will be revealed tomorrow as this round closes and the final 3 rounds will kick off, happy reading and of course, nothing personal if you're out! 7 people had to go after this round.
(#12) Splent: M83 – Ok Pal
Something I haven’t really gotten much from you, or anyone else for that matter. Was wondering whether this electro-pop/synthpop kinda music would make its return. Despite liking some of it, I don’t think this musical direction is for me, based on this song among a few others I recently heard. What makes me say that is that despite liking this a fair bit on first listen, the synths are a bit repetitive but they’re not too distracting, and the vocals are pretty neat, it doesn’t look like it has much staying power.
Yeah I’m still kinda the same, not really a fan. I checked out that CHVRCHES album on my vacation, and I think you nailed the song choice for that one, The Mother We Share was easily my favorite and I didn’t connect with any of the songs on that album nearly as much. It just had the perfect chorus, being uplifting, fun and catchy. Neither this M83 song or any of the others in the sorta-same genre have sparked those same feelings with me.
But I did get my enjoyment out of it for sure, it’s just, like I said, that it’s been going on a slow decline as the round went on, and it’s still a fine little song, but not nearly enough to get you through. :/
6.75/10
Don’t know whether you had any expectations in this one, judging by the first roulette and my quick parting in your roulette. But there have been some really solid round for you, definitely going to be looking further into Sonata Arctica and might give CHVRCHES another shot soon aswell. On top of which, Chicago seemed like a really fun band among a few others, so your participation has definitely not gone to waste, cheers!
(tied for #10) Evermind: Stratovarius - Elysium
So between the chill, the atmospheric and the depressing, here we have this 18 minute powermetal monsters waiting for me, I can’t stress how I excited I’ve been to hear this. :lol
And I guess it’s barring the progpower side of the powermetal spectrum, it’s not the kind with fast predictable drum beats and ‘nutgrabbing vocals‘. But rather just some good heavy metal instrumentation with a singer as talented as the average powermetal vocalist, meaning one of the best of its kind that I ever heard. Right as we get in the song with the first chorus-like section (honestly I feel like there’s more than 1 chorus but I guess the length causes that) it sounds extremely similar to the chorus of Lonely Island’s “Jack Sparrow“ :lol I love it.
I seriously do. It’s a great massive explosion of symphonic orchestration and epic soaring vocals and it’s far from the only thing that I like about this song. There’s great solos, cool signature powermetal instrumentals, cheesy lyrics about opening doors and great theme reprisals, which should be a given for songs of this magnitude because who the hell doesn’t love their favorite themes being reprised? For that reason I think the finale, similar to the Nightwish song, is my favorite part of this grand entry.
Seems like the guys from Stratovarius and Helloween could help eachother out greatly. While Helloween is keeping seven keys, the guys from Stratovarius seem to be looking for just one key, why don’t they just make a deal? Eh, there’s probably hundreds of other powermetal bands looking for the same key anyway so that could be the issue.
I wish you would’ve gone with the powermetal route, even if it would’ve perhaps been a bit too much for me at times, could’ve been interesting and I’ll check out the Helloween tune someday anyways, for the heck of it.
8.5/10
Despite some average scores here and there and you being disappointed in my revolutionized superior musical tastes I’ve gotten some awesome songs/bands from you. Some great heavy bands in Anciients and ReVamp, aswell as my personal favorite after the fact (I realize that it doesn’t have the highest score of your songs but right now I feel like it’s my favorite) being the beautiful relaxing Arstidir song. And well you ended off with one of the most powerful epics I’ve heard in a few months at least. I did expect this to not go as smoothly as the first roulette as my tastes have changed quite a bit since, but it wasn’t a wasted effort for sure! Good riddance :neverusethis:
(tied for #10) 425: Nightwish – The Poet and the Pendulum
I like how you, compared to other participants, have a more select collection of music you send, but it keeps me entertained nonetheless. I’m familiar with Nightwish of course, I even received them in the v1, from you, but this is something else entirely. I Want My Tears Back was a fairly straightforward female-fronted rocker, and this is a 14-minute grandiose epic.
And like you correctly assumed, the standardly structured parts remind me of Amaranth and it’s pretty good, I like the chorus especially. But it is when the song takes this really dramatic epic turn that I really start to take interest in it. A very proggy epic all around with great symphonic elements and a very theatric feel overall. Like most songs of this magnitude we have the obligatory calm sections, and they’re pretty sweet here. I really dug the harsh vocals too, did not know Nightwish did metalcore so that was pretty unexpected :lol but this was pretty interesting. But the finale takes the cake, I’m a sucker for great endings and this song nails it.
On my last day of listening and I still feel the same about this. There’s something about the overall symphonic metal scene that somehow puts me off. Maybe it’s the overused symphonic synths? Nah, I listen to Xerath so that can’t be it. Maybe the predictable heavy metal riffing? Maybe, but here it’s all awesomely blended together. The vocals are exactly how I like them. She’s not too dominant in the verses even though the vocals are almost isolated, and the chorus is chock-full of great melodies with solid backing vocals (or double-tracked in the studio, don’t know). Everything else I feel like I’ve already pointed out, love the dramatic ending, love the calm section and love the return to pace with the metalcore screams. Overall one of your best songs so far, if not the best, way to make use of the hail mary dude.
8.75 (+ 1.0) = 9.75/10
There goes my roulette champion :lol unfortunately. Sorry I gave you such a hard time here, I think we both realized that you were going through this competition with a slightly restricted band pool than others, and already having participated in the first installation only just over half a year ago doesn’t help in that regard either. Despite all this, you seemed to be in the running for a potential final spot until the end, even though it may have looked like a bigger gap if you looked at the bonus points other people had over you. Anderson/Stolt pretty much killed the opportunity of advancing to the finals I feel, and the Neal Morse Band song got you off to a bit of a weak start aswell, but I’m glad to have had you in this second roulette of mine, mainly having convinced me that I have to get off my lazy ass and get to some of the bands you had already sent me but didn’t realize how good they actually were, like Nightwish and Death Cab For Cutie. Also found good enjoyment in Rush (though I likely won’t obsess over them since I simply am not fond of Geddy), The Flower Kings and Pure Reason Revolution. If you ever decide to host another roulette (probably not anytime soon) I’ll be there!
(#9) Shadow Ninja 2.0: múm – Grasi Vaxin Gong (Green Green Grass of Tunnel)
I didn’t think you would be able to do it but you pumped through all the bonus points in these last rounds. :P
I’ve seen this name around a couple of times but don’t know where. Icelandic music really seems to have the same relaxing folky vibe most of the time, but not this one. Rather, this sounds more dreamy. The vocals, fortunately, they fit with the music perfectly even though there’s something about them I can’t put my finger on. But I don’t know whether I’m much of a fan of this kind of music. It’s solid enough, and I don’t have a problem listening to it and enjoying myself, but nothing more. Sounds like something I would put on for the same reasons I would with ambient, but apparently I like the ambient I’ve been sent so far better than múm. In the perfect setting I would probably like this better but something about the vocals I find a bit offputting right now. I don’t know what it is precisely but the pitch feels unnaturally peaceful to me or something. It’s still a beautiful little track and I might check out this band eventually because it’s a pretty unique style and an interesting approach, setting themselves apart from all the other scandinavian relax-music.
7.25 (+ 1.0) = 8.25/10
With an interesting mix of scores you managed to send two songs that are well up in my top roulette songs, so I’ve got nothing to complain. A few misses are easily outweighed by two fantastic songs and a few other great and good ones. Will surely be checking out Caladan Brood and Fair To Midland for starters, on top of which some other good entries including Dark Tranquility and múm here. Over both my roulettes you have managed to send a lot of great songs and I appreciated every single one of them, even the oyup I didn't like as much. :tup
(#8) Twosuitsluke: Dimmu Borgir – Progenies of the Great Apocalypse
So this feels like a mindfuck. I know for sure I’ve seen this band live and I had an idea of what they sounded like and in my head it was this satanic blackmetal band. I don’t remember them sounding like this at all, especially with all the symphonic elements and the almost alternative-like vocals in the chorus. But it’s a very cool blend of genres, has very good lead guitars even though they don’t really show them off in the foreground of the music, and this huge movie score vibe. As you can tell by my descriptions it has some cool aspects to it but it’s a LOT to take in.
Yeah you guessed it correctly, the 8th tidbits was yours. After numerous listens I still have a hard time describing whats going on at times but the important thing is I don’t just wipe it off my sleeve, I’m genuinely intrigued by all of it. In the end what matters the most is the journey and how I feel about the song when I’m listening to it, and the journey is goood. I mean, it should be obvious that the hardest part to get into for a blackmetal-rookie like me is those extremely altered harsh vocals in the verse, he almost sounds like an extraterrestrial, or a demon or something. :lol Guess I wasn’t too far off by thinking they made satanic music. This sounds like a song the band has thrown in everything they’re about, with all kinds of elements from different styles they incorporate in their music, like the Octavarium of Dream Theater? (not really a fan of that song, just comparing) Their magnum opus. And it might just be enough to pull you over to the finals.
I gotta say that whichever way this ends up, you should know that it’s a good thing I gave this round the time it needed, one or two listens less and I would still have scratched my head over half the song and probably given it a lackluster 7/10 or something, meaning that it was an interesting tune but I had no real grasp on it.
8.25/10
Filled in the scores and turns out you’re parting the competition coming in at #8, unfortunately. Even for me it was a very tight race to watch but as one of the newcomers you’ve had a very good run if I may say so. Some cool bands that I otherwise would never have found in Chthonic and to some extent Capdown, though I’m not likely to pull through with that. Apart from those, obviously lots of great stuff from bands I just needed a tiny bit of proof from to win me over like Oceans of Slumber, The Fall of Troy and In Flames. And that one band I never tought I would like in this final round to close it off of course, this will all keep me busy for good amounts of time, cheers!
(#7) Home: Sigur Ros – Untitled #3 (Samskeyti)
Seems like a lot of people are going into this last regular round with something laid-back. And my long anticipated re-entry of Sigur Ros finally makes its appearance, and with a song I’ve seen nothing but praise for.
It also looks like some people are guessing that this is my choice for best song of the roulette, which I announced before was in this round, but they’re wrong. I really wish I would like this more, it’s a very pretty song but not doing a whole lot for me. It has the kind of repetitiveness that I don’t mind at all, I like how it builds up to a beautiful not too impactful climax and ends very subtly, but it is the type of thing that really has to ‘click‘ with me to fully appreciate it.
I can see why people love this song and I think this is the one that people have been sending in past roulettes a lot to convince others to check out Sigur Ros too. But during my final listen now I still can’t say it’s above average. First I thought maybe I would’ve enjoyed a song including vocals by this band more, like the one that was sent in my first roulette (I actually forgot the name of it and never checked it out again since). I will probably get on that, but as it is I really wish to get into the band but it feels like an instrumental that I would like more if it was connecting the songs surrounding it in the context of the full album. Still not a bad song by any means, I just think it’s lost potential because it has a really beautiful atmosphere and I can’t help but feel something is missing.
7.25/10
With probably the most back and forth progression of all the participants you managed to slip into the top 5 during the last few rounds and bounce right out at the very end, sadly. :( In the end it probably came down to the Funky Duck song :lol which is a shame because it’s one of those songs that could’ve turned out really well, or atleast 7/10 worthy if it rubbed me the right way. Anyway, I found a lot of enjoyment in most of your songs, Pink Floyd, Nothing More, Agent Fresco and Slowdive just to name a few. Golden Hair has actually grown out to be one of the songs I tend to go back to the most and is slowly becoming one of my favorites of the roulette. Yeah, you had some of the best calm/relaxing music of anyone here, and still managed to deliver with an alternative/progmetal tune that is currently my #2 of the roulette in This Is The Time (Ballast), so definitely no effort gone to waste here, great performance! :tup
(#6) Sacul: iamthemorning – Monsters
Ah, classic Sacul. In the (potentially) last round of the roulette and still introducing me to genres I never heard before. What the hell is progressive chambermusic? Anyway there’s something about the echoed style of the vocals that really sparks my interest, apart from the vocalist being supertalented there’s just that it-factor or something. This has such an interesting atmosphere, can’t really compare it to anything I listen to but it’s just majestic.
The dramatic intro really drew me in from the first second and continues to on consecutive listens. Despite the standard song structure I’m able to discover new shit about the song on every listen. There’s also the catchiness factor to it in the chorus with that majestic falsetto. The same way that for harsh vocals in the doom/blackmetal scene excel for me when they blend in with the music, this does that too, but it’s something that I don’t see a lot with clean vocals. I get the same sense of emotion from this.
8.5/10
Despite ending in great fashion – and I genuinely thought this would be enough to pull you through to the finals, it was Elite’s final bonus point that just got the edge over you for the 5th spot. Comparing to your performance in the first roulette, I think I liked you better this time around. Since there weren’t as many obvious holes in my banned list I got to see a little less predictable (Porcupine Tree, Destiny Potato, DMM :P) side of your music and it offered some great music, mostly in the ‘beautiful‘ and ‘calm‘ sections. I may have just slipped into the finals in your roulette, and that’s probably why it sucks so much to kick you out of here over such a small point deficit. But it is what it is and I’m glad you were a part of this because you showed me a lot of cool stuff. Thanks!
So here's what the standings look like right now without the top 5:
6: Sacul: 49.5 + 8.5 = 58
7: Home: 50.5 + 7.25 = 57.75
8: Twosuitsluke: 49.0 + 8.25 = 57.25
9: Shadow Ninja 2.0: 48.75 + 8.25 = 57.0
10: 425: 46.5 + 9.75 = 56.25
10: Evermind: 47.75 + 8.5 = 56.25
12: Splent: 47.5 + 6.75 = 54.25
I hereby welcome Scorpion, Parama, Elite, Tomislav and Bolsters to the finals! (they're named in completely random order, don't bother guessing :P)
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If you ever host another roulette, I'm sending you power metal only. Seriously.
Which Helloween tune you're going to check out? Halloween or Keeper of the Seven Keys? :biggrin:
Hey, 425, you don't get a better place than me this time. Last time you were what, first and I was second?
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Wow, almost made it to the finals. ;D I really enjoyed playing in this roulette! Thanks! Be sure to check out Nothing More's self titled album sometime, I'm sure you'll like it if you like This is the time.
Funky Duck should have scored higher though :lol
but it is the type of thing that really has to ‘click‘ with me to fully appreciate it.
I can completely understand this! there are quite a number of bands I think I should really be enjoying since they are very popular with fans of bands I really love, but they just don't click somehow.
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Which Helloween tune you're going to check out? Halloween or Keeper of the Seven Keys? :biggrin:
Prooobably Keeper of the Seven Keys, something about those long songs make them almost always rewarding even if they don't exactly 'click' with me, and in almost any case I find myself being interested enough to relisten to get more out of the song.
Hey, 425, you don't get a better place than me this time. Last time you were what, first and I was second?
First it was an 8.25/10 for you, meaning you would end right behind 425 by the slimmest margin yet again :lol
there are quite a number of bands I think I should really be enjoying since they are very popular with fans of bands I really love, but they just don't click somehow.
Makes it even more frustrating with the more popular bands yeah, for me with the people I'm around and the guys I talk with on the internet the biggest offender of this is AAL, everyone's jerking off about these guys but to me it's just technical wankery.
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So, one of us 5 sent best song of the roulette :corn
It's not like I expect it's my song but I look forward to it :tup
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Which Helloween tune you're going to check out? Halloween or Keeper of the Seven Keys? :biggrin:
Prooobably Keeper of the Seven Keys, something about those long songs make them almost always rewarding even if they don't exactly 'click' with me, and in almost any case I find myself being interested enough to relisten to get more out of the song.
Halloween is 13:20, Keeper is 13:38. Check them both. :D
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Must've found a faulty youtube link then because it said Halloween was only like 5 minutes, but yeah I found it now. Apparently they're on the same album? So I may just check out the entire album for the heck of it, why not.
So, one of us 5 sent best song of the roulette :corn
It's not like I expect it's my song but I look forward to it :tup
Not to scare you but the worst song of the round is also between the 5 of you, and obviously it can't be Elite because he wouldn't be in the finals if that were the case. :corn
I'll fire up a new poll because I can
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Must've found a faulty youtube link then because it said Halloween was only like 5 minutes, but yeah I found it now. Apparently they're on the same album? So I may just check out the entire album for the heck of it, why not.
Not quote, Halloween is on Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. I (released in 1987), and the title track is on Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II (1988). I've always considered them to be two different albums, but you can treat it as one big double album if you want. Just don't get the power metal overload. :lol
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Must've found a faulty youtube link then because it said Halloween was only like 5 minutes, but yeah I found it now. Apparently they're on the same album? So I may just check out the entire album for the heck of it, why not.
So, one of us 5 sent best song of the roulette :corn
It's not like I expect it's my song but I look forward to it :tup
Not to scare you but the worst song of the round is also between the 5 of you, and obviously it can't be Elite because he wouldn't be in the finals if that were the case. :corn
I'll fire up a new poll because I can
https://youtu.be/j5-yKhDd64s
but I am
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Wrll, I got at least a 7.75 then
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Mathematically only tomislav's can be the worst and him still make the finals btw soooo
the lowest score so far was like a 6.0 i think and everyone left has at least 58 points after this round
either that or train is bsing us
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I said worst of the round, not worst of the roulette :corn
and i might be shitting u
Must've found a faulty youtube link then because it said Halloween was only like 5 minutes, but yeah I found it now. Apparently they're on the same album? So I may just check out the entire album for the heck of it, why not.
Not quote, Halloween is on Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. I (released in 1987), and the title track is on Keeper of the Seven Keys Pt. II (1988). I've always considered them to be two different albums, but you can treat it as one big double album if you want. Just don't get the power metal overload. :lol
I'll begin with just the two songs then :lol
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Well, it still can't be me bcuz i got ateast 7.75 so :corn
can't be bolsters or elite either
so it's scorp or tomislav anyways
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All fair points. Well it was fun while it lasted and I think most of my risks paid off :biggrin:
The more I participate in these the more I want to host one. Just not 100% I'd be able to dedicate the amount of time needed to host one. Best way to discover new shit though I think.
Dimmu are really awesome but I don't even really like black metal :lol without the orchestral parts I don't think they would do anywhere near as much for me. The drummer on my two favourite Dimmu albums (Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia & Death Cult Armageddon), Nicholas Barker, is a beast!!
I haven't even got all their albums though saying that. Might have to fill in the blanks :metal
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I voted Elite but reading your comment at Sacul it can't be him, you make it sound like Elite has a 58.25 or 58.5 score there which would only be like an 8.0 or 8.25 score with the bonus point
Mmmm math
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You're reading into this waay too much :lol
The participate in these the more I want to host one. Just not 100% I'd be able to dedicate the amount of time needed to host one.
That's the biggest issue for most. I personally combined listening a lot with traveling and work but I realize not everyone has that luxury, writeups actually consume more time for me than the listening because I'm not a native english speaker and surprisingly have a hard time putting my thoughts into words, I'm a way better english-speaker than I am a writer. :lol I had the luck of being up right about when my vacation started, and despite planning activities and other stuff, I'm simply not going to be out 24 hours a day during the vacation so it wasn't hard finding time to listen at all.
Probably won't be doing this anymore for a long time after this one's over though, but I love participating so I'll still be around. :metal
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You're reading into this waay too much :lol
The participate in these the more I want to host one. Just not 100% I'd be able to dedicate the amount of time needed to host one.
That's the biggest issue for most. I personally combined listening a lot with traveling and work but I realize not everyone has that luxury, writeups actually consume more time for me than the listening because I'm not a native english speaker and surprisingly have a hard time putting my thoughts into words, I'm a way better english-speaker than I am a writer. :lol I had the luck of being up right about when my vacation started, and despite planning activities and other stuff, I'm simply not going to be out 24 hours a day during the vacation so it wasn't hard finding time to listen at all.
Probably won't be doing this anymore for a long time after this one's over though, but I love participating so I'll still be around. :metal
I don't think the listening would be too big a problem. I spend a lot of time each week listening to music and am lucky enough to be able to get away with it at work most of the time. I think the write ups, tidbits, hangman (I know I don't HAVE to do those but you know) and keeping the thread active during the whole process would be difficult. Everytime someone starts a new roulette they put their own spin on it which is nice, so I'd put pressure on myself to do that but not make it too convoluted.
If I did it I think you'd all have to put up with shorter write ups than some of you guys write (and I AM a native English speaker) as I struggle to describe (or even understand myself) what it is I like about certain songs :lol
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I'd also like to host one but right now I'm in phase of discovering every album of my favorite bands (because I often just listen to 1 or 2 albums by band and forget to check the others) . Also, I have pretty big wishlist of new bands. And I'm not even sure if my English is good enough to write so much :P
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Yessssss!!!!
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Greetings from Spain :)
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Sorry for that short post above ^
I'm on holiday, and a little 'tipsy', typing this message on my phonr in a hostel in Granada. I honestly wasn't sure whether or not I would make the Finals, but I'm very glad that I did! :)
Apparently the gamble paid off (and the bonus point probably helped too, but everybody got those, so that doesn't really count). It remains to be seen whether or not my song was the best of the roulette so far, but frankly I don't really think it is, because it's an instrumental. Reading the write-ups, it seems like it was a close race indeed. I'll read everything I missed oncr I get access to something other than my phone.
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there is no food is def a great song, fwiw
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I think Solstafir's is the best song and Okkervil River's the worst.
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no, this isn't mike's roulette so I didn't send the best song
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My bet is also on Solstafir's, that's an amazing song, wow!
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I'm still pretty sure train is pulling my leg and he's gonna go "jk Parama is out" when he posts part 2 of the results
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Glad you liked Monsters! Their debut is amazing and definitely gorgeous. Hope you dig it :P
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YES I WON LAST PLACE :neverusethis:
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Well, Train, now I feel a bit bad for calling you simply abysmal in the Iron Maiden survivor thread! :lol Though not really because you called my two favorite songs the two worst songs left. But you liked The Poet and the Pendulum! So that earns you major points, since I love it.
I'm honestly quite happy to leave it at this, even though it means my title goes undefended. I don't know what I would have send in two more rounds and an EP. I'm sure I would have found something, but I think it's better to go out with a band on the big epic.
And I feel that my work is done since you I've gotten you to give Death Cab and Nightwish both a second look. Just a note, Nightwish's later albums have very little in the way of synths—it's almost all the real orchestra. Their first four are synth heavy and have pretty much no real orchestra, but later on it becomes mostly genuine orchestra, choir, everything with synths only sometimes playing a big role.
I'm not sure I'd put Marco's vocals strictly into the core box, though he certainly has that kind of edge to his voice at times. Basically he's just their male vocalist who they use both for harsher sections and for sections where they need a deeper voice. You've already heard him before this round, in fact—he sings most of the choruses in I Want My Tears Back.
As far as your quick point about predictable heavy riffing, that would definitely be one of my major criticisms of Nightwish (they're one of my favorite bands, but even so, still have some criticisms). I would say they're not a band you listen to for the guitar work. Tuomas (the songwriter) definitely uses the guitar as just one component of a larger composition rather than the main attraction like in a lot of metal. The result is that the guitarist does sometimes get stuck doing some pretty uninteresting stuff that's more for texture than anything (kind of like the role that synth players sometimes get stuck in), while the orchestra parts or the vocals are the main focus. I understand why it's done and do find it to be kind of a novel attitude in the metal genre, and it's not something that bothers me. But I do sometimes wish there was a little more going on with the guitar. They also have very few guitar solos, though they absolutely make them count when they do have them (Ghost Love Score, Walking in the Air, Sleeping Sun). Still, that minor criticism aside, very good band that you should definitely check out! :tup
A few more things:
I like how you, compared to other participants, have a more select collection of music you send, but it keeps me entertained nonetheless.
Lol that's because I don't have that much music and take forever to check new things out :lol
Hence:
If you ever decide to host another roulette (probably not anytime soon) I’ll be there![/i]
Yeah my second roulette is probably going to take place on the backend of forever or something. Good to see people are catching on to this being a whole "might happen forever from now" thing.
Hey, 425, you don't get a better place than me this time. Last time you were what, first and I was second?
I do recall that happening, yes! Maybe next time you'll finally beat me. :P
Anyway, happy the Hail Mary was at least something you liked, Train! Not too worried about you not liking Neal or Jon Anderson so much, those are definitely cup of tea things. You might find that The Flower Kings really aren't your cup of tea either outside of a few songs, or maybe not, I don't know. Best of luck to everyone remaining, even Parama!
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ehy u wanna go kddd
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I ended up infront of Sacul who has 58 so that means I got at minimum 8.25 for the Gallowbraid song. Not bad, and it did what I had hoped - it got me through.
I should probably start thinking about what to send in my EP one day.
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Story about Nightwish and other stuff
I bet it was intentional the way the guitars are mostly used for the rhythm and don't have much leads, bands do it but it's something I'm more used to in like shoegaze or something where they literally just slam powerchords most of the time. I don't have anything against it though it just caught my attention and it's something that has put me off with other bands, had no problem with it here.
Well, Train, now I feel a bit bad for calling you simply abysmal in the Iron Maiden survivor thread! :lol Though not really because you called my two favorite songs the two worst songs left. But you liked The Poet and the Pendulum! So that earns you major points, since I love it.
I have missed that entirely! :lol I don't visit the IM survivors much after I voted, but yeah over it's all in jest, when I say shit like "Battery is obviously way worse than Orion and anyone that doesn't agree with me is wrong" it's just the P/S attitude, everyone likes voicing their opinion in the worst way possible and it's pretty funny. :lol jakepriest and Dream Team know what's up.
I'll post the remaining 5 writeups right now, because I had been working on them yesterday aswell when their respective songs came up and actually just held on to them because I said I would.
Round 7 results part 2
Elite: Have a Nice Life – There Is No Food
I have seen this band and album up on your top 50 albums list pretty high and I know you’ve taken an appeal towards this over the years but before going into this I must say that I still have my doubts about ambient in general.
My first thoughts on this are that it sounds like a deep sea journey or something, I always have get that deep sea feeling from very distant ambient music but I can never quite put into words how I feel about it. But the overall vibe, man this gives me chills, I’m still not completely sold but ambient as a whole is starting to intrigue me more.
Listening to this, after it’s over I start to ask myself what’s so good about it, but then realize that there’s no need for that. I mean, I like what I’m hearing so why question it? This sure has started to grow on me and I feel like the lack of a really big climax is fine, that’s overly predictable and not suited for this song. Going into this I didn’t expect to like it more than the This Will Destroy You tune because that was already pretty good but yeah this has definitely convinced me to check out some more ambient.
8.0 (+ 1.0) = 9.0/10
Scorpion: Nevermore – Deconstruction
This is not really doing much for me, sounds like very standard metal riffage with some good-but-not-great vocals. The vocals in the verses remind me of Devin Townsend, they’re pretty enjoyable and add a very ominous vibe throughout that I like, but most of this songs riffs and vocal melodies just bore me.
I have no idea what the consensus is about this band, I’ve seen their name around quite often but I feel like this is the type of music I’ve moved past a couple of years ago and would’ve liked a lot more back then. Straightforward heavy metal riffage and fun yet deep-on-a-certain-level lyrics that are fun to sing along to. But I don’t feel that way anymore, sadly a song I felt like just skipping when it came up numerous times. The saving grace of this story has to be the acoustic guitar passage. Whenever something like that comes up, for instance on Mabool they made tons of use of it and all of it was spectacular (yeah I checked it out on my vacation and I fucking loved all of it), it always reminds me of the Sidewinder outro by Avenged Sevenfold, I’m sure you know it. I’m a sucker for those world-music acoustics, in this case with a latino vibe.
Fuck, I’m starting to meander around the facts. I wish I liked this a bit more because I can usually really dig your songs, but this has to be my least favorite submission by you so far. The Sigh track had very cool moments which, despite the weirder-than-Devil Doll vocals, was a pretty enjoyable listen. Since you’ve been doing very good the entire time you’re still in it, but not by much to my surprise. Stuff like Nevermore will not cut it in the finals!
6.5/10
Bolsters: Gallowbraid – Stone of Remembrance
For whatever reason I expected something similar to Caladan Brood. Oh that’s right, you explicitly mentioned sending this because I liked Caladan Brood. For that reason, this was probably one of the safest entries of the whole roulette, based on that band, because it has some very similar elements. It shares about the same cold black metal harsh vocals-clean chants balance and it’s one I’m falling in love with. From the start I get this winter-y vibe that maybe doesn’t fit as well in this time of year but no matter what the weather looks like, I always like my black metal very cold and raw sounding.
For a song like this, they sure have some unusual guitar grooves going on at certain points, something I personally really dig but wouldn’t expect from a band like this. I’m used to the continuous powerchords a-la shoegaze with a few leads thrown in every so often but this at least sounds like a very innovative step in the black metal genre that I could get used to.
The clean vocal melodies here are not as great and singable as the ones in the Caladan Brood song but they’re still fine. It’s just that with that song it is what made me absolutely love it and here I’m missing that tiny bit of magic that makes it as good, but it was a very high standard to live up to because I love that song and this is not even too far behind it. Of course you’re still in the competition and I look forward to seeing you back in the finals. :metal
8.5/10
Parama: Solstafir – Djakninn
My bet is also on Solstafir's, that's an amazing song, wow!
yes, yes it is
I think I’ve seen lots of mediocre scores whenever you sent this band? You suffer, but why, this is a fantastic song. All kinds of paramacore came my way in the first 6 rounds and this is like a combination of various elements of things I’ve come to expect of you. I guess some would argue that it goes on for too long, but no way man, it’s perfect the way it is. I think the drums are especially awesome, in their simplicity they’re one of the most ‘emotional‘ drums (never thought I would say that about drums) I’ve ever heard. I’m not exactly sure how and why it happened but after my first listen this song hit me so hard emotionally and it’s the best thing this roulette has offered so far!
Come on, how can I not love this song. The vocals sure are an acquired taste, I’ll give you that, and I’ll be the first to admit I don’t find them spectacular by any means, but it’s only such a small section of the song and despite the overall tone of them not being my thing, the delivery still makes them pretty great. But when we get into the second half of the song, with the extended instrumental jam, I become speechless. You can already feel the tension building up during the vocals section with the slowly growing intensity of the guitars and from there (Óttinn boðar sortans endalok) it’s just epic all the way through. The simple chord-progression is solid, I would never have expected to like it so much as it doesn’t change much, but what wins me over are those drums, wow, they’re not even special, but they just work perfectly. Can’t really describe it with words but you sure delivered. So with this, obviously you’re in for the finals, cya in round 8 m8.
9.75/10
Tomislav95: Okkervil River – So Come Back, I Am Waiting
So instead of bringing it home with a secure solid r7 song - which seems but an effort for you – you go with something different entirely; I like it.
The song starts off very intimately with some great guitars and the first line gives me a Pink Floyd-like feeling. It’s not half bad, this song. The slow brass instrumentation has a very strong Antlers vibe indeed, and the overall chill/mellow-ness of the song makes it pretty neat. For this same reason I wish the song would remain calm, no need for those heavier sections at all. That makes me feel that this song is a bit unbalanced, the overall mellow atmosphere is ruined by those slim heavy sections. I don’t think this will become one of my favorites, but rather a pretty solid song that could’ve been so much better. :(
I don’t know about the first impression thing here, it’s still rubbing me the wrong way a bit but it’s not that out of place, it fits pretty neatly. It doesn’t make me enjoy the song way more but it does cause it to make more sense. It has its moments for sure and the overall chill vibe is what makes me like this track, but with reservations to the (very few) heavy sections. Good thing you had such a good lead to begin with because there’s still no danger whatsoever of you falling behind. Now it’s time to end the roulette with a bang!
7.25 (+ 1.0) = 8.25/10
So right now this is what the standings look like for just the 5 of you, full standings will be updated in the OP
Standings
1: Tomislav95: 52.5 + 8.25 = 60.75
2: Parama: 50.25 + 9.75 = 60
3: Bolsters: 50.0 + 8.5 = 58.5
4: Scorpion: 51.75 + 6.5 = 58.25
5: Elite: 49.25 + 9.0 = 58.25
Schedule for next round
We're heading into the final stages of the roulette and things have started to get a little more tight, Parama pulls back with the best song of the roulette after Tomislav has finally used his final bonus point and now only has a .75 point lead over him, with a total difference of 2.5 points between first and last.
Round 8 and 9 will be a little different. In reality, round 8 will just be another open round, but I will rate your song out of 5 instead of 10 points, so in the grand scheme of things it will make less of a difference than it normally would, use that info however you like.
For round 9 you can choose between two things:
1: You can send me two songs entirely separate from eachother, this could be two songs from the same band or two songs from different bands entirely, whatever, but in this case I would rate both songs out of 5 points and add up the scores for your total.
2: Send me two songs that follow up eachother, let me know if this is the case because if you do, I will rate the whole on a scale of 10 points, BUT this will include flow, so they have to be a smooth combination of songs, so either two songs that are on the same album played after eachother or two songs from the same band that you feel connect with eachother properly. No short intro/outro tracks, I want 2 full songs
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Well, that could've been better. But I'm glad I advanced, first time doing EP :)
Scorpion: Nevermore – Deconstruction
This is not really doing much for me, sounds like very standard metal riffage with some good-but-not-great vocals. The vocals in the verses remind me of Devin Townsend, they’re pretty enjoyable and add a very ominous vibe throughout that I like, but most of this songs riffs and vocal melodies just bore me.
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I think Scorpion missed with the song, you'd like album Dead Heart in a Dead World (I think you would). They are IMO much better in soloing (Loomis and Broderick) than riffing. I'm riffs-ovor-solos guy but they are really good. And Warrel Dane is great great vocalist. I don't want you to wait for your v3 roulette to give them another chance :D
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Could be the case, but don't worry I won't completely dismiss any mediocre scoring bands until my third roulette because I'm not even sure that'll be in the next few years actually. It just means that band doesn't have my priority and I'll save it for later.
Going to give a bit of information on the EP round shortly too, somewhere between this round and the next probbably, depends on when I have it all figured out.
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Sent cheesy metal.
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I have a question regarding round 9: will you allow both songs to be 11+ minutes in length (two combined are 24 minutes long)?
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I can only allow one of those to be 11+ sorry, wouldn't be fair to the ones that have already used up their 11+ minute song.
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What if I cut 10 seconds of silence in 11:09 song :P jk this actually makes it easier, it would be pretty risky, I think.
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But that's actually fine, if it's only over 11 minutes because of the silence. But I'm very strict with the 11 minutes since I basically only made it 11 to avoid all the complaints about 10:20 and 10:30 long songs and such.
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Actually, the longer of two (13 minutes) has silence, I made a mistake :facepalm: but you'll probably get that band in this or next round.
EDIT: one more question ::) what do you mean by "No short intro/outro tracks, I want 2 full songs"? You mean interlude tracks, right? What if album intro track is 3-4 minutes long?
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Yeah that might've been a bit unclear, I mean interludes. Could name examples but I think you get the idea, (usually) relatively short songs that act as an interlude to the 'main' song.
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well, djanks for liking it, at least
i have no clue what to send for the next two rounds :corn
the first thing that came to mind for round 9 is two ambient pieces that flow into each other, actually, which i shouldn't send
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Wanna check some ambient? Go with the Ulver albums I told ya :P
Also Felt by Nils Frahm.
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Wow, the best one was Parama's? Crazy!
Story about Nightwish and other stuff
I bet it was intentional the way the guitars are mostly used for the rhythm and don't have much leads, bands do it but it's something I'm more used to in like shoegaze or something where they literally just slam powerchords most of the time. I don't have anything against it though it just caught my attention and it's something that has put me off with other bands, had no problem with it here.
Yeah, I think it's the case for them because the symphonic elements play the role that the lead guitar would play most of the time. And this isn't an all-the-time thing for them, particularly on their earlier, more power metal albums, but it's something I think is interesting, and I think it's interesting that you pointed it out.
Well, Train, now I feel a bit bad for calling you simply abysmal in the Iron Maiden survivor thread! :lol Though not really because you called my two favorite songs the two worst songs left. But you liked The Poet and the Pendulum! So that earns you major points, since I love it.
I have missed that entirely! :lol I don't visit the IM survivors much after I voted, but yeah over it's all in jest, when I say shit like "Battery is obviously way worse than Orion and anyone that doesn't agree with me is wrong" it's just the P/S attitude, everyone likes voicing their opinion in the worst way possible and it's pretty funny. :lol jakepriest and Dream Team know what's up.
Oh, I know, that's what I love most about P/S. :lol
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let it be known that I am still against round 8 only being worth 5 points
it's so arbitrary
maybe I'll just send literallu half a song :corn
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Yeah, I cut my song in half. Train is getting the other half when I get my other 5 points.
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Can I send you a post-roulette EP? There's some nice stuff I think you'd dig I didn't end up sending :corn
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btw what's the time limit on the EP? i won't be sending round 8 until i've got at least a good idea of what i wanna put on my EP, I think :lol
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Can I send you a post-roulette EP? There's some nice stuff I think you'd dig I didn't end up sending :corn
Sure why not, you can send it whenever I'll check it out after the roulette.
btw what's the time limit on the EP? i won't be sending round 8 until i've got at least a good idea of what i wanna put on my EP, I think :lol
40 mins.
Still need scorp and elites songs too, these rounds will probably be quicker because 5 people so I'm not too worried about the tempo right now.
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actually question if we've used up our 11+ minute song in rounds 1-7 can we not send one for rounds 8-9? just making sure
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Correct, you can not send one in these rounds if youve already used it up.
EDIT: Working on the EP rules now aswell, and for this I won't reset the 11+ minute song thing, but I will extend the limit to 15 minutes because I know some people like to base an EP around a big epic. I think I can post all the rules later today but don't hold me up on this.
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The more important question: Where is hangmanen?!
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Well I got the first 2 songs very quickly (yours and tomislav's) but haven't seen a single one since, gonna send out some PM's because I can't live another day without hangmanen
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Sorry for the delay; unfortunately, the song I want to send is not on YouTube, so I sent Train a PM for a mail address, so I'll be sending tomorrow.
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All good, just pmed you my email adress.
Guys what should I do? I havent heard anything from Elite and Parama, sent out pm's and spotify messages yesterday but no answer as of yet. Idont want to start without them but I do want to end the roulette fairly quickly.
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Did you get the song? My e-mail program crashed when I was sending, no idea if it went out.
Also, I'd say you give Elite and Parama one or two more days - after that, you start listening anyway; if they get their songs in later, then their songs will get less playtime as a "punishment" for tardiness and it would still keep the roulette going.
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Yes, I got it!
That's about what I was thinking so I'll wait it out, I don't think Elite has been online since I sent him that message on spotify but Parama has, getting cold feet brah?
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Don't let them choose any letters in hangmanen.
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Don't let them choose any letters in hangmanen.
I like it.
In case I do this we will need at least one outsider to actively guess letters in order to keep it running though, or I could change it so that you only have to wait 2 turns after guessing. :justjen
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I'm on holiday, dude. Without wifi pretty often. I'm back in the main holiday place now, after a couple of days of being 'on the road', so to speak, so I will dend you my round 9 song later today. I did not receive a PM, nor did I get a Spotify message, by the way, but oh well.
Sorry if Imm keeping you up, I will send soon. Today.
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Yeah I've sent out pm's except for you, because I believe you said something about reacting quicker to spotify than DTF or something like that. I did send a PM through spotify but apparently it didn't get through then?
Sorry if I wasn't clear I wasn't blaming you, I know you're on vacation and I meant it as a "from Elite I can understand since he hasn't been online that much lately". Later today is fine btw.
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The Spotify PMs kind of suck. I use Spotify on my computer amd two other devices (phone and iPad) and I can't see the messages I receive on my computer on the other devices and vice versa. Pretty weird. If you really want to reach me, Facebook messenger is probably the best way to go.
Anyway, I'm listening to a couple of tracks now before deciding what to send now, or in the two subsequent rounds. The round 9 thing is interesting (two songs instead of one), but I also need to make sure I have enough stuff left for the EP.
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Anyway, sent my track now - through Spotify that is. Let me know if I have do resend, in the event that you did not get it.
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I did not. Try facebook
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Done
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okay i'll make a real effort to find something good for round 8. i used up my pool of the really good longer stuff that you don't already know tbh, and i'm saving all the really good shorter stuff for my ep
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sent something good and weird and definitely paramacore, that i have little confidence in
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i just got a message
time for hangmanen baby
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thats right
time for hangmanen baby
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___________ - __________
__________ _____ - _________
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+ time for the EP rules, will add this in the OP aswell.
The EP round
As you may have noticed by the overall format and some of my posts before no one is getting sacked between now and the end of the roulette, so the finals essentially consist out of 3 rounds. Still, the EP round is by far the most impactful and pretty much everything comes down to this, so I hope you haven’t gone through all the good stuff yet.
The formula I’ll be using to score the EP's I will keep to myself, but I can give away that I did try to make it rely more on the flow this time around, and the overall replay value, cohesiveness of it all, stuff outside of individual song scores that come into play. I wanted to announce it so soon this time around since you may need some time to think about which songs fit together best and stuff.
So here’s the rules/restrictments:
- Maximum length of 40 minutes, minimum length of 25 minutes.
- Maximum of 5 different artists, with a cap of 17 minutes per artist.
- No cap on the amount of songs you want to fit in, throwing in additional segue/interlude tracks to improve the flow may prove necessary/useful in this so no limit.
- Individual song length limit is 15 minutes and everyone gets an additional use of an 11+ minute song if they want to.
For this round I definitely prefer files over spotify or youtube or any of the other streaming websites/options, to my experience the easiest way is to upload them to MEGA.nz and send me the link to download. Also, make clear in what order they should be listened to in case the titles aren't marked with 1. 2. etc.
Not entirely sure if I've covered everything but if I didn't just ask me here or PM.
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Gimme dat E.
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I've got a perfect EP I'm sure Train would more or less enjoy, but hey, I'm eliminated, so whatever. Good luck to the participants!
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uhh what, maximum of 5 artists? gross. seriously can you change that, that's so arbitrary
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uhh what, maximum of 5 artists? gross. seriously can you change that, that's so arbitrary
Just suck it up and send something. At least you're still in.
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i wanted to send a nice variety of short tunes and now i can't do that at all :lol
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5 max is final.
Scorpion waits 3
Letters guessed: E
E_____ ______ _e_____ ___ - _ee__
____ ____e _ _____ ____e_ - _____ __ _e___
____e_____e - ______e__e
_e__e_____ _____ - ____e____
___e__ ____e - __e ____ ____
This'll be over quick
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K
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kinda wish i had been cut even more now :lol
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Send 2 songs from 2 different artists next round then.
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Send 2 songs from 2 different artists next round then.
yeah and whatever you still want to send you can leave behind in a post-game pm or something. I really don't feel this restriction is such a gamechanger, I mean the average EP (in my experience) has about 5 songs and is just over 20-25 minutes in length, I set the max to 40 but I don't see the benefit of going with so much material. If you can prove me wrong go ahead but I expected like a 30 minute average, maybe closer to 35 or something but that would still be around 6-7 minutes per artist on average.
I would fill in the K Sacul guessed but there's not a single K in there so I'm just going to update this:
Sacul waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Letters guessed: EK
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R
also it's because i've been planning my EP for like a month tbh and pretty much all the planning i've done is useless now, i actually would not have sent the artist i did for round 8 and would've held them for the EP had I known but whtaever
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That kinda sucks yeah, I didn't know you would plan ahead so much. I personally hold back a good amount of bands that I feel work better in an EP than on their own but I would never actually put work into it before I'm sure what the rules are because for all you know the host sets a theme for it or something crazy. Do more people do this?
Parama waits 3
Sacul waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: EKR
E_____ ______ _e_____ ___ - _ee__
__r_ ____e _ _r___ ____er - _____ __ _e___
____er____e - __r___e__e
Re__e_____ _____ - ____e____
___e__ ____e - __e ____ __r_
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i was kind of annoyed with myself during my first roulette for hiding all the round themes and stuff because some of the themed rounds did not go so well bcuz nobody had time to plan
so with my mini roulette i just put everything out there from the very start, no surprises, just send me good music plz and thx
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S
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And I already made an EP with 6 artists :(
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I literally don't see any songs in there, except my own.
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yeah i have no clue either.
i feel like round 8 is going to be the wacky risk-taker round since it's worth half-points? :lol
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A little bit, yes :lol
Although, had I known that the EP could only hold 5 artists, I might have sent something else here and kept the artist for the EP.
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#literally the same
#like wow
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He'a just getting one artist less now. His loss ;p
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For God's sake, I just saw that one of the bands I planned on sending in the EP was sent before. It was the perfect closing tune to the planned EP. The person that sent the respective artist also sent a horrible song that Train apparently didn't even like, while the song I wanted to send is so much better. What a shame, he'll never know this track now :(
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Hahaha that's awesome, but the band in question did get a score of 7 or higher? if not it's still eligible.
Tomislav waits 3
Parama waits 2
Sacul waits 1
Letters guessed: EKRS
E_____ ______ _e_____ ___ - See_s
__r_ ____e _ _r___ ____er - S____ __ _e___
____ers___e - __r___e__e
Re__e____s _____ - __s_e____
___es_ ___se - __e ____ __r_
Oh and I dunno exactly how 'obscure' or out of the blue these band entries really are, to be frank I'm familiar with 4.5/5 of the names and have seen them around quite a bit
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I made a draft of EP two days ago, I knew theme and style of it. Now I started to change it and it's almost completely different now. I never lasted long enough in roulette to make an EP until now, I have no idea what I'm doing :P
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It got a 7, I believe :(
Also: D
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Elite waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: DEKRS
E_____ ______ _e_____ ___ - Seeds
__r_ ___de _ _r__d ____er - S____ __ De___
____ers___e - __r___e__e
Re_de____s _____ - __s_e___d
__des_ ___se - __e ___d __r_
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pretty sure the first word of the fifth band is Rendezvous but i dunno the second word.
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I'm really glad I haven't put too much thought into my EP yet. :corn
Edit: Might as well pick a letter I suppose: C
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pretty sure the first word of the fifth fourth band is Rendezvous but i dunno the second word.
Thanks for the lead :) Baard Kolstad plays in this band, haven't heard their music though.
Rendezvous Point - Wasteland
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Yep. Actually the one I expected to be guessed last. So.. who sent Rendezvous Point?
Elite waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: CDEKRS
E____c ______ _e_____ ___ - Seeds
__r_ ___de _ _r__d ____er - S____ __ De___
____ersc__e - __r___e__e
Rendezvous Point - Wasteland
__des_ ___se - __e C__d __r_
Also I'll give you some first impressions soon and think I'll have results tomorrow or the day after.
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Last band is Modest Mouse, but I don't know their music.
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the cold ???
edit: the cold part, apparently
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Train, you forgot to update guess counter (that's what I call it) after Bolsters guessed.
Also, I think I never heard of any of those bands ???
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oh, i can guess a letter too
U
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You're right
Parama waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Elite waits 1
Letters guessed: CDEKRSU
E____c ______ _e_____ ___ - Seeds
__r_ ___de _ _r__d ____er - S____ __ De___
____ersc__e - __r___e__e
Rendezvous Point - Wasteland
Modest Mouse - The Cold Part
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Witherscape - Marionette
Might as well guess a letter: A
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Give me M.
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Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Swing of Death
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Luoto waits 3
Parama waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Letters guessed: ACDEKRSU
E____c A___a_ _e_____ ___ - Seeds
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Swing of Death
Witherscape - Marionette
Rendezvous Point - Wasteland
Modest Mouse - The Cold Part
This is not as fun with only 5 songs :lol atleast try to guess who sent what now
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I'm guessing Modest Mouse was sent by Bolsters, and the Jorn Lande track was sent by Elite.
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So guys, here's the playlist I made for rounds 1 through 7, it's not my official 'best of album' for the roulette, I don't know yet whether I'm gonna do that but if I do it will be at the end of the roulette, anyway I included one/two songs from everyone and it comes in at 77 minutes.
So pretty much this isn't my top 14 songs or anything but rather a taste of some of the best songs each participant has sent me thrown into one playlist, I also kinda rearranged the order to make it flow better but that was a lost cause from the beginning since these weren't meant to be on the same album to begin with:
https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/4MTx98fNCRZjw7qfgz0Hhj
(originally I was going to add home's Golden Hair by Slowdive but the spotify version is not nearly as good as the live performance he sent me)
If there's requests for a youtube playlist I could do that too, but for now I only have it on Spotify. Anyway here's the tracklist:
Round 1-7 playlist
1. Orphaned Land - Ocean Land (The Revelation) / Scorpion
2. Death Cab For Cutie - Grapevine Fires / 425
3. ReVamp - The Anatomy of a Nervous Breakdown / Evermind
4. Nothing More - This is the Time (Ballast) / home
5. The Fall of Troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. twosuitsluke
6. Being - Mindflay / Bolsters
7. Fair to Midland - The Wife, The Kids, and The White Picket Fence / Shadow Ninja 2.0
8. Sonata Arctica - Still Loving You / splent
9. Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud / Tomislav95
10. Portishead - Glory Box / Sacul
11. iamthemorning - Monsters / Sacul
12. Pain of Salvation - Hallelujah / Elite
13. Dir En Grey - Vinushka / Scorpion
14. Solstafir - Djakninn / Parama
I'm guessing Modest Mouse was sent by Bolsters, and the Jorn Lande track was sent by Elite.
nope and nope.
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Witherscape = Scorpion
Modest Mouse = Elite
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The Jorn Lande song = Bolsters then.
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Witherscape = Scorpion
Correct
Modest Mouse = Elite
Last band is Modest Mouse, but I don't know their music.
The Jorn Lande song = Bolsters then.
Correct
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Tomislav sent Modest Mouse? :lol
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No, you did
just kidding it's tomi, someone guess a letter
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i could guess what the missing band name is, but i don't really want to
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Because the band sucks so much you don't want to reveal it?
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Tomislav sent Modest Mouse? :lol
Wow, are you a wizard? :lol
You sent Exotic Animal Petting Zoo (I did not cheat :-X )
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Because the band sucks so much you don't want to reveal it?
absolutely
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Okay all the songs are guessed:
Parama: Exotic Animal Petting Zoo - Seeds
Bolsters: Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Swing of Death
Scorpion: Witherscape - Marionette
??? : Rendezvous Point - Wasteland
Tomislav95: Modest Mouse - The Cold Part
Oh the mystery
I'm slacking so I don't have first impressions yet, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow :corn but I'll be away for a couple hours from now on so I don't know if I'll have time to write out some first impressions afterwards.
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Did I send Rendezvous Point then? ???
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Can't be, didn't you send Leprous - Forced Entry?
Anyway everything is out of the way now, hangmanen is done and I'll post the tidbits right now, so.. results tomorrow! Prepare for round 9.
This sounds like nothing new to me, heard it all, but it still manages to be fairly interesting
You know, I didn't really expect to like this artist, but - to my surprise - everything sounds up my alley and this could be one of the better growers of the round
I just love the mood and atmosphere of it, it's one of the best first impressions a song in this roulette has had on me
I wish this had just a tad bit more to it to set it apart from the crowd, I like the song, but it could've been so much more
The only problem I have with this song is that one section completely outweighs all the others, making the rest of the song less interesting
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1. Jorn Lande
2. Modest Mouse
3. Rendezvous Point (I hope :lol ), or Witherscape
4. Exotic Animal Petting Zoo
5. Witherscape, or Rendezvous Point
We shall see.
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1. maybe
2. probably no
3. maybe
4. maybe
5. no
I have no idea, really.
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I have no idea, really.
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yeah, #2 is obviously modest mouse
dunno about the rest though, I'm too lazy and they're all too vague :lol
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mission accomplished
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Round 8 results
Man I love having to only review 5 songs right now. I had a very easy time getting a grasp on them in just a few days as it's not even half an hour worth of music. Not a lot of differing scores here but that was to be expected.
Bolsters: Jorn Lande & Trond Holter – Swing of Death
I have heard a few “Jorn“ tracks, I guess that’s his solo project or something. But there has always been something about that heavily raspy tone in his voice that didn’t quite do it for me. I didn't really expect to like this artist, but - to my surprise - everything sounds up my alley and this could be one of the better growers of the round. For a 4 and a half minute song of pure fun and joy there’s just not much to hate on.
To kind of echo my first impression, I’m glad you went with a fun track here, because the more serious side of these artists (if they even have that side) would probably be more of a turnoff. Most of the time, the fun music I listen to is the crazy kind, but something about that ballroom intro and the grand chorus just works.
Normally a bit impartial on fade-outs but like here, and the other songs where I don’t mind fade-outs too much, it doesn’t change much since the part they’re fading out has already been repeated plenty and there’s no new material involved.
So all in all a really catchy song with a cool intro, great hooks and fun vocals.
4/5
Tomislav95: Modest Mouse – The Cold Part
Getting a somber feeling from the song right off the bat and it feels serious immediately. And once the vocals kick in I realized that this is apparently a more dated band, but you know what, those kind of vocals always work for me in this moody atmosphere. I just love the mood and atmosphere of it, it's one of the best first impressions a song in this roulette has had on me.
I’m getting a Californication vibe from the intro, only 10 times more depressing. It’s like the guys fmo RHCP took too many pills. I don’t know exactly why I like it as much as I do, it’s quite a repetitive tune and one you would think people would fully understand and move past after 1 or 2 listens, and that’s why I have an even harder time putting it on paper right now (yes I’m writing this :P).
The simplicity is what makes this work most of all, maybe for that same reason I didn’t enjoy Okkervil River as much because of those slim heavy sections. But here I got nothing to complain, it’s just exactly what the band want it to be, a very sad little song with nothing much to it, and it works so who am I to judge.
This was a very cool contrast between all the (mostly) upbeat stuff I received this round, and I can safely say that it’s my favorite of the round, not by much though.
4.25/5
Parama: Exotic Animal Petting Zoo – Seeds
First thing I noticed is that for this band – and I know what this band supposedly sounds like – it’s a damn long song. But you know what, I dig The Dillinger Escape Plan, I dig a few other mathcore bands including Mary Fields and The Chariot so I should be fine with this. This sounds like nothing new to me, heard it all, but it still manages to be fairly interesting.
I mean obviously this is not my everyday heavy music but I’m used to this style. The core vocals are great but there’s a severe lack of those pounding instrumentals complementing it I feel. That’s what I love about The Chariot and TDEP, it’s pure chaos, 100%, I feel like this band is trying too hard to set themselves apart from the crowd by adding fancy alternative vocals and lead guitars that don’t really fit into this type of music to my ears.
I’ll be honest, I really liked this song after one listen, after Modest Mouse it was probably my favorite. That’s where I got the “still manages to be fairly interesting“ from, because I was genuinely interested to listen to it atleast 5 times to find out every detail about it but as I got more and more listens in I started to discover stuff that made me like it not as much. IMO they would excel at being a post-hardcore band exclusively more than anything, the vocals are just made for it.
3.25/10
Scorpion: Witherscape – Marionette
So there’s definitely a very haunting vibe going on from the beginning on, and I felt like the intro would’ve gone on for a bit longer, but then suddenly WHEN THE FEELING DIES! :metal
I mean, you’re right, those are some of the best growls I’ve heard. I’m normally not much into growls that low but sometimes they work, like Be’Lakor’s new album, and this song. For that same reason I feel this is a bit unbalanced, the only problem I have with this song is that the growls section completely outweighs all the others, making the rest of the song less interesting.
I don’t know what I was thinking there to be honest, it’s a great thing to build a song upon. I just don’t hear songs with the chorus being the absolute climax that often, especially since that makes all the climaxes equally big since they’re the exact same here. Well I guess the guitar solo adds to that but it’s nothing special really. But the clean vocals I’m still not 100% sold on, they’re the type of metal powerballad vocals that I’m normally not into that much. Good thing the chorus and the orchestration behind it are killer because it still makes the whole a pretty good song and despite not being the biggest fan of the cleans it gives me something to look forward to for the entire duration.
3.75/5
Elite: Rendezvous Point – Wasteland
A djenty prog metal tune, alright I’ll take it. And if I’m not mistaken, this was the third support act for the europe Affinitour, the one that did not play at the show we attended?
The vocalist has a very intense dramatic tone to his voice, something I really dig, and along with the perfectly fitting synths it turns into a pretty neat modern progmetal tune. I wish this had just a tad bit more to it to set it apart from the crowd though, I like the song, but it could've been so much more.
I probably felt this way because most songs have their own cool climax near the end of the song, while this song sounds like the entire thing is one big climax. It’s not taking away from my enjoyment whatsoever though it just caught my attention. I feel like the whole is very balanced, it’s the only song this round where my full dedicated attention was towards everything that was going on, not just tunnelvisioning on one aspect, maybe it’s just the production quality, sounds very fresh.
I do feel like it should've been a little longer so that it could build up to this song or something, maybe the first song on the album + this would have been a great round 9 entry? :lol
3.75/5
Standings
1. Tomislav95: 60.75 + 4.25 = 65.0
2. Parama: 60 + 3.25 = 63.25
3. Bolsters: 58.5 + 4.0 = 62.5
4. Scorpion: 58.25 + 3.75 = 62.0
4. Elite: 58.25 + 3.75 = 62.0
The gap between 2nd and below has closed in a bit but Tomislav continues to gain a bit of lead, the next round could see some interesting shifts in the standings.
Schedule for next round
This one is going to go almost as quick as last round, this may turn out a little longer because it's basically 10 songs. Just to make clear everyone understands, time to repost the round 9 rules:
For round 9 you have two options:
1: You can send me two songs entirely separate from eachother, this could be two songs from the same band or two songs from different bands entirely, whatever, but in this case I would rate both songs out of 5 points and add up the scores for your total.
2: Send me two songs that follow up eachother, let me know if this is the case because if you do, I will rate the whole on a scale of 10 points, BUT this will include flow, so they have to be a smooth combination of songs, so either two songs that are on the same album played after eachother or two songs from the same band that you feel connect with eachother properly. No short intro/outro tracks, I want 2 full songs
If the songs are on the same album and are played after eachother on that album I will automatically count it towards option 2, but if you have 2 songs from the same band they don't necessarily have to count towards option 2 if you don't want them to, and I will rate them separately.
And maybe you should look at the options you have left for the EP because it's starting to get close, EP rules can be found here. (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.msg2199772#msg2199772)
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On the album the climax at the beginning is indeed better with the songs that precede it. That said, I believe Wasteland is still an outstanding track and can't really find myself in your comments on it. I might be too used to hearing the sing in the album's context though, so maybe you're right in the sense that as a seperate track it feels weird, or slightly out of place. That would not explain however, why the band chose to release this song as the album's single.
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Yeah it's something that just felt like it had to be said, but not really anything that took away from my enjoyment, it's still a great track. I would normally probably give it an 8/10 in any other round but this one I just took a different approach where scores were slightly nuanced.
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Sent Round 9.
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Tomislav95: Modest Mouse – The Cold Part
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The simplicity is what makes this work most of all, maybe for that same reason I didn’t enjoy Okkervil River as much because of those slim heavy sections.
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This is exactly why I sent you The Cold Part :tup I was thinking others would find it monotonous and boring, I'm very glad you like it.
I'm still not sure what to send for R9, definitely two songs from different bands but dunno which bands. My EP will probably consist of well known artists so I'm thinking of sending bands you wouldn't find easily on your own in next round.
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I should probably start thinking about what songs to use for my EP after I think about what to send right now.
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Sent (on Spotify).
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and that's why i sent them in the half-point round where i didn't have much ground to lose anyways :lol
i think i know what i want to send but i'm going to just make sure, i'll send tonight
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My EP will probably consist of well known artists so I'm thinking of sending bands you wouldn't find easily on your own in next round.
*... continues to send me a band he has already partially introduced me to before* :lol which still applies though because I didn't find them on my own.
and that's why i sent them in the half-point round where i didn't have much ground to lose anyways :lol
People with this mentality should be kicked tbh
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Yes but I'm the only one sending them in roulettes so you'd forget about them (as you did :P). My to-send list for your roulette is pretty big but I have almost sent or saved for EP all the bands I wanted to send. BTW I started listening to Modest Mouse during your roulette and Okkervil River clicked with me just recently, those two weren't planned.
Why I actually sent Modest Mouse
and that's why i sent them in the half-point round where i didn't have much ground to lose anyways :lol
Turned out pretty well :corn
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EAPZ aren't even mathcore anyways fwiw, like, not at all, way more post-hardcore with some prog tendencies :P
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Mainly the moment when the vocals kick in reminds me heavily of mathcore with lacking instruments, I guess I don't really care for such small differences anyways but I'm aware they tend to be more post-hardcore than anything else. Mathcore elements are definitely present at times so it shouldn't be too
(https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/f/f8/083Farfetch'd.png/250px-083Farfetch'd.png)
to see where I'm coming from.
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I'm more into physicscore tbh
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Meh it's alright but personally I've been more into the reinventors of mathcore, they label themselves as "calculuscore"
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historycore tho
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Meh it's alright but personally I've been more into the reinventors of mathcore, they label themselves as "calculuscore"
I'm partial to its subgenre, ODEcore.
Also, sent. That should make everyone in.
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That should make everyone in.
Hangmanen baby
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_________ - ____ ___ ____ _
_____ ________ _________ - _______ __ ______
_________ - ____ ___ ____ _
__ ______ - _______ _____ ___
______ ________ ____ ____ - _______ __ ____
________ - ________
_________ - ___ ___ ___
Results likely on sunday if I can keep up the pace, this week is slightly busier than the last one but only slightly.
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The D.
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Gimme the D.
EDIT: Ninja'd.
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Give the D to everyone.
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(https://www.photos-public-domain.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/d-plus-school-letter-grade.jpg)
Tomislav waits 3
Letters guessed: D
__ ______ - ___ ______d_
_________ - ____ ___ ____ _
_____ ________ _________ - _____d_ __ ______
_________ - ____ ___ ____ _
__ ______ - ___d___ _____ D__
______ _________ ____ ____ - ____d__ __ ____
_________ - ___ ___ ___
D_______ - ___d____
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Oops I completely forgot about the other two songs that have been sent to me this round :lol they were too forgettable to be worth a mention tbh
________ _________ ____ - __ _____ _____ D_ _____
________ _________ ____ - D____
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Imma go for the E.
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(https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/1/12/LordofD-DPBC-EN-C-1E.png/revision/latest?cb=20150617205232)
:neverusethis:
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I see multiple same artists.
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(https://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/yugioh/images/1/12/LordofD-DPBC-EN-C-1E.png/revision/latest?cb=20150617205232)
:neverusethis:
:splodetard:
Scorpion waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Letters guessed: DE
__ _____e - ___ ____e_d_
_e__e___e - ____ _e_ ____ _
_____ ___e____ ____e____ - _____d_ __ ____e_
_e__e___e - ____ _e_ ____ _
__ _____e - ___d__e ___e_ D__
______ _________ __ee ____ - ____d__ __ ____
E____e___ - ___ ___ _e_
D_____e_ - ___d____
____e__e _e__e___e ____ - __ _e___ _____ D_ ____e
____e__e _e__e___e ____ - D____
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P
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Bolsters waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
Letters guessed: (the)DillingerEscapePlan
__ _____e - ___ ____e_d_
Pe__e___e - ____ _e_ P___ _
_____ ___e____ ____e____ - _____d_ __ ____e_
Pe__e___e - ____ _e_ P___ _
__ _____e - ___d__e ___e_ D__
______ _________ __ee ____ - ____d__ __ ____
E____e___ - ___ ___ _e_
D_____e_ - ___d____
P___e__e _e__e___e P___ - __ _e___ _____ D_ ____e
P___e__e _e__e___e P___ - D____
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R
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Evermind waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: DERP
_r _____e - _r_ __r_e_d_
Per_e___e - ____ _e_ P_r_ _
_r___ ___er___ _r__e__r_ - ____rd_ __ ____er
Per_e___e - ____ _e_ P_r_ _
_r _____e - ___d__e ___er D__
______ __r______ _ree ____ - ____d__ __ R___
E____er__ - ___ ___ _e_
D_____er - ___d____
Pr__e__e _erre__re P_r_ - __ _err_ R____ D_ __r_e
Pr__e__e _erre__re P_r_ - Dr___
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:lol
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Yeah, I hoped for DERP to happen and ToN didn't let me down. :lol
Daughter - Landfill?
Mr Bungle - Ars Moriendi
Mr Bungle - some other song
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Looks like you've got two different parts of something there.
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Looks like you've got two different parts of something there.
Yep.
Persefone - Shin-Ken (both parts)
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Mr Bungle - some other song
Goodbye Sober Day
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I really wonder what that lat one is those, with all the E's and R's.
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Ensiferum - Lai Lai Hei :)
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Evermind waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: DERP
Mr Bungle – Ars Moriendi
Mr Bungle – Goodbye Sober Day
Persefone – Shen-Kin (Part 1)
Persefone – Shen-Kin (Part 2)
Ensiferum – Lai Lai Hei
Daughter - Landfill
_r___ ___er___ _r__e__r_ - ____rd_ __ ____er
______ __r______ _ree ____ - ____d__ __ R___
Pr__e__e _erre__re P_r_ - __ _err_ R____ D_ __r_e
Pr__e__e _erre__re P_r_ - Dr___
Gimme a letter. The 4 songs left are all paired with another unguessed one, time to guess who sent which.
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I don't really know which participants are still in, but Ensiferum / Daughter is Tomislav and Ars Moriendi is probably Elite.
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T
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Tomislav waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Letters guessed: DERPT
Elite
Mr Bungle – Ars Moriendi
Mr Bungle – Goodbye Sober Day
Persefone – Shen-Kin (Part 1)
Persefone – Shen-Kin (Part 2)
Tomislav95
Ensiferum – Lai Lai Hei
Daughter - Landfill
Tr___ ___er___ _r__e_tr_ - ____rd_ __ ___ter
______ __r______ _ree ____ - ____d__ __ R___
Pr__e__e Terre_tre P_r_ - __ Terr_ R____ D_ __rte
Pr__e__e Terre_tre P_r_ - Dr___
I've never seen so many letters guessed correctly for a band name without it being guessed before :lol in all fairness though, this band name doesn't make sense to anyone that doesn't know them, I've never heard of them and both song and band titles are in a foreign language
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The Persefone song is Shin-Ken, not Shen-Kin.
Also gimme dat A.
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(https://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/lol.gamepedia.com/thumb/0/0a/Shen_Splash_0.jpg/382px-Shen_Splash_0.jpg?version=9074046a396dd023f8f1ddb05fcc6e84)-Kin
Scorpion waits 3
Tomislav waits 2
Evermind waits 1
Letters guessed: DERPTA
Elite
Mr Bungle – Ars Moriendi
Mr Bungle – Goodbye Sober Day
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 1)
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 2)
Tomislav95
Ensiferum – Lai Lai Hei
Daughter - Landfill
Tra__ ___er_a_ _r__e_tra - ___ard_ __ ___ter
_a____ _ar______ _ree _a__ - ____d__ __ R___
Pr__e__e Terre_tre P_ra - _a Terra R___a D_ _arte
Pr__e__e Terre_tre P_ra - Dr___
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J
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Ok.
Letters guessed: DJERPTA
Bolsters waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
:corn
that's all
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trans-siberian orchetra - wizards of winter
also, I
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Progenie Terrestre Pura - La Terra Rossa di Marte
Progenie Terrestre Pura - Droni
The first word escaped me, but apparently knowing the rest was enough. The Red Soil of Mars, eh?
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I'm going to guess that Bolsters sent TSO.
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Progenie Terrestre Pura - La Terra Rossa di Marte
Progenie Terrestre Pura - Droni
The first word escaped me, but apparently knowing the rest was enough. The Red Soil of Death, eh?
the red earth of mars, i believe
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It means both earth and soil but I guess soil makes more sense in this case.
I'm going to guess that Bolsters sent TSO.
correct.
Parama waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Tomislav waits 1
Letters guessed: DJERPTAI
Elite
Mr Bungle – Ars Moriendi
Mr Bungle – Goodbye Sober Day
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 1)
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 2)
Tomislav95
Ensiferum – Lai Lai Hei
Daughter - Landfill
Progenie Terrestra Pura - La Terra Rossa di Marte
Progenie Terrestra Pura - Droni
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards in Winter
_a____ _ar______ _ree _a__ - _i__d__ __ R___
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terrestre, not terrestra :P
also it's basically the same difference the important word is Mars, not Death
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also it's basically the same difference the important word is Mars, not Death
True, I ninja'd my post before your original fix already :lol
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Ars Moriendi is probably Elite.
HOW DID YOU DO THAT
Persefone is Scorp, which leaves the Death of Mars for Paramaratarapagaradasa
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Luoto waits 3
Parama waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: DJERPSTAI
Elite
Mr Bungle – Ars Moriendi
Mr Bungle – Goodbye Sober Day
Scorpion
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 1)
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 2)
Tomislav95
Ensiferum – Lai Lai Hei
Daughter - Landfill
Paramaratarapagaradasa
Progenie Terrestra Pura - La Terra Rossa di Marte
Progenie Terrestra Pura - Droni
Bolsters
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Wizards in Winter
_a___s _ar_ss__s _ree _a__ - _i__d__ __ R___
Only have one listen in so far, I'll post the first impressions tomorrow so the thread is less likely to die between now and results as we're nearing the end.
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Last band is Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall, but I do not know the song.
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Kingdom of Rock is the song.
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Alright
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Yeah, everything has been guessed.
Gonna have the first impressions out in a few hours if possible. Something might come between it though.
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Damn, I'm having the hardest time with this EP. Do I gi with bands Train would not otherwise find easily, or send him stuff that had a better chance of being liked by him?
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Why not both?
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Because he has this stupid rule that only lets me send 5 bands.
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Just go with the easy route, the first EP has already been sent to me by the way
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My EP is 31 minutes long at the moment, only 4 artists. Trying to find something without disturbing the flow (jk there's no flow).
(https://i.imgflip.com/18ri0g.jpg)
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Do you like power metal?
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The way I see it: I got two powermetal tunes this roulette (one moreso than the other) and neither have disappointed. So yeah, I LOVE powermetal. But for real it has its time and place but I'm most of the time not really a fan of powermetal.
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Just go with the easy route, the first EP has already been sent to me by the way
Didn't know you were accepting. I'll send mine now then since it's done.
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That was only half-serious as it was actually Sacul who sent it, not one of the current competitors.
But yeah I'll accept them now either way.
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I think I have mine ready as well, but I need to think about it a while longet. I may send it tonight.
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uuhh give me until the weekend to finalize mine :lol
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For our beloved youtube-regulars, I will still accept youtube links for the EP but files/spotify is definitely prefered. There will be lots of moments in the upcoming days where I can only access the internet from my phone and being able to listen to the EP's offline will benefit me massively, so therefore spotify or files pls.
Also I'm probably going to skip a first impression sneakpeek because I lack originality to make these distinguishable enough without straight up giving away which is which it seems. Might do something else as a teaser this time around though.
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I'll do the write-ups for the tracks I sent then:
There's lots of weird changes and unexpected twists in this track. The Eastern (European) influences are prevalent and executed remarkably well. Even though there's a lot going on, you can definitely hear the song is thoroughly composed.
The ending to this track is probably the most fucked-up thing I have heard in the entire roulette. It's creepy, but in a good way. This band really knows how to blend seemingly unrelated genres together.
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boring
loud and obnoxious
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^ my EP
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I'll do the write-ups for the tracks I sent then:
There's lots of weird changes and unexpected twists in this track. The Eastern (European) influences are prevalent and executed remarkably well. Even though there's a lot going on, you can definitely hear the song is thoroughly composed.
The ending to this track is probably the most fucked-up thing I have heard in the entire roulette. It's creepy, but in a good way. This band really knows how to blend seemingly unrelated genres together.
wow the first one is obviously the write up for goodbye sober day, it's uncanny
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I went back and listened to Ars Moriendi recently and it was exactly as "fine" as I remember it being
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wow the first one is obviously the write up for goodbye sober day, it's uncanny
:lol
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This is a pretty damn strong round, and also a bit unbalanced, so I'm still pretty curious what the standings will look like after this.
With three of you, the 2nd songs are superior to the first, regardless of wether you sent them in bulk or as two separate songs, I added them in the order they were sent to me unless specified otherwise. And the other two have peeked with their first song. Got a clue?
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Of mine, I think you would prefer Kingdom of Rock.
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I'm not so sure, perhaps Ars Moriendi is relatively easier to get into, but Goodbye Sober Day might be a better track. Of the two I sent, Ars Moriendi is probably my favourite, but Goodbye Sober Day is the ultimate Mr. Bungle mindfuck-song, without getting too crazy (like in Merry Go Bye Bye from their previous album).
By the way, shall I send the EP now?
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Yes you can!
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Check your inbox then.
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Elite
Theocracy – I Am:
Great intro first of all, this is one of the things I think symphonic/melodic/power metal bands excel at, because they are usually very.. well.. powerful. I very much enjoy the way these lyrics are shaped, it’s catchy, its meaning is very clear yet poetic, and it builds up towards a very strong chorus. At one point I feel the overall sound is all over the place, a bit too much (starting at about 3:50), it’s only like 10 seconds of this 11 minute song though so I won’t be a bitch about it. Loving that long instrumental section in the second half of the song, it’s very prog very powah. All in all, I probably wouldn’t mind if they cut up to a minute off this song but other than that I don’t have much to complain about.
Sadly rarely anyone sends their song as quickly as Parama, so no Thank You Scientist profits for you, but this was a great second option.
9/10
^ I had that song on the EP. It would have scored well apparently. I sent a different track-listing already.
Also, reading back through Train's first roulette, I completely remember now that I lost the lead I had throughout the entire roulette in the last round by sending a song that didn't reflect the theme at all, making me lose my place in the fucking finals by ,5 points. I'm definitely planning to win this time around and the EP I sent you is hopefully going to ensure I do.
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Yeah I Am is great, I remember not liking the album as much though. The chorus in this album opener was one of the things that stuck with me most after the first roulette though.
And Lesoir, yeah it wasn't even remotely close to an album opener and you were aware of that but just didn't know the theme or something. But regardless, I didn't like the song at all and didn't really take into account to what degree a song fit certain themes in that roulette, apart from giving a 0.5 bonus to seneca once for his creepy-as-fuck Circle Takes The Square song in the dark round.
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i am pretty sure I am in the "second song is stronger" category but they're both good
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I really don't know. First one is folk metal song with a lot of folk. So if you don't like it then 2nd is stronger :D but IMO that Ensiferum tune is killer, even if you don't like folk parts there are great riffs and solos.
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Lai Lai Hei is definitely a fantastic song.
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I sent you Landfill in you roulette, right Evermind? Which is better: Lai Lai Hei or Landfill? :P
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Droni is the best them tbh dat song title says it all
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I'm glad I don't have to try anymore because I still get to send an EP and that's as far as I need to go, screw winning
I wanna judge the roulette championships not participate in them
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After a long, agonising creation process, I think I'm done with my EP. I'll have another listen and then send it out, so that I won't be the one holding things up this time.
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Sounds good, looks like I'll have the EP's quicker than I thought. Could end this roulette fairly quickly.
Against all odds, it looks like I'll be done with the roulette before moving to my new home, which was most of the reason I was unsure whether this roulette would work at this time. I will likely have the results for round 9 up by tomorrow, and will give everyone a few more days after that to reconsider their EP's in case they think of something to improve them. Don't have a set deadline yet but it looks like everyone is (about) done already so it won't be too long.
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I need to do my results before I do my EP revisions tbh so take your time
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I sent you Landfill in you roulette, right Evermind? Which is better: Lai Lai Hei or Landfill? :P
Lai Lai Hei is amazing live, and Landfill is chilling and haunting. I think I have to relisten. :D
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My EP has been sent. This has been a lot of fun, so no matter how this turns out, I'm a happy camper.
EDIT: also where are the round 9 results you lazy slacker you
EDIT2: Damn you Tyrias for sending one of my exact EP songs in ToN's first roulette. :getoffmylawn:
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what song
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This one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVWfqOSdzs4)
It's the third EP where I had to reject a song due to it being sent in my first roulette out of the 4 EP's I've gotten :lol I should really have a list of songs sent in my first roulette for reference but it's a bit too late now isn't it
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not opening youtube on phone, what song :corn
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That's not the song he tried to send anyways. I'm not revealing the song Scorpion originally wanted to send for the sake of ~mystery~, also it could potentially hint towards material he will be sending for real
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I'm sending paramacore surprise
Tbh i actually scrapped my old EP and have not started on a new one yet
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Just send me some good Droni Metal
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god dammit parama get on my level
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I revealed the song on my EP that was sent in his first roulette (by me nonetheless), so you can reveal yours too, Scroppy.
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which song was it elite I forget
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Here's the write-up for the song that I had to resend.
Tyrias
Caravan Palace - Suzy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qjomu9K0Xk):
Electro-swing is apparently what this is called. Upbeat is always the way to go, gets you pumped up and happy, so that’s good. This reminds me of an electronic and faster alternative of that Star Wars piano bar song. I didn’t see the movies but that song is awesome and energetic. The difference is that this song has the upbeat kick, and a very interesting singer, reminding me of Caro Emerald, a dutch jazz/pop singer, only this one sings way faster. You’re also the second person to send a song with a scat singer included :lol. I don’t know what it is, but those scat singers never feel out of placed, despite both of them were really oddly placed. If it wasn’t for the originality, you would’ve scored high anyway because it’s so damn happy and energetic. I used some of Caravan Palace’s songs at a common room party last night and it was generally liked very well :tup.
9/10
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Would have scored well :tup
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EDIT2: Damn you Tyrias for sending one of my exact EP songs in ToN's first roulette. :getoffmylawn:
I must damn Evermind for doing the same thing.
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Tyrias: Screwing people over in a roulette he was never even a part of.
I need to do my results before I do my EP revisions tbh so take your time
I'll take up this offer and take my time.
I still think I will have the results up today, I'm just gonna take it easy and if it's going to be sunday instead of saturday so be it, don't want to churn out an unfinished product.
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EDIT2: Damn you Tyrias for sending one of my exact EP songs in ToN's first roulette. :getoffmylawn:
I must damn Evermind for doing the same thing.
Let me know which one was it when it's all over.
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I'm out all day. Don't disappoint me with the results when I come back tonight.
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Nope, it's been a lazy day. But I'm working on writeups right now. I might have them all by the end of the day, and if not that's probably because I feel like the songs need one more day to sink in, this is undoubtedly the hardest round to review because rarely anything of this round lines up with my personal music collection. :lol
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Just eliminate me already :neverusethis:
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yeah i figure this will be my worst score yet :corn
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I'm done with all the pairs of two, still gotta do writeups for the four songs from separate bands but I think I'll be done before the end of the day. :corn
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Noice. Just take your time. But really don't. I need my points.
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ahh damn i need to post my results before you post yours, gotta do my last two writeups
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I like this competition between two of you :corn
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Round 9 results
Elite:
Mr. Bungle – Ars Moriendi
Kicking off this two-puncher with a song I can safely say I have as much of a grasp on as I do with rocket science, that being said after a good 5-10 listens.
Mike Patton has been one of those singers I’ve seen nothing but praise for, and I have always had certain expectations from this guy since well, he is the staple bandmember of both Mr. Bungle and Faith No More if I’m not mistaken. To a certain extent, I feel like the things they pull off over the course of 4 minutes is fucking impressive, and the amount of styles they manage to blend together is off the charts, but in the ‘crazy‘ department, this didn‘t quite live up to Schizoid Lloyd at first. Probably being one of the slowest growers overall of this roulette, when it did, it did big time.
And on top of that, I gotta give it to that tremendous middle-eastern sounding intro, it’s the small things like that that seem to win me over. Okay, moving on to..
Mr. Bungle – Goodbye Sober Day
This.. this is a good transition. This song manages to take the crooked-as-fuck vibe I got from Ars Moriendi and turns it into this gloomy atmosphere that still maintains the crazy twists around pretty much every corner imaginable.
Putting this next to Ars Moriendi there’s not really much left to say. The former is far and away my favorite but as a whole this is just a really good set of songs. I guess that slow tango-like section does stand out on this song properly though, reminds me immensely of TMV’s L’via L’viaquez which is one of my alltime favorite songs.
Final verdict:
A really solid set of tracks from one of the weirdest bands I could ever imagine listening to. I’ve heard one song by these guys before and enjoyed it thoroughly though I remember it being more metal than either of these, pretty sure it was from their s/t. But yeah I don’t have much to complain, Ars Moriendi is my clear-cut favorite of the two but to be honest I’d take the both of them over any of the two songs separately, it’s a pretty smooth transition for a band that excels at having terribly sudden transitions between styles.
8.25/10
Scorpion:
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 1)
Coming in with what’s probably one of your heaviest submissions (which is quite an achievement because overall you’ve probably been the person that sent me the heaviest shit on average) I get to revisit a band I once dismissed because of the vocals right away.
And this time around I feel like overall I’ve grown way more tolerant of heavy growls, but this is still a really tough one to digest, among all the weird shit that I received this round, this was easily the one I’ve been pondering about the most. There’s some great fun switchoffs between the keyboard and the guitars, which is probably my favorite thing about this song.
This very speed-metal type of guitarwork is something I can appreciate, and I feel it’s very well-executed here, very melodeath sounding. But the vocals just don’t work for me. It’s a wall of sound to my ears. They remind me of a weaker alternative of the vocals on the Chthonic song twosuitsluke sent me, I thought they pulled it off beautifully. Anywho, time for part 2..
Persefone – Shin-Ken (Part 2)
This is more like it. I wish, since according to you (if I understood correctly) this is seen as one big song among most fans, that they balanced out the vocals a bit more and made it sound more like a progressive melo-deathmetal band or something of the like. Then again, if that were the case, this set of songs wouldn’t be as cool of a progression, because I love how instead of building up to the heavy climax, they break it down (:neverusethis:) from the crushingly heavy vocals and pounding riffs to this beautiful powerballad sounding ending.
Tying together this 11 minute two-parter with a great guitarsolo and a pretty subtle symphonic finale makes this a pretty great experience as a whole, despite not being huge on Pt. 1.
Final verdict:
Can’t help but feel a bit disappointed that the first part of this hasn’t really clicked with me, I was introduced to a few great metal moments (special regards to the lead guitarist) wrapped around vocals I could not really get into, they weren’t bothering me much but at the same time didn’t appeal to me either. The second and final part luckily fixed some of my worries and in reality the transition is way better than you’d expect, but as a whole I wouldn’t be all over this two-parter. I’d listen to it and mainly get a kick out of part 2, but not the most impressive thing I’ve heard this round for sure.
7.0/10
Parama:
Progenie Terrestre Pura – La Terre Rossa Di Marte
One thing’s for sure, this set of songs was by far the one that interested me most, from the science-fiction like title and cover art to the weird odd sounding atmospheres. On a regular basis I can really enjoy this type of ambient (I guess that’s what best describes it) in the background, it has this really cool futuristic sound to it. But I have a hard time giving this my full devoted attention because it’s just not something I do very often for this type of music.
On the other hand, it shares some very striking similarities with one of my favorite instrumentals, Disconnected Pt. 2 by Fates Warning (beware, lots of samples). And that’s something I can really appreciate because it’s a unique sound that not a lot of bands I heard manage to capture very well. Slowly but surely I’ve gotten more used to this song, but it still pales a bit in comparison to Droni.
Progenie Terrestre Pura – Droni
I love how in the context of these songs, whenever I hear a proper instrument it sounds much more isolated than on your average modern song, it’s just something about the way they balanced out the instruments in the mixing/mastering process, marvelous production.
And the real reason that I prefer Droni over the former song is that this song breaks free from the barriers they set during the first one, after about a third of the song it just completely erupts, the production quality remains perfect, the newly introduced vocals are, they are EPIC, echoing the statement of Tomislav’s “screams like an alien“ about the Hypocrisy song he sent me, but these are even more epic. The drums have this machinegun type of feel to them in the finale and I feel like they can singlehandedly drive the rhythm of this song, ending it with an awesome guitarsolo layered on top makes for an even better finish to this two-parter.
Final verdict:
This is like nothing else I’ve heard to be honest, I always appreciate that no matter the outcome, and I guess to make it perfect I would’ve liked the first song to be a little more interesting in the grand sceme of things. This way I was pretty much being stalled for the entire duration of the first song while the second song built itself up completely fine, so I could almost render the first one pointless.
But it does go through some nice atmospheres and does make the whole experience a bit more complete. On its own I think it’s a solid ambient track too, but it does have its place in here. Glad you went for this route, there’s no way I would’ve found this band on my own and I feel like I’m going to love them.
8.75/10
Bolsters:
Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Wizards In Winter
First and foremost, I think at what it seems to try to achieve it’s brilliant. It does really capture that wintery vibe very well. Like a snowfall soundtrack or something. But this is really that same type of instrumental I’ve gotten so much of in this roulette and I keep having the same complaint for it. They base the song around one melody/riff (melody in this case) and strife for it to be this remarkable thing that reminds everyone of that band. But it’s a melody that I’m completely indifferent about, not doing much for me.
Considering its length, it’s odd to me that it already feels like it overstays its welcome in a mere three minutes of playing time. You probably did the right thing by thinking this would be better to save for this less valuable round for individual songs, similar to round 8. Moving on to Jorn.. :metal
6.25/10
Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall – Kingdom of Rock
The kingdom of rock?.. It sounds stupid, but what the hell, I’m here for the music, and the truth of the matter is that this is just some great solid heavy metal, I’ve always had kind of a soft spot for these straightforward vocal lines, and its structured pretty neatly, with the vocals being the centerpoint of attention.
I feel like I’m really starting to dig this Jorn guy, and from what I understand he has many different projects and featurings on other bands and such, so I look forward to checking out some more songs/albums he is on.
8.25/10
14.5/20 = 7.25/10
Tomislav95:
Ensiferum – Lai Lai Hei
You don’t seem to run out of folkmetal anytime soon :lol
Anyway, folk elements don’t automatically win the race unfortunately. I’m really not feeling this one. The music overall mostly reminds me of Korpiklaani, the kind of chanting/yo-ho-ho folkmetal that seems to attract fans of partymetal and the like aswell. I personally like some of those bands (Avatar does this quite often and it always pumps me up :metal) but despite it being a fun little track I don’t get much out of it, the vocals are slightly offputting but still bearable and the instruments, with a thick rhythm, mainly seem to complement the vocals, so that’s no real help in that regard either. Middle of the road song for me, if not slightly worse.
6.25/10
Daughter – Landfill
Like pretty much everyone apart from Rich, your second song is your best, and by quite a big margin.. I love intimate ballads like these, getting an extremely strong singer-songwriter vibe from Daughter, mainly because all I’m reminded of is Susanne Sundfor here, and she captures a sound I never get from any other similar artist, but you managed to find another one with this song.
“I want you so much, but I hate your guts“ is such a strong line, sometimes bands repeat lines to the point where you get sick of them but here it’s completely fine, the varying delivery dims that down even more so yeah, a really strong entry here, probably should’ve gone with two Daughter songs. :lol
8.75/10
15/20 = 7.5/10
Standings
1. Tomislav95: 65.0 + 7.5 = 72.5
2. Parama: 63.25 + 8.75 = 72.0
3. Elite: 62.0 + 8.25 = 70.25
4. Bolsters: 62.5 + 7.25 = 69.75
5. Scorpion: 62.0 + 7.0 = 69.0
So to a certain extent the standings will have effect on the EP round, but not much. Tomislav starts with 3.5 points, Parama starts with 3 points, etc. and Scorpion starts at 0.
Furthermore, everyone but Parama has already sent their EP, but you still have time to tweak it in case you see anything in these writeups that makes you think it could benefit you to swap around one or two songs. If you do nothing I'll assume that the EP I currently have is going to be the definitive version for the finals. Good luck everyone, the end is nigh! :metal
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Damn, I didn't think Ensiferum's Lai Lai Hei would be my lowest rated song :( I was actually thinking about sending two Ensiferum songs. Probably a good thing I didn't :lol
This will be so tight race in last round. If I had a bigger advantage I'd be more confident but I'm not sure if my EP is good enough :lol
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aahhh delicious would send again mmm
i think the closer of the album is the best track btw, but i also have a "every song is better than the last" vibe about the whole thing honestly
i'll try to get you an EP tonight, then, or tomorrow if i'm not happy with it tonight
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Ooh, that turned out well! I also liked the write-up you did on both my tracks :)
The stuff Parama sent looks interesting, although I have no idea what it sounds like based on the write-ups. The rest is looking alright. I remember hearing Lai Lai Hei years ago and finding it boring :|
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i think the closer of the album is the best track btw, but i also have a "every song is better than the last" vibe about the whole thing honestly
I've already saved that album on spotify and plan to check it out :S O O N:
This will be so tight race in last round. If I had a bigger advantage I'd be more confident but I'm not sure if my EP is good enough :lol
You atleast have the best EP title, that's gotta be worth something. :lol
The stuff Parama sent looks interesting, although I have no idea what it sounds like based on the write-ups.
Ambient/blackmetal? I don't know, find out yourself :metal
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it's the blade runner soundtrack, but black metal
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This will be so tight race in last round. If I had a bigger advantage I'd be more confident but I'm not sure if my EP is good enough :lol
You atleast have the best EP title, that's gotta be worth something. :lol
First or second part? :D First part is what came into my mind while listening to it. There is really something *insert word* about most of them.
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Please include the EP titles in hangmanen :lol
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i like all the songs i have on my EP atm but i have no confidence in any of them because your tastes are so random. trying for "all songs are different but all are really good too" and with a central theme as well
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Fuuuuuuuuuck.
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This will be so tight race in last round. If I had a bigger advantage I'd be more confident but I'm not sure if my EP is good enough :lol
You atleast have the best EP title, that's gotta be worth something. :lol
First or second part? :D First part is what came into my mind while listening to it. There is really something *insert word* about most of them.
Oh, I had no idea. I just liked it so much because it was so random and to me it seemed to not make any sense at all :lol
Please include the EP titles in hangmanen :lol
I like this.
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Oh and second part is name of the movie :D
Since this round will probably last for a while you could make something like we can guess artist - song when we unlock name of the EP or something. I don't know how would it work but I have faith in you to come up with something :P
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Dang, yeah since this is the last round I guess I should come up with something cool.
I think I still have some time to think about it though, because around this hour it's sleepy time gorillamuseum for parama and he hasn't sent yet so that gives me atleast 7 (?) more hours
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No news on this one?
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Parama is still asleep.
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You silly sleepy head
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i'm sorry that i haven't had the goddamn time to work on my EP and that train's arbitrary rule change made me throw away all the work i'd already done before a week ago :lol
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you silly goose, no more sleepy time for you until the EP is done
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You know, I have Sacul's EP already so technically we already have 5 EP's and a judge :corn
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I want hangmanen
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(https://i.imgflip.com/18x9y5.jpg) (https://imgflip.com/i/18x9y5) (https://imgflip.com/memegenerator)
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srsly tho first thing I do when I get home will be finalizing my EP but it'll be disappointing
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I have 5 different songs picked out and arranged and I have confidence in exactly 0 of them
awesome
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Alright, give me the D.
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I just wanna say I'm happy that I was able to screw someone over this roulette despite not even participating.
Over and out.
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jesus christ train youre such a shitty host wheres our hangmanen
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Still waiting for thatEP BRO #ParaManHurryUp
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dude i'm trying. i have done literally nothing for the past 3 hours but try and perfect my EP that you'll hate anyways
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it's done. i sent it just now. if i don't win the roulette with this... well, i only have your awful tastes to blame, 'cause i don't think i could've put together a better 40 minute slice of music if you gave me years to do it :corn
BRING ON THE HANGMANEN
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hengmenan
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i'm just really thrilled that I found a cohesive way to put two polar opposite artists on my EP tbh
what's the EP round being score out of? 20? 30?
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5276
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30 +
5276
I'll try to poor out the HANGMANEN before going to sleep but I'm tired as fuck so we'll see how it turns out.
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i only need to score a half-point higher (out of 30) than tomislav, nice :corn
also sorry for keeping you up so long seriously but i did spend 4 hours straight doing nothing but work on my EP so :lol
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Setting up hangmanen: It has been fun but I'm never doing this shit again for an EP round, filling in all the letters is going to be such a pain in the ass. Good thing I wrote down all the songs in the random order I put them here so that I can atleast check them off.
First off, the EP titles. I wish one of you just straight up named the EP "EP" for the sake of contrast
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____ __ __, ____ __ ____ - ____ __ __ __________ ___________
____ ___ ___________ (__ ___ _ ____ ________ ___ ____ ___ __)
_____________ ______ __ ___ _________ _____
_________ __ _____ - __ __ ___ ______
And here's a wall of song titles. The idea is after a song is guessed you try to link it to one of the EP's, you can base it on the title or on the person that sent it, the latter is probably easier in most cases.
___ _____ - _______/__________ ___ ___
________ - ________ _ ____
_______ - ______ __ ____ _______
____ ________ - _________
________ - ____
_____ - ___ ____
_____ ____ - _______
________ - ___ __ _________
_________ - _______ __ _ __________ ______
_______ ______ - __ ________
______ ___ ______ - ___ _ ___ ___ __
____ ____ - __________ _____ ___ ______ / ______ ___ _____ / ______ ______ ______ ________
___ _____ - ___ _____ ____ ___
_______ ___ - ____ ______
_____ ____ - ____ ____
____ ___ _________ - _________
___ ____ - _____
_______ ______ - _______
_______ ____ - _____ _________
_______ - _______
_____ ______ - _______ ________ __ ___ ______
_______ _______ - _____ _____ _ _____
____ ________ - __ ________
_______ ___ - ____ __ _______
_______ ______ - ________
_______ ___ - ____________ _____
_________ __ __________ - _________
_______ ______ - _____
______ - __________ ___ ____
_____ _____ - ______
Anyway you can guess a letter (preferably the D) but I will go sleepytime before filling them in so I will see y'all tomorrow ok
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GIVE ME THE D
also holy crap those EP names and song names wtf
EDIT:
was bored, sorted everything by length just for funsies :corn
___ ___ _____ ____ ______ __
_________ __ _____ - __ __ ___ ______
_____________ ______ __ ___ _________ _____
____ __ __, ____ __ ____ - ____ __ __ __________ ___________
____ ___ ___________ (__ ___ _ ____ ________ ___ ____ ___ __)
________ - ____
___ ____ - _____
_____ - ___ ____
_______ - _______
_____ _____ - ______
_____ ____ - _______
_____ ____ - ____ ____
_______ ______ - _____
_______ ______ - _______
_______ ___ - ____ ______
____ ________ - _________
_______ ______ - ________
________ - ________ _ ____
________ - ___ __ _________
____ ________ - __ ________
_______ ______ - __ ________
______ - __________ ___ ____
_______ ___ - ____ __ _______
___ _____ - ___ _____ ____ ___
____ ___ _________ - _________
_______ ____ - _____ _________
_______ - ______ __ ____ _______
_______ ___ - ____________ _____
______ ___ ______ - ___ _ ___ ___ __
_________ __ __________ - _________
_______ _______ - _____ _____ _ _____
___ _____ - _______/__________ ___ ___
_________ - _______ __ _ __________ ______
_____ ______ - _______ ________ __ ___ ______
____ ____ - __________ _____ ___ ______ / ______ ___ _____ / ______ ______ ______ ________
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Ugh dude I just filled everything in :facepalm: time to order them I guess
I'll do it right away but for now you can have the D
Parama waits 3
Letters guessed: D
___ ___ _____ ___d ______ __
_________ __ _____ - __ __ ___ ______
_____________ ______ __ ___ _________ _____
____ __ __, ____ __ D___ - ____ __ __ _________d ___________
____ ___ ___________ (__ ___ _ ____ ________ __d ____ ___ __)
________ - ____
__d ____ - _____
_____ - ___ ____
_______ - _______
_____ _____ - ______
_____ ____ - _______
_____ ____ - ____ ____
_______ ______ - _____
_______ ______ - D______
_______ ___ - ____ ______
____ ________ - _______d_
_______ ______ - D_______
________ - ________ _ ____
________ - ___ __ D________
____ ________ - __ ________
_______ ______ - __ ________
______ - __________ ___ ___d
_______ ___ - ____ __ D______
___ ____d - ___ _____ ____ ___
____ ___ _________ - D________
___d___ ___d - _____ _________
_______ - ______ __ ____ _______
_______ ___ - ____________ _____
_____d ___ ___d__ - ___ _ ___ ___ D_
_________ __ __________ - _________
_______ _______ - D____ __d__ _ _____
___ ____d - _______/__________ ___ ___
_________ - D______ __ _ D_____d___ ______
_____ ______ - _______ _____d_d __ ___ _____d
D___ ____ - __________ _____ ___ ______ / _____d ___ ____d / ___d__ ______ ______ ________
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i am sorry for ruining your day again
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No you're not.
Gimme dat A
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Bolsters waits 3
Parama waits 2
Letters guessed: AD
___ ___ _____ ___d ______ __
__a______ __ ___a_ - A_ __ ___ __a___
________a____ ______ __ ___ _______a_ _____
____ __ __, _a__ __ D___ - ____ __ __ _________d __________a
____ ___ ___________ (__ ___ _ ____ ________ A_d _a__ ___ __)
_a______ - ___a
__d _a__ - _____
_____ - ___ ____
_______ - _______
_____ _____ - _a____
_____ A__a - _____a_
_____ ____ - __a_ _a__
_a_____ A__a__ - A____
_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - D_a____
__a____ ___ - ____ ______
A___ _a______ - _______d_
_____a_ _a___a - D_______
_a______ - ________ _ ____
_a______ - ___ __ D___a__a_
A___ _a______ - __ ________
______ - ____a_____ ___ ___d
__a____ ___ - _a__ __ D___a__
___ ____d - ___ __a__ ____ A__
A__a ___ _a_______ - D________
A_ad___ A_ad - _____ _a_a_____
___a___ - ______ __ ____ ____a__
__a____ ___ - ________a___ _____
_____d ___ ___d__ - A__ A _a_ _a_ D_
_________ __ __________ - A__a_____
_____a_ _______ - D_a__ __d__ A _____
___ ____d - A______/___a______ ___ ___
_______a_ - Da_____ __ A D_____da__ ______
____a ______ - _______ ___a_d_d __ ___ ___a_d
Da__ ____ - __________ _____ ___ _a____ / A____d ___ ____d / _a_d__ ______ _a____ ________
and last but not least:
_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - _a _a_a_a__
Little known secret: This is "Hahahah Hahahh - Ha Hahahahh" so guess the H
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_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - _a _a_a_a__
Little known secret: This is "Hahahah Hahahh - Ha Hahahahh" so guess the H
YOU CANT TELL ME WHAT TO DO I AM NOT A NUMBER I AM A FREE MAN
Ahem.
I'll take the T.
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S
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Flaming Row - Time Mirror?
Flaming Row - Nightingale's Chirp?
If I'm correct, both were probably sent by Scorp.
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Flaming Row - Time Mirror?
Flaming Row - Nightingale's Chirp?
If I'm correct, both were probably sent by Scorp.
If correct, then nope. I'm guessing Elite.
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I see Amadeus Awad
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Both are correct, but I'm not telling anything about who sent what until you can link them to their respective EP titles.
Scorpion waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: ADT
T__ __t ___t_ ___d ______ __
__a____t_ __ __ta_ - A_ __ ___ T_a___
________at___ ______ __ T__ _____t_a_ _____
____ __ __, _a__ __ D___ - T___ __ __ _______t_d ____t_____a
____ T__ ____t____t_ (__ ___ _ _t__ ________ A_d _a__ T__ __)
_a______ - ___a
_____ - ___ ___
__d _a__ - _____
_______ - _______
____t _____ - _at___
__t__ A__a - __t__a_
_____ ____ - _ta_ _a__
_a_____ Atta__ - A____
_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - D_a____
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
A___ _a______ - __t____d_
_____a_ _a___a - D___t___
_a______ - ________ _ ____
_a______ - T__ T_ D___a__a_
A___ _a______ - __ ________
_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - _a _a_a_a__
___t__ - ____a_____ ___ ___d
__a____ ___ - _a__ __ D___a__
T__ ____d - ___ __a__ T___ A__
A__a ___ _a_______ - D________
Amadeus Awad - _____ _a_a_____
___a___ - ______ __ ____ ____a__
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
_____d T__ ___d__ - A__ A _a_ _a_ D_
_________ __ ________t_ - A__at____
_____a_ _______ - D_at_ __d__ A _____
T__ ____d - A______/___a_t____ T__ ___
_______a_ - Da_____ T_ A D_____da_t ___t__
____a ______ - _______ ___a_d_d __ ___ ___a_d
Da_t ____ - T_________ _____ T__ _at___ / A____d T__ ____d / _a_d__ __tt__ _a_t__ _t______
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Flaming Row - Time Mirror?
Flaming Row - Nightingale's Chirp?
If I'm correct, both were probably sent by Scorp.
Add Rage of Despair as well, I see that one.
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Daft Punk - *don't know first track* / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
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S
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The Amadeus Awad track is Sleep Paralysis.
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Oh, also also see Massive Attack. Sorry for double posting twice (:neverusethis:), I'm having breakfast and keep finding new things!
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I just saw that too. Massive Attack - Angel
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I'm guessing the Massive Attack and Daft Punk tracks are on the same EP.
Adding to that: Bolsters sent Rage of Despair, but not the other Flaming Row tracks, so the electronic EP is not his.
Train should hurry up and update the hangmanen, his participants are way too fast.
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???:
Massive Attack - Angel
Daft Punk- T_____s___ ____s T__ _at___ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Elite waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Letters guessed: ADST
T__ __t ___t_ ___d ______ __
__a____ts __ __ta_ - A_ __ ___ T_a__s
________at___ _____s __ T__ ____st_a_ _____
____ __ __, _a__ __ D___ - T__s __ __ _______t_d ____t_____a
____ T__ ____t____t_ (__ ___ _ St__ ________ A_d _a__ T__ __)
_a____ss - ___a
_____ - ___ ___
__d _a__ - ____s
S______ - __s____
____t ____s - _at___
__t__ A__a - __t__a_
_____ ___s - Sta_ _a__
_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - D_a___s
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
A___ _a______ - __t____d_
_____a_ _a___a - D___t___
_a____ss - ________ _ ____
_a____ss - T__ T_ D_ssa__a_
A___ _a______ - __ ___ss___
_a_a_a_ _a_a__ - _a _a_a_a__
___t__ - ____a_____ ___ ___d
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
T__ S___d - ___ __a__ T__s A__
A__a ___ _a_s_____ - D_s______
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
___a___ - __s___ _s ____ ____a__
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
_____d T__ ___d__ - A__ A _a_ _a_ D_
_____s___ __ ________t_ - A__at__ss
__ss_a_ ______s - D_at_ __d_s A ___s_
T__ S___d - A______/___a_t____ T__ ___
__s____a_ - Da_____ T_ A D_s___da_t S_st__
____a ___t__ - ____tt_ St_a_d_d __ T__ _s_a_d
Just noticed I completely skipped one song when doing T in the last post and it had a ton of T's, so ignore that one I don't feel like editing every time I fuck up :lol
I'm guessing the Massive Attack and Daft Punk tracks are on the same EP.
This is a guess I'm willing to confirm, correct.
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I was thinking about sending Flaming Row in Round 6. Should've cockblocked you all when I had the chance.
Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
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I'm probably wrong but: Did you add Sacul's EP songs into this for the sake of confusion? Massive Attack and Daft Punk being examples.
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I'm probably wrong but: Did you add Sacul's EP songs into this for the sake of confusion? Massive Attack and Daft Punk being examples.
I think you may be right, there's 31 songs in there and only five participants. It could be that people sent 6 songs on an EP, but if we assume every EP consists of five tracks, there's 6 EPs here. What a sneaky bugger.
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I'm probably wrong
Yeah.
I get where you're coming from though, those do seem like Saculcore songs.
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Someone guess a letter.
Also:
Baroness - ???
Baroness - Try To Disappear
Probably both courtesy of Scorp.
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R
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Just noticed I missed a few words in one of the EP titles too, will fix that, also doing R right now I'll edit it in this post
???:
Massive Attack - Angel
Daft Punk- T_____s___ R___s T__ _at___ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Evermind waits 3
Elite waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: ADRST
T__ __t ___t_ ___d ______ __
_ra____ts __ __ta_ - A_ __ __r Tra__s
R___r__rat___ _____s __ T__ ____st_a_ ____r
____ __ __, Ta__ __ D___ - T__s __ __ _______t_d ____tr____a
____ T__ ____tr___t_ (_r ___ _ __ar__d T_ St__ __rr____ A_d _a__ T__ __)
_ar___ss - ___a
_____ - ___ ___
R_d _a__ - __r_s
S______ - __s____
____t ____s - _at___
__t_r Ar_a - __t__a_
___r_ R__s - Sta_ _a__
_ara_a_ _a_a__ - Dra___s
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
A___ _a___r__ - __t_r__d_
__r__a_ _a__ra - Dr__t___
Baroness - ____r___ _ ____
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
A___ _a___r__ - __ ___ss___
_ara_a_ _a_a__ - _a _ara_a__
___t_r - R___ar____ ___ ___d
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
T__ S__rd - ___ __a__ T__s A__
A__a ___ _a_s_____ - D_s____r_
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
___a__r - __s_r_ _s ____ ____a__
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
_____d T__ _r_d__ - A__ A _a_ _a_ D_
__rr_s___ __ _____r__t_ - A__atr_ss
R_ss_a_ __r___s - D_at_ R_d_s A __rs_
T__ S__rd - A___r__/___art____ T__ _r_
__s____a_ - Da_____ T_ A D_s__rda_t S_st__
____a ___t_r - ____tt_ Stra_d_d __ T__ _s_a_d
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Wow, this is very interesting :lol
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Is the top song Baroness aswell? And I see something Russian further down.
Also: P
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Why is the Daft Punk song listed twice in the above post?
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
Also (can't believe I missed this): Baroness - Eula
All three Baroness songs on the same EP.
The artist under 'Eula' is Red Fang, of which I don't know any songs. This track is likely on the same EP as the Baroness tracks.
Furthermore:
Flaming Row - Rage of Despair and the Amadeus Awad track on the same EP. This one is Bolsters.
That leaves the other two Flaming Row tracks (which Bolsters conveniently guessed) for a seperate EP.
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Yep, there's a third Baroness track. Other artists I recognise:
Inter Arma
Russian Circles
The Sword (two songs)
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Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
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Baroness - Chlorine & Wine?
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There are two Caravan Palace tracks in there. Probably Scorpion.
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Time to break it down a bit:
Why is the Daft Punk song listed twice in the above post?
I ninja'd you
Also (can't believe I missed this): Baroness - Eula
All three Baroness songs on the same EP.
No
The artist under 'Eula' is Red Fang, of which I don't know any songs. This track is likely on the same EP as the Baroness tracks.
It is on one of the EP's that has one or more Baroness tracks on it, yes
Furthermore:
Flaming Row - Rage of Despair and the Amadeus Awad track on the same EP.
Yes
That leaves the other two Flaming Row tracks (which Bolsters conveniently guessed) for a seperate EP.
Yes
There are two Caravan Palace tracks in there.
Yes
And all the song/band guesses are correct aswell, will get on with P right now
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Seems like if all Baroness tracks would follow each other, they would be on the same EP. Not the case here though. Keep that logic in mind for other guesses ;)
EDIT: Or not
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Massive Attack - Angel
Daft Punk- T_____s___ R___s T__ _at___ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
???:
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
???:
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
Bolsters waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Elite waits 1
Letters guessed: ADPRST
T__ __t ___t_ ___d ______ _p
_ra____ts __ __ta_ - An EP for Trains
R___r__rat___ _____s __ T__ ____st_a_ ____r
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - T__s EP __ ____p__t_d Electronica
____ T__ ____tr___t_ (_r ___ _ __ar__d T_ St_p __rr____ A_d _a__ T__ _p)
Baroness - Eula
_____ - ___ ___
Red Fang - __r_s
S______ - __s____
____t ____s - _at___
Inter Arma - P_t__a_
___r_ R__s - Sta_ _a__
Caravan Palace - Dra___s
A___ _a___r__ - __t_r__d_
__r__a_ _a__ra - Dr__t___
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
A___ _a___r__ - __ ___ss___
_ara_a_ _a_a__ - _a _ara_a__
___t_r - R___ar____ ___ ___d
The Sword - ___ __a__ T__s A__
A__a ___ _a_s_____ - D_s____r_
___a__r - __s_r_ _s ____ ___pa__
_____d T__ _r_d__ - A__ A _a_ _a_ D_
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - A___r__/___art____ T__ _r_
__s____a_ - Da_____ T_ A D_s__rda_t S_st__
____a ___t_r - ____tt_ Stra_d_d __ T__ _s_a_d
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Pimp Me Up, Take Me Down? :lol Or Pump
M
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Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - This EP is... blah blah
Edit: Some kind of electronica?
Edit2: The second one is an EP for Trains.
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The EP title guesses are the most fun to be honest
Pimp Me Up, Take Me Down? :lol Or Pump
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down is correct, I wish it was Pimp though. :lol
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - This EP is... blah blah
Edit: Some kind of electronica?
'EP' and 'electronica' are correct
Edit2: The second one is an EP for Trains.
It sure is.
M
Don't have time for this but I haven't missed this, as soon as I got time for it I'll fill in the M. So for now I'll edit the previous post with the correct guesses.
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Didn't need the letter for this one in the end: Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
And the first half to that one EP could be Fragments of Metal. Sounds like Parama to me...
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I really look forward to checking out the other EPs that were sent in this round, I really liked many of the EPs that were sent in 425s EP round.
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We have our first EP title complete and it is the one with the two remaining Flaming Row songs! There's 4 more songs on that EP, which ones?
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Daft Punk- T_____s___ R___s T__ _at___ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
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Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains:
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Luoto waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Evermind waits 1
Letters guessed: ADMPRST
T__ __t ___t_ ___d ______ _p
R___r__rat___ _____s __ T__ ____st_a_ ____r
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - T__s EP __ ____p__t_d Electronica
____ T__ ____tr___t_ (_r ___ _ __ar__d T_ St_p __rr____ A_d _a__ T__ _p)
Baroness - Eula
_____ - ___ ___
Red Fang - __r_s
S______ - __s____
____t ____s - _at___
Inter Arma - P_t_ma_
___r_ R__s - Sta_ _a_m
Caravan Palace - Dra___s
A___ _a___r__ - __t_r__d_
__r__a_ _am_ra - Dr__t___
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
A___ _a___r__ - __ _m_ss___
Caravan Palace - _a _ara_a__
___t_r - R___ar____ ___ ___d
The Sword - ___ __a__ T__s A__
A__a ___ _a_s_____ - D_s____r_
___a__r - M_s_r_ _s ____ __mpa__
_____d T__ _r_d__ - A__ A Ma_ _a_ D_
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - A___r__/___art____ T__ _r_
Meshuggah - Dancing to a Discordant System
____a ___t_r - ____tt_ Stra_d_d __ T__ _s_a_d
Didn't need the letter for this one in the end: Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
And the first half to that one EP could be Fragments of Metal. Sounds like Parama to me...
Correct on all counts, except: It's not Parama
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I'll take the E, por favor.
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aww man you sent that amadeus awad song? practically any other song off the album is better.
though i think lonesome clown was sent last roulette :lol
beyond the bridge song is cool too. briefly considered it.
also, i sent one of the baroness songs, but only one. that's hilarious that there are three. a little less hilarious 'cause try to disappear is one of their weakest
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb - Tomislav sent this
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
The Amadeus Awad and Beyond the Bridge songs are both sent by Bolsters.
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The Meshuggah track is Dancers to a Discordant System, not Dancing.
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oh, the pump me up EP is bosters also
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Chlorine & Wine is great yes. Try to Disappear is catchy, nothing wrong with it.
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oh, the pump me up EP is bosters also
I thought it was yours. :justjen
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well whatever it is, it is the one with daft punk and massive attack
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It probably is Scorpion's EP :P
L
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aww man you sent that amadeus awad song? practically any other song off the album is better.
though i think lonesome clown was sent last roulette :lol
beyond the bridge song is cool too. briefly considered it.
also, i sent one of the baroness songs, but only one. that's hilarious that there are three. a little less hilarious 'cause try to disappear is one of their weakest
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb - Tomislav sent this
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
The Amadeus Awad and Beyond the Bridge songs are both sent by Bolsters.
What the hell? Sleep Paralysis is great.
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reminder that I'm me, but opia, lonesome clown, and temporary are all far superior imo. It's still a good song, I'd probably put it above the two after it at the very least
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Lonesome Clown
Temporary
Sleep Paralysis
Tomorrow Lies
Opia
Monday Morning
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ehh, move opia up two spots and that'd be my ranking so whatever :lol
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ehh, move opia up two spots and that'd be my ranking so whatever :lol
I can't believe you actually like Temporary. It's such a cheesefest (in a good way) with Arjen on vocals.
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I mean I'm not immune to cheese
Or emotions :P
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I need to move this album up my list. The fact that Parama and Evermind both like it is an unusual and good indicator.
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I wish I came home to more things guessed. I'm too tired to guess stuff now :(
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oh, the fourth one is Shining - Fisheye and Elite sent it
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Is it? Did I?
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The Pump me Up EP is Tomislav's
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No, it's Scorp.
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This I can confirm.
I wish I came home to more things guessed. I'm too tired to guess stuff now :(
Not our fault - ToN hasn't updated any letters in the last 7 hours. Which is no criticism, there's more to life than roulettes, but with the information that we have not increasing, there's not really much that can be guessed.
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so let me get this straight: Literally everyone sends Shining - Fisheye in roulettes
Shadow Ninja did
Elite did
Scorp did
I probably should've sent it too for good measure
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I've never sent Fisheye, like 99% sure on that one.
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I have done so on more than one occasion, yes.
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Listening to my EP again, and after a few spins, I'm really happy with it, and I think the flow is pretty good. Let's hope that Train agrees on that point.
Also, the second The Sword song is How Heavy This Axe.
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My EP's flow is awesome because I edited every track to flow better (mostly just crossfades tbh) :corn
But Train will hate most of the songs so it doesn't matter anyways
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I feel like someone actually sent Fisheye in one of my roulettes.
Or maybe I'm misremembering (as rare of an occurrence as that is).
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My EP is good too.
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This roulette is definitely over for me after this round :)
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This roulette is definitely over for me after this round :)
I'm gonna make it to round 11 tbh
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What's everyone's longest song length? Mine's 13:38 :corn
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7:38.
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Thanks for trying to get this thing to 50 pages guys, I appreciate it :corn
But yeah sorry I filled in for a sick mate of mine at work last second and I didn't have time to go home before leaving again for the night BUT I will update hangmanen very very soon
Will also start listening tomorrow because I havent had the time yet
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It's only 32 pages though :neverusethis:
I bet evermind would like all but the last of my songs, or at least not hate them since no growlies :P
I might listen to my EP again tonight tbh
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I think Evermind would love the 4th track of "Fragments of Metal - An EP For Trains"
???:
Daft Punk- Te_e__s___ R__es T_e _at___ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
???:
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains:
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Scorpion waits 3
Luoto waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Letters guessed: ADEMPRST
T_e __t ___te ___d E_____ EP
Re_er_erat___ ____es __ T_e _e_est_a_ ____r
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - T__s EP __ __e_pe_ted Electronica
_ee_ T_e E_e_tr___t_ (_r ___ _ _ear_ed T_ St_p __rr____ A_d _a_e T_e EP)
Baroness - Eula
___e_ - _e_ ___
Red Fang - __res
Shining - Fisheye
E___t _e__s - _at___
Inter Arma - P_t_ma_
___r_ R__s - Sta_ _a_m
Caravan Palace - Dra___s
A__e _a___re_ - __ter__de
__r__a_ _amera - Dr__t___
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
A__e _a___re_ - __ _m_ss___
Caravan Palace - _a _ara_a_e
_e_t_r - Re__ar____ __e ___d
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
A__a ___ _a_s_____ - D_s___er_
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
____a ___ter - ___ette Stra_ded __ T_e _s_a_d
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O
[Oh my]
stealth edit:
i can do this now since it's the last round :corn
the parama's glorious ranking of the tunes
Oceansize - The Frame
Mew - Comforting Sounds
This Will Destroy You - Villa Del Refugio
(((EP SONG #2)))
Solstafir - Djakninn
The Hirsch Effekt - Cotard
(((EP SONG #5)))
Rosetta - Absent/Beta Aquilae
(((EP SONG #3)))
Thy Catafalque - Molekularis Gepezetek
(((EP SONG #4)))
(((EP SONG #1)))
Progenie Terrestre Pura - Droni
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo - Seeds
Progenie Terrestre Pura - La Terra Rossa Di Marte
i think the only ones I maybe wouldn't give a 9/10 to are the bottom 2, maybe 3. basically rounds 8 & 9 were my "whatever" rounds? :lol
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Interesting :corn so atleast we can kind of agree on Exotic Animal Petting Zoo, but Droni was probably my #2 song from you behind Djakninn, it was that good.
???:
Daft Punk- Te_e__s_o_ R__es T_e _at_o_ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
???:
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains:
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Paraman waits 3
Scorpion waits 2
Luoto waits 1
Letters guessed: ADEMOPRST
T_e _ot ___te _ood E_o___ EP
Re_er_erat___ _o__es O_ T_e _e_est_a_ __o_r
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - To_s EP O_ __e_pe_ted Electronica
_ee_ T_e E_e_tr___t_ (Or _o_ _ _ear_ed To Stop _orr____ A_d _a_e T_e EP)
Baroness - Eula
__oe_ - _e_ ___
Red Fang - __res
Shining - Fisheye
E___t _e__s - _at___
Inter Arma - Potoma_
__or_ R__s - Sta_ _a_m
Caravan Palace - Dra_o_s
A__e _a___re_ - __ter__de
__r__a_ _amera - Dr__t___
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
A__e _a___re_ - __ Om_ss___
Caravan Palace - _a _ara_a_e
_e_tor - Re__ar____ __e _o_d
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
A__a ___ _a_s_o___ - D_s_o_er_
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
____a _o_ter - ___ette Stra_ded O_ T_e _s_a_d
Okay this should be enough to get some more songs out of the way, and possibly time to get some EP titles done and link the songs to them.
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Feel the Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Make The EP)
ToN's EP of ???? Electronica
also the Caravan Palace song is Dragons
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The Not ??? Good Enough EP?
Also the first word of the second EP is Reverberation, I think.
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The Not Quite Good Enough EP
nice
also Droni is totally good but that album is one where the individual songs don't stand out a ton but the entire thing is just awesome.
and like i said, closer track's the best, it'd be a few slots higher on the list if I'd sent it (but it's a few seconds over 11 minutes and I can't really snip at either end tbh)
oh aLSO
Anna Von Hausswolff - Discovery
unrelated: for some reason i was thinking the flaming lips and flaming row were the same band, but i know they are in fact not
ALSO ALSO.
whatever A__e _a___re_ is, one of the song titles is Interlude
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Yeah, both EP titles are correct. I think the only EP that has been linked to a participant so far is the Build Me Up, Break Me Down tribute by Scorpion, so we now have:
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (???)
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (???)
Re_er_erat___ _o__es O_ T_e _e_est_a_ __o_r (???)
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
Daft Punk- Te_e__s_o_ R__es T_e _at_o_ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
???:
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (???):
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Also Interlude is correct and so is Discovery by Anna Von Hauswolff
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ALSO ALSO.
whatever A__e _a___re_ is, one of the song titles is Interlude
Another one is An Omission.
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So now what? We try to link songs to the EPs and then guess who sent them?
'EP of UNEXPECTED Electronica' obviously belongs to the Daft Punk / Massive Attack combo
'Reverberating ??? of the Celestial ??? '
'The Not Quite Good Enough EP' is Parama
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So now what? We try to link songs to the EPs and then guess who sent them?
Yes
'EP of UNEXPECTED Electronica' obviously belongs to the Daft Punk / Massive Attack combo
correct
'The Not Quite Good Enough EP' is Parama
Nope!
Someone guess a letter tho
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L
^ an I just ninja'd the reverberation celestial ep title
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Yeah I know but it's only partially correct, I'll add 'of the Celestial' though, that's correct.
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (???)
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (???)
Re_er_erat___ _o__es Of The Celestial __o_r (???)
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
Daft Punk- Te_e__s_o_ R__es T_e _at_o_ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
???:
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (???):
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Elite waits 3
Parama waits 2
Scorpion waits 1
Letters guessed: ADELMOPRST
Baroness - Eula
_loe_ - _el _l_
Red Fang - __res
Shining - Fisheye
E___t _ells - _at___
Inter Arma - Potoma_
__or_ R__s - Sta_ _alm
Caravan Palace - Dra_o_s
A__e _all_re_ - Interlude
__rl_a_ _amera - Dr__t___
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
A__e _all_re_ - __ Om_ss___
Caravan Palace - _a _ara_a_e
_e_tor - Re__ar____ __e _o_d
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
Anna von Hauswolff - Discovery
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
__l_a _olter - L__ette Stra_ded O_ T_e _sla_d
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I missed Parama guessing my Acheron/Unearthing the Orb. IIRC I sent it in first round of Parama's first roulette.
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I'm pretty sure that Bolsters sent Fragments of Metal, and Tomislav sent the Not Quite Good Enough EP.
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Well, my EP is not quite good enough but that's not title of it :D
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Julia Holter - someone Stranded On The Island
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Julia Holter - someone Stranded On The Island
I guess Parama sent that.
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Lisette? Only name I can think of that would fit.
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Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
Daft Punk- Te_e__s_o_ R__es T_e _at_o_ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
The Caravan Palace songs are on this aswell?
Edit: I choose U
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I'm pretty sure that Bolsters sent Fragments of Metal, and Tomislav sent the Not Quite Good Enough EP.
I can confirm
that none of this is correct
Julia Holter - someone Stranded On The Island
I'm willing to confirm this, close enough
Lisette? Only name I can think of that would fit.
Scorpion goes 0 for 3, it's not Lisette
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
Daft Punk- Te_e__s_o_ R__es T_e _at_o_ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
Massive Attack - Angel
The Caravan Palace songs are on this aswell?
Yes!
Small recap:
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (???)
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (???)
Re_er_erat___ _o__es Of The Celestial __o_r (???)
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
1. Caravan Palace - Dra_o_s
2. Daft Punk- Tele__s_o_ R_les T_e _at_o_ / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
3. Caravan Palace - La _ara_a_e
4. Massive Attack - Angel
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (Bolsters)
3. Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
4. Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
6. Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (???):
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Bolsters waits 3
Elite waits 2
Parama waits 1
Letters guessed: ADELMOPRSTU
Baroness - Eula
Shining - Fisheye
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
Vektor - Recharging the Void
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
Anna von Hauswolff - Discovery
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
_loe_ - _el _lu
Red Fang - __res
E___t _ells - _at___
Inter Arma - Potoma_
__or_ R__s - Sta_ _alm
A__e _all_re_ - Interlude
__rl_a_ _amera - Dr__t___
A__e _all_re_ - __ Om_ss___
Julia Holter - Lu_ette Stranded On The Island
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God dammit I suck. :lol :lol
Also, Dragons on my EP was already guessed.
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Put the Beyond the Bridge track on the Amadeus/Flaming Row EP.
I don't know for sure what title corresponds to those tracks, but now I'm guessing that it must be the 'not quite good EP' but that thing is definitely Bolsters, I've said so multiple times before :lol
I also see Vektor in the unguessed bands.
Edit: the song is 'Charging the Void'. Coincidentally the only song of theirs I know.
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Yeah I skimmed through an entire day of posts in like 10 minutes so I was sure I missed some guesses, that's why I asked.
But yeah Bolsters + Not Quite Good Enough EP and beyond the bridge is all correct, I'll add that to the previous post. Aswell as Vektor and the already guessed Dragons by Caravan Palace.
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I also see Vektor in the unguessed bands.
Song is Recharging the Void.
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I ninja'd myself up there ^
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Eight Bells - Hating
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There's a song that looks like 'Stay Calm'
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Lucette is stranded.
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Now we start guessing which songs belong together.
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I am willing to reveal that two more songs are missing on my EP.
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Acke Hallgren - Interlude
Acke Hallgren - By Omission
And that Daft Punk song is Television Rules the Nation
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Here's a hangmanen for my EP:
_ ____ ___ ______ ________
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Acke Hallgren - Interlude
Acke Hallgren - By Omission
And that Daft Punk song is Television Rules the Nation
Do you cheat with google or Spotify or anything? :lol
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Acke Hallgren - Interlude
Acke Hallgren - By Omission
And that Daft Punk song is Television Rules the Nation
Do you cheat with google or Spotify or anything? :lol
Occasionally I do, though in Acke Hallgren's case I figured the artist is likely to be Swedish and got the last name right ;) For the record, Finland has common history with Sweden.
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Baroness - Eula
Shining - Fisheye
Eight Bells - Hating
Acke Hallgren - Interlude
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
Vektor - Recharging the Void
Acke Hallgren - By Omission
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
Anna von Hauswolff - Discovery
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded On The Island
_loe_ - _el _lu
Red Fang - __res
Inter Arma - Potoma_
__or_ R__s - Stay Calm
__rl_a_ _amera - Dr__t___
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Are Baroness and Corrosion of Conformity on the same EP?
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Train already said that not all three Baroness tracks are on the same EP. The Red Fang song is on one of the EPs that has one or more Baroness tracks on it, Train also confirmed this earlier.
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To be honest, I think the only way to do this collectively is to guess - a lot. And hopefully some guesses will come out as correct. Either that, or everybody just reveals what they sent, but that wouldn't be much fun.
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I'll guess Julia and Anna are on the sam EP because they are both girls :D
And both are on Parama's EP.
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The Inter Arma song is Potomac, and the Red Fang song is Wires maybe? I'm not expecting that to be correct, given my track record with guessing this round.
Also, is the EP for Trains by Tomislav?
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Are Baroness and Corrosion of Conformity on the same EP?
Yeah
Train already said that not all three Baroness tracks are on the same EP. The Red Fang song is on one of the EPs that has one or more Baroness tracks on it, Train also confirmed this earlier.
Indeed. Baroness is on the EP with Corrosion of Conformity but not all three Baroness tracks, the Red Fang song is on that same EP.
I'll guess Julia and Anna are on the sam EP because they are both girls :D
And both are on Parama's EP.
No and No :corn
The Inter Arma song is Potomac, and the Red Fang song is Wires maybe? I'm not expecting that to be correct, given my track record with guessing this round.
Potomac: yes
Wires: yes
Also, is the EP for Trains by Tomislav?
I'm pretty sure that tomislav has been guessed for every single EP title except for the one that's actually his :lol
Gave you something to start off with for the "Feel The Electricity" EP, should be helpful.
Recap:
Re_er_erat___ _o__es Of The Celestial __o_r (???)
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (???)
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
1. Caravan Palace - Dragons
2. Daft Punk- Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
3. Caravan Palace - La _ara_a_e
4. Massive Attack - Angel
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (Bolsters)
3. Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
4. Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
6. Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (???)
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Letters guessed: ADELMOPRSTU
Baroness - Eula
Shining - Fisheye
Red Fang - Wires
Inter Arma - Potomac
Eight Bells - Hating
Acke Hallgren - Interlude
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
Vektor - Recharging the Void
Acke Hallgren - By Omission
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
Anna von Hauswolff - Discovery
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded On The Island
_loe_ - _el _lu
__or_ R__s - Stay Calm
__rl_a_ _amera - Dr__t___
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so tomislav is feel the electricity, elite is fragments of metal? :corn
I
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so tomislav is feel the electricity, elite is fragments of metal? :corn
I
That logic makes you the Celestial EP.
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i mean process of elimination was gonna get to that eventually
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No more having to wait 3 turns after guessing, I think we're almost there anyways, only a few more songs and 1 more title to be completed. Now that everyone knows which EP is whose it should be fairly easy to link the songs to the EP's aswell.
Re_er_erati__ _oi_es Of The Celestial __oir (Parama)
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (Tomislav)
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
1. Caravan Palace - Dragons
2. Daft Punk- Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
3. Caravan Palace - La _ara_a_e
4. Massive Attack - Angel
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (Bolsters)
3. Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
4. Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
6. Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (Elite)
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
Letters guessed: ADEILMOPRSTU
Baroness - Eula
Shining - Fisheye
Red Fang - Wires
Inter Arma - Potomac
Eight Bells - Hating
Acke Hallgren - Interlude
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Baroness - Try To Dissapear
Vektor - Recharging the Void
Acke Hallgren - By Omission
The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
Anna von Hauswolff - Discovery
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded On The Island
_loe_ - _el _lu
__or_ Riis - Stay Calm
_irlia_ _amera - Dri_ti__
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Reverberating Voices of the Celestial Choir
EDIT: I honestly did that before seeing the additional I's
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already guessed this, but both The Sword songs are on Tomislav's EP
especially Acheron, that one is even if the other isn't
I also feel like Try To Disappear is on his EP :corn
Anna von Hausswolff is on Scorpion's EP.
Julia Holter is on Scorpion's EP too?
i'm just gonna guess that all the non-metal songs are on scorp's tbh, even though it's probably not true
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Inter Arma, Eight Bells and Russian Circles is Parama
Vektor is Tomislav, probably, as is Red Fang
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Acke Hallgren songs are both Bolsters, perhaps?
Meshuggah is probably Elite.
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I can't keep up with all the updates help!
Reverberating Voices of the Celestial Choir (Gimme That 2016 Bonus Point)(Parama)
1. Eight Bells - Hating
2.
3.
4. Inter Arma - Potomac
5.
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (Tomislav)
1. The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
2. The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
4.
5. Red Fang - Wires
6. Baroness - Try To Disappear
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
1. Caravan Palace - Dragons
2. Daft Punk- Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
3. Caravan Palace - La _ara_a_e
4. Massive Attack - Angel
5.
6.
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (Bolsters)
1. Acke Hallgren - Interlude
2. Acke Hallgren - By Omission
3. Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
4. Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
5.
6. Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (Elite)
1.
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
3.
4.
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
6. Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
Letters guessed: ADEILMOPRSTU
Baroness - Eula
Shining - Fisheye
Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
Vektor - Recharging the Void
Anna von Hauswolff - Discovery
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded On The Island
_loe_ - _el _lu
__or_ Riis - Stay Calm
_irlia_ _amera - Dri_ti__
Okay I added all the correct guesses, take a look.
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You updated too much there.
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Anna von Hausswolff is Bolsters then :corn
Fisheye is Tomislav? I already guessed Elite and Scorp before and it's def not a Bolsters song so
also the math doesn't work out. 11 songs left, 10 slots to fill on EPs
also
Bjorn Riis - Stay Calm
Kirlian Camera - Drifting
Kirlian Camera is definitely Scorp
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It's not me.
Chlorine & Wine is yours, Parama, right? Vektor, too.
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Anna von Hausswolff = Elite.
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there is no way Bolsters sent Fisheye
did Train like
add it in there as a dummy song?
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Anna von Hausswolff = Elite.
Of course she's mine :heart
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i personally have no clue who anna von hausswolff is so :lol
Russian Circles is Tomislav?
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I'll send her in your roulette, except I'm not in it
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send her to me in the roulette championships next year, which i will be judging (hint hint nudge nudge bolsters)
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Yes, I sent Circles.
Also, my EP has 7 songs :corn
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well then you sent Eula, because you've already used up 5 artists with the 6 songs up there
i was wondering "who the hell sent Eula and didn't use it as a closer" because i'd take off EP structure/flow points for that myself :corn
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send her to me in the roulette championships next year, which i will be judging (hint hint nudge nudge bolsters)
It won't be next year.
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how could you do this to me bolsters-sama
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send her to me in the roulette championships next year, which i will be judging (hint hint nudge nudge bolsters)
what if I'm the mystery judge again though?
Also you're assuming I'll win a roulette for a change :corn
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yeah, this roulette, you're winning it
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Only because I bribed Train. My EP has too many growls on it.
And you sent Chlorine & Wine, Parama
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how could you do this to me bolsters-sama
You can be a judge I just don't want to run one of those things every year. It took four months to get through the first and only about half of the people eligible to enter actually did. So the next one will be 2018 or 2019 depending on when I think there's enough people eligible to join it. Plus they will be more of a special event the less often they occur.
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well then you sent Eula, because you've already used up 5 artists with the 6 songs up there
Just look at how smart he is guys
Reverberating Voices of the Celestial Choir (Gimme That 2016 Bonus Point)(Parama)
1. Eight Bells - Hating
2.
3. Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
4. Inter Arma - Potomac
5. Vektor - Recharging the Void
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (Tomislav)
1. The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
2. The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
4. Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
5. Red Fang - Wires
6. Baroness - Try To Disappear
7. Baroness - Eula
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
1. Caravan Palace - Dragons
2. Daft Punk- Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
3. Caravan Palace - La Caravane
4. Massive Attack - Angel
5.
6. Kirlian Camera - Drifting
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (Bolsters)
1. Acke Hallgren - Interlude
2. Acke Hallgren - By Omission
3. Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
4. Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
5.
6. Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (Elite)
1. Anna von Hausswolff - Discovery
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
3.
4. Shining - Fishey :neverusethis:
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
6. Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
Letters guessed: ADEILMOPRSTU
Bjorn Riis - Stay Calm
Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded On The Island
_loe_ - _el _lu
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Hey, two of those last songs were guessed as well.
Also wtf is Fisheye doing on my EP!? ???
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Oops edited
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well then...
I couldn't stand the lone unguessed track on Scorp's EP, so I looked up 'La Caravane'.
And Anna's surname should have two S's (esses).
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fair enough @ bolsters
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Did you already listen to (some of) the EPs? :D
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Yeah, listened to every EP once earlier today, I think this could be a close race.
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The Voyager track belongs to Elite's EP. Julia Holter on Scorpion's. Bjorn Riis on Bolsters'. And the incomplete one on the Parama EP.
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At least one of those is wrong :corn
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Ahem, this is hangmanen, not mastermind
But I will pretend it is mastermind anyways :corn
The Voyager track belongs to Elite's EP. Julia Holter on Scorpion's. Bjorn Riis on Bolsters'. And the incomplete one on the Parama EP.
Two of them are correct, two of them are wrong
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N
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Reverberating Voices of the Celestial Choir (Gimme That 2016 Bonus Point)(Parama)
1. Eight Bells - Hating
2.
3. Baroness - Chlorine & Wine
4. Inter Arma - Potomac
5. Vektor - Recharging the Void
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (Tomislav)
1. The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
2. The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
4. Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
5. Red Fang - Wires
6. Baroness - Try To Disappear
7. Baroness - Eula
Pump Me Up, Take Me Down - ToN's EP of Unexpected Electronica (Scorpion)
1. Caravan Palace - Dragons
2. Daft Punk- Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
3. Caravan Palace - La Caravane
4. Massive Attack - Angel
5.
6. Kirlian Camera - Drifting
The Not Quite Good Enough EP (Bolsters)
1. Acke Hallgren - Interlude
2. Acke Hallgren - By Omission
3. Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
4. Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
5. Bjorn Riis - Stay Calm
6. Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (Elite)
1. Anna von Hausswolff - Discovery
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
3. Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
4. Shining - Fishey :neverusethis:
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
6. Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
Letters guessed: ADEILMNOPRSTU
Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded On The Island
_loe_ - Nel _lu
What a mystery, which of the remaining two songs could possibly be on which EP?? :neverusethis:
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Floex - Nel Blu
on scorp's ep
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Please remove the troll face from my EP.
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fish eeyyy
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Why did you put Julia Holter (apparently a singer-songwriter) and Vektor (thrash metal with harsh vocals) on the same EP?
(Please keep in mind I have never heard Julia Holter and only the first half of 'Charging the Void' before deciding it was not my thing)
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His genius thought-process was probably:
Julia Holter song has female vocals
Vektor song has female vocals
Eh let's do this
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i'm just really thrilled that I found a cohesive way to put two polar opposite artists on my EP tbh
I made it work by having a buffer between them
I mean Sacul put Converge and Sufjan Stevens on the same EP he sent me and that kind of worked :P
do note that the song before recharging the void on the album is a ballad track, Julia Holter is probably heavier than half that song tbh :lol
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I mean Sacul put Converge and Sufjan Stevens on the same EP he sent me and that kind of worked :P
Ye, mine started fucking heavy and calmed down with each song.
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So, which EP is the best?
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tomislav's obviously
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Why? And why is it obvious?
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Well I mean tomislav has to win so his ep has to be better than mine
also I know 4 of his songs, I only know 2 on bolsters' and 1 on yours
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Why would I have to win? :lol It's not that I wouldn't take it but :P
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also I know 1 on yours
Fisheye. How did you guess the Voyager track then?
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also I know 1 on yours
Fisheye. How did you guess the Voyager track then?
He guessed.
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I worked out the song name and put it into youtube's search bar I think
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So, which EP is the best?
Obviously tomislav's. Did you really think anyone else even had a chance of winning this to begin with??
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was fun playing in your roulette even if you have awful taste :corn
congrats tomislav!
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Don't tease me! I'll get (even more) depressed when results come and I see I didn't win :lol
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I can't win, because my EP is just not quite good enough.
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Don't tease me! I'll get (even more) depressed when results come and I see I didn't win :lol
Oops
I really have no idea which EP I think is the best right now, I don't have a clear cut favorite yet but that might change today.
For the writeups, I'm going to do a countdown like the ones Evermind and Sacul did this year aswell, seems like a cool way to end things off. In addition to that, I'm thinking of ranking all the songs sent to me in this round and listing its rank next to the score I gave it. Just to get some speculation going while the countdown is happening.
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clear cut least favorite though :biggrin:
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clear cut least favorite though :biggrin:
It's me :(
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my ep's hangmanen when
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I'll set it up tonight! Won't be home for atleast another 5 hours though..
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I probably should've sent The Paradise Gallows as my one 11+ minute song tbh it's so gooood
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___ _______ / _____ _____ - ________ _______ (_____ ___ __, _____ ___ ____)
_________ - _________
____ ____ _____ - ___________, ___
_______ _____ - _______ _______
_____ __ ____ - ________
____ ____ _____ - _______ _______ __ ______
_________ - ___ ________ ______
____ ____ _____ - ___ ____ ____ _____
_________ - ____ _____ ___ _ ____
____ ____ _____ - __ ______ __
I already put them in the right order for my own convenience
Not sure if I can count properly while under the influence so some of the songs/bands may have one _ too much or the opposite of much
Can someone give me a D right now?
I probably should've sent The Paradise Gallows as my one 11+ minute song tbh it's so gooood
just send dordeduh - dardeduh tbh
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________ _______ (_____ ___ __, _____ ___ ____)
What's this :lol
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give me the
Q
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Letters guessed: Q
___ _______ / _____ _____ - ________ _______ (_____ ___ __, _____ ___ ____)
_________ - _________
____ ____ _____ - ___________, ___
_______ _____ - _______ _______
_____ __ ____ - ________
____ ____ _____ - _______ _______ __ ______
_________ - ___ ________ ______
____ ____ _____ - ___ ____ ____ _____
_________ - ____ _____ ___ _ ____
____ ____ _____ - __ ______ __
I just did
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I feel validated
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E
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Eyyy lmao
Letters guessed: EQ
___ ____e__ / _____ _____ - ______e_ _e_____
______e__ - _e_e_ __e_
___e ____ _____ - ________e__, ___
__e__e_ ____e - _______ ____e__
_____ __ ___e - ____e__e
___e ____ _____ - _______ _e_____ __ E____e
______e__ - __e ________ ____e_
___e ____ _____ - __e ____ ____ _ee__
______e__ - E___ _____ ___ _ ____
___e ____ _____ - __ ______ __
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A
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Letters guessed: AEQ
___ _a__e_a / _a___ _____ - A_____e_ _e_____
_a____e__ - _e_e_ __e_
___e ____ _a___ - __a_____e__, ___
__e__ea ____e - _a_____ ____e__
_a___ __ ___e - _a__e__e
___e ____ _a___ - _a_____ _e_____ __ E__a_e
_a____ea_ - __e _a____a_ A___e_
___e ____ _a___ - __e _a__ __a_ _ee__
_a____ea_ - E___ _____ ___ A ____
___e ____ _a___ - __ ______ __
So I've listened to every EP twice now and am preeetty sure about the top 3 but I don't think I'll know the winner until I actually start to add scores to the EP's, it seems close.
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What are we guessing here?
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Saculs not quite good enough EP.
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R
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Letters guessed: AEQR
___ _a__era / _a___ _____ - A_r___e_ _er____
Ra____e__ - _e_er _re_
___e ____ _a___ - __ar____er_, ___
__e__ea ____e - _arr___ ____er_
_a___ __ __re - _a__e__e
___e ____ _a___ - _ar____ _e_____ __ E__a_e
Ra____ea_ - __e _a____a_ A___e_
___e ____ _a___ - __e _a__ __a_ _ee__
Ra____ea_ - E___ _____ __r A ____
___e ____ _a___ - __ ______ __
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The Zantera / Sacul Music something
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X :neverusethis:
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There's an A missing in the first artist.
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Nope :P
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Radiohead tho, lol
Exit Music for a Film is one of them
Aaannd the National Anthem
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:tup
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I also see Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers
And Faith no More?
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And Faith no More?
Caffeine
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There's an A missing in the first artist.
Nope :P
The only X was the one in Exit Music (For a Film) :lol
Letters guessed: AEQRX
___ Zantera / Sacul Music - A_r___e_ _er____
Ra____e__ - _e_er _re_
___e ____ _a___ - __ar____er_, ___
Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers
Faith No More - Caffeine
___e ____ _a___ - _ar____ _e_____ __ E__a_e
Radiohead - The National Anthem
___e ____ _a___ - __e _a__ __a_ _ee__
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
___e ____ _a___ - __ ______ __
I think I got Carrion Flowers during the first roulette too but really didn't remember much of it :P and since this wasn't an official EP competing in the finals I allowed it.
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I'd have replaced it with Survive, damnit :lol
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Rammstein - Feuer Frei
Guessing N
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Letters guessed: AEQRX
N__ Zantera / Sacul Music - A_r___e_ _er___n
Rammstein - Feuer Frei
N_ne _n__ Na___ - __ar____er_, _n_
Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers
Faith No More - Caffeine
N_ne _n__ Na___ - _ar____ _e_____ __ E__a_e
Radiohead - The National Anthem
N_ne _n__ Na___ - __e _an_ __a_ _ee__
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
N_ne _n__ Na___ - __ ______ __
Could have just revealed the band name aswell tbh this is pretty fucking obvious
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Nine Inch Nails
Hell yeah I'm so clever.
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That's Not Zantera / Sacul music.
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Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers, Inc.
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails - Various Means of Escape
Also, gimme the T.
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That's Not Zantera / Sacul music.
Not incorrect
Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers, Inc.
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Nine Inch Nails - Various Means of Escape
Also, gimme the T.
Various Methods of Escape but I'll allow it, close enough
Letters guessed: AEQRTX
Not Zantera / Sacul Music - A_r___e_ _er___n
Rammstein - Feuer Frei
Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers, Inc.
Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers
Faith No More - Caffeine
Nine Inch Nails - Various Methods of Escape
Radiohead - The National Anthem
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
Nine Inch Nails - __ ____t_ __
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This EP was my attempt to get Train into industrial rock/metal and Radiohead :corn
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Okay. My EP is to win this roulette.
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my ep is meant to be listened to
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my ep is meant to be listened to
So you failed because this is unlistenable
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(https://cdn.meme.am/instances/400x/60726641.jpg)
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my ep is meant to be listened to
So you failed because this is unlistenable
crap, did i send you the john cage version i made as a joke
this is an actual thing i considered doing at one point but then i was slow to make my ep so
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ye u did
Won't have results this week guys, been a bit busy, but surely this thing'll be over by next week, probably within the first half of the week
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can we have one final glorious poll
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I'd love to.
I nust have no idea how to reset the poll, tell me
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Is there 'edit poll' button, under the poll?
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Yeah but it only gives you the option to reset the vote counts, not the entire poll.
And since I originally set the close date to the 3rd of august I can still change the poll subjects and options but people won't be able to vote since it's already closed.
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I have no idea then :huh:
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HAHA RIP.
Yeah I don't think you can reopen it
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Going to do a lot of roulette bizniz today and I might post the #6 writeup later today (Saculs, that is). Then will start the countdown somewhere in the first half of next week. Hype times! :corn
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hyped to be #5
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Guess that makes me #4 then.
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sending vektor as a third of my ep was probably a mistake, even though the song is rad
i just think train would've liked the paradise gallows more, i dunno
or maybe he'll hate the julia holter song and give it a 3/10, that's possible
i really don't expect to be anything other than #1 or #5. either the ep worked for train or it didn't. i'm super thrilled about it but the fact that it wasn't an immediate standout to train means he wasn't and thus i'm #5 as a result
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Right on all counts. Vektor sux, Julia Holter is boring and Potomac is miles worse than The Paradise Gallows. Next!
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w e w
at least i sent the best baroness song (eula is rad though too, try to disappear is just... not)
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I swapped Chlorine & Wine with Try to Disappear in last moment :D
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Realized that in order to post the first writeup today I'll need to have a full ranking of the songs aswell since I wanted to add those along with the writeups.
I might do a preliminary ranking for Saculs songs and slightly move them up or down on the rankings based on how the other EP's will do one or two days from now when the roulette's over.
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Just to make clear, Sacul merely sent this to me for fun, it doesn't have anything to do with the finals but I enjoyed including it and he already sent it to me pretty early so why not.
#6: Sacul: not zantera / sacul music – abridged version
First impression/thoughts:
I was afraid to encounter an EP full of spooky scary saculcore that I wouldn't be able to digest in a million years, but to my surprise there's some really cool accessible catchy stuff on this. I notice some trademark Sacul bands, namely NIN, and think way higher of them now than I did before this first listen. There's an obvious dip in quality starting from the Faith No More track up until The National Anthem IMO, but the start and end up the EP more than make up for it, it's a really good one and will probably even score higher than one or maybe more finalists. Anyway, onto the songs..
Rammstein – Feuer Frei
Kicking it off with what are probably considered the pioneers of industrial metal. I still have a dream of seeing these guys live once in my life, I don’t know many songs in particular but I’ve always liked their sound.
And I guess I feel that way about this aswell, it’s such a bombastic rocker, and German is a great language for this type of metal IMO, I’ve always felt like theirs a certain agressiveness to their accent. I can’t for the life of me sit still during this opener, all hell breaks loose, BANG-BANG, awesome tight drumming, great alternative riffage. I love germany.
18/20 #3 out of 38
Nine Inch Nails – Starfuckers, Inc.
Kiiinda linking this to the industrial metal, it’s an alright transition though not the best. I like the You’re So Vain (Carly Simon) reference :lol it was an unexpected turn but it makes the song go from this angry rocker to a pretty insane mindfuck of a song, like you can really sense that this guy puts a lot of emotion into his music.
The “harsh“ vocals, to put it bluntly, share some similarities with Greg Puciato from The Dillinger Escape Plan and it makes for a really cool blend between alternative rock vox and straight-up core vocals. Overall pleasantly surprised with my first real taste of non-instrumental NIN (I did try them a couple times but never really clicked) as I dreaded the thought of having to sit through a 40 minute EP of which almost half of the songs are by a band I would dislike.
16/20 #16 out of 38
Chelsea Wolfe – Carrion Flowers
Here we have the song I could’ve (maybe should’ve) rejected, but I didn’t remember it at all to be honest, I just recognized the name.
This is what I’d call the “hauntingly beautiful“ type of song that many people claim songs like The Raven That Refused To Sing to be. The bass (pretty sure that’s programmed) almost sounds like it’s taken straight from a horror movie, or some very suspenseful scene. Like the moment right before the jumpscare where everything goes silent, that’s what this song feels like. And the vocals have their moments, I mostly love the atmospheric background vocals and am a bit impartial to the actual vocals, but they have their moments. Overall a solid tune and I can’t help but feel like I underrated this one in my first roulette, sorry Tyrias!
16.5/20 #14 out of 38
Faith No More – Caffeine
And from here I felt the EP took a bit of a dip. I believe this is the other Mike Patton band, and I thought I couldn’t really fault his vocals because I liked him on Mr. Bungle, but this band seems to take a much more serious approach and it doesn’t work nearly as well.
That said, the song had some redeemable qualities, the chorus is great for instance. Riffing sounds a bit too generic even though it's intentional, I feel like the lack of variety might be what puts me off by this. Not a terrible song but it just strikes me as something that's not for me, might try the album some day but I'm a bit doubtful.
13/20 #34 out of 38
Nine Inch Nails - Various Methods of Escape
I gotta admit that I'm really coming around to these NIN tunes, I was a bit impartial to them at first, but they all have a catchiness factor that I can't deny, and the sheer chillness of it all makes it a great choice for the EP aswell so I can see why you saved Trent Reznor for this. Comparing to the other 'full' songs this doesn't do as much for me on a standalone level, but it's still a good fit for the EP and I don't mind it much. The chorus is definitely the highlight, the falsetto is one of my favorite things about the entire EP, but maybe a bit unbalanced? I don't know, it's still a fine track.
14/20 #31 out of 38
Radiohead - The National Anthem
Oh god, I was expecting the worst as I haven't had a single good experience with this band and well, I was right about this song. One complaint both this song and the one seneca sent me in the first roulette final (believe it was called The Reckoning?) share is the way the cymbals are intentionally high in the mix, it's really grating, but I could live with it I suppose.
But then we get to the vocals and I'm honestly hating them, and I hope I don't come across as a jerk but the vocal melodies become really annoying after a while (the way he says "nyeeeear"). And then the inclusion of brass instruments unfolds and it's pretty cool actually, for a little while. But it really overstays its welcome as a big chunk of the song is filled up with a frantic sax solo á la Mars Volta/Ihsahn combination or something, but I really got tired of it after a while. Sorry, big miss here.
10/20 #38 out of 38
Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
You really got me, you really got me
I guess Trent likes The Kinks a lot, but that's a pretty cool distorted rendition of You Really Got Me, I can dig it. I think this song is a good combination of both previously heard NIN tracks, it's not quite as agressive as Starfuckers, but does have some pounding riffs to keep you pumped up, and it does have some really catchy lines aswell in the chorus. Not as good as Starfuckers but yet again a solid NIN song here, I'm starting to like this band.
15.5/20 #26 out of 38
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
At this point the dip in quality I was talking about earlier has already long gone and it just keeps going upward. After hearing that first Radiohead song I thought I was in for something god awful, and then I get this beautiful Radiohead song that sounds an awful lot like Muse, maybe even better. I didn't know this dude (Yorke) was able to sing this good, wow. I mean, the distortion effect at the highpoint makes for a great dramatic climax not just for the song, but for the entire EP. And oh well, I wouldn't be able to mention too much else, all the spotlights are on the vocals and he absolutely nails it, so I ain't complaining.
18.5/20 #2 out of 38
Nine Inch Nails - 13 Ghosts II
Not much to say about this one, I'm glad you included it as kind of an aftermath, after the dramatic conclusion of the EP we have this calm instrumental to close things off and it does its job, but it's by no means a standout song and I wouldn't be able to fairly rate it on its own. So I won't. It's a freebee for picking the right closer.
Consisting of 9 songs, this was easily the EP with the most songs on it, but it surely wasn't the most diverse one. Then again, logically a proper EP shouldn't be too varying either. Looking at the flow and the structure specifically, there's some odd transitions, I feel that way mostly about Starfuckers into Carrion Flowers and to a slightly lesser extent Carrion Flowers into Caffeine. BUT I really liked how by far the best songs, even some of the best of the entire round, were both the EP opener, and the absolute climax of the EP, that's exactly the way it should be because you hooked me from the first second and kept me interested till the very end.
I'm glad you trimmed it down the way you did too, originally you closed off with Bowie's Blackstar but honestly after my first listen I couldn't stand it :lol not my thing.
Score:
For the flow I'll give you 8 out of 10 points, only a few minor gripes on that department, and mostly a well executed song order/flow. the individual song score comes in at an average of 15.1875
so that makes: 15.1875 + 8 = 23.2/30 (rounding up/down scores up to decimals for my own eaze)
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the national anthem is pretty ok tbh. not a 5/10 but probably not more than a 7/10 at best.
exit music is actually that good and i'm totally fine with 4 out of my 5 songs losing to it
also wow that means only one other song scored 18.5 or above nice
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So, what? The EP that's not even part of the real deal contains 2 out of the best 3 songs sent in this round? What the hell.
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18.5 is incredibly high though, IIRC only two songs in this roulette have scored higher than that (This is the Time by Nothing More and Djakninn by Solstafir).
But I'll admit this is pretty crazy considering he wasn't even in the roulette anymore :lol having the #2, #3 AND the deadlast song in one EP is quite the achievement.
I'll repeat that there might be some slight changes in the rankings though because I will still give the other EP's a few more listens.
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so just for reference:
#01:
#02: 18.5
#03: 18.0
#04:
#05:
#06:
#07:
#08:
#09:
#10:
#11:
#12:
#13:
#14: 16.5
#15:
#16: 16.0
#17:
#18:
#19:
#20:
#21:
#22:
#23:
#24:
#25:
#26: 15.5
#27:
#28:
#29:
#30:
#31: 14.0
#32:
#33:
#34: 13.0
#35:
#36:
#37:
#38: 10.0
only a 2.5 gap betwee #3 and #26 so that's pretty encouraging
and a .5 gap between 16 and 26 :rollin
less encouraging is that there are between 5-7 songs scoring below a 7.0/10
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Kid A is overrated :loser:
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Well, damn. I'm glad that you liked the EP and I think it is an great one (though The National Anthem can go suck a dick, 10/20 is like 5 more points than it deserves), in terms of the songs used at least (haven't given it a listen in this running order, but I might just have to), but if only one song from all the other EPs got a 9 or higher... well, that doesn't sound like it bodes to well for anybody, come to think of it :lol . We'll see.
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Just dropped in here to say that the songs below #3 can also be 18/20
oh and there's still growing potential
So any speculation on the #1 song?? this one's not going to change btw, it's that good
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So any speculation on the #1 song?? this one's not going to change btw, it's that good
Dancers to a Discordant System by Meshuggah.
no seriously i have no idea
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I loove Exit Music, but I hate The National Anthem! :lol But I guess I've seen a lot more praise for OKC than Kid A anyways so I'll check out that one.
Results are up btw
Check The Bends first.
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going out on a limb and hoping you're as wise as I am - it's julia holter
someone help me figure out the most excruciating way to post results for round 4.
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Yeah, I don't really know how he's going to continue, so I'm going to ask:
How are you going to continue? One EP at a time for the next five days? Or torment us even longer?
Or are you posting everything at the same time some day in the future?
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someone help me figure out the most excruciating way to post results for round 4.
Post results but don't tell us you did.
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Kid A is overrated :loser:
Indeed, it just happens that The National Anthem is one of the few I really like from it, and included it to show Train another side of their music. Oh well.
Hope you end up checking Ok Computer, Mutter and With Teeth. And maybe Abyss and The Fragile too - those are growers tho.
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idioteque is great imo
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Zantera and Sacul in a steel cage match!!!! :metal
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I love How to Disappear Completely.
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Didn't you say flow would be taken into consideration and scored but wouldn't be a huge contribution? Because this looks like the opposite of that.
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I said pretty much the opposite of that :lol
Yeah, I don't really know how he's going to continue, so I'm going to ask:
How are you going to continue? One EP at a time for the next five days? Or torment us even longer?
Or are you posting everything at the same time some day in the future?
I've said it already but I'm planning to start the countdown in a few days and do them all on that day.
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honestly i'm dying of suspense right now and 99% sure i'm going to lose, just end it
end it all
load this gun and fire and me
E N D I TTTTT
HANG ME FROM THE GALLOWS
LAUGHING ALL THE WAY
TO MY GRAAAVE
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PULL ME
FROM THE GALLOWS
I love The Human Abstract, thanks for that, I'll listen to Digital Veil instead of the EP's right noW
And I still have no idea who is going to win this since I haven't even scored the songs yet and only have a rough ranking + still no clear-cut favorite.
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PULL ME
FROM THE GALLOWS
I love The Human Abstract, thanks for that, I'll listen to Digital Veil instead of the EP's right noW
:metal :metal
There is never a wrong time to listen to Digital Veil. Fucking beast of an album. What's your favourite song?
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i wish i liked the human abstract more
...apparently
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i wish you liked the human abstract more too
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but no i was making a reference to the inter arma song i said i almost sent
it's rlly good
i should've sent it instead of vektor, unless vektor is your #1 song of the round (which i think is unlikely) in which case never mind i did good
but yeah
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i wish paradise gallows was a better album
take out tracks 2-4 and it would be fantastic but aauauggh
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PULL ME
FROM THE GALLOWS
I love The Human Abstract, thanks for that, I'll listen to Digital Veil instead of the EP's right noW
:metal :metal
There is never a wrong time to listen to Digital Veil. Fucking beast of an album. What's your favourite song?
That breakdown in the title track is nuts, and the entire song is pretty sick but it's not quite my #1.
My introduction to the band was Antebellum in my first roulette and it's still my clear favorite, Faust is second.
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Faust is second.
yup, this is it, why i'm losing your roulette
actually seriously explain to me the appeal of the song. i just found it so lacking of any notable qualities :/
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Have you heard the album or just that song?
I guess you generally don't even like metalcore so I don't think it's weird that you don't take an appeal towards THA, they're pretty heavily influenced core progmetal. Something about the balance makes it more powerful once they finally go into the full clean chorus, I love those melodies.
To be honest this album took a while to grow on me, I had only heard Antebellum and it's mostly clean vocals and then found out this album is almost all harsh vox until the last few tracks. But if you don't like metalcore in the slightest it's probably just not for you.
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I remember getting Faust from Scorpion in a roulette once and not really liking it all that much. What is it with Scorp and sending songs people don't like over and over again? (Grayceon's 'War's End' comes to mind as well)
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425 liked War's End, I think it might have even won the round - at the very least, it scored very high. Plus, I haven't given up hope on people actually having taste. :P
Also I don't even remember sending you Faust, so I'm not sure I'm seeing the pattern that you are seeing behind my submissions.
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Maybe I'm just seeing thing.
I'm sure somebody sent me Faust once.
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Maybe it was LoCo? He sent me Antebellum
Guys, I totally forgot about the introduction days of my new school, it's going to take up 2 full days (literally from Wednesday 10 AM up until like Friday 5 AM) and another two-thirds of a day on Tuesday, so if I don't have the results by tomorrow evening it'll be atleast Friday. I'm going to stay optimistic and hope that I'll be ready by tomorrow evening though, should be do-able but I don't want to rush it.
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please stay optimism :tup
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Maybe I'm just seeing thing.
I'm sure somebody sent me Faust once.
I mean, it's totally possible. I'm just saying that it wasn't a conscious choice to send a song that has already failed me once; unlike it is (as sad as that is) with War's End.
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Maybe I'm just seeing thing.
I'm sure somebody sent me Faust once.
...to send a song that has already failed me once; unlike it is (as sad as that is) with War's End.
This is my relationship with Closure In Moscow - Happy Days, failed me multiple times. I know I know, this is DTF, everyone hates happy songs :P
I have kinda just stopped sending it :lol
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After sending it in mike's roulette, I'll probably start phasing out Grayceon as well.
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Hey guys, good new and bad news.
Bad news: some asshole jumped in front of my train and not only caused me and tons of others to be heavily delayed, every single travel option to either locations I need to go are shut down for another 3 hours, so I'll be walking home to Amsterdam and taking the bus from there, completely ruining all my plans for the day.
Good news: when I do get home eventually I won't have anything useful to do anymore so I'll work on the EP's, will also listen to them during my long ass walk.
Just really pissed off because this happens all the time when traveling by train, but it never fucked me up this bad.
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Wait, did someone commit suicide?
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Yes. It happens all the time and on one hand you cant help but feel bad for them because of the situation they were in, but on the other it's pretty sad that it seems to be the #1 way of commiting suicide over here because they traumatize a lot of train drivers every year aswell as delaying every single person in the train.
I try to avoid soinding like a dick as much as possible, hating on people who had serious mental issues, and of course I don't wanr this to happen to anyone, but there's no need to involve others in it.
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Yep, it's pretty stupid way of doing it. My dad is train driver and there were situations when people in cars didn't stop and caused train to crash them. And I know how he felt after it. Actually I don't know, I know just what he told me :P
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Yeah, that really sucks. I didn't mean to make a big deal out of this but that just happened to be the circumstance I was in at that moment.
On that note, I'm home now and making good progress towards the final countdown, can you feel the hype in the air?
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yes.
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I'm ready, please be gentle.
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literally dying irl
but not because i jumped in front of a train or anything
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nice
I think im doing 5 4 and 3 today and the top 2 in one post tomorrow morning before I leave
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literally dying irl
but not because i jumped in front of a train or anything
We all are. Some faster, some slower.
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ahh good my results will be up today
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I already know the names of our #5 and #4 spots, does that make you excited?? :corn
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:soon:
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Bit late to the discussion, but I would say people who commit suicide jumping under the train are egoistical assholes, in my opinion.
There's no need to involve others in it.
Pretty much this.
And bring on the results already, I want to see how did some certain songs fare.
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vektor - recharging the void at 37th place I can feel it baby
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vektor - recharging the void at 37th place I can feel it baby
CoC - Albatross
Recharging the Void is a good song.
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I mean, I picked it over another longish song I like quite a bit so yeah it is great but train hates it tbh
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Okay, it's time for our #5, sorry bro, you didn't do bad but it was not enough to make up for the point difference :(
And I love that you genuinely care about BMUBMD as much as I do
Scorpion: Pump Me Up, Take Me Down – ToN’s EP of Unexpected Electronica
First impression/thoughts:
This strikes me as something I would normally not get from anyone, even for the electronic/frequents this would be seem a bit over the top, but I can appreciate the risk definitely. With the way it is structured you (unknowingly) start off with some artists I’m aware of what they sound like (Caravan Palace, Daft Punk (and Massive Attack to a lesser extent)), slowly going into untreaded ground, which is pretty cool. The fact that it’s all electronic makes it probably automatically seem like it’s a more cohesive EP, because it’s less familiar ground for me despite going to a lot of parties where they spin electronic music. Never really got into stuff like EDM at all, which I believe Daft Punk is.
And the Daft Punk, despite the effort you put into personally mixing it, is probably my least favorite off this EP right now. It has its moments but overall just sounds like “the same old EDM beat“ with some fancy samples (which apparently Daft Punk do live, that’s pretty cool). As well as with Sacul I’m glad the best stuff is on the end so I always have something to look forward, I love that Kirlian Camera tune.
Caravan Palace – Dragons
I’m glad you kicked it off with an instrumental from the Caravan Palace department, the vocals are a nice touch of the band but as an opener I don’t think it’d have worked as well. What a cool song, I never knew electro-swing could be as diverse as this, it’s more diversity than I expected to hear from these guys. I can’t really fault it for anything because it does its job, it’s a good high-energy instrumental opening for an EP full of both low and high-energy electronic music. It’s not winning me over the way Suzy did because that also had to do with the fact that I never heard anything like it before, but this time around the song is part of a something bigger, and in that bigger picture I can’t say there’s anything wrong with this choice for an opener.
16.5/20 #16 out of 38
Daft Punk – Long Song Titles
Transitioning into the Daft Punk song/mix is fine here, it doesn’t feel awkward and without really noticing we go from electro-swing to EDM. Now EDM is not my biggest obsession and to be brutally honest Daft Punk have always bored me a bit. I do however appreciate the effort that goes into this (both from Daft Punk’s live sampling abilities and your audio-improving skills :P). Can’t say this one did much for me though, it has some cool moments such as the moment Harder Better Faster Stronger comes in, but the song(s) don’t have much staying power and fall a bit flat in the bigger picture.
13.5/20 #34 out of 38
Caravan Palace – La Caravane
Then we have La Caravane, I agree that Suzy would’ve been a good pick here but this works too. I feel like I’ve listened to some Caravan Palace playlists before and I liked it, but the songs don’t differ much and I just burn out on them after a while, but since there’s only 2 tracks on this EP it works well as a change of pace opposed to the other tracks as they’re mostly laid-back. Comparing it to Dragons though, this one doesn’t keep me fully interested for the whole duration, it starts off fine but then goes on with the same pattern for a bit too long. The song wins me over at the end again though with the manly vocals, those are pretty catchy.
16/20 #20 out of 38
Massive Attack – Angel
I can’t help but feel like I’ve heard this song on tv commercials, it sounds very familiar. As for the content, I’m not disappointed, nor am I impressed. It’s just an alright not-too-out-there song that kinda tunes back the pacing of the EP, calms down the hype and prepares for a slow euphoric finale. If that was your intention, good job, but as a separate song it doesn’t really do much for me, this band might just be too sacul-y for me.
The Massive Attack song for the most part just left me curious to find out what the conclusion of the EP would sound like, it’s a nice little simplistic trip-hop tune, but it left me wanting more.
14/20 #30 out of 38
Floex – Nel Blu
So these last two bands I’ve never heard of, and this song by Floex is great, not sure what language they’re singing but it’s got a cool feel to it, getting pretty bombastic near the end only to tune down at the very end to transition into the final song. The drums and echoes in the background already give off a spiritual/atmospheric feel and it pretty much sounds like a more accessible alternative of the ambient stuff I’ve been receiving this roulette, only with vocals. I think that kind of music should be listened to in the context of an album anyway, and it’s fine the way you did it here aswell as it flows nicely.
16/20 #18 out of 38
Kirlian Camera - Drifting
And this is a very interesting one, with that hypnotizing intro it still leaves so much space for the song to develop as it’s over 7 and a half minutes in length. As far as chill electronic music goes, you’ve hit the right spots with this, the vocalist on his own is.. well not that talented nor great by any stretch of the imagination, but the setting is perfect for this type of vocals. But the humming kind of vocals in the background are amazing, this makes the song sound so huge, like they took lessons from Orphaned Land on how to properly create eastern-oriental atmospheres in music.
18/20 #4 out of 38
The arrangement of the EP is pretty cool as it starts off pretty pumpin‘ and slowly declines in energy in the later stages of the EP. Though realistically I wish you would’ve gone with stuff like the last two tracks all the way through and make a full-on chill EP, wouldn’t have hurt the flow whatsoever and this still leaves me wanting for more in the vein of Kirlian Camera and Floex. With the others, Caravan Palace is great but it’s not something I want days worth of music of, and I’m a bit impartial on Daft Punk and Massive Attack. That said, it’s still a great flow and instead of lumping together some random songs this really looks like something that has some good thought put in it. Thought you would be deadlast with a huge point deficit with a full-on electronic EP tbh, this was a nice surprise.
Score:
For the additional score you get 7.5 points, it’s a good score but could have been better if maybe the Caravan Palace tracks where after eachother and one of Massive Attack/Daft Punk was replaced by something that starts off on a high note and then breaks down over time, and put that in the #4 song slot. But hindsight is always 20/20, not much wrong with the flow here. Your individual score average comes in at 15.667
So that makes: 15.667 + 7.5 = 23.2/30 (+0.0) = 23.2
After the first few rounds I was sure you were going to take a top 3 spot at the very least, you were very consistent and sent some of the best songs of the entire roulette, but you went on a slow decline (or, my awful, awful tastes did :P) near the end and still went out on a high note with this cool unexpected electronic EP, especially appreciate the Kirlian Camera and Floex songs since I would've never heard of it without you.
Standings:
1. ???
2. ???
3. ???
4. ???
5. Scorpion - 23.2
I will fix parama's song ranking table soon but as it is right now it's not correct anymore because some of sacul's songs have changed spots aswell due to others becoming better/worse. Will post the updated one soon. Oh and not sure when #4 yet but it won't be too long from now, anyone hyped to take up that #4 spot??
EDIT: Here you go
#01:
#02: Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
#03: Rammstein - Feuer Frei
#04: Kirlian Camera - Drifting
#05:
#06:
#07:
#08:
#09:
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#15: Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers
#16: Caravan Palace - Dragons
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#18: Floex - Nel Blue
#19: Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers, Inc.
#20: Caravan Palace - La Caravane
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#26:
#27: Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
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#30: Massive Attack - Angel
#31: Nine Inch Nails - Various Methods of Escape
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#34: Daft Punk - Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger
#35:
#36: Faith No More - Caffeine
#37:
#38: Radiohead - The National Anthem
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oh, the excitement. Good write-ups, quite cohesive for such a long post.
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...this band might just be too sacul-y for me...
I love how you made an adjective of it :lol
Good job, Scorp :tup Pretty risky EP, I don't think I'd have a courage to send electronic music.
And yesssss, I'm not last
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And yesssss, I'm not last
You already weren't in last place, with over half the participants removed before the EP-round.
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And yesssss, I'm not last
You already weren't in last place, with over half the participants removed before the EP-round.
This is what counts
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harder better faster stronger is a song that's OK
I always preferred aerodynamic tbh
also wow not 5th, so I won
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i really don't expect to be anything other than #1 or #5.
thank you everyone I'm so proud to have won this abysmal roulette :D
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Congrats parama
Time for #4, I'm kind of in a rush right now but this is all written out a couple of hours before, I just don't have the time to update the standings but I'll do that later. Sorry Dave, you did surprisingly well cause it seemed like a bad EP to me at first but it grew on me a lot, some of the best songs are on here. Thanks for playing!
Bolsters: The Not Quite Good Enough EP
First impression/thoughts:
I’m not really feeling this EP, it has plenty of good material on it. Hell, after just one listen I already feel like Rage of Despair is one of my favorite songs of the round with All a Man Can Do not too far behind. But the overall feeling I got from the Acke Hallgren songs sort of represented my thoughts for the EP, it was enjoyable while it lasted but really didn’t have much staying power afterwards and so this became one of the EP’s I didn’t really look forward to relistening over and over again.
But as it turns out this was probably the biggest grower of the round, I quickly took an appeal to most of the individual songs and it started to make more sense as a whole, too.
Acke Hallgren – Interlude + By Omission
Being the strongest of the two, it’s an interesting way to open the album, but this causes me to lose some interest when the intro is over and the first full song (By Omission) starts off. At first I didn’t really care for either one bit and they were well on the bottom of my rankings, but the vocals slowly started to grow on me and I especially thought that there were some strong melodies in the Interlude. Sure, not the best song I’ve heard in this round, but these dramatic cinematic sounding instrumentals with some metal-suited vocals (still not sure whether this is a male or female singer tbh) represent the EP very well.
15.5/20 #26 out of 38
As we move on to By Omission it starts to get a bit more formulaic and logically so, it’s a pretty predictable rock/metal tune that focuses on exploring the dark theme that surrounds this EP, so it’s an obvious follow up to Interlude. I wish the piano during the verses was a bit higher in the mix as most of it gets buried under the constant g-string chugging, but once you notice it and give it some more attention it’s really a great touch to the somber mood. I also love the subtle harsh vocals in the background. With all that being said, this is my least favorite track of your EP but by no means bad, just not much to it apart from those subtle details.
14/20 #33 out of 38
Flaming Row – Rage of Despair
I think it’s pretty amusing how this song wasn’t even on your EP when you originally sent the EP to me :lol because as it turns out, this is my favorite song of the entire EP round.
This band is really something. From all the songs I’ve heard in this round I understand that they have multiple vocalists or just a lot of guest acts? But it makes it a very enjoyable listen. But this one was by far the one I liked most, the core vocals were just awesome and not something I expected at all from Flaming Row, I thought they were a progressive metal band with clean vocals leaning more towards classic heavy metal or something. This definitely leans more towards progressive metalcore than anything in the verses, and the pre-chorus is magnificent (rage inside, roll the dice, compromise :metal :metal).
With this song I really don’t feel the need to justify why I like it so much, it’s just a blast all the way through. The chorus I could argue is not the best, but it’s atleast a memorable element that puts some more diversity into the track (which clearly, it wasn’t even lacking in the first place). Apparently all three songs sent to me are from the same album, you guys really want me to check out that one I guess, so I will. :P
19/20 #1 out of 38
Amadeus Awad – Sleep Paralysis
This song is the king of vocal melodies, and I couldn’t have wished for a better vocalist to step in for that role, she’s amazing. You carry on the somber vibe of the EP that faded slightly with the Flaming Row song and for good reason. I think this is a fine way of dealing with the Lonesome Clown omission but it does take a small hit to the overall flow.
Anyway, I can see past some of the cheesy lyrics because the vocals are just great, very suitable to the theme of the EP and not hard to get into at all, coming from someone who is usually a bit more averse to female vocals opposed to male in metal music. I can’t say much about the instrumentals, they’re mostly here to complement/enhance the vocals and there’s no problem with them, they do the job. I particularly liked the first verse and the acoustic guitar in the outro in this one.
16.5/20 #12 out of 38
Bjorn Riis – Stay Calm
This song right here is what really worried me about the EP. It’s 10 minutes long and really did nothing for me at all on first notice. It sounded like a half-assed job of copying David Gilmour. I think it was when I started to link some elements of this song to Porcupine Trees “Arriving Somewhere But Not Here“ that I really started to take an appeal to it. This sounds like it’s meant to be a grower though so I don’t feel too bad underrating it at first. The first solo is fantastic, a pretty emotional slow solo, and they do maintain that slow pace. The echoing vocals get more and more impactful near the end and I just love them.
17.5/20 #8 out of 38
Beyond the Bridge – All a Man Can Do
Closing off the EP with a pretty long song, this was originally going to be full of 9+ minute songs wow. I actually think not having Lonesome Clown on here helped you in the long run, not even counting my appeal towards Rage of Despair, because it might’ve just burned me out listening to 3 longs of that length. I can’t believe I stopped listening to these guys, the album had some really good moments but in reality all I ever remembered of it was the Doorway to Salvation riff, pre-chorus and chorus.
And man, how my knowledge of that song helped you here, it really made me appreciate that final reprise even more, it’s one of the most epic ways I could imagine someone ending off the EP.
18/20 #5 out of 38
I had my doubts on some of the songs flow and stuff but in the end it didn’t really take away much from my enjoyment, it was a good set of songs that mood-wise, did very well together. The only exception being that Bjorn Riis song that despite the tone and mood was just a bit too different stylistically compared to the songs surrounding it. But I think it served you well because it was a really good song and was part of the reason why this EP grew so much on me.
Score:
You get 7 out of 10 additional points, meaning the flow was fine, a few minor gripes plus the Bjorn Riis situation, but overall nothing outstandingly odd. Against all expectations this EP became a much easier listen and actually a really good one, you were about to take a big hit for the flow because it just sounded like some random songs put together but I reconsidered after multiple listens, there’s definitely some good thought behind this one.
The score average comes in at 16.75 out of 20, so that makes: 16.75 + 7 = 23.75 (+0.75) = 24.5
I'll post #3 when I get home and then the other two tomorrow, hype hype hype hype hyp hy h
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Well, I think the two Flaming Row track I sent are better than Rage of Despair, but oh well. I briefly considered Rage of Despair, but that track gets old quickly once you know the rest of the album.
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Angel is definitely 18/20 wtf
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all a man can do is pretty good tbh that's fair
Dunno flaming row at all tho guess I should listen to it
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So the top 5 songs of the round is not on the top three EPs. That's funny
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My EP is almost certainly propped up by flow points, I'll be surprised by anything less than 9 for flow :corn
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Cool EP, there are some bands I want to check myself. I may even listen to your EP while exercising for my math exam (which is in two weeks and I'm already scared :'()
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actually pretty sure #3 is me though because there are a lot of low ranking songs left and no good rankings left so
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I would be lying if I said that I didn't at least consider my EP tanking, but I'm glad that you liked Kirlian Camera and Floex, at least. Shame about Daft Punk, but oh well.
I'm glad that I at least took a risk instead of going with something safe. Thanks for having me, in any case.
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this forum needs more electronic music tbh
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this forum needs more electronic music tbh
fo sho, been getting a lot of really good electronic music this roulette and I do really appreciate it.
I would be lying if I said that I didn't at least consider my EP tanking, but I'm glad that you liked Kirlian Camera and Floex, at least. Shame about Daft Punk, but oh well.
I'm glad that I at least took a risk instead of going with something safe. Thanks for having me, in any case.
Yeah, it's a shame, really didn't go in expecting to like Daft Punk that much but atleast I got some enjoyment out of it at times. Just not really my music I guess. Thanks a million for Kirlian Camera especially, will be checking them (him/her?) out a lot for sure.
Will post the #3 within the next 20 minutes or so.
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the birds can't sing a song today
Parama: Reverberating Voices of the Celestial Choir
(Alternative title: Gimme That 2016 Bonus Point)
First impression/thoughts:
Going into this I really had no idea of what to expect, you probably had the widest array of styles put into your submissions over the past 9 rounds but they did for the most part all have in common that they were either emotionally crushing, just super-chill or a combination of both. The flow is actually pretty fucking good, I barely noticed the transition from Lucette Stranded.. into Chlorine & Wine, the epic 13 and a half minute conclusion by Vektor gives it a good purpose to stay interested for the entire duration and everything just falls into place. I think, based on just my first impressions, that it’s a pretty well-thought out EP and it flows surprisingly well for the list of songs I’m seeing here. Now.. onto the individual song scorings:
Eight Bells – Hating
There’s a certain somber kind of mood to that main riff and even though it comes across as pretty samey the first couple of listens, the song definitely develops during its entire runtime. The vocals are minimal, but that’s completely fine here because everything is a bit on the slow minimalistic side of things. Vocals are present when needed, with a good slow vibe that fits to the instruments, and absent when the instruments need to take over the attention.
The last minute of the song would bore me if it was a single submission, it’s a nice suspenseful outro/interlude but on its own pretty useless, but it lines up with the Julia Holter song pretty smoothly. Not just because of the grandmaster-level crossfade mixing, but because both kind of have this calm breezy atmosphere.
Thinking about it, this song would fit pretty well on Tomislav’s EP, I might even have liked it slightly better on there, maybe it could've replaced one of the songs on there. Anyway this song is solid enough, not rocking my socks off but it’s fine for an EP opener to still be kind of humble and wait for the rest of the music to blow me away.
16/20 #22 out of 38
Julia Holter – Lucette Stranded on the Island
I would lie if I said that I expected anything like this from you. It’s.. weirdly fitting in pretty well with the EP, but as a separate song, I’m really not a fan of this. I gotta admit that the amount of instantly noticable layers of different types of sound is pretty great, it keeps the track interesting to some degree, but the way this goes on for almost 7 minutes and basically achieves nothing in that runtime to my ears is offputting, I especially feel that way during the “the birds can sing a song“ section, it just rubs me the wrong way and I feel like I’m probably missing out big time according to you. It’s the kind of repetition in music I’d rather not have as I feel like I’ve gotten everything out of it after the first 20 times I heard it.
12/20 #37 out of 38
Baroness – Chlorine & Wine
I’m not minding the production at all, in fact I think it’s pretty great here. Kind of transitions the overall EP mood from that calm Julia Holter song into a rawer sound as we get closer to the big climax which is about as heavy and agressive as it gets. So Baroness seems to be an ongoing trend in this roulette, I’ve tried them out a couple times before but the vocals always put me off, but now that I’ve listened to Tomislav’s EP quite frequently I think I ‘get‘ it now, that EP was really built around the raw sludge/rock side of the musical spectrum for the most part, so in that sense he actually helped you do better with this song. :lol
I feel like the climax, or peak of the song, is the middle instrumental section (around 4 minutes), I don’t feel the same way about the ending of the song as you do, but that guitar line is pretty tasty anyways, probably the highlight of the song for me. Out of all three, this is my least favorite Baroness song and you probably think I’m abysmal because of it, but it is what it is, still a good song though and I’m convinced that I should go check out Baroness.
15.5/20 #25 out of 38
Inter Arma – Potomac
Well I can’t deny that this works. It’s a good introduction to the Vektor epic and frankly, works pretty well with the Baroness song aswell. It has a slightly different tone to it of course (for starters there’s no thrashcore vocals or whatever they’re called) and makes for a somewhat awkward transition but eh that’s going to happen when you have a Vektor song on your EP one way or another.
Though I feel what this instrumental would benefit from is some more riffs and melodies because apart from the inclusion of a piano every now and then, I just hear the same drums over and over and over with a (pretty cool) lead guitar taking the attention most of the time, especially the intro and outro have some awesome emotional guitarwork going on, but apart from that I feel most of it is a bit overdone and it makes it slightly less appealing on consecutive listens, but it’s still a cool ‘calm before the storm‘ type of track and I enjoy its inclusion in the EP.
15.5 #28 out of 38
Vektor – Recharging the Void
Out of the many many songs I received this round this was very likely the one I looked forward to hearing the most. It’s just a cool way to structure the EP, just looking at the song lengths made me excited, four mid-length songs all building up to this near-14 minute epic.
Most of all, these vocals reminded me of Chthonic, which, once I made the connection, made it easier for me to get through them and digest them, it really is a cool approach to thrashmetal that I find interesting enough to be checking out, some more traditional thrashmetal bands like Testament I still find pretty rad, but it’s the experimental aspect of this Vektor song that really does it for me, there’s probably not a single album remotely close to the style of this.
Have said this before about many other songs but I just love when there’s good amounts of tasteful guitar melodies during the verses of songs like this, it gives me the option to divide my attention between the vocals and guitar perfectly, it made it way easier to digest this song and slowly but surely getting used to the vox.
In the end I think I wanted to like it more than I did, and I really thought of this as a ‘love it or hate it‘ type of band, but I’m still liking it a lot. The quiet parts with the female vocals in the background are great, as are the balls to the wall agressive “recharging the void“ screams (pretty much the only words I could make out tbh :lol). And the finale is actually really good, I love these grand endings with backing vocals.
I’m still a bit skeptical about an entire album of this but I sure would like to give it a try, cool entry.
16.5/20 #17 out of 38
Right off the bat I thought you nailed it on the flow/additional score department, it was a really well-thought out EP (or atleast it seemed that way), but soon enough I felt like I didn’t quite like the individual songs enough to pull you through to the #1 spot, some songs started to become slightly worse over time, some became better. There’s no denying that Julia Holter put you on a backfoot, and well you probably knew that it was somewhat of a risk but I appreciate the balls (I always do :neverusethis:).
Score:
For flow and additional score I guess you’ll get 8 points, the only thing transition I don’t fully support yet is the Inter Arma > Vektor one and there’s some minor issues that partially got fixed by crossfades but that’s bound to happen when you compile an EP of artists with no relevance to eachother anyway. Also, despite the Julia Holter song really being a miss this EP was still a pleasure to listen to, it didn't even feel out of place.
Your score average comes in at 15.1, so that makes: 15.1 + 8 = 23.1 (+ 3.0 ) = 26.1
I won't be updating the rankings and standings right now because I'm going to sleep right away, I'll do all of this tomorrow when I finish the writeups for the two finalists, which will be posted before I leave so that should be within like 10 hours from now at latest. It'll be Elite taking on Tomislav, who will be the new Train of Naught roulette champion, knocking 425 off his throne?
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aside from being outright wrong on Julia Holter and also on chlorine and wine being your least favorite of the three baroness songs I'm okay with this
grats tomislav, from the writeups on my song you're basically a guaranteed win at this point he loved your ep :lol
and if I can get third place in your roulette by not even paying your tastes more than a passing glance I'm pretty okay with that too :corn
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tbh Chlorine & Wine is my favorite out of those three Baroness songs :lol but good thing I swapped it with Try to Disappear :P
aside from being outright wrong on Julia Holter and also on chlorine and wine being your least favorite of the three baroness songs I'm okay with this
grats tomislav, from the writeups on my song you're basically a guaranteed win at this point he loved your ep :lol
and if I can get third place in your roulette by not even paying your tastes more than a passing glance I'm pretty okay with that too :corn
Well, he loved all of our EPs :lol
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try to disappear is easily my least favorite off purple but probably not my least favorite baroness track overall
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pfff Try to Disappear is really cool song. It's not my favorite but I don't think there's anything not to like.
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it just kinda annoys me tbh. but it's better than the total abortion that is psalms alive
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425 liked War's End, I think it might have even won the round - at the very least, it scored very high. Plus, I haven't given up hope on people actually having taste. :P
Yeah, I really liked it! I thought it had a good vibe with the cello and everything, and I recall thinking it was pretty emotional as well. It got a 9.0 from me and was the round winner in terms of raw score (it tied with Buzzcut Season once the bonus was taken into consideration). I should get that album soon.
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Kinda thought I might be able to snatch third, but oh well. But yeah, once I had to replace Lonesome Clown and noticed the lack of Flaming Row I pretty much had to throw at least one song in there (I also considered the same two songs that Rich used :lol) even if I thought it hurt the flow a little bit. As for the Bjorn Riis song, the purpose behind that was to have something lighter towards the end because other than the intro track the EP was looking very full-on for the whole 39 or so minutes (especially when Lonesome Clown was in there).
Still, cool roulette, thanks for having me, see you when it's v3 time.
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Wow, and to think I wanted to send Rage of Despair in Round 6 and went with Blackmore's Night instead. :facepalm:
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Yeah everyone went for the (nearly) full 40 minutes, that kinda surprised me but anyways I can't complain since it's more music.
I'll post the final two in a couple hours, still have to do writeups for one of them and I have some other shit to do to prepare for the day aswell.
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fun fact, my EP was exactly 40 minutes on the dot before i added all the crossfades
also yeah i'll def agree the last transition isn't very smooth but w/e not much i could've done about that one tbh, it was just coincidentally convenient for every other song, but there wasn't a good way to make the last one work
i could've stitched together a bit more of the intro of The Paradise Gallows because it's in a pretty close tempo to the start of recharging the void, but
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fun fact, my EP was exactly 40 minutes on the dot before i added all the crossfades
it was more 'fun' the first time you told me
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i didn't tell everyone else though :corn
also i tried that alternate idea, it doesn't work very well, o well. i did my best
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#01: Flaming Row - Rage of Despair (Bolsters)
#02: Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film) (Sacul)
#03: Rammstein - Feuer Frei (Sacul)
#04: Kirlian Camera - Drifting (Scorpion)
#05: Beyond the Bridge - All a Man Can Do (Bolsters)
#06:
#07:
#08: Bjorn Riis - Stay Calm (Bolsters)
#09:
#10:
#11:
#12: Amadeus Awad - Sleep Paralysis (Bolsters)
#13:
#14:
#15: Chelsea Wolfe - Carrion Flowers (Sacul)
#16: Caravan Palace - Dragons (Scorpion)
#17: Vektor - Recharging the Void (Parama)
#18: Floex - Nel Blue (Scorpion)
#19: Nine Inch Nails - Starfuckers, Inc. (Sacul)
#20: Caravan Palace - La Caravane (Scorpion)
#21:
#22: Eight Bells - Hating (Parama)
#23:
#24:
#25: Baroness - Chlorine & Wine (Parama)
#26: Acke Hallgren - Interlude (Bolsters)
#27: Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds (Sacul)
#28: Inter Arma - Potomac (Parama)
#29:
#30: Massive Attack - Angel (Scorpion)
#31: Nine Inch Nails - Various Methods of Escape (Sacul)
#32:
#33: Acke Hallgren - By Omission (Bolsters)
#34: Daft Punk - Television Rules the Nation / Around the World / Harder Better Faster Stronger (Scorpion)
#35:
#36: Faith No More - Caffeine (Sacul)
#37: Julia Holter - Lucette Stranded on the Island (Parama)
#38: Radiohead - The National Anthem (Sacul)
forgot this oops
Standings:
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2.
3. Parama - 26.1
4. Bolsters - 24.5
5. Scorpion - 23.2
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^ alright, let's fill in the blanks on that list.
Tomi has two Baroness tracks scoring high, but looking at Rage of Despair's score, I'm pretty sure both my Flaming Row tracks can get a high score as well. I don't really know any of the tracks Tomi sent, so I can't guess where they will go, but looking at the way Train scores the EPs, I think my flow is pretty damn good (but again, I can't say anything about Tomi's), but I can imagine that if Meshuggah is not your thing, a 10-minute song to close it off is hard to digest.
Then again, the way Train scores makes it more 'forgiving' if there is a tanker in the EP when you have more songs (because he takes averages). There's a couple of songs that tanked relatively (#29, #32 and #35) and I think the distribution of these tracks between our two EPs is about even (2 on one, 1 on the other), but since my EP probably can't suffer two tanking songs due to there being less tracks on it, I'm saying Tomi has two out of the three 'worst' songs left, and I have the other - and it will be the Voyager track from me.
Could be a close race, really. Any of us could win :)
Just for reference, here's the two EPs sent by Tomi and me:
Feel The Electricity (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the EP) (Tomislav)
1. The Sword - Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
2. The Sword - How Heavy This Axe
3. Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross
4. Russian Circles - Death Rides a Horse
5. Red Fang - Wires
6. Baroness - Try To Disappear
7. Baroness - Eula
Fragments of Metal - An EP for Trains (Elite)
1. Anna von Hausswolff - Discovery
2. Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
3. Voyager - Misery Is Only Company
4. Shining - Fisheye
5. Flaming Row – Time Mirror
6. Meshuggah - Dancers to a Discordant System
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grats tomislav, from the writeups on my song you're basically a guaranteed win at this point he loved your ep :lol
hey, I'm still in as well. Am I the underdog now? :lol
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I still think Albatross will be one of those worst rated(#35). Classic filler for my EP :P
I don't know any of your songs but Dancers, and it is a damn good song but maybe hard to digest, yes.
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Elite: Fragments of Metal – An EP for Trains
First impression/thoughts:
With a fairly long EP opener I feel like this EP is the one that feels like it takes the longest to really get going, whch could be good or bad. In this case, I’m not sure, I really feel like the Anna von Hausswolff song shouldn’t have been on this particular EP as of now, I don’t mind the long buildup at all and I think the hauning vibe the vocals give off are great but right after it comes this catchy multi-vocalist progmetal song... followed by another catchy progmetal song :lol and it just tells me that it could’ve done with maybe a cool short interlude of sorts, instead of the Anna von Hausswolff intro.
That aside, I see that your goal was to build the EP around Fisheye, and I wasn’t really feeling that song but still sure it would need more listens to become better, it reminds me of the Slipknot demo days (Mate Feed Kill Repeat) somehow, not quite as experimental though I don’t know a lot of music that is. I don’t have any major issues with the flow, particularly thought Meshuggah would cause some problems on that ground, but this particular Meshuggah song doesn’t sound quite as poundingly agressive as say, Bleed, for instance.
Anna von Hausswolff – Discovery
Eh, the song takes a really long time to get going, I’m fine with that, it’s a calm intro to the EP and slowly builds to.. something. I don’t even feel like the pay-off at the end of this song is that great, the vocals are quite unusual and hard to get used to, I do feel it became better over time but it’s still my least favorite of your EP.
The first half of the song is a very solid instrumental EP opener, as I’m not a huge fan of the vocals I guess I shouldn’t bother with this chick but I do have to applaud the ability of them/her to create a good dark atmosphere.
13/20 #35 out of 38
Flaming Row – Nightingales Chirp
This band is turning out to be one of the most diverse of the roulette from what I’ve heard so far. First I got to see some progressive metalcore kind of influences in Bolsters‘ song and now here’s this super catchy song with the female vocals being the main focus.
I think you said the Voyager song was your most catchy entry but I feel like this one beats it out, this is the chorus I instantly remind myself of when I think of the EP. There’s all kinds of cool stuff though, from the funky bassline in the pre-chorus to the tasty guitarwork in general, this is one of the highpoints of the EP for sure.
17/20 #14 out of 38
Voyager – Misery Is Only Company
Yeah, so I’m pretty sure I’ve listened to “V“ a few times and I liked it, but I have somehow just forgot about the band and album and never explored them further.
What a mistake that was. I thought I already knew the best poppy progmetal stuff but this proves me wrong, this is a wonderful song. Some of the lines are really catchy, as are the rhythms in the verses, and that wonderful falsetto in the chorus is so memorable that it has become one of the many staple Train v2 roulette choruses. It's pretty much an essential prog metal tune, they don't experiment much as it's pretty predictable after a listen or two, but in that sense it's a great, catchy song.
17/20 #9 out of 38
Shining – Fisheye
ONE-THREE-SEVEN-FIVE, FISHEYE FISHEYE
I dunno man, I’ve seen this song many times in recent roulette and so I checked it out once, I believe I put it off halfway through because it just bored me. But these guys are insane, I love it. It’s not quite like any of the weird chaotic music I listen to but it’s sparked my interest alright. Saw some Shining CD’s in the record store the other day and was tempted to buy one but they didn’t have Blackjazz so I decided to wait until I’ve made a decision, or maybe you have a suggestion of your own.
Anyway, the sax is pretty cool and reminds me of Ihsahn as it’s the same vibe, a very chaotic saxophone in a heavy setting. But the highlight of this song and probably my favorite part of the entire EP is when the blastbeat kicks in, everything falls into place and all the insanity of this track is released.
18/20 #6 out of 38
Flaming Row – Time Mirror
After hearing two amazing Flaming Row songs this one falls a bit flat in comparison but is still a really good song. What I do like more here than on any of the other Flaming Row songs is the switch-offs between the different vocalists and vocal styles. It also has the cool heavy instrumental section to set it apart from the crowd, with some great grooves and various instruments. The chorus is probably the main reason I don't like it quite as much as the others but it's still great.
16/20 #24 out of 38
Meshuggah – Dancers to a Discordant System
Comparing this to the Meshuggah songs I’ve heard I actually found it fairly easy to digest. It’s not as straight-up agressive as some of their other songs and instead has some dark Tool-vibe going on in the verses. But when it finally blasts out, man does it djent. I noticed that the new DTP song “Failure“ has a stylistically similar guitar tone in the solo, and it’s a really cool hypnotizing tone that apparently isn’t only featured in the Bleed solo, I thought it was a one time thing. You mentioned resemblances to TMV but really I mostly think of a heavy alternative of Tool. The heavier parts are definitely my favorites though, so I guess I won’t have any problems getting into Meshuggah. :lol No idea why I used to hate their music so much.
Overall a really strong closer, it didn’t quite live up to the highs of the core section of your EP but then again, that was quite a high standard to live up to.
16.5/20 #11 out of 38
Man, I was not impressed with this EP after my first listen according to those notes :lol but it has become so good over the past few days, everything has fallen into place and it's definitely worthy of the finals.
With the ever-so-slim score differentials in this round I’m pleasantly surprised you managed to get this far, with probably my favorite EP of the round despite not being #1, just because it had the most fantastic songs on it with only one clunker. The way I score these probably wasn’t very favourable for you in the long run because Anna von Hausswolff takes down the average by quite a bit, but eh, no way to foresee that when sending.
Also you get 9 out of 10 additional points, the flow is not “perfect“ to be honest, there’s some awkward changes like Anna von Hausswolff into Flaming Row and Shining into Flaming Row for instance, but the overall replay value of this one is what carried me over, it deserved the #2 spot for sure. Thanks for playing, hope you can live with this placement! :tup
So that makes: 16.25 + 9 = 25.25 (+ 1.25) = 26.5
Tomislav95: Feel the Electricity (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Make the EP)
First impression/thoughts:
To me this looks like an EP chockfull of typical Tomislav material, the part of your music collection that I’ve really yet to see in this roulette. I mean, I know you’re a huge Mastodon fan so it was only a matter of time before I got some good sludge metal or anything of the like. And it’s all around a properly composed EP with good flow, nothing to really complain about on that count. I think it’s hard to completely miss the bar with sludge metal and stoner rock and whatnot. I certainly felt like it became a little less interesting with the Russian Circles track, felt like a bit of a drag. But there’s this overall catchiness and urge to replay the EP to it that makes it stand out. I’ve gotten a wide array of styles in this last round but I feel like this EP is the most well-rounded one. Mostly focusing on one style and expanding a bit more on it towards the end, but without straying away from the main topic.
Interesting how you chose not to follow up the instrumental with the next The Sword song of that same album, they seem to have a very defining sound that makes this not an issue at all though, their songs probably work together in almost any order since it’s mostly the vibe they give off that connects the song, opposed to a smooth crossfade or something.
The Sword – Acheron/Unearthing the Orb
This starts off rocking with a cool instrumental by The Sword, I didn’t expect something this heavy from them actually. I feel like in just under 4 minutes it still manages to overstay its welcome a bit near the end but the grooves really seal the deal for me, it’s a great way to open the EP and still leaves me wanting to hear some more of The Sword. With that said, let’s move on to the next The Sword song.
16/20 #23 out of 38
The Sword – How Heavy This Axe
And I guess I’m not a huge fan of this band actually, the instrumental was cool but I can’t say I’m loving the vocals. Sounds like a weaker version of Kyuss to me or something. I really don't have much to say, it has some cool guitar leads, some (very loud) cymbals that don't sound particularly welcoming and the vocals are fine but not standing out in the best way possible. In the verses I actually think they're pretty good, but as the song goes on and we move towards the chorus he starts to get harder to understand and more distant, I thought that these types of vocals were reserved for cheap production black metal. :lol
15/20 #29 out of 38
Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross
Man, this track brings up so many childhood memories. I believe it was featured on Guitar Hero: Metallica and despite not being into this type of rock music at all I always found it to be a cool groovy song, I was always especially drawn to the line “I was born a liar“ because it had such a cool funky edge to it. The song ends before it becomes too much of the same and every time it does it keeps me interested enough in the rest of the EP while still having my main focus on this song. At this point I’m just happy that you manage to tone down the EP slightly in terms of pace but you didn’t make any drastic stylistical change to it, going from The Sword to Corrosion of Conformity.
17.5/20 #7 out of 38
Russian Circles – Death Rides a Horse
This is the only song on the EP that I feel is slightly misplaced, but only slightly. It may stylistically sound a bit similar but I just feel like an instrumental in general on this EP feels out of place (I’m aware of Acheron but it’s different since that’s the opener) and should’ve been cut entirely or replaced by maybe another (slightly more fast-paced) Corrosion of Conformity song to still keep the flow going. That said, it’s still a pretty good connecting piece between the first and second half of the EP, I find myself waiting for the last three tracks to kick in right when this song begins though, it has some cool riffs and hooks, but overall it’s a bit stale-sounding and nothing really stands out.
14/20 #32 out of 38
Red Fang – Wires
This one really reminded me of Kyuss, a lot. It has the simple rhythm section going on, a good basis for a song like this, and then the vocals are just identical, aswell as the phrasing on some of the words sung.
It’s a good safe entry and I actually ended up enjoying it more as I started to familiarize myself more with the EP, being the first song of a great humble EP conclusion (meaning you didn’t go with some crazy long epic tune but instead played it fairly safe).
16.5/20 #13 out of 38
Baroness – Try to Disappear
I can’t believe Parama dislikes this one as much as he does! Maybe it’s a bit formulaic for a Baroness song or something? Anyway, all I hear is a very awesome catchy chorus that had been stuck in my head the other day pretty much the entire day :lol and the vocal delivery in the chorus just makes it very pleasurable to listen to.
On top of that, I think the halfway-frantic drums in some parts of this song are a nice touch to it, and it slowly starts to transition into a cool groovy instrumental section which I think is great too. Don’t get me wrong, this is not one of my favorites, but it’s atleast a very good track and one that convinces me to check out the band.
16/20 #21 out of 38
Baroness – Eula
And as the final song of your EP this comes in as the shortest one of the round (not counting Sacul), everyone sent an epic of sorts, or a long album closer, but not you. I like it because while you end off with two Baroness songs they don’t particularly sound alike, and they still very much have their own identity. The first one was a catchy rocker and this one has more of a beautiful closer type of thing going on. There’s some catchy lines here and there and they don’t repeat them too often to the point where it gets boring, but the main reason why I love this song is how that synth solo section ties together the EP in a pretty hectic finale, when it continues along with the vocals “Settle down!“ it suddenly becomes one of the most epic tunes in the round, and that’s not an easy job to accomplish considering some of the tunes it’s competing with (Vektor, Beyond the Bridge, Bjorn Riis, Radiohead’s Exit Music, just to name a few).
17/20 #10 out of 38
I’m going to add everything up now but I’m pretty sure you’ve won this. :tup
With easily the EP that stayed to the main topic the closest it’s safe to say there’s not much to complain about flow. I think my only minor gripe is the Russian Circles instrumental. Similar to Flaming Row, I like how I got to see different sides of Baroness in this round and I see why you guys sent it, there’s some really strong material between these bands. A bit impartial to The Sword as I mainly liked the instrumental and I still wasn’t head over heels on that one. But it has nothing to do with the flow, you still did very well on that department.
You get 8.5 out of 10 additional points aswell, so with an average score of exactly 16, that makes: 16 + 8 = 25.0 (+3.5) = 28.0
Standings
1. Tomislav95 - 28.0
2. Elite - 26.5
3. Parama - 26.1
4. Bolsters - 24.5
5. Scorpion - 23.2
So the winner is Tomislav95!! Congrats dude. In the end you mainly won because of your performance/point lead of the first 9 rounds, but deservedly so. Your best material was in those rounds, and you played it fairly safe in this final EP, with no need to really do more than that. Elite had a killer EP but it just wasn't quite enouh to win it.
Thank you all for playing in my v2, I'm glad with how I runned both of my roulettes but in the end I think this one was a little smoother, I also felt like people had a better idea of my tastes and scores were a little more consistent.
I may become a little less active on DTF in the upcoming weeks, I've kinda burned out for now because all of the roulette hosting and stuff and will most likely just chill out with some of my new music. I also think things may get a little busier in the upcoming weeks with the start of the new school year and stuff. I'll still participate in roulettes though :tup but may not be as active in the threads.
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Alright, that was it then :)
At least I won the EP round with the best EP :angel:
Also, you should have mentioned Anna von Hausswolff was a replacement on this EP. I love her music, but the build-up is probably not as good as it is on the album I took the track from. Looking back at the list of tracks I had lined up for the EP round, I might have been better off with a different track in its place, but it doesn't matter now.
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Congrats Tomislav and thanks for having me. And definitely do check out that Falming Row album.
oh, and by the way. At the end of september Intronaut/Shining/Obsidian Kingdom play two dates in the Netherlands. I'm considering going :)
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Nice, congrats Tomislav. I was rooting for Bolsters but oh well.
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(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/congratstar2.jpg~original)
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oh, and by the way. At the end of september Intronaut/Shining/Obsidian Kingdom play two dates in the Netherlands. I'm considering going :)
Wow! That's awesome. They also happen to play at Patronaat which is pretty much next to my future home, hope to have moved in there by then. I think I'll go.
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Thank you, guys :) and thank you ToN for giving me good scores, right :P I'm genuinely happy :woot:
This was the most fun roulette ever, maybe because it was the only one where I wasn't eliminated :P
Also, can't believe Albatross was your favorite song of my EP, it was literally a filler :lol
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Congratulations Tomislav! :D
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congra
eula is pretty good tho yeah
also wow i remember that coc song now from the metallica land
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Congrats!
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don't think for a second that I'll ever forgive you for giving me the lowest base ep score even if it was only by 0.1 though :corn :corn :corn
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I mean.. It had Julia Holter on it
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literally just go listen to the album
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Some day bloody someday
Also, can't believe Albatross was your favorite song of my EP, it was literally a filler :lol
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Albatross is the fucking shit man how can you possibly use it as a filler track
This was the most fun roulette ever, maybe because it was the only one where I wasn't eliminated :P
No, it was not because of that, it just was the most fun roulette ever period. No doubt tbh
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so best of roulette double album when
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the most hype roulette of 2016 thus far maybe, evermind's was pretty hype too
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Was this the roulette in which hangman was introduced?
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nah that was splent's i think
the roulette of eternity
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Yeah, I had blurred pictures.
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But hangman won this roulette really
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blurred pictures were pretty lame compared to hangmanenen
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What if someone did......blurred hangmanen?!
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Oh yeah, I loved blurpy pictures
Shoutout to my boy spent, without him I wouldnt have had all the hangmanen spam to get this thread to 53 pages.
so best of roulette double album when
Dunno tbh fam, maybe I'll make a spotify playlist this weekend but I dont feel like putting a lot of thoight in it so itll just be the best songs thrown together or something
What if someone did......blurred hangmanen?!
OMG
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it's only 37 pages in 50-posts-per-page land