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Last.fm profile (https://www.last.fm/user/trainofnaught)
Second roulette (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47522.0)
First roulette (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44884.0)
Hello kids,
Welcome to my third roulette: the one where I think I can’t be wowed by new music anymore but probably will. This time, no hangmanen or any of that fuss. It’s gonna be an elimination style roulette, every round one person leaves. I have 10 contestants but am willing to knock it up to 11 max. If you're willing to join and the list exceeds 11 though, don't worry, we will just have round 0 to decide which 11 contestants are picked.
10 or 11 players. If we have 11 it just means we’ll have one more finalist for the album round
• Round 0: 9 minute length limit, top 12 advance in case round 0 is even necessary. If not, we start with the original 10 players in round 1.
• Round 1-4: 9 minute length limit
• Round 5: 12 minute length limit
• Round 6: Instrumental round; 12 minute length limit
• Round 7: 12 minute length limit
• Round 8: two songs by the same artist, 15 minute limit, no ‘flow’ points
• Round 9: Album round; maximum length of 80 minutes, no minimum length.
List of participants:
- Parama
- Home
- TAC
- Lonestar
- Sacul
- Elite
- Twosuitsluke
- Tomislav95
- Bolsters
- LordCost
- Evermind
- Nekov
- Kingshmegland
- Stadler
- Puppies_On_Acid
- jingle.boy
13. Bolsters
13. Evermind
13. Jingle.boy
13. Nekov
12. Kingshmegland
11. Stadler
10. Puppies_On_Acid
9. Sacul
8. Tomislav95
7. home
6. twosuitsluke
5. lonestar
4. TAC
3. LordCost
2. Parama
1. Elite
I will not be doing scores, so none of your submissions will have any impact on future rounds (unless it’s the worst of the round of course, because it means you’re out of the game). My preferred way of submitting songs in order from favourite to least favourite is Spotify>YouTube>files. Stuff like Bandcamp and Soundcloud is also allowed but if there’s a way to get me one of the 3 preferred methods do that please. Also it’s not mandatory but I always thought little descriptions of the song or why you like them are fun to read.
Oh and here's my banned list, 1 star is bands I love and 2 stars are my top 10 bands:
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65daysofstatic
Adimiron
After the Burial
Agent Fresco
Alcest**
The Algorithm
Alter Bridge
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
Anathema
Anciients
The Antlers
Arcane Roots
Architects
Arctic Monkeys
Arjen Lucassen (Ayreon and all side-projects)
Artificial Language*
Astronoid
Astrosaur
At the Drive-In
Atoma
Avenged Sevenfold**
Battle of Mice
Batushka
Beach House
Beardfish
Bent Knee
Between the Buried and Me**
Blackmill
Black Crown Initiate
Black Peaks
Blonde Redhead
Borknagar
Brand New*
Caligula’s Horse
Callisto
Car Bomb
Caspian
Chaosbay
Children of Bodom
Children of Nova
Chon
Circus Maximus
Closure in Moscow
Cloudkicker
Coheed and Cambria
The Contortionist*
Converge
Cult of Luna
Daughter
David Maxim Micic
The Dear Hunter**
Deftones*
Destrage*
Devin Townsend (SYL, DTP, DTB)*
Diablo Swing Orchestra
The Dillinger Escape Plan*
Disillusion
Distorted Harmony
Disturbed
Dodecahedron
Dreadnought
Dream Theater**
Dredg
Dvne
Earthside
East of the Wall
Eidola
Elder
Envy on the Coast
Exquirla
The Faceless
Fair to Midland
The Fall of Troy
Fallujah
Fates Warning
Foo Fighters
Glasgow Coma Scale
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
God is an Astronaut**
Gojira*
Good Tiger
Gramatik
The Great Discord
Hacride*
Haken*
He Danced Ivy
He Is Legend
The Hirsch Effekt
The Human Abstract
Hundredth
Hypno5e**
Iamthemorning
Igorrr
Ihsahn*
In Vain
Incubus
Indukti
The Interbeing
Intervals
Intronaut
ISIS
Ivar Bjornson & Einar Selvik’s Skuggjsa
I, Omega
Jeff Buckley
Karnivool
Katatonia
Kauan
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
La Dispute
Lechuga
Lemaitre
Leprous**
Les Discrets
Low Roar
Lunatic Soul
Machine Head*
Manchester Orchestra
Mandroid Echostar
The Mars Volta**
Mary Fields
Mastodon*
Maybeshewill
Mechina
Megadeth
Meshuggah
Metallica*
MIAVA
Mogwai
MONO
Moron Police
Myrath
Native Construct*
Ne Obliviscaris
Nothing But Thieves
Nothing More
Novallo
Novembre*
Oathbreaker
The Ocean
Oceansize
Oh Hiroshima
The Ongoing Concept
öOoOoOoOoOo
Opeth*
Orphaned Land
Others by No One
Pain of Salvation
Painted in Exile
Painted Wives
Paradise Lost
Pendulum
Periphery**
Persefone*
The Pineapple Thief
Plini
Poly-Math
Polyphia
Porcupine Tree*
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Protest the Hero*
Pure Reason Revolution
Radiohead
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Reign of Kindo*
Rishloo
Riverside
Rolo Tomassi
Royal Blood
Russian Circles
Russkaja
Schizoid Lloyd
Sean Ashe
A Sense of Gravity
*Shels
Shining
Sigur Ros
SikTh
Skyharbor
Slayer
Slice the Cake*
Soen*
So Hideous
Solstafir
Solution .45
Steven Wilson
Symphony X
System of a Down
Tame Impala
TesseracT*
Textures
Thank You Scientist*
This Will Destroy You
Thomas Giles
Thrice
Thy Art is Murder
Thy Catafalque
Toothgrinder
Trivium
Twelve Foot Ninja
Ulsect
Ulver
Vangough
Veil of Maya
VOLA
White Moth Black Butterfly
White Ward
Xerath
Xanthochroid
Zeal & Ardor
I'm allowing songs from the same band in the same round, but they go on the banned list once every submission of the round is in, so they will be unavailable for use in later rounds.
Finally I hope everyone who originally showed interest in the tracker thread can confirm through PM or in this thread that they are in fact willing to participate now, cause originally I said it would be January. And like I said, the roulette isn't full yet, anyone can enter but it just means we would have a preliminary round to see who moves on to the real thing.
Let me know if you think I forgot to cover something also, it's been my most rushed roulette OP thus far. :lol
Oh and I also made a spotify playlist of my favourite songs from the second roulette, top 30 (though there's only 25 on it because the other 5 aren't on spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/lvialviaquez/playlist/7Hy3dMpmEJJ3RhTqVf1noI
and for our dear non-Spotifiers here's the full list in case interested (bold ones are not on spotify but can be found one way or another on bandcamp/youtube):
Agent Fresco - Dark Water
Amorphis - Under the Red Cloud
Baroness - Eula
Being - Mindflay
Beyond the Bridge - All A Man Can Do
Caladan Brood - Wild Autumn Wind
Daughter - Landfill
Dir En Grey - Vinushka
Fair to Midland - The Wife, The Kids, and The White Picket Fence
Flaming Row - Rage of Despair
Gallowbraid - Stone of Remembrance
Kashiwa Daisuke - City in the Lake
Modest Mouse - The Cold Part
Mr. Bungle - Ars Moriendi
Nothing More - This is the Time (Ballast)
Oceansize - The Frame
Oceans of Slumber - Winter
Orphaned Land - Ocean Land (The Revelation)
Progrenie Terrestre Pura - Droni
Pure Reason Revolution - Bullitts Dominae
Radiohead - Exit Music (For a Film)
Rendezvous Point - Wasteland
Schizoid Lloyd - Suicide Penguin
Shining - Fisheye
Slowdive - Golden Hair (Live at Pitchfork Festival)
Solstafir - Djakninn
Sonata Arctica - Still Loving You
Thy Catafalque - Molekulais Gepezetek
Wilderun - The Garden of Fire
Woods of Ypres - I Was Buried In Mount Pleasant Cemetery
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BANNED DURING ROULETTE:
Round 0
The Family Crest (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywIgQBnBndI)
In Mourning (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j5AYBy9sGM)
Kaddisfly (https://open.spotify.com/track/7KZ8xHzLfL37TEFKEB272f)
Arcade Fire
Fjokra
Crippled Black Phoenix
Algiers
Rainbow
Constantine
Refused
Jack the Joker
This Day & Age
Easily Embarassed
Blessed By a Broken Heart
Arcadea
The Tragically Hip
Round 1
Bear Ghost (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RVeo79yfw0)
Moonloop
The Hotelier
Eryn Non Dae.
Defecto
Faith No More
Arcane
John Frusciante
Monuments
toe
The Panic Channel
Edge of Reality
Round 2
Underoath (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3axH18idJc)
Obscure Sphinx (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZzLsYRFM8)
Darkest Hour
Cynic
Shattered Skies
Shade Empire
Oranssi Pazuzu
Sorority Noise
Klone
Foxing
Queen
Round 3
Snarky Puppy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsGHkUeTc_w)
Loch Vostok (https://open.spotify.com/track/0IYAPjweDwsdUPbvKwxR9F)
Disperse
Death
Todtgelichter
Nevermore
Gentle Giant
El Drugstore
Tall Ships
Rush
Round 4
Aenaon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh4cemBzKMA)
Mew (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um3aQ8UB9HM)
Enshine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-uwRIy9LBQ)
Dream the Electric Sleep
Corelia
Gallows
While Heaven Wept
Messa
Boris
Round 5
OWEL (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xpIANVL1p0)
Port Noir (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq94mECaSYE)
Enslaved (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMJnsuZHdSE)
maudlin of the Well
Lör
Aereogramme
Kingcrow
Sunny Day Real Estate
Round 6
The Minerva Conduct
Kaki King
Venenum
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Set and Setting
Tempel
Olafur Arnalds
Round 7
King Goat (https://kinggoat.bandcamp.com/album/conduit)
Der Weg Einer Freiheit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ic-dXBtP10)
Allegaeon
Norma Jean
Morari
Skindred
Round 8
Tool - Parabola (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HK_tNFzXmmI)
Jolly - The Pattern (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNvDoUYQzlI)
Blindead - My New Playground Became
Tool - Schism
Prospekt - Akaibara
Blindead - Affliction XXVII II MMIX
Bloodshot Dawn - Graviton Nightmare
Prospekt - Alien Makers of Discord
Jolly - Where Everything's Perfect
Bloodshot Dawn - Battle for the Omniverse
Round 9
Semistereo
Exist
Cardiacs
Ezerath
Anubis Gate
Linked songs are my favourites, note that as the roulette progresses I may remove links as songs fall out of my 'favourites' list.
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Sending 'Stairway to Heaven' for Round 1.
Or 'Bohemian Rhapsody'
Or anything by Pink Floyd.
You sure that banned list is accurate? :neverusethis:
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Pretty much.
I know Dark Side of the Moon so none of that, but otherwise I only know the popular stuff and Julia Dream was sent to me last roulette. I also got Shine On You Crazy Diamond in my first roulette but don't remember much of it.
I know like 4 or 5 songs by both Queen and Led Zeppelin but if you avoid the overly popular stuff that I have obviously heard they're all game.
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I'm buried
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I hope everyone who originally showed interest in the tracker thread can confirm through PM or in this thread that they are in fact willing to participate now
I'm still in, though I don't expect I will be for very long. :lol
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You definitely need more Led Zep in your life :heart although I'll probably not be sending them.
So how long have we got to send? That's all I need to know.
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Well, I don't expect more than 11 participants (we currently have 10) but if so, there will be a preliminary round. But since there are no cumulative scores I don't think people would send something different depending on whether we have a round 0 or not, it's basically the same as round 1.
So people can start sending their first submissions already. I think since it's the first round I'll give people a bit more time than normal, let's set the deadline at the end of the week. From the 2nd round onward I will give everyone 3 days to submit after results of the previous round have been posted.
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I confirm I'm in! I was searching some of my songs of your second roulette but I saw later that I didn't partecipate and I don't know why. The banned list could be mine, at the moment I don't have many bands to send but these are the best roulettes for me.
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Sweet.
Time to get playlisting....
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Confirmed. Pondering a few tracks to send...
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Hmm, this looks like it could be fun. What the hell, if you still have a spot I'll join. I'll probably go down in the first round anayways
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Count me in if you'll have me.
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Count me in if you'll have me.
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I'll join for what probably going to be is one round of fun because my song will get me eliminated right away.
I'm sending only the things I've never sent before in this one, should be good.
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Yes yes you are all in. This means we are having at least 12 people so there's gonna be a round 0. From this point on, anyone who wants to participate has to send me a song before the end of the week (remember the time limit is 9 minutes, no exceptions), and I will probably have the results up by next week Wednesday at latest, depending on when the last person sends their song.
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I will probably have the results up by next week Wednesday at latest, depending on when the last person Sacul sends their song.
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Ha, a challenge!
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Sent! Actually a band from the Netherlands, hopefully I get some bonus points for that.
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Sent! Actually a band from the Netherlands, hopefully I get some bonus points for that.
Me too!!! (I think)..
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Sent! Actually a band from the Netherlands, hopefully I get some bonus points for that.
Me too!!! (I think)..
:hifive:
Let's all send bands from Netherlands maybe? :biggrin:
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I'm in, with my usual goal of sending bands that everyone and their brother has heard of, as opposed to bands that released their last album on a Silver CD-R with a sticky note for titles. :) :) :) I'm hoping to last two rounds, tops. :) :) :)
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just here to send meme music round 1 and get c ut
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Sent something pretty obscure for round 0 heh :P
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Nice, you're all in, we have 13 people already and it is probably the most diverse bunch out of all my roulettes so far. I know I said I'll keep the roulette open and just do round 0 where I eliminate everyone but the best 11 songs, but I don't want to end up cutting too many people in the preliminaries, so I'm gonna cap it at 14. One more person can join and then it'll be closed for good, come on in mystery guy
Got 4 songs in already, keep it up boys
as opposed to bands that released their last album on a Silver CD-R with a sticky note for titles
Someone gave me a silver CD-R with a sticky note for titles for free after a concert last week and it was okay :lol not great, but okay
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Count me in, I expect a quick payback elimination ;)
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send him Cative Monstruct - Nute
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Send a song now, that I think you'll dig, or save it to use in a later round (that I'll likely fail to get to) :\
Hmmmm
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Sent a weir song
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Send a song now, that I think you'll dig, or save it to use in a later round (that I'll likely fail to get to) :\
I'd say send it now and secure a place in the roulette :P
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Throw all sense and logic out the window, this is a roulette!
But I will probably play it safe.
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Count me in, if there's still an open spot. I've been watching all these roulette's happen and they seem like fun.
By the way, I see that Spotify is your preferred method of sending songs, if I don't use Spotify, is there still a way I can send you songs on there? Or should I just PM you the song Artist and Title?
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Yeah, you're in mr. pupper on acid! That means I'm closing it down guys, no more new participants from here on. 14 participants, 5 songs in, 9 to go. That means 3 people will be leaving us after this preliminary round, so don't be a Luke and do this:
save it to use in a later round (that I'll likely fail to get to) :\
By the way, I see that Spotify is your preferred method of sending songs, if I don't use Spotify, is there still a way I can send you songs on there? Or should I just PM you the song Artist and Title?
PMing me the artist and song title is fine unless for some reason it's a band that is available on literally no online platform. It's in the overlong OP as well but my preferred order is Spotify>YouTube>Files(FLAC/mp3 etc.)>>Soundcloud/Bandcamp. Any of these is possible so not only Spotify. It's just that if someone sends me a YT vid for example, and I can find an identical version on Spotify, I will.
If you've got any other questions since you seem new to roulettes feel free to PM or ask here
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By the way, I see that Spotify is your preferred method of sending songs, if I don't use Spotify, is there still a way I can send you songs on there? Or should I just PM you the song Artist and Title?
PMing me the artist and song title is fine unless for some reason it's a band that is available on literally no online platform. It's in the overlong OP as well but my preferred order is Spotify>YouTube>Files(FLAC/mp3 etc.)>>Soundcloud/Bandcamp. Any of these is possible so not only Spotify. It's just that if someone sends me a YT vid for example, and I can find an identical version on Spotify, I will.
If you've got any other questions since you seem new to roulettes feel free to PM or ask here
I swear I read through the OP twice and missed that bit both times, haha.
And since this is my first time participating in a roulette, I fully expect to get the boot after the first round ;D
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If you're still taking people for Round 0, I'll send a song... just so that Parama can tell me how shitty it is. :biggrin:
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Okay what the hell, I can't turn down a jingle boy, you can send right away and the deadline is the end of the week. This means the worst 4 songs will get cut instead of the worst 3
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Cool beans. Any theme/limit for Round 0? I assume with 15 people, it's at least going to be a 9-minute limit?
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Good guess! Yes, 9 minutes :biggrin:
• Round 0: 9 minute length limit, top 11 advance in case round 0 is even necessary. If not, we start with the original 10 players in round 1.
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:lol
I shouldn't laugh. I'm old as well. :lol
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Legitimately tempted to send the most rocking Christmas song I know (don't know how popular it is outside of the UK)! Just been listening to it in the car with my girlfriend.
Lucky I'm not drunk right now as I definitely would've sent :lol
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send a brutal death metal cover of a christmas song
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Are we sending now? I think I already sent...
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Yeah you've sent already. I don't know the list of people who haven't sent yet off the top of my head but I think it's:
Sacul
Elite (no wonder I'm listing these two first)
Kingshmegland
Home
Jingle.boy
Twosuitsluke
LordCost
Bolsters
Which doesn't make sense since Im pretty sure I already have 8 songs. I'll check when I get home
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I sent saculcore
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Good guess! Yes, 9 minutes :biggrin:
• Round 0: 9 minute length limit, top 11 advance in case round 0 is even necessary. If not, we start with the original 10 players in round 1.
See... this is why I shouldn't post before I finish my 1st cup of coffee in the morning!
:vfs:
I'll get something to ya tonight.
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Sent!!
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Sent!!
Me too!
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Me three.
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I found out what caused my confusion, I forgot to put Evermind on the participants list :lol which means we have 16 participants and not 15. What I'm gonna do is assess the round 0 songs; if the quality is high enough, I will still eliminate only 4 people which means we will have 1 more candidate in the final round (3 instead of 2). If the quality is low however, I will still be eliminating people to the point where we have 11 left, which means booting 5 people.
So I just need twosuitsluke, home, elite, sacul
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Ok, working on my submission.
There seem to be quite a few DTF faves missing from your banned list that I'd expect you to have heard. I'll try not to go too obvious but I'm assuming you have likely heard the odd song or two but not dug any further. If not then I am expecting to be asked to resubmit.
Let's do this...
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Will there be hangmanen? :metal
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Sent.
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Sent, now it's bed time
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Will there be hangmanen? :metal
Man do you have a short attention span.... the 2nd sentence of the OP.
Hello kids,
Welcome to my third roulette: the one where I think I can’t be wowed by new music anymore but probably will. This time, no hangmanen or any of that fuss.
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Shame, cuz I'm definitely doing hangmanen :2metal:
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Yeah sorry for not reading an essential part of a roulette post jingle
Your obvious vendetta against me comes off as childish and makes you seem like you're half my age instead of the other way around :corn
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:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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Yeah sorry for not reading an essential part of a roulette post jingle
Your obvious vendetta against me comes off as childish and makes you seem like you're half my age instead of the other way around :corn
Now whose turn is it to :chill? I have no vendetta against you ... I'd throw a snipe at anyone for a that kind of post. Perhaps you have missed my repeated "Paying Attention: You suck at it" responses when people miss obvious things??
Maybe the mature response would've been to laugh it off, rather than throw retort back.
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Parama. DTF's resident teenage girl on Snapchat.
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Parama. DTF's resident teenage girl on Snapchat.
Well, I am a Mean Girl.
And an Easy A. :lol
Or should I say 'Easy, Eh?'
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Parama. DTF's resident teenage girl on Snapchat.
Well, I am a Mean Girl.
And an Easy A. :lol
Or should I say 'Easy, Eh?'
Only if Canada had dictators.... :laugh:
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I'm told that my Dictate great!
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:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
Parama, I don't think people always get your somewhat nihilistic approach to posting. I mean, it took me a while :lol It's part (all) of your charm though ;)
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I'm told that my Dictate great!
Get me a beer bitch.
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I'm told that my Dictate great!
Get me a beer bitch.
Coors Light?
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Lol
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Don't anger the beer gods.
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Is Train Of Naught even old enough to have this kind of talk in his thread?
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Dad, stop it.
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Don't make me come back there...
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Don't make me come back there...
Keep your belt on for god's sake.
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Don't make me come back there...
Keep your belt on for god's sake.
...and your pants
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Is Train Of Naught even old enough to have this kind of talk in his thread?
I am 12 years old and what is this
But on a serious note, I don't think - despite my age - I will ever be old enough to talk about grown men with their pants down
I've gotten all but 1 song, thanks for the timely submissions! Instead of hangmanen you guys may guess who the last person is
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elite
what do i win
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So, do I have to send today?
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Preferably, yes. Technically, sunday's the deadline. I can deliver results earlier if you send today though since I have all the others
And the following rounds will only have a 48h window of sending songs so it'll get you in the routine :neverusethis:
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DO you know this band called Leprous? They have some cool songs I might send to you.
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Is that the band with the excessive falsetto vocals and the singer that headbangs like an ostrich? Nope, never heard of them.
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:lol
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Is Train Of Naught even old enough to have this kind of talk in his thread?
I am 12 years old and what is this
Oh shit, Internet pedo-sexual harassment... the new craze!
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Jingle Weinstein.
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Jingle Weinstein.
Seems more like Moore territory to me. :lol
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:lol
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Is that the band with the excessive falsetto vocals and the singer that headbangs like an ostrich? Nope, never heard of them.
Yeah, that's them I saw them play a gig in your hometown a couple of weeks ago.
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Yeah, I was there, coincidence!
(Ladies and) gentlemen, I present to you the first round of songs:
In Mourning - Ashen Crown
Arcadea - Rings of Saturn
This Day & Age - More of a Climb, Less of a Walk
The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
Crippled Black Phoenix - Scared and Alone
The Tragically Hip - Scared
Constantine - Collective Harmony
Blessed By a Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock
Easily Embarassed - Time Holes
Algiers - The Cycle / The Spiral: Time to go Down Slowly
Jack the Joker - Volte Face
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Rainbow - Stargazer
Kaddisfly - Campfire
Refused - Tannhauser / Derive
Fjokra - Slyrex
Gonna get at least 5 spins in and maybe a fifth, results should be up on Monday :corn at least 4 people will be eliminated and maybe 5, any guesses based on the song list? :corn :corn
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I'd bet my life savings that I know who sent Jack the Joker (lonestar) and Rainbow (Stadler). Constantine was probably TAC. Love the Blessed by A Broken Heart pick, though I'm stumped who would send it.
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This day and age was king
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no hangmanens?
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This day and age was king
I wonder what gave it away? A clim??
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no hangmanens?
Yup. Shame on you, Train, I shall give hangmanen to my followers and they will rejoice in it!
But that's because I'm programming a little thing to help me do it, won't bother making that shit by hand :P
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This day and age was king
I wonder what gave it away? A clim??
Fuck :lol fixed.
Anyway this may be interesting. I gave every song one spin, and based on first impression there is a clear standout and a clear #2. On the other hand, I also have a clear bottom 4 right now, which - hopefully for you 4 - are growers. The pack of songs in the middle are for the most part pretty close to each other.
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Bottom 4 ftw :2metal:
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Crippled Black Phoenix is luke (:heart)
Refused is Sacul
Kaddisfly is probably Tomislav
i would say both Constantine and In Mourning would be Luoto but he's not in the roulette at all :P
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Bottom 4 ftw :2metal:
yeh, me too
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Bottom 4 ftw :2metal:
yeh, me too
And me for sure.
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well if y'all are in the bottom 4 then i'm definitely making it in for sure, song i sent is rad tbh :metal
though tbh the crippled black phoenix song is better, shame the rest of the album is just kinda meh
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I sent a song by the opening act on Taylor Swift's new tour. Hope you enjoy!
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This day and age was king
I wonder what gave it away? A clim??
What did I miss here? :lol
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no hangmanens?
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wtf train y no hangmenanern
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Train, you need to get a hold of this (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=51385.msg2385190#msg2385190).
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Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Nice. I don't think Train will like them that much but nice :corn
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I almost sent that exact Crippled Black Phoenix song, but changed my mind at the last minute. It's a great song! Now looking at the list of submissions, I'm not all that confident in my choice.... :'(
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I sent a song by the opening act on Taylor Swift's new tour. Hope you enjoy!
Any chance a hologram is involved?
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I sent a song by the opening act on Taylor Swift's new tour. Hope you enjoy!
Any chance a hologram is involved?
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Bottom 4 ftw :2metal:
yeh, me too
And me for sure.
And I'm the 4th one. :metal
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Cool, so I guess I'm safe then...
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Cool, so I guess I'm safe then...
I'm confident in my song as well.
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Here's the deal: I'm on my third spin and I'm already sure of a couple that have made it through, some have grown quite a bit and others have become a bit worse over the continuous listens, so I'll be revealing some of the songs that are certainly safe throughout the weekend, and then do eliminations on Monday when there are about 7 songs left.
Actually gonna start locking in the first spot of round 1 of the roulette right now.
This song was actually the one I remembered least from after the first listen and I have no clue why because I did enjoy it. Admittedly, the lyrics were a bit awkward to me at first but I grew to like the song a lot as the kind of sexy/funky vibe accompany the lyrics quite well. But the melodies are groovy as fuck and that's what I like most about it, so laid back yet energetic in a way. The song ends on a very euphoric note, almost in a shoegazey way but not quite. No, you are not in the bottom 4 :lol. There's 2 or 3 songs I liked better this round, but this one was still very good, extremely catchy.
LordCost, Fjokra - Slyrex passed the test, you're in. I think I'll get one more spin in this evening and secure the round winner and runner up (by the way, there's no rewards for winning rounds, just to be clear).
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Just wanted to say I like this format of roulette and really enjoyed lonestar's as well :tup
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Just wanted to say I like this format of roulette and really enjoyed lonestar's as well :tup
Even when you lose the final round? :neverusethis:
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Just wanted to say I like this format of roulette and really enjoyed lonestar's as well :tup
Even when you lose the final round? :neverusethis:
Especially then.
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Good because you're eliminated from this one too :corn
I've decided I'll reveal the winner tomorrow instead of right now, because it's more fun to let the winner suffer for one more day. I will instead reveal the runner up right here right now, and one more random safe song, 4 listens in atm.
First I'll do one of the mid-tier round 0 songs. This was kind of a toss up. On one hand, this song had easily the coolest intro of any song this round, the band pulls off heavy groovy instrumentals really fucking well. The vocals were mostly clean and in the higher register weren't really my thing. I would love this song more if the semi-harsh vocals were more present as they fit the rest of the song way better IMO. Nonetheless, this was a sick prog metal tune and there was never any doubt that it wouldn't make it past the eliminations. Also they had some sick Car Bomb outro going on the last 10 seconds. :biggrin:
Move along TAC, Constantine - Collective Harmony got you through to the next round. You can start thinking of the next song if you want, or relax the next 2 days and see where the rest of the participants end up.
Mr. runner up, great song, instant favourite. As you mentioned, this was channeling a lot of dredg fandom and even some Fair to Midland I'd say. I think they do the split between the funky verses and loaded post rock-like choruses extremely well, and the halftempo kinda thing they do when going into the chorus is exactly the type of thing I crave. It's almost scary how much this sounds like something Luke would send though.
You can relax, former champion, you're through to the next round. Kaddisfly - Campfire is one hell of a song, very close to being the song of the round.
And here is how the songs that are officially through are currently ranked, will update as we go:
1. Kaddisfly - campfire
2. Fjokra - Slyrex
3. Constantine - Collective Harmony
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yeah that kaddisfly tune is good
actually planning to start really spinning the album tonight :corn
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First I'll do one of the mid-tier round 0 songs. This was kind of a toss up. On one hand, this song had easily the coolest intro of any song this round, the band pulls off heavy groovy instrumentals really fucking well. The vocals were mostly clean and in the higher register weren't really my thing. I would love this song more if the semi-harsh vocals were more present as they fit the rest of the song way better IMO. Nonetheless, this was a sick prog metal tune and there was never any doubt that it wouldn't make it past the eliminations. Also they had some sick Car Bomb outro going on the last 10 seconds. :biggrin:
Move along TAC, Constantine - Collective Harmony got you through to the next round. You can start thinking of the next song if you want, or relax the next 2 days and see where the rest of the participants end up.
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My iPod is filled with higher registers! :lol
Glad you enjoyed.
WTF is Car Bomb? :lol
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I hope you wouldn't have asked :lol one thing they do a lot is create these low and reaaally slow guitar riffs to give it this bent effect kinda. But, you would absolutely hate their music, there is a lot of screaming and a lot of chaos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVcnsiRQ4M
Saw them twice this year, some of the weirdest shows ever but I thought they were great at the same time
On another note, I think I know how I'm gonna structure the rest of this round. Think I'm gonna save 3 more people tomorrow morning (think like 9 or 10 hours from now) and 3 more that evening after work. This leaves me with 7 remaining songs and I decided today that the gap between bottom 4 and the others is big enough for me to let 4 people go instead of 5.
Any guesses for round winner?
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Saw them twice this year, some of the weirdest shows ever but I thought they were great at the same time
I think the weirdest thing I ever saw was Mr. Bungle.
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Saw them twice this year, some of the weirdest shows ever but I thought they were great at the same time
I think the weirdest thing I ever saw was Mr. Bungle.
You saw Mr. Bungle live!? Fuck, I’m jealous
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The vocals were mostly clean and in the higher register weren't really my thing. I would love this song more if the semi-harsh vocals were more present as they fit the rest of the song way better IMO.
That song has some of the purest cleans on the whole album, and he also handles your typical slightly raspy power tone. Lassi is a great vocalist.
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Any guesses for round winner?
Definitely my song, that song is :metal :biggrin:
:corn
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obviously the song i sent is round winner
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Actually I'm amending my answer. It's definitely going to be Stargazer as the winner. Hard to beat anything involving Dio and/or Richie Blackmore. Hard to believe most of the people involved with that album are now dead.... :-[
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Saw them twice this year, some of the weirdest shows ever but I thought they were great at the same time
I think the weirdest thing I ever saw was Mr. Bungle.
You saw Mr. Bungle live!? Fuck, I’m jealous
Twice. In October of 1991, and then again in the spring of '92. The first time, I hade NO IDEA what they were about. A friend of mine was really into them, and I took him for his birthday. I had never heard a note, but I figured it's the singer from FNM, so how bad could it be?
I was like WTf'nF is THIS?? :lol
The next time they came back to Boston, I took another friend as a night out. He really liked them and bought their album. Me, it's nothing I could listen too, but seeing them in two club shows in Boston was quite an experience.
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Time to get 3 more names out there, here goes!
This song - on first impression - I could probably take or leave. Nothing really drew me in and I thought the vocals were a bit annoying. But I found that a few days later I kept playing this in my head, the vocals are really catchy and started growing on me pretty quickly. There is a really dreamy vibe to the song and that's probably the best approach when it comes to uplifting music in my roulette.
King, I firmly believe that the singer is tons better in The Reign of Kindo, but you've passed the preliminaries. This Day & Age - More of a Climb, Less of a Walk is through. I do wanna make clear that even though this one was never in the danger zone (bottom 4-5 range), it was close at times. Good song, but not one of my favourites in an overall pretty strong round.
Next up, a song that actually did wander the danger zone at the start. At first, it was just a chore to get through, almost filling up the entire 9 minutes and supposedly not really building up to anything. Just 9 minutes of meandering. This song grew on me in a big way though. The vocals are excellently haunting and give off this bittersweet feeling at the same time. The horns in the background accentuate the vocals quite well. And when given a closer listen or are more familiar with the song, you'll start noticing there's actually a pretty heavy loaded climax near the end, it's just epic in a more subtle way than you'd normally see. I'd love to hear more from this band.
Luke, go take a :chill you're through. Crippled Black Phoenix - Scared and Alone was the biggest grower of the round for sure!
Finally, let's get a song out there that ranked inbetween the two other songs above. The vocalist on this one is so damn consistent, I don't think I've ever heard bad vocals by him. The riffage is simple but it does not matter, because it's groovy as hell. The one thing I regret is that the whole orchestra / horns section probably does not sound quite as epic if you didn't experience it 'back then', but they still do a great job of accentuating the vocals in the chorus, because that truly is one epic fucking chorus. The guitar solo kind of left me cold, it sounds tacky. That's all fine though because the ending of this song left me in awe with Dio's amazing voice.
Stadler, I have never heard Dream Theater's cover of Stargazer, nor had I heard the original by Rainbow, but that was one hell of a song. The ending was just great.
This leaves us with the folowing songs:
- In Mourning - Ashen Crown
- Arcadea - Rings of Saturn
- The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
- The Tragically Hip - Scared
- Blessed By a Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock
- Easily Embarassed - Time Holes
- Algiers - The Cycle / The Spiral: Time to go Down Slowly
- Jack the Joker - Volte Face
- Arcade Fire - Wake Up
- Refused - Tannhauser / Derive
And here's the updated ranking of songs that are officially through now:
1. Kaddisfly - campfire
2. Fjokra - Slyrex
3. Crippled Black Phoenix - Scared and Alone
4. Rainbow - Stargazer
5. Constantine - Collective Harmony
6. This Day & Age - More of a Climb, Less of a Walk
3 more names (including the round winner) tonight. Oh and the safe people can start sending whenever they want btw, deadline is Wednesday 23:59 PM (GMT+1 timezone)
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Wow, I thought it was a risky choice. Fjokra has only released an EP and recently two new singles, which are less experimental but really catchy. I've already decided the song for round 1, this time it's metal and I'm quite sure to survive.
Never heard the other songs of the round.. I liked Snowflakes by Kaddisfly, but not much some other songs by them.
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Good to see Stargazer is safe.
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Oh boy :corn
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Well, i guess a boot in round 1 is a strong possibility
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*let's out a sigh of relief*
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Good to see Stargazer is safe.
Yeah I might be in a fogey mood because I'm seeing Testament tonight, but there's no doubt I really thought that song was great, I think I like it more than Gates of Babylon.
One song has dropped form the top 4 all the way down to a point where I will need some serious listening to decide whether it'll even make it through to the next round. It's like every single song except that one has grown on me, even the ones that currently rank lower. Though this made me all the more certain that the songs above it are safe, and right now it comes down to picking between my favourite of the bottom four songs and that song that dropped a lot in rankings the last few days.
:corn :corn
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Everytime I see Stadler submit Rainbow, I feel like I'm thinking these roulettes too hard.
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I'm so fucked lol
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I'm so fucked lol
Sucks being on the other side doesn't it R.J.? :lol
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Seriously man, I'm screwed for the next five roulettes
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Still fun though because he we are getting excited about how we going to make it or not. The second benefit is I get to find out music that I would never know about check them out and blow more money.
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I'm glad you liked Kaddisfly, it is really something you might like :smiley:
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Now I'm getting nervous... :|
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One song has dropped form the top 4 all the way down to a point where I will need some serious listening to decide whether it'll even make it through to the next round. It's like every single song except that one has grown on me, even the ones that currently rank lower. Though this made me all the more certain that the songs above it are safe, and right now it comes down to picking between my favourite of the bottom four songs and that song that dropped a lot in rankings the last few days.
hell yeah :metal :metal :metal
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Okay, got home from Testament, it was sick. Not music I'd dig as much at home but man they've got quite some energy. Time to do this shit:
First one I let off is probably the most consistently heavy song of the round. This remains more interesting than a lot of bands I hear in the genre. They shake up the riffs and melodies quite a lot and it makes the song remaing interesting throughout its (pretty long) runtime. The chorus has amazingly epic guitar melodies going on, I simply love those. And the clean ending was a bit of a surprise and it takes me out of the song a bit but I've grown to love it. Can safely say this was my third favourite round.
Sorry for letting you wait this long, but no more need to worry my dude. Puppies_On_Acid, Ashen Crown was fucking sick, you're through to the next.
Next up, time to let off someone who I feel I've deservedly kept waiting in stress for this long. :biggrin:
Pretty rad progressive metal song, this one. It almost felt a bit too cookie-cutter progmetal for me and the vocals were not satisfying me entirely, but in the end it was things like that one cool vocal melody in the chorus and that Meshuggah-like riff with some super low basslines in the second half of the song that pushed me over the edge. Definitely on the lower end of submissions that made it through, but good enough to pass.
Lonestar, you eliminated me in the first fucking round, but I sadly can't do the same with you since you lined up a pretty cool song. Jack the Joker - Volte Face gets the green light.
Finally let's reveal the round winner. This probably started as a 'safe entry' since the band is currently touring with my favourite band and have a pretty similar sound. The strings are beautiful, give off this epic haunting feeling. What carries me over for the same reason as The Dear Hunter though, is they manage to build up so much tension, and the last chorus is just so overwhelmingly huge. Easy pass to the next round, and definite winner of round 0.
Home, join the cool kids for round 1. Beneath the Brine is a banger. Unfortunately there are no prizes for round winner in this roulette. :P
This means there are 7 people left, 4 get eliminated and 3 still go through. Here's the ranking of all songs so far:
1. The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
2. Kaddisfly - campfire
3. In Mourning - Ashen Crown
4. Fjokra - Slyrex
5. Crippled Black Phoenix - Scared and Alone
6. Rainbow - Stargazer
7. Constantine - Collective Harmony
8. This Day & Age - More of a Climb, Less of a Walk
9. Jack the Joker - Volte Face
Let me just reiterate that this is a really strong round, I like all 9 songs listed here.
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Well, shit.
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Testament :2metal:
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Top 3? I can live with that ;D
Now to find something for round 1. Do I dare take a chance on a genre that it doesn't appear you listen to very much? Or play it safe?
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Well, shit.
:dangerwillrobinson:
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time for train to reveal the secret round winner that was my song
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Not surprised.
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Phew...I was sweating there... I'll send the next round in the coming day, glad you enjoyed it. There are a few tracks on that album that are a bit better, but I felt that one was more of a starter.
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Well, shit.
:dangerwillrobinson:
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Don't worry guys I'll put you all out of your misery today (probably in around 6 or 7 hours)
BTW you can start sending if you're through already, deadline is end of Wednesday (GMT+1)
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Can I send already?
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Class was dismissed early because of the emergency weather (code orange I believe) so I'll do one right now and do all the others in an hour or something.
Now this one was kind of a grower, but when it really hit me was yesterday when it was snowing really hard outside and I was kind of getting in the Christmas mood. Not to say that I like Christmas songs (at all), but this one had a really nice jolly touch to it that I dug a lot near the end. Overall, the vocals had an enjoyable broken kind of feel to it, and it worked really well in combination with the joyful chants. Really looking forward to checking out this album after hearing quite a lot of talk about it.
Elite, yes you can send already. Wake Up made it through. :corn
1. The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
2. Kaddisfly - campfire
3. In Mourning - Ashen Crown
4. Fjokra - Slyrex
5. Crippled Black Phoenix - Scared and Alone
6. Rainbow - Stargazer
7. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
8. Constantine - Collective Harmony
9. This Day & Age - More of a Climb, Less of a Walk
10. Jack the Joker - Volte Face
2 more spots to fill for round 1 :) and 4 people I unfortunately have to let go. Will Parama be right in predicting a secret round winner and if so, is it his song? Will jingle.boy change his mind and actually be surprised? Will Evermind get bonus points because the artist from his song is from the same country as me? Find out in an hour!
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Time to finallize things.
This was the song I spoke of that had left a really strong first impression on me but slowly was buried under the growing quality of the other songs this round. The problem I have with this song for starters, is there's essentially this cool symphonic intro which doesn't feel like it has any connection whatsoever to the meat of the song. The 'meat' being some really cool Converge-like riffing with vocals that sound quite similar to Converge and even Hypno5e a bit, but don't strike me as the same level of emotion or intensity. Then the last 100 seconds or something don't just sound like a weird connection, it sounds like a new song entirely. I don't get it. The longer Converge songs like Eve, Jane Doe and The Dusk in Us all have really subtle transitions and buildups but I did not feel that here. All the same, this song did leave a really strong impression on me at first and there's still enough redeeming qualities to it to make it pass on to the next round.
You dodged a bullet here Sacul, but you're through. Tannhauser / Derive is safe, send me music
This next one is pretty much the opposite of Sacul's song. After the first round I was completely ready to kick you out. I didn't really get why you would send this to me, it struck me as some mid-tier funk with rock elements and didn't really look into it much. That "We are the cycle that begins" line really grew on me and slowly but surely I started making connections between this and some of the more mellow Baroness stuff and suddenly started liking it more. I guess most of the reason I don't really find myself listening to funk is because a lot of it is just happy go lucky music with not much emotional dept (my interpretation) but this has some more sad and even kind of haunting tones to it. The second half can get pretty intense.
Not one of your strongest songs in my roulettes but still solid, you're in Parama. The Cycle / The Spiral: Time to go Down Slowly is.. good.
This song felt so extremely busy, not a single breathing moment. It is crazy for sure, but to me it’s not crazy in an intriguing way. It got a little better over time but overall I still felt the same unfortunately, so this was a miss. I love some of the Brann-vocal-fronted songs of Mastodon, such as The Motherload and Steambreather, but I feel like those have way more ‘space’ between vocals and instrumentals. Truth be told, I never thought any of the Mastodon guys had great vocals, but with the music of Mastodon it just works so damn well, and I guess for me that is not the case with Brann’s voice in Arcadea. So you can already guess my favourite moment of this song was when he sings "Ocean alive" or something along those lines and the music gets a little quieter and more focused on that one synth. I quite liked that.
Not top 12 material unfortunately, sorry to be kicking you out in the preliminaries the first time you've ever participated in one of my roulettes Nekov, Arcadea does not do nearly as much for me as Mastodon it seems, even though Brann Dailor is one of my favourite artists.
I cannot say much about this song, it just never resonated with me at all. I dig when ballads can connect me to the lyrics and make me feel the same way the artist does, but here that just was not the case. I already figured that if there was any overlapping ground between our tastes it would probably be more likely to be heavier stuff.
Jingle.boy, time to pack. :( I wish I could keep you in longer but this was just not a match, if it's any consolation (but maybe a bit ironic seeing the results) I think you're probably the most fun when it comes to talking shit about other people.
Now this one I really struggled with. It had good moments, very good even, but most of my enjoyment was ruined by that extremely present on the forefront dub sound. That just does not appeal to me at all. I dug the more atmospheric tones of the synths and piano in the background and the buildup at the end also, which even got pretty intense near the end. So basically, a lot of potential for good instrumental music, but that dub sound hurt your ranking enough to fall in the bottom four.
Sorry Evermind, you're out. This song wasn't quite up to par with the others.
Next up we have a song that by assessing my tastes I should probably like alright, but somehow apart from a few moments I just don't. The pre-chorus has good melodies and is pretty good. But for most of the song they just lose me with both the lyrics and the vocals themselves, it's just too much. I'm not the biggest traditional heavy metal fan as it stands, and there are exceptions to the rule, but this isn't one of them. Tomislav knows this from my Ensiferum write-up of the last roulette, but I really can't stand those "Hey Hey Hey" chants, that's one of my pet peeves. :-\
Bolsters, you're out. :( Shut Up and Rock did not live up to similar songs you've sent in the past like Kingdom of Rock or Feed the Fire.
Final round 0 ranking:
1. The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
2. Kaddisfly - campfire
3. In Mourning - Ashen Crown
4. Fjokra - Slyrex
5. Crippled Black Phoenix - Scared and Alone
6. Rainbow - Stargazer
7. Arcade Fire - Wake Up
8. Constantine - Collective Harmony
9. Algiers - The Cycle / The Spiral: Time to go Down Slowly
10. This Day & Age - More of a Climb, Less of a Walk
11. Jack the Joker - Volte Face
12. Refused - Tannhauser / Derive
13. Easily Embarassed - Time Holes
14. Arcadea - Rings of Saturn
15. Blessed By a Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock
16. The Tragically Hip - Scared
Top 12, you're in. Send me a song within the following days (deadline Wednesday) of max. 9 minutes. Got 2 songs in already, 10 to go. From this point on it is 1 elimination per round so I am going to do writeups until we have 2 people left and then have a final showdown with the bottom two song writeups at the same time (it will always be the worst two of the round unless otherwise stated).
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Yeah that is surprising. :lol
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Yeah that is surprising. :lol
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Well, it was good while it lasted (?)
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Wooo :metal
Yes, I kind of figured The Family Crest would be a pretty safe choice, but yeah I think you might really enjoy their album Beneath The Brine, it has quite some amazing tracks, like howls. Here is a pretty rad execution of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsnW0bOupl4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsnW0bOupl4)
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Well, at least I'm in good company. I knew we have very little in common, so thought I'd send things that were different than anything else to see what might stick. Swing and a miss right out of the gate - can't say I'm all that surprised.... and I'm sure you aren't either.
No soup for me.
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Wooo :metal
Yes, I kind of figured The Family Crest would be a pretty safe choice, but yeah I think you might really enjoy their album Beneath The Brine, it has quite some amazing tracks, like howls. Here is a pretty rad execution of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsnW0bOupl4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsnW0bOupl4)
I actually checked out the Audiotree version of the title track before posting the writeup and it was really well executed. Still liked the studio version better though. Listening to the album now and yeah, Howls is indeed the other standout so far. Something else that's interesting is they actually sound way more like The Reign of Kindo than the band that was submitted to me that had 4 current Reign of Kindo members in it (This Day & Age) :lol.
Well, at least I'm in good company. I knew we have very little in common, so thought I'd send things that were different than anything else to see what might stick. Swing and a miss right out of the gate - can't say I'm all that surprised.... and I'm sure you aren't either.
No soup for me.
After my miserable fail in your first roulette round years ago, definitely not. You compared my song to an STD :lol :metal
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I will send tonight good sir!
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After my miserable fail in your first roulette round years ago, definitely not. You compared my song to an STD :lol :metal
Wow, that's harsh... and so un-Canadian :lol. I assume I made the comment of it being 'catchy - but so is chlamydia'?
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Exactly :lol the song was Witchcraft by Pendulum. I still tell people about this burn when I'm playing Pendulum or talking about them, it made me laugh so hard
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Exactly :lol the song was Witchcraft by Pendulum. I still tell people about this burn when I'm playing Pendulum or talking about them, it made me laugh so hard
Well, I'm glad you were a good sport about it!
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Revenge is a dish best served cold :corn
And sent.
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Revenge is a dish best served cold :corn
Just like chlamydia!
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Revenge is a dish best served cold :corn
Just like chlamydia!
I like catching my chlamydia warm.......
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algiers has nothing to do with funk but okay :corn
i have nothing picked out for other rounds so i'll try to find something tonight & get cut
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Fair enough, I didn't really expect you to like that song. Time to send the same band to Sacul!
Revenge is a dish best served cold :corn
Just like chlamydia!
I laughed way too much at this. :lol
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And sent...went with a short track in hopes that it'll be over before you decide it sucks...
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And sent...went with a short track in hopes that it'll be over before you decide it sucks...
That's the approach TAC takes with sex!
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And sent...went with a short track in hopes that it'll be over before you decide it sucks...
That's the approach TAC takes with sex!
At least I can last until the next round.
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savage :rollin
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And sent...went with a short track in hopes that it'll be over before you decide it sucks...
That's the approach TAC takes with sex!
At least I can last until the next round.
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I TOLD YOU ABOUT MY CONDITION IN CONFIDENCE!!!
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algiers has nothing to do with funk but okay :corn
Fine, soul ::)
Got half the submissions in which included the first ever in Train roulette recorded history: BING SUBMISSION. Yes! I got a link which was the title of the song (not the band) searched with the bing search engine. :rollin
Luckily they also provided the band name in the PM but that's a first for me, goes to show you've never experienced it all unless you host at least 3 roulettes.
I was thinking of doing one of those games based on Luke's brilliant idea (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=48628.msg2237137#msg2237137) to post vocal snippets of him singing parts of the submissions and you try to guess which songs they are. Would you guys prefer me to do it for this round or the next so you can anticipate it by sending me something that'll sound extremely stupid when I try to sing it? Up to you guys, democrat style.
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Got half the submissions in which included the first ever in Train roulette recorded history: BING SUBMISSION.
Did J Boy presend you Bing Crosby?
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Gonna take a wild guess that the bing submission was Stadler and this is absolutely not based on his participation in my roulette in any way :corn
If youre gonna do singing I should send some throat shredding black metal
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Got half the submissions in which included the first ever in Train roulette recorded history: BING SUBMISSION. Yes! I got a link which was the title of the song (not the band) searched with the bing search engine. :rollin
Luckily they also provided the band name in the PM but that's a first for me, goes to show you've never experienced it all unless you host at least 3 roulettes.
I got the same kind of submission :lol
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I was thinking of doing one of those games based on Luke's brilliant idea (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=48628.msg2237137#msg2237137) to post vocal snippets of him singing parts of the submissions and you try to guess which songs they are. Would you guys prefer me to do it for this round or the next so you can anticipate it by sending me something that'll sound extremely stupid when I try to sing it? Up to you guys, democrat style.
It's difficult to find an easy part to sing in my song, I vote to start this round!
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And sent...went with a short track in hopes that it'll be over before you decide it sucks...
That's the approach TAC takes with sex!
At least I can last until the next round.
Ouch....
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And sent...went with a short track in hopes that it'll be over before you decide it sucks...
That's the approach TAC takes with sex!
At least I can last until the next round.
Ouch....
But like an old Battleship, it takes a while to reload.
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I was thinking of doing one of those games based on Luke's brilliant idea (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=48628.msg2237137#msg2237137) to post vocal snippets of him singing parts of the submissions and you try to guess which songs they are. Would you guys prefer me to do it for this round or the next so you can anticipate it by sending me something that'll sound extremely stupid when I try to sing it? Up to you guys, democrat style.
DO IT!!!
It hurt my throat when I did it :lol
I'll have to pick my submission carefully, just in case.
Also, if you remember, in my roulette I did this during a themed round. Basically, I love singing along to my favourite songs. I wanted to be sent something that I could, at least partly, sing to. If not all submissions have that then just do the ones that do :metal
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That would be amazing!
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It hurt my throat when I did it :lol
I'll have to pick my submission carefully, just in case.
Also, if you remember, in my roulette I did this during a themed round. Basically, I love singing along to my favourite songs. I wanted to be sent something that I could, at least partly, sing to. If not all submissions have that then just do the ones that do :metal
It's good that you mention this cause I've had a sore throat for like one and a half weeks straight very recently :lol but I've bounced back. Picking something that's fun to sing isn't mandatory, but do as you please. I'll (try to) sing anything (no pig squeals though)!
It would make my life easier if you would all have sent by the end of Tuesday then because I'm in Amsterdam at my mommy's place on Wednesday and highly prefer to do it there. My room here has veeery thin walls and I kind of like my neighbours so I'd like to keep it that way. :lol
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It hurt my throat when I did it :lol
I'll have to pick my submission carefully, just in case.
Also, if you remember, in my roulette I did this during a themed round. Basically, I love singing along to my favourite songs. I wanted to be sent something that I could, at least partly, sing to. If not all submissions have that then just do the ones that do :metal
It's good that you mention this cause I've had a sore throat for like one and a half weeks straight very recently :lol but I've bounced back.
To be fair I did do all the singing parts consecutively in the space if a few hours. If you break it up and give your voice a break you should be fine :biggrin:
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I vote for this round, there are more songs too sing now ;D
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I'd like to hear you sing the song I sent ;) I know I fail when I sing along to it as singer's voice is pretty gritty and unique.
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This round will be mostly growls from me, but if you can do my next round's submission I'll be highly impressed...
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This round will be mostly growls from me, but if you can do my next round's submission I'll be highly impressed...
Nice try!
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:biggrin:
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:lol
Sent!
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Sent :corn
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I'd like to hear you sing the song I sent ;) I know I fail when I sing along to it as singer's voice is pretty gritty and unique.
I have 8 songs right now and did a few-seconds-skipthrough of all of them to see how poorly I'd sing them. This one was the worst, it's also gonna be the funniest because of that. LordCost's song is also gonna be funny as fuck
Oh yeah so Sacul, Elite, twosuitsluke and Parama need to send me a song
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i forgot about the singy thing & the song i sent is 100% growls i think lol
whatever i'm not changing it. i'll get c ut but i'm not changing it
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Sent on Facebook.
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Sent a very nice song.
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Sent a very nice song.
Oh, I did not.
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I'd love to hear Train try to sing this one :lol
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God fucking damnit Sacul :lol I'm really lucky there's lyrics for this one
Oh yeah I only need luke's song to get this baby up and running now, and I'll work on my vocal skills when I get home. Hope my phone has good enough recording quality cause it's not gonna get any better than that.
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Hope my phone has good enough recording quality cause it's not gonna get any better than that.
:tdwn You better go rent a recording studio.....
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Went with the phone :P
Okay so while we are waiting on Luke, I figured I would start off with these as my voice could use a rest day for the others. If you guys want to complain about me only giving you 4 snippets right now you should be at LordCost because his song made me want to take the rest of the day off :lol and I'm not even happy with the result so I'll do that one tomorrow again.
1. https://vocaroo.com/i/s1lzzcZtIUxw
2. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0NKJGm2V104 (volume warning @ headphone users)
3. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0CbeDocbhfi
4. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0WGUpzSZWxO
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I feel like I should know the first one but I have no idea.
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I can't wait to come home and hear the result :lol
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This is great :lol
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While these were all fun, they were all bands I had never heard of. I'll post two more later that I did hear of before, so they should probably be a bit easier to guess. Any ideas on what to do for a next hint when people can't figure it out? I would probably do hangmanen if a lot of songs end up not being guessed but I'm gonna post the rest of them between now and tomorrow first, this has been a lot of fun for me so far :lol
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Ready for you to be unable to do mine :lol
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I really, really want to hear Trainy sing mine :rollin
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These weren't bad at all :metal
BTW if you (or anyone else) enjoy singing, you can install Sing by Smule app (I have it on Android), it's karaoke app. I'm not good singer at all, my range is like 2 tones :P (not really but it's bad) and yet there are much worse examples. So if you want to do a duet or something, join, let's butcher some DT songs :lol
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These weren't bad at all :metal
BTW if you (or anyone else) enjoy singing, you can install Sing by Smule app (I have it on Android), it's karaoke app. I'm not good singer at all, my range is like 2 tones :P (not really but it's bad) and yet there are much worse examples. So if you want to do a duet or something, join, let's butcher some DT songs :lol
We should really do this. :lol
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I did more stuff than I've saved, believe me :lol all that's left for people to hear is stuff that wasn't that demanding. Just checked, Through Here Eyes (DT), Hope Leaves (Opeth) and Space Oddity (Bowie). But really if any of you joined I would go for crazy high stuff just for fun.
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Downloaded it :lol sounds fun. I just clicked a random song and chose "part 2" of a duet but it just showed me an interfact with a selfie cam and no sound. Not sure how it works exactly but it would be awesome to do these with more people :metal
I really, really want to hear Trainy sing mine :rollin
I have never really tried anything like that :corn looking forward to it
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Downloaded it :lol sounds fun. I just clicked a random song and chose "part 2" of a duet but it just showed me an interfact with a selfie cam and no sound. Not sure how it works exactly but it would be awesome to do these with more people :metal
Just wait until it's loaded (there's progress bar at the top at the screen) and then press start. You can disable selfie/video, it loads faster and I don't think you want to make a video of yourself singing :lol at least I don't want to
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I could've sent Ozzy??
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Of course, I think the only Ozzy music I know is the popular Sabbath tunes (I fucking hate Iron Man though :lol just a heads up).
Just wait until it's loaded (there's progress bar at the top at the screen) and then press start. You can disable selfie/video, it loads faster and I don't think you want to make a video of yourself singing :lol at least I don't want to
Awesome, I found it.
Also here are two more snippets for ya dudes:
5. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0l1mfWIhz6I
6. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0JISVNrZsK9
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You picked the easiest part :P I wanted to hear you sing verses
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Yeah I recorded this one after trying LordCost's entry like 10 times and killing my voice, I wanted to get an easy one out of the way :lol maybe I'll do a second recording tomorrow if no one guesses it.
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At least you learn perfectly my song, I got some bonus listening.
And I saw now that a song of the same album sent in your second roulette was among the worst of the round, I hope you have changed your tastes a bit. I'm still confident.
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Went with the phone :P
Okay so while we are waiting on Luke, I figured I would start off with these as my voice could use a rest day for the others. If you guys want to complain about me only giving you 4 snippets right now you should be at LordCost because his song made me want to take the rest of the day off :lol and I'm not even happy with the result so I'll do that one tomorrow again.
1. https://vocaroo.com/i/s1lzzcZtIUxw
2. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0NKJGm2V104 (volume warning @ headphone users)
3. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0CbeDocbhfi
4. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0WGUpzSZWxO
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Oooh I recognise one: 6 is Your Deep Rest by The Hotelier, probably sent by Tomislav. The "sober" delivery threw me off a little tho :lol
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:tup
Actually it goes: "I called in seeeck..." :P
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Those death growls :heart
None of these are terrible, sing worse dammit :lol
I also have no clue as to what any of these songs are??
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Yeah I recorded this one after trying LordCost's entry like 10 times and killing my voice, I wanted to get an easy one out of the way :lol maybe I'll do a second recording tomorrow if no one guesses it.
Damn I should have waited a day with guessing it
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None of these are terrible, sing worse dammit :lol
I'll take this advice to heart and throw in some random falsetto here and there, some of the worst ones are yet to come though don't worry.
Oooh I recognise one: 6 is Your Deep Rest by The Hotelier, probably sent by Tomislav. The "sober" delivery threw me off a little tho :lol
Correct, and sorry I'm not drunk all the time >:( like
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But you're right this song would probably have been the hardest to do justice
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Here's two more for ya, had me a nice growl-free session to warm up:
7. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0c7EoqB72Ci
8. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0nczu7wtgg2
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8. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0nczu7wtgg2 (https://vocaroo.com/i/s0nczu7wtgg2)
:rollin
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Is that Japanese? :lol
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It sure is :metal
I've rounded this shit up and finally got through my first proper listen (that is, actually listening to the songs instead of finding snippets to sing). Here are all the snippets once again with the last 4 added:
1. https://vocaroo.com/i/s1lzzcZtIUxw Bear Ghost
2. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0NKJGm2V104 Eryn Non Dae. (Parama)
3. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0CbeDocbhfi Edge of Reality
4. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0WGUpzSZWxO The Panic Channel
5. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0l1mfWIhz6I Monuments
6. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0JISVNrZsK9 The Hotelier - Your Deep Rest (Tomislav95)
7. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0c7EoqB72Ci Arcane
8. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0nczu7wtgg2 toe
9. https://vocaroo.com/i/s16obHCotlaA Faith No More (Wouldn't recommend listening to this one tbh)
10. https://vocaroo.com/i/s1KGWPGqB7sU John Frusciante
11. https://vocaroo.com/i/s1kdtYkMiiSf Moonloop
12. https://vocaroo.com/i/s0nvgmeJjWxj Defecto
Also decided to give you guys the band names of the first four since they don't seem to be very recognizable. I'll give the others a bit more time and then reveal the band names too.
First impressions is that it's a pretty mixed bag. I have a lot of songs grouped together in the middle right now and one at the bottom (however it's only the first listen), with like 2 more near the top and 1 pretty clear #1.
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First impressions is that it's a pretty mixed bag. I have a lot of songs grouped together in the middle right now and one at the bottom (however it's only the first listen), with like 2 more near the top and 1 pretty clear #1.
Yep, it's great :corn
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Eryn Non Dae was sent by Parama :corn
Can't listen to vocal snippet right now, because I'm at work.
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Lol I couldn't even recognize the song I sent... Too fucking funny man.
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Eryn Non Dae was sent by Parama :corn
Can't listen to vocal snippet right now, because I'm at work.
Correct :corn also added the remaining band names, I'm not great at mimicking voices :lol
Oh and tonight I'll start by saving someone. I've gotten in 2 listens and already know a few people are safe for sure.
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Stadler sent The Panic Channel.
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:soon:
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I think the vocals guessing game was kind of a flop productively speaking :lol we only guessed one. Oh well, during write-ups the songs and their sender will be revealed. Let's go!
This was just a killer tune. The growls are really quite extreme, and I like to think I'm used to something. I haven't fully gotten into them (yet), just not really the type of growls I prefer, but the music is extremely good. Consistent quality, but bouncing back and forth between musical ideas at the snap of a finger without making it feel tacky. That part that I used for the snippet was especially great, the riff on that one. I'm still in the early stages of rating the songs but this is definitely upper tier round 1 material, but not the winner.
You're on to the next round Elite, this means you have no excuse to be late with sending. :biggrin: Strombus by Moonloop was a banger.
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It's basically impossible to guess unless you're already familiar with the song and finding artists for you at this point is gonna be tough for most people I imagine
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It's basically impossible to guess unless you're already familiar with the song and finding artists for you at this point is gonna be tough for most people I imagine
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:victorydance:
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Strombus by Moonloop was a banger.
Wow, Musically, that was excellent.
Just Saved their 2017 album on Spotify. Awesome band.
It's basically impossible to guess unless you're already familiar with the song and finding artists for you at this point is gonna be tough for most people TAC I imagine
Yup.
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It's basically impossible to guess unless you're already familiar with the song and finding artists for you at this point is gonna be tough for most people I imagine
Yeah that's true, sadly I'd have to pick between doing something fun and doing something that actually involves the participants more, since I don't really like the hangman thing that much anymore
Strombus by Moonloop was a banger.
Wow, Musically, that was excellent.
Just Saved their 2017 album on Spotify. Awesome band.
Right? I'll be interested to hear that 2017 album you speak of, the most recent one I found was 2016. You got inside info?
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Spotify lists Devocean as 2017.
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Put all the songs playing at the same time into one file and have people try and pick them out
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Put all the songs playing at the same time into one file and have people try and pick them out
Reminds me of the SC snippet MP played on Eddie Trunk's show.
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Damn, I had my eye on sending Moonloop. Oh well...
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That whole Moonloop album is awesome (Deeply From the Earth). I thought the new one was a huge letdown though...
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I always start with the album that the submitted song was of anyway, unless the sender says otherwise :) but good to get a second opinion
Spotify lists Devocean as 2017.
Weird, I looked it up and it actually was released this year, don't know why Spotify lists it as 2016 for me then.
I totally get why you would send this. It's crushingly heavy but not in an 'angry' way, I'll admit it has some nice groovy riffs going on and the more atmospherically oriented open chord guitar tracks in the back create a pretty cold feel, almost like you'd hear in black metal. I especially dig when the tension builds and comes to a full break and then they go into the chorus again, seemless.
Let me just clarify that Eryn Non Dae do not make better metal than Hypno5e though, that's wrong. :corn But Hidden Lotus was still good, you're still in Para man
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we did it reddit
also there's like, 6 other songs on the album and at least three of the others are great so w/e. 2nd and 6th tracks are great longform post-metal style tunes, opener is energetic and aggressive. the songs in the middle you might like more than i do, they're all okay but not as memorable for me. the first album also kinda sucked iirc. nice
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Sounds interesting, I'm pretty hit/miss with post-metal though. I probably like the songs you don't like more, yeah
Now moving on to a song I was pretty sure was gonna make it through before even listening to it, and I guess the participant was also pretty confident in it based on my banned list. Actually just about one week ago I discussed both bands with this singer with a colleague and we came to the discussion that we both found this band to be slightly too 'sweet' for lack of a better term. Doesn't really have the raw aggression to it that some of the songs of the other band do. That said, Jim Grey is a top-tier vocalist and lifted up the quality of the song for sure. It wasn't the home-run you were hoping for though, not super impressed by this band.
Puppies_On_Acid, you're through. I'm still on the fence about checking out the entire album because it's sooo long but I think I will. Arcane - Promise (Part 2) is a pretty strong song, even though the write-up may indicate otherwise, I did find it enjoyable.
I kept you in suspense pretty long the last time so let's get this one over with. Now this song ended up sounding to me like 'just an inferior mix of bands I dig in roughly the same genre'. TesseracT, Periphery, After the Burial, that pretty much sums it up. Why don't I like this as much as any of those bands? TesseracT create some really epic soundscapes that I can hear Monuments trying to replicate a bit here and there in the background, but it doesn't reach the same height. Periphery have really catchy hooks in pretty much every chorus, and here I found some of the melodies (especially the second chorus) to be awkward sounding and not very strong. After the Burial is just all-out aggression, and these harsh vocals I feel have a bit more of a post-hardcore edge to them - even if only a very little one - so I'm missing the full-on aggression in them I guess. I just try to be as critical as possible so you get a better idea of my preferences, don't get me wrong, it was still a banging song and you're through to the next round.
Congrats lonestar, you've already lasted twice as long as I did in your roulette, pat yourself on the back. 97% Static had its flaws but overall still had sick moments.
1. Moonloop - Strombus
2. Eryn Non Dae.
3. Arcane - Promise (Part 2)
4. Monuments - 97% Static
Remaining songs:
* John Frusciante - Song to Sing When I'm Lonely
* Defecto - Ode to the Damned
* Edge of Reality - Grababyte
* The Panic Channel - Teahouse of the Spirits
* The Hotelier - Your Deep Rest
* Faith No More - Malpractice
* Bear Ghost - Necromancin Dancin
* toe - Goodbye
Winner tomorrow afternoon. At any rate, the results will be completed on Saturday morning. So would like to have the round 2 songs by the end of the weekend or the start of Monday.
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I made it through! Barely. I was debating between that song and some of the heavier, more aggressive songs on the album, but it did its job. Check out the tracks Selfsame or Unturning for something more aggressive. The last half of Selfsame is particularly amazing (imo). The second half of the album is much lighter than the rest and I know for some people it can drag a bit. I find it a perfect way to end the album though.
I definitely know what I'm sending for the next round. Prepare to have your face melted!
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Congrats lonestar, you've already lasted twice as long as I did.
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I made it through! Barely. I was debating between that song and some of the heavier, more aggressive songs on the album, but it did its job. Check out the tracks Selfsame or Unturning for something more aggressive. The last half of Selfsame is particularly amazing (imo). The second half of the album is much lighter than the rest and I know for some people it can drag a bit. I find it a perfect way to end the album though.
I definitely know what I'm sending for the next round. Prepare to have your face melted!
Not that barely :lol honestly liked the first round a bit more than this one so the threshold to make it through was a bit lower. Looking forward to your next entry!
Which brings me to this: got one entry in so far and had to reject the other one because my stupid self forgot some bands (and likely more than just this one, we'll find out), so Anciients is now added to the banned list.
Ok next up we are going to free someone who I thought I would be eliminating at first. When skimming through it to find singing parts I thought it was quite boring and most of all, nothing like anything I expected you to send. I soon came to appreciate the melodies and it became a really soothing piece of this first round. I also tend to lean more towards some of the softer RHCP songs rather than the weird more chaotic ones, and I had no idea John Frusciante was from RHCP until I heard this song.
Luke, round 2 is yours. I had my doubts about Song to Sing When I'm Lonely but I got around to it. Send me something
1. Moonloop - Strombus
2. Eryn Non Dae. - Hidden Lotus
3. John Frusciante - Song to Sing When I'm Lonely
4. Arcane - Promise (Part 2)
5. Monuments - 97% Static
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I think I want to get all the writeups except for the bottom two out of the way because I'm gonna be pretty hungover tomorrow and still want to finish the round as soon as possible on Saturday, so let's get on with it. First off, time to announce the winner:
This one had it all and is easily my #2 song of the roulette behind Beneath the Brine from last round, if not #1. Incredibly catchy chorus, fun bouncy rhythms and just all around quiryk songwriting. Just one of those songs where it's impossible to sit still. There's even this really funny solo section that sounds like a numbed down Kazoo. :lol You know my tastes too well, I hope you can continue this spree cause I think these might be my favourite songs you've sent me throughout both roulettes you participated in.
Yeah, you probably know it by now, home, you're through with ease once again. If this were a normal roulette format you'd have a pretty strong lead already, but it's not. :) Necromancin Dancin by Bear Ghost was easily the best song of the round.
I found out about this band last year when one of their songs made their top songs of 2016: Sovereign (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sw_Wk4SI88). I quickly took an appeal to their symphonic elements mixed with heavy metal, and a very strong voice that doesn't stay too much in 'classic metal' territory which usually is kind of a turn off for me. They quickly became more popular when they won a contest that allowed them to open for Metallica, but, besides following them on Facebook and seeing these updates I never really checked out more of their music. This new song didn't quite strike my chords like Sovereign did, that one had a really cool more stripped down rock vibe to it with the guitar solo and the vocal melodies (kind of like a metal Rival Sons almost) and this tune seems to go into modern progressive metal territory a bit more. The break after the second chorus was sick and the rest of the song was also very solid.
Still, great tune and an easy pass to the next round. TAC, you safe, Ode to the Damned was a great song.
Oh yeah and here's the current ranking:
1. Bear Ghost - Necromancin Dancin
2. Moonloop - Strombus
3. Eryn Non Dae. - Hidden Lotus
4. Defecto - Ode to the Damned
5. John Frusciante - Song to Sing When I'm Lonely
6. Arcane - Promise (Part 2)
7. Monuments - 97% Static
And the songs that have yet to have gotten their writeups:
* Edge of Reality - Grababyte
* The Panic Channel - Teahouse of the Spirits
* toe - Goodbye
* The Hotelier - Your Deep Rest
* Faith No More - Malpractice
I'm gonna declare 3 more people safe in about two hours leaving only the bottom two. I might gather the energy to do the last two when I get home but it'll probably have to wait until the next morning/early afternoon.
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Woooo :metal
Not sure I can keep this level up as I did sent the songs I was most sure of first, but I might have some other songs you'll like :azn:
There's even this really funny solo section that sounds like a numbed down Kazoo. :lol
:lol
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Okay! Doing three more right now. Feel the suspense!
First one: You were correct in being a bit unsure about this song. I am a bit impartial to it. For avant-garde type of stuff, I think it's missing some stuff to make it really stand out enough. Compared to his other big project, this just comes across a bit too alternative metal-like and I'm missing the intriguing elements. Nonetheless, I think his clean vocals are great and I can now see Tommy from BTBAM has been influenced a lot by Patton's cleans. Frankly, those clean moments (cold hands, your hands etc.) were my favourites of the song.
Step down from your previous song but still good (the writeup may have been a bit more critical than I was in reality, I still enjoyed it, just on the lower half of submissions this round). LordCost, you're joining me for round 2! Malpractice made the cut, but it was a bit closer than last round.
I wanted to keep you waiting a bit longer this time because your confidence needed to be remedied. :corn I thought the vocals were okay at best after the first 2 listens, but I've come to really dig the verses on this tune. Does not quite top some of my favourite songs in the genre, but the delivery throughout was very emotive and it connected with me in the end. The chorus was my least favourite part of the song, not bad, but kind of took me out of it whenever it occured because I just preferred listening to the verses. :lol The vocals give me a Blink 182 vibe but with a dark tone to them, which is great because I always found Blink 182 to be too jolly for my tastes.
Tomislav, back in line. Send me a good song
This one was extremely close, and I think you lucked out with your sending order, don't think this song would have made the cut in the previous round. The atmosphere was cool, very nice dreamy vibe, but that's really the only impressive thing I can say. I like foreign singers, but the articulation of Japanese singers doing English lyrics really turns me off, it sounds weird to me. The Japanese parts are okay, but mostly feel like they obstruct the instrumentals that really should be the centerpoint of attention in post-rock. But what do I know, you found Helios Erebus one-dimensional so we have very different schools of thought when it comes to post-rock/metal I believe. :lol It did make for a fun vocal snippet however
Sacul, consider this strike two. Step up your game mannnn :corn
Ranking of current songs:
1. Bear Ghost - Necromancin Dancin
2. Moonloop - Strombus
3. Eryn Non Dae. - Hidden Lotus
4. The Hotelier - Your Deep Rest
5. Defecto - Ode to the Damned
6. John Frusciante - Song to Sing When I'm Lonely
7. Arcane - Promise (Part 2)
8. Monuments - 97% Static
9. Faith No More - Malpractice
10. toe - Goobye
Kingshmegland and Stadler, gonna need to let you wait in suspense until tomorrow morning/afternoon (about 18 hours from now I'm guessing). The rest can go ahead and send for round 2. I'd prefer to have all of them in by the end of the weekend.
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fogey fight :hat
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That toe song is math rock tho :lol
Anyways glad I'm in, hope I can keep avoiding the axe un the next rounds.
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AAAAWWWWEEEEEE CCCRRRAAAPPPPPP!!!!!!!
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Whatever, Poly-Math is also mathrock but the two genres have so many identical elements that I don't really care :P
AAAAWWWWEEEEEE CCCRRRAAAPPPPPP!!!!!!!
Looks like you're suffering from DIGIIIITAL DECAY
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:lol
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:censored, I was about to send you an Oathbreaker song, then noticed at the last second they are on your banned list...
Back to the drawing board.
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They're pretty meh anyways
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They're fucking awesome, seeing them live for the first time on Sunday! If that's the band you wanted to send me, at least you have a good idea of what I like!
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They're fucking awesome, seeing them live for the first time on Sunday! If that's the band you wanted to send me, at least you have a good idea of what I like!
Oathbreaker is amazing and Parama can go eat a giant bag of :censored (I mean :corn )
And found something to send that will probably get me kicked....... :biggrin: :metal
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I've tried to listen to the latest oathbreaker several times and it's just meh for me
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Just checked out some Oathbreaker on Spotify. Seriously, WTF?
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Oathbreaker isn't for everyone.
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definitely not fogey music :lol
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Yeah, I'll be over here not listening to Oathbreaker!
(https://www.belmarrahealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Meditation-and-Music-May-Help-Reverse-Early-Memory-Loss-300x200.jpg)
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you should definitely check out that eryn non dae song i sent though :metal
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you should definitely check out that eryn non dae song i sent though :metal
Done. It's not like I was going to do anything special with those 8 minutes of my life anyway. :lol
Wow!
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Eryn Non Dae sounds pretty good so far but it's not TAC material I think, just recommend him some good Winger, like Pull Me Under.
Anyway I kinda feel wrong doing this stuff while still tipsy but I'm gonna get it out of the way, fuck it, less writing tomorrow morning
Okay, so you two are on the completely opposite side of the spectrum of each other. One of you sent a song I found too one sided and not really interesting at all, but at the same time it had some good hooks and overall was a pretty catchy song. The other sent a song that was all over the place, even a bit incomprehensible at times, coming from a guy that obsesses over Native Construct. If the guy that gets made fun of for listening to weird random music finds a song too random/tacky, that must be saying something. Nonetheless, I thought this tune had some really cool moments, as a whole I just didn't find it very interesting.
So I had to compare the completely chaotic tune that had some really interesting moments but overall didn't had any replay value against a song that didn't really offer anything except a decently catchy chorus. I ended up going with the more standard tune that at least had some more replay value.
Sorry King, you took quite a risk with a song that was so out there, and it really did have some cool moments. Overall though, the crazy Native Construct x100 concept didn't really hook me, I found out that there really is music out there that is too random even for me. Would've loved to have you longer but I could not put this song through, not my thing. :-\ Gotta say the elevator bass groove section was cool as fuck though.
So that means Stadler, you're through again. Everyone can start sending me songs for the next round, would like to have them by the end of the week ultimately.
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Trust me, I'll take the eryn non dae over Winger anyday of the week!
And I've already sent.
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Crap. Good luck folks.
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King, you keep the Fogey flag flying in Sacul's and I'll try and keep it flying over here.
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Sacul is a different bird. I've got some stuff I think he likes.
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Prediction... TAC and Stadler are bottom 2 this round.
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Hey, King's song was anything but fogey music :lol it's one of the most modern sounding things I've heard recently
5 songs in, 6 to go:
- Stadler
- Tomislav95
- Sacul
- LordCost
- Lonestar
- Twosuitsluke
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Slackers!
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:lol
Sent something sad (again) :P
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Slackers!
I actually sent the moment I was safe 's and succeeded in finding a hole 8n his ban list. Sending again now....
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Slackers!
Still waiting for your submission :P
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Need Sacul and twosuitsluke, and Stadler you have to resubmit because of the time limit
Slackers!
Still waiting for your submission :P
Still waiting for your submission :P
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still waiting for all of you guys to submit in my secret 15th round of my third roulette
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Hey, King's song was anything but fogey music :lol it's one of the most modern sounding things I've heard recently
5 songs in, 6 to go:
- Stadler
- Tomislav95
- Sacul
- LordCost
- Lonestar
- Twosuitsluke
I'm hip man. :lol
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I'll try to send asap. Been so busy!
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Results when
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I still need Sacul and Stadler's songs but I've given all the others one listen. If I don't have them by tomorrow morning I will continue listening to the other round 2 songs and probably start declaring people safe on Monday evening. Of course, I will still allow those two to submit their sonsgs in case that does happen, but they would get less listens if I don't have them in time
So far so good, solid round. The highs I'd say aren't as high as previous rounds on first impression, but the lows are a fair bit better :corn this is also by far the heaviest round so far, what's up with you guys, you take your evil pills?
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I forgot to congratulate for your vocals on the Malpractice snippet!
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:lol I tried, I would do vocals again but I think this round I'm gonna give in to hangmanen for 1 round to please the audience. Going mainstream
I just listened to that Bear Ghost album, my god, that's one of the best albums I listened to in a long time. And Funkle Phil is an instant classic, what a song!
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Was thinking of sending a ballad or something acoustic, how to you like them trainy?
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I liked John Frusciante. I generally don't like ballads a lot but some of my favourite tunes I guess are ballads, just harder for me to connect with.
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Hangy mangy time
_____ ______ - ______ (_______)
____ ____ _____ - ____ ____ ___ ________
_____ - ___ _____ ___ ____
_____ - __________ ______
________ _____ - _ ________ __
_________ _____ - __________
_______ ____ - _________
______ - ___ _____
_________ - _____ ____
_______ ______ - ____________ __________
EDIT: Oh yeah so the reason there's only 10 is I don't have Stadler's song yet. So he sent me a song that's over the time limit, do you think it's fair to pick another song from that same album that doesn't exceed the limit if I don't have the song by tomorrow? Or no mercy? I think I wouldn't give him the benefit of the doubt if he didn't submit anything at all, but since it's just that I couldn't accept it the first time I think it's fair to give him another chance.
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I see my own track.
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Pull out that D
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I'll take a T
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A boy, A
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So he sent me a song that's over the time limit, do you think it's fair to pick another song from that same album that doesn't exceed the limit if I don't have the song by tomorrow?
I would say that's not a good idea—you might pick a shitty song—but from the spectator's perspective that could be fun, so that's a great idea.
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It's all good, I got it in the end and didn't have time to listen yesterday anyways.
__ad_ ______ - ______ (_______)
_______ ______ - ___a_ _a__t__
_____ - T__ __a__ ___ T___
_____ - ___a___at_ D_____
______t_ _____ - A ___t_a_t __
__a_____d _____ - A__t__t___
Da____t ____ - T_______a
______ - T__ _____
__d___at_ - _a___ ____
_____ - T__ ______t'_ ____
__a____ _a____ - _____t____t_ ___a______
DAT
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Gimme S :P
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S_ad_ ______ - ______ (_______)
__s____ S_____ - ___a_ _a_st__
_____ - T__ S_a__ ___ T__s
_____ - ___a___at_ D_s___
S_____t_ ___s_ - A ___t_a_t __
S_a_____d S___s - A_st__t__s
Da___st ____ - T____s__a
______ - T__ _____
__d___at_ - _a___ ____
_____ - T__ ______t's S___
__a_ss_ _a____ - _____t_s__t_ ___a_____s
DATS
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Give me C.
A song title could be 'Aesthetics'?
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Darkest Hour?
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S_ad_ ______ - __c___ (___c___)
__sc___ S_____ - ___a_ Ca_st_c
C___c - T__ S_ac_ ___ T__s
_____ - ___ac__at_ D_s___
S_____t_ ___s_ - A ___t_a_t __
S_a_____d S___s - Aesthetics
Darkest Hour - T____s__a
______ - T__ ____c
__d___at_ - _a___ ____
_____ - T__ ______t's S___
__a_ss_ _a____ - _____t_s__t_ ___a_____s
D CATS
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Shade Empire
Cynic - The Space for This, sent by Parama?
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N
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Shade Empire
Cynic - The Space for This, sent by Parama?
Yes. Yes. No
??? Shade Empire - __c___ (___c___)
??? __sc___ S___n_ - __na_ Ca_st_c
??? Cynic - The Space for This
??? ___n_ - ___ac__at_ D_s___
??? S_____t_ N__s_ - A ___t_a_t __
??? S_a_____d S___s - Aesthetics
??? Darkest Hour - T_n__s__a
??? ____n_ - T__ ____c
??? _nd___at_ - _a___ __n_
??? ____n - T__ ______t's S_n_
??? __anss_ _a____ - ___n_t_s__t_ ___a_____s
Think I'll get one listen in today and start saving people from tomorrow onward, it's quite a busy week though so maaybe a little slower than usual.
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puppies told me what song he sent so i'm not gonna guess it but he did send the very last song in hangmanen :corn
also, Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic, probably sent by Sacul
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One looks like Shattered Skies with no Ts.
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It's impossible for me to guess. I've never heard of any of these bands. :lol
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It's impossible for me to guess. I've never heard of any of these bands. :lol
That's what your parents said about your music.
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Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharikous
Great choice, leaves me with one band less to send :tup
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One looks like Shattered Skies with no Ts.
Fuck. :lol I blame hangovers, yes it was Shattered Skies
No letters my dudes? Leaving in about 40 minutes so it'll be your last chance for a while
Right now I have 5 songs at the top and they're so close I literally could pick any of them as the round winner right now. This round will need some more listens than the others for sure. Also one clear least favourite right now :corn and one other kind of meh track that is ok but clearly worse than the other 9
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heck yeah obvious round loser :metal
train, it's hard to tell what letters have been guessed so you might wanna keep track of that
i think I hasn't been guessed though so that
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the virgin trainy Hangy mangy time vs the chad sacul hangemanen
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i mean, train did hangmanen in his second roulette i think
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Oops forgot in the last post
??? Shade Empire - __c___ (___c___)
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
??? Cynic - The Space for This
??? ___n_ - I__ac__at_ D_si__
??? S____it_ N_is_ - A ___t_ait __
??? Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
??? Darkest Hour - T_n__s__a
??? ___in_ - T__ ___ic
??? _nd___at_ - _a___ __n_
??? ____n - T__ ______t's S_n_
Puppies_On_Acid: Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharikous
ACDIST
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I'm pretty sure the Darkest Hour song is Tunguska, but I think you have too many letters in there.
By the way, that Darkest Hour album (Deliver Us) is pretty rad. Although the album before it (Undoing Ruin) is better IMO. :metal
Also by the way, the Shade Empire song is Lecter (Welcome) :metal
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Where's my letter slackers :corn
I'm pretty sure the Darkest Hour song is Tunguska, but I think you have too many letters in there.
By the way, that Darkest Hour album (Deliver Us) is pretty rad. Although the album before it (Undoing Ruin) is better IMO. :metal
Also by the way, the Shade Empire song is Lecter (Welcome) :metal
Fuck, you're right, I thought it was Tungushka :lol
??? Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
??? Cynic - The Space for This
??? ___n_ - I__ac__at_ D_si__
??? S____it_ N_is_ - A ___t_ait __
??? Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
??? Darkest Hour - Tunguska
??? ___in_ - T__ ___ic
??? _nd___at_ - _a___ __n_
??? ____n - T__ ______t's S_n_
Puppies_On_Acid: Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharikous
ACDIST
Gonna save 2 people later :corn :corn
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Are there any Ms?
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Okay I think I'm on my 5th listen now, they're starting to sink in. I can safely say these two songs are safe for sure.
First off a song that's got strong Machine Head vibes in the vocals, which explains why he dug my Machine Head tune in the last roulette without really being into growls that much. Good instrumentation overall, and some pretty rad tempo changes here and there to spark things up, and the lead guitar produces some sweet melodies to top it off.
TAC, you and Tunguska by Darkest Hour made the cut. Time to relax for a bit
This next one is just a sick djent tune from someone I thought hated djent guitars. The song doesn't really stray far from its comfort zone but is diverse enough with the clean female vocals and deep growls in the djent sections, which is borderline post-metal at times. The ending had me kind of rethink my thoughts because I thought it was a slight drop-off, the vocals sounded a bit thin there and didn't quite match the epic guitars, but I've come around to it and it's now one of the best of the round. I am talking of course about Lunar Caustic by Obscure Sphinx.
Sacul, you stepped up, nice
??? Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
??? Cynic - The Space for This
??? ___n_ - Immac__at_ D_si__
??? S____it_ N_is_ - A ___t_ait __
??? Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
TAC: Darkest Hour - Tunguska
??? ___in_ - T__ M__ic
??? _nd___at_ - _a___ __n_
??? ____n - T__ ______t's S_n_
Puppies_On_Acid: Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharikous
ACDIMST
1. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
2. Darkest Hour - Tunguska
(rankings may change because a lot of the songs are still really close in my rankings)
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obscure sphinx is closer to post-metal but nice
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obscure sphinx is closer to post-metal but nice
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TAC, you and Tunguska by Darkest Hour made the cut. Time to relax for a bit
:metal :metal :metal
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Okay, one more today, I'm gonna keep it short but add the full write-up tomorrow. I know by the time I wake up you're asleep so just want to let you know you're through so you have a little more time to think about submissions as a reward for this great song. Parama with Lecter (Welcome) by Shade Empire, your best song yet! :corn Also not gonna go into genres since you'll probably trash my bad genre-recognition skills
EDIT: Top notch drumming, grand intro and I'm a huge fan of symphonic/orchestral elements in my metal if it doesn't go overboard. It alternates between sick guitar riffs taking the lead and subtle piano/orchestral stuff taking over while the guitars kind of take a backseat. I dig it, it's hella diverse for what it is. Also, the clean vocals in the chorus are good, but the vocals become especially great at the end.
And the Eryn Non Dae album was good, but dragged a bit. First two songs were both really good, but the second one took waay too long to really kick off. The middle 3 tracks actually had some really good moments, Scarlet Rising and Muto are among my favourites on first impression. Black Obsidian Pyre has some good stuff too but is probably the main reason I thought the album was a bit of a drag. The boring stuff on that track outweighs the few awesome moments. Will relisten for sho
1. Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
2. Darkest Hour - Tunguska
2. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
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i dunno if i would say 100% it's my best song yet but i actually don't know. i like everything i've sent so far quite a lot (as per my submission rule :lol)
anyways time to send something awful next time
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I checked it out. It's excellent.
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TAC, you and Tunguska by Darkest Hour made the cut. Time to relax for a bit
:metal :metal :metal
Doing Fogies proud!! :metal :metal :metal
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TAC, you and Tunguska by Darkest Hour made the cut. Time to relax for a bit
:metal :metal :metal
Doing Fogies proud!! :metal :metal :metal
(https://genovapedia.org/picture_library/saul.jpg)
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:lol
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If Parama isn't getting cut this round, that must mean I am. :corn :corn :corn
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yeah probably :corn
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I don't think anyone is doing hangmanen anymore, here's the names. If people still wanted to at least have something to do while I do the remaining write-ups, you can still guess the usernames that haven't been revealed yet.
Parama: Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
??? Cynic - The Space for This
??? Klone - Immaculate Desire
??? Sorority Noise - A Portrait Of
??? Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
TAC: Darkest Hour - Tunguska
??? Foxing - The Medic
??? Underoath - Paper Lung
??? Queen - The Prophet's Song
Puppies_On_Acid: Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharikous
7 left to save, 1 to eliminate. Right now thinking 4 today, 2 tomorrow morning and the final 2 tomorrow evening.
I'll do 2 of them as soon as possible (prob within 20 minutes) and the other 2 in a few hours.
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LordCost - Cynic
Elite - Klone
Stadler - Queen
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I had some doubts about this band, didn't really seem like my cup of tea. However, I noticed they have some really resembling similarities with Deftones and some of the post-hardcore stuff I listen to on occasion. The chorus especially is very strong in and empowers me in a way mostly just Deftones manage to do. But the growly ending section came as a completely positive surprise to me, very cool guitarwork alongside it too. Overall great effort, probably your best song so far!
Underoath - Paper Lung is through. Nice tune Lorenzo!
Secondly a band that I was fully expecting to receive since it's a pretty obvious hole in my banned list. This guy's vocals were always a hit/miss for me since they are so unique, it could very well be considered a hole in the music market since I cannot imagine any other prog band doing these kind of vocals this effectively. The atmosphere as a whole I get off this is a sort of euphoric futuristic vibe, a really strange but interesting mix. And the Contortionist-like layered vocals (I know I know, TC is newer than Cynic) are awesome. One of my favourite songs of the round for sure, though the competition was pretty damn high this round.
Congrats Luke, The Space for This by Cynic made it through with ease :metal
1. Underoath - Paper Lung
1. Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
3. Cynic - The Space for This
3. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
5. Darkest Hour - Tunguska
LordCost - Cynic
Elite - Klone
Stadler - Queen
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nope, yep, yep. But Cynic has been revealed to be Luke now anyways and LordCost's song is also revealed so it doesn't matter really :lol
Parama: Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
twosuitsluke: Cynic - The Space for This
Elite: Klone - Immaculate Desire
??? Sorority Noise - A Portrait Of
??? Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
TAC: Darkest Hour - Tunguska
??? Foxing - The Medic
LordCost: Underoath - Paper Lung
Stadler: Queen - The Prophet's Song
Puppies_On_Acid: Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharikous
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Wow, after Norma Jean winning a round in Parama's roulette, another great result with a similar band. I hear Deftones too in that song and I sent it for that reason.
When I was at Leprous concert last month I listened to some great songs during intervals between bands and one of them was by Klone, but I didn't discover the title of the song from a person in the audience. It was a metal song, certainly not from the latest album which I tried to listen on Spotify. I might check out the band soon.
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uh oh...
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This one was odd. I remember after 1 listen I was very impressed, then on the second listen I had raised expectations that it didn't meet and was then slightly disappointed, but I came around to it. I still feel like it's a very unique song for them though because what I've heard was way heavier instrumentally. This one drives on the melodies though, and that's completely fine because the melodies are fucking A, simple but moving song. Despite the kind of one-sided structure, they build up layers very smoothly with the piano, orchestration and layered guitars as the song progresses. The centerpoint is the singer for sure though, no denying that.
uh oh... you're in. Aesthetics was great.
I was told there were similarities with Gojira but more than anything, I hear Maynard and a bit of Chris Cornell in the vocals. Along with it, some slow plodding guitarwork that caught my attention from the start. This one didn't really grow on me after the first listen, but was a solid entry throughout the whole round. I think I would have enjoyed it more if they had some faster stuff mixed in, or something to make it worth the 6 minutes a bit more, because I feel that it kind of overstays its welcome here and there. Still, not a bad one this one.
Rich, you're through with Immaculate Desire by Klone. :tup
1. Underoath - Paper Lung
1. Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
3. Cynic - The Space for This
3. Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
3. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
5. Darkest Hour - Tunguska
7. Klone - Immaculate Desire
* Sorority Noise - A Portrait Of
* Queen - The Prophet's Song
* Foxing - The Medic
* Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharukous
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uh oh...
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Phew....I was worried about sending the more melodic ballad from the album, the rest is fairly heavy as you said, but man, I just love that song so much. Glad it worked!!
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Would not be surprised to see oranssi pazuzu cut though i would obviously disagree
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Would not be surprised to see oranssi pazuzu cut though i would obviously disagree
Yep, I feel it coming. :corn I guess Oranssi Pazuzu could be considered an acquired taste. Although they are brilliant. :corn :natalieportman: :natalieportman: :natalieportman: :corn
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uh oh...
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:tup
I kind of agree that the song overstays its welcome a little, though I mist also admit that having sern the song live greatly improved my opinion on the song. The slow, heavy stuff along with the chorus line in the vocals are really heavy then. Glad it’s good enough to still be in the game though :)
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This one was safe pretty much since the beginning but still ranked near the bottom because of how consistently good this round was. The avant-garde elements here are lovely and work very well with the dissonant sound. Kind of reminds me of Thy Catafalque (at this point it's pretty obvious which band I'm talking about) but a slightly less interesting and diverse Thy Catafalque at that. I love the juxtaposition between the sheer cold of the vocals / tearing riffs and the dreamy synths in the background. It was definitely one of the most interesting songs of the round.
Puppies_On_Acid, not to worry, you're still in.
This one had enjoyable stuff on it but at the same time left me kinda cold. The vocals sounded very dull to me, a style I'm not generally used to. However, the instrumentals had a very cool Oh Hiroshima meets The Fall of Troy (Döppelganger) sort of vibe to them, making it quite an epic song for its short duration. So in the end what it came down to for me was deciding whether I thought the vocals were too 'emo' or too one note for me. But I made up my mind days ago, because I've picked my round's least favourite since the very first listen and it still hasn't changed.
home, you might have won the first 2 rounds, but A Portrait Of by Sorority Noise was a mixed bag. You through though :tup
1. Underoath - Paper Lung
1. Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
3. Cynic - The Space for This
3. Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
3. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
5. Darkest Hour - Tunguska
7. Klone - Immaculate Desire
8. Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharukous
9. Sorority Noise - A Portrait Of
* Queen - The Prophet's Song
* Foxing - The Medic
Reigning train roulette champion versus first-timer :corn :corn :corn
I kind of agree that the song overstays its welcome a little, though I mist also admit that having sern the song live greatly improved my opinion on the song.
Yeah I know that feeling. I remember at the time of seeing Oiseaux de Proie by Alcest I thought it was the best song ever. Then now, I still love it a lot, but I'm aware that I'm biased
EDIT: Oh yeah I only have 2 songs in yet, I hope people can send before Christmas but if not, I'm not gonna hold you liable for not sending on Christmas so no consequences, I won't be listening then either to be honest. So next round will obv. take a couple days longer.
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Sending soon...
:neverusethis:
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I made it through?!?! :metal :metal :metal
Train, I think you would enjoy the other tracks on that album more. I didn't send them because of time limits though.
I think I may go in a different direction for the next round. Maybe. :corn
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And sent :corn
be gentle...
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Still second guessing my game plan, I'll send by tomorrow night
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Train, I think you would enjoy the other tracks on that album more.
You might be right, Oranssi Pazuzu does indeed look like something that would grow on me more over time
Time to wrap this up guys, sorry, got caught away last night.
Tomislav and Stadler, two completely different songs. One sent me an indie rock tune with some emo tendencies, with vocals that were kind of grating and never grew on me after all these listens. That is to say, the lighter softer part of the vocals were kind of enjoyable, the stronger / more broken sounding vocals weren't. The song ended up being one I wanted to skip but never did fort the sake of balancing out the listens between all the songs. Feels like something you need to connect with, but if you don't, it's just there. The other sent me a classic band I believe to have received last roulette as well. It was Killer Queen, I liked it. It had great energy and was all around fun. This song traveled a different route but still was a fun and overall rocking sound. But then somewhere in the middle it gets to this acappella part that last FOREVER, it takes up at least 2 and a half minutes and completely takes me out of the song. It sucks because one of my favourite bands (Between the Buried and Me) has paid huge homages to Queen and is heavily influenced by them, and some of the similarities I do recognize and admire. In the end, it just doesn't stick with me very well here somehow.
So I am in a similar situation as last round. Do I pick the song that didn't completely grab me but at the same time was a pretty inoffensive effort, or do I pick the song that had some better moments but had one major element that felt extremely tacky and takes me out of it completely?
Gonna go with the former here, sorry Stadler. In jingle.boy's words, no soup for you. I am probably gonna get shit from the fogey team for kicking out someone that sent The Prophet's Song, but that's tastes for you.
1. Underoath - Paper Lung
2. Shade Empire - Lecter (Welcome)
3. Shattered Skies - Aesthetics
4. Cynic - The Space for This
5. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
6. Darkest Hour - Tunsugka
7. Klone - Immaculate Desire
8. Oranssi Pazuzu - Hypnotisoitu Viharukous
9. Sorority Noise - A Portrait Of
10. Foxing - The Medic
11. Queen - The Prophet's Song
I have 3 songs in, 7 more to go. Exciting times!
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Uh, I didn't expect it to be this bad :-\ will send soon, I should probably make an U turn after sending indie song you didn't like
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send harsh noise
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And I did :tup
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Cool cool cool. I'm back and got 6 out of 10 songs, so 4 more. But, I'm fully aware people are busier during holidays so don't worry taking a couple days more, just don't forget about the roulette completely. Would still like them around Wednesday/Thursday at latest.
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Tomorrow's a busy day for me, so gonna start my first listen of the songs I have tonight so I can catch up on the remaining 4 whenever I get them without consuming too much time. I know I said Thursday too but preferably tomorrow cause for once there is a roulette waiting list, so I'd like to be a bit more timely. Gonna send out reminder PMs to the roulette equivalent of the big 4 and hopefully enjoy this first listen of the current 6 songs.
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! :metal :corn I did (and will continue to do so tomorrow cause why not)
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Sent a legitimate song and a Christmas song that I very nearly chose for my actual submission :lol
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Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand.... :corn
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:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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Stop eating the popcorns guys, we still need the song from the saculman before I can announce anything
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Sent some jazz fusion goodness.
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Hengmenanenen!! :metal :metal
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D baby
also
Tall Ships - T=0 sent by home
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T
A
C
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Okay, not giving you 3 letters :lol you can have the T
???: ____ - ____t___
home: Tall Ships – T=0
???: _________ - ____
???: ____ ___t__ - _____
???: __ D____t___ - _t_______
???: ______ _____ - ____ __d__
???: D_______ - ________ ______
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???: T_dt______t__ - ____ __ ___t D_____
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DT
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last artist looks like Death
and i definitely see Todtgelichter sent by Tomislav :corn
i don't remember what i sent so hopefully i accidentally guess my own song
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A
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I see my own song
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i remembered what my song was
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I'd like to buy a vowel. An E
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???: ____ - ____t___
home: Tall Ships – T=0
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???: ____ ___t__ - ___e_
???: E_ D____t__e - _te______
???: ______ _____ - ___e __de_
???: D___e__e - ______e_ ____e_
???: _e_t_e ____t - ____________
Tomislav95: Todtgelichter - ____ __ ___t D_____
???: Death - _____ ___ t__ _____ _t ___d_
EDT
I'm just gonna go out and say it, worst round of the roulette :lol :corn
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Death song is Flesh and the power it holds.
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I'm just gonna go out and say it, worst round of the roulette :lol :corn
Perfect timing for my song :hat
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I'm just gonna go out and say it, worst round of the roulette :lol :corn
:metal :metal
if that's the case i'm definitely through then because this is the best song i've sent thus far
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home: Tall Ships – T=0
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???: ___h ___t__ - ___e_
???: E_ D____t__e - _te______
???: ______ _____ - ___e __de_
???: D___e__e - ______e_ _h__e_
???: _e_t_e ____t - ____________
Tomislav95: Todtgelichter - ___e __ ___t D_e___
???: Death - Flesh and the Power it Holds
EDHT
Yeah, on my 2nd listen and I think I'm gonna start freeing some people tonight, a couple pretty easy decisions. I think I'll have a loser by the 30th so y'all can start thinking about your next submissions over a nice new year's eve party :corn also pretty certain of the round winner already but just to be sure I'll wait with that announcement until tomorrow.
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Give me an A
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???: ___h - _a_ath__
home: Tall Ships – T=0
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???: ___h ___t__ - ___e_
???: E_ D____t__e - _tea__a__
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - ___e __de_
???: D___e__e - ______e_ _h__e_
???: _e_t_e __a_t - _____a_a____
Tomislav95: Todtgelichter - ___e __ ___t D_ea__
???: Death - Flesh and the Power it Holds
DEATH
First off, a song I know for sure won't be the round winner but at the same time know for sure will rank top half of the round without doubt. Rhythmically very interesting, good guitarwork with enjoyably odd paterns. 'Strong' isn't the word I would use to describe the vocals - they're good and they fit the music and at times are even pretty damn catchy - but I don't think the singer is the strongest point of the band. From what I remember from seeing these guys live they sounded more akin to Plini and/or modern Intervals, but this is a bit more heavy and I dig it. Maybe could have benefited from some minor trimming, but I liked the song plenty, definitely good enough to pass.
Talking of course about lonestar with Unbroken Shiver by Disperse.
1. Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
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Did Sacul send Snarky Puppy?
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I'm just gonna go out and say it, worst round of the roulette :lol :corn
Good, because it will only get worse from here on.
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Yuup sent my best songs already
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My best songs will be sent if I make it to the time limit increase :corn
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Just take some inspiration from Scar's roulette, there's tons of songs submitted there that I don't know, and they're all really good because they probably got 10/10 ratings
Did Sacul send Snarky Puppy?
Sure did
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Aren't you Scar?
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:metal
Sweet, one more round and I get to break out the big guns...
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Wait.....what?
Disperse aren't banned and you're not Scar? What the fuck is happening?
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I have literally no clue who Disperse is so I don't think they're as well known as you think :P
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No, I'm not saying they are well known but I was planning to send them and was 99% sure they were on the banned list.
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No, I'm not saying they are well known but I was planning to send them and was 99% sure they were on the banned list.
It's that other 1% that gets ya...
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Just checked out the Disperse. Apparently I checked out their latest album at some point because while I couldn't remember anything about it, I definitely recognized the album cover.
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Oh yeah, Scar’s roulette :lol
I remember being late for a round and I sent him a 10+ minute song after he PM’d me for being late. 7 minutes later he posted the results for the whole round. I’m pretty sure I got a 10/10 :lol
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There were so many good parts I don't know if I can pick a favourite:
- removing about 20 names from the banned list after the first few day of the roulette because she "just copied and mixed together a couple of banned lists from other roulettes"
- giving everyone 10/10 without any reasonable explanation as to why she loved the songs so much
- hosting a round dedicated to pop music which she absolutely hates (while still having Coldplay on the banned list)
- organizing an avenged sevenfold only round after declaring her love for the band numerous times in other threads, that's like me hosting a round for the dear hunter or something
- giving a Native Construct song higher than an 8/10
There's two great songs this round and while I'm pretty sure which one is going to win, I don't want to announce either quite yet, probably saving it for tonight.
This one was kind of meh, but had its moments. The main guitar motif was pretty annoying in the first 4 bars, so I was pretty disappointed to find out it continued for almost the entire duration of the song. Consequently, it shouldn't come as a surprise that my favourite part of the song was the verse where this guitar was (rightfully) turned off. Also, the last few moments of the song have some pretty awesome soaring vocal lines, I think they should have extended the song a bit (felt very short) and turned that part into a chorus and have it return later. Like a more standard verse/chorus/verse/chorus structure, why not? Would work for this song. That is, if they unplugged the lead guitar :lol :corn
I think the person who sent this knows it's him by now. Home, you're in. Overall, this was a pretty weak round so you're still probably somewhere in the middle of the rankings.
1. Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
2. Tall Ships - T=0
As always, hangmanen is starting to bore me so here are the song names and band names (probably gonna reveal them right away from this point on):
???: Rush - Marathon
home: Tall Ships - T=0
???: Nevermore - Born
???: Loch Vostok - Yurei
???: El Drugstore - Steakback
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - Gone Under
lonestar: Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
???: Gentle Giant - Proclamation
Tomislav95: Todtgelichter - Café of Lost Dreams
???: Death - Flesh and the Power It Holds
???: (The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End))
No, I'm not saying they are well known but I was planning to send them and was 99% sure they were on the banned list.
I would have expected them to be banned by now too tbh. Saw them live this year (around February I think?) with Plini and DMM. Their last album was much more in line with their latest albums as well so they fit the line-up, but from the snippets I've heard from Living Mirrors, that's a whole different beast. Never checked them out because I was kind of burned out on uplifting instrumental prog like the last DMM album.
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Parama sent Loch Vostok (?)
I think my song has a good chance of getting through against this bunch :corn
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I saw Loch Vostok live in 2011 with Orkenjott, Persefone and Leprous and they were the only band I didn't like or cared for. I hope prog survives against metal this round :\
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I saw that same tour :)
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Parama definitely sent El Drugstore.
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Did Elite sent Gentle Giant?
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Parama definitely sent El Drugstore.
Definitely
Did Elite sent Gentle Giant?
Definitely not
I've decided that song #2 is definitely not as strong as #1 so time to announce it. This was one of the heavier songs of the round, and it was the only one from that bunch where I truly did not believe it to go this heavy. Pretty early on in the song it takes a drastic turn from a pretty standard and actually kind of grating clean traditional metal voice into this sick combination of Gojira-like riffing and Slice the Cake-like vocals. For real, that was such a sick combination, I can't get enough of it. At the core, this song is just great through and through, but I wasn't completely sold on the clean vocals. That's just a minor complaint though, yet another great submission from probably the most consistent participant so far.
Of course I'm speaking of TAC with Yurei by Loch Vostok. :metal
This here is one of the songs I remember the least of of the entire round, but it's not in a bad way. It's just.. a lot to take in, and every time I listened to it so far I enjoyed it a lot. Some interesting and almost sinister sounding instrumentals here, as well as a pretty diverse display of vocals. The rhythm section has a great punch to it and the lead guitars serve as a nice extra layer throughout the whole song. Maybe the female vocals are a bit too one-sided but that's nitpicking, it's good stuff.
Tomislav95 with Café of Lost Dreams by Todtgelichter makes the cut, way easier than last round. :tup
1. Loch Vostok - Yurei
2. Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
2. Todtgelichter - Café of Lost Dreams
4. Tall Ships - T=0
???: Rush - Marathon
home: Tall Ships - T=0
???: Nevermore - Born
TAC: Loch Vostok - Yurei
Parama: El Drugstore - Steakback
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - Gone Under
lonestar: Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
???: Gentle Giant - Proclamation
Tomislav95: Todtgelichter - Café of Lost Dreams
???: Death - Flesh and the Power It Holds
???: (The Darkness - Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End))
The winner + 3 more writeups tonight, and the bottom 2 will be revealed tomorrow morning (approx. 20 hours from now). The rest of y'all can start thinking of submissions/submitting.
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Oh great :tup Todtgelichter is a definitely a lot to take in but I knew you'd like them.
After almost failing with Foxing, I really don't know what to send next :-\
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i can't believe you literally copy + pasted my review of T=0 :P
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I have a feeling my song is in the bottom 2.... :corn
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Puppies sent Death
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my song is the round winner because of course it is, it's the best song i've sent yet
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i can't believe you literally copy + pasted my review of T=0 :P
Seriously? I wouldn't be surprised if people share the same opinion on that song though, I don't think these comments are that shocking :P
The round winner is not
my song
. In fact, it is some jazz fusion goodness. I'm sure you have no clue who sent it. This tune was reaaaally cool, sick C2C-like vibe. Great guest vocalist. Groovy beats all over. I don't have a lot to say about it other than it's just the coolest song of the roulette so far and am really looking forward to looking further into this band after seeing their name around for a pretty long time.
Sacul, you've done it, you won a round with Snarky Puppy :corn
Other than the fact that this song often sounded like it wasn't just one song, but like a dozen short songs glued together, I thought it was great. The vocals were a bit overwhelming at first but I've gotten used to them and they are really powerful. What appeals to me the most is the way the guitars adapt to the tempo changes so well and it just sounds hella progressive. I guess I should have expected that, seeing the reputation these guys have.
Flesh and the Power It Holds by Death was pretty great, you're through luke. :tup Your Christmas song would probably rank #8 this round, just above the bottom 2. Wasn't a huge fan (but I didn't give it as much listens as the other songs)
1. Snarky Puppy - Gone Under
2. Loch Vostok - Yurei
3. Death - Flesh and the Power It Holds
3. Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
3. Todtgelichter - Café of Lost Dreams
6. Tall Ships - T=0
That leaves us with
* Gentle Giant - Proclamation
* Nevermore - Born
* Rush - Marathon
* El Drugstore - Steakback
I'm guessing right now, these wouldn't be my exact bottom 4, but definitely all bottom 5 (the best song here surpassed T=0). But I already know the loser, so gain some self-awareness and show yourself out if you want to save yourself a write-up :corn
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If I had to send one song by Rush it wouldn't be Marathon. But I wouldn't want to even get myself in that position where I had to pick one Rush song so :corn
And it would be Jacob's Ladder :P
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It definitely would not be Marathon.
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If I get cut you don't deserve more great music anyways so bring it on trainyboy :corn
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Fair enough, you can stay then Parama
Your song didn't do much for me, other than the bass being outstanding (which I know you talk about all the time and I agree with). It almost made the rest of the guys look like they didn't have any inspiration in comparison. Just felt like a pretty stale song with some ok riffs, but that alone didn't really make it enjoyable enough for me. The guitar tone though is pretty damn cool, I wish they'd have some more straight up headbanging riffs cause they sure as hell have the bass to back it up and give it that thick sound. I just lack that.. I don't know, punch? The riffs really lack some power, maybe it's the mix but something just sounds off/lacking to me. Steakback by El Drugstore aka East of the Wall with less appeal was.. sufficient.
The vocals on this one were so-so for me. As soon as the clean vocals came in I was convinced this guy could sing really well, but the more distorted kind of vocals in the beginning that come back later on as well was not for me I guess. Some reaally good riffs in this one though, definitely made up for it and overall this song had some good replay value to it even though I didn't fully enjoy it. When I was up against Orcus in a 1-on-1 in lonestar's loser bracket, he sent The Godless Endeavour and I checked it out and was really impressed. For this song, I'd say I was equally impressed with the chorus, and some of the riffing was really solid, but the rest didn't live up to those expectations. Will still probably check out this band.
This was Born by Nevermore, sent by Elite.
1. Snarky Puppy - Gone Under
2. Loch Vostok - Yurei
3. Death - Flesh and the Power It Holds
3. Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
3. Todtgelichter - Café of Lost Dreams
6. Nevermore - Born
6. El Drugstore - Steakback
8. Tall Ships - T=0
* Rush - Marathon (Puppies_On_Acid)
* Gentle Giant - Proclamation (LordCost)
LordCost is up against Puppies_On_Acid for elimination in a clash of classic prog rock bands. Who will leave us next? Find out tomorrow morning! :corn
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I've decided that song #2 is definitely not as strong as #1 so time to announce it. This was one of the heavier songs of the round, and it was the only one from that bunch where I truly did not believe it to go this heavy. Pretty early on in the song it takes a drastic turn from a pretty standard and actually kind of grating clean traditional metal voice into this sick combination of Gojira-like riffing and Slice the Cake-like vocals. For real, that was such a sick combination, I can't get enough of it. At the core, this song is just great through and through, but I wasn't completely sold on the clean vocals. That's just a minor complaint though, yet another great submission from probably the most consistent participant so far.
Of course I'm speaking of TAC with Yurei by Loch Vostok. :metal
:metal
That's a really cool album. Yurei is really the only song like it, and one I thought would fit in with this roulette.
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plague ship isn't as good as the apologist but it's still great so :corn
also rip old music
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How the hell did Snarky Puppy win the round? :lol Not complaining tho, that's a great album and I love their music. Their other records are more instrumental and have lengthier pieces but they're never too technical and always fun.
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yeah, sending old prog to Train isn’t a good idea, but by all means, keep on doing it :corn
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yeah, sending old prog to Train isn’t a good idea, but by all means, keep on doing it :corn
I've learned my lesson.
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How the hell did Snarky Puppy win the round? :lol Not complaining tho, that's a great album and I love their music. Their other records are more instrumental and have lengthier pieces but they're never too technical and always fun.
Damn, I think I prefer the less lengthy instrumental focused style such as in this song, but if it's not too technical I think I can dig it. Will probably do some roulette album updates over the next couple weeks in the "What album are you listening to?" thread.
Gentle(:neverusethis:)men, time to announce who is leaving us today. You couldn't help yourselves and had to show me some of the classics, and I appreciate the risk. But 9 out of 10 times it does not seem to go down well. On one side we have a really flashy display of early avant-garde type of innovations, with odd vocal melodies and unusual piano patterns remeniscent of more soul/blues/jazz leaning music. The other one is more focused, but seems to channel its flashiness through the crazy bassplayer (I believe this is the same person as the lead singer?) and catchy vocals.
Puppies, your song was less out there than LoCo's for sure, but it was also very very sweet and sugar-y for my tastes, that's something that really left a bad taste in my mouth. The vocals were catchy, but not in a way that impressed or even interested me. I don't like talking smack about people's favourite bands or songs (unless it's Parama) but that's just the way I feel.
LordCost, your song may have been the most unique one of the round by a fair margin, it was also the one I probably felt most embarassed listening to because it was so odd. I can see the influence on Haken, but they definitely have a more subtle take on it and do not go all out crazy wearing their influences on their shoulders as much as they could have. That said, this song had some undeniably cool moments that I couldn't put myself to eliminate you over the Rush song.
That means that Puppies_On_Acid, sorry, you're toast. Between the melodic deathmetal and avant-garde blackmetal, this was your biggest risk by far and it did not pay off. :-\
1. Snarky Puppy - Gone Under
2. Loch Vostok - Yurei
3. Death - Flesh and the Power It Holds
3. Disperse - Unbroken Shiver
3. Todtgelichter - Café of Lost Dreams
6. Nevermore - Born
6. El Drugstore - Steakback
8. Tall Ships - T=0
9. Gentle Giant - Proclamation
10. Rush - Marathon
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yeah, sending old prog to Train isn’t a good idea, but by all means, keep on doing it :corn
I've learned my lesson.
:(
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I'm not an old music listener too, but I enjoy what I heard of GG. I played Proclamation in my car to a friend and he liked it too despite not being a classic prog fan. The Rush song seems interesting from your writeup, it's not what I expected to read about Rush.
What a tension for this end of the round, it's more fun to have the results published in different moments and leaving the bottom 2 at last :tup
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Sent.
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Well, I tried. In hindsight I probably should have sent something heavier by Rush. Although I probably should have sent something completely different...
It was fun while it lasted. Good luck everyone else.
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Wow...Marathon got eliminated....love that song. I'll need to tread carefully here. I'll try to send by the end of the day, big decisions going on right now lol
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sending classic prog :neverusethis:
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Sent...
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Wow...Marathon got eliminated....love that song. I'll need to tread carefully here. I'll try to send by the end of the day, big decisions going on right now lol
Fantastic song.
I'm stunned that TAC is still hanging around. You run out of weird shit yet?
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Hey, I had the second best song of the last round! :yarr
Not sure you'd like that particular song, but that album :metal :metal
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Only need 4 more submissions but still no classic prog, what's the matter, are you all chickens? :chicken: (apparently this emoji exists)
I'm stunned that TAC is still hanging around.
I mean, have you heard his songs? TAC is like the girl from the exorcist, he seems like this super innocent "boohoo I can't stand growls" man but in PMs he just turns into a beast and sends me the heaviest shit of the entire roulette.
Bad analogy, but you get the gist
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I’ll send you some classic prog when I’ll get home this afternoon :)
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Only need 4 more submissions but still no classic prog, what's the matter, are you all chickens? :chicken: (apparently this emoji exists)
I was man enough to send classic prog and look where it got me.... :tdwn :facepalm:
:tup
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i sent but i'm out of all the good sub-9 minute stuff i wanted to send so i'm gonna get cut this round
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The eliteman needs to resend and then I only need twosuitsluke and Sacul to go. Happy new year my dudes! :cow:
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But I sent classic prog :o
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Sent the guaranteed shortest song of the round :hat
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luke sent this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8)
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Or this.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTiSrxsmc0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpTiSrxsmc0)
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i prefer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3cKWEE_kEM
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I was thinking more this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UliirRgI9Ik (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UliirRgI9Ik)
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Great guesses, but it's actually this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavoBhEXFA0
Given one listen to the songs I've received so far but I'll wait with my second until I've got the other 2 songs. Don't want to comment too much on the round yet because that might have influence on the choices of people who haven't sent yet, but it's certainly better than last round
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Sent harsh noise as a replacement for Kansas
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Some something heavy and noisy af.
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Converge confirmed
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Do a hangmen
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I was going to put hangmanen on hold this round because we're never able to finish it before I get the results out, but this round is gonna take a bit longer (both because the rest of the week is really busy for me and because the quality is really high this round so picking a loser will take more listens). So without further adieu, HANGMENANANEN:
_____ ______ ____ - ______
______ - ___________
___ - ___ _________'_ ___
_____ - ___ _____
_______ - __ ___ _____ __ _ _____
_______ - ___ _____ __ ________ ______
_____ ___ ________ _____ - _________
_______ - __________
_____ - ______
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Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
If this is correct I probably won't guess anything else this round :lol
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U
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Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
If this is correct I probably won't guess anything else this round :lol
Yep :lol
_____ ______ ____ - ______
______ - ___________
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
_____ - ___ _____
_______ - __ ___ _____ __ _ _____
_______ - ___ __u__ __ ________ ______
_____ ___ ________ _____ - _________
_______ - ___u______
_____ - _____u
U
not a lot of U's :|
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M
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_____ ______ ____ - ______
______ - ___________
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
M____ - ___ _____
_______ - __ ___ _____ __ _ _____
_______ - ___ __u__ __ ________ M_____
____m ___ ________ _____ - _________
_______ - ___u______
_____ - _____u
MU
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F
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_____ ______ ____ - ______
______ - ___________
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
M____ - ___ _____
_______ - __ ___ _____ _f _ _____
_______ - ___ __u__ _f ________ M_____
____m ___ ________ _____ - _________
_______ - ___u______
_____ - _____u
FMU
Wow you guys are bad at guessing letters. Oh I finished my 2nd listen. No clue who is even gonna be considered for elimination yet whatsoever, this round is really tough.
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E
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I deliberately guessed an uncommon letter to keep it exciting :biggrin:
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Now we're talking
____e _e__e_ _e__ - _e__e_
_e____ - __e________
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Me___ - _e_ _____
_______ - __ __e _e___ _f _ _____
___e___ - __e __u__ _f _____e__ M_____
__e_m __e E_e_____ __ee_ - E_____e__
E_____e - _e_u__e__e
_____ - _____u
EFMU
I deliberately guessed an uncommon letter to keep it exciting :biggrin:
The last two times I did hangmanen we did not complete it by the time I started posting results :lol
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Dream the Electric Sleep
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S
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____e _e__e_ _e__ - _esse_
_e____ - __e________
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Mess_ - _e_ ____s
______s - __ __e _e___ _f _ S____
___e___ - __e S_u__ _f _____e_s M_____
Dream the Electric Sleep - E_____e__
E_s___e - _esu__e__e
____s - ____su
EFMSU
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E_s___e - _esu__e__e
This is an atmospheric death/doom band ;)
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the dream the electric sleep song is elizabeth
first song name looks like vessel
gimme that R :yarr
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yaRR
____e _e__e_ _e__ - Vessel
_e____ - __e_r______
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Mess_ - _e_ __r_s
______s - __ __e _e___ _f _ S__r_
__re___ - __e S_u__ _f _____ers M_____
Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
E_s___e - Resurgence
Boris - ____su
EFMRSU
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One song looks like ‘Resurgence’
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boris
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I'll be stunned if someone guesses mine not sure if I've ever seen these guys mentioned on DTF
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I'll be stunned if someone guesses mine not sure if I've ever seen these guys mentioned on DTF
Pretty sure Wolfking has mentioned Corey Hart a number of times.
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@EliteParama both correct, edited in previous post
I'll be stunned if someone guesses mine not sure if I've ever seen these guys mentioned on DTF
I've heard of them numerous times, but that's just because they are the modern age Tool meme on the progmetal subreddit. I think they've been promising their fans a new album for like 3 or 4 years now but it never happens. Haven't encountered anyone here on the sub though except for luke, but he isn't really a regular it seems
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I did a quick search, they actually have their own thread here, with a whopping 7 posts.
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Give me C, maybe the others can guess something more
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____e _e__e_ _e__ - Vessel
_e____ - __e_r______
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Mess_ - _e_ __r_s
______s - __ __e _e___ _f _ S__r_
C_re___ - __e S_u__ _f ___c_ers M_____
Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
E_s___e - Resurgence
Boris - ____su
CEFMRSU
Not a lot of C's sadly. Will probably start doing writeups around Saturday cause right now I'm pretty overwhelmed with school stuff
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____e _ea_e_ _e__ - Vessel
Ae_a__ - __e_r_____a
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Messa - _e_ __r_s
_a____s - __ __e _e___ _f a S_ar_
C_re__a - __e S_u__ _f __ac_ers M_____
Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
E_s___e - Resurgence
Boris - ____su
ACEFMRSU
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I think one of the bands is called Messa :neverusethis:
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Oh, I also see Aenaon. I’ve seen Parama mention and/or send them before. Did he send them?
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not in this roulette but the first one is while heaven wept
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I had a dream last night in which you told me my song was too bad and asked if I wanted to resubmit :lol
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I had a dream last night that you posted results, but it turned out to only be a dream :(
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same @ sacul
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All of your songs were bad enough to have to resubmit, I fucking hate this round, especially that Six Roaming Owls song jesus christ can a song be more annoying?
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Six Roaming Owls :heart
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Six Roaming Owls :heart
Googled it, first thing that shows up is a DTF thread for them. Did they open for Thundersword back in the day?
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it's an inside joke
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so is Thundersword
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All of your songs were bad enough to have to resubmit, I fucking hate this round, especially that Six Roaming Owls song jesus christ can a song be more annoying?
Was it Sgt Hooter's Roaming Owl Club Band?
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No, it was Sgt. Hoothoot and the Pokemon Fanclub
Told you we wouldn't finish hung man before I would start doing writeups, time to kick it off! :corn :corn :corn :corn
I had to be really cautious not to pick a song that still had a chance to end up in the bottom 2 or the round winner, so this one is somewhere in the middle but leaning more towards the top side of things. Everything is still really close.
This song here was a really interesting mix between Addicted-type Devy music and Death Cab for Cutie, yeah, that's the best way I can attempt to describe it. The general vibe I get is really soothing, harmless in a positive way, and just really fun. I'm talking of course about the giraffe song.
Home with Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy is the first to make it through :tup
1. Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
??? ____e _ea_e_ _e__ - Vessel
Parama: Aenaon - __e_r_____a
home: Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
Messa - _e_ __r_s
??? _a____s - __ __e _e___ _f a S_ar_
??? C_re__a - __e S_u__ _f __ac_ers M_____
??? Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
??? E_s___e - Resurgence
??? Boris - ____su
ACEFMRSU
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Nais! Yeah soothing is exactly the word I would use to describe a lot of their songs, especially their singers voice on them.
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I'm obsessing over Frengers lately, really great album. I was pleasantly surprised when I saw they released 7 albums and I just started :azn:
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I think I sent you comforting sounds at some point but I don't remember :lol
Anyways yeah mew is good
Man I'm so ready to start sending 9+ minute songs I have some great ones for you
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Yeah you did, don't think I liked it as much but it's been a long time ago that I heard it.
I'm pretty sure which song I'm kicking out and I feel bad about it cause I still like that tune, but let's get on with the writeups!
I had a problem with this one at first. First off, I had some frame of reference seeing as I'm familiar with a couple of songs by this band already. Compared to those, it was a real slow burner, and after the first 2 listens I just got impatient waiting for the great ending to kick in. Eventually it grew on me and I kind of got an Arcane Roots vibe off it. The vocals by this band are instantly recognizable but never really spectacular, but the instrumental outro is what really took me by surprise here and carried me over.
Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth, sent by LordCost is through, moving on to the next one!
The best way I can describe this is a Brittish an inferior alternative to Converge, I guess. But it's still great, awesome bass section in the middle, nice little guitar passages and pounding riffs. Sick halftime tempo shenanigans going on at the end, etc. Just a good super short aggressive little song.
I could only be talking about In the Belly of a Shark by Gallows here. Luke, you're in! :corn
1. Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
2. Gallows - In the Belly of a Shark
3. Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
Announcing the winner and one other song in my next update, and then 2 more at the end of the day. Bottom two will be either on Sunday or Monday, depends on my workload and spare time.
Oh yeah be aware that from here on, time limit moves up to 12 minutes, so you can send me that juicy lengthy stuff if you feel like it
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If In the Belly of a Shark is in and my song is out, you don’t deserve my 9+ minute songs
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:tup
I have an 11.52 minute song to send but if I do it I risk a lot, maybe I should send heavier and shorter songs.
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Yeah long songs are probably a double-edged sword.
Round winner was pretty easy to pick this time. This sounds like a band that found a pretty unique sound that works very well for them, they don't sound like the bands I would lump into this category at all, in a good way. I would describe the music as very brooding, and just a mishmash of ideas that works really well together. I wouldn't say it's top 3 roulette material just yet, but it's definitely this participant's best song yet even though he wouldn't agree.
Oneirodynia by Aenaon sent by Parama wins the round :corn
This one is very much my kind of music. I wouldn't say it blew me away, but it had great energy and really catchy vocals, especially that "sailing the seas of nostalgia" line got stuck in my head all the time. These guys are technicians, but they know when to calm it down, that's quality progmetal to me.
Lonestar, with The Sound of Glaciers Moving by Corelia gets a pass!
1. Aenaon - Oneirodynia
2. Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
3. Corelia - The Sound of Glaciers Moving
4. Gallows - In the Belly of a Shark
5. Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
Four more songs are left:
* Boris - Ibitsu
* Enshine - Resurgence
* Messa - New Horns
* While Heaven Wept - Vessel
:corn :corn
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:corn :corn :corn :corn
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not again...
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not again...
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oh god that gallows song was in guitar hero :lol
i remember not liking it but it's been a while
ANYWAYS. sending you the best song of 2017 next. finally
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Fuck yeah, knew that one would work!!!! Sending the big guns now...
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not again...
:corn :corn :corn :corn
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Sorry for the delay, bit busy. Gonna habe to delay the next two until the evening
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:corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
Very catchy song this one, also pretty harmless. For this reason it was kind of middle ground of the round, but I still really enjoyed it. It does tend more towards the "enjoy but probably not getting into this artist very soon" category moreso than the obsessive category, but it's a good song. Nice melodic guitarwork, catchy vocal hooks, and the fast sections are a nice subtle way to shake up the standard format of the song ever so slightly.
Tomi, you're through once again, with Vessel by While Heaven Wept!
Next one I actually considered to declare safe way earlier but just never really got to it. There was never any doubt that this one would end up in the bottom 2. Crushing vocals and interesting instrumentation throughout. Lots of ideas thrown in there but it never felt like a jumbled mess. Particularly well-constructed atmosphere in this song, I'm a huge fan of that euphoric wall of sound feel with layered harsh vocals if they execute it well like they do here. Though I wouldn't say it's among your best submissions I still dug it and will probably check out the album right after my roulette.
Enshine with Resurgence, sent by TAC, gets to breathe again which leaves us with the last two!
I've actually given the songs even more listens now and come to the conclusion that I still don't know which one I will be cutting, they're that close, and quite different stylistically. I am probably going to give them like 2 or 3 more listens over the next 24 hours and get it over with.
The final showdown is between Sacul and Elite with the following songs:
Boris - Ibitsu (Sacul)
Messa - New Horns (Elite)
Root for your favourite as you will all have to wait in suspense for another day! Loser will be announced tomorrow evening (roughly 24 hours from now). Rest of you can of course start sending for next round (12 minute time limit from here on), I've gotten 1 song so far (had 2 but the second requested to resubmit to save their submission for another round) so I need 7 more (one of which would either be Sacul or Elite but we don't know yet).
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Next one I actually considered to declare safe way earlier but just never really got to it. There was never any doubt that this one would end up in the bottom 2. Crushing vocals and interesting instrumentation throughout. Lots of ideas thrown in there but it never felt like a jumbled mess. Particularly well-constructed atmosphere in this song, I'm a huge fan of that euphoric wall of sound feel with layered harsh vocals if they execute it well like they do here. Though I wouldn't say it's among your best submissions I still dug it and will probably check out the album right after my roulette.
Enshine with Resurgence, sent by TAC, gets to breathe again which leaves us with the last two!
:metal
I don't know what it was, but when I heard the Enshine last year, I loved it. The vocals, surprisingly, did not bother me at all. I thought the music is so cool and mesmerizing, almost like a Pink Floyd with growls. And even though they are growls, somehow they don't manage to be in your face. I love this album.
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Goddammit :lol
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Goddammit :lol
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i'm voting out boris because i've never cared much for anything i've heard from them :corn
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Sacul sent Boris to me. This was my writeup:
So, if Lemmy, Joey Ramone, and the dude from Offspring had a lovechild, they would have named him Boris. Is this song even in English??
This song certainly has a lot of energy, but I'm not sure it's really my thing. I think I could actually pick up a couple of guitar nods to Paranoid, which was cool. Has kind of a punk vibe.
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This song is better :2metal:
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Nah!! :lol
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ANYWAYS. sending you the best song of 2017 next. finally
Can I guess your song already? If it's the one I'm thinking of it's 9+ minutes, they are definitely not banned and I've heard you mention love for the song.
I'm 90% sure I know it and was thinking of sending the band myself.
:corn :corn :corn
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Sent for the next round. 11:58!
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Sent, 11 minutes on the nose.
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FOGEY POWER!!!
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kGt0udeqyxg/hqdefault.jpg)
TAC:"I can't hear my text."
Lonestar:"Give me a minute, I'm passing gas."
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Fuck yeah bro...
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FOGEY POWER!!!
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kGt0udeqyxg/hqdefault.jpg)
TAC:"I can't hear my text."
Lonestar:"Give me a minute, I'm passing gas."
:rollin
ANYWAYS. sending you the best song of 2017 next. finally
Can I guess your song already? If it's the one I'm thinking of it's 9+ minutes, they are definitely not banned and I've heard you mention love for the song.
I'm 90% sure I know it and was thinking of sending the band myself.
:corn :corn :corn
You can still send the same band man, especially if you're not even 100% sure if it's the band you think it is.
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Great to still be in :tup
Sent my recent discovery for round 5.
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Ugh, sorry it took so long, I'm a slacker. I would say that I did this in the spirit of having a showdown between the two people who have the biggest reputation of sending late here, but it was just laziness on my part.
Also this
I don't know what it was, but when I heard the Enshine last year, I loved it. The vocals, surprisingly, did not bother me at all. I thought the music is so cool and mesmerizing, almost like a Pink Floyd with growls. And even though they are growls, somehow they don't manage to be in your face. I love this album.
MESMERIZING, that word is perfect. That's how I would describe it.
Anyway
What both songs have slightly in common here is that they're built on pretty tasty crunchy guitarwork, I dig that. In the case of Elite's song (New Horns by Messa) it does start to get a bit old once you get to the end, the song feels a bit longer than it is due to the little progression that's going on. On the other hand, we have Sacul with Ibitsu by Boris which is dynamic, fast tempo and a garage-rock/punk vibe to it with a lot of energy rather than the slow doom-drenched track on the other side. What is more up my alley if I pick solely based on those distinctions? Probably the high tempo rocker. All things considered though, New Horns scratches my doom itch in a way other bands in the genre are quick to bore me. There's a certain flair to the female singer and she reminds me of someone I can't put my finger on. Ibitsu doesn't waste its time and jumps into action straight away, admittedly great energy, and interesting vocal style. The more improv-sounding punky guitar solo was quite cool, even if the vocals were a tad distracting at times.
After lots of thinking I've made up my mind, gonna have to say goodbye to Sacul and Boris, sorry. A shame since for the first time in this roulette I honestly did like everything that was sent to me.
1. Aenaon - Oneirodynia
2. Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
3. Enshine - Resurgence
4. Corelia - The Sound of Glaciers Moving
5. Dream the Electric Sleep - Elizabeth
6. Gallows - In the Belly of a Shark
7. Messa - New Horns
7. While Heaven Wept - Vessel
9. Boris - Ibitsu
I got inspired by Parama's beautiful speech in Sacul's roulette so I'm gonna set a hard deadline on the next round (also cause this round took a bit longer I think) of 48 hours, after that I'm starting my listens. I've got 3/8 subs in, haven't checked tomi's PM yet so if that song is fair game it'll be 4/8, good pace! :tup
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Ready to win two rounds in a row :metal
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Ready to win two rounds in a row :metal
If you sent the song I think you did, you cant lose, imo.
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One of you is gonna guess it the second trainy posts hangmanen and tbh I'm fine with that :corn
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Always tough when every song clicks with ya, I had one round like that as well.
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:'(
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One of you is gonna guess it the second trainy posts hangmanen and tbh I'm fine with that :corn
Sons of Apollo - God of the Sun
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eww
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:lol
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At least you would've sent the best track on the album
Send me Signs of the Time by Sons of Apollo and you are instantly eliminated. Any takers?
EDIT: Oh yeah I probably won't do hangmanen this round, just gonna straight up reveal the titles
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Ok,well I'm guessing Parama: Enslaved - Hiindsiight
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Ok,well I'm guessing Parama: Enslaved - Hiindsiight
Either that or Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Aufbruch or Finisterre
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luke knows the way
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Ok,well I'm guessing Parama: Enslaved - Hiindsiight
Either that or Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Aufbruch or Finisterre
Now I know what I'm going to get next round :corn Parama and his crazy German fetish
I'm using this day to relisten to all the rounds so far, it's crazy how nostalgic it feels as I only started last month, but it's been great so far and just started with the round 2 playlist. I try to rank all the rounds but of course it doesn't affect any rankings that I may have published earlier, and there's no scores in this roulette so it's just for my personal sake of creating a best of playlist at the end.
I have 5/8 songs and one re-submission supposedly coming in tonight. So that only leaves us with twosuitsluke and home, nice pace so far! :tup
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nah you're making me send an instrumental next but fortunately i have one saved up
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I have 5/8 songs and one re-submission supposedly coming in tonight. So that only leaves us with twosuitsluke and home, nice pace so far! :tup
Nuggets
:vomitard:
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Wow, I totally forgot I inserted an instrumental round, nice. Looking forward to that.
I have 5/8 songs and one re-submission supposedly coming in tonight. So that only leaves us with twosuitsluke and home, nice pace so far! :tup
Nuggets
:vomitard:
Now it's 7/8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxUB7Ohv6dg#t=25) :vomitard:
Eyy I relistened to all the rounds and I'm glad I still stand behind most of my rankings but some stuff has changed. I reranked everything in the second post of the thread if anyone's interested. Also removed and added a couple of links to the bands' songs submitted so all the linked songs are my current favourites of the roulette so far. The only ones I couldn't find on the youtubes were Kaddisfly's campfire and Loch Vostok's Yurei so they both have spotify links.
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I will definitely be sending within the next 4 hours! Might send the submission for the instrumental round now as well.
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Wow rip shade empire :-[
My instrumental is actually shorter than the one I already sent but hopefully you'll like this one more :V
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Mediocrity Wins is awesome :metardica:
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Sent clean vocals..well 99% clean. Feel like I'm taking a chance as Dennis seems pretty particular about his clean vocals.
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Sent that good shit.
Never heard mention of this band before around here, but what the fuck do I know?
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Mediocrity Wins is awesome :metardica:
It's one of the best songs on Bilateral, I wish Leprous themselves would realize that :(
Sent clean vocals..well 99% clean. Feel like I'm taking a chance as Dennis seems pretty particular about his clean vocals.
Interesting theory, you being probably the most consistent out of everyone and you also being the person who has sent the highest percentage of harsh vocals there might be some truth to this. But I also think maybe you're being more careful than you should be because I criticized the cleans in the first song you sent (Constantine - Collective Harmony). :lol I still stand behind that but there's tons and tons of clean vocals that I love too.
Wow rip shade empire :-[
Yeah this one and El Tienda de Drogas took a bit of a drop. With the latter I just started liking other songs more and this one was the same. With Shade Empire it might have been a one off, I ranked everything based on my last listen and today wasn't getting the hype I got earlier when doing results for that round.
Sent that good shit.
Nice :2metal: we are all in! I'll do the song names tomorrow and time lengths and all that sweet stuff. I might hold off my first listen until the evening cause I got an exam until 5 and then some other stuff, wanna be focused before.
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Gentle Giant is now 4th from last! I will send 70's prog again next round ;)
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Haha yeah, I've kind of grown used to the odd vocal melodies, and some of those piano patterns are really cool and groovy. I might actually listen to the album after the roulette, it wasn't bad.
Here are y'alls songs, let's see if you can figure out who sent what (Parama's was already guessed):
Parama: Enslaved - Hiindsiight (9:33)
???: Lör - Eidolon (11:58)
home: OWEL - Float (6:37)
???: Aereogramme - Dreams and Bridges (4:40)
???: maudlin of the Well - They Aren't All Beautiful (5:37)
???: Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven (4:46)
???: Port Noir - Black from the Ink (5:29)
???: Kingcrow - In Crescendo (11:00)
So only 3 of you decided to use the extended time limit, for better or for worse, we'll find out soon :corn I'm glad I finally got that Six Roaming Owls solo project by Mr. Owel though, been waiting the whole roulette to get that
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Nice,
I listened to Owel a few years ago when Coheed and Cambria shared a video of Owel covering a C&C song, it was pretty good. Not listened to anything else though.
I'm guessing home sent Owel and Tomi sent maudlin?
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1 for 2, home did send OWEL
Damn, decided to do my first listen before the exam after all. Very strong round, better than the last one even. Right now I got a clear top 3 in my mind and #4 and #5 not too far behind, and not too far behind those are my bottom 3 but there's not a single bad or even meh song here. I could see any of the songs not in the current top 3 dropping down to last place after more listens, it's very close. This is gonna be even harder than last round :lol :corn
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Lonestar sent Kingcrow.
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no hangamens? :(
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I'm a little surprised someone sent Sunny Day Real Estate. That's a pretty good song, although probably not the one I would send if I sent SDRE. Then again, what do I know I got kicked out already :P
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sunny day real estate song is another guitar hero one :corn
thought i tried listening to that album, wasn't a big fan
same with Lor, was too power metal cheesy for me
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Lor is awesome!!!! Especially Eidolon.
Just saying..
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oh and aereogramme is probably lordcost
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Parama: Enslaved - Hiindsiight (9:33)
TAC: Lör - Eidolon (11:58) (okay this wasn't officially guessed but TAC made it pretty obvious)
home: OWEL - Float (6:37)
LordCost: Aereogramme - Dreams and Bridges (4:40)
???: maudlin of the Well - They Aren't All Beautiful (5:37)
???: Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven (4:46)
???: Port Noir - Black from the Ink (5:29)
lonestar: Kingcrow - In Crescendo (11:00)
no hangamens? :(
Nah, next couple of days will be relatively quiet for me in terms of workload so I expect to be done with this round reaally quick. You can expect writeups starting either tomorrow or Friday late morning/early afternoon, gonna start my second listen soon and will probably get 2 more in tomorrow.
I'm a little surprised someone sent Sunny Day Real Estate. That's a pretty good song, although probably not the one I would send if I sent SDRE. Then again, what do I know I got kicked out already :P
:lol
You never know, I get bad ratings/kicked out of roulettes when I still feel I know the host's tastes quite well. You're welcome to PM me whatever you would have sent, or other stuff you would have sent if you were still in. I always check those, but priority is lower than current roulette stuff of course.
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elite sent maudlin
i guess luke sent SDRE and tomi sent port noir?
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I thought to see more 9+ minutes song.
I know more bands sent this round than all the other rounds combined and I'm surprised I didn't see that Enslaved wasn't banned. I have yet to listen to their last album but In Times and Riitir had some very good songs despite the style of harsh vocals is not something I usually like.
Elite probably sent maudlin of the Well. I love some songs on Bath like Heaven and Weak and The Ferryman, the song sent is the heaviest of the album and it's great, but I don't recall much of the other songs apart that it's a weird and unbalanced album but very cool.
I thought about sending In Crescendo by Kingcrow. Great song but it's the only song of them I like and listen sometimes, the rest didn't interest me.
Port Noir opened for PoS last year and were great live.
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Haha yeah, I've kind of grown used to the odd vocal melodies, and some of those piano patterns are really cool and groovy. I might actually listen to the album after the roulette, it wasn't bad.
I relistened the album this morning and it's cool if you are in the mood. Proclamation is still my favourite and the last track is a reprise of that song, a different and shorter version of Proclamation. You could hear only that one if you want.
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elite sent maudlin
I thought this was stupidly obvious :lol
Elite probably sent maudlin of the Well. I love some songs on Bath like Heaven and Weak and The Ferryman, the song sent is the heaviest of the album and it's great, but I don't recall much of the other songs apart that it's a weird and unbalanced album but very cool.
all correct. I have stated my love for this album (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46598.msg2147596#msg2147596) before too
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Part the Second is better imo.
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sunny day real estate song is another guitar hero one :corn
thought i tried listening to that album, wasn't a big fan
same with Lor, was too power metal cheesy for me
Eidolon has a couple power metalish passages at the beginning, but you apparently you didn't make it through the whole song. And the rest of the album I wouldn't consider power metal at all. Besides, I'm pretty sure throwing shade at another guys' songs in an attempt to sway the judge is a big no-no. You've been reported to the Roulette Bosses.
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i don't think i made it to that song on the album when i tried listening to it so :lol
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i don't think i made it to that song on the album when i tried listening to it so :lol
:natalieportman:
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if it makes you feel better i couldn't even listen all the way through the new converge and it's only half as long
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You stupid, the last song on the album is one of the best 2 songs along with the title track
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the best song on a bad album isn't necessarily good by default :corn
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But sometimes it is!
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Yeah, like Take Your Time is a good song on that .fun album
Okay, definitely will have all the results by the end of the week! The sad part to this announcement that I have a pretty obvious loser this time around. And I'm also pretty sure which song will win the round, but because I still feel like the #2 could potentially catch up with it I've decided to to their writeups in the same comment, probably tomorrow. Let's get on with it!
From the description it already sounded really interesting and I think it lived up to my expectations, even though I still find it really hard to rank it among the other tracks cause it's a pretty diverse set of songs. What this reminded me the most of was Rishloo, until it transitioned into that heavy section. Honestly, the first half was my favourite, but that breakdown was awesome too, didn't really expect electronic stuff to be thrown in but it worked really well. It probably ranks around the middle in this round.
Dreams and Bridges by Aereogramme sent by LordCost, ladies and gentlemen.
I'm not gonna lie, I've listened to this band before and it was the last song on my playlist during the first listen and I was going to go into this thinking it would be eliminated for sure cause it was such a consistently good round. I don't remember much of the album but I think I thought it was inconsistent and some songs went on too long. This was one crazy ride though. Super heavy (heaviest of the round but that shouldn't be a surprise to you) with great riffs and a kind of strange twist going on in the end with the horns. Very interesting indeed, gonna revisit this album.
Early dog-bird gets the worm! With maudlin of the Well and They Aren't All Beautiful. I'm not sure if you remember but you actually sent me Heaven and Weak last roulette :lol liked that too but I like this one better.
1. maudlin of the Well - They Aren't All Beautiful
2. Aereogramme - Dreams and Bridges
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:metardica:
:victorydance:
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:hat
I have already in mind all the next submissions until the end, I'm going to send you the instrumental soon
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The sad part to this announcement that I have a pretty obvious loser this time around.
:|
Damn, I knew I should’ve sent twelve minutes of growls...
I thought the song had enough variety. I thought it was pretty epic and progressive.
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It's definitely me...
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:hat
I have already in mind all the next submissions until the end, I'm going to send you the instrumental soon
Yeah same, unless someone hijacks my choices..
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Yeah good you mentioned it, so everyone's reminded that the next round is instrumentals only! When I say instrumental, I don't mind if there's spoken words or like one word in the whole song, or vocals so heavily adjusted that they sound more like synths (see: Helios Erebus by GIAA). Only have 1/7 songs in for round 6, slackers!
The sad part to this announcement that I have a pretty obvious loser this time around.
:|
Damn, I knew I should’ve sent twelve minutes of growls...
I thought the song had enough variety. I thought it was pretty epic and progressive.
It's definitely me...
Any more volunteers for round loser guys? I got 4 more spots!
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Nah!
I don't think mine is strong enough to be a round winner but I think it's strong enough to keep me in this :corn
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obviously my song is the round winner though
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Only have 1/7 songs in for round 6, slackers!
Any more volunteers for round loser guys? I got 4 more spots!
Someone can have my spot for round loser.
Can I send my instrumental now!
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Hope my mellow prog doesn't bite me in the ass...
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Hope my mellow prog doesn't bite me in the ass...
Nope, it'll lightly pummel your ass, in 7/8
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I wouldn't be so sure about 7/8, cause in this particular round, mediocrity definitely wouldn't win
I'll get home soon, think I'll do one more writeup before going to bed. Prepare yourselves :cow:
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No, I’m going to bed now. I’ll prepare myself some other time.
Oh wait, I’m already in next round! :neverusethis:
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Coming in at the #3 spot, just barely edging out Elite's song, here's probably the second heaviest song of the round. :lol I swear I'm not biased towards heaviness cause the top 2 are a fair bit less heavy. This may not have fully lived up to the hype and the fact that the second half is so good leaves a bit to be desired for during those first 6-7 or so minutes. Some serious versatility here for a band I thought to be pretty formulaic, that mellow and uplifting repeating line at the end caught me completely offguard but it was really beautiful, I could totally see why people love this. The vocals in the intro on another song I got in my first roulette were pretty repulsive and I'm glad to note they don't do growls that extreme here, the more natural sounding harsh vocals are really good. I'm not sure if I'm a very big fan of the saxophone bandwagon that all of metal seems to be jumping on, but the sax here is very seemlessly merged into the track so it doesn't really detract from the song.
If you know this song and have been reading the writeup, it should be pretty clear that it is Hiindsiight by Enslaved, sent by Parama!
1. ???
2. ???
3. Enslaved - Hiindsiight
4. maudlin of the Well - They Aren't All Beautiful
5. ???
5. Aereogramme - Dreams and Bridges
5. ???
8. ???
There's a chance I'll finish the round by the end of the day, if nothing unexpected comes up. The way I'm gonna break it up this time is do the top 2 next at the same time, and the other 3 also in 1 post.
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Time to announce the winner and runner-up!! The winner ended up being a fair bit better than the runner-up but they're still both amazing and I'm probably gonna check out both albums as soon as possible.
So this round's winner was between twosuitsluke and home, both sending me recent discoveries of theirs. One is more rhythmically oriented in the direction of more recent Leprous material, with vaguely similar vocals (though not too much) and catchy melodies. It is a song that I would never really say is out of this world, but it is just so consistently great and spotless, the replay value on this one was huge, and therefore probably the song I was looking forward to the most in this round. The other had a more somber feel to it and was a little more versatile, swinging from our newly-established genre in the plug.dj room called 'Dear Hunter music', to a post-rock middle section and a very strong, more Manchester Orchestra meets Arcane Roots kinda vibe to it (I have no clue how I come up with these comparisons). That one line 'please pull me under for one more embrace' is so beautiful, it's pretty much been perpetually stuck in my head the last week. Going back to luke's song, it is definitely more on the forefront, very strong/dominant vocals rather than the more atmospheric/haunting ones from home's song. What made one song edge out the other by a fair margin was just that it had more layers to it, and was overall a more rewarding listen.
Both fantastic tunes, but if it wasn't clear from the writeup already, home wins this one and I think thats his 3rd win already. :omg: This means you're both through to the instrumental round, and the time limit is still 12 minutes in case you changed your mind and willing to send something longer this time.
1. OWEL - Float
2. Port Noir - Black from the Ink
3. Enslaved - Hiindsiight
4. maudlin of the Well - They Aren't All Beautiful
5. Aereogramme - Dreams and Bridges
5. ???
5. ???
8. ???
I feel pretty bad letting the other two #5's (actually one of them is looking to surpass Aereogramme so it would be the only #5 and the other two would be shared #6) wait in suspense because as I said, they shouldn't have a worry in the world, I enjoy both a lot more than the #8. But of course I can't reveal anything yet because that would ruin the whole purpose of this elimination thing. You shall suffer for max 1 more day, but probably just for about 4-5 more hours.
Oh yeah so these are the remaining songs:
* Lör - Eidolon
* Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
* Kingcrow - In Crescendo
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Uh oh...
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well i wasn't eliminated so w/e
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Uh oh...
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honestly my money is on sunny day real estate going out because i could see train being turned off by the vocals, but what do i know
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I bet on Kingcrow instead
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honestly my money is on sunny day real estate going out because i could see train being turned off by the vocals, but what do i know
You mean the cheesy power metal (which it ain’t) might make it?
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Alright fuck it, time to put one of you out of your misery, it has to be done. :sadpanda:
So here we have two progmetal giants battling against an emo/alt rock song. Needless to say, I'm more familiar with the former, but I consider some Brand New material to be emo and really good at the same time too. So I'm gonna break these all down 1 by 1:
lonestar, the length worried me. As I said I'm familiar with the Eidos opener "The Moth", it's catchy with a very intense chorus, versatile but at the same time very concise and easy to digest. The main riff in this reminded me a lot of Prophets of War, curious if that's a common though cause it really does sound similar. And I guess I'm one of the few who really likes Prophets of War so that's a good thing. :lol The only thing I thought was a bit grating at the start was that piano passage but it's grown on me. I can't stress how much I dig emotional vocals and these definitely make the cut in that regard. It did not nearly have as much going on as the other prog giant this round though, that song was all over the place and this one in comparison was pretty tame.
Tomislav, the only time I ever heard of this band was in a Southpark band where they were discarded by the goth kids as 'that band all the emo kids listen to', no other preconceived notions here. It was a fair bit heavier than I expected but the vocals were more on the tame side compared to what I've come to expect from emo. The chorus never really clicked with me and apart from that nothing in this song really made up for that, since most was just 'solid' and nothing outstanding. In some rounds it would have perhaps made it through but this round was pure quality and therefore Seven kind of stuck out like a sore thumb to me.
TAC, let me clarify someone to everyone here. This is not a powermetal song, not even close. :lol The symphonic elements in the intro are okay but I'm glad they kept it on the down low because I'm not a huge fan of overly symphonic stuff in metal. The lead guitar in the intro frankly reminds me a lot of Queen and BTBAM, that kind of dark theatric sound. As I said in the previous paragraph, this song has a lot going on, it's all over the place, and whether that's a good thing or bad thing just depends on how everything stuck with me. Instrumentals overall were really good, I loved the constant tempo switches. Vocals weren't bad but not astoundingly good either. Bass, fucking sick. They have that signature Korn bass sound that I love, really low and chugging. Then there's that one riff that recurs and first shows up I think around 4:20. Near the end kind of threw me off with that really fast guitarbattle-like solo section, I don't like that overly shreddy stuff. They picked up the quality after that again though, no biggie. For the most part, top notch tune.
Only fucked with the order so the people that made it through would maybe misinterpret it and be in suspense for just a little bit longer. The person who is eliminated will probably have figured it out at this point though, the writeup made it pretty apparent.
Lonestar, I will probably never forgive you for kicking out The Lantern by Slice the Cake, but your song was unfortunately too damn good to get my revenge just yet.
Tomislav, this was sadly a miss, I enjoyed some parts of your song, but barely. It was a pretty big step down from all the others and that means the throne for Train roulette champion has been opened up. :(
TAC, your song ended up edging out LoCo's for #5, there never really was a chance of it being bottom 2 even. Next round is instrumental, so no need to worry about clean/harsh vocals at the moment. :lol
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rip in power metal
i'm gonna get cut next round because i sent a shorter song :corn
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:'(
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the throne for Train roulette champion has been opened up. :(
last time's runner-up here, ready to take it.
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Awesome!! :metal
Power Metal Rules!! (Especially the cheesy kind)
Will send tonight!
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And the fogies hang on for another round!!!! Sweet, been itching to send this one since I saw the 12 minute instrumental round, most of the others I've played in have had too short of a time limit to send this ten minute monster....
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And the fogies hang on for another round!!!!
(https://d2434a0nr1d7t1.cloudfront.net/p/D1089_85_164/D1089_85_164_1200.jpg)
Train: "It's an instrumental round."
TAC: "Jingle Boy is a clown?"
Lonestar: "She has a hairy mound?"
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:lol :lol
And the fogies hang on for another round!!!! Sweet, been itching to send this one since I saw the 12 minute instrumental round, most of the others I've played in have had too short of a time limit to send this ten minute monster....
I think the spotify link is to the full album so I'm kinda confused, I'm just gonna assume it's the song you mentioned in the PM, but seeing as that one is 8:30 this comment kinda threw me off, can you confirm?
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He's always exaggerating his length.
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He's always exaggerating his length.
:rollin
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swinging from our newly-established genre in the plug.dj room called 'Dear Hunter music', to a post-rock middle section and a very strong, more Manchester Orchestra meets Arcane Roots kinda vibe to it (I have no clue how I come up with these comparisons).
Seems like I should join the plug.dj room again sometime soon then, that genre sounds right up my alley! Speaking about it, their newest song is by far their most obvious TDH inspired song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq1maKL374Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq1maKL374Q)
The couplets especially remind me a lot of the church and the dime.
I'll find a song tomorrow, most of the instrumental music I listen to is post-rock and you already know my favourite post-rock bands, but I'm sure I have some more songs saved on Spotify.
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He's always exaggerating his length.
TAC- 1
Me- 0
Yeah man, that's the one. Typed the comment before checking the song length.
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:lol I think TAC has established himself as the class clown of the Train Roulette III at this point
Speaking about it, their newest song is by far their most obvious TDH inspired song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq1maKL374Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq1maKL374Q)
The couplets especially remind me a lot of the church and the dime.
I'll find a song tomorrow, most of the instrumental music I listen to is post-rock and you already know my favourite post-rock bands, but I'm sure I have some more songs saved on Spotify.
Wow, I do hear that Church and the Dime comparison, cool. Really good song, are they releasing an album this year?
Post-rock is also my go-to instrumental music, yeah, though that ASIWYFA song you sent parama when I was secondary judging didn't really grab me
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Post-rock is also my go-to instrumental music,
Now you tell us??
Wait, what is Post-rock?
Pretty sure I didn't send Post-rock.. :lol
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Well, it's more like if I need to study or do something that requires focus I want something inoffensive/non-distracting playing, so I usually go with post-rock.
It's very atmosphere-oriented rock music, usually enhanced with tons of guitar pedals to create various soundscapes, and usually at least two guitars for multi-layered riffs. Agneya by God Is An Astronaut which I sent you borders metal but for the most part is considered post-rock. Here's an example of a song that points at all the post-rock sounds and cliches (though not instrumental) and also one of my favourites by this particular band: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5tNHYjx2bQ
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Hhmm...OK. I think I have one Post Rock-ish album Saved on Spotify. How do you feel about female vocals on your Post Rock?
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Sent that band I very nearly sent in the first round.
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Hhmm...OK. I think I have one Post Rock-ish album Saved on Spotify. How do you feel about female vocals on your Post Rock?
Not sure I've heard any before, and if I have, I don't really remember. Can't help you with this one
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Train, I have a question. Not that I expect to get there, but the last round is a CD round. Do you want one band's CD, or do you want us to make a Mix CD for you?
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I've answered this in PM/FB chat before but wasn't aware it was so vague so I'll say it once more here as well :lol it's just an album round like every round in ariich's roulette, meaning no own mixes, just an album the way it has been released. Length restrictions I believe were 80 minutes (no minimum) but that's in the OP. I'll edit this post later if it turns out it was different.
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OK Great. What is PM/FB? I missed it.
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Hahahaha sorry :lol that's Private Message (DTF messages) and Facebook chat. I wasn't sure because some of the participants I have added on Facebook as well so I communicate through there sometimes.
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What's Facebook? ;D
I'm not on it.
DTF is my Facebook.
Besides, I figured no one expected TAC to be anywhere near the final round, so why include him in the conversation.. :lol
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It's not a group conversation or anything :lol just 3 of the participants either occasionally or always use it to send me songs and give descriptions instead of DTF, and one of them happened to ask me about the final round too.
I'm starting my first listen now, and since I got all songs now we can do hangmanen again!
___ _______ _______ - _______
_______ - ______ __ _____ - ____ __: ________ _______
______ _______ - ________'_ ____
____ ____ - ___ ______ ___ ___ _____ ____ _____ ______ __ _ ___ ______?
__________ _______ ______ - _________
______ - ________
___ ___ _______ - ____________
:2metal: :2metal: :2metal:
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lol @ the super long song name :lol
I
Want
The
a
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Can't help but feel like that song's title is trying to compensate for the lack of something
___ ______a _______ - ___a___
_______ - __a___ __ __a__ - _a__ __: ___a___a _______
__a___ A__a___ - ________'_ ____
_a__ ____ - _a_ A_____ ___ _a_ __a__ ____ _____ __a___ __ A _a_ ______?
__________ ______a ______ - A____a___
______ - _____a__
___ A__ _______ - _______a____
Letters guessed: A
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Give me C.
Many long things to guess..
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___ ______a C____c_ - ___a___
_______ - __a_c_ __ __a__ - _a__ __: ___a___a _______
__a___ A__a___ - ________'_ ____
_a__ ____ - Ca_ A_____ ___ _a_ __a__ ____ ____c __a___ __ A _a_ ______?
__________ ______a ______ - A____a___
______ - _____a__
___ A__ _______ - _______a____
Letters guessed: AC
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T
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We found TAC
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Nice, you have unlocked the first ever easter egg in roulette history
TAC: T__ ______a C____ct - ___a_t_
???: _______ - T_a_c_ __ __at_ - _a_t __: __ta___a _______
???: __a___ A__a___ - T_______'_ ____
???: _a__ ____ - Ca_ A_____ ___ _a_ __a__ T___ ____c __a___ __ A _a_ ______?
???: ______t___ ______a ______ - A____at__
???: T_____ - ____ta__
???: __t A__ __tt___ - _______a__t_
Letters guessed: TAC :xbones :yarr :yarr :xbones :police: :laugh: :yarr :yarr :yarr :yarr :metal :corn :natalieportman: :yarr :yarr
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:lol
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Gimme the :yarr
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Many long things to guess..
That's post-rock I guess, long names to mask the fact that there's no-one singing.
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Should've sent some red sparowes
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Many long things to guess..
That's post-rock I guess, long names to mask the fact that there's no-one singing.
I have seen long names in metalcore bands also and I never liked those long titles, it seems to me that the songs become less serious.
I don't listen to post rock but maybe long names work for this style of music.
My instrumental song is definitely metal, I hope it sticks out among those slow songs
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Should've sent some red sparowes
or roaming owels
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Mine is from a death metal album
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Gimme the :yarr
Just assuming this means R because yarr kinda sounds like R
TAC: T__ ____r_a C____ct - ___art_
???: _______ - T_a_c_ __ __at_ - _art __: __ta___a ___r___
???: __a__r Ar_a___ - T___rr__'_ ____
???: _a__ ____ - Ca_ A_____ ___ _a_ __ar_ T___ ____c R_a___ __ A _a_ __r___?
???: ______t___ __r___a ______ - A____at__
???: T_____ - ____ta__
???: __t A__ __tt___ - ______ra__t_
Letters guessed: ACRT
Many long things to guess..
That's post-rock I guess, long names to mask the fact that there's no-one singing.
I have seen long names in metalcore bands also and I never liked those long titles, it seems to me that the songs become less serious.
I don't listen to post rock but maybe long names work for this style of music.
My instrumental song is definitely metal, I hope it sticks out among those slow songs
Long song names are usually pretentious e.g. the whole Subsume album by Cloudkicker (https://cloudkickermusic.com/album/subsume) (seriously, one song title there has 37 words for fucks sake :lol). Most post-rock titles I know aren't that long to be honest, but they are usually kind of vague or semi-specific. I always thought the idea behind it is that they either paint the picture for the listener of what the setting/meaning of the song is, or they leave it up to the imagination of the listener.
Also we can stop talking about post-rock because there's not even post-rock in this round :lol
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the whole Subsume album by Cloudkicker (https://cloudkickermusic.com/album/subsume)
Jesus Christ
Also we can stop talking about post-rock because there's not even post-rock in this round :lol
there isn't? ???
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the whole Subsume album by Cloudkicker (https://cloudkickermusic.com/album/subsume)
You're like a little baby, watch this:
(https://screenshotscdn.firefoxusercontent.com/images/92d91e25-95e3-4613-8607-94586195cc24.png)
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We found TAC
:rollin
:metal :corn :metal :yarr
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Gimme the :yarr
Just assuming this means R because yarr kinda sounds like R
Pretty sure he was calling for a Y.
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no I wanted R
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I'll call the Y.
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Set and Setting is the last one
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(https://s10.postimg.org/86e4k6k89/20180115_153241.png)
for fuck's sake. why?
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i love how the longest song name goes to the shortest song. you probably couldn't say that title aloud in the time it takes the song to play
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TAC: T__ ____r_a C____ct - ___art_
???: _______ - T_a_c_ __ __at_ - _art __: __ta___a ___r__y
???: __a__r Ar_a___ - T___rr__'_ ____
???: _a__ ____ - Ca_ A_y___ ___ _a_ __ar_ T___ ____c R_a__y __ A _a_ __r___?
???: _____yt___ __r___a ______ - A____at__
???: T_____ - ____ta__
???: Set and Setting - ______ra__ty
Letters guessed: ACRTY
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i love how the longest song name goes to the shortest song. you probably couldn't say that title aloud in the time it takes the song to play
after reading a little on that album, I get how the song titles fill in the holes left by not having someone sing
the Sufjan Stevens album posted by Sacul is complete nonsense though. How can those titles be anything but pretentious satire?
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set and setting song is Ephemerality
really long song name is Can Anyone .... Really .... ? (i can't figure out the other words yet)
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You're like a little baby
no you guys are all like a little baby
(https://pics.me.me/how-many-layers-of-controversy-is-your-presidency-on-you-7397317.png)
TAC: T__ ____r_a C__d_ct - ___art_
???: _______ - T_a_c_ __ D_at_ - _art __: __ta___a ___r__y
???: __a__r Ar_a_d_ - T___rr__'_ ____
???: _a__ ____ - Can Anyone ___ _a_ __ard T___ ____c Really __ A _ad __r___?
???: _____yt___ __r___a ______ - A____at__
???: T_____ - ____ta__
???: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDRTY
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...Really Is a Bad Person?
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N
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Can anyone who has heard this music...
...Really Be a Bad Person?
Yep that is a pretentious title :lol
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Yep that is a pretentious title :lol
Agreed, should I just kick him out?
Sexy new profile gif @lonestar
TAC: T__ __n_r_a C_nd_ct - _n_art_
???: _______ - T_anc_ __ D_at_ - _art __: __tan__a ___rn_y
???: __a__r Arna_d_ - T___rr__'_ __n_
???: _a__ __n_ - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
???: _____yt___ __r___a ______ - A____at_n
???: T_____ - ___nta_n
???: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDNRTY
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Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanola Journey
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E me up (E me up inside)
The ??? Conduct
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Trance of Death - Part II: Metanola Journey
This is a weird title :)
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the Sufjan Stevens album posted by Sacul is complete nonsense though. How can those titles be anything but pretentious satire?
I really don't know but I love the album anyways :lol
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Sexy new profile gif @lonestar
Thanks, actually it's an old avatar. I was digging through my hard drive in preparation for loading up my new phone's sim card and found all my old DTF avatars.
His name is Thrusty.
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ahh, cyanide and happiness. those were Times
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Arnalds is the second name of an artist?
Fountain or Mountain is the name of a song?
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oh duh that's Olafur Arnalds
dunno what song though but I'll guess home sent it
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Thanks, actually it's an old avatar.
His name is Thrusty.
Yeah, it's so old his name is now Crusty.
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Just remember Tim, you'll always be one year older than me. :biggrin:
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TAC: The __ner_a Conduct - _neart_
Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
home: Olafur Arnalds - T___rr__'_ __n_
???: _a__ __n_ - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
???: __ee_yt__e __r___a ___e__ - A____at_n
???: Te__e_ - Mountain
???: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDNRTY
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Oh and luke sent Set and Setting obviously
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Just remember Tim, you'll always be one year older than me. :biggrin:
Paleozoic, Mesozoic...at some point it stops making a difference. :P
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The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
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Just remember Tim, you'll always be one year older than me. :biggrin:
Paleozoic, Mesozoic...at some point it stops making a difference. :P
It always makes a difference to the younger one ;)
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TAC: The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
home: Olafur Arnalds - T___rr__'s S_n_
???: _a__ __n_ - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
???: S_ee_yt__e __r___a __se__ - A____at_n
???: Te__e_ - Mountain
twosuitsluke: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDNRSTY
When you're playing Trance of Death Part II and Youtube knows exactly what you need afterwards :heart :heart :heart
(https://snag.gy/1YrnVE.jpg)
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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
When you're playing Trance of Death Part II and Youtube knows exactly what you need afterwards :heart :heart :heart
(https://snag.gy/1YrnVE.jpg)
:lol
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lordcost probably sent that
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lordcost probably sent that
Right, but this time I'm confident that it won't be a complete fail like in your roulette
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well for my sake in this roulette i hope it is so i can be safe another round :corn
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Yeah that's correct. I've been a bit slow this round guys but everything has been listened to thrice now. I haven't gotten a lot of sleepytime (gorilla museum) lately so can't really commit to results tonight. Tomorrow I'm gonna be away for most of the day so I'll either start at a really random moment somewhere tomorrow if I can find the time, or Friday morning/early afternoon.
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Due to the heavy storm all of the trains have been canceled. This means my presentations were also canceled and I have some time to squeeze in 1 or 2 writeups, hurray! :corn
Anyone still care to finish this shit?
TAC: The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
home: Olafur Arnalds - T___rr__'s S_n_
???: _a__ __n_ - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
LordCost: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A____at_n
???: Te__e_ - Mountain
twosuitsluke: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDNRSTY
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The buildup was a bit exaggerated at times, it takes so long to really get going. But when it does, it's really rewarding. Some great blends of melodic orchestration and pure chaos without overdoing it and coming across as a band that throws everything at the wall to see what sticks (though from what I understand, that's how they construct most of their other songs :lol). I think you really chose wisely by sending an instrumental song by this band but who knows, I might even end up liking them!
Not the round winner but still a good tune! Ambugaton by Sleepytime Gorilla Museum by LordCost.
Got kind of the same compliments and complaints about this song, even though the complaints are very minimal. Takes quite a while to really take off, but once it does it is really quite epic. Kind of scratches my post-rock itch even though it isn't post-rock, it empowers me the same way in that it is atmospherically euphoric and huge-sounding near the end. The worst part about this song is the title.
Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person? by Kaki King sent by Elite is deemed safe, despite the stupid name.
1. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Ambugaton
2. Kaki King - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
TAC: The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
home: Olafur Arnalds - T___rr__'s S_n_
Elite: Kaki King - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
LordCost: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Ambugaton
lonestar: Te__e_ - Mountain
twosuitsluke: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDNRSTY
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M
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thank god I made it through this round; instrumental rounds are always the hardest to come up with something (at least for me)
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Tomorrow's Song?
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thank god I made it through this round; instrumental rounds are always the hardest to come up with something (at least for me)
Same dude, for me it's way harder to figure out someone's taste regarding instrumental music, and of course the amount of songs to pick from is way smaller. Is the rest of Kaki King's music kind of in the same vein? I think I read that their (her?) discography is very diverse.
TAC: The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
home: Olafur Arnalds - Tomorrow's Song
Elite: Kaki King - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
LordCost: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Ambugaton
lonestar: Tem_e_ - Mountain
twosuitsluke: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Letters guessed: ACDNRSTY
Gonna announce the winner and runner-up tomorrow and probably that same evening the remaining 3 songs. I know my loser :corn
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Finally lost :metal
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:metal :metal :metal
Thanks for announcing always so early that I'm safe
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Gonna announce the winner and runner-up tomorrow and probably that same evening the remaining 3 songs. I know my loser :corn
Shit like this makes me nervous. My song isn't a middle of the road type of track, it's either a OMFG BEST SONG EVER or a wtf is lonestar sending me....and wtf is he smoking...
Sigh.... :corn
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Lonestar's band is Tempel, and there's no way it's not getting through.
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It's a fucking killer track man.
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Thrusty needs to go back in the barn.
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Lol c'mon man,....
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It's so wrong. :lol
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Only if he arouses you...
Does he?
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Tempel is a kick ass band!
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Maybe Parama should take over the grading, as it turns out he listens to songs on 4 devices simultaneously for increased productivity:
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:metal :metal :metal
Thanks for announcing always so early that I'm safe
In the first few rounds I did it completely random, the first song to pop up on shuffle during my last listen would get the writeup most likely. Now since there's just the middle few, top 2 and bottom few, I usually take middle-of-the-pack songs first. So you're probably a middle-packer if you get announced early a lot :D
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That's just how last.fm scrobbles your tracks if you use an iPod and listen to an album 4 times between synching your iPod.
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^yeah that :lol
RESULTS WHEN TRAIN
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Okay okay stop eating my popcorn! I think Elite's song shifted to 2nd place so the next write-up is not the runner up anymore.
These guys seem to have channeled their inner Oranssi Pazuzu, I feel a very similar sound with the very audible bass and overall dissonant instrumentals. On top of that some light guitar tones to give it that eerie sound. For the genre it belongs in, it's also very inoffensive sounding, and while I don't have a problem with the start, the end really leaves something to be desired (probably Trance of Death III :lol)
This was Venenum with Trance of Death II: Metanoia Journey by Parama
No complaints here at all. Really strong fast-paced metal track with cool synthesizer passages here and there. Definitely sounds like they built the whole song around one or two riffs which can get tedious sometimes, but this one doesn't ever bore me, it's quality all the way through. The quiet section was quite unexpected but really good, gave me a strong Exoplanet-era Contortionist feel with some loud groovy bass slapping. Maybe I'm harder to please with instrumentals though, cause even though this is right up my alley and I can't really complain, it's got nothing on any of the previous round-winners.
This one is TAC with Unearth by The Minerva Conduct.
1. The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
2. Kaki King - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
3. Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
4. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Ambugaton
TAC: The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
home: Olafur Arnalds - Tomorrow's Song
Elite: Kaki King - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
LordCost: Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Ambugaton
lonestar: Tempel - Mountain
twosuitsluke: Set and Setting - Ephemerality
Final 3 write-ups this afternoon, stay tuned :corn :corn
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Oh damn...
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Oh damn...
Yep, I'm definitely on my way out this time :yeahright
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Nice!! :metal
Train, you always notice some cool bass.
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What can I say, I'm a bassman.
Wasn't hard picking my least favourite, but it is hard letting people go at this stage cause you've all sent me plenty of quality stuff. First, a very minimalistic piano piece that kind of reminds me of Nils Frahm. Honestly, the only stuff I've heard from Olafur Arnalds was Old Skin which features the Agent Fresco singer. I really dig that, but minimalistic piano music - or piano music on its own - is honestly something I never really enjoyed that much. I think one of the only times someone got me to really like something ambient/minimalistic was with Villa del Refugio by This Will Destroy You, and it might just have been because I did one of the listens while on shrooms. :-\ Next up we have a black/death metal kind of tune with lots of emphasis on atmosphere. Some really empowering stuff here at times, but on the whole not something I see myself return to on an individual basis. If the album would be good and I can dig the vocals, this seems like a nice song to be surrounded by that. And last we have the longest song of the round, which already lays the foundation for my main / only complaint. The riffage was good, pretty brutally sick at times too, and I have to say it got better over time. But the length was an issue for me here, it was one I had some struggles getting through sometimes even though when you take out the subpar moments or meandering moments it becomes a damn good mid-length metal instrumental.
So overall this probably wasn't one of my favourite rounds, but I got some good stuff out of it, and I believe most bands I received do not exclusively make instrumental music so that could be interesting to delve into some of them and see what they're like normally. Unfortunately, I have to kick out the participant that has sent me a lot of the best songs of the entire roulette here. Sorry home, that was a bit of a miss for me.
1. The Minerva Conduct - Unearth
2. Kaki King - Can Anyone Who Has Heard this Music Really Be a Bad Person?
3. Venenum - Trance of Death - Part II: Metanoia Journey
4. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Ambugaton
5. Set and Setting - Ephemerality
6. Tempel - Mountain
7. Olafur Arnalds - Tomorrow's Song
Next round is the same as the round before the instrumentals: 12 minute time limit and no other restrictions, get wild! Friendly reminder that the first post has all the round themes, and the round after the next will be a little different (15 minute limit to send 2 songs by the same artist, with no points added/deducted based on flow)
You have until Monday to send yo songs.
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Ah well, I wasn't too confident in this song at all, but I'd rather sent something I love than an okay post-rock song which might have gotten me trough the round :P
Thanks for the roulette! I think I have three round wins so at least that's pretty cool ;D
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now i need to decide what order to send the three i have lined up, ahah. there's two albums i wanna send and i dunno whether to a. send one song now b. send two songs under 15 mins next round c. send the whole album in the final round
btw i'm totally at least getting to the final round :corn
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I have sent. Can't believe I'm still alive!
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Me neither...hanging on by a thread man...
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Nah...you got this, man.
Just thinking, you and I combined might be older than the other four guys combined. :lol
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btw i'm totally at least getting to the final round :corn
Can't believe I'm still alive!
hanging on by a thread man...
Just what the hell is going on? Parama is the confident one now?
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i think i know what i wanna send but i;m still not 100% sure what your take on like, pure raw-edged black metal is
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try it out and see what happens!
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:lol
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yeah not when i have The Good Stuff™ in my arsenal still :corn
i'm tempted to save the really damn good album i'm almost positive you'd like for the final round when it really matters but i might also just get cut by then which sucks
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Gonna start my first listen at the end of the day so get yer songs in if you want it to get the same amount of plays :) need 3 more. Pure black metal? Hit / miss, more often than not it falls flat
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yeah i'll pick something when i wake up i need to sleep now :lol
every option i'm looking at is somewhat black metal though it ranges from black-tinged doom metal to a good balance of prog/black metal to just straight up black metal with minor prog elements and i dunno which is even my favorite or which you'd most likely enjoy, bah :lol
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what is 'at the end of the day' exactly (other than a song by Spock's Beard)? I need to know the exact time until when I can still send for this round. I'm working now, so I can't send anything at this moment.
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That'll be around 10PM for me, so it shouldn't be any problem unless you applied for an additional part-time job as a security guard at Club Bubbels @ Rembrandtplein
So for those of us with weird timezones, that would be about 10 and a half hours from now.
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No thanks, I have 3 (part-time) jobs already
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i sent but i have low confidence unfortunately. i just wanna make it to the album round but i'll probably just send you the album anyways i dunno
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Been so busy, I'll send in the morning dude
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Did you get some good submissions?
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Hangmeme when
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No thanks, I have 3 (part-time) jobs already
One is a normal boring job, another is rocking at Overhaul, final is roulette addict, amirite? :metal
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Hangmeme when
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No thanks, I have 3 (part-time) jobs already
One is a normal boring job, another is rocking at Overhaul, final is roulette addict, amirite? :metal
I thought it was 1 as a music teacher, 1 as a bird and 1 as a dog
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A, boy, where you goin' with that little toy
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Did you get some good submissions?
On first impression, 3 are great and 2 are ok. Haven't gotten the 6th song yet
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Sent my biggest gamble yet :corn
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Norma Jean - Hive Minds sent by LordCost
gimme R
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Norma Jean - Hive Minds sent by LordCost
gimme R
Too easy
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Allegaeon
this sounds like a Parama band :lol
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i mean, to be fair, i saw them live when i went to see NeO last year
didn't care for 'em much though :corn
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Allegaeon
this sounds like a Parama band :lol
ok, but it is not
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this sounds like a Parama band :lol
ok, but it is not
lonestar then
(and update your list of participants in the OP)
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It is, I chose to only
strikethrough the ones that weren't in the actual roulette a.k.a. were cut in the preliminaries and from there started ranking them every round, so the participants list represents all the original participants, not just the current ones
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Proponent Of Sentience-The Algorithm :metal
I should've thought of that. I love The Exterminator.
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I was thinking of saving the album for the finals, but thought I'd go for the pass now. It's such a killer album beginning to end.
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lonestar: Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm
Parama: Der Weg Einer Freiheit - __n__terre
LordCost: Norma Jean - Hive Minds
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I am 1 1/2 listens in and finishing the second tonight. Since we only have 6 left I'm gonna do writeups a bit different. Plain and simple: from best to worst countdown, and if I think 2 songs are close enough quality-wise I'll do them at the same time, but bottom 2 will obviously be at the same time.
I think I need a fair amount of listens to decide the winner because there's 3 truly great songs right now and they're pretty close. So count on a Thursday start of write-ups and Friday end, and then we'll do sending the next 2 1/2 days with a deadline of the end of the weekend my timezone. Subject to change of course if I somehow take slightly shorter or have to take slightly longer.
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ok.
Der Weg Einer Freiheit was sent by Parama
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Winner is hard but loser is easy? :corn
I think one song name is I Dream of ???
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Updated hangmeloni
Winner is hard but loser is easy? :corn
Fairly. Needs more listens of course but right now I can't picture the bottom song climbing up to #5
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Hell yeah finally cut :metal
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Winner is hard but loser is easy? :corn
Fairly. Needs more listens of course but right now I can't picture the bottom song climbing up to #5
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Okay you slackers, the D is on the house this time because you're not guessin'
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???: __n_ __at - Conduit
lonestar: Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm
Parama: Der Weg Einer Freiheit - __n__terre
LordCost: Norma Jean - Hive Minds
???: ___ndred - Nobody
BACDTERN
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Conduit? Nobody?
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yea, I'm probably a goner!
I'll pull a Parama anyway and still send you the album I was planning to send for that round :lol
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Finisterre is Parama's song
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Yep
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lonestar: Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm
Parama: Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Finisterre
LordCost: Norma Jean - Hive Minds
???: ___ndred - Nobody
BACDTERN
yea, I'm probably a goner!
:corn
Also I encourage everyone to send leftovers because I'm a music nerd and I crave more music all the time. I recently made a RYM profile and am already rating some of that roulette music (and also trying to relisten to a lot of albums I'm already well familiar with to rate them for my profile). Will also post updates in the album thread about roulette albums but haven't gotten to it yet. The only ones I've listened to enough to rate were the top 2 entries from round 5 (OWEL - OWEL and Port Noir - Any Way the Wind Carries).
OWEL album is among the best stuff I've heard in the past few years, completely floored. Port Noir, while not on the same level, had a couple of songs that I found even better than Black from the Ink (Onyx and Diamond and maybe even one more, don't remember). There's also a few albums I've heard once (Loch Vostok, Enshine, Snarky Puppy, Obscure Sphinx, Eryn Non Dae.) but I want at least 3 ful listens before rating/commenting. Then there's a few songs I've been so hyped on that I haven't given the full albums enough time/attention to properly rate (Bear Ghost, Family Crest, Kaddisfly).
I think I'm completely caught up now :corn
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Both OWEL albums are completely amazing yeah! :heart
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No thanks, I have 3 (part-time) jobs already
One is a normal boring job, another is rocking at Overhaul, final is roulette addict, amirite? :metal
if only that were so..
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Is that Skindred? If so, that's probably luke
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Yeah yeah, I decided to do #1 first and then #2, #3 and #4 I still need to decide because while #2 is definitely better than #4, I'm not sure yet whether #3 is closer to #2 or #4. The bottom 2 turned out to be really close after all so those will be together. Can I just say that you guys are unbelievably bad at hangman? I don't think you've completed it a single time before I started doing results :lol you just all give up at some point simultaneously.
This one just has a combination of vocal styles that sounds pretty unique, and the instrumentation on this song is really stellar; groovy, chuggy, sludgy, it has it all. The execution is great, high replay value, good mixing. Similar to some songs in this round, this had a couple of brief moments that got me pleasantly surprised, but there was nothing that really detracted from it either, so in the end this just barely edged out the #2. I secretly checked out one more song on the album and found those clean vocals on there to be better, so I might really dig this one.
The band name is stupid as fuck though, winning round 7 is: King Goat with Conduit by Elite
1. King Goat - Conduit
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And yeah that's Skindred - Nobody by luke, which only leaves the top name for TAC
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i should probably check out this band from the sound of things
anyways ready for the cut :corn
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You should indeed, or wait until I send it in your roulette :lol
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god i am not close to ready to run another roulette yet :lol
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god i am not close to ready to run another roulette yet :lol
I thought you were in a perpetual state of roulette preparation :lol
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no absolutely not i wanna like, actually have a life
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Pfff that's for the weak
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Train, I just noticed that Batushka is on your banned list. Litourgiya is ridiculous.
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I saw them play that album in full last year, fucking amazing. Everyone outside during the intermission said their whole personas and stage decoration was pretentious but I thought it fit the music perfectly.
Anywaay, 2nd place goes to the song I was thinking of handing the crown up until the very last listen. One of the most 'complete' black metal tunes I have heard in a long time, the vocals stay exciting throughout the whole thing which can be tough to pull off for me with the genre. The quiet section is nice, and doesn't pull me out of the song at all, but then the instrumental outro is what really lifts it up to the level it is. They could have gone with a choir-y/operatic ending which is honestly what I expected from this type of song, but instead they throw in some ridiculously crushing riffs and inhumane drumming additions, and of course dat violin, goddamn. Great song, even better outro.
Finisterre by Der Weg Einer Freiheit ladies and gentlemen! Can't believe I haven't checked out this album yet with me being so active with 2017 releases last year.
1. King Goat - Conduit
2. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Finisterre
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The next two were very closely matched mostly because I liked them for very different reasons, there's also very little overlap between the two except for the fact that they are both super heavy (this might have been the heaviest round on average lol). The one that just edged out the other for #3 I liked for its huge epic sound. Bombastic operatic atmosphere throughout the whole intro, then when the vocals kick in it's this barrage of melo-death like guitarwork and more deathcore-related vocals and it just works, very well. Lonestar takes the bronze of this round with Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm.
Next up, the #4, when I mentioned in a different writeup some songs had really high highs but not much else to make up for that quality I was mostly referring to this song. The main riff is incredibly catchy and the sheer insanity of some of the vocals in the first half complemented by thick aggressive guitarwork caught my attention right away. I like how it doesn't follow the standard mold of most metalcore songs you'd hear, with the extended bass groove going on near the middle moving in to the final part of the song. At some points I definitely threw this in with most of the Architects material I've heard though, which I consider to be a very overrated band even though they're mostly solid. Core vocals similar to those are a bit tough for me to sit through with songs of this length. Still this was a great song, and judging by the writeup this is obviously Hive Minds by Norma Jean sent by LordCost.
1. King Goat - Conduit
2. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Finisterre
3. Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm
4. Norma Jean - Hive Minds
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So now it's between twosuitsluke and TAC :corn
twosuitsluke: Skindred - Nobody
TAC: Morari - I Dream of Flight
Results before I leave for work, so probably in about 3 to 4 hours
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Middle-of-the-pack again :lol
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my dumb risk paid off nice
finisterre is a great album though, one of the best black metal albums i've heard
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my dumb risk paid off nice
finisterre is a great album though, one of the best black metal albums i've heard
This is why it made my #1 album of 2017.
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Bad news TACman and Lukeman, I'm still undecided and have to leave for work in 10 minutes. It's also very likely that I won't be back to my computer until tomorrow afternoon so no final results until then probably :(
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gives the rest of us more time to :corn :corn :corn
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And to figure out what the fuck I'm gonna send the next two rounds
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i got my album picked out, i just need to make sure i send the damn good songs for the next round :lol
train are you doing it such that whoever sends the very worst track is out or will it be the weakest average of both tracks?
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I'm so done for :|
RIP
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i got my album picked out,
So do I, but I might not need it. :lol
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train are you doing it such that whoever sends the very worst track is out or will it be the weakest average of both tracks?
Weakest average
I'm almost ready guys, prepare! :corn :corn :corn :corn
This is basically Alcest + Agalloch, and on paper I should really dig that. But sometimes, even if all boxes are ticked off something just doesn't click. For me personally, it could be that Alcest mostly makes use of their high clean vocals when accompanied by the lighter guitar tones, and go into the growls when the instrumentals get more dark and brooding. Here it feels a bit contradictory with the light psychedelic tones and harsh vocals combined. This did grow on me though.
Well, they're compared to Ill Nino on Spotify and that definitely makes sense, those tribal vocal noises he makes reminds me of them (and Down With the Sickness lol). In conclusion, this was a really catchy song, definitely one that got stuck in my head a lot during this round, but I'm not sure that was for the better. The guitarwork was pretty sick and had a nice groove to it, but I just don't know if this can really compete with what I've been given this round.
I think I have to give the edge to the atmospheric Agalloch-like tune in favour of the nu-metal track here. Sorry Luke, you've come far, but at this point the competition was too strong.
1. King Goat - Conduit
2. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Finisterre
3. Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience II - The Algorithm
4. Norma Jean - Hive Minds
5. Morari - I Dream of Flight
6. Skindred - Nobody
I hope you can all still send before the end of the weekend, this round's description is in the OP, you have to send me 2 songs (no flow points awarded). Weakest average will be eliminated.
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Well shit!
I knew this was too much of a risk. Was hoping to get through to the album round but never mind. I'll still send you my album anyway :hat
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Ill send something tomorrow bro. Tim, looks like the fogies might snake our way into the finals... :metal
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Ill send something tomorrow bro. Tim, looks like the fogies might snake our way into the finals... :metal
Do us proud.
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so i only have to outplay the fogies to get into the final round, nice :corn
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:metal
Phew, that was a close one. I’ll send tonight.
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Ill send something tomorrow bro. Tim, looks like the fogies might snake our way into the finals... :metal
Fogies represent! :metal
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Sent some 2018 Metal! :metal :metal
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Aaaaaaaaand sent....
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Sweet, that just leaves me with Parama and Elite.
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i'm just panicking because i know i'm gonna blow it before i get to send you my roulette-winning album :(
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i'm just panicking because i know i'm gonna blow it before i get to send you my roulette-winning album :(
I know how you feel.
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I played so safe this round that I deserve to be eliminated, but I want to reach the final to send an album that Train won't like
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okay, sent, two songs from the album i was originally gonna send during the album round, until i found a better one just last month :corn
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I played so safe this round that I deserve to be eliminated, but I want to reach the final to send an album that Train won't like
I bet at least one person reading the thread will be surprised this band wasn't banned when it gets revealed.
Anyway I'll start my first listen in a couple hours, hope I'll have Elite's songs by then too. Not gonna lie, really looking forward to this round. I think judging a band by 2 songs (or even moreso, next round with a full album) is way more accurate.
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i'd be flabbergasted if you didn't like the album i wanna send
i'd also be surprised given what i know about your tastes if you didn't like what i sent this round though so
don't prove me wrong :corn
side-note this is probably the least heavy of any of my entries since algiers :lol
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A bit nervous myself, sent something I love instead of trying to hit ToN's wheelhouse. Seeing as we to connect on many levels with music, here's hoping it's enough...
Still not sure which album I'll send, got it narrowed down to 2.
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I played so safe this round that I deserve to be eliminated, but I want to reach the final to send an album that Train won't like
I bet at least one person reading the thread will be surprised this band wasn't banned when it gets revealed.
that's what I've been thinking with this band I've been holding on to the entire roulette
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^ for the album round, that is.
Sent something I thought I'd never send in a Roulette. No idea how this will work out.
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both my entry this round and my planned album are by bands i found through means other than DTF so i don't expect them to be well-known here
i could say that about a lot of my picks this roulette though. i've been specifically going for bands i wouldn't expect anyone else to send because they're not big names on DTF. enslaved is the only exception really and that was just too good not to send
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Sent something I thought I'd never send in a Roulette. No idea how this will work out.
Hopefully it doesn't. :p
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____d_a_ - A_________ _____ __ ____
AD
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Incredibly Dank? :neverusethis:
nah but that second word is probably Dark
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I checked a very reliable source and was informed that the second word is probably not 'Dark'
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alright, that's dank
i'm not allowed to guess another letter right now but i'm already incredibly eager for results
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Yes this will be fun indeed
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N
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S
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???:
____ - S___s_
____ - _a_a___a
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_____ - ___ _a____n
_____ - _____ ________n_'s _______
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___s____ - A___n _a___s __ D_s____
___s____ - A_a__a_a
???:
____ds___ Da_n - __a____n N_____a__
____ds___ Da_n - _a____ ___ ___ __n____s_
???:
___nd_a_ - __ N__ __a_____nd ___a__
___nd_a_ - A________n _____ __ ____
ADNS
i'm not allowed to guess another letter right now
Says who :corn
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Unwritten hangmanen rules, you have to wait three turns.
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Bloodshot Dawn
Battle for the Omniverse & Graviton Nightmare
I guess this is Parama?
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nah no clue who that is :corn
gimme R :yarr
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T
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nah no clue who that is :corn
I thought it might have been you; that particular album dropped about two weeks ago :lol
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C
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you just keep spamming letters until Train responds :lol
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nah no clue who that is :corn
I thought it might have been you; that particular album dropped about two weeks ago :lol
See this is how you know it can't possibly be me, I only send stuff off albums I own :corn
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why would it be impossible for you to own that album?
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I usually don't get things until they've been out for at least a month :lol
I get albums in large groups so it's rare I get anything right as it comes out & prefer to buy physical copies which tend to take at least a week to deliver too
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you just keep spamming letters until Train responds :lol
Captain Hindsight reporting for duty :yarr :yarr :yarr :yarr :yarr :yarr
???:
T___ - Sc__s_
T___ - _ara___a
???:
_____ - T__ _att_rn
_____ - ___r_ ___r_t__n_'s __r__ct
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_r_s___t - A___n _a__rs __ D_sc_rd
_r_s___t - A_a__ara
???:
Bloodshot Dawn - Graviton Nightmare
Bloodshot Dawn - Battle for the Omniverse
???:
___nd_a_ - __ N__ __a_____nd __ca__
___nd_a_ - A_____t__n _____ __ ____
ACDNRST
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The Pattern
also O
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Oh boy here it comes
???:
Too_ - Sc__s_
Too_ - _ara_o_a
???:
_o___ - The Pattern
_o___ - ___r_ ___r_t__n_'s __r__ct
???:
_ros___t - A___n _a__rs o_ D_scord
_ros___t - A_a__ara
???:
Bloodshot Dawn - Graviton Nightmare
Bloodshot Dawn - Battle for the Omniverse
???:
___nd_a_ - __ N__ __a___o_nd __ca__
___nd_a_ - A_____t_on _____ __ ____
ACDNORST
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Tool - Schism
Tool - Parabola.
How is it possible that they are not banned?
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olol
I would say "why no lateralus" but oh right time limits
Elite sent tool on
something about discord
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I almost forget Tool when I think to my favourite prog metal bands. Now that I see them thrown in the list among other less important bands I remember how much they were good.
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Tool - Schism
Tool - Parabola.
How is it possible that they are not banned?
Seriously man, wtf?
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Oh, third band is probably Prospekt & TAC sent? & I could see lonestar sending bloodshot dawn so lordcost sent the second artist on the list :corn
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Elite will guess my band. I thought I was the one that went for the safe route, but who sent Tool was smarter. I'm not even that confident about my choice because I don't know why they weren't banned after I sent them in Train's first roulette.
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Tool - Schism
Tool - Parabola.
How is it possible that they are not banned?
Because a) Train hasn’t lived long enough to actively remember them releasing new music or
b) Train only listens music through spotify; Tool aren’t on there
I would say "why no lateralus" but oh right time limits
Elite sent tool on
yeah, picking two within 15 minutes was a little difficult
Last artist on the list is Blindead. Seen ‘em live one, can’t remember much from it (probably wasn’t too impressed). I’m too lazy right now to look up the song titles. Parama sent them.
Second on the list is Jolly. Where Everything’s Perfect is a killer track. Nice choice LordCost :tup
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Parabola is just :metal
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I dunno when you saw Blindead live but I wasn't impressed by any of their stuff besides the album I got from them, which is really dang good, so you might've just had to deal with their weaker stuff dunno
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I only send stuff off albums I own :corn
I only send stuff I own, or at least have Saved on Spotify.
I'm thinking Prospekt is lonestar.
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You've come pretty far :corn
Elite:
Tool - Schism
Tool - Parabola
LordCost:
Jolly - The Pattern
Jolly - Where Everything's Perfect
lonestar:
Prospekt - A___n _a__rs o_ D_scord
Prospekt - A_a__ara
TAC:
Bloodshot Dawn - Graviton Nightmare
Bloodshot Dawn - Battle for the Omniverse
Parama:
Blindead - My New Playground Became
Blindead - Affliction XXVII II MMIX
ACDNORST
As to why Tool isn't banned. Well, the only song I ever knew by them from my childhood was Sober and that one has stuck with me all the time, but apart from that the only album I've successfully listened to front to back was 10.000 Days (with quite some struggles), I never really bothered getting into other albums because of the inconvenience of CDs and no Spotify access.
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Intrigued by Parama’s notes on Blindead I looked up the album these tracks are from:
My New Playground Became
Affliction XXVII II MMIX
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That's right. I'm going to start my next listen after I finish listening to this sweet Hypno5e album. So far I have 2 strong contenders for the top spot and 2 other good entries, the last one seems to be a pretty definitive loser this time around.
I added a poll, so cast your votes! :corn
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I voted Train! :)
Brownie points ;D
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>puts joke entry on poll
>everyone votes joke entry
good stuff
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Really? My screen must be fucked up then, for me the joke of the roulette hasn't received any votes yet
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Really? My screen must be fucked up then, for me the joke of the roulette hasn't received any votes yet
Hahahaha. :lol :clap:
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i can change my vote to elite if you want yeah
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(https://i.giphy.com/media/bEVKYB487Lqxy/giphy.webp)
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yeah same
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I don't see anything.
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I don't see anything.
(https://images.wisegeek.com/old-man-in-pink-shirt-with-magnifying-glass.jpg)
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literally going to die :soon:
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Hath :lol
Pretty much!
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I'll be blunt guys, it would probably be more exciting to announce this during writeups but I don't want to hold back any information that may be useful to you to get extra time on thinking about your final album submission. Here goes:
Over time I've been enjoying the pair of songs I was indifferent on so much. I have a clear top 2 and while the bottom still has some quality gaps between them, I enjoy them all very much. Pulling a deus ex machina here by granting you all a finals spot, I don't want to rob you off this chance since everyone has come far enough to prove to me that you're worthy of it. So early congratulations I guess? :metal I'm probably gonna start counting down from top to bottom tonight and finish it tomorrow morning if I haven't by the end of the day.
This does mean I expect you all to send me by Saturday at latest as I'm gonna try to finish this as soon as possible before things in life get too hectic again, and that Bolsters can give a go to the next person as I'm heading into the final round tomorrow. This has been my best roulette time management-wise so far if I may say so
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well, excellent :lol
I'll send literally right now
Or not I can't from my phone on spotify lol
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I'm gonna go with the album I messaged you about do yoneed a link or are you cool?
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Oh let's finish hangmaneenen
Alien Makers of Discord
Akaibara
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I'll be blunt guys, this has been my best roulette time management-wise so far if I may say so
yeah, if you skip on giving results :neverusethis:
You'll get my album, :soon:
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I'm gonna go with the album I messaged you about do yoneed a link or are you cool?
Nah man I got the full name, it's enough, you're in.
Where to even start, goddamn. Right now it's safe to say the top 2/3 are all ridiculously good, the other two are still great but haven't convinced me quite as much.
So I guess I'll start doing those other three first, in a random order as I haven't gotten to ranking them yet:
First pair of songs are Tool by Elite.
Schism:
First there is that super groovy bassline that evolves into the main riff. The vocals have a melancholic touch to them but in the end it is that tribal feel that takes me over, I'm very familiar with Soen and have always been aware that the delivery of the vocals in particular has strong Tool resemblances on earlier songs such as Fraccion and Canvas (some of my favourite Soen songs). Then the song manages to stay interesting without moving into a lot of new ground after the first few minutes, just by being very trippy and playing to its psychedelic heavy progrock strengths. Solid ass tune.
Parabola:
This one's a bit heavier and has less of that psychedelic touch that I love so much in my music. But it's being repaid by just being all around groovier and almost a bit grungy in a cool way. Then "ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE" into that little guitar lick has got to be one of the high points of this round. This is clearly a bit more of the aggressive side of Tool, one I would probably get into more easily seeing my listening habbits.
In the end I gotta say, I was switching between favourite song almost every listen, but now I probably give the edge to Parabola because it's a little more over the place and less focused on one particular theme to build the song around. Regardless, both songs kicked ass and if you wondered why the fuck I haven't gotten into Tool yet, you can stop wondering. :tup
yeah, if you skip on giving results :neverusethis:
Now I'm even doing writeups and shit boi, this roulette is so prog I'm breaking rules and habits left and right
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Yeah Parabola is the superior song imo but both are great
Lateralus is a pretty consistent album on the whole though
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So, is this bottom half or upper half from this round...?
Yeah, Lateralus is great.
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It's the top 3 I think, without any order
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I prefer Schism to be honest, I don't even remember Parabola apart a moment in the chorus. I'm going to relisten it now going home.
The Grudge, Patient, Ticks and Leeches, Lateralus are other songs of the same album that could have been easily round winner too for me.
It's weird that you have discovered Soen before Tool. It's like me that I discovered Haken before Dream Theater. I've never checked out Soen because I know they were too similar to Tool.
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Soen are like halfway between Tool and Opeth tbh, they're pretty solid
Also I did find a way to get my album's spotify link so sent for the album round, and thanks for the win in advance :hat
Anyways hangmanen should be done but give me Q anyways
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Pulling a deus ex machina here by granting you all a finals spot, I don't want to rob you off this chance since everyone has come far enough to prove to me that you're worthy of it.
:metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
I made it!
:metal :metal :metal :metal :metal
Sent my album in! It's a heavy motherfucker! :metal
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tac, I don't think Simon and Garfunkel are the br00tal metal legends you think they are
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tac, I don't think Simon and Garfunkel are the br00tal metal legends you think they are
:lol
(https://static01.nyt.com/images/2008/02/08/timestopics/simongarf-395.jpg)
So METAL!!!! :metal
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Oh, I thought TAC was going to send Hall and Oates. Which might be a little more brutal and heavy than Simon and Garfunkel.
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(https://img.discogs.com/qDxOzrAo7A7E3NqLLo3mBqZwJTk=/fit-in/600x600/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-707930-1495439278-7720.jpeg.jpg)
or
(https://image.iheart.com/images/rovi/1080/0001/369/MI0001369800.jpg)
Tough call...
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john cage's 4'33": the album experience is my favorite deathcore record
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What I also did for this round is keep changing the order of songs on every listen, for some random reason. So some writeups may be in the opposite order of submitting the songs.
Next writeup will be on Prospekt by Lonestar:
Akaibara:
This song was basically one big build up and reminds me heavily ofthat Shattered Skies song you sent me and also All A Man Can Do by Beyond the Bridge. Instruments are added here and there in the background very subtly and it feels like everything that's being used is necessary to get to the end goal, which is to create one bombastic ending. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the album closer but apparently one more song follows on the album.
Alien Makers of Discord:
Now this song is essentially Symphony X in 2018, with less 'tough guy/gritty' vocals and more prog-power leaning vocals. Difference being most Symphony X songs, while having a lot of different riffs and ideas, are fairly grounded. This tune here is all over the place with its ideas and throws a dash of creative excellence in there every once in a while. I can name a handful of bands that sound vaguely similar to this one but do what these guys do a tad better, but I still wouldn't really complain too much because this is just really good progmetal. I had some trouble getting into the vocals at first, and the lyrics can be a bit cheesy "we hold on to the other side, can't force the everlasting light". It's the reason I never read Persefone's lyrics. :lol
All in all a good round for you, and pretty respectable AOTY artist (though I definitely preferred what I heard from Der Weg Einer Freiheit, another 2017 album I got sent (by Parama)). Akaibara was my favourite, an easier digest and more compelling as a whole, but both were good.
Next up is Jolly by LordCost:
Now this was pretty embarassing, because the Lord had already sent me Jolly in my first roulette and I actually did enjoy it enough to check out the album. Then for years I just forgot about them because I remember them hyping up a new album but just forgetting about that too so I forgot along with them.
The Pattern:
Now this song was sick, completely took me by surprise. I thought of Where Everything's Perfect as the major Jolly tune because that's the one that gets sent most in roulettes. The chorus on this one is super catchy, the singer has a very strange appeal about him, his voice sounds a bit careless in a grunge fashion, but at the saame time really powerful and energetic. The lovetapping on the guitar is really cool, but what wins me over in the end is those crazy heavy guitar riffs - almost like a breakdown - in the second half.
Where Everything's Perfect:
Now this one remains a bit more of the catchiness factor but swaps it for some more of that cool factor. It's good but it's also more on the dreamy side of the spectrum, which seems to be a side of Jolly I don't like just as much. It's just so... Jolly? They remedy that during the last minute, but it seems very glued on there just for the sake of it. I might be harsher in this writeup than I am, but that was a bit of a disappointment after hearing The Pattern.
Clearly I preferred The Pattern, but both were good. Though with 2 tunes of the quality of The Pattern, you probably would've taken the #1 spot while right now I'm leaning more towards #3.
Blindead by Parama:
Affliction XXVII II MMIX:
Now I just know this will work better in the context of the album. On its own it just feels a bit lost, not having much of an identity other than tying loose ends of the album together into a humble closure. The ending jam with the harsh vocals is pretty killer though, I bet that's gonna be an incredible payoff when listening to the full thing.
My New Playground Became:
This song was a bit more interesting, especially with the more back and forth usage of clean and harsh vocals. The crisp post-metal sound with strong but more in the backgroun lead guitar tones and very deep vocals that kind of emulate sinking into the ocean really make up that sound that the genre creates that I love so much. I also dig when the clean vocals sound a bit 'weak' as to expand that contrast, which must be why I like BTBAM's wimpy cleans so much. :lol Just like with the Affliction song though, I probably enjoy the ending the most, it's a really manic riff but at the same time very controlled.
My New Playground Became was definitely my favourite, but both were pretty great. I think this entry edged out Prospekt for my #3
1. Tool - Parabola
2. Jolly - The Pattern
3. Blindead - My New Playground Became
4. Tool - Schism
5. Prospekt - Akaibara
6. Blindead - Affliction XXVII II MMIX
7. Prospekt - Alien Makers of Discord
8.
9. Jolly - Where Everything's Perfect
10.
I don't have enough time to do the last writeup and it'll have to wait until the evening :'( but I think it's pretty clear now that if I were to eliminate someone this round, it would have been TAC. Sorry buddy, but I hope you won't let me down with this extra chance I gave you. In short, I'll say that Bloodshot Dawn was just a bit too heavy for me, the vocals were quite extreme, but the technicality in the instrumentals grew on me and started to tke over my attention so in the end I kind of just numbed out the vocals in my head. I still ended up enjoying them a fair bit.
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Found some time to listen to this batch one last time during an uninteresting lecture.
Battle for the Omniverse:
The vocals don't take away from my enjoyment here quite as much as stated in the previous post to be honest, there is a lot of diversity to them. It's just that when it goes into the 'standard' tone it feels a bit dry and drowned out in the mix. The vocals are also a bit less natural sounding than I'm used to. Some of the instrumentation falls into the 'too technical to grasp' category for me, but for the most part it is pounding, super brootal but also catchy enough, especially in the latter half when it becomes more of a battle of instruments, everyone trying to 1 up each other.
Graviton Nightmare:
Compared to the other, this one is a tad bit less technical and more standard deathmetal. More somber guitar tones, steady-picking riffage with not as much technicality thrown in there to throw off the casual listener in me. This made it a better go-to tune for me in the long run since it was less exhausting to listen to. At some points, this even had really cool stuff going on with the lead guitar mimicking the vocals as an alternative to double vocal tracks. I can't say I'm completely satisfied with this entry and am not even sure yet whether I will check out this album, but this song definitely impressed me sufficiently.
From the above paragraphs, Graviton Nightmare is clearly my favourite, and while both rank near the bottom of the round, don't be discouraged. Battle for the Omniverse was pretty good, and Graviton Nightmare was pretty great.
1. Tool - Parabola
2. Jolly - The Pattern
3. Blindead - My New Playground Became
4. Tool - Schism
5. Prospekt - Akaibara
6. Blindead - Affliction XXVII II MMIX
7. Bloodshot Dawn - Graviton Nightmare
8. Prospekt - Alien Makers of Discord
9. Jolly - Where Everything's Perfect
10. Bloodshot Dawn - Battle for the Omniverse
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Owned that round, yeah!
Now to fuck up the album round :)
Edit: In hindsight I should have saved Tool for the album round I guess...
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Seriously man...
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Owned that round, yeah!
Now to fuck up the album round :)
Edit: In hindsight I should have saved Tool for the album round I guess...
Lateralus would have been the album I was going to send, had I made it this far...
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from the averages it looks like i'd have placed second, keeping up my streak of not quite sending your favorite of the round but still comfortably close to the top :corn
anyways that changes with the album i sent, easy #1 baby
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Yeah the more I listened to everything the more I realized I liked almost everything better than Where Everything's Perfect. Bloodshot Dawn was deadlast with both songs before but they also grew on me, and Blindead was middle of the pack all the way through first but I realized it had a bit more staying power than Prospekt.
Edit: In hindsight I should have saved Tool for the album round I guess...
Probably, though you could also send me that Overhaul sweetness even though I already listened to it
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Edit: In hiindsiight I should have saved Tool for the album round I guess...
:jamaritard:
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Well thanks Train for the Roulette Welfare.
I was actually pretty confident with Bloodshot Dawn.
If you didn’t like that there’s no way you’re going to like the CD I set you! :lol
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Well thanks Train for the Roulette Welfare.
I was actually pretty confident with Bloodshot Dawn.
If you didn’t like that there’s no way you’re going to like the CD I set you! :lol
Bolsters got roulette welfare in my last roulette and then ended up winning the final round so you never know :corn
I mean, aside from the fact that everyone besides me is playing for second place in this round.
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If you didn’t like that there’s no way you’re going to like the CD I set you! :lol
I'm not sure, I've heard good things about this album. My only experience with it is checking out the first few songs and turning it off for whatever reason I don't remember right now :lol so maybe it's good that I'm being forced to listen to it multiple times now, I'm convinced it could be a great album!
Well thanks Train for the Roulette Welfare.
I was actually pretty confident with Bloodshot Dawn.
If you didn’t like that there’s no way you’re going to like the CD I set you! :lol
Bolsters got roulette welfare in my last roulette and then ended up winning the final round so you never know :corn
And your secondary judge system allowed me to be in the finals by sending the best music according to the judges' average despite you hating it, that was great
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EliteCost send your albums already I'm dying over here
How can you get to this round and not have the best goddamn album ever ready to send? :corn
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I have the album since the first rounds :lol I will send it tomorrow morning
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Same. And I already sent an album Train rejected :)
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wow rip :corn
glad my pick is obscure enough that train wouldn't have heard it
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Same. And I already sent an album Train rejected :)
You didn't technucally send it :( you just said you were considering it
I should do more post-roulette digging to be honest. I've gotten a lot of bands I also received before at some point (just like your album, I got The Garden of Fire last roulette and almost immediately checked out the album. It would've been a crazy good roulette entry though)
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Yeah, Sleep at the Edge of the Earth is just one of those albums that's so high in quality it basically has to do well, The Garden of Fire was the best song in my entire second roulette :lol
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If you didn’t like that there’s no way you’re going to like the CD I set you! :lol
I'm not sure, I've heard good things about this album. My only experience with it is checking out the first few songs and turning it off for whatever reason I don't remember right now :lol so maybe it's good that I'm being forced to listen to it multiple times now, I'm convinced it could be a great album!
Probably too fucking heavy! :metal
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trainy do this for round 9 instead of hangmanen please
Okay
(https://snag.gy/VyBFlZ.jpg)
Wow yeah this is so brilliant I bet these are gonna get guessed
Just wanna point out I actually did do this like 2 years ago in one of the rounds and it wasn't really a success
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i mean if you pick a pure white and almost pure black section of a cover for it yeah :lol
i like the dog
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There's 5 finalists ya goofball, the white section is left blank intentionally
The dog album is Animals by Pink Floyd, it's pretty good
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oh, right :lol
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I think I recognise the hand
The white one is California by Mr. Bungle :neverusethis:
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The one with the hand is Arcade Fire isn't it?
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I thought that too but I checked and it isn't :lol
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No, it's definitely not Arcade Fire.
I'm sure I've seen it before, the dog also looks very familiar. aaaaargh
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i'll freely reveal that the awful impossible to guess black one is mine and i dunno why train picked that part of the cover but :lol
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You forgot mine!
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81B0QMTRUrL._SL1500_.jpg)
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That dog looks baked as fuck.
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i'll freely reveal that the awful impossible to guess black one is mine and i dunno why train picked that part of the cover but :lol
It looks like a Velvet Cacoon album cover. Either Atropine or P aa Opal Poere Pr. 33, but you wouldn't be so mean as to send one of those.......would you? I mean Atropine has a 36 minute minimalist ambient track on it....
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i have never heard of them, no :lol
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Guess I'm going this route again, only 5 names so it should be easy.
______ ____ - ________
________ - ____
_____ - ________
__________ - _____ _____ _________
_______ - ________: ___ ____ ________
The diversity of this round is astounding with only 5 contestants :lol going into my second listen now
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W
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______ ____ - ________
________ - ____
_____ - ________
__________ - _____ _____ _________
_______ - ________: ___ ____ ________
W
:corn
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:neverusethis:
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E
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______ ___e - ________
________ - ____
E____ - ________
_e____e_e_ - _____ E____ ___e_____
E_e____ - __e____e: __e _e__ _____e__
EW
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If I don't have to wait three turns then a serious guess: T
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______ __te - ________
Cardiacs - Guns
E___t - _______t
_e___te_e_ - T____ E__t_ ___e_t___
E_e__t_ - __e_t__e: T_e _e__ _____e_t
ETW
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EW
Is that how you feel about my album?
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Pretty much. That said, one of the albums I received is loosely labeled as a "pronk" album, so there's that
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Pretty much. That said, one of the albums I received is loosely labeled as a "pronk" album, so there's that
Guns by Cardiacs
That's the dog!!
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My album had still 0 letters guessed, you spoiled it too much :sad:
I don't think Guns is pronk at all, I would label it with a generic progressive rock or art rock.
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Oh oh oh! LordCost sent the dog :biggrin:
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Parama would have guessed it soon
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Pretty much.
:|
Can I use my Wild Card? :D
I actually thought about pulling it back after reading your views on Bloodshot Dawn.
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Oops sorry, I didn't think people seriously used and recognized the term pronk, yes that's Guns by Cardiacs. Updated in the hangmen comment
Pretty much.
:|
Can I use my Wild Card? :D
You mean like an extra chance? I think you've had enough of those :neverusethis:
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(https://b-i.forbesimg.com/carolynrosenblatt/files/2013/09/dyingman2.jpg)
So I'm on life support as it is? ;D
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I guess O and M for Old Man.
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Anubis Gate - Horizons.
Holy shit... I got one!
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Anubis Gate - Horizons.
Holy shit... I got one!
That's definitely Lonestar.
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Holy shit... I got one!
It's a roulette miracle!
I guess O and M for Old Man.
Operation Mindcrime?
lonestar: Anubis Gate - Horizons
LordCost: Cardiacs - Guns
???: E___t - _______t
???: _em__te_eo - T____ E__t_ ___e_t_o_
???: E_e__t_ - O_e_t__e: T_e _e__ _____e_t
EMOTW
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N
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R
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Is one of the bands Semistereo?
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Is one of the bands Semistereo?
yup, and elite sent it
one of the album names is Overture: The ??? ???
gimme R
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Well, that makes ‘Overture’ TAC’s submission and the unguessed band above mine Parama’s :corn
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he's right jim
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lonestar: Anubis Gate - Horizons
LordCost: Cardiacs - Guns
Parama: E___t - __n____t
Elite: Semistereo - Tr_n_ E_rt_ _n_e_t_on
TAC: E_e__t_ - Overture: The _e_r ____rrent
EMNORTW
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Overture: The Heir Apparent
Trans Earth ???
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Trans Earth ???
Injection
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anyways someone go google tac's band i can't be bothered
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Just Google "apparently too heavy for Train......."
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Ezerath
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The Heir Apparent.
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yeah bois guess my album now :corn
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yeah bois guess my album now :corn
Found it:
album that i sent train
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Oh, with Parama's own review of said album as well. This is promising :corn
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exist: this might genuinely be better than their 2017 album, which i already like a lot. the biggest roadblock is that vessel is notably weak & kills the moment of the album but the other 6 tracks are rad as hell with just, so many creative and interesting instrumental moments & the album flows so well besides, i literally have no clue what vessel is doing on this album, it doesn't belong and is really dull compared to the rest of this good god damn prog metal music. sheesh. like okay no one song blows me away but they're all setting a pretty high bar and keeping me engaged, except this one track. bleh
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i like it more than i did a month ago for the record
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Yeah, his latest PM was more along the lines of "omg the apologist v2 fap fap fap album so good wow" but a little more articulate
lonestar: Anubis Gate - Horizons
LordCost: Cardiacs - Guns
Parama: Exist - Sunlight
Elite: Semistereo - Trans Earth Injection
TAC: Ezerath - Opeth: The Heir Apparrent
Now I want your brutally honest opinions on any of these bands if you have them :corn because a roulette is worthless without mindless shittalking
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I haven't heard a single note from any of the other bands.
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I've heard the Anibus Gate and it's OK.
Just dropped the needle in a couple of spots on the Exist, and it's interesting.
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i dunno whether or not you'd like it since the vocals are decisively growl-heavy but :corn
i kinda compare it to the apologist in terms of how they go about writing songs but not so much the album structure or musical style but yeah i am currently kind of in love with it
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I’ll listen to the Exist soon then. I’ve heard stuff by Anubis Gate and Cardiacs before.
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Yeah, his latest PM was more along the lines of "omg the apologist v2 fap fap fap album so good wow" but a little more articulate
Probably the best quote of this roulette :lol :lol :lol
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i dunno whether or not you'd like it since the vocals are decisively growl-heavy but :corn
The Ezerath is growl heavy. Apparently too growl heavy. ;D
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i knew i should've sent gorguts
anyways i've listened to some anubis gate and semistereo before & wasn't really too into either but i should check out ezerath i guess, metal bands starting with e have been pretty good in the past for me
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okay i checked out ezerath but got bored halfway through, i am very much not a death metal guy :lol
glad to see i didn't send the heaviest album of the round though
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OK, giving each one a cursory listen with the game muted...
Cardiac- Got about a minute in and just no...
Exist- Gave the second track some time...think I'll be spinning this album in full later, very intrigued.
Semistereo- Oh my...this is added to my list as well...
Ezerath- Fuck yeah...
So three out of four I wouldn't mind losing to. If I lose to Cardiac though, we are just not a match.
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Ezerath- Fuck yeah...
:metal
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Cardiacs are now in my top 5 bands ever for sure, I'm really happy to got into the final just to send them, but I'm sure I won't win. The vocals of Tim Smith are good and I can't imagine a different singer, and his songwriting is perfect, I can't name a better composer.
I don't know the other bands, as in almost every round :lol
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Semistereo- Oh my...this is added to my list as well...
I considered sending them in your roulette as well, but then my more metal entries started doing very well so ai didn’t, but I’m sure you’ll like them :)
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I got a bit of time off, so if I can pull myself away from my endless switching between Jason Richardson's solo album and the new Orphaned Land, I'll dig into all three of those. What I heard impressed the fuck out of me.
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i don't 'get" cardiacs at all apparently but oh well
i don't get SGM either though so i dunno that kind of weird stuff isn't my deal (i even listened thru all their albums and still have absolutely no clue what the appeal is)
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I wanted to sample all of these, but I couldn't because apparently two of them are from 2017. ::)
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i don't get SGM either though so i dunno that kind of weird stuff isn't my deal (i even listened thru all their albums and still have absolutely no clue what the appeal is)
What is SGM?
I wanted to sample all of these, but I couldn't because apparently two of them are from 2017. ::)
Well yeah, you can be pretty sure to receive some of that Semistereo from me..
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yeah mine's not from 2017 so you're okay go listen to it & score it low i wasn't planning to send off their 2017 album anyways
SGM is sleepytime gorilla museum
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Loving the divide between camp Cardiacs and camp pretty-much-everything-else
What is SGM?
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Anyway, already on my 3rd listen, albums are starting to sink in a bit more. Even the bad ones :neverusethis:
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i don't 'get" cardiacs at all apparently but oh well
i don't get SGM either though so i dunno that kind of weird stuff isn't my deal (i even listened thru all their albums and still have absolutely no clue what the appeal is)
Think that the singer/songwriter has said that Cardiacs are a pop band for him. Some songs are still definitely crazy, but I don't hear anymore the weirdness in the majority of songs. In a facebook group of fans, people were voting for the choice of a single to buy to collect money for Tim Smith's illness, and there were many unsuitable proposals by people forgetting that they are not an easy band :lol
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Oh yeah I didn’t ‘get’ SGM either, even though I should like that sort of thing.
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arms extended, death grip ready
asking if i win
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Well yeah, you can be pretty sure to receive some of that Semistereo from me..
Yeah I almost listened to that and suddenly thought "Shit, I'd better make sure this isn't from 2017 first." :lol
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I have half a mind rankings all the songs of this round from best to worst, especially considering some of the worst album still rank pretty high and some of the best albums probably still have songs ranking a bit low so it seems interesting to me. What do you guys think about that? And if so, should I post all the write-ups and then announce the winner, or do a classic countdown from #5 to #1?
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Classic countdown because I love to die
And yeah rank all the songs that'd be rad
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Torture us baby...
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Countdown for me too, I want my write up to appear soon
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yeah that's the spirit! as long as everyone else is fine with having their writeups posted before mine we're good :metal
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Rankings sure are gonna be interesting. They're definitely closer than I initially expected, it's gonna take me some more listens to do a proper ranking and writeups though.
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If The Search and/or Sin are not near the top you don’t understand that album :corn
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I bet Signs will be my highest ranked song
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yeah that's the spirit! as long as everyone else is fine with having their writeups posted before mine we're good :metal
:lol
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yeah that's the spirit! as long as everyone else is fine with having their writeups posted before mine we're good :metal
Oh that's a great idea! I'll just do a backwards countdown and do the #5 at the end, nice input
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I honestly have about 3 albums I could potentially see winning here. Need more listens than expected (I think I've heard them all 5 times already)
Aiming to start the countdown around Friday but I can't say for sure yet.
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Nervously devours popcorn for three days straight
do writeups for one random song of each album just to tide us over/kill us all :corn
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Nervously devours popcorn for three days straight
do writeups for one random song of each album just to tide us over/kill us all :corn
But just give us the write up, don't say the song...
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That'd be exceptionally mean, it's perfect :lol
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Wow that'd be awesome, 42 random writeups in complete suspense and then some kind of hangmanen-like game so you can connect the writeups to the songs :metal :metal :metal :metal :metal :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
but im lazy so im gonna do it the way i planned
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Ready to build :corn mountain
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I imagine Train at the 18th listen of each album trying to rank accurately all the 43 songs
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That's pretty accurate :lol I'm currently listening to some individual songs to refine rankings and I completed about half the rankings now. Just keep in mind individual song rankings won't have any bearing on the end result, some albums have good songs on average but didn't work quite as well as an album and some are the other way around, not having the best total of high ranking songs but as a whole worked really well as an album.
That said, I feel like I have 4 potential winners right now lol, only one contestant that I'm sure won't be crowned Train roulette v3 champion here. Oh, my laptop with partial writeups is not with me right now, so at least I have an excuse to get more listens in before counting down anyways. It's probably not gonna start Friday, but almost definitely Saturday. I could announce the #5 already but I'm trying to finish the full ranking first.
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If I’m the #5 just shoot me now so I can get on with what’s left of the rest of my life. ;D
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Okay okay, TAC.... you are the #6, we have a surprise elimination bracket return from Tomislav and his album was so good that it knocked you out of the top 5
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Damn, bro. :lol
I’m 6th in a 5 man round! :rollin
I’ll have some parting words when I get home. :)
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:woot:
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Okay okay, TAC.... you are the #6, we have a surprise elimination bracket return from Tomislav and his album was so good that it knocked you out of the top 5
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Does it mean I'm 6th? :'(
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can't believe Scar won the roulette & pushed me out to #7
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Scar is the host...
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But if Scar is the host, who sent me that Adrenaline Mob album??
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leaked: scar's album submission
https://mega.nz/#!TZdyCJzK!veZ0txWYhOT9xYJAPBrdkG687y7qGWfRyiU6hDCvOvE
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Well, I knew what it was but I had to check :lol
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can't blame me for wanting to revive a classic
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Okay okay, TAC.... you are the #6, we have a surprise elimination bracket return from Tomislav and his album was so good that it knocked you out of the top 5
Oh. Green would’ve been nice in the first place. :P
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Damn, bro. :lol
I’m 6th in a 5 man round! :rollin
Seems about right.
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I almost forgot how much DTF made me start to dislike The Grand Conjuration, thanks for that
Angela's Got Your Back is one hell of a song though, but A Sacrificed Sun II feels like a filler track
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Damn, bro. :lol
I’m 6th in a 5 man round! :rollin
Seems about right.
I seem to recall you were 15th in this roulette! ;D
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Damn, bro. :lol
I’m 6th in a 5 man round! :rollin
Seems about right.
I seem to recall you were 15th in this roulette! ;D
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The first write-up is done and ready to be released into the roulette realm! The only thing that keeps me from killing off our first finalist now is finishing those song rankings. Don't worry guys, I believe every album had at least one bad song
Palms are sweaty, knees weak arms are heavy there's popcorn on his sweater already, mom's :corn
EDIT: Annnnd I think I just decided on the winning album, also the first write-up should be posted here very soon
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#5 Lonestar: Anubis Gate – Horizons
Okay, time to kick off this thing with what I regret having to call my least favourite album of the round. At its best moments, this album is a great improvement on most of the sounds Circus Maximus are going for, and overall some very catchy modern progressive metal. “Revolution Come Undone” is a great example of this, and with that said it is my favourite song on the album. They do that cool thing where they crank up the tempo in the pre-chorus and maintain that momentum in the chorus, really cool dynamics. At its worst moments the album comes across to me like an inferior mix of Circus Maximus, Teramaze and at some places Headspace/Threshold, at least the vocals channel some Damian Wilson (especially on “Erasure”). They do wear their influences on their sleeves and it is something I don’t mind, as long as the combination of the sum of parts is appealing.
What did strike me as songs that stuck out like a sore thumb were the ones where the vocal melodies came out a bit awkward and the feel of the vocals contradicted those of the riffs. One moment that captures this very well was the first verse of “Breach of Faith”, which does have some catchy moments but just didn’t really hook me the way Revolution Come Undone did. That song relied on its quiet piano interludes for me, and they were actually some of the strongest moments of the song and the entire album, reminding me heavily of the Fullmetal Alchemist soundtracks (very beautiful and haunting at the same time). I must also confess that the callback to “Never Like This (A Dream)” on “A Dream Within a Dream” was very cool, and made me realize how good that hook was. Even if that song did not quite live up to the amount of time it took up on the album, there were some really good moments that defined a lot of what this album is about.
Not much more to say really, it is a solid progressive metal effort and no doubt these guys are technicians but at the same time put more emphasis on melody and catchiness than complexity. But at the same time it does sound like a recycled piece of music from (for the most part superior) stuff I have heard before elsewhere. I feel like the infectiousness is both their biggest strength and at certain points the biggest weakness for me.
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That was actually a pretty good album looking back at it, I'll gladly return to it in the future. The others just happened to be better.
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Crap... I knew I should've saved allegaeon for the finals :zeltar:
Oh well, a fair analysis of the album, thanks for having me around, and not kicking me out in the first round like I did to you. I had a feeling we'd click a bit since you had that streak of wins in the losers bracket of my roulette. Best of luck to the other participants!!
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I do like Horizons, but if I were to send an Anubis Gate album it would probably be either Andromeda Unchained or their Self Titled album.
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darn, worst song of the round is still up for grabs so it's one of mine
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Crap... I knew I should've saved allegaeon for the finals :zeltar:
Oh well, a fair analysis of the album, thanks for having me around, and not kicking me out in the first round like I did to you. I had a feeling we'd click a bit since you had that streak of wins in the losers bracket of my roulette. Best of luck to the other participants!!
Haha yeah I figured you'd at least do a little better than I did in yours, and I have a feeling I'm gonna like that Allegaeon album. The Algorithm was epic.
darn, worst song of the round is still up for grabs so it's one of mine
I'm glad you realized this yourself
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It could also be the worst track on Trans-Earth Injection
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haha, a-noob-is gate
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It could also be the worst track on Trans-Earth Injection
Yes yes! Keep those expectations low, I like not having to disappoint anyone because they've already disappointed themselves
I'll be out pretty much the entirety of tomorrow, but maybe I'll be able to churn out the #4 write-up tonight (veeeery likely not) or tomorrow night (a bit more likely).
To endure the extremely long wait compared to all the other rounds of the entire roulette, let's do an album cover guessing game:
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Six Roaming Owls - Dogbird
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While it may not be for much longer, for now, I am the:
Last Fogey Standing!
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l-r: J Boy, Kingshmegland, Stadler, Lonestar, ...... & TAC!
Good thing I had some Roulette Viagra last round!
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I'm afraid it is time for the nice old man on the right of the picture to sit down as well :(
#4 TAC: Ezerath – Overture: The Heir Apparent
If I didn’t know any better, I’d think you picked up on the fact that Slice the Cake’s latest is one of my favourite albums. This album definitely feels like it is trying to be that album from time to time, only with less fluctuation between heavy death passages and atmospheric soundscapes, less diversity in vocal techniques, less punchy riffs in the breakdown sections and an overall less appealing sound. That sounds like a whole bunch of complaints, but comparing to one of my all-time favourite albums will always make music seem like shit.
The best way to describe this musically is one big string of strong tech-death craftsmanship. Unfortunately the weak point is definitely the vocalist, he could have been the extra flavor this band needed by adding a bit more diversity to the music, but instead he sounds very one-dimensional, even in the spoken word parts he sounds kind of the same. Luckily, the music is good enough to lift this up to fourth/third place. Granted, the drum sonics are kind of odd, and together with the technicality of them sound a bit predictable and robotic, you know, not organic-sounding. But let’s get on with some of the individual songs.
In reality, most songs on here have something really appealing about them, whether it is the overall preachy church-like atmosphere overwhelming “Temple of the Forsaken”, or the medieval mid-section followed by an emotionally charged guitar solo in “The Sound of Knell”, or those cool synthesized bell sounds in the chorus of “Whispers of Ruin”, some of those moments are just overshadowed by the incredibly-on-the-forefront tech-death/deathcore that has been spewed all over this record.
I don’t want to make it seem like I did not enjoy this album, because man I did for real, so let’s move on to the best song and one of the best of the whole round, “A Heart, an Eye, and a Womb”. Opening with acoustic guitars and spoken word tracks, this sounds very suspiciously close to an evil version of Slice the Cake’s “The Lantern” but quickly moves out of that section into brutal deathcore, and from deathcore into almost blackmetal-like tremolo picking, providing that great atmospheric soundscape. It is for that reason that I also love the lead guitars around the middle of “In a Gale of Inferno”, they add an extra melodic layer to the music that overtakes the brutal rhythm section that dominates this album. What I also love about these two songs is that the vocals are more complimentary to the music than on some of the songs where it sounds more like a heavy rhythm layer burying the other instruments. The way the lyrics were constructed on this particular track definitely helped in that regard. And then the medieval mid-section that I get reminded of later again with a similar one on “The Sound of Knell” moves the song back into that fast, huge sound. An incredible effort of progressive deathcore, this tune.
After one listen, I was sure you would end up on the bottom, this is a pretty hard album to get through (especially for one that’s only 46 minutes long) but the pay-off wasn’t bad. The end result is some great musicianship, with okay songwriting and an average choice of vocals, I can see this band being great with some minor adjustments, right now though it’s just good but not much more.
For the longest time I was thinking you and the fogeys were messing with me through PM, jokingly letting you send super heavy music and see how I would react to it, but the longer it went on the more I started doubting that theory. Maybe you just really like extreme music. :lol
Lonestar = Red
TAC = Orange
#3 = Purple
#2 = Blue
#1 = Green
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Same as with lonestar's album, this one was actually pretty good. Didn't match the top 3, but I will definitely return to it. If anything I've trained my ears to get more used to technical deathmetal :lol
Is Train biased towards the Dutch band? Does Cardiacs not suck as much as most seem to think they do? Has Parama's music become acceptable to the more normal DTF'ers / has Train grown to like his bad music? Find out in the next episode of Train Roulette III: The Cool Kids Edition!
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Thanks you Dennis for having me. I never thought I'd make it this far.
Two songs in the Top 10!!!!!!
I'll take it.
Between this roulette and my last, there is some truth to this statement.
If anything I've trained my ears to get more used to technical deathmetal :lol
I was shooting from the hip for the last few rounds, tbh, but it forced me to really explore some things I wasn't familiar with. I sampled lots of stuff in order to find something.
The good news was that I didn't send anything that I personally didn't like or didn't enjoy. I really liked the Bloodshot Dawn, but after the writeup, I almost pulled back the Ezerath. But there are a few tunes on the Ezerath that I love. Once you mentioned that it had already been recommended to you, I figured, fuck it. I'll just go with it.
Thanks for being a great host. I had a lot of fun!
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Yeah Tim, great to hear this has also expanded your tastes! If you ever want to, sometimes we hang out in the DTF plug.dj room (https://plug.dj/dream-theater-forums) and play eachother music. It's a bit inconvenient sometimes because timezones but it's a great way to discover music from other DTFers. When someone's in there, they post in the official thread. (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=48646.455)
And yeah those two Ezerath songs were just amazing. I'd say the top 12 are all songs I love, and approximately from #30 until the bottom of the rankings were songs I had some major gripes with but only the bottom 5 songs I had major issues with and mostly wasn't fond of. I'm still glad I got 'forced' to listen to the Ezerath album as many times as I did.
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Aww yeah I'm third :metal
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Sorry for this silly suggestion, but could you colour-code the songs so we know which songs came from what album? I don’t know any song titles, so that would help to see where everybody ended.
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Done!
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Does that mean #1 is actually sarcasm?
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While it may not be for much longer, for now, I am the:
Last Fogey Standing!
(https://www.theeveryman.com/images/2004/em04p/GreekMen.jpg)
l-r: J Boy, Kingshmegland, Stadler, Lonestar, ...... & TAC!
Good thing I had some Roulette Viagra last round!
This was hilarious :lol
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I hope to win this now, Cardiacs are usually a love or hate band, it's weird if I end in the middle of the ranking again. But maybe the other two albums are really good too.
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i'm the last metal standing now so i think it'd be really funny if after mostly scoring metal high all roulette the #1 and #2 albums aren't metal at all but at the same time i hope i win with my good goddamn album but i don't really know :lol
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Hey, it might not be super heavy but I think the Semistereo album is best classified as progressive metal so still technically metal
Does that mean #1 is actually sarcasm?
This whole roulette is one big joke and you're all part of it, so it only seemed fair to turn our #1 into a meme, so that's what I'm gonna try to do
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i listened to some of the semistereo a while back and don't remember it getting anywhere close to metal but okay :lol
:corn in the distance anyways
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Ok Tim, you had a good run, but sit down now...with the rest of us fogies...
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This whole roulette is one big joke and you're all part of it, so it only seemed fair to turn our #1 into a meme, so that's what I'm gonna try to do
What is a meme?
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i have a theory that the favorite and least favorite songs of the round are both off the cardiacs album but i have no evidence to support this
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i have a theory that the favorite and least favorite songs of the round are both off the cardiacs album but i have no evidence to support this
I don't think so, I hope to get 3 songs in the top 12 but I believe something heavy will occupy 1st spot.
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:corn :corn this discussion
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i have a theory that the favorite and least favorite songs of the round are both off the cardiacs album but i have no evidence to support this
I don't think so, I hope to get 3 songs in the top 12 but I believe something heavy will occupy 1st spot.
so, something off my album.then :corn
post results you coward
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I'm too busy arranging The Hirsch Effekt's stay at MY PLACE that's right :hat I'ma host them next week and seeing them live the next day hype hype
I'll try to get to results but kinda busy today
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you should've done all your writeups in advance geez this is way too slow to post dude :lol
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I posted the #4 yesterday ::) and if I was doing write-ups in advance I still wouldn't have put out anything because clearly I only have 2/5 done so far. I don't know, seems more fun to me to do a countdown with a bit of time between albums than to have a longer wait until the #5 and then all do them within 2-3 days, but maybe that's just because I'm not the one having to wait in suspense.
#3 and #2 are really damn close btw, working on write-ups and listens between now and about 2 hours, let's see if I can get the #3 out there before I leave for the night.
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but maybe that's just because I'm not the one having to wait in suspense.
i mean yeah :corn
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I posted the #4 yesterday ::) and if I was doing write-ups in advance I still wouldn't have put out anything because clearly I only have 2/5 done so far. I don't know, seems more fun to me to do a countdown with a bit of time between albums than to have a longer wait until the #5 and then all do them within 2-3 days, but maybe that's just because I'm not the one having to wait in suspense.
#3 and #2 are really damn close btw, working on write-ups and listens between now and about 2 hours, let's see if I can get the #3 out there before I leave for the night.
Wow, at this point you should know my album better than me :lol
I could have sent a more difficult album like On Land And In The Sea if I knew you were listening them so much. Jokes aside, it's great to read that you have listened the albums a lot and I can wait some more days.
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#3 LordCost: Cardiacs - Guns
Cardiacs is one of those bands that I got scared to check out merely by the amount of comments flying around about how weird and crazy they are. Well, this album certainly explains some of that, but I expected it to be waaaay out there which is honestly isn't. This album sounds like Orbs, The Mars Volta and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at the same time. Kind of an odd combination but it works surprisingly well. The album genuinely feels like a trip, it's psychedelic in the weirdest way, chaotic in the most inoffensive way possible, and well-structured. The male/female ratio is very well done, none overpowers the other too much, and whenever the female vocals come in there's no feeling that it is forced or out of place like the feeling I had when female vocals appeared like once on the Ezerath album.
From fast-paced rocking tunes like “There's Good Cud” and “Will Bleed Amen” to the more quirky and dancy “Wind and Rains Is Cold” (which by the way totally sounds like the Thomas the Tank Engine soundtrack), this album has a wide range of moods that it goes through pretty seemlessly, and it retains the catchiness.
Most all the songs are short and don't exceed a length where the ideas become worn out and boredom takes over. That was actually one of my biggest fear, but as it turns out this was the easiest album to get through front to back out of all of them. Now here's my problem with the album, when you build it around a bunch of short songs, they all leave a certain impression, but the impressions are stronger than with long songs that contain some good and some bad parts because one element of a song makes up a bigger portion of the song. This became worrisome on “Clean That Evil Mud Out Your Soul” and “Song of a Dead Pest”. The former just had that crazy motif throughout the beginning and the latter just didn't do anything for me, because it was so clearly a resting moment on an album packed with joyful, energetic, upbeat tracks. (More about this on one of the other two write-ups, if I'm talking about your album, you should know which track I'm talking about)
“Cry Wet Smile Dry” is an example where everything clicked. Frantic beats and vocal melodies, check. Euphoric slightly louder chorus, check. Over before overstaying its welcome, check. On the other hand, the track you seem to like the most, “Jitterbug (junior is a )” was great, especially those subtle guitar licks on the background. But opposed to my aforementioned favourite of the album, this one didn't have as much staying power because of its longer runtime. The psychedelic quiet section was still great, but it's not a song I'd return to anytime I feel a certain way, which “Cry Wet Smile Dry” on the other hand definitely is. “Sleep All Eyes Open” is another example where everything just worked for me, and it also turned out to be one of my favourites on the album, but it didn't quite match the best. The instruments add a nice punch to some of the vocal lines to give it a more in-your-face rock vibe.
Overall, this was the nicest surprise, since it was the only one along with Ezerath that I had any real preconceived thoughts about the band, and this one got me in a complete 180, excited to check out their other work. Despite some moments where I thought they overdid the whole theatrics/showroom vibe, this was a great listen and probably a solid 4/5 album.
Lonestar = Red
TAC = Orange
#3 = Purple
#2 = Blue
#1 = Green
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2. A Heart, an Eye, and a Womb
3.
4.
5.
6. Cry Wet Smile Dry
7. Sleep All Eyes Open
8.
9. Will Bleed Amen
10. In a Gale of Inferno
11. Signs
12. Revolution Come Undone
13. A Dream Within a Dream
14.
15. Destined to Remember
16. Wind and Rains is Cold
17.
18.
19. There's Good Cud
20.
21.
22. Hear My Call
23. Jitterbug (junior is a)
24. Whispers of a Ruin
25. Never Like This (A Dream)
26. Horizons
27.
28. Eternally Mine
29. Breach of Faith
30. The Sound of Knell
31. Ain't He Messy Though
32. Erasure
33. Coma Back Clammy Lammy
34. Spell with a Shell
35.
36. Mindlessness
37. Temple of the Forsaken
38.
39. Airways
40. Song of a Dead Pest
41. Hand of a Serth
42.
43. Clean That Evil Mud Out Your Soul
Keep in mind I haven't touched the rankings since #4, some may have shifted up or down a bit but I'll fix that after I'm back home! Thanks for playing LordCost, you've showed me a lot of good music.
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congrats elite
Also I was half right about cardiacs having the least favorite
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:o :o :o
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Can't believe a dogbird won train's roulette
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I would have never guessed Cry Wet Smile Dry as your favourite even after you told me that your best was in the middle of my personal ranking. It's one of the least special talking about songwriting, but I still enjoy it a lot. One night at 1.30 AM I woke up my entire family trying to hit the highest note of the chorus :lol. That one and Sleep All Eyes Open are the closest pair of songs on the album to me and it makes sense that are both your favourites.
I take Jitterbug as my favourite because it's a unique track and I don't know how such a thing has been conceived, but it works.
4 songs in the top 12 is well above my initial expectations, maybe Clammy Lammy and Spell With A Shell will rise the ranking in the future because they are both amazing (Song of a Dead Pest is another one I love, but I get you can be indifferent about it).
It was really a fun roulette, the singing parts registered by yourself in one of the first rounds were cool despite noone has guessed anything and the suspence was high for every elimination (Gentle Giant vs Rush in particular for me). Fogey jokes deserve a special mention too :lol
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I probably should check out that cardiacs album tho if train likes it that much
It's shorter apparently so why not
Maybe I'll check out the semistereo again too dunno :lol
I'm only posting in this thread so much because I am dying inside waiting for the final results to be posted, this is the worst :corn
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I don't know if the Semistereo album would be really your thing, so to speak. Then again, I wasn't sure whether Train would like it as much, but I don't think I'd have been top 2 if he didn't :corn
In 2016 I finished second, so I have good hopes for a win this time around :)
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I never win anything so I don't expect to win here either
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I'm too busy arranging The Hirsch Effekt's stay at MY PLACE that's right :hat I'ma host them next week and seeing them live the next day hype hype
I'll try to get to results but kinda busy today
Really? Wow, that's pretty awesome dude
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Yeah dude, I just happen to live close to the venue of Complexity Fest and they still needed a place to sleep. Looking forward to it
I would have never guessed Cry Wet Smile Dry as your favourite even after you told me that your best was in the middle of my personal ranking. It's one of the least special talking about songwriting, but I still enjoy it a lot. One night at 1.30 AM I woke up my entire family trying to hit the highest note of the chorus :lol. That one and Sleep All Eyes Open are the closest pair of songs on the album to me and it makes sense that are both your favourites.
I take Jitterbug as my favourite because it's a unique track and I don't know how such a thing has been conceived, but it works.
4 songs in the top 12 is well above my initial expectations, maybe Clammy Lammy and Spell With A Shell will rise the ranking in the future because they are both amazing (Song of a Dead Pest is another one I love, but I get you can be indifferent about it).
It was really a fun roulette, the singing parts registered by yourself in one of the first rounds were cool despite noone has guessed anything and the suspence was high for every elimination (Gentle Giant vs Rush in particular for me). Fogey jokes deserve a special mention too :lol
I think Spell With a Shell is already highger in the rankings if I revise it now but Come Back Clammy Lammy isn't. I guess for me the enjoyment was less in the special songwriting such as Jitterbug but more in just the catchy hooks that the album is filled with, Cry Wet Smile Dry happened to be the most pleasantly catchy one along with Sleep All Eyes Open.
And yeah I'd love to have more excuses to do those singing games :lol that was a lot of fun to do, but with the obscurity of most bands in this roulette it's just too hard to guess
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From the few reviews I see online Come Back Clammy Lammy is the best or the worst track of the album for some people. I did not even have a strong opinion for some time, but I recently added it to the large group of songs I love
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singing this will be the day that i die
:soon:
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Since it's at the point where it can't really influence train's opinion any more I'm curious how each of you would rank the songs on your albums?
Mine:
If or When
Writhe
Self-Inflicted Disguise
Like the Weather
Sunlight == So We Are
Vessel
not that vessel is bad just that it doesn't match up to the rest & doesn't quite fit with the rest of the album but doesn't really bring it down much either
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Something like this I think:
The Search
Sin
A New Tomorrow
35 Dollar Special
Loneliness at the Door
Your Drama
The Storm Behind Your Eyes
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I'm literally going insane over here ngl
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Hey Train, relax and enjoy torturing these dudes.
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hey at least I'm not a losing loser like you :loser:
yet
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Announce it song by song.
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Lol Vessel was like the only tolerable song on the Exist album, all the other songs had screaming on them :(
35 Dollar Special? More like 35 Dollar one-way ticket to bad music island
boom roasted
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Lol Vessel was like the only tolerable song on the Exist album, all the other songs had screaming on them :(
35 Dollar Special? More like 35 Dollar one-way ticket to bad music island
boom roasted
I'd be more worried by this comment if I wasn't already in the top 2 but also you're not a fogey yet you like heavier stuff than I do :loser:
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:(
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Results tomorrowwwwwah and Hypno5e just released a sick toon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyN-BF1_lJI)
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I'm going to die tonight so I guess I'll never find out who won
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:corn
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lol @ your sig
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i was wondering when someone would notice that
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:lol
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It's been 3 days
This level of suspense is honestly exhausting I literally barely care & just want train to finally post results so I can move on with my life
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Gonna have to be yet another extra day! :'( :'( :'( I expected to get home around 4 and get 2 hours to listen to and writeup both albums but i got home just half an hour ago and immediately had to trabel back to Amsterdam.
TL;DCAYL (too long;dont care about your life) no juicy results today, tomorrow is a guarantee though!
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Okay can I just cede to elite so we can end this already I really don't care anymore
Again, this is why you do all your writeups in advance dude
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Whatever. It would seem as if its easy to call it off because im so close to finishing, but in reality i just have no time for this stuff in my life right this second. If you cant respect that thats fine
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Trainy, you've gotta embrace my style and keep teasing and failing your players no matter how much it hurts you :metal
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sorry man I'm just really frustrated with this rn, take your time
sacul where's your results :neverusethis:
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Okay, it's time!!!!!!
Parama: Exist - Sunlight
I thought the East of the Wall comparison sounded a bit ridiculous but after more listens I started kind of feeling that connection between The Apologist and this not musically but more in terms of song writing/structures. This is an album that isn't afraid of departing current themes and delve into a whole new mood to expand the range of styles within a song. If I'm correct, most of the music revolves around a back and forth tossup between blackened progressive metal with and noodley noodley proggy solo sections with laid back rhythm sections.
The first song on the album, "Writhe", also happens to be my favourite on the album. The way they constructed this song is just fantastic, even though I've been impartial to those technical proggy guitar solo sections for a long time and still am a bit. The way the heavy front section ends with that breakdown kind of similar to some Persefone breakdowns I heard, and then uses that same motif to lead the quiet section and then picks up the pace with that sick bassline and builds up to a last climax...... etc.. you get it, I just really like the way this song is puzzled together, it's one of the best of this round for sure. "Self-Inflicted Disguise" moves on to a more bent guitar sound and actually sounds more akin to tech death at times than anything (really, sometimes I have no clue whether to call this black or death metal), but for the sake of ease, let's just call it 'extreme'. On this track once more, the ability to move into an entirely different mood in the matter of a minute is mindboggling, it never even sounds glued together.
Their clean vocals are good, most of the time sounds to me like a combination of The Ocean and VOLA, and I can't help but wonder if I would like the album less or more if they made more use of the clean vocals during the non-metal sections. Given my opinion on "Vessels", I think 'less' is more likely, as that just felt like a complete buzzkill. The album has such a good string of music for more than the first half of the album, and judging by this album, I know these guys are great at balancing their music. Sometimes a ballad at the end of an album works, to give it kind of a feel of redemption. Putting it right in the middle of two songs that have no musical themes in common and just sound completely different in general just sounds weird.
"So We Are..." is another good one. Does not exceed the desirable length, and is the one song that proves the point that Exist can pull off great mixed vocal performances.
Pretty much from beginning to end, this album has some of the best metal I've heard in a while, some of the most interesting song structures, but also a couple grating technical wankery moments that to me were the core detractor for most songs. Some songs gave it a nice flair and made me forget about it for the most part like "Writhe", but some make it stick out like a sore thumb, I found the second half on "Like the Weather" to be a bit annoying. That leading right into "Vessel" was unfortunate since it created an extended string of music on this album that I found to be subpar, instead of 2 separate sections of those. "If or When" has some great moments, especially when it comes to those seemless heavy/soft transitions. I think the clean vocals don't really work as well during the metal moments, but back in that soft section they're really good. I understand why you thought I'd like this, it is definitely one of the most varied and outstanding songs on the record and has a certain factor of catchiness to it that some might say the album lacks (I don't, though).
What kind of disappointed me is that the closer, "Sunlight", is the longest song on the album but also one of the least interesting? I feel like it spends a lot of time uncertain whether it's building up to something and then just ends on a low note with some completely newly introduced female vocals. The jazzy instrumentals on this song however were great and were mostly the reason why this ranked higher than it otherwise would have.
Semistereo - Trans Earth Injection
Feels kind of weird receiving an album from a band that I have seen play a set right after you just this year, in which they very likely played some of these songs, but I remember none of them. I vividly remember not liking his vocals on Alarion though, which is funny because I actually think he fits Semistereo's sound so much better. I mean, he still has kind of an annoying tone to his vocals, that 'whiny' touch, but it also holds some charm for unexplainable reasons. Comparing this to Exist, this album is defninitely less technical, less musically explorative, would even go as far as saying less interesting. BUT, I love dramatic music and this definitely fills that hole for me, the vocals and slightly somber guitar and synth tones more than satisfy that need. Speaking of, I'll move on to the best song of the round, "The Search". This song includes everything I just mentioned, and packages it so nicely. The way that main riff returns at the end and that "I feel broken" line which is both dramatic and super catchy, just amazing. There's many moments like that on the album that, while they don't quite capture the heights of "The Search", are still incredibly good.
Now the most unconventional song is probably "35 Dollar Special", but it is great. At first I thought "What is this song doing on the album? And even moreso, why in the dead middle?" but now it serves as a great slow-burning post-rock tune to change up the fairly straightforward prog metal. And even on itself it is a great tune, and the saxophone complements the climax really well. This is followed by what is quite easily my least favourite song on the album, "The Storm Behind Your Eyes". There is not much I can say to 'justify' not liking it, the chorus is just kind of annoying and in my opinion it brings out the worst aspects of that singer's voice.
"Your Drama" came as kind of a surprise to me, as I hadn't heard anything as heavy from them before. Well, there were some semi-heavy chugging riffs on "The Search", but nothing as 'aggressive' as the opening of this song. Apart from that, it doesn't really stand out in any way.
Then the album closes with "Sin", which reminds me a lot of "The Search", in that it's got a really good catchy chorus, is of equal length and equal song structure, with the end reprising the beginning, and in that they are both very very good songs. I do however, feel that "The Search" would have been a superior album closer.
I cannot say as much about this album as I can with Exist, since it just doesn't have as much to it, it is a more linear album and there's nothing wrong with that. All the way through this is solid, no major clunkers. The only thing that keeps me from 'loving' the album is that the singer has a couple of weak points on the album and musically this isn't anything I've never heard, but it's just really good at what it does.
They were pretty close, but I've made up my mind about the winner a few days ago already. The Exist album is definitely more akin to my kind of heavy music, something trhat makes a lot of sense to send to me. The Semistereo album was obviously more in line with modern progressive metal, dramatic vocals the way I like them and interesting instrumentals that weren't too complex or anything.
I'm giving the edge to Semistereo here, congratulations Elite!
Lonestar = Red
TAC = Orange
LordCost = Purple
Parama = Blue
Elite = Green
1. The Search
2. A Heart, an Eye, and a Womb
3. Sin
4. Writhe
5. Self-Inflicted Disguise
6. Cry Wet Smile Dry
7. Sleep All Eyes Open
8. So We Are...
9. Will Bleed Amen
10. In a Gale of Inferno
11. Signs
12. Revolution Come Undone
13. A Dream Within a Dream
14. Loneliness at the Door
15. Destined to Remember
16. Wind and Rains is Cold
17. Your Drama
18. A New Tomorrow
19. There's Good Cud
20. If or When
21. 35 Dollar Special
22. Hear My Call
23. Jitterbug (junior is a)
24. Whispers of a Ruin
25. Never Like This (A Dream)
26. Horizons
27. Sunlight
28. Eternally Mine
29. Breach of Faith
30. The Sound of Knell
31. Ain't He Messy Though
32. Erasure
33. Coma Back Clammy Lammy
34. Spell with a Shell
35. Like the Weather
36. Mindlessness
37. Temple of the Forsaken
38. The Storm Behind Your Eyes
39. Airways
40. Song of a Dead Pest
41. Hand of a Serth
42. Vessel
43. Clean That Evil Mud Out Your Soul
Best of playlists will be posted here... some day :neverusethis:
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:o :o :o
Wow! Thanks man :)
This really was a fun roulette to be part of, glad to have played, and I'm honestly a little surprised that I won in the end, because this was not my first choice to send in the final round (for those wondering, I had 'The Mantle' by Agalloch put aside for the entire roulette, only to find out Train accidentally left them off the banned list..).
Funny to see my top two songs from the album end up in the top three of this round as well. It certainly is catchy, you'll likely find yourself with both of those songs stuck in your head for the coming days.
Thanks to all the other participants for playing as well. It was fun!
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Congrats! :tup
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congrats elite
and obviously I don't disagree about vessel, though it starts seeming less out of place after a billion listens but it's still a total momentum killer
mostly just wondering why like the weather is so low compared to most of the rest :P
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Congrats Elite, I'm passing the crown to you ;D
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The wanky guitar section in the second half of Like the Weather just kind of destroyed the mood for me. It's still not to a point where I didn't like the song, just less than most this round
Funny to see my top two songs from the album end up in the top three of this round as well. It certainly is catchy, you'll likely find yourself with both of those songs stuck in your head for the coming days.
They have been for over a week :azn:
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that's like my favorite solo break on the entire album :lol
but fair
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Two wins in a row, talk about being on a roll. Congrats bro!!
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I feel like it spends a lot of time uncertain whether it's building up to something and then just ends on a low note with some completely newly introduced female vocals.
also regarding this
1. the female vocalist has a few bits on If or When iirc
2. it's a reprise of self-inflicted disguise that kind of brings the album full circle
i will agree that the title track isn't one of the stronger songs though but the competition is strong :lol
i feel like if or when is the real climax of the album though, the "wait for me..." bit that starts at 4:15 up until the title drop bit is just intense
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Yeah, might actually be one of the most intense moments on the album. And the clean section leading up to it was really nice. Didn't know those female vocals were on If or When? But the cleans in the beginning do sound like a different guy than the lead vocalist. That Self-Inflicted Disguise bit is cool, never in my numerous amounts of listens caught that.
The competition really was strong, it's a great bunch of songs and I really dig the album. According to what I've read I might like the new one even better, but not sure.
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the new one is a lot more focused on the vocals in general & the lyrics suck but there's still some good stuff. to sever the strings might actually be the band's best song and the ballad track on the album was smart enough to only be like 2 minutes long this time. i like it but i don't love it the way i love sunlight
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Two wins in a row, talk about being on a roll. Congrats bro!!
It appears so! Thanks :)
Congrats! :tup
Thanks!
Congrats Elite, I'm passing the crown to you ;D
You certainly are!
congrats elite
you called it 4 days ago, wow!
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i have zero confidence in my ability to win roulettes
out of all the albums here yours was the only one i didn't mind losing too anyways since it was pretty solid (didn't listen to the anubis gate but i've listened to another by them before)
when are you gonna run another roulette so i can enter it and send you garbage
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The colors in the ranking makes the battle for the 1st place less close than what I imagined.
Congratulations Elite!
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The song rankings may differ from overall album quality though as I said.
If it's any consolation, the 2nd 'best of' compilation CD is pretty much the Parama CD plus 3 other songs
CD 1: Ladies and Gentlemen, We're Dancing In Space (https://mega.nz/#!CxtnwLTA!kq9JtYXj9RtR2wFYFqCM0IPdBvGPf_2PPuduGFmgmY0)
This one is a compilation of some of the less metal stuff. It still has metal on it, don't get me wrong, but barely any growls and mostly fun, dancy or just all around cool stuff. Tracklist:
1. The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
2. Cardiacs - Wind and Rains is Cold
3. OWEL - Float
4. Snarky Puppy - Gone Under (ft. Shayna Steele)
5. Jolly - The Pattern
6. Bear Ghost - Necromancin Dancin
7. Semistereo - The Search
8. Port Noir - Black from the Ink
9. Tool - Parabola
10. Underoath - Paper Lung
Won't bore you with the lengths, just listen through the whole thing :corn it's really good, definitely my favourite of the 2 CDs.
CD 2: Parama and 3 Other Pretty Cool Songs (https://mega.nz/#!j0kUmZyC!idCqCfcQEZPDg2muMmb2TJVAeF-bgRlLuKeNyZGYheg)
I honestly just picked the best songs that fell under the 'heavy' category for this one, some stuff here is classified as extreme metal, avant-garde metal, deathcore, tech death, atmospheric death, post metal. Tons of variety but all songs share the similarity that they're fucking heavy. Only listen if you're a super trained true metuhl fan. Tracklist:
1. Aenaon - Oneirodynia
2. Der Weg Einer Freiheit - Finisterre
3. Exist - Writhe
4. Ezerath - A Heart, an Eye, and a Womb
5. Enslaved - Hiindsiight
6. Obscure Sphinx - Lunar Caustic
7. Enshine - Resurgence
Note that I didn't pick literally my top 17 songs of the roulette for this one, for the most part they are my absolute favourites, but I also wanted to try to make the albums somewhat cohesive, which is why I picked Wind and Rains is Cold by Cardiacs for example, that said the first CD is definitely all over the place and not really an album, but I tried. :lol
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Paper Lung, The Pattern and Parabola in the less heavy cd are interesting :lol
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Nice to see I have an entry on both CDs :P
I'll check these after my roulette is over :tup
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Where is Sunny Day Real Estate? :P
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Nice to see I've three contributions to the first cd! :metal I'll try to check them both soon.
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considering the only songs on the second disc i don't know are ezerath and enshine i'll just check those out, i think :lol
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Where is Sunny Day Real Estate? :P
Just missed the cut :(
Paper Lung, The Pattern and Parabola in the less heavy cd are interesting :lol
Yeah, I guess it's more of a leftover CD of music that can be described without the use of the words post, death or black :lol
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I really dislike the guy who does all the talky bits from the end of north shore onwards, his way of speaking just really irritates me