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Title: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 06:50:38 PM
Parama’s Roulette v3

Album roulettes and elimination roulettes are the new hip trends and I’ve already done an elimination roulette in the past but I’m also going to do one again but this time with albums, because it’s way easier for me this way.

The Victims
1. ariich
2. TAC
3. Evermind
4. Elite
5. Train of Naught
6. home
7. Dacul
8. Puppies_On_Acid

Useful links:
Rules and Round Structure (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2437633#msg2437633)
Banned List (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2437635#msg2437635)
Albums Sent During the Roulette (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2437637#msg2437637)
Tastes (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2437634#msg2437634)
Roulette v1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44434.0)
Roulette v1.5 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47943.0)
Roulette v2.5 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=50206)
My RateYourMusic Page (https://rateyourmusic.com/~Parama)

Round Results
Round 0 Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2441921#msg2441921)
Round 1 Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2445947#msg2445947)
Round 2 Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2450174#msg2450174)
Round 3 Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2453736#msg2453736)
Round 4 Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2456365#msg2456365)
Round 5 Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2458260#msg2458260)
Final Round Results (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52411.msg2459968#msg2459968)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 06:50:53 PM
Roulette Structure:
8 players max, will do an elimination if there is more interest than player slots. Though I have a shortlist of people who 1. I know I have compatible tastes with 2. Did not play in my last roulette and those people have reserved slots if they want to join the roulette. Though I’m not saying who those players are here.

Rules:
1. Send albums via PM. I’d prefer mp3 downloads but youtube links are fine. Spotify links are also allowed but I would prefer you send on a platform with gapless playback (or where I can create gapless playback by downloading mp3s).
2. The banned list is color-coded for your convenience.
Red means bands I have heard enough from to know I dislike them in general.
Orange means bands I don’t actively listen to or own music from, but find generally alright.
Teal means bands I have looked into and plan to get an album from, or have an album but haven’t listened to extensively yet.
Yellow means bands I like and own music from but don’t quite love.
Green means one of my favorites.
3. In the interest of variety, if the same artist is sent multiple times in one round, only the first two submissions of the artist will be accepted. If the same album is sent by multiple people, only the first submission will be accepted.
4. I reserve the right to reject any song or artist not on the banlist, most likely because I either know the specific song or the band probably should be on my banlist (which I will update if so).
5. The maximum album length is 80 minutes flat, the length of a single CD album. Nothing longer is allowed. I would recommend not pushing too far past 60 minutes. The longer an album, the more likely it is to invoke…
6. The Instant Elimination Rule: If I cannot bring myself to finish an album on the first listen, the person who submitted it is instantly eliminated and the rest of the round proceeds as normal. I don’t think it’s fair to other participants to waste their good albums on rounds with a complete dud of an album and as well I value my time too much to sit through a bad album even once much less multiple times. I wouldn’t invoke this kind of rule in a song roulette but it’s entirely reasonable in an album roulette, IMO.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 06:51:11 PM
Tastes:
I think I’m going to keep this brief this time as I don’t get the impression many people read this anyways.

I’ve actually recently been testing out a more quantitative rating system for albums that focuses on the aspects of music I enjoy the most, and the best albums tend to score highly in at least two to three of these, if not more.

(https://s7.postimg.cc/7zo1vl3ej/radar-chart.jpg)

Intensity: Covers both how literally heavy the music is as well as how emotionally intense it is; for metal these tend to go hand in hand but for other genres that’s obviously not the case; the point though is that I like music that evokes strong feelings from me, whether they be strong feelings of sadness or music that sounds like it wants to eviscerate me. I don’t like angry music much, though.

Memorability: Possibly the most important one here. If a song doesn’t have something to get stuck in my head, it’s gonna be hard to really care about it in the long run. This can be a catchy chorus, an excellent riff, a great bassline, basically anything. I want music that forces itself to play back on repeat in my head all day and makes me want to listen to it more as a result.

Technicality: Obviously this doesn’t apply to all genres of music, but being technically interesting is almost absolutely a requirement for being one of my favorite albums, I want music that I can pick apart and continue to find new and interesting details about even after a dozen listens or more. Pushing this too far though almost always tends to come at the expense of all the other factors here, though.

Groove: If I’m not feeling strong emotions from a song, I at least want to feel some groove, something that makes me bob along to the beat or gives me a reason to really feel the song in some way. This often goes hand-in-hand with memorability but it’s way more driven by the instrumentation than the vocals.

Variety: This covers a lot of things as well; if individual songs don’t do enough to stand out from each other, they’re all going to blend together and fail to be memorable in any way, and even if all the songs are distinct, if each song is very one-note it’s going to bore me quick. I like songs with dynamics, songs with some unique quirk to them that make them feel like they deserve to exist. Again, pushing this too far can come at the cost of song or album cohesion, though.

As far as these apply to my tastes, I can just point to what I’d consider to be my current top 5 albums and how they stack up;

East of the Wall – The Apologist (https://s7.postimg.cc/zbjax5ssb/East_of_the_Wall_-_The_Apologist.jpg)
Pain of Salvation – The Perfect Element I (https://s7.postimg.cc/hy90ibcwr/Pain_of_Salvation_-_The_Perfect_Element_I.jpg)
Oceansize – Frames (https://s7.postimg.cc/6lwf0iwi3/Oceansize_-_Frames.jpg)
Thrice – Beggars (https://s7.postimg.cc/dccw9yz3f/Thrice_-_Beggars.jpg)
The Hirsch Effekt – Holon : Anamnesis (https://s7.postimg.cc/6950ud1dn/The_Hirsch_Effekt_-_Holon_Anamnesis.jpg)

My opinions on such may change in the future but for now I think this is the best way I can describe my preferences in music.

I’m also going to do an open Q&A before the first round where you all can ask me questions about my musical preferences & I will add that to this post afterwards.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 06:51:55 PM
Banned List:
NOTE: I cannot promise the thoroughness of this list and I will attempt to update it with any artists I missed. There’s a lot I missed and I know that for a fact.

65daysofstatic
A Flourishing Scourge
A F***ing Elephant
A Perfect Circle
Admiron
Adrift for Days
Aenaon
Agalloch
Aghora
Agent Fresco
Airbag
Akhlys
Alcest
Algiers
Alice in Chains
Alkaloid
Alrakis
Altar of Perversion
Alter Bridge
Amadeus Awad
Amendfoil
Amenra
American Football
Amorphis
Amplifier
Amy Shark
An Abstract Illusion
Anaal Nathrakh
Anathema
Anciients
Animals As Leaders
Anomalie
Antemasque
Aosoth
Aquilus
Arcade Fire
Arcane Roots
Arena
Arcturus
Arjen Lucassen
Artificial Language
Aseitas
Astronoid
At the Drive-In
Athiest
Augury
Auriga
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Ayreon
Baroness
Barren Earth
Bastille
Being
Be'lakor
Ben Folds
Ben Levin Group
Bent Knee
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond Creation
Beyond the Bridge
Biffy Clyro
Big Big Train
Bing Satellites
Black Crown Initiate
Black Peaks
Black Sabbath
Blindead
Blotted Science
Blut Aus Nord
Blink-182
Bodies of Water
Brain Tentacles
Brand New
Broods
Bruce Springsteen
Burst
Burzum
Caladan Brood
Caligula’s Horse
Callisto
Canvas Solaris
Casualties of Cool
Cave In
Chaos Divine
Chaos Echoes
Ché Aimee Dorval
Chelsea Wolfe
Chimp Spanner
CHON
Chthonic
CHVRCHES
Circus Maximus
Cleric
Cloudkicker
Cobalt
Codes in the Clouds
Coheed & Cambria
Coldplay
Cønstantine
Converge
Cormorant
Corrupt Moral Altar
Counter-World Experience
Crippled Black Phoenix
Crisis
Crone
Cryptodira
Cult of Luna
Cursive
Cynic
Damien Rice
Daughter
David Bowie
David Maxim Micic
Day Without Dawn
Deafheaven
Deathspell Omega
Deep Purple
Der Weg einer Freiheit
Destrage
Destiny Potato
Devin Townsend
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Dir En Grey
Dire Straits
Disillusion
Dissona
Dodecahedron
Don Caballero
Dordeduh
Dragonforce
Dreadnought
Dream the Electric Sleep
Dream Theater
dredg
Dvne
Dysrhythmia
Earth
Earthside
East of the Wall
Edge of Sanity
Eidola
Eight Bells
El Drugstore
Elder
Electro Quarterstaff
Eluvium
Ensiferum
Enslaved
Ephel Duath
Eryn Non Dae.
Esben & the Witch
Ex Eye
Exist
Exivious
Exotic Animal Petting Zoo
Explosions in the Sky
Extremities
Faith No More
Fallujah
Fates Warning
Fen
Fishmans
Flaming Row
Flying Colors
Foals
Foo Fighters
Foscor
Fragile Edge
Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects
Frost*
fun.
Gazpacho
GEoRGiA
Genesis
Giant Squid
Ghost
Ghost Bath
Ghost Brigade
Glassjaw
Glen Hansard
God is an Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gojira
Goldfrapp
Good Tiger
Gordian Knot
Gorguts
Gotye
Grace Cathedral Park
Graviton
Green Carnation
Gregor Samsa
Grimheart
Guilt Machine
Gunship
Hacride
Haken
Hammock
Hannes Grossmann
Have a Nice Life
He Is Legend
Headspace
Huntsmen
Hypno5e
iamthemorning
Icarus the Owl
Ihsahn
Ilúvatar
In the Woods…
In Vain
Indukti
Ingurgitating Oblivion
Insect Ark
Insomnium
Inter Arma
Intronaut
Iron Maiden
IQ
Irepress
Isis
Ivar Bjørnson & Einar Selvik
Jakob
Jane's Addiction
Jethro Tull
Jesu
John Zorn
Jolly
Judas Priest
Julia Holter
Julien Baker
Junius
Jute Gyte
Kaddisfly
Kamelot
Karnivool
Kauan
Kayo Dot
Keelhaul
Khariot
Khonsu
Killer Be Killed
Kimbra
King Crimson
King Woman
Kontinuum
Krallice[/color
Kvelertak
Kwoon
Judas Priest
Lacuna Coil
Leprous
Lesoir
Letters From the Colony
Levin Minnemann Rudess
Lluvia
Lorde
Low Roar
Ludovico Einaudi
Lumnos
M83
Machine Head
Manchester Orchestra
Mandroid Echostar
Mare Cognitum
Marillion
Marketa Irglova
Mastodon
maudlin of the Well
Maybeshewill
Megadeth
Megosh
Menace Ruine
Merzbow
Meshuggah
Messa
Metallica
Mew
Midnight Odyssey
Minsk
Mithras
Modest Mouse
Mogwai
Moon Safari
Moonsorrow
Mono
Monolithe
Monotheist
Mord’A’Stigmata
Motörhead
Mouth of the Architect
Mr. Bungle
múm
Muse
My Morning Jacket
Nadja
Native Construct
Ne Obliviscaris
Need
Negură Bunget
Nerve End
Neurosis
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Norma Jean
Nostoc
Nothing More
Novembre
NUVO
NY in 64
Oak Pantheon
Oathbreahter
Obscure Sphinx
Obsidian Kingdom
Oceans of Slumber
Oceansize
Oddland
Ólafur Arnalds
Old Man Gloom
Omnium Gatherum
Opeth
opul
Oranssi Pazuzu
Ordos
OSI
Our Ceasing Voice
Pain of Salvation
Pallbearer
Panopticon
Pantera
Panzerballett
Patrick Wilson
Pelican
Periphery
Persefone
Pink Floyd
Planning for Burial
Poly-Math
Porcupine Tree
Primordial
Premiata Forneria Marconi
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Protest the Hero
Pure Reason Revolution
Purity Ring
Pyramids
Pyrrhon
Quandary
Queen
Queensryche
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Red Sparowes
Redemption
Respire
Revocation
Rishloo
Riverside
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Rolo Tomassi
Rosetta
Rosk
Royal Blood
Royal Coda
Rush
Russian Circles
Rx Bandits
Saor
Scale the Summit
Schammasch
Schizoid Lloyd
Serdce
Seventh Wonder
Shade Empire
*Shels
Shining
Sia
Sigh
Sigur Rós
SikTh
Skyharbor
Slash
Slayer
Sleep Party People
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slice the Cake
Slint
Slipknot
Slowdive
Slugdge
Smashing Pumpkins
Snakefeast
So Hideous
Soen
Soldat Hans
Sólstafir
Sonata Arctica
Soundgarden
Soup
Speaking to Stones
Spectral Lore
Spirit Adrift
Spock’s Beard
Star One
Stellardrone
Steven Wilson
Storm Corrosion
Subterranean Masquerade
Sufjan Stevens
Sunpocrisy
Susanne Sundfør
Suspyre
Swallow the Sun
Symphony X
System of a Down
Taylor Swift
Tegan and Sara
Tengil
Teramobil
TesseracT
Tetrafusion
Textures
Thank You Scientist
The Angelic Process
The Antlers
The Beatles
The Clearing Path
The Contortionist
The Cure
The Dear Hunter
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Earth and I
The Fall of Troy
The Flight of Sleipnir
The Gentle Storm
The Great Old Ones
The Hirsch Effekt
The Human Abstract
The Mars Volta
The Ocean
The Old Dead Tree
The Ongoing Concept
The Pineapple Thief
The Postman Syndrome
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Reign of Kindo
The Ruins of Beverast
The Swell Season
The Sword
The Thirteenth Sun
This Day & Age
This Will Destroy You
Thomas Giles
Thrice
Thumpermonkey
Thy Catafalque
Thy Light
Tool
Toothgrinder
Transatlantic
Turbid North
Twilight of the Gods
Ulcerate
Ulsect
Ulver
Uneven Structure
Unexpect
Unwound
uSSSy
Usurpress
Vanden Plas
Vangough
Vattnet Viskar
Vektor
Venenum
Vennart
Virgil Donati
Voices
Votum
Vuvr
(Waning)
Wardruna
Watain
We Made God
Whispered
White Ward
Widek
Wilderun
Windir
Winterfylleth
Wishbone Ash
Wolves in the Throne Room
Woods of Ypres
WuW
Xanthochroid
Yakuza
Yes
Yndi Halda
Zeal and Ardor
Zinnschauer
Zu
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 06:52:39 PM
Albums Sent During the Roulette:

Round 0:
Closure in Moscow - First Temple
Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
Sleepers Awake – Transcension
Thoughts Factory - Lost
The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Round 1:
OWEL – OWEL 
Ultar – Kadath
Tides of Man – Dreamhouse
Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn
Iris Divine – Karma Sown
smallman – Envision
Lo! – Vestigial
Absu – Absu

Round 2:
White Walls - Escape Artist
Intervals - A Voice Within
Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
Le Grand Guignol – The Great Maddening
Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
St. Vincent - St. Vincent

Round 3:
Structural Disorder – ...and The Cage Crumbles In The Final Scene
Dreamgrave – Presentiment
Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem in Blue
Twelve Foot Ninja – Silent Machine
Solefald – World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud

Round 4:
The Faceless - Autotheism
A Forest Of Stars – Beware The Sword You Cannot See
Art by Numbers – Reticence: The Musical
In the Silence – A Fair Dream Gone Mad

Round 5:
Chiodos - Devil
Keep Of Kalessin – Epistomology
Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship

Round 6:
Hands Like Houses - Unimagine
Heretoir - The Circle
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 06:53:37 PM
Okay time to open the floodgates then, as well as start that tastes Q&A I mentioned.
Signups will be open until the end of Sunday, I think, and if we need an elimination round it'll start then. Q&A goes until that time too.
Title: ```````Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: TAC on May 16, 2018, 07:03:14 PM
I literally just went blind reading the banned list.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: ariich on May 16, 2018, 07:07:03 PM
I'm potentially interested in terms of overlap of tastes, only concern is that you've heard everything ever already so I'm not sure what I'd send...
Title: Re: ```````Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 07:12:18 PM
I literally just went blind reading the banned list.
you'd probably do better in this roulette if you couldn't see what you were sending me, so that's probably better for both of us
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: ariich on May 16, 2018, 07:50:02 PM
Ah screw it, let's give if a go. I reckon I've got at least some stuff that isn't banned that you may like!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 07:58:44 PM
i already put you on the prelims list so cool
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 16, 2018, 08:06:45 PM
I better be in on this roulette!  :metal :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Bolsters on May 16, 2018, 10:35:17 PM
I'm in just so I can send horrible music because apparently I hate the host.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Elite on May 16, 2018, 11:17:35 PM
Hi! I thought I signed up in the tracker thread. I’ll join, going for the instant elimination!!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 16, 2018, 11:19:56 PM
oh yeah i didn't pay attention to anyone joining in that thread at all but i probably should, ok
anyways you and pupboy were both on the shortlist and there's literally only one other person i had in mind & they haven't even been active here for a while so  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Elite on May 16, 2018, 11:44:34 PM
So, how does the elimination aspect work? (Apart from not sending a terrible album)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 17, 2018, 12:07:48 AM
In it to :corn it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 12:08:48 AM
So, how does the elimination aspect work? (Apart from not sending a terrible album)
the worst of the round is eliminated
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Evermind on May 17, 2018, 12:16:11 AM
I have a good feeling about this one! Count me in. Let's see how many of you poor souls I'll be able to outlast / rounds it'll take me to win / minutes of my first album will Parama be able to endure.

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: LordCost on May 17, 2018, 06:17:31 AM
I'm potentially interested in terms of overlap of tastes, only concern is that you've heard everything ever already so I'm not sure what I'd send...
I have the same problem.. If I don't come up with a sufficient number of albums to send I won't partecipate, don't count me in.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Bolsters on May 17, 2018, 06:35:47 AM
Just realised I could steal this radar chart scoring sytem and make them look like stars.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 08:38:28 AM
sorry for listening to so much music i guess  :lol
i'm sure there's plenty you all have to send tho & don't worry too much about having 7-8 albums  right now since most everyone isn't gonna need to send that many
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: The Walrus on May 17, 2018, 08:40:04 AM
I'd be eliminated in round 1 of this without a doubt, plus unexpected events have made me pull out of wolf's roulette, so I'll have to pass on this unfortunately.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 08:50:27 AM
the upside is that i won't have to keep seeing that awful avatar
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: The Walrus on May 17, 2018, 09:15:07 AM
the upside is that i won't have to keep seeing that awful avatar

Now I'm just posting again to spite you.  :hat
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Evermind on May 17, 2018, 11:35:57 AM
Should we wait or should we send already? I can't wait to win this roulette. Got some excellent power metal coming your way.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Elite on May 17, 2018, 11:38:09 AM
Can I send already?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Evermind on May 17, 2018, 11:40:28 AM
Can I send already?

Is this a sarcasm directed at me because I didn't read something? Because I totally didn't read all the stuff Parama posted, so guilty as charged.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 11:55:01 AM
@ Elite you might not need to send yet, if we get enough players that I need to do an elimination round
Ev does need to send tho either way
Y'all are really not taking advantage of this Q&A thing either but that's your loss mostly
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Evermind on May 17, 2018, 12:08:10 PM
There's a Q&A thing? I'm going to ask some black/death metal related questions then!

What's the difference between black metal and death metal? Because I don't know shit about this.

What's your opinion on the makeup a lot of black (or death) metal artists wear on stage? Do you think it's necessary? Do you think it adds to their artistic image and representation of the music they play?
A follow up to this previous question: do you prefer to go to the rail at death (or black? I'm clueless about this!) metal shows, or engage in the mosh pit, or just stand at the bar?
A follow up to the follow up question: do you wear glasses? Because those would be bad if you choose the mosh pit answer.

What about the most black/death (I don't know shit about this) metal country? Which one, in your opinion has produced the best bands in the genre?

(here's a really long question) There's this endless debate (judging by what I've seen on YouTube) between trve kvlt black metal fans and the ones that are trying to show that they're trve kvlt fans by listening to some black metal bands which are, in fact, not trve kvlt black metal bands. Can you name some examples of the bands that are trve, and some that are simple parody on the trve ones and only doing the black (death?) metal thing for money (a lot of people accused Myrkur of that one, but I don't really care as long as the music appeals to me)
In addition to the previous question: what's your opinion on Watain? They seem to be accused of that thing I mentioned before.

If you had to pick one death/black metal band (I don't know shit about them) to see live, any band, with setlist of your choice, which one would you pick?

When you take a shower, do you perform some of the growly vocals of your favourite bands? What's your neighbours' opinion about your amazing growl skills?
What's the best thing to drink after you did growls in the shower? Because I've heard from Zach over there at DTF section there's no safe way to do growly vocals without damaging your vocal cords.

I'll get back to you if I think of anything else to ask.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Elite on May 17, 2018, 12:57:26 PM
Can I send already?

Is this a sarcasm directed at me because I didn't read something? Because I totally didn't read all the stuff Parama posted, so guilty as charged.

No, I think we literally had the same question at around the same time and I posted without checking the other replies first :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 02:22:58 PM
The difference is mostly in the kind of timbres used, black metal is generally using more higher timbres than death metal & usually the production isn't that clean
Black metal also rarely focuses on technical aspects and generally more on atmosphere, vocal style is also pretty different compared to death metal
I dunno how else to describe it

I think the makeup stuff is stupid as hell but I think most metal aesthetics suck really
I barely go to concerts but I'm behind the mosh pit area whenever I do
No glasses

Norway is basically the only answer here lol

The whole debate on trve kvlt is stupid I just want the music to be good
Watain is ok I guess I listened to their newest album but didn't find it particularly interesting (they are on the banlist btw)

I mean I've seen some live already but I would love to exist in the same realm as spectral lore sometime but that's a one man project not a band so

I don't sing in the shower at all and I can't do harsh vocals at all anyways :lol

Also the Q&A is supposed to be mostly about my musical tastes but whatever sure
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: ariich on May 17, 2018, 02:29:14 PM
What's your favourite colour?

What's your opinion on hats?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 02:44:31 PM
Purple

Hats are bad always
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: ariich on May 17, 2018, 02:45:03 PM
Purple
Excellent choice.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 02:47:56 PM
Still using the dtfapollo theme tbh even though sons of apollo are boring

Also dt are boring lately too, the new stuff at least
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 17, 2018, 02:51:06 PM
Question: Send me Amazon's most top secret data?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 03:03:26 PM
secret: lol you can buy stuff from amazon
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Elite on May 17, 2018, 03:08:09 PM
What's your favourite colour?

I can never read this question without thinking of The Holy Grail :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Sacul on May 17, 2018, 05:16:26 PM
I'm in for the D  :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 05:48:50 PM
I'm calling you Dacul from now on
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: TAC on May 17, 2018, 06:10:29 PM
Parama, looking at the OP, do you need people to join? If you need to fill a slot, I'll take one. If not, that's fine too.

Spotify links probably work better for me though, unless the album is on YouTube.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 06:14:17 PM
I'll run the roulette with however many people I get if we don't hit 8, there will just be an elim round if I get 9+
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: TAC on May 17, 2018, 06:30:50 PM
If for some reason you do not get 8, I'll join. Might have some crazy old man music.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: ariich on May 17, 2018, 08:34:04 PM
A couple of proper question about the roulette:

1. You didn't mention a minimum length, so presumably EPs are fine?

2. You imply that Spotify doesn't do gapless playback, but it does. Certainly on premium with offline downloads it does.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 08:35:54 PM
1. i don't want to have to specific a minimum length because there are some short as heck but great albums but i really don't often find albums much under 40 minutes that feel... satisfying. won't stop you from sending anything short though. makes my job easier if i have less music to listen to  :P

2. haha. paying for spotify
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Sacul on May 17, 2018, 09:14:01 PM
I know you're not much into electronic music, but you enjoy some múm and Radiohead from time to time, what's that you really like and don't on this kind of stuff? :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 17, 2018, 09:18:15 PM
i liked that mum album but i haven't listened to it in like over a year tbh
and i like a few radiohead songs
mostly i just need, emotion, in the music
cold, dead electronic stuff is boring

let me also specify that lately i have been almost exclusively interested in metal but feel free to try other stuff if you want?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 01:23:46 AM
actually i'm gonna set a hard minimum of 30 minutes on albums though. nothing shorter. below that it really is not an album anymore imo and even then under 35-40 is really pushing it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Bolsters on May 18, 2018, 01:42:24 AM
let me also specify that lately i have been almost exclusively interested in metal but feel free to try other stuff if you want?
95% of my list is not metal at all so that's likely going to be the case.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 01:46:25 AM
send me pop albums as good as melodrama then
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 18, 2018, 07:42:18 AM
I'd like to play but I'm not sure if I have enough music fo you. I will go through you banned list later.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 18, 2018, 08:00:24 AM
If a nuclear war breaks out during your first listen and you can therefore finish none of the albums, is everyone instantly eliminated making this the fastest but also most uneventful roulette in DTF history?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Evermind on May 18, 2018, 08:05:16 AM
If a nuclear war breaks out during your first listen and you can therefore finish none of the albums, is everyone instantly eliminated making this the fastest but also most uneventful roulette in DTF history?

Now that's a sinister 6666th post if I ever saw one.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: home on May 18, 2018, 09:13:33 AM
I'm in!  ;D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 09:19:55 AM
If a nuclear war breaks out during your first listen and you can therefore finish none of the albums, is everyone instantly eliminated making this the fastest but also most uneventful roulette in DTF history?
only if i die. otherwise i'll finish the albums as long as they're good
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 18, 2018, 12:32:51 PM
wtf even if I'm out after first round, count me in :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 12:39:33 PM
I'm not 100% sure if TAC wants in now but we have 9 peeps beside so everyone listed as a ??? on the OP can go ahead and send me something for the prelimination round  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: TAC on May 18, 2018, 12:45:04 PM
So there will be an elimination each round?

I'll send you Spotify links but I don't know anything about platforms.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 12:50:12 PM
Yeah every round
Send your best or get sent home  :hat
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: TAC on May 18, 2018, 12:51:45 PM
OK..

I'll join. Anyone that gets eliminated in this roulette should be shamed. SHAMED!

Sending shortly.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 18, 2018, 12:56:32 PM
Sent my most extensive submission write-up ever!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Evermind on May 18, 2018, 12:58:25 PM
I'm sending death metal as soon as I get back from the bar.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 18, 2018, 01:00:09 PM
Do they let DTFers inside bars???
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: TAC on May 18, 2018, 01:01:35 PM
I'm sending death metal as soon as I get back from the bar.


(https://redtricom.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/77481889_b5b75d3ec7_z.jpg?w=640&h=422)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 18, 2018, 01:04:53 PM
Do they let DTFers inside bars???
Only if they're dtf :eyebrows:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 01:08:48 PM
Ghost Brigade gets to be the honorary first band I should've already had on my banlist  :metal
TAC and Train are fine
God that's a pretentious writeup from trainyboy though  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: TAC on May 18, 2018, 01:11:35 PM
Are we supposed to do write-ups?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 01:25:32 PM
Train literally sent me no writeup is the joke
He didn't even send the artist or album name just a link
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: TAC on May 18, 2018, 01:26:04 PM
Aahh. Crazy kids.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 18, 2018, 01:30:17 PM
That's like begging to be eliminated wtf Train
Write-up is more important than the album, right?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 01:35:11 PM
Yeah tbh if you're not writing an essay for every submission you get instantly eliminated
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 18, 2018, 01:36:53 PM
Tbh Parama is making it seem way more low-effort than it actually was

Quote
ey

this a music: *youtube link*

eliminate me (ft. Ihsahn) haha

I think it's only slightly worse than Parama's this will destroy you writeup in my second roulette
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Evermind on May 18, 2018, 01:37:49 PM
Right, sending in a few minutes. I'm a bit drunk but I know the album I'd like to send. Never used it in roulettes before and never saw the band mentioned on DTF. I'm sure this will go great. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 01:39:51 PM
Sounds like the round winner tbh
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Evermind on May 18, 2018, 01:53:01 PM
I know, right?

Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 02:01:18 PM
Turns out evermind sent me pirate metal  :yarr
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Evermind on May 18, 2018, 02:14:53 PM
Turns out evermind sent me pirate metal  :yarr

Mistress of Storms - The Shortest Path to Oblivion (2018)

1. All Aboard
2. Belay That Order
3. Yo-ho-ho
4. And A Bottle of Rum
5. Tempting the Fate
6. Starboard
7. Whatever's The Other Side of a Ship is Called (I Don't Know Shit)
8. At the Craplines
9. I'm Screwed, Pt. 1 - Climbing Up the Mast
10. I'm Screwed, Pt. 2 - The Storm Is Upon Us (Fuck Me)
11. I'm Screwed, Pt. 3 - Merciless Wind
12. I'm Screwed, Pt. 4 - Brains on the Deck

The 9-12 tracks in no way represent my position in this roulette.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 18, 2018, 02:16:51 PM
I can totally see angela reading that comment and going: Is that you in the avatar?

(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_7856_1452252005.jpg)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 18, 2018, 02:20:06 PM
Wait... that's not him? :eek
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 02:26:05 PM
Brains on the Deck  :metal
I hear MoS is touring with SRO sometime next year, I'm excited for that
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: ariich on May 18, 2018, 02:33:30 PM
Will prob need to submit tomorrow - it's nearly bed time and the little one is being incredibly demanding, so my brain isn't functioning.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 18, 2018, 02:36:37 PM
There is a bonus track on that album: Rum, Apocalypse, Rum! :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 02:41:20 PM
@ariich not listening to anything until Monday anyways so you're fine
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: ariich on May 18, 2018, 02:52:56 PM
@ariich not listening to anything until Monday anyways so you're fine
Splendid.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Bolsters Hates Me Edition)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 18, 2018, 04:39:14 PM
I'm not 100% sure if TAC wants in now but we have 9 peeps beside so everyone listed as a ??? on the OP can go ahead and send me something for the prelimination round  :corn
Oh, so me and Elite are exempt from the Prelim round? I feel so special...  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 05:11:07 PM
Dude I'm winning your roulette and we had like 2 of the same 3 aotys for 2017 you don't need to prove we have similar tastes  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Elite on May 18, 2018, 05:42:45 PM
:metardica:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: LordCost on May 18, 2018, 07:29:40 PM
Ok, it's 3:30 am and I have decided I'm going to send an album too tomorrow. In the worst case I will have the privilege to add another band coloured in red in your banned list.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 07:31:54 PM
yeah. that's the spirit!
to be fair some of the SGM i checked out was okay but i didn't like any of it enough to want to get an album and i stand by the score i gave out for the song you sent, too  :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: LordCost on May 18, 2018, 07:44:52 PM
I want to send you an album I discovered recently which can be labeled as black metal, but it has also different influences. I will probably relisten it tomorrow before sending it.
It's not only SGM, this is only the latest one  :lol.
But there are also many other non red bands I remember sending in various roulettes ran by you
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 07:52:27 PM
i mean, black peaks was my fav song of my entire last roulette, in the end
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 18, 2018, 08:01:27 PM
I think I've figured out what album I'm going to send for the first actual round. I'm going to have to dig deep based on your banned list. Most of my top 50 albums of all time are on there...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 08:08:15 PM
quick comment, i'm also gonna generally advise against 2018 stuff less because i'd hate it and more because you're likely setting yourself up to have to resend, i have been reeeally on top of 2018 releases (following both metal injection and heavy blog is heavy's release lists) & have heard a lot of 2018 already (listening to a few right now, lol) but if you can find some holes in what was released you can try  :corn

one of you got away with it by sending an album that's not technically released yet though (though it's on spotify already so whatever)

and i'm sure you have a lot of stuff to send me, based on how i've had a ton for you despite your huge banlist :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Evermind on May 18, 2018, 08:11:57 PM
I mean yeah hello that's me.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 18, 2018, 09:34:32 PM
Actually I have 2 albums that I'm going to send at some point in this roulette.  :corn

EDIT: Make that 5 albums  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 18, 2018, 09:51:26 PM
i eagerly look forward to it  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Bolsters on May 18, 2018, 11:27:27 PM
Sent my first and possibly last submission.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Elite on May 19, 2018, 04:57:20 AM
So, I found about 20 bands/albums that are not on the banned list and that might actually get a decent score here. Now what?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 19, 2018, 09:55:24 AM
So, I found about 20 bands/albums that are not on the banned list and that might actually get a decent score here. Now what?
You may need to narrow that down a bit.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 19, 2018, 10:11:53 AM
i'm excited  :corn
already a lot of interesting-looking stuff in, should be a fun round
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: TAC on May 19, 2018, 10:33:12 AM
Am I out yet?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 19, 2018, 10:47:46 AM
@ariich not listening to anything until Monday anyways so you're fine
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: ariich on May 19, 2018, 01:52:04 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Sacul on May 19, 2018, 02:04:11 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 19, 2018, 02:10:00 PM
i'm ariich and i need to resend but dacul is fine
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Sacul on May 19, 2018, 02:19:52 PM
wat did he send, panama?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 19, 2018, 02:24:05 PM
fair to midland fabley mayfly album
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: ariich on May 19, 2018, 02:40:20 PM
Submission rejected because Parama is incapable of compiling a full banlist. :P

Re-sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 19, 2018, 02:46:16 PM
The band isn't banned but I'm just gonna establish a rule where any album I've been sent a song from in a previous roulette is banned so whatever
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Elite on May 19, 2018, 02:50:52 PM
Good, that's one album I can scratch off my list as well then :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Evermind on May 20, 2018, 09:34:28 AM
I'm eagerly awaiting the results for this first round (I know the listening hasn't started yet, but still). Fairly sure some of the participants are going to be eliminated, and it will also let me know how bad should your album be to get you eliminated.

I hope this won't stretch past eight rounds though, I only have a certain amount of obscure black metal prepared.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 20, 2018, 09:36:49 AM
I mean, 9 people are trying to fill 6 slots so at least a third have to be eliminated by default  :P
I haven't listened to any of the albums yet & you're gonna be awaiting results for some time tbh since I'm not gonna have time to spin more than like 2-3 albums a day on weekdays  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Evermind on May 20, 2018, 09:38:17 AM
I meant eliminated by The Ominous Rule Number Six.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 20, 2018, 02:59:10 PM
signups for this close at midnight PST tonight & i'd like to have all the albums for round 0 by then
like home's. that's the only one i'm missing  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups open, send for prelim round)
Post by: home on May 20, 2018, 03:07:06 PM
signups for this close at midnight PST tonight & i'd like to have all the albums for round 0 by then
like home's. that's the only one i'm missing  :corn
I'll send now
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 20, 2018, 03:28:54 PM
okay everyone who's signed up is in so barring any late entries we'll have a 9-album hangmanen starting right when signups close

preliminary comments now that i've gotten all the entries:
* someone is gonna be upset about one of these
* i got one of the most unsurprising picks possible considering other recent roulettes
* i'm 90% sure even before starting listens that one of these albums is going to get rule 6'd but we'll see
* seems like there's at least a decent variety here
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 20, 2018, 03:36:16 PM
* i'm 90% sure even before starting listens that one of these albums is going to get rule 6'd but we'll see
heyo
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 20, 2018, 03:40:48 PM
yeah if anyone thinks that applies to them then it 100% does  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: ariich on May 20, 2018, 10:50:27 PM
Everyone gets Rule 6ed and we go straight to the final between Elite and Puppies.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 20, 2018, 11:01:28 PM
Everyone gets Rule 6ed and we go straight to the final between Elite and Puppies.
Shortest roulette in DTF history!  :metal :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 20, 2018, 11:06:12 PM
That'd be amusing but I'm at least a little easier to please than that  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:00:35 AM
Round 0 Hangman!

???: _______ _____ - ___ ____ __ __________ ______
???: ____ ____ _____ ______ - ________
???: ___ _______ ____ - _______ _______ ___ ____ ______
???: ________ _____ - ____________
???: ________ _______ - ____
???: _______ __ ______ - _____ ______
???: ___ ______ _____ - _______ ___ _____
???: _______ __ ____ - ___ ______ _______, __. _
???: ____________ - ___ _____________

Let's go, boys  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 21, 2018, 01:02:08 AM
DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 21, 2018, 01:07:14 AM
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR :yarr
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:10:19 AM
???: ______r _____ - ___ ____ __ _r___rd___ ____r_
???: __r_ ____ ____d ______ - ________
???: ___ _______ ____ - _______ _______ ___ ____ R_____
???: ______r_ _____ - _r__________
???: ________ _____r_ - ____
???: _____r_ __ ______ - __r__ ______
???: ___ ______ _r___ - _______ ___ _r___
???: __dd___ __ ____ - ___ ___r__ _r___rd, __. _
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DR

Puppies waits 3
Train waits 2

i don't have sacul's hangmeme script so there might be errors dunno
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 21, 2018, 01:14:12 AM
Dodheimsgard - 666 International

Oh god :lol saw these guys at Complexity Fest 2018 and they were my least favourite out of any band that played there :corn but I guess that side of black metal is just not really for me and this probably means Parama will actually like it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Luoto on May 21, 2018, 01:16:23 AM
S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:19:20 AM
???: ______r ____s - ___ ____ __ _r___rd___ ____r_
???: __r_ ____ S___d S_s___ - ________
???: ___ _______ ___S - __s____ ______s ___ ____ R____s
???: S_____rs _____ - _r__s___s___
???: _______s _____r_ - __s_
???: ___s_r_ __ __s___ - __rs_ ______
???: ___ ______ _r_s_ - _______ ___ _r___
???: __dd_ss __ ____ - ___ S__r__ _r___rd, __. _
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRS

Luoto waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Train waits 1

luoto why didn't you join :(
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Bolsters on May 21, 2018, 01:20:35 AM
Goddess of something

H
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 01:22:06 AM
Goddess of Fate - Spiral Orchard Pt. 1

wow
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:23:09 AM
???: ______r ____s - _h_ ____ __ _r___rd___ ____r_
???: __r_ ____ S___d S_s___ - ________
???: _h_ _______ ___S - __sh___ ______s _h_ ____ R____s
???: S_____rs _____ - _r__s___s___
???: _h___h_s _____r_ - __s_
???: ___s_r_ __ __s___ - __rs_ ______
???: _h_ ______ _r_s_ - ______h _h_ _r___
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSH

Bolsters waits 3
Luoto waits 2
Puppies waits 1

i genuinely hope you all finish hangman before i even listen to any of these  :lol
i'm gonna sleep soon though so guess letters & i'll put more stuff up in the morning
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Evermind on May 21, 2018, 01:23:39 AM
Is this a good wow or a 'this album is shit' type of wow?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 01:27:49 AM
You sent it, didn’t you?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:28:45 AM
updated hangman above
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Evermind on May 21, 2018, 01:29:14 AM
Oh no, what gave it away?  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Bolsters on May 21, 2018, 01:34:16 AM
Closure in Moscow
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 01:36:58 AM
Is this a good wow or a 'this album is shit' type of wow?

I have no idea, I’ve never heard it. :lol

But technical death metal from Indonesia probably isn’t my thing. I just put on a random track and thought it kind of sounded like shit, but what do I know?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 01:37:55 AM
Closure in Moscow

Oh yes, the album is First Temple.

Guess what? I got a song off this thing as well!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:40:37 AM
???: ______r ____s - _h_ ____ __ _r___rd___ ____r_
???: __r_ ____ S___d S_s___ - ________
???: _h_ _______ ___S - __sh___ ______s _h_ ____ R____s
???: S_____rs _____ - _r__s___s___
???: _h___h_s _____r_ - __s_
???: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
???: _h_ ______ _r_s_ - ______h _h_ _r___
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSH

Bolsters waits 3
Luoto waits 2
Puppies waits 1

@Elite I'm aware  :corn
for real last update of the night so leave me some letters to wake up to. try spelling out a word, even. could be fun
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 01:47:43 AM
Did real Rich send it? :corn




Oh, and give me A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 21, 2018, 01:55:55 AM
Give me a T  :biggrin:

I was about to guess that Parama sent Dødheimsgard, then I realized I was in his roulette thread and not in Elite's......  :rollin
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Evermind on May 21, 2018, 02:01:23 AM
Is this a good wow or a 'this album is shit' type of wow?

I have no idea, I’ve never heard it. :lol

But technical death metal from Indonesia probably isn’t my thing. I just put on a random track and thought it kind of sounded like shit, but what do I know?

Which is exactly why Parama's going to like it. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 21, 2018, 02:11:35 AM
Doesn't Parama like, hate (tech-)death metal for the most part? Good luck Evermind
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 02:19:49 AM
Doesn't Parama like, hate (tech-)death metal for the most part? Good luck Evermind

like or hate, what is it? Be more specific with your claims! :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Evermind on May 21, 2018, 02:20:46 AM
Did I mention I'm not exactly optimistic about my chances in this roulette?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Sacul on May 21, 2018, 07:40:06 AM
gimme the N
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 08:44:21 AM
???: ______r _a__s - Th_ ____ __ _r___rd_a_ Nat_r_
???: A_r_ ___t S___d S_st__ - Anat____
???: Th_ __a__n_ ___s - __sh___ _att__s th_ __n_ R___ts
???: S_____rs A_a__ - Trans__ns__n
???: Th___hts _a_t_r_ - __st
ariich: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
???: Th_ _a____ _r_st - __n_ath th_ _r_n_
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSHATN

Sacul waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Elite waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 21, 2018, 08:47:41 AM
The Family Crest - Beneath the Mire, that's definitely homeboy
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 08:47:44 AM
Thoughts Factory - Lost
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 08:50:48 AM
the family crest do not have an album named after an opeth song, the rest is correct
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 08:51:46 AM
Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 08:52:26 AM
Good, everything is bands I hadn’t planned to send anyway.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 08:55:22 AM
???: ______r _a__s - Th_ ____ __ _r___rd_a_ Nat_r_
???: Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
???: Th_ __a__n_ ___s - __sh___ _att__s th_ __n_ R___ts
???: S_____rs A_a__ - Trans__ns__n
???: Thoughts Factory - Lost
ariich: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
home: The Family Crest - Beneath the _r_n_
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSHATN

Sacul waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Elite waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Bolsters on May 21, 2018, 08:56:51 AM
Thoughts Factory = TAC?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:03:22 AM
tac is correct
I can't give you A a second time, A-riich
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Bolsters on May 21, 2018, 09:04:08 AM
B :loser:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 09:04:36 AM
I can't give you A a second time, A-riich

???
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:05:51 AM
???: ____b_r _a__s - Th_ ___b __ _r___rd_a_ Nat_r_
???: Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
???: Th_ __a__n_ ___s - __sh___ Batt__s th_ __n_ R_b_ts
???: S_____rs A_a__ - Trans__ns__n
TAC: Thoughts Factory - Lost
ariich: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
home: The Family Crest - Beneath the Br_n_
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSHATNB

Bolsters waits 3
Sacul waits 2
Puppies waits 1

i don't know why you all are confused, A was already guessed lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Bolsters on May 21, 2018, 09:07:26 AM
Battles the something Robots
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: ariich on May 21, 2018, 09:09:01 AM
tac is correct
I can't give you A a second time, A-riich
Damn, you saw my post before I deleted it.

So yeah I totally hadn't noticed there was another page. This thread moves quickly. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:10:59 AM
oh lol
you and your special mod powers deleting posts  :yeahright
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: ariich on May 21, 2018, 09:13:41 AM
Can't everyone delete their own posts?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:16:39 AM
no  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: ariich on May 21, 2018, 09:20:14 AM
It definitely used to be possible. I probably knew that it had changed at some point in the past, but totally forgot. :lol

Well, anyway. Now that I know that, I will try not to abuse that power, and just edit my posts instead like normal humans.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 09:20:44 AM
wow this is confusing :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:23:05 AM
elite, guess a letter besides A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: ariich on May 21, 2018, 09:30:13 AM
*resists temptation to start deleting random posts by everyone just to confuse other-Rich even more*
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:32:47 AM
modify the thread of every roulette so that you win each and every one of them
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 09:34:04 AM
I could guess E, but that's cheating because E's are EvErywhErE.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: ariich on May 21, 2018, 09:36:00 AM
modify the thread of every roulette so that you win each and every one of them
ONE MILLION POINTS TO ARIICH OH LOOK I WIN AGAIN
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 09:38:07 AM
???: ____ber _a__s - The ___b __ _r___rd_a_ Nat_re
???: Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
Dacul: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Batttles the PinkRobots
???: Sleepers Awake - Trans_ens__n
TAC: Thoughts Factory - Lost
ariich: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
home: The Family Crest - Beneath the Br_ne
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSHATNBE

Elite waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Sacul waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 09:39:22 AM
Sleepers Awake, I guess?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 09:40:01 AM
oh shit - The Flaming Lips

Yoshimitijihsiowgd battles the Pink Robots

That's Slackul
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 21, 2018, 09:43:32 AM
I sure wonder what album home sent! Can anyone help me out? It's too hard for me ::)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Bolsters on May 21, 2018, 09:49:50 AM
I sure wonder what album home sent! Can anyone help me out? It's too hard for me ::)
Beneath The Brvne
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 09:51:39 AM
Beneath the brzne
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 10:02:13 AM
Bolsters is correct
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Sacul on May 21, 2018, 10:05:33 AM
Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
Bolsters
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 10:09:20 AM
???: October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
Bolsters: Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
Dacul: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Batttles the PinkRobots
???: Sleepers Awake - Transcension
TAC: Thoughts Factory - Lost
ariich: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
home: The Family Crest - Beneath the Brvne
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
???: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Letters guessed: DRSHATNBE

Elite waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Sacul waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Luoto on May 21, 2018, 10:10:18 AM
October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Evermind on May 21, 2018, 10:15:36 AM
Shit, October Falls were on my list. How's this not banned?

Actually I don't think I should worry about it, this is probably my last round anyway.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 10:21:47 AM
How have y'all not gotten this last album name though
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 10:22:52 AM
transcension, thanks to Spotify
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 10:36:42 AM
Yep though with how much of the word was there surprised you needed it :P

Finish off the whomst'd've sent what too so this thread can be inactive for a week
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Evermind on May 21, 2018, 10:37:42 AM
October Falls - Tomislav
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 21, 2018, 10:38:17 AM
Tomi sent October Falls
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 10:39:02 AM
Yep  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 21, 2018, 10:41:09 AM
I got ninja'd by ev.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Signups close tonight, send for prelim round)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:50:12 PM
Tomislav95: October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
Bolsters: Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
Dacul: The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Batttles the Pink Robots
Train of Naught: Sleepers Awake - Transcension
TAC: Thoughts Factory - Lost
ariich: Closure in Moscow - First Temple
home: The Family Crest - Beneath the Brvne
Evermind: Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard Pt. 1
LordCost: Dødheimsgard – 666 International

FINISH HIM  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 21, 2018, 01:55:47 PM
Train sent Sleepers and LordCost sent 666
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 21, 2018, 01:58:05 PM
And there it is
Will try to listen thru at least three of these tonight, looking over lengths I think everyone is under an hour so that's good
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 23, 2018, 09:52:40 AM
through 6 of the 9 albums as of last night, i can say with relative certainty i know at least one person who's getting cut but i can't guarantee anyone in particular is safe and i'm not too blown away by any of these yet

so you know, usual parama roulette  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Elite on May 23, 2018, 10:30:30 AM
hosting a roulette is fun, isn't it?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 12:50:53 AM
alright let's do some first impressions tidbits, but in a more fun way than normal  :corn

#1: On first listen I figured this would be an album I kinda liked but would grow on me on relistens… but it turned out to be my favorite of the entire batch the first time around anyways.

#2: This album has one really obvious problem but other than that it was one of the more interesting ones this round.

#3: Probably the album most up my alley stylistically but I didn’t find the songwriting as strong as I’d like it, might grow on me on relistens though.

#4: This album has a similar problem to #2, but doesn’t have it quite as bad, and at the same time isn’t quite as interesting, so it balances out.

#5: Stylistically up my alley but very standard for the style and something I can’t see myself really actively listening to; it was alright though.

#6: Man, I was really on board with this one from the first few tracks but the album never did anything new past that point and got really tiresome by the end.

#7: This was the one I was most worried about and I think it was better than I expected it to be; at the same time it didn’t really click much either, though maybe relistens would help.

#8: I haven’t heard an album this absolutely crippled by its vocals in quite some time. Would probably be top 3 here otherwise.

#9: I know that you know my tastes in this style of music so I can’t fathom why you’d send me this particular album in general, it was by far the hardest to sit through of the entire bunch and unfortunately unlike most of the rest I do not see that changing on relistens.

all of this is, naturally, subject to change since this is only after one listen but I am pretty certainly #1 is going to be safe and #9 is going to be eliminated, the rest are all sitting in this kind of blurry "decent" pile
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Bolsters on May 24, 2018, 04:36:25 AM
#4: This album has a similar problem to #4
:justjen

#7: This was the one I was most worried about and I think it was better than I expected it to be; at the same time it didn’t really click much either, though maybe relistens would help.
I suppose mine is this one.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: LordCost on May 24, 2018, 04:51:45 AM
Mine shouldn't be #9, since I don't know much about Parama tastes in extreme metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 24, 2018, 05:02:49 AM
Im gonna take a bold guess and say that is Evermind :lol

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: ariich on May 24, 2018, 05:04:05 AM
Yep, those are all mine.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Evermind on May 24, 2018, 05:18:52 AM
I don't know much about Parama's tastes either, but the rest of #9 looks like it's about my album, yeah.

Seriously though, I think mine is #6.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Hangman)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 09:10:23 AM
#4: This album has a similar problem to #4
:justjen
lol woops i was too tired when i wrote this, fixed
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: ariich on May 24, 2018, 09:27:19 AM
lol woops i was too tired when i wrote this, fixed
That would presumably also explain this:

...this is only after one listen but I am pretty certainly #1 is going to be safe...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Sacul on May 24, 2018, 10:09:55 AM
All of these seem fitting to my song, damn :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Elite on May 24, 2018, 10:10:33 AM
All of these seem fitting to my song, damn :lol

You only sent one song? :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 10:16:45 AM
#9 is actually about everyone's albums, tbh
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Elite on May 24, 2018, 10:18:59 AM
Including every album yet to be sent this roulette
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 10:23:54 AM
exactly
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Evermind on May 24, 2018, 10:36:17 AM
I have a wonderful death metal album with sax on my list, but I didn't want to waste it in the elimination round, so there's that.

Now that I think about it, that was a dumb decision. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 24, 2018, 10:36:29 AM
All of these seem fitting to my song, damn :lol

You only sent one song? :neverusethis:
He sent Dopesmoker. Speaking of, you gonna be at the Sleep concert on Saturday right?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 10:55:10 AM
i love me some saxy death metal, so you should send it if you survive the carnage  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Sacul on May 24, 2018, 12:53:29 PM
Forgot I sent an album, oops  :lol
But yeah most of the snippets sound fitting to my album dunno
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 24, 2018, 04:55:35 PM
All of these seem fitting to my song, damn :lol

You only sent one song? :neverusethis:
He sent Dopesmoker.
Probably The Sacrilege of Fatal Arms.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 24, 2018, 06:08:01 PM
If someone is sending Devil Doll, I'd hope they'd send their best, The Girl Who Was... Death.

20 minute section of silence notwithstanding.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 06:19:09 PM
pretty sure i'd hate devil doll but you should've joined and sent them  :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Shadow Ninja 2.0 on May 24, 2018, 08:18:06 PM
I think we established that we're not compatible musically in your last roulette. :lol

You can still listen to Devil Doll if you want, though.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Crow on May 24, 2018, 08:23:16 PM
the last time you played in one of my roulettes was three years ago  :lol
and iirc the experience of that roulette was that you sent some weird stuff for half the roulette and then a lot of really cool stuff in the second half of the roulette, so
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Crow on May 27, 2018, 02:04:36 AM
ALRIGHT BOYS it's 1 AM I've done two listens to everything let's save some people. I'm gonna post round winner tomorrow and try to finish results by Monday since it's a long weekend for me, round winner was absolutely no contest since there's one album I dig way more than any others here but there was some good stuff besides, for example.

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I have no clue if you actually like this album yourself but I have to figure that to at least some extent you must have to, or you've at least, like, listened all the way through it. And it's definitely pretty up my alley as far as death metal goes, a generally more melodic edge to a lot of the tracks that works in its favor. It also helps that there's a lot of cooldown shorter tracks to keep the overall album from feeling too exhausting. Though there's definitely some issues - I don't like that ambient track at all, especially with the friggin' screaming, and the production really shows its limits on the heavier moments. Still, this was one of the more interesting and diverse records of the round and I'll probably still give it another spin to see if I'm really interested in following through with a purchase.

Evermind with Goddess of Fate – The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1 (https://open.spotify.com/album/1bvjk0FyhaKks1IkjPhV47), you're safe for the round.

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This was the longest of the round and probably the album I feel I have the least grasp of in general, but at the same time it's too stylistically up my alley for me to not enjoy, even if I feel the songwriting is a little rough around the edges, and that they seem to do better with the shorter cuts than the longer ones throughout the first half of the album. I'm also not suuuuper into the vocals but I have stronger complaints about the vocals on at least two other albums here so in the end it's not even that big of a deal. Another one where I still don't feel I have great grasp on things and I get the sense that this is a lot like Dvne's Asheran in that the style is very much my thing but the album would lack diversity enough to keep me interested in wanting to revisit. Still solid stuff though, just didn't blow me away.

Train of Naught with Sleepers Awake – Transcension (https://open.spotify.com/album/58FELaFNwsBePNsA8D0u8d), unsurprisingly, clears my prelim round yet again.

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Rankings so far (subject to change):
1. Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
2. Sleepers Awake – Transcension
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 Tidbits)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 27, 2018, 02:07:26 AM
or you've at least, like, listened all the way through it.
:lol :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Elite on May 27, 2018, 02:55:52 AM
Yeah, I found that to be funny too.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Evermind on May 27, 2018, 03:20:31 AM
Hey Dennis :hifive:

Just like that, I outlived three people in this roulette already. Loading my death metal gun for the next round. Don't forget guys, last time I lost only because I sent a power metal EP on purpose, and I won't do it this time. :biggrin:

I really like acoustic elements on that album. The melody in Aromantic pt. 1 / Bipolar Elixir is pretty great.

Yeah, I found that to be funny too.

What? Of course I listened to the album. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 27, 2018, 03:29:01 AM
hey

Oh and with Evermind's consent I'm now able to share this

I basically went through my promo box and picked some death metal albums for him based on descriptions. I couldn't even finish the one I sent. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Evermind on May 27, 2018, 03:42:07 AM
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Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Elite on May 27, 2018, 03:55:37 AM
Wow :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Sacul on May 27, 2018, 07:45:51 AM
Damnit you're making me nervous  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Crow on May 27, 2018, 09:34:11 AM
hey

Oh and with Evermind's consent I'm now able to share this

I basically went through my promo box and picked some death metal albums for him based on descriptions. I couldn't even finish the one I sent. :lol
Well this is a really lame way to play a roulette but technically I can't stop you
Odds are you're gonna send something awful and get rule 6'd this way anyways so it's not really my problem
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Crow on May 27, 2018, 09:49:07 AM
Anyways let's do this, too;

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I mean, this one probably isn't a surprise given some of the other bands I really dig, but nonetheless I wasn't completely sold on this one until about track 5 of my first listen. It's a great mix of fun, upbeat metal and a decent but not obfuscating level of technicality and diversity so the songs remain memorable and catchy but also mostly have their own identities as well. Basically exactly what I'm looking for in this style of music. I think this is the only album this round it's pretty safe to say I'm interested in checking out further and that makes it an easy round winner.

ariich with Closure in Moscow – First Temple (https://open.spotify.com/album/2xHj8hmXi1wQ2v6DWIkhLV), welome to the cool kids' club from hell.

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1. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2. Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
3. Sleepers Awake – Transcension
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Evermind on May 27, 2018, 10:08:51 AM
hey

Oh and with Evermind's consent I'm now able to share this

I basically went through my promo box and picked some death metal albums for him based on descriptions. I couldn't even finish the one I sent. :lol
Well this is a really lame way to play a roulette but technically I can't stop you
Odds are you're gonna send something awful and get rule 6'd this way anyways so it's not really my problem

Don't worry, man. I did actually finish this album, several times too, and while I wasn't too fond of growls/shrieks, I really liked the acoustic parts and guitar solos. Limbo sucks, but otherwise, acoustic stuff was really great and good contrast to death metal which I didn't much care of. The "in confusing anger" part is still stuck in my head.

My goal here is to create as much mindfuck as possible, and it seems I've succeeded so far. I don't want anyone to know my strategy here. :lol

The thing about all albums being from my promo box also isn't true. I had October Falls on my list, and my next album is actually from 2016, and from the band that I've actually seen live.

So don't worry, I'm not going to send you utter crap based on descriptions. I'd like some people to think that I would do that, but I have far too much respect to anyone hosting the roulette to know better than do it. I'm going to hit you with quality stuff - well, at least I think that's quality stuff.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Crow on May 27, 2018, 10:10:25 AM
yeah i did dig the acoustic tracks esp. with the second one reprising but not really being a retread of the first one
i'm blaming train for lying to me then tbh  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Evermind on May 27, 2018, 10:13:02 AM
I did send this exact message to Train, to be honest. I'm mostly fucking with all of you guys in this roulette. :lol

I'm dead serious on the albums I send though. I may not like growls, but any album I send you is the one I like in some measure.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 27, 2018, 10:31:55 AM
I did send this exact message to Train, to be honest. I'm mostly fucking with all of you guys in this roulette. :lol

I'm dead serious on the albums I send though. I may not like growls, but any album I send you is the one I like in some measure.
I'm going to have to watch out for you going forward in this roulette  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: ariich on May 27, 2018, 02:43:17 PM
Oh awesome, really glad you liked it! I was pretty sure you'd at least find it decent but definitely wasn't expecting a round win.

I'll start thinking about round 1 now. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Sacul on May 28, 2018, 08:27:38 AM
End my suffering pls
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Crow on May 28, 2018, 09:13:39 AM
I haven't even started my third listen yet lol
I'm not gonna finish today because I don't wanna spend literally all of my day off listening to 6/10 albums at best
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 28, 2018, 10:09:44 AM
I haven't even started my third listen yet lol
I'm not gonna finish today because I don't wanna spend literally all of my day off listening to 6/10 albums at best
:rollin :rollin :rollin
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First Saves)
Post by: Crow on May 29, 2018, 01:34:13 AM
yo how about instead of saving someone i eliminate an album that has been consistently one of my least faves? yeah, let's do that

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This one frustrates me at least a little because in the first few tracks, I can kind of see the appeal. Mojave in particular does actually have a sense of buildup and progression and does resonate a little. But then every single track after that point is just a complete snoozefest, and Dhol Dogs in particular is easily one of my least favorite tracks of the entire round, that one is just annoying. But yeah, when an entire 35+ minutes of an album bores me to tears and just feels like slightly unique background music, I really cannot find it in me to be too interested. I'm honestly surprised I made it through this album all three times at all. I guess I expected it to get better on relistens, but that just did not happen.

Bolsters with Afro Celt Sound System – Anatomic (https://open.spotify.com/album/60S9Ie5dioK9nUvrPQpfFP), sorry, but looks like you're not winning my roulette two times in a row. Or even qualifying. Oops.

1. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2. Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
3. Sleepers Awake – Transcension
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4. Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic

will try to finish this up tomorrow. i have a pretty good idea of at least one person who isn't getting cut but need to relisten to the last few albums to decide for sure
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First ELIMINATION)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 29, 2018, 02:09:04 AM
Just give me a sweet relief of elimination, don't torture me anymore :'(
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First ELIMINATION)
Post by: Elite on May 29, 2018, 03:55:37 AM
I really like the word 'snoozefest', especially when linked to music.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First ELIMINATION)
Post by: Bolsters on May 29, 2018, 06:59:44 AM
Figures.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 First ELIMINATION)
Post by: Crow on May 29, 2018, 11:59:31 PM
Gonna do another save and another elim and try and finish tomorrow. I'm uncertain which of the last three I want to cut because they all have their strengths and issues but I am much more certain about the two below.
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So this is a pretty safe entry and at first I was worried it would be too safe for me to really get into. And it's not without its flaws - the production on the guitars isn't great and gives them this really crunchy sound that crushes any power or melody out of the riffs, the album doesn't take advantage of the natural end point created by Voices From Heaven and instead goes on two songs longer afterwards (though both songs are fine). I think there are some good instrumental moments too, when the vocals drop out for those instrumental breaks most songs have. I think what makes this work though is that there definitely is some emotional resonance, though it's kind of wavering on a few tracks, but especially the combo of Light/Voices From Heaven towards the middle (the latter reprising the former for its outro) works particularly well and both the intro and outro track bookend the album well with some of the same vibes. I ended up liking this more than I expected, may even like it more than two of the albums I saved prior at this point (would need to relisten to them to decide for sure, which I probably will do), but yeah, solid stuff.

TAC with Thoughts Factory – Lost (https://open.spotify.com/album/2PO86xc5ICuWu45tNhukc8?si=FD5cQMSdQNm7evmb19yLmA), you're through to the roulette proper.

On the other hand...
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I think this album is the only one in the entire round I liked less with each subsequent listen. At first I was just kinda like, "yeah, this is an okay and unique style but the vocals blow". And then the production started to grate on me - sure, this album is 20 years old, but that doesn't excuse production this horrendously clipped, any intense moment basically fades into a wall of Harsh Noise™ and the guitar tone in general isn't great. Maybe it fits in with the industrial aesthetic but, compared to other industrial metal-ish acts like Khonsu it doesn't sound good at all. And the songwriting, all these songs jump around haphazardly with no cohesion or grounding point, they just ramble on and then end. And the piano interludes, there's already a ton of piano on the rest of the songs, why are there these three interlude tracks that only seem to exist to break up any sense of flow the album could've had? The first one isn't very good either, but the second two are solid. And to top it all off I just don't find any part of this memorable. The riffs aren't particularly inspired, there's occasionally a decent groove going but it's nothing that special, the "weirdness" they incorporate into the songs feels forced and never amounts to much. In the end it basically just feels like a bootlegged version of Arcturus' The Sham Mirrors, an album I already am not too keen on. The guys in this band must've pissed themselves hard when that album came out and completely invalidated any remaining reason this album had to exist, honestly. I did not get much out of this album at all and would easily call it my least favorite of the round, because as dull as I found that Afro Celt Sound System album half the time, it at least didn't actively annoy me and it had at least a few songs I liked. This is just a void of anything remotely interesting or compelling. I get why you'd send it but boy it's just not for me at all.

LordCost with Dødheimsgard – 666 International (https://open.spotify.com/album/5d2YUwbUp9kYMweusBE3Gf), sorry but you just seem absolutely cursed to have one dud round in all of my roulettes and it looks like it came early this time.

1. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2. Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
3. Sleepers Awake – Transcension
4. Thoughts Factory - Lost
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5. Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
6. Dødheimsgard – 666 International
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Elite on May 30, 2018, 12:14:01 AM
I did not get much out of this album at all and would easily call it my least favorite of the round, because as dull as I found that Afro Celt Sound System album half the time, it at least didn't actively annoy me and it had at least a few songs I liked. This is just a void of anything remotely interesting or compelling.

Damn, that's harsh :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Crow on May 30, 2018, 12:15:03 AM
I ain't mincing words, if I think something sucks I'll tell you it sucks.

See:
Slint
SGM
Cardiacs

in my previous roulettes  :P (the lordcost curse)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Elite on May 30, 2018, 12:21:04 AM
I hope you won't hate the album I'm sending you.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Crow on May 30, 2018, 12:25:16 AM
same
it's more fun when you get 8 good albums and have to suffer eliminating the weakest of them even tho it's still good
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 30, 2018, 05:36:03 AM
Don't think you'll have to worry about only getting good albums as long as I am in the roulette

With that said, sent some melodic/sludge/post/death/gaze/metal/core/black/hop
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 30, 2018, 05:51:33 AM
sludgy gaze maze pop hop is my favorite genre :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 30, 2018, 08:43:21 AM
The only thing I took away from your  Dødheimsgard review is, I cant believe it's been 20 years since that album came out.....I remember when that was released and the hype surrounding it. Does this make me old?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Crow on May 30, 2018, 08:51:35 AM
yes, as previously stated you are older than me and thus a fogey  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: LordCost on May 30, 2018, 12:59:09 PM
When I discovered that Evermind wasn't the one of the #9 snippet, I was sure to be cut. I have no complaints, I partecipated in this roulette only to send you this album which I would not send to any other one. Maybe Puppies could like it, but I don't know much his tastes.
To me it's an original album since I don't listen or know similar bands and at least I found it interesting. I was prepared to be the worst of the round, since I know that you care about production in many writeups, I remember the writeup for the Disillusion song in the previous roulette, which you still liked, but I know there are many other examples (Slint for sure). The disturbing vocals similar to SGM was another question mark on my choice.
What a bad roulette period for me, it was better when I didn't have Internet :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Crow on May 30, 2018, 01:07:29 PM
The #9 snippet was afro celt sound system btw, you were #8

On all three listens I had the same albums in the bottom two so I'm pretty sure about both, 4 thru 7 have been shuffling a lot though
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: TAC on May 30, 2018, 02:22:24 PM
Yay!!! I made it!

Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Another Save, Another Elimination)
Post by: Crow on May 30, 2018, 11:24:41 PM
the problem with a roulette like this is that i always stress too much about rankings but i think after a fourth listen to the remaining three there really isn't much more i can do despite it being pretty close, so let's just finish this.
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First up, the shortest album of the round, one folky black metal record. Folkier black metal is, honestly, a style I've had a lot of trouble finding anything that really clicks with me. Saor are solid but I've never been blown away by their stuff, even with as over-the-top it gets. The one Moonsorrow album I checked out was fine too but only occasionally gripped me. This one is... not even really on the same level as those, it's the kind of frustrating album where I absolutely don't mind listening to it at all but it rarely does anything to stand out or grab my attention. It's not boring, and it's brief enough to not overstay its welcome, I find it really pleasant to listen to and it doesn't really have any notable flaws at all. But it just operates at this baseline of "okay" the whole way through without ever really wavering from it, and none of the songs do anything to stand out anyways, which, considering this is designed to flow as one long piece, again isn't necessarily a problem, but it means it just feels like the same song four times, or one long song that never goes anywhere.

I'm talking about Tomislav95 with October Falls – The Womb of Primordial Nature (https://open.spotify.com/album/6ymPvAMU3aan53EknAxsyn) here.
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Next up, the indie/alternative rock low key album from a band I know mostly for their more weird and experimental stuff, which is kind of what I was expecting here, and expecting to hate it. But no, this is pretty deep in normalcy for the most part, with only weird quirky moments throughout most tracks and one track that is absolutely awful, that being Yoshimi Pt. 2. One of the worst songs of the round, for sure, but it's the only one I have any negative feelings towards here and it's balanced out by a fair number of these tracks clicking fairly easily for me. Fight Test and Are You A Hypnotist?? in particular, but Yoshimi Pt. 1, Do You Realize??, and All We Have Is Now are all pretty nice tracks too. Yoshimi Pt. 1 I actually knew from rock band of all things, where it's boring as hell to play but fine enough to listen to. The rest, they're okay. They occasionally annoy me with some synth choices or weird effects, but for the most part it's an easy and somewhat emotive listen.

Obviously I'm talking about Dacul with The Flaming Lips – Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots (https://open.spotify.com/album/49LA20VMk65fQyEaIzYdvf).
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And lastly, we have the album I've been hearing a lot of buzz on DTF about. This one is... kind of like TDH to some extent, but more focused on the orchestrations and less on the oompa loompa showtunes. And in that regards, I don't think the best songs here pack the same emotional punch as the best TDH songs, but it also leads to a bit more consistent of an album overall - though I will admit that it can also be exhausting, with some of these songs kind of blurring together in their desire to evoke strong emotions with so many layers of strings and orchestration. The back half of the album tends to lose my interest at times, though there's still some strong tunes there, but the better stuff is all found in the first half, with the opener and title track taking the crown of the album and being one of the best songs of the round period. Yeah, it has a fun moment or two with songs like Howl, and a lot of moments with those singalong whoa-ohs Coheed also does a lot, but it still sounds like its own thing, not exactly like any other band I've heard before. Honestly this one grew on me the more I listened to it and I'm not sure why I had so much trouble wanting to save it until now, it's pretty solid stuff.

That would be home with The Family Crest – Beneath the Brine (https://open.spotify.com/album/5Vr0HJnNJoZAvLwnI7dhZl), and you're through to the next round.
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So I've had to think a lot about this as a result, either Tomi's consistent but lukewarm album or Dacul's wavering album with a decent number of highlights. And really this decision almost comes down to arbitration, but personally... I would prefer an album that at least has something that makes me want to come back to it over an album that never annoys me in any way but doesn't have anything really memorable or evocative on it. So I'm going to have to give the last spot to Dacul here, which unfortunately means Tomislav95 is out. Better luck next time, I guess.

1. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2. Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
3. Sleepers Awake – Transcension
4. Thoughts Factory - Lost
5. The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
6. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
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7. October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
8. Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
9. Dødheimsgard – 666 International

Everyone who's through to the next round can send along with the two who had a free ride to the first round, I actually already have two of the eight albums at the moment, but won't be listening to anything until probably the weekend starts, I need at least a day to take a break from all these  :lol

also the ranking above isn't quite final but w/e i'm not spending another 2.5 hours comparing the top saved albums to #4 and #5 just to make sure they stack up, they're all saved regardless, the rankings don't matter so whatevs
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 12:41:35 AM
Now the big question is of course: what album to send first?

Do I go with something I fear somebody might send as well? Or do I use my big guns first? Something obscure? huuuu
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 12:46:37 AM
send something good
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 31, 2018, 12:50:53 AM
Something obscure?
They're on the banned list
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 12:52:46 AM
yeah sorry obscure sphinx are banned
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: ariich on May 31, 2018, 02:42:02 AM
Sent for round 1!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 05:45:58 AM
send something good

I can't find anything :(
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 05:53:33 AM
Albums Sent During the Roulette:
Nothing here yet...

Lies!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Tomislav95 on May 31, 2018, 05:55:43 AM
Well damn :-\ I wish it wasn't over for me so fast but I guess I don't music for you anyways. There are maybe two bands I considered sending that you'd like better than October Falls :lol I might send them to you after last round if no one else does before
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on May 31, 2018, 10:02:40 AM
I kinda expected to do a bit better, but I'm just glad I didn't get cut  :lol . The Flaming Lips have done some experimental stuff all over the place, but I find Yoshimi to be a pretty pleasing, comfy album for the most part, that's why I sent it.

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: TAC on May 31, 2018, 10:44:52 AM
So wait, were 3 people eliminated? How many get eliminated in this round?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 10:46:22 AM
Just one per round going forward unless someone gets rule 6'ed
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: TAC on May 31, 2018, 10:47:29 AM
Oh. Ok. Thank you.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 11:13:18 AM
Do you like:

- melodic death metal?
- female vocals?
- harsh noise?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 11:18:56 AM
-depends
-sure
-no
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 11:24:16 AM
- okay
- thank
- you
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Evermind on May 31, 2018, 11:48:41 AM
Sent some more black metal.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 11:57:28 AM
Sent some more black metal.
That my roulette causes posts like this to come into existence is wild.
Have half the entries now, would like to have everything by Friday night but no supreme rush on it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 12:33:45 PM
Sent some more black metal.
That my roulette causes posts like this to come into existence is wild.

I wonder if ev listened to the album this time! :neverusethis:

Sent a band nobody's heard of.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Evermind on May 31, 2018, 12:35:00 PM
Not only I did that, but as I said, I've actually seen this band live. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 12:39:26 PM
Was it fun?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Evermind on May 31, 2018, 12:42:20 PM
Well, no, their music isn't quite the definition of "fun", but I really liked the show, yeah.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 12:43:59 PM
fun. isn't a black metal band, elite. They're indie rock/pop
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 12:52:28 PM
did you get the black metal album I sent you?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 12:58:52 PM
Yes but I'm on my phone I can't look at it atm but it's not banned
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 12:59:28 PM
it's not banned

good
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: home on May 31, 2018, 02:42:37 PM
Glad you liked it! Sending now :azn:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 02:43:15 PM
I think every album so far is in the 40-50 minute range which is both 1. good 2. means things will probably go a bit quicker if I don't have any huge long albums to sit through
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: home on May 31, 2018, 02:45:54 PM
Shame, mine is 57 minutes
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 02:46:29 PM
rip
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on May 31, 2018, 03:09:47 PM
Shame, mine is 57 minutes
/rule6
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on May 31, 2018, 03:35:18 PM
I have an album that’s a little over an hour that I’m definitely sending if I get through. I’m also sure it won’t get rule6’d, because it’s way too good.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: TAC on May 31, 2018, 05:46:47 PM
48 minutes
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 31, 2018, 06:09:54 PM
I'm planning on sending a black metal album for the first round, but I'm scared of being rule 6'd right off the bat. I could go with a safer album first......decisions decisions.... :justjen
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on May 31, 2018, 06:45:36 PM
OK, sent. Looking forward to getting rule 6'd. And I think I broke the trend, my album is 53 minutes...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 08:00:32 PM
just need dacul and we can start hangmeme
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on May 31, 2018, 10:11:19 PM
reshuffling just a tiny bit based on relistens i did today

1. Closure in Moscow - First Temple
2. Sleepers Awake – Transcension
3. Thoughts Factory - Lost
4. Goddess of Fate - The Spiral Orchard, Pt. 1
5. The Family Crest - Beneath the Brine
6. The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots
----------
7. October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature
8. Afro Celt Sound System - Anatomic
9. Dødheimsgard – 666 International

mostly just that i feel the goddess of fate album kinda loses momentum in its back half after a pretty solid first half but it's still decent overall, just probably not getting a follow-up purchase ohwell
top two probably will be, don't think anything else will
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on May 31, 2018, 10:56:46 PM
I have a 36 min album in mind, I'll send tomorrow
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 01, 2018, 12:06:45 AM
I have a 36 min album in mind, I'll send tomorrow

Why not now? ???
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 01, 2018, 12:10:04 AM
I have a 36 min album in mind, I'll send tomorrow

Why not now? ???
My thoughts exactly... :\ :yeahright :tdwn :| :angry:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 01, 2018, 12:19:58 AM
you're depriving these rowdy kids of their hangmemes, dacul
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 01, 2018, 12:28:14 AM
you're depriving these rowdy kids of their hangmemes, dacul
....and us rowdy fogey's
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 01, 2018, 02:39:54 AM
I'm obsessed with the album I sent this round, can't wait to be rule 6'd :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on June 01, 2018, 07:11:08 AM
I have a 36 min album in mind, I'll send tomorrow

Why not now? ???
My thoughts exactly... :\ :yeahright :tdwn :| :angry:
Because I'm still not sure if it's a good idea :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 01, 2018, 06:26:11 PM
well, i'm gonna start hangmeme tomorrow morning at the absolute latest so you're getting john caged if you don't send soon
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 01, 2018, 07:35:32 PM
JOHN CAGE JOHN CAGE JOHN CAGE!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on June 01, 2018, 08:50:03 PM
dent
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: TAC on June 01, 2018, 08:52:05 PM
Why so fucking long to send, man? Like in every roulette?

Just because you have 30 years longer to live than I do..you don't have to rub it in.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on June 01, 2018, 08:57:19 PM
I take so fucking long to choose - even my gf complains about it  :lol .
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 01, 2018, 09:43:50 PM
it's hangman boysss

???: _____ - ______
???: __! - _________
???: ________ - ________
???: ____ ________ - ________
???: ____ ______ - _____ ____
???: _____ __ ___ - __________
???: ____ - ____
???: ____ - ____

finish this before i start listening again plz
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Bolsters on June 01, 2018, 10:25:27 PM
J
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 01, 2018, 10:34:03 PM
none
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on June 01, 2018, 10:40:03 PM
(https://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/026/008/Screen_Shot_2018-04-25_at_12.24.22_PM.png)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 01, 2018, 10:44:04 PM
???: _____ - ______
???: __! - _e_______
???: ________ - E_______
???: ___e _____e__ - ________
???: ____ _____e - _____ ____
???: ___e_ __ ___ - __e______e
???: ____ - ____
???: __e_ - __e_

Letters guessed: JE

Dacul waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 01, 2018, 11:52:01 PM
Give me the D!  :hefdaddy
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 01, 2018, 11:55:53 PM
???: _____ - __d___
???: __! - _e_______
???: ________ - E_______
???: ___e __d__e_d - ____d___
???: ____ D____e - _____ ____
???: __de_ __ ___ - D_e______e
???: ____ - ____
???: __e_ - __e_

Letters guessed: JED

Puppies waits 3
Dacul waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 02, 2018, 12:17:34 AM
Peeeee
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 12:38:45 AM
no piss today, sorry boys
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Bolsters on June 02, 2018, 12:42:44 AM
N
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 12:44:24 AM
???: _____ - __d___
???: __! - _e_______
???: _______n - En_____n
???: ___e __d__e_d - ____d__n
???: ____ D___ne - _____ ___n
???: __de_ __ ___ - D_e______e
???: ____ - ____
???: __e_ - __e_

Letters guessed: JEDPN

Bolsters waits 3
Elite waits 2
Puppies waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 02, 2018, 02:35:35 AM
Iris Divine - Karma Sown by TAC

O
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 02, 2018, 03:06:20 AM
:O
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 02, 2018, 03:21:20 AM
:O

That's the face of whoever asks for the D.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 02, 2018, 03:26:40 AM
Which wasn’t me
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 02, 2018, 09:21:43 AM
I'll take an R!!!! :yarr
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 10:20:02 AM
???: ____r - __d___
???: _o! - _e_______
???: smallman - Envision
???: ___e O_d__e_d - O___d__n
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
???: ____ - ____
???: O_e_ - O_e_

Letters guessed: JEDPNOR

Puppies waits 3
Evermind waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 02, 2018, 10:37:56 AM
Tides of Man - Dreamhouse sent by Ariich (maybe)
That's an interesting pick. It's a good album.

Oh, and Smallman - Envision?
If so, there goes one of the bands I was thinking of sending.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 10:58:30 AM
oh man, now i'm even more excited to get to that one if you would've sent it too  :corn
who do you think ruined your day?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 02, 2018, 11:27:54 AM
That dude that wasn't paying attention to the road and almost hit me with his fucking bike
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 02, 2018, 11:37:39 AM
oh man, now i'm even more excited to get to that one if you would've sent it too  :corn
who do you think ruined your day?
I was thinking of sending a different album by Smallman, but it was probably Trainy...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 02, 2018, 11:47:20 AM
@ title: Hang 'Em High is a good song, nice

@Puppers: Well I just listened to the track vision(s?) and it sounded dope as hell, definitely a potential train-band. Never heard of them though :censored
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 02, 2018, 02:41:18 PM
Nope, don’t recognise anything in there
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 02, 2018, 03:17:30 PM
Someone should guess some letters.....
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 02, 2018, 03:27:15 PM
Gee
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Luoto on June 02, 2018, 03:31:51 PM
Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 03:40:47 PM
???: ____r - __d___
???: _o! - _e___g___
???: smallman - Envision
???: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
???: ____ - ____
???: O_e_ - O_e_

Letters guessed: JEDPNORG

Elite waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Evermind waits 1

G!

you get one
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: TAC on June 02, 2018, 03:45:01 PM
T
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 03:59:44 PM
???: __t_r - __d_t_
???: _o! - _e_t_g___
???: smallman - Envision
Dacul: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
???: ____ - ____
???: O_e_ - O_e_

Letters guessed: JEDPNORGT

TAC waits 3
Elite waits 2
Puppies waits 1

has the 7th one there set a record for "longest an artist/song/album has gone without any letters guessed" yet, lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: TAC on June 02, 2018, 04:03:54 PM
Is Sacul still in this? He sent me Mike Oldfield aka Thomas The Tank Engine Music.

Must be Sacul if he's in.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 02, 2018, 04:04:29 PM
yeah, it's dacul
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Sacul on June 02, 2018, 05:02:58 PM
Is Sacul still in this? He sent me Mike Oldfield aka Thomas The Tank Engine Music.

Must be Sacul if he's in.
Did I really send you his music? :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: TAC on June 02, 2018, 05:34:14 PM
Is Sacul still in this? He sent me Mike Oldfield aka Thomas The Tank Engine Music.

Must be Sacul if he's in.
Did I really send you his music? :lol

Yup, and it was probably late too. ;D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 02, 2018, 06:33:36 PM
Is Sacul still in this? He sent me Mike Oldfield aka Thomas The Tank Engine Music.

Must be Sacul if he's in.
Did I really send you his music? :lol

Yup, and it was probably late too. ;D
:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 03, 2018, 01:07:14 AM
Damn trains, always late.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 03, 2018, 03:01:54 AM
S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 03, 2018, 09:38:26 AM
C
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Bolsters on June 03, 2018, 09:42:25 AM
A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 10:30:14 AM
???: __tar - _adat_
???: _o! - _est_g_a_
???: smallman - Envision
Dacul: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
???: A_s_ - A_s_
???: O_e_ - O_e_

Letters guessed: JEDPNORGTSCA

Bolsters waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Evermind waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 03, 2018, 10:42:49 AM
I know which one I sent.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 10:44:26 AM
elite sent ariich - tides of dacul?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Luoto on June 03, 2018, 10:45:24 AM
Absu - Absu
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 10:47:02 AM
absu-lutely true
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 03, 2018, 10:48:17 AM
Puppies sent that
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 10:49:15 AM
pupsolutely true
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 03, 2018, 11:13:12 AM
Elite sent the one at the bottom of the list.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 03, 2018, 11:17:59 AM
Elite sent the one at the bottom of the list.
And he sent half of his own band's self-titled album, Over by Over
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 11:29:09 AM
nope
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 03, 2018, 11:29:24 AM
Elite sent the one at the bottom of the list.
And he sent half of his own band's self-titled album, Over by Over

 :lol

I actually wanted to make this joke but R was already guessed.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 03, 2018, 11:30:06 AM
nope

Well then Elite sent Smallman.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 11:37:21 AM
???: __tar - _adat_
???: _o! - _est_g_a_
Elite: smallman - Envision
Dacul: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
Puppies_On_Acid: Absu - Absu
???: O_e_ - O_e_

Letters guessed: JEDPNORGTSCA

Bolsters waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Evermind waits 1

guess some letters  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Evermind on June 03, 2018, 11:42:29 AM
Evermind waits 1

guess some letters  :corn

That's somewhat contradictory.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 03, 2018, 11:45:42 AM
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: TAC on June 03, 2018, 11:49:28 AM
L
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 11:55:45 AM
???: _ltar - _adat_
???: Lo! - _est_g_al
Elite: smallman - Envision
Dacul: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
Puppies_On_Acid: Absu - Absu
home: OWEL - OWEL

Letters guessed: JEDPNORGTSCAML

TAC waits 3
Train waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: TAC on June 03, 2018, 11:57:01 AM
Owel-Owel
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 03, 2018, 11:59:18 AM
Owel-Owel
home
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 12:13:48 PM
where owels know my name
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 03, 2018, 02:09:44 PM
Ultar - Kadath sent by ev. Parama should like that album.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 03, 2018, 02:11:01 PM
 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 03, 2018, 02:15:24 PM
The Lo! album is Vestigial, sent by Esteban Cockroachtrain
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 0 - Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 11:48:22 PM
Evermind: Ultar - Kadath
Train of Naught: Lo! - Vestigial
Elite: smallman - Envision
Dacul: Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
ariich: Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
Puppies_On_Acid: Absu - Absu
home: OWEL - OWEL

hangmengang is done, putting up first impressions in the next psot also
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 03, 2018, 11:57:07 PM
#1: This is a particularly nice example of a style I've only rarely found something that connect with me in, probably due to it playing up the intensity of its sound more than its contemporaries tend to do, and I definitely appreciate that.

#2: This sounds note-for-note exactly like a band I got into only last year, and probably isn't doing the style quite as good as that band, but it's still a style I enjoy and it's done pretty well regardless.

#3: Ooh, another band in this vein, eh? I think what these guys lack that other bands have is a sense of strong hooks, but stylistically I'm pretty on board.

#4: I got basically exactly what I expected out of this album but at the same time that means my interest was kind of waning by the end, still solid though.

#5: I kind of dig what they're going for here but I think I'd dig it more if it connected emotionally more often. Feel like this one's going to be a grower on relistens for that exact reason, though. Particularly reminds me of another band I'm fond of at times.

#6: This is pretty interesting for what it is but it's marred by a really weird and bad ending, I don't know what happened there.

#7: This is a combination of a particular style of a genre I'm not big on and another genre I barely listen to or care for. So I'm not really sure why you sent it. A few tracks kinda worked for me though but this felt really monotonous most of the way through.

#8: And this one is just a particular style I've never cared for, in a subgenre I've been progressively losing any interest in. I think it had its moments but the pacing of the album in particular feels like it's going to be the biggest sticking point for me.


Don't think anything here is as bad as the two worst albums last round, feels like a stronger round on the whole really. I feel like there's a lot more room for the bottom ranks to shift around compared to last time where my two least favorite albums at the start remained my two least favorite albums throughout.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 04, 2018, 12:24:03 AM
Almost all of them could be mine :lol something could be said for #1 if you're speaking of post-metal and I'm just going to follow that up with some :corn :corn :corn

The others that seem most likely are #4, #2 and #5
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 04, 2018, 12:45:20 AM
i mean i have to keep them vague enough to not spoil results in advance  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 04, 2018, 12:52:40 AM
Yeah, I can't really figure out which one would be mine either. Could be a lot of those. Seeing some of the write-ups, I'm slightly worried abut the second to last track on the album I sent, which is a little weird. I don't think the album gets boring or stale though, as it's quite short.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 04, 2018, 01:07:53 AM
I am getting the sneaking suspicion that #7 is mine... :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: ariich on June 04, 2018, 02:19:10 AM
Fairly sure mine isn't #1 or #5-8 (outside chance of it being #5 I guess). So most likely #2-4. #3 would be my guess.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 07, 2018, 10:14:58 AM
This is a really exciting roulette.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 07, 2018, 10:20:34 AM
sorry that listening to 8 albums takes longer than listening to 10 songs  :corn
Was actually gonna start saving people tonight since the elimination is definitely down to just 2 albums after 2nd listen but maybe I won't, now  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Elite on June 07, 2018, 10:24:16 AM
Thanks Evermind, you’ve ruined it!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 07, 2018, 10:33:20 AM
Just eliminate Evermind for being such a Redknapp
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 07, 2018, 11:20:38 AM
sorry that listening to 8 albums takes longer than listening to 10 songs  :corn
Was actually gonna start saving people tonight since the elimination is definitely down to just 2 albums after 2nd listen but maybe I won't, now  :corn

Well, maybe it's a courtesy as a host to entertain people who took their time to introduce some new music to you, but hey, what do I know. It's, like, a two-way street or whatever it's called, I think.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 07, 2018, 11:23:14 AM
I already did hangmang AND first impressions  and I'm starting results tonight, what more do you want from me :lol
I'm really busy with work this week anywho and this is not a priority
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Evermind on June 07, 2018, 11:49:25 AM
Perhaps not doing this "I was going to post the first results but now that you've poked me maybe I won't" thing is a good start.

Gosh, I sound like a grumpy man after an especially bad day. I'll just wander somewhere else now.

Edit: I'm genuinely sorry, I'm rereading what I wrote and I sound like an entitled brat of a participant. :facepalm: I guess I just did indeed had a bad day, which isn't really an excuse. I apologize and don't mind my earlier comments.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 07, 2018, 12:15:49 PM
anyways I wasn't actually being serious about not posting results
Was actually gonna post at least one last night but was too tired to do a writeup, I'll just do two tonight instead
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 07, 2018, 05:28:07 PM
Looking forward to being eliminated immediately!!  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: TAC on June 07, 2018, 05:29:57 PM
This is a really exciting roulette.

 :lol

Gosh, I sound like a grumpy man after an especially bad day. I'll just wander somewhere else now.

Edit: I'm genuinely sorry, I'm rereading what I wrote and I sound like an entitled brat of a participant. :facepalm: I guess I just did indeed had a bad day, which isn't really an excuse. I apologize and don't mind my earlier comments.

 :lol :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Sacul on June 07, 2018, 05:50:40 PM
Looking forward to being eliminated immediately!!  :biggrin:
This, I'm really regretting sending that Mike Oldfield album instead of the pop one I had in mind :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Hangemhigh)
Post by: Crow on June 07, 2018, 08:13:37 PM
okay y'all let's post some results to keep the kids from screaming
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First one up is easy, this one has been leading the pack both listens through and it's not really hard to see why. Blackgaze stuff usually falls into the unfortunate trend of being pleasant enough to listen to but really lacking in the intensity proper black metal brings to the table but no, not here, this has a lot of those calmer, ethereal moments but still has enough ripping, intense moments to balance them out and keep the whole thing feeling dynamic and powerful. Even the ambient tracks here add a lot, the first one especially is just waves and waves of lush ambience that lead into the track following quite smoothly, and it doesn't overstay its welcome or get boring. My only real gripe is that I feel like the 15 minute closer might plod along just a little too long for its own good, but my opinion on that may change on further listens, 'cause yeah, this is one I'm likely gonna have to check out, it's good stuff.

Naturally an album like this could only come from the one, the only, Evermind with Ultar – Kadath (https://open.spotify.com/album/7mVHZeRikAFAuM2UtL7hB9). Yep.
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#5: I kind of dig what they're going for here but I think I'd dig it more if it connected emotionally more often. Feel like this one's going to be a grower on relistens for that exact reason, though. Particularly reminds me of another band I'm fond of at times.
Surprise, guess what happened. Yeah, on second listen I was feeling this one a lot more than on first listen, maybe it was being more in the right mindset for it or something? I dunno. While it's a relatively low-key album overall, probably the chillest album of the entire round, it still finds enough diversity in its fusion of post-rock and math rock tropes, even with the occasional jazzier piece, and backs it all up with some real sense of build and swell in its tracks that allow the emotional climaxes to build. The Unforgiving Tide in particular was the standout from the listens I've given this, but I don't think there's a single track here I dislike and really I only see this one growing on me with further listens. I don't know if this one or the Ultar album is round winner qutie yet (will get back to you on that in a few days probably) but it's definitely among these two, both are quite good.

So yeah, pretty clear this one's home with OWEL – OWEL (https://open.spotify.com/album/37u3ei7yoghnG356i0soAr).
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Tenative rankings, I guess

1. Ultar - Kadath
2. OWEL - OWEL

Like I already said, I know 6 of the 7 people who are safe already after just two listens through all of these, I'm gonna do relistens through everything anyways to at least get a better grasp on ordering things but there is a pretty clear divide between the top 6 and bottom 2 here. :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Evermind on June 07, 2018, 10:29:06 PM
Naturally. :lol

This is one of those roulettes where a Russian death metal album about Cthulhu and the Great Old Ones is actually a good pick. :lol

Outlived yet another person and reloading my death metal gun now.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Elite on June 07, 2018, 11:50:29 PM
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Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 08, 2018, 08:45:26 AM
Actually I think it would be funny if Parama eliminated both me and Elite in the first round..... :rollin
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Crow on June 08, 2018, 09:09:19 AM
i mean i'm only doing one elimination anyways  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Elite on June 08, 2018, 10:03:09 AM
Rule 6
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Crow on June 08, 2018, 10:38:49 AM
That's only for first listens lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: home on June 08, 2018, 10:46:27 AM
Boiii :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Evermind on June 08, 2018, 11:08:12 AM
Boiii :metal

:hifive:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Sacul on June 08, 2018, 01:50:05 PM
At least I'm glad I didn't get rule 6'd :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 First Results ft. Corn)
Post by: Crow on June 09, 2018, 06:35:17 PM
alright boys let's do some more
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This just sounds like Eidola. It sounds mostly like their latest album more than Degeneraterra in that all the songs are pretty straightforward and hook-filled, though they're not as heavy and don't have any harsh vocals at all. And for the most part, it works, there's one track near the middle (Salamanders and Worms I think) that has a really obnoxious chorus and pretty much ruins the song, but that's the only song I don't really care for, and the rest of this is nice enough. I think most of the songs do feel a little too similar, the songs where they strip down the techiness and mellow out tend to work the best - A Faint Illusion in particular is the highlight here, I feel. I think the sameyness would be an issue if the album was much longer but it's pretty brief on the whole, under 40 minutes total. But I mean on the whole, it's pretty solid. Not as fresh or consistently interesting as Closure in Moscow, for sure, but I dig it.

ariich with Tides of Man – Dreamhouse (https://open.spotify.com/album/4uPoodop229epVvvUWj8pL), welcome through to the next round.
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So honestly why the hell is the bonus track tracked as part of the second song on this album? Like, because... it's absolutely garbage, my least favorite thing in this entire round, and I have to consider it because it's objectively part of the album. So that brings this entire thing down a bit. This album is basically two long instrumental pieces & that awful bonus track, the first is okay but it meanders it bit, it flirts with some solid ideas and keeps me interested throughout but it never feels like it quite builds to anything, it's just a jam session basically. The second half is a lot more cohesive and basically one long buildup, though its pacing could be a bit better, it feels a bit drawn out at points, but overall I still like it more than the first half. And then "HEY AND AWAY WE GOOO" in the most grating type of prog rock voice with garbage spoken word vocals & lyrics that make me genuinely cringe just in case I wanted to come away from this feeling mostly positive. This would probably be #3 in the round without that but as it is I really don't want to listen to it again. Pretty good and unique stuff for 90% of its runtime though? Yeah, just, that last bit can screw off. Geez.

Dacul with Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn (https://open.spotify.com/album/200p7O3raeXT2jNhmzK4TE), why are your entries so frustrating? Dunno but this one's still good enough to be through to the next round.
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1. OWEL - OWEL
2. Ultar - Kadath
3. Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
4. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn

there's actually one album here that's been getting progressively worse with each listen despite my thoughts being decently positive on first listen but I still don't think it's gonna match how not-interested I am in the bottom two here so that'll likely still get posted up in my next results which will probably be tomorrow morning? I wanna close this out tomorrow for sure though.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: TAC on June 09, 2018, 06:40:39 PM
I should just pack my bags now..

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Crow on June 09, 2018, 06:43:28 PM
i mean 3 of the 4 people remaining are safe, so there's only a 25% chance you'll need to pack your bags  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: TAC on June 09, 2018, 06:46:05 PM
Oh, there's 8 of us. I was thinking there were only 6.

OK, well I only have the socks and underwear loaded so far...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Elite on June 10, 2018, 01:27:00 AM
You’re doing this on purpose, right?

Right?

The suspense is killing me
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Crow on June 10, 2018, 02:01:13 AM
having relistened thru all but the bottom 2 now, i'd definitively call the remaining 4 the bottom 4 overall, so, nah i'm just going favorite to least favorite  :corn
to be clear only the top 3 this round i have pretty positive opinions on, 4 and 5 are eeehhh, 6 thru 8 are all not very good at all imo
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 10, 2018, 02:28:06 AM
Genuinely shocked you don't like my album, I thought you would like it a lot :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Elite on June 10, 2018, 02:35:02 AM
oh, crap
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: ariich on June 10, 2018, 03:29:08 AM
:tup

Yeah A Faint Illusion is probably my favourite on the album. The final section in particular is just really captivating and kinda cathartic. I agree the album isn't as great as First Temple, but I'm glad you dig it!

Now to think about round 2...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Elite on June 10, 2018, 03:35:20 AM
So, what's still in the running is this:

Train of Naught: Lo! - Vestigial
Elite: smallman - Envision
TAC: Iris Divine - Karma Sown
Puppies_On_Acid: Absu - Absu

I think Absu is a black metal-ish band (right?) and Iris Divine is melodic progressive metal if I remember correctly. My submission is basically heavier Tool with an inaudible vocalist and ethnic instruments and I have never heard of Lo!. I honestly don't know how this round is going to end.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 10, 2018, 09:31:07 AM
Yeah, I genuinely thought Parama would at least enjoy the technicality of Absu. Plus there are a lot of really cool riffs throughout that album. Oh well. If I get to move on to the next round I will definitely be sending something more in the Parama-core lane. Lesson learned, don't stray too far from that lane... :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Sacul on June 10, 2018, 09:45:32 AM
Wait, what bonus track? In Dulce Jubilo? Those not part of the record damnit :lol. Should have reuploaded the album without those, oh well, at least I'm not cut yet.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Crow on June 10, 2018, 10:04:39 AM
no the stupid horseback thing, it's literally part of the second track but it's also technically not part of the "ommadawn" song/suite etc
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Sacul on June 10, 2018, 10:25:01 AM
Ohdamn, I love that track, it's so silly but somehow charming :lol

I've got no metal for you I think, so I'll have to find something else for this round.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: Crow on June 10, 2018, 04:59:36 PM
okay, i'm really not too thrilled that even after a third listen i can't really determine which of the bottom two i like less but i'm confident enough to save either of these now.
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I genuinely just don't have much to say about this one. It's just like, the complete baseline for "acceptable" albums. It's got solid but not particularly compelling riffs, it has its moments of decent technicality but it never wows me, the vocals are okay but don't really strike a chord with me. Honestly the only song here that's particularly memorable is the instrumental, In Spirals, which has a pretty solid guitar line as its main hook in lieu of an actual chorus. Even from a sonic level this is just... fine, but not much else. The guitar tone is a tiny bit muddy but not to the point where it really affects much & the rest of the instruments all sound fine, nothing sounds polished to the point of soullessness either. I don't really have anything bad to say about this album except that it's just for the most part wholly unmemorable and feels rather generic. Thoughts Factory at least worked to build an emotional connection and a bit of a narrative throughout the album, while this just feels like a collection of somewhat samey songs that aren't even distinct from the rest of the prog metal scene much less each other.

Despite that, TAC with Iris Divine – Karma Sown (https://open.spotify.com/album/79TsmZI1TxYnfyfs7QQroz) is still easily through to the next round because I just flat dislike the remaining three.
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On an ideological level, this may actually be the worst album in the round. The two albums below it, while I enjoy them even less while listening, at least have one thing in common; they know what they're trying to be and they land the mark. This album. It has no goddamn clue what it's doing. It's a 42 minute album that spends the entirety of its runtime meandering about, introducing locked grooves that never develop and aren't distinct from each other nor the legion of Tool imitators that came before them. At least with bands like Soen, Rishloo, Karnivool etc. there are at few things they all have that make them work to some extent. Big hooks that songs are built around and ground the tunes so they're not just meandering about for 6 minutes and then ending. Songs that have some energy so the entire runtime isn't this monotonous low to mid tempo dirge of recycled riffs and textureless basslines. Enough common sense to not have a goddamn 8 minute folk interlude that goes absolutely nowhere and grinds the pace of an already sluggish album to a screeching halt. I will say this. The first two tracks, at least kind of work. They have the problem of not having any sort of hook but they're solid enough tool clones that at least have a bit of space to develop. Everything after that just bores me to tears, but especially that 8 minute folk track, which is just pure trash. This is another of the kind of albums where I at first thought it was solid but nothing amazing, but the more I listened to it the less I liked it and the more blatantly apparent it was that it just did not work. I know puppies mentioned considering a different album from this band and I'm kind of morbidly curious now just to see if they could actually pull off this style well, but in the case of this album it just absolutely does not work.

Despite that, Elite with smallman – Envision (https://open.spotify.com/album/6xg2iKsMmYxRSInOtPJYhO) is still through to the next round because the two albums below are even worse. Oh boy. Yes. Things are about to get messy indeed. Literally the only thing keeping this here is that aesthetically I can kind of jive with the sound of this album and it's way, way more melodic than the two remaining.
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I'm going to go on a tangent here before anything else, to point out exactly why the two remaining albums flat out do not interest me at all and why it's so difficult for me to choose a least favorite between two albums that would both score viciously low with me that my critical facilities fail to be able to determine a loser at this point. And this is important for everyone in this roulette (well, except home and Dacul who seem content to not send any metal period which is fine):

I do not like heavy for the sake of heavy. I loathe most djent for this same reason, it's a toneless, mindless mush of boring riffs, and I'm pretty averse to a lot of death metal for this same reason. I don't want to hear downtuned riffs and single note chugging or low, sludgy chords played ad infinitum. Taking the effort to construct melodic riffs or powerful walls of heaviness that have actual goddamn texture to them is not hard at all and bands that cannot take the time to do either of these things and then still try to be as heavy as their genre allows them to be are bands I don't have the slightest interest in, and this has been an ongoing thing in several of my roulettes that I've constantly, constantly had to point out, yet y'all keep sending me this kind of stuff anyways. It's even worse with a full length album too as now it's just a large chunk of my time wasted on albums that will never get more interesting to me no matter how many times I try to sit through them to try understand them. I am very likely to rule 6 any type of album like this from now on, and to be quite honest, the only reason I didn't rule 6 an album this round is because there were two of the goddamn things and I'm limiting myself to only using the rule once per round at most, it's only if there is a blatant standout for being completely unlistenable, which, to their credit, I don't think either album this round is, but I reserve the right to use the rule on any album like this in the future as you all should know by now these kind of albums just bore me to death.
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Results as they stand:

1. OWEL - OWEL
2. Ultar - Kadath
3. Tides of Man - Dreamhouse
4. Mike Oldfield - Ommadawn
5. Iris Divine - Karma Sown
6. smallman - Envision

Final results aren't coming today because I don't feel like suffering through Absu or Lo! again at the moment. If I can't decide a loser between the two after another listen or even partial listen, I'm just gonna cut both and be done with it, lol.

I might be a little upset that the two people I gave a bye in the prelim round sent me trash in return, I dunno  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. Cheese)
Post by: TAC on June 10, 2018, 05:39:52 PM

...complete baseline for an acceptable writeup....

I'm through!! :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Elite on June 10, 2018, 10:40:40 PM
:|
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 11, 2018, 12:09:26 AM
I honestly didn't think Absu would do this badly with you... :( I'm genuinely disappointed in myself that I didn't send something that you would like. At any rate, I hope I get a chance to make it up to you. Either way, I'm still going to send what I had planned for round 2.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Crow on June 11, 2018, 12:18:05 AM
i was baffled that you sent anything thrash metal when thrash metal is one of my least favorite subgenres of metal period, tbh
and the album feels way more thrash than black metal too which doesn't do it any favors, the only other album of the style i've listened to is vektor's 2016 album and even then i liked that one more for the prog elements than anything but i wasn't even huge on it so
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Evermind on June 11, 2018, 12:47:19 AM
I think you should eliminate them both and move on to the next round, yeah. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 11, 2018, 01:10:24 AM
Confirmation #57547838 that I have no clue at all how your tastes work :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Crow on June 11, 2018, 01:53:24 AM
i at least get the intention of your submission & why you'd think i'd like it, but what you actually sent was a double-length version of the bad disc of precambrian
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Elite on June 11, 2018, 02:12:20 AM
Honestly, out of the batch of albums I selected the smallman album was the ‘worst’, even though I still like it to an extent. I agree that it goes on too long, despite being only about 43 minutes. The folk track is indeed pretty bad and completely kills the flow. I considered sending the album without that track, but figured that would be cheating :lol

I deliberately sent the worst one first though, so I hope you’ll have more fun with the next one. I didn’t think you’d think this low of it though!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 11, 2018, 02:35:48 AM
That's fair I guess? The Ocean are big fans of Lo! probably because they share a lot of similarities with the heavy Precambrian side of their sound. I also think it compares to some of the best Precambrian songs like Orosorian and Stenian though but that's just opinions

If I somehow make it through I will give the submission more time, but I definitely don't regret sending this because I truly do love it myself and that's the great thing about music innit
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 11, 2018, 10:33:41 PM
 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Crow on June 11, 2018, 10:35:43 PM
literally listening to your album right now, chill  :corn
didn't know you wanted to be eliminated -that- badly
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 More Results ft. A Warning @ Everyone)
Post by: Crow on June 11, 2018, 11:38:51 PM
okay let's *devin townsend voice* hey boy
y'all get these huge uncut walls of text that were basically the only way I could untangle my complex opinions on both of these, but here it is.
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This album. On first listen I was really not into this one. And that didn't change, ever. I definitely get the intention. And I don't think that it really fails immediately. Okay, well actually. I do not like this core style of vocals at all, it's genuinely one of the most generic harsh vocal performances I've ever heard and has absolutely no texture or aggression to it, it's just... a noise that exists. But yeah, the first few tracks, at least have some okay riffing even if I'm not super into them. Glutton was the one you wanted me to like and, it's got its moments, the bassline drives a lot of this song nicely and the riffs are solid. I'm not like, in love with it but it's a pretty competent tune. And it works because it's a lot less riff-driven, with lower-pitch guitar melodies more than riffs a lot of the time, a bit of room to breathe in the middle. If you're going to do this style of post-metal, that's basically the way to do it. And then the song right after immediately proves how not to do it. I feel like what this band lacks is a good sense of the "middle ground" of metal. They do the heavier stuff quite a lot. And they do break things up with the very occasional quieter moment. But there's never those in-between phases where the song is just left to simmer for a while, which means there's no chance for anything to really build up, it's just an on-again off-again between walls of heavy riffs with occasionally stopping for a breather only to go right back again. And the styles of riffs they play here just do not interest me, a lot of the time. Like you have this crushing sludgy riff in Butcher Birds. It's slower-paced, sure, and it's heavy. But I just don't -feel- it. There's another album I've been really digging, On Strange Loops by Mithras, and I want to point to one song in particular, Into the Godmind, which ends with this just COMICALLY heavy riff, heavier than anything on this album. But it's the long payoff of practically an album's worth of buildup to get to that one moment and it just CRUSHES, the guitar tone is there, it's literally as downtuned as they could reasonably get, it's just a basic rhythm you can FEEL. In the rare moment where I like something punishingly heavy and it needs to right conditions to work; if you're just doing it constantly without any real variation between the riffs it both diminishes the heaviness in the moment and makes it lack memorability overall. And man, this album really feels lacking in memorability. I've gone through this four times and I genuinely don't remember a single moment of this besides that bass groove in the middle of Glutton, and I only really remember it because I just heard it. The way the album is structured also does it no favors; four of the 5 longest songs on the album are all in the last five tracks and the song lengths steer longer towards the end, at the point where a listener is more likely to be exhausted, which makes those last few tracks reeeeally drag on more than they would if the album's structure was a bit more balanced. Like, I absolutely hate Locust Christ but if you put it in towards the end of the album in the middle of the 5 minute tunes it'd at least function as a good change of pace. Okay, and I wanna point out this because it's bugging me again. A Tiger Moths Shadow is like the pinnacle of what I mentioned about having no middle ground. It starts out with this slow buildup that could organically evolve into something but instead they just slam right into the heavy riff instead. I think this song has some of the more interesting riffs on the album at the very least, it's the other track I'd call particularly a standout; the riffs here aren't as sludgy and have a bit of melody to them, I can kind of dig them. The vocals kind of ruin it a bit but I can at least somewhat get into this one, save for the aborted buildup that starts the album. I suspect my biggest disconnect with this album is that I like my music colorful - even if you're doing something heavy, I expect it to be for a reason & I expect more than just plodding riffs. The Hirsch Effekt pull off extreme heaviness well because the way they do it is so far from what most bands' first instinct is - rather than huge riffs they love to build these walls of sound based on high-pitched, dissonant chords and guitar melodies. Ira's opening riff goes hard as hell and it's about two octaves above a lot of the riffs on this album. And the post-metal I do like that loves this kind of sludgy riffing, it's done for atmosphere, it's not so upbeat and there's still often gradual buildup. Stenian which you specifically brought up, it has that moment of simmer between the clean intro (which already builds up some on its own) and when that massive riff kicks in. And that riff has power, groove, and atmosphere, and it's sticky as hell (so much so that they somewhat reprise it on Cognitive Dissonance to achieve a similar effect). I also just find myself chuckling at the "it's just more of the same" line in Bestial Beginnings every time, lol. Yeah, you're telling me. It's probably the one track that does well to achieve some semblance of post-metal atmosphere in a meaningful way though. I think if you took some of these songs in isolation they'd fare better than they do in the form of a full album, because I'm not going to deny that, yes, there are some okay songs here. But they don't do enough to distinguish themselves and there's not enough unique ideas between them to sustain even an album of this length and the entire album suffers for it, it took me until my fourth listen to even be able to distinguish between a few of these tracks, and there's still some tracks here that I just... don't feel at all, and there's nothing that comes even remotely close to the average The Ocean or Intronaut tune. I dunno. I have complicated thoughts here, as the meandering wall of text probably suggests, but it's really your fault for sending me an album I have to give 100% of my attention to to even be able to find some positive traits at all. And even then, I think I'd rather just wait for that upcoming The Ocean album in a few months rather than give this another spin.

So yeah, this is Train of Naught with Lo! – Vestigial (https://open.spotify.com/album/23ozbMDnvFcWACCApUl10a).
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Honestly the first song on this one is pretty fine. It’s got okay riffs, it has that melodic break in the middle which, while nothing special, at least serves as a nice break from the intensity around it. And it’s got a bit of flavor with the marching rhythm bit towards the end, I do genuinely like that too. Stylistically as I’ve said I’m not super into it – thrash metal is just a hard no for me, never really cared for it, and Slayer in particular is one of the worst metal bands to ever get popular in my opinion. But I also am generally not so much for the more straightforward side of black metal, it can work in small doses like on Skepsis Pt. II, but I prefer the atmospheres. This opener still at least does the black metal style in a way I’m mostly on board with. Things start falling apart reeeally quickly after that though. The main riff of the second track doesn’t do much for me at all & I can’t say much for the rest of the song either, it’s quick and not obnoxious but I don’t dig it either. The production on this album… seems to be taking more from black metal than thrash metal but the texture on the guitars, while certainly lo-fi enough, still feels too crisp, the tremolo-picked riffs don’t disappear into a blur of noise the way a lot of black metal tends to, rather they just feel jagged and stiff. I also don’t care for the palm muted riff starting off Amy, it’s kind of incredibly goofy the way it sounds? The groovier middle bit it surrounds is… again, okay, but it never sucks me in & I really think the tone is part of it. It’s not heavy enough to be pummeling but not clean enough to be melodically satisfying. Really if I were to point to one specific thing… I think it’s just the tempo. I don’t actually listen to a ton of fast-paced metal and albums that do have fast-paced stuff it’s usually not a nonstop thing. Where as this album is just… relentless. It gets tiring more quickly than other albums just because of how upbeat a lot of it is and really that’s my issue with thrash metal in general, the emphasis on speed just wears me out and simultaneously makes everything sound really similar. And I’d like to appreciate the progressive touches on Of the Dead and Those of the Void but I guess it doesn’t work as well when there are still good chunks of those songs that just miss the mark for me. The former does get this solid riff going towards the middle and the weird synth thing going on at the same time makes for a pretty great buildup, there is absolutely something there and it’s what frustrates me most, that the album absolutely does have its moments of brilliance but they’re far and few between and mired in samey thrash-y riffs that I don’t care for. If they’d built more of the album around that kind of sound and toned down the rest I think it could’ve led to a much more balanced album, I guess is what I’m trying to say. You also called out the technical aspect of the album and I want to comment on that as well; yes, I did list technicality as one of my five tenants of what makes an album good to me, but it’s probably the least important of the five, and it’s more like… the seasoning that takes a good album to being a great one, it’s more in the relisten value of albums I already enjoy at their core, something to pick apart and keep me invested even after I’m familiar with the more straightforward moments of the album. Yes, I absolutely do enjoy technical metal but not if it doesn’t interest me sonically to begin with. Also the main riff in In the Name etc. I could swear I just heard the same riff earlier in the album but I don’t actually think that’s the case? Which just really suggests to me that man, a lot of these riffs sound way too similar. The solo on this song is okay though.  Those of the Void starts off pretty strong with some haunting atmosphere and a great black metal-esque buildup section but the moment the vocals come in my interest drops significantly. I guess I should talk about the vocals. They’re “eehh”. They detract maybe a little but stylistically I prefer them to Lo!’s at the very least. Then there’s another of those prog touches I mentioned with the chill piano interlude and a bit of acoustic guitar accompaniment. Some strings. It’s a nice, serene moment that the album really, really is starved for and is one of the most memorable moments of the entire thing just by default. But the song doesn’t linger on it too long and then it’s right back to the parts I’m not so keen on… the solo isn’t awful but it’s a bit generic thrash-shreddy. See, that’s the thing, this album is at its best when it strays as far away as possible from its core sound. That almost undermines the comment I made earlier about how at least these two albums both knew what they wanted to be, because this one isn’t as certain and every time it doubts itself it actually gets way, way better for it. That might just be the most frustrating thing of all. Sceptre Command also hits on something decent for a bit in the middle of the song, though it again feels a bit disconnected from the rest of the song… see the issue? I don’t really have anything else left to say about this one except that it also has the handicap of being about ten minutes longer than its competitor here, which… yeah, that makes it feel like it drags on even more. While I think the best parts of this are better than the best parts of the other album, it comes at the cost of them being very infrequent and spread out across a longer time period. And stylistically this one was never going to work for me, just, at all.

And this is Puppies_On_Acid with Absu – Absu (https://open.spotify.com/album/3tBbDAmAzdJP0h3FIy60nn).
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I’ll admit that I did have a hard time picking one of these two as my least favorite, but with relistens one of these at least trended up a little from my initial impressions while the other just stayed at a low point and never recovered. And from the tone of the write-ups above, I think it’s pretty clear now to me which of these I prefer. I do feel I was maybe a little harsh on one of these as it’s really not that aggressively bad now that I’ve had this really dedicated listen to try and pick it apart – absolutely still bottom two of the round for me, but there’s at least… a spark of something there. Meanwhile, I was  just as hard as I needed to be towards the other and my opinion hasn’t softened at all, and while it’s a shame to have to cut either of you, since I know you’re both capable of sending me some really great stuff, one of you has to go, and it’s gonna have to be Absu. Sorry, puppies, but feel free to send me some other stuff to check out regardless ‘cause I know you have some of it, just, this one did not work for me at all.

1. OWEL – OWEL 
2. Ultar – Kadath
3. Tides of Man – Dreamhouse
4. Mike Oldfield – Ommadawn
5. Iris Divine – Karma Sown
6. smallman – Envision
7. Lo! – Vestigial
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8. Absu – Absu

Everyone else can go ahead and send me albums, I'll probably start listening Wednesday or Thursday depending on how I feel, I actually already have TAC's since he seems to be one of the first to send every round :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 12, 2018, 12:06:13 AM
(https://media1.tenor.com/images/c7c0df58fee3df9fb182433d4e9cdd5a/tenor.gif)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 12, 2018, 12:29:24 AM
sorry man that's just how roulettes play out sometimes
on a positive note after this round we're officially over halfway through the roulette in terms of total number of albums
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 12, 2018, 01:26:42 AM
I feel sorry for you for apparently spending so much time on 2 albums you dislike so much :lol will definitely check out that Absu album though :metal

Sending another abomination today

Btw A Tiger Moth's Shadow and As Fools Ripen are my favourites lol, I also love Glutton but mentioned it because I thought that would be your standout. I just think the riffs are awesome in those songs and I love how loud the bass is, aaand of course I knew this but I am more into core vocals than you most of the time
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: ariich on June 12, 2018, 02:35:47 AM
I feel sorry for you for apparently spending so much time on 2 albums you dislike so much :lol
Yeah seriously, seems to have spent more time on the albums he hated than the ones he liked. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 12, 2018, 02:54:17 AM
Damn, those walls of text :O
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: home on June 12, 2018, 06:24:08 AM
Sent something amazing
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on June 12, 2018, 09:09:59 AM
Gonna be sending once my album finishes uploading  :metal
EDIT: Sent!

 
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 12, 2018, 10:25:54 AM
Sentypent
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 12, 2018, 11:48:47 AM
Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity

sent by TAC?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: TAC on June 12, 2018, 11:52:54 AM
Amazing.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 12, 2018, 12:00:39 PM
woah hangmeme genius here
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Evermind on June 12, 2018, 12:04:27 PM
I'll send my next awesome submission in the next 14-16 hours.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 12, 2018, 12:49:42 PM
Evermind: Native Construct - Quiet World
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: ariich on June 12, 2018, 02:30:50 PM
Sent.

Guess mine!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 11:05:26 AM
Guess mine!

No!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 11:11:06 AM
It's ____ - _____

 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 11:28:28 AM
No complete hangmanen?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 11:49:06 AM
I mean, I don't have all the albums yet
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 12:03:07 PM
:yeahright
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 12:11:01 PM
The last person who needs to send sent me an album this morning but they need to resend because I already checked it out like a week or two ago lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 12:16:41 PM
Which album was it and is it good?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: ariich on June 13, 2018, 12:45:16 PM
The last person who needs to send sent me an album this morning but they need to resend because I already checked it out like a week or two ago lol
I generally have a policy while running a roulette that I won't check out any other artists/bands I don't already know while it's ongoing. If something interests me I'll generally add it to a Spotify playlist ready for when the roulette is over.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 12:59:17 PM
And I also already warned that I'm trying to keep up with new releases from 2018 and I can't just sit around for two months building up an insurmountable backlog of them
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: The Walrus on June 13, 2018, 01:03:31 PM
This is the slowest roulette ever.  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: ariich on June 13, 2018, 01:27:53 PM
This is the slowest roulette ever.  :biggrin:
Maybe it would speed up if Parama stopped listening to new albums. :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 01:28:12 PM
You all realize that after this round we're over halfway through the roulette in terms of album count right? Sorry that i dont have a billion years to listen and rank 8-9 albums like you do but later rounds will be a lot quicker so you can just deal with it  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: The Walrus on June 13, 2018, 02:14:25 PM
You all realize that after this round we're over halfway through the roulette in terms of album count right? Sorry that i dont have a billion years to listen and rank 8-9 albums like you do but later rounds will be a lot quicker so you can just deal with it  :corn

Art thou triggered? :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 02:34:31 PM
ahh, I see, you're one of those people, k
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: The Walrus on June 13, 2018, 02:46:20 PM
I'm not even in this roulette, so don't mind me, but I didn't mean to agitate you with my initial comment (especially since I'm not participating) :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: home on June 13, 2018, 02:51:32 PM
This is the slowest roulette ever.  :biggrin:
Still faster than mine. I think were a bit spoiled now as recently  we just had a streak of hosts with lots of time to listen to the submissions.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 03:04:25 PM
Oh, but we’ve had slow ones in the past (including mine I bet).
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 03:19:17 PM
I mean I'm skipping writeups and scores to try and keep the pace up but I'm listening to and ranking approx 5 times as much music as I did in my last roulette so sorry if the pace isn't quite as good :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 03:20:26 PM
I’m not complaining at all
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: The Walrus on June 13, 2018, 03:25:26 PM
I was just giving you shit my dude  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Sacul on June 13, 2018, 03:26:36 PM
Oh boy just imagine when I run one of these album roulettes :metardica:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: home on June 13, 2018, 03:28:32 PM
I’m not complaining at all
(Unless I'm kicked prematurely)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 13, 2018, 03:46:09 PM
Oh boy just imagine when I run one of these album roulettes :metardica:
If that happens I am gonna change my name to Dacul and convince everyone I am you and then remove my account so everyone thinks you stopped existing and drop out of your roulette
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 03:50:17 PM
okay everyone gets rule 6ed roulette over :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: TAC on June 13, 2018, 03:51:50 PM
Does that mean I win?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 13, 2018, 07:24:03 PM
Does that mean I win?
I think it means he is going to start the roulette over with me as the only participant  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 07:37:31 PM
actually it means Bolsters wins again because he has the highest score now since all scores from this roulette are reset gg gratz bolsters

let me organize my roulette doc for this round & i'll put up hangmeme minus the slacker's song (i'm gonna replace it with a meme name tbh so have fun guessing who needs to send still) and i think i'm gonna do at least one album listen tonight but it depends bcuz i wanna finish the game i'm playing first
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: TAC on June 13, 2018, 07:38:17 PM
Game?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 08:25:42 PM
this manen dispenses the hang

???: __ _____ _______ - ___ _____ _________
???: _____ _____ - ______ ______
???: _____________ - ______ ___ _________ __ ___ ________ __ _____
???: _______ _________ - _____ _____ __: ____ ________
???: _________ - _ _____ ______
???: ________ - ____ _______ __ ________
???: __ _______ - __ _______

 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Sacul on June 13, 2018, 08:51:57 PM
you know the letter i have in mind
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 08:54:24 PM
???: __ _____ _______ - ___ _____ _________
???: _____ _____ - ______ ______
???: _____________ - ______ ___ _________ __ ___ ________ __ _____
???: _______ _________ - _____ _____ __: ____ ________
???: _________ - _ _____ ______
???: ________ - ____ _______ __ ________
???: __ _______ - __ _______

Letters guessed:
X

Dacul waits 3
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Sacul on June 13, 2018, 08:57:35 PM
(https://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/915/652/b49.gif)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 09:10:56 PM
i'm no mind reader, I don't even have E, S, or P guessed in hangmanen
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Bolsters on June 13, 2018, 09:42:57 PM
I
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 13, 2018, 09:43:46 PM
i'm no mind reader, I don't even have E, S, or P guessed in hangmanen
I'm pretty sure he wanted the........Q
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 09:49:28 PM
???: __ _____ __i____ - ___ _____ ______i__
???: __i__ _____ - ______ ___i__
???: __i_i____i___ - ___i__ ___ _________ __ ___ _____i__ i_ _____
???: ___i___ _________ - Q_i__ _____ II: ____ __i_____
???: I________ - _ __i__ _i__i_
???: ________ - ____ ____i__ __ _____i__
???: __ _i_____ - __ _i_____

Letters guessed:
XIQ

Puppies waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Dacul waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Bolsters on June 13, 2018, 09:59:49 PM
Quiet something II?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 13, 2018, 10:20:45 PM
Oh, that's Quiet World II by Native Construct!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 13, 2018, 10:28:00 PM
Oh, that's Quiet World II by Native Construct!
Album subtitle is Slow Trickles
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 13, 2018, 10:29:53 PM
???: __ _____ __i____ - ___ _____ ______i__
???: __i__ _____ - ______ ___i__
???: __i_i____i___ - ___i__ ___ _________ __ ___ _____i__ i_ _____
???: Native_ Construsct - Quiet World II: ____ __i_____
???: I________ - _ __i__ _i__i_
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
???: __ _i_____ - __ _i_____

Letters guessed:
XIQ

Puppies waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Dacul waits 1

 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 13, 2018, 11:43:20 PM
Oh, that's Quiet World II by Native Construct!

Is this a joke? :lol :lol



Also, I see Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
Maybe that ws TAC?


:neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: home on June 14, 2018, 12:20:25 AM
Give me your D senpai
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: LordCost on June 14, 2018, 12:43:40 AM
Oh, that's Quiet World II by Native Construct!
:rollin
First thing it came to my mind too
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 01:49:28 AM
???: __ ____d __i____ - ___ _____ __dd__i__
???: __i__ _____ - ______ ___i__
???: __i_i____i__d - __di__ __d _________ __ ___ _____i__ i_ _____
???: Native_ Construsct - Quiet World II: ____ __i_____
???: I________ - _ __i__ _i__i_
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
???: __ _i_____ - __ _i_____

Letters guessed:
XIQD

home waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 14, 2018, 03:04:05 AM
Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening

Sent by Train
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Evermind on June 14, 2018, 03:20:44 AM
Intervals - A Voice Within

Aren't they djent?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: home on June 14, 2018, 04:45:18 AM
Intervals - A Voice Within

Aren't they djent?

Definitely not in the sense that it's mostly chugging 0's and 1's
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 08:41:35 AM
Train of Naught: Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening
???: __i__ _____ - ______ ___i__
???: __i_i____i__d - __di__ __d _________ __ ___ _____i__ i_ _____
???: _____ __ ______ - ___ _i___ ____ D_____ i_ ______ ___d
???: Intervals - A Voice Within
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
???: __ _i_____ - __ _i_____

Letters guessed:
XIQD

home waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Bolsters waits 1

last album received so i updated it
the meme album name was Nativer Construct - Quiet World II: Mute Universe btw
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 14, 2018, 08:48:02 AM
O
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 08:50:18 AM
Train of Naught: Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening
???: __i__ _____ - ______ ___i__
???: __i_i____i__d - __di__ __d _________ __ ___ __o__i__ i_ _____
???: _____ o_ ____o_ - ___ _i___ ____ D_____ i_ _o____ _ood
???: Intervals - A Voice Within
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
???: __ _i_____ - __ _i_____

Letters guessed:
XIQDO

Elite waits 3
home waits 2
Puppies waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Bolsters on June 14, 2018, 08:55:54 AM
T
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 14, 2018, 09:09:43 AM
R
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 09:25:04 AM
Train of Naught: Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening
???: __it_ _____ - ______ _rti_t
???: __irit___i__d - __di__ __d ___t_____ __ _r_ __o_ti__ i_ _____
Evermind: Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
???: Intervals - A Voice Within
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
???: _t _i____t - _t _i____t

Letters guessed:
XIQDOTR

Puppies waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Elite waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 14, 2018, 09:44:37 AM
Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood

Looks (album cover) and sounds (the name) like a black metal album to me. hmm, Evermind? :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Evermind on June 14, 2018, 10:10:56 AM
It's a folky one so it'll probably get me eliminated.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 14, 2018, 10:14:23 AM
You did pay attention to the fact that the ethnic/folky track on my album was basically the worst song of last round, right? :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Evermind on June 14, 2018, 10:15:56 AM
You did pay attention to the fact that the ethnic/folky track on my album was basically the worst song of last round, right? :lol

Yeah, and this album is kinda similar to October Falls album that got Tomislav eliminated too. :lol I really don't expect much from this round.

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 14, 2018, 10:28:00 AM
I love Falls of Rauros. Although I probably would have sent Hail Wind and Hewn Oak. Then again, what do I know, I got eliminated in the first round  :facepalm:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Evermind on June 14, 2018, 10:31:49 AM
I love Falls of Rauros. Although I probably would have sent Hail Wind and Hewn Oak. Then again, what do I know, I got eliminated in the first round  :facepalm:

I wanted to go with a shorter one for Parama in case if he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to endure the whole hour of the music.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 14, 2018, 10:40:24 AM
I love Falls of Rauros. Although I probably would have sent Hail Wind and Hewn Oak. Then again, what do I know, I got eliminated in the first round  :facepalm:

I wanted to go with a shorter one for Parama in case if he doesn't like it, he doesn't have to endure the whole hour of the music.
Ah, good point.  :tup
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 02:17:33 PM
We'll see  :corn
tbh I find black metal a very hit or miss genre where you can have two similar albums and one works for me but the other doesn't it's really just a matter of personal taste and I liked october falls well enough anyways, just didn't find it compelling enough

Anyways hangmeme some more
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 14, 2018, 03:18:27 PM
I can't guess any letters and I've already guessed three albums including who sent them, so it's up to someone else now :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: The Walrus on June 14, 2018, 03:20:12 PM
E :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 03:27:56 PM
Train of Naught: Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening
???: __ite _____ - E____e _rti_t
???: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Evermind: Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
???: Intervals - A Voice Within
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
???: _t _i__e_t - _t _i__e_t

Letters guessed:
XIQDOTRE

Katt waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: The Walrus on June 14, 2018, 03:34:33 PM
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 03:56:11 PM
Yup

Surprised that wasn't guessed sooner tbh :B
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Sacul on June 14, 2018, 03:59:03 PM
ariich sent it?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 04:14:32 PM
Sorry, Pal, But That's Wrong
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: The Walrus on June 14, 2018, 06:24:32 PM
Elite sent it obv.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 06:25:28 PM
No Sir
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 14, 2018, 10:52:53 PM
Elite sent it obv.

Why is that ‘obvious’? I’ve never even heard the album.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 14, 2018, 11:19:11 PM
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Dang, that's a good album. I haven't heard it in years though.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 14, 2018, 11:56:32 PM
round 2 tidbits or something

...violently unpleasant...

...some of the worst music i've ever been sent in a roulette

...i don't think i enjoyed a single song front-to-back and only enjoyed transient moments in a handful of songs...

...exactly the opposite of what i look for in this type of music...

...possibly the most tone-deaf submission i've ever received in a roulette...

...only finished to make sure there wasn't a single thing about it i liked, and i was almost entirely correct in that assumption...

...have you figured out that this is all about one album yet?...

might be a little upset, again  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: ariich on June 15, 2018, 12:03:37 AM
:lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: The Walrus on June 15, 2018, 12:37:45 AM
Elite sent it obv.

Why is that ‘obvious’? I’ve never even heard the album.

it was a joke, because I have no freaking clue who sends anything ever
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 15, 2018, 12:56:28 AM
round 2 tidbits or something

...violently unpleasant...

...some of the worst music i've ever been sent in a roulette

...i don't think i enjoyed a single song front-to-back and only enjoyed transient moments in a handful of songs...

...exactly the opposite of what i look for in this type of music...

...possibly the most tone-deaf submission i've ever received in a roulette...

...only finished to make sure there wasn't a single thing about it i liked, and i was almost entirely correct in that assumption...

...have you figured out that this is all about one album yet?...

might be a little upset, again  :corn

Dang..
Is that a Rule #6 there?

I’m pretty sure based on the write-ups that this is not the album I sent.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 15, 2018, 01:13:06 AM
unless there's another really awful album yes absolutely a rule #6, god
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Evermind on June 15, 2018, 01:26:50 AM
Oh this is probably mine then. :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 15, 2018, 02:10:05 AM
:corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 15, 2018, 09:56:19 AM
I can’t wait to read that there’s another terrible album this round :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: TAC on June 15, 2018, 03:42:03 PM
round 2 tidbits or something

...violently unpleasant...

...some of the worst music i've ever been sent in a roulette

...i don't think i enjoyed a single song front-to-back and only enjoyed transient moments in a handful of songs...

...exactly the opposite of what i look for in this type of music...

...possibly the most tone-deaf submission i've ever received in a roulette...

...only finished to make sure there wasn't a single thing about it i liked, and i was almost entirely correct in that assumption...

...have you figured out that this is all about one album yet?...

might be a little upset, again  :corn

WOW!!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 15, 2018, 11:14:31 PM
anyways y'all should finish hangmemes, if i feel like listening to the last album tonight i'll have first impressions & most likely a rule 6 up (unless that last album is garbage too, dunno)

gotta say that aside from the one album the bar for this round has been set pretty high, even my second-least-fav so far still had a lot about it i liked
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Tomislav95 on June 16, 2018, 01:15:14 AM
home sent Spiritualized. I guess he didn't learn anything, it go him eliminated from my first roulette as well :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 02:15:37 AM
HANGMANEN FINISHER

Bottom artist/album is St. Vincent by St. Vincent

ariich sent Intervals
I sent the band no-one bothered to guess
home sent Spiritualized
Sacul sent St. Vincent

If those last two aren’t correct, they’re swapped anyway.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: Crow on June 16, 2018, 02:30:34 AM
Train of Naught: Le Grand Guignol - The Great Maddening
Elite: __ite _____ - E____e _rti_t
home: Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
Evermind: Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
ariich: Intervals - A Voice Within
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
Dacul: St. Vincent - St. Vincent

Letters guessed:
XIQDOTRE

Katt waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Bolsters waits 1

who has spiritualized been sent to btw, i recognize the first track for some reason so i feel like it must've been on an EP or something at some point & train has referenced it in EP titles once or twice too
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 02:33:29 AM
I was king of hangmanen this round
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 16, 2018, 02:37:23 AM
yeah but too bad you're getting rule 6'ed wait did i say something  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 02:47:04 AM
That would be a shame indeed
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 16, 2018, 03:04:30 AM
Eh idk, that Spiritualized album is just pretty much the epitome of 'space rock', feel like the name is known by everyone who is vaguely familiar with the music. I thought it was a funny name to reference, but I personally couldn't get through the album when I checked it out about 1-2 years ago :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 1 Final Results)
Post by: home on June 16, 2018, 03:59:27 AM
who has spiritualized been sent to btw, i recognize the first track for some reason so i feel like it must've been on an EP or something at some point & train has referenced it in EP titles once or twice too


home sent Spiritualized. I guess he didn't learn anything, it go him eliminated from my first roulette as well :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Sacul on June 16, 2018, 06:41:11 AM
That Spiritualized is quite a neat album, you have my support homeboy :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 06:45:16 AM
I have my support
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Sacul on June 16, 2018, 07:13:06 AM
Escape Artist?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 07:14:39 AM
Yes
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 16, 2018, 12:35:45 PM
okay yeah through everything for the first time and have absolutely no qualms about doing this
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I legitimately don't understand why you'd think I'd like this. This is like, the exact opposite of what I look for in pop. It's really blocky and abraisive, all the tones seem to be fine-tuned to be as unpleasant as possible, there's no sense of atmosphere or emotional depth. Hell, there's barely ever even a real hook. And it just seems like a collage of random sounds the artists had in mind and just threw together and went with whatever trainwreck was the result. I don't even particularly care for her voice either, it's not bad but not for me. Even the lyrics on a few of these made me groan. This has more in common with rock than anything pop anyways but even then, it's not like the guitars on this sound good or provide any recent riffs or grooves. Just awkward, janked up non-melodies and rhythms. This is genuinely what I expected that Flaming Lips album you sent to sound like, and this album takes up almost exclusively after the one song on that album I genuinely hated, so I feel like you really should've known better but even if I gave this a dozen listens it'd still be the worst of the bunch here by a mile and there's no point prolonging this.

Dacul with St. Vincent – St. Vincent (https://open.spotify.com/album/2CJnMhwEEkS8R1ctgt5llf), you're out.

Rest of the round continues as normal, I'll have first impressions for the rest up in a few mins.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Evermind on June 16, 2018, 12:39:02 PM
Goodbye Sacul!

That's another person I outlived with my black metal strategy. :metal

I'm genuinely happy that you at least liked something on the album I sent, even if I end up being eliminated. I love the record I submitted.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: TAC on June 16, 2018, 12:42:05 PM
So if someone is Rule 6'd, another person still gets eliminated?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 12:47:02 PM
So if someone is Rule 6'd, another person still gets eliminated?

Of course. He still has to pick the worst out of the good albums.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Crow on June 16, 2018, 12:47:30 PM
#1: This and #2 both share a lot in common stylistically and both caught my interest more than the rest this round as a side-effect of that, but this one has better vocals, even if I’m not super huge on the style.

#2: As I called out above, I don’t really care for the vocals on this, they’re actually notably bad, but the music itself is way better than I expected and surprised me quite a bit, they should just fire their vocalist and go instrumental honestly.

#3: I liked this album a lot when it wasn’t playing to the tropes of its genre but the back half of the album certainly felt like they were slipping back into safer sounds and lost my interest a little, though it’s still solid enough all the way through.

#4: This is maybe a bit over the top for me, especially on one or two tracks, but stylistically I can still vibe with this & there was still a lot about it I liked, too.

#5: Again, same as #3, I liked this more when it wasn’t playing to its genre’s tropes, though I feel like this had a lot less diversions from the norm. Nothing about it I really disliked though, which I can’t say about any other album this round except maybe my current #1.

#6: There’s a level of disconnected irony that feels prevalent throughout a lot of the tracks on this album and a few really stupid decisions but at the same time a lot of the music on display here still works well, it’s just not consistent enough or cohesive enough to keep me interested the whole way through.

I think the theme of this round in general is "vocals be meh" but my thoughts towards this round are generally more positive than the last few rounds, at least at the moment. Any of these would probably rank above Mike Oldfield from last round, and around or above The Family Crest from round 0.

@TAC: Yeah, to me the reasoning is that the entire round is pointless if there's one album so miserably bad that it's instantly in my sights for elimination while everything else is good. There's just no competition at that point. And the end result is people could be throwing away their really good albums on a round they had no chance of losing to begin with. Which to me strikes as a bit unfair to everyone else. And to me as a host. If I just went "lol Dacul is out Round 2 is over I only listened to every album once" there's not even a roulette anymore really.

Plus, this helps keep the pace up  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Hanghis Khanen)
Post by: Sacul on June 16, 2018, 12:49:19 PM
Huh, thought you'd like the quirkiness and the playfulness of her music, but certainly forgot your comment on that Flaming Lips track oops :P

I also really had no other stuff in mind for the roulette so it feels like a rightful ending right here  :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: TAC on June 16, 2018, 12:55:18 PM
OK, gotcha Parama.

Geez, those tidbits are pretty positive.

I just cut the grass to my album. I feel like any of those could be mine, maybe. Perhaps fire the vocalist but awesome music one. :lol




I legitimately don't understand why you'd think I'd like this.

I legitimately don't understand why you'd think anyone would like this.
Sacul, sorry man, but I just checked this out. WTf'nF is that?

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on June 16, 2018, 01:06:11 PM
A music critic I follow is actually pretty positive on st. vincent and that album so I know there is some audience for it

Just... not me
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: Elite on June 16, 2018, 01:10:13 PM
I think #4 is Le Grand Guignol, but I'm basing that solely on the track I received in my Roulette.

I don't know what Hyperomm sounds like apart from the track I received in my roulette and that's not exactly similar to the album I sent (though still the same genre), so I'm guessing I'm not #1 or #2. Number 6 doesn't seem like the album I sent either, because I think it's cohesive enough not to warrant a comment like that.

So, I guess I'm either #3 or #5. #5 is more likely to me, because the comment about the back half being less interesting doesn't compute with how I feel the album (I think the weakest part is in the middle).

But watch me be wrong.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: Sacul on June 16, 2018, 01:16:24 PM
I legitimately don't understand why you'd think anyone would like this.
Sacul, sorry man, but I just checked this out. WTf'nF is that?
I
I prefer your love
to jeeeeeeesuuuuuuuuussss
:metardica:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: TAC on June 16, 2018, 03:49:50 PM
Parama, how did you end up here at DTF? I suppose at one time you were a fan of Dream Theater?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on June 16, 2018, 03:59:13 PM
my join date is over 10 years ago
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: The Walrus on June 16, 2018, 05:44:02 PM
I'm checking out St. Vincent and immediately on the first song the vocal melody is the same as Kings of Leon's Family Tree

This is some totally Sacul stuff. I don't know if I hate it or love it or what but it's bizarre and interesting
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Rule 6 & First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on June 19, 2018, 09:27:04 PM
okay i should probably post some results, i honestly don't know which album i'm gonna cut yet but i do have a bottom two, one of which is consistently "fine" and the other is all over the goddamn place with a few great songs and a few bad ones and a lot in between but i do have a few i know for certain are safe, like
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Honestly while I can't say this 100% works for me all of the time, this is pretty much exactly the kind of album I'm looking for; proggy but not in a generic way, pulling in bits and pieces of other influences to make something of an original sound without ever getting too wacky, and having a lot of moments where stuff really comes together. It's not the album this round I have the best grasp on for sure but it's probably the one I like the most overall just from both stylistically working for me and for having a lot of songs I like, though it maybe has a few too many overall, dunno, we'll see how I feel after more listens since this is likely gonna get them. Only real gripe is that the vocal style isn't exactly for me, but it doesn't really detract either, it's just... there. But yeah, no, I do like this one a fair bit and while it doesn't blow me away I'm still definitely interested in checking it out further.

Elite with White Walls – Escape Artist (https://open.spotify.com/album/1MW459no36tORE75SBGHgf), step right and come to the next round.

i'll probably post another one tomorrow morning or something there's at least one other i know for sure is through but i don't really see my overall current ranking changing too much anyways, it was exactly the same after my first and second listens
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 First Save)
Post by: Elite on June 20, 2018, 02:49:12 AM
Oh, well that's definitely better than last round. Glad you liked it!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 First Save)
Post by: Crow on June 20, 2018, 08:29:40 PM
another one because i definitely consider this one safe,
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Like I mentioned before, this and White Walls had a lot of similarities - proggy and heavy sound that pulls in bits and pieces of other sounds for a bit of flavor while never going too wacky to the point of losing cohesion. What this album unfortunately has is some pretty bad growls, but they don't take up that huge a chunk of the record & the instrumental moments are where the musicianship tends to shine naturally, anyways. I guess the only other gripe is that the average song length is pretty short, which is not really an issue unless you're an idiot like me who likes longer songs that have time to develop and evolve but I digress. While I don't think this was as consistently compelling as White Walls, (and I don't think quite reaches the heights of what I have as #3 in my rankings, but doesn't really have any low points either), I still enjoyed this a lot from the first listen and knew it was pretty safe once I got a few tracks deep into it. Shame about that horrid cover art though.

Of course, I'm talking about TAC with Hyperomm – From Nothing to Eternity (https://open.spotify.com/album/0WDZQKV57q8lFScwD09TPk?si=AyfzMWQ1Ta-7XKDrplN-yQ), which is more than good enough to get you through to the next round.
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Current standings:
1. White Walls - Escape Artist
2. Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity

I'm gonna try and finish this round up by Friday at the latest, I don't think I'm going to have too tough a time deciding who to cut this round but we'll see, it always seems to come down to just two albums in the end  :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: TAC on June 21, 2018, 04:20:12 AM
 :metal :metal :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: home on June 21, 2018, 10:15:38 AM
Hey, that St. Vincent album is actually pretty good
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: Sacul on June 21, 2018, 10:23:34 AM
Hey, that St. Vincent album is actually pretty good
:2metal:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: Crow on June 22, 2018, 12:31:26 PM
I'm gonna try and get results for this round done this weekend but after that I need to put this on break for a week, really busy with work atm
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: Crow on June 24, 2018, 02:04:37 PM
oh woops i meant to do this save earlier but forgot
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I pretty much always say that djent on its own is never gonna win me over, because as a style it tends to accentuate a lot of things I dislike; moving focus away from melody and hooks to focus only on rhythms and heaviness and ending up all sounding a lot like all other djent. But taking elements of djent and incorporating them into other styles of music, that can work well. I think this is more djent with other styles merged in rather than the other way around, but I still think it does enough to distinguish itself from other albums in the genre, especially with a lot of its jazzy elements they incorporate quite frequently. Moment Marauder is probably the highlight in this regard, in terms of uniqueness and interesting flavor. But the real highlights of the album are the two longest tracks, which both have a pretty similar structure of "pretty standard/somewhat technical first half, emotionally charged chorus-based second half" and both times this structure works incredibly well for them and for the album as a whole, giving a peak right in the middle and a peak right at the end, they're great moments. Breathe feels a bit... underdeveloped as a track, I get that it's supposed to be an interlude but it feels like they could've extended it a bit more regardless. The tracks between Breathe and the closer are all... there, they don't register as well with me and feel like they fall victim to djent tropes a bit more but I don't dislike them. Still overall I enjoyed this one a fair bit and it may be worth following up on, really, hell, I got another djent album earlier this year that... well, wasn't as consistent as this one, really, still had some highlights though, but really this only solidifies my opinion that djent works almost excusively as a flavor rather than the main course. And that's fine.

ariich with Intervals – A Voice Within (https://open.spotify.com/album/3p08PfwMs0z5FdRSuBpmmU), you're again pretty easily through to the next round.
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1. White Walls - Escape Artist
2. Intervals - A Voice Within
3. Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity

will see if i can get the rest of the results posted tonight, i still dunno which one i wanna cut, the one that's inconsistent and has a lot of elements that annoy me without ever really grasping me too hard but achieves a base level of intrigue regardless, the one that has nothing about it I dislike but doesn't do much to distinguish itself and feels pretty unmemorable, or the one that has a few great songs but a grueling ending and a pretty consistent problem of tonal inconsistency throughout. you can probably figure out which is which easily but that doesn't matter because i still don't have a clear ranking of them myself so it's w/e
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: TAC on June 24, 2018, 04:26:48 PM
I have Intervals' A Way Forward Saved on Spotify. I really like it.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: ariich on June 25, 2018, 06:55:28 AM
:metal

I'd agree with pretty much all of that. I think I probably have a bit more tolerance than you for how much djent goes into an album, but I also don't like when I've heard albums that are just djent and not really anything else. Intervals got a really good balance on that album, and I think adding a vocalist really helped give the songs more focus whereas their usual instrumental albums/EPs always feel like they're just missing vocals. Anyway, glad you liked it!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: Crow on June 25, 2018, 10:53:32 PM
ehh, i could do another relisten but honestly at this point i don't think it's worth it
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I don't have much to say about this album, I don't have a ton to say about any of these three to be honest. This one is... weird, yes, but I think it overplays its weirdness to the point where once you strip away the initial "omgsocrazy" reaction all you're left with is... okay metal that tends to be way too overbearing. Some of the vocals, especially the "crazy" bits in tracks 4 and 5, really just... don't do it for me. And as well the guitar tone on the heavier moments is... lacking. Especially since I think this is like, a remaster/rerecording of the album, that they released under a different band name a year before? I'm not sure on that but it doesn't really matter. The track you played in plug.dj was I think was Lucilinburhuc, which is... one of the more "normal" tracks but still with enough flavor to it & more compelling music in general than a lot of the album, which makes it a smart pick and also gave me expectations that the rest of the album didn't tend to meet. And the pacing of this album is strange too, three of the last four tracks are all quite brief after a lot of longer tracks in the front half, which makes them feel kind of tacked-on or unimportant. I feel like I'm being pretty down on this but I still did like this, it's just hard to call out specific things I did like because they don't stand out as much as the issues I have. I dunno. I still think this is pretty easily safe over the other two though.

Train of Naught with Le Grand Guignol – The Great Maddening (https://open.spotify.com/album/5yhr9KFIPVnqUad7lxLOVQ), looks like you haven't gone off the deep end just quite yet.
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I honestly could just copy and paste my writeup on October Falls wholesale here because I feel -exactly- the same towards this album as I did towards that one. The issue is, to put it bluntly. This lacks the intensity that makes black metal appealing to me, same as October Falls. It's absolutely "nice" music, I am absolutely okay with listening to it, there's nothing about this I dislike at all, but at the same time I've heard this sound before plenty of times and without having anything really new to offer it just doesn't personally compel me much. I feel like there's a tiny bit more flavor here than October Falls had but it's not paced as well as an album overall either, and the production is maybe just a tad too muddy. I dunno. In a round without an obvious sore thumb in the bunch this would probably get cut for just not interesting me much, but the album I did settle on cutting just has a problem I can't overlook, so this is safe for now.

Evermind with Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood (https://open.spotify.com/album/3KTvpVPF3pW8mso2Vji9tv) is safe to tell another tale, yet again.
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And that leaves us with Spiritualized. Oh lord. I have THOUGHTS about this one, alright, and they are incredibly mixed. For starters. That intro track/title track? Absolutely GORGEOUS. Loved it from first listen. How did that get home cut from Tomi's roulette? Seriously dude? Okay. And then Come Together is pretty solid too, a lot more abraisive and lumbering but in a way that works. And then things start to fall apart... I Think I'm In Love contains one of the first moments of "the lyrics have to be ironic because I can't imagine them being straight-faced" and irony is one of the least interesting ways to make music to me. The "probably just" lyric bit, in particular. Every track after that until Broken Heart I don't... remember a single thing about. I don't remember really disliking any of them, but they don't really offer much for me. I'm just skimming through them now... All of My Thoughts is a pretty nice one actually, Stay With Me is... also pretty nice and builds well, Electricity isn't exactly my thing but makes for a nice change of pace, the next two are basically one track split into two parts and really ambient. Broken Heart then. I like how this one -sounds- a lot but god the lyrics are again so... banal. Ruins the atmosphere for me just a little. Next track is an okay instrumental, Cool Waves is a great album closer.

...

Right, now then. Cop Shoot Cop may be the single worst song in the entire roulette this far, worse than any song on that St. Vincent album, because... it's just the most grueling, pointless, overly long tedium-fest I've heard in a long while. That nice groove that starts the song off is okay for a minute or two. Until you realize. That's... that's it. That's the entire 17 minute song. Sure, they turn up the volume on that groove a few times. And they stop the song dead in its tracks to hit random notes on all their instruments for about 4 minutes straight, before just going right back to sounding exactly like the rest of the song beforehand. With like, a tiiiiny bit of added texture. It's the pinnacle of pretentiousness. It just inherently projects this "we're so awesome we can put anything on our record and the critics will eat it up". It offends me on a deep level that I honestly can't get past, especially because it drags out what would be a pretty solid album with a pretty decent length into becoming an absolute chore to finish, just by itself. If this song wasn't here, this would honestly almost certainly be safe, but the fact that I want to skip an entire 17 minute chunk of an album and would never wish to listen to this one song again, it's just a sticking point for me that my relatively mildness towards the other two albums this round can't possibly overcome.

Also, it feels to me like these guys are inspired by the Beatles a lot. A lot of this takes notes from them but reframes them into a more psychedelic, early-Floyd type of vibe. I think they even lampshade this by having a song name literally taken from the Beatles. Anyways.

home with Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space (https://open.spotify.com/album/6OZQfQj94Lidi1EMpXydbh), looks like the cop shot you down this time. RIP.

1. White Walls - Escape Artist
2. Intervals - A Voice Within
3. Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
4. Le Grand Guignol – The Great Maddening
5. Falls of Rauros - The Light That Dwells in Rotten Wood
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6. Spiritualized – Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space

i honestly half-wanted to give the bottom three another spin to solidify my thoughts further but i feel like it'd be as pointless as listening to that last spiritualized song felt all three times i did listen to it, so, whatever. like i said, not gonna be listening to anything for probably the next few days at least, Friday or Saturday, but go ahead and send for the next round
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Evermind on June 25, 2018, 11:06:37 PM
Oh wow, I was sure that was the end for me. :rollin Well alright then! That's one step closer to the victory.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Elite on June 25, 2018, 11:06:55 PM
From almost eliminated to first place in just one round :corn

I can recommend the album I sent to most of the players in this roulette here as well, it's a good progressive metal endeavour and I'm not surprised Parama liked it (that's why I picked it). Will look for something for round 3!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on June 26, 2018, 12:02:48 AM
I'm so good at this game huh


aren't I
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Another Save)
Post by: home on June 26, 2018, 04:27:13 AM
That intro track/title track? Absolutely GORGEOUS. Loved it from first listen.
:angel:

The "probably just" lyric bit, in particular.
What never wondered if you were in love or just hungry?


I agree that the Cop Shoot Cop drags a little, but I still think it's a pretty neat song. The repetition does really fit the "addiction"theme of keep getting another fix. You're completely right about the Beatles influence, Electricity definitely steals from Love Me Do, but the general sound of the song is kind of Doors like I think.

Anyway, thanks for hosting! Glad I was able to send some stuff you like :azn:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: TAC on June 26, 2018, 07:03:07 PM
Ooh..old guy makes the Top 5!

(https://www.mchearing.co.uk/images/wax07.jpg)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: ariich on June 27, 2018, 02:21:25 PM
Round 3 sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Evermind on June 28, 2018, 01:50:45 PM
Sent some circus/psychedelic black metal.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 28, 2018, 01:58:31 PM
I think I have everyone except elite, tho there's one submission I'm on the fence about accepting rn, will think about it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Evermind on June 28, 2018, 02:03:17 PM
I think I have everyone except elite, tho there's one submission I'm on the fence about accepting rn, will think about it

I guess it's not mine, but if it is, better tell me right now because I may be away for the weekend.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Elite on June 28, 2018, 02:12:31 PM
Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 28, 2018, 03:06:55 PM
Nah I told the person already that they should get a backup ready just in case they know who they are
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Elite on June 30, 2018, 05:42:46 AM
Has the culprit resent, and are we getting some hangmanenens?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 10:24:41 AM
i'm just gonna accept the album w/e, i haven't heard a second of it even if i've checked out the band a little before so
also sure let's hangmeme i'll put it up in like 5 mins
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 10:33:48 AM
hangmanenin

???: __________ ________ - ___ ___ ____ ________ __ ___ _____ _____
???: __________ - ____________
???: ____ ______ ____ - ______ __ ____
???: ________ - _____ _____ __________ ___
???: ______ ____ _____ - ______ _______
???: ___ ___ - __________
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 30, 2018, 10:34:25 AM
C
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 10:38:52 AM
???: ____c_____ ________ - ___ ___ C___ C_______ __ ___ _____ _c___
???: __________ - ____________
???: ____ ______ ____ - ______ __ ____
???: ________ - _____ _____ __________ ___
???: ______ ____ _____ - ______ __c____
???: ___ ___ - __________

Letters guessed: C

Puppies waits 3

i am drowning in a digital c
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Elite on June 30, 2018, 10:59:03 AM
Y
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 11:16:43 AM
???: ____c_____ ________ - ___ ___ C___ C_______ __ ___ _____ _c___
???: __________ - ____________
???: ____ ______ ____ - __y___ __ ____
???: ________ - _____ _____ __________ ___
???: ______ ____ _____ - ______ __c____
???: ___ ___ - _________y

Letters guessed: CY

Elite waits 3
Puppies waits 2

Y oh Y my god above have you abandoned me
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: TAC on June 30, 2018, 11:32:09 AM
T
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Elite on June 30, 2018, 11:50:49 AM
Rhythm (of Life (?))
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 11:55:00 AM
???: _t__ct____ ________ - ___ t__ C___ C_______ __ t__ _____ _c___
???: __________ - ______t____t
Evermind: ____ _____t ____ - __y___ __ ____
???: ________ - _____ __t__ __________ ___
???: T_____ ___t _____ - _____t __c____
???: T__ ___ - ______t__y

Letters guessed: CYT

TAC waits 3
Elite waits 2
Puppies waits 1

have a nice cup of T
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Evermind on June 30, 2018, 12:50:48 PM
Rhythm (of Life (?))

Nope and nope and nope. Not even close.

That one's mine btw.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: TAC on June 30, 2018, 04:51:21 PM
L
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 06:01:10 PM
TAC waits 3
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: TAC on June 30, 2018, 06:07:44 PM
Give me the fucking letter!

 ;D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on June 30, 2018, 06:13:21 PM
tac takes an L and is instantly eliminated as a result. round 4 starts tomorrow
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: TAC on June 30, 2018, 06:16:10 PM
Sent for Round 4.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on June 30, 2018, 08:37:29 PM
 :rollin
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 01, 2018, 01:15:55 AM
L
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 01, 2018, 01:20:42 AM
???: _t__ct___l ________ - ___ t__ C___ C____l__ __ t__ ____l _c___
???: __________ - ______t____t
Evermind: ___l _____t ____ - __y___ __ _l__
???: __l___l_ - ___l_ __t_l _______l__ ___
???: T__l__ ___t _____ - __l__t __c____
???: T__ ___ - _l____t__y

Letters guessed: CYTL

Train waits 3
TAC waits 2
Elite waits 1

it's L-ementary my dear watson
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 01, 2018, 01:48:45 AM
R
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Bolsters on July 01, 2018, 01:57:28 AM
S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 2 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 01, 2018, 12:39:23 PM
???: Str_ct_r_l __s_r__r - ___ t__ C___ Cr___l_s __ t__ ____l Sc___
???: _r____r___ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: ___l S__r_t ___r - __y___ __ _l__
???: S_l___l_ - __rl_ __t_l __s____l_s S__
???: T__l__ ___t _____ - S_l__t __c____
???: T__ ___ - _l____t_ry

Letters guessed: CYTLRS

Bolsters waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Train waits 1

R you ready for dat S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Sacul on July 01, 2018, 12:42:11 PM
U
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Luoto on July 01, 2018, 12:50:57 PM
Hail Spirit Noir
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Elite on July 01, 2018, 12:52:43 PM
Structural Disorder - and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene



that's an ... obscure pick (that I had to look up as well)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 01, 2018, 12:57:41 PM
i'm gonna tell a secret: i'd actually heard that one once before this round, i almost considered not allowing it too but i didn't remember any of it at all & it wasn't on my list so i allowed it

???: Structural Disorder - ... and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene
???: _r____r___ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: Hail Spirit Noir - __y___ __ _lu_
???: S_l___l_ - __rl_ __t_l __s____l_s Su_
???: T__l__ ___t _____ - S_l__t __c____
???: T__ ___ - _l____t_ry

Letters guessed: CYTLRSU

Dacul waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Puppies waits 1

U are a waste of air
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 02, 2018, 08:18:55 PM
good hangmanen guys anyways have some first impressions

#1: The key to being both weird and interesting is to pick one style that's notably eccentric and stick to it and explore it fully, rather than pulling in lots of random elements into otherwise "normal" sounding music to try and be "lol so random". This album definitely understands this and it succeeds pretty well as a result.

#2: This and #3 have a lot in common but I think this one slightly edges it out for me by just being a bit heavier while still maintaining competent songwriting and enough little quirks to it beyond that to keep things a bit interesting. Don't have a ton to say about it and I think the ending wasn't particularly strong but I enjoyed this front to back.

#3: I basically already said everything about this one in #2 but it's just, got a little bit less of the qualities that appeal to me in general, but I still liked this one, don't get me wrong.

#4: The key to being both weird and interesting is to pick one style that's notably eccentric and stick to it and explore it fully, rather than pulling in lots of random elements into otherwise "normal" sounding music to try and be "lol so random". This album does not get that at all and ends up sounding like an absolute mess for its first half, but it solidifies into something at least decently compelling as it progresses.

#5: I talk a lot about tropes and how playing too strongly into them can make me lose interest, but that's more when they're tropes I don't inherently like to begin with. And a lot of the tropes this album plays into are not really up my alley, and I've said as much before too, even in this roulette. It isn't necessarily bad but I found this the least compelling to listen to of all the albums, at least #4 was interesting even when it was failing hard.


A bit of a mixed bag this round, I find it really unlikely the cut is gonna come from anywhere other than my #4 and #5 on first listen, but we'll see I guess  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: TAC on July 02, 2018, 08:28:17 PM
I have NO IDEA!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 02, 2018, 09:43:45 PM
then i've done my job well
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: ariich on July 02, 2018, 11:15:26 PM
All of them, as usual.

Let's have an A!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 02, 2018, 11:21:49 PM
???: Structural Disorder - ... and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene
???: _r_a__ra__ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: Hail Spirit Noir - _ay___ __ _lu_
???: S_l__al_ - __rl_ __tal __s____l_s Su_
???: T__l__ ___t ____a - S_l__t _ac____
???: T__ ___ - _l____tary

Letters guessed: CYTLRSUA

ariich waits 3
Dacul waits 2
Bolsters waits 1

A is already a word so i'm not doing one for it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Elite on July 02, 2018, 11:48:20 PM
#2 & #3 are the most logical for the album I sent, because I don’t think the album is ‘weird’ by any stretch, but watch me be wrong and get eliminated. We’ll see.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 03, 2018, 12:06:43 AM
Gimme the B!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 03, 2018, 01:17:14 AM
???: Structural Disorder - ... and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene
???: _r_a__ra__ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: Hail Spirit Noir - _ay___ __ Blu_
Train of Naught: Solefald - __rl_ __tal __s____l_s Su_
???: T__l__ ___t ____a - S_l__t _ac____
???: T__ ___ - _l____tary

Letters guessed: CYTLRSUAB

Puppies waits 3
ariich waits 2
Dacul waits 1

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a bee should be able to fly. Its wings are too small to get its fat little body off the ground. The bee, of course, flies anyway because bees don't care what humans think is impossible. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Yellow, black. Ooh, black and yellow! Let's shake it up a little. Barry! Breakfast is ready! Ooming! Hang on a second. Hello? - Barry? - Adam? - Oan you believe this is happening? - I can't. I'll pick you up. Looking sharp. Use the stairs. Your father paid good money for those. Sorry. I'm excited. Here's the graduate. We're very proud of you, son. A perfect report card, all B's. Very proud. Ma! I got a thing going here. - You got lint on your fuzz. - Ow! That's me! - Wave to us! We'll be in row 118,000. - Bye! Barry, I told you, stop flying in the house! - Hey, Adam. - Hey, Barry. - Is that fuzz gel? - A little. Special day, graduation. Never thought I'd make it. Three days grade school, three days high school. Those were awkward. Three days college. I'm glad I took a day and hitchhiked around the hive. You did come back different. - Hi, Barry. - Artie, growing a mustache? Looks good. - Hear about Frankie? - Yeah. - You going to the funeral? - No, I'm not going. Everybody knows, sting someone, you die. Don't waste it on a squirrel. Such a hothead. I guess he could have just gotten out of the way. I love this incorporating an amusement park into our day. That's why we don't need vacations. Boy, quite a bit of pomp... under the circumstances. - Well, Adam, today we are men. - We are! - Bee-men. - Amen! Hallelujah! Students, faculty, distinguished bees, please welcome Dean Buzzwell. Welcome, New Hive Oity graduating class of... ...9:15. That concludes our ceremonies. And begins your career at Honex Industries! Will we pick ourjob today? I heard it's just orientation. Heads up! Here we go. Keep your hands and antennas inside the tram at all times. - Wonder what it'll be like? - A little scary. Welcome to Honex, a division of Honesco and a part of the Hexagon Group. This is it! Wow. Wow. We know that you, as a bee, have worked your whole life to get to the point where you can work for your whole life. Honey begins when our valiant Pollen Jocks bring the nectar to the hive. Our top-secret formula is automatically color-corrected, scent-adjusted and bubble-contoured into this soothing sweet syrup with its distinctive golden glow you know as... Honey! - That girl was hot. - She's my cousin! - She is? - Yes, we're all cousins. - Right. You're right. - At Honex, we constantly strive to improve every aspect of bee existence. These bees are stress-testing a new helmet technology. - What do you think he makes? - Not enough. Here we have our latest advancement, the Krelman. - What does that do? - Oatches that little strand of honey that hangs after you pour it. Saves us millions. Oan anyone work on the Krelman? Of course. Most bee jobs are small ones. But bees know that every small job, if it's done well, means a lot. But choose carefully because you'll stay in the job you pick for the rest of your life. The same job the rest of your life? I didn't know that. What's the difference? You'll be happy to know that bees, as a species, haven't had one day off in 27 million years. So you'll just work us to death? We'll sure try. Wow! That blew my mind! "What's the difference?" How can you say that? One job forever? That's an insane choice to have to make. I'm relieved. Now we only have to make one decision in life. But, Adam, how could they never have told us that? Why would you question anything? We're bees. We're the most perfectly functioning society on Earth. You ever think maybe things work a little too well here? Like what? Give me one example. I don't know. But you know what I'm talking about. Please clear the gate. Royal Nectar Force on approach. Wait a second. Oheck it out. - Hey, those are Pollen Jocks! - Wow. I've never seen them this close. They know what it's like outside the hive. Yeah, but some don't come back. - Hey, Jocks! - Hi, Jocks! You guys did great! You're monsters! You're sky freaks! I love it! I love it! - I wonder where they were. - I don't know. Their day's not planned. Outside the hive, flying who knows where, doing who knows what. You can'tjust decide to be a Pollen Jock. You have to be bred for that. Right. Look. That's more pollen than you and I will see in a lifetime. It's just a status symbol. Bees make too much of it. Perhaps. Unless you're wearing it and the ladies see you wearing it. Those ladies? Aren't they our cousins too? Distant. Distant. Look at these two. - Oouple of Hive Harrys. - Let's have fun with them. It must be dangerous being a Pollen Jock. Yeah. Once a bear pinned me against a mushroom! He had a paw on my throat, and with the other, he was slapping me! - Oh, my! - I never thought I'd knock him out. What were you doing during this? Trying to alert the authorities. I can autograph that. A little gusty out there today, wasn't it, comrades? Yeah. Gusty. We're hitting a sunflower patch six miles from here tomorrow. - Six miles, huh? - Barry! A puddle jump for us, but maybe you're not up for it. - Maybe I am. - You are not! We're going 0900 at J-Gate. What do you think, buzzy-boy? Are you bee enough? I might be. It all depends on what 0900 means. Hey, Honex! Dad, you surprised me. You decide what you're interested in? - Well, there's a lot of choices. - But you only get one. Do you ever get bored doing the same job every day? Son, let me tell you about stirring. You grab that stick, and you just move it around, and you stir it around. You get yourself into a rhythm. It's a beautiful thing. You know, Dad, the more I think about it, maybe the honey field just isn't right for me. You were thinking of what, making balloon animals? That's a bad job for a guy with a stinger. Janet, your son's not sure he wants to go into honey! - Barry, you are so funny sometimes. - I'm not trying to be funny. You're not funny! You're going into honey. Our son, the stirrer! - You're gonna be a stirrer? - No one's listening to me! Wait till you see the sticks I have. I could say anything right now. I'm gonna get an ant tattoo! Let's open some honey and celebrate! Maybe I'll pierce my thorax. Shave my antennae. Shack up with a grasshopper. Get a gold tooth and call everybody "dawg"! I'm so proud. - We're starting work today! - Today's the day. Oome on! All the good jobs will be gone. Yeah, right. Pollen counting, stunt bee, pouring, stirrer, front desk, hair removal... - Is it still available? - Hang on. Two left! One of them's yours! Oongratulations! Step to the side. - What'd you get? - Picking crud out. Stellar! Wow! Oouple of newbies? Yes, sir! Our first day! We are ready! Make your choice. - You want to go first? - No, you go. Oh, my. What's available? Restroom attendant's open, not for the reason you think. - Any chance of getting the Krelman? - Sure, you're on. I'm sorry, the Krelman just closed out. Wax monkey's always open. The Krelman opened up again. What happened? A bee died. Makes an opening. See? He's dead. Another dead one. Deady. Deadified. Two more dead. Dead from the neck up. Dead from the neck down. That's life! Oh, this is so hard! Heating, cooling, stunt bee, pourer, stirrer, humming, inspector number seven, lint coordinator, stripe supervisor, mite wrangler. Barry, what do you think I should... Barry? Barry! All right, we've got the sunflower patch in quadrant nine... What happened to you? Where are you? - I'm going out. - Out? Out where? - Out there. - Oh, no! I have to, before I go to work for the rest of my life. You're gonna die! You're crazy! Hello? Another call coming in. If anyone's feeling brave, there's a Korean deli on 83rd that gets their roses today. Hey, guys. - Look at that. - Isn't that the kid we saw yesterday? Hold it, son, flight deck's restricted. It's OK, Lou. We're gonna take him up. Really? Feeling lucky, are you? Sign here, here. Just initial that. - Thank you. - OK. You got a rain advisory today, and as you all know, bees cannot fly in rain. So be careful. As always, watch your brooms, hockey sticks, dogs, birds, bears and bats. Also, I got a couple of reports of root beer being poured on us. Murphy's in a home because of it, babbling like a cicada! - That's awful. - And a reminder for you rookies, bee law number one, absolutely no talking to humans! All right, launch positions! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz! Black and yellow! Hello! You ready for this, hot shot? Yeah. Yeah, bring it on. Wind, check. - Antennae, check. - Nectar pack, check. - Wings, check. - Stinger, check. Scared out of my shorts, check. OK, ladies, let's move it out! Pound those petunias, you striped stem-suckers! All of you, drain those flowers! Wow! I'm out! I can't believe I'm out! So blue. I feel so fast and free! Box kite! Wow! Flowers! This is Blue Leader. We have roses visual. Bring it around 30 degrees and hold. Roses! 30 degrees, roger. Bringing it around. Stand to the side, kid. It's got a bit of a kick. That is one nectar collector! - Ever see pollination up close? - No, sir. I pick up some pollen here, sprinkle it over here. Maybe a dash over there, a pinch on that one. See that? It's a little bit of magic. That's amazing. Why do we do that? That's pollen power. More pollen, more flowers, more nectar, more honey for us. Oool. I'm picking up a lot of bright yellow. Oould be daisies. Don't we need those? Oopy that visual. Wait. One of these flowers seems to be on the move. Say again? You're reporting a moving flower? Affirmative. That was on the line! This is the coolest. What is it? I don't know, but I'm loving this color. It smells good. Not like a flower, but I like it. Yeah, fuzzy. Ohemical-y. Oareful, guys. It's a little grabby. My sweet lord of bees! Oandy-brain, get off there! Problem! - Guys! - This could be bad. Affirmative. Very close. Gonna hurt. Mama's little boy. You are way out of position, rookie! Ooming in at you like a missile! Help me! I don't think these are flowers. - Should we tell him? - I think he knows. What is this?! Match point! You can start packing up, honey, because you're about to eat it! Yowser! Gross. There's a bee in the car! - Do something! - I'm driving! - Hi, bee. - He's back here! He's going to sting me! Nobody move. If you don't move, he won't sting you. Freeze! He blinked! Spray him, Granny! What are you doing?! Wow... the tension level out here is unbelievable. I gotta get home. Oan't fly in rain. Oan't fly in rain. Oan't fly in rain. Mayday! Mayday! Bee going down! Ken, could you close the window please? Ken, could you close the window please? Oheck out my new resume. I made it into a fold-out brochure. You see? Folds out. Oh, no. More humans. I don't need this. What was that? Maybe this time. This time. This time. This time! This time! This... Drapes! That is diabolical. It's fantastic. It's got all my special skills, even my top-ten favorite movies. What's number one? Star Wars? Nah, I don't go for that... ...kind of stuff. No wonder we shouldn't talk to them. They're out of their minds. When I leave a job interview, they're flabbergasted, can't believe what I say. There's the sun. Maybe that's a way out. I don't remember the sun having a big 75 on it. I predicted global warming. I could feel it getting hotter. At first I thought it was just me. Wait! Stop! Bee! Stand back. These are winter boots. Wait! Don't kill him! You know I'm allergic to them! This thing could kill me! Why does his life have less value than yours? Why does his life have any less value than mine? Is that your statement? I'm just saying all life has value. You don't know what he's capable of feeling. My brochure! There you go, little guy. I'm not scared of him. It's an allergic thing. Put that on your resume brochure. My whole face could puff up. Make it one of your special skills. Knocking someone out is also a special skill. Right. Bye, Vanessa. Thanks. - Vanessa, next week? Yogurt night? - Sure, Ken. You know, whatever. - You could put carob chips on there. - Bye. - Supposed to be less calories. - Bye. I gotta say something. She saved my life. I gotta say something. All right, here it goes. Nah. What would I say? I could really get in trouble. It's a bee law. You're not supposed to talk to a human. I can't believe I'm doing this. I've got to. Oh, I can't do it. Oome on! No. Yes. No. Do it. I can't. How should I start it? "You like jazz?" No, that's no good. Here she comes! Speak, you fool! Hi! I'm sorry. - You're talking. - Yes, I know. You're talking! I'm so sorry. No, it's OK. It's fine. I know I'm dreaming. But I don't recall going to bed. Well, I'm sure this is very disconcerting. This is a bit of a surprise to me. I mean, you're a bee! I am. And I'm not supposed to be doing this, but they were all trying to kill me. And if it wasn't for you... I had to thank you. It's just how I was raised. That was a little weird. - I'm talking with a bee. - Yeah. I'm talking to a bee. And the bee is talking to me! I just want to say I'm grateful. I'll leave now. - Wait! How did you learn to do that? - What? The talking thing. Same way you did, I guess. "Mama, Dada, honey." You pick it up. - That's very funny. - Yeah. Bees are funny. If we didn't laugh, we'd cry with what we have to deal with. Anyway... Oan I... ...get you something? - Like what? I don't know. I mean... I don't know. Ooffee? I don't want to put you out. It's no trouble. It takes two minutes. - It's just coffee. - I hate to impose. - Don't be ridiculous! - Actually, I would love a cup. Hey, you want rum cake? - I shouldn't. - Have some. - No, I can't. - Oome on! I'm trying to lose a couple micrograms. - Where? - These stripes don't help. You look great! I don't know if you know anything about fashion. Are you all right? No. He's making the tie in the cab as they're flying up Madison. He finally gets there. He runs up the steps into the church. The wedding is on. And he says, "Watermelon? I thought you said Guatemalan. Why would I marry a watermelon?" Is that a bee joke? That's the kind of stuff we do. Yeah, different. So, what are you gonna do, Barry? About work? I don't know. I want to do my part for the hive, but I can't do it the way they want. I know how you feel. - You do? - Sure. My parents wanted me to be a lawyer or a doctor, but I wanted to be a florist. - Really? - My only interest is flowers. Our new queen was just elected with that same campaign slogan. Anyway, if you look... There's my hive right there. See it? You're in Sheep Meadow! Yes! I'm right off the Turtle Pond! No way! I know that area. I lost a toe ring there once. - Why do girls put rings on their toes? - Why not? - It's like putting a hat on your knee. - Maybe I'll try that. - You all right, ma'am? - Oh, yeah. Fine. Just having two cups of coffee! Anyway, this has been great. Thanks for the coffee. Yeah, it's no trouble. Sorry I couldn't finish it. If I did, I'd be up the rest of my life. Are you...? Oan I take a piece of this with me? Sure! Here, have a crumb. - Thanks! - Yeah. All right. Well, then... I guess I'll see you around. Or not. OK, Barry. And thank you so much again... for before. Oh, that? That was nothing. Well, not nothing, but... Anyway... This can't possibly work. He's all set to go. We may as well try it. OK, Dave, pull the chute. - Sounds amazing. - It was amazing! It was the scariest, happiest moment of my life. Humans! I can't believe you were with humans! Giant, scary humans! What were they like? Huge and crazy. They talk crazy. They eat crazy giant things. They drive crazy. - Do they try and kill you, like on TV? - Some of them. But some of them don't. - How'd you get back? - Poodle. You did it, and I'm glad. You saw whatever you wanted to see. You had your "experience." Now you can pick out yourjob and be normal. - Well... - Well? Well, I met someone. You did? Was she Bee-ish? - A wasp?! Your parents will kill you! - No, no, no, not a wasp. - Spider? - I'm not attracted to spiders. I know it's the hottest thing, with the eight legs and all. I can't get by that face. So who is she? She's... human. No, no. That's a bee law. You wouldn't break a bee law. - Her name's Vanessa. - Oh, boy. She's so nice. And she's a florist! Oh, no! You're dating a human florist! We're not dating. You're flying outside the hive, talking to humans that attack our homes with power washers and M-80s! One-eighth a stick of dynamite! She saved my life! And she understands me. This is over! Eat this. This is not over! What was that? - They call it a crumb. - It was so stingin' stripey! And that's not what they eat. That's what falls off what they eat! - You know what a Oinnabon is? - No. It's bread and cinnamon and frosting. They heat it up... Sit down! ...really hot! - Listen to me! We are not them! We're us. There's us and there's them! Yes, but who can deny the heart that is yearning? There's no yearning. Stop yearning. Listen to me! You have got to start thinking bee, my friend. Thinking bee! - Thinking bee. - Thinking bee. Thinking bee! Thinking bee! Thinking bee! Thinking bee! There he is. He's in the pool. You know what your problem is, Barry? I gotta start thinking bee? How much longer will this go on? It's been three days! Why aren't you working? I've got a lot of big life decisions to think about. What life? You have no life! You have no job. You're barely a bee! Would it kill you to make a little honey? Barry, come out. Your father's talking to you. Martin, would you talk to him? Barry, I'm talking to you! You coming? Got everything? All set! Go ahead. I'll catch up. Don't be too long. Watch this! Vanessa! - We're still here. - I told you not to yell at him. He doesn't respond to yelling! - Then why yell at me? - Because you don't listen! I'm not listening to this. Sorry, I've gotta go. - Where are you going? - I'm meeting a friend. A girl? Is this why you can't decide? Bye. I just hope she's Bee-ish. They have a huge parade of flowers every year in Pasadena? To be in the Tournament of Roses, that's every florist's dream! Up on a float, surrounded by flowers, crowds cheering. A tournament. Do the roses compete in athletic events? No. All right, I've got one. How come you don't fly everywhere? It's exhausting. Why don't you run everywhere? It's faster. Yeah, OK, I see, I see. All right, your turn. TiVo. You can just freeze live TV? That's insane! You don't have that? We have Hivo, but it's a disease. It's a horrible, horrible disease. Oh, my. Dumb bees! You must want to sting all those jerks. We try not to sting. It's usually fatal for us. So you have to watch your temper. Very carefully. You kick a wall, take a walk, write an angry letter and throw it out. Work through it like any emotion: Anger, jealousy, lust. Oh, my goodness! Are you OK? Yeah. - What is wrong with you?! - It's a bug. He's not bothering anybody. Get out of here, you creep! What was that? A Pic 'N' Save circular? Yeah, it was. How did you know? It felt like about 10 pages. Seventy-five is pretty much our limit. You've really got that down to a science. - I lost a cousin to Italian Vogue. - I'll bet. What in the name of Mighty Hercules is this? How did this get here? I ran out of characters THE END CONGRATS YOU WIN POST “I QUOTED THIS TWEET TO FIND THE SECRET MESSAGE” TO WIN A PRIZE!!!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 03, 2018, 01:51:00 AM
Basically every write-up suggests some kind of weirdness to it

is this what we have come to in Parama roulettes? Anyway mine is probably either #4 or #5, not sure which one though. I prefer the first half of the album so I'm guessing you have the opposite opinion and it will be #4
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Evermind on July 04, 2018, 07:18:16 AM
Solefald by Train. :biggrin:

B is missing in my song.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Elite on July 04, 2018, 10:39:52 AM
Elementary
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 05, 2018, 01:37:24 PM
???: Structural Disorder - ... and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene
???: _r_a__ra__ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: Hail Spirit Noir - _ay___ __ Blu_
Train of Naught: Solefald - __rl_ __tal __s____l_s Su_
???: T__l__ ___t ____a - S_l__t _ac____
???: T__ ___ - Elementary

Letters guessed: CYTLRSUAB

Puppies waits 3
ariich waits 2
Dacul waits 1

y'all have been slacking on this hangmeme

I'm gonna finish second listens tonight, ideally I will have results up this weekend and with only 5 reasonable length albums I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be able to, tbh
Top 3 here are all quite good btw, my order shuffled around a lot for just those three on second listen (I go top ranked to lowest ranked on second listen, for the record)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: ariich on July 05, 2018, 02:04:11 PM
I can't guess because of the dumb rule of having to wait x turns. :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 05, 2018, 02:13:05 PM
Guess anyway idc anymore if nobody else is guessing
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: ariich on July 05, 2018, 02:26:58 PM
FINE GIVE ME THE D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Sacul on July 05, 2018, 02:29:08 PM
That's mine  :angry: . Give me the O
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: TAC on July 05, 2018, 02:45:56 PM
K
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 05, 2018, 03:01:03 PM
???: Structural Disorder - ... and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene
???: Dr_a__ra__ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: Hail Spirit Noir - _ay___ __ Blu_
Train of Naught: Solefald - _orld __tal _os_o_ol_s Sud
???: Twelve Foot Ninja - S_l__t _ac____
???: T__ __d - Elementary

Letters guessed: CYTLRSUABDO

I think this is right but I'm at work atm so dunno

just DO it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Luoto on July 05, 2018, 03:08:58 PM
Twelve Foot Ninja
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 05, 2018, 05:46:35 PM
I see mine up there. Even though I'm eliminated  :biggrin: :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 05, 2018, 05:48:06 PM
Yeah I'm surprised nobody commented on how there were 6 albums in hangman yet
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: TAC on July 05, 2018, 05:51:21 PM
Silent Machine
Mayhem In Blue
World Metal Kosmopolis Sud

The End-Elementary



I thought I made The Top 5, but then I did notice there were 6 albums. I just thought I made a mistake.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo)
Post by: Crow on July 05, 2018, 06:34:41 PM
???: Structural Disorder - ... and the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene
???: Dr_a__ra__ - _r_s__t____t
Evermind: Hail Spirit Noir - Mayhem in Blue
Train of Naught: Solefald - World Metal: Kosmopolis Sud
???: Twelve Foot Ninja - Silent Machine
???: The End - Elementary

Letters guessed: CYTLRSUABDO

nice
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 07, 2018, 12:47:52 PM
i would say i think one person sent their best album so far this round, while another sent probably their weakest
i also have a pretty good idea of who's getting cut but i'm gonna do a third listen this weekend through everything & should have results sunday or monday at the latest
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 08, 2018, 01:10:20 AM
let's do a save or two now shall we
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So I said in my PM when you sent this that I'd heard this one before and didn't put it on my list, which is intended to be kind of a warning. But also sometimes I'm just an idiot, because this is actually... really quite good and I don't know why I passed on it. Actually, I do. I'll get to that. But first. This album does a smart thing in that all of its songs really have their own identity and all develop that identity really well, while still absolutely feeling like a cohesive whole. The Fool Who Would Be King contains most of the album's weirdness, but it's not overboard about it & it has some great intensity and groove to go along with it. Drowning is more emotionally charged, probably my favorite chorus on the album & it's just a strong song in general. Nine Lies has EXCELLENT intensity to it, possibly my favorite on the entire album, though it balances it out with some chill moments. Probably one of my favorite songs of the entire roulette so far though. The Architect of the Skies is a nice ballad to cool down with, and Kerosene is this lovely instrumental that's got a great balance of technicality and atmosphere going on, it's a really great penultimate buildup to the final track. And then that final track hits, and it's... fine, absolutely fine, but wow it's just underwhelming for how good of a streak the album was on beforehand. And that's likely why I passed on this one, because it leaves such a weak closing impression, that's why this ended up as #3 on my first listen of this round instead of at the top where it likely belongs, this is on the whole a great prog metal album & definitely one I'm going to follow up on, but it's not perfect either.

TAC with Structural Disorder – ...and The Cage Crumbles In The Final Scene (https://open.spotify.com/album/3IiK4cckIsfbDFEBztjKVZ), your final scene is yet to come, you're through to the next round.
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This actually has the same issue as the above album in that the final track feels decisively weaker, but it's more that it feels maybe... out of place? It makes me think of an Anathema song, and more of a late-era Anathema than their darker stuff too, and in what is a heavier prog metal album occasionally bordering on melodeath, it really does not fit nor does it make for a climactic finale. The rest of the album is pretty cool though, the guitar tone on this album is great, nice and meaty & works well with the style of music on display here. I think this isn't as emotionally charged as the above album either though it has its moments, especially the second half of Memento Mori, but there's more a focus on technicality and riffs in general and that's something I can still get on board with regardless, absolutely. I don't really have a ton else to say on this one because it's not... particularly unique? It's just on the whole done pretty well and it's a shame it ends on a bit of a weak note, but I still enjoy it more than enough for you to be through to the next round.

Elite with Dreamgrave – Presentiment (https://open.spotify.com/album/4VcpLIOOr7TPhvkAfYaUdD), I guess you found your way out of that maze on the album cover or something which means you're good to go for round 4.

1. Structural Disorder – ...and The Cage Crumbles In The Final Scene
2. Dreamgrave – Presentiment

what was originally pretty set as #3 I'm not as super sure about atm which is why I'm only doing two now and not three, but I still think what I currently have as #5 is likely to stay there. we'll see. final results should definitely be tomorrow unless I just can't decide
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: TAC on July 08, 2018, 07:52:33 AM
Nice!! :metal

It's a neat album that came across my new album feed a few months ago. Not really a classic TAC album, but it has a cool uniqueness that I can enjoy if I need a change of pace.


So I said in my PM when you sent this that I'd heard this one before and didn't put it on my list, which is intended to be kind of a warning. 

Oh, and I took it as a warning. :lol

But I was committed to the album and thought it had enough qualities that you seem to like.


So take THAT Noiseofnicko! :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 08, 2018, 10:22:23 AM
yeah i think that was on one of the new releases posts i follow (heavy blog is heavy, i think)
thanks for sending it tbh it's probably top 10 AOTY material  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Elite on July 08, 2018, 03:17:04 PM
Yaaay! I think parts of the album I sent are incredibly strong and other parts are just there, but still above average. I don't have any gripes with the last track, though I think it builds up just a little too slowly when compared to the rest of the album. Having the album end on a softer note is no problem for me after the heavy beginning, but it could have been more bombastic and climactic. I'm glad you enjoyed it enough though :)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 09, 2018, 01:23:55 AM
i wanna think about this a little more because i'm still not 100% sure, i'll put up results tomorrow night.
can't say any album this round is bad, just not all of them doing as much for me as the two i put up results for alreasdy
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: ariich on July 09, 2018, 03:22:18 AM
while another sent probably their weakest
I have an inkling this might be me.

I mean, I think it's an awesome, but it's quite possible it's less your thing.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Evermind on July 09, 2018, 11:42:03 AM
"Not bad" is already a good result for me, now bring on the elimination. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Hansolo and First Impressions)
Post by: Crow on July 09, 2018, 09:29:24 PM
i don't even know, i'm gonna do these writeups and whichever one i feel like cutting at the end i'm gonna cut
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I'm just gonna go in order of when I received albums, so we're starting with this one. I'm not gonna lie, pretty sure this is the one I'm gonna cut. Because I feel like this has the most problems. The elephant in the room is the third track, which is simultaneously the best and worst song on the album - the actual metal on display here is more intense and more compelling than anywhere else on the album but the vocals make it nigh unlistenable, they are just, the worst. I hate this kind of song. Absolutely despise it. Track two has this dubstep wub wub thing going on that I also really don't like at all. And the first track has its moments but it's just a total mess. So the first three tracks, only one of them I really care for and I don't love it. Then everything that comes after is... not as interesting, doesn't have nearly as much flavor. Tracks 4 and 7 I have absolutely nothing to say about, track 5 has that marimba thing that's kind of cool but gets beat into the ground, track 6 I dig the ending bit and some of the synth stuff, but a lot of the song is just... there, and I appreciate track 8 as a solid cooldown tune but a bit anticlimactic to end the album on, especially since track 7 doesn't have much of a climactic feel either. And this album... doesn't sound like an album, just a collection of songs. Here's a secret; I don't care much for Thy Catafalque anymore, or at least, I don't care to listen to full albums from them, because it's usually the same story as here; a lot of songs that don't really form a cohesive whole, even if some of them are kinda cool. Sgurr is the only really good Thy Catafalque album and the only one I revisit. And this band has a lot in common with Thy Catafalque, both in the "weird electronic/folky metal" sense and the "general inability to construct an album" sense. I also looked on RYM and this is by far their lowest rated album there, so maybe I'd like other albums more? But ehh. I don't hate this at all, there's a lot of solid enough metal here and the occasional moment that does work but it's mostly just not that compelling for me.

This is pretty clearly Train of Naught with Solefald – World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud (https://open.spotify.com/album/6afM6fnPy9n91twph8AEJV).
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Right off the bat I'm just going to say the obvious problem here: This album has way too many songs and a lot of them sound too much alike. 45 minutes, 12 tracks, all of them around the 3-5 minute range. The album is smart enough to, for the most part, sequence things in a way that two similar tracks aren't back to back, though it screws that up a little with tracks 9 through 11 all being triplet feel songs, but otherwise. A lot of these songs just... get lost in the shuffle for me. Coming For You basically lays all the album's tricks out on the table in a pretty solid opening, but that means the album doesn't really have a ton left to impress me with after. Deluge is pretty good, a nice intensity to that chorus. Ain't That a Female Dog is at least pretty memorable and different for its jazzier feel, and Luna has another solid chorus. A lot of the choruses here are pretty solid, really. Some of these tracks though, aside from the chorus, just blend together in my head and I can't tell you what a number of them sound like even after several listens through. And it definitely leans in too heavily on the djent tropes, a lot of the riffs here are pretty indistinct from each other. I'd call this your weakest submission so far, yeah, but I still think it's likely stronger than the other two that remain.

I am, of course, talking about ariich with Twelve Foot Ninja – Silent Machine (https://open.spotify.com/album/4zo6EnUg3sK6cUepOig0EX).
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And that just leaves this one. I feel like this album is what happens when someone sees that memey "black metal is just surf rock with distortion" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1edoJH9iGI) thing, except then it doesn't even play into the similarities and tries to merge the elements they don't have in common. Which is, really, not a bad idea. It makes for an album that is, on the surface, really interesting, but that freshness kind of wears off on relistens. Which would mean the music itself needs to stand out on its own to really keep a listener coming back. And I think it succeeds... sometimes. The title track, in particular, is mostly a good slice of more psychadelic-leaning sounds, though the flute sounds very out of place here. And Lost in Satan's Charms is a mostly pretty enjoyable song, but I don't like the intro/outro bit much, it doesn't take up a huge part of the song but it does diminish how much I like it at least somewhat. The Cannibal Tribe is probably the best-executed track overall though it's simultaneously not very memorable, so maybe I'm wrong there. I don't really care for how jagged Riders to Utopia sounds and the closer has a lot of really awkward vocal melodies in it. But overall though? Mmm... yeah, this is still kinda cool. I'll take my Oranssi Pazuzu any day over this, though, it's not gonna get a follow-up purchase, but I'm at least glad I listened to it.

No surprise here, it's Evermind with Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem in Blue (https://open.spotify.com/album/5vxSTsmwTCXUYSN1wL8kp6).
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Yeah, just from doing those writeups, I pretty strongly have a definitive loser here now. Sorry Train, but it looks like this station is your last stop. ariich and Evermind are through to the next round.

1. Structural Disorder – ...and The Cage Crumbles In The Final Scene
2. Dreamgrave – Presentiment
3. Hail Spirit Noir – Mayhem in Blue
4. Twelve Foot Ninja – Silent Machine
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5. Solefald – World Metal. Kosmopolis Sud

send me some round 4 goodness boys
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 09, 2018, 09:34:00 PM
interestingly, almost everyone left has won a round, except Evermind who aaaaalmost won round 1. c'mon dude it's your turn to shine this round  :metal

only 4 albums means i can probably do all of my listens in a single day each if i really feel like it, so this should be even faster than last round
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 09, 2018, 10:26:42 PM
Aww  :'( no writeup for mine, even though it showed up in the hangmanememe. I was hoodwinked! Or bamboozled. Paddywacked?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 09, 2018, 10:33:13 PM
i haven't listened to it yet lol
it's on my to-listen list, i actually spent a good chunk of my weekend burning through that list because i was way behind & it was piling up and stressing me out, but now it's just that album and one other album that i probably won't even listen all the way thru because i already checked out another album from the band and was meh about it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Evermind on July 09, 2018, 10:44:03 PM
We're down to four players? I'm honestly baffled at how I've got this far.

Also I'm kinda running out of black metal albums but let's see what I've got left in my list for this roulette.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 10, 2018, 12:27:10 AM
This is their lowest rated album? Damn, looking forward to getting more into them then :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: ariich on July 10, 2018, 02:03:13 AM
Phew, that was close! And yeah the Deluge chorus is epic, my favourite track on the album. Agree it can get a little samey.

For round 4, would you accept the first disc of a double album (it's around 35 mins)?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 10, 2018, 02:04:04 AM
no. full album or nothing. unless it's a case like with baroness' yellow & green where it's literally two different albums packaged together
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Evermind on July 10, 2018, 11:09:29 AM
You know what, I don't want to pick the album today. I'll send something tomorrow, that's a promise.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 10, 2018, 11:25:14 AM
That's fine since I don't plan to listen today anyways
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: ariich on July 11, 2018, 10:54:17 AM
Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Evermind on July 12, 2018, 09:32:16 AM
Sent some death metal.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 12, 2018, 04:02:34 PM
okay, should have everyone now, hangmentos when I get home & will start listening tonight

most of these look to be on the shorter side too which 1. Is good 2. means I should be able to go through all of these tonight and post first memepressions
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 12, 2018, 07:36:18 PM
hang

???: ___ __ _______ - _________: ___ _______
???: __ ___ _______ - _ ____ _____ ____ ___
???: _ ______ __ _____ - ______ ___ _____ ___ ______ ___
???: ___ ________ - __________
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: TAC on July 12, 2018, 07:37:27 PM
T
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: TAC on July 12, 2018, 08:05:40 PM
A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: TAC on July 12, 2018, 08:06:00 PM
C
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: TAC on July 12, 2018, 08:06:21 PM
Get it?  ;D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 3 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 12, 2018, 08:14:56 PM
???: __t __ _______ - __t______: T__ _______
???: __ t__ _______ - _ ____ _____ ____ ___
TAC: A _____t __ _ta__ - ___a__ t__ _____ ___ Ca___t ___
???: T__ ________ - __t_t_____

Letters Guessed: T

TAC waits 3

like that?  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: TAC on July 12, 2018, 08:17:07 PM
 :lol

Awesome!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Lethean on July 12, 2018, 08:23:56 PM
So wait.... you cut Solefald from your roulette, and then sent me a band and told me they sound like Solefald?   Hmm.....
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 12, 2018, 08:41:25 PM
it's more like solefald reminds me of thy catafalque but not as good

but also like i said in my solefald writeup, i don't even listen to most other thy catafalque records anymore, just sgurr
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Lethean on July 12, 2018, 09:38:36 PM
I (obviously) haven't heard enough Thy Catafalque to comment about which is better.  I will say that Solefald is all over the map for me; some of it I love (especially Norrøn livskunst) and some I don't.  Almost all of it is a hard listen but sometimes it pays off. 
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Elite on July 12, 2018, 11:21:49 PM
A Forest of Stars
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Evermind on July 12, 2018, 11:29:25 PM
Beware the Sword You Cannot See
In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 13, 2018, 01:04:09 AM
Beware the Sword You Cannot See
In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad

what the hell :lol

???: __t __ ______s - __t______: T__ __s____
???: In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad
TAC: A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot See
???: T__ ______ss - __t_t___s_

Letters Guessed: TS

Evermind waits 3
TAC waits 2
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 13, 2018, 01:07:34 AM
here it is

#1: Oh man, this is literally right up my alley in terms of stuff I've been into recently, I'm almost willing to just save this & call it the round winner outright. Back half wasn't as strong as the front half but it was still pretty good the whole way through.

#2: Opposite of the last one, the first half didn't really grab me much but there was a lot of great stuff in the back half & overall ended up liking this more than I expected.

#3: This one's... gonna be tough, I think, but it's interesting for sure. I don't have a ton else to say about it other than that I did enjoy it, I feel like this one is going to only get better on relistens too.

#4: Not that there was anything wrong with this one, but compared to the others this round, this didn't really grab me. It's pleasant enough, absolutely, but with competition this strong simply being "pleasant enough" likely isn't going to cut it, we'll see if it grows on me though.


Fire up your  :corn s
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Elite on July 13, 2018, 01:11:06 AM
Well crap. I have a feeling mine is #4 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Evermind on July 13, 2018, 01:12:26 AM
Well crap. I have a feeling mine is #4 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 13, 2018, 01:18:43 AM
#4 is actually puppies' album from last round. I didn't even do a writeup for #5 because i hated it that much
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: ariich on July 13, 2018, 02:20:34 AM
Well crap. I have a feeling mine is #4 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Elite on July 13, 2018, 02:28:42 AM
Oh, good. Everybody is confident, how nice!

At least I sent a good album regardless :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 13, 2018, 08:14:10 AM
#4 is actually puppies' album from last round. I didn't even do a writeup for #5 because i hated it that much
:rollin


That A Forest of Stars album is probably my least favorite. It's not a bad album, but I think every album before it was better. I'm actually a little surprised they weren't on the banned list.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Evermind on July 13, 2018, 08:23:04 AM
#4 is actually puppies' album from last round. I didn't even do a writeup for #5 because i hated it that much
:rollin


That A Forest of Stars album is probably my least favorite. It's not a bad album, but I think every album before it was better. I'm actually a little surprised they weren't on the banned list.

I actually sent the band that you really like according to your roulette's banlist. Curious if the album I picked is your least favourite too. :)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 13, 2018, 08:25:48 AM
#4 is actually puppies' album from last round. I didn't even do a writeup for #5 because i hated it that much
:rollin


That A Forest of Stars album is probably my least favorite. It's not a bad album, but I think every album before it was better. I'm actually a little surprised they weren't on the banned list.

I actually sent the band that you really like according to your roulette's banlist. Curious if the album I picked is your least favourite too. :)
Ooooh  :corn :corn

Uh oh, Evermind sent The Faceless - Autotheism. I'm not sure how that will go over with Parama. It's definitely one of their best albums, perhaps just slightly behind Planetary Duality.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 13, 2018, 09:45:16 AM
???: __t __ ______s - __t______: T__ __s____
???: In the Silence - A Fair Dream Gone Mad
TAC: A Forest of Stars - Beware the Sword You Cannot See
Evermind: The Faceless - Autotheism

Letters Guessed: TS

Evermind waits 3
TAC waits 2

 :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Evermind on July 13, 2018, 11:04:58 AM
#4 is actually puppies' album from last round. I didn't even do a writeup for #5 because i hated it that much
:rollin


That A Forest of Stars album is probably my least favorite. It's not a bad album, but I think every album before it was better. I'm actually a little surprised they weren't on the banned list.

I actually sent the band that you really like according to your roulette's banlist. Curious if the album I picked is your least favourite too. :)
Ooooh  :corn :corn

Uh oh, Evermind sent The Faceless - Autotheism. I'm not sure how that will go over with Parama. It's definitely one of their best albums, perhaps just slightly behind Planetary Duality.

I wanted a lot of cleans to go with aggressive growls and Autotheism is pretty good at this, lots of clean Keene vocals.

You know, I actually was surprised to do that well in your roulette, but looking at my list for Parama and your banned list, there's a lot of overlap there. Falls of Rauros, The Faceless, Ultar etc.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 13, 2018, 06:22:58 PM
#4 is actually puppies' album from last round. I didn't even do a writeup for #5 because i hated it that much
:rollin


That A Forest of Stars album is probably my least favorite. It's not a bad album, but I think every album before it was better. I'm actually a little surprised they weren't on the banned list.

I actually sent the band that you really like according to your roulette's banlist. Curious if the album I picked is your least favourite too. :)
Ooooh  :corn :corn

Uh oh, Evermind sent The Faceless - Autotheism. I'm not sure how that will go over with Parama. It's definitely one of their best albums, perhaps just slightly behind Planetary Duality.

I wanted a lot of cleans to go with aggressive growls and Autotheism is pretty good at this, lots of clean Keene vocals.

You know, I actually was surprised to do that well in your roulette, but looking at my list for Parama and your banned list, there's a lot of overlap there. Falls of Rauros, The Faceless, Ultar etc.
Yeah, despite being cut in the first round, Parama and I seem to have fairly similar tastes in music.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 13, 2018, 08:23:09 PM
i mean, i won your roulette so that was implied  :lol
but yeah absu was a pretty big miss for me
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh)
Post by: Crow on July 15, 2018, 02:10:46 AM
yeah i'm not even gonna bother holding off on this one, it's too easy to call it my favorite
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interestingly, almost everyone left has won a round, except Evermind who aaaaalmost won round 1. c'mon dude it's your turn to shine this round  :metal

Well. Yeah. In this round this album just stands head and shoulders above the rest. For some reason I used to think this band was some lame deathcore band? I think I listened to their album from last year but not sure on that one, but I didn't follow up on it if I did, obviously. But yeah, this is... right up the alley of the kind of stuff I've been digging lately, more death-metal-infused prog metal than the other way around. In general stuff I like is that there's a decent melodic focus here rather than chuggy heavy riffing, and the chords they use a lot are more flavorful, punchy chords that I also tend to like. The opener is a huge epic thing split into three parts in a way that makes me think of Slice the Cake, too, they're all distinct but flow together pretty well, that third part also ups the weirdness ante but never feels overbearing about it. I said on first listen I didn't like the back half as much as the front half but really I think my only complaint is the two short tracks right before the closer are both completely pointless and kind of kill the momentum of the album a little? But no, everything else here I like or love, most likely one to follow up on for sure.

Evermind with The Faceless – Autotheism (https://open.spotify.com/album/5ULYhovm1XwFpAgyPyeWhq), you can never escape mwahaha
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1. The Faceless - Autotheism
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Elite on July 15, 2018, 02:18:54 AM
Well crap. I could have sent The Faceless as well, but didn’t because I don’t really like the album I own from them myself.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Evermind on July 15, 2018, 03:16:28 AM
 :metal :metal :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 15, 2018, 03:30:45 AM
The title track is amazing, but I think In Becoming a Ghost is their best proggy album and Planetary Duality is their timeless classic. They did play Autotheism's title track this year when I saw them so I'm a happy man, and Michael Keene didn't even go off stage before the end of the set so it was like a perfect show for The Faceless' standards.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Elite on July 15, 2018, 04:40:47 AM
I only own Planetary Duality
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: twosuitsluke on July 15, 2018, 07:21:06 AM
Man, I love Autotheism but I really didn't think that would be your thing Parama. I'm hardly a huge fan of the band but that's easily my favourite album of theirs.

Good choice Evermind  :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 15, 2018, 07:23:38 AM
Well I can kind of get Parama liking it, but Evermind? :lol I can't really grasp that yet
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Elite on July 15, 2018, 09:22:14 AM
Evermind sends random albums that get positive reviews without listening to them :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Evermind on July 15, 2018, 09:51:15 AM
Well, if that's your consolation for the fact you're about to lose to me, so be it. :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Crow on July 15, 2018, 10:20:13 AM
Evermind sends random albums that get positive reviews without listening to them :neverusethis:
i dunno he has to be doing at least something right to be in the top 3  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 15, 2018, 10:37:30 AM
Well definitely check out Planetary Duality then. I think it's their best album. Autotheism is a very close second though. In Becoming a Ghost was.....not exactly horrible, but not nearly as good as their other albums. Akeldama is also good, but it had a rotating list of musicians and they were trying to find their sound, so it isn't as consistent.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Evermind on July 15, 2018, 10:44:48 AM
In Becoming a Ghost was a step down for sure, I don't recommend it.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 15, 2018, 10:49:09 AM
In Becoming a Ghost was a step down for sure, I don't recommend it.
There are some spots that shine on that album, but the production almost completely kills it for me.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: TAC on July 15, 2018, 03:09:24 PM
Well I can kind of get Parama liking it, but Evermind? :lol I can't really grasp that yet

He can't really grasp it yet, either.

 :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: ariich on July 17, 2018, 03:13:36 PM
only 4 albums means i can probably do all of my listens in a single day each if i really feel like it, so this should be even faster than last round
This has aged well.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Crow on July 17, 2018, 03:58:25 PM
the issue is that all of y'all except ev sent albums that qualify as "okay at best" and I dunno which to cut

+ it's literally been 5 days I've already gone thru all albums 3 times which is what I usually do, I'll try to finish it up tonight or maybe just cut ariich for being pushy  :corn

never said I was gonna get results done super fast anyways
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: TAC on July 17, 2018, 07:45:01 PM
or maybe just cut ariich for being pushy  :corn

Sounds good to me.

Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Crow on July 17, 2018, 09:54:38 PM
okay here's what i'm gonna do:
i'm gonna give these all one more listen tomorrow and if i can't decide i'm just gonna pass on this round & cut two people next round

precedent for this is ariich's roulette

i do like all three albums here a decent bit and while i have a slight least favorite it's, only slightly
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Elite on July 17, 2018, 11:43:19 PM
or maybe just cut ariich for being pushy  :corn

Sounds good to me.

Sent!

:lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: ariich on July 18, 2018, 02:53:38 AM
okay here's what i'm gonna do:
i'm gonna give these all one more listen tomorrow and if i can't decide i'm just gonna pass on this round & cut two people next round

precedent for this is ariich's roulette

i do like all three albums here a decent bit and while i have a slight least favorite it's, only slightly
Yeah that was basically what I did that time - the results were really close and I liked all the submissions. I'd have felt bad eliminating anyone at that stage, so decided not to.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Elite on July 18, 2018, 03:09:08 AM
Only it might make it more difficult next round to cut half of the remaining participants  :justjen
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: ariich on July 18, 2018, 03:18:47 AM
Nah as you'll recall I just treated it as a semi final.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: TAC on July 18, 2018, 04:13:41 PM
Parama, did you decide what you were going to do yet?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Crow on July 18, 2018, 04:30:07 PM
okay here's what i'm gonna do:
i'm gonna give these all one more listen tomorrow and if i can't decide i'm just gonna pass on this round & cut two people next round

precedent for this is ariich's roulette

i do like all three albums here a decent bit and while i have a slight least favorite it's, only slightly
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: TAC on July 18, 2018, 04:33:26 PM
Parama, did you decide what you were going to do yet?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 18, 2018, 04:35:56 PM
It's only sleepytime in Parama-land like 9-10 hours from now I think so he still has some time to decide
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: TAC on July 18, 2018, 04:38:23 PM
Yeah that's true. Still mid day where he is..
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Crow on July 18, 2018, 04:45:11 PM
I'm at work right now lol
Won't be home for like 2 hours
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Hangladesh & First Result)
Post by: Crow on July 19, 2018, 12:05:12 AM
alright
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This is definitely better than the band that succeeded this album's release, that's for sure. For one, it's not just 100% neoclassical boredom. Yes, there is definitely some of that; the first few tracks after the opener all kind of bore me though they aren't, awful. And the vocals are... hmm, I don't actually remember Artificial Language's vocals at all tbh but I think these are fine enough. But, as with that band, they're at their best not when showing off but when they're actually trying to evoke some kind of emotional reaction. Which is why Au Revoir, basically an interlude, is the best song on the entire album by a good margin. That's a track that I can really dig, as brief as it is, just the right amount of buildup with the right amount of payoff. Really, the middle of this album is probably the best stretch in general; Panacea is probably the most aggressive track, Reyes is probably the most fun, and Best Laid Plans is... kind of a mess actually but weird and enjoyable. The tracks after those four, they're all okay I guess, kind of lose my interest by the end of the album though. It's short though so I can't say I ever really get bored. There's just... a lot of tracks for how short they all are, I suppose. Some of these could've used a bit more refining to get a bit more meat on their bones & the weaker ones cut in favor of a few longer tracks in general. But overall? This one's pretty fine, yeah. Better than Artificial Language.

These words are about ariich with Art by Numbers – Reticence: The Musical (https://open.spotify.com/album/0O4N9gt9s5bjUrze0TsvV1).
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Mmm... I kind of had a feeling just from the first listen that this would be the one cut. And honestly after the second listen I was ready to just call it there, because on second listen this really bored me. But then it grew on me on third listen and I really wasn't as sure anymore. I guess it's a grower then. I have to say though, this brand of melancholic metal is generally among my least favorite kinds. You brought up Foscor and boy howdy that's a good comparison - I don't think there's any song here quite as good as the one or two Foscor songs I liked off the album I have, but it's better on average, I'd say. Bands like that and like Junius, Katatonia, basically cross-sections of "emotional" and "atmospheric" metal that don't push strongly enough in either direction for me to really ever get into them. But I dunno. This is certainly fine enough but even after four listens I can't say this one really resonates strongly with me. And I don't exactly have a ton super positive to say about it either, it meets expectations but rarely goes beyond and despite four listens I can't really remember much of this one besides the opening guitar of the final track. I think at the end of these writeups this is definitely gonna be the one cut, unfortunately. But I'll make that decision once I'm done with all three relistens.

This is Elite with In the Silence – A Fair Dream Gone Mad (https://open.spotify.com/album/7z16x6srpWQzbuWT7cEWnA).
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This one is… not a good pick for a roulette, IMO. It’s just… too dense, too much going on in general, the kind of album you really need to sit down and give a lot of listens to. And I absolutely do like it, it’s pretty easily clawed its way up to the #2 spot of this round after relistens, just that I don’t think I’m -fully- into it yet despite four listens. But yeah, there’s a lot of little pieces of flavor around what is really pretty solid black metal & not much I really dislike here either. The spoken word bits, could take ‘em or leave ‘em but not really that bothered by them. The way the last track before the epic starts, not super into that. I feel like the ending is also a tiny bit anticlimactic after two killer metal tracks before it? It’s similar to Aathma by Persefone in that way but while that conclusion kind of felt natural for that album’s aesthetic it’s not a great fit here either. But for the most part though, I do like a lot of this quite a bit, most of the epic is great stuff and tracks 1 & 4 are probably my favorites besides but… yeah, I can dig this one a fair bit, I kind of feel like I’ll be giving it another listen & maybe checking out more of this band again, I think the last time I checked them out I wasn’t so into black metal so that could be why I wasn’t already a fan, but… yeah.

So yeah, last one to mention here is TAC with A Forest Of Stars – Beware The Sword You Cannot See (https://open.spotify.com/album/10M9bimNf1sm0paabLv8Av), clearly.
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And… yeah, even though I don’t really dislike any of these I feel there’s a clear loser now. Sorry Elite but it looks like you’re just missing the top 3.

1. The Faceless - Autotheism
2. A Forest Of Stars – Beware The Sword You Cannot See
3. Art by Numbers – Reticence: The Musical
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4. In the Silence – A Fair Dream Gone Mad

top 3 top 3 top 3 almost free
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Elite on July 19, 2018, 12:34:49 AM
:(
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Evermind on July 19, 2018, 02:12:49 AM
I was considering straying away from black/death metal to send some dark progressive metal instead, but seeing how In the Silence fared, I'm going to try and keep my promise with my last two remaining albums on the list. Who knows, maybe I won't even need two albums and get eliminated in this very round.

Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 19, 2018, 02:22:01 AM
Interesting collection of albums. Haven't heart that In the Silence album probably in years, and meanwhile I just very recently got into that Art By Numbers album. Used to dislike how overly technical and complex it was but I got used to it and it's actually not that bad.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: ariich on July 19, 2018, 03:20:20 AM
Scraped through again!

Yeah I thought you'd dig it more than Artificial Language. Personally I prefer AL, but they have different pros and cons.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 10:54:11 AM
still need me some ariich
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: ariich on July 20, 2018, 02:40:18 PM
Oh damn, I was sure I'd sent already.

Will send now!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Elite on July 20, 2018, 02:41:43 PM
Need some albums to send? I had two lined up for the last rounds :(
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 02:49:58 PM
Send them anyways elite
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: ariich on July 20, 2018, 02:51:14 PM
Need some albums to send? I had two lined up for the last rounds :(
Nah my "Albums Parama Might Like And Hasn't Heard" list, while small, isn't quite exhausted yet.

Sent!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 20, 2018, 06:20:26 PM
Send them anyways elite
And yet you still haven't reviewed the album I sent..... :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 06:33:24 PM
i never promised to review albums not part of the roulette?  :lol
i've listened to it once and might listen to it again, but i'm not doing a review either way
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 08:28:11 PM
h

???: ____ __ ________ - ____________
???: ______ ______ - _____ ____ _______ _ _______ ____
???: _______ - _____
???: ______ _____ - ______
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 20, 2018, 08:29:14 PM
T


There's four albums in the Top 3??
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 08:36:14 PM
???: ____ __ ________ - ___t________
???: ______ ______ - ___t_ ____ T______ _ ____t__ ____
???: _______ - _____
???: ______ _____ - ______

Letters Guessed: T

TAC waits 3
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 20, 2018, 08:40:33 PM
There's four albums in the Top 3??
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 08:53:06 PM
i don't have to answer that question because one of them wasn't sent by someone in the top 3  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 20, 2018, 09:27:54 PM
Give me that sweet H
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 09:35:28 PM
???: ____ __ ________ - ___t________
???: _____h ______ - ___th ____ Th____h _ _h__t__ _h__
???: _h_____ - _____
???: ______ _h___ - ______

Letters Guessed: TH

Puppies waits 3
TAC waits 2
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Bolsters on July 20, 2018, 10:28:25 PM
Y
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 20, 2018, 10:33:53 PM
???: ____ __ ________ - ___t_______y
???: _____h ______ - ___th ____ Th____h _ _h__t__ _h__
???: _h_____ - _____
???: ______ _h___ - ______

Letters Guessed: THY

Bolsters waits 3
Puppies waits 2
TAC waits 1

you get one
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: ariich on July 21, 2018, 12:43:29 AM
E!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 21, 2018, 02:29:50 AM
???: _ee_ __ ___e____ - E__t_______y
???: _____h ____e_ - _e_th ___e Th____h _ _h__t__ _h__
???: _h_____ - _e___
???: ______ _h___ - __e_e_

Letters Guessed: THYE

ariich waits 3
Bolsters waits 2
Puppies waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Sacul on July 21, 2018, 03:19:05 AM
N, let's make THY END.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Elite on July 21, 2018, 04:04:49 AM
Keep of Kalessin
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 4 Results)
Post by: Crow on July 21, 2018, 10:00:01 AM
???: Keep of Kalessin - E__t_______y
???: _____h _n__en - _e_th ___e Th____h _ _h_nt__ _h__
???: _h_____ - _e___
???: ______ _h__n - __e_en

Letters Guessed: THYEN

Dacul waits 3
ariich waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 21, 2018, 10:05:58 AM
Keep of Kalessin
Epistemology. Personally I prefer Armada and Kolossus. I always thought Reptilian and Epistemology were fairly weak.

Oh and give me a G :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 21, 2018, 10:08:49 AM
Pup,this is the second round in a row that you've thrown shade at my album.

I'm sorry, but what album did you submit this round? :neverusethis:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 21, 2018, 10:21:35 AM
all i know about keep of kalessin is that khonsu is made up of members of them, & i dig khonsu so we'll see

???: Keep of Kalessin - Epistemology
???: _____h _ng_en - _e_th ___e Th___gh _ _h_nt__ _h__
???: _h_____ - _e___
???: ______ _h__n - __e_en

Letters Guessed: THYENG

Puppies waits 3
Dacul waits 2
ariich waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 21, 2018, 10:24:17 AM
M
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Elite on July 21, 2018, 10:35:04 AM
Carach Angren

Wow.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: ariich on July 21, 2018, 10:44:43 AM
Carach Angren
Death Came Through a Phantom Ship

EDIT: Presumably sent by Evermind, based on his previous submissions.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 21, 2018, 10:49:45 AM
TAC: Keep of Kalessin - Epistemology
Evermind: Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
???: _h_____ - _e___
???: M_____ _h__n - __e_en

Letters Guessed: THYENGM

TAC waits 3
Puppies waits 2
Dacul waits 1
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: ariich on July 21, 2018, 12:03:21 PM
A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 21, 2018, 12:04:16 PM
no A left
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: ariich on July 21, 2018, 12:07:04 PM
:O
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Elite on July 21, 2018, 12:24:46 PM
Morbid Ahorn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 21, 2018, 12:32:40 PM
Pup,this is the second round in a row that you've thrown shade at my album.

I'm sorry, but what album did you submit this round? :neverusethis:
I'm not saying it's a bad album. Just that it is weak comparative to their other albums.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 21, 2018, 03:40:38 PM
done a listen through all, i'd say there's a clear loser on first listen & honestly i'm not too crazy about any of these yet but we'll see what relistens do
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 22, 2018, 12:12:29 AM
All I know about Keep of Kalessin is that one song Typology kicks ass, is that one on this album?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 22, 2018, 12:33:27 AM
All I know about Keep of Kalessin is that one song Typology kicks ass, is that one on this album?
That was on the EP they released a couple years ago. I believe it was called Heaven of Sin.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 05:46:46 PM
nobody finishes my hangmemes anymore  :corn

may just do results after second listen tonight, the album I expect to cut isn't close to rule 6 bad but it's just bluntly not my thing lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 23, 2018, 06:13:06 PM
nobody finishes my hangmemes anymore  :corn

Sorry...I was just waiting my turn...


There's an extra album though, no?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 06:19:32 PM
just guess a letter :lol

Also yes
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 23, 2018, 06:29:39 PM
S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 06:42:37 PM
TAC: Keep of Kalessin - Epistemology
Evermind: Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
???: _h____s - _e___
???: M____s _h__n - S_e_en

Letters Guessed: THYENGMAS
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 23, 2018, 06:45:47 PM
A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 07:01:48 PM
oh yeah A was already guessed but there were none so i didn't update lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 23, 2018, 07:03:43 PM
So there's a post I can never get back. ;D


Give me the C and an R
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 07:47:10 PM
TAC: Keep of Kalessin - Epistemology
Evermind: Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
???: Ch____s - _e___
???: M____s Ch__n - S_e_en

Letters Guessed: THYENGMASC
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 23, 2018, 08:08:45 PM
Wait, did someone actually send Chiodos - Devil

That seems like an odd (to me) pick for Parama for some reason.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 08:12:33 PM
it's possible

maybe ariich sent it
maybe someone else eliminated sent it
maybe nobody sent it and i just put it in there for memes

well, it's one of those  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 23, 2018, 08:15:07 PM
Milos Choin-Spefen
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 23, 2018, 09:44:08 PM
that's a big nope

i honestly kinda wanna just post results but ehh i don't feel like 2 listens is enough even if i'm already pretty much 100% confident which one of these i'm cutting. i'll put results up wednesday tho? i guess
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Luoto on July 24, 2018, 02:47:46 AM
Morbus Chron - Sweven :)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 24, 2018, 08:39:00 AM
TAC: Keep of Kalessin - Epistemology
Evermind: Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship
???: Chiodos - Devil
???: Morbus Chron - Sweven
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 24, 2018, 08:47:34 AM
Arrich sent Chiodos.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 24, 2018, 08:48:06 AM
Arrich sent Morbus Chron.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 24, 2018, 08:59:05 AM
one of those is correct, yes  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 24, 2018, 09:03:30 AM
Yay! Right again!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: ariich on July 24, 2018, 12:42:57 PM
:lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: ariich on July 24, 2018, 12:43:54 PM
that's a big nope

i honestly kinda wanna just post results but ehh i don't feel like 2 listens is enough even if i'm already pretty much 100% confident which one of these i'm cutting. i'll put results up wednesday tho? i guess
That's the benefit of a simple last-place-elimination each round I suppose. If there's a clear loser, there's no particular need to keep listening. It's different when it's cumulative and so rankings from round to round matter.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: TAC on July 25, 2018, 07:16:29 PM
(https://media.giphy.com/media/mi6KzW76uXqU0/giphy.gif)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Hoppipolla)
Post by: Crow on July 25, 2018, 08:08:19 PM
okay tac you're eliminated, time for the next round
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Wait, did someone actually send Chiodos - Devil

That seems like an odd (to me) pick for Parama for some reason.
Guess someone wasn't around for Glassjaw last roulette  :lol

But nah, this one I pretty quickly liked; what struck me the most on first listen were the vocals, because damn, this dude's just a great singer. And he basically uses that talent to just sell some good, mostly straightforward songs. I think the first song on the album that really clicks is Why the Munsters Matter (btw awful song names all over this album but whatever), and then Sunny Days & Hand Grenades might just be the best overall, both pretty intense and kinda fun. And Duct Tape gives me chills, it's a completely different vibe than the rest of the album and works super well for it. Looking for a Tornado and the closer are probably the other two tracks that particularly stand out, and I've just namedropped almost half the album so something definitely went right here. I think my biggest gripe is some of the lyrics - Expensive Conversations is kinda ruined by its overly dramatic lyrics, though I just, don't like angry music in general. And Under Your Halo is mostly pretty good but those lyrics are suuuuper cheesy. Ehh. Really these are, at best, nitpicks to what is overall a really pretty strong post-hardcore album and one I'm likely to follow up on, probably my favorite submission from you since at least Closure in Moscow, if not just favorite outright. Good stuff though, yeah.

ariich with Chiodos – Devil (https://open.spotify.com/album/4KGcoM1N3kq0yWtHjnwU1A), welcome to the end.

other results later, y'all nag me enough i might as well keep you in suspense  :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result (no s))
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 25, 2018, 09:16:15 PM
By the way, Thomas Erak, the guitarist/vocalist of The Fall of Troy, is the guitarist on that Chiodos album.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result (no s))
Post by: Crow on July 25, 2018, 10:16:42 PM
well, those relistens were a waste of time tbh except i guess i like the chiodos one more. oh well
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Evidently this is one of this band's weaker albums? It's still like... pretty dang solid, then. I think one thing this album does that kind of doesn't work is that it can get quite repetitive within its songs, just hammering on one sound a bit too long. Necropolis is the worst in this regard except, it's the first half that I like less? The second half has a cool build to it. The other general issue I have with this is that the style of black metal it goes for is more based off the drums than it is huge walls of guitars like the black metal I tend to like the most. It still can sound pretty massive sometimes, absolutely, but it's not overwhelming in the way that really appeals to me? Ehh. I guess also it's maybe a bit samey. Now that I've voiced my nitpicks though I would still say, yeah, there's a lot to like here. As mentioned, this does get pretty intense quite often, but there's still a solid grasp on melody throughout, there's a lot, and I mean a LOT, of riffs. Maybe too many, since some of this definitely starts to blend together. I'd say the highlights are the two longest songs here which, well, yeah, that's not a bad thing. The second half of the closer in particular is really cool, really epic way to end the album off. I dunno. I again don't think I've fully "grasped" this album with how dense it is & how heavy it is as well but I've liked it all three listens so it's pretty safe here.

TAC with Keep Of Kalessin – Epistomology (https://open.spotify.com/album/6Kw6FOHKMjnktwbnHPzx8U), join the final countdown.
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So yeah as the writeup above says it's a foregone conclusion this one is eliminated. So obviously I hate it. Actually... well, I'm gonna be blunt. I am just outright not interested in this style. Nothing even really that wrong with it, can't say it's bad, just... this style of symphonic black metal just doesn't appeal to me, and it's pretty high on the cheese factor too. There's also some concept here about pirates or something (I was joking about that pirate metal comment I made, sheesh :neverusethis:) which is all fine and all that. I guess my biggest gripe is the guitar tone though. It sounds more like something that belongs on an industrial album, really crunchy and synthetic. I... don't like industrial rock/metal in general, lol. It's a guitar tone that consistently bothers me and makes the whole album sound really jagged instead of intense or atmospheric. It also feels like the orchestration pulls most if not all the melodic weight on this album while the guitars are mostly confined to riffing (and the vocals are all growled, even on the spoken word-type track). I will say there are occasional moments that do work for me pretty well - just coming off the end of a listen, the closer ends pretty satisfyingly, a haunting vibe going on there. It's hard for me to really be too hard on this because it's not bad at all? Probably like, a solid 6/10, but it just doesn't really work for me specifically & doesn't even compare to the other two albums in this round, unfortunately.

Evermind with Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship (https://open.spotify.com/album/4oSjUpwJryG4c2ILcNLgaA), your ship has sailed for the last time.
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1. Chiodos - Devil
2. Keep Of Kalessin – Epistomology
3. Carach Angren – Death Came Through a Phantom Ship

oh btw nobody sent Morbus Chron i just put it in hangmeme for the lols. i'm probably getting that album though 'cause i remember it being pretty rad from the one listen i gave it

puppies you've commented on both keep of kalessin and smallman saying they have better albums, tell me which ones & i'll probably check them? same with solefald, i wanna at least try another one there
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result (no s))
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 26, 2018, 12:31:52 AM

puppies you've commented on both keep of kalessin and smallman saying they have better albums, tell me which ones & i'll probably check them? same with solefald, i wanna at least try another one there
For Keep of Kalessin I prefer Armada and Kolossus. Smallman's Labyrinth of Present is where it's at. Solefald is a bit of a mixed bag. I really enjoyed the albums Red for Fire and Black for Death when they first came out, which was like 12ish years ago now, but when I revisited them recently I wasn't nearly as impressed and not sure why I liked them so much back then. Those are still my favorites of their albums though. Maybe you will find something to like about them. The Red for Fire album would probably be more up your alley. It's a lot more diverse and atmospheric. There's some cool saxophone, violins, and cello's interspersed throughout.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: ariich on July 26, 2018, 01:57:45 AM
Wait, did someone actually send Chiodos - Devil

That seems like an odd (to me) pick for Parama for some reason.
In your face! :lol

Glad you liked it Parama, yeah some of the lyrics and titles are pretty meh, but musically it's a fun energetic album with some cracking tunes. You might like the album before it too, Illuminaudio. I'm not so keen on their first two.

So, is that me and TAC in the final? And is there any special rule for the final, or just send another album?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Evermind on July 26, 2018, 02:35:17 AM
oh nooooo :neverusethis:

Well hey, I tried! Top 3 is pretty good as far as I'm concerned.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 06:09:27 AM
So, is that me and TAC in the final?

Yup. I'm as shocked as you are!  ;D

I have it down to a couple of albums. I want to listen to each to make the right choice. I'll send it tonight.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 07:45:56 AM
I have sent my final album of this roulette. Hopefully.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 08:37:50 AM
@ariich just send an album, make it your best one yet, etc.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 08:49:33 AM
@ariich just send an album, make it your best one yet, etc.

Or don’t.  ;D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 09:03:32 AM
if you want to follow that philosophy and give ariich an easy win, go for it  :tup
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: ariich on July 26, 2018, 01:42:04 PM
Winning submission sent!

Maybe.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 01:54:36 PM
should I even bother doing hangmeme? it's a question

???: ________ - ___ ______
???: ___d_ ____ ______ - _________

gave you the D
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 02:16:39 PM
T
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: ariich on July 26, 2018, 02:29:36 PM
F
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 02:32:06 PM
???: ____t___ - The ______
???: ___d_ ____ ______ - _________

Sites Destroyed: DTF
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: ariich on July 26, 2018, 02:38:09 PM
The
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 03:00:41 PM
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Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 26, 2018, 06:18:08 PM
First word, second band - Panda  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 07:02:21 PM
incorrect
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 08:53:01 PM
A
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 09:00:26 PM
???: ____t___ - The ______
???: _a_d_ ____ ______ - ____a____

TACs Guessed: DTFA
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 09:01:24 PM
You sure it's not Panda?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 26, 2018, 09:02:00 PM
You sure it's not Panda?
That's what I was just thinking. Maybe its Wanda...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 26, 2018, 09:04:20 PM
Hands Like Houses

Trying to count the spots where the A is in the album title.
Unimagine?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (Round 5 Result(s))
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 09:07:13 PM
TAC: ____t___ - The ______
TACriich: TACs Like TACs - UnTAC

TACs Guessed: TAC
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 26, 2018, 09:14:31 PM
I think you broke the forum. All I see is TAC everywhere.  :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda: :sadpanda:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 09:20:00 PM
TAC TAC, TAC TAC TAC. TAC TAC  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Sacul on July 26, 2018, 09:22:43 PM
desTACito 2 when
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 26, 2018, 09:50:59 PM
dacul - desTACito 2 coming in 20TAC9
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Sacul on July 27, 2018, 01:11:15 AM
dacul - desTACito 2 feat. Kip Winger coming in 20TAC9
hell yeah :2metal: hope it includes samples from Toto's Africa
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 01:29:51 AM
TACTAC's TACrica*
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2018, 05:41:11 AM
So TAC is the TAC-ner?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Train of Naught on July 27, 2018, 06:33:37 AM
So TAC is the TAC-ner?

Now that's just gibberish
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 09:18:14 AM
TAC TACs the TACs down in TACrica
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: ariich on July 27, 2018, 09:23:30 AM
If we're still doing hangman on TAC's submission, then let's have an S. :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 09:38:42 AM
no S
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2018, 09:40:16 AM
How about an R?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: ariich on July 27, 2018, 09:50:32 AM
Q?

X?
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Elite on July 27, 2018, 10:04:08 AM
A

letter
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 11:29:36 AM
A is literally already guessed
TAC is the only one who guessed a letter from the album name  :rollin

__r_t__r - The __r___
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Luoto on July 27, 2018, 11:37:22 AM
Oh...

Heretoir - The Circle
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 12:11:27 PM
there it is
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 27, 2018, 05:14:53 PM
The Circle was on my short list to send you... :corn
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 05:31:26 PM
If TAC wins then you can pretend you won
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2018, 05:36:26 PM
The Circle was on my short list to send you... :corn

Oh great. :facepalm:

Congrats Ariich!





Seriously, you knock my last two and I get through. You like this one.

Kiss. Of. Death.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 05:52:11 PM
Congrats ariich!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2018, 06:54:58 PM
Congrats ariich!

:omg: :omg:

 :omg: :omg:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 27, 2018, 07:07:05 PM
To the finish line!
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Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 27, 2018, 11:07:34 PM
so i'm one listen in and i gotta say i'm pretty underwhelmed, hopefully these are growers :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Elite on July 28, 2018, 12:34:23 AM
:lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 28, 2018, 05:22:36 PM
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Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 30, 2018, 10:29:24 AM
quick comment on The End since i just relistened to that

i get that it's a mathcore band that took a more post-hardcore turn and i guess they do it kinda decently but they brought in mathcore's general lack of melody to the scene which, really doesn't work especially well with post-hardcore. also the ambient track blows. i think this is like, solid, and i'd listen to it again, sure, but i've heard better in both mathcore and post-hardcore (also why were you surprised chiodos was sent if you were planning to send something like this anyways  :lol)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 30, 2018, 09:15:45 PM
I was just more surprised that someone else here listens to Chiodos more than anything else, I guess.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 31, 2018, 01:53:09 PM
From the Roulette Tracker thread:

no i already said in-thread that neither of the albums this round are doing much for me  :P
i might have to do something else for the final round 'cause i'm having a hard time getting excited about either album sent

We could each resend if need be...
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 31, 2018, 01:54:40 PM
nah i've got something else in mind tbh since what this round suggests to me is that both of you are pretty much out of full albums you think i'd dig
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: ariich on July 31, 2018, 01:58:58 PM
I did actually think you'd like Hands Like Houses so it's a shame they're not interesting you too much. Could re-send but naturally at this stage I'm less confident about the remaining options. Interested to see what else you have in mind.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 31, 2018, 02:04:14 PM
nah i've got something else in mind tbh since what this round suggests to me is that both of you are pretty much out of full albums you think i'd dig

I thought you'd dig this, honestly. It's all moody and riffy.
I can resend.


As a possible tie breaker, I took the liberty to see which one of us had the best average finish in each of the rounds. I basically added up our respective rankings and divided that by the number of rounds.

TAC-average finish: 2.33
Ariich-average finish: 2.33

Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 31, 2018, 02:08:16 PM
nice tiebreaker right there  :lol

it'd probably be a better tiebreaker if it was done based on how many people were in the round but i wasn't planning to use that anyways. we'll see after i'm done relistening again (which i am doing right now, btw)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: ariich on July 31, 2018, 02:10:44 PM
Maybe we should just both be crowned glorious joint winners. :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on July 31, 2018, 05:28:25 PM
so yeah done with third listen. i have kind of a sliiight favorite i guess but i'm not sure yet. i'm gonna do another listen tomorrow i think & see if i can't settle it there. but i reeeeally do not need more music atm, tbh, i've spent a lot of time recently cutting down my list to a small enough size to actually start buying albums again, it's been a bit  :lol

also i don't think either of these albums are bad, they're just... "okay". they don't excite me, mostly :( genuinely think this is the only round in the entire roulette that had nothing i really dug, which is a bit of a sour note to end on, but that's also historically been the case with most of my roulettes (either only one EP i really dug, and even then didn't fully love) so EHH
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: TAC on July 31, 2018, 05:47:15 PM
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Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on July 31, 2018, 07:21:25 PM
I'm genuinely disappointed in myself for sending Absu in the first round. I really think I could have made it to the end if I hadn't sent that... I plead, temporary bout of insanity.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Evermind on July 31, 2018, 10:40:55 PM
so yeah done with third listen. i have kind of a sliiight favorite i guess but i'm not sure yet. i'm gonna do another listen tomorrow i think & see if i can't settle it there. but i reeeeally do not need more music atm, tbh, i've spent a lot of time recently cutting down my list to a small enough size to actually start buying albums again, it's been a bit  :lol

also i don't think either of these albums are bad, they're just... "okay". they don't excite me, mostly :( genuinely think this is the only round in the entire roulette that had nothing i really dug, which is a bit of a sour note to end on, but that's also historically been the case with most of my roulettes (either only one EP i really dug, and even then didn't fully love) so EHH

You're welcome.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Elite on August 01, 2018, 02:42:39 AM
So, instead of not liking In the Silence, you could have let me go to the final two rounds :biggrin:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on August 01, 2018, 09:54:40 AM
good thing i did like in the silence, just less than everything else left
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (h)
Post by: Crow on August 01, 2018, 01:33:28 PM
hmm
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I think where this differs from your last submission is that... this sounds a lot more "polished". The melodies are a lot more straightforward, the vocals aren't as rough, the entire atmosphere is more inviting and warm than the Chiodos record.

That's... not what I want from a post-hardcore record, unfortunately, the rougher edge of that album & similar albums is what makes the style work for me, this is pretty much what I've experienced from dabbling in the genre a lot, I need good hooks and strong emotions and while I guess the latter is possible with a very "clean" sound the latter is not as easy to pull off. Most of the guitar melodies, while they sound nice, do nothing for me. Meanwhile I've had various bits of that Chiodos record bouncing around in my head for the last week & it's pretty decisively made its way onto my purchase list. I think this is almost a self-destroying entry from you because it's not doing anything that any of your previous albums did; it's not as technical as a lot of your submissions have been, it's not as fun or as weird, and it doesn't evoke as strong of emotions. That's basically the risk you take when you send a lot of similar stuff throughout the roulette, I guess, and a big part of why I try to mix things up when I play in roulettes  :lol

That being said. While the first five tracks do basically nothing for me, most everything past that point I think is pretty good.  A Tale of Outer Suburbia is probably the first track that makes me feel anything, Oceandust is a strong quiet track, No Parallels is easily the best cut of the record for me, and the closer A Fire on the Hill is a pretty strong finish too. The other two on the back half of the record are fine, probably better than any of the first 5 but they don't stand out as much. The end result is that I have a hard time getting into this album until almost halfway through, which is not a great way for an album to flow, at all. Thankfully it's fairly short though. Like I said, don't really dislike this album but as a whole it's only 'okay" and mostly for a strong second half.

That's ariich with Hands Like Houses - Unimagine (https://open.spotify.com/album/3JMwITCPEvMFFkNYtcIAzG).
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This album also has the unfortunate issue of just not living up to similar albums I've received in this roulette. Or at least, the one that's especially similar to it. What I've basically come to find I like most about black metal sounds in general are: 1. It absolutely has to be intense, I'm not here for grooves, I'm not here for sludgy riffing, I'm here for sounds that beat me over the head and overwhelm me and 2. There needs to be a strong melodic focus that is inherently tied into the intensity itself. Basically... lots of tremolo-picked melodies & appropriately intense drums, guitar chords, vocals etc. accompanying it. DWeF has obviously done a lot to shape my black metal tastes but it's kind of a characteristic shared by the other black metal albums that have really clicked for me, like Alrakis and Spectral Lore, though neither are quite as intense either.

Anyways, that makes it pretty clear where this fails for me - this is more Alcest-y in terms of blackgaze which means there's more of a focus on dreamy atmosphere and lush instrumentation than the intensity. Which isn't necessarily bad, I find it all very pleasant, but then there's two things... for one, I haven't been too into that sound much lately, and two, it's way too long for that kind of sound to continuously interest me. This is like, 65ish minutes and by the last 20 I'm just checked out because of the middle of this record being easily the weakest stretch. The first few tracks have a bit more of a prog lean, I especially like that bass break in Inhale, and then the last few tracks dial up the intensity a little, Fading With the Grey is my favorite here even if it does still kind of miss point #2 as outlined above, it's still satisfying enough. But it's really not enough to make me interested. Like the other album this round, this one is too... clean and edgeless for my preferences, and while I don't think there's anything I dislike here it doesn't keep me invested the whole way through and even the best stuff here doesn't impress me that much.

Those are some rambles on TAC with Heretoir - The Circle (https://open.spotify.com/album/6HG0JqHWi5l2PFFMHBXaTN?si=J_J1AIizSYCf88Ma8UJupw).
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With the above in mind, who am I gonna call the winner then? It's honestly not as straightforward as it's been in my other roulettes since I haven't been scoring.

But here's the thing. When there's an album that's not consistent all the way through but has some pretty strong highs, vs. an album that's pretty consistently okay but its peaks are pretty low, 10 times out of 10 I'm going to pick the one that has the higher highs, because I at least get -something- out of that. And it's especially easy when the one with the higher highs is 20 minutes shorter than its competitor and yet has just as much stuff I really dig in terms of its runtime. So yeah, with that in mind, the winner is...


ariich!!!

Congrats, enjoy the crown of thorns until next year or something.

I'm gonna do a follow-up post of my favorite albums from the roulette as well as my favorite songs from albums I wasn't as huge on, since I think that has value as well. Stay tuned for that, probably later tonight, I don't feel like writing anymore right now.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: ariich on August 01, 2018, 02:59:23 PM
Yay! :D But boy did I scrape through that win. I get what you're saying about Hands Like Houses being much cleaner and more polished in tone, I guess I like different sides of post-hardcore but I appreciate that sort of style doesn't do so much for you. Glad there was at least some stuff you were able to enjoy in the back half though.

GG TAC
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: TAC on August 01, 2018, 02:59:54 PM
Congrats Ariich!!

Bummer. It's a miracle I made it this far.

I knew I was dead because I thought the HLH was just like Chiodis and that won the round before it.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 01, 2018, 03:05:34 PM
Yay! :D But boy did I scrape through that win. I get what you're saying about Hands Like Houses being much cleaner and more polished in tone, I guess I like different sides of post-hardcore but I appreciate that sort of style doesn't do so much for you. Glad there was at least some stuff you were able to enjoy in the back half though.

the glassjaw songs i was sent in my EP round last roulette were like the big sleeper hit songs in that round, there's just something about post-hardcore that sounds that -raw- that I really dig more than the rest

I actually came upon an album I think would be super up your alley in terms of post-hardcore stuff through my own browsing and it's fairly obscure so I don't expect you've heard it but I'll save it for your roulette, whenever that's scheduled to happen (and if I'm even allowed in, since IIRC you wanted people who didn't play in your last one  :lol)
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: ariich on August 01, 2018, 03:37:14 PM
I actually came upon an album I think would be super up your alley in terms of post-hardcore stuff through my own browsing and it's fairly obscure so I don't expect you've heard it but I'll save it for your roulette, whenever that's scheduled to happen (and if I'm even allowed in, since IIRC you wanted people who didn't play in your last one  :lol)
I think I've changed my mind about that actually, and I'm probably going to have a prelim round open to anyone.

EDIT: Oh and on timing, it'll be whenever Elite posts the next results and therefore starts on his final round!
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 02, 2018, 10:18:26 AM
oh excellent  :metal
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 03, 2018, 12:51:20 AM
oh I didn't do this yet well let's

Favorite Albums From the Roulette (In No Particular Order)

Closure in Moscow - First Temple (ariich)
To be honest, I haven't listened to this one at all since round 0 ended, but that's because it went right onto my purchase list so I had no reason to relisten to it. First album of the roulette that -really- impressed me though. I'm sure I'll get a lot more spins out of it when I finally do place an order (hopefully this weekend!)

Sleepers Awake – Transcension (Train)
This one was a bit long so it naturally took a few more spins past normal listening to get into, but these guys have a knack for hooks that a lot of bands in this style don't seem to have & I'm definitely looking forward to delving further into this beast.

OWEL – OWEL (home)
One of the more emotive albums I received and one that grew on me really dang fast, I also haven't listened to this one in a bit but I'm especially looking forward to spinning it some more & eventually checking out the rest of these guys' discography.

Ultar – Kadath (Evermind)
I dunno what to say other than that this album singlehandedly made me interested in blackgaze again, a genre I'd pretty much written off. Way better than the new Deafheaven, too.

White Walls - Escape Artist (Elite)
This one has shrunk on me ever so slightly but I think that's mostly because it feels like they really blow their load with Dream Chaser right near the start & the rest of the album not quite living up to that standard. Still it's one I definitely want to keep spinning as it's right up my alley in terms of prog metal, there's a lot to pick apart here even after something like 5? listens I've given this now.

Structural Disorder – ...and The Cage Crumbles In The Final Scene (TAC)
Yeah, I've already mentioned how surprised I was by this one, but I mean, it's a genuine feeling of such, because this is just damn solid prog metal.

Dreamgrave – Presentiment (Elite)
I think this is everything I've ever wanted out of a Barren Earth album, tbh. I certainly like it more than either Barren Earth album I've heard. I dunno if I'm even bothered by the last track anymore, either, it's nice.

The Faceless - Autotheism (Evermind)
Yeah, another one I was surprised by though moreso because I had a different idea of what this band was vs. what they actually are. Definitely gonna dig into the other album that got brought up at some point, but I'm totally fine just sticking to this one for now.

Chiodos - Devil (ariich)
DEEEEEVIIIIILLLLLLL DON'T EVER LEEET MEE GOOOOOOOOOOOO  :metal

A Forest Of Stars – Beware The Sword You Cannot See (TAC)
I don't know if this is actually one of the 10 best albums in the roulette, but the other album I checked out from them right after absolutely would be here, and I can't really say that about any other albums I checked out from bands I wasn't too hot on. Except maybe Keep of Kalessin? I dunno, the two albums I spun from them this morning I didn't like quite as much as the one I was sent. That Keep of Kalessin album probably actually deserves to be here & I might still get it, dunno, but ehh, it's close anyways & Shadowplay was far better than either of those.

I'll do the songs thing tomorrow as I need to go back and look at some of the album tracklists real quick before I do that one, though I already have in mind a handful of songs that would definitely be there.

Also the scoreboard from above;
ariich - 2
TAC - 2
Evermind - 2
Elite - 2
Train - 1
home - 1

Surprise, the people who stayed in the roulette got more albums on this list, go figure, and the people who got cut early didn't make it on at all, "also a surprise". I dunno what that scoreboard really accomplishes other than basically show why the top 4 were the top 4  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Evermind on August 03, 2018, 01:22:29 AM
I consider this to be a huge success on my part.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: home on August 03, 2018, 01:36:18 AM
Glad I was able to contribute at least something! Their other album is pretty rad too :azn:
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 03, 2018, 01:38:09 AM
you definitely did better here than in any of my past roulettes  :lol

between my previous two roulettes there were only 2 albums i picked up from around 24 or so artists you sent, vs 2 of the 6 you sent here, a way better ratio  :P
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Train of Naught on August 03, 2018, 01:43:55 AM
Especially the mini roulette (which was basically almost the same as any normal roulette), he did terrible in that one

I think their other album is significantly weaker than the self-titled so you'll probably love it
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 03, 2018, 01:45:28 AM
my post was at Ev btw, not home  :lol

home posted while i was typing & i was too lazy to edit
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Elite on August 03, 2018, 01:50:08 AM
I'm glad you enjoyed some of the stuff I sent :)

Thanks for hosting the roulette (and for finding the time to listen to a bunch of albums within a week).
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 05, 2018, 09:21:51 PM
so as per above all the albums i'm buying except the A Forest of Stars one (or trying to buy; a few of y'all sent stuff i can't find physical copies of & may have to settle for digital even though i know physical exists)

aside from that I got the other A Forest of Stars album because ooh lord that one was fantastic. and did end up getting the Keep of Kalessin album I was sent (though Kolossus is pretty solid too, I may get it later). and Oi Magoi by Hail Spirit Noir (also really good, way better than Mayhem in Blue tbh)

so all in all i got a good 12 albums out of this roulette, not half-bad  :lol

as for the songs i loved off albums I didn't care for as much thing; don't really think there's enough to do a full post for them & honestly i don't really have the time atm either but I pretty much already called them out in my writeups whenever applicable so whatever  :lol

while i have a habit of changing up my roulette format every time i run one i feel like next time i'm probably just going to use this format again, since it works out pretty well for me (takes a bit more time to listen to albums but the tradeoff is i have very little listening work to do after i'm done  :lol)

oh and puppies regarding the The End album - first track is pretty rockin', last track is a m a z i n g, most of the rest does absolutely nothing for me. oh well  :lol
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: King Puppies and the Acid Guppies on August 05, 2018, 10:24:41 PM

oh and puppies regarding the The End album - first track is pretty rockin', last track is a m a z i n g, most of the rest does absolutely nothing for me. oh well  :lol
I suppose that's a pretty fair assessment, even though I like most of the other tracks as well. It did take me quite some time to fully appreciate it, but every time I came back to it there would be one more thing that I would pick out that I loved.

Oh and I will probably end up sending you a copy of the EP I'm making for Elite's roulette (even though you might know one or two of the songs on it) after he does hangmanenememes for the EP round.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Elite on August 06, 2018, 01:14:33 AM
A heads-up before trying to get the White Walls album; they have it on bandcamp, but they apparently have some issues with it and don't receive all orders. I found out the hard way, but was lucky enough to actually see the band live in Romania (where they're from). I had a chat with the band and asked them about the missing CD I ordered - initially I though maybe something went wrong in the mail, which would have been shit as well - but the band explained the e-mail problem, handed me the CD and signed it as well. So, if you don't get the 'shipped' notification from bandcamp, you might want to send them an e-mail or something.
Title: Re: Parama's Disastrous Roulette v3 (The End (not the band))
Post by: Crow on August 06, 2018, 01:30:51 AM
it's like $22 for me to get it there  :lol
which is a lot for just one CD. i see it comes with a DVD and that's cool and all i guess but i'm just interested in the CD