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:metardica: Welcome to my first Album Roulette. (second roulette overall) :metardica:
This will be interesting and there will be a lot of music to listen to. So, let’s get to this.
:getoffmylawn: Rules:
1. Open to anyone. I will be accepting as many people as want to sign up, but there will be a Prelim Round. There will be a few who have immunity in the Prelim round, you will find this info next to your names in the participants list.
2. 10 Rounds
3. Albums rated on a 1-10 scale. And I will use the full scale. If your submission really sucks, you may find yourself getting somewhere in the 1-4 range. I may use quarter/half points if necessary.
4. Submissions – Please PM submissions. I would very much prefer if albums that are submitted are available on Google play music (since I have a subscription to that and use it the most) or files
(320kbps mp3 or FLAC). I will also accept Spotify or YouTube links as a last resort, but this is not preferred, and I may just conjure up those albums sent by those mediums another way... I
listen to most of my music while I am driving for work through Google play music and would prefer to put all submissions in a playlist on my Google Music App.
5. There may or may not be elimination rounds this time. Haven’t decided and it may depend on how good the albums are.
6. Artists scoring at least a 7/10 will be banned for the rest of the roulette
7. Up to 2 people can send the same artist in any given round. Has to be different albums, for obvious reasons (first come first serve)
8. When sending an album please let me know if there is a specific version I should be listening to (e.g. Live, demo, alternate take, remixed, remastered, etc. etc.)
9. I reserve the right to reject any submission as I’m sure I have forgotten something that should be on my banned list. Therefore, my banned list may change. Be aware of that. I tried to make it as
thorough as possible, but things get missed.
10. …..
11. Profit?
12. Have fun
13. Everyone can send up to 1 double album (up to 140 minutes) for the roulette (only in rounds 2-4 & 6-8). The Concept album round doesn't count towards this and vice-versa.
Alternate Rule 6 (Parama Style). I reserve the right to immediately cut someone if I find that an album is so bad that I can’t finish it.
If you have any questions on the rules or need any clarification or if I just plain forgot something, don’t hesitate to ask or let me know.
Participants: (so far)
1. Parama - :deadhorse: Prelim immunity for winning my first roulette
2. Kattelox - Prelim immunity for having the best song outside the EP and Album rounds in my first roulette
3. Sacul
4. Stadler
5. Jingle.boy :jingleboy:
6. TAC - :TAC: Prelim immunity for having the best album in the album round (besides Evermind who said he is sitting this one out) in my first roulette
7. Ariich :ariich:
8. Elite
9. Shadow Ninja 2.0 :ninja:
10. Lethean
11. Romdrums
12. Indiscipline
13. LordCost
14. Evermind - Immunity, for reasons.......subsequently rage quit, for reasons. :hefdaddy
:metal Music Tastes:
First and foremost, my favorite band is and always will be Rush. Having said that, my tastes range pretty much the full gamut of music. I’m mostly into Prog and Metal or some mixture of the two and all their various sub-genre’s (black, death, tech, doom, thrash, etc.). I also really like a lot of Alternative Rock, Electronic music, Classic Rock, Ambient, Post-rock, Indie Rock, Classical, Dream Pop, Synth Pop, Jazz, Blues, Downtempo, Funk, Folk, and the list goes on and on. Mostly what I don’t like is Country music, especially Modern Country (although some older classic Country I’m OK with) and about 99.9% of Radio Pop (Top 40 stuff). Basically, you take your life in to your own hands if you decide to send me Country or Radio Pop. A lot of Hip-Hop is hit or miss with me, but I do enjoy a lot of it (mostly a lot old school and more of the underground and experimental leaning hip hop), just be careful if you go down that route. I also recommend you check out my last.fm profile to get a better idea of what I have been in to recently, it’s linked in my sig.
Some things I have been looking for: Still looking for things similar to Moonsorrow (Verisakeet is my favorite of theirs), Havukruunu or Finsterforst, but I’ve kind of come to terms with the fact that there really isn’t much like them. Folky atmospheric metal similar to Agalloch (again they were pretty much one of a kind). Bands with really slick guitar work similar to Dire Straits, Dave Matthews Band, or John Butler. Prog metal that isn’t all about being super technical all the time. You may be at a disadvantage if you try to find something that fits these because I am looking for very specific things.
:justjen The Rounds
No themed rounds per se this time, but there will be a couple of rounds with specific rules….
There may or may not be cut off points like my last roulette, but how many I will be cutting will be dependent on how many people sign up. Plus, I need an even amount of people for the final round. I may not cut anyone depending on how good the albums are that are sent to me.
Round 1 – Prelim round (60 minute limit)
Rounds 2-4 - Open (80 minute limit)
Round 5 – EP Round (you know the drill here)
Potential Cut-off Point
Round 6-8 – Open (80 minute limit)
Round 9 – Greatest Hits
Potential Cut-off Point
Final Round – Concept Album
EP round rules
- Minimum of 3 songs
- Minimum of 20 minutes. Maximum of 40 minutes
- It is an open round, so no theme, but I would recommend coming up with some kind of theme (lyrical content, style, genre, etc.) for your EP, this could help with flow/cohesiveness
- The EP must contain at least 3 different artists and can not contain more that 2 songs per artist
- each EP will be scored on a 20 point scale
- flow/cohesiveness will be taken in to account and can net you up to an additional 5 points
- The EP containing my favorite song will get 1 additional point
- There will be an additional half point for creativeness of your EP's title
Greatest Hits round rules
- 1 band/artist with at least 3 albums
- Minimum of 40 minutes. Maximum of 80 minutes
- Must use at least 1 song from 3 different albums
- each greatest hits album will be scored on a 20 point scale
- flow is not going to be taken in to account, but I don’t want any awkward cuts or songs that just end abruptly because they are supposed to flow in to another. Nothing jarring. I may take away points if you do this.
- The Album containing my favorite song will get 1 additional point
- Come up with a title for your greatest hits compilation. There will be an additional point for the best title
Concept album round rules
- Minimum 4 songs
- Minimum 50 minutes. Maximum 140 minutes
- Come up with a conceptual story, preferably bound together (as best as you can) lyrically.
- Must contain at least 4 different artists, with no more than 3 songs per artist. (Intro, Interlude, Segue, Outro songs do not count towards this)
- Each album will be scored on a 20 point scale
- Flow will be highly valued as it can net you up to 10 additional points
- Album title will also be important, the best title will get 1 bonus point
- My favorite song will also get you 1 bonus point
:corn Scores:
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5, 24.9 = 123.3
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9, 14, 27.5 = 120.5
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6, 28.8 = 119.8
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18.4, 24.7 = 118.1
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7, 17, 22.7 = 116.9
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2, 23.3 = 114.2
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5, 9.4 = 61.1
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
Round Results:
Round 1 - Part 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2481630#msg2481630) Part 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2481937#msg2481937) Part 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2482106#msg2482106)
Round 2 - Link (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2484981#msg2484981)
Round 3 - Part 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2487896#msg2487896) Part 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2488133#msg2488133) Part 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2488323#msg2488323) Part 4 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2488455#msg2488455)
Round 4 - Part 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2491225#msg2491225) Part 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2491496#msg2491496) Part 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2491881#msg2491881)
EP Round - Part 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2496004#msg2496004) Part 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2496222#msg2496222) Part 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2497031#msg2497031) Part 4 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2497580#msg2497580)
Round 6 - Part 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2500964#msg2500964) Part 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=52942.msg2502784#msg2502784)
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The banned list is going to work a little differently this time. Hold on to your socks…Below you will find a complete list of bands that are completely banned. I decided to make bands that I have only rated one album on RYM available to send (except for the album that is rated). Disclaimer: If a band is on the banned list, it doesn't matter how many of their albums I've rated on RYM. The band is completely banned. I don’t have a list of those bands, nor do I want to make one, for a couple of reasons. First, the list would be way too long (the banned list is long enough as it is). Second, I don’t want people abusing this and just looking for bands I have rated highly, but only 1 album. Then again it would be easy enough for a diligent person to figure out which ones they are and I really can’t stop you…..or can I…..MWAHAHAHAAAA. To make it a little more interesting, if someone sends me such an album and it rates 8/10 or higher you will get an extra half a point. If it rates less that 8/10 you will lose 1 whole point (risk/reward factor). My RYM page is linked below
RYM (https://rateyourmusic.com/~puppies_on_acid)
** = One of my favorite bands
* = I really like this band
:tdwn = bands I don't particularly like
311
3rdegree
Aastyra
The Absence
Abigail Williams
**Absu
*A.C.T
:tdwn AC/DC
Adagio
Adramelch
:tdwn Aerosmith
*AFI
The Afterimage
After the Burial
**Agalloch (and all related bands & projects)
:tdwn Age of Silence
Ahab
:tdwn Aina
Airbag
Akroma
*Alcest (and all related bands & projects)
Alice in Chains
Alien Ant Farm
Alkaloid
The All America Rejects
All Shall Perish
All that Remains
Allegaeon
:tdwn Alluvial
Almah
Alpha Rev
Altar of Plagues
Alter Bridge
Amaran’s Plight
Amaseffer
Amesoeurs
Amorphis
Amplifier
An Endless Sporadic
**Anathema (and all related bands & projects)
Ancients
And So I Watch You From Afar
And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
Andacht
Andromeda
Anekdoten
Angels & Airwaves
Anglagard
*Angra
Animals As Leaders
:tdwn Anima Tempo
Anneke van Giersbergen (and all related bands & projects)
Ansur
Anubis Gate
Arcadea
Arcane (and all related bands & projects)
Arch Echo
Arch/Matheos
Archive
Archons
Archspire
Arcturus
*Arena
The Aristocrats
Ark
Arkona
Arsis
Artificial Language
:tdwn As Blood Runs Black
Asia
Astronoid
At the Drive In (and all related bands & projects)
At the Gates
Au champ des morts
Au-Dessus
*Augury
August Burns Red
Avenged Sevenfold
*Ayreon (and all related bands & projects)
Azooma
Babymetal
:tdwn Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Bad Company
Bal-Sagoth
Bark Psychosis
Barren Earth
Bat for Lashes
Bathory
Battle Circus
Battle of Mice
Beardfish
The Beach Boys
The Beatles (and all related bands & projects)
Behemoth
Ben Frost
Bend Sinister
Bent Knee
**Between the Buried and Me (and all related bands & projects)
Big Big Train
Bigelf
Billy Idol
Billy Joel
Bjork
:tdwn Black Country Communion
Blackfield
The Black Dahlia Murder
The Black Heart Procession
Black Sabbath (and all related bands & projects)
*Blind Guardian
Blotted Science
Blue Oyster Cult
*Blut Aus Nord
Bob Seger (& the Silver Bullet Band)
Bone Thugs N Harmony
Bon Iver
Bon Jovi
Boris
Borknagar
:tdwn Born of Osiris
Boston
Broken Bells
:tdwn Bruce Springsteen
Buried Inside
Burning Brides
Burst
Burzum (and all related bands & projects)
Caina
Caligula's Horse
Candlebox
Candlemass (and all related bands & projects)
Canvas Solaris
Carach Angren
The Cars
Cellador
Charred Walls of the Damned
Chevelle
Chicago
Chickenfoot
Children of Nova
Chimp Spanner
Chon
Chthe'ilist
Chuck Berry
Ciconia
Circa Survive
Circus Maximus
Civil Twilight
The Civil Wars
:tdwn Clair Cassis
cLOUDEAD
*Cloudkicker
Cobalt
**Coheed and Cambria (and all related bands & projects)
ColdWorld
Colliding Parallels
Comedy of Errors
Confusatron
Conquering Dystopia
The Contortionist
Control Denied
Converge
Cor Scorpii
:tdwn Corvus Stone
:tdwn Cosmic Atrophy
The Cranberries (and all related bands & projects)
Cream
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crib45
Crimson Glory
Crosby, Stills, Nash (& Young)
:tdwn Crystal Palace
Culling the Weak
Cult of Luna
Cults
Cynic
Dance Gavin Dance
Dan Swano (and all related bands & projects)
:tdwn D.A.R.K.
:tdwn The Dark Element
Dark Suns
Dark Tranquillity
Darkest Hour
Darkher
The Darkness
Darkspace
Daughter
*Dave Matthews (and all related bands & projects)
*David Bowie
David Gilmour
David Maxim Micic
Days Before Tomorrow
Deafheaven
**The Dear Hunter
Death
*Deathspell Omega
Death Cab for Cutie
The Decemberists
Deep Purple
Deerhoof
Def Leppard
Defecto
Deftones
*Depeche Mode
Der Weg einer Freiheit
Devil Doll
Devil Sold His Soul
**Devin Townsend (and all related bands & projects)
Diablo Swing Orchestra
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dinosaur Jr.
Dio
*Dire Straits
Dirty Projectors
Dishwalla
Disillusion
Distorted Harmony
Dominici
Don Henley
The Doors
Dordeduh
:tdwn Dragonfly
DragonForce
**Dream Theater (and all related bands & projects)
Dredg
Drudkh
Dryad’s Tree
Dub Trio
Duran Duran
Duskmourn
Dvne
Dynahead
Ea
Eagles
Earthside
Echolyn
Effloresce
Eidola
Eisley
Ekos
Elbow
Elton John
Elvis Presley
Elysian Blaze
Embraced
Emerson, Lake & Palmer (Powell)
Eminem
Emmy the Great
Empty Tremor
The End
Enisum
Ensiferum
**Enslaved (and all related bands & projects)
Envy
Ephemeral Sun
Epica
Equilibrium
Ereb Altor
Eric Clapton
Eric Johnson
Estradasphere
Evergrey
Evoken
Exmortus
The Expendables
Explosions in the Sky
Extol
:tdwn The Eyes of a Traitor
*The Faceless
*The Fall of Troy (and all related bands & projects)
Falloch
Falls of Rauros
Fallujah
Fantomas
**Fates Warning (and all related bands & projects)
Fen
:tdwn FFS
The Fiery Furnaces
Fish
Fleetwood Mac
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Florence + The Machine
The Flower Kings
Flying Colors
The Fog in the Shell
*Foo Fighters (and all related bands & projects)
Foreigner
A Forest of Stars
Forsaken
Frequency Drift
From a Second Story Window
Frost*
Fuath
Galahad
The Gathering
Gazpacho
Genesis (and all related bands & projects)
Gentle Giant
Gentle Knife
The Gentle Storm
:tdwn George Harrison
Gifts from Enola
Glass Hammer
God is an Astronaut
:tdwn Goddess of Fate
*Godspeed You! Black Emperor (and all related bands & projects)
Gojira
Gone is Gone
Goonies Never Say Die
Gorguts
Gorillaz
Gorod
Grails
The Great Discord
The Great Old Ones
Green Carnation
Greta Van Fleet
Greyhaven
Guilt Machine
Guns N’ Roses
Hacride
*Haken
:tdwn Halcyon Way
Hammers of Misfortune
Havukruunu
Heart
Heart of Cygnus
Hed Planet Earth
Heidevolk
Heretoir
Hibernal
The Hirsch Effekt
Höstsonaten
Hourglass
*The Human Abstract
Hyperion
IAMX
Iamthemorning
Iceage
Iced Earth
Ihsahn
Imperium Dekadenz
In Mourning
In the Woods
**Incubus
Inferi
Inglorious
Insomnium
Intensus
Inter Arma
Into Eternity
:tdwn Into the Great Divide
Intronaut
IQ
*Iron Maiden
Isis
Ivar Bjornson & Einar Selvik
Iwrestledabearonce
Izah
Jakub Zytecki
:tdwn James Blake
James LaBrie
Janelle Monae
:tdwn Janis Joplin
*Jeff Buckley
The Jelly Jam
Jethro Tull
Jimi Hendrix
Jimmy Eat World
:tdwn Joan Jett (& the Blackhearts)
Joe Satriani
:tdwn Joe Walsh (I have to put him here, because if somebody sent him you would get a -10/10)
John Butler (and all related bands & projects)
John Lennon
:tdwn John Mellencamp
Johnny Cash
Journal
**Journey
The Joy Formidable
*Judas Priest
Julie Christmas (and all related bands & projects)
Junius
Justin Timberlake
Kaddisfly
Kaipa
Kalisia
Kansas
Kardashev
Karibow
Karnivool
Katatonia
Kate Bush
Kauan
Kayo Dot
Keep of Kalessin
Khlyst
King Crimson (and all related bands & projects)
King Goat
Kings X (and all related bands & projects)
Kino
Kiss
Kiss Kiss
Klimt 1918
Knight Area
Krallice
Kvelertak
KXM
Lantlos
*Led Zeppelin
Legend of the Seagullmen
Leprous
Lifehouse
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lithium Dawn
Liturgy
The Living End
Locrian
Long Distance Calling
Lost Horizon
A Lot Like Birds
Ludicra
Lunatic Soul
**Lykathea Aflame
:tdwn Lynyrd Skynyrd
M83
Mandroid Echostar
Manticora
:tdwn Mantra Vega
**Marillion (and all related bands & projects)
**The Mars Volta
*Mastodon
Matthew Good/Matthew Good Band
maudlin of the Well (and all Toby Driver related bands & projects)
Maximum the Hormone
Mechina
Megadeth
Melechesh
Meshuggah
Messa
Metal Allegiance
*Metallica
*Mew
MGMT
Mice on Stilts
*Michael Jackson
Mike Oldfield
Mike Patton (and all related bands & projects)
Minor Giant
*Minus the Bear
Mirrorthrone
Mogwai
**Moonsorrow
Moroghor
Mos Def
Mostly Autumn
Motorpsycho
Mouth of the Architect
*Mudvayne
Muse
:tdwn The Mute Gods
Native Construct
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
The Neal Morse Band
Need
*Negura Bunget (and all related bands & projects)
:tdwn Nelly
Neurosis (and all related bands & projects)
Nevermore
:tdwn Next to None
The Night Flight Orchestra
Night Verses
Nightingale
Nightwish (and all related bands & projects)
*Nile
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Nocte Obducta
Nosound
Nova Collective
Novembre
The Number Twelve Looks Like You
Obscura
Obsidian Kingdom
The Ocean
Oceans of Slumber
*Oceansize
Odd Logic
:tdwn The Offspring
oOoOO
**Opeth
Oranssi Pazuzu
Orbs
Orphaned Land
OSI
Ozzy Osbourne
Paatos
*Pain of Salvation
Paul McCartney (& Wings)
Paysage d'Hiver
Pearl Jam
Pelican
Pendragon
*A Perfect Circle
Perihelion Ship
Periphery
Persefone
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Pillorian
The Pineapple Thief
**Pink Floyd (and all related bands & projects)
Poem
The Police
**Porcupine Tree (and all related bands & projects)
Portal
Primordial
*Prince
Progenie Terrestre Pura
Protest the Hero
Prototype
Pure Reason Revolution
:tdwn Quadrus
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Queensryche
Quidam
Quo Vadis
Radiohead
Rainbow
:tdwn Ramones
The Red Chord
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Redemption
REO Speedwagon
Revocation
(Luca Turilli’s) Rhapsody (of Fire)
Riverside
Rod Stewart
:tdwn The Rolling Stones
Rudra
***Rush (and all related bands & projects)
Sabaton
:tdwn Sacred Son
Samael
Sammy Hagar
:tdwn Santana
Savatage
Save Us From the Archon
Scale the Summit
Scorpions
Sear Bliss
Secret Chiefs 3 (and all related bands & projects)
:tdwn Self Collapse
Septicflesh
Seven Impale
**Shadow Gallery
**Sieges Even
Sigur Ros (and all related bands & projects)
Sikth
Silent Stream of Godless Elegy
Silhouette
*Silversun Pickups
Sleep
Sleepmakeswaves
Slice the Cake
**Smashing Pumpkins (and all related bands & projects)
Snow Patrol
Soen
Solar Fields
Solitude Aeturnus
Solstafir
:tdwn Sons of Apollo
Soul Secret
:tdwn Sound of Ceres
Spastic Ink
Spinal Tap
Spock's Beard (and all related bands & projects)
Steely Dan
Stellastarr*
Steve Miller
Steve Vai
Steven Wilson
Stevie Nicks
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stonehenge
Strapping Young Lad
Styx
Subsignal
Subterranean Masquerade
Suidakra
Sum 41
Summoning
Sun of the Sleepless
:tdwn Sunburst
Sunn O)))
Supertramp
Susperia
Swallow the Sun
Swans
*Symphony X
*System of a Down
The Tangent
The Tea Party
*Tears for Fears
Tenacious D
Tesseract
Textures
Thank You Scientist
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (or whatever they are calling themselves these days)
Therion
Thin Lizzy
The Thirteenth Sun
Threshold
Thursday
Thy Catafalque
Tides of Man
To-Mera
Tom Petty (& The Heartbreakers)
*Tomorrow's Bad Seeds
:tdwn Tomorrow’s Eve
The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
**Tool (and all related bands & projects)
Tori Amos
Tortoise
Transatlantic
Tree of Life
Triggerfinger
Triptykon
Triumph
Trivium
**Type O Negative
Tyr
:tdwn U2
Ulver
Uneven Structure
Unexpect
Univers Zero
Unleashed
Utopianisti
*Vanden Plas
Van der Graaf Generator
Van Halen
*Vektor
Vertical Horizon
Violet Cold
Voivod
Vuur
W.A.S.P.
Wallachia
Wardruna
Warpaint
Watchtower
Wayfarer
Weezer
Weird Al
White Ward
The Who
Widek
Windir
The Winery Dogs
Wintersun
*With Passion (and all related bands & projects)
:tdwn Within the Ruins
*Woe of Tyrants
Wolves in the Throne Room
Wretched
*Yes (and all related bands & projects)
Yndi Halda
Yngwie Malmsteen
Yob
Yūgen
Zero Hour (and all related bands & projects)
Zu
ZZ Top
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Artists banned from previous roulette.
Aenaon
Alestorm
Aquaria
Avantasia
Bare Infinity
Beach House
Bear Ghost
Beyond the Bridge
Bittencourt Project
Black Crown Initiate
Black Peaks
Castleway
Closure in Moscow
Cryptodira
dEUS
Dimension Act
Downfall of Nur
Elder
Epysode
Esben and the Witch
The Family Crest
First Aid Kit
Giles Corey
Goldfrapp
Hibria
Hypno5e
Hypocrisy
Iris Divine
Jorn Lande/Trond Holter
Julia Holter
Khonsu
Kingcrow
Lor
Lords of Black
Lorenguard
Mark Knopfler
The Minerva Conduct
Mystery
Old Man Gloom
Portishead
Power Quest
Primal Fear
(The Reign of) Kindo
Rishloo
Rivers of Nihil
Rosetta
Russian Circles
Saltillo
*Shels
Slugdge
Slushii
So Hideous
Spectral Lore
Spirit of the West
Stratovarius
Teramaze
Testament
Three Trapped Tigers
Thrice
TotalSelfHatred
Tycho
Vanaheim
Venenum
Warrant
While Heaven Wept
White Moth Black Butterfly
Banned Artists during the Roulette
Agent Fresco
Agrimonia
Akhlys
Alithia
Alrakis
Amendfoil
Andy Summers & Robert Fripp
Anton Ivanykin
Arion
Band of Horses
Bauda
Belakor
Bill Bruford's Earthworks
Birds of Tokyo
Bizali
Blindead
Blue Food
Brand New
Brand X
Chavez
Chroma Key
Countless Skies
Derek Trucks Band
Destrage
Dissona
Distant Dream
Dog Fashion Disco
Dreamgrave
Dreamscape
Eagleheart
Eden's Curse
Enchant
Eniac Requiem
Enshine
Failure
Fair to Midland
Flamenhell
Foscor
Gary Moore
Hannes Grossmann
Hardline
Heavenly
Hemina
Hyperomm
In the Presence of Wolves
Indukti
Innerwish
The Intersphere
Kelly Keagy
Labyrinth
Letters From the Colony
Lost in Thought
Maestrick
Manimal
Mithras
Monica Heldal
Oasis
Obscure Sphinx
Oliver Riz
Oracle
Petter Carlsen
Receiving End of Sirens
Return to Forever
Ronnie Montrose
Rory Gallagher
Serdce
Shiner
Skein
Sleep Parade
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Snarky Puppy
Sound of Contact
Sufjan Stevens
Thought Industry
Tiles
Trail of Murder
UK
Ultar
Venetian Snares
VOLA
Votum
Voyager
Wetton Downes
Wolverine
Zierler
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I'll be the first in and first out. Let's do this. :metal
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Sure!
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Hi!
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In it to lose my crown :metal
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Hi!
I'm just going to assume this means you are in! :corn
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I'm in but you've basically heard all music ever so this is going to be tough.
However, I really love the fact that you like so much different music, so I definitely have stuff I love and can send and we'll see if I can get you to like some of it! :lol
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The rounds here look insane I love it
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I only use Youtube for music but if you're down with that I'll join this.
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I'm in but you've basically heard all music ever so this is going to be tough.
However, I really love the fact that you like so much different music, so I definitely have stuff I love and can send and we'll see if I can get you to like some of it! :lol
If I recall correctly I scored super high last roulette with both corny symphonic power metal and a chill downtempo electronic track, so I agree, the love for a variety of music is dope. Really looking forward to the challenge this time with full albums.
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I only use Youtube for music but if you're down with that I'll join this.
Works for me. Like I said in the rules, I can usually find the music that's sent other ways.
Also, it's good to have some new faces in here with Stadler, Ariich, and Shadow Ninja.
Also also, Classic rock is not outright banned this time. I looked through my extensive record/cd collection and put the ones that I know really well in the banned list. So you all are free to send some classic rock if you are especially confident in it.
I'm in but you've basically heard all music ever so this is going to be tough.
However, I really love the fact that you like so much different music, so I definitely have stuff I love and can send and we'll see if I can get you to like some of it! :lol
If I recall correctly I scored super high last roulette with both corny symphonic power metal and a chill downtempo electronic track, so I agree, the love for a variety of music is dope. Really looking forward to the challenge this time with full albums.
Indeed you did. :metal :chill
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@puppies is Kanye West banned :neverusethis:
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@puppies is Kanye West banned :neverusethis:
Technically no.......... :laugh:
And by the way, I've cleared my inbox so feel free to start sending for the prelim round if you would like. I'm going to leave sign ups open for the next several days, both to allow people the chance to sign up and for Jingle and Ariich's roulette's to finish before fulling starting mine up.
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Sent!
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Sent!
And TAC has to resend :loser:
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Will send sometime this weekend. I'm going to have a tough time picking out stuff you haven't heard that's also something you might like, but I also want to take risks each round.
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Wow the banned list is going to be a challenge. But I'll give it a try.
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I'm in.
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When do you want first submissions in by, Pup? It'd be good to be able to focus on my roulette final before dedicating some time to ideas for this one, but I can prioritise it if you want them in soon!
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In. Will read OP later.
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When do you want first submissions in by, Pup? It'd be good to be able to focus on my roulette final before dedicating some time to ideas for this one, but I can prioritise it if you want them in soon!
I will be starting listening in full for the prelim round by the end of next week. Thursday/Friday-ish. I wanted to allow both you and Jingle time to finish your roulette's before expecting full focus on mine.
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Wow the banned list is going to be a challenge. But I'll give it a try.
I'm in.
Ooh good, more new blood :xbones
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Fairly certain I don't have enough good music left that you haven't already heard of so maybe I'll just focus on weird/risky picks all roulette long :corn
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You had me at "classical, jazz, funk".
EDIT: In!
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You had me at "classical, jazz, funk".
Does this mean more new blood for me to torture all roulette long? :biggrin:
As a side note: I have conveniently put a :tdwn next to all the bands in my banned list that I do not particularly like. Just an FYI
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However, I really love the fact that you like so much different music, so I definitely have stuff I love and can send and we'll see if I can get you to like some of it! :lol
Tried that last time and didn't go so well :lol . Will try again anyways.
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However, I really love the fact that you like so much different music, so I definitely have stuff I love and can send and we'll see if I can get you to like some of it! :lol
Tried that last time and didn't go so well :lol . Will try again anyways.
It just wasn't good different music :biggrin: Although I really liked that Saltillo track you sent me. :tup
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By the way, I made the Rate Your Music link bigger in the banned list post, so no one will miss it. :biggrin:
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Sent
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Sent
And now resend :P :biggrin:
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trying to cheat for the prelim round & seeing if puppies will let me :corn
EDIT: CHEATING SUCCESSFUL
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
Granted I'm only going to allow so much cheating. For instance someone tried to send a band that is on the banned list. Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
If it's J Boy, pretty sure his motto is Win if you can, cheat if you must, but always lose.
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
Granted I'm only going to allow so much cheating. For instance someone tried to send a band that is on the banned list. Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
For the record, I think I'm the "banned" guy. For everyone else's benefit, I believe I misread the instructions. Asia was on the banned list, but I only saw ONE album rated on RYM. I thought that put them in the realm of that "bonus point" thingy. Totally my bad, but I don't want you think I was either cheating or can't read. :)
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
Granted I'm only going to allow so much cheating. For instance someone tried to send a band that is on the banned list. Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
For the record, I think I'm the "banned" guy. For everyone else's benefit, I believe I misread the instructions. Asia was on the banned list, but I only saw ONE album rated on RYM. I thought that put them in the realm of that "bonus point" thingy. Totally my bad, but I don't want you think I was either cheating or can't read. :)
It's cool. I was just being a smart ass about the cheating thing :biggrin: And to that point, I probably could have made those instructions a little clearer.
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watch me get cut in prelims with this band anyways :corn
but like i hope not because then puppies is just wrong
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I should probably put in the OP who has immunity (unless the album sucks real bad) for the prelim round.
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do prelim scores count for the rest of the roulette or not
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Prelim scores will count for the rest of the roulette.
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
Granted I'm only going to allow so much cheating. For instance someone tried to send a band that is on the banned list. Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
For the record, I think I'm the "banned" guy. For everyone else's benefit, I believe I misread the instructions. Asia was on the banned list, but I only saw ONE album rated on RYM. I thought that put them in the realm of that "bonus point" thingy. Totally my bad, but I don't want you think I was either cheating or can't read. :)
Since the debut was on his RYM, did you try to send Alpha? Did ya? Did ya did ya did ya? :biggrin:
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7 albums in so far and we have quite the eclectic blend of albums
Folk, Melodic Death Metal, Breakcore, Jazz Fusion, Technical Death Metal, Indie Rock, and Prog Metal.
Neat :tup
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
Granted I'm only going to allow so much cheating. For instance someone tried to send a band that is on the banned list. Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
For the record, I think I'm the "banned" guy. For everyone else's benefit, I believe I misread the instructions. Asia was on the banned list, but I only saw ONE album rated on RYM. I thought that put them in the realm of that "bonus point" thingy. Totally my bad, but I don't want you think I was either cheating or can't read. :)
Since the debut was on his RYM, did you try to send Alpha? Did ya? Did ya did ya did ya? :biggrin:
Maybe... :tup
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Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
I'm sure whoever that was just didn't pay attention and was likely an oversight. I mean, he's probably a really cool dude on top of it, you know, whoever it was..
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Sent
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I don't know if I can get to the last round with still available music. I will probably have to recycle some albums from ariich roulettes and I hate to be predictable, but I'm in!
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Really don't have time to keep up with roulettes as much now, even though jingle's and ariich's are coming to an end now. You'll get plenty of music here anyway so it should be fine :biggrin: and if you want to have the illusion of me being present in this roulette just listen to Odyssey To The West every round
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Look at all the people complaining about the banned list. :)
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Wait wait, I've got a question for Puppies. I just noticed this!
TAC - Prelim immunity for having the best album in the album round (besides Evermind who said he is sitting this one out) in my first roulette
Will Tim lose his immunity if I join? If so, I'm in. :biggrin:
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
The Jesse "The Body" motto. :tup
If it's J Boy, pretty sure his motto is Win if you can, cheat if you must, but always lose.
:clap:
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Wait wait, I've got a question for Puppies. I just noticed this!
TAC - Prelim immunity for having the best album in the album round (besides Evermind who said he is sitting this one out) in my first roulette
Will Tim lose his immunity if I join? If so, I'm in. :biggrin:
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(don't make me regret the score you're getting in my final round)
One observation/question, and one request.
Observation / Question - your banned list has a lot missing that were on your last roulette. Are those that were banned last time but not this time fair game?
Request - can you (if you have it readily / easily available) list the bands you received in your last roulette (unless you already put them all on the banned list of course). I just don't want to inadvertently send you something that someone else sent earlier this year.
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What was it that Jingle said in his roulette?...
Oh yeah. Win if you can, lose if you must, but always cheat :biggrin:
If it's J Boy, pretty sure his motto is Win if you can, cheat if you must, but always lose.
:rollin
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How many people get through the prelim round?
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Sent. Gonna have to take a lot of risks in this one...
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Another tried to send an album well over 60 minutes for the prelim round. That kind of cheating is a little too blatant. :)
I'm sure whoever that was just didn't pay attention and was likely an oversight. I mean, he's probably a really cool dude on top of it, you know, whoever it was..
Maybe they were too old to see the song durations over their reading glasses? :). ;)
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I don't know if I can get to the last round with still available music. I will probably have to recycle some albums from ariich roulettes and I hate to be predictable, but I'm in!
Good to have you :tup
Really don't have time to keep up with roulettes as much now, even though jingle's and ariich's are coming to an end now. You'll get plenty of music here anyway so it should be fine :biggrin: and if you want to have the illusion of me being present in this roulette just listen to Odyssey To The West every round
It's a good album, but not as great as you think it is. A 7/10 at best... :corn
Wait wait, I've got a question for Puppies. I just noticed this!
TAC - Prelim immunity for having the best album in the album round (besides Evermind who said he is sitting this one out) in my first roulette
Will Tim lose his immunity if I join? If so, I'm in. :biggrin:
In fairness I'd probably give both of you immunity. If you really want in, the more the merrier.
One observation/question, and one request.
Observation / Question - your banned list has a lot missing that were on your last roulette. Are those that were banned last time but not this time fair game?
Request - can you (if you have it readily / easily available) list the bands you received in your last roulette (unless you already put them all on the banned list of course). I just don't want to inadvertently send you something that someone else sent earlier this year.
To answer your question, I removed a bunch of artists from the banned list that I had only rated/heard 1 album and am not familiar with the rest of their albums. Those artists are fair game, but you will have to be a little diligent in checking my RYM page to see which those are. You will have to work for that bonus point.
As far as bands from my previous roulette's, I just noticed I forgot to add in the ones I want to ban. Basically any band that rated 8 or higher is off limits. I will type those up in the third post in a bit.
How many people get through the prelim round?
This is yet to be determined. I'm going to base it off of how good the albums are. So potentially everyone could make it through.
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I've updated the 3rd post with banned artists from my first roulette and it will also contain banned artists during this roulette once we get going.
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Rules for the Collaborative Concept Album round are now up. I am also open to suggestions for this round since this is a new concept for a roulette.
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my take is that i do not like the concept at all but that only matters if i get to that round, which i won't :P
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If that ends up being the general consensus, then I can just cut the bottom half and just go with non collaborative concept albums :sadpanda:
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the thing for me is
1. the appeal of EP rounds is the full creative control, which i lose with this concept
2. dude you realize this is round 10 of your second roulette this year, after a full 8 rounds of single-artist submissions as well as an EP round - i'm gonna be totally out of music by like, round 6 or 7 :lol
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i'm gonna be totally out of music by like, round 6 or 7 :lol
Nah, I have faith in you. :corn
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i already am fairly certain i have nothing (well, nothing you'd like) for the greatest hits round because i am not the type of person to delve deep into artists' catalogues unless they're like, really consistently & i like them a lot
the bands off the top of my head that I've done this for are all banned :lol
we'll see when we get there. i have like, literally only about 5 albums i really want to send you so hopefully i get cut after round 5
edit: also i wanna clarify, i don't know if the concept itself is bad on its own, but from where i stand i wouldn't want to participate in it myself, personally
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I'm with Parama... the concept for that final round is a little too convoluted. The point of roulettes is to share music we love with others we think might like it too - this idea takes it a little beyond those boundaries imo. Trying to find songs with lyrical similarities in our libraries that can be strung together to form a concept album - while teamed with someone else's library - is a little much. It's already challenging enough to come up with a creative *theme* for an EP.
Plus, as Parama said, you will also have added another 100+ artists to the banned list (which is already at about 750) from everyone's submissions, so the inventory for each of us to draw upon to make this concept album will be rather depleted. I'm already having to think of what bands *not* to use in the first few rounds so that I can have them possibly available to use as the EP and/or Greatest Hits round.
IMO, you're taking things a little off the charts in how creative you're trying to make your themes.
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All I'm hearing is a lot of bellyaching from those who don't think they can handle it :hat
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All I'm hearing is a lot of bellyaching from those who don't think they can handle it :hat
Says the guy who literally told me he ran out of good things to send.
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All I'm hearing is a lot of bellyaching from those who don't think they can handle it :hat
Says the guy who literally told me he ran out of good things to send.
That wasn't a complaint, that was an observation of fact :biggrin:
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actually i got it. the first disc of my collaborative concept will be a story about some guy dying made by my partner. disc two will be an artistic interpretation of what happens after death, and it will be a collection of silent tracks of varying lengths, including, of course, john cage
i think i can make that work :tup
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actually i got it. the first disc of my collaborative concept will be a story about some guy dying made by my partner. disc two will be an artistic interpretation of what happens after death, and it will be a collection of silent tracks of varying lengths, including, of course, john cage
i think i can make that work :tup
:rollin Although I've already heard Into Eternity's The Incurable Tragedy :biggrin:
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OK, the more I thought about it the less I like the Collaborative aspect of the concept album round. I'm dropping the teamwork part, but the concept album round stays as a grand finale. Maybe I'll just drop the EP round to make it a little easier finding artists to send. Or I could take a page out of 425's roulette book and only ban artists that score 7 or higher for the duration of the roulette.
Thoughts?
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That solves half the problem to be sure
I want to make an EP though, don't drop the EP round
Maybe I'll make my concept "complete garbage trash" so I don't have to try :corn
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OK, so the collaborative part is gone. Also I changed the rule for banning artists used during the roulette to only artists scoring 7/10 or higher. I will keep a list updated in the third post.
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Great!
When do we start sending? Let's see if I can make it further than the cut-off point this time. I remember failing quite badly, until I sent you the Vanaheim song (but it was already too late by then).
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You can send now. I've already got 10 submissions. The prelim round won't start in full though until both Jingle's and Ariich's roulettes are finished.
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OK, got all submissions in except Ariich (who I know is focused on his roulette right now, no hurry) and Evermind, who still hasn't 100% confirmed if he is in or not... ???
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I liked Indiscipline's idea of a little survey to drum up some interest and insight a little conversation between the participants...So I thought I would come up with my own little questionnaire/survey. :corn
Without further ado.....
Favorite Band -
Favorite Color -
Favorite Guitarist -
Favorite TV Show/Movie -
Favorite Drummer -
Favorite Emulsifier -
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee -
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of -
Favorite Video Game -
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci -
Most Disliked Band -
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving -
Favorite Female Vocalist -
Favorite Male Vocalist -
What Instruments to you play?
Sing in the Shower?
Pee in the Shower?
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow -
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Favorite Band -
1a. Dream Theater
1b. Iron Maiden
1c. UFO
Favorite Color - Blue
Favorite Guitarist - Gary Moore & Michael Schenker
Favorite TV Show/Movie -
TV Show-Sanford And Son
Movie-River's Edge
Favorite Drummer -
Mike Portnoy
Favorite Emulsifier -
Umm....wut?
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee -
David Carradine
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of -
A shitload
Favorite Video Game -
None
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - JP
Most Disliked Band - Winger
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving -
Um..I'm good on a trampoline, thanks.
Favorite Female Vocalist - Steve Perry
Favorite Male Vocalist - Michael Kiske
What Instruments to you play? Drums
Sing in the Shower? Yes
Pee in the Shower? Hell yes
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow -
Faster than a Laden Swallow
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Favorite Female Vocalist - Steve Perry
:rollin
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Favorite Band - Stratovarius
Favorite Color - Deep blue
Favorite Guitarist - Matias Kupiainen
Favorite TV Show/Movie - Breaking Bad/The Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Drummer - I don't pay much attention to drummers but these days it's either Simon Philips or Jeff Porcaro
Favorite Emulsifier - according to a Google search, egg yolks I guess?
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - Bruce Lee
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - I counted the other day. 436.
Favorite Video Game - Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - Petrucci
Most Disliked Band - Any alt rock band, bonus points if the name is stylized (ex Staind, Trapt, Turdz, etc.)
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - Feet on the ground, but sky diving if I had the hojos to do it.
Favorite Female Vocalist - Enya
Favorite Male Vocalist - Timo Kotipelto
What Instruments to you play? Piano/keys, guitar, bass, flute, recorder, double bass
Sing in the Shower? All the time
Pee in the Shower? I prefer beer
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - 17
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Favorite Band - Current top five would be Marillion, Karnivool, Porcupine Tree, Meshuggah, Yes.
Favorite Color - Always bet on black
Favorite Guitarist - Tie between Chris DeGarmo and John Petrucci
Favorite TV Show/Movie - Move: Empire Strikes Back. Show: Lost.
Favorite Drummer - Gavin Harrison
Favorite Emulsifier - no idea
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - It's either Bruce or you're wrong.
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - 1300 or so.
Favorite Video Game - Currently NHL 18. All time is Super Tecmo Bowl.
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - Chuck Norris would say John Petrucci.
Most Disliked Band - Rage Against the Machine
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - Both
Favorite Female Vocalist - Bjork
Favorite Male Vocalist - Ian Kenny (Karnivool)
What Instruments to you play? Been a drummer for 30 plus years. Also play some keys and I'm learning guitar.
Sing in the Shower? Haven't lately.
Pee in the Shower? No.
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - African or European?
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Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - Chuck Norris would say John Petrucci.
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - African or European?
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner! :biggrin:
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I'm way too "at work" to do this right away I'll do it when I get home. But I mean
I won your last roulette so :P
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Favorite Band - Honestly not sure. Might be the Dillinger Escape Plan. Devin Townsend if he counts as a band.
Favorite Color - Blueish maybe?
Favorite Guitarist - Devin Townsend.
Favorite TV Show/Movie - Not sure/Cloud Atlas
Favorite Drummer - No clue, honestly.
Favorite Emulsifier - Yes.
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - Don't know anything about either one.
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - More than 250, less than 300.
Favorite Video Game - Probably something from the 64. Ocarina or Super Mario, potentially.
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - For guitar, Chuck Norris.
Most Disliked Band - Can't think of one.
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - Equal indifference.
Favorite Female Vocalist - Julie Christmas.
Favorite Male Vocalist - Devin Townsend.
What Instruments to you play? - None well.
Sing in the Shower? - Nope.
Pee in the Shower? - :|
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - I find Monty Python almost painfully unfunny.
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Without further ado.....
Favorite Band - See Indiscipline's 1st question
Favorite Color - It's spelled colour. Red... the blood of my enema.. er, enemies
Favorite Guitarist - Page
Favorite TV Show/Movie - TV - Cheers; Movie - Heat
Favorite Drummer - Little Boy
Favorite Emulsifier - how do you spell that?
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - seriously, that's like comparing The Bruins and Leafs
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - 550
Favorite Video Game - All-time - Street Fighter II
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - I'm not aware that JP has ever counted to infinity once, let alone twice.
Most Disliked Band - REM probably
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - I'd try either
Favorite Female Vocalist - Floor Jansen, with Maggy Luyten close behind.
Favorite Male Vocalist - :TAC:
What Instruments to you play? Does the skin flute count?
Sing in the Shower? Nope
Pee in the Shower? Only monsters would defile themselves in such a way
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - What do you mean? An African or European swallow?
Well dammit... 5x ninja'd
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Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - I find Monty Python almost painfully unfunny.
Is that a Monty Python reference? If so, I am totally with you, Ninja.
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Possibly the first and last thing TAC and I agree on. :lol
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Favorite Band - Honestly not sure. Might be the Dillinger Escape Plan. Devin Townsend if he counts as a band.
Favorite Guitarist - Devin Townsend.
Favorite Video Game - Probably something from the 64. Ocarina or Super Mario, potentially.
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - For guitar, Chuck Norris.
Favorite Female Vocalist - Julie Christmas.
Favorite Male Vocalist - Devin Townsend.
A man after my own heart :metal
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Favorite Band - Anathema
Favorite Color - Blue
Favorite Guitarist - David Gilmour
Favorite TV Show/Movie - Monster / Fight Club
Favorite Drummer - Gavin Harrison
Favorite Emulsifier - wot
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - Bruce Lee
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - 21
Favorite Video Game - Mega Man Legends 2
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - Chuck Norris
Most Disliked Band - Mnnn tough one since I don't really dislike much music, but I'd say I find Animal Collective's music pretty irritating
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - Haven't done either, but i'd love to try sky diving
Favorite Female Vocalist - Kate Bush maybe?
Favorite Male Vocalist - Vincent Cavannagh
What Instruments to you play? Used to play the piano
Sing in the Shower? Not really, walls are thin
Pee in the Shower? Not since I was 10 :lol
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - African or European?
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Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - I find Monty Python almost painfully unfunny.
Is that a Monty Python reference? If so, I am totally with you, Ninja.
Admitting one's flaws is the first step in recovery.
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Favorite Band - Deep Purple and Dream Theater, depends on the day.
Favorite Color - Sea Blue
Favorite Guitarist - Ritchie Blackmore
Favorite TV Show/Movie - Cowboy Bebop / The Godfather
Favorite Drummer - Dennis Chambers
Favorite Emulsifier - I don't do drugs since '98
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - The Dragon
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - A room.
Favorite Video Game - Xenogears
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - John Petrucci has never had his arse kicked by The Dragon
Most Disliked Band - Pantera and Radiohead, it depends on the day
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - Bunjee playing Worms
Favorite Female Vocalist - Lea Salonga
Favorite Male Vocalist - Michael Ball
What Instruments to you play? Guitar graduate, rudimental bass, piano amateur, drums as birthright, human voice professionally.
Sing in the Shower? Always
Pee in the Shower? Only when I sing
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
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Favorite Band - Deep Purple or The Beatles
Favorite Color - Cobalt Blue, Muave, Purple
Favorite Guitarist - Mustard
Favorite TV Show/Movie - Now: Archer or The Blacklist. All Time: The Sopranos
Favorite Drummer - Portnoy or Phil Collins
Favorite Emulsifier - Mustard
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee - Chuck Norris
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of - 2,500
Favorite Video Game - BioShock
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci - Chuck Norris (sorry; John Petrucci goes on stage when Chuck says he's ready)
Most Disliked Band - Radiohead
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving - Neither; scared of heights
Favorite Female Vocalist - Ann Wilson
Favorite Male Vocalist - Freddie Mercury
What Instruments to you play? Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Sing (Lyrics too)
Sing in the Shower? Yes
Pee in the Shower? Yes
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - Swallow, but it's not a dealbreaker.
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Favorite TV Show/Movie - Cowboy Bebop / The Godfather
:2metal:
Most Disliked Band - Pantera and Radiohead, it depends on the day
:sadpanda:
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WTF is Cowboy Bebop?
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Favorite Band -
Hmm this question sucks because I dunno how to answer it. East of the Wall 'cause they made my all-time favorite album? But I'm not huge on any of their others. The Hirsch Effekt is probably my overall favorite at the moment but historically speaking Oceansize and Pain of Salvation are both consistently good and pretty important for me.
Favorite Color -
Purple! I'm still using the DTF apollo theme, lol
Favorite Guitarist -
Uhh Petrucci I guess, I don't pay a ton of attention to individual guitarists in bands
Favorite TV Show/Movie -
I barely watch TV & the only thing I've been keeping up with lately is Bojack Horseman. 12 Angry Men is definitely my favorite movie though.
Favorite Drummer -
I would've said Danny Walker until earlier this year. Let's default to Seth Rheam for now.
Favorite Emulsifier -
Being too lazy to go to google
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee -
Don't care
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of -
450ish? I have been keeping a record of everything I get since 2015 and that's probably at least 300 by itself & I already had plenty before that so
Favorite Video Game -
I did a top games list a while back (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=47383.500) and while there would be some updates if I did it now I've had no reason to change my #1
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci -
See my answer for favorite guitarist
Most Disliked Band -
Merzbow is probably not the worst harsh noise """musician""" out there but they're definitely the most mainstream and thus the one I directly my distaste for the entire genre at
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving -
No
Favorite Female Vocalist -
Lorde
Favorite Male Vocalist -
Daniel Gildenlow
What Instruments to you play?
Used to play viola (still have it), still sometimes play electric guitar & drums but not as much as I should be
Sing in the Shower?
I don't sing period
Pee in the Shower?
I don't pee period
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow -
0 MPH, because the owls have attacked and killed it
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WTF is Cowboy Bebop?
One of the best series out there, and has a fantastic opening song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWk-VpK4hJo).
I barely watch TV & the only thing I've been keeping up with lately is Bojack Horseman.
Another damn good series, new season is a blast :metal
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New season wasn't the best one but it was still good
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Where our music tastes seem to mostly align our video games tastes seem to be mostly unaligned. The only game in your list that I might even consider putting in my top 25 would be The Walking Dead.
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yeah i like lots of weird bad games :tup
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So, still not sure if Evermind is actually going to join or if he was just messing around earlier. Either way he has until Ariich submits his album to decide and send. Then this roulette can get under way fully, with some Hangmemes???? maybe.....
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hangman but it's in binary so you only have to guess 0 and 1
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Favorite Color -
Purple!
Yeah! o/
Glad there's another member of Team Purple here.
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I've noticed a lot of you picked some form of blue for your favorite color. Interesting...
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@ariich will I get a bonus point in your roulette for that? :corn :corn :corn :neverusethis:
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Favorite Color -
Purple!
Yeah! o/
Glad there's another member of Team Purple here.
I added that to mine, actually. It sort of changes and depends on the situation. I love purple, but not for a car (though my truck is, technically, "purple" even if it looks more grey than that). I love muave, but not for pants. At least cobalt blue is a more usuable color across the board.
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I forgot that I posted in this thread, sorry Puppies. :lol
Sure, let's give it a shot. Sending in an hour or two.
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So wait...am I still safe??
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Favorite Color -
Purple!
Yeah! o/
Glad there's another member of Team Purple here.
I added that to mine, actually. It sort of changes and depends on the situation. I love purple, but not for a car (though my truck is, technically, "purple" even if it looks more grey than that). I love muave, but not for pants. At least cobalt blue is a more usuable color across the board.
adds this info to DTF_posters.txt
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Question: For albums that appear in your RYM collection (due to CD or digital ownership) but aren't rated, are they still treated as "rated" for the purposes of the banned list?
I.e. if a band isn't in the banned list, and you haven't rated their albums on RYM but they are in your collection, they're still banned.
Right?
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he literally already owns the album i "sent" him so :lol
he also apparently owned the spectral lore i sent him a song off last time
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Yeah he seems to own a lot of albums but not rated them. :lol Confusing. But I'm assuming they count as "rated" for the purposes of the roulette.
Also supplementary question: I can see there are maximum lengths. Are there minimums too? As in, are EPs ok?
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Yeah he seems to own a lot of albums but not rated them. :lol Confusing. But I'm assuming they count as "rated" for the purposes of the roulette.
Those were available in the previous roulette. Source: he had mostly all of Helloween on his RYM present but not rated, and I was able to get away with sending Keeper of the Seven Keys pt. 1.
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ariich I literally just said I sent exactly the kind of album you're talking about and he accepted it :lol
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For some reason Puppies buys lots of albums and doesn't listen to them :P. Kinda the same with me and books tbh.
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Time is limited
Albums take time
I totally get it but I rarely buy stuff nowadays without hearing it first, been screwed over too many times :P
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Oh right! Well I'll wait for Pups to confirm but that gives me some more options if so.
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By the way, I sent some hard rock / heavy metal.
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So just to clarify. Anything that I own but have not rated is not banned, unless the band is on the banned list in the 2nd post. Chances are I either heard the album once a long time ago or have not listened to it yet.
I have a bad habit buying albums, books, and video games just because they are on sale and then never getting around to them.
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I didn't respond to this thing yet, so I'll do that.
Favorite Band -
I don't think I have something like a 'favourite band', because I tend to listen to a lot of different music at the same time and my tastes switch around (I tend to enjoy heavy music more in the winter, and laid-back stuff in the summer, though this isn't set in stone). I have no idea what my current favourite artists would be, but my statistics of bands I've seen live would say it's Leprous and Haken. Other favourites, or have-been-favourites in the past include Dream Theater, Pain of Salvation, Porcupine Tree, Pink Floyd, Agent Fresco, Ulver and Radiohead. Check my latest top 50 for more, I guess.
Favorite Color -
Blue.. uhh, I mean red.
Favorite Guitarist -
History would suggest John Petrucci, although I love Guthrie Govan's work as well.
Favorite TV Show/Movie -
I don't really care for TV. The only shows I've watched in full are Lost and Breaking Bad (not counting Better Call Saul which is still going on). My favourite film is without a doubt Apocalypse Now, with Alien and The Deer Hunter coming behind.
Favorite Drummer -
I find Baard Kolstad to be amazing to watch.
Favorite Emulsifier -
Your mom.
Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee -
I can't recall having ever seen a film any of these two plays in, so neither.
Total Number/Guesstimate of Albums you own Physical copies of -
450, not counting doubles.
Favorite Video Game -
Tough one, though in overall play-time I bet it would be either Halo 2 or Halo 3, but the hours I logged in there are mostly multiplayer. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for being the most immersive game I've played, I guess that one would be my favourite. Nowadays I rarely play video-games, and when I do, it's usually old stuff I have played before. Lately (like 3 months ago) I've been on an Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind kick.
Chuck Norris or John Petrucci -
See the favourite guitarist question, combine that with the answer to Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan and it should be pretty clear. Other than the memes, I have no idea who this guy is.
Most Disliked Band -
None?
Bungee Jumping or Sky Diving -
If I had to choose, Sky Diving, but I'm not doing any. Never.
Favorite Female Vocalist -
The girl singing in Oceans of Slumber.
Favorite Male Vocalist -
I don't know.
What instruments do you play?
Mainly guitar (see my band), but also saxophone, bass guitar, piano and drums. I can sing well enough to be a backing vocalist if needed (or drowned out by the sound of 30 other singers in a choir).
Sing in the Shower?
Yes, preferably stupid music.
Pee in the Shower?
Yes.
Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow -
What do you mean? An African or a European swallow?
Assuming a spherical swallow in a vacuum… ah… forget it
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Average Air Speed Velocity of an Unladen Swallow - Swallow, but it's not a dealbreaker.
Late to respond to this, but ...
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So wait...am I still safe??
I missed this earlier, yeah you are still safe. Unless I really really hate your album....
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Favorite Emulsifier -
Your mom.
(https://i.giphy.com/media/8OS32iZ3gPKsU/giphy.webp)
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I don't know whether I should be happy or sad that I can't see whatever picture you posted.
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I don't know whether I should be happy or sad that I can't see whatever picture you posted.
Definitely sad.
By the way, in order to get a head start, I've listened through all the albums once (with the exception of Ariich's) and I will say there are 3 albums that I can't wait to come back to and give more listens. Then there were a couple that I'm not too sure about...
I won't be doing any more listening until Ariich gets a chance to send. Again, no hurry.
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Then there were a couple that I'm not too sure about...
Thankfully, I have that sweet preliminary round immunity for both best EP and album!
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Good for you
I sent a good album anyway.
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The album I sent is probably in my top 5 for everything I've got this year so you better love it or I'm cutting you in one round in my next roulette :metal
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I regret sending the album I sent
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I regret sending the album I sent
Me in most rounds of your roulette
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I regret sending the album I sent
Me in most rounds of your roulette
:lol I want you to try again next time!
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Im just gonna send exclusively instrumental albums so you can't complain about the vocals
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Good, 'cause growls aren't accepted this time :lol
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The album I sent is probably in my top 5 for everything I've got this year so you better love it or I'm cutting you in one round in my next roulette :metal
You mean like last time? :neverusethis:
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I'll send tonight now that my own roulette is finished! :)
EDIT: Sent! Went with a genre that nobody else is likely to send. Risky obviously. Start as I mean to go on.
Probably eliminated.
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twosuitslukewarm
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Sweet, got all the albums in. Working on Hangmemes now!!! Get hyped! Jump around! :|
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Hangenjeans is here! REJOICE!!!! :hefdaddy
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?: ___ _____ ______ ____ - ___ _____ ______ ____
?: __________ - _______
?: _______ - __ ___ ____ __ ____
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Guessed letters:
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Show me K
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Oh go on then, A.
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?: ______a_ __a___ - _____ _____a_ a_a__ _________
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?: _a__ __ ______ - ___ A__ ___ _K
?: ___a___ - _
?: ___ ____k ____k_ _a__ - ___ ____k ____k_ _a__
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?: _a___a__ - __ _a__ a__ __ ___ __a
?: ___a___a__ - ____________
?: __a__ __ ______ - __a___ __ A__
Guessed letters: K A
Katt waits 3 turns
Ariich waits 2
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Let's see the T's.
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Katt waits 3 turns
Ariich waits 2
That seems a little unfair when Katt went before me. :lol
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L
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I'll take the inaugural D
I see Enslaved - E? :corn or not they're banned but it fits :lol
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Katt waits 3 turns
Ariich waits 2
That seems a little unfair when Katt went before me. :lol
Whoops! I seem to have been drunk for that last post. I thinK i'm sobver noww.w.....ww..
I'll take the inaugural D
I see Enslaved - E? :corn or not they're banned but it fits :lol
YOu do? Where? :lol
?: T__ Tall__t _a_ __ _a_t_ - __all__ __a__
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?: ____t_a_ __a___ - _____ ___lla_ alatt ___l_t_tt
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?: __a_k_ _____ - __ L_k_ _t ____
?: __t__a_ - __ _t_a___ L____
?: _a_d __ ______ - ___ A__ ___ _K
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?: T__ D___k T___k_ _a_d - T__ D___k T___k_ _a_d
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?: Al_t__a - T_ t__ _d__ __ T___
?: _a_d_a__ - __ La_d a_d __ t__ __a
?: D__a___a__ - ______t____t
?: T_a_l __ ___d__ - __ad__ __ A_t
Guessed letters: K A T L D
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 (or whenever he decides to shout out a letter again)
Romdrums waits 1
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Shallow Grave by The Tallest Man on Earth
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Shallow Grave by The Tallest Man on Earth
Indeed
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?: T__ D___k T___k_ _a_d - T__ D___k T___k_ _a_d
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?: _a_d_a__ - __ La_d a_d __ t__ __a
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Guessed letters: K A T L D
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Let's have an S.
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Last update for a few hours. I get to go to the dentist!! :sadpanda:
?: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
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?: __t__as - __ St_a___ L___s
?: _a_d __ ___s_s - ___ A__ ___ _K
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?: _a_d_a_s - __ La_d a_d __ t__ S_a
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?: T_a_l __ ___d__ - S_ad_s __ A_t
Guessed letters: K A T L D S
Ariich waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
TAC waits 1 (or whenever he decides to shout out a letter again)
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:lol
E
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Alithia - To the Edge of Time, sent by Jinglypuff
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Dreamgrave - Presentiment, Elite
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Cardiacs: On Land And In The Sea
The Derek Trucks Band: The Derek Trucks Band
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Cardiacs is LordCost
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The Derek Trucks Band: The Derek Trucks Band
Stadler
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oh this one should've been obvious
Snarky Puppy - We Like it Here
Sent by Dacul ofc
And
Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity sent by TACul
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Alithia - To the Edge of Time, sent by Jinglypuff
Actually not sent by Jongly
The Derek Trucks Band: The Derek Trucks Band
Stadler
That's a negative Ghost Rider.
?: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: _e_et_a_ S_a_es - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
?: __t__as - __ St_a__e L___s
?: _a_d __ ___ses - ___ A_e ___ _K
?: ___a_e_ - _
?: The Derek Trucks Band - T_e De_ek T___ks _a_d
?: Ea_le_ea_t - _e_e_se
?: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: T_a_l __ ___de_ - S_ades __ A_t
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E
TAC waits until he gets bored
ariich waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1
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Eagleheart
Venetian Snares
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
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Eagleheart
Reverse
That's J Boy.
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Is Alithia K Lox?
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How about an M?
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?: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: S_a_k_ _____ - We Like It Here
?: M_t__as - __ St_a__e L___s
?: _a_d __ ___ses - ___ A_e ___ _K
?: ___a_e_ - _
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - _e_e_se
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
?: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E M
Romdrums waits 3 turns
TAC waits
ariich waits 1
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Snarky Puppy vanished between updates :lol
also Band of Horses
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Mithras
Voyager
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is the Voyager album named V? :neverusethis:
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Snarky Puppy vanished between updates :lol
It sure did. I blame Slackul's hangmanen program.
?: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
?: Mithras - __ St_a__e L___s
?: Band of Horses - ___ A_e ___ _K
?: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - _eve_se
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
?: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E M V
Romdrums waits 2 turns
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Reverse was also guessed earlier (in the same post that someone guessed jingle sent it)
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Reverse was also guessed earlier (in the same post that someone guessed jingle sent it)
Ah, so it was.
By the way there are 2 bands eligible for the bonus half point or the dreaded -1 point. These are Band of Horses and Voyager.
?: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
?: Mithras - __ St_a__e L___s
?: Band of Horses - ___ A_e ___ _K
?: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
?: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E M V
Romdrums waits 2 turns
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mithras doesn't count? hmm :corn
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mithras doesn't count? hmm :corn
I haven't listened to those albums since long before I ever joined RYM. So no rating on those albums. I only really remember a few songs and that I really liked those albums. They were just one of those bands that kind of fell through the cracks over the years.
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give me my bonus half point dammit
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I also guessed earlier that Elite sent Presentiment, was that not correct? I'd be surprised :lol
shadow ninja sent tallest man on earth too
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Lethean for Voyager? On the basis that he sent me them in my roulette.
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I also guessed earlier that Elite sent Presentiment, was that not correct? I'd be surprised :lol
yeah, this hangmanen is brokenmanen
I did send the Dreamgrave album
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Well, if Alithia makes it thru and Eagleheart doesn't, I'll claim a moral victory.
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:hat
All I'm sayin'.
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Yeah Voyager has to be Lethean. Fantastic album, I hope that comes in at the top.
Jungle.boi showed me Alithia and I was sold, and wanted to start off with some wild prog metal but in hindsight I regret sending it. Oh well.
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I also guessed earlier that Elite sent Presentiment, was that not correct? I'd be surprised :lol
shadow ninja sent tallest man on earth too
Turns out when I put Elite's name in the hangmanen generator it doesn't recognize it, so it doesn't fill it out. Same with Shadow Ninja for some reason.
Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
?: Mithras - __ St_a__e L___s
?: Band of Horses - ___ A_e ___ _K
Lethean: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E M V
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Just realized I have first round immunity so I feel better about Alithia now. Yay!
Hm... did Stads send Band of Horses? That album is Why Are You OK.
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Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
?: Mithras - __ St_a__e L___s
Stadler: Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Lethean: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E M V
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Stabs in the dark.
Parama sent Mithrash
Evermind sent The Derek Trucks Band
ariich sent Venetian Snares
romdrums sent Trail of Murder
Indiscipline sent whatever the unsolved artist is
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Turns out when I put Elite's name in the hangmanen generator it doesn't recognize it, so it doesn't fill it out. Same with Shadow Ninja for some reason.
Do you want to try using my spreadsheet instead? It's in a google spreadsheet. I found it pretty easy to use on the whole, the main limitation was where people guessed individual words but not a whole artist/album name. But otherwise it works rather well IMO. I can send a link.
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Evermind sent The Derek Trucks Band
Who the fuck are these guys? :lol That's literally the first time I've heard of them.
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:facepalm: :lol
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Evermind sent The Derek Trucks Band
Who the fuck are these guys? :lol That's literally the first time I've heard of them.
Butch Trucks was (until his death) one of the co-drummers in the Allman Brothers Band. His son Derek is a rather talented guitar player, that in fact replaced Dickie Betts in the Allmans at the end of their career, and formed the "Derek Trucks Band" as a side gig (well, now its his full time gig).
I have to say: I'm a big Allman's fan, preferring the Warren Haynes years and the original Duane years best. I'm not the hugest Dickie Betts fan, and so I don't like the Betts-only and Betts-Toler years much, and except for Gov't Mule (Haynes side gig) I don't go in for many of the side bands (Great Southern, etc.). The DTB is possibly an exception; I'm not familiar with most of their stuff, but from what I have heard, he's the real deal and a lot closer to Duane than anyone else that has played with the Allmans since his death.
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Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit sent by Evermind
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The Mithras album is On Strange Loops and is definitely Parama as he sent it to me as one of ten post-roulette submissions.
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yes, i was waiting for you to come in here and post that :P
hope you only kind of hate it
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I guessed that too, but I just realized I misspelled it somehow :lol
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if you played the album at double speed that would be mithrash
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yes, i was waiting for you to come in here and post that :P
hope you only kind of hate it
I'm actually genuinely excited to check out some of the albums you thought were too risky. Although one of the ten I know already because you sent it to me in my last roulette. :P
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i did? woops :lol
i mentioned an 11th album in one of the writeups, that can be the new 10th one then :corn
edit: oh yeah i did send julia holter in your last roulette, for the "fun" round
i should've sent "fun." for the "fun" round tbh, that was a missed opportunity right there
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i did? woops :lol
edit: oh yeah i did send julia holter in your last roulette, for the "fun" round
i should've sent "fun." for the "fun" round tbh, that was a missed opportunity right there
Yeah, if you knew fun. back then, then that was a pretty poor decision. I mean I liked the Holter album but didn't love it, and I wouldn't have really called it fun either.
i mentioned an 11th album in one of the writeups, that can be the new 10th one then :corn
Alrighty, more weird black metal for me, woot!
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Hurray!
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i have yet to score below 7.5 or higher than 8.5 in any round of your roulettes, ariich
geez :lol
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i have yet to score below 7.5 or higher than 8.5 in any round of your roulettes, ariich
geez :lol
You're very consistent. :lol
Some of the post-roulette stuff you sent last time I rated 7.0 - let's see if you can beat that this time!
btw this should apparently be renamed the "ariich roulette afterparty thread".
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Stabs in the dark.
Parama sent Mithrash
Evermind sent The Derek Trucks Band
ariich sent Venetian Snares
romdrums sent Trail of Murder
Indiscipline sent whatever the unsolved artist is
1/5 ain't bad... :biggrin:
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit sent by Evermind
So close :lol
Turns out when I put Elite's name in the hangmanen generator it doesn't recognize it, so it doesn't fill it out. Same with Shadow Ninja for some reason.
Do you want to try using my spreadsheet instead? It's in a google spreadsheet. I found it pretty easy to use on the whole, the main limitation was where people guessed individual words but not a whole artist/album name. But otherwise it works rather well IMO. I can send a link.
PM me a link and I'll give it a shot. :tup
Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - __ss_ _s_lla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e ___d - E____es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
Stadler: Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Lethean: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: K A T L D S E M V
Y'all might want to guess some letters.
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think i was waiting but sure
IIIIIIII
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Show me the O
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Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - _oss_ _silla_ alatt s__letett
?: _l_e _ood - E__i_es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
Stadler: Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Lethean: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: Slaked Vomit
Kat waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1
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I wait for no one
Rossz Csillag Alatt Született by Evermind
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Blue Mood?
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I wait for no one
Rossz Csillag Alatt Született by Evermind
Correct album, not from Ev
Blue Mood?
Blue yes, Mood no.
Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt szuletett
?: Blue _ood - E__i_es
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
Stadler: Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Lethean: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Guessed letters: Slaked Vomit
I may have to pause my roulette listening for a day so I can listen to the new Coheed and Cambria like 10 times in a row. :)
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i mean if you listen to it 10 times in a row you'll have to pause for a week 'cause it's so dang long :P
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Blue Food-Engines
RHCP meets Chicago.
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Blue Food-Engines
There it is.
Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
?: Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt szuletett
?: Blue Food - Engines
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
Stadler: Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Lethean: Voyager - V
?: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
?: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Anyone interested in some first impressions? I'm sure you're not..... :neverusethis:
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Derek Trucks-Indiscipline?
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Turns out when I put Elite's name in the hangmanen generator it doesn't recognize it, so it doesn't fill it out. Same with Shadow Ninja for some reason.
Don't worry, I'll fix the hangmanenator 2000 before i begin my next roulette :neverusethis:. And with fix I mean completely rewrite it in a different language that's actually portable and you can execute on your pc wihout installing crap :lol. And also support EP rounds, save who guessed what, has turns and limits on guessed, etc.
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IMPRESSION ME UP BABY
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Some first impressions after 1 listen.
- I like this for the most part, but some of the more <insert genre> parts kind of fall flat for me.
- Serious <insert artist here> vibes here, which isn't exactly a good thing. The production and vocals are fairly bad in places.
- This is a lot to take in, but there's a lot to like here.
- This band takes a lot of inspiration from the original <insert genre here> bands, but adds their own twists and flair.
- This was a super fun listen, but it loses a little steam near the end.
- Most songs here got a HOLY CRAP reaction from me. A couple got a meh..... Needs more listens to digest in full.
- That's a sweet guitar tone. Impressive.
- Pretty much what I expected from this band
- Some impressive stuff, gets a little samey in the second half though.
- This is going to take more listens to unravel fully
- Has most of the elements of <insert genre here> that make it enjoyable
- Not sure how to classify this or how to feel about it. Needs more listens for sure.
- Reminds me at times of <insert band here> and <insert band here> if they merged and then parodied themselves with modern production and styles.
- Wasn't sure what to expect here, but it got better and better as the album went on. Good mix of moods.
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i have no clue :metal
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Me neither :metal
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- Some impressive stuff, gets a little samey in the second half though.
I think that's mine!
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- I like this for the most part, but some of the more <insert genre> parts kind of fall flat for me.
- This band takes a lot of inspiration from the original <insert genre here> bands, but adds their own twists and flair.
- This was a super fun listen, but it loses a little steam near the end.
- Pretty much what I expected from this band
- Some impressive stuff, gets a little samey in the second half though.
- Has most of the elements of <insert genre here> that make it enjoyable
- Not sure how to classify this or how to feel about it. Needs more listens for sure.
- Reminds me at times of <insert band here> and <insert band here> if they merged and then parodied themselves with modern production and styles.
Any of these could conceivably be mine. :lol
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- That's a sweet guitar tone. Impressive.
Maybe this.
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Me neither :metal
Third'd
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Too vague? :lol
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I think half could apply to mine, and not in a good sense :lol
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Man, whoever sent the Blue Food record gets massive props. That's some greasy shit. :hat :hefdaddy :metal
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So after 1 listen of all the albums I thought I had a pretty clear idea who was getting cut, but after the second listen those bottom albums are starting to come alive and make me rethink things......We shall see what a third listen does...
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And here is the completed list of albums and who sent what....since no one was guessing anymore
Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
TAC: Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
Romdrums: Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt szuletett
Ariich: Blue Food - Engines
Sacul: Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
Stadler: Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Lethean: Voyager - V
Indiscipline: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Jingle: Eagleheart - Reverse
Kattelox: Alithia - To the Edge of Time
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
Elite: Dreamgrave - Presentiment
Evermind: Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
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:corn :corn :corn
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Man, whoever sent the Blue Food record gets massive props. That's some greasy shit. :hat :hefdaddy :metal
:hat
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So, I'm very tempted to give 1 album a 9.5 right out of the gate. Another could be getting a 9. The rest are getting 4's, especially Jingle :biggrin:
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Do it!
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Yeah I'll take my 4
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Well, I sent Dreamgrave because I thought it would go well with Puppies, so bring on the high score!
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ready to bomb the first round like a pro
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ready to bomb the first round like a pro
Considering you bombed the first 2 rounds in my first roulette, it wouldn't be out of character for you. ;D
I feel like I should be giving Jingle crap for sending me an album with some harsh vocals on it. :lol
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So, I'm very tempted to give 1 album a 9.5 right out of the gate. Another could be getting a 9. The rest are getting 4's, especially Jingle :biggrin:
*Reverse* psychology, amirite???
No? Ok... totally ready to go out in blaze of glory.
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A 4? Fuck yeah, Stadler starting STRONG!
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A 4? Fuck yeah, Stadler starting STRONG!
And finishing fast. You know there's eliminations this round, right?
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A 4? Fuck yeah, Stadler starting STRONG!
And finishing fast. You know there's eliminations this round, right?
Oh, I do. Also par for the course. :) :) :)
Based on my experience, all roulettes last one, or at the most, two rounds. :)
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Indiscipline: The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
:omg: :heart :hefdaddy
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:corn
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:corn :corn :corn
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I've got a few listens in on all albums now. I would like to get 1 or 2 more in and hopefully start posting results on Friday. I will probably spread the results out over Friday/Saturday. I'm confident in the the top and bottom albums, so those results will be posted last :biggrin:
And remember how I said there will be eliminations this round.......well there is still going to be, but probably only 1, possibly up to 3 (depending on how further listens go with those albums). I was originally going to narrow it down to 10 participants going forward, but the rest of the albums were so good that I couldn't bear to eliminate people who sent awesome albums.
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I was originally going to narrow it down to 10 participants going forward, but the rest of the albums were so good that I couldn't bear to eliminate people who sent awesome albums.
Boy I know that feeling. Prelim album roulette rounds are pretty tough, huh?
Anyway: :caffeine:
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I was originally going to narrow it down to 10 participants going forward, but the rest of the albums were so good that I couldn't bear to eliminate people who sent awesome albums.
Boy I know that feeling. Prelim album roulette rounds are pretty tough, huh?
And it's getting harder the more I listen to these albums. I'm still pretty sure which are my favorite and least favorite, other than that.......ordering this and giving them proper scores is hard.
Having said that, I may get to some of the writeups today.........assuming I get done with work at a reasonable time. :corn All aboard the hype train!
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Waiting for these results, this should be renamed as the Tool Album Roulette.
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Waiting for these results, this should be renamed as the Tool Album Roulette.
Actually Maynard sent me a PM saying "WTF???"
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Waiting for these results, this should be renamed as the Tool Album Roulette.
Actually Maynard sent me a PM saying "WTF???"
I heard he started typing it 6 years ago..
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on :soon: loops :corn
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LoL, you guys are too funny :biggrin:
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I sent my album like 2 weeks ago and hangmemes ended a week ago I think we're all just bored now :P
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I get it, and that's why I'm going to start posting write ups today. Even if it kills me :D
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I'll kill you if you don't so :neverusethis:
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There you go threatening roulette hosts again :flame: :deadhorse:
:loser:
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where they at tho
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Are you ready? :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn ????
PRELIM ROUND RESULTS part 1!
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Evermind
Heavy Metal
Sweden
First Impression - Reminds me at times of WASP and Def Leppard if they merged and then parodied themselves with modern production and styles.
So let me try to explain my first impression, because by now I'm sure all of you (especially Evermind) are thinking "WHAT ARE YOU ON ABOUT?!?!" So, growing up in the late 80's/early 90's I listened to a lot of the early heavy metal bands like the 2 aforementioned here (WASP and Def Leppard (and really I only mean Def Leppards first 2 albums)) because that's what my parents were listening to a lot (along with country music, which I really can't explain, how do you go from listening to something like WASP to listening to Brooks & Dunn and enjoy both equally, whatever, I digress). I also heard lots of Scorpions, early Journey, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, AC/DC, etc, but that's beside the point. My point is there are lots of little things here that remind me of those early 80's metal bands (especially WASP) and Def Leppard (which I know is debatable if their early albums were metal). There are certain songs where the vocals remind me of Blackie Lawless. Something in the cadence or phrasing, it's hard to explain. Then there's the gang vocal choruses all over the album that really remind me of Def Leppard, along with a lot of the guitar riffs (maybe in the way they let some of the riffs ring out) and solos. I was also thinking it sounded a bit like Tad Morose, but then I realized that the vocalist here (Urban Breed) was also the vocalist in Tad Morose for 10 years. So that at least makes some sense, even it the WASP and Def Leppard comparisons don't.
For the most part the album is very mid tempo and doesn't really deviate from that and for the most part it works through super strong song writing, excellent vocals that make you want to sing along, and awesome riffs and solos. The only real weak songs here would be Your Silence and My Heart Still Cries. The rest are all solid to awesome, head bang worthy tunes. :metal The only reason it's not getting a higher score is because there could have been a little more variety and tempo changes throughout. Otherwise, great submission here.
Favorite songs - Shades of Art, Mab
Least favorite - Your Silence, My Heart Still Cries
8.2/10
Dreamgrave - Presentiment
Elite
Progressive Death Metal
Hungary
First Impression - Wasn't sure what to expect here, but it got better and better as the album went on. Good mix of moods.
I was quite intrigued by how you described the band in the PM you sent me originally. You said they had the "right amounts of heavy, intense and beautiful at the same time." I think this describes them pretty well for the most part. These guys are definitely doing their own thing, but drawing from a lot of inspiration from other bands. There are times that remind me of Between the Buried and Me, Persefone, Wilderun, Opeth, and even bits that are similar to the band Lor that TAC sent in my last roulette.
I like the intensity that they use throughout, mostly because it's woven in nicely with bits of more melodic and lighter passages. The female vocals interspersed really help to balance out the album for the most part. This is all presented well on the opening two tracks, Ethereal Eternity with flows perfectly in to Black Spiral. I also like the little bits of orchestral instruments that are strewn about, they give the heavier parts a quality of beauty that blends nicely. It gives it a bit of a gothic/doomy vibe at occasionally. The keyboards and guitar solos makes sure you know that this is a prog metal album and for the most part they don't just feel like they are tacked on for the sake of have technical instrumentation. Their use in the song Memento Mori is pretty slick, which then goes in to a nice atmospheric piano bit with accompanying bass. It all flows well. It doesn't seem stitched together.
Where it starts to fall apart a bit is starting with Presentiment Part II they seem to have run out of ideas and the last three tracks, especially the last track, just kind of drag on way too long without much going on. Also, the harsh vocals used aren't the best or most diverse, but neither do they detract from the awesome music on display. Overall it's a pretty good album and a really good first album for this band. They are a band to watch in the future. :tup
Favorite tracks - Black Spiral, Memento Mori
Least favorite - It's Ubiquitous, Presentiment Pt 2
7.8/10
Voyager - V
Lethean
Progressive Metal
Australia
(bonus point band)
First Impression - I like this for the most part, but some of the more Djenty parts kind of fall flat for me.
This is one of the albums with a potential bonus point. I had previously only heard and rated Voyager's newest album, Ghost Mile. I gave that one a 7.6/10 rounded up to an 8. So how did you do? Time to get excited......?....
This album starts out with one of my favorite songs of the round, Hyperventilating. It's the perfect blend of heavy prog metal, with great melodies, cool sing-a-long chorus, with good vocals and neat guitar riffs and solos. The rest of the album never quite hit me the same way as that song did. After repeated listens I was able to appreciate most of the other songs for what they are, but I always came back to that first song and loved it. The closest song to it in terms of quality would be The Morning Light, which has a very epic feel to it. I really love the almost too cheesy synths with the 80's synth drum sound in the intro. The guitar solo in this song reminds me of something, but I just cant finger out what it is. Orpheus is another good song with more of the almost too cheesy synths, which then combine in to this super cool lead run with the guitars that remind me of the band Darkest Hour's lead guitars in some of their songs.
On the other side of the coin, I do take issue with the harsh vocals that show up occasionally. To me, they don't belong and detract more than anything. The aforementioned Orpheus and The Morning Light, would both rival Hyperventilating for favorite song if it weren't for the harsh vocals throwing off the groove and just sounding out of place to me. There are also the djenty parts that, while admittedly few and far between, fall flat and don't really add anything. Then there's songs like Embrace the Limitless, which feels out of place on the album and has a weird pointless fadeout at the end (by the way, I hate fadeouts almost 100% of the time), and The Domination Game, which has some cools riffs, but the vocal effects used in parts make me go :huh:
So overall, you just missed out of the bonus half point when it's all said and done. So -1 for you. It really is a good album though, so don't feel too bad, you are on the right track. I hate to give you the -1, but thems the rules.... :biggrin:
Favorite Songs - Hyperventilating, The Morning Light
Least Favorite - Embrace the Limitless
7.8/10 (-1) = 6.8/10 final score
Venetian Snares - Rossz csillag alatt született
Romdrums
Breakcore
Canada
First Impression - This is a lot to take in, but there's a lot to like here.
Boy was this album a hell of a thing. Quite unlike anything else that was sent so far. After the first listen I wasn't really sure how to process it. There is so much going on (both good and bad). Your brief description of it in the PM you sent is pretty spot on. I do enjoy the blend of strings and piano with the break beats, the way it's blended is almost like it was meant to be together......most of the time. There's some cool chillwave type stuff in here too, like in Öngyilkos vasárnap. It helps keep the album diverse and interesting. There's some really cool drum patterns and drum breaks, like the ascending and descending drum breaks in Szerencsétlen. Those are really cool sounding. The sparse vocals, whether sung or spoken word, work really well for me too. I found them intriguing and helped add another layer to the music. Felbomlasztott mentőkocsi caught me a little off guard because I thought I somehow switched over to the Divinity Original Sin soundtrack. It sounds like it belongs in that game. It's a really cool track with those haunting strings played throughout. There are so many beautiful parts all over the album, but there are also parts of certain tracks that seem to only be there to see how much they can annoy and irritate you. Like a couple parts in Második galamb where it goes almost full 'washing machine having sex with a dryer' dubstep towards the end, it really ruins the song, which had a really cool first half. Those bits drag the album down quite a bit for me. If those parts had been omitted or even toned down or made more melodic this album would be pushing a 9/10.
Favorite songs - Szerencsétlen, Felbomlasztott mentőkocsi, Hajnal
Least favorite - Második galamb (mostly because of the robot grinding)
7.7/10
So there you have Part 1, tune in tomorrow for Part 2.
By the way, everyone in this batch (Evermind, Elite, Lethean, Romdrums) is safe from elimination, so you are free to send for round 2.
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these are the top 4? nice :metal
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if that's the top 4 then I feel sorry for whoever is at the bottom since there's a 6.8 in this batch
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And as a side note, there are 5 of you that will have higher than an 8.2 score and 5 that will be lower than 7.7 for the remainder of the results.
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oh I'm totally in the under category
be merciless, my friend
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lower than 7.7 :metal
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But Your Silence is my second favourite song on that album! :lol
At least I'm in the middle of the pack so that's alright.
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The sands of time for me are running low
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:corn
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:vomitard:
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:tup glad you liked it!
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:corn
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Ended up working later than anticipated today. Will be posting results part 2 later. Probably in the next 2-3 hours.
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Part 2 of results are coming very very :soon:
Stay tuned! :corn
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:corn
Prelim Round Results part 2!
Alithia - To the Edge of Time
Kattelox
Progressive Rock
Australia
First Impression - This is going to take more listens to unravel fully
This took a long time to wrap my head around. There's a lot of different styles going in to this. I'm still not 100% sure on the rating here. I almost feel like I should be giving it a higher score, but there's a complexity to it that I feel is going to take many more listens than this roulette will allow to fully unravel it. Let me try to explain my thoughts.
The first track opens with a really cool ambient intro that gives way to a very Riverside-esque section that is open and mellow with fantastic lead guitars and light airy keyboards. This song is just so immense. Then the vocals come in and are very un-Riverside-like. They remind me of the band Klimt 1918. Actually most of the album reminds me of a more complex and progressive Klimt 1918. This track is an amazing way to start an album, showcasing everything that they are about. They go through so many different genres and make it flow perfectly; Post Rock, Ambient, Prog Rock, Indie Rock, Dream Pop, a little metal here and there. I think the one thing that really grabbed me was the drummer (I'm a drummer so why wouldn't it), they are fairly unique and add a lot of flavor to the album as a whole. They are complex when they need to be and get more relaxed and settle in to a nice backseat groove when they need to. The whole album kind of follows the mold of the first track, but with new little additions or twists. Like in Sacrifice, the spoken word/rapped? part that leads in to that distant scream is just chill inducing. These little additions to a model that works keep the album fresh all the way through without feeling like an everything but the kitchen sink kind of album. That guitar solo at the end of Tribulations Rise! Oh my! Then they even throw in a little Post Hardcore in a few places.
I think you said it was Jingle that sent this album to you in your roulette (I'm too lazy to look). If so props to him! I almost feel like giving him a bonus point for this. But then again, he decided not to send it to me, too bad for him. There wasn't anything on this album that I disliked. Maybe a couple of the time signature changes were slightly disjointed, if I'm being nit picky... This album is a real tour de force! And I'm sure it's only going to get better with time.
Favorite songs - Thirteen Revelations
Least favorite - cant really pick one......gun to head and I had to pick one? Here I Am....I guess, even though I think it bridges the 2 tracks around it quite well.
9/10
Snarky Puppy - We Like It Here
Sacul
Jazz Fusion
United States
First Impression - This was a super fun listen, but it loses a little steam near the end.
This was the second Jazzy album that was sent so far. I actually don't have a ton to say about this album. It was really just super fun to listen to. Everyone involved with this project is a very talented musician. It's fun to focus on 1 or 2 at a time and really listen to what they are doing. Everyone has something interesting going on instrumentally. Then when you add horns in to music like this it just brings it to a whole new level. The horns might be the best part of this. Or maybe the percussion. Or the bass player? AH they are all so good! Hard to decide. The fact that the album loses a bit of steam near the end (mostly just the last track) is really the only knock on it. No vocals to criticize here, like pretty much every other album I've done a write up for so far this roulette. But that might be the other knock on it. I have a hard time rating instrumental albums much higher than this....
Favorite songs - Shofukan, What About Me?
Least favorite - Lingus
8.5/10
Eagleheart - Reverse
Jingle
Power Metal
Czech Republic
First Impression - Has most of the elements of Power Metal that make it enjoyable
That intro track did not prepare me for what was to come, but it does flow nicely in to the first proper song with a sick double bass drum part and epic guitar riff. What a great way to start the album. It has a lot of what I'm looking for in power metal. Fantastic melodies, killer riffs, a solid rhythm section to hold it all together, and soaring vocals (in that order). Melody and awesome riffs are most important to me in Power Metal. This has both. The title track Reverse is another track that showcases all of this as well. Maybe to an even greater extent. They even do some cool vocal things throughout and these are probably the best on the whole album.
Speaking of vocals though, they are inconsistent at times and I don't particularly like the singers tone sometimes, but he is technically skilled and some of the high notes he hits are ridiculous. I mean you cant have power metal without some 'balls in a vice' high notes (ie All I Am). The occasional harsh vocals that show up were a bit surprising and similar to the Voyager album don't really fit to me. I was also surprised an album you sent had any harsh vocals at all. The fast drumming and blazing guitar solos more than make up for any tiny quibbles I have with the vocals. The other thing that's super enjoyable and keeps the album interesting is the variety of riffs used. Each song has it's own identity riff-wise, even though most songs follow a similar blueprint. Basically all the riffs here are head bang worthy. I also like that the keyboards aren't super in your face and work almost like a back drop to provide more depth to the music. The violin that showed up in Erased from Existence was a cool addition.
I really think you are hitting your stride in regards to knowing my music tastes. Maybe it will bring you a roulette win this time........who knows? I'm sure TAC would say 'don't count on it'.
Favorite Songs - Healing the Scars, Reverse
Least Favorite - If I had to pick, maybe Mind to Decipher or Endless
8.3/10
Hyperomm - From Nothing to Eternity
TAC
Melodic Death Metal
Russia
First Impression - This band takes a lot of inspiration from the original Melodic Death Metal bands, but adds their own twists and flair.
Really embracing the harsh vocals lately, eh? This is very much rooted in the early MeloDeath style, similar to early Dark Tranquillity, In Flames, and At the Gates. Basically the pioneers of Melodic Death Metal. Where this differentiates itself is in the use and deployment of keyboards. They are very out front and at times leading the charge. There's even some unison runs with the lead guitars that sound really cool. It gives the old school Melodeath a bit of a fresh perspective and life, as well as some atmosphere. The Melodeath purists would probably say it's terrible, but I really like it. It also helps that the majority of the riffs are really solid. That riff in Invictus is super heavy and brutal and just plain awesome. This song just makes you want to bang your head all the way through.
In doing research on this band (as I do all bands that are sent to me) I noticed this is all just one guy. I always find it fascinating how these guys can write, play, and record all these instruments by themselves. And this guy is younger than I am. Makes me wonder what I'm doing with my life. All I can do is play the drums.....and the bass....sort of...Anyway, guys like this are impressive.
What brought the score down is the vocals mostly. It's very much rooted in the early Melodeath sound, to a fault. This guy doesn't have the most enjoyable screams. Also the album loses a bit of steam near the end and When Rising from the Bed of Death isn't the greatest track.
Favorite Songs - A Great Hope Fell, Invictus
Least Favorite - When Rising from the Bed of Death
7.6/10
The Derek Trucks Band - The Derek Trucks Band
Indiscipline
Jazz Rock
United States
First Impression - Some impressive stuff, seems to get a little samey in the second half though.
Indiscipline, I seriously thought you were trolling me with this album when I first hit play. I was thinking, "this is your first time participating in one of my roulette's and you are trolling me in the first round with Harsh Noise? Didn't I band Merzbow?" Here's what happened. I loaded up the copy of the album that's on Google Play Music and it was just this distorted wall of noise. At first I thought maybe the band was only doing this for the first track, since it was only 35 seconds long, but then the next track was more of the same. I quickly sampled every track and the were all the same......Turns out the copy that is on Google Play Music is corrupted. I quickly sourced the album elsewhere.
The first of 3 Jazzy albums that were sent to me in this round. This is the one I enjoyed the least, but that isn't to say it's a bad album. I still enjoyed it quite a bit. Mostly the first half and then Evil Clown. The first 3 proper tracks (Mr. PC, 555 Lake, D Minor Blues) help set the tone perfectly and are all stellar tracks! 555 Lake made me wish there were more vocals throughout the album. Which was part of the issue I had with the second half of the album. I felt they weren't doing enough instrumentally towards the end to keep my interest. They could have done more to add more variety. I think once I get to Naima, I feel like I've already heard all this before earlier in the album and better.
There are some really cool Jam sections spread (there were times it reminded me of some of Dave Mathews Band live jam sections) around the album and Derek Trucks is a gifted guitarist, and he's only 17 here. I mean he's no Stevie Ray Vaughan or anything, but still good. Actually everyone on this album plays their instrument of choice very well. I really like the recurring guitar groove in Evil Clown for some reason. It's such a simple groove, but it always gets stuck in my head.
Overall this album is enjoyable to a point. It just lacks variety in the second half.
Favorite Songs - Mr. PC, 555 Lake, Evil Clown
Least Favorite - Naima, So What
7.5/10
Band of Horses - Why Are You OK
Stadler
Indie Rock
United States
(bonus point band)
First Impression - Pretty much what I expected from this band
Some random thoughts that went through my head while listening to this: Beautiful/relaxing, sounds like the Beatles, now it sounds like the Beach Boys, poppy (in a good), HEY! it's J Mascis, kind of inconsistent, mellow.
That first track is so good. I think I may be my favorite on the album, so it's only downhill from here :D . The song Hag has an awesome melody, as do most of the songs here. There is quite a bit of variety for an Indie rock band. They throw in lots of elements of Folk and country, especially in the second half of the album. I like a lot of the Beatles-esque and Beach Boy-like sounds, even though some of those songs have some annoying bits in them too. Thought it was cool they got J Mascis from Dinosaur Jr as a guest vocalist. The album ends on a somber note with Even Still. It's a pretty good low-key song.
Overall the album didn't wow me and I feel it's not quite as good as the other Band of Horses album I've heard (Cease to Begin), but there's still some strong stuff here and some songs that I will definitely revisit. The album actually started out with a much lower rating after my first couple listens. So it's definitely a grower and may get better after more listens in the future.
Favorite songs - Dull Times/The Moon, Hag
Least favorite - Whatever Whenever, Throw My Mess
7.4/10 (-1) = 6.4/10 final score
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Wow. Truly expected to come in last. I have no idea what to send next. Glad you liked it! :lol
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Is that Jingle uppercutting that poor dinosaur/godzilla/lizardthing because he's mad he didn't send that album now?
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Is that Jingle uppercutting that poor dinosaur/godzilla/lizardthing because he's mad he didn't sent that album now?
:lol That's me punching my way to the top straight out the gate!
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Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
Ariich: Blue Food - Engines
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
- Serious <insert artist here> vibes here, which isn't exactly a good thing. The production and vocals are fairly bad in places.
- Most songs here got a HOLY CRAP reaction from me. A couple got a meh..... Needs more listens to digest in full.
- That's a sweet guitar tone. Impressive.
- Not sure how to classify this or how to feel about it. Needs more listens for sure.
:corn
guessing the top 2 and bottom 2 are what are left, just based on the impressions
based on the writeup for derek trucks, also, ariich is in the top 2 :lol
honestly i'd not be super shocked if the top 2 was me and ariich because tallest man on earth & cardiacs both seem like "not stuff puppies would like" and i base that on the fact that i don't like either of them at all myself :P
if i had to guess:
Shadow Ninja: The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
- Serious <insert artist here> vibes here, which isn't exactly a good thing. The production and vocals are fairly bad in places.
Ariich: Blue Food - Engines
- Most songs here got a HOLY CRAP reaction from me. A couple got a meh..... Needs more listens to digest in full.
Parama: Mithras - On Strange Loops
- That's a sweet guitar tone. Impressive.
LordCost: Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
- Not sure how to classify this or how to feel about it. Needs more listens for sure.
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Well seems I may finally have a chance on this roulette :metal
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Everyone in the latest batch of writeups is also safe and free to send for round 2 :tup
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BLOOD
DEATH
SORROW
Something something a-aaaah
That Eagleheart song is great.
My goal in this roulette is to end up higher than Chad.
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I did not expect a part 3 of results, for a moment I thought you had forgot my album :lol
My snippet could be the 4th one like Parama said, but also the one with HOLY CRAP in it has some little chances. But I can't figure out which songs could have left a meh reaction.
I did not get On Land And In The Sea at first listen so I still have hope for this round. I'm prepared for any score from 9.5 (which is still missing from the first two batches of results) to 5 honestly.
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On Land and in the Sea is amazing though. I would give it at least a 9 :)
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Trolling, moi? I'm the guy who sent Matilda in Chad's roulette with serious ambitions of top marks ... :lol
Glad to have survived, fair judgement, and better score than I expected.
Now I'm going to look for a grindcore tune sounding like Barry Manilow once corrupted through google play.
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All I can do is play the drums.....and the bass.
Didn't I band Merzbow?
I mean, that's already an impressive achievement.
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@ Ev ... Love, Hate, Sorrow ... OVERSHADOWING LIIIIIIIEEEEESSS!!!!!
@ Pups... I did send Alithia to Katt, but it was post-roulette. I also sent it to ariich in his last roulette. As I said, I'll claim moral victory on that - as I don't think I would've ever thought to send that album to you. It's weird that I really like that album, because it is SOOOOO far inside the box that I would normally hate.
Fair comment regarding the vocals on Eagleheart. Don't go back to their debut album before they hired a dedicated lead singer... THAT vocal performance is horrible.
My goal is to finish ahead of TAC :biggrin:
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Sent something that I don't think anyone would think I'd send.
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I did not expect a part 3 of results, for a moment I thought you had forgot my album :lol
Oh trust me, I could never forget this album. Whether that's good or bad? You'll have to wait and see later today. :biggrin:
Trolling, moi? I'm the guy who sent Matilda in Chad's roulette with serious ambitions of top marks ... :lol
Glad to have survived, fair judgement, and better score than I expected.
Now I'm going to look for a grindcore tune sounding like Barry Manilow once corrupted through google play.
It was the weirdest thing. I'd never come across an album that was corrupted like that on Google Music before. I sent an email to Google regarding it and they thanked me for bringing it to their attention.....I'm thinking, did nobody listen to this album over the last several years on Google Music? How did nobody notice this before?
@ Pups... I did send Alithia to Katt, but it was post-roulette. I also sent it to ariich in his last roulette. As I said, I'll claim moral victory on that - as I don't think I would've ever thought to send that album to you. It's weird that I really like that album, because it is SOOOOO far inside the box that I would normally hate.
Fair comment regarding the vocals on Eagleheart. Don't go back to their debut album before they hired a dedicated lead singer... THAT vocal performance is horrible.
My goal is to finish ahead of TAC :biggrin:
I too thought it was weird that you like that album so much. It is a bit outside your wheelhouse. As far as Eagleheart goes, the vocals were really a mixed bag, but mostly good. I did briefly sample their first album, which I immediately turned off after the vocals came in.....good thing you didn't send that. You'd be getting a one way ticket out. :lol
And so far you are ahead of TAC :tup
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:corn :corn :corn
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So a couple of you will be extremely pleased and a couple will be going home with nothing but a participation trophy :neverusethis: :'(
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trophy me up :metal except i'm safe in the prelims not that it matters since you cut literally 2 people at most so
at the very least i don't think you'd hate mithras that much and i don't see which of the other albums the guitar tone comment could be about anyways :lol
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Prelim Round Result part 3
Blue Food - Engines
Ariich
Jazz-Funk
United States
First Impression - Most songs here got a HOLY CRAP reaction from me. A couple got a meh..... Needs more listens to digest in full.
This album is slick as hell. You mentioned getting in to these guys at the same time as Thank You Scientist. I can see why. There are a lot of similarities, with the exception of Thank You Scientist being more Prog Metal and this being more Jazz-Funk. The underlying progressions and the use of horns is very similar.
I was absolutely floored when I first listened to this album. I was not expecting anything like this. Everything about this I love. The instrumentation is superb and I've always loved horns like this in my music, which is part of the reason I love Thank You Scientist and Chicago so much. There's slick guitar solos, fantastic drumming, a bass player who keeps things interesting throughout, and the vocals fit the music perfectly. These guys seem to have a lot of influences from James Brown, to Jojo Meyer, to various jazz, reggae, and metal acts. They even throw in some random blast beats. Every song is engaging and fresh, nothing seems forced or out of place. And even though I said a couple songs got a bit of a meh reaction out of me on first listen, after multiple listens everything sounds fantastic. The only knock on it is Engine of the World goes on a little too long.
Thanks for sending this, this is something that will scratch the Funk itch I have. Also enjoy taking first place right out of the gates!
Favorite Songs - Tête-À-Tête, Blizzard in a Sphere, Boogiemen
Least Favorite - Engine of the World i guess
9.5/10
Mithras - On Strange Loops
Parama
Technical Death Metal
England
First Impression - That's a sweet guitar tone. Impressive.
Heavy, dense, atmospheric. But not so heavy that it loses any dynamics. And not so dense that everything is just crushed under a wall of noise. The spacey atmosphere is very well done and really draws me in. It's very similar to what Darkspace does. I suppose this band could be considered the Death Metal version of Darkspace. What really helps with the sound is the guitar tone on the leads. It has this very open spacey tone and helps to create the atmosphere that I love. I also like how the solos are just mindless shredding. They have an emotional melodic quality to them, something that most tech death bands have a problem achieving. I like the way the music goes from a quieter clean melody and then builds and builds to an epic crushing climax or adds layer upon layer until it's crushing beauty completely surrounds you. It's like an emotional ebb and flow. Odyssey's End is a good example of this.
Even though the guitars are probably my favorite part of the instrumentation here, the drums and bass keep pace very well too. And the vocals are very unique in the tech death world. The run from Odyssey's End thru Time Never Lasts has tons of great examples of great drumming and vocal work. Like the machine gun like precision start/stop of the double bass in Howling of the Distant Spaces. The desperation in the the vocals of the same track also fit the lyrics really well. Speaking of lyrics, this album comes across as a concept album to me. The concept seems to be pretty much spelled out in the opening track, but builds to several different themes throughout the album and the lyrics are well written.
This is an incredibly well put together album. Everything about it is unique and I don't think there is another band out there that really sounds like this, especially in the Tech Death arena. The only exception that would be close is Darkspace, but that's only in the way this album uses spacey atmosphere. Plus Darkspace is Atmospheric Black Metal. Everything here is carefully constructed and I think I understand why it took them 9 years to do this album.
Favorite songs - When the Stars Align, Odyssey's End
Least favorite - there isn't really any weak songs here or ones that I don't like. So NO
9.1/10
The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave
Shadow Ninja
Contemporary Folk
Sweden
First impression - Serious Bob Dylan vibes here, which isn't exactly a good thing. The production and vocals are fairly bad in places.
After my first listen I was prepared to give this album a 4 and almost rule 6'd it out of the roulette. The Bob Dylan-isms, the bad production and the vocals are really bad in places. Something happened after I decided to give it one more chance. The actual song writing and lyrics caught my attention. Just like Bob Dylan, this guy is a good song writer and has some great lyricism and that aspect really started to grow on me. The problem is he should have stopped at just copying Dylan's song writing style and lyrics. Instead he utilizes the Dylan-esque bad singing too. To me it's not endearing, it's technically just wrong and makes me cringe. Where Do My Bluebird Fly is a good example of cringe worthy singing. Then the piss poor production is just annoying. There's a constant hissing in the background. It gets super static-y when he sings louder. And for an acoustic folk album it's weirdly brickwalled, there seems to be no dynamics. I mean the song Shallow Grave sounds like it was recorded in a bathroom with a potato for a microphone.... The production is what really kills it. I simply don't like poor production in stuff like this. There are certain genre's that should never have bad production.
Sorry for kind of ripping an album you enjoy a new one, but I have to be brutally honest here. And I will have to cut you here. Thanks for joining the roulette.
5.5/10
Cardiacs - On Land and in the Sea
LordCost
Art Punk
England
First Impression - Not sure how to classify this or how to feel about it. Needs more listens for sure.
OK, I really really tried. I think I just don't get it. The majority of the songs here either seem to try to sound like circus music or try to be as annoying as possible. I understand trying to be experimental or avant-garde, but there's a fine line between good and bad (to me) when dealing with those genre's. Diablo Swing Orchestra or maudlin of the Well is a good example of using experimental/avant-garde stuff and making it work well. They flow better. The Zolo-like super jerky rhythms and percussion here just doesn't work for me. The vocals are mostly annoying to me, as is most of the rest of the instrumentation. I feel like my 18 year old self would have been all over this, but these days I just cant enjoy stuff like this.
I somehow got through it 3 times and after that I just couldn't anymore....I know a lot of people like this album, but for the life of me I don't understand why. Sorry to have to eliminate you right out of the gate, but this just didn't work for me. :-\
4.5/10
There you have it! I feel a little bad for having to eliminate 2 newcomers in my Roulette's right off the bat, but sometimes that just the way the cookie crumbles......
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yeah on strange loops is easily one of my favorite albums i've gotten this year, only really topped by poly-math at this point tbh, it's so good
anyways i'm gonna stay in outer space for my next submission, i think, after that not so sure. i was considering sending you poly-math but you already rated 'em on RYM and way lower than they deserve, so, welp :loser:
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Yay! :D
Dude I'm so glad you liked it so much, it's an awesome album and I thought you'd probably dig it but I honestly didn't know how much.
Although funny that Engine of the World is your least favourite, as it's one of my favourites. Ok a bit on the long side perhaps but I love the groove and the proggyness.
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oh nooooooo
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You disliking Cardiacs has me scratching my hand over what to send next.
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Sent for round 2. Completely different to my round 1 submission.
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That Blue Food album sounds like something I'd dig. Similar to Thank You, Scientist with a healthy dose of horns?? Sold.
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That Blue Food album sounds like something I'd dig. Similar to Thank You, Scientist with a healthy dose of horns?? Sold.
Where TYS is prog with jazz/funk infusions, Blue Food is funk with prog infusions.
But yeah that album is awesome, I think you'd dig it.
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Alright, I have 6 albums for round 2 already. I would like to get everyone's in by Monday morning if possible. :tup
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Sent some amazing album. As in, if Queen made a Power Metal album.
Based on Pup has a * for Blind Guardian and Angra.
Which will likely get a poor score followed by, "I really don't listen to that kind of thing anymore". ;D
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I didn't have much to send given your banned list and maybe the only band I really wanted to send, as I do in every recent roulette is Cardiacs, so don't worry about my elimination. I did the same in the latest Parama's roulette, sending a risky album like 666 International by Dodheimsgard, having not that much to lose.
I didn't want to send Guns for the third time and OLAITS is definitely my favourite album of them and one of my favourites of all time, but after this result I don't think an easier album would have changed much.
I was listening the album in the car some hours ago and I almost don't recognize the weirdness anymore since I've listened a lot to them and I'm used to their style, but I get that they might be not for everyone.
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Alright, I have 6 albums for round 2 already. I would like to get everyone's in by Monday morning if possible. :tup
One final run through of my options today - you'll have mine later tonight.
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I sent an album
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Also sent. I'm kinda phoning it in because I'm not really on DTF during the weekends but since our host wants the songs in by Monday morning, I have to send something now.
Still, I love that album I submitted.
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Sent
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Thanks everyone who sent already for sending so quickly. :tup Just waiting on a couple of the fogey's to send (well I can call them fogey's, since they are older than me :biggrin:) Then I think I may try my hand at Indisciplines infamous bizarro hangmemes :corn
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You already have mine. It's the one I tried to get into the prelim round but was too long.
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Oh yeah, I know. It's the other fogey's I'm waiting on :)
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Sent the best progressive album I've got
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One's mine; i'll have it to you in an hour or so; I was sick this weekend (still am) and so just saw this now.
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One's mine; i'll have it to you in an hour or so; I was sick this weekend (still am) and so just saw this now.
That's fine. I've started listening but haven't got through 1 listen of them all yet.
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I have all the albums in, I'm having a tough time coming up with bizarro hangman for this round (maybe next round), so you will get regular hangmemes instead..
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I prefer normal hangman anyways
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I changed my mind, Bizarro hangman coming at you! :corn
???: Carlos' Son Pedro - Sundials Can Enumerate
???: Bringer of Misery & Sadness - The Awakening You
???: Courtney Cox on Friends Doll from Hell - Southern Girl
???: Maze - The Almighty's Ziggurat
???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
???: H E Double Hockey Stickish - Ashes to Ashes
???: Russian Heart - Neverending
???: Obvious Hairless Cat - Full Daddy
???: Breaking Wind in the North - Limbo
???: Town Where Cats Cannot be Killed - Home of the Dream Gods
???: Ceasing Departure - Boring Hero
???: Post-Asia - Symbol Numero Tres
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well, nobody is going to guess mine and I don't think I'm gonna guess anyone else's either :lol
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Heavenly - Dust to Dust
Who sent that... interesting
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???: Carlos' Son Pedro - Sundials Can Enumerate
???: Bringer of Misery & Sadness - The Awakening You
???: Courtney Cox on Friends Doll from Hell - Southern Girl
???: Maze - The Almighty's Ziggurat
???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
???: H E Double Hockey Stickish - Ashes to Ashes (Heavenly - Dust to Dust)
???: Russian Heart - Neverending
???: Obvious Hairless Cat - Full Daddy
???: Breaking Wind in the North - Limbo
???: Town Where Cats Cannot be Killed - Home of the Dream Gods
???: Ceasing Departure - Boring Hero
???: Post-Asia - Symbol Numero Tres
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Monica Chuckie - Northern Boy
Serious though...
Stads: Wetton/Downes - Icon 3
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Oh, now I know how it feels.
Great job, Puppies! :tup
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yeah :yeahright :getoffmylawn:
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???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
completely random unfounded guess,
Structural Disorder - ...And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene, sent by TAC?
i dunno. i could vaguely see it & i'm mostly just expecting him to send this one at some point so
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Monica Chuckie - Northern Boy
Serious though...
Stads: Wetton/Downes - Icon 3
First :rollin
Second correct
???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
completely random unfounded guess,
Structural Disorder - ...And the Cage Crumbles in the Final Scene, sent by TAC?
i dunno. i could vaguely see it & i'm mostly just expecting him to send this one at some point so
This is a negative, on the album and the person who sent it.
Oh, now I know how it feels.
Great job, Puppies! :tup
Thanks. Some of these were fairly difficult to come up with, especially with all of the proper names in the sent albums...I could see most of them not getting guessed :lol
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???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
Manfred Mann's Earth Band-Glorified, Magnified-Indiscipline
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???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
Manfred Mann's Earth Band-Glorified, Magnified-Indiscipline
Getting closer. Sort of...
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Have a couple of first impressions while you are trying to decipher the undecipherable :lol
- Biggest cock tease fadeout I've heard all year
- 1 bad song doesn't spoil the bunch. Ethereal vocals and great production
???: Carlos' Son Pedro - Sundials Can Enumerate
???: Bringer of Misery & Sadness - The Awakening You
???: Courtney Cox on Friends Doll from Hell - Southern Girl
???: Maze - The Almighty's Ziggurat
???: Stick Man's Terra Firma Construction Company - Things, and How they Stick Together
???: H E Double Hockey Stickish - Ashes to Ashes (Heavenly - Dust to Dust)
???: Russian Heart - Neverending
???: Obvious Hairless Cat - Full Daddy
???: Breaking Wind in the North - Limbo
???: Town Where Cats Cannot be Killed - Home of the Dream Gods
???: Ceasing Departure - Boring Hero
Stadler: Post-Asia - Symbol Numero Tres (Wetton/Downes - Icon 3)
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yeah, don't think either of those apply very well to mine :corn
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I see mine.
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Since no one can figure any of my Bizarro Hangman, lets do regular hangmanen instead.
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
?: ______ __ _______ – ________ _______
?: _____ – ______
?: ________ – _________
?: _______ ______ – ____ ______
?: ______ – ____________
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: ____ _______'_ __________ – _ ____, ___ ___ _____
?: _________ – ____________ __ _ ___
?: ______ ______ – ___ ____ ___ _____
?: ______ – ___ ________ ___
?: ______ _______ – ______ ____ _____
Guessed letters:
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Icon 3 is so good.
Show me E
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T
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C
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Icon 3 is so good.
Show me E
Can you believe there are only 28 E's?
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
?: _et___ t_ ___e_e_ – _____t_c _______
?: __t__ – ____t_
?: ___e____ – _____t___
?: ___c__e ______ – ____ __t_e_
?: _e__ce – T__e_e___e__
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: ____ _______'_ E__t______ – _ ___t, ___ _et ____t
?: _______t_ – __c__tect__e __ _ ___
?: ____c_ _e____ – ___ ____ t_e ___t_
?: ______ – T_e __e_____ E_e
?: _ette_ C____e_ – C__c__ ___t C___t
Guessed letters: etc
Slacul waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
Kat waits 1
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Labrynth-Architecture Of A God
K-lox?
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R
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Labrynth-Architecture Of A God
K-lox?
Correct album, wrong sender.
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
?: _et___ t_ ___e_e_ – _____t_c _______
?: __t__ – ____t_
?: ___e____ – _____t___
?: ___c__e ______ – ____ __t_e_
?: _e__ce – T__e_e___e__
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: ____ _______'_ E__t______ – _ ___t, ___ _et ____t
?: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: ____c_ _e____ – ___ ____ t_e ___t_
?: ______ – T_e __e_____ E_e
?: _ette_ C____e_ – C__c__ ___t C___t
Guessed letters: etc
Slacul waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
Kat waits 1
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Return To Forever-Romantic Warrior
Indiscipline
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See now this is just too easy :\
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
?: __t__ – ____t_
?: ___e____ – _____t___
?: ___c__e ______ – ____ __t_e_
?: _e__ce – T__e_e___e__
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: ____ _______'_ E__t______ – _ ___t, ___ _et ____t
?: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: ____c_ _e____ – ___ ____ t_e ___t_
?: ______ – T_e __e_____ E_e
?: _ette_ C____e_ – C__c__ ___t C___t
Guessed letters: etc
Slacul waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
Kat waits 1
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R
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I'll go with Lethean as the Labyrinth submission.
Gimee the D before Parama begs for it.
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A
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I'll go with Lethean as the Labyrinth submission.
Why would you ever think that? :)
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I'll go with Lethean as the Labyrinth submission.
Why would you ever think that? :)
Cuz you're only 5 weeks removed from it!
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I would've guessed the same :rollin
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Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
?: __tar – _adat_
?: __rea___ – __r_at_r_
?: ___c_re ______ – ___d __t_er
?: _erdce – T__e_e___e__
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: ____ _r___rd'_ Eart___r__ – A _art, a_d _et A_art
Lethean: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: ____ca _e_da_ – ___ _r__ t_e __rt_
?: A_____ – T_e Drea____ _
?: _etter Car__e_ – C__c__ D__t C___t
Guessed letters: etcrda
Lethean waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Bill Bruford-A Part, And Yet Apart
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Ultar - Kadath
sent by evermind
Serdce - Timelessness
hmmmm
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Bill Bruford-A Part, And Yet Apart
I suppose I'll give that to you.... :biggrin:
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
Evermind: Ultar – Kadath
?: __rea___ – __r_at_r_
?: ___c_re ______ – ___d __t_er
?: Serdce – Timelessness
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: Bill Bruford's Earthworks – A Part, and Yet Apart
Lethean: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: ____ca _e_da_ – ___ _r__ t_e __rt_
?: A_____ – T_e Drea____ _
?: _etter Car__e_ – C__c__ D__t C___t
Guessed letters: etcrda
Lethean waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2
Parama waits 1
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OoOoOo
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Akhlys-The Dreaming I
WTF??
Parama?
Train?
Sacul?
home? Is he even in this? :lol
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Borealis?
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TAC did you uhh, even look up what kind of album that is, haha
neither train nor home are in this roulette, incidentally
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Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count, ariich sent it
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Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
Evermind: Ultar – Kadath
?: Borealis – __r_ator_
?: O__c_re ______ – _o_d _ot_er
?: Serdce – Timelessness
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: Bill Bruford's Earthworks – A Part, and Yet Apart
Lethean: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: _o__ca _e_da_ – _o_ _ro_ t_e _ort_
?: Akhlys – The Dreaming I
Ariich: Petter Carlsen – Clocks Dont Count
Guessed letters: etcrdao
Kat waits 3 turns
Lethean waits 2
Jingle waits 1
Have some more first impressions
- I hear Cedric Bixler-Zavala mixed with Anthony Green in the vocals.
- This dude can sing!
- While very good, the drums aren't even the highlight of the album as one would imagine.
- Vocals don't quite do it for me.
- How cute, Between the Buried and Me and Symphony X had a baby
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give me the (dreaming) I
also i could see that last comment being about serdce maybe
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give me the (dreaming) I
That doesn't get you much :P
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
Evermind: Ultar – Kadath
?: Borealis – __r_ator_
?: O__c_re ___i__ – _oid _ot_er
?: Serdce – Timelessness
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: Bill Bruford's Earthworks – A Part, and Yet Apart
Lethean: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: _o_ica _e_da_ – _o_ _ro_ t_e _ort_
?: Akhlys – The Dreaming I
Ariich: Petter Carlsen – Clocks Dont Count
Guessed letters: etcrdaoi
Parama waits 3 turns
Kat waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother sent by Dacul
Monica Heldal - Boy From the North
more than you might expect, apparently :corn
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Jingle sent Borealis
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more than you might expect, apparently :corn
Apparently :lol
Just missing the one album and a few senders
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
Evermind: Ultar – Kadath
Jingle: Borealis – __r_ator_
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx – Void Mother
?: Serdce – Timelessness
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: Bill Bruford's Earthworks – A Part, and Yet Apart
Lethean: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: Monica Heldal – Boy from the North
?: Akhlys – The Dreaming I
Ariich: Petter Carlsen – Clocks Dont Count
Guessed letters: etcrdaoi
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missing word looks like Laboratory
Elite sent Serdce?
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No
Yes
Stadler: Wetton Downes – Icon 3
Indiscipline: Return to Forever – Romantic Warrior
Evermind: Ultar – Kadath
Jingle: Borealis – __r_ator_
Sacul: Obscure Sphinx – Void Mother
Elite: Serdce – Timelessness
?: Heavenly – Dust to Dust
?: Bill Bruford's Earthworks – A Part, and Yet Apart
Lethean: Labyrinth – Architecture of a God
?: Monica Heldal – Boy from the North
?: Akhlys – The Dreaming I
Ariich: Petter Carlsen – Clocks Dont Count
Guessed letters: etcrdaoi
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i mean i also said earlier that i was the one who sent Akhlys
gonna go with TAC for Heavenly
romdrums for Bill Bruford
and Katt for Monica
none of this is based off the fact that I can see romdrums and Katt have both rated the albums I matched up to them on RYM, not in the slightest
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All correct
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The Borealis album is Purgatory, and it's really good.
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Ultar is pretty good
Serdce and Obscure Sphinx are both.... fine, i apparently have the latter rated as 4 stars on RYM but i don't think i agree with that lol. oops
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Parama sent Akhlys, probably
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i mean i also said earlier that i was the one who sent Akhlys
how did you figure it out
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didn’t see there was a new page :)
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*karnivool voice* IT'S A NEEEWW PAAAAAAAAAGE
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Pretty sure my first impression isn't there.
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TAC did you uhh, even look up what kind of album that is, haha
I did, which is why I immediately followed it up with:
WTF??
and this:
Parama?
:lol
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Have a few more snippets
- Kind of par for the course for this genre
- Relaxing, Hypnotic, almost trance-like, heavy
- Sounds like pretty vanilla Power Metal
I will say this, there isn't anything I dislike this round, but there doesn't appear to be anything approaching a 9 this time. :corn
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To be fair I don't think my pick this round is as strong as my last one either but I still dig it a lot
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Vanilla is Labyrinth, calling it now
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Nope, still can't see mine.
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I predict mine's the 'par for the course' one because the 'relaxing and hypnotic' could be it but idk about hypnotic and it sure isn't heavy, it's just beautiful music
I also predict a 6.5 because I have no confidence in most things I like doing well with others :neverusethis:
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I predict mine's the 'par for the course' one because the 'relaxing and hypnotic' could be it but idk about hypnotic and it sure isn't heavy, it's just beautiful music
I also predict a 6.5 because I have no confidence in most things I like doing well with others :neverusethis:
You're turning in to Parama :lol
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I predict mine's the 'par for the course' one because the 'relaxing and hypnotic' could be it but idk about hypnotic and it sure isn't heavy, it's just beautiful music
I also predict a 6.5 because I have no confidence in most things I like doing well with others :neverusethis:
You're turning in to Parama :lol
Soon I'll be listening to emo growls and the static TV channels, then my transformation will be complete.
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a crash course in the Hirsch Effekt
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Vanilla is Labyrinth, calling it now
That wouldn't surprise me, and it wouldn't even be entirely inaccurate, just a little bit, because I think the album has a little more to offer. And, it's still very good. I don't remember if there are eliminations going forward, but if there aren't, I'm sure I'm going to be struggling to find stuff that's not on the banned list.
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Vanilla is Labyrinth, calling it now
That wouldn't surprise me, and it wouldn't even be entirely inaccurate, just a little bit, because I think the album has a little more to offer. And, it's still very good. I don't remember if there are eliminations going forward, but if there aren't, I'm sure I'm going to be struggling to find stuff that's not on the banned list.
Yeah, I don't think it's inaccurate either. But I do agree it's very good. I need to listen to it again soon, I'm glad I picked up a copy at ProgPower :)
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Hopefully Vanilla is not Heavenly.
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Ohh wait I forgot Heavenly was in here. I know that album gets praise by a lot of power metal fans but vanilla definitely sums up how I feel about it so I could be wrong re: Labyrinth
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Vanilla is Labyrinth, calling it now
Borealis might want to have a word with you. And if Borealis takes that, Puppies is as daft as Indiscipline. :lol
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Ohh wait I forgot Heavenly was in here. I know that album gets praise by a lot of power metal fans but vanilla definitely sums up how I feel about it so I could be wrong re: Labyrinth
That Heavenly album is awesome. Made The TAC Top 50 a few years ago. Shoot, I was saving that for your next roulette. :facepalm:
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That Heavenly album is awesome. Made The TAC Top 50 a few years ago. Shoot, I was saving that for your next roulette. :facepalm:
If you were to send that in round 1 you'd be gone as fast as you were in the last roulette :lol
@jungle.book: I'm checking out that Borealis now. Definitely sounds like a Chad band so far - and I like it :biggrin: not sure if I'd call it generic so far though, but I'm so far removed from the genre that I have no idea what actual 'generic' is anymore
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That Heavenly album is awesome. Made The TAC Top 50 a few years ago. Shoot, I was saving that for your next roulette. :facepalm:
If you were to send that in round 1 you'd be gone as fast as you were in the last roulette :lol
(https://www.memegen.com/m/fuw5bs.jpg)
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Bring the goods, son. :bringiton: (I totally guessed that one. Awesome.)
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Actually it would be French Vanilla. ;D
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Actually it would be French Vanilla. ;D
groan.mp3
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Actually it would be French Vanilla. ;D
:neverusethis:
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The final 2 first impressions
- How have I not listened to this album before?
- Some good stuff, some not so good. Has a retro 80's feel to it.
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Hurry up and shame me :corn
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Hurry up and shame me :corn
Don't worry, I'll do a scathing write up for your album this weekend :laugh:
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- Sounds like pretty vanilla Power Metal
Has a retro 80's feel to it.
One of these is probably mine.
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- Biggest cock tease fadeout I've heard all year
- 1 bad song doesn't spoil the bunch. Ethereal vocals and great production
- I hear Cedric Bixler-Zavala mixed with Anthony Green in the vocals.
- This dude can sing!
- While very good, the drums aren't even the highlight of the album as one would imagine.
- Vocals don't quite do it for me.
- How cute, Between the Buried and Me and Symphony X had a baby
- Kind of par for the course for this genre
- Relaxing, Hypnotic, almost trance-like, heavy
- Sounds like pretty vanilla Power Metal
- How have I not listened to this album before?
- Some good stuff, some not so good. Has a retro 80's feel to it.
all of the snippets btw, highlighted all the ones that could possibly be mine which isn't that many tbh
i'm gonna guess mine's the "par for the course" snippet unfortunately
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By the way, the saxophone game was on point this round :tup
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maybe i should sent some saxophone in the next round then :neverusethis:
but i like my trend of sending really space-y albums more
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Round 2 results may be postponed until Monday-ish on account of my computer monitor dying. I have a new one being shipped, but it won't be here until Monday midday-ish and typing up the write ups on my phone doesn't sound very appealing....
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Another quick update.
One of these albums is a huge grower. We may have a 9 or higher after all :hefdaddy
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Vanilla!!! :metal
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(https://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/10/vanilla-ice-ice-baby.gif)
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Another quick update.
One of these albums is a huge grower. We may have a 9 or higher after all :hefdaddy
Someone's gonna be happy that your monitor broke.
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So this round is proving really hard to rate properly. You are all fairly close together with a couple of outliers. Current tentative scores range from 6.9 - 8.9 :corn
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6.9
nice
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Are there any eliminations in this round, or do you only cut people again after the EP Round
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Are there any eliminations in this round, or do you only cut people again after the EP Round
Only after the EP round. Unless someone sends a truly terrible album. I still reserve the right to cut someone if I cant make it through the album they send...
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6.9
nice
nice
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I'll take that 8.9, thanks.
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Ugh :censored My new monitor did not show up today like it was supposed to... Stupid Fedex. Anyway, you will have to wait for results until tomorrow..... Sorry about the delays.
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as long as it gives more time for my album to grow on you it's alright :metal
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as long as it gives me more time to pick out another huge embarrassing failure it's alright :2metal:
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:corn
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I just got home from work and good news, the new monitor came in. Got to get it set up and then I can start typing out the results. :tup
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:soon:
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:corn
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Woke up early. No results.
I is dissapoint.
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Sorry guys, everything is working against me this round. :sadpanda: Results should be this evening.
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:corn
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Sorry guys, everything is working against me this round. :sadpanda: Results should be this evening.
You can apologise by giving everyone an extra point.
Of course, it'll make no difference whatsoever to the standings, but we'll all feel better about ourselves. :lol
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Sorry guys, everything is working against me this round. :sadpanda: Results should be this evening.
You can apologise by giving everyone an extra point.
Of course, it'll make no difference whatsoever to the standings, but we'll all feel better about ourselves. :lol
Good idea, :lol
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apologize by taking away 5 points from everyone :metal
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Woke up Came home from work early. No results.
I is dissapoint.
Updated
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:sadpanda: :soon: :sadpanda:
the pandas will go extinct if you don't post results soon, oh no
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Woke up at 5 A.M., no results. Going to sleep at midnight now, no results.
See you guys tomorrow at 5 A.M.
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bruh
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:soon: :sadpanda:
oh no, one of them died! you better hurry before the other one dies too!
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:soon:
I'm trying to figure out how to tell Jingle his album sucks without hurting his feelings too badly :biggrin: Then I will post results.
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I'm sure he already knows. ;D
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i noticed the thread title changed.
but i have been deceived
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First of all I need to apologize for all the delays in posting the results for this round. A lot of the issues were out of my control, but I still feel bad for making you all wait so long. So without further ado.
Round 2 Results!!
Borealis - Purgatory
Jingle
Progressive Power Metal
Canada
First Impression - Sounds like pretty vanilla Power Metal
I really hate to do this to you, but this album just did not work for me. Perhaps vanilla Power Metal isn't the right term to describe this, but it all seems very plain to me. It just never clicked outside of the first three tracks, which I thought were pretty damn good. There was tight drumming, cool riffs (even some cool Melodeath riffing), and the vocals were working. I thought I was in for a nice ride. But it was like the band just gave up after that. It's what I like to call the Cloudscape Dilemma. They tend to have a few awesome tracks to start their albums and then it's just snoozefest after snoozefest. That's what happens here in Purgatory :neverusethis:. It also doesn't help that a lot of the songs in the middle and end have a lot of similarities to Everygrey. I was never a huge fan of Evergrey. A lot of the riffing kind of devolved in to a palm muted mess. The keyboardist sounds bored and I don't like the vocals after that 3rd track. I thought maybe I was missing something and you are probably going to say the same thing, but this just isn't my cup of tea. I hate to rate an album so low that people really like, but thems tastes for ya.
Favorite Songs - Past the Veil, The Chosen One
Least Favorite - Sacrifice, Rest My Child
6/10
John Wetton & Geoffrey Downes - Icon 3
Stadler
Progressive Rock-ish
United Kingdom
First Impression - Some good stuff, some not so good. Has a retro 80's feel to it.
I'm definitely familiar with John Wetton from his work with Asia, King Crimson, and UK. And I've familiar with Geoff Downes also being in Asia and in Yes. They definitely know how to right a catchy tune. For the most part it's and enjoyable enough album. I guess one could argue it sounds dated, considering it was made in 2009 and it sounds like it could be an 80's Asia album (I wonder why that is.... :P), but I think it's more of a retro throwback. The first track is a good opener, with good energy. Reminds me a bit of the classic rock revival that The Night Flight Orchestra is doing these days. Destiny starts off sounding like Bohemian Rhapsody, haha, especially with that first vocal of "Mama!" I thought they were going to break in to a strange Queen cover. It quickly changes and doesn't sound like it after the first 45 seconds or so. It's also a pretty good song. I'd like Green Lights and Blue Skies if it wasn't for the super cheesy vocoder vocals. This is where the problems start. It seems each song after this point has something about it that I don't particularly like. I think it mostly comes down to music taste though. I can appreciate what they are doing, but parts of this album just don't sound right. The repetitiveness in Raven is super annoying and Sex, Power and Money is just not a song that I enjoy at all. The exception is My Life is in Your Hands which is a great song from start to finish with some great progressions. It almost sounds like a Marillion song from the early 90's. Actually a lot of the guitar work here is fairly Steve Rothery like. I had to double check and see if he did some guest guitars or something (spoiler alert, he did not). The last two tracks are actually pretty OK with few issues.
I'm kind of torn whether or not I want to explore the other Icon albums. If it's more of the same like this album, I may not be too inclined to try them out. Bottom line is, it's not a bad album. It's an OK album, with a few really standout tracks. Nothing more, nothing less.
Favorite songs - Destiny, My Life is in Your Hands
Least Favorite - Raven, Sex Power and Money
7/10
Petter Carlsen - Clocks Don't Count
Ariich
Indie Rock
Norway
First Impression - I hear Cedric Bixler-Zavala mixed with Anthony Green in the vocals.
This album is a very mixed bag for me. I generally like the vocals, but at times I wish he would change it up a bit and there are times where he sounds a little too whiny, bordering on bad emo territory. It's seems to be the same even tone throughout. The album is pretty chill and low key from start to finish. I like Table for One and how it ummm......sets the table for the rest of the album :neverusethis:. Spirits in Need is kind of neat with some cool guitar lines, but the vocals aren't as strong as the first track. One of Those Days is where the unevenness starts to rear its ugly head. Built to Last picks the album back up, but that's probably because Vincent Cavanagh is doing guest vocals providing some fantastic harmonies. The rest of the album follows the same pattern of a good song followed by a not so good song. I feel like this album could have and should have been so much better. I'll probably revisit in the future outside of the roulette format to see if it sits better then.
Favorite Songs - Table For One, Built to Last
Least Favorite - Even Dead Things Feel Your Love, Home
7/10
Serdce - Timelessness
Elite
Progressive Death Metal
Belarus
First Impression - How cute, Between the Buried and Me and Symphony X had a baby
That was then raised by Cynic. My first impression actually makes more sense by added the sentence about Cynic. I've heard a lot of people compare these guys to Dream Theater in places, which I can kind of see, but it sounds closer to Symphony X to me. Especially the clean vocals, which sound like a poor mans Russell Allen. I hear a lot of BTBAM in the harsh vocals (like a poor mans Tommy Rogers) and in the general quirkiness of the songs. And you can hear Cynic's influence all over this; maybe a little old school Atheist. They take all these influences and create something that is all it's own, but not exactly original. Plus the slower bits and clean vocals take a lot of the wind out of the sails that are driving this boat, that is the album. The cleans aren't particularly good and then again I don't think the harsh vocals are particularly good. The instrumentation is pretty much top notch everywhere, so no real complaints there. I just kind of feel like this album is going to end up landing in with the heaps of albums that I've listened to a handful of times and thought I could be listening to a better version of what they are trying to do here. Therefor I end up never coming back to the album. It's not a bad album, it's just other bands seem to be doing stuff about 90% similar, but 10 times better. Having said that, the tracks Samadhi and Magic Rain are both really good and I could see myself putting them on a playlist for future listening.
Favorite Songs - Samadhi, Magic Rain
Least Favorite - Loss of Feelings or Feeling of Loss
7.4/10
Ultar - Kadath
Evermind
Blackgaze
Russia
First Impression - Kind of par for the course for this genre
Blackgaze seems to be kind of a stagnant genre these days. Nobody is really trying to come up with anything revolutionary or new. They seem to be either copying Alcest, Agalloch, Deafheaven, and Lantlos, (who in turn were just taking what Ulver had done on their first few albums and adding in Post punk and shoegaze) or they are putting out complete turds with recorded in a bathroom quality. This may just be a limitation of the genre though. Ultar seem to be of the former category (thankfully; I would have immediately eliminated you if you sent me bathroom quality music), which is both good new and bad news. The good news is, they are at least making quality music that copies the above mentioned bands. It generally has a good atmospheric approach with vocals that fit the genre well, mostly. I say mostly because this is another one of those bands that seems to think that harsh vocals must be used at all times, whether the music demands it or not. There are some slower, quieter parts that have harsh vocals over it and I have to ask myself, why? Why would they do that. At least take a page out of the Agalloch book and do some kind of echo-y clean vocals or something. Perhaps the vocalist isn't confident in his cleans. Fortunately this doesn't happen often. The final track, Kadath, is pretty epic though and so is the opening track to a lesser extent.
So the bad news is they cant seem top the quality of the bands they are copying, so therefor I would rather be reaching for an album by the bands who were originally doing this kind of music. Plus the 2 ambient tracks don't really do anything for me. They should have just been shortened and rolled in to the tracks that follow them, since they are being used as intro's anyways.
Favorite song - Kadath
Least Favorite - Shores of the Sleeping Seas
7.5/10
Labÿrinth - Architecture of a God
Lethean
Progressive Power Metal
Italy
First Impression - This dude can sing!
Iron Maiden and Motorhead like melodies and riffs with Dream Theater technicality and super cheesy keyboard leads. I mean seriously, that's some grade A class cheese, with a full side dose of more cheese. That's OK though. The vocalist, Roberto Tiranti, is seriously impressive. He has a good strong voice throughout the verses and then some of the high notes he hits are crazy. The drummer seems like he's trying to go full Mike Portnoy with the fills and odd drum rhythms. That makes sense though because it's John Macaluso, former Ark, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Jorn drummer. I really enjoyed the drum work. The guitarist is also channeling his inner Beartrucci and there's some tasty bass work in parts.
The songs all follow a similar structure. They all have a fairly high tempo (with a few exceptions) and are a good mix of progressive metal and power metal. Take On My Legacy has some seriously good guitar melodies and soloing going on. Architecture of a God is a longer piece and it has some cool (cheesy) keyboards and some fantastic singing. It could flow a little better, which would have made it one of the best songs of the round, but it does feel a touch disjointed. This album suffers from the same problem as some of the other albums this round, it overstays it's welcome, because it's after the title track that the album takes a dip in quality. The song Children isn't terrible, but it feel woefully out of place on this album. It sounds like something that belongs in a video game. Those Days doesn't really work for me. It's kind of a ballady track that feels like it was made for radio almost. The rest of the tracks are decent enough, but don't really approach the quality of the first half.
Favorite Songs - Take On My Legacy, Architecture of a God
Least Favorite - Children, Those Days
7.8/10
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Heavenly - Dust to Dust
TAC
Power Metal
France
First Impression - Vocals don't quite do it for me.
This band seems to be fans of Bal-Sagoth, Rhapsody, and Angra. When listening to the first track on this album I thought I was in for a Rhapsody-like album, and it's not too far off. The vocals were the biggest obstacle to me enjoying this. This guys voice is a little too thin and whiny for my tastes, but I mostly got over it after a few listens. Plus his voice isn't always grating on me. He does some great vocals in the softer sections and has a few good higher register bits. The other obstacle was the overall cheese factor, but that went away once I realized they are just a power metal version of Bal-Sagoth with the technicality of Angra (almost). The quality of the songs are kind of a roller coaster ride. There's nothing outright terrible, but there are a few that don't maintain the same high quality as others. For example the first 4 proper tracks are really really good, but then Keepers of the Earth and Miracle aren't quite as good, plus Miracle is too long. Fight for deliverance is really high quality again and then the last 3 tracks just kind of fall off. So the album ends up being a victim of not knowing what to leave on the cutting room floor.
Overall the album is pretty enjoyable. With a few reworked tracks and some trimming of fat this could have easily been a 9/10 album, but you will have to settle for 8 instead. But that's better than where it started. I initially had it near the bottom of the pack after my first listen. So it did grow on me quite a bit.
Favorite songs - Lust for Life, Evil
Least Favorite - Hands of Darkness
8/10
Obscure Sphinx - Void Mother
Sacul
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Poland
First Impression - Relaxing, Hypnotic, almost trance-like, heavy
Trying to describe this album is fairly difficult. It isn't exactly like their newest album, which I am familiar with. It has fewer post metal elements and is more straight ahead sludge metal. I guess... But it still has that great atmospheric quality to it. Which is probably what keeps it from tanking rating-wise. It definitely has that heavy Neurosis-like sludginess, but I think a closer comparison would be the band Minsk, especially the album The Crash & The Draw, or even the band Isis. The difference being a female vocalist, who by the way is awesome! She is right up there with Julie Christmas as far as female metal vocalists go. I like how her vocals complement the dark and moody atmosphere that the album brings to the table. This is highly evident in Velorio and Waiting for the Bodies Down the River Floating. This track also starts out with a cool drum and bass pattern that is hypnotic and engaging.
I think the only real issue I have with the album is it can sometimes get a little too repetitive and the songs tend to go on longer than they need to, hence the album goes on longer than it needs to. If they were to cut out a lot of the filler this album could easily be better than their newest album. By the way you get the bonus half point! :jamaritard:
Favorite Songs - Lunar Caustic, Waiting for the Bodies Down the River Floating
Least Favorite - Nasciturus
8/10 (+0.5) = 8.5/10 total
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Indiscipline
Jazz Fusion
United States
First Impression - How have I not listened to this album before?
This album is something else. Probably the most technically proficient album of this round. Every one is on point from a technical stand point, but not everything really floats my boat, but I'll get to that in a moment. This is one of those albums that was always in my orbit. Between friends, various forums, websites, internet prog radio (Progulus anyone?), and the plethora of bands that I do know, I've heard mention of this album many times. I may have even heard a track or two from it years ago. Yet, for some reason, I've never given it a listen. I'm glad it was sent to me in this roulette.
Being an instrumental album, obviously you have to be technically really good at your instruments or at the very least be excellent craftsmen of melody/song structure. These guys do both, at least for the most part. The drumming, especially the thunderous opening track, is spectacular throughout. This is the type of Jazz Fusion drumming that I think everyone within this genre tries to achieve. At least it's the style I like to emulate when playing more jazz oriented stuff. The bass is groovy as hell and reminds of the more Funk inspired Blue Food album that was sent in round 1. This album also has a few Funk tendencies scattered in and it's mostly to do with the bass lines. The guitar playing really caught my attention the first time through. The whole time I kept thinking, this sounds like Al Di Meola. This was before I dug deeper in to who was involved with the album and lo and behold it is Al Di Meola! Lots of great, tasteful playing on his part. Even some great technical and flashy soloing.
Now the part of the album that bugs me is Chick Corea's keyboard/piano playing. To me, it's way too in your face and a lot of the keyboard patches sound really cheesy to me. These days I prefer keyboards to act as atmosphere or to add an ambient quality to the music. Think more Porcupine Tree style. I can stand the occasional lead run on the keyboards and I love just plain piano, but the super cheesy lead keyboard patches that show up all over the album get on my nerves after a while. I suppose this could just be a symptom of the time period. I can see where a lot of the late 80's and early 90's video games got inspiration for their music now :D Fortunately songs like The Romantic Warrior rely mostly on just pianos and it sounds really great. It lets the other instruments really shine. Like Di Meola's fantastic acoustic solo part and the thundering bass playing of Stanley Clarke, who by the way I am more than familiar with from his work with The Stanley Clarke Trio and his solo stuff.
I can definitely appreciate what everyone is doing on this album from a musician's standpoint and for the most part the song writing is really great and there are some slick melodies. It makes it pretty enjoyable.
Favorite Song - The Romantic Warrior
Least Favorite - Medieval Overture
8/10
Bill Bruford's Earthworks - A Part, and Yet Apart
Romdrums
Jazz Fusion
United Kingdom
First Impression - While very good, the drums aren't even the highlight of the album as one would imagine.
Maybe it's because a lot of the newer metal albums I've been listening to have been including Saxophone in them, but I really enjoy the sax on this album. The whole album is very well constructed and as I brought out in my first impression I do really enjoy the drumming too. This is one of those albums that I always planned on getting to eventually, but never did. Bill Bruford is one of my favorite drummers and definitely my favorite Yes and King Crimson drummer. I also enjoy his contribution to Gordian Knot and UK. This album is basically a straight ahead Jazz album, with a little fusion thrown in. Jazz is pretty easy for me too enjoy, including most of it's sub-genres, unless the music devolves in to Smooth Jazz, aka Elevator music, then it can just fock right off. But I digress. As I said the saxophone if my favorite part of this album and it kicks right off about half way through the first track, No Truce with the Furies. Parts of this song, especially the first half, has a lot of a nostalgia feel to it. It reminds me of some of the menu music from the old Gran Turismo games that I played growing up. The title track has a really cool piano and sax groove. It has a very 40's/50's lounge style to it. The rest of the album pretty much keeps similar style arrangements and because of that there really isn't any song that I dislike. I suppose that is part of the problem with the album, they don't really do anything too different. A little more variety might have been welcome, of course they could have shot themselves in the foot by doing that too. What do I know, I'm not a super successful drummer like Mr. Bruford (just a mediocre drummer for the last 20 years :P). Even with the lack of variety style wise, there's still of a lot of variety in time signatures (some really cool ones too) and tempo, so it keeps the album interesting from start to finish. Probably not something I will come back to often, but when I'm in a jazzy mood this is something I can add to my collection of awesome Jazz albums.
Favorite Songs - A Part, and Yet Apart, Sarah's Still Life
Least Favorite - none
8.5/10
Akhlys - The Dreaming I
Parama
Atmospheric Black Metal
United States
First Impression - Biggest cock blocking fadeout I've heard all year.
This has some similarities in the spacey wall of sound to Darkspace (although with cleaner, yet still dense production) and the more experimental ambiance of Blut Aus Nord. The first two songs start off so good with great atmosphere and a thunderous ferocity only to kneecap itself with that extremely ill timed and bizarrely placed fadeout at the end of Tides of Oneiric Darkness. Just when the song sounds like its going to explode in to this enormous grand finale/climax it just........fades out??!!!?? WTF?!?! The first half of the track is so impressively forceful that the fade out just kills the vibe. Perhaps the band thought that part would cause utter destruction in all listeners if they didn't fade it out. Whatever, I just wanted to hear it in all its wonderful, terrible glory. It just felt like the whole song was ramping up to that part. I feel like I'm dwelling on the negatives of this album far too much though. In reality that's about the only bad thing I have to say about it. I guess Consummation takes a liiiitle longer to get going than I would like, but the ambiance fits really well, so that isn't really a negative, and boy is it fantastic once it gets going. Speaking of the ambient sections, they are quite varied and help immensely with the mood of the album. It's dark and brooding and perhaps supposed to invoke a bit of a sense of dread or fear. Then the metal sections swoop in and kind of take your breath away with this fast, heavy, dense, crushing sound.
This album is a fantastic example of what is so great about music. The ability to draw out so many different emotions, depending on the style of music. Even though this has more of a chance of filling you with a sense of foreboding than happiness, it is still an enjoyable experience. It's definitely within the style of black metal that I enjoy the most.
Favorite Song - Consummation
Least Favorite - Tides of Oneiric Darkness
8.7/10
Monica Heldal - Boy From the North
Kattelox
Indie Folk
Norway
First Impression - 1 bad song doesn't spoil the bunch. Ethereal vocals and great production.
While this album is familiar stylistically, I haven't really heard one quite like it. The closest I could think of would be Susanne Sundfør or First Aid Kit. And yet those aren't exactly the same. Either way I really like this. It didn't exactly start out that way though. First listen I thought the first couple tracks were good, the rest were OK, with the exception of 1, which I thought was bad. I figured on it getting a 6.5 or 7. On my second listen I couldn't even remember which one I thought was bad (not sure why I didn't write that down, for future reference), which bumped the score up to about a 7.8/10. Third time through, I was sure this was the best album of the round. Go figure.
Every song here is great! I love this kind of folky, acoustic, singer/songwriter type music. Even when the music turns more Bluegrassy/country I still like it. Although those are the bits I like the least and what bring the score down a bit, with the lowest point of the album being Waiting On the Fire, mostly because of the repetitive lyrics and melodies. The first track, Boy From the North, is such a wonderful way to start the album and it may still be my favorite on the album. Although Conman Coming is pretty great too with those cool guitar licks and layering. The beginning of Fightin Son reminds me a bit of Devin Townsend's Casualties of Cool. The run of songs between Fightin Son and The Road Not Taken is fantastic, with lots of lyrics that I really like. I think the big thing that really draws me in to this album is her voice and the conviction and feeling she has while singing.
Overall this album is a huge departure from the last one you sent, but just about as good. Plus it restored my faith in acoustic folky music after the relative disaster that was Shallow Grave. Everything bad about that album was 1000% better here and everything good about that album was only made stronger on this one because of a much better singer and much better production. I almost want to give this a higher score, but you'll have to be content with a 9. :D
Favorite Songs - Boy From the North
Least Favorite - Waiting On the Fire
9/10
:corn Scores:
Kattelox - 9, 9 = 18
Parama - 9.1, 8.7 = 17.8
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5 = 17
Ariich - 9.5, 7 = 16.5
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5 = 16.2
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5 = 15.7
TAC - 7.6, 8 = 15.6
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8 = 15.5
Elite - 7.8, 7.4 = 15.2
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8 = 14.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6 = 14.3
Stadler - 6.4, 7 = 13.4
Let me know if I made any mistakes in the scoring
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second place and second place, yeah :metal
knew you'd dig that one though
it's kinda like... you're travelling through space and you come across these horrible planets but you don't see quite the entire thing before your spaceship passes them by and leaves you only with the void. or something.
already sent round 3 a while back, ready to tank my score by not going brutally heavy this time
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I can see that Akhlys album growing over time too. :metal
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i went on rym and went "did i really score it that high" and then listened to it again and was like "oh, yeah, that's why"
also i forgot to ask does my round 3 album qualify for the bonus point thing
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What's the bonus point thing?
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Wonderful that you like that album so much, Pup. We're pretty much on the same page there right down to the favorite/least favorite tracks. Guess my decision to go 'genre whiplash' was a good strategy after all :lol
Will try to send mine tomorrow evening, I'm still deciding what to go with.
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I understand the comments on Dust To Dust. The first few tracks definitely come on like gangbusters, and then it settles in. Still I love that album.
Sent for the next round.
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Ah, what-are-ya-gonna-do? Different strokes for different folks.
I guess the comment regarding 'Cloudscape dilemma' means that Cloudscape is a no-go (despite not being on the banned list)?
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I'm trying to figure out how to tell Jingle his album sucks without hurting his feelings too badly :biggrin: Then I will post results.
When did I become the punching bag for this roulette. @WhatsUpWithThat
Not to worry.... I'm pretty much feeling nothing with this roulette. :neverusethis:
Sent.
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I'm glad Labyrinth did as well as it did. :) I actually don't find it to be all that cheesy, but if you did and still liked it anyway, good enough for me. :) And yes, Roberto Tiranti is fantastic.
Now, what can I send for round 3 that isn't banned...
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also i forgot to ask does my round 3 album qualify for the bonus point thing
Yes it does.
What's the bonus point thing?
The rules for bonus points are outlined in the beginning of the second post of this thread.
I'm trying to figure out how to tell Jingle his album sucks without hurting his feelings too badly :biggrin: Then I will post results.
When did I become the punching bag for this roulette. @WhatsUpWithThat
Not to worry.... I'm pretty much feeling nothing with this roulette. :neverusethis:
Sent.
:vomitard:
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Very pleased you enjoyed that! I admit Chick being Chick can be a handful.
A couple of questions, if I may:
I gather you're a drummer? How do you feel about "foreign" language songs?
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Very pleased you enjoyed that! I admit Chick being Chick can be a handful.
A couple of questions, if I may:
I gather you're a drummer? How do you feel about "foreign" language songs?
I'm fine with foreign languages as long as the focus of the music isn't entirely on the lyrics. One of my favorite albums of all time (Verisakeet by Moonsorrow) is entirely in Finnish and I don't understand a word of it.
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Kiitos!
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Round 3 submission sent. Glad you dug the Bruford record!
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Let me know if I made any mistakes in the scoring
Your math appears to be fine, but there are LOTS of mistakes with that scoring. :lol
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:lol
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Let me know if I made any mistakes in the scoring
Your math appears to be fine, but there are LOTS of mistakes with that scoring. :lol
I disagree :neverusethis:
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Let me know if I made any mistakes in the scoring
Your math appears to be fine, but there are LOTS of mistakes with that scoring. :lol
:lol You have plenty of time to make a turn around
Meanwhile, TAC just sent me some Parama-core.... ??? At least I'm assuming it's Parama-core based on the genre given by RYM
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All this wait for 7.5? I quit. :biggrin:
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TAC, tell me what you sent, I won't guess it in hangmemes :corn
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TAC, tell me what you sent, I won't guess it in hangmemes :corn
He sent Parama-core. Weren't you paying attention? :D
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Yeah and I'm curious what :P
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TAC, tell me what you sent, I won't guess it in hangmemes :corn
PM sent.
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he sent six roaming owls - the apologhirsch effekt: remedy good apolllo
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yeah that ain't paramacore tbh :metal
honestly I've been listening to less and less stuff in that specific genre recently & think i listened too & didn't like that specific album earlier this year
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Sent the best improvised album ever
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Which one? Which ONE? I have two possibles, and usually I just send, but this one is killing me.
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Send the one with the best cover art
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Send the one with the best cover art
Done
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There's two rounds left until the EP round so it shouldn't be that hard of a decision when you can just send the other next round :P
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Send the one with the best cover art
Done
Except for Riot, it never fails :laugh:
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Sent!
-1 point, here I come.
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Got 8 albums so far. Keep em coming! :metal
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You've got 8 albums, I've got an 8/10 coming my way from 425 :metal
And an 8/100 from indiscipline
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I can't wait to send something tonight that will totally tank and break my streak
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I can't wait to send something tonight that will totally tank and break my streak
It's bound to happen at some point ;)
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I can't wait to send something tonight that will totally tank and break my streak
It's bound to happen at some point ;)
Might be this round. Once again did a complete 180 on style, and it's not what I'd call easy listening, but I hope you find it enjoyable. I did choose it with your tastes in mind of course.
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Sent.
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Just need 2 more! :tup
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I'm gonna keep up the space theme with my albums for as long as I can but otherwise my album this round is not very alike the last two I sent
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I'm gonna keep up the space theme with my albums for as long as I can but otherwise my album this round is not very alike the last two I sent
Is there a lot of space between the good songs? #shotsfired #ribbing #hashtagsonDTF # :neverusethis:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57dzaMaouXA
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You've got 8 albums, I've got an 8/10 coming my way from 425 :metal
And an 8/100 from indiscipline
Trapped inside this ...
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prediction: my submission does not get a 9, gets a write-up about how it's all over the place and a bit too much at times, but I still walk out with an 8
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Gotta tell you clowns... all this "oh, mine sucks!" and "oh, waiting for my 4.5 out of 1,000" and "oh, last place here I come!" whining while you're pulling 9.8's is a disgrace. You all sound like that dork in high school with big pit stains because they're worried about failing their test but actually blow the fucking curve for the rest of us by nailing that A. If you're going to cry about your scores at least GET the 4.5 you're "hoping" for.
Like me. :)
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Gotta tell you clowns... all this "oh, mine sucks!" and "oh, waiting for my 4.5 out of 1,000" and "oh, last place here I come!" whining while you're pulling 9.8's is a disgrace. You all sound like that dork in high school with big pit stains because they're worried about failing their test but actually blow the fucking curve for the rest of us by nailing that A. If you're going to cry about your scores at least GET the 4.5 you're "hoping" for.
Like me. :)
Brother, I'm telling you with 100% honesty, I fully expected Alithia to come in last place for some reason and Monica Heldal to probably end up in the middle of the pack. I'm pretty chuffed by how Puppies has taken to them, but even in his first roulette my highest scoring songs were luck-of-the-draw picks (two electronic pieces and one corny power metal epic). Ain't no cryin' over here, but you should take a listen to one of the songs on the album I sent this time and you'll understand why I'm a bit nervous :lol
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Looks like I still need albums from Elite and Ariich. :corn
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conclusion: being named rich makes you slow
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conclusion: being named rich makes you slow
Yeah!
Wait, what?
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And sent.
LOOKS LIKE I'M NOT THE SLOWEST RICH
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:jamaritard:
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You are, however, the richest slow
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How rich are we talking here? Millionaire? Billionaire? Is Ariich actually Jeff Bezos in disguise? :biggrin:
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How rich are we talking here? Millionaire? Billionaire? Is Ariich actually Jeff Bezos in disguise? :biggrin:
(https://i.imgur.com/Rl6wOc5.jpg)
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:rollin
Come on elite we're so close to getting our hangmanen fix now
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Since Serdce tanked a little, Puppies gets weird shit now. Sending!
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:metal H :metal A :metal N :metal G :metal M :metal A :metal N :metal E :metal N :metal
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which I'll miss again, since I'm going to bed now :(
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your fault for being slow :metardica:
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It's ok, he sent John Cage.... :biggrin:
Actually he needs to resend.
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rip
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Sent again.
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Hangemenenenn Is HERE!
?: _________ – ________ ___ ________
?: _______ – ___ _____ __ ____ __ ____ _ __________ ___________ __ __ ___
?: _______ – ___
?: _________ – _____________ ____
?: ______________ – ______________
?: _____ ________ ___ _____ ____ – ________
?: ______ – ___ _______ _______
?: ____ – _______
?: ____ __ _______ – ____ _____
?: _________ – ______
?: ___ _________ ___ __ ______ – ___ _____ _____ __ __ __
?: ________ – ______ _________
Guessed letters:
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A!
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Certainly that long album title should be easily guessable..
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F
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I've always dreamt to ask for a D
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No updates? Well let's start guessing some stuff then.
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
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T time
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Certainly that long album title should be easily guessable..
I just realized the long one is missing a few letters too. Limitations of Ariich's hangman spreadsheet. I'll fix it.
?: A___df___ – ______a_ a_d ____d_a_
?: __f___d – T__ __a__ _f ____ t_ ____ A ________a_ ______at___ __ __ ____t_
?: _______ – ___
?: _________ – ________at___ ___t
?: D_____t___t___ – D_____t___t___
?: _____ ________ a_d __a__ _a__ – ______a_
?: F_____ – ___ ____a__ _______
?: ___A – ___a___
?: ___t __ T_____t – ____ A____
?: A_______a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
?: ____fa_d – ______ ________t
Guessed letters: DAFT
Parama waits 3 turns
Indiscipline waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
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Oh boy here we go.
Amendfoil - Empyrean and Ophidian
Solefald - Norrøn Livskunst
Foscor - Les Irreals Visions (not exactly sure about this one)
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how is amendfoil not banned :lol
Foscor was sent by Elite tho
Solefald sent by Lethean
VOLA - Inmazes
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Let's guess a letter too, give me S
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how is amendfoil not banned :lol
The track you sent didn't quite score high enough to get then banned for this roulette.
?: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
?: __f_s_d – T__ S_a__ _f ____ t_ ____ A ________a_ ______at___ __ __ ___sts
?: _______ – _S_
?: _________ – ________at___ __st
?: D____st___t___ – D____st___t___
?: ____s ________ a_d S_a__ _a__ – ___s__a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
?: VOLA – Inmazes
?: __st __ T_____t – ___s A__s_
?: A_______a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: aftds
Evermind waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
Indiscipline waits 1
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C
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Lost in Thought - Opus Arise
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Lost in Thought - Opus Arise
Great album!!
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I mean I guess fair
You never posted individual song scores for the EP round though :lol
Have fun hearing that same several more times then
If Thrice wasn't banned I'd be totally set for that greatest hits round but they are it looks like
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Deconstruction - Deconstruction
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I mean I guess fair
You never posted individual song scores for the EP round though :lol
Have fun hearing that same several more times then
If Thrice wasn't banned I'd be totally set for that greatest hits round but they are it looks like
I thought about not banning Thrice, but the song that was sent last roulette was easily an 8.5 and their newest album was almost complete crap.....
?: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
?: __f_s_d – T__ S_a__ _f ____ t_ C___ A C______ca_ ______at___ __ __ ___sts
?: _______ – _SC
?: _________ – C______cat___ __st
?: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
?: ____s ________ a_d S_a__ _a__ – ___s__a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
?: VOLA – Inmazes
?: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
?: A_______a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: CD Fast
TAC waits 3 turns
Evermind waits 2
Parama waits 1
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I mean I guess fair
You never posted individual song scores for the EP round though :lol
Have fun hearing that same several more times then
If Thrice wasn't banned I'd be totally set for that greatest hits round but they are it looks like
I thought about not banning Thrice, but the song that was sent last roulette was easily an 8.5 and their newest album was almost complete crap.....
Which one though? There were two!
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I see mine and it's better than the rest :biggrin:
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I mean I guess fair
You never posted individual song scores for the EP round though :lol
Have fun hearing that same several more times then
If Thrice wasn't banned I'd be totally set for that greatest hits round but they are it looks like
I thought about not banning Thrice, but the song that was sent last roulette was easily an 8.5 and their newest album was almost complete crap.....
Which one though? There were two!
:neverusethis:
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Zierler - ESC
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Hey, I considered VOLA as well. Damn.
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Wolverine - Communication Lost
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?: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
?: __f_s_d – T__ S_a__ _f ____ t_ C___ A C______ca_ ______at___ __ __ ___sts
?: Zeirler – ESC
?: Wolverine – Communication Lost
?: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
?: ____s ________ a_d S_a__ _a__ – ___s__a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
?: VOLA – Inmazes
?: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
?: A_______a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: aftdsc
TAC waits 3 turns
Evermind waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Evermind sent Wolverine? Just pulling that out of my butt.
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I did indeed, good butt-pull here. Go ahead and listen to the title track and tell me what you think, if you have 9 minutes to spare.
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I did indeed, good butt-pull here. Go ahead and listen to the title track and tell me what you think, if you have 9 minutes to spare.
I didn't have 9 minutes to spare so I skipped that track :corn
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Just listened to it. It's good, I liked the synths and some of the drumming, but it didn't really leave me feeling anything though which is my biggest factor in how I rate songs in my roulettes. 7/10, send for next round. Wait, wrong thread. :lol
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Certainly that long album title should be easily guessable..
I just realized the long one is missing a few letters too. Limitations of Ariich's hangman spreadsheet. I'll fix it.
Dammit :lol
I can edit it to be longer if you haven't done so already. It was so long already though I definitely didn't expect any more letters to be needed. :lol
And not the Wolverine album I'd have gone for, Ruslan, but a fine choice still.
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I did indeed, good butt-pull here. Go ahead and listen to the title track and tell me what you think, if you have 9 minutes to spare.
I didn't have 9 minutes to spare so I skipped that track :corn
I sense a 7.8 - 1.0 = 6.8 coming my way!
Just listened to it. It's good, I liked the synths and some of the drumming, but it didn't really leave me feeling anything though which is my biggest factor in how I rate songs in my roulettes. 7/10, send for next round. Wait, wrong thread. :lol
Well that's obviously why I didn't send them in your roulette. You just wasted 9 minutes of your life, you're welcome.
And not the Wolverine album I'd have gone for, Ruslan, but a fine choice still.
Still was banned! :lol Honestly though, this one's my favourite.
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Just listened to it. It's good, I liked the synths and some of the drumming, but it didn't really leave me feeling anything though which is my biggest factor in how I rate songs in my roulettes. 7/10, send for next round. Wait, wrong thread. :lol
You should probably start your own roulette first :biggrin: or maybe you want to be a guest judge this round.... :tup
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yeah someone else bring back secondary judges :metal
i'm pretty sure that was the second most hated part of my roulette in 2017, the first most hated part being the scores i gave out
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The secondary judge thing introduced me to Skein, so I'm fine with that. I probably enjoyed it more than Parama did. :lol
I can't wait to see Katt's roulette though, I'm ready for all the cheese incoming.
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i literally don't remember skein
nobody's guessing anything so give me R
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i literally don't remember skein
I literally don't remember anything else about that particular roulette so it's fine. :biggrin:
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?: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
?: R_f_s_d – T__ S_a__ _f ____ t_ C___ A C____r_ca_ ______at___ __ __ __rsts
?: Zeirler – ESC
Evermind: Wolverine – Communication Lost
?: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
?: ____s ______r_ a_d S_a__ _a__ – __rs__a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
?: VOLA – Inmazes
?: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
?: A_r_____a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: aftdscr
Parama waits 4 turns
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Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
Good album
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Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
Good album
Sent by Sacul?
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oh yeah 100% sent by dacul
usually just the first half of the album name is used though :lol
i know what one of the remaining albums is but am sworn to silence. the other i have no clue except obviously one of the words in the artist name is "and"
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O
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Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Combination in 12 Bursts
Good album
Sent by Sacul?
:2metal:
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?: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
Sacul: Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts
?: Zeirler – ESC
Evermind: Wolverine – Communication Lost
?: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
?: _o__s _____or_ a_d S_a__ _a__ – __rso_a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
?: VOLA – Inmazes
?: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
?: A_r__o__a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: Fart Docs
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Sacul: Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come A Chimerical (https://images.emojiterra.com/google/android-pie/128px/1f171.png)ombination In 12 Bursts
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:huh:
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VOLA is LordCost
Deconstruction is Stads
Amendfoil is ariich
0 for 3? probably :neverusethis:
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VOLA is LordCost
Deconstruction is Stads
Amendfoil is ariich
0 for 3? probably :neverusethis:
2 for 3, but that's only because LordCost was eliminated :neverusethis:
Ariich: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
Sacul: Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts
?: Zeirler – ESC
Evermind: Wolverine – Communication Lost
Stadler: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
?: _o__s _____or_ a_d S_a__ _a__ – __rso_a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
?: VOLA – Inmazes
?: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
?: A_r__o__a – A_a___
?: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: aftdscro
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oh. update the OP loser :corn
I guess VOLA is romdrums? I dunno what he likes but it doesn't seem like something anyone else left would send
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It is updated, you just didn't scroll down far enough
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I can't find Deconstruction on Spotify.
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they're on RYM and appear to be a Jane's Addiction side project
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I can't find Deconstruction on Spotify.
Yeah, I had a heck of a time sourcing a digital copy.
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also i edited my post above if you missed it, am i right or wrong? :corn :corn
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oh. update the OP loser :corn
I guess VOLA is romdrums? I dunno what he likes but it doesn't seem like something anyone else left would send
Did you send TREOS?
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yep :tup
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they're on RYM and appear to be a Jane's Addiction side project
I went to RYM and I could pull up the info, but I can't seem to listen to the tracks....oh well..
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Ariich: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
Sacul: Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts
?: Zeirler – ESC
Evermind: Wolverine – Communication Lost
Stadler: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
?: _o__s _____or_ a_d S_a__ _a__ – __rso_a_
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
Romdrums: VOLA – Inmazes
?: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
?: A_r__o__a – A_a___
Parama: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
Guessed letters: aftdscro
How about a few first impressions. I'm getting a good head start on this batch of albums.
- This album is just silly
- This album has me excited like the first time I heard Moonsorrow. I feel like this is going to be a huge grower.
- Interesting mixture of various styles in a relatively basic, but subtly intriguing framework
- This is just Vanden Plas with Derek Sherinian on keyboards in disguise, right?
Too obvious? ::)
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Katt is probably the first unguessed one just based on his comments earlier since Zeirler and Lost in Thought both seem to be prog metal stuff
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:huh:
It says Bombination instead of Combination :P
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:huh:
It says Bombination instead of Combination :P
But is says Bombination right on the album cover...
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Holy shit I'm sorry, I've been living a lie all this time then :rollin
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:rollin :loser:
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holy crap i just learned my album name's actually "The Earth Sings Meme Fail Meme"
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:metardica:
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Pretty sure mine's the silly one
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If mine falls into that batch, it would be the VP/Sherinian comment.
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I can't find Deconstruction on Spotify.
Yeah, I had a heck of a time sourcing a digital copy.
Yeah, it was a one-off album with Dave Navarro and Eric Avery of Jane's and a drummer I'm not sure I've heard of outside of this project. It was right before Navarro joined the Chili Peppers and right when Farrell formed Porno For Pyros.
It's an interesting record, if you ask me, though according to wikipedia, it's a "cult masterpiece" now. :) I love all things Navarro, so it's a favorite of mine.
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I can't find Deconstruction on Spotify.
Yeah, I had a heck of a time sourcing a digital copy.
Yeah, it was a one-off album with Dave Navarro and Eric Avery of Jane's and a drummer I'm not sure I've heard of outside of this project. It was right before Navarro joined the Chili Peppers and right when Farrell formed Porno For Pyros.
It's an interesting record, if you ask me, though according to wikipedia, it's a "cult masterpiece" now. :) I love all things Navarro, so it's a favorite of mine.
RE: Navarro/RHCP..
Now I am not what you would call a RHCP fan, but I loved me some Mother's Milk in college, and I LOVE One Hot Minute. Saw that tour at the um..Fleetcenter in 1996. Great show.
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Funny enough: Mother's Milk is the only RHCP record without Navarro that I like. That's actually a GREAT album. Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky.
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Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky.
Oh hell fucking yes!!!!!!!
Johnny, johnny johnny motherfucking baddest ass bass line...... :metal :metal :metal
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I am here to testify that Aeroplane is a funky masterpiece and one of my top 10 tunes from 1995.
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I had no idea we had other people who liked RHCP on this forum. :metal While I consider By the Way to be their masterpiece, One Hot Minute, Mothers Milk, and Blood Sugar Sex Magic are all right up there. Californication was a mixed bag.
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And here's the completed hangmememes, since no one was guessing :P
Ariich: Amendfoil – Empyrean and Ophidian
Sacul: Refused – The Shape of Punk to Come A Chimerical Bombination In 12 Bursts
Kattelox: Zeirler – ESC
Evermind: Wolverine – Communication Lost
Stadler: Deconstruction – Deconstruction
Indiscipline: Jonus Hellborg and Shawn Lane – Personae
Elite: Foscor – Les Irreals Visions
Romdrums: VOLA – Inmazes
Jingle: Lost in Thought – Opus Arise
TAC: Agrimonia – Awaken
Parama: The Receiving End of Sirens – The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Lethean: Solefald – Norron Livskunst
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Yup, definitely a whole lot of "who the hell is this?" in this round :lol
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Yup, definitely a whole lot of "who the hell is this?" in this round :lol
Man, you're on a Kelly Carpenter stint, aren't ya? What's next, Darkology?
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Yup, definitely a whole lot of "who the hell is this?" in this round :lol
Man, you're on a Kelly Carpenter stint, aren't ya? What's next, Darkology?
I'm not even that big a fan - for example, never heard of Darkology :rollin
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Yeah, six of the bands sent this round I had never heard of before.
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A few more impressions to keep y'all sated.
- Sort of lighter, softer, more mid to slower paced, but it is emotionally gripping.
- Fairly diverse, considering the genre's involved.
- This kind of leaves me cold, with no emotional attachment to the music.
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third one :metal
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third one :metal
You wish :lol
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sure hope that isn't mine since the emotional attachment is a big part of why the album rules :metal
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sure hope that isn't mine since the emotional attachment is a big part of why the album rules :metal
It could be :neverusethis:
Here's the rest of the snippets.
- This is more unique and better played than I thought it would be.
- I really like this vocalist in another band I'm familiar with. I'm confused as to why they picked who they did for backing/secondary vocals and not his other skills....
- This is not what I was expecting from this band based on the genre.
- What if Alice in Chains, Mastodon, Alter Bridge, and Mudvayne decided to collaborate on an album, but not sound like any of their bands.
- This album hits me in a very peculiar way. It's a good way, just....peculiar. It's like a standard prog metal band being directed by Deafheaven or something.
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I have no idea which mine is :lol :2metal:
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If the second one is about TREOS, Casey isn't on that album at all :P
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If the second one is about TREOS, Casey isn't on that album at all :P
Yeah, I'm aware he isn't on that album.
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And I have successfully confirmed that snippet is not about my album :metal
Second to last one is probanly Amendfoil also
Been spinning skyline escape recently and it's also good as heck
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And I have successfully confirmed that snippet is not about my album :metal
:getoffmylawn:
haha
By the way, I've decided there will be 3 eliminations after the EP Round and again after the Greatest Hits round.
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don't eliminate me pls
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don't eliminate me pls
Well you are currently in the lead, so you would have to royally screw up to get eliminated. Although I wouldn't put it past you :lol My last roulette you sent either awesome songs or terrible songs.
Anyway, results should start popping up here in the next 10-12 hours. I can say this round has 5 really good albums, 6 decent albums, and 1 that just doesn't work for me.
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Oh yeah. I forgot :lol I also did well in 425's roulette but just got eliminated haha
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So there's hope for you yet! :neverusethis:
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Calling dibs on the one that doesn't work!
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Calling dibs on the one that doesn't work!
It's all yours, bruh.
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OK, you will get 4 randomly chosen writeups now and then the rest tomorrow and/or Sunday.
Round 3 Results
Solefald - Norrøn livskunst
Lethean
Avant-Garde Metal
Norway
First Impression - This album is just silly
This album is nuts. At first it started out all serious with a great folky metal song with great use of various vocal styles. Then the title track comes in with some pretty intense black metal vocals. I was expecting it, considering the band, I was just lulled in to a false sense of security with the relative lightness of the opening song. The use of the black metal vocals is used well though.
Tittentattenteksti is where the album goes off the rails a bit (a lot). The clean vocals are fine, but what are those harsh vocals? It's either The Chipmunks trying to do black metal vocals or a witch being boiled in oil.... It made me laugh really. I'm sure there's a good song here somewhere, but I couldn't stop laughing long enough to find it. Blackabilly-Stridsljod is just weird. Is this hillbilly black metal? Is this what those guys from Duck Dynasty would listen to if they were in to metal? I guess with a song name like Blackabilly I should have expected this. There are short bursts of brilliance in this song, just not enough to make it more enjoyable than weird.
Now Eukalyptustreet is where the album really shifts gears. This is something entirely different from everything that preceded it and I like it, a lot! It has this jazzy noire sound with this sexy saxophone sprinkled throughout. There's some great use of varying vocal styles to set the different moods of the song and some nice piano to accompany the sax. The rest of the album doesn't really reach the same levels of brilliance of this song, but there are some highlights. For instance, the third part of their Icelandic Odyssey, which is much more familiar to me. About 10 years ago I used to listen to a quite a bit of Solefald with their Red for Fire and Black for Death albums, which are the first 2 parts of their Icelandic Odyssey. I hadn't listened to those albums in quite a few years, but this song brought back some memories of those albums.
Overall this album is quite the mixed bag. There are parts that are fantastically brilliant and parts that made me laugh, and parts that were more just un-listenable.
6.6/10
The Receiving End of Sirens - The Earth Sings Mi Fa Mi
Parama
Alternative Rock
United States
(bonus point band)
First Impression - Interesting mixture of various styles in a relatively basic framework
I am of course somewhat familiar with TREoS, being the band where Casey Crescenzo got his start before leaving to form The Dear Hunter. I only ever listened to their debut album though. Mostly because my wife told me that this album wasn't anywhere close to as good. I wouldn't say it's not as good though (I actually like it slightly more), but it is a bit different stylistically. I'm not sure if the band went in this direction because Casey Crescenzo left or if Casey Crescenzo left because of the direction the band wanted to go. Which is interesting to me, because Casey would go on to explore a lot of the sounds and styles that are present on this album. Although to me Casey has done a better job when exploring these styles in The Dear Hunter. The album definitely isn't bad though, but it does get a little long winded, both in length of the album and length of some of the songs and the vocals tend to lean more towards the standard emo style than I would like. They seem to make the most of the shorter songs. For example, Saturnus is a really really good song clocking in at less than 4 minutes with great hooks, guitar leads, and vocal melodies that aren't too emo. They seem to get in their own way with some of the longer songs. Like The Salesman, The Husband, The Lover; it gets too repetitive. This is also a problem on Wanderers and Pale Blue Dot, but to a lesser extent. The Heir of Empty Breath is really the only longer song that works 100% for me. The only other issue I have with the album
This album has definitely benefited and grown on me with more listens. It has a lot of layers to the music that isn't immediately easy to pick out. It has the depth that I like in music. I could see it growing on me more in the future possibly. If 8-10 minutes were cut from the album and a few of the songs were reworked this could be a 9/10 album, but as is, not so much. Unfortunately I will have to deny you of your bonus points. Nice effort though.
7.7/10 (-1) = 6.7/10 Total Score
Lost in Thought - Opus Arise
Jingle
Progressive Metal
Wales
First Impression - This is just Vanden Plas with Derek Sherinian on keyboards in disguise, right?
So this is a band consisting of Andy Kuntz's brother Dusty Kuntz on vocals, Jeff Loomis' Evil Twin on guitar, Mike Portnoy's younger cousin from the UK on drums, some guy trying to channel Geddy Lee and the bassist from Korn on Bass, and a guy that is obviously Derek Sherinian on keys. Did I get that all right?
Anyway, this band really isn't afraid to wear their influences on their sleeves proudly. They aren't blatantly copying the bands they are emulating and do have their own sound, so it's not a problem. I Just cant help but notice the obvious Vanden Plas and Derek Sherinian Influences. The vocalist sounds almost exactly like Andy Kuntz at times. I also here bits of Empty Tremor occasionally. The music is mostly good. Lots of cool things to pick out. Like that really cool section about halfway through Blood Red Diamond starting around 2:50 with that really growly/dirty bass tone and the double bass. I Really like the bass tone and how it's mixed in the music throughout the album, but it can get a little repetitive in some songs. The first 4 songs are all pretty bitchin, as well as the last 2. The problems arise with New Times Awaken. It's poorly constructed. The melodies don't work, the vocal lines are awkward, it's disjointed. I just don't like it and it feels super out of place. Then the beginning of Delusional Abyss almost sounds like a remixed version of New Times Awaken, I had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't listening to the same song again. Fortunately it changed up after a bit. The song actually gets really good at about the halfway point. It's just the first half of it didn't sit well with me. The last track Assimulate, Destroy is quite a bit different from the rest of the album. I quite like it, especially to close out the album. It actually feels like a finisher.
This album only has a couple of bad spots. Overall its a solid Progressive Metal release with lots of familiarity to latch on to without being a copycat band.
8/10
Agrimonia - Awaken
TAC
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Sweden
First Impression - This album has me excited like the first time I heard Moonsorrow. I feel like this is going to be a huge grower.
Not an album I ever would have expected TAC to send me in a roulette. But it seems TAC is paying really close attention to my tastes and music I have been gravitating to lately. This is another in the Atmospheric metal arena with heavy spacey riffs and awesome female vocals/screams/growls. Very similar in style to stuff like Obscure Sphinx, Dreadnought, and Oathbreaker. This though seems to be way more about the incredible and hypnotic guitar riffs that continually drive the music forward. The opening track is riddled with awesome riffs. Then Astray is moved from section to section with what sounds like late nineties post grunge riffs in an early Deafheaven-like atmospheric metal structure. If that sounds weird to you, it is, but it really works. I kept thinking I'd heard similar riffing before, but I couldn't pinpoint the metal band that these riffs were seemingly inspired by. Then it hit me, these aren't metal riffs, these are riffs similar to what bands like Dishwalla, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox used in their heyday. I digress though, because it's really towards the middle of this song where it gets really good. The rest of the album follows a lot of the same structure, but is varied enough to not become repetitive. Plus there are a lot of subtle nuances throughout the album that you don't immediately pick up on in the first couple listens. This is where the Moonsorrow similarity comes in. These two bands don't really sound alike, but the music of both is very layered with lots of cool little flares to pick out everywhere. I could see me coming back to this album again and again. I'm curious if this is an album you actually really like or if it's something you sent because you knew it would appeal to my tastes or both. Either way it gets high praise and a high score from me!
9.1/10
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.3 points shy of getting a decent score aww yeah :metal
salesman is the best song btw
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Yay! I'll take it. Bonus points for accurately picking out my snippet? mmmmm?? MMMMMM?? ??
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Praying Zierler gets that upper 8 it deserves or better
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Yay! I'll take it. Bonus points for accurately picking out my snippet? mmmmm?? MMMMMM?? ??
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hu/4/45/Yoda.jpg)
Your snippet was pretty obvious :lol
Here's a couple more randomly chosen results!
Jonas Hellborg & Shawn Lane - Personae
Indiscipline
Jazz Rock
United States
First Impression - This kind of leaves me cold, with no emotional attachment to the music
Unlike the previous two instrumental albums you sent me so far, this one leaves me feeling pretty much nothing. Sure the music is technically very good and I can appreciate what each member is doing here, but in the end, once the album is over, I have no desire to really go back and listen to it again. I'm not sure how much of this is improvised, to me it sounds about half and half. There are obvious sections that are improvised because they don't come together very well. At times it feels quite disjointed. I feel like this is an album that sacrifices good melodies and song writing for pure wankery. I do really enjoy some of the stuff that each person is doing here. Some of the guitar solos are really fantastic, I love the bass tone and the slap bass technique that's used occasionally, and the drummer is very impressive throughout. I would love to see what they could come up with if they were to focus more on solid song writing.
This was kind of a swing and a miss for you. Better luck next time.
5.8/10
VOLA - Inmazes
Romdrums
Djenty Progressive Metal
Denmark
First Impression - Fairly diverse, considering the genre's involved.
This may sound weird, but I hear influences of stuff like Frost*(The Frost* sound really comes through in the keyboards), Arena, and Mew along with the obvious influences of Leprous and Meshuggah. I think I has something to do with the melodies in the music and vocals. And what great melodies they are. I think this has the best melodies of any Djent album ever made (or at least of the ones I've heard (and I've heard a lot)), but that isn't really saying much since most Djent doesn't focus on melody. Having said that, the melodies here are super good. I think I've said the word melody enough now....Lots of memorable stuff. Like the keyboards in Stray the Skies mixed with those vocals, it's just heavenly. There's even a touch of Depeche Mode in there too, but that may be reaching a bit. Typically Djent doesn't really have much that is memorable, you know something that you could hum or sing to yourself, but this has been invading my brain with it's infectious music all week. I think this is all helped because the djenty grooves that are the back bone of this album are also pulled off with great skill and attention to detail as far as song writing goes. It all blends together so well that, even though they pulled from so many styles of music, it doesn't sound disjointed or contrived. It may be the first Djent album that I could call beautiful.
Now on to the bad. The vocals at times are annoying. Specifically in Owls, although the piano melody in this song is absolutely beautiful. Also there are fade outs all over this album. I hate fade outs. Just finish the damn song! Not too many bad things all said and done. This may be my new favorite Djent album and I can see me listening to this for a while.
8.7/10
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Agrimonia - Awaken
TAC
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Sweden
First Impression - This album has me excited like the first time I heard Moonsorrow. I feel like this is going to be a huge grower.
Not an album I ever would have expected TAC to send me in a roulette. But it seems TAC is paying really close attention to my tastes and music I have been gravitating to lately. This is another in the Atmospheric metal arena with heavy spacey riffs and awesome female vocals/screams/growls. Very similar in style to stuff like Obscure Sphinx, Dreadnought, and Oathbreaker. This though seems to be way more about the incredible and hypnotic guitar riffs that continually drive the music forward. The opening track is riddled with awesome riffs. Then Astray is moved from section to section with what sounds like late nineties post grunge riffs in an early Deafheaven-like atmospheric metal structure. If that sounds weird to you, it is, but it really works. I kept thinking I'd heard similar riffing before, but I couldn't pinpoint the metal band that these riffs were seemingly inspired by. Then it hit me, these aren't metal riffs, these are riffs similar to what bands like Dishwalla, Our Lady Peace, and Candlebox used in their heyday. I digress though, because it's really towards the middle of this song where it gets really good. The rest of the album follows a lot of the same structure, but is varied enough to not become repetitive. Plus there are a lot of subtle nuances throughout the album that you don't immediately pick up on in the first couple listens. This is where the Moonsorrow similarity comes in. These two bands don't really sound alike, but the music of both is very layered with lots of cool little flares to pick out everywhere. I could see me coming back to this album again and again. I'm curious if this is an album you actually really like or if it's something you sent because you knew it would appeal to my tastes or both. Either way it gets high praise and a high score from me!
9.1/10
Glad you liked it, Pup!
To answer your question, this album is amazing. It came up on my new album feed a while back and I saved it on Spotify. I ended up buying the CD proper (only $8.91) on Amazon.
I didn't think you were that crazy about growls, but I've been noticing what you've been sending lately. Musically this is such a great album, I figured what the hell. Learning to at least tolerate the vocals has really unearthed some great bands.
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Yeah, three of my top five albums of all time are almost entirely harsh vocals.
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what albums :corn
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Moonsorrow's Verisakeet sits at number 2. Agalloch's Ashes Against the Grain is at number 4. BtBaM's The Great Misdirect is at number 5.
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TGM is :metal
what are the other two in the top 5 though :lol
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Marillion's Marbles (the 2 cd version, I don't know why the single disc version is a thing) is number 1 and Tool's Lateralus is number 3.
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TGM is :metal
what are the other two in the top 5 though :lol
AAtG is amazing. Might not be quite as high for me, but definitely Top 10 as well, or juuuust outside it.
In conclusion: your music taste is bad and you're bad. :millahhhh
Marillion's Marbles (the 2 cd version, I don't know why the single disc version is a thing) is number 1
A-fucking-men. "Yeah, let's leave out the best song on the record on a single disc version, that sounds like a good idea." What
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TGM is :metal
what are the other two in the top 5 though :lol
AAtG is amazing. Might not be quite as high for me, but definitely Top 10 as well, or juuuust outside it.
In conclusion: your music taste is bad and you're bad. :millahhhh
:lol
Also, everyone can start sending for round 4 if you haven't already. I'll have the rest of the round 3 results up at some point today.
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I'm gonna wait to see how Zierler does before I send, although I'm probably gonna continue ping ponging from genre to genre :hat
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I'm gonna wait to see how Zierler does before I send, although I'm probably gonna continue ping ponging from genre to genre :hat
Fair enough
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A couple more randomly chosen results :corn
Wolverine - Communication Lost
Evermind
Progressive Metal
Sweden
(bonus point band)
First Impression - Sort of lighter, softer, more mid to slower paced, but it is emotionally gripping.
I am of course familiar with Wolverine. Their album Still is a very good album. This album is a bit different though. It's slower, lighter, and filled with incredible atmospheric keyboards. This is all evident in the first two tracks, especially in Into the Great Nothing. With the not wanky keyboards that sound more akin to Richard Barbieri's keys in Porcupine Tree and the melodic guitars that while technically proficient (that guitar solo in Your Favourite War :tup), they never fall in to the same wankfest traps that most Prog metal tends to these days. Melody seems to be the main focus here and reminds me in small part of Pain of Salvation. They are heavy when they need to be, but always keeping focus on the melody. This helps keep the music memorable and not a chore to listen to. The song writing is just plain fantastic and makes this album emotionally gripping. It's definitely not a happy album and that comes across well not just in the lyrics, but the music behind it as well. Even though it's more melancholic, it's still beautiful. I do subscribe to Steven Wilson's idea that the saddest music is often the most beautiful.
This album could be improved if they added a bit more heaviness to a few sections. It doesn't get heavy too often and there are places where it definitely could have used that. Also Stefen Zell sticks to his lower register in the vocals too much. His upper register sounds really good and could have helped give this a more epic feeling. Regardless it's still a great album on par with Still.
8/10 (+.5) = 8.5/10 total score
Zierler - ESC
Kattelox
Progressive Metal
Denmark
First Impression - I really like this vocalist in another band I'm familiar with. I'm confused as to why they picked who they did for backing/secondary vocal and not his other skills....
I think this album may have singlehandedly (Is that even a word?) rekindled my love for straight ahead prog metal. The song writing is fantastic, the vocals are great, with just the right amount of harshness in spots, they are technical when they need to be, and it just plain sounds awesome. I don't know how I haven't come across this album before. I never even knew it existed. I mean you have Bobby Jarzombek, who is one of the best drummers around right now, who is continuing his reign of terror on the skins on this album. Then you have Per Nilsson, who is the brains behind Scar Symmetry, who shows his skills here brilliantly playing both guitar and bass. And you have Kelly Carpenter, who I know very well from his work in Outworld, but I think he may have outdone that vocal performance here. I'm not as familiar with Finn Zierler, but I do know him from Beyond Twilight, but I never really liked that band. The keyboards on this album are fine though. Not too cheesy, not too in your face. The weird part is using Truls Haugen for vocals as well, when he is a brilliant drummer in his own right. I guess if you have Bobby Jarzombek behind the kit you don't really need to have anyone else there. Still an odd choice for vocals though, even though he does a good job with the harsher vocals.
The music on this album is the obvious highlight for me. Specifically the guitars and drums. The album starts off with a bang with both A New Beginning and Aggrezzor. Aggrezzor especially is awesome with some great interplay between the guitar and drums and fantastic vocals. Love those guitar solos. Evil Spirit also has some great soloing and drumming and is heavy as hell, but with a fantastic use of melody. The song No Chorus has some really good lyrics and is a good social commentary on music in general. The album closes out with two brilliant songs, Water and Whispers. These are less heavy and a bit more atmospheric, especially with the keyboards. I really appreciate the way they bring technicality to this album. Even when they go off on a tangent of wankery, it doesn't feel like musical masturbation. It fits and serves to drive the song forward and they don't wallow in it. I suppose the only low parts would be Darkness Delight and Dark to the Bone, the former sounding a bit too much like Symphony X, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but with the uniqueness of the rest of the album it stands out as being too traditional prog metal.
I really hope these guys are planning a second album, because I can't wait to see what they come up with next. Congrats on sending another fantastic album, your strategy of genre hopping is working so far.
9/10
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:2metal:
Really glad you like that album so much, it threw me for a loop at first. It's such a dense album with so much to digest that it left me exhausted after the first listen. My favorite tracks are Agrezzor, Rainheart, and Dark to the Bone. Will send later tonight, I feel my luck running thin though.
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That rating for Zierler is causing me to re-think what I'm gonna send. Not that where I was leaning is bad, but if you're looking for some re-kindling, have I got a tree trunk for you!
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Wow, just made the cut with Wolverine. Thanks for not
being an asshole giving it a 7.9.
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Wow, just made the cut with Wolverine. Thanks for not being an asshole giving it a 7.9.
:getoffmylawn:
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Sent more growls for the next round! :yarr
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Boy what a miss! Honestly, I expected either a 4 or an 8 - no middle ground - hence I'm glad you've been very gentle and generous in your dislike. Even gladder you've acknowledged Shawn Lane's otherwordly talents, something we've sadly lost too soon.
I'm pondering finally sending vocals for the next round.
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Marillion's Marbles (the 2 cd version, I don't know why the single disc version is a thing) is number 1
A-fucking-men. "Yeah, let's leave out the best song on the record on a single disc version, that sounds like a good idea." What
Well, "Neverland" is the best song on the record, but I get your point. "The Damage" is just amazing and I can't believe they left it off the 1CD version.
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Here's the rest of the round 3 results. I know a couple of you will be disappointed.
Refused - The Shape of Punk to Come: A Chimerical Bombination in 12 Bursts
Sacul
Post Hardcore
Sweden
First Impression - This is not what I was expecting from this band based on the genre.
I had a tough time with this album. It's both incredibly ambitious and boring at the same time. I love me some Post Hardcore, which is what this is labeled as, but this sounds more like oldschool Hardcore Punk with more avant-garde ambitions. The comes in when trying to mix in ambient and electronica interludes with what they are calling Post Hardcore. The problem is they don't mix well. There's no real flow, it's actually really disjointed for the most part. The songs have weird random breaks in to some bad techno beats. There's no preamble to it, just hardcore riffing then all of a sudden BOOM TECHNO IN YOUR FACE. The biggest problem is the music is mostly pretty bland. They don't do anything revolutionary. They kind of sound like they are trying to mix Rage Against the Machine with Fugazi. The good thing is there is plenty of variety here, even if most of it doesn't work too well. There are some good head bangable parts. The vocals are for the most part pretty good, with a few really cringeworthy exceptions.
I read some other reviews on this album because it seems to have pretty high scores from other people. I see people saying that it was revolutionary for its time and how it paved the way for bigger and better things and influenced a lot of the bands we have now in the post hardcore scene. Which all may be true, but I would rather be listening to those bands that are doing things better.
5.9/10
Deconstruction - Deconstruction
Stadler
Alternative Rock
United States
First Impression - This is more unique and better played than I thought it would be.
This album is definitely a product of it's time. It has a lot of similarities with other albums within this genre and among their contemporaries. I am familiar with who Dave Navarro is, but I never did get in to Jane's Addiction outside of a few of their songs.
This album is quite polarizing. Basically the first 8 songs all go from pretty good to really great. They do some neat and unique things. Dave Navarro is a better guitarist than I thought. I especially love stuff like those twinkly arpeggios in Iris. The run from LA Song through Fire in the Hole is a pretty great run of music. Son and Big Sur sees a little drop in quality, but I just chalk that up to a mid album lull. But the rest of the songs are.....well, they aren't very good. Songs like One, America, and Wait for History are all overlong and repetitive. The lyrics don't speak to me in any meaningful way and the vocals sound like he's bored, I mean the vocals are all fairly similar throughout, but they were less noticeable in the first half because they were backed by interesting music. The drop off in quality from the first to the second half is pretty jarring. Through the first 8 songs this would probably rate at about an 8 to 8.5. With the second half dragging it down I cant rate it nearly that high. I appreciate you taking a different approach from everyone else when sending albums, but this one just didn't work in your favor.
6/10
Amendfoil - Empyrean & Ophidian
Ariich
Alternative Progressive Metal
Finland
First Impression - What if Alice in Chains, Mastodon, Alter Bridge, and Mudvayne decided to collaborate on an album, but not sound like any of their bands.
So I received a song from this album in my last roulette, Silver Linings, and it is definitely my favorite song on this album. It doesn't really sound like anything else on the album. The rest of the album fits my description in my first impression pretty well I think. There are times where the vocals sound like Miles Kennedy from Alter Bridge, there's vocal and guitar harmonies and grungy bits that sound like Alice in Chains, there's bits that sound like Chad Gray's harsher vocals and Greg Tribbett's incessant guitar riffing. There's some more proggy sludgy riffage that reminds me of Mastodon (like in Pale Horse, which is like a combo of Mastodon rhythms and Mudvayne/Alter Bridge vocals). It's all a very weird combination for me and at the same time this album doesn't exactly sound like any of the aforementioned bands. I don't know if I have had enough listens to fully wrap my head around it. Although you would think 4 listens through would be enough...There's even some Pop Punk riffing at times. There's djenty stuff. Then there's some really technical drumming in sporadic places which is then followed up with some rhythms and beats you would find on an early Paramore album. What?!?! These guys are just channeling tons of different artistic influences and yet paving their own path. I have a feeling they will pull it all together and put out an amazing album to follow this up.
7.8/10
Foscor - Les irreals visions
Elite
Progressive Black Metal
Spain
First Impression - This album hits me in a very peculiar way. It's a good way, just....peculiar. It's like a standard prog metal band being directed by Deafheaven or something.
This is one of those albums that seems to draw on a lot of different styles of music and have many influences. Sometimes this can lead to a jumbled mess of an album and sometimes it can lead a revelation of music that pushes the boundaries forward and is the true essence of what progressive music is all about. This really neither of those things. It doesn't really push any genre of music forward and it's not an indecipherable disaster. It's really just an album that seems to stand on the backs of it's predecessors and peers. I mentioned the Deafheaven comparison in my first impression, which is there, but there's also some of the avant-garde leanings of In the Woods or Arcturus. There's lots of atmosphere, similar to a lot of post black metal bands. There's varying and sometimes strange vocals that reminds me of the aforementioned avant-garde leaning metal bands. There's even some psychedelic rock moments (like in Ciutat tràgica) and some Agalloch-like folky bits (displayed in Altars). There's also some great guitar work throughout this album. The solo in Altars is really emotional and not overly technical (that would just ruin the atmosphere). I like the dirty bass tone, it provides a nice counterbalance to the clean sounds of the other instruments. Overall this isn't as heavy or as metally as I was expecting. It's like a more avant-garde late era Katatonia. I was actually somewhat surprised how short this album is, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. It was just over before I knew it. Even though I cant understand any of the vocals, it doesn't detract from the album. The vocal melodies and harmonies are all actually done very well. Sometimes the singer goes a bit off the rails, but not often.
I kind of want to dig in to this bands back catalog now. I've read that they started out as a more Black Metal band and slowly transitioned to this style. I'd be interested in seeing where they started. Overall this is an album I could see myself coming back to again in the future. So power, many atmospheric WOW!
8.3/10
I don't think I forgot anyone, if I did speak up :lol
Scores So Far
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9 = 27
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7 = 24.9
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1 = 24.7
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7 = 24.5
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8 = 24.3
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5 = 24.2
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3 = 23.5
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9 = 22.9
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8 = 22.3
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8 = 21.3
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6 = 21.2
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6 = 19.4
Hopefully my math is correct. :biggrin: Looks like Kat is running away with this.
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i was .3 points away from an 8.5 instead of a 6.7 so that kinda hurt :P
i'm not really too fussed about winning this one anyways since i already won the last one but we'll see
i might go with a space-themed EP and then drop the gimmick for the rest of the roulette after that, i dunno
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Sent something that's just lovely.
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Just chiming in to say I approve heavily of that Agrimonia album :tup also found it thanks to a Spotify rec
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Yaaaay, that went quite well :)
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Nah, let's keep it instrumental.
Sent a collaboration between two geniuses of the six strings.
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Indy sent Cacophony - Speed Metal Symphony
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Fock me, I should have really sent that.
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Still need more albums! Give them to me! Give them to me now!! :corn
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Tell me how good mine is. :heybaby:
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Tell me how good mine is. :heybaby:
0/10, you fall to last place. Better hope your ep is good :corn
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Ok, sent!
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Ok, sent!
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I think Refused made some very cool music in that record, and while sometimes it's an incoherent mess, it's full of :metal riffs and moments imo, definitely more interesting than Fugazi ;D . But I'll admit it's a record that took ages to grow on me and now I love it.
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Y'all get Bizarrro Hangmemes because I am cruel and evil. MWAHAHAHAHA!!! :biggrin:
Linoleum - Opaque Gate
Mu Draconis - Reflections of a Supernova
To Glow - Aberration
Super Old - Angels and Demons are Sitting Outside
Mr. Bungle's Crazy Italian Cousins - You are Super Serious. Yes?
Induce - We Have Seen
Clones - Clones
Peasant Hawk - The Apathy
Absence of Dogs - Spirits of the Sea
Master Deception - Flabbergast
Cops & Red Kings - I Go No Where Bare Faced
Tangent - A Place to Rest
Good luck
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Tiles - Fence the Clear?
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Destrage - Are You Kidding Me? No.
Brand New - The Devil and God etc sent by Dacul?
Kingcrow - The Persistence sent by Evermind
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I made it too easy it seems. :corn
???: Linoleum - Opaque Gate Tiles - Fence the Clear
???: Mu Draconis - Reflections of a Supernova
???: To Glow - Aberration
???: Super Old - Angels and Demons are Sitting Outside Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
???: Mr. Bungle's Crazy Italian Cousins - You are Super Serious. Yes? Destrage - Are You Kidding Me? No.
???: Induce - We Have Seen
???: Clones - Clones
Evermind: Peasant Hawk - The Apathy Kingcrow - The Persistence
???: Absence of Dogs - Spirits of the Sea
???: Master Deception - Flabbergast
???: Cops & Red Kings - I Go No Where Bare Faced
???: Tangent - A Place to Rest
Sacul did not send Brand New
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Dacul sent Destrage?
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Oh Brand New is absolutely 100% Parama
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no sir
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I see mine. Took me a bit..
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no sir
Fool of a Took!! (https://i.imgur.com/xyAzMZR.gif)
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Dacul sent Destrage?
Wrong again :biggrin:
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I don't see one that is even close to mine.
I'm a moron; mine is sort of obvious. :)
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May whoever invented bizarro hangman be damned
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(https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/forumavatars/avatar_1936_1532387727.jpeg)
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It seems you all gave up. :lol
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i mean, i tried for a few of them
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Spirits Of The Sea...Ghosts Of The Ocean?
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I'm terrible at bizarro hangman in general but I also haven't had much time to try :'(
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Some of them are really obscure. :corn
I'll give it a little more time before busting out the regular hangmanen
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I can't even find mine :lol
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Spirits Of The Sea...Ghosts Of The Ocean?
In the Presence of Wolves - Thalassas
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Spirits Of The Sea...Ghosts Of The Ocean?
In the Presence of Wolves - Thalassas
Correct! And for everyone's valiant effort you get a reprieve in the form of regular hangmemes. Go crazy
?: ____ – _______
?: ____ ______ ___ ______ _____ – _ _______ ______
?: _________ – ________
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: __________ – __________
?: _______ – _____
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: _______ – ___________
?: _______ – ______ ____ _ _______
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters:
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Are You Guessing Me? D
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?: ____ – _______
?: __d_ ______ __d ______ _____ – _ _d_____ _____d
?: _________ – ________
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: __________ – __________
?: __d____ – _d___
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: _______ – ___________
?: _______ – ______ ____ _ _______
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: d
Parama waits 3 turns
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A
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T
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E
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?: ___e – ___e___
?: A_d_ ____e_ a_d ___e_t _____ – _ Ad_a__e _a__ed
?: _ae_t____ – _______e
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: _e____a_t_ – _e____a_t_
?: __d__t_ – _d_e_
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: E_____e – ______a__t_
?: A__a___ – E___e_ ____ _ _a___ae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: date
Romdrums waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Bolsters waits 1
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S
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Gimme a G!
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M-azing
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N
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?: S_ne – ___e___
?: And_ S_mme_ and ___e_t _____ – _ Ad_an_e Mas_ed
?: Maest____ – _n_____e
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: _e____ants – _e____ants
?: _nd__t_ – _dmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Ens__ne – S_ng__a__t_
?: A__a__s – E___es ___m _ _a__nae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmn
Tac waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Jingle waits 1
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Can I get some more vowels up in here? :biggrin:
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Can I get some more vowels up in here? :biggrin:
:umno:
:biggrin:
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Induki - Idmen
that's Dacul
Enshine
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?: Sine – ___e___
?: And_ S_mme_ and ___e_t __i__ – I Ad_an_e Mas_ed
?: Maest_i__ – _n_____e
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: _e__i_ants – _e__i_ants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Sing__a_it_
?: A__a_is – E___es ___m _ _a_inae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmni
Kat waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked
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I was thinking Andy Summers, but it was missing a letter space. That must be Stadler.
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Replicants - Replicants? :corn
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Enshine / Singularity
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I was thinking Andy Summers, but it was missing a letter space. That must be Stadler.
Whoops, fixed. Not sent by Stadler.
?: Sine – ___e___
?: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked
?: Maest_i__ – _n_____e
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: Replicants – Replicants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Singularity
?: A__a_is – E___es ___m _ _a_inae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmni
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Maestrick - Unpuzzle!
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Maestrick - Unpuzzle!
Indeed!
?: Sine – ___e___
?: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked
?: Maestrick – Unpuzzle
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: Replicants – Replicants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Singularity
?: A__a_is – E___es ___m _ _a_inae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmni
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Sine album is Ruhepol?
there's like 5 billion different bands named Sine and this is the only match I could find
unrelated but this seems kinda cool from briefly sampling it (https://sinebandsg.bandcamp.com/album/the-average-of-everything)
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Sine album is Ruhepol?
there's like 5 billion different bands named Sine and this is the only match I could find
unrelated but this seems kinda cool from briefly sampling it (https://sinebandsg.bandcamp.com/album/the-average-of-everything)
Correct on the album.
That other Sine album sounds really good. Must investigate further. It's amazing what you will like in a roulette. Even if it was never sent to you :lol
?: Sine – Ruhepol
?: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked
?: Maestrick – Unpuzzle
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: Replicants – Replicants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Singularity
?: A__a_is – E___es ___m _ _a_inae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmni
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can't believe i missed the second anniversary of the last post in splent's roulette thread
results when
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I was thinking Andy Summers, but it was missing a letter space. That must be Stadler.
No, but that's a damn good record.
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How about a B? Also, I think Parama sent Destrage.
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How about a B? Also, I think Parama sent Destrage.
That's a negative ghost rider.
Also no more B's
?: Sine – Ruhepol
?: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked
?: Maestrick – Unpuzzle
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: Replicants – Replicants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Singularity
?: A__a_is – E___es ___m _ _a_inae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmnib
I'm not surprised in the least which album is the last guessed :)
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Also, I think Parama sent Destrage.
No, Parama sent Brand New
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Also, I think Parama sent Destrage.
No, Parama sent Brand New
Still no :biggrin:
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Also, I think Parama sent Destrage.
No, Parama sent Brand New
So you sent the Destrage then?
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Well, since Puppies didn't change the hangmanen after your guess, I thought it was obvious Parama didn't send Destrage. I don't know what makes you think I did :biggrin:
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Well, since Puppies didn't change the hangmanen after your guess, I thought it was obvious Parama didn't send Destrage. I don't know what makes you think I did :biggrin:
Still new to the roulette thing, so still figuring out people's tastes and tendencies. :justjen
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I mean I do have & like that Destrage album a decent bit :metal
I also love the brand new album, and the Indukti album is pretty rad too
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I would have said RJ for the Maestrick, but he doesn't appear to be taking part. Maybe Chad?
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I have no freaking clue what that last one is. O!
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give me that U
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Destrage is Lonestar
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give me that U
O U. :neverusethis:
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Destrage is Lonestar
No Lonestar in this roulette. :biggrin:
?: Sine – Ruhepol
?: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked
?: Maestrick – Unpuzzle
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: Replicants – Replicants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Singularity
?: A__a_is – E__oes __om _ _a_inae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmnibou
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Destrage is Lonestar
No Lonestar in this roulette. :biggrin:
Dammit! :facepalm:
Well if he was, he would've sent it.
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Destrage is Lonestar
No Lonestar in this roulette. :biggrin:
Dammit! :facepalm:
Well if he was, he would've sent it.
Well, I'll give you that. :metal
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C
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?: Sine – Ruhepol
?: Andy Summers and Robert Fripp – I Advance Masked
?: Maestrick – Unpuzzle
?: In the Presence of Wolves – Thalassas
Evermind: Kingcrow – The Persistence
?: Replicants – Replicants
Sacul: Indukti – Idmen
?: Destrage – Are You Kidding Me? No.
?: Brand New – The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
?: Enshine – Singularity
?: Alrakis – Echoes From η Carinae
?: Tiles – Fence the Clear
Guessed letters: datesgmnibouc
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Alrakis-Echoes From n Carinae
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Stadler sent Destrage
Katt sent Brand New
jingle sent Alrakis
Indiscipline sent Enshine
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Stadler sent Tiles
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I absolutely did not send Brand New :lol
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Stadler sent Destrage
Katt sent Brand New
jingle sent Alrakis
Indiscipline sent Enshine
Definitely a joke post.
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no definitely completely serious :jamaritard:
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Yay, you finished it, except for who sent what.
How about some first impressions.
- Is it just me or does one of the songs choruses here sound similar to Bon Jovi's Raise Your Hands' verses? It's weirdly similar.
- I was laying in bed listening to this on my headphones, I forgot my wife was in the room and I said out loud "This is really fucking good." Now, I typically don't curse and it totally caught my wife off guard :lol
- Hey, this is pretty coo....."Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits........................
- Between the Buried and Me and mid era Thrice meet at a Rush concert, then make some music.
- Too slow to be Darkspace, too fast and interesting (by far) to be NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ
- Dream Theater meets Angra at Michael Romeo's circus
- It's Rush meets Triumph
- If Thrice were a little more whiny?
- I am oddly aroused, yet strangely angry.
- This is.....different? And yet, so familiar...
- Deep Forest goes straight Chillwave and doesn't know when to stop
- This didn't really impress me much, it's fairly methodical and plodding. Needs more listens I think.
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I have absolutely no clue at all which one is about Indukti.
Mine is obviously the NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ comment :lol
"Thrice but more whiny" is Brand New and you suck.
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"- Deep Forest goes straight Chillwave and doesn't know when to stop"
(https://replygif.net/i/281.gif)
"- I was laying in bed listening to this on my headphones, I forgot my wife was in the room and I said out loud "This is really fucking good." Now, I typically don't curse and it totally caught my wife off guard :lol"
(https://replygif.net/i/870.gif)
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The longer I watch that Eddie Murphy gif the funnier it becomes.
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I have absolutely no clue at all which one is about Indukti.
Neither do I :justjen
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I really do hope mine clicked with Puppies. I think Sine is up his alley and I freaking love that album, but I could see why maybe it won't get another 9. Although I'm going for 4. Thoughts & prayers pls
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Don't get your hopes up :angel:
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Don't get your hopes up :angel:
Never deprive anyone of hope... it might be all they have.
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Don't get your hopes up :angel:
(https://i.imgur.com/FgpI0dE.gif)
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puppies played songs off a few of these in plug and they were pretty good actually
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Don't get your hopes up :angel:
Never deprive anyone of hope... it might be all they have.
Are you livin on a prayer?
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Don't get your hopes up :angel:
Never deprive anyone of hope... it might be all they have.
Are you livin on a prayer?
I'm 1/2 way there!
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Don't get your hopes up :angel:
Never deprive anyone of hope... it might be all they have.
Are you livin on a prayer?
I'm 1/2 way there!
Take my hand
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Here's some results for round 4!
Tiles - Fence the Clear
Lethean
Progressive Rock
United States
(bonus point band)
First Impression - It's Rush meets Triumph.
While the Rush and Triumph (even a little Dream Theater) influences are very strong here, it does sound original for the most part. The album starts off really strong with Patterns with great guitar melodies and cool drum work, even a little jazzy at times. This continues through Another's Hand, with more great instrumental acrobatics. The album also ends on a couple of high notes with the epic Checkerboards and No Failure (which I think is a bonus track, not really sure). Checkerboards kind of going all out with the riffs and guitar solos. The biggest issue with this album is the middle. Starting with the acoustic The Wading Pool the album begins to drag big time. This song is over six minutes of the same thing basically. It really should have only lasted 3 minutes. Gameshow and Fallen Pieces are both non events. Then we come to Changing the Guard, which is another song that is way too long and repetitive for its own good. It's on par with a couple of the later Rush duds as far as being boring and repetitive, namely Working them Angels and Wish Them Well. Then Gabby's Happy Song is another acoustic interlude, non event. It's basically 20 consecutive minutes of boredom, which is about a third of the album. Take out those 20 minutes and you have a 9.5 or 10/10. The rest of the album is good enough to not tank the score too much, but it isn't enough to get you the bonus points.
7.8/10 (-1) = 6.8/10 total score
Alrakis - Echoes From η Carinae
Parama
Atmospheric Black Metal
Germany
First Impression - Too slow to be Darkspace, too fast and interesting (by far) to be NǽnøĉÿbbŒrğ VbëřřĦōlökäävsŦ
There aren't many albums in my collection that capture the cold harsh reality of outer space quite as well as this one. Sure space is beautiful (which this album also portrays subtly), but the reality is it's cold, dark, unforgiving, and won't hesitate to kill you for the slightest misstep. I'd say the other band that does something similar is Darkspace. Although they rely more on various production techniques and pure ferocious speed (more so than this) to portray outer space.
Being one long song/track I'd say the one thing that brings the score down a little is it takes about 6 minutes for anything to happen. I do understand what they were trying to accomplish though and it does build the atmosphere. The vocals come in around the 10 minute mark and are less like Darkspace and more like something Coldworld would do. Which actually works great with the space theme, the vocal style is cold and hollow, almost like someone screaming in to the void of space. The music takes a much slower approach than I was expecting, but it works really well. The whole track gives off this emotion of loneliness which further helps build this spacey atmosphere. Space is a lonely place after all.
I think what really captivates me, being an amateur astronomer, is the subject matter of this album. I have no idea what the lyrics are (I cant find any anywhere), but I can only assume they have to do with the Eta Carinae star system (hence the album name) and the event that took place back in the 1800's called the Great Eruption, which caused Eta Carinae to be one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Light from that event is still picked up as echoes or reflections off of nearby interstellar dust clouds. The light sparkly bell sounds near the middle of the track and the light, faint piano a little later remind me of what could be considered echoes of light. Considering this album took 7 years to make, it wouldn't surprise me if they went that in depth with this. All the music and effects here sounds like it was purpose built to make this song as true to the subject matter as possible and give discerning listeners something to debate about and enjoy.
The only other issue I have with the album is I wish there more moments of increased speed/tempo, it would have made the album a bit more dynamic. Either way the album is excellent and will only get better with more listens.
8.9/10
Enshine - Singularity
TAC
Melodic Death Metal
Sweden
First Impression - I was laying in bed listening to this on my headphones, I forgot my wife was in the room and I said out loud "This is really fucking good." Now, I typically don't curse and it totally caught my wife off guard :lol
More Melodic Death Metal from our resident Growl Master :D This is just high class melodeath with an intense atmospheric doomy approach that gives it a ton of character and class. There's some clean vocals that come in occasionally that work really well. The guitar solos are full of emotion and work well with the atmosphere, especially in Adrift, that is just masterful use of melody working for the song, there's another solo in In Our Mind that is similarly impressive. The harsh vocals are pretty standard Melodeath growls, not much to write home about on that front. They neither get in the way or necessarily make the album any better. The lyrics on the other hand I really enjoy. They are very spacey sci-fi lyrics, which I always enjoy. I'm not sure if it's meant to be a concept album, but the lyrics seem like they could loosely interconnect to form one coherent story. Overall the lyrics are quite enjoyable. I like the idea of putting a mellow instrumental track right in the middle of this album to bridge the first and second half. It's kind of like giving the listener a breather and a chance to reflect on what came before and what might come next. The only problems this album has is some of the songs are musically not as strong and some tracks don't differ enough from others, but when even the weakest of tracks are still pretty strong it makes for a very good album. Also the production is a little muddier than I would like, but that could just be an artistic choice to enhance the overall atmosphere. Regardless this is another strong submission from Mr. TAC.
8.8/10
Stay tuned for more results
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aww yeah back in business :metal
i haven't started on my EP but i really need to do that like, today
and definitely check out alpha eri too, it gets started pretty much right away but it's not as balanced, that is to say, it's like 30-35 minutes of black metal and then 20 minutes of space ambient at the end, i think i like the individual songs there better than this one but i concede this is a better constructed album on the whole
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Pup, glad you liked Enshine. I LOVE that album. A couple of years before I was really entertaining growls, there was just something about this that was so captivating. I bought it straight out. An odd thing in my collection at the time, but it is just so damn cool.
Will be sending the EP tonight!
EP sent!
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inquiry about banned artists sent
i actually kinda went conceptual this time & am still fitting in with my space theme, so i hope none of these are banned 'cause it's gonna be a pain to replace 'em now :corn
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inquiry about banned artists sent
i actually kinda went conceptual this time & am still fitting in with my space theme, so i hope none of these are banned 'cause it's gonna be a pain to replace 'em now :corn
I just PM'd you back regarding this.
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you might have just changed the ending of the story in my EP, we'll see :corn
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Pup, glad you liked Enshine. I LOVE that album. A couple of years before I was really entertaining growls, there was just something about this that was so captivating. I bought it straight out. An odd thing in my collection at the time, but it is just so damn cool.
Will be sending the EP tonight!
EP sent!
This EP looks interesting.
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corngif.pop
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Pup, glad you liked Enshine. I LOVE that album. A couple of years before I was really entertaining growls, there was just something about this that was so captivating. I bought it straight out. An odd thing in my collection at the time, but it is just so damn cool.
Will be sending the EP tonight!
EP sent!
This EP looks interesting.
Tell me you didn't laugh when you saw it. :lol
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Pup, glad you liked Enshine. I LOVE that album. A couple of years before I was really entertaining growls, there was just something about this that was so captivating. I bought it straight out. An odd thing in my collection at the time, but it is just so damn cool.
Will be sending the EP tonight!
EP sent!
This EP looks interesting.
Tell me you didn't laugh when you saw it. :lol
Oh wow, I didn't even notice until now. :rollin
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Some more random Round 4 results. :corn
Kingcrow - The Persistence
Evermind
Progressive Metal
Italy
First Impression - This didn't really impress me much, it's fairly methodical and plodding. Needs more listens I think.
This started off well enough with some cool riffing and nice keyboards, but the majority of the songs are all pretty similarly constructed. They all stay in a mid to slow tempo, don't offer any real variety, and don't stray very far from what the first track brought to the table. The vocals seem to have no life to them, the singer sounds disinterested in what he's doing or the lyrics or both. The only exception to this would be the song Night's Descending, but that's because Daniel Gildenlow is doing guest vocals here and he can make most music sound interesting. The song is still slow and doesn't do much, which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing if the rest of the album wasn't the same. Some variety in tempo, rhythm, some technical flourishes, wouldn't kill them would it?
The album isn't completely terrible though. Some of the tracks taken one at a time can be good, but a whole album of this gets a little boring.
6/10
Sine - Ruhepol
Kattelox
Ambient
No idea where they are from :huh:
First Impression - Deep Forest goes straight Chillwave and doesn't know when to stop
Deep Forest like downtempo being held up by a foundation of extremely relaxed chillwave should be a recipe for success right? Well, not entirely. There are parts that are phenomenally well done. Like the opening track Wolke 7's nice guitar melody or the chilling synths in Samsara. It definitely makes for a relaxing experience in those instances. None of the songs here are particularly offensive, in fact each song taken individually is anywhere from decent to excellent. There are two major problems I have with this album, though. First, the album is far too long. If you chop about 20-25 minutes of the least quality material here, you may have a 7.5-8/10 on your hands. The second problem is the production, it is way too loud. None of the instruments have room to breathe. It starts to get a little fatiguing after about 15 minutes. Fix this issue along with the first and you have yourself a 9-9.5/10. There are tons of great ideas here; the layered use of field recordings, the use of vocals as an instrument, the brief uses of spoken word, the variety of instrumentation, the beats, etc, etc. It's just too bad they are all drowned in bad production. We aren't talking Death Magnetic levels of terrible production here, but still it could be much much better. I'd definitely be interested in hearing something else by these guys if they fix these issues.
6.8/10
Maestrick - Unpuzzle!
Jingle
Progressive Metal
Brazil
First Impression - Dream Theater meets Angra at Michael Romeo's circus
This album start off with an absolute barn burner of a track. 1 part Dream Theater, 1 part Brazilian power metal influence, with a dash of Symphony X and cheesy keyboards. Lots of fun instrumental breaks and technical playing. It's a fun song, with ridiculous lyrics (like the rest of the album, sort of like Systematic Chaos & Black Clouds and Silver Linings era Dream Theater). The rest of the album does change things up quite a bit. I have to give the band an A for experimenting with different styles of prog metal and different tempos. It doesn't always work, but for the most part they keep it interesting. Like Aquarela has some beautiful melodies, but the lyrics and vocals are super cheesy and come across as disingenuous. Pescador is an interesting change of pace for the album. I like the flute, but it doesn't really fit well in the album. The lyrics are in Portuguese, so I asked a friend of mine who is from Brazil about the lyrics and he said they don't make a lot of sense and are pretty cheesy. Anyway, the song Puzzler reminds me a lot of something Diablo Swing Orchestra or Unexpect would do and is a cool short track. The rest of the album has both ups and downs and it's the inconsistency (and super cheesy lyrics that most of the time make no sense) that keeps this from getting a higher score. The final track, Lake of Emotions, is a 20+ minute "epic". There's a lot of good ideas here, but they don't really mesh them together very well. It feels a bit disjointed. It's not a terrible track, and the good ideas sound great while they last, but it has no business being over 20 minutes long. Condense the best ideas of the track down to about 10 minutes and now we are talking.
Overall this is a band that wears their influences on their sleeves, but tries to make something of their own to stand up with their influences. Perhaps on their next album they can accomplish this better.
7.7/10
In the Presence of Wolves - Thalassas
Romdrums
Progressive Rock
United States
First Impression - Between the Buried and Me and mid era Thrice meet at a Rush concert, then make some music.
This is exactly what I have been looking for in music, and I didn't even know it. This, along with the Blue Food album, has been one of the most fun albums I've heard in a while. They take a lot of stuff from Post-Hardcore and the type of Prog Rock/Metal that Between the Buried and Me have been doing and fuse it together in to a....I don't even know what to call it, but I like it. They have a great idea of how to write memorable melodies and guitar solos. There's a lot of great bass lines, with a very late Rush era Geddy Lee bass tone and vibe, and some Rush like guitar solos (especially in the opening track). There's even some guitar solos very reminiscent of Paul Waggoner, like the solo near the end of Hypoxia. I really think if BtBaM and Rush got together and hired a post-hardcore/emo style vocalist, this is almost exactly what it would sound like. There's a lot of variety here, but it's a consistent style, with some random outbursts of creativity. The album starts off strong, but seems to get stronger as it goes on. The music pretty much speaks for itself here, there isn't much more to say about it. It's an awesome album and will get many more listens. I also have no idea how these guys aren't more well known...
9.5/10
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yeah i listened to in the presence of wolves after you played it in plug and mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
also my EP might be a few days. there's a nonzero chance i'm scrapping the entire thing and starting over because i really want to send albums from two of the bands i was considering before, oops :lol
i said i was gonna stop the space theme after this but i think i lied
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is that a good mmmmm or a bad mmmmmmmm :corn
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are you trying to be yoda?
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it's a good mmmmm
i also listened to the latest maestrick album because i bookmarked the wrong one somehow and that one just sounded like generic neo-prog but a bit louder, i didn't even make it half an hour (out of like, 80 minutes, god) but i should check out this one instead of being an idiot the song that was played in plug was cool
i probably should check out blue food too but i already have a billion things on my plate ugh
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Blue Food is great!
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Well fudge. I agree the album is a bit too long, but I have no issues with the production. Swing and a miss - had to happen eventually! Time for the pendulum to go back the other way...
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hey katt no worries i appreciate you giving the rest of us a chance to catch up :tup
pretty sure romdrums is in the lead now though :corn
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Well I expected Alithia to get like 6 and it got a 9 so maybe I'll send electrofunk jazz metal and get a 10
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i mean, the EP round is next, but :corn
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I totally forgot there was even an EP round :neverusethis:
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there's an EP round, a greatest hits round, and a concept album round :corn
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there's an EP round, a greatest hits round, and a concept album round :corn
Good luck..... :corn :corn :corn :corn :corn
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i might be using an... unusual pick for the greatest hits round, simply for lack of anything else being available
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Nice, a 6. :lol
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Don't forget the EP round is next. If you need a little extra time getting your EP together, that's fine. :tup
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I don't have anything prepared at all, and I'm pretty sick right now on top of it. Good times!
I'll get some songs together in a few days I suppose.
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Gonna try to get mine together tonight...
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I don't have anything prepared at all, and I'm pretty sick right now on top of it. Good times!
I'll get some songs together in a few days I suppose.
That's fine. I've been sick the last couple days as well. It sucks.
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I thought I was the only one who would be late. Starting to work on it a little tonight and will hopefully not be the last one to send.
Puppies, any chance you could update the "artists banned during this roulette" section on page 1?
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I'm still putting mine together... might just say screw it and send it before I go to bed tonight because I don't want to be too late.
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I thought I was the only one who would be late. Starting to work on it a little tonight and will hopefully not be the last one to send.
Puppies, any chance you could update the "artists banned during this roulette" section on page 1?
Yeah, I'll do that in a bit. I need to post the remaining results for round 4 still too.
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OK here are the rest of round 4 results. Sorry for the delay.
Replicants - Replicants
Stadler
Alternative Rock
United States
First Impression - This is.....different? And yet, so familiar...
Wasn't expecting a covers album in my roulette. There's good news and bad news here. The good news is, some of these are actually pretty good. The bad news, the rest of them are pretty terrible. I feel like I need to go track by track here, since these are all fairly well known songs being covered.
Just What I Needed - This is a pretty good cover of a classic Cars song. This sounds like what I imagine a Nirvana cover would sound like of this song. It's performed well and stays fairly faithful to the original, but I would rather listen to the original. I like the original's vocal melodies much better.
Silly Little Love Songs - Is that someone peeing in a toilet at the beginning? Is that Maynard on vocals? Why did they choose to go Doomy Industrial for this song? So many questions? This doesn't work for me at all. The style of music doesn't work with the lyrical content. The main melody here sounds awkward in this style. Would definitely rather listen to Sir Paul's version.
Life's a Gas - Never thought I'd hear a cover of this song. I actually really like this one. I actually like this better than the original for some reason. Not sure why.
Cinnamon Girl - Worst cover of Cinnamon Girl I've ever heard. That's a little over dramatic actually, especially since it isn't that bad. The problem is once you've heard Type O Negative's version of this song, everything else pails in comparison.
How Do You Sleep? - Is this Nine Inch Nails? I haven't heard this song in many years. I don't actually remember the original all that well, was never a big fan of John Lennon's solo stuff. This is actually pretty good though. Has that cool nineties NIN vibe to it.
Destination Unknown - Is that Keanu Reaves singing in the music video for this song? I had to listen to the original song because I couldn't remember what it sounded like. I definitely like this way better. It really is a great cover. Good vibe and great reworking of an 80's semi classic.
No Good Trying - Never heard the original of this. Never liked Syd Barrett. All I can say is it's short, but other than that, pass...
Are Friends Electric - Another song I hadn't heard the original of before. This is better than the Syd Barrett cover. Has some interesting synths and a cool rhythm to it.
Dirty Work - An odd choice for a Steely Dan cover, but I guess it is one they could fit in to their mid 90's alternative post grunge sound. Of course I could also see them pulling off Rikki Don't Lose That Number. This is actually pretty good though.
The Bewlay Brothers - Wow, this one was bad. I think David Bowie is doing barrel rolls in his grave. Hard to imagine him signing off on this when this was made. ugh....no thanks. Next!
Ibiza Bar - Pink Floyd is tough to pull off for any band not named Pink Floyd in my experience. At least they didn't end up sounding like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj7pDNDuoJ0) (click at the peril of your ears). It's still not that good though, but then again it's once again a weird pick for a cover. I don't particularly like the original either.
Well this all adds up to a very mixed bag. 4 of the songs I really didn't like, 2 were ok, and 5 were pretty good. That totals to......
6.5/10
Andy Summers & Robert Fripp - I Advance Masked
Indiscipline
Art Rock
United Kingdom
First Impression - I am oddly aroused, yet strangely angry.
I'm not entirely sure what I expected from this, but it wasn't what I heard. I think I expected atmospheric technical wizardry in a New Wave-ish backdrop. I thought that was where it was going with the start of the first song, but there was no crescendo, no climax, no real build up to a point where the song crashes over and has a release. There's just build and more build. A constant barrage of teasing and then the song fades out......WHAT!?! I think I have musical blue balls now.
There's something to be said for 2 of rock musics most influential guitarists teaming up and not devolving in to a wank fest. They seem to come at this project as equals and at the same time know when to let the other take the lead and step back. It's good at not overwhelming you, but the album has a serious problem with satisfying me musically. I know music isn't all about the destination, but the journey. However, without a destination and/or never reaching the destination, you end up just wandering aimlessly, getting lost, and then dying of starvation in the wilderness somewhere. This is sort of how this album feels. There's tons of great ideas here; awesome King Crimson-like melodies and guitar rhythms, cool bouncy guitar riffs, nice synths, but they all go no where. The second track, Under Bridges of Silence, just ends abruptly and track 3 starts. There's no flow. China - Yellow Leader gives me basically the same feeling as the title track.
The album is somewhat saved by the run of tracks from In the Cloud Forest thru The Truth of Skies. They go more acoustic/ballady and more ambient and atmospheric. Dropping any pretense of having a build up and just playing some really gorgeous melodies. The final 3 tracks kind of follow this pattern as well. If they had opted to bring in more of a rhythm section in the offending songs or go more acoustic and ambient I think I may have appreciated the album more. It's still not as bad as I make it sound and gets a decent score, but I feel like it could have been so much more.
7/10
Brand New - The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
Ariich
Emo/Post Hardcore
United States
First Impression - If Thrice were a little more whiny?
I am familiar somewhat with Brand New. My sister got really into them back when Deja Entendu came out. I remember her showing it to me and I remember not liking it. In fact I hated it (it's possible my hate stemmed from my extreme dislike for any and all screamed/harsh vocals at the time, I eventually came around). This album sounds nothing like what I remember from that one. I think it's because this one incorporates much more Indie rock influence into their brand of Emo Post Hardcore. Which is a good thing. I do have some conflicting thought on the vocals though. The singing is powerful, emotional, at times haunting, and a little bit broken, which adds to what's right with this album. Sure the guy doesn't have the greatest range or the best technical chops, but he puts his all in to it. The lyrics on the other hand I can't connect with. Perhaps when I was in high school, but not now. This isn't a huge strike against the album, in fact the vocal styles fit the lyrics well. I can appreciate that. It's just where I am at in my life, the lyrics mostly don't resonate with me.
Let's talk about what is right with this album. The music, while not technically impressive, is very well constructed and played. The melodies, while on the simpler side, work very well and are catchy to the point of some of the songs getting stuck in my head for days. I love the flow of the album too. Most of the songs flow right in to the next which makes it feel like a whole cohesive album. There's no cheap fadeouts to end songs (which I hate), no jarring transitions, and no weird cuts. All the above points are a testament to the bands song writing abilities, which are much improved from what I remember of Deja Entendu. The acoustic lighter moments of the album can be haunting and are some of my favorite bits.
Overall this a solid album without much to complain about other than the lyrics (which is more my problem than anything else). Some songs can get a little samey with chord progressions and riffs, but not often. Just a solid album with a few minor flaws.
8/10
Indukti - Idmen
Sacul
Progressive Metal
Poland
First Impression - Hey, this is pretty coo....."Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits, Hawk kills chickens, Hawk kills rabbits........................
This album started out so bloody good with the instrumental Sansara that I was totally thrown for a loop when that hawk kills chickens line came in on the song Tusan Homichi Tuvota. I was completely confused for the whole track. I'm kind of over it now. It's still a completely silly and overused line throughout the song, though. Anyways, this album as a whole really feels like Poland's answer to Orphaned Land. How they do the vocals, the instrumentation, the overall progginess. But the comparison isn't an exact one. It's like Indukti listened to a lot of Orphaned Land and decided they wanted to make music that was just as varied, just as epic, just as progressive, but with their own lyrical ideas and different instruments. The songs all flow really well from one to the next and are very linear (no verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus, outro pop style writing here). The album is very engrossing and easy to get lost in, except the hawk/chicken/rabbit part, haha. The music has a great groove to it almost all the way through and everyone involved plays their parts extremely well. The drummer in particular caught my attention. This guy is a technical machine, but he makes it blend with what the rest of the band is playing effortlessly. I almost didn't notice what he was doing until I started focusing on his parts. That's just how good the rest of the music is. I think one thing this album would benefit from is a little more dynamics in the louder parts, which comes down to mixing and production.
I can see myself coming back to this album again and again. There's a lot to glean from it every time I listen to it. Lots of cool intricacies. You've sent another great album.
8.4/10
Destrage - Are You Kidding Me? No.
Elite
Progressive Metalcore
Italy
First Impression - Is it just me or does one of the songs choruses here sound similar to Bon Jovi's Raise Your Hands' verses? It's weirdly similar.
Oh goodness, this album is something else. Definitely not a band bothered to follow the norm. In fact one might say they deviate/elevate from the norm, eh eh? :neverusethis: Anyway, these guys have technicality, song writing chops, chaotic and varying vocal styles (of which all are performed well), catchy melodies that cut through the chaos, and super slick guitar solos. Those clean guitar solos they use occasionally are otherworldly. Now there are a few times where they maybe trying to be a little too technical and crazy and it ends up falling flat, but they are few and far between. They do like to try to seamlessly mash up as many genres as possible in to each song. There's the obvious progginess and metalcore, but on top of that they throw in some post hardcore, breakcore, hair metal, some twangy country/bluegrass sounding bits, southern metal, technical death metal, grindcore, parts that sound like they could be from a mid 90's video game, pop, etc, the list could go on and on. They have this poppy sensibility in most of the songs, that make them extremely catchy. As crazy as the music gets, it's all pretty memorable. As much variety as there is in the music styles and playing, there isn't much variety in tempo. It's all pretty fast and intense. They don't exactly stop to take a breath or allow the listener to either, except for Where the Things Have No Colour, which has a cool acoustic intro and takes the intensity of the album down for a bit. It's a really cool track and probably one of my favorites. The other song I need to talk about is G.O.D. This is the song that I'm referring to in the first impression. The chorus to this song sounds so similar to the verses of Raise Your Hands. It's probably just a coincidence or probably just in my head. It's mostly in the vocal melody and harmonies. Maybe this album has scrambled my brains.... :lol
Great album!
9/10
The Scores After Round 4
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5 = 34.4
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8 = 33.8
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8 = 33.5
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9 = 33.4
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9 = 32.5
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8 = 32.3
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4 = 31.3
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6 = 30.2
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7 = 30
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7 = 28.3
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8 = 28
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5 = 25.9
EP ROUND GO!!!!!!!!!!! :corn
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give me a few days. i honestly currently have no clue what i'm gonna do for my EP :metal
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I guess I'll take the extra time I have now to put my reviews up on my RYM account :tup
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Just sent mine. There are a couple songs I wish I could've replaced with others but it's much too late already so I sent what I had.
I regret nothing if it gets a poor score relative to everyone else and I even drop several places - I fucking love what I sent because it's from the heart. :2metal:
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Just sent mine. There are a couple songs I wish I could've replaced with others but it's much too late already so I sent what I had.
I regret nothing if it gets a poor score relative to everyone else and I even drop several places - I fucking love what I sent because it's from the heart. :2metal:
Sorry I have to burn it all down :flame: well just 2 songs actually....
You made me have to double check my banned list to make sure I didn't forget one of my favorite artists..... :loser:
Don't worry, you have time, since Parama is going to be taking his sweet time. :lol
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Fml :lol
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it doesn't help that i'm particularly not in the EP-making mood at the moment because i'm trying to close out on my last music order of the year so I have enough time to get to all the 2018 albums I still want to get to :lol even then I don't expect to be done until like mid-to-late january tbh
i might just phone it in but i'm mostly trying to stick with songs from albums i wouldn't send the full album to you from & also trying to stick to a concept and the concept part of that might end up scrapped but we shall see
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Nothing but fair, man. I need a bit of time for the EP, but I promise it won't be instrumental only ;)
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Nothing but fair, man. I need a bit of time for the EP, but I promise it won't be instrumental only ;)
Yeah everything you have sent has been instrumental so far, with Return to Forever being the best. I'm pretty hard to please with instrumental only albums. Take your time for the EP round, Parama says he needs a couple days too.
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Cool, the "whiny Thrice" comment that was obviously about Brand New had me worried, but I'm glad you liked it! I do get what you're saying about the lyrics, although I don't agree. I think the lyrics deal well with issues such as loss, depression, self-worth that I'm much more attuned to as an adult than I was as an adolescent. But anyway, glad it didn't hold you back from enjoying the album overall! You might also enjoy the album after that, Daisy, which is more manic and unpredictable but has some really good stuff.
And yeah like the others I'll need a couple of days to sort an EP.
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Glad to see a good score for Destrage. That album really is something else, even compared to the rest of the band's output. My personal favourite would be the title track, especially for the madness at the end, but I think the whole thing is highly enjoyable.
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Ok, I'm pretty sure I've decided on my EP, but I need to go to bed shortly so I'll actually put it together and write up the narrative tomorrow.
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I am probably going to tank this round with my EP, but I finally sent it, and I regret nothing because I love every single song in it.
Just sucks I had to cut Purple Rain from the mix which would've perfected the flow. :lol
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Just sucks I had to cut Purple Rain from the mix which would've perfected the flow. :lol
Is your EP called Dead Overrated Artists?
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Just sucks I had to cut Purple Rain from the mix which would've perfected the flow. :lol
Is your EP called Dead Overrated Artists?
No, I don't recall sending any Chris Cornell songs...
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Just sucks I had to cut Purple Rain from the mix which would've perfected the flow. :lol
Is your EP called Dead Overrated Artists?
No, I don't recall sending any Chris Cornell songs...
Oh brother I am so totally with you on that!
o/
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I still fart in your general direction. Prince rules. But you get a high five. Hey, smell my finger. Do you smell lemongrass? :biggrin:/
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Prince is s Paul Stanley Mini Me.
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Prince is s Paul Stanley Mini Me.
Dafuq?! TAC, my friend, let me help you. (https://www.beltone.com/)
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I forgot to work on this yesterday woops
Might not have much time today either
Puppies do you mind if I phone this one in and get like a 7/10 as long as I send some killer albums and a rad concept album later
It's either gonna be that or wait until the weekend, I think :lol
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Prince is s Paul Stanley Mini Me.
Wow......WOOOOOOOOW. 0/10 for your EP now :biggrin:
I forgot to work on this yesterday woops
Might not have much time today either
Puppies do you mind if I phone this one in and get like a 7/10 as long as I send some killer albums and a rad concept album later
It's either gonna be that or wait until the weekend, I think :lol
I still only have 4 EPs, so you still have time.
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Puppies, I'll try to submit my EP tomorrow, right now I need to pass out. My apologies, everybody.
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Puppies, I'll try to submit my EP tomorrow, right now I need to pass out. My apologies, everybody.
No problem. Get well, and as I said, you all have time.
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I will pay Puppies 1 dollar for every point he docks TAC's EP for that Prince diss. :lol
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Shit guys, it's been four fuckin says. C'mon ... it's not like our host just sprung this on us.
The earth ain't turning any slower. LETS GO!
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I gave 3 of the EP's I have received a listen today. All of them are good. TAC still gets a 0/10 for dissing Prince. :biggrin:
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Been busy with college, but am making an EP now, I think the theme will be heavy and layered :metal
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i mean. i had an EP but one of the songs on it was banned, and then i ended up wanting to send the full album one of the songs was from, so at that point the whole thing fell apart and i haven't have time since the weekend to revisit it :P
i still need to send to indiscipline too, tbh
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I spent 4 hours writing my roulette results and still got mine in. I'm with Chad :lol
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good thing neither of you are the host of this roulette, then :tup
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All that time writing excuses could've been spent on making an EP :neverusethis:
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:splodetard:
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Sending stuff tonight or tomorrow. I'm having a hard time with work at the moment.
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I'm sending in a few hours, hopefully nothing is banned, otherwise I won't be sending in a few hours. :lol
Edit: sent.
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I gave 3 of the EP's I have received a listen today. All of them are good. TAC still gets a 0/10 for dissing Prince. :biggrin:
You mean The Poster Formally Known As TAC?
How pretentious.
Puleeze! ;D
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Ok EP sent.
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I spent 4 hours writing my roulette results and still got mine in. I'm with Chad :lol
:hifive:
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EDIT: Sent!
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Sent again. :lol Hopefully no banned songs this time around!
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Sent again. :lol Hopefully no banned songs this time around!
You're good now :tup
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Everyone's sent their shit now, right Parama? :lol
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I only had time to pick out songs for Indiscipline and it's still not the weekend like I said I won't have time until :tup
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That's two more days wtf almost a week of waiting :lol :tdwn
Pup... let's do the hangman.
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I mean, for those of you who slap together a random playlist of songs and call it an EP I guess it would seem like a while :neverusethis:
Sorry for like, being busy with work and all :P
For the record I am putting a week between results and EP due dates when I run my next roulette, so
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I mean, for those of you who slap together a random playlist of songs and call it an EP I guess it would seem like a while :neverusethis:
Sorry for like, being busy with work and all :P
For the record I am putting a week between results and EP due dates when I run my next roulette, so
Also for the record, the EP round was announced on September 28th in the OP. :neverusethis: Personally speaking, I gave myself 3 options of themes for my EP (with a host of band options) just in case a band was used or otherwise banned. I did all the hard work before the start of this round. :P :P
I'll now start thinking about Concept Album round - on the chance that I should make it that far.
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I mean, I made my 425 EP months in advance, whereas I'm mostly just winging it here
Anyways I only care what the host thinks anyways but I will see if I can find some time to work on this tonight but probably not
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Hey now I'm busy as shit and didn't just "slap together songs" just FYI, I put a lot of thought into my shitty shitty EP :lol
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I spent two days here and there making an EP, and like two hours thinking of a cheesy concept for it. Then I had to rename one of the characters because one of the songs was banned. :lol
I second Katt's notion, let's start the hangman.
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I actually only have 8 EPs so far :-\
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And I forgot to PM Lethean back yesterday to let him know one of his songs was banned. :(
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:sadpanda:
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:sadpanda:
Yep, my bad
In other news. I'm still missing Elite, Sacul, and Parama's EP's. Not to worry though. I've still only listened to three and I probably won't have much listening time this weekend. So no more bickering amongst yourselves or I'll make y'all go cut yourselves a switch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYbvVnyHcm0
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i've pretty much got mine settled now, anyways. casual 5-track 40 minute on the dot EP, the parama classic. not my best EP but i'm happy enough with it so whatevs :lol
spent like 3 hours on it tonight that i barely even had tho. oops
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I edited and re-sent mine. Hopefully none of my bands are bonus point bands, because that doesn't seem to go well for me. :P
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Sending mine tonight. I made a rough draft last night, which I'm going to listen to in the car today. I'll make a definitive version when I get home, including edits and stuff :)
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and sent. hoping to not get destroyed by people who put more effort into their EPs than I did :corn
DACUL YOU'RE SLOW AND LAZY
also three of the artists I sent I've never sent in roulettes before, which is cool
i say but like everything else i sent up to this point i'd never sent before either :lol
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I edited and re-sent mine. Hopefully none of my bands are bonus point bands, because that doesn't seem to go well for me. :P
No bonus point bands! :metal :biggrin:
Sending mine tonight. I made a rough draft last night, which I'm going to listen to in the car today. I'll make a definitive version when I get home, including edits and stuff :)
Excellent
DACUL YOU'RE SLOW AND LAZY
:metardica:
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WAIT WAIT WAIT.........................Parama's EP goes over time by 1 second. :loser:
Actually when loading it up in Audacity it goes over by 5 hundredths of a second :lol
It's really more like 52 thousandths of a second......
What I'm saying is, if anyone else needs to go over by up to 52 thousandths of a second, Parama has set the precedent for this....
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I think Parama should be instantly disqualified.
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I think Parama should be instantly disqualified.
Yeah, maybe just eliminate him from the roulette all together.
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i contest this. i opened the project file in audacity and jumped right to the very end and saw this:
(https://i.imgur.com/7zNrjsM.png)
if anything i should be penalized for my EP being .001 seconds too short :(
anyways the last, like, second of the EP is completely silent anyways
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Jesus Christ. :lol
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:lol
I assume I'm not alone in not trying to cram the full 40 minutes in? My EP is around 30 mins ish again, like the last one I did (which was for Elite's). I think that's a good EP length. 40 minutes is an LP. :P
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:lol
I assume I'm not alone in not trying to cram the full 40 minutes in? My EP is around 30 mins ish again, like the last one I did (which was for Elite's). I think that's a good EP length. 40 minutes is an LP. :P
You are not alone. iTunes had mine at 38 minute-ish, iirc. I didn't even make any edits or mods... straight up whatever is on Google Play to make things as simple as possible for our host.
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sended
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Hangmemes will start when I get home from work. Assuming I get Elite's EP by then. Or maybe I'll just start without him. It will be a mystery. :|
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Sent!
Or have I?
It will be a mystery. :|
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Hang.
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Man.
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What is this, a game of Marco Polo?
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I say jingle, you say:
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What is this, a game of Marco Polo?
Maybe.
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What is this roulette anyway?
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:lol
I assume I'm not alone in not trying to cram the full 40 minutes in? My EP is around 30 mins ish again, like the last one I did (which was for Elite's). I think that's a good EP length. 40 minutes is an LP. :P
You are not alone. iTunes had mine at 38 minute-ish, iirc. I didn't even make any edits or mods... straight up whatever is on Google Play to make things as simple as possible for our host.
Mine is the Van Halen/early Kiss of the round. It's barely 20 minutes, and that's counting the gap between songs. I was even going to jam a 1:38 guitar solo in there to make the limit. :)
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I say jingle, you say:
What is this, a game of Marco Polo?
Maybe.
C-C-C-C-Combo breaker!
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Stads sent a grindcore album nice
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You asked for it, so here is Part A of MEGAHANGMEMEMEMEME! I will post Part B in a little bit.
?: ______ ______ – ____ _____
?: _____ – _____
?: __________ – __________ _____
?: ___________ – _______ _______
?: _____ _____ – ____ ______
?: _______ – _________
?: ______ _________ – ___ ______ ________ _, __
?: _______ – __ ______ ____
?: _______ _____ – ______
?: _________ _____ – ________
?: ____ ____ – ______
?: ______ _______ – _______
?: __________ – ___ ____'_ ___ ____
?: _____ ______ – ___ ____
?: ______ _______ – ___ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – _______ _________ _______
?: ______ ____ – ___________ ____ _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: ________ ______ – ___ ____ ______ ___ _____
?: _______ – _______ ___ ____
Guessed letters:
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Glad someone is not playing Pikachu.
Calling for a T.
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Glad someone is not playing Pikachu.
Calling for a T.
What's a Pikachu?
?: __t___ ______ – ____ __t__
?: _____ – _____
?: __________ – ___t___t__ _____
?: T_t________ – ______t _______
?: _____ _____ – T___ ______
?: ______t – ____t__t_
?: ______ _________ – T__ ______ _______t _, __
?: ______t – _t ___t__ ____
?: ___t__t _____ – ______
?: ____t____ _____ – ________
?: T___ T___ – ______
?: ______ _t_____ – _______
?: __________ – T__ ____'_ T__ ____
?: ____t ______ – ___ ____
?: ______ _t_____ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – ___t___ ________t _______
?: ______ ____ – ___________ ___t _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: ________ T_____ – T__ ____ ______ t__ __t__
?: _______ – __t____ t__ ____
Guessed letters: t
TAC waits 3 turns
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N
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Give me the D
Talk Talk sent by Dacul
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What's a Pikachu?
Ask K-Lox.
(https://www.quickmeme.com/img/d1/d1f36391ea01545b9cb9197aaa9a1aeea42866f9844bb8845ac8eb908b912ddf.jpg)
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(https://replygif.net/i/1122.gif)
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Part A
?: N_t__n ____nd – ____ __t__
?: ___d_ – _____
?: _____n____ – ___t___t__ _____
?: T_t_______n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ _____ – T___ ______
?: __nn__t – _n__t__t_
?: __nn__ _______nn – T__ __d___ ____n_nt _, __
?: _n___nt – _t D__t__ D___
?: D__t_nt D____ – ______
?: ___nt____ _____ – D_______
Sacul: Talk Talk – D_____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _______
?: __nd______ – T__ ___d'_ T__ __n_
?: ___nt ______ – ___ ____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – _n_t___ _____n_nt _dd____
?: ______ ____ – _n_________ ___t _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: _n_____n T_____ – T__ ____ ____nd t__ __t__
?: D____n_ – __t__d_ t__ ___n
Guessed letters: tnd
Part B
?: _______ ________ _____ – ____ _____ ___ __ ___
?: _____ _______ – _______ ______
?: ______ ___ – ______ ____ _ ______
?: ____ – __ _______ ___ _______
?: ____ _________ – _________ ___
?: _____ ________ – _______ ____ ________
?: __________ – ___ ____ _ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____
?: ___ _______ _____ – ___ __ ___ ____
?: ________ – _____ ______
?: ____ ____ – ____ __'_ ____
?: ______ – ____ ___ ________
?: _______ – _____ ______
?: _____ ______ – _ ____ ___ __ ____ ____ _ __
?: ______ _______ – ___________
?: _______ – ____ ______ __ _______
?: _____ – ______
?: _____ __ ____ – ____
?: _____ _ – _____ _____
?: ____'_ _____ – ___________
?: ______ – ____ _____
Guessed letters:
Parama waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Vennart?
Don't know if this is a real artist but Distant Dream?
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Just going to call Distant Dream.
A on the bottom half.
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Dissona - Outside the Skin
dang, was considering them as an option for later :P
ariich?
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gimme D for part B
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Part A
?: N_t__n ____nd – ____ __t__
?: ___d_ – _____
?: _____n____ – ___t___t__ _____
?: T_t_______n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ _____ – T___ ______
?: Vennart – _n__t__t_
?: __nn__ _______nn – T__ __d___ ____n_nt _, __
?: _n___nt – _t D__t__ D___
?: Distant Dream – ______
?: ___nt____ _____ – D_______
Sacul: Talk Talk – D_____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _______
?: __nd______ – T__ ___d'_ T__ __n_
?: ___nt ______ – ___ ____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – _n_t___ _____n_nt _dd____
?: ______ ____ – _n_________ ___t _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: _n_____n T_____ – T__ ____ ____nd t__ __t__
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tnd
Part B
?: ____a__ ________ _____ – ____ _a___ ___ __ ___
?: ___a_ _______ – __d____ ______
?: ______ ___ – ______ ____ a ______
?: A__a – __ _a_d___ d__ D______
?: ____ _a__a____ – _________ _a_
?: A____ __a_____ – _a_____ ____ ________
?: ____ad____ – ___ _a__ a ____ _a_d _a__ __a_ ____
?: D__ _a_____ D____ – __d __ ___ __ad
?: _a_d____ – ___a_ _a____
?: _a__ _a__ – ____ __'_ ____
?: Da___a – _a__ ___ ________
?: _a___a_ – ___a_ _a____
?: _a_d_ ____a_ – _ _a__ ___ __ ____ ____ _ D_
?: ___a_a A_____a – __a_a_da___
?: ___a___ – ____ ______ __ _______
?: _____ – _a____
?: _____ __ ____ – ____
?: __a_d _ – _a___ Da___
?: _d__'_ _____ – _____a_a___
?: _____a – ____ _a___
Guessed letters: ad
TAC waits 3 turns
Sacul waits 2
Parama waits 1
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How many parts will there be?
G for part A
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Considering there are 12 EPs, probably at least one more
There's 41 songs between the two hangmemes up right now by my count, assuming an average of like 5 songs per EP (safe bet) we're looking at like 60+ songs :lol
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How many parts will there be?
G for part A
There will be 3 more, including 1 part for the EP titles. There were 75 songs in total.
Part A
?: N_t__n ____nd – ____ __t__
?: ___d_ – _____
?: _____n____ – ___t___t__ _____
?: T_t_______n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ ___g_ – T___ ______
?: Vennart – _n__t__t_
?: __nn__ G______nn – T__ __d___ ____n_nt _, __
?: _n___nt – _t D__t__ D___
?: Distant Dream – ___g__
?: ___nt____ _____ – D_______
Sacul: Talk Talk – D_____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _____g_
?: __nd______ – T__ ___d'_ T__ __ng
?: _g_nt ______ – ___ ____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – _n_t___ _____n_nt _dd____
?: ______ ____ – _n_________ ___t _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: _n_____n T_____ – T__ ____ ____nd t__ __t__
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndg
Part B
?: ____a__ ________ _____ – ____ _a___ ___ __ ___
?: ___a_ _______ – __d____ ______
?: ______ ___ – ______ ____ a ______
?: A__a – __ _a_d___ d__ D______
?: ____ _a__a____ – _________ _a_
?: A____ __a_____ – _a_____ ____ ________
?: ____ad____ – ___ _a__ a ____ _a_d _a__ __a_ ____
?: D__ _a_____ D____ – __d __ ___ __ad
?: _a_d____ – ___a_ _a____
?: _a__ _a__ – ____ __'_ ____
?: Da___a – _a__ ___ ________
?: _a___a_ – ___a_ _a____
?: _a_d_ ____a_ – _ _a__ ___ __ ____ ____ _ D_
?: ___a_a A_____a – __a_a_da___
?: ___a___ – ____ ______ __ _______
?: _____ – _a____
?: _____ __ ____ – ____
?: __a_d _ – _a___ Da___
?: _d__'_ _____ – _____a_a___
?: _____a – ____ _a___
Guessed letters: ad
Lethean waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Sacul waits 1
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haha i underestimated :lol
that's over 6 songs per EP on average. dang
give me R on the bottom hang
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As soon as EV wakes up he can solve these and then I can post 2 more Parts :lol
Part A
?: N_t__n ____nd – ____ __t__
?: ___d_ – _____
?: _____n____ – ___t___t__ _____
?: T_t_______n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ ___g_ – T___ ______
?: Vennart – _n__t__t_
?: __nn__ G______nn – T__ __d___ ____n_nt _, __
?: _n___nt – _t D__t__ D___
?: Distant Dream – ___g__
?: ___nt____ _____ – D_______
Sacul: Talk Talk – D_____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _____g_
?: __nd______ – T__ ___d'_ T__ __ng
?: _g_nt ______ – ___ ____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – _n_t___ _____n_nt _dd____
?: ______ ____ – _n_________ ___t _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: _n_____n T_____ – T__ ____ ____nd t__ __t__
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndg
Part B
?: ____a__ _______r _r___ – ____ _a___ __r __ ___
?: ___a_ R______ – __d____ ______
?: _____r R__ – ______ _r__ a ____r_
?: Ar_a – __ _a_d___ d__ D___r__
?: R_r_ _a__a___r – ___r_____ _a_
?: A____ __a_____ – _a_____ ____ ________
?: ____ad____ – ___ _a__ a ____ _a_d _a__ __a_ R___
?: D__ _a_____ D____ – __d __ ___ R_ad
?: _ard____ – ___a_ _a__r_
?: _a__ _a__ – ____ __'_ ____
?: Da___a – _a__ ___ ________
?: _a___a_ – ___a_ _a__r_
?: Ra_d_ ____a_ – _ _a__ ___ __ __r_ ____ _ D_
?: ___a_a Ar____a – __a_a_da___
?: ___a__r – _r__ ______ __ _____r_
?: _____ – Ra___r
?: _____ __ ____ – __r_
?: _ra_d _ – _ar__ Da___
?: _d__'_ __r__ – ___r_a_a___
?: _____a – ____ _a___
Guessed letters: adr
Parama waits 3 turns
Lethean waits 2
Tac waits 1
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I see Agent Fresco in the top half.
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See Hell
Elite
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I see Agent Fresco in the top half.
See Hell
Elite
It is, but Elite didn't send it
Part A
?: N_t__n ____nd – ____ __t__
?: ___d_ – _____
?: _____n____ – ___t___t__ _____
?: T_t_______n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ ___g_ – T___ ______
?: Vennart – _n__t__t_
?: __nn__ G______nn – T__ __d___ ____n_nt _, __
?: _n___nt – _t D__t__ D___
?: Distant Dream – ___g__
?: ___nt____ _____ – D_______
Sacul: Talk Talk – D_____
?: _____n _t___n_ – _____g_
?: __nd______ – T__ ___d'_ T__ __ng
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: _____n _t___n_ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: ______ ___ – _n_t___ _____n_nt _dd____
?: ______ ____ – _n_________ ___t _
?: _____ __ _____ – _____
?: _n_____n T_____ – T__ ____ ____nd t__ __t__
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndg
Part B
?: ____a__ _______r _r___ – ____ _a___ __r __ ___
?: ___a_ R______ – __d____ ______
?: _____r R__ – ______ _r__ a ____r_
?: Ar_a – __ _a_d___ d__ D___r__
?: R_r_ _a__a___r – ___r_____ _a_
?: A____ __a_____ – _a_____ ____ ________
?: ____ad____ – ___ _a__ a ____ _a_d _a__ __a_ R___
?: D__ _a_____ D____ – __d __ ___ R_ad
?: _ard____ – ___a_ _a__r_
?: _a__ _a__ – ____ __'_ ____
?: Da___a – _a__ ___ ________
?: _a___a_ – ___a_ _a__r_
?: Ra_d_ ____a_ – _ _a__ ___ __ __r_ ____ _ D_
?: ___a_a Ar____a – __a_a_da___
?: ___a__r – _r__ ______ __ _____r_
?: _____ – Ra___r
?: _____ __ ____ – __r_
?: _ra_d _ – _ar__ Da___
?: _d__'_ __r__ – ___r_a_a___
?: _____a – ____ _a___
Guessed letters: adr
Parama waits 3 turns
Lethean waits 2
Tac waits 1
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Aria
shot in the dark; Randy Newman, Stads?
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I think Kattelox might have sent Randy Newman; he threatened me with that during my roulette. :P
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Brand X on part B
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How about an A for Part A.
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Rory Gallagher-Overnight Bag-Indiscipline.
If not Indiscipline, then Stadler.
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Hannes Grossmann in Part A
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Enchant-At Death’s Door in Part A.
Sonata Arctica in Part B
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Enchant-At Death’s Door in Part A.
Kingshmegland?
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Aria
shot in the dark; Randy Newman, Stads?
That's a great guess, and you would've had no way to know, but I really don't like Randy Newman. I just don't get him.
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Hannes Grossmann in Part A
my boy hannes :metal the radial covenant was also on my list of potential albums to send, dammit :lol
looks like The Radial Covenant I, II?
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I see Odin's Court in part B.
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I see Odin's Court in part B.
Do you now? :jingleboy:
Part A
?: Nat__n ____nd – ____ _at__
?: _a_da – __a_a
?: __a__n____ – ___t__at__ __a__
?: T_t_a_____n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ __ag_ – T___ _a____
?: Vennart – _n_at_at_
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – __ag__
?: ___nt____ _____ – Da____a_
Sacul: Talk Talk – D_____
?: ____an _t___n_ – ____ag_
?: __nd_____a – T__ __ad'_ T__ __ng
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: ____an _t___n_ – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: _____a ___ – An_t___ ____an_nt Add____
?: ____a_ __a_ – _n___a_a___ _a_t _
?: A____ __ __a__ – A_a__
?: _n____an T_____ – T__ ____ A___nd t__ __t__
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndga
Part B
?: ____a__ _______r _r___ – ____ _a___ __r __ ___
?: ___a_ R______ – __d____ ______
?: _____r R__ – ______ _r__ a ____r_
?: Ar_a – __ _a_d___ d__ D___r__
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A____ __a_____ – _a_____ ____ ________
?: ____ad____ – ___ _a__ a ____ _a_d _a__ __a_ R___
?: D__ _a_____ D____ – __d __ ___ R_ad
?: _ard____ – ___a_ _a__r_
?: _a__ _a__ – ____ __'_ ____
?: Da___a – _a__ ___ ________
?: _a___a_ – ___a_ _a__r_
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a__ ___ __ __r_ ____ _ D_
?: Sonata Arctica – __a_a_da___
?: ___a__r – _r__ ______ __ _____r_
?: _____ – Ra___r
?: _____ __ ____ – __r_
?: Brand X – _ar__ Da___
?: _d__'_ __r__ – ___r_a_a___
?: _____a – ____ _a___
Guessed letters: adr
Romdrums waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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Shamandalie for Sonata Arctica. Sent by Kattelox?
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:biggrin:
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Aria
shot in the dark; Randy Newman, Stads?
That's a great guess, and you would've had no way to know, but I really don't like Randy Newman. I just don't get him.
Boy are you missing out on some great, great music. One of America's classic songwriters. An absolute legend.
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Aria
shot in the dark(silly); Randy Newman, Stads?
QUOTE
Boy are you missing out on some great, great music. One of America's classic songwriters. An absolute legend.
That's a great guess, and you would've had no way to know, but I really don't like Randy Newman. I just don't get him.
FAIL
oh you fixed it
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rip puppies
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I mean I could've just sent the Randy Newman parody from Family Guy also screw you pup :rollin
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I mean I could've just sent the Randy Newman parody from Family Guy also screw you pup :rollin
Any time I see Randy Newman mentioned that's all I think about. :lol
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I dodn’t even know Agent Fresco wasn’t banned. FFS I would have sent a full album.
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S on Part B
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I think one of my songs has more A's than needed.
Nation Beyond - Soulmates
Eden's Curse - Unbreakable
Talk Talk - Time It's Time
Talk Talk - Desire
Enochian Theory - The Fire Around the Lotus
Chroma Key - Another Permanent Address
Vennart is Infatuate
Distant Dream is Images
Ashes of Chaos - Awake
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Chroma Key - Another Permanent Address
Great track :metal
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Cinderella - The Road's Still Long? (although I see "The Road's Too Long" in hangman)
I also just spent three minutes guessing my own song, finally guessed the band and thought "hey, someone sent the same band I did". :lolpalm:
L in part B
Primal Fear - Unbreakable Part 1
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Primal Fear must be King Of The Wolves.
Wrong roulette. :facepalm:
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Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Sufjan Stevens - another song I can't find
Primal Fear must be King Of The Wolves.
Wrong roulette. :facepalm:
:lol :lol
You know, I did my writeup for this EP in form of a book blurb this time, and just for laughs included a fake "Praise for [my EP name]" section in the end, which had a fake quotes from fellow roulette players. Yours was:
‘Could’ve sworn this book was written by [another person], then I was reminded he’s not even a writer.’
Tim Decentfellow, TAC Books
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There's been so many guesses that I have to wait for an update to get back on track :corn
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Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Sufjan Stevens - another song I can't find
Primal Fear must be King Of The Wolves.
Wrong roulette. :facepalm:
:lol :lol
You know, I did my writeup for this EP in form of a book blurb this time, and just for laughs included a fake "Praise for [my EP name]" section in the end, which had a fake quotes from fellow roulette players. Yours was:
‘Could’ve sworn this book was written by [another person], then I was reminded he’s not even a writer.’
Tim Decentfellow, TAC Books
:rollin
It'd be fitting.
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Part A
?: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __a_a
?: __a__n____ – ___t__at__ __a__
?: T_t_a_____n – ______t ____n__
?: _____ __ag_ – T___ _a____
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: ___nt____ _____ – Da____a_
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
?: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
?: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Sufjan Stevens – _t_ __ ____ - ____
?: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
?: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndga
Part B
?: ____a_l S______r _r___ – ____ _a__s __r __ ___
?: ___a_ R______ – __dl_ss __s__s
?: _l___r R__ – S____s _r__ a ____r_
?: Ar_a – _l _a_d___ d_l D_s_r__
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A____ __a_____ – _all___ ____ ________
?: ____ad_l__ – ___ Sa_s a ____ _a_d _a__ _la_ R___
?: D__ _as____ D_s__ – __d __ ___ R_ad
?: _ardl___ – ___a_ _a__r_
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Da___a – _a__ ___ __l_ss_s
?: _a___al – ___a_ _a__r_
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a__ ___ __ __r_ L___ _ D_
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
?: __la__r – _r__ S_____ __ S____r_
?: S____ – Ra___r
?: ____s __ L___ – __r_
?: Brand X – _ar__ Da___
?: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
?: _____a – S__l _a__s
Guessed letters: adrsl
EV waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Romdrums waits 1
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Man, I LOVE Unbreakable by Eden's Curse. That's my favorite EC song. I almost sent it in Pup's last roulette.
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Hardline - Human Nature
Manimal - Human Nature
The bottom song in Pt. 2 is Soulmates also.
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Primal Fear-J Boy
Cinderella-Stadler
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Let's see an E on Group B
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4th of July - Live for Sufjan
both are Dacul imo
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Primal Fear-J Boy
If this is correct, Eden's Curse, Nation Beyond, Hardline, Manimal and unknown bottom band in Part B are also his.
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Primal Fear-J Boy
If this is correct, Eden's Curse, Nation Beyond, Hardline, Manimal and unknown bottom band in Part B are also his.
What gave it away???
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Eniac Requiem - Endless Cosmos
Brand X is Earth Dance
Michael Schenker Group
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michael schenker group is, as always, stadler
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Dagoba - Face the Colossus
Soulmates band is Hemina?
Oliver Riz - Scenes From a Memory
Tetrafusion - Perfect Silence
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michael schenker group is, as always, stadler
Had trouble figuring the song though.
Best I can come up with is Time Waits For No One, which (Waits For No One) is parenthtical.
Fitting. ;D
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Getting closer.
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __a_a
?: __a__n____ – ___t__at__ __a__
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – T___ _a____
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: ___nt____ _____ – Da__r_a_
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
?: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgar
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d___ del Deser__
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A____ __a_____ – _all___ ____ ________
?: ____adel__ – ___ Sa_s a ____ _a_d _a__ _la_ R___
?: D__ _as____ D_s__ – E_d __ __e R_ad
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a__ ___ __ __r_ L__e _ D_
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
?: _ela__r – _r__ S____e __ S_e__re
?: S_e__ – Ra__er
?: ____s __ Le__ – __r_
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrsle
Parama waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2 turns
EV waits 1
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R on the top one
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Updated above :tup
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If the second song in part A is what I think it is, it should be _a_da - __a__.
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Be'lakor-From Scythe To Sceptre.
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Kings of Leon....is that Stadler too?
I see a song called End Of The World
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If the second song in part A is what I think it is, it should be _a_da - __a__.
Fixed
Kings of Leon....is that Stadler too?
I see a song called End Of The World
Yes, no, no
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __a__
?: __a__n____ – ___t__at__ __a__
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – T___ _a____
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: ___nt____ _____ – Da__r_a_
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
?: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgar
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d___ del Deser__
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A____ __a_____ – _all___ ____ ________
?: ____adel__ – ___ Sa_s a ____ _a_d _a__ _la_ R___
?: D__ _as____ D_s__ – E_d __ __e R_ad
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a__ ___ __ __r_ L__e _ D_
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
?: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
?: S_e__ – Ra__er
?: Kings of Leon – __r_
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrsle
Parama waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2 turns
EV waits 1
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End of the Road
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End of the Road
I meant to say Road. :lol
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C on the bottom
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Fruit on the bottom. I mean O!
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Kings of Leon - Kattelox
Chroma Key - Kattelox?
Dagoba - not Kattelox :)
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Yup. :biggrin:
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Evermind: Skein - Rapier
Be'lakor could also well be him
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S for part A
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Let’s see an O in Part B
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T in part B!
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Y'all are getting close. I'll throw Part C at you as well.
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: __a__n____ – S_st__at__ __a_s
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – T___ _ass_s
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: ___nt__ss S___s – Da__r_a_
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d_to del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A_to_ __a_____ – _all___ __to ______t_
?: ____adel_c – __o Sa_s a ____ _a_d Ca_t _la_ Roc_
?: Do_ _as__o_ D_sco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a_t _o_ to __rt L__e _ Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: _____ – __________
?: _____ __ _______ – ____ ____ ___
?: ______ __ ___ ___ – _____
?: ________ – _____ ____ _____
?: _________ _____ – ________
?: _______ – ________
?: _______ – _________
?: ____ __ _______ – _____ __ ___ _______
?: ______ – ___ _____
?: _____ – _'_ _____ ____
?: _______ – ______
?: ______ – _______ ___'__ ___ _____ __ _____
?: ________ _____ – ____ ____
?: _______ ____ ___ ______ – _____
?: ___ _____ – ______
?: _____ _____ _____ – ________
?: __ – __ ___ ____ __ _____
?: ___________ – ____ ____ ___ _____
?: ____ _____ – __________ ________
?: ____ ___ ___ – _________
Guessed letters:
Parama waits 3 turns
Romdrums waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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Time Passes
Who Says A ??? ??? Can't Play Rock
Dog Fashion Disco
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I want to see a lot of D in C :heybaby:
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Who Says A ??? ??? Can't Play Rock
Funkadelic - Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock
I also see Systematic Chaos and Falling Into Infinity, but don't know the artists.
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c'mon ev why haven't you solved the entire part C yet
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One EP contains all songtitles that are identical to DT albums. Very cool :tup
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Countless Skies - Daybreak
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One EP contains all songtitles that are identical to DT albums. Very cool :tup
I've got a list of songs that are duplicates of DT *song* titles, but not album titles. That is indeed cool, and impressive.
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T on the bottom.
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One EP contains all songtitles that are identical to DT albums. Very cool :tup
That's an... interesting criteria for ep selections
Curious if it makes an actually coherent EP :P
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:huh: It's an EP round. Concept album round is later. I've always been planning for more flow/cohesion in THAT round - if I even make it that far.
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EP round rules
- Minimum of 3 songs
- Minimum of 20 minutes. Maximum of 40 minutes
- It is an open round, so no theme, but I would recommend coming up with some kind of theme (lyrical content, style, genre, etc.) for your EP, this could help with flow/cohesiveness
- The EP must contain at least 3 different artists and can not contain more that 2 songs per artist
- each EP will be scored on a 20 point scale
- flow/cohesiveness will be taken in to account and can net you up to an additional 5 points
- The EP containing my favorite song will get 1 additional point
- There will be an additional half point for creativeness of your EP's title
i mean
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EP round rules
- Minimum of 3 songs
- Minimum of 20 minutes. Maximum of 40 minutes
- It is an open round, so no theme, but I would recommend coming up with some kind of theme (lyrical content, style, genre, etc.) for your EP, this could help with flow/cohesiveness
- The EP must contain at least 3 different artists and can not contain more that 2 songs per artist
- each EP will be scored on a 20 point scale
- flow/cohesiveness will be taken in to account and can net you up to an additional 5 points
- The EP containing my favorite song will get 1 additional point
- There will be an additional half point for creativeness of your EP's title
i mean
Yes flow is taken in to account, but it doesn't necessarily mean your EP will be good.
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: __a__n____ – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d_to del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A_to_ __a_____ – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a_t _o_ to __rt L__e _ Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: _ot__ – _o___o_ta_
?: _o__d o_ _o_ta_t – _a__ ____ Dot
?: ____a_ __ t__ ___ – _____
?: __d__t__ – ____d _a__ ____d
?: _o__t____ _____ – _a_d____
?: D___o_a – Tota__t_
?: _______ – _o____a__
?: _a__ to __d_a_d – Da___ o_ t__ _a_at__
?: Dagoba – T__ __a__
?: Oa___ – _'_ O_tta T___
?: _a____d – __o___
?: _t_ata – _o_a___ ___'__ A__ _o___ to _____
?: ___d____ _a_a_ – ____ __ta
?: __tt___ __o_ t__ _o_o__ – _a_a_
?: To_ _a_t_ – _a_t_a
?: __ood _ta__ ____d – _ta__a__
?: __ – __ t__ D_ad o_ ____t
?: __t________ – T_a_ Do__ t__ _a___
?: _a__ _oo__ – _a________ _a___a__
?: ____ _o_ Da_ – _____a___
Guessed letters: dtao
Parama waits 3 turns
jingle waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Stone Cold says give ma an A
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I see Dagoba again
O on the bottom one
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Fair to Midland - Dance of the Manatee
Eryn Non Dae - Chrysalis
Tom Waits - Martha
Oasis - I'm Outta Time
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Well Evermind should have these solved in no time. Have Part D as well!
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: __a__n____ – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d_to del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A_to_ __a_____ – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a_t _o_ to __rt L__e _ Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: ____a_ __ t__ ___ – _____
?: __d__t__ – ____d _a__ ____d
?: _o__t____ _____ – _a_d____
?: Dissona – Totality
?: _______ – _o____a__
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – T__ __a__
?: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a____d – __o___
?: _t_ata – _o_a___ ___'__ A__ _o___ to _____
?: ___d____ _a_a_ – ____ __ta
?: __tt___ __o_ t__ _o_o__ – _a_a_
?: Tom Waits – Martha
?: __ood _ta__ ____d – _ta__a__
?: __ – __ t__ D_ad o_ ____t
?: __t________ – T_a_ Do__ t__ _a___
?: _a__ _oo__ – _a________ _a___a__
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtao
Part D
?: _______ – _______
?: _____ – ________
?: ______ – ___ ____ ____ _____ _______
?: _____ _______ – __________
?: ________ – ___ __ __ _____ ____
?: _____ __ _____ – _______
?: __________ ____ – _____ __ _ ____ ____
?: ______ – ______ _____ _____
?: _______ – ___ _____
?: _____ ______ – ______ ___
?: _________ – ______
?: _________ _______ ______ – _ ____ __ ___ _______ ____
?: ________ – ____ _______ ____
?: ______ _______ – ____ __ ____
?: _____ ______ – _ _____ __'_ _____ __ ____ _____
Guessed letters:
Parama waits 3 turns
jingle waits 2
TAC waits 1
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New post as there's an update:
Votum - Horizontal
Sound of Contact - Pale Blue Dot
Dissona - Totality
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Way ahead of you :biggrin:
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Blood Stain Child - Stargazer
UK - In the Dead of Night
Give me the D for Part D!
?: __t________ – T_a_ Do__ t__ _a___
This looks like The Intersphere - Tear Down the Walls, only without "The" in the band's name, so I'm not sure.
Letters from the Colony - Galax
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Give me the D for Part D!
?: __t________ – T_a_ Do__ t__ _a___
This looks like The Intersphere - Tear Down the Walls, only without "The" in the band's name, so I'm not sure.
Fixed
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: __a__n____ – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d_to del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A_to_ __a_____ – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a_t _o_ to __rt L__e _ Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: ____a_ __ t__ ___ – _____
?: __d__t__ – ____d _a__ ____d
?: _o__t____ _____ – _a_d____
?: Dissona – Totality
?: _______ – _o____a__
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – T__ __a__
?: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a____d – __o___
?: _t_ata – _o_a___ ___'__ A__ _o___ to _____
?: ___d____ _a_a_ – ____ __ta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: _a__ _oo__ – _a________ _a___a__
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtao
Part D
?: _______ – _______
?: _____ – ________
?: ______ – ___ ____ ____ _____ _______
?: _____ _____d_ – D_________
?: ___d____ – ___ __ __ _____ ____
?: ___d_ __ _____ – _______
?: __________ ____ – _____ __ _ ____ ____
?: ______ – ______ ____d _____
?: _______ – ___ _____
?: _____ ____d_ – ____d_ ___
?: _________ – ______
?: _________ _______ ______ – _ ____ __ ___ _______ ____
?: ________ – ____ _______ ____
?: ______ _______ – ___d __ ____
?: ___d_ ______ – _ _____ __'_ _____ __ ____ __d__
Guessed letters: d
Evermind waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Jingle waits 1
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Strata - Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
Dagoba is The Crash
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Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d_to del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A_to_ __a_____ – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
?: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a_t _o_ to __rt L__e _ Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: __d__t__ – ____d _a__ ____d
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
?: Dissona – Totality
?: _______ – _o____a__
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a____d – __o___
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: ___d____ _a_a_ – ____ __ta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtao
Part D
?: _______ – _______
?: ____m – ________
?: ______ – ___ ____ ____ _____ _______
?: _____ _____d_ – D_________
?: ___d____ – ___ __ __ ___m_ ____
?: ___d_ __ _____ – _______
?: M_________ ____ – _____ __ _ ____ ____
?: ______ – ______ ____d _____
?: _______ – ___ _____
?: _____ ____d_ – ____d_ ___
?: _________ – ______
?: _______m_ _______ M____m – _ __m_ __ ___ M______ ____
?: M_______ – ____ _______ ____
?: ______ _______ – ___d __ ____
?: ___d_ ___m__ – _ _____ __'_ _____ __ ____ __d__
Guessed letters: dm
KTLX waits 3 turns
Evermind waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1
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show me M on D
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Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkways
Burial in the Sky - Nexus
Countless Skies - Wanderer
Systematic Chaos is by Flamenhell
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Jeez the forum is being lame today. Cant get a post through without the forum crashing. :(
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Oh good Totality was sent too, that was the Dissona track I was considering for my EP at one point
ariich again, for sure
the other Talk Talk is also Dacul
evermind is just slaying this hangmeme
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I'm staying away from Kattelox's though!
Votum - Vertical, I assume
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Votum is probably romdrums also
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Votum is probably romdrums also
That's a negative
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: _____ __ag_ – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – _l _a_d_to del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: A_to_ __a_____ – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
Sacul: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – _ _a_t _o_ to __rt L__e _ Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: __d__t__ – ____d _a__ ____d
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
Ariich: Dissona – Totality
?: _______ – _o____a__
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a____d – __o___
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: ___d____ _a_a_ – ____ __ta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtao
Part D
?: _______ – _______
?: Votum – Vertical
?: ______ – ___ ____ ____ _____ _______
?: _____ _____d_ – D_________
?: ___d____ – ___ __ __ ___m_ ____
?: ___d_ __ _____ – _______
?: M_________ ____ – _____ __ _ ____ ____
?: ______ – ______ ____d _____
?: _______ – ___ _____
?: _____ ____d_ – ____d_ ___
?: _________ – ______
?: _______m_ _______ M____m – _ __m_ __ ___ M______ ____
?: M_______ – ____ _______ ____
?: ______ _______ – ___d __ ____
?: ___d_ ___m__ – _ _____ __'_ _____ __ ____ __d__
Guessed letters: dm
KTLX waits 3 turns
Evermind waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1
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Mechanical Poet - Bogie in a Coal-Hole
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A Hymn to the Morning Star
More guessed letters would've been nice. :biggrin:
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i can't guess letters
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I know, I can't too :lol
Here's what Google yielded for the non-guessed bands in the first two parts:
Area - Il Bandito Del Deserto
Anton Ivanykin - Falling Into Infinity
Randy Newman - I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Kelly Keagy - Time Passes
Randy Newman - I Think It's Going to Rain Today
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Damn. I haven't listened to Mechanical Poet in almost 10 years.
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E for part D
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T for part D
also i just noticed, it looks like all the songs on my EP are split over just two groups, interesting :corn
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Oasis and Tom Waits - Stadler?
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Oasis and Tom Waits - Stadler?
Oasis yes, Tom Waits no.
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
Sacul: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – __ro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Guessed letters: Rectal Sod
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: E_d__t__ – __eed _a__ __eed
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
Ariich: Dissona – Totality
?: ___ee_e – _o____a__
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
Stadler: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a___ed – __o_e_
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: _e_d____ _a_a_ – ____ __ta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtaoe
Part D
?: _e_____ – _e__t__
?: Votum – Vertical
?: ____e_ – ___ ____ ____ ____e T_____t
?: ____t _____de – De___t__e_
?: ___d____ – E_t _t __ ___m_ _e__
?: ___d_ __ T____ – _____e_
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: ____e_ – _____t ___ed ___e_
?: ______e – T_e _____
?: Sleep Parade – Inside Out
?: ___e_____ – ____e_
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
?: M__t___e – T___ __t___t __t_
?: ____t_ ___t___ – ___d __ ____
?: Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Guessed letters: dmet
EV waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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Sleep Parade - Inside Out
E for Part C
Ghost Brigade - Departures
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randy dandy is KTLX
Sleep Parade is romdrom
Kings of Leon song is Pyro
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All correct
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Squeeze - Hourglass
Eldritch - Bleed Mask Bleed
Kendrick Lamar - King Kunta
Sonata Arctica - Paid in Full
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OK, Tom Waits - Kattelox
Sonata Arctica also Kattelox
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kendrick lamar - dacul? :corn
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I sent such heavy songs :metardica:
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i sent puppies the exact same EP I sent 425
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Oh good Totality was sent too, that was the Dissona track I was considering for my EP at one point
ariich again, for sure
:tup
Such an epic song.
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I sent such heavy songs :metardica:
i sent puppies the exact same EP I sent 425
:vomitard:
Well, Part B is finished except for who sent what. A & C Are close.
Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
Sacul: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – Pyro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
Ariich: Dissona – Totality
?: Squeeze – Hourglass
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
Stadler: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a___ed – __o_e_
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
Sacul: Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
KTLX: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtaoe
Part D
?: _e_____ – _e__t__
?: Votum – Vertical
?: ____e_ – ___ ____ ____ ____e T_____t
?: Ghost Brigade – Departures
?: ___d____ – E_t _t __ ___m_ _e__
?: ___d_ __ T____ – _____e_
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: ____e_ – _____t ___ed ___e_
?: ______e – T_e _____
Romdrums: Sleep Parade – Inside Out
?: ___e_____ – ____e_
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
?: M__t___e – T___ __t___t __t_
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Guessed letters: dmet
EV waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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Indiscipline sent UK.
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Indeed
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Squeeze has to be Indiscipline too.
...or Stadler.
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And give me R on Part D.
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Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
Sacul: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – Pyro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
Ariich: Dissona – Totality
Stadler: Squeeze – Hourglass
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
Stadler: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a___ed – __o_e_
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
Sacul: Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
KTLX: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Indiscipline: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Indiscipline: Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtaoe
Part D
?: _e____r – _e__t_r
?: Votum – Vertical
?: ____e_ – __r ____ ____ ____e T_____t
?: Ghost Brigade – Departures
?: __rd____ – E_t _t __ __rm_ _er_
?: __rd_ __ T____ – __r__e_
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: ____er – __r__t ___ed ___e_
?: _____re – T_e _____
Romdrums: Sleep Parade – Inside Out
?: ___er____ – _r__e_
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
?: Montrose – T___ __t___t __t_
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Guessed letters: dmetr
TAC waits 3 turns
EV waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Do I see Montrose in D?
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Indeed you do! :tup
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Did Indiscipline send Gary Moore?
That is SOOOOOOOO good.
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Another point for TAC :biggrin:
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Yay...TAC points!!
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Fair to Midland - ariich?
I think it was Nekov who sent me Enchant in one of my previous roulettes?
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Lets see that S in the last group.
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Can we ask Indiscipline how he likes being confused with Stadler so often? :) :) :)
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Can we ask Indiscipline how he likes being confused with Stadler so often? :) :) :)
Let's ask the man himself....
Stadler, in a way I feel you're one of the participants I share more musical background with.
;D
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Can we ask Indiscipline how he likes being confused with Stadler so often? :) :) :)
Let's ask the man himself....
Stadler, in a way I feel you're one of the participants I share more musical background with.
;D
I should make that my signature... that or the one where Jingle said he no longer feels "filthy" when he agrees with me. :)
In any event, the comment was because I think every one of my songs in this round was first attributed to Indiscipline.
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I should make that my signature... that or the one where Jingle said he no longer feels "filthy" when he agrees with me. :).
(https://i.imgflip.com/17u9ft.jpg)
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Can we ask Indiscipline how he likes being confused with Stadler so often? :) :) :)
yeah you'd hate most of the stuff i've sent indiscipline so i can tell you two apart that way
with what you two both send in roulettes though there is a lot less perceived variation :P
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Part A
Jingle: Nation Beyond – Soulmates
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
Sacul: Talk Talk – Desire
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Stadler: Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
Sacul: Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
KTLX: Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Jingle: Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Ariich: Dissona – Outside the Skin
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
Stadler: Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
Indiscipline: Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
?: Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
Jingle: Hardline – Human Nature
Sacul: Talk Talk – Time It's Time
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Jingle: Manimal – Human Nature
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
EV: Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
KTLX: Kings of Leon – Pyro
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle: Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Jingle: Hemina – Soul Mates
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
Ariich: Dissona – Totality
Stadler: Squeeze – Hourglass
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
Stadler: Oasis – I'm Outta Time
?: _a___ed – __o_e_
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
Sacul: Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
KTLX: Tom Waits – Martha
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Indiscipline: UK – In the Dead of Night
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Indiscipline: Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtaoe
Part D
?: _e____r – _e__t_r
?: Votum – Vertical
?: ____e_ – __r ___s ____ S___e T_____t
?: Ghost Brigade – Departures
?: __rd___s – E_t _t __ __rms _er_
?: __rds __ T____ – __r__es
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: S___er – __r_st S__ed S__es
?: _____re – T_e ____s
Romdrums: Sleep Parade – Inside Out
?: ___er__s_ – _r__e_
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
?: Montrose – T___ __t___t __t_
KTLX: Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
KTLX: Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Guessed letters: dmetrs
Jingle waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
EV waits 1
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can you pull all the fully-guessed stuff out up top to make it 1. easier to see how many songs per EP are guessed 2. clear up the clutter in the unguessed stuff? like here I'll do it for you:
Jingle:
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Dacul:
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler:
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
KTLX:
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Ariich:
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Indiscipline:
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
EV:
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
EV: Skein – Rapier
Romdrums:
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
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Part A
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Distant Dream – Images
?: Countless Skies – Daybreak
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Ashes of Chaos – Awake
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
?: Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Countless Skies – Wanderer
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: _a___ed – __o_e_
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtaoe
Part D
?: _e____r – _e__t_r
?: Votum – Vertical
?: ____e_ – __r ___s ____ S___e T_____t
?: Ghost Brigade – Departures
?: __rd___s – E_t _t __ __rms _er_
?: __rds __ T____ – __r__es
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: S___er – __r_st S__ed S__es
?: _____re – T_e ____s
?: ___er__s_ – _r__e_
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
?: Montrose – T___ __t___t __t_
Guessed letters: dmetrs
side note: i find it amusing jingle sent two songs both called human nature. and also amusing how some EPs have a lot of stuff guessed while four of us have zero songs guessed :lol
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Wow, 0/3 :lol
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to be fair they're all artists he'd send
Agent Fresco was already guessed, even
i could guess SN and LordCost for those ones as well but they're both eliminated
and Scorp's not in this roulette
and I'm pretty sure I didn't send any of them either
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Wow, 0/3 :lol
Rondrums then.
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Wow, 0/3 :lol
Rondrums then.
Still 0/3 :corn
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Evermind? :metal
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Cardiacs - Eat It Up Worms Hero
Chavez - Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
Birds of Tokyo - Circles
Innerwish - Broken
Failure - The Focus (not sure about this one)
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Evermind: Be'lakor - Venator
Ghost Brigade is probably ariich
Both Countless Skies tracks could be Evermind
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Wow, 0/3 :lol
Rondrums then.
Still 0/3 :corn
rondrums isn't even in this roulette.
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Wow, 0/3 :lol
Rondrums then.
Still 0/3 :corn
rondrums isn't even in this roulette.
TAC style :lol
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:metal
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Can we ask Indiscipline how he likes being confused with Stadler so often? :) :) :)
I'm honoured. As long as my wife doesn't call me Stads during intimity it's all peachy.
Seriously, we're both victims of social profiling by hip music users, and I reckon both our extensive record collections don't extend past the Clinton administration. :D
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Ok so by elimination it must be Indiscipline :lol
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Hey, I believe two of my songs were mistaken to be from Stalker too :lol
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We need a category for submissions making guessers go "Stadler or Indiscipline".
Milf Songs?
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We need a category for submissions making guessers go "Stadler or Indiscipline".
Milf Songs?
GILF songs?
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Alas, fine by me. :D
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A for D.
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Elite sent Dog Fashion Disco, Agent Fresco, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Wow, 0/3 :lol
Rondrums then.
Still 0/3 :corn
rondrums isn't even in this roulette.
TAC style :lol
(https://media.tenor.com/images/178670ff7706b1ab6bcb21ccaf187557/tenor.gif)
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puppies isn't in this roulette either
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A on D
and
R on C
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Yes, let's just ignore the waiting requirement :P
I on D?
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Yes, let's just ignore the waiting requirement :P
I on D?
--
A for D.
A on D
and
R on C
I assume there's some fogey joke going on, but it's lost on me.
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Does TAC even count as a fogey anymore considering all the growls
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I assume there's some fogey joke going on, but it's lost on me.
:lol
Nope.
I just picked a letter for each bracket. I didn't see rom already picked A.
Does TAC even count as a fogey anymore considering all the growls
Good point! :tup
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He's in Old-as-a-Mold-kids-stay-out thread in General Discussion, so yes indeed, he counts. :biggrin:
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(https://img.memecdn.com/angry-grandpa_o_5244785.jpg)
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I have a theory that TAC and Katt bodyswapped and that's why TAC likes growls while Katt hates them
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I do not wear capes.
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Growls are half of what's wrong with metal
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Growls are half of what's wrong with metal
okay, Coward
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The other half is Kattelox being a metal fan.
I'm kidding, I'm not too fond of growls either.
That being said, there are six songs on my EP: five have growls, the sixth is an instrumental.
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My EP has 5 songs and 3 of them have growls
I think each song is progressively less heavy than the last save for the one interlude track I included (which worked disgustingly well as a transition into the song that follows it)
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I don't know how many songs I had (I think I remember though) and the concept was rather silly. It's really a gamble whether Puppies will enjoy that thing I sent.
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The other half is Kattelox being a metal fan.
I'm kidding, I'm not too fond of growls either.
That being said, there are six songs on my EP: five have growls, the sixth is an instrumental.
:rollin On more than one occasion I've had people ask if I'm even a metal fan.
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One of my songs is practically cheating, I will say that
Watch puppies hate it :P
But nah my EP is pretty dang "safe" with the kind of stuff I picked, I feel, but whatevs I got some good stuff still ready for the next rounds if I don't get wrecked here :metal
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One of my songs has growls..kind of.
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We need a category for submissions making guessers go "Stadler or Indiscipline".
Milf Songs?
GILF songs?
Dammit.
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Uhh, maybe Slayer in part D?
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Uhh, maybe Slayer in part D?
Looks like it could be.
We need an update and the list moved to this page.
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None of my songs has growls :metal
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Zancul never does, so, we all knew that already
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Uhh, maybe Slayer in part D?
Looks like it could be.
We need an update and the list moved to this page.
I'll get it updated right now. Just got home from work. Don't you guys have jobs? Jeez, kids these days :getoffmylawn:
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I had the day off. ;D
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Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Parama
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Burial in the Sky – Nexus
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: _a___ed – _ro_e_
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
?: Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Votum – Vertical
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: S_i_er – __rist Si_ed S__es
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Innerwish – Broken
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsai
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Romdrums waits 1
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Indiscipline's Montrose song is Town Without Pity
Kelly Keagy is Stadler
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Is Ashes of Chaos - Awake from TAC?
(And therefore, also Systematic Chaos, Images, Scenes from a Memory, and Falling into Infinity)?
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Wow, that's a slippery slope. :lol
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Wow, that's a slippery slope. :lol
:rollin
Updated above
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J-Boy's EP is called Twins and Stadler's is call Time.
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Wow, that's a slippery slope. :lol
:rollin
Updated above
:)
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H for part D?
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I sent nothing so far apparently.
Sent!
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Parama sent Burial in the Sky and Eryn Non Dae.
Masqued - Broken
Masqued and Innerwish are sent by Chad.
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Wow, that's 8 songs for J Boy. He does know this is not the concept album round, right?
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Wow, that's 8 songs for J Boy. He does know this is not the concept album round, right?
Unbreakable Pt. 1 by PF is a segue/intro song. I needed it to fit the theme, and I'm still only at 38 minutes.
Wait until I *do* get to the concept album round!
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I'll throw the EP Title part at you guys (good luck :biggrin:) since you are close and I should be wrapping up listens and doing write ups by the end of the week.
Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Masqued - Broken
Innerwish – Broken
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Parama
Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Burial in the Sky – Nexus
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
?: _a_da – __as_
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
?: The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Votum – Vertical
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: Shi_er – _hrist Si_ed Sh_es
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsaih
EP Titles
?: __ ______ _ __ ______ __
?: ___________ __ ______ ___ __________ ____________
?: _____'_ ____ ___ ____ ___ _____ _______ __ ___ ________ ____ __________ __ _____ ___ __________ ___ _____ ___ _
?: ______ ____ ___ _________ ________
?: _________ ___, _________ ___, _________ ________, _________ ____
?: ____ ___ _______
?: _____ ___ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ _________
?: _ ____ ___ __ ____ ____ _ __ - __ _____ _______ ___ _ _______ _____
?: _______ ___ _____ __ ___ ___________ ____ ______ _____ _____
?: __'_ ____ __ ___ ____ _____
?: _____ _______
Guessed letters:
Lethean waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
TAC waits 1
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Shiner - Christ-Sized Shoes
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Kelly Keagy is Stadler
I thought that would have been guessed sooner. I guess people don't know who that is.
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He won Chopped!
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Shiner - Christ-Sized Shoes
Aaaaand that leaves my song as the last unguessed one.
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He won Chopped!
That may actually be my favorite post of all time on any forum ever.
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evermind sent _a_da – __as_ :neverusethis:
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Is there a Part E coming? I think you missed one of my songs.
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Is there a Part E coming? I think you missed one of my songs.
:facepalm:
Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Masqued - Broken
Innerwish – Broken
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Parama
Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Burial in the Sky – Nexus
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
The Intersphere – Relations in the Unseen
The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
EV: _a_da – __as_
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Votum – Vertical
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: Shiner – Christ Sized Shoes
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsaih
EP Titles
?: __ ___d__ _ __ _____d __
?: ___________ __ ______ __d __________ ____________
?: D____'_ ____ __D ____ ___ _____ ______D __ ___ ________ ____ __________ __ _____ ___ __________ ___ _____ ___ D
?: ___d__ ____ ___ _________ ________
?: _________ __d, _________ ___, _________ _______d, _________ ____
?: ____ ___ _______
?: _____ ___ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ _d_______
?: _ ____ ___ __ ____ ____ _ D_ - __ _____ ___d___ ___ _ ____d_d _____
?: _______ ___ _____ __ ___ ___________ ____ ______ ____d _____
?: __'_ D___ __ ___ ____ _____
?: D____ _______
Guessed letters: d
TAC waits 3 turns
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Did romdrums send The Intersphere - Realities in the Unseen?
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Eldritch is Lethean.
How about the D on the titles.
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The Intersphere - Realities in the Unseen?
that's one of the most prog names i've heard of :lol
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It doesn't even fit but I think like Relations in the Unseen does
Rom sent the other Intersphere song too
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It doesn't even fit but I think like Relations in the Unseen does
Rom sent the other Intersphere song too
I wonder how you figured that out :lol
I'll update it above
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It doesn't even fit but I think like Relations in the Unseen does
Rom sent the other Intersphere song too
I wonder how you figured that out :lol
I'll update it above
Yeah, seriously dude. How did you figure that out?
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Let's have an S for the EP titles!
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E
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Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Masqued - Broken
Innerwish – Broken
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Parama
Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Burial in the Sky – Nexus
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
The Intersphere – Relations in the Unseen
The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
EV: _a_da – __as_
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Votum – Vertical
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: Shiner – Christ Sized Shoes
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsaih
EP Titles
?: __ ___de_ _ __ ____ed __
?: E__e___e__s __ _____e __d ____ss___e ___________s
?: D____'S S___ __D ____ _SS S____ _____ED __ ___ ___E__E_ ___S ____E_____ __ S___s ___ _____e_e__ ___ ____e __e D
?: E__d_s ____ __e S________ E_e_____
?: S__e_____ __d, S__e_____ _e_, S__e_____ ______ed, S__e_____ ___e
?: S___ __E _____S_
?: _e___ ___ ___ __e S__es
?: __e _d_e_s___
?: _ ____ ___ __ ____ ___e _ D_ - __ _____ ___d__e ___ _ ____ded _e___
?: S______ __e ____s __ ___ ___________ ____ ____s_ S__ed S__es
?: __'s De__ __ ___ __e_ _____
?: D_e__ __e__e_
Guessed letters: dse
Romdrums waits 3 turns
Ariich waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Give me a T
I forgot what I named my EP
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My EP title should be pretty easy. Surprised no one has guessed it.
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Dream Theater
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:lol
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Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Masqued - Broken
Innerwish – Broken
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Parama
Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Burial in the Sky – Nexus
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
The Intersphere – Relations in the Unseen
The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC: Dream Theater
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
EV: _a_da – __as_
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Enchant – At Deaths Door
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
?: Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
?: Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
?: Brand X – Earth Dance
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Votum – Vertical
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: Shiner – Christ Sized Shoes
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsaih
EP Titles
?: __ ___der _ __ ____ed __
?: E__er__e_ts __ _r___e __d ____ss___e _______t___s
?: D____'S S___ __D ____ _SS ST___ _____ED T_ __T T__ET_ER T__S ____E_T___ __ S___S __R _____E_E__ ___ ____E __E D
?: E__d_s __t_ t_e S__r_____ Eter__t_
?: S__et____ __d, S__et____ _e_, S__et____ __rr__ed, S__et____ ___e
?: ST__ T_E _____S_
?: Re___ __t __r t_e S__es
?: T_e _d_ers_r_
?: _ ___t ___ T_ __rt ___e _ D_ - __ __r__ ___d__e __r _ ____ded _e_rt
?: S______ T_e ____s __ __r ____t__t___ __t_ __r_st S__ed S__es
?: _t's De__ __ ___ __er _____
Guessed letters: dsetr
TAC waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2 turns
Romdrums waits 1 turn
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R
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The Adversary
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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
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Reach Out For The Skies
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give me a P
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The Adversary
Is it The Dresden Files reference?
Let's solve the rest of this:
No Wonder I Am F*cked, Ow
Elder-gents: My Orange Rod: Accessible Prohibitions
DACUL'S SICK WAD HELL ASS STEAM POWERED TO CUT well I've got nothing for that one
Exodus Cats: The Scarfaced Eternity
STUN THE FANBASE
Ready? Not for the Spies! - well shit, Parama ninja'd me
I Want You To Fart, Mate, I Do - 25 Mares Produce Fur: A Wounded Heart
Spotify: The Longest EP Name with Christ Sized Shoes
It's Derp So Far: Tier Awful
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Ready? Not for the Spies! - well shit, Parama ninja'd me
your EP name in indiscipline's roulette
interestingly, you have gotten 3 words of my EP title right with a meme guess
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Ready? Not for the Spies! - well shit, Parama ninja'd me
your EP name in indiscipline's roulette
You have a point there :lol
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A
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you're probably also right about "Christ Sized Shoes" so that title is for the EP of the song with the same name
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mine and Lethean's still contain no songs :corn
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(https://media.giphy.com/media/xUPGczpRwC8BxhNwEE/giphy.gif)
:lol
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:(
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Tetrafusion: ariich
Vennart: Elite
Hannes Grossmann: Elite
Enchant: Lethean
Agent Fresco: romdrums
Enochian Theory: jingle
Eniac Requiem: Lethean
Area: Indiscipline
Funkadelic: Indiscipline
Dog Fashion Disco: Elite
Dagoba: ariich
Brand X: Indiscipline
Votum: romdrums
Sound of Contact: jingle
Eldritch: jingle
Fair to Midland: Elite
Dagoba: still ariich
Strata: Dacul
Letters from the Colony: romdrums
Blood Stain Child: TAC
Votum: still romdrums
Chavez: ariich
Cardiacs: Elite
Birds of Tokyo: Dacul
Mechanical Poet: romdrums
Shiner: Elite
Failure: Lethean
Sleeptime Gorilla Museum: Elite
most of these guesses are somewhat random i really don't know
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Mine are all correct :tup
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yeah yours were easy as heck to pick out just based on what else you'd sent & what i've seen you send before in this/other roulettes
i have no clue yet what lethean sent hence some of the random guesses
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If you are curious, just find the seven songs' common denominator and you've got my EP's title.
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Mine are all wrong.
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:metal
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Mine are all wrong.
As are mine.
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Almost all of mine are wrong.
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shush, every last one of you is too much of a coward to even attempt guessing :neverusethis:
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shush, every last one of you is too much of a coward to even attempt guessing :neverusethis:
Finally, you've got something correct.
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shush, every last one of you is too much of a coward to even attempt guessing :neverusethis:
As Orville said to Wilbur ... you're Wright!
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Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline - No Wonder I Am Focked Up
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Masqued - Broken
Innerwish – Broken
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Enchant – At Deaths Door
Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
Parama
Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Burial in the Sky – Nexus
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
The Intersphere – Relations in the Unseen
The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC: Dream Theater
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
EV: _a_da – __as_
?: Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Votum – Horizontal
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Letters from the Colony – Galax
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Votum – Vertical
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
?: Shiner – Christ Sized Shoes
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsaih
EP Titles
?: E_per__e_ts __ _r___e __d __p_ss___e _______t___s
?: D____'S S___ __D ____ _SS ST___ _____ED T_ P_T T__ET_ER T__S ____E_T___ __ S___S __R _____E_E__ ___ ____E __E D
?: E__d_s __t_ t_e Sp_r_____ Eter__t_
?: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
?: ST_P T_E _____S_
?: Reach Out for the Skies
?: The Adversary
?: _ ___t ___ T_ __rt ___e _ D_ - __ __r__ ___d__e __r _ ____ded _e_rt
?: S______ T_e ____s __ __r ____t__t___ __t_ __r_st S__ed S__es
?: _t's De__ __ ___ __er _____
Guessed letters: dsetrp
Jingle waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turns
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?: No Wonder I Am Focked __
...Up
Indiscipline
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I just realized what jingle's theme is :lol
i'm also pretty sure that EP is full, then
interesting that the two songs I arbitrarily put down as Lethean's were actually his, though. hmm.
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?: No Wonder I Am Focked __
...Up
Indiscipline
Bingo!
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?: No Wonder I Am Focked __
...Up
Indiscipline
Bingo!
:rollin
I didn't expect to get anything right.
Letters from the Colony is Parama btw, and probably Tetrafusion too.
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Ain't that the truth
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Lethean sent both Votum tracks.
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"... It's been 10 days
It shouldn't last this long
The players mystified
Nothing's physically wrong
But maybe in his head
He's struggling to rank the songs
Maybe if we talk to him
We can right his wrongs..."
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jingle, he has twelve EPs. give him time lol
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Elite sent the Hannes Grossman and Mechanical Poet?
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"... It's been 10 days
It shouldn't last this long
The players mystified
Nothing's physically wrong
But maybe in his head
He's struggling to rank the songs
Maybe if we talk to him
We can right his wrongs..."
Jingle gets a 0/20 for his EP :biggrin:
Actually I will say, rating the EP's has been harder than the albums y'all have been sending.
Ariich
Dissona – Outside the Skin
Dissona – Totality
Ghost Brigade – Departures
Elite
Fair to Midland – Dance of the Manatee
Cardiacs – Eat It Up Worms Hero
Mechanical Poet – Bogie in a Coal Hole
Evermind
Countless Skies – Daybreak
Belakor – From Scythe to Sceptre
Skein – Rapier
Countless Skies – Wanderer
Belakor – Venator
Indiscipline - No Wonder I Am Focked Up
Rory Gallagher – Overnight Bag
UK – In the Dead of Night
Gary Moore – Parisienne Walkways
Montrose – Town Without Pity
Area – Il Bandito del Deserto
Funkadelic – Who Says a Funk Band Cant Play Rock
Brand X – Earth Dance
Jingle
Nation Beyond – Soulmates
Primal Fear – Unbreakable Part 1
Hardline – Human Nature
Manimal – Human Nature
Eden's Curse – Unbreakable
Hemina – Soul Mates
Masqued - Broken
Innerwish – Broken
Kattelox
Chroma Key – Another Permanent Address
Randy Newman – I Want You to Hurt Like I Do
Sonata Arctica – Shamandalie
Kings of Leon – Pyro
Tom Waits – Martha
Sonata Arctica – Paid In Full
Randy Newman – I Think It's Going to Rain Today
Lethean
Enchant – At Deaths Door
Eniac Requiem – Endless Cosmos
Votum – Horizontal
Votum – Vertical
Parama
Eryn Non Dae – Chrysalis
Burial in the Sky – Nexus
Letters from the Colony – Galax
Tetrafusion – Perfect Silence
Romdrums
Sleep Parade – Inside Out
The Intersphere – Relations in the Unseen
The Intersphere – Tear Down the Walls
Sacul
Talk Talk – Desire
Sufjan Stevens – Chicago
Sufjan Stevens – 4th of July - Live
Talk Talk – Time It's Time
Kendrick Lamar – King Kuta
Stadler
Cinderella – The Road's Still Long
Michael Schenker Group – Time Waits For No One
Squeeze – Hourglass
Oasis – I'm Outta Time
Kelly Keagy – Time Passes
TAC: Dream Theater
Distant Dream – Images
Flamenhell – Systematic Chaos
Ashes of Chaos – Awake
Anton Ivanykin – Falling Into Infinity
Oliver Riz – Scenes From a Memory
Part A
EV: _a_da – __as_
?: Vennart – Infatuate
?: Hannes Grossmann – The Radial Covenant I, II
?: Agent Fresco – See Hell
?: Enochian Theory – The Fire Around the Lotus
Guessed letters: tndgars
Part B
?: Dog Fashion Disco – End of the Road
?: Dagoba – Face the Colossus
Guessed letters: adrslecot
Part C
?: Sound of Contact – Pale Blue Dot
?: Eldritch – Bleed Mask Bleed
?: Dagoba – The Crash
?: Strata – Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
?: Blood Stain Child – Stargaze
Guessed letters: dtaoer
Part D
?: Chavez – Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
?: Birds of Tokyo – Circles
?: Shiner – Christ Sized Shoes
?: Failure – The Focus
?: Sleeptime Gorilla Museum – A Hymn to the Morning Star
Guessed letters: dmetrsaih
EP Titles
?: E_per__e_ts __ _r___e __d __p_ss___e _______t___s
?: D____'S S___ __D ____ _SS ST___ _____ED T_ P_T T__ET_ER T__S ____E_T___ __ S___S __R _____E_E__ ___ ____E __E D
?: E__d_s __t_ t_e Sp_r_____ Eter__t_
?: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
?: ST_P T_E _____S_
?: Reach Out for the Skies
?: The Adversary
?: _ ___t ___ T_ __rt ___e _ D_ - __ __r__ ___d__e __r _ ____ded _e_rt
?: S______ T_e ____s __ __r ____t__t___ __t_ __r_st S__ed S__es
?: _t's De__ __ ___ __er _____
Guessed letters: dsetrp
Jingle waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1 turns
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Oh c'mon... previous rounds were 12 full albums. So now that there's 20(ish) less minutes per submission, that should shorten the round by a commensurate 33%.
Let's go!!! Snip snip; chop chop.
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If it makes you feel any better I am working on write ups and plan to start posting them this evening sometime.
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If it makes you feel any better I am working on write ups and plan to start posting them this evening sometime.
(https://media.tenor.com/images/71d7c55ebea8c3a0c99ec36fab278f36/tenor.gif)
(if my score is good)
(https://i.imgflip.com/1u27m6.jpg)
(if I tanked)
Either way, I *do* feel better now.
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personally i feel judging EPs is harder than judging albums because instead of considering a lot of songs all from one artist that are going to have some commonality between them you're judging upwards of 5 songs by a lot of different artists & as well the artistic expression of the sender is going to factor in as well
with albums I don't bother to judge songs individually but with EPs I definitely would & that would slow things down a bit for me, which is why I'm not planning to do too many rounds in my upcoming EP roulette (as well as that it takes a lot more effort for a player to put together a 40 minute EP than it does for them to go "lol here's a 60 minute album enjoy")
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Good points. I've never done an EP round, so I hadn't thought about it from that perspective
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Wait, the writeups are coming soon already? I'm going to reveal my EP then! Enjoy this unedited slab of cheese:
Hey!
I didn't have much time or willpower to do something big, and anyway, I already did one of those for you, so this time I'm taking a different approach, and instead of doing the whole big writeup of a story, I'm going to give you a blurb of a story, like they do on the back cover for books. You can follow the EP story with that blurb and interpret it as you will. I'll do a short explanation about which track is related to what, too.
First off, and this is important, I did the whole file with transitions in Audacity with mp3 320 kpbs files, and then I exported it as also mp3 320 kbps, so it could be overcompressed somehow I guess? I'll also include the Spotify link for you to check out the music quality in case it was somehow lowered during my tampering with it.
Second, I hope nothing is banned. Rewriting the story and the EP structure is going to be a lot of pain.
Third, the EP structure is somewhat unconventional. I was aiming at something like Winter's Gate, where it could possibly be taken as one song, which kinda didn't work, but still. I already gave you a standard EP (opener - awesome song - ballad - closing epic), so this time I tried a different approach.
Now, regarding the tracks (you should probably read this after the writeup): the first two tracks are setting up the Stone's Reach champion and general layout and mood in the city. The third track is obviously his opponent's theme. The fourth track signifies the day when the battle commences, as both champions see and interact with each other (growls / clean vocals). The fifth track is the story of Skein's journey from the beginning to the end as the stakes are rising higher and higher. The final track is the aftermath of the battle.
I'm deliberately not going to explain my ideas for the plot and how I think the story ends. It's up for you to decide the endings of all three character arcs and the main plot for yourself. Take from the music whatever you think it means.
(It's absolutely pretentious too, as you asked. Just in different format now!)
Okay, here we go. Don't forget, it's a book blurb format.
Reach Out for the Skies (2018)
1. Be'lakor - Venator [00:00 - 08:35]
2. Be'lakor - From Scythe to Sceptre [08:36 - 15:31]
3. Bauda - Ocaso [15:32 - 19:17]
4. Countless Skies - Daybreak [19:18 - 23:33]
5. Skein - Rapier [23:34 - 30:47]
6. Countless Skies - Wanderer [30:48 - 38:06]
Total length: 38:06
Download link (https://mega.nz/#!uskTiYQD!CgKy8TS06ThT2u3PZNvduFaJuELjUrvBxhucV3F8xlk) (correct this time)
Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/playlist/15LGjpi2oLbWqwoeui5FkZ)
Reach Out for the Skies
The endless war between Stone’s Reach and the Kingdom of Countless Skies has been going on for centuries.
The Kingdom of Countless Skies has something that the rulers and people of Stone’s Reach were always envious about. The means to escape the neverending darkness, which surrounds the cracked, dying land for miles and miles around the Reach. The means to get to the surface and build their empire there, under the open, welcoming sky. The means to fly. Exhausted from years of endless fighting, resources depleted and population lowered to alarming numbers, the Kingdom resorts to one last desperate measure to win the war, agreeing to determine the victor in a fated duel.
Be’lakor, or the Venator, as he’s been known for the last few hundred years, is the Stone’s Reach chosen champion. Considered immortal and utterly merciless, he’s been sowing death on the battlefields, reaping lives with his scythe as black as night. A dark wizard of immense power and magical prowess, he has a secret to his immortality, locked away in an arcane artifact, hidden away from the world. Not a living soul can stand the ground against him. Yet somewhere deep down, the spark of warmth still flickers inside the hollowness of his soul.
The Kingdom of Countless Skies chooses Ocaso as their champion. The rumors hold that she rides the winds in the falling shade of twilight, and come night, converses with the stars and moon itself. The people call her Ocaso, Whom the Moon a Nightsong Sings. Everyone knows her chances against the Venator are grim, yet a glimmer of hope remains in people’s hearts. As the day of the final battle draws closer, Ocaso prepares to face the impossible challenge for the lives of all the people of her kingdom—and her own family.
Yet still, the Broken Gods, as powerless as they are now, aren’t going to allow such injustice to happen. Determined to balance the scales, they establish a dreamlink with Skein, the only person in the Kingdom of Countless Skies who didn’t develop the ability to fly. Skein, a man of a few words, has been considered an outsider for all his life in the Kingdom. He accepts the Gods’ task and gift, seeing the chance to prove his worth to the skies and, most importantly, to himself. With the Magician’s Judge—the rapier designed to destroy the arcane-infused items—he sets on a journey to the enemy’s lands to abolish the source of the Venator’s immortality. But with each passing hour, his time is running out.
Watch the three threads of fate intertwine in this tale of courage, sacrifice, and hope, as the future of two kingdoms is to be decided. And when the day of final battle comes, and the new dawn rises on a distant horizon upon the land, two champions will clash their weapons under the watchful gaze of the countless skies.
Praise for Reach Out for the Skies:
‘New landmark in fantasy! I can stop purchasing cheese in grocery stores for at least a month, thankfully this book is pretty thick.’
John Paamar, Six Roaming Owls Publishing Agency
‘Could’ve sworn this book was written by [another person], then I was reminded he’s not even a writer.’
Tim Decentfellow, TAC Books
‘Enjoyed the book, but what’s with the constantly changing release date? It’s been four fuckin says. The earth ain’t turning any slower!’
Chad Belcher, the bestselling author of ‘How to Lose Roulettes While Making Others Think You’re Good at Them’
‘Was making repairs in my home and spilled some superglue on the front cover … I couldn’t put the book down!”
Lucas Hangman, Sacullancz
‘A staggering plot … All I can say is “what the fock?”’
Alex Pline, the author of 4,5 books in projected 13-books ‘Scenes From My Memory’ autobiography series
Also from the same author:
The Path that Ends in the Clearing
The Eye of the Beholder
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4 out of the 5 songs on my EP are guessed so yeah i guess i'll share mine
https://mega.nz/#!CdsFAQRZ!1ckwKMAA7Cx7orTHmUkDq1RbF5DSF-eutYFhaH1pn5g
not one of my best EPs tbh but ehh, a few of you will like it :lol
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Chad Belcher, the bestselling author of ‘How to Lose Roulettes While Making Others Think You’re Good at Them’
:rollin
:clap:
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Chad Belcher, the bestselling author of ‘How to Lose Roulettes While Making Others Think You’re Good at Them’
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Oh, and since we're sharing writeups, here's mine.
I know I sent Primal Fear in my last EP, but this is an intro/seque song, so I figure it's acceptable for the purposes of my theme.
<EP title>
<EP tracklist>
No trimming necessary, so just load it up on Google Play.
@ Ruslan... you forgot your most notorious writeup .... "Meanwhile, in Russia"
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:lol
As you said to me once (or perhaps a few times), and I'm paraphrasing here, we only do this kind of jokes to the folks we love. ;)
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:lol
As you said to me once (or perhaps a few times), and I'm paraphrasing here, we only do this kind of jokes to the folks we love. ;)
Stop loving me so much. :lol
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He's only human.
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My writeup, by memory: these songs came out the year I was born. We develope the basis of our music sense during our first 1000 days of life... No wonder I'm focked up.
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Had a pretty dark and heavy EP in mind until I realized some lyrics wouldn't appeal to you (considering your comments on the Brand New record) so have this jolly EP instead.
Sacul - DACUL'S SLOW AND LAZY ASS STILL MANAGED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS COLLECTION OF SONGS FOR HANGMENENG NOW GIMME THE D
Kendrick Lamar - King Kuta
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Talk Talk - Desire
Talk Talk - Time It's Time
Sufjan Stevens - 4th of July - Live (from Carrie & Lowell Live)
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I had no writeup. My concept was self explanatory.
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4th of July is such a jolly and upbeat song, i agree :lol
my writeup is in the file i posted
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4th of July is such a jolly and upbeat song, i agree :lol
:lol that particular rendition has more of a life-affirming tone and an amazing buildup at the end so it kinda fit.
Also results when :corn
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4th of July is such a jolly and upbeat song, i agree :lol
:lol that particular rendition has more of a life-affirming tone and an amazing buildup at the end so it kinda fit.
Also results when :corn
Today I hope. I got distracted by family and drinking Port last night (lots of Port) :lol
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Part 1 EP Results
Experiments In Groove and Impossible Combinations
Elite
1. Fair to Midland - Dance of the Manatee (from 'Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times is True', 2007)
2. Cardiacs - Eat it Up Worms Hero (from 'Sing to God', 1996)
3. Dagoba - Face the Colossus (from 'Face the Colossus', 2008)
4. Blood Stain Child - Stargazer (from 'Epsilon', 2011)
5. Mechanical Poet - Bogie in a Coal Hole (from 'Woodland Prattlers', 2004)
6. Dagoba - The Crash (from 'Face the Colossus', 2008)
7. Enochian Theory - The Fire Around the Lotus (from 'Evolution: Creatio Ex Nihilio', 2009)
This EP starts off quick and excellently with Dance of the Manatee. With catchy singing and great use of multiple vocal styles, it keeps the song interesting and a fun one to come back to again and again. I have heard Fair to Midland before, but just random songs here and there. This song does sound familiar, so i may have heard it before, but I didn't remember most of it. This is easily the best song on the EP in my opinion. Next is Cardiacs.....again.....ugh....I will say this song is light years better than any song on the Cardiacs album I was sent in the first round. The instrumentation is much more interesting. There's also a fair amount of differing vocal styles here. My problem with this is everything is used in the wrong places. You have vocal styles that don't mix well with the music or vice-versa. Thankfully it's short. Next is Dagoba's Face the Colossus, which is some sort of Industrial influenced Groove metal. I'm not a big fan of either of those genres. Bands in those realms all tend to sound the same, have the same vocals, the same guitar riffing, etc. There is some pretty cool lead guitar stuff, but it only shows up rarely. The Blood Stain Child song was a fun match up of Metal and Trance, so Trance Metal. It's cheesy as hell, but a fun and bouncy listen, at least. It kind of makes you want to dance. The vocalist isn't the greatest (she sounds a little bored), but she gets the job done. I don't think I could listen to a whole album of this, but this song works well. The Mechanical Poet song reminds me of another band, but I cant quite put my finger on it. The song is musically ok, but I don't like the vocalist very much. He can take a hike. There's some interesting use of different time signatures that sound pretty cool, but overall the song feels kind of lackluster. We get another Dagoba song next, see my comments above, nothing is really changed here except there isn't really any interesting lead guitar parts. It definitely doesn't have any business being almost 7 minutes long...The last song from Enochian Theory start off really well, with some great violin and clean vocals, but things go downhill from there. The harsh vocals aren't good and the pacing has all kinds of issues. Again, another song that overstays it's welcome.
The flow of this EP actually works decently well, even though you have a varying amount of styles of metal here, some good some bad. You did a fairly good job of stitching most of the songs together too.
13.2 (EP Score) + 3 (flow score) = 16.2 total
The Adversary
Ariich
1. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A Hymn To The Morning Star
2. Dissona - Outside the Skin
3. Ghost Brigade - Departures
4. Dog Fashion Disco - End of the Road
5. Dissona - Totality
I'll come out and say it, this EP is one of the most coherent story-wise I have received in either of my roulette's. Although I think the story can be interpreted slightly different than how you did in the PM you sent me. I took it more as the main character being, not necessarily the antagonist, but one who was woefully deceived by his own thinking. Especially towards the end of the EP. He is struck with an illness because he became the adversary. He basically declared war on the god he once served and was struck down for it. Either way it's a pretty dark story, how ever you want to interpret it and in the end it all fits lyrically.
On to the music and individual songs. The songs all flow extremely well. I almost didn't notice the first transition on my first listen it was so smooth. Those first two songs are so good and work really well together, even though they have a very different feel to them. Sleepytime Gorilla Museum sounds like they have quite a bit of an eclectic sound and fit in to the experimental/avant-garde realm of music. This song really helps set the dark mood of the EP. The next transition in to Departures is also very good. Unfortunately this song doesn't quite live up to the quality of the first two. To me it ends up sounding a little too much like generic rock music throughout most of the song. End of the Road picks up the quality again. This song goes through quite a few changes. It starts with a cool folky/bluegrass vibe, which transitions super smoothly in to a jazzy noir-like tune. The second half goes to a more sludge/stoner metal vibe. This is definitely a band that I want to look in to further. The EP ends with Totality, which is a fitting end to the EP. It gives closure to the story and actually works well musically as a closer. It has an epic vibe to it.
As far as flow goes, this EP is up there. Considering how the lyrics of each song ties together so nicely and how the songs all flow from one to the next seamlessly, I cant give this anything but high marks on flow.
15.2 (ep score) + 5 (flow points) = 20.2 total
Reach Out for the Skies
Evermind
1. Be'lakor - Venator
2. Be'lakor - From Scythe to Sceptre
3. Bauda - Ocaso
4. Countless Skies - Daybreak
5. Skein - Rapier
6. Countless Skies - Wanderer
Even though you say you didn't put as much in to this EP as you did the last one you sent me, this is still top notch stuff. The write up you did in book blurb form was cool. It sounds like a book I would like to read (better get started writing, I expect a full novel by the end of next year :D).
This EP begins with 2 Belakor songs which, being back to back songs on the same album, flow well, even though they are 2 very distinct songs. Venator sets up the EP both story wise and musically. It's a great Melodic Death Metal track. From Scythe to Scepter continues the Melodeath goodness. There's even some Pop sensibilities here, which makes the songs catchy and memorable. There's some definite Opeth and Insomnium vibes too. I think I have found a new Melodic Death Metal band to dig in to after this roulette is over. Ocaso works as a great interlude track. I really like the flute along with the acoustic guitar. It's a cool atmospheric little track and a nice breather from the Metal before and after it. The first of two Countless Skies songs is next with Daybreak. The lyrics are a little corny, but the music more than makes up for it. There's a cool underlying rhythm in the song that just works for me. I also like the variation of clean and harsh vocals, even though neither is technically very good, but work well enough for the song. They also pack a lot of cool ideas in to the song. The acoustic bit that starts a about the halfway part in to the subsequent guitar solo is really reminiscent of Agalloch. The Skein song is probably the most different from everything else on the EP. It's very ballad like in the beginning. The lyrics work well with the story. The song slowly builds up and starts to take on a more alternative rock/post hardcore/emo sound. The song finally crescendos in the last couple minutes and takes on a fairly majestic almost triumphant tone, but at the same time bittersweet. I like the way this song flows in to the final track, Wanderer. This wraps up the story. I feel like it's almost a twist ending. I kind of have an idea in my head of how it all plays out, but it would take me way too long to type it all out here. Anyway, this song is really good. I like both the heavy and lighter parts. The way the song flows from one section to the next. The lyrics are really good, especially compared to the other Countless Skies song here, they are just vague enough to let the listener decide how the story ends.
The flow is mostly really good. The production is just different enough between artists to be noticeable though, which can be a little jarring. Nothing too bad though. The story works, with lyrics just vague enough to be interpreted in a variety of ways.
17.5 (EP Score) + 4 (flow score) = 21.5 Total
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congrats ev
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Alright, that was it for me then....
The initial draft of the EP contained two Fair to Midland songs and one song by Dagoba (the first one). Maybe I should have sent that, thiugh I don’t think it wiuld have saved me. You might actually like the FtM album, so there’s that.
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Alright, that was it for me then....
The initial draft of the EP contained two Fair to Midland songs and one song by Dagoba (the first one). Maybe I should have sent that, thiugh I don’t think it wiuld have saved me. You might actually like the FtM album, so there’s that.
You definitely aren't out yet. I haven't added up all the scores, so I don't know who it getting cut yet.
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Oh hell yeah I could still get a score of like, 10 overall :metal
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That's certainly a possibility :corn
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Going out with a bang, nice. Glad you enjoyed it.
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Still working on these write ups. Keep getting distracted with family in town.
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Still working on these write ups. Keep getting distracted with family in town.
WE'RE FAMILY TOO!!! :lol
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the gods of metal are disappointed in you, puppies. you've turned your back on your TRUE family (your collection of EPs)
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Cool, glad you liked it! To respond to a few specifics:
I'll come out and say it, this EP is one of the most coherent story-wise I have received in either of my roulette's. Although I think the story can be interpreted slightly different than how you did in the PM you sent me. I took it more as the main character being, not necessarily the antagonist, but one who was woefully deceived by his own thinking. Especially towards the end of the EP. He is struck with an illness because he became the adversary. He basically declared war on the god he once served and was struck down for it. Either way it's a pretty dark story, how ever you want to interpret it and in the end it all fits lyrically.
I don't think that's different to what I articulated and in fact I intentionally wanted to leave it open to interpretation (mainly because as an agnostic I don't naturally come down on any strong view myself regarding religion, crisis of faith etc). My narrative was meant to just about what is going on in the character's thoughts/feelings. But I'm really glad the concept worked well enough that you wanted to interpret it further, which is super pleasing!
On to the music and individual songs. The songs all flow extremely well. I almost didn't notice the first transition on my first listen it was so smooth. Those first two songs are so good and work really well together, even though they have a very different feel to them.
Awesome, yeah I don't think anything will top my Insomnium/Amorphis transition in my EP for Elite's roulette, but I was pleased with this one as the two tracks lent themselves well to it.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum sounds like they have quite a bit of an eclectic sound and fit in to the experimental/avant-garde realm of music.
Definitely, which is why everyone thought the other Rich sent it. If I'm honest a lot of their stuff is pretty out there, more so than I'd normally dig, but this particular album is fantastic and I can't really explain why.
The next transition in to Departures is also very good. Unfortunately this song doesn't quite live up to the quality of the first two. To me it ends up sounding a little too much like generic rock music throughout most of the song.
For sure, I thought you might find this one less interesting (although I do think you'll probably enjoy the band), but I wanted to include it because 1. it fit the narrative really well, and 2. I still love it.
End of the Road picks up the quality again. This song goes through quite a few changes. It starts with a cool folky/bluegrass vibe, which transitions super smoothly in to a jazzy noir-like tune. The second half goes to a more sludge/stoner metal vibe. This is definitely a band that I want to look in to further.
Yeah Dog Fashion Disco are pretty quirky too (again why people thought Elite sent it). Hard to say how much you'll like them but I think they're rather excellent. All their albums from Committed to a Bright Future onwards are really solid (except Experiments in Embryos which is reworkings of older songs as isn't that interesting).
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EP Results Part 2
I Want You To Hurt Like I Do - An Aural Bandage for a Wounded Heart
Kattelox
1. Randy Newman - I Want You To Hurt Like I Do
2. Chroma Key - Another Permanent Address
3. Randy Newman - I Think It's Going To Rain Today
4. Kings of Leon - Pyro
5. Sonata Arctica - Shamandalie
6. Sonata Arctica - Paid In Full
7. Tom Waits - Martha
I have very mixed feelings about this EP. There are songs I really like and ones I really don't. Then there's a couple that there was 1 or 2 aspects that I thought were terrible when the rest of the song was really good.
It start with Randy Newman (I usually always think about the Family Guy parody of him when I see his name). I Want You To Hurt Like I Do is a pretty messed up song. The lyrics make him sound like a sociopath. I like the music and melodies, but the lyrics make me cringe a bit. Another Permanent Address picks up the EP though. I am somewhat familiar with Chroma Key. I've heard a few songs here and there. I've always like Kevin Moore's style of vocals. They are especially fitting with the type of music he does. The lyrics are really interesting too. If this EP is intended to be a story about a guy who left his wife and kids (which I think it is), this song works really well following the Randy Newman song. He seems to be wandering aimlessly not sure what to do with himself after leaving. It's a good song. I Think It's Going To Rain Today is next. This song has problems. The lyrics are pretty good, but the vocals are not. The musical ideas are good, but the execution and production is terrible. This continues the story with the guy feeling depression coming over him. I like the Kings of Leon song that's next. I've always enjoyed what this band does (the few songs I've heard). They have a unique style and unique vocals. This carries the story forward with the guy snapping and basically turning in to an emotionless person. Which I guess is fitting since we established the guy is a sociopath in the first song. The two Sonata Arctica songs work really well fleshing out the story that I've been making of this. Lyrically they are both really good, especially for a power metal band. They show why our "protagonist" ended things with his wife and then him coming to accept his life since that day many years later. I was confused by the last part of Shamandalie at first. It completely destroyed the flow, but then I remembered what you wrote in your PM you sent to ignore the last third of the song, since it's some kind of bonus song thing (gotta edit that stuff out in Audacity :P). Paid in Full is the most upbeat song on the EP. The music is a little repetitive, but it's a decent song overall. The Tom Waits song has our protagonist trying to reconnect with his former wife decades later. I don't get Tim Waits. I like the lyrics and piano, but the dude cant sing and I don't like his style of singing.
The flow sort of works here. The songs all do interconnect in to a story. Even if it's mostly fabricated in my mind :lol The second Sonata Arctica song doesn't quite fit stylistically to me. Randy Newman mostly doesn't work for me. I get what you were trying to do with the EP, it just kind of fell a little flat for me.
13 (EP Score) + 2.5 (Flow Score) = 15.5 Total
No Wonder I Am Focked Up
Indiscipline
1. Ronnie Montrose - Town without Pity
2. Funkadelic - Who Says a Funk Band Can't Play Rock!
3. Brand X - Earth Dance
4. UK - In The Dead of Night
5. Area - Il Bandito del Deserto
6. Rory Gallagher - Overnight Bag
7. Gary Moore - Parisienne Walkaways
Having gone with songs exclusively from your birth year, this is a lot of old school Rock, with some jaunts over in to some prog. I suspect you might have selected different songs if the bands hadn't been on my banned list, but what is here is actually quite intriguing. The on;y band here that I know I've heard before is UK. I have their other album the one with Terry Bozzio on drums. I've heard of Montrose and Gary Moore, but I couldn't tell you if I've heard one of their songs.
The Montrose song is a cool guitar led instrumental and works as a great intro (you really like those instrumentals). Funkadelic comes in and is a groovy funky Funk-Rock song. The guitarist (whoever he is) is just going off the entire song, just soloing the crap out of the whole 6 minutes basically. The underlying rhythm sections don't really deviate much, which may be the only bad part of the song. The lyrics do tend to get a bit repetitive, but that can be overlooked here. The Brand X song is up next and we are back to more Jazz Fusion. So this is what Phil Collins was doing outside of Genesis. I had no idea. That drum groove throughout the song is quite infectious and groovy as hell. Lots of other percussion all over this track as well. The bass player definitely tries to keep up. He's laying down some nice bass licks. I really like the UK song here and it's much more enjoyable than a lot of the stuff on their other album. I think a lot of that has to do with Bill Bruford (who makes another return in this roulette along with John Wetton, last roulette it was Michael Kiske who kept rearing his ugly head :lol). I enjoy Bruford's style so much more than Bozzio's. Bill Bruford and Neil Peart were the two drummers that made me want to start playing drums over 20 years ago. The Area song sure is something. It's got a cool groove. That bass line is soooo goooood. The vocals are not really my thing though. Thankfully they don't take up much space in the song. It's mostly a cool instrumental song with lots of layers and instruments. I like when bands throw in tons of instruments and is able to make it sound coherent. Overnight Bag is a change of pace with some Bluesy Rock. There's a lot of recurring musicians between submissions. You have Ted McKenna on drums here, who is also the drummer on the MSG song Stadler sent. I have a love/hate relationship with Blues rock. This falls on the love side. It's a great song. To wrap things up we have Gary Moore, with a slower more delicate bluesy ballad. You have the crying guitar solos and some great atmosphere created by the keyboards. I don't like the fade out at the end, I don't get any closure to finish out the EP.
Overall it's a good EP with many things to enjoy and a few things that I don't like. The flow is pretty good from song to song. The one thing that bothered me throughout the entire EP was the sound quality. I listened to a few of the individual tracks on Google Music and the sound quality is way better. Something must have happened when you did some editing and converted this to a single track.
14.6 (EP Score) + 3.5 (Flow Score) = 18.1 Total
It's Deja Vu All Over Again
Jingle
Primal Fear - Unbreakable (Part 1)
Eden's Curse - Unbreakable
Masqued - Broken
InnerWish - Broken
Hardline - Human Nature
Manimal - Human Nature
Hemina - Soulmates
Nation Beyond - Soulmates
This is an interesting concept and a Yogi Berra quote for the EP title.
I like the idea of using a specifically made intro track for an EP, such as Unbreakable (Part 1). Unfortunately it doesn't quite flow in to Unbreakable (Eden's Curse). No matter the Eden's Curse song is good. It's a cool faster tempo, upbeat, major chord, Heavy metal song. It's got fun sing along parts, good guitar solos, and a cool guitar rhythm. This actually flows really well in to Broken by Masqued, which is a more Symphonic leaning Metal track. There are a lot of problems with this song. I don't particularly like either the male or female vocals here. The lyrics are kind of lame. For the most part the instrumentation is pretty good, but the song as a whole just doesn't work very well for me. The Innerwish song is much better, with some good Power Metal. The vocalist kind of sounds like Russell Allen at times and maybe a bit of Tom Englund. He doesn't seem to have the same range as Allen though, but his voice is still enjoyable. The song is actually fairly straight forward Power Metal, but it's well written with lyrics that fit the mood of the music. Next are the two Human Nature songs by Hardline and Manimal respectively. The Hardline song is a very enjoyable ballad-like Hard Rock song. Kind of similar to what Journey does. The guitar solo is short, but sweet. Manimals song is more Heavy Metal with some Power and Prog leanings. The vocalist is like the love child of Dio and Geoff Tate. He definitely gets those early Queensryche soaring screams down pat. There's lots to like here besides the vocals too. The guitar riffing is really good. There's some great solos. The whole attitude of the song is perfect too. This is definitely the opposite end of the spectrum from the Hardline song. Then we get Soulmates by Hemina, which starts off back towards the more ballady end of the spectrum. I really like the duet vocals here, both do a great job and the lyrics are actually fairly touching. I like these emotionally engaging type of songs. Especially when the vocalists can make it sound convincing. There's even a fantastic harmonized guitar solo with what sounds like keyboards? It has an interesting effect in there that sounds cool. Nation Beyond's Soulmates is the closer here. Another ballad-like duet. This one leaning more in the power metal end. This one also has really good lyrics and singing. This one I actually like the singing more than the Hemina song. The problem with this song is the production. It sounds terrible. I thought maybe the Google Music version was messed up, but I listened to it from other sources and they are all the same. It's way too "hot" and brickwalled, especially in the heavier sections. It becomes fatiguing to listen to. I actually think the flow would have been better if you swapped the two Soulmates songs.
Overall this is one of the EP's that was a real grower. It started out toward the bottom of the ranking, but slowly climbed its way up. The flow is going to take a bit of a hit here, mostly because there are some hard cuts and awkward transitions. The lyrics all seems to fit though and the theme is definitely unique as far as the whole EP round goes. The Masqued song hurt your score the most, but it's still a great EP.
16.4 (EP Score) + 3 (Flow Score) + .5 (best EP title) = 19.9 Total
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rip katt, gone but not forgotten
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just end my suffering
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just end my suffering
Where's the fun in that :biggrin:
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dacul's ep:
0/20 worst EP i've ever heard
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Totally fair comments. Can't argue with the 'flow' marks - I don't have the skills or software to fade in/out, and/or trim music files to make the transitions smoother. They were what they were. I was focusing more on the theme, and good quality music. I'll gladly take 16.4 on the songs themselves.
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I did way better than I thought, thank you!
I am sorry about sound quality. I must have forgotten to select 320kbs when I finalised the file, and AcidPro (I'm the Encino Man, remember?) has probably operated on its default shitty rate for mp3s.
Some trivia related to things you pointed out: 1) I think Collins was already gone from Brand X in '78, but I wouldn't bet the house on it. 2) Area has been a really unique act, you may find things never heard before if you take the time to check their opus (the singer, Demetrio Stratus, was able to perform biphonia, i.e. singing two different notes almost at the same time). 3) Allan Holdsworth's solo in the UK tune is basically Trial of Tears's solo 20 years before.
Am I out?
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Totally fair comments. Can't argue with the 'flow' marks - I don't have the skills or software to fade in/out, and/or trim music files to make the transitions smoother. They were what they were. I was focusing more on the theme, and good quality music. I'll gladly take 16.4 on the songs themselves.
I totally forgot to add in the half point bonus for favorite EP title. I'll fix that now.
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Totally fair comments. Can't argue with the 'flow' marks - I don't have the skills or software to fade in/out, and/or trim music files to make the transitions smoother. They were what they were. I was focusing more on the theme, and good quality music. I'll gladly take 16.4 on the songs themselves.
I totally forgot to add in the half point bonus for favorite EP title. I'll fix that now.
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So I was planning on wrapping up the write ups for the EP round tonight when I got home from work, but Indiscipline threw a wrench in the works of my EP for his roulette and now I have to go back to the drawing board. :( Once I finish that I can get back to the write ups, which could still be tonight, but don't count on it....sorry. You can stone me later. :biggrin:
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So I was planning on wrapping up the write ups for the EP round tonight when I got home from work, but Indiscipline threw a wrench in the works of my EP for his roulette and now I have to go back to the drawing board. :( Once I finish that I can get back to the write ups, which could still be tonight, but don't count on it....sorry. You can stone me later. :biggrin:
Stone Indiscipline. I'll pass everyone the rocks.
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I did way better than I thought, thank you!
I am sorry about sound quality. I must have forgotten to select 320kbs when I finalised the file, and AcidPro (I'm the Encino Man, remember?) has probably operated on its default shitty rate for mp3s.
Some trivia related to things you pointed out: 1) I think Collins was already gone from Brand X in '78, but I wouldn't bet the house on it. 2) Area has been a really unique act, you may find things never heard before if you take the time to check their opus (the singer, Demetrio Stratus, was able to perform biphonia, i.e. singing two different notes almost at the same time). 3) Allan Holdsworth's solo in the UK tune is basically Trial of Tears's solo 20 years before.
Am I out?
Collins was not gone from Brand X by '78, but he did not play on "Earth Dance"; that was Chuck Burgi (trivia: what two other A-list drummers did he replace and in what bands?). Phil returned, though, in '79 for the "Product" album and the two that followed, which were largely made up of outtakes from "Product".
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I did way better than I thought, thank you!
I am sorry about sound quality. I must have forgotten to select 320kbs when I finalised the file, and AcidPro (I'm the Encino Man, remember?) has probably operated on its default shitty rate for mp3s.
Some trivia related to things you pointed out: 1) I think Collins was already gone from Brand X in '78, but I wouldn't bet the house on it. 2) Area has been a really unique act, you may find things never heard before if you take the time to check their opus (the singer, Demetrio Stratus, was able to perform biphonia, i.e. singing two different notes almost at the same time). 3) Allan Holdsworth's solo in the UK tune is basically Trial of Tears's solo 20 years before.
Am I out?
Collins was not gone from Brand X by '78, but he did not play on "Earth Dance"; that was Chuck Burgi (trivia: what two other A-list drummers did he replace and in what bands?). Phil returned, though, in '79 for the "Product" album and the two that followed, which were largely made up of outtakes from "Product".
Ah, this is all good info to know, thanks :tup
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Alright, that was it for me then....
The initial draft of the EP contained two Fair to Midland songs and one song by Dagoba (the first one). Maybe I should have sent that, thiugh I don’t think it wiuld have saved me. You might actually like the FtM album, so there’s that.
You definitely aren't out yet. I haven't added up all the scores, so I don't know who it getting cut yet.
Oh, I was judging by the way they were ordered that I had the lowest EP score.
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So I was planning on wrapping up the write ups for the EP round tonight when I got home from work, but Indiscipline threw a wrench in the works of my EP for his roulette and now I have to go back to the drawing board. :( Once I finish that I can get back to the write ups, which could still be tonight, but don't count on it....sorry. You can stone me later. :biggrin:
Stone Indiscipline. I'll pass everyone the rocks.
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I did way better than I thought, thank you!
I am sorry about sound quality. I must have forgotten to select 320kbs when I finalised the file, and AcidPro (I'm the Encino Man, remember?) has probably operated on its default shitty rate for mp3s.
Some trivia related to things you pointed out: 1) I think Collins was already gone from Brand X in '78, but I wouldn't bet the house on it. 2) Area has been a really unique act, you may find things never heard before if you take the time to check their opus (the singer, Demetrio Stratus, was able to perform biphonia, i.e. singing two different notes almost at the same time). 3) Allan Holdsworth's solo in the UK tune is basically Trial of Tears's solo 20 years before.
Am I out?
Collins was not gone from Brand X by '78, but he did not play on "Earth Dance"; that was Chuck Burgi (trivia: what two other A-list drummers did he replace and in what bands?). Phil returned, though, in '79 for the "Product" album and the two that followed, which were largely made up of outtakes from "Product".
Thanks Stadler! I was right not betting the house :D
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Since no one bit, Chuck Burgi stepped into Rainbow, a seat formerly held by Cozy Powell (though Bobby Rondinelli was in between) and later stepped into Billy Joel's band (where he is now, I believe), a seat formerly held by long-time Joel cohort Liberty DeVito.
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I can confirm Chuck is currently in Billy's Band. By the way, Liberty was one of the greatest "stage presence" drummers to ever grace the stage (and a workhorse in the studio).
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Since no one bit, Chuck Burgi stepped into Rainbow, a seat formerly held by Cozy Powell (though Bobby Rondinelli was in between) and later stepped into Billy Joel's band (where he is now, I believe), a seat formerly held by long-time Joel cohort Liberty DeVito.
I meant to bite, but I didn't figure Bobby Rondinelli as an A List drummer.
I thought Burgi was also in another major artist's band. I didn't think it was Billy Joel..
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hey delete that
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I promise I haven't forgotten about this. Everything has been conspiring against me trying to get these done.
I plan to post 3 more results tonight and the rest tomorrow.
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EP Results Part 3
Exodus Into the Spiraling Eternity
Parama
Letters From the Colony - Galax
Eryn Non Dae. - Chrysalis
Hannes Grossmann - The Radial Covenant I, II
Burial in the Sky - Nexus
Tetrafusion - Perfect Silence
So there were a few of these bands I was really looking forward to hearing for the first time. Eryn Non Dae, Hannes Grossmann, and Tetrafusion. One did almost nothing for me, one was bizarrely constructed and I ended up thinking about everything that was wrong with it, and one was actually really good. Overall I like the story line you have created here. I always enjoy a good sci-fi, space romp. The flow from song to song and the general feel of the songs also worked really well for me too.
So the problem songs were Chrysalis and Perfect Silence (probably not what you wanted to hear). I'll talk about Chrysalis first, since it comes up first in the EP. This song even after about 6 or 7 listens still remains completely unmemorable to me. There is nothing there that grabs my attention, nothing catchy to pull me in. I could be very alone in this sentiment, but as one of your fellow roulette participants would say, TASTES! The song is just kind of there, but doesn't make its presence known in any unique or standout way. Tetrafusion was actually the most frustrating for me. I can hear and understand the technical aspect of what they were doing, but to me it was executed so poorly that it completely took me out of enjoyment mode and in to overly critical mode. It seemed like every part of this song either had what sounded like one of the instruments playing a completely different rhythm or time signature or tempo that the rest of the band, or just plain playing the wrong notes for the section, or the whole band is trying to play a rhythm and time signature so obscure and overly complicated that it ends up sounding like a complete mess. After a few listens I didn't want to hear it anymore.
So what's right? Well Galax starts the EP off with a bang. At first I didn't like the overly djenty first half of the song, but it grew on me the more I listened to it. Plus the second half is absolutely amazing. It's a perfect EP opener. The Hannes Grossman song is also an amazing song. It definitely picks up the EP after the disappointment of Chrysalis. And you are right it basically sounds like an Alkaloid song (which both makes sense and is a very good thing). This flows perfectly in to Nexus, which is a brilliant segue piece that also flow perfectly in to the beginning of Perfect Silence of which I actually enjoyed the first minute.
So to recap the Flow here is almost top notch, but not all the songs work for me. I like the story, but I get ripped out of my enjoyment of it by two bad songs.
13.2 (EP Score) + 4.5 (Flow Score) = 17.7 Total
Shining The Focus on Our Infatuation with Christ Sized Shoes
Romdrums
Intersphere-Relations in the Unseen
Shiner- Christ Sized Shoes
Vennart- Infatuate
Birds of Tokyo- Circles
Strata- Cocaine (We're All Going to Hell)
Chavez- Our Boys Will Shine Tonight
Failure- The Focus
Intersphere- Tear Down the Walls
Sleep Parade- Inside Out
So you took a different approach to the EP that everyone else. You went for a particular instrument sound and tried to match that from song to song, which I think turned out brilliant. I was a little skeptical reading the description you sent with the EP, but I ended up enjoying the flow and how easily all the songs seemed to belong together. It actually kind of reminded me of those CD samplers you would get from music magazines back in the day.
This kicks off with a great, fun drumming song with The Intersphere's Relations in the Unseen. The song is pretty damn catchy too, with just enough of a proggy instrumentation to keep it interesting and at 3 and a half minutes it doesn't overstay it's welcome. This rolls in to Christ Sized Shoes, which sounds a lot like the 90's love child of the Foo Fighters and Tool. This made even more sense to me after I looked up the band and saw the album came out in 1997 and is classified as Math Rock influenced Alternative Rock. This sounds like an album I need to get. Those drums are awesome. Next is Vennart's Infatuate. I'm definitely familiar with Mike Vennart since I'm a huge fan of Oceansize. I think I listened to this album once when it came out back in 2015, but it didn't really resonate with me. At the time I think I was looking for Oceansize 2.0 and was disappointed it didn't end up like that. To be honest this has some Oceansizisms (new word!), but it takes on an identity of it's own. I've always liked Vennart's voice and the post-rock-like guitar playing. The only thing I don't care too much for is the keyboard patches used here and they are pretty prevalent. The Birds of Tokyo song has a really nice guitar melody and the enjoyable vocals of Ian Kenny, whom I had no idea he was in another band or that this was his main band. As nice as this song is and as beautiful as that melody is, I still think I prefer Karnivool, I don't know if I'd want a full album of stuff like this. It's not a bad song by any means though. The Strata song is possibly the most different of the bunch (except the closing track, but we'll get to that). It starts with an almost reggae rock like vibe, but quickly morphs in to a more alt rock number with an almost emo-post-hardcore like sound. This song is catchy, but has it's issues. The vocals aren't anything to write home about and the song feels like it overstays it's welcome even though it's less than 4 minutes. Chavez sounds like a 90's Indie Rock band. They share some similarities, at least musically, with Dinosaur Jr. Then again Dinosaur Jr had a lot of different sounds that they utilized and tried throughout the years, so it's not really a stretch to compare almost any band with them :lol but the vocals in places do remind me of J Mascis. When the Failure song came on the first time I thought it was Burning Brides. The vocalist and the guitar tone sounds very similar to Dimitri Coats. This is actually a good thing. I love that type of hard rock sound. Is this the band that A Perfect Circle did a cover of The Nurse Who Loved Me? I think I remember reading somewhere that was a Failure song. This also sounds a lot like that Replicants album Stadler sent me earlier. The next Intersphere song sounds a bit rawer and less refined that the first, but at the same time a bit more experimental. It still has some cool guitar licks and drums. That bit where the song breaks down and then ramps back up to the finale is so tasty. Relations in the Unseen is the better of the two though. Inside/Out is a whole other beast. Stylistically it's not very similar to the rest of the songs here, but that's ok. Your comment of it being somewhat Space-Dye Vest-like is pretty spot on. It starts off mellow with nice vocal melodies, but it keeps building and building until it climaxes and then gently ends the EP with that nice thick fuzzy bass tone and a jazzy drum beat.
I think overall the flow of this wasn't really about how the songs seamlessly moved from one to the next, but more about how everything just felt like it belonged. My least favorite song was the Vennart song, but I think I'm still just salty that Oceansize is no more :( Great EP though.
16.1 (EP Score) + 4 (Flow Score) = 20.1 Total
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue
Lethean
Agent Fresco - See Hell
Enchant - At Death's Door (bonus point song)
Sound of Contact - Pale Blue Dot
Votum - Horizontal
Votum - Vertical
Eniac Requim - Endless Cosmos
Eldritch - Bleed Mask Bleed
Interesting concept for the EP. The song's don't really tie together, it's more the songs tie to particular aspects of the title. Having said that there isn't anything here that feels out of place.
The EP starts with See Hell. I got an Agent Fresco song in my last roulette, but I didn't like it anywhere near as much as this one. The Haken similarities are very strong here and work well. I like the vocal melodies a lot, with the exception of how he pronounces the word hell the majority of the time, small criticism. Otherwise it's a really good song. The next song is At Death's Door, which I really feel should have closed out the EP. This song is a hell of a song. I've only ever checked out 1 Enchant album, Tug of War, which I thought was good, not great, but this song easily eclipses anything on that album. Where has this been my whole life? I pick up a lot of similarities to Rush, especially in the way they do their instrumental breaks, the guitar tone in the leads, and the drum work. Has some really cool atmosphere and build ups and releases. The vocals are top notch, as always from Ted Leonard. Fantastic song! I even don't mind the fade out at the end I like this song so much. This earns the bonus half point and the extra point for my favorite song of the EP round. The rest of the EP isn't as good, another reason that song should have been last :P. Not to say it's bad though. With Pale Blue Dot being another good song. I heard a couple of songs from this album when it first came out, but I don't really remember any of it. I do know this was put together by Simon Collins, Kelly Nordstrom, and Dave Kerzner. I'm a big fan of Dave Kerzner's solo stuff in particular. I don't know if Simon is as good of a drummer as his dad was in his heyday, but he is definitely no slouch. This song is pretty catchy though, with it's chorus. Overall a good song. The two Votum songs are a change of pace with some more Atmospheric Prog Metal. These two songs are fairly decent, but I cant help but think there are other bands that do this style better. The first band that came to mind was Katatonia, maybe mixed with a bit of Riverside and Arcane. The vocals especially take a lot of cues from Katatonia. I think I like Vertical more than Horizontal just slightly. It has a little better dynamics and takes more influence from bands like Porcupine Tree and Anathema. Endless Cosmos is a song from a band I had never heard of before. This song is an interesting blend of Prog Rock and Metal. I like the riffage used throughout and the vocal melodies and harmonies. It continues with the more Atmospheric trend of the Votum songs although it fits more stylistically with the Enchant song, and is almost as good. That guitar solo in the second half.....wow! Love it. The last track is Bleed Mask Bleed, which basically destroys the flow the EP had going for it. Stylistically it doesn't fit and it's way too cheesy in comparison to the other songs here. You probably would have scored even higher if you left this song off completely and ended the EP with Enchant. It's not a bad song, it just doesn't belong here, in my opinion.
Speaking of flow, the EP flows really well until the very end. Overall this is still a great EP.
16.7 (EP Score) + 3.5 (Flow Score) + .5 (bonus song) + 1 (Favorite Song) = 21.7 Total
Leathean should be pretty happy with that score. Kind of like how Parama is going to be very disappointed with his :|
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i can maybe get your opinion @ eryn non dae but your description of tetrafusion doesn't align with what the song actually sounds like to me so, i dunno, tastes :P
i wasn't super thrilled with this EP anyways so whatever. hope i get cut :metal
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Something about that whole Tetrafusion song just seemed off to me.
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i just hope i don't miss out on the concept album round, i actually have a pretty neat concept & almost all the songs already in line for it so it'd be a shame if you missed out on it :metal
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SHRUG is right :lol
Plus you can send the concept album even if you get cut. :tup :corn
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maybe you'd like the rest of the tetrafusion album more but also maybe not. there's like, two other songs on it i think are pretty good and the rest of it is "ehh it's fine", it's not even really a great album, but perfect silence is probably my favorite song on the EP so OH WELL
also heck no if i can't send you my concept album i'm saving the artists for puppies roulette v3 i don't got a lot left yo
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There wont be a V3 roulette from me for a while. Next year is going to be super busy for me, so it's unlikely to happen until 2020 at the soonest. Unless I get the overwhelming itch to do another one before then......
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Wow! I'm pretty surprised (in a good way) by how my EP did. Although now I'm thinking I should have saved that Enchant album to send on its own. At Death's Door is in the middle of the album so I didn't think it would be much of an issue to put it in the middle of the EP, though when others were talking about editing files and stuff I did think that it might be good to edit that fade out a little. I agree that Votum is not as good as Katatonia, but then no one is, so there's that. :) That Eniac Requiem song is really cool, and so is the whole album. I think it was just a one off kind of thing though - I don't think they ever did anything else. Eldritch - I love that song and wanted to end with something a little heavier; it didn't feel jarring to me when I played the whole thing, but I do see where you're coming from.
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EP Results Part 4
Time to find out who lives......and who dies.....
DACUL'S SLOW AND LAZY ASS STILL MANAGED TO PUT TOGETHER THIS COLLECTION OF SONGS FOR HANGMENENG NOW GIMME THE D (aka The Jolly EP)
Sacul
Kendrick Lamar - King Kuta
Sufjan Stevens - Chicago
Talk Talk - Desire
Talk Talk - Time It's Time
Sufjan Stevens - 4th of July - Live
This is a weird EP. I'm not entirely sure how it all is supposed to fit together.
First of all, I still don't like Kendrick Lamar. He was sent in my last roulette and I hated that song. This one is better than that one, but I don't like his rapping style. The underlying music to the song is decent enough, but he just annoys me. Then there's the fact that this song sticks out on the EP like a skyscraper in Hill City, Kansas. I suppose it is catchy though. The more I hear from Sufjan Stevens the more of a mixed bag he is. I have a number of friends that really like him, like almost religiously so. I mean they almost bit my head off and gave me the most incredulous look when I asked them how the hell you are supposed to pronounce his first name. I mean what kind of name is that? And how the hell was I expected to know how to pronounce it? They all have bad taste in music though :\ Anyway, this song Chicago song doesn't really seem like anything special. The whole thing is pretty repetitive from the music to the lyrics and the song goes on for about 3 minutes too long. I mean, there's nothing on it blatantly annoying or off putting, I just don't see why this guy gets so much praise. On to Talk Talk. This vocalist sounds like he's singing with a mouth full of mashed potatoes..... I can hardly understand anything he's singing. Which is annoying and takes away from the really wonderful music they've created for these songs, especially on Desire. The build up of music in the first half is nothing short of brilliant. Fortunately he doesn't sing very much on the song. I cant help but think if Fish or Steve Hogarth were singing on this it would be 10 times better. The Time it's Time song has a lot more of an 80's groove to it, but the music is still fairly captivating. Unfortunately he sings more on this song. At least he sings better on this one too. If only this band were more self aware of the vocals....They have tons of great musical ideas and a good atmosphere to their music, spoiled by the vocals. Ok, so 4th of July. This song is quite the depressing ending. I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way. The song is quite emotional. It's also a much more engaging song than Chicago, even in it's simplicity. This kind of stuff I get, but you really have to be in the right frame of mind to really enjoy it.
Overall this is a very mixed bag. There's parts of songs I like, then songs that I very much dislike. Then there's 4th of July, which is the best song here. The flow is a mixed bag too.
12.9 (EP Score) + 2.5 (Flow Score) = 15.4 Total
STOP THE CLOCKS!
Stadler
The Road's Too Long - Cinderella
Time Waits (For No One) - Michael Schenker Group
I'm Outta Time - Oasis
Hourglass - Squeeze
Time Passes - Kelly Keagy
You know, I was never a big fan of Butt Rock (hair/glam metal :biggrin:), so putting a 6 minute song by a Hair Metal band is a pretty ballsy move. Cinderella was always one of my least favorite of that style of music. This song though is actually pretty good. It's got some good variety with some uncommon instrumentation for the type of music that keeps it interesting. The lyrics also tell a decent coming of age story. Nothing too cheesy here, just some heartfelt lyrics (More on all the songs lyrics later). It does go on a little too long, but not by much. Time Waits (For No One) is another pretty good song. I've always liked Michael Schenker's guitar work. I enjoyed his stuff on the couple Scorpions albums he played on, but never really delved further in to his solo stuff. This is as good of a starting point as any I suppose. I don't particularly care for the vocalist, but he isn't terrible. The star of the song is (obviously) Schenker with some solid riffs and solos. On to Oasis. This is a band that I'm very familiar with just one album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory. I love that album. It played a huge part in my childhood, being 10 when it came out. I know every song on it like the back of my hand, but I never ventured further in to their catalog. This song is a bit different. Perhaps a little more straightforward. A little more tightly constructed. It's still obviously Oasis. You still have the signature Brit-Pop Rock sound with some light Psychedelic influence. I don't think it quite reaches the levels of most of the stuff on Morning Glory, but I don't think any other Oasis could, that album is so ingrained in my brain. Hourglass is where the wheels come off for the EP. This song encapsulates pretty much everything I cant stand about 80's music. Bad use of what I'm pretty sure is a sax, annoyingly bad chorus, Huey Lewis & the News-like sound, I could go on and on. So lets move on. The Kelly Keagy song tries to right the ship. I'm familiar with Kelly Keagy being the drummer of Night Ranger. My parents were huge Night Ranger fans being from the bay area and liked to catch their shows all the time. I actually met Kelly Keagy once at a Night Ranger show years ago, along with the rest of the band. This is probably the best song here though. Nothing too complex just a great tune, with more good lyrics.
Now on to the lyrics. Everything either reminds me of the good times I had in my childhood or the trials and victories I had growing up. It was kind of like taking a trip down memory lane. Obviously it's all helped by lyrics that deal with those subjects in pretty much every song. Thanks for helping me recall lots of great memories from way back in the day :tup
The flow here is actually pretty good, nothing too jarring or out of place with the exception of the Squeeze song. I kind of wish that was exchanged for something else. Oh well. That song hurt the overall score. Also the production disparity of the MSG song from the rest was noticeable.
14.1 (EP Score) + 3.5 (Flow Score) + .5 (bonus song) = 18.1
Dream Theater
TAC
Distant Dream - Images
Ashes of Chaos - Awake
Oliver Riz - Scenes from a Memory
Flamenhell - Systematic Chaos
Anton Ivanykin - Falling into Infinity
So at least one, maybe two, of these songs I'm pretty sure you pulled out of thin air to fit the theme you came up with :lol That's ok, because I actually enjoyed every song here, regardless of how you decided on them.
Images is a really cool Post-Rock track and a great way to start the EP. When I looked it up on RYM, I was surprised at the low rating this album has. Is the rest of this album that terrible? Cause this song is good! I mean the second half has that soul rending guitar solo, how do you not like that? Sure, it has some pretty cookie cutter Post-Rock riffing and progressions and they may not have the most original sound, but they wrap it all in a nice atmosphere. Just an all around good track. Awake is the "epic" of the EP. It's pretty standard Progressive Metal and the singing isn't the greatest (neither are the harsh vocals), but there's a lot to like here too. The guitar riffing immediately caught my attention. I like what they are doing with the guitars and drums in the odd time signatures. The instrumental break starting around the 4 minutes mark is classic Dream Theater. Everyone gets a space to show off a bit and they all get to play off each other. It doesn't exactly flow with the rest of the song though. There's also a few moments of disjointedness. I could see these guys pulling out a much better sophomore album. Hopefully they are working on something....with a different vocalist. So next we come to the song that you pulled out of your ass :D This actually works as a perfect segue between the first and second halves of the EP. I love piano driven instrumentals like this as long as they don't go on too long. Systematic Chaos picks things back up with some heavy riffing and blast beats in a tasty Death/Thrash package. Death/Thrash is one of my favorite metal subgenre mashups, right up there with Progressive Black Metal and a few others. These guys seem to be relatively unknown, but if they keep up this quality of music and get a little better production they could be a force to be reckoned with. I'm definitely picking up this album. Falling Into Infinity is probably my favorite song here. I have no idea how you found this song or if you knew of this guy before, but I couldn't find any info on him, but good lord can he shred the crap out of that guitar. He makes it sing, cry, shred, melt faces. He's got a little bit of prog, technical metal, jazz, blues, Satriani/Vai shred. It's really that good.
The flow is a bit all over the place, but nothing too terrible. It could have benefited from some editing of the tracks. Other than that, every song was individually enjoyable to one extent or another. I'll send you my version of a Dream Theater themed EP that I thought of, at some point....
16.5 (EP Score) + 3 (Flow Score) = 19.5
The Scores so Far
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1 = 54.5
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5 = 53
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2 = 52.5
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5 = 51.7
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7 = 51.1
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9 = 49.9
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7 = 49.7
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5 = 49.3
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2 = 48.7
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
Thanks to Sacul, Indiscipline, and Stadler for participating. Sorry to see you all go, but someone has to die so the others can live on :P
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only fell one spot in the standings at the end of the day, haha, not too bad then
i have like, my next three albums all ready but i'm gonna give them to you as we go
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only fell one spot in the standings at the end of the day, haha, not too bad then
i have like, my next three albums all ready but i'm gonna give them to you as we go
Poor Kat fell from 2nd to 8th :-\
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sent for round 6 :metal
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Sent :) I expected to get cut after this round, so I'm pretty excited that the EP did so well. :metal
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when are the next eliminations anyways?
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After the Greatest Hits Round three more will be going home :corn
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Wait what, I'm still in? In the fourth place too? Better start thinking about the next album then. :lol
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I'll take it. 4th place that round, and now working on a buffer from the next cut line.
Gonna take what I think is a big risk this round.
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I moved up a spot! Now if romdrums can get himself banned, I can take over the lead! :D
I really like the Ashes Of Chaos album. I bought it a few months ago. I think the vocalist is a bit odd, but I think it adds a bit of character.
Sent some more harsh vocals. :xbones
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Morituri te salutant! :D
Thank you for having me, pal, it's been overly funny.
I think you can cope with the regret of missing on a Stevie Wonder Greatest Hits :P
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I moved up a spot! Now if romdrums can get himself banned, I can take over the lead! :D
Sorry to disappoint you TAC. :angel:
Sent for round 6.
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Thanks for helping me recall lots of great memories from way back in the day :tup
...but pack up your shit and get lost! :)
Kidding. Couple thoughts:
- Hourglass was the one song I wasn't comfortable with, and I think subconsciously I knew it was going to stick out like a sore thumb. I have other songs I could have given (though I rest comfortably with the fact that I was probably out anyway).
- If you are even a mild Oasis fan, you owe it to yourself to check out "Dig Out Your Soul", their last record, and the album from which my song came. It's really a noticeable step up from the couple that came before. I'm like you; I've listened to "...Morning Glory" about a brazilian times, and love it, but I find that DOYS is the one I go back to more often these days. Really strong stuff, and if they ever DO reune, I would love it to sound like that.
- Michael Schenker; I liked him, and the first four solo records (three with the singer you got - Gary Barden - and one with Graham Bonnet from Rainbow) held a special place in my heart. With the help of TAC and a couple others here, I started to get into his UFO stuff, then with the recent tour (I got to see him in NYC with all four of his main singers; and got to meet Gary Barden and shoot the shit with him for a couple minutes - what a treat!) I started to get into his later stuff, and while not every singer is great, and not every song is great, his playing is really something special. You know it's him every time, and in my opinion, AS A PLAYER he belongs on the same level as the truly great players we talk about here all the time.
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I moved up a spot! Now if romdrums can get himself banned, I can take over the lead! :D
Sorry to disappoint you TAC. :angel:
Sent for round 6.
If Tim pays me enough, I'm sure I can come up with some reason or other to ban you. ;)
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Thanks for helping me recall lots of great memories from way back in the day :tup
...but pack up your shit and get lost! :)
Exactly :biggrin:
I'll definitely check out that Oasis album too.
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Also take note of the update to the "banned during the roulette" list.
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Seems my EP somehow annoyed you :lol . Check Talk Talk's Spirit of Eden, lots of great buildups and not many vocals. Or Laughing Stock for something even more sparse and with less vocals. I get you about that Sufjan song, I think you'd prefer his record Age of ADZ - pretty big, complex record mixing orchestra, electronic music, pop, and more, it's wild.
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Still need 4 more albums. I know Kat is supposed to send me one tonight sometime.
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Ashamed to admit I'm one of these four, I had good reasons to be away from DTF today though.
Sent! Excited for another 6 coming my way.
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Sent for round 6, continuing the theme of sending something different every time!
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I continued my space theme but I probably won't after this round
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OK, I have everyone except Elite. :corn
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You don't say!
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Oh yeah nearly forgot but here's my EP link and narrative that I sent Pups.
In summary, the story is about someone who, having devoted his life to his faith, renounces it. I was actually surprised at how well a lot of the lyrics fit. :lol
The track is here: https://mega.nz/#!hWwUXIwS!1zRuK56C6CdJu35w778I_kwxNjfh_EsrlEkMXN_qpfQ
And here's the tracklist and narrative with quotes from the lyrics of each song:
The Adversary
00:00-05:20
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - A Hymn To The Morning Star
“A new world is crawling from the ashes of the old, two thousand years of guilt and fear and the greatest lie ever told.”
“He steps from the shadow, and he opens up his eyes.”
“I am the adversary and must remain the adversary.”
In which our character, who has devoted his whole life to his faith, comes to enlightenment and realises that it was all a lie. He pledges to be the Adversary and stand up to the lies.
05:20-08:40
Dissona - Outside the Skin
“Emerging before another kind of dawn.”
“I know this more than myself.”
“With no need to be anything outside of the skin.”
In which our character, freed from the shackles of religion, realises how little he knows himself, having always relied on the external guidance of his faith. He determines that he no longer needs anything more than himself, and that the time has come to learn who he is.
08:40-13:30
Ghost Brigade - Departures
“I am sorry I couldn't stay.”
“Screaming worth a lifetime with a voice of a follower, always too soon, always too late.”
“If only I knew how to forgive, if only I knew how to let go, if only I knew how to own what I am.”
In which our character looks back with regret on the fact that he couldn’t reconcile his faith with knowing himself. He no longer feels angry with his god and his church, but he cannot forgive either. He must move on with his life.
13:30-20:10
Dog Fashion Disco - End of the Road
“A wise man once said "Life's just a ride", only illusion, only a ride.”
“I feel that pale death creeping in, this must be the dead end of the road.”
“The last midnight, the last sunrise, the last song.”
In which our character learns that a fatal sickness has struck him, and he only has days to live. At first he is melancholy, almost accepting. But he becomes angry upon realising his last days are almost upon him, and he never had the chance to truly live because he had devoted all of himself to the church.
20:10-29:11
Dissona - Totality
“Our purpose, our substance, our existence has been taken from us.”
“Grown within the ground we stand in a long defeated land, we are rooted deep within a vile calamity.”
“Burning light has gone away, our bodies have been betrayed.”
In which our character becomes the Adversary. Furious at his church and at god for taking everything from him, and for keeping those of faith trapped in a state of prisonous slumber, he spends his last days spreading the truth of this vile calamity, until at last his body betrays him and everything comes to an end.
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Just started working on my concept album. Finally settled on a concept.
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Feeling pretty confident about reaching the final then Tim?
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Feeling pretty confident about reaching the final then Tim?
I've been about 90% 'done' mine for a week or so. Not so confident on reaching the final, but I sure as hell don't want to try to put a 'concept album' together in a couple of days. It's taken quite a bit of work to sift thru a few different ideas, then find the right songs, and ensure they 'flow'. Whether I reach the end or not, Puppies is getting this concept album!
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Feeling pretty confident about reaching the final then Tim?
Nah, it's not that. Up until yesterday, I hadn't really thought about it. But putting a concept album together from scratch seemed pretty daunting. I just didn't want to find myself in a position where if I needed to do one, I wasn't prepared.
But I have the concept, and pretty much have it put together. Hoping nothing gets banned in the meantime. :D
I cannot find lyrics to 4 of the songs online, so I may have to end up trying to figure them out on my own. That's going to take some time.
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Feeling pretty confident about reaching the final then Tim?
I've been about 90% 'done' mine for a week or so. Not so confident on reaching the final, but I sure as hell don't want to try to put a 'concept album' together in a couple of days. It's taken quite a bit of work to sift thru a few different ideas, then find the right songs, and ensure they 'flow'. Whether I reach the end or not, Puppies is getting this concept album!
I'll definitely listen to any concept albums sent to me, even if you get eliminated before then.
Feeling pretty confident about reaching the final then Tim?
Nah, it's not that. Up until yesterday, I hadn't really thought about it. But putting a concept album together from scratch seemed pretty daunting. I just didn't want to find myself in a position where if I needed to do one, I wasn't prepared.
But I have the concept, and pretty much have it put together. Hoping nothing gets banned in the meantime. :D
I cannot find lyrics to 4 of the songs online, so I may have to end up trying to figure them out on my own. That's going to take some time.
I'll say that not all lyrics have to 100% fit. As long as you don't have one song that's about a grapefruit and then another song about tax law in 18th century France.....or something like that....unless you can somehow conceptually connect them. :biggrin:
Still don't have an album from Elite, but that hasn't stopped me from listening to what I have so far.
One interesting note, we completed the Nordic country trifecta this round, with Norway, Sweden, and Finland all getting representation. :corn
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wherefore art thou, fateful dogbird of song?
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In the mean time have some first impressions for some of the albums.
- Melodic and technical. Off putting trigger sounds on the tom drums.
- Sounds like Voivod, Galactic Cowboys, and Tool had a weird 3-way love child
- This artist definitely has a sound and style that they like to stick to.
- The intensity here is basically turned up to 11.....at all times, without let up.
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do hangmanen without elite tbh i wanna know what people sent :metal
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None of those are mine.
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Hangmeme! Emphasis on the memes :biggrin:
?: ____ __ ______ – ____ ___ _____ ________ __ ______
?: __________ – ____
?: ____ _______ – _______ ________
?: ______ – ______ ____
?: _______ – ___ ________ __________
?: ____ _____ ___ _____ ______ – _______: _____ __ _____
?: _______ ________ – ____ ___ _______
?: _____ – ____ __ __
?: ______ – ____ ___ _______
Guessed letters:
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Hey, add mine!
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Hey, add mine!
Gotcha :corn
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T
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?: ____ __ ______ – ____ t__ T___t __t_____ _t ____t_
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?: T___ _______ – __t____ ________
?: ______ – T_____ ____
?: ____tt_ – T__ ________ __t____t__
?: ____ _____ ___ T____ ___t__ – _______: _____ __ ___t_
?: T_____t _____t__ – ____ ___ _____t_
?: _____ – ___t __ __
?: ______ – __t_ t__ _______
Guessed letters: t
TAC waits 2 turns
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hanging D
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?: ____ __ ______ – ____ t__ T___t __t_____ _t _D__t_
?: D_________ – ____
?: T___ _______ – __t____ ________
?: ______ – T_____ ____
?: ____tt_ – T__ ________ __t____t__
?: ____ ___d_ __d T___d ___t__ – D______: _____ __ D__t_
?: T_____t __d__t__ – ____ ___ _____t_
?: _____ – ___t __ __
?: ______ – __t_ t__ _______
Guessed letters: td
Parama waits 2 turns
TAC waits 1
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I don't see mine..
Is this a combo Hangman/Bizarro?
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gimmee dat Oh!
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I don't see mine..
Is this a combo Hangman/Bizarro?
Just regular hangman and yours is there....unless I misspelled something......or you forgot what you sent :lol
?: ____ o_ ______ – ____ t__ T_o_t __t_____ _t _D__t_
?: D_________ – ____
?: T___ _______ – O_t____ ______o_
?: ______ – T_____ ____
?: _o__tt_ – T__ ________ __t____t__
?: _o__ ___d_ __d T_o_d _o_t__ – D______: _____ o_ D__t_
?: T_o___t __d__t__ – _o__ _o_ _____t_
?: ___o_ – ___t o_ __
?: O_____ – __to t__ ____o__
Guessed letters: tdo
Jingle waits 2 turns
Parama waits 1
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E
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Just regular hangman and yours is there....unless I misspelled something......or you forgot what you sent :lol
I see it. You didn't capitalize the T in "The" so it threw me off. ;D
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Just regular hangman and yours is there....unless I misspelled something......or you forgot what you sent :lol
I see it. You didn't capitalize the T in "The" so it threw me off. ;D
Yeah I typically don't capitalize "the" unless it's the beginning of a sentence.
?: ____ o_ _e__e_ – _e__ t_e T_o_t __t__e__ _t _De_t_
?: D_e______e – _e__
?: T__e _e___e_ – O_t____ ______o_
?: ______ – T_____ ____
?: _o_ett_ – T_e _____e__ __te___te_
?: _o__ ___de __d T_o_d _o_te_ – D______: _____ o_ De_t_
?: T_o___t __d__t__ – _o__ _o_ ___e_t_
?: ___o_ – ___t o_ __
?: O____e – __to t_e ____o__
Guessed letters: tdoe
Sacul waits 2 turns
Jingle waits 1
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S
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?: ____ o_ _e__e_ – _e__ t_e T_o_t __t__e__ _t _De_t_
?: D_e__s___e – _e__
?: T__e _e___e_ – O_t____ ____s_o_
?: ______ – T____s ____
?: _osett_ – T_e _____e__ S_te___tes
?: _o__ ___de __d T_o_d _o_te_ – D______: S____ o_ De_t_
?: T_o___t __d_st__ – So__ _o_ __se_ts
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?: O____e – __to t_e ____o__
Guessed letters: tdoes
TAC waits 3 turns
Sacul waits 2 turns
Jingle waits 1
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A
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?: ____ o_ _ea_e_ – _ea_ t_e T_o_t _at__e__ at _Deat_
?: D_ea_s_a_e – _e__
?: T__e _e___e_ – O_t__a_ ____s_o_
?: ___a__ – T_a__s A__a
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
?: _o__ _a_de a_d T_o_d _o_te_ – D_a___a: S____ o_ Deat_
?: T_o___t __d_st__ – So__ _o_ __se_ts
?: A__o_ – _ast o_ _s
?: O_a__e – __to t_e ____o__
Guessed letters: tdoesa
Romdrums waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Sacul waits 1
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Rosetta-The Galilean Satellites
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Dreamscape - Very
give me R
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?: ____ o_ _ea_e_ – _ear t_e Tro_t _at__er_ at _Deat_
?: Dreamscape – Very
?: T__e Re___e_ – O_t__a_ ____s_o_
?: ___a__ – T_a__s A__a
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
?: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
?: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
?: Ora__e – __to t_e ____o__
Guessed letters: tdoesar
Parama waits 3 turns
Romdrums waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing Of Death probably by Evermind
Thought Industry - Songs for Insects
Arion - Last of Us
Orange?
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Yes, not Evermind
Yes
Yes
No
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Arion is Evermind then? He played them in plug yesterday so
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I’m pretty sure you forgot to add mine :)
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Time Requiem?
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Time Requiem?
That would be Katt.
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Jorn sent by Chad? If I knew this wasn't banned, I would've definitely sent it instead of Kingcrow. Great album.
Oracle - Into the Unknown
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Jorn sent by Chad? If I knew this wasn't banned, I would've definitely sent it instead of Kingcrow. Great album.
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?: ____ o_ _ea_e_ – _ear t_e Tro_t _at__er_ at _Deat_
?: Dreamscape – Very
Katellox: Time Requiem – Optical Illusion
?: ___a__ – T_a__s A__a
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
Jingle: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
?: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
?: Oracle – Into the Unknown
Guessed letters: tdoesar
Parama waits 3 turns
Romdrums waits 2
TAC waits 1
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I’m pretty sure you forgot to add mine :)
Seriously. Did you actually get my submission?
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I’m pretty sure you forgot to add mine :)
Seriously. Did you actually get my submission?
I did, I just totally forgot to add it to the hangmanen. I'll do it when I get home from work.
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I was getting especially confused since there’s 9 albums in hangman already and supposedly only 9 participants left. Right, mine will be guessed right away I suppose :lol
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?: ____dead – A_____t_o_ ____ __ _____
?: ____ o_ _ea_e_ – _ear t_e Tro_t _at__er_ at _Deat_
?: Dreamscape – Very
Katellox: Time Requiem – Optical Illusion
?: ___a__ – T_a__s A__a
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
Jingle: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
?: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
?: Oracle – Into the Unknown
Guessed letters: tdoesar
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OH. Blindead - Affliction etc.
I was minorly considering that one but only barely
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Ninja’d
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Also it's elite obviously
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N
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Also it's elite obviously
:neverusethis:
Elite: Blindead – Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
?: ____ o_ _ea_en – Near t_e Tro_t _at__er_ at _Deat_
?: Dreamscape – Very
Katellox: Time Requiem – Optical Illusion
?: ___a__ – T_an_s Anna
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
Jingle: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
?: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
?: Oracle – Into the Unknown
Guessed letters: tdoesarn
TAC Waits 3 turns
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Elite: Blindead – Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
?: ____ o_ Hea_en – Near the Tro_t Hat_her_ at _Death
?: Dreamscape – Very
Katellox: Time Requiem – Optical Illusion
?: ___a__ – Than_s Anna
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
Jingle: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
?: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
?: Oracle – Into the Unknown
Guessed letters: tdoesarnh
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 22
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TAC waits 22
:lol
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TAC waits 22
:lol
That's for taking my victory away from me in Indiscipline's roulette........errr I mean slip of the finger........ :rollin
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Oh I know what it's for. I'm expecting the worst score of the round! :lol
But I have a concept album ready for you that my EP would be envious of...
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Bull of Heaven - Near the Trout Hatchery at iDEATH
i'm having an aneurysm
the other album is Thanks Anna but I dunno the artist
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Bull of Heaven - Near the Trout Hatchery at iDEATH
i'm having an aneurysm
:splodetard:
Elite: Blindead – Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
Memelite: Bull of Heaven – Near the Trout Hatchery at iDeath
?: Dreamscape – Very
Katellox: Time Requiem – Optical Illusion
?: ___a__ – Thanks Anna
?: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
Jingle: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
?: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
?: Oracle – Into the Unknown
Guessed letters: tdoesarnh
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
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Bizali Thanks Anna. (Thanks Google!)
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oh that was a meme entry no wonder
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Bizali Thanks Anna. (Thanks Google!)
Ariich
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Bizali Thanks Anna. (Thanks Google!)
Ariich
How did you possibly work that one out? :neverusethis:
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Bull of Heaven – Near the Trout Hatchery at iDeath
Jesus, this actually exists.
Weirdest thing I've seen all day.
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Can't be bothered to guess who sent what for the others but I'm surprised nobody guessed which album I sent because it's super obvious
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Can't be bothered to guess who sent what for the others but I'm surprised nobody guessed which album I sent because it's super obvious
Rosetta?
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Yep :corn
Worried that mine is the one puppies thinks is just intense and nothing else even though it actually isn't but what can you do
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I figured the Rosetta had to be either you or Sacul. Solid choice.
Speaking of Sacul, did he send the Oracle?
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Dacul is eliminated
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Lethean sent Oracle?
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Results should be up by Friday.
Here is the completed Hangmaneneneneenee
Elite: Blindead – Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
Memelite: Bull of Heaven – Near the Trout Hatchery at iDeath
Lethean: Dreamscape – Very
Katellox: Time Requiem – Optical Illusion
Ariich: Bizali – Thanks Anna
Parama: Rosetta – The Galilean Satellites
Jingle: Jorn Lande and Trond Holter – Dracula: Swing of Death
Romdrums: Thought Industry – Song For Insects
Evermind: Arion – Last of Us
TAC: Oracle – Into the Unknown
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Dacul is eliminated
I've never listened to Rosetta either :corn
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Dacul is eliminated
I've never listened to Rosetta either :corn
Really? I would have figured they were right in your wheelhouse.
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Dacul is eliminated
I've never listened to Rosetta either :corn
Really? I would have figured they were right in your wheelhouse.
Maybe, feel free to send them on my next roulette :metal
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In the mean time have some first impressions for some of the albums.
- Melodic and technical. Off putting trigger sounds on the tom drums.
- Sounds like Voivod, Galactic Cowboys, and Tool had a weird 3-way love child
- This artist definitely has a sound and style that they like to stick to.
- The intensity here is basically turned up to 11.....at all times, without let up.
Here's the rest of the snippets. Still planning on having results tomorrow evening.
- The melodies! The nearly perfect collaboration of the guitars, bass, and drums!
- Groovy avocados
- This feels sort of forgettable. Kind of a poor man's Symphony X.
- Dream Theater called and wants their early 90's sound back.
- The atmosphere is crushing and comforting at the same time.
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Oh mine could be the last one too, okay
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I think that’s Blindead actually, but alright.
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Could be but I don't find that Blindead album "crushing" myself :lol
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Well, scratching out what I believe has zero chance of being Swing of Death, I'm left with
- Melodic and technical. Off putting trigger sounds on the tom drums.
- Sounds like Voivod, Galactic Cowboys, and Tool had a weird 3-way love child
- This artist definitely has a sound and style that they like to stick to.
- The intensity here is basically turned up to 11.....at all times, without let up.
- The melodies! The nearly perfect collaboration of the guitars, bass, and drums!
- Groovy avocados
- This feels sort of forgettable. Kind of a poor man's Symphony X.
- Dream Theater called and wants their early 90's sound back.
- The atmosphere is crushing and comforting at the same time.
I really don't think it's a poor-man's S-X; Swing of Death is very dissimilar to the usual style of music that Lande sings on; I don't hear anything technical or trigerred there either; not sure it's a perfect blend of instrumentation.
My bet is it's all about groovy fruit.
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- Groovy avocados
Hi.
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My bet is it's all about groovy fruit.
Hey, hands off my groovy fruit.
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My bet is it's all about groovy fruit.
Hey, hands off my groovy fruit.
But how can I sex you later?? :heybaby:
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I think mine is the Galactic Cowboys, Tool and Voivod one.
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My bet is it's all about groovy fruit.
Hey, hands off my groovy fruit.
But how can I sex you later?? :heybaby:
Well. Ok then.
But lights off.
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Mine is almost certainly this one: "Dream Theater called and wants their early 90's sound back."
Nonetheless, I loooooove that album.
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- The intensity here is basically turned up to 11.....at all times, without let up.
:metal
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So I only got 4 of the write ups finished since I've been super sick the last few days. I'll try to get the rest finished tomorrow. Sorry about the delay :(
Round 6 Results Part 1
Rosetta - The Galilean Satellites
Parama
Atmospheric Post Sludge
United States
(bonus point band)
First Impression - The intensity here is basically turned up to 11.....at all times, without let up.
So this album is basically a double album with each disc meant to be listened to at the same time. This isn't exactly a new concept, Neurosis did this with their Times of Grace album which was supposed to be listened to simultaneously with Tribes of Neurot's album Grace. It is, however, something that isn't done very often, so it does end up as being fairly unique in sound. It ends up being very dense. My original gripe with this album upon first listen was the relative lack of dynamics. It was full on intensity with no room to breathe. On subsequent listens I've started to pick out various aspects and little subtleties I hadn't noticed before (little guitar leads here, nice atmospheric keyboards there, some cool drum licks everywhere). It started to open up to my ears. The sound spectrum was completely filled up, but there was so many different interesting things going on that there was something new to pick up on each time I listened to this. This music started to live up to the subject matter of the album. With emotionally charged lyrics using the moons of Jupiter as metaphors (or so it seems to me). The album as a whole started to remind me of Echoes From η Carinae that you sent me earlier. Not because they sound at all similar, but because of the way the music makes you feel like you are exploring the dangerous expanse of outer space. Yes the atmosphere is crushing and intense, but so it space... And just like outer space, sometimes this album seems like it wants to kill you.
The only thing I would probably change is the vocals. Those were the one thing that the intensity could have been more varied. The other problem is the density of the album. I need like 2 or 3 dozen more listens to fully unravel this, but I don't exactly have that much time to spare in a roulette.
8/10 + (.5 bonus point) = 8.5/10
Dreamscape - Very
Lethean
Progressive Metal
Germany
(bonus point band)
First Impression - Dream Theater called and wants their early 90's sound back.
There's something about that 90's Progressive Metal sound that I just love. Never mind the fact that most of these bands were just copying either Dream Theater or Fates Warning or Queensryche (the Dream Theater worship is very evident here). The production is way better than most of the metal and rock that is released these days. All the instruments are allowed to breathe and be heard. And let me tell you everyone is on point here. The vocalist could be better, but he isn't bad. I think it's just his tone that I'm not particularly fond of, but that could just be attributed to tastes. He is technically pretty good. I like the prominent use of pianos and keyboards. The patches they use and their placement in the songs and mix are excellent. Even though they may be lacking originality (I mean this is really just Images & Words/Awake worship), the musicianship is definitely up to the task. Sure Wolfgang Kerinnis is no John Petrucci, but he plays some tasty melodic and technical solos and has some good riffs. The star of the show for me is definitely the drummer, Bernhard Huber. He reminds me of a mix of Mike Portnoy and Truls Haugen (apparently I ended up developing a very similar style and approach to drumming as Truls Haugen over my 20+ years of playing drums, as pointed out by one of my buddies that I jam with occasionally, which is how I originally heard about Circus Maximus, but I digress...). The individual songs are all fairly diverse, due in large part to the varied keyboards and drumming. The back half of this album is definitely more original than the first half. So at least they aren't completely copying Dream Theater.
This album ends up being much better than the only other Dreamscape album I've heard (End of Silence) which got a 3/10 from me. I like the style of production used here compared to End of Silence. The vocals are a little better here too, even though the vocals could still use some improvement. Overall a very enjoyable album and one I will likely revisit occasionally.
8/10 + .5 (bonus point) = 8.5/10
Thought Industry - Songs for Insects
Romdrums
Progressive Metal
United States
First Impression - Sounds like Voivod, Galactic Cowboys, and Tool had a weird 3-way love child
You mentioned in the PM you sent me that the production isn't the greatest here. I actually don't mind the production here. It's definitely a 90's style production. The only really weird thing is the almost St. Anger snare drum sound. Like beating on a trashcan lid :lol The songs themselves are actually quite eclectic, hence the comparison to Voivod with their technical thrashy side, Galactic Cowboys with more thrashy sounds and a bit of quirkiness, Tool for their intellectually charged lyricism and going in to some more trance inducing sections here and there. I'd also add some Mr. Bungle/Faith No More for basically throwing in everything here (perhaps too many ideas?), including the kitchen sink and having diverse vocals throughout. Speaking of the vocals, though, I don't particularly like this vocalist. He gets the job done, but none of what he does in particularly impressive or catches my attention. This and the snare drum sound are really the only problems I have here.
On the plus side the guitar riffing is really imaginative and goes in to some pretty heavy hang banging riffs from time to time. This isn't exactly traditional thrash riffs though. They definitely take after the more progressive side of bands like the aforementioned Voivod and Galactic Cowboys. Even throwing in enough technicality to call to mind bands like Watchtower or Spiral Architect. There is so much variety here. While the album is rooted in Proggy Thrash, they tend to throw in other genres at all time, sometimes for just a few seconds like the bluegrassy/folky intro to Daughter Mobius or the Punky verses in the same song. Then there's the almost Industrial sounding Cornerstone. There's also some Speed Metal and classic prog rock bits. One big thing I noticed which really reminds me of Tool, even though they accomplish this in very different ways, is despite the obvious highly technical playing of everyone in the band, there isn't really any blatant noodling or showing off or lead guitar solo spots. It's actually a kind of refreshing change in Proggy metal. Sure there enough time signature changes here to make Dream Theater jealous, but everyone in the band is working towards one common goal.
I don't think this is an album I would revisit very often, mostly because it's more something I would have to be in a particular mood to listen to, but it's definitely a force to be reckoned with.
8.7/10
Oracle - Into the Unknown
TAC
Melodic Blackened Death Metal
United States
First Impression - Melodic and technical. Off putting trigger sounds on the tom drums.
I had no idea what to expect going in to this. I had never heard of the band before and for this round I didn't look up any info on the bands before listening. I wasn't expecting an album with any kind of blackened sound on it from you. Then again, this is so bloody melodic and fun to listen to.
This starts off so good. Great soft acoustic intro that smoothly transitions to fast and melodic. There's blazing solos, blast beats, awesome atmospheric keyboards, piano, nice drum fills, and epic riffs, and this is just the first song. There is also enough technicality to keep it interesting throughout the nearly 60 minute run time. I hear little bits taken from a lot of different bands spread out all over this album. Bits of Dark Tranquility, Mirrorthrone/Weeping Birth, Between the Buried and Me, Woe of Tyrants, Mithras, Scar Symmetry, As Eden Burns, among others, but it's blended together really well. The Liquid Answer has some really fast and awesome drumming. Which is also where I really picked up on the weird trigger sounds on the tom drums. With repeated listens I got more used to it and it didn't bug me nearly as much. The title track here is super head bangable and has some awesome riffs and solos. The inclusion of acoustic interludes is nice and keeps the album from feeling one dimensional. Take From Blue to Black as an example. The song starts off similar to the opening track with a nice spacey atmosphere, but it also goes heavy, and kind of goes back and forth, all in under 3 minutes. That's some dense, yet compact song writing. The song blends perfectly in to 1012. It sounds like there is a subtle saxophone here (could just be keyboards), it sounds nice. The album just keeps going with good song after good song. It never becomes boring. The only thing I might have changed is the last song. It doesn't really feel like a closing track. Other than that this album was fantastic.
9/10
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That particular score probably isn't going to help me climb the rankings, but I'm still pretty pleased with it. I also agree that the 2nd half is more original than the first, and I generally prefer the second half. I love that singer's voice though, which helps set that particular album above some other DT-clone type bands for me. I didn't dislike End of Silence as much as you, but totally agree that Very is way better.
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Damn, that was quick!
I'm not even prepared for the next round. :lol
Although I did spend the night listening to my Concept Album. Hoping I can use it. I like it!
The vocals on Oracle are a bit much, but the music really makes it worthwhile.
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man, 8/10 and still the lowest in a set of four albums :lol
hope some other people scored lower than me then :P
also yeah the galilean satellites is... a lot. Absent is a particular fave and one I've sent in roulettes before
Also I agree regarding the vocals for what it's worth, they're not especially impressive harsh vocals
also SHELL OF A MAN ad infinitum i think the last track is the weakest by a huge margin
i pretty much already have my next two albums picked out tbh but we'll see if i wanna change one of 'em. i might. dunno if the space theme is gonna continue past this point, i do have a lot of albums i could send for it but then a fair number of other albums i wanna send too :lol
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Dreamscape sounds very intriguing.
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Oracle - Into the Unknown
TAC
Melodic Blackened Death Metal
United States
:tup
a band from my home town!
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Sorry guys, I ended up going to the Emergency Room today (have a fever that decided to shoot up to over 103 or 40C for those of you not in the USA...), which as you can imagine would put a damper on getting these write up finished at the moment. All I can say is they will get done hopefully soon.
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Dreamscape sounds very intriguing.
I sent one song in your roulette which you didn't care for very much, but maybe you would like some of the others.
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Sorry guys, I ended up going to the Emergency Room today (have a fever that decided to shoot up to over 103 or 40C for those of you not in the USA...), which as you can imagine would put a damper on getting these write up finished at the moment. All I can say is they will get done hopefully soon.
Wow that's really high! Are you still at the hospital or back home? How are you doing?
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Sorry guys, I ended up going to the Emergency Room today (have a fever that decided to shoot up to over 103 or 40C for those of you not in the USA...), which as you can imagine would put a damper on getting these write up finished at the moment. All I can say is they will get done hopefully soon.
Wow that's really high! Are you still at the hospital or back home? How are you doing?
Back home now. They spent some time getting my fever down and prescribed me some medication to get rid of whatever this is. This whole thing is making me extremely exhausted and I feel like crap. I've tried giving the remaining albums I need to do write ups for another listen to type up results, but I end up falling asleep 10 minutes in :lol or maybe the remaining albums are just that boring.... :biggrin:
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Sorry guys, I ended up going to the Emergency Room today (have a fever that decided to shoot up to over 103 or 40C for those of you not in the USA...), which as you can imagine would put a damper on getting these write up finished at the moment. All I can say is they will get done hopefully soon.
Wow that's really high! Are you still at the hospital or back home? How are you doing?
Back home now. They spent some time getting my fever down and prescribed me some medication to get rid of whatever this is. This whole thing is making me extremely exhausted and I feel like crap. I've tried giving the remaining albums I need to do write ups for another listen to type up results, but I end up falling asleep 10 minutes in :lol or maybe the remaining albums are just that boring.... :biggrin:
That's probably it... they should probably all get way lower scores than mine. ;)
Seriously though, you should probably just take it easy and sleep as much as you need to.
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Seriously though, you should probably just take it easy and sleep as much as you need to.
^ This
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OK, I'm finally feeling mostly better. I have a metric butt ton of work to catch up on first. Then I will work on the rest of these write ups. Sorry again for the delays.
Also, thanks for the thoughts of concern from Jingle and Lethean......Spoiler alert......You guys get 10/10 for your albums, everyone else gets -10/10 :biggrin:
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OK, I'm finally feeling mostly better. I have a metric butt ton of work to catch up on first. Then I will work on the rest of these write ups. Sorry again for the delays.
Also, thanks for the thoughts of concern from Jingle and Lethean......Spoiler alert......You guys get 10/10 for your albums, everyone else gets -10/10 :biggrin:
Ah c'mon... I deserve better than that! I mean I'm usually (always) the first person bitching people out for their tardiness, and here I am showing actual compassion and understanding.
:lucien:
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Glad you're feeling better! :)
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In case you are wondering how the rest of the write ups are going....
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okay!
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i need to put together at least my greatest hits playlist before i leave for vacation next week, blah :lol
though at the pace these rounds are going maybe i don't
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In case you are wondering how the rest of the write ups are going....
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So, not very good apparently? :biggrin:
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I bet mine went over like a wet fart, again. Pretty sure it's the comment about being stale or a poor man's Symphony X sadly.
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i just realized an obvious hole in the banlist i can make a greatest hits album out of that i somehow missed before
time to do it & then totally fail because it's an artist i don't think puppies would like as much as the one i was originally planning but it makes my life easier :corn
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i just realized an obvious hole in the banlist i can make a greatest hits album out of that i somehow missed before
time to do it & then totally fail because it's an artist i don't think puppies would like as much as the one i was originally planning but it makes my life easier :corn
Well, it seems you have another 3 months to work on it..
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I bet mine went over like a wet fart, again. Pretty sure it's the comment about being stale or a poor man's Symphony X sadly.
Actually, I would've put that comment on Arion. But it could be yours too. ;D
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We may never find out!
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We may never find out!
Patience, grasshopper.
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puppies was sick, TAC, give him time :P
on that note i need to send my next album but i kinda want to finalize my concept album before i do that just to make sure i don't end up wanting to use a song off any of the albums i'm looking at sending on my concept album
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OK. Take your time Pup!
I hear ya. I had made my album, and almost sent one of the albums in this round.
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there's a song on this album that fits in really well with my concept accidentally but the entire album is pretty dang good & i expect it'd score pretty well with puppies
i've mostly been sticking to really good songs off albums that are just okay in the EP and concept album rounds since that leaves me a lot more room to work with, but it's tough :lol
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I haven't even thought about what to send in the next round. :neverusethis:
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I haven't even thought about what to send in the next round. :neverusethis:
I made some notes of bands that (I think) aren't banned, and there's only 1 or 2 that I haven't multiple albums from, so I'm saving those for the greatest hits round. Between that and the next few stand-alone rounds, I think if I make it to the concept round, it's going to be slim pickings. Maybe the concept will be: songs with the word "the." I think I can swing that.... :P
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I haven't even thought about what to send in the next round. :neverusethis:
I made some notes of bands that (I think) aren't banned, and there's only 1 or 2 that I haven't multiple albums from, so I'm saving those for the greatest hits round. Between that and the next few stand-alone rounds, I think if I make it to the concept round, it's going to be slim pickings. Maybe the concept will be: songs with the word "the." I think I can swing that.... :P
Was it this roulette you sent Voyager? I was listening to Ghost Mile on the way to work today and was cursing whoever sent it because I should've sent it instead :biggrin: so good. I'm definitely gonna have slim pickings for just the album round, trying to fit Puppies' wide taste seems to be a real hit-and-miss thing with me haha. Might have to borrow your concept idea just for that round :)
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It was me, but I tried to send Ghost Mile but it was banned, so I sent V. It didn't do too well, so no need to curse me. ;)
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:facepalm: That's right! I got through some of V too. That band has been on fire for years and I'm so excited for the next record. :metal
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Working on the last two write ups. Again sorry for the delays. There shouldn't be any more delays going forward....hopefully....you know, best laid plans and all....
At any rate, the rest of the results for this round will be up in the next few hours.
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Round 6 Results Part 2 (aka After the Sickening)
Time Requiem - Optical Illusion
Kattelox
Neoclassical Progressive Metal
Sweden
First Impression - This feels sort of forgettable. Kind of a poor man's Symphony X.
I had such a hard time with this album. Especially with not comparing it constantly to Symphony X. I would almost call it a gateway album in to Symphonic/Neoclassical Power/Progressive Metal. Something for a newbie to cut their teeth on before getting in to the more complex stuff and finding the true masters of the various metal sub genres. To me it all ended up sounding very pedestrian/vanilla. The other major issue is the lyrics. They are the epitome of not good. I don't know if it's a translation issue with the band being Swedish or if they are really just that bad at writing lyrics. I found myself cringing at some of the lines. Then the vocals have no punch to them. This is the wrong type of music for Goran Edman to be singing. I like his vocals in Karmakanic. His voice is way more suited to Prog Rock. Which leads me to believe that Edman is not the lyricist on this album, because I like the lyrics on Karmakanics albums. Maybe he isn't the lyricist for Karmakanic. I have no idea. The guitar sound for the riffs are pretty much identical to Symphony X. It's like they listened to The Odyssey before making this album and just decided to copy the guitar sound. The lead guitar sound is NOT Symphony X like....I also don't like it. Same with the majority of the keyboard patches. They all sound about as cool and tough as a wet noodle. The drummer is just there. The bassist has the most interesting parts here, but he is sadly buried in the mix the majority of the time. The best part of this album is probably the second half of the title track with some cool back and forth between the keyboardist and the guitarist, but sadly the guitar tone and keyboard patches ruin the whole thing. Then there's the fact that almost all of the songs sound very similar in structure and sound.
This may all sound like the album was terrible (it wasn't) and that I absolutely hated it (not exactly). I think they focused the majority of their efforts on being technical and the songwriting, production, and actual sound of the instruments all suffered for it. There are some beacons of light here, but sadly they are ruined by the major flaws this album has. Get a different singer, work on the tone and sound of the instruments, get better production values, use melodies that work for the song, go for more variety, focus less on technicality and more on song writing and I think you have a winning album. This album just makes it on the right side of the inoffensive threshold.
5.5/10
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter - Dracula: Swing of Death
Jingle
Rock Opera
Norway
First Impression - This artist definitely has a sound and style that they like to stick to.
So a Rock Opera about Dracula eh? This is actually fairly different from the other stuff I've heard from Jorn, but you can definitely tell it's him on this album. This album is also still heavily rooted in the heavy/symphonic metal that Jorn does for the most part. The difference here is obviously Trond Holter. I've never heard of this guy before, but I like his guitar playing/riffs/solos and his song writing style. Jorn collaborating with this guy seems to have gotten the best performance (at least in my opinion, based on the limited albums I've heard him on) out of him since his days with Ark. I still think I like Ark more than this, but this at least has a ton of variety to it and for the most part it all sounds really good. Some of the lyrics come across as a little cheesy, but this is a Rock Opera so that's to be expected to some extent. Swing of Death falls in this category, but it's a fun song to listen to and something very different for Jorn. The song before this, Walking on Water is just a fantastic heavy metal track with some great metal singing. The biggest problem I have with this album is the female vocals. I don't like Lena Fløitmoen's voice which first crops up in Save Me. She seems completely disinterested in singing the songs she is on. Maybe that's just her voice. She doesn't seem to be a match for the pure raw passion that Jorn has. Oh well, at least she isn't on every track, but unfortunately it holds back 4 of the songs here. I cant help but think if they able to get someone like Anneke Van Giersbergen or Floor Jansen it could have been so much better. As an example you have Jorn by himself on the song Queen of the Dead and it's a powerful song filled with every ounce of passion he can muster in to the vocals (plus the fact that the whole band is on point on this song helps too). Then Into the Dark totally ruins the musical bliss that I was just enjoying as soon as her vocals come in....ugh. I had my wife listen to it too (thinking maybe I was missing something), and she said that the female vocalist sounded bored, but she thought Jorn had a Dio-like quality to the passion he puts in to his singing. So there you have it. Jorn awesome, Lena boring. Given that nearly 40% of the runtime I could do without, despite the fantastic musicianship through most of it, I cant in good conscience give this a very high score. Luckily you are dodging the bonus point band -1 because after some investigation this seems to be mostly a Trond Holter project with Jorn as a guest vocalist, not a Jorn project.
7.2/10
Arion - Last of Us
Evermind
Symphonic Power Metal
Finland
First Impression - The melodies! The nearly perfect collaboration of the guitars, bass, and drums!
So there really isn't a ton to say about this album. It isn't overly complex or super proggy, but it's extremely well made. Tight musicianship. Incredible melodies. Both emotional and face melting guitar solos. Keyboards that aren't overly cheesy and add a ton to the songs without overpowering them. Vocals that are powerful and technical and emotional all at the same time (really some of the best power metal vocals I've heard in a while), without overdoing it. Bass you can actually hear and follow and enjoy, mostly. Did I mention the melodies? Drums played perfectly to the song. Melodies! It's so melodic. The melodicness of the melodies could out melody even the most melodious of melody snobs who could only dream of melodies this grand......... Yeah anyways.... Granted a lot of this stuff could be attributed to a lot of both symphonic and power metal bands, but it's the way this band meshes each of those qualities together that makes this album so enjoyable to listen to from start to finish. So a 6/10 you will not be getting as you predicted. It's much better than that.
9.4/10
Blindead - Affliction XXIX II MXMVI
Elite
Atmospheric Sludge Metal
Poland
First Impression - The atmosphere is crushing and comforting at the same time.
Judging on the album cover alone, I expected this to be a reggae/dub/punk/funk band or Nu metal. I was pleasantly surprised when I fired up the album for the first time. Another interesting surprise was the song titles. They all blend together and it makes my OCD extremely happy. Every time I get a new album I compulsively check to see if the song titles make a coherent sentence or blend together in some way. This is the first album I have seen that does this. Why don't more bands do this? No matter.
On to the music. I love the atmosphere here. It isn't crushing in the traditional sense, but more in the bleakness of the atmosphere. It tries to weigh you down and you feel like you are being pushed down by it. At the same time it almost feels like being swaddled in a comfortable blanket. It's a weird combo, but that's just what it feels like to me. And OH MY, that sax (or is it a trumpet) that comes in on After 38 Weeks is bloody brilliant. This whole track is just brilliant and a perfect counterpoint to the first track. The tension builds up again with My New Playground Became. The flow of this album is impeccable. Each song flows effortlessly in to the next. Probably because this is meant to be one long song called Self Consciousness is Desire and After 38 Weeks My New Playground Became Dark and Gray, So It Feels Like Misunderstanding When All My Hopes and Dreams Turn In To Affliction, but the record label said, "No you cant have a song with a title that long." So the band said screw it, we will split it in to 7 tracks and just break the name up. FLAWLESS VICTORY! Anyway, this album is really really good at building up the tension and heaviness and then releasing it in to some brilliant softer sections with a plethora of instruments at the bands disposal (which I realize could all be keyboards, but who cares). From one track to the next "Everything Just Works" (Todd Howard quote, that I don't think even he believes anymore). Dark and Gray is probably my least favorite track here, but it's essential to the album and it isn't bad in any way. The story/concept/lyrics might be the best part of this album. It's a bleak and sad story, but it's very well written and I always say that the saddest stories are sometimes the best, especially if it's so well written. I'm rambling at this point. Take your much deserved high score and send me another album of equal greatness!
9.5/10
Bizali - Thanks Anna
Ariich
Indie Jazz Pop
United Kingdom
First Impression - Groovy avocados
Ok, where the hell did this album come from?!!? I mean I know the band is from Bristol, but holy crap this is some of the grooviest indie/pop/funk/jazz/rock/blues/RnB/soul music to ever come out of the UK. How is this band not more well known. This is the kind of band that should be known and praised the world over! I think my two favorite things going on here are the vocals and the bass. That bass guitarist is laying down some of the funkiest, grooviest, bad ass bass lines in existence. Not to mention the bass tone is on point as well. The vocalist is very diverse and has some serious chops, being able to navigate her entire vocal range with ease, as well as using a variety of styles. That first track, Lucille, pretty much demonstrates everything I just mentioned perfectly. Possibly even more incredibly is the fact that each track here sounds completely unique, yet at the same time they all make a cohesive whole and don't just sound like a bunch of random songs that were thrown together for an album. And in case everyone else is wondering why my first impression says Groovy Avocados, just listen to Everybody Here. Grooviest song about avocados ever. Then again, I don't think I've heard another song about avocados before. So by that logic it's also the heaviest, funkiest, loudest, fastest, slowest, sexiest, ugliest, crappiest, best, jazziest, song I've ever heard about avocados...... Whatever.....what really matters here is that there isn't a weak song here, even the intro/interludes/outro are worth listening to. How often can you say that every song on an album is great. I don't think I could pick a favorite, I've changed my mind every time I've listened to the album. I guess, gun to head, I would probably pick Lucille since it was the first song I heard and immediately got my attention and pulled me in. But boy what a ride the rest of the album is. I even like this more than that Blue Food album.
9.7/10
The Scores So Far
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7 = 63.2
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7 = 62.2
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9 = 62
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5, 9.4 = 61.1
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5 = 59.6
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5 = 58.2
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5 = 58.2
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2 = 57.1
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5 = 54.8
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
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i should've sent blindead earlier, damn :lol
that is a really good album though
i'm gonna try and close my concept album tonight or tomorrow and then send off my next round entry to you.
i literally just got in the mail the album i was considering sending so i've gotta listen to it tonight anyways :corn
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Another interesting surprise was the song titles. They all blend together and it makes my OCD extremely happy. Every time I get a new album I compulsively check to see if the song titles make a coherent sentence or blend together in some way. This is the first album I have seen that does this. Why don't more bands do this? No matter.
Cool. Coincidentally, I just finished my Concept Album.
The song titles are:
1. TAC Sent Me
2. A Really Cool Album
3. That I Love So Much
4. I Have No Choice
5. But To Give
6. The Top Score (of The Round)
7. And It's A Pity
8. Everyone Else
9. Will Ultimately
10. Be Eliminated.
I call the album TAC Wins!
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That Bizali is pretty good although it kind of ended up feeling a little samey by the end to me, I should revisit it.
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Sent for round 7. :)
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Im glad Arion scored well, but :sadpanda: you found Lena so unenjoyable.
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Damn, with scores like this I should either send total shit or finally start working on my concept album.
Tough luck with Jorn, Chad, but at least it's not -1 too. :lol
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okay yeah after giving this one another spin it absolutely is a must-send so nvm my concept album will survive without it anyways
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Im glad Arion scored well, but :sadpanda: you found Lena so unenjoyable.
I really think it would have broken a 9/10 if it had a better female vocalist. That album is truly an anomaly in everything Jorn has done.
Also I have 3 albums so far for round 7. :tup
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Wow I had a feeling that would bomb but 5.5? Crap. Well, no way I'll make it past the next elimination. I'll send something tonight. We have totally opposite views of that album: I think early Symphony X is crap and Optical Illusion is fantastic, and Goran Edman sounds way better here than on Karmakanic (but he's good there, too), and I thought the melodies and overall songwriting would be your thing but I whiffed that one big time...
EDIT: Went with my gut and just sent it early. Fingers crossed.
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Bizali - Thanks Anna
Ariich
Indie Jazz Pop
United Kingdom
First Impression - Groovy avocados
Ok, where the hell did this album come from?!!? I mean I know the band is from Bristol, but holy crap this is some of the grooviest indie/pop/funk/jazz/rock/blues/RnB/soul music to ever come out of the UK. How is this band not more well known. This is the kind of band that should be known and praised the world over! I think my two favorite things going on here are the vocals and the bass. That bass guitarist is laying down some of the funkiest, grooviest, bad ass bass lines in existence. Not to mention the bass tone is on point as well. The vocalist is very diverse and has some serious chops, being able to navigate her entire vocal range with ease, as well as using a variety of styles. That first track, Lucille, pretty much demonstrates everything I just mentioned perfectly. Possibly even more incredibly is the fact that each track here sounds completely unique, yet at the same time they all make a cohesive whole and don't just sound like a bunch of random songs that were thrown together for an album. And in case everyone else is wondering why my first impression says Groovy Avocados, just listen to Everybody Here. Grooviest song about avocados ever. Then again, I don't think I've heard another song about avocados before. So by that logic it's also the heaviest, funkiest, loudest, fastest, slowest, sexiest, ugliest, crappiest, best, jazziest, song I've ever heard about avocados...... Whatever.....what really matters here is that there isn't a weak song here, even the intro/interludes/outro are worth listening to. How often can you say that every song on an album is great. I don't think I could pick a favorite, I've changed my mind every time I've listened to the album. I guess, gun to head, I would probably pick Lucille since it was the first song I heard and immediately got my attention and pulled me in. But boy what a ride the rest of the album is. I even like this more than that Blue Food album.
YAY! :D
Yeah they got a small cult following but never really got anywhere back then unfortunately. They did one more album as Bizali after that, which was much more focused on the quirky indie side of their music, not much funk or groove really. I still like it a lot but don't find it nearly as exciting. Recently the four of them got back together and also added a cellist and are now making music as Mesadorm, carrying on in the quirky indie pop vein with some added electronic elements. Their first album so far is also cool, but again doesn't have that incredible groove and mix that Thanks Anna had. IMO there's something really special about that album.
Come to think of it, Sacul might well dig the Mesadorm album.
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Wow, very gladly surprised by that score indeed! I thought that album would work well with you, and while I agree with you that Dark and Gray is probably the 'weakest' track, it does contribute a lot to the overall mood of the album and without it, it wouldn't be the same. For me personally, the last two tracks are the highlight of the album, but I really enjoy all of it. I'm not sure if I would give it the same high score myself, but I'm not complaining :D
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Need 4 more albums for Round 7
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I did send, right?
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I did send, right?
Yeah I got yours. And I gave it a listen already.
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I'll be sending mine tonight. Album I want to send is not on Google Play Music so I'll be sending it via another method.
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I didn't send and won't be able to until this evening, so expect my album in 16+ hours from now on.
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i've finalized my greatest hits & concept album so you're getting those even if i do get cut
i'm gonna do writeups for them tomorrow tho (wow very tired) and also maybe send round 8 in advance too, why not
won't matter since for all i know i could get a terrible score this round :metal
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i've finalized my greatest hits & concept album so you're getting those even if i do get cut
IIRC, the cut comes after the Greatest Hits round?
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i've finalized my greatest hits & concept album so you're getting those even if i do get cut
IIRC, the cut comes after the Greatest Hits round?
You are correct sir.
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How many will make it to the Album Round?
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How many will make it to the Album Round?
Most likely 6. Unless there is a tie or if I just feel like moving more on or something.
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Oh..OK. That's great.
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Just got the first Greatest Hits album. I'm going to allow all of you to lock in your bands for the greatest hits and concept album round ahead of time (first come first serve) that way there are no surprises if someone should try to send one of the bands you picked before hand. Just because I know it will take a little extra effort putting those together. So if you have bands in mind already for those rounds send me your finalized band lists and I can confirm them.
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Another note. If two people decide to use the same band for the concept album round I will allow it as long as the songs are different. Same for the Greatest hits round, as long as every song is different, although this seems much less likely to happen.
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Sent something different yet again!
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PM sent!
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Just got the first Greatest Hits album.
:metal :metal :metal
i'm doing my concept album right now while i'm relistening to the final draft. it's about two hours long though so expect that later today :lol
i might be cheating because it's explicitly two albums tied heavily together by theme but it's a concept that i've been stuck on for like, two months at this point so you're gonna accept it
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Just got the first Greatest Hits album. I'm going to allow all of you to lock in your bands for the greatest hits and concept album round ahead of time (first come first serve) that way there are no surprises if someone should try to send one of the bands you picked before hand. Just because I know it will take a little extra effort putting those together. So if you have bands in mind already for those rounds send me your finalized band lists and I can confirm them.
Hmm, not sure I'm a fan of that rule personally, but ok.
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Just got the first Greatest Hits album. I'm going to allow all of you to lock in your bands for the greatest hits and concept album round ahead of time (first come first serve) that way there are no surprises if someone should try to send one of the bands you picked before hand. Just because I know it will take a little extra effort putting those together. So if you have bands in mind already for those rounds send me your finalized band lists and I can confirm them.
Hmm, not sure I'm a fan of that rule personally, but ok.
i am definitely not redoing my entire greatest hits album just because someone decided to lolsend one of their albums in round 7 or 8 :P
i don't think the rule needs to apply to concept albums though. i mean for one, three people left aren't even getting to the concept album round so what happens if you reserve a band for one of them & someone else tries to send them but can't... then the person sending the concept album gets cut
for like, most of my artists i don't really see this as being too likely though but i could totally be wrong. if need be i'll probably just axe a song or two from my concept album, anyways. i don't want to, but i could easily do it. since, again. two hours :P
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Sent both!
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Just got the first Greatest Hits album. I'm going to allow all of you to lock in your bands for the greatest hits and concept album round ahead of time (first come first serve) that way there are no surprises if someone should try to send one of the bands you picked before hand. Just because I know it will take a little extra effort putting those together. So if you have bands in mind already for those rounds send me your finalized band lists and I can confirm them.
Hmm, not sure I'm a fan of that rule personally, but ok.
i am definitely not redoing my entire greatest hits album just because someone decided to lolsend one of their albums in round 7 or 8 :P
Well, must be tough luck then. "Definitely not redoing" the thing just because someone dared to "lolsend" something from mighty Parama's list in, lo and behold, rounds that precede the actual Greatest Hits round. How dare they. I'm not sure if you're doing this on purpose, but if you don't, well shit, wow, talk about some eye-opening experiences.
I'm going to be honest here, not only that I think this rule is flawed, but the whole "first come first serve" thing is flawed. It's your roulette and your rules though, and I agreed to participate, so alright, that's how it goes. I'll play by the damn rules.
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Yeah I'm the kind of person who likes to only send for the current round so... oh well. Not my roulette but I won't make it to the final round anyway LOL.
I think if someone sends their album in round 7 or 8 and Parama has that band in his greatest hits he should have to redo it (fuck your laziness, it's not fair to others imo) - but again, Pup's call and that's the final word.
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Same thing for me. I have a rough idea for what band tio send, but I haven’t decided on a track-list yet. I’ll get the album for round 7 in first. Tomorrow..
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hey, i didn't make the rule, or even suggest it myself, i just support half of it, getting mad at me about it is silly now :P
you realize that the list of bands for the greatest hits round is like, a lot narrower than in any other round though, right? and i've spent probably like at least 6 hours over the past few days putting mine together in a way i'm happy with so sorry for being upset that someone arbitrarily deciding to send one album would mean all the work went to waste
like i said, i don't agree with it for the concept album round though, but we're near enough to the greatest hits round anyways that i doubt the rule would come into affect regardless, just that it would suck if it did
also i'm going to be on vacation and thus not at my main computer for two weeks & i literally won't be able to remake my greatest hits album during that time if i need to, but that's beside the point
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I mean or you could just do like most of us and just prepare for it as the round's coming up and not several in advance - if someone sends an artist that you have already planned to use in a future round, that shouldn't be their fault that your work "went to waste," you just shouldn't have jumped the gun so far in advance. Just my two cents. I'm not mad at all about it I just don't think it's totally fair since why should the person sending the artist first have to change because someone else sent the same artist 3 rounds ahead of schedule? idk (and maybe this is just me, but if you aren't gonna be around for a few rounds that's a different scenario / don't participate if you know you ain't gonna be around!) Again, Pup's roulette his rules, just voicing my thoughts.
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Wasn't expecting this much backlash regarding this :( I thought I was trying to help people out by not having to redo hours of work putting something together. I'll tell you what, for the concept album I won't lock in artists, just the individual songs. If someone happens to send an album by the same artist before then, but it doesn't have the same song, then that will be allowed. I still think the chances of this are pretty low. And if you want to wait to see what people send in the intervening time before making your concept album, that's fine too. Just thought I would give people the option.
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I mean or you could just do like most of us and just prepare for it as the round's coming up and not several in advance
also i'm going to be on vacation and thus not at my main computer for two weeks & i literally won't be able to remake my greatest hits album during that time if i need to, but that's beside the point
i assume you didn't even read my post then, literally the only reason i'm rushing this right now is because i won't be able to for two weeks & it's feasible that the greatest hits round will start by then
it's either this or potentially keep people waiting after round 8
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Nope, didn't read it, I just responded to specific points you made... no need to be rude, and I hate to be crass but maybe if you're participating in a roulette find a way to take a hard drive/laptop with you or something just in case? Or at least throw a YouTube link to Puppies? :lol
I like the idea of locking in songs but not artists. :)
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(fuck your laziness, it's not fair to others imo)
no need to be rude
::)
i don't even know what's rude about my post tho
i'll stop now
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The part about not reading your post. Parama, I'm not salty at all about this and I'm certainly not trying to argue with you. It's all good. This is only a game after all. The 'fuck your laziness' was not meant to be mean-spirited, but a friendly "nah fam, don't like that" kind of thing. I apologize. :)
My score for this round and maybe the next will determine what I send in the round before the cut-off. Pup... score carefully... lol.
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Everyone just settle down before the ban-hammer comes out!! :lol
I think Pups' offer to 'help protect' people that have invested a few hours of time into something is fine. I also see the point that 1st come/1st serve shouldn't apply 2 or 3 rounds in advance. I'm not stuffed by either to tell you the truth. I did (as some of you know) send some messages to have a gentlemen's agreement try and protect our respective turf for the Concept Album (even though it now looks fairly certain that mine will be an unofficial submission) - as I did put a lot of time to find all the right songs and flow for a rather rudimentary storyline - and would hate to have it crushed by another person accidentally/coincidentally submitting the band/album that any of my songs were from.
For the GH round, not really sure anyone needs to 'squat' on their territory though... I had at least 5 options for GH, so I'd shart myself if all 5 were used by the time we get to that round.
Also... Parama... I guaran-damn-tee you that I won't be submitting your band.
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i trust in that last statement more than i trust anything
edit: aaaannd SENT. I haven't picked out round 8's album yet but that one you're just gonna look up on google play anyways & I don't need to send you anything directly so w/e i'll figure it out. i have like two or three options atm
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I meant no backlash at all, just not a huge fan of the rule but it's definitely no big deal, so honestly don't worry too much. :heart
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i trust in that last statement more than i trust anything
:hifive:
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you realize that the list of bands for the greatest hits round is like, a lot narrower than in any other round though, right? and i've spent probably like at least 6 hours over the past few days
For the greatest hits round, you really have to just pick a band, and then pick 10-15 tracks. How hard can that be?
But as far as locking in bands for the Concept Album, I think that's a great idea. I don't think I've ever seen a Concept Album round before. They're not the easiest to out together.
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i put some effort into sequencing and flow because it drives me insane not to have it
also picking 10-15 songs out of a band's catalog is a lot harder than you're making it sound :lol
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Just need 2 more albums for round 7 and then we are fully off to the races. Need albums from Evermind (who said he would be sending something soon) and Elite (whom I have not heard from yet).
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Elite we expected anyways :P
i might cheap out and send a band i know is eligible for the bonus point that i'd be shocked if they scored below an 8/10, just to get that extra roulette juice
side-note i asked but didn't get a response, i'm assuming the answer is no but - rosetta eligible for bonus point? i wouldn't think so since you specified "scored highly" but then that TREOS album didn't really "score highly" either so i'm just a little confused on that point
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Elite we expected anyways :P
i might cheap out and send a band i know is eligible for the bonus point that i'd be shocked if they scored below an 8/10, just to get that extra roulette juice
side-note i asked but didn't get a response, i'm assuming the answer is no but - rosetta eligible for bonus point? i wouldn't think so since you specified "scored highly" but then that TREOS album didn't really "score highly" either so i'm just a little confused on that point
Oh jeez. I screwed up. Yeah it is eligible for the bonus point. I would blame the fact that I was sick and heavily medicated, but I finished that write up before I got sick so....... I shall fix the scores.
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i dunno what you consider as "rating highly" then 'cause you didn't seem to like the other rosetta album you rated :lol
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Eh, the wording on that sentence could have been clearer on my part :facepalm:. I didn't just want people looking for bands that I had rated 1 album highly and then sending only those bands. Regardless of how I rated the one album, it still counts as a bonus point band.
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Thanks for trying to make it easier Puppies. Everyone else might not like it, but I do. :P
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I think my next roulette will be scored on a logarithmic scale just make things fun :biggrin:
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my next roulette i'm gonna assign the scores based on how much fun the song would be in hangman
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Alright, sending now, sorry for making you guys wait.
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If I'm ever chased by a bear, I want Elite to be in my group.
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Tomorrow..
Which is today. Will send later. Just have to listen to two albums to decide which one it's going to be.
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Tomorrow..
Which is today. Will send later. Just have to listen to two albums to decide which one it's going to be.
Just pick one and send the other one next round. ;D
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A point is made
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If I'm ever chased by a bear, I want Elite to be in my group.
:lol
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Well, here we go, I sent an album, and two people already want to send it in the concept album round, so Puppies is asking me to pick another one. And I made sure that I don't use anything from the people in my PM chain (Tim, Chad, romdrums and Lethean).
Re-sending in a few minutes, I guess.
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:|
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oh that's probably my fault :corn
there's only two songs on my concept album that anyone else would be likely to send but you're a person who could send either of them
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Actually folks, I thought it over and no offense to anyone, but I'd like to drop out of this. I dislike this rule a lot, and for some stupid reason, this Internet discussion over a competition that only exists so we could have fun makes me see red, and that's not a good sign. And since it's all about having fun, well, I'm not having fun. I'm sorry for delaying this round.
I've sent a PM to Puppies saying I'm out.
Good luck to everyone participating, I'll be following as I'm curious what you've got up your sleeves.
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My two cents. Puppies should allow the album.
I mean, having a Concept Album Round sounds like a great idea, and it is, but there's a lot that goes into putting a Concept Album.
I feel that if most of us have preregistered our bands for the concept album, it shouldn't bar anyone from using one of them from here on out. In other words, no one should be able to see what scores highly these next two rounds and add it to their album, or if they have not made one, include it. All bands are sent in good faith should be accepted, unless they are on the banned list.
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We are all grown ass adults here, so I'm not going to tell anyone what to do. The whole point of the roulette is to have fun and discover awesome new music. If you aren't having fun, then I'm in no position to force anyone to continue. Having said that, I've enjoyed a lot of the stuff you've sent in this roulette and in my last one.
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We are all grown ass adults here, so I'm not going to tell anyone what to do. The whole point of the roulette is to have fun and discover awesome new music. If you aren't having fun, then I'm in no position to force anyone to continue. Having said that, I've enjoyed a lot of the stuff you've sent in this roulette and in my last one.
Good response. :tup
I'm sure we understand each other. I hope the roulette goes on and I'm eager to see how the next round albums fare.
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I sent something nice and pleasant this round and I can see Pup enjoying it so I hope he does :popcorn:
Sad to see ya go Evermind.
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Well, here we go, I sent an album, and two people already want to send it in the concept album round, so Puppies is asking me to pick another one.
I need to make an amendment to this, cause I made a mistake. It was actually only one other person who has the band in question on their concept album. I misread another persons PM regarding their concept album. :facepalm: :blush
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Same thing for me. I have a rough idea for what band tio send, but I haven’t decided on a track-list yet. I’ll get the album for round 7 in first. Tomorrow..
I seem to have missed this post yesterday. My bad. I seem to be missing a lot of things recently :facepalm:
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Well, here we go, I sent an album, and two people already want to send it in the concept album round, so Puppies is asking me to pick another one.
I need to make an amendment to this, cause I made a mistake. It was actually only one other person who has the band in question on their concept album. I misread another persons PM regarding their concept album. :facepalm: :blush
so it's still my fault
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It's no one's fault, folks. The rules are there for a reason. I happened to disagree with the rules—and as I always said, my goal on DTF is to avoid confrontation as I have enough of that in my life, and this particular rule was driving me crazy, leading me to make my most passive-aggressive post in a few years against Parama—fast forward one day, this rule is the reason my album isn't accepted.
Count that as a rage quit, if you'd like, only with less rage than usual.
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DTF: Where even rage quits are rather polite and everyone ends up on good terms.
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Time to listen to some music! :metal
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Have a Hangmanen
?: ____ – _____ _______ ___ _____
?: __ – ____ ______ ________
?: _____ _____ – _______
?: ______ – ______ ______
?: _______ _______ – _________
?: _________ _________ – ______ ____
?: _______ – _________ ______
?: _______ ____ – __________
Guessed letters:
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It's time to D-d-d-d-d-die
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it's time to T-T-T-T-Try
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?: ____ – _____ __t____ t__ _t___
?: _T – T___ ______ ________
?: _____ _____ – _______
?: ______ – __t___ T_____
?: D_____t _______ – _______t_
?: _____t___ ______t__ – _____t ____
?: D______ – _______t_ D_____
?: _______ D___ – T_________
Guessed letters: dt
Parama waits 3 turns
Kat waits 2
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E
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A
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?: URSA - Abyss Between the Stars
?: _T – T___ ___a__ ____e__e
?: _a___ ____a – _____e_
?: ______ – _at__e T____e
?: Da__e_t _______ – Ae____ata
?: _____t___ ____e_t_a – ___e_t ____
?: D_a___a – _______t_ D____e
?: ____e__ Da__ – T__e_ea_e_
Guessed letters: dtea
TAC waits 3 turns
Romdrums waits 2
Parama waits 1
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URSA - Abyss Between the Stars
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Less than a minute in to one of these albums and it sounds super promising
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Sunless Dawn - Timeweaver
Also, is that Poison - Native Tongue?
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Sunless Dawn - Timeweaver
Also, is that Poison - Native Tongue?
That's really something to believe in.
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Darkest ???
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BT - This Binary Universe
ariich
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Darkest ???
Darkest Horizon - Aenigmata
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BT - This Binary Universe
ariich
Great album, but nope not me!
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I can't guess another letter, but you should
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gimme that dang ol' talkin' bout... R, man
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Give me
The all-seeing I
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BT - This Binary Universe
Rondrums
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?: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
?: _a_ri __rra – _____er
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
?: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
?: _____ti__ _r__e_tra – _i_e_t ___r
?: Dia___a – _____rit_ Di_i_e
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: dteari
Parama waits 3 turns
Kat waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Fucking J-Boy....Poison? Really? :lol
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Fucking J-Boy....Poison? Really? :lol
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Fucking J-Boy....Poison? Really? :lol
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Told ya you shit yourself when you saw my submission.
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Geez, was White Lion banned??
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N
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Something Divine
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Geez, was White Lion banned??
You just wait for the scores there, muchacho.
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BT - This Binary Universe
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How about an f?
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?: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
?: _a_ri __rra – F____er
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
?: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
?: _____ti_n _r__e_tra – Fine_t ___r
?: Dian__a – _____rit_ Divine
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: dtearifn
Lethean waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
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?: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
?: _a_ri __rra – F____er
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
?: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
?: Submotion Orchestra – Finest Hour
?: Dian__a – _____rit_ Divine
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: dtearifn
Lethean waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
ariich
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Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
ariich
:tup
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Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
ariich
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfytnhxRes1qghwsqo1_500.gif)
?: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
?: _a_ri __rra – F____er
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
?: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
Ariich: Submotion Orchestra – Finest Hour
?: Dian__a – _____rit_ Di_ine
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: dtearifn
Lethean waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Parama waits 1
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Guessed letters: dtf in ear
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guess a letter, delete
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SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
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U
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L
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K
time to sulk
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?: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
?: Lauri __rra – Fl___er
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
?: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
Ariich: Submotion Orchestra – Finest Hour
?: Dian__a – __s_urit_ Di_ine
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: DTF Nuke Liars
Parama waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Romdrums waits 1
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Dianoya - Obscurity Divine
Lauri Porra - Flyover
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Did Lethean send Dianoya?
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Parama sent URSA
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i've never heard of ursa so i sure hope i didn't send them :tup
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?: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
?: Lauri Porra – Flyover
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
?: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
Ariich: Submotion Orchestra – Finest Hour
Lethean: Dianoya – Obscurity Divine
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: dtearifnsulk
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Darkest Horizon - TAC
URSA - Elite
Lauri Porra - Katt
Sunless Dawn - Evermind
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Can confirm, I sent Lauri Porra.
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Elite: URSA – Abyss Between the Stars
Romdrums: BT – This Binary Universe
Kat: Lauri Porra – Flyover
Jingle: Poison – Native Tongue
TAC: Darkest Horizon – Aenigmata
Ariich: Submotion Orchestra – Finest Hour
Lethean: Dianoya – Obscurity Divine
?: Sunless Dawn – Timeweaver
Guessed letters: dtearifnsulk
There you have it....
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I need to hear that Submotion Orchestra album. I like Kites well enough.
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How about some first impressions?
- Nothing quite like cruising down the highway in my 79 convertible Trans AM rockin out to music coming through my 8 track.....oh hold on my tape jammed again....
- A pinch of Sigur Ros, a dash of Eric Johnson, a splash of Federico Aubele, a smidgen of Johnny Winter, whipped in a blender made of early Porcupine Tree.
- My god this is beautiful.......why is it taking so long to do anything.....holy crap balls it's beautiful....zzzzzzzz.......oooooooh beautiful....
- This bands 2 main influences are Tool and 80's butt rock/hair metal/glam metal.
- Like Fleshgod Apocalypse only slower, or Scar Symmetry only way faster...
- Best <insert genre here> I've heard in quite some time. Rifftastic.
- Ah, we finally get a sequel to Opeth's Grand Conjuration!
- I don't even know how to classify this.
Arranged in order of importance :neverusethis:
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- Nothing quite like cruising down the highway in my 79 convertible Trans AM rockin out to music coming through my 8 track.....oh hold on my tape jammed again....
Poison
- A pinch of Sigur Ros, a dash of Eric Johnson, a splash of Federico Aubele, a smidgen of Johnny Winter, whipped in a blender made of early Porcupine Tree.
Lauri Porra
- My god this is beautiful.......why is it taking so long to do anything.....holy crap balls it's beautiful....zzzzzzzz.......oooooooh beautiful....
BT
- This bands 2 main influences are Tool and 80's butt rock/hair metal/glam metal.
Dianoya
- Like Fleshgod Apocalypse only slower, or Scar Symmetry only way faster...
Darkest Horizon
- Best <insert genre here> I've heard in quite some time. Rifftastic.
URSA
- Ah, we finally get a sequel to Opeth's Grand Conjuration!
Sunless Dawn
- I don't even know how to classify this.
Submotion Orchestra
:corn
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Yeah I bet that one's Lauri as well.
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Sunless Dawn - Evermind
:neverusethis:
Except this was you.
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wow how did you figure that out :jamaritard:
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He must have the deductive reasoning of Sherlock Holmes :lol
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how many impressions did i get right? :corn
don't tell me which ones, just a number
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- My god this is beautiful.......why is it taking so long to do anything.....holy crap balls it's beautiful....zzzzzzzz.......oooooooh beautiful....
BT
- I don't even know how to classify this.
Submotion Orchestra
These would seem the only two that could apply to Submotion Orchestra, and I agree the first probably fits better with that BT album. So I'm guessing you're correct.
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how many impressions did i get right? :corn
don't tell me which ones, just a number
Hmm, this may give everything away, but you got 8 correct :neverusethis:
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WOW!!
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:metardica:
i don't actually hear any opeth in sunless dawn tho tbh
now, one of the songs on my concept album, on the other hand...
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- Best <insert genre here> I've heard in quite some time. Rifftastic.
URSA
:metal :metal
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i tried listening to some of that ursa album and it's.... okay
doomy stonery metal stuff like that basically never does anything for me unfortunately
apparently the band is a side project of members of cormorant though? and the album cover is great
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please like flyover please don't hate it
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:metardica:
i don't actually hear any opeth in sunless dawn tho tbh
now, one of the songs on my concept album, on the other hand...
Actually neither do I :corn
please like flyover please don't hate it
I make no promises one way or the other....
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i hope you have an opinion on the album i sent
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i hope you have an opinion on the album i sent
I have many...
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sounds ominous :tup
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welcome to corn
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So I started working on write ups and then fell in to a Youtube hole......
Write ups should be completed and posted at some point tomorrow evening though...hopefully.
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So I started working on write ups and then fell in to a Youtube hole......
:lol
That's easy to do!
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Got one write up done. Hoping to get a couple more done tonight and then the rest tomorrow.
Have a snippet from the first write up. See if you can guess which album it is :biggrin:
- The vocalist is a bit of an anomaly here.
I'm not going to do this for every write up, but just wanted to give y'all something to talk about while I finish them.
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:corn
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So I literally got 2 more write ups done since last night. So no results tonight. Yes, I know, I'm slow. But it's my holiday weekend with the in-laws..........
TL;DR;DC
suck it :biggrin:
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Take all the time you need. :)
(If I make it to the concept album round, I'd rather it start well after new year's day.)
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Ok I'm going to release the 3 write ups I have so far. I've been a little distracted with family mostly and I cant stop listening to one of these albums.
Round 7 Results Part 1
Darkest Horizon - Aenigmata
TAC
Melodic Death Metal
Germany
First Impression - Like Fleshgod Apocalypse only slower, or Scar Symmetry only way faster...
Another band from this round pulling heavily from the symphonic side of metal. The other defining factor of this album is the almost nonstop use of fast double bass. It almost never stops. So it really is like a slowed down version of Fleshgod Apocalypse mixed with the Melodic Death metal sensibilities of Scar Symmetry. I like both of those bands, Scar Symmetry more. The issue with this album though, is the lack of variation in the songs. Now the songs aren't bad, but they don't differ enough from one to the next and even though it isn't a long album (clocking in at 48 minutes) it feels longer than it should and I find my attention wandering in the last third. Another issue is the guitars are buried in the mix a bit too far. Especially a lot of the leads get overwhelmed by the symphonics/keyboards, although there are a few solos here and there that stand out and are done extremely well and tastefully for the song. The bass is non existent. There may or may not be a bass player on this album :lol The vocalist is also fairly generic when it comes to this particular genre. He isn't bad or annoying, just nothing special. This album could have benefited from some clean vocal sections (the whispered section at the beginning of Tempus Inversus doesn't count). Speaking of Tempus Inversus, this is probably one of the coolest songs here. Catchy, fast (like all the songs here), and fun. Then again the same could be said for the rest of the songs here, just to a lesser extent. The problem is the melodies aren't allowed to breathe in the wall of sound that the symphonic sound creates. The production leaves a little to be desired too.
Overall it's not a bad album, but there is definitely room for the band to improve some things. I do realize that a lot of the "improvements" could be considered subjective, but I don't care. The band should heed my advice :neverusethis:
7.1/10
Sunless Dawn - Timeweaver
Parama
Progressive Death Metal
Denmark
First Impression - Ah, we finally get a sequel to Opeth's Grand Conjuration!
So this band doesn't really sound like Opeth, despite my first impression. This is however Progressive Death Metal done right. Or at least done mostly right (like 95%). This takes more of a symphonic approach that most Prog Death, but it isn't over the top. It also delves in to some of the more dissonant aspects of bands like Deathspell Omega, Virus, Gorguts, and Portal, but not as over the top technical. I mean, everyone here is very technically capable, but their skill is used more for the benefit of making a good song, instead of being technical just for the sake of it. The drummer reminds of Martin Lopez's style. He definitely plays for the song. Both guitarists are great and trade off between riffs and solos. I love the bass players tone and the fact that you can actually here him in the mix. HOORAY FOR NOT BEING BRICKWALLED! The vocalist is a bit of an anomaly here. At times he reminds me of a mix between Tommy Rodgers and Ihsahn, but then he goes in to this more traditional Melodeath vocal style, not unlike (the waves :neverusethis:) Dark Tranquillity or old In Flames. He's hard to pin down, but I do enjoy the majority of his vocals.
Now, the band may not sound like Opeth, but they are definitely influenced by them. Especially in the loud/soft dynamic of going between heavy riffage and harsh vocals to light acoustic passages. Plus you have Grand Inquisitor, sequel to Grand Conjuration :biggrin: They also seem to draw from bands like Septicflesh with the symphonic elements. There's also a lot of modern prog metalisms, similar to Leprous, Haken, BtBaM, etc. This all makes for an album that is never boring and always keeps your interest. The Biomorph suite is a great example of all of the above. There isn't really a weak song here, though. The only thing I can really say against the album would be the lack of riffs that just makes me want to bang my head. For a metal album that I have kind of fallen in love with, this is an oddity. The guitar solos on the other hand are in a range from complex, head turning, holy crap moments to beautifully melodic and everything in between.
Bottom line, this is just a great album.
9/10
Lauri Porra - Flyover
Kattelox
Progressive Rock
Finland
First Impression - A pinch of Sigur Ros, a dash of Eric Johnson, a splash of Federico Aubele, a smidgen of Johnny Winter, whipped in a blender made of early Porcupine Tree.
The first minute of this album told me everything I needed to know here. This album was going to be a masterpiece. Moody, beautiful, atmospheric. I didn't expect all of the other sounds and styles as the songs came and went though. Each song had a distinct style it seemed. The first song was like Federico Aubele and Eric Johnson got together and created this perfect soundscape as a sound track to a movie. What an epic way to start an album. And if you don't know who Federico Aubele is, I encourage you to immediately go check out his Panamericana and Berlin 13 albums. Everyone should know who Eric Johnson is....
The creativity and variety on this album is quite surprising considering it's all instrumental. I typically cant rate instrumental albums very high because of lack of variety or I get bored halfway through or something like that. There are so many moods, styles, and wonderful melodies on display here that it's impossible to not be enraptured by the entire album. The Sigur Ros post rock sections, like in Dislocated, are fantastic. That song send chills down my spine at certain points. I love the beautiful strings and piano melodies, which are continued at the beginning of Momentary Loss of All Hope. This song is the only song I have an issue with. It starts off well enough, but it's a little too repetitive. It isn't a bad song and it has some standout moments, but it is definitely the lesser of all the great songs here. Fortunately the rest of the album is nothing less than stellar. I love how chill it is most of the time while still incorporating awesome guitar solos which go from proggy technical solos to some more blues inspired solos. Some of the songs sound like something Steven Wilson might have done in the early Porcupine Tree days, circa The Sky Moves Sideways.
In the end, I'm not really sure what it was, but this album just hit me in the right way and I can see myself listening to this a lot and unraveling more of the nuances here.
9.6/10
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you believed, katt :corn
also i knew sunless dawn was like a piss-easy high score for me because, yeah, it's a pretty rad as heck album :hefdaddy
i am gonna start giving it more spins after this week, didn't put anything new into rotation as i haven't had nearly as much time to listen to music in general
i'll try to send off my round 8 album soon-ish. i might screw around and send a non-metal album & get a really low score that sinks my chances of getting into the finals, we'll see
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I had to walk through the valley before I climbed the mountain :hat
So happy you loved that album Pup. Lauri's solo stuff is beautiful. I'm really hoping I can make it to the final round so I'm going to try super hard to pick out something you'll love today/tomorrow. EDIT: Maybe I'll send a bit later, at least until more results come in, I don't want to bog Pup down
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The rest of the results will be later tonight. Stay tuned. :corn
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OK, here they are!
Round 7 Results Part 2
BT - This Binary Universe
Romdrums
Ambient Glitch IDM
United States
First Impression - My god this is beautiful.......why is it taking so long to do anything.....holy crap balls it's beautiful....zzzzzzzz.......oooooooh beautiful....
And most polarizing album of the roulette goes to..............This Binary Universe! I could not make heads or tails of this, trying to figure out if I loved it or hated it. First of all, the album is long. Second of all, there are sections that seem to go on forever and do nothing. Third, there are parts of this album that don't seem to fit with the rest of it. I'm familiar with BT a little bit. I've heard his stuff on the Tiesto In Search of Sunrise albums. This though is nothing like what is on those albums. This is much more mellow and gives off a sort of cold, sometimes dark, vibe.
The first track, All That Makes Us Human Continues, has quite a long buildup right from the beginning. The buildup is nice, but it doesn't exactly develop in to anything. Also some of the sounds used here are kind of grating on my ears. I thought maybe it was building up to the next track, Dynamic Symmetry, but it doesn't. Speaking of track 2, this one also starts off slowly, but with what sounds like some subtle field recordings. This actually builds in to a proper song and it actually has a really nice melody. Those twinkly bell sounds are pretty nice, but the glitchy acoustic guitar that comes in kind of ruins the mood a bit. This is where I start to have real issue with the album. The glitch stuff just doesn't sit well with me. The soundscapes leading up to those points are so nice and relaxing that when those glitches and loud noises come in it completely pulls me out of the music. The jazzy/lounge sections are nice too, but again they go on too long without a change up, unless you count the glitches. The majority of the album kind of follows this pattern.
I think the final 2 tracks are the best out of the bunch. Not only are they much more dynamic, with more variety (at least The Anhtkythera Mechanism is), but they also use the glitch stuff much more effectively and less annoyingly. It actually adds to the atmosphere. There is a small section in the middle of The Anhtkythera Mechanism that goes a little overboard with the glitchyness. The symphonic part after that is pretty epic though. Good Morning Kaia might be one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Despite its simplicity and relative lack of variety, there's something about it that just speaks to me. The field recordings on it fit perfectly and it does have some nice rises and falls in dynamics. After hearing this song, I thought that this is what the rest of the album should sound like.
7/10
Poison - Native Tongue
Jingle
Bluesy Hard Rock
United States
First Impression - Nothing quite like cruising down the highway in my 79 convertible Trans AM rockin out to music coming through my 8 track.....oh hold on my tape jammed again....
Listening to this I kept thinking how much better it would have been if Richie Kotzen sang lead vocals, I've just never cared too much for Bret Michaels. Kotzen's influence is evident all over this album though. It has a much more bluesy rock approach than any of the more well known popular Poison songs do. Richie Kotzen's guitar playing is what really keeps this album from dropping in to mediocrity. Without him I don't think this would be nearly as good. The album starts off well with the intro Native Tongue rolling right in to the barn burner that is The Scream. Fantastic song with some fantastic guitar playing. Stand is a little too generic for the most part, but with another great Richie solo (song saved). Stay Alive kind of follows in the same vein as Stand, but with a little better song writing. Again another face melting solo from Richie. Until You Suffer Some is kind of cheesy, but I like it for some reason. It has a different vibe to all the preceding songs. Again Richie tears it up. This is kind of a theme for this album. All the songs have very different feels and good variety. Some work well, some not so much, but they all are dominated (at least to my ears) by Richie Kotzen. I just love his style of playing. If you were to take out a couple of the songs that don't work for me, you might have an 8/10 album here. If you also put Richie Kotzen on lead vocals and get rid of Bret Michaels, now you might have a 9/10. But that would all be in an alternate timeline/universe....
You sent me a PM asking if I preferred Flying Colors or Winery Dogs. I'm curious what you would have sent if I had said Flying Colors.....
7/10
Dianoya - Obscurity Divine
Lethean
Progressive Metal
Poland
First Impression - This bands 2 main influences are Tool and 80's butt rock/hair metal/glam metal.
I've got to admit I was a little worried when I looked up reviews of this album prior to me listening to it. I was pretty pleasantly surprised how much I ended up liking this though. The guitar riffs and bass have a very Tool-like sound to them. The overall atmosphere (which is pretty thick) is very Tool-like as well, with a lot of the quiet/loud dynamic that Tool has. The vocals and some of the guitar leads are more Prog Rock though. The drummer is kind of the odd man out. Occasionally he will throw in a cool fill or drum pattern, but 90% of the time he is sitting in the simplest of glam/hair/butt metal grooves. The keyboards that are used occasionally have a very 80's rock vibe to them as well. This is all wrapped in a doomy/atmospheric shell. It's a strange album, if I'm being honest, but I do like it and it all adds up to quite a unique sound. At times it reminded me of the Thought Industry album I was sent last round, only less technical. I wish the drummer wasn't so boring most of the time, but that is the only complaint I have here. Also the lyrics seem to be mostly nonsense, but that could be due to translation issues. At any rate, they don't really bother me because the vocal melodies are very well done.
Some highlights: The guitar solo is Dreamlack is nice and slow and full of emotion and the ending to this song is pretty epic. The whole of Severance is pretty awesome. Turbid Mind and Season Madness is a cool off kilter instrumental track with what sounds like a 13/4 time signature in there. Each song has something that I like though, so I could go on and on here.
Overall, this is another great album being held back by the drummer's inability to innovate a little more. Still a solid album.
8.5/10
URSA - Abyss Between the Stars
Elite
Doom Metal
United States
First Impression - Best Doom Metal I've heard in quite some time. Rifftastic.
This is some good tasty stoner tinged Doom. These guys are definitely trying to channel Candlemass, early Black Sabbath, Solitude Aeturnus, with a just a little bit of Reverend Bizarre and Alice In Chains at their heaviest/doomiest. As far as I'm concerned, they have successfully done that. Nothing but great riffs wrapped in the perfect atmosphere. The whole sound of the album is very open (each instrument is allowed to breathe), but at the same time its crushing. I thoroughly enjoyed every song here. They were all fun to listen to even though I don't think the band was necessarily going for fun. Although the lyrics might beg to differ with some rather cheesy DnD-like subject matter like Dragons, wizards, witches etc etc. Regardless, there are some really cool head bang-able and fun moments all over this album. Like the double bass section in Dragon's Beard that you cant help but head bang with a smile on your face. Then they seem to know how to flow right in to a slower riff heavy section that is equally easy to head bang (albeit slower) to. The song Cave of the Spider King is of particular note here, being the longest song and in my opinion the most epic. It actually starts with a cool dark folk/bluegrass vibe with some thick juicy bass and twangy guitar before erupting in to another awesomely heavy riff fest. This song also has some of my favorite vocals on the album. The guitars also take on a bit of a Type O Negative tone to them here too and they break out with some nice slick solos. It's just an awesome song. Now the only problem with the album that I could see, is it could get a little samey if you aren't a huge fan of doom/stoner metal, but at only 46 minutes it doesn't overstay it's welcome. None of the songs seem overlong (maybe Thirteen Witches if I'm being completely honest).
In the end, it's probably not an album I will listen to a ton, but it does scratch that doom itch I get once in a while in a really satisfying way.
8.8/10
Submotion Orchestra - Finest Hour
Ariich
Downtempo Jazz?
United Kingdom
First Impression - I don't even know how to classify this.
Ok I do know how to classify this. It's Downtempo influenced Jazz or maybe Jazz influenced Downtempo? Whatever it is, it's amazing. Right off the bat I could tell the vocals would be something I would enjoy the entire album. They have this very lounge singer vibe to them, similar to the vocals of the Portishead and Saltillo songs I got in my last roulette from TwoSuitsLuke and Sacul. Speaking of which, this is something I would imagine Sacul would send if he were still in the roulette. The main genres here may be Jazz and Downtempo (still debatable), but there are many different styles that show up from time to time, like latin/spanish influenced sounds, classical, trance, and big band/swing. And that's just the first few songs. Track 2, Backchat, comes in with this amazing picked violin sound and some nice horns, what an intro! One of the finest moments of the album and one of the finest songs (but not the best, we'll get to that). This song does overstay it's welcome just a tad, but not enough to really detract from how good the song is, especially with those horns coming in again and again, fantastic. Always is a good head bobbing song and kind of reminds me of some of the Japanese style music in the old Gran Turismo games for some reason. Now I have to admit I was a little worried about this album when I saw the song title Pop and Lock, but my worries were put to rest as soon as the album started and this is a pretty good song too. Suffer Not is a monster of a song. Great vocals and vocal melodies, but repetitive lyrics. Although the song isn't really about the lyrics so much. The song is really about the build up and how it adds new layers as it progresses before it breaks down in the middle and does the build up again, this time with some new instruments. Now on to the best song here, the aptly named Perfection. I really cant describe how this song makes me feel. It's one of those songs that just touches your soul, but is indescribable. It's a perfect way to close the album, with the perfect song. I think the band knew what they were doing when they named this song and then used it to finish off the album.
Everything about this album was fantastic, there is really nothing I could say about it that would be a negative. From the vocals to the awesome lounge sound to the incredible horns (I love those horns!) to the relaxing nature of it all, you have another standout album that you have sent me. You are on a roll!
9.8/10
Scores:
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8 = 72
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7 = 70.2
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1 = 69.1
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9 = 68.6
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8 = 67
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5 = 66.7
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6 = 64.4
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7 = 64.1
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5, 9.4 = 61.1
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
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You sent me a PM asking if I preferred Flying Colors or Winery Dogs. I'm curious what you would have sent if I had said Flying Colors.....
Probably the same thing just to fuck with you. :lol
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You sent me a PM asking if I preferred Flying Colors or Winery Dogs. I'm curious what you would have sent if I had said Flying Colors.....
Probably the same thing just to fuck with you. :lol
Nah... it would've been something by Alpha Rev - Casey's band pre-Flying Colors.
Since this is the 'last' album round, it's time to send an actual concept album.
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Round 8 sent.
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I love that BT album now, but it took me years to slowly build up an appreciation for it.
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congrats ariich :lol
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I was considering a SO album to send... damn. 9.6 and I still came in second AND I'm second to last still :lol I wanted to make it to the final round so badly. So Pup... you're gonna get something I truly love next round just because I want you to hear it :biggrin:
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Yeah that's certainly a record I could have sent, but wouldn't have thought you'd dig a lot :P.
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You sent me a PM asking if I preferred Flying Colors or Winery Dogs. I'm curious what you would have sent if I had said Flying Colors.....
Probably the same thing just to fuck with you. :lol
I think sending Poison was fucking with him enough!
Since this is the 'last' album round, it's time to send an actual concept album.
Same, bro!
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You sent me a PM asking if I preferred Flying Colors or Winery Dogs. I'm curious what you would have sent if I had said Flying Colors.....
Probably the same thing just to fuck with you. :lol
I think sending Poison was fucking with him enough!
:rollin I do have to say that Richie Kotzen is amazing on that album.
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I went out with a bang by sending some real Disney metal. Or one of two backups if it isn't accepted. I'm going down in flames, baby
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sent the only top 10 album of mine that's not banned
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Need only 2 albums for round 8. :tup
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You are on a roll!
Good lord, I really am. :lol So glad you loved it so much, Submotion Orchestra create such a unique and wonderful vibe. I definitely recommend checking out their latest album Kites, and also the 1968 EP. All their albums are excellent though, just the others explore other styles a bit more (some tracks being more explicitly electronica for example, and there's even a rap song on Fragments) which means more variety on the plus side, but also less of a coherent atmosphere that those three albums have.
Anyway I'm pretty sure I've decided what band to send (possibly a little risky but I'm really curious to know what you think), I just need to decide between two albums. Will send when I get home tonight!
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Need only 2 albums for round 8. :tup
One less now.
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Noooooooo, slower than Elite this round!
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arite, pick up the pace :neverusethis:
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Noooooooo, slower than Elite this round!
Slowriich bringing up the rear! :corn
Actually you technically aren't last anymore. Kat decided he wanted to send a different album, which he hasn't done yet. So no hurries. Considering the holidays, I wasn't expecting to get this round started until tomorrow at the earliest.
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Almost all 3 of my submissions were rejected so I'm going to have to send a shitty album tonight :lol
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Almost all three? Which means one of them wasn't? Maybe you should send that one. :P
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Almost all three? Which means one of them wasn't? Maybe you should send that one. :P
Puppies expressed trepidation about it because he knows and likes 2 songs already and has heard the whole thing before... but I may go with it since it's my last round. And y'all probably know exactly what album it is :lol
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Hmm, well if he knows and likes it, then I guess it should be banned. Or maybe I should send him Permanent Waves...
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You should, and you'd get a well deserved very high score :lol
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Ok, sent!
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HANGMANG
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Yeah, I just sent mine, I think it's a valid submission so I'm crossing my fingers. Old school porg.
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HANGMANG
Resultz!
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Ariich - 10/10
Didn't even listen to it but I know it's perfect
Everyone else - 0/10
Didn't send Goddess of Fate, instantly eliminated from the roulette
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I won't be home for a couple more hours, but I'll post hangmanen once I get home.
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Oh my, you guys are impatient.
And Kat I'm going to have to reject that submission too, because I've heard of one of the band members..................... kidding
?: ______ – _______ T__u__ts
?: _u____ S______ ____d__st___
?: D__t____t_ – F__ _ _____ T_______
?: T__ ____ ___s__s ______t – ___ __ t__ S__
?: ___d____ – __s____
?: ___f___ – T__ U_s___
?: T__ __t____t – __ t__ ___ _f _ ___d___
?: __ss___ _tt___ – _________
?: T__ __t___s – __s____
Guessed letters: d(ream)t(theater)f(orums)q(uality)u(rination)s(ample)
Lethean waits 3 turns
TAC waits 2
Parama waits 1
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S
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Karnya-Covering Thoughts
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Karnya-Covering Thoughts
:neverusethis:
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LuLz: Karnya – Coverin Thoughts (not actually sent)
?: _u____ Se____e ____d__st___
?: De_t____te – F__ _ _____ T_______
?: T_e ____ ___s__s ____e_t – E_e __ t_e S__
?: ___d___e – _es___e
?: E_efe__ – T_e U_see_
?: T_e _et__e_t – __ t_e E_e _f _ ___d__e
?: __ss__e _tt___ – _e______e
?: T_e __t_e_s – __s___e
Guessed letters: dtfquse
Kat waits 3 turns
Lethean waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Eyefear - The Unseen, did jingles send this?
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Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Dacul is out of the roulette I thought? Corn
Eye of the Sky?
In the Eye of a ???
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Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Dacul is out of the roulette I thought? Corn
Dang, curious to see how this will go :corn . I'll guess rondrums.
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The second one doesn't have a dash - looks like the album title is missing?
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H
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Also I forgot to ask in PM but my entry is a bonus point band correct
I'm shooting to get >10 this round (4.3/10)
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The second one doesn't have a dash - looks like the album title is missing?
Oops, fixed
Also I forgot to ask in PM but my entry is a bonus point band correct
Indeed
?: _u____ Se____e ____d__st___ – E_e__ ____e_
?: De_th_h_te – F__ _ _____ T_______
?: The ____ ___s__s ____e_t – Eye In the Sky
?: ___d___e – _es___e
?: Eyefear – The Unseen
?: The _et__e_t – __ the E_e _f _ ___d__e
Romdrums: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
?: The __t_e_s – H_s___e
Guessed letters: dtfquseh
Romdrums waits 3 turns
Kat waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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The Reticent - On the Eve of a Goodbye.
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Maybe Eyefear is Katt or Lethean.
Give me the O
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give me M
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Maybe Eyefear is Katt or Lethean.
Give me the O
I definitely didn't send it, 'cause I thought you did! :lol
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?: _u____ Se____e __o_d__st___ – E_e__ ____e_
?: De_th_h_te – Fo_ _ _____ Tomo__o_
?: The ____ ___so_s __o_e_t – Eye In the Sky
?: M__dm__e – _eso__e
Lethean: Eyefear – The Unseen
?: The Reticent – On the Eve of a Goodbye
Romdrums: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
?: The __t_e_s – Hos___e
Guessed letters: dtfqusehom
Parama waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2
Romdrums waits 1
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Mindmaze - Resolve sent by Jingle
Deathwhite - For a Black Tomorrow sent by Elite
The Alan Parsons Project sent by Katt
The Reticent is TAC
The first one is probably another weird 9.5/10 album sent by ariich
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Maybe Eyefear is Katt or Lethean.
Give me the O
I definitely didn't send it, 'cause I thought you did! :lol
Paying attention: I suck at it!
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The first one is probably another weird 9.5/10 album sent by ariich
Well, let's hope so!
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how haven't y'all guessed my album yet :corn
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So my first submission was Aquaria's Luxaeterna. The next was Lorenguard's Eve of Corruption. I sent songs by both in Pup's first roulette but didn't realize he went and heard both albums since then. So I threw the ol' Toto IV, and he had heard that too :lol I'm hoping The Alan Parsons Project will be his cup of tea.
The last album is Hospice by The Antlers (another awesome album) but I have no idea who sent it. I was thinking of sending that this round!
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Parama sent Hospice
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that i did, m'lads
the last non-metal album i sent did horribly (relatively speaking) so i'm looking forward to the same result here
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Any hangman update Pup?
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Any hangman update Pup?
Coming right up!
Ariich: _u____ Se____e __o_d__st___ – E_e__ ____e_
Elite: Deathwhite – For a Black Tomorrow
Kat: The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In the Sky
Jingle: Mindmaze – Resolve
Lethean: Eyefear – The Unseen
TAC: The Reticent – On the Eve of a Goodbye
Romdrums: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
Parama: The Antlers – Hospice
Guessed letters: dtfqusehom
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The Reticent is TAC
How on earth would you guess that?
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The Reticent is TAC
How on earth would you guess that?
Process of elimination I suppose
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The Reticent is TAC
How on earth would you guess that?
seems very TAC-like prog metal
i knew Deathwhite was Elite since it was a Season of Mist band, fwiw
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Wtf Ariich? :lol Let me see I.
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R me up
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I don't know.
R you?
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Ariich: _u__i_ Ser_i_e _ro_d__sti__ – E_er_ ____e_
Elite: Deathwhite – For a Black Tomorrow
Kat: The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In the Sky
Jingle: Mindmaze – Resolve
Lethean: Eyefear – The Unseen
TAC: The Reticent – On the Eve of a Goodbye
Romdrums: Massive Attack – Mezzanine
Parama: The Antlers – Hospice
Guessed letters: dtfqusehomir
Parama waits 3 turns
Kat waits 2
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one word looks like Service
one work looks like Every
edit: GOT IT
Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
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How about some first impressions.
- Holy Katatonia Batman!
- The drum production is........odd
- Sinister, brooding, beautiful, atmospheric, bold.
- Occasionally lyrics and music come together just right.
- The vocalists vibrato is about as ridiculous as his hair.....
- I'm not sure what I was expecting here, but it wasn't this.
- Reminds me a bit of Hibernal only the music is more diverse.
- This is a bizarre mashup of Kalisia, Opeth, Soen, Chevelle, Dark Suns, and, of all things, All Shall Perish. Weird.
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Any takers on which one could be Alan Parsons? 'cause I'm stumped.
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Mine could be the one about the hair. I had no idea what any of the band members look like, but I just looked them up and the singer's hair is slightly longer than usual...
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Also, who's the Katatonia band?
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I'll gladly stake claim on the sinister and brooding comment.
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Mine could be the one about the hair. I had no idea what any of the band members look like, but I just looked them up and the singer's hair is slightly longer than usual...
Slightly longer is a slight understatement. :lol
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I wonder if he's ever tripped over it on stage
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- Holy Katatonia Batman!
Deathwhite – For a Black Tomorrow
- The drum production is........odd
Massive Attack – Mezzanine
- Sinister, brooding, beautiful, atmospheric, bold.
Mindmaze – Resolve
- Occasionally lyrics and music come together just right.
The Antlers – Hospice
- The vocalists vibrato is about as ridiculous as his hair.....
Eyefear – The Unseen
- I'm not sure what I was expecting here, but it wasn't this.
The Alan Parsons Project – Eye In the Sky
- Reminds me a bit of Hibernal only the music is more diverse.
Public Service Broadcasting
- This is a bizarre mashup of Kalisia, Opeth, Soen, Chevelle, Dark Suns, and, of all things, All Shall Perish. Weird.
The Reticent – On the Eve of a Goodbye
i don't think some of these are right but i've bolded the ones i'm particularly sure about
or maybe i'm crazy and went 8 for 8 again but probably not
there's only like a few of these that could realistically be mine though
from what i hear of mindmaze it's almost certainly not the one i paired it with but i had everything else matched to something already so i dunno
side note: i'm almost positive i spun the replacements hibernal album a few times when it came out and then completely forgot about it until now, huh
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Sinister, brooding, beautiful, atmospheric, bold.
Hope it's Massive Attack :metal
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- Reminds me a bit of Hibernal only the music is more diverse.
Public Service Broadcasting
Seems likely! Although PSB pretty much only use real archive footage/public service announcements to tell their story (except the songs that have vocal lines obviously).
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I have no idea!
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Sinister, brooding, beautiful, atmospheric, bold.
Hope it's Massive Attack :metal
Same here. :hat
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By the way, I did these first impressions a little differently from the other rounds. These are based on the first song, occasionally the first two depending on if the first track was just an intro track, of each album. So a true first impression.
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That being said, I'm holding with my first guess. There's quite a few I can rule out immediately, and after re-listening to the opening track(s) of Resolve, there's enough diversity that I could be right.
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In that case I think Parama might be right about Alan Parsons Project. The first track is a quick and inoffensive instrumental and the first true song isn't all that wild.
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I will say Parama got 6 of them right.
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Better than expected :metal
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A lot of these albums, as the kids these days would say, have some bangers on them. I'm still not sure what that means, but I think it's good :corn
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I hope you're getting turnt to the jams on my album :metardica:
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A lot of these albums, as the kids these days would say, have some bangers on them. I'm still not sure what that means, but I think it's good :corn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangers
Sausages? Breasts?
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A lot of these albums, as the kids these days would say, have some bangers on them. I'm still not sure what that means, but I think it's good :corn
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangers
Sausages? Breasts?
Every time I hear someone say banger, all I can think of is bangers and mash.
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TURN DOWN FOR WHAT *hospital music plays*
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TURN DOWN FOR WHAT *hospital music plays*
Yeah I don't think any of the songs on your album are what I would call bangers or jams......
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I mosh to Two every time, it's br00tal :metardica:
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I mosh to Two every time, it's br00tal :metardica:
If I ever get a chance to go to an Antlers show and they play Two, I'm going to do this.
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please do :rollin
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I mosh to Two every time, it's br00tal :metardica:
I love that song :biggrin:
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please do :rollin
OK, I don't want to give too much away before the write ups, but can you give me the "Explain a Concept Album Badly" synopsis for Hospice?
After the first 2 tracks I thought I knew where this was going, but then a lot of the middle songs have lyrics that could have been written by The Mars Volta and by the second to the last song I felt absolutely nothing. It got no emotional tug out of me until the Epilogue track, which I still don't understand why....why this song....?....I mean I have a vague idea of a possibility of what it might be about....maybe....
Sincerely,
Confused....
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1. dude falls in love with a dying hospital patient. she dies
2. it's a metaphor for a real life abusive relationship the frontman was in & some of the songs have lyrics that more explicitly refer to that (wake especially)
also hell yeah i knew sending non-metal would backfire horribly again :metal
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:corn
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I need to know whether or not Alan Parsons blew your mind or disappointed you.
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I need to know whether or not Alan Parsons blew your mind or disappointed you.
I apologize for the radio silence over the last few days. Been really busy.
I can allay your fears by saying that none of the albums disappointed me this round. Well, one maybe a little tiny bit, but this may be the overall highest scoring round so far.
I'm starting write ups tonight.
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:soon: :metal :soon:
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Waiting on a Maple Leafs Stanley Cup?
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Pretty much. Shouldn't be much longer though :biggrin:
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Waiting on a Maple Leafs Stanley Cup?
:lol
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:millahhhh
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Sorry guys. Work has been an absolute cluster this week. I'll try to finish the write ups tonight.
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Here is the first batch of results for round 8, I apologize again for the delays and I will have the rest up tomorrow evening. There are 2 albums in this round that brought back all kinds of memories, both good and bad, and both old and more recent. One is in this batch. The next will be tomorrow.
Round 8 Results Part 1 (unintentionally drudging up painful memories)
Eyefear - The Unseen
Lethean
Progressive Metal
Australia
First Impression - The vocalists vibrato is about as ridiculous as his hair...
So the vocals.....the vocals. While not technically bad, I can't stand that constant use of vibrato like this guy does at the end of every phrase. I mean just land on a note for crying out loud. Every single drawn out note is drowning in vibrato!!!1!! WHY!?!?? Maybe his voice is broken.......Maybe he doesn't even realize he is doing it.......I mean seriously, how many ears did this album pass through during the making of the album and no one told him that maybe he should tone down the vibrato a tad....
Anyway, this album would be pretty enjoyable if it was instrumental only. The riffs are super heavy and make me want to band my head. Oh, and speaking of banging your head, can you imagine the vocalist of this band windmilling his hair during a show. He would blow the entire audience out of the venue! I digress.....Back on topic. The riffs? Awesome! The solos? Great! The drumming isn't particularly ground breaking, but they are tastefully done with enough variety. I like that galloping rhythm in Bridge to the Past. The keyboards fill in the cheese factor that is necessary for a power/prog album, but not annoyingly so. Well maybe a little over the top occasionally. At times they remind me of the keyboards on Andromeda albums, or any number of other power/prog albums :lol
Fortunately this album is on the shorter side. I don't think I could stand the vibrato for much longer than this. I mean, I think he could have a great voice if he didn't use so much vibrato. Overall it isn't a bad album, but a lot of the instrumentation becomes a bit tedious and derivative by the end, couple that with the problems I have with the vocalist and you get this score....
7/10
Deathwhite - For a Black Tomorrow
Elite
Gothic/Doom Metal
United States
First Impression - Holy Katatonia Batman!
Like my first impression indicates, the Katatonia is strong with this band. This is a good thing, because we haven't had a new Katatonia album in over 2 years (and as of now, we may not get another Katatonia album), so this scratches that itch pretty well. There's also some fairly obvious mid era Anathema similarities as well. So a band that is comparable to two bands that I thoroughly enjoy, you would think I dig this. And I do, quite a lot.
Now it isn't perfect by any stretch of the imagination. For example the vocals leave a little to be desired in a few places, even though he is doing his best Jonas Renkse with a bit of Myles Kennedy impression throughout a good portion of the album. He neither has the vocal range (not that Jonas has an incredible range, but I digress) nor quite the right tone for this style of music, but it isn't bad. The guitars are a tad on the.....non edgy side? I'm not sure how to describe it. They don't pack any kind of real punch or any super cool riffs or acrobatics, but at the same time they work for the album. The drummer does his best to spice up the 4/4 time signature that is used throughout the majority of this album (honestly you can do a lot in 4/4). Kind of reminds me a bit of the way the drummer from Moonsorrow navigates 4/4. I do like the way most of the songs are just long enough to get the point across and then give way to the next. Nothing sticking around for too long, overstaying it's welcome. Some of the coolest parts are the little acoustic passages used here and there. They are very atmospheric and work well within their respective songs.
Every song here ends up being in the slower to mid paced tempo, combine that with the lack of guitar or vocal acrobatics (or any acrobatics really), constant use of 4/4 time signature, and a slightly lackluster vocal performance, it would seem like a recipe for a disastrous album, but it really isn't. I suppose the same could be said of most of Katatonia's albums or bands like Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride, but the great atmosphere and mood keeps the music engaging and, I don't want to say fun to listen to (the lyrical content is all fairly depressing), but you get the idea.
8/10
MindMaze - Resolve
Jingle
Progressive Power Metal
United States
First Impression - The drum production is........odd
I want to get something out of the way really quick here. The drum production is the only thing holding this album back. The bass drum is mixed way too loud and the rest of the drums sound like they were recording with a potato (this is a slight exaggeration). The drummer is definitely talented and what he does works well with the music.
So having gotten the bad out of the way, lets talk about all the good this album does. Right off the bat the guitarist (whose last name is Teets (hehehehe)) makes himself known with some fantastic Iron Maiden on speed riffs and solos, mixed with jazzy solos on crack, intermingled with some heavy as balls metal riffs, and some early Queensryche riffage. This is continued throughout the album. This guy is going places. The next thing that is very apparent is the vocals. Not only are they employing a female vocalist, but she isn't the typical female metal vocalist. She isn't an over the top operatic singer. She doesn't have an especially feminine tone (not that she doesn't sound like a woman). She is an anomaly when it comes to female vocalists in metal. I like it. I also don't think she is being used to the extent of her abilities. I think she has way more range that she is displaying here. She just seems to be singing for the song, not trying to outdo anything. The bass also stands out, mostly because you can hear it (which in and of itself is an anomaly in any type of power metal) and because it is well played. I noticed that Mike Lepond was part of this band at one point, but not on this album, and I like his bass chops. This guy here, though, is really good too. I also like the way the keyboards are used here. More of an accompanying instrument to give the music more depth instead of trying to take over the music.
I like what this band is doing. They sound modern and classic at the same time. Kind of a timelessness to their sound. This album was really just a joy to listen to, top to bottom. It's too bad about the drums, but I won't let that impede my enjoyment too much.
9.3/10
The Reticent - On the Eve of a Goodbye
TAC
Progressive Death Metal
United States
First Impression - This is a bizarre mashup of Kalisia, Opeth, Soen, Chevelle, Dark Suns, and, of all things, All Shall Perish. Weird.
Here's another album that I have no idea how it isn't getting much more attention. A more accurate statement to the first impression would be a mashup of Opeth, Arcane, and Perihelion Ship. The music is pretty great. The vocals are also really good and display a ton of raw emotion. But I don't really want to talk about any of that.
So this album is a concept album. It's about the lead up to and suicide of someone. Now, there is no way you (TAC) could have known this before sending this album, but I had a very close friend who committed suicide just a few years ago. Long story short, I struggled for a long time to make sense of it. I just couldn't process why anyone would do that. He left behind his sister, and parents and countless friends that all loved him. It was a horrible and life altering experience. Anyway, I could sort of tell the direction this album was going in through the first half. I knew someone was going to die in the end, but wasn't sure if it was going to be from a sickness (which if we are being honest here, depression is a sickness) or something else. By the time the song The Postscript came on I knew exactly where it was going. When The Decision started all the memories of my dear friend came back again and I almost couldn't finish the album. Funeral for a Firefly is where it really hit home for me, I actually cried during this song. These were all the same thoughts I had when my friend took his life. It's a tough thing losing anyone like that. This album is heartbreaking, but I'm glad you sent it. One of the biggest reasons I listen to music is to be moved emotionally in some way. Whether that's happiness or sadness or any other emotion, as long as it's done in a way that feels genuine and makes me feel something.
This really is a fantastic album, although because of how hard this hits me emotionally I cant see me listening to it very often. The music is both technical (but not overly so) and done in a way that fits each and every song. The vocals really elevate this to the next level. Is he the most technical or gifted vocalist? No, but he delivers each line with such raw and honest emotion that it's easy to feel the sense behind the lyrics. Again thanks for sending this, but screw you for making me cry...................just kidding...
9.9/10
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guess i gotta check out the reticent, oof
also that means i got massive attack and mindmaze backwards from the impressions which, yeah i figured i had mindmaze wrong so not surprised
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To be fair, my assessment and score of that album may be a bit biased based on my emotional connection with it, ymmv.
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i mean even musically it sounds rad & i can relate to albums emotionally even if i don't have similar experiences (read: hospice, lol)
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I can't be too sad about that score, because I would probably give it a similar one myself.
It's funny though - I chose it because I was desperate and remembered some friends raving about that album the year it came out. And they really liked the singer. :lol I never imagined someone would find the vocals that objectionable. I thought he was OK and that the album was decent. Not my ideal roulette selection, but it was all I could think of. It was that or rage quit over Headspace being rejected. :)
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Also Andromeda is wwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyy better than Eyefear.
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Also Andromeda is wwwwwaaaaaaaaayyyyy better than Eyefear.
Yeah, too bad they're on my banned list. I would love to discover some of the bands I love for the first time again.
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Believe me, I know full well that they're banned. :P
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again i must apologize about your headspace
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That's Ok. I should have thought about it and sent it at the beginning of the roulette.
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Glad you liked it. I'm gonna share your writeup with Jeff and Sarah. Their somewhat friends of DTF (Nick is friends with them, and actually was the drummer in their band prior to becoming Mindmaze). It's criminal how underexposed they are. Surprised about the drum comments, as I don't hear any of that.
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Jeez, a 9.9!? That must be good then. I might have a listen later.
Also, I think a. 8.0 is about right for Deathwhite myself. It's funny how this is the second thing I've sent that you compared to Katatonia (the first one being Foscor more than two months ago), even though I'm not too fond of that band myself. I think though, that if this was an 8.0, the Foscor album should have been way higher than what it got, but I think that's just me :biggrin:
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Jeez, a 9.9!? That must be good then. I might have a listen later.
Also, I think a. 8.0 is about right for Deathwhite myself. It's funny how this is the second thing I've sent that you compared to Katatonia (the first one being Foscor more than two months ago), even though I'm not too fond of that band myself. I think though, that if this was an 8.0, the Foscor album should have been way higher than what it got, but I think that's just me :biggrin:
I can score Deathwhite lower if you'd like :biggrin:
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I listened to that The Reticent album today and I thought it was good, to really good at times, but I heard so mich other stuff in there that I hardly found it very original. The Opeth influence was especially obvious, with the singer sounding very much like him at times, both in his clean voice (seriously, some of those vocal lines were delivered exactly how Åkerfeldt does them in Opeth, decorations and all) and in his growly voice.
Based on your write-up, I looked forward to Funeral for a Firefly and the first half was incredibly touching and moving indeed, but the second half was a disaster. The last two tracks closed the album in a not too exciting way to me as well.
Overall, after one listen (bear that in mind) I thought it was intriguing and good, but far from the high score you gave it. Then again, there’s only about 3-5 albums I have ever heard that I would consider giving a 9.9/10, so maybe we don’t score stuff the same way.
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As I said previously, it might have a lot to do with my emotional connection to the album. It just hit me in such a way that it would have felt unjustified for me not to give it that score. Is it really that close to a 10/10 album? Maybe not, but to me, just how it moved me, it's close.
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Hey Pup, glad you liked the album. I'm sorry to hear about your friend.
It's a really cool album. Very deep. I believe it's actually based on a true stroy that the writer personally knew. Obviously I wasn't expecting a score that high.
I was worried because I have safely sent harsh vocals for most of this roulette.
I think this might be the first clean vocal album I sent. I had no idea how it would be received. I've had this album kicking around in my Spotify Library for a couple of years.It's pretty chill so I'll usually put it on during a Sox game.
Anyway, I sent you the Greatest Hits album when you asked us to lock in the artists for that and the Concept Album round. Let me know if you need me to resend it.
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Anyway, I sent you the Greatest Hits album when you asked us to lock in the artists for that and the Concept Album round. Let me know if you need me to resend it.
I'm pretty sure I still have the PM's for those.
By the way, just as a reminder, the rest of the write ups for round 8 will be up later tonight. In the mean time, those of you who haven't done so already, go ahead and send for the Greatest Hits round. I'd like to get all of those in by Saturday evening/Sunday Morning. I'll be doing something a little different with the Hangmanen.
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It was a fun roulette and I'm happy you found at least a few albums you loved from my collection :hug:
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I listened to that The Reticent album today ...
Overall, after one listen (bear that in mind) I thought it was intriguing and good, but far from the high score you gave it.
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It was a fun roulette and I'm happy you found at least a few albums you loved from my collection :hug:
Don't forget you are still in this for at least the Greatest Hits round. You still have a chance to make it to the final round, as long as some other people bomb this next round :biggrin:
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Oh fudge. I forgot the GH is before cutoffs. I better pick songs...
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Round 8 Results part 2 Getting Nostalgic
The Antlers - Hospice
Parama
Indie Rock
United States
(bonus point band)
First Impression - Occasionally lyrics and music come together just right.
The first two tracks here were a promising start, but the album falls almost completely flat for me until I get to the last two tracks.
The intro track and Kettering were both so beautiful, with some heart wrenching lyrics. I can forgive some of the vocal problems I hear because the lyrics are so good and the music fits so well. Sylvia is where I start to lose interest in the album. It's actually an OK song, but I was expecting so much more from this album. It's also from this point on where I lose any emotional connection to the lyrics. Atrophy is too long and the noise section just makes me want to skip the song. Bear makes no sense from a lyrical standpoint, although the vocal melodies are fine and so is the music. Thirteen is skippable. Two is going to be moshed to if I ever see The Antlers at a show. Mostly because I don't get it. There is just no emotional connection to the story or the music. How the music, vocals, and lyrics fit so well together on Kettering is not found anywhere else on this album. It's quite aggravating for me. I'd seen this album hyped up by many people that I share a lot in common with musically, how it was heart wrenching emotional journey. This is just.....there....A few good tracks drowning in a sea of mediocrity. Wake is another of the good tracks. Well, I should say, better than the previous handful. It's too long and the lyrics are nonsensical for the most part. Epilogue is possibly the best track here, with the exception of maybe Kettering. It has that emotional connection that I was expecting for the whole album, even though the lyrics are still a little bizarre. The simple acoustic guitar works here.
This was a grand disappointment. Sorry. I was expecting something else completely. Perhaps I just don't get it. Perhaps I'm missing the point of the lyrics. Perhaps I'm just crazy. Although this still doesn't hit me nearly as hard as I thought it would. I saw Soundscape mentioned on RYM that he hears similarities to Jeff Buckley.......with the exception of the last track in like one spot, that's a big nope. I also still prefer this bands Burst Apart album.
5.8/10 - (1) = 4.8/10
Massive Attack - Mezzanine
Romdrums
Downtempo Trip Hop
United Kingdom
First Impression - Sinister, brooding, beautiful, atmospheric, bold.
This album went about how I expected it to, based on the song from it that was sent in my last roulette. I think I would have to be in a very specific mood to thoroughly enjoy this. It doesn't really hit any of my enjoyment buttons fully.
The first song is, as my first impression points out, a darker toned brooding atmospheric track that I actually grew to enjoy more and more each time I listened to it. From then on out I feel like the album is a bit inconsistent. Risingson has a cool groove, but I don't particularly like the vocals and it doesn't maintain any of the same thick atmosphere as the first song. The exception being the cool transitions between each vocalists parts. The song overstays it's welcome to my ears, which is pretty hard for a less than 5 minute song. Teardrop was the song I got last roulette. In the context of the album I actually like it quite a bit more. The vocals are still super smooth to me and the song is super chill. Much better atmosphere than the last track. My enjoyment drops again with the next 2 tracks, Inertia Creeps and Exchange. The former not doing much and going on for a bit too long. And again I don't really like the vocals on this one either. I like the beginning of Exchange. The opening melody is pretty cool, but it's ruined a bit by the rhythm section that comes in. I feel it doesn't fit. Dissolved Girl is another highlight for me. Great vocals and melodies. The vocals to Man Next Door cracked me up until I looked up the lyrics. There's a line in there that sounds like he's saying "Always a fussy fart." Apparently that isn't the line. Either way the vocals are distracting on this track and I cant really get in to it, even though the groove and atmosphere is pretty cool. Black Milk picks up the album again with another infectious groove and lovely vocals, but is over long. The rest of the tracks are very meh to me.
As you can see this album is pretty much a roller coaster ride, with constant peaks and low valleys. The best tracks here being Angel, Teardrop, and Dissolved Girl. The rest can take a hike for the most part. This would be a great album to put on in the background to just lounge and relax to, but active listening not so much.
7/10
Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
Ariich
Story-Time Electronica Post-Rock?
United Kingdom
First Impression - Reminds me a bit of Hibernal only the music is more diverse.
This is a tough one to review/rate/write-up. The music is pretty much brilliantly beautiful throughout. I like the use of spoken word clips mixed with a bit of sung vocals here and there. There are quite a few changing dynamics throughout the album as well. I love the use of orchestral music, post-rock, electronica, ambient, classic prog, and lots of other genres. The problem lies in the story itself, but I'll get to that in a minute.
The first track is fantastic, as is the second. The latter having some great post-rock passages mixed with some brass instruments. People Will Always Need Coal starts off really cool, but it's here that you realize that this album is really just about mining coal and how it will lead humanity in to the future. It sounds like a propaganda album. Maybe that's the point. Maybe it's a metaphor. I'm not sure what it would be a metaphor for, but I digress. The rest of the album follows a similar pattern, although they mix it up on each song so it never becomes repetitive musically. Progress starts off sounding a little like an 80's pop rock song, but quickly switches to a more shoe gazey post rock track. You + Me stands out because you have the vocals sung in two different languages. I quite enjoy it. There's cool little musical flares all over this album and a lot of build ups to cool climaxes. So I guess the only problem I really have with it is the subject matter. It seems like a boring subject to cover.
I do think I will dive in to the rest of their discography. They sound a bit more interesting, at least story wise. Overall it's a fantastic album musically and even vocally. I may just be hung up on the story too much, oh well.
7.9/10
The Alan Parsons Project - Eye in the Sky
Kattelox
Progressive Rock
United Kingdom
First Impression - I'm not sure what I was expecting here, but it wasn't this.
So at last we come to the other album that struck a major chord (haha major chord....get it????.....) with me emotionally.
The album started off beautifully with the instrumental Sirius, a short but sweet intro to what would end up being a short but sweet album. It has a definite 80's pop rock vibe to it, but it's extremely well performed, with a cool guitar solo all leading in to the title track. Here is where my story of this album begins. As soon as this track started I knew I had heard it before. I just didn't know where or when I had heard it. It wasn't until I got through a few more tracks that a massive wave of nostalgia, sentimentality, and many great childhood memories all came flooding back to me. My dad had this album when I was a little kid. I remembered the first time I heard it. My dad use to take me on the cool little road trips in Northern California when I was around 6-10 years old. This one time we drove from Santa Rosa up to Point Arena via highway 1 along the coast and he popped this album in. Incidentally this road trip was also the first time I heard Dire Straits Love Over Gold, another album I love. But this Alan Parsons album for whatever reason never stuck with me as I got older. I'm not sure why, it's a great album. The title track for instance is a classic rock hit and for good reason. Children of the Moon has a bit of a King Crimson vibe to it. Silence and I has a bit of a jazzy feel with some great vocals and cool orchestral elements and another emotional guitar solo (this album is full of them). The quality of the album does drop a tad with You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned and Psychobabble, although the latter is sort of catchy. The beginning of Mammagamma makes me chuckle. It sounds like they are going to break in to a disco song or something. It's actually a really cool instrumental track, with a groovy bass line. Step by Step is a cool catchy song. Old and Wise is another highlight of the album. A great ballad type track, with more great vocals and an awesome saxophone solo at the end. Fitting way to finish an album I'd say.
So first of all I have to say thanks for bringing back many happy childhood memories of spending time with my dad. This just brought me back and put a smile on my face and reminded me of that awesome road trip I took with my dad. It doesn't hurt that it's also a top notch album. I think the only song I don't really care for is You're Gonna Get Your Fingers Burned.
9.5/10
Scores
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9 = 79.9
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9 = 79
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7 = 77.2
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8 = 75
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7 = 73.7
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5 = 73.9
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8 = 73.4
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3 = 73.4
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5, 9.4 = 61.1
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
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Hey Puppies - how many people will make it to the last round?
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knew i shouldn't have bothered sending anything that wasn't metal :metal
oh well, your loss
i don't know how the lyrics come off as nonsensical though they're for the most part really straightforward to me and i suck at interpreting lyrics :lol
also you have lethean above katt on the scoreboard even though lethean has .2 less points :P
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knew i shouldn't have bothered sending anything that wasn't metal :metal
oh well, your loss
i don't know how the lyrics come off as nonsensical though they're for the most part really straightforward to me and i suck at interpreting lyrics :lol
I think I'm going to chalk it up to the fact that I just may not get it...... :sadpanda:
Hey Puppies - how many people will make it to the last round?
It will be the top 6 in the final round. So 2 will be cut.
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i think you'll at least like my greatest hits album but then again i could also be totally wrong since the band is sent isn't really like any of the other bands i've sent so far & the one song i know you've heard from them you didn't like :P
anyways i'm sure everyone else will show up to tell you how wrong you are about hospice so w/e
i'll take "better than absu"
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tbh mezzanine was a very slow burner for me but now it's in my top 10, fantastic record :metal
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Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
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The problem lies in the story itself, but I'll get to that in a minute.
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but it's here that you realize that this album is really just about mining coal and how it will lead humanity in to the future. It sounds like a propaganda album. Maybe that's the point. Maybe it's a metaphor. I'm not sure what it would be a metaphor for, but I digress.
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So I guess the only problem I really have with it is the subject matter. It seems like a boring subject to cover.
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I may just be hung up on the story too much, oh well.
Um, I think you've rather (by which I mean entirely) missed the point about the album's story. I did link you to the Wikipedia page so you could have had a quick read, although I appreciate you've been really busy.
But by way of brief explanation, the album is about the rise AND FALL of coal mining and by extension industrial decline more generally and the way it has left communities devastated. The opening tracks are indeed about how great coal will be. It's all taken from real PSAs, news segments, etc. like all of the band's samples are. But as the album progresses the clips move forward in time as coal becomes outdated, lose government subsidy, and the communities that put all of their stake in mining because they were told "people will always need coal" got no support and ended up seeing mass unemployment and economic ruin. This was a huge issue in the UK back in the 80s and I understand it's been an issue in the US as well so it's a pretty universal story.
Personally I think the album is incredibly powerful in the way it charts the hopefulness and propaganda in the early songs, really hitting home why so many towns across the UK (and I'm sure other countries) put everything they had into mining, and the album becomes more bleak and depressing as it goes through and you learn how these people were neglected and had their lives ruined.
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Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
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The problem lies in the story itself, but I'll get to that in a minute.
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but it's here that you realize that this album is really just about mining coal and how it will lead humanity in to the future. It sounds like a propaganda album. Maybe that's the point. Maybe it's a metaphor. I'm not sure what it would be a metaphor for, but I digress.
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So I guess the only problem I really have with it is the subject matter. It seems like a boring subject to cover.
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I may just be hung up on the story too much, oh well.
Um, I think you've rather (by which I mean entirely) missed the point about the album's story. I did link you to the Wikipedia page so you could have had a quick read, although I appreciate you've been really busy.
But by way of brief explanation, the album is about the rise AND FALL of coal mining and by extension industrial decline more generally and the way it has left communities devastated. The opening tracks are indeed about how great coal will be. It's all taken from real PSAs, news segments, etc. like all of the band's samples are. But as the album progresses the clips move forward in time as coal becomes outdated, lose government subsidy, and the communities that put all of their stake in mining because they were told "people will always need coal" got no support and ended up seeing mass unemployment and economic ruin. This was a huge issue in the UK back in the 80s and I understand it's been an issue in the US as well so it's a pretty universal story.
Personally I think the album is incredibly powerful in the way it charts the hopefulness and propaganda in the early songs, really hitting home why so many towns across the UK (and I'm sure other countries) put everything they had into mining, and the album becomes more bleak and depressing as it goes through and you learn how these people were neglected and had their lives ruined.
Thanks for the further insight in to the story. I'll have to go back and listen again. I was definitely getting the feeling that I was missing something. :lol
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Sent my Greatest Hits record
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Oh hell yes, 5th place?! Glad you had such a good time with that album. I definitely was hoping you'd love it because I get a King Crimson vibe at moments too. I'm happy it brought back memories of your dad and that most of the album was entertaining. It's got a nice variety.
Can't wait to send you my greatest hits so my own roulette's results and that will be what I work on all weekend. jingle, Parama, Lethean... game on, my goal is to remain ahead of at least two of you. :hat
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Wow... that is a TIGHT race for the last 2 spots. Sending my GH right now. No risk, no reward.
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Public Service Broadcasting - Every Valley
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The problem lies in the story itself, but I'll get to that in a minute.
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but it's here that you realize that this album is really just about mining coal and how it will lead humanity in to the future. It sounds like a propaganda album. Maybe that's the point. Maybe it's a metaphor. I'm not sure what it would be a metaphor for, but I digress.
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So I guess the only problem I really have with it is the subject matter. It seems like a boring subject to cover.
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I may just be hung up on the story too much, oh well.
Um, I think you've rather (by which I mean entirely) missed the point about the album's story. I did link you to the Wikipedia page so you could have had a quick read, although I appreciate you've been really busy.
But by way of brief explanation, the album is about the rise AND FALL of coal mining and by extension industrial decline more generally and the way it has left communities devastated. The opening tracks are indeed about how great coal will be. It's all taken from real PSAs, news segments, etc. like all of the band's samples are. But as the album progresses the clips move forward in time as coal becomes outdated, lose government subsidy, and the communities that put all of their stake in mining because they were told "people will always need coal" got no support and ended up seeing mass unemployment and economic ruin. This was a huge issue in the UK back in the 80s and I understand it's been an issue in the US as well so it's a pretty universal story.
Personally I think the album is incredibly powerful in the way it charts the hopefulness and propaganda in the early songs, really hitting home why so many towns across the UK (and I'm sure other countries) put everything they had into mining, and the album becomes more bleak and depressing as it goes through and you learn how these people were neglected and had their lives ruined.
Thanks for the further insight in to the story. I'll have to go back and listen again. I was definitely getting the feeling that I was missing something. :lol
Yeah, you seemed to get, like, the exact opposite message. :lol
Forgot to say but glad you dug the music, they have a great vibe and array of styles they use. Hope you enjoy it more once you've dug into the concept a little.
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Oh man I think I have the perfect epic idea for the GH. What's your favorite kind of cheese, Pup? :lol
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oh btw since you said the lyrics were total nonsense, bear is about the protagonist's partner getting an abortion :P
it's greatly implied that's the specific thing that was the breaking point between the two of them
anyways i've learned my lesson to not send you emotional concept albums in the future and fortunately my concept album for that round is just a straight up fantasy thing so woo :metal i'm getting cut before that round anyways though
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Oh man I think I have the perfect epic idea for the GH. What's your favorite kind of cheese, Pup? :lol
Umm, brie?
oh btw since you said the lyrics were total nonsense, bear is about the protagonist's partner getting an abortion :P
it's greatly implied that's the specific thing that was the breaking point between the two of them
anyways i've learned my lesson to not send you emotional concept albums in the future and fortunately my concept album for that round is just a straight up fantasy thing so woo :metal i'm getting cut before that round anyways though
I'm usually pretty good at picking up the message of lyrics like that, but for some reason this album just didn't click with me. For example I've deciphered most of The Mars Volta's lyrics, but that was after years of listening to their music. I suppose if I have way more time to digest this album, that would be the case, but I think the music wasn't interesting enough to make me want to listen to it again and again. :-\
I do love some fantasy nonsense though :metal
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hopefully you like my greatest hits artist then :neverusethis:
'cause you're banned from listening to my concept album if i don't make it to the final round, i'll reuse some of those for the next roulette
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:metardica:
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Since I got no reply to my PM, I’m assuming my Greateet Hits album was accepted. Good. The rest is losing :biggrin:
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Since I got no reply to my PM, I’m assuming my Greateet Hits album was accepted. Good. The rest is losing :biggrin:
oh yeah, sorry. I meant to send a reply earlier and then got distracted. You are good. :tup
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how many peeps do we still need? i'd be surprised if everyone didn;t have their greatest hits ready already
also i hope you go with my hangman idea of only doing hangman for the song names & making figuring out the artists sent only by the song names part of the game 'cause i think that'd make things lot more interesting than guessing the same artist names a dozen times each :lol
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how many peeps do we still need? i'd be surprised if everyone didn;t have their greatest hits ready already
See my earlier posts... I don't have mine ready yet. And I need to journey out and buy a new keyboard so it won't be til after I do that and write my results
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I'll be sending shortly.
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how many peeps do we still need? i'd be surprised if everyone didn;t have their greatest hits ready already
See my earlier posts... I don't have mine ready yet. And I need to journey out and buy a new keyboard so it won't be til after I do that and write my results
Commence the quest for the keyboard! Safe travels.
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Sent!
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Just need Kat's Greatest Hits and then I can start the Hangenmemes
I also still need Greatest Hits album titles from TAC, Jingle, and Romdrums
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c'mon katt :metal
very curious to see what artists people sent
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I sent some cheerful stuff, I think. Maybe pups will even enjoy it.
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Oh crap. Okay.
Results are gonna be delayed til tomorrow for my roulette but I'm on it now.
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Oh crap. Okay.
Results are gonna be delayed til tomorrow for my roulette but I'm on it now.
Do what you need to do. I gave a soft deadline of Sunday Morning for submitting Greatest Hits albums.
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honestly didn't expect to get this far so I'm just happy to still be able to send stuff even if it bombs :lol I'll try to get mine to you tonight.
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honestly didn't expect to get this far so I'm just happy to still be able to send stuff even if it bombs :lol I'll try to get mine to you tonight.
Well you might get the "Most inconsistent participant" award by the end of this. It's a toss up between you and Parama at this point :lol
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Results are gonna be delayed til tomorrow for my roulette but I'm on it now.
No excuses!
I also still need Greatest Hits album titles from TAC, Jingle, and Romdrums
Sent!
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i've been pretty consistent except you hated the best album i sent :loser:
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i've been pretty consistent except you hated the best album i sent :loser:
Except your EP and round 3. But that was mostly because of the -1 for it being a bonus point band
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GH coming shortly. Dotting my Ts and crossing my Is, it's just about ready.
EDIT: Sent! Let the games begin!
EDIT 2: I also made the best GH title.
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i don't have the best GH title but i have the best GH concept
puppies give me my final D
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T
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F
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S
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O
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Hey! Get back in line and wait your turns! :lol
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Don't you have writeups to do??
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Hmm let's see what I have in my bag here oh wait looks like it's three goose eggs for TAC :jamaritard:
Yeah they'll either be up way late tonight or early tomorrow.
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Hangmemes Part 1
?: T_____s_o_______t_o_s
?: __osts of S___t_
?: __ F____ ____t__
?: _______ ___t__ ___d
?: ____ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ S____d
?: _oodoo _o__o_
?: T__ ____ __t____
?: T__ ___s____
?: _o_____st__
?: _____s
?: ___o____ __d ____
?: __st __ D_______
?: __d _____ _t St__ts
?: So__ fo_ ____s
?: Foo_so__
?: F____t___s
?: D_s___d__ts of t__ S__
?: T_o S_o_s
?: ___o_s__ of t__ _____
Guessed letters: dtfso
TAC waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Kat waits 1
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C
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Hmm let's see what I have in my bag here oh wait looks like it's three goose eggs for TAC :jamaritard:
Each preceeded by a 1 :jamaritard: :jamaritard:
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gimme the K
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W
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I sent some cheerful stuff, I think. Maybe pups will even enjoy it.
You’re the one who sent Jolly. :censored
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Part 1
?: T_____sco_____c_t_o_s
?: Ghosts of __s___t_
?: __ F____ C___t_r
?: W______ W__tr_ W__d
?: ____ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ Sc_r_d
?: Voodoo Cowboy
?: T__ ____ __tw___
?: T__ ___s____
?: _or____st_r
?: C____s
?: C__or___ __d W___
?: __st __ Dr______
Elite: End Where it Starts
?: Song for ____s
?: Foo_so__
?: F__r_t___s
?: Descendants of the Sun
?: Two S_o_s
?: C_ro_s__ of t__ W____
Guessed letters: dtfsockwr
Part 2
?: ___ ______ ____ _
?: ___ ____ __
?: _______
?: _ _____ ______ ________
?: _______ _______
?: _________ ____
?: ___ _____ _______
?: ___ __________ ________
?: ______ ______
?: __ ____ ______
?: ___ ____ __ __ ______
?: ____ __ ___ ____ _____
?: ___ ___ _____ _____ __ ___
?: _____ ____
?: ______ _
?: _______ __ ___ _____
?: _______
?: ____ ____ ___ ___
?: ___ ____ ____
?: ____ __ __ ______
Guessed letters:
Parama waits 3 turns
Romdrums waits 2 turns
Kat waits 1
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R
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Ghosts of something
Voodoo
Song For someone
Descendants of the Sun
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End Where It Starts-Jolly
Voodoo Cowboy
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Jolly is Elite
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Song For someone a Dead Friend by Kevin Gilbert
:neverusethis:
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I'll take L on part 2.
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I sent some cheerful stuff, I think. Maybe pups will even enjoy it.
You’re the one who sent Jolly. :censored
Yes :|
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Woah we're doing every song? I have 16 of them, so this could take forever!
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I have 13 songs, but since we already know the artist I sent, it’ll probably easier than you think. This applies to other guessed artists as well, but Jolly’s discography isn’t that large. You could basically guess what I put on the playlist just by randomly guessing their best songs :biggrin:
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I have 13 songs, but since we already know the artist I sent, it’ll probably easier than you think. This applies to other guessed artists as well, but Jolly’s discography isn’t that large. You could basically guess what I put on the playlist just by randomly guessing their best songs :biggrin:
Yeah, but if he's mixing and matching participants/bands in each batch, as well as guessed letters, it's still gonna be a cluster. I too have 16 tracks.
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Chlorine and Wine by Baroness, I think?
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T on the bottom
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A on the top.
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i have 15 songs myself :corn
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A on the bottom
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I figured we would go until all the bands have been guessed.
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D in the bottom :neverusethis:
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Wailing Wintry Wind by Baroness
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
? - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
? - ?
Voodoo Cowboy
? - ?
Descendants of the Sun
Part 1
?: T_____sco_____cat_o_s
?: __osts of __sa__t_
?: __ F__a_ C_a_t_r
?: _a__ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ Scar_d
?: T__ ____ __tw___
?: T__ __as____
?: _or____star
?: Ca__as
?: __st __ Dr_a____
?: So__ for ___as
?: Foo_so__
?: Fa_r_ta__s
?: Two S_o_s
?: Caro_s__ of t__ W_a__
Guessed letters: dtfsockwra
Part 2
?: T__ _____t _a_t _
?: __t _a_l T_
?: __d_a__
?: A _____ _all_d __l__t_a
?: _t___al ___t___
?: _______l_ _a__
?: T__ ___al ____ad_
?: T__ __a_t_l__d ________
?: __dd__ _la___
?: __ _a__ ____t_
?: T__ _all __ a_ ______
?: L__t __ t__ Da__ La_d_
?: T_l t__ ___a_ Ta___ __ All
?: _t___ ____
?: _alad_ _
?: _la____ __ t__ L___t
?: ___l___
?: __d_ __t_ t__ ___
?: T__ ____ ____
?: _all __ a_ ______
Guessed letters: ltad
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Fall of an Empire
Nothgard?
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L for the first one
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S up the bottom.
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Malady X, also Nothgard
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Lost in the Dark Lands
Til the ??? Takes Us All
Fairytales
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
? - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
? - ?
Voodoo Cowboy
? - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
? - ?
Fairytales
? - ?
Lost in the Dark Lands
Part 1
?: T_l___sco_____cat_o_s
?: __osts of __sa__t_
?: __ F__al C_a_t_r
?: _a__ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ Scar_d
?: T__ L___ __tw___
?: T__ __as____
?: _or____star
?: Ca__as
?: __st __ Dr_a____
?: So__ for _l_as
?: Foolso__
?: Two S_o_s
?: Caro_s_l of t__ W_al_
Guessed letters: dtfsockwral
Part 2
?: T__ S____t _a_t _
?: S_t Sa_l T_
?: __d_a__
?: A ___s_ _all_d __l__t_a
?: _t___al ___t___
?: ____s__l_ _a__
?: T__ ___al ___sad_
?: T__ __a_t_l__d S_______
?: __dd__ _la__s
?: S_ _a__ ____ts
?: T__ _all __ a_ ______
?: Til the ___a_ Takes Us All
?: St___ ____
?: _la____ __ t__ L___t
?: _s_l_ss
?: __d_ __t_ t__ S__
?: T__ ____ S___
Guessed letters: ltads
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Lost In the Dark Lands is Fairytale. K-Lox?
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I did not send Fairytale.
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Carousel of Whale is also Jolly (not Carousel of the Whale, dammit :getoffmylawn:)
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I did not send Fairytale.
J-Boy?
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oh Nothgard is probably TAC btw
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Carousel of Whale is also Jolly (not Carousel of the Whale, dammit :getoffmylawn:)
If we're doing this then it's also EndS Where it Starts.
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oh Nothgard is probably TAC btw
(https://i.imgur.com/feyVybU.gif?noredirect)
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I did not send Fairytale.
J-Boy?
Never heard of the band.
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I did not send Fairytale.
J-Boy?
Never heard of the band.
I did send something, but it is not Fairytale... hint hint...
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I did not send Fairytale.
J-Boy?
Never heard of the band.
I did send something, but it is not Fairytale... hint hint...
I'll give a bigger hint. Nobody sent Fairytale.... :corn
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So...just a fairy tale? :neverusethis:
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I believe in you, TAC. You can figure out what I sent. :loser:
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I believe in you, TAC. You can figure out what I sent. :loser:
Fairyland
I'm so dumb. :lol
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:lol The cheese thickens...
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Carousel of Whale is also Jolly (not Carousel of the Whale, dammit :getoffmylawn:)
If we're doing this then it's also EndS Where it Starts.
Just typos on my part
Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
? - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
? - ?
Voodoo Cowboy
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
? - ?
Fairytales
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Part 1
?: T_l_m_scomm___cat_o_s
?: __osts of __sa__t_
?: M_ F__al C_a_t_r
?: _a__ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ Scar_d
?: T__ L___ __tw___
?: T__ __as____
?: Mor____star
?: Ca__as
?: M_st __ Dr_am___
?: So__ for _l_as
?: Foolso__
?: Two S_o_s
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralm
Part 2
?: T__ S____t _a_t _
?: S_t Sa_l T_
?: __d_a__
?: A ___s_ _all_d __l__t_a
?: _t___al ___t___
?: ____s__l_ _a__
?: T__ ___al ___sad_
?: T__ __a_t_l__d S_______
?: __dd__ _la__s
?: S_ _a__ ____ts
?: T__ _all __ a_ ______
?: Til the ___a_ Takes Us All
?: St___ ____
?: _la____ __ t__ L___t
?: _s_l_ss
?: __d_ __t_ t__ S__
?: T__ ____ S___
Guessed letters: ltads
Part 3
?: ___ ___ __ ___
?: _____ _______
?: ________
?: ____ ___ ___ ___
?: _______ __ ___ _____
?: ____ __ ___ ______
?: ____
?: ____ __ ____
?: ______ ______ _____
?: _______ _____
?: ______
?: _____
?: ___ ________
?: _____ _______ ____
?: ___ __ _____
?: _____ ____
?: ________ _____
?: ___'_ __ ______
?: ________ ___ ___ _ ____
?: ___ ____ ____
Guessed letters:
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imo you're posting new rounds of hangman too fast :lol the first two aren't even close to done and having to guess all the letters separately for each one means they are probably gonna stay not done at this rate
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M for the first one
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Vanna, give us the R S T L N and E on the bottom one. ;D
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Vanna, give us the R S T L N and E on the bottom one. ;D
Actually I had considered doing that. So since you asked... Wheel of Fortune Rules coming up
Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
? - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
? - ?
Voodoo Cowboy
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
? - ?
Fairytales
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Part 1
?: T_l_m_scomm___cat_o_s
?: __osts of __sa__t_
?: M_ F__al C_a_t_r
?: _a__ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ Scar_d
?: T__ L___ __tw___
?: T__ __as____
?: Mor____star
?: Ca__as
?: M_st __ Dr_am___
?: So__ for _l_as
?: Foolso__
?: Two S_o_s
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralm
Part 2
?: T__ S____t _a_t _
?: S_t Sa_l T_
?: __d_a__
?: A ___s_ _all_d __l__t_a
?: _t___al ___t___
?: ____s__l_ _a__
?: T__ ___al ___sad_
?: T__ __a_t_l__d S_______
?: __dd__ _la__s
?: S_ _a__ ____ts
?: T__ _all __ a_ ______
?: Til the ___a_ Takes Us All
?: St___ ____
?: _la____ __ t__ L___t
?: _s_l_ss
?: __d_ __t_ t__ S__
?: T__ ____ S___
Guessed letters: ltads
Part 3
?: T_e _rt __ __r
?: _l___ __r___n
?: __re_ell
?: S__e ___ _ne ___
?: _ss__lt _n t_e S__re
?: R_se __ t_e ___nts
?: E_l_
?: L_st _n T__e
?: _e__n_ _esert S_n_s
?: El__n_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: S___n
?: T_e __r_ness
?: __n_s __t___t _e_r
?: __e __ _l_r_
?: ___le S_n_
?: _r__n_n_ _e_ns
?: __n't _e __r__n
?: ____l_n_ _n_ t_e _ S_ns
?: T_e L_st S_n_
Guessed letters: rstlne
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Telemiscommunucations
Google says this is either an Imogen Heap or Deadmau5 song and I'd guess the former :V
The Art of War
Lost in Time
The Lost Song
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Vanna, give us the R S T L N and E on the bottom one. ;D
What is going on?
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Jolly - Firewell
Lost in Time
Von Hertzen Brothers?
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My Final Chapter
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Voodoo Cowboy-The Cat Empire-sent by ariich.
Baroness sent by parama?
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Maybe :neverusethis: :corn
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Jolly - Firewell
Ooh, that’s a good one! :corn
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E in Part two.
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?: R_se __ t_e ___nts
Rise Of The Pants? :lol
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Rise of the Giants, I bet
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?: R_se __ t_e ___nts
Rise Of The Pants? :lol
:zydarscouch:
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Von Hertzen Brothers?
No.
Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
? - ?
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
? - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
? - ?
Lost in Time
Part 1
?: __osts of __sa__t_
?: _a__ _o_ _ot _t __ _o_
?: __tt___ Scar_d
?: T__ L___ __tw___
?: T__ __as____
?: Mor____star
?: Ca__as
?: M_st __ Dr_am___
?: So__ for _l_as
?: Foolso__
?: Two S_o_s
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralm
Part 2
?: T_e Se__et _a_t _
?: Set Sa_l T_
?: E_d_a_e
?: A ___se _alled __l__t_a
?: Ete__al ___t___
?: ____s__le _a__
?: T_e ___al ___sade
?: T_e _ea_t_l__d S_______
?: __dde_ _la_es
?: S_ _a__ ____ts
?: T_e _all __ a_ E____e
?: Til the __ea_ Takes Us All
?: St___ ____
?: _la__e_ __ t_e L___t
?: _seless
?: __de __t_ t_e S__
?: T_e ___e S___
Guessed letters: ltadse
Part 3
?: _l___ __r___n
?: S__e ___ _ne ___
?: _ss__lt _n t_e S__re
?: E_l_
?: _e__n_ _esert S_n_s
?: El__n_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: S___n
?: T_e __r_ness
?: __n_s __t___t _e_r
?: __e __ _l_r_
?: ___le S_n_
?: _r__n_n_ _e_ns
?: __n't _e __r__n
?: ____l_n_ _n_ t_e _ S_ns
Guessed letters: rstlne
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I in the first one
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Are we supposed to guess the order of the songs on the albums as well? I know I put some thought into that.
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i did a semi-concept album with mine, i'll spoil it here 'cause whatever y'all know my artist anyways;
3 EP's/mini-albums all about 25-30 mins each, with one track from each of their five albums (yellow and green are two separate albums btw)
:corn
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I made a logical order of songs as well. It’s not a concept album, but since there’s recurring themes on both Audio Guides to Happiness, I made use of that. Of course I included tracks from their first album as well, since the requirement was songs from at least three albums. I then ordered the songs in a way that would make it a pleasant listen (ie, not all heavier songs after each other, switching some stuff around). I listened to what I made over the past week and weekend and was pleasantly surprised myself at the flow and cohesiveness.
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Are we supposed to guess the order of the songs on the albums as well? I know I put some thought into that.
I put a little bit of effort in to the order of my tracks as well. Not sure how any of us would be able to guess that.
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Part One:
Morningstar
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Part Two:
Hidden Places
Endgame
Useless
Part Three:
Elite: Jolly-Aqualand and the 7 Suns
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
? - ?
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
? - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
? - ?
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Part 1
?: __osts of I_sa_it_
?: _a__ _o_ _ot It I_ _o_
?: T__ Li__ __tw___
?: T__ __as_i__
?: Ca__as
?: So__ for _lias
?: Foolso__
?: Two S_o_s
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralmi
Part 2
?: T_e Se__et _a_t _
?: Set Sa_l T_
?: A ___se _alled __l__t_a
?: Ete__al ___t___
?: ____s__le _a__
?: T_e ___al ___sade
?: T_e _ea_t_l__d S_______
?: S_ _a__ ____ts
?: T_e _all __ a_ E____e
?: Til the __ea_ Takes Us All
?: St___ ____
?: _la__e_ __ t_e L___t
?: __de __t_ t_e S__
?: T_e ___e S___
Guessed letters: ltadse
Part 3
?: _l___ __r___n
?: S__e ___ _ne ___
?: _ss__lt _n t_e S__re
?: E_l_
?: _e__n_ _esert S_n_s
?: El__n_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: S___n
?: T_e __r_ness
?: __n_s __t___t _e_r
?: __e __ _l_r_
?: ___le S_n_
?: _r__n_n_ _e_ns
?: __n't _e __r__n
Guessed letters: rstlne
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DGM - Ghosts of Insanity
youtube says it's Ghost of Insanity tho
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DGM The Secret Part I
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DGM must be Lethean :neverusethis:
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DGM has to be Lethean, making Imogen Heap Romdrums
@ Parama.... Youtube is wrong.
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the record label is wrong? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yOIyGkxE3w) welp
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Lost in Time and Hidden Places are both DGM as well.
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and the last artist is Serenity
man half of y'all picked power metal bands :lol
at least it means none of the artists this round are sounding much like mine
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Group 1:
Song for Elias (Ariich)
Give me an F in Group 2; and an M in Group 3
@ Parama... I'll take the actual CD liner:
(https://img.cdandlp.com/2018/01/imgL/119039080-2.jpg)
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fair enough then :P
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Puppies give me J in all three hangmanen
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@ Parama... I'll take the actual CD liner:
Wratchild :metal
(https://i.imgur.com/zBRnhVj.jpg)
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Baroness - Foolsong in part 1, Ghosts of ??? in part 1, give me E on #1, I on #2, O on #3, one ounce of Alabama Kush and a #1 with a large Coke.
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Baroness - Foolsong in part 1, Ghosts of ??? in part 1, give me E on #1, I on #2, O on #3, one ounce of Alabama Kush and a #1 with a large Coke.
Ghosts of Insanity?? Like we've been debating for the past 12 posts or so. However did you figure that out!?!?!? :lol
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Baroness - Foolsong in part 1, Ghosts of ??? in part 1, give me E on #1, I on #2, O on #3, one ounce of Alabama Kush and a #1 with a large Coke.
Ghosts of Insanity?? Like we've been debating for the past 12 posts or so. However did you figure that out!?!?!? :lol
(https://i.imgur.com/IcQ9lJ5.gif)
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Part 1
?: _a_e _o_ _ot It I_ _o_
?: T_e Li_e _etwee_
?: T_e __as_i__
?: Ca__as
?: Two S_oes
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralmije
Part 2
?: Set Sail T_
?: A ___se _alled __l__t_a
?: Ete__al _i_t___
?: I__isi_le _ai_
?: T_e Fi_al ___sade
?: T_e _ea_t_l__d S_______
?: S_ _a__ _i__ts
?: T_e Fall _f a_ E__i_e
?: Til t_e __ea_ Ta_es _s All
?: St___ ____
?: _la__e_ _f t_e Li__t
?: _ide _it_ t_e S__
?: T_e _i_e S___
Guessed letters: ltadsefji
Part 3
?: _l___ _or__on
?: Some ___ One ___
?: _ss__lt On t_e S_ore
?: E_l_
?: _e_on_ _esert S_n_s
?: El__n_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: S_oon
?: T_e __r_ness
?: M_n_s __t_o_t _e_r
?: __e o_ _lor_
?: ___le Son_
?: _r__n_n_ _e_ns
?: _on't _e __r__n
Guessed letters: rstlnemjo
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The Line Within?
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til the ocean takes us all
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The Final Crusade
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Assault On The Shore
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Invisible Rain?
Two Shoes
The Line Between
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The Fall of an Empire
Swoon
The Baroness? :lol
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G for part one
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Ride With the Sun
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A for the bottom.
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Set Sail To... is Serenity
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The Baroness? :lol
You wish :corn
Can you all handle a 4th one? Wheel of Fortune style, of course!
Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
Part 1
?: _a_e _o_ _ot It I_ _o_
?: T_e __as_i__
?: Ca__as
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralmije
Part 2
?: A ___se _alled __l__t_a
?: Ete__al _i_t___
?: T_e _ea_t_l__d S_______
?: S_ _a__ _i__ts
?: St___ ____
?: _la__e_ _f t_e Li__t
?: T_e _i_e S___
Guessed letters: ltadsefji
Part 3
?: _l___ _or__on
?: Some ___ One ___
?: E_l_
?: _e_on_ _esert S_n_s
?: El__n_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: T_e __r_ness
?: M_n_s __t_o_t _e_r
?: __e o_ _lor_
?: ___le Son_
?: _r__n_n_ _e_ns
?: _on't _e __r__n
Guessed letters: rstlnemjo
Part 4
?: S_lst__e
?: T_e _r_n_ _t____
?: __e_ t_e __n_
?: _r__
?: T__n_ler
?: S_l _ S___r_
?: _e___n___ _
?: S_n_ __r t_e ___
?: ___l___t R___er_
?: _-_
?: __st N_t__n _le__
?: ___n__n_ __te
?: __n_s __ ___n
?: T_e ____en_n_
?: _s _e_r_ _n T__e
?: T_e ___ent _ S___ _t
?: _n S_rr__
?: __n_s L_n__n_
?: T_e _e_st
?: T_e __lls __ L_e_n_l
Guessed letters: rstlne
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Solstice
In Sorrow
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Part Three:
The Darkness
Cycle Song: Imogen Heap ;D
Beyond Desert Sands
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Part Four:
Dust Nation Bleak: Jolly
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H in Part 4
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DGM - Some Day One Day
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give me the J in part 4, as well as in part 5
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Reason / DGM ... in part 5.
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No :)
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I would be very surprised if anybody guesses two of my track names without looking them up considering they're fictitious nomenclature
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I'll take a C in part 4
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D for part 3
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Give me the Q In all 4 parts
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Seems we have some preemptive requests for part 5 :biggrin:
Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
Part 1
?: _a_e _o_ Got It I_ _o_
?: T_e G_as_i_g
?: Ca__as
Guessed letters: dtfsockwralmijegq
Part 2
?: A ___se _alled __l__t_a
?: Ete__al _i_t___
?: T_e _ea_t_l__d S_______
?: S_ _a__ _i__ts
?: St___ ____
?: _la__e_ _f t_e Li__t
?: T_e _i_e S___
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiq
Part 3
?: _la__ _or__on
?: E_la
?: Eldan_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: M_nds __t_o_t _ear
?: A_e o_ _lor_
?: Dra_n_n_ _e_ns
?: _on't _e A_ra_n
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadq
Part 4
?: The _r_n_ _t____
?: __e_ the __n_
?: _r__
?: T__n_ler
?: S_l _ S___r_
?: _e___n___ _
?: S_n_ __r the ___
?: ___l__ht R___er_
?: _-_
?: Ch_n__n_ __te
?: __n_s __ ___n
?: The ____en_n_
?: _s He_r_ _n T__e
?: The ___ent _ S___ _t
?: __n_s L_n__n_
?: The _e_st
?: The __lls __ L_e_n_l
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcq
Part 5
?: __ _ ___e t_ ___e __ ____l_ ___ St__ t_e R__n_
?: _l_s_n_ _n
?: __ere E_er_t__n_s _er_e_t
?: __en ___s _r_
?: _n _l___ Re___ne_
?: ____ __ere _ _el_n_
?: _ll L___ts Reser_e_
?: __rst Tr__n ___e
?: J__e Le_
?: T_e R__t__
?: L____
?: Ne_ L__e
?: S_ente
?: R__s __ __n__n
?: _l___ene_ See_
?: __s__es
?: T_e __ttern
?: T_e Se_ret __rt _
?: _n__r_ent_
?: __l_ness __lls
Guessed letters: rstlnejq
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A on 4 & 5
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Minds Without Fear
The Feast
Where Everything's Perfect (about time :neverusethis:)
All Lights Reserved
New Life
The Pattern
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The Secret Part 2
Lethean naturally.
Is there a song in group 4 called The Beast? Probably Fairyland if so.
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The Secret Part 2
Lethean naturally.
Puppies - romdrums already guess The Secret Part 1 (correctly) for the 2nd puzzle, but you don't have it on the list.
Jingle - someone guessed another one of mine...
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The Secret Part 2
Lethean naturally.
Is there a song in group 4 called The Beast? Probably Fairyland if so.
Nope!
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Part 1
Have You Got It In You
The Gnashing
Canvas
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The Secret Part 2
Lethean naturally.
Is there a song in group 4 called The Beast? Probably Fairyland if so.
Nope!
Definitely not Fairyland. :corn
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New Life is DGM
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Where Everythings Perfect
The Pattern
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
The Gnashing
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
All Lights Reserved
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Minds Without Fear
The Beast
Have You Got It In You
Canvas
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
New Life
The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Part 1
Finished
Part 2
?: A ___se _alled __l__t_a
?: Ete__al _i_t___
?: T_e _ea_t_l__d S_______
?: S_ _a__ _i__ts
?: St___ ____
?: _la__e_ _f t_e Li__t
?: T_e _i_e S___
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiq
Part 3
?: _la__ _or__on
?: E_la
?: Eldan_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: A_e o_ _lor_
?: Dra_n_n_ _e_ns
?: _on't _e A_ra_n
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadq
Part 4
?: The _ran_ _t___a
?: __e_ the __n_
?: _ra_
?: T__n_ler
?: S_l _ S___ra
?: _ea__n___ _
?: S_n_ __r the _a_
?: _a_l__ht R___er_
?: _-_
?: Chan__n_ _ate
?: __n_s __ _a_n
?: The A_a_en_n_
?: As Hear_ _n Ta_e
?: The ___ent _ Sa__ _t
?: __n_s Lan__n_
?: The _alls __ Lae_n_l
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcaq
Part 5
?: __ _ _a_e t_ _a_e __ ____l_ ___ St__ t_e Ra_n_
?: _l_s_n_ _n
?: __en ___s _r_
?: _n _l___ Re_a_ne_
?: _a__ __ere _ _el_n_
?: __rst Tra_n ___e
?: Ja_e Le_
?: T_e R__t__
?: L____
?: S_ente
?: Ra_s __ __n__n
?: _la__ene_ See_
?: __s__es
?: An__r_enta
?: __l_ness __lls
Guessed letters: rstlnejqa
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N in part two.
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Changing Fate
As Heard in Tale ?
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Changing Fate
As Heard in Tale ?
As Heard on Tape: Jolly
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i'm glad we have some jolly aficionados here because i ain't :lol
like half of my remaining song titles are really obvious atm if you know baroness
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Part Four:
The Grand Utopia-Jolly
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i'm glad we have some jolly aficionados here because i ain't :lol
Maybe my Greatest Hits collection is something for you then!
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I mean I listened through both parts of the audio guide to happiness several times and wasn't really ever convinced :P
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give me Z in all four parts
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Where Everything's Perfect
The Pattern
As Heard On Tape
The Grand Utopia
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
The Gnashing
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
All Lights Reserved
Changing Fate
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Minds Without Fear
The Beast
Have You Got It In You
Canvas
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
New Life
The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Part 1
Finished
Part 2
?: A _o_se _alled _ol_ot_a
?: Ete_nal _i_to__
?: T_e _ea_t_lood S____on_
?: So _an_ Ni__ts
?: Sto__ ____
?: _lanne_ of t_e Li__t
?: T_e _ine Son_
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiqzo
Part 3
?: _la__ _or_zon
?: E_la
?: Eldan_e _elle
?: __t_es
?: A_e o_ _lor_
?: Dra_n_n_ _e_ns
?: _on't _e A_ra_n
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadqz
Part 4
?: O_e_ the __n_
?: _ra_
?: T__n_ler
?: Sol _ So__ra
?: _ea_on___ _
?: Son_ _or the _a_
?: _a_l__ht Ro__er_
?: _-_
?: __n_s o_ _a_n
?: The A_a_en_n_
?: The _o_ent _ Sa__ _t
?: __n_s Lan__n_
?: The _alls o_ Lae_n_l
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcaqzo
Part 5
?: __ _ _a_e to _a_e __ __o_l_ _o_ Sto_ t_e Ra_n_
?: _los_n_ _n
?: __en _o_s _r_
?: _n _loo_ Re_a_ne_
?: _a__ __ere _ _elon_
?: __rst Tra_n _o_e
?: Ja_e Le_
?: T_e R__t__
?: L____
?: S_ente
?: Ra_s o_ __n_on
?: _la__ene_ See_
?: __s__es
?: An_or_enta
?: _ol_ness __lls
Guessed letters: rstlnejqazo
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Gimme O in 2, 4, and 5.
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Eternal Victory
The Heartblood Symphony
So Many Nights
Black Horizon
Age of Glory
The Walls of Laemnil
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C in all parts except I in part 4 instead
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W across all remaining parts.
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K across all parts
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snarky puppies on acid where art thou
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Where Everything's Perfect
The Pattern
As Heard On Tape
The Grand Utopia
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
The Gnashing
Twinkler
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
So Many Nights
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Black Horizon
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
All Lights Reserved
Changing Fate
Eternal Victory
The Heartblood Symphony
Age of Glory
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
The Walls of Laemnil
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Minds Without Fear
The Beast
Have You Got It In You
Canvas
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
New Life
The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Part 1
Finished
Part 2
?: A _o_se Called _ol_ot_a
?: Sto__ ____
?: Clanne_ of t_e Li__t
?: T_e Wine Son_
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiqnzocwk
Part 3
?: E_la
?: Eldan_e _elle
?: C_t_es
?: Dra_n_n_ _e_ns
?: Won't _e A_ra_d
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadqzcwk
Part 4
?: O_e_ the Kin_
?: _ra_
?: Sol _ So__ra
?: _ea_oni__ I
?: Son_ _or the _a_
?: _a_li_ht Ro__er_
?: _-_
?: Win_s o_ _awn
?: The Awakenin_
?: The _o_ent I Sai_ It
?: Kin_s Lan_in_
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcaqzoiwk
Part 5
?: __ _ _a_e to Wake __ _Wo_l_ _o_ Sto_ t_e Ra_n_
?: Clos_n_ _n
?: W_en _o_s Cr_
?: _n _loo_ Re_a_ne_
?: _ack W_ere _ _elon_
?: __rst Tra_n _o_e
?: Jake Le_
?: T_e R__t__
?: L_ck_
?: S_ente
?: Ra_s o_ __n_on
?: _lackene_ See_
?: __s__es
?: An_orkenta
?: Col_ness K_lls
Guessed letters: rstlnejqazocwk
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snarky puppies on acid where art thou
Haha, I was in the middle of making up the new post with the updates when I got a call from work....apparently any time there is a crisis at work, they call me...
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The Wine Song
Cities
Won't Be Afraid
Reasoning I
Song For the Day
Wings of Dawn
The Awakening
The Moment I Said It
Kings Landing
Closing In
When Gods Cry
In Blood Remained
First Train Home
Lucky
Blackened Seed
Coldness Kills
zero youtubing here so i have no clue which artist is what except I think Lucky is Jolly
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Coldness Kills-Serenity
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also puppies i'm 99% sure one of my songs is missing from hangman, unless there's still a 6th part to come :lol
i had a suspicion and the _-_ song is 2-1 by Imogen Heap because i can't imagine any other artist on this list having a song title like that
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also puppies i'm 99% sure one of my songs is missing from hangman, unless there's still a 6th part to come :lol
i had a suspicion and the _-_ song is 2-1 by Imogen Heap because i can't imagine any other artist on this list having a song title like that
There is a 6th part, and a 7th part for the Album titles
Your suspicion is correct.
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give me the Q in part 6
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A Horse called Golgotha-Baroness
I'll take the A in Parts 6 & 7
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Part 6 is the final part with song titles. Part 7 is the Greatest hits album titles. By the way you guys are killing me with your ridiculously long titles. You are breaking Ariich's hangmanen spreadsheet :lol
Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Where Everything's Perfect
The Pattern
As Heard On Tape
The Grand Utopia
Lucky
Downstream
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
The Gnashing
Twinkler
A Horse Called Golgotha
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
So Many Nights
The Wine Song
Cities
Wont Be Afraid
Song For the Day
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Black Horizon
Wings of Dawn
When Gods Cry
In Blood Remained
Blackened Seed
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
All Lights Reserved
Changing Fate
Eternal Victory
The Heartblood Symphony
Age of Glory
King's Landing
Coldness Kills
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
The Walls of Laemnil
The Awakening
End Credits
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Minds Without Fear
The Beast
Have You Got It In You
Canvas
The Moment I Said It
Closing In
First Train Home
2-1
Let Go
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
New Life
The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Part 1
Finished
Part 2
?: Sto__ ____
?: Clanne_ of t_e Li__t
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiqnzocwk
Part 3
?: E_la
?: Eldan_e _elle
?: Dra_n_n_ _e_ns
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadqzcwk
Part 4
?: O_e_ the Kin_
?: _ra_
?: Sol _ So__ra
?: _ea_oni__ I
?: _a_li_ht Ro__er_
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcaqzoiwk
Part 5
?: __ _ _a_e to Wake __ _Wo_l_ _o_ Sto_ t_e Ra_n_
?: _ack W_ere _ _elon_
?: Jake Le_
?: T_e R__t__
?: S_ente
?: Ra_s o_ __n_on
?: __s__es
?: An_orkenta
Guessed letters: rstlnejqazocwk
Part 6
?: __ Le_a__
?: ___ T_ E__la_n
?: R_n T__e
?: ____ S_e _n__s
?: _reen T_e_e
?: Ne_ __r___ns
?: __ar__ans __ San_t_
?: Le_a__ __ t_e T___rs
?: ___
?: At t_e _ates __ __r_en
?: S__re t_ a Ne_ _e__nn_n_
Guessed letters: rstlneqa
Part 7
?: _e__________ a__ __ee_____ _a______e__
?: ___e _ea__ __ _e___e ___e
?: _a___, ______, __ee____, _____: _____'_ __ea_e__ ____ ___a_____ ____ ___ee A_____
?: A__ _______ ___e_ __ __e ___e_
?: __e ______ _e____ __e ___
?: __e _e____ __ __e _e________ __ __e ____ __ __e ___ ___e__: A_ A__e____e ______ __e _e_e_ _ea_ __ ___e
?: _ea__ __ ___e____
?: A ____e _ea_ __ ____e___ ____
Guessed letters: ae
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Gimme E in #7. :jamaritard:
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Downstream
Let Go
End Credits
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By the way, I did update the post above :corn
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New Horizons
give me all vowels on part 6
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T on Part 7.
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Back Where I Belong
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I don't know if clanner is actually a word, but I can't find a real one that fits, so how about Clanner of Light for part 2?
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Where Everything's Perfect
The Pattern
As Heard On Tape
The Grand Utopia
Lucky
Downstream
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
The Gnashing
Twinkler
A Horse Called Golgotha
Back Where I Belong
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
So Many Nights
The Wine Song
Cities
Wont Be Afraid
Song For the Day
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Black Horizon
Wings of Dawn
When Gods Cry
In Blood Remained
Blackened Seed
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
All Lights Reserved
Changing Fate
Eternal Victory
The Heartblood Symphony
Age of Glory
King's Landing
Coldness Kills
New Horizons
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
The Walls of Laemnil
The Awakening
End Credits
Clanner of the Light
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Minds Without Fear
The Beast
Have You Got It In You
Canvas
The Moment I Said It
Closing In
First Train Home
2-1
Let Go
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
New Life
The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Part 1
Finished
Part 2
?: Sto__ ____
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiqnzocwk
Part 3
?: E_la
?: Eldan_e _elle
?: Dra_n_n_ _e_ns
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadqzcwk
Part 4
?: O_e_ the Kin_
?: _ra_
?: Sol _ So__ra
?: _ea_oni__ I
?: _a_li_ht Ro__er_
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcaqzoiwk
Part 5
?: __ _ _a_e to Wake __ _Wo_l_ _o_ Sto_ t_e Ra_n_
?: Jake Le_
?: T_e R__t__
?: S_ente
?: Ra_s o_ __n_on
?: __s__es
?: An_orkenta
Guessed letters: rstlnejqazocwk
Part 6
?: __ Le_a__
?: _o_ To E__lain
?: Run Ti_e
?: _i_i S_e _no_s
?: _reen T_e_e
?: _uar_ians o_ Sanit_
?: Le_a__ o_ t_e Tu_ors
?: _o_
?: At t_e _ates o_ _or_en
?: S_ore to a Ne_ _e_innin_
Guessed letters: rstlneqaiou
Part 7
?: _e____t_____ a__ __ee_____ _a______e_t
?: ___e _ea_s __ _e___e ___e
?: _a___, _____t, __ee____, _____: _____'s __eatest __ts _S_a_____ __st T__ee A_____
?: Ass _______ T__es __ T_e ___e_
?: T_e _____s _e____ t_e S__
?: T_e _et___ __ t_e _e____s___ __ t_e ____ t_ t_e T__ T__e_s: A_ A__e_t__e T_____ t_e Se_e_ Seas __ ___e
?: _eats __ St_e__t_
?: A ____e _ea_ __ ____e__s __ts
Guessed letters: aets
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S in #7
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Updated with the S :yarr
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Storm #351
Draining Veins
Obey the King
Sol y Sombra
Deamonium I
Daylight Robbery
Siente
Anmorkenta
Run Time
Guardians of Sanity
Legacy of the Tudors
At the Gates of Morken
Score To a New Beginning
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Edit: Nevermind
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:rollin
sorry i'm sitting down and trying to clean up a lot of these that aren't mine now :lol
some of these were a pain in the butt. screw you, dgm, storm #351 is a cruddy song title anyways
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let's do the rest
Eldanie Uelle
The Rhythm
My Legacy
How to Explain
Xizi She Knows
Joy
except there's one I just can't find so give me I in #5
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:clap:
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Guessed so far
Elite - Jolly
End Where it Starts
Carousel of Whale
Firewell
Aqualand and the 7 Suns
Solstice
Dust Nation Bleak
Where Everything's Perfect
The Pattern
As Heard On Tape
The Grand Utopia
Lucky
Downstream
Joy
Parama - Baroness
Wailing Wintry Wind
Chlorine and Wine
Morningstar
Foolsong
The Line Between
The Gnashing
Twinkler
A Horse Called Golgotha
Back Where I Belong
Ariich - The Cat Empire
Voodoo Cowboy
The Lost Song
Song for Elias
Til the Ocean Takes Us All
Two Shoes
The Darkness
So Many Nights
The Wine Song
Cities
Wont Be Afraid
Song For the Day
Sol Y Sombra
Siente
The Rhythm
How to Explain
TAC - Nothgard
Descendants of the Sun
Malady X
Fall of an Empire
Black Horizon
Wings of Dawn
When Gods Cry
In Blood Remained
Blackened Seed
Draining Veins
Obey the King
Deamonium I
Guardians of Sanity
Jingle - Serenity
Fairytales
My Final Chapter
The Art of War
The Final Crusade
Set Sail To...
Beyond Desert Sands
All Lights Reserved
Changing Fate
Eternal Victory
The Heartblood Symphony
Age of Glory
King's Landing
Coldness Kills
New Horizons
Legacy of the Tudors
My Legacy
Kattelox - Fairyland
Lost in the Dark Lands
Rise of the Giants
Endgame
Assault on the Shore
The Fall of an Empire
Ride With the Sun
The Walls of Laemnil
The Awakening
End Credits
Clanner of the Light
Anmorkenta
At the Gates of Morken
Score to a New Beginning
Eldanie Uelle
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Telemiscommunications
Getting Scared
Must Be Dreaming
Useless
Swoon
Cycle Song
Minds Without Fear
The Beast
Have You Got It In You
Canvas
The Moment I Said It
Closing In
First Train Home
2-1
Let Go
Daylight Robbery
Run Time
Xizi She Knows
Lethean - DGM
Lost in Time
Hidden Places
Ghosts of Insanity
Invisible Rain
In Sorrow
Some Day One Day
New Life
The Secret Part 1
The Secret Part 2
Storm #351
Part 1
Finished
Part 2
Finished
Guessed letters: ltadsefjiqnzocwk
Part 3
?: E_la
Guessed letters: rstlnemjoadqzcwk
Part 4
?: _ra_
Guessed letters: rstlnehjcaqzoiwk
Part 5
?: I_ I _a_e to Wake __ _Wo_l_ _o_ Sto_ t_e Rain_
?: Jake Le_
?: Ra_s o_ _inion
?: _is_ies
Guessed letters: rstlnejqazocwki
Part 6
?: _reen T_e_e
Guessed letters: rstlneqaiou
Part 7
?: _e____t_____ a__ __ee_____ _a______e_t
?: ___e _ea_s __ _e___e ___e
?: _a___, _____t, __ee____, _____: _____'s __eatest __ts _S_a_____ __st T__ee A_____
?: Ass _______ T__es __ T_e ___e_
?: T_e _____s _e____ t_e S__
?: T_e _et___ __ t_e _e____s___ __ t_e ____ t_ t_e T__ T__e_s: A_ A__e_t__e T_____ t_e Se_e_ Seas __ ___e
?: _eats __ St_e__t_
?: A ____e _ea_ __ ____e__s __ts
Guessed letters: aets
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Part 3
?: E_la
Eula?
Part 4
?: _ra_
Grab? Drab?
Part 5
?: I_ I _a_e to Wake __ _Wo_l_ _o_ Sto_ t_e Rain_
?: Jake Le_
?: Ra_s o_ _inion
?: _is_ies
If I Have to Wake Up (Would You Stop The Rain?) by Baroness
Rays on Pinion by Baroness
Part 6
?: _reen T_e_e
Green Theme by Baroness
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and gimme an N on #7. supersized
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The Cat Empire has a song called "Fishes" but that's not quite what you have on hangman so probably not
i looked through the entire discography of every other artist but i can't find a song that fits the hangman though, this one is the closest
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The Cat Empire has a song called "Fishes" but that's not quite what you have on hangman so probably not
i looked through the entire discography of every other artist but i can't find a song that fits the hangman though, this one is the closest
Hmm, the file that Ariich sent me said the name of the song was Fishies. Google Music says it's Fishies. The bands website says Fishies. RYM says Fishes for some reason. I'm gonna go with Fishies :|
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ariich sent fishies by the cat empire i win
(google search says fishies as well)
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The Cat Empire has a song called "Fishes" but that's not quite what you have on hangman so probably not
i looked through the entire discography of every other artist but i can't find a song that fits the hangman though, this one is the closest
Hmm, the file that Ariich sent me said the name of the song was Fishies. Google Music says it's Fishies. The bands website says Fishies. RYM says Fishes for some reason. I'm gonna go with Fishies :|
:lol
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oh yeah i was using RYm so that could be why :metal
well anyways i figured it out even with the RYM typo :lol
that leaves just like two of my songs i think & all the titles
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Joy
Why is this the last unguessed Jolly song though? :lol that's probably their most well-known one.
EDIT: oh it was in Hangmanen Part 6. That explains it. But seriously, you could have guessed it without the hangmanen.
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D in the bottom, please.
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Pup, any first impressions or snippets?
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baroness suck parama instantly kicked out of the roulette and evermind gets his spot
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Pup, any first impressions or snippets?
fairyland will be his least favorite power metal since whatever the last power metal i sent was :metal
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baroness suck parama instantly kicked out of the roulette and evermind gets his spot
Evermind's stories are long enough for a EP Round. If he takes your spot for the Concept Album round, he's going to break Microsoft Word.
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I'm just glad four of y'all sent power metal or something really similar to it so that puppies is guaranteed to judge then all against each other
I'll yet sneak into that concept album round, puppies has already had mine for over a month anyways :getoffmylawn:
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I'll yet sneak into that concept album round, puppies has already had mine for over a month anyways :getoffmylawn:
I sent mine, but he kicked out one song. I have swapped it out, and changed the running order a little, but have not sent it back just yet.
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Pup, any first impressions or snippets?
I'll have some first impressions when I get home from work. Overall this is another great round. Lots of awesome stuff to digest.
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I'll yet sneak into that concept album round, puppies has already had mine for over a month anyways :getoffmylawn:
I sent mine, but he kicked out one song. I have swapped it out, and changed the running order a little, but have not sent it back just yet.
Was the song headspace
And he kicked out one song on my first draft so I ended up adding 3 more instead as punishment
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Was the song headspace
Loch Vostock
And he kicked out one song on my first draft so I ended up adding 3 more instead as punishment
:lol
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Oh I remember them
...was not a fan of the album I heard iirc :lol
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Oh I remember them
...was not a fan of the album I heard iirc :lol
I don't remember what you scored it. But I know you scored it higher than at least one other album.
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No you didn't sent them to me, I checked out their 2017 album when it dropped I think. I remember that album cover specifically
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I thought I did for some reason. Just checked. I didn't. ;D
I think I sent a track to Train, which he liked I believe.
The tune on my Concept Album was awesome though. It killed me to take it out.
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The song I took out of mine The Flight of Sleipnir - Falcon White
Which was one of the weaker songs on the album anyways so I wasn't super bothered (not to say it isn't great but it barely met the standard of quality I try to keep in roulettes so)
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The song I took out of mine The Flight of Sleipnir - Falcon White
Checked it out. Very interesting.
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have some first impressions
- Consistent and groovy
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
- Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
- Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
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Elite - Jolly
Parama - Baroness
Ariich - The Cat Empire
TAC - Nothgard
Jingle - Serenity
Kattelox - Fairyland
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
Lethean - DGM
have some first impressions
- Consistent and groovy
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
- Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
- Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
OK Parama-Match 'em!
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I know the last one is cat empire but no clue on the rest :metal
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Let's see:
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
Yep, I have a 1 in 3 chance of having a small chance to get to the last round. :lol I've heard complaints about Max Leclercq's voice but I personally love it and think it gives even more unique flavor to the music on top of the choral and orchestral work. I could also see how this sounds super vanilla even though I don't think so. I also definitely see how it stands out in a genre full of mediocrity (power and symphonic metal).
Can't wait for the writeup. :corn
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I have no clue which is mine.
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mine could be any of the first 5 but i'm already 90% sure i'm not getting to the next round now :metal
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Elite - Jolly
- Consistent and groovy
Parama - Baroness
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
Ariich - The Cat Empire
- Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
TAC - Nothgard
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
Jingle - Serenity
- Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good
Kattelox - Fairyland
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
Lethean - DGM
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
An attempt
Mine could also be "Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good" but I don't think Nothgard is "Unique Vocals"
"Unique Vocals" could be Imogen Heap though. I really dunno. I'm kinda winging it on most of these tbh
Honestly none of these feel like they have "Unique Vocals" to me except The Cat Empire, which is the most obvious impression of them all already
Puppies, are the greatest hits scored out of 10 or out of 20? :corn
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OP says 20 :biggrin:
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maybe i still have a chance to catch up then but two of the three people i could reasonably beat i have matched up to first impressions that suggest pretty good scores so i'm pretty screwed anyways :lol
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Elite - Jolly
- Consistent and groovy
Parama - Baroness
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music - Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
Ariich - The Cat Empire
- Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
TAC - Nothgard
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good - Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
Jingle - Serenity
- Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good
Kattelox - Fairyland
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity - Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
Lethean - DGM
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
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Screw you guys :lol
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tbh katt i only put that one against yours because you put it as one of the possible ones for yourself :P
if puppies thinks the vocals in baroness sound like mastodon but not as good then heck right off i love baroness but never really liked mastodon's vocals
if puppies thinks the vocals in baroness sound like amendfoil but not as good then you may have an argument there. i dunno
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Just having fun, I get it :lol
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Parama could be right about mine and Puppies thinks DGM sounds like DT (and sometimes they do), but I think the more accurate one is: Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good.
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What do you think jingle? Does Serenity sound much like Symphony X to you? I don't remember thinking so, but it's been a while since I've listened to them. And I don't remember thinking they sounded much like DT either. I guess ours covers those two impressions unless there's another band that was sent that sounds like DT... I *was* trying to avoid obvious SX parts in the DGM songs I sent, but I didn't eliminate it entirely by any means.
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I’d say DGM is more DT-ish than Serenity, for sure. Serenity sounds nothing like DT, so I say 0% chance of that comment being mine. Tbh, serenity is more Nightwish than either - full on symphony elements, so the S-X comment is probably the most applicable. If so, I’ll take it.
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Parama got 2 out of 8 right
Tac got 3 out of 8 right
:corn
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Oh and Kat is 0 for 3 on his guesses :loser:
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Oooh. Then it's either Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music or the SX one, but I don't think so 'cause they're generally not as heavy and much more keyboard heavy than SX. :corn
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Parama got 2 out of 8 right
:lol
maybe things will be more interesting/in my favor than i thought :P
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Maybe Jolly is ‘vanilla’
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I know the last one is cat empire but no clue on the rest :metal
Yeah no shit. :lol
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I know the last one is cat empire but no clue on the rest :metal
Yeah no shit. :lol
Well, I had to throw y'all at least one bone :biggrin:
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i'm just ready for results to come in so i can die :sadpanda:
puppies if i get cut and you listen to my concept album you gotta score it like all the rest just sayin' i spent way too much time on it to not at least get a review
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It will be quite unfortunate if Parama gets cut and his concept album, which blocked Evermind's previous entry and led to his ragequit, doesn't actually count.
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It will also be quite unfortunate if Puppies doesn't like Jolly.
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It will also be quite unfortunate if Puppies doesn't like Jolly.
yeah that wouldn't be very
jolly
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It will also be quite unfortunate if Puppies doesn't like Jolly.
yeah that wouldn't be very
jolly
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/d/df/Yeaaah.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130618105734)
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It will be quite unfortunate if Parama gets cut and his concept album, which blocked Evermind's previous entry and led to his ragequit, doesn't actually count.
That would actually be kinda hilarious. :lol
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It will also be quite unfortunate if Puppies doesn't like Jolly.
yeah that wouldn't be very
jolly
(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/cardfight/images/d/df/Yeaaah.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130618105734)
:lhk:
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It will be quite unfortunate if Parama gets cut and his concept album, which blocked Evermind's previous entry and led to his ragequit, doesn't actually count.
:( :sadpanda:
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Are you implying something :(
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Nah, just sad that I inadvertently caused EV to quit :'(
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Don't blame yourself.
It was all Parama's fault.
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Hey, even I said I didn't support that rule :P
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Tac got 3 out of 8 right
How about now?
I switched 3 of them...
Elite - Jolly
- Consistent and groovy
Parama - Baroness
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music - Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
Ariich - The Cat Empire
- Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
TAC - Nothgard
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good - Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity- Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good
Jingle - Serenity
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
Kattelox - Fairyland
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
Romdrums - Imogen Heap
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity - Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
Lethean - DGM
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
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Since you guys have pretty much guessed all the songs, I'll just carry forward the Album name hangmanen. I'm hoping to have results up either tonight or tomorrow evening.
?: De____t_____ and __ee_____ _a_n____ent
?: ___e _ea_s __ _e__ne ___e
?: _a___, _____t, __ee____, __nn_: _____'s __eatest __ts _S_ann_n_ __st T__ee A_____
?: Ass _____n_ T_nes __ T_e D__en
?: T_e _____s _e__nd t_e S_n
?: T_e _et__n __ t_e _e____s___ __ t_e __n_ t_ t_e T__ T__e_s: An Ad_ent__e T_____ t_e Se_en Seas __ ___e
?: _eats __ St_en_t_
?: A ____e _ea_ __ ____en_s __ts
Guessed letters: aetsnd
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Give me BCFGHIJKLMOPQRUVWXYZ
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Let's have an H.
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R
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I'm posting mine now, anyways, since puppies is killing me soon
https://mega.nz/#!2RMwwCyY!8B1BOBxDYnouwrQXBarcR8AYGpd1sQeZXrGPDqrTFRY
Heck yeah to the mini-EP concept
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Is yours called 'The Colors Beyond the Sun' by any chance? :neverusethis:
mine is a Spotify playlist. I'll post a link when you have guessed the name, because I want to make you guys guess it.
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Oh yeah yours is Jolly's Greatest Hits ??? First Three Albums there's some other part too whatever
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Let's see the apostrophe.
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Ass Wiggling Tunes of The ???
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Something: An Adventure Throuh the Seven Seas of ?? ??
Gave us the R
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Gave us the R
R
it's already been called, sir :lol
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Give me BCFGHIJKLMOPQRUVWXYZ
Y'all are too latw
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C
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Ass Wiggling Tunes of The ???
:lol Not exactly
?: De___ht_____ and __ee_____ _a_n___cent
?: ___e _ears __ _e__ne R__e
?: Ha___, _r__ht, Cheer___, __nn_: _____'s _reatest H_ts _S_ann_n_ __st Three A_____
?: Ass __c__n_ Tunes __ the D__en
Parama: The Colors Beyond the Sun
?: The Ret_rn __ the _e____sh__ __ the R_n_ t_ the T__ T__ers: An Adventure Through the Seven Seas of _r_e
?: Feats of Strength
?: A _h__e Hea_ __ ____en_s H_ts
Guessed letters: aetsndhrc
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Feats Of Strength
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Feats Of Strength
Indeed!
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Happy, Bright, Cheerful, Funny: Jolly's Greatest Hits (Spanning Last Three Albums)
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Happy, Bright, Cheerful, Sunny: Jolly's Greatest Hits (Spanning Last Three Albums)
So close
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Fixed it. I think.
Happy, Bright, Cheerful, Sunny: Jolly's Greatest Hits (Spanning Just Three Albums) :metal
Ass Kicking Tunes by the ???
Delightfully and Gleefully Magnificent
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Happy, Bright, Cheerful, Funny: Jolly's Greatest Hits (Spanning Last Three Albums)
Just?
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Hello give me O
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I
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?: Delightfully and Gleefully Magnificent
?: _i_e _ears o_ _e_ine R__e
Elite: Happy, Bright, Cheerful, Funny: Jolly's Greatest Hits (Spanning Just Three Albums)
?: Ass Kicking Tunes by The Do_en
Parama: The Colors Beyond the Sun
?: The Ret_rn o_ the _e__o_shi_ o_ the Rin_ to the T_o To_ers: An Adventure Through the Seven Seas of _r_e
?: Feats of Strength
?: A _h__e Hea_ __ ____en_s H_ts
Guessed letters: aetsndhrcoi
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G
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The return of the fellowship of the ring to the two towers. Not sure what the seven seas are though.
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The upper one is DGM
The bottom one is Imogen Heap
The LOTR reference title is Fairyland
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A Whole Heap of <something> hits
And fire us an L.
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Ass Kicking Tunes by the Dozen? :P
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The return of the fellowship of the ring to the two towers. Not sure what the seven seas are though.
Something cheesy. Like the songs! :lol :metal
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The return of the fellowship of the ring to the two towers. Not sure what the seven seas are though.
Something cheesy. Like the songs! :lol :metal
BRIE!
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Five Years of Feline Rule
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Nicely solved. Rich I suspect. :lol
Ass Kicking by the Dozen sounds like something TAC would use as a title.
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Ass Kicking by the Dozen sounds like something TAC would use as a title.
:lol
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Puppies c'mon and end my life :metal
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It's the end of hangman as we know it, and I feel fine~ :hat
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End my life tonight :metal :metal :metal
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Sorry, I'm dragging my feet here. I'm still at work, it's been way too busy for the last 2 months, which is great for business, but bad for finishing roulette rounds. I will try to get as much done as possible on the write ups when I get home from work, which at this point could be never....
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the longer you take the longer i get to live so it's alright :tup :tup :tup
i hope you're working forever
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Haven't left work yet, Puppies? :)
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:lol
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maybe the puppies died of old age :sadpanda:
dogs don't live that long...
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I think he's just on acid.
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:lol
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IF I HAD TO WAAAAAAAKE UUUUUUUUUUUP
WOULD YOU POST RESUUUUUULTS
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:biggrin:
I'm working on finishing the results for this round right now.
:soon:
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ready to die :xbones
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Greatest Hits Results part 1
Jingle
Serenity - Feats of Strength
Symphonic Power Metal
Austria
First Impression - Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
So this is pretty clearly Power Metal with lots of symphonic stuff mixed in. Power Metal in general has some pretty awesome bands, but at the same time there are a lot more mediocre or bad bands within this genre. Symphonic Power Metal is an even bigger mixed bag. It's hard to find bands that don't sound like they are frolicking among the meadows with their electric guitars, singing about fairy's or picking flowers or feminism :D This on the other hand kicks a lot of ass. Sure it still has a fair amount of cheese to go with it, but it doesn't detract from it. There are tons of awesome heavy guitar riffs and the symphonic elements actually really add to the music, instead of just feeling like they were just tacked on. A lot of it reminds me of the more recent Blind Guardian albums, specifically A Night at the Opera and At the Edge of Time. The difference being the symphonic bits sound closer to something Nightwish would do. So imagine the awesome riffing and heaviness of Blind guardian with the orchestral sound of Nightwish and that seems like a pretty close approximation to this band.
As far as some of the individual songs go. New Horizons, with it's intro, is a brilliant way to start the album. Kind of encapsulating everything this band is about. It contains but a few of the many amazing riffs spread throughout the songs you have chosen here. The Art of War doesn't stand out as much, but that has more to do with the fact that it seems more focused on the riffs and melodies. It's still a good song. Eternal Victory actually sounds like a song that would be used to mark a victorious battle or war. It's quite epic, especially that chorus! This might take the prize for being the most memorable song here. All Lights Reserved and Coldness Kills feel a bit like a mid album lull. They aren't bad songs, but they aren't quite up to the level of the songs before them. The vocals don't seem as polished, nor does the music feel as epic. I'd say Coldness Kills is the better of the two though, especially with that epic intro and that nice acoustic guitar section in the back half. I like having the piano driven Fairytales in the middle of the album. The duet vocals are also done very well. Then the Heartblood Symphony picks the pace up again. I don't really care for some of the cheesy keyboards here or some of the vocals. Beyond Desert Sands is a much better song. Actually the rest of the songs here are all really good. It seems the songs I enjoy the least all come from the Fallen Sanctuary album and the stuff I like the most all comes from either Death & Legacy or Lionheart. Then again all the stuff from War of Ages is pretty damn close, quality wise. I mean, Age of Glory and Legacy of Tudors proves that. The latter being a little too cheesy at times, but still an epic song. The final two songs just drive the ending of this whole thing to beyond epic. The Final Crusade feels like a proper follow up to Eternal Victory. Seems like the Lionheart album wants to be one epic victorious song after another. Using the orchestral version of My Final Chapter to end this was a smart move. Reminds me of how Angra ended their Temple of Shadows albums with an orchestral piece. Only this one has vocals.
Overall this is pretty great. I had some issues with some songs, mostly ones from Fallen Sanctuary. There's some brilliant Symphonic Power Metal here and I will definitely explore a few of these albums some more.
15.9/20
Kattelox
Fairyland - The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers: An Adventure Through the Seven Seas of Brie
Symphonic Power Metal
France
First Impression - Symphony X called to say they wish they could still write music this good
Lots of Symphonic Power metal this round. This however takes on a more Symphony X sound. Between the guitar tone, riffs, and solos (you'd swear Michael Romeo was playing here) and then the vocal style sounds very reminiscent to Russell Allen (at least on the songs from The Fall of an Empire). This guys tone isn't quite as heavy, but the similarity is there. The difference here between Fairyland and Symphony X is Fairyland takes way more of a power metal approach. There is definitely some proggy stuff here, similar in style to a lot of early Symphony X (The Divine Wings of Tragedy era).
So the opening 3 tracks are just absolutely fantastic. They kick the doors right off of this album and explode with some amazing riffs and commanding vocals. Lost in the Dark Lands has some great vocal melodies and harmonizing. Then there is some great back and forth between the guitars and keyboards. The song is speedy, heavy, dynamic, and epic. These songs reminded me of the time when I first discovered Symphony X almost 20 years ago, just how blown away I was. This gave me the same feeling. The Awakening takes a bit of a different approach. It's a little more lighthearted, at least musically. It takes a more melodic road, with twinkly keyboards and victorious sounding vocal melodies/harmonies. I like the female vocalist that is in Eldanie Uelle. This song is even more of a melodic epic than the last one. Songs like this keep the album from feeling samey, by giving varied takes on a singular genre. There are so many avenues you can go down when it comes to Power Metal. Unfortunately, a lot of bands in the genre get stuck in one style and end up boring me to death. Fairlyland doesn't do that. They have a consistent style, but they branch off in to various sounds within the genre. Clanner of the Light is another example of what I'm talking about. With its off-kilter drum beats and rhythm it takes on a completely different sound from anything that came before, yet it stays consistent within the album. Now there are a couple of cheesy keyboard parts here that I don't particularly care for, but this is power metal after all....It's by the time The Walls of Laemnil and Anmorkenta roll around that I realize that there are a lot of similarities with early Rhapsody (of fire). I do enjoy quite a bit of the various forms of Rhapsody, so it's no surprise I'm liking this. I think I'm liking this more up to this point, possibly. With Ride with the Sun, the album takes a turn to full cheese and a different vocalist. Apparently the band had a female lead vocalist in the beginning. There is still a consistency in the music, just cheesier. Assault on the Shore sees another change in vocalist, but keeps the cheese factor. This is my least favorite of the 3 vocalists on display here. This song (and the rest going forward) also sees most of the Symphony X similarities disappear. The sense of wonder, discovery, and awe is gone with the rest of the songs. They all just sound like a poor mans imitation of the epic awesomeness that came before. Also the production on the rest of the songs is not as good. It sounds sort of muddy. Nothing is as clear. I do like Rise of Giants, but that might be because there are no vocals. Plus I like full on orchestral songs in Power Metal albums. Score to a New Beginning is made better by having the vocalist from Serenity (see Jingle's submission) and some of the awesome vocal harmonies from the earlier songs is back, but the song is a little over long for what it is and I don't like the female vocals here. I really like the ending with End Credits. The vocals really make this track.
So it comes down to the fact that I liked 11 of the 14 tracks here. Of the 11 I liked 9 of them were extremely good. I think I will check out the first 2 albums in their entirety, but that 3rd album just doesn't seem like something I would like enough to warrant checking it out further. This is going to get my favorite Album Title award though. A little plagiarism and a whole heap of cheese :lol
15.7/20 +1(album title bonus) = 16.7
Elite
Jolly - Happy, Bright, Cheerful, Funny: Jolly's Greatest Hits (Spanning Just Three Albums)
Progressive Metal
United States
First Impression - Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good.
This reminds me quite a bit of Fair to Midland, which you sent in the EP round. I do enjoy Fair To Midlands vocalist more than this guy. There's also bits that remind me of Porcupine Tree, Junius, and Deftones. For instance, the structure of their songs and how they flow, really the whole songwriting process seems to be partly influenced by Deftones and Porcupine Tree.
The opening tune is pretty good, but I think this really opens up with Joy. It's kind of a progressive metal meets alternative rock banger with some great atmospheric keyboards used sparsely throughout. Just some great melodies with a thunderous rhythm section. Where Everything's Perfect shows a bit of a different dimension to the band, with some heavier sections and more of those great keyboard melodies. This one is also much more progressive sounding and also has some Alice in Chains vibes going. It's at this point that the Porcupine Tree similarities really come to the fore. The song writing really seems to go for the more "commercially accepted" progressive rock/metal. This isn't a bad thing, because I love Porcupine Tree and I don't mind Prog bands trying to make music that has catchy melodies or choruses or what have you. I actually prefer it in a lot of music. I like something to latch on to, that can get burrowed in to my brain. Other times I like all out technicality, but it really depends on my mood and the kind of music. Aqualand and the 7 Suns takes on a bit of an Oceansize (circa Frames) sound. Especially in the way the rhythm section (drums and bass) move the song and the vocal style....that is until it goes in to electronica mode. I like where this song is placed with it reprising some themes from the previous song, even though they are on 2 separate albums. I'm not completely convinced by Firewell. I like the subtle return of the sparkly atmospheric keyboards, but the heaviness of the song doesn't exactly work for me. The lighter parts are much better. As Heard on Tape....now this song is just complete eargasm. I wasn't expecting this after Firewell, but it works to calm the mood down. Then there are those bagpipes....just sublime. Lucky is a happy heavy tune. Those keyboards are just so chipper sounding! The rest of the songs all some combination of the above observations to some more pretty spectacular music. The Grand Utopia ends with the spoken word of "Congratulations, you are now happy!"
Yeah, I guess I am pretty happy now that I listened to this. This is some pretty great music. I'm going to have to listen to each album in it's entirety now. Thanks for putting this together, it was awesome!
18/20
Ariich
The Cat Empire - Five Years of Feline Rule
Latin inspired Jazzed-up Funky Reggae-Rock
Australia
First Impression - Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
Well, you've kept up sending stuff different each round. This is again the most unique submission of the round and dare I say, the most fun? I mean, most of the songs here make me want to get up and dance, even though I don't dance, or even know how to dance.
Right off the bat, How to Explain, just dares you not to dance. It has a great groove with some nice trumpet added throughout. So Many Nights takes a more Soul/Funk turn with some nods to Garage Rock/Classic Rock. It has a bit of a Red Hot Chili Peppers feel to it. The vocalist even has a bit of an Anthony Kiedis meets Mick Jagger vibe going here. Song for Elias goes for more of a Latin Downtempo feel, not unlike Federico Aubele. Love the use of horns and piano here. The varied vocals throughout give it a cool vibe. The little flourishes of acoustic guitar are pretty awesome too. Fishies is another fantastic song, with a great hook ( :D see what I did there? OK, I'll see myself out). This has kind of a Ska meets Jazz and Swing music? Something like that. Between the great, head bobbing music and the cool lyrics/vocals, this song just puts a smile on my face. The Rhythm is next, and guess what? It makes me want to dance. See a theme here? This one is a straight up Latin/Salsa funk song. I could just keep going track by track here, but I think you get the idea. I'd rather talk about a couple songs specifically.
First of all, The Wine Song. This is a perfect way to end the album. Especially considering everything that came before. It's the most dynamic track here, showcasing everything the band can do and serves as a summary of the entire album you have constructed here. It's kind of like ending an epic party with, not necessarily the best for last, but something that everyone will definitely remember once it's all over. Also I'm going to need a lyric sheet for that last minute or so of the song :D
Voodoo Cowboy is the other one that stood out for some reason. Maybe it's because I've been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 a lot lately, but it does have quite a unique sound from the other songs on here. It may not be the strongest song here, but it continues to show the diversity this band has.
I could easily see myself delving deeper in to this bands music after the roulette is over. There are a few nitpicks I have though. Sometimes the vocals aren't as technical or as melodic as I generally like, but it isn't a huge issue. Another nitpick, again not a huge issue, is I would have liked to here more of the horns throughout. I loved the way they were used, but some songs have none where I was expecting some and others they are underused. Overall this is a fantastic showcase of this band.
18.5/20
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- Consistent and groovy
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
1. Baroness? could be Nothgard
2. Imogen Heap
3. Nothgard? could be Baroness
4. DGM (the only other one i got right)
haha i'm doomed :sadpanda:
then again i only need to slightly outscore two of jingle/katt/lethean but i have no confidence in my ability to do that so rip
also preemptive congrats on winning the roulette ariich
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- Consistent and groovy
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
1. Baroness? could be Nothgard
2. Imogen Heap
3. Nothgard? could be Baroness
4. DGM (the only other one i got right)
haha i'm doomed :sadpanda:
then again i only need to slightly outscore two of jingle/katt/lethean but i have no confidence in my ability to do that so rip
also preemptive congrats on winning the roulette ariich
Gee, I hope not! :D
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it's either mine or yours, i'm pretty confident on imogen heap being #2 :P
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Wow! That went over better than I expected. So happy you enjoyed those songs. It's funny because Score's title track is often hailed as a high water mark in the genre yet your perception of Fairyland falls in line with mine. Fall of an Empire is way more creative with better singers and instrumental parts, so I'm pleasantly surprised you lean towards that album. The female singer on Ride with the Sun is Elisa Martin, Dark Moor's old singer from the 90s. I almost threw in an instrumental from that album, The Army of the White Mountains, but it overstays its welcome a bit compared to Giants.
Still don't think I'm making it to the next round but that's okay cause I got the album title bonus and beat Chad :lol
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Awesome, so glad you liked it, and especially glad I included The Wine Song and Voodoo Cowboy which I love not because they're especially the best songs in and of themselves but because they're really cool and different, which was exactly what you liked about them too.
And yeah they have two singers. The guy with the deeper voice is pleasant enough - I find him a little bland sounding but he fits nicely with the music so it works out fine. The guy with the higher-pitched ska/reggae-style voice (who also does the big falsetto stuff and scat singing) is also the lead trumpeter. If you want to dig into their albums, I would say their best two are Cities and So Many Nights, but their self-titled first full release is also excellent.
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So Results Pt 2 next Sunday? ;D
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puppies should wait long enough to post results that TAC and jingle die of old age and i get into the finals by default :neverusethis:
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So Results Pt 2 next Sunday? ;D
I'm still slowly working on the write ups in between taking care of other things today. They should be up later this evening some time.
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Haven’t had a chance to read thru all of it, but dayum... all those superlatives and still the lowest score of that bunch. :sadpanda:
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Haven’t had a chance to read thru all of it, but dayum... all those superlatives and still the lowest score of that bunch. :sadpanda:
You only scored lower than Kat because he got the bonus point.
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And only .2 behind at that :hat
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Still lower.
So, what comments are still to come ....
have some first impressions
- Consistent and groovy
- Stands out in a genre full of mediocrity
- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
- Reminds me of another band, but the vocals aren't as good
- Symphony X called to say they wish we could still write music this good
- Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
- Bring 3 cups of Funky Jazz to a boil, add 1 cup of Salsa, a half cup of rock, 3 tablespoons of Reggae, a dash of Mariachi, a pinch of soul, a quarter teaspoon of hip hop, and the kitchen sink for good measure, stir until blended well and simmer for about an hour.
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Mine is certainly the DT one. I guess I was successful in choosing songs that weren't too obvious with the SX influence. :lol
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Mine is certainly the DT one. I guess I was successful in choosing songs that weren't too obvious with the SX influence. :lol
I've only heard the last two DGM albums, but my overriding impression of them is that they based their whole style on A Fortune in Lies, Take the Time, Under a Glass Moon, and Status Seeker. There is nothing wrong with that, BTW, because those two albums, Discipline and The Passage, fucking rock. :metal
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sits in the corner, literally dying
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Mine is certainly the DT one. I guess I was successful in choosing songs that weren't too obvious with the SX influence. :lol
I've only heard the last two DGM albums, but my overriding impression of them is that they based their whole style on A Fortune in Lies, Take the Time, Under a Glass Moon, and Status Seeker. There is nothing wrong with that, BTW, because those two albums, Discipline and The Passage, fucking rock. :metal
I assume you meant Momentum? Momentum has a couple really obvious DT moments (but it was Lines in the Sand and something from Six Degrees as I recall). And certainly DT has always been an influence. But their guitar player is a huge Michael Romeo fan and it shows. (I think he's more or less admitted it too).
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I've always struggled with getting into DGM but I've found myself recently enjoying them more each time I go back to them. They're pretty fun for that kind of metal.
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Mine is certainly the DT one. I guess I was successful in choosing songs that weren't too obvious with the SX influence. :lol
I've only heard the last two DGM albums, but my overriding impression of them is that they based their whole style on A Fortune in Lies, Take the Time, Under a Glass Moon, and Status Seeker. There is nothing wrong with that, BTW, because those two albums, Discipline and The Passage, fucking rock. :metal
I assume you meant Momentum? Momentum has a couple really obvious DT moments (but it was Lines in the Sand and something from Six Degrees as I recall). And certainly DT has always been an influence. But their guitar player is a huge Michael Romeo fan and it shows. (I think he's more or less admitted it too).
Yep, Momentum.
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Sorry, but the final 2 will have to wait until tomorrow.
Greatest Hits Part 2
Lethean
DGM - Delightfully and Gleefully Magnificent
Progressive Metal
Italy
First Impression - Dream Theater called to say they wish they could still write music this good.
Well this is certainly some crackin Progressive Metal. Mostly faster paced, with some great riffs and melodies. These guys definitely take cues from Dream Theater even though they also have a quite a bit of Power Metal mixed in to their sound. I like the vocals on display here more than anything James LaBrie has done in recent memory. There's a lot of back and forth with the guitar and drums, which I enjoy most of it quite a bit.
Starting this thing off is the 2 part song The Secret. Good lord this is just stacked with great riffs and melodic guitar solos. I love the vocal melodies. I guess it would stand to reason that I would enjoy this so much because this is the same lineup that did Frame, which is the only album by DGM I've heard and I love that album. This song goes through a lot of dynamic changes, with piano driven lighter parts, to soaring harmonized vocals (especially towards the end of the first part), technical exchanges between everyone, and some heavy riffing. The second part even has some cool Ayreon like atmospheric passages. The whole culmination of this song leads me to give it my seal of approval as song of the round! Invisible Rain sees a different vocalist, guitarist, and keyboardist come in, but the song is still pretty good. Just a different vibe. Much lighter, with much more prominent bass in the mix. I do like the other vocalist (Mark Basile) and guitarist (Simone Mularoni) better, but these guys do a pretty good job. The keyboards are much cheesier and more annoying here, though, which is the undoing of the song for me. Lost in Time again has a different keyboardist. This song has a bit more balls and chunk to it and more fantastic bass playing that can be heard easily in the mix. This song shows a bit of Angra influence in it, then again so do some of the other songs here. The keyboards here aren't as annoying, but I still like the guy on The Secret the most. Some Day, One Day sees the return of the modern lineup and a return to more enjoyable songs. The beginning keyboard melody reminds me a bit of something from early Marillion. This song is from the album before Frame and it feels like maybe the band was just starting to find their footing with the new lineup here. It isn't as polished or intriguing as stuff on Frame or the other songs you picked here from their later albums. Still a lot of potential comes through and it's more exciting that the stuff that's on their earlier albums, at least for me. Ghosts of Insanity is pretty awesome and while I'm usually not a bit fan of Tom Englund, I do enjoy him here more than usual, probably because of the duet nature of the vocals. The intro to this song is heavy and head bang worthy. Storm #351 feels like a throw away track to me. I just don't really like anything about it. New Life on the other hand, is a great pick for a greatest hits album. This song I think encapsulates everything that DGM are about. Not as well as The Secret, but that song is god tier for me.
Overall this is pretty good. Only one track I really disliked and a couple that could be better. I'm going to dig in to The Passage and Different Shapes more and maybe work my way to a few of their other albums. You did come out with my favorite track of the round though.
16.2/20 + 1(song bonus point) = 17.2/20 Total Score
Parama
Baroness - The Colors Beyond the Sun
Progressive Sludge Metal
United States
First Impression - Consistent and groovy
So I had a rough time getting through this the first couple times. It's fairly long, first of all. It all sounded too similar at first (it really isn't, it's consistent, but there's lots of diversity here). Then there's the problem with the stuff from the Purple album. I listened to that album once when it came out and then never listened to it again, mostly because the production on it was (still is) terrible. The problems with the Purple album songs still remains, but the rest of this opened up quite a bit. I really started getting in to the groove of it part way through the third listen.
Lets start with the first track here. Rays on Pinion is a brilliant way to start this off. It's a slow burner, slowly building up to a groovy stoner-like rock/metal tune. There's some great guitar harmonizing here and the melodies keep it together. Twinkler is a great follow up, with a nice acoustic build up in the beginning. There's some great vocal harmonies here, almost peaceful mixed with the acoustic guitar. This song is beautiful. The Line Between basically picks up where the last left off, quickly becoming heavier and chunkier. The ebb and flow of this song is quite nice, with a nice guitar solo in the back half. I really enjoy all the songs from the Yellow and Green albums, I think they may be my favorites. Then again the stuff from the Blue album is also really nice, starting with The Gnashing. For a band that is pretty much a sludgy stonery type of metal, they sure know how to build up to a climax and also slow things down and make light and beautiful music. The Gnashing is proof of that. It's definitely a rockin tune, but it's got these great mellow buildups and triumphant sounding peaks, all within about 4 minutes. The next two songs are from the Purple album and what I said about the production still holds true for me, but hearing them in the context of a lot of Baroness's other music makes the songs much more enjoyable. I still wish that album wasn't mixed so loud. There is a lot of great song writing on these two songs though. A Horse Called Golgotha probably has the best intro to any of the songs here, with that galloping guitar rhythm and cool drums. The meat of the song is pretty cool too, with a nice rhythm and short but sweet guitar solo. I like the placement of Foolsong and Back Where I Belong on here. They sort of compliment one another. It's here that I also feel it's easy to notice the obvious Mastodon similarities, but I think a closer approximation of Baroness would be a mix of Kylesa and High on Fire. They don't ever really get quite as heavy as High on Fire, but the sound is there. Anyway I especially like that fuzzy guitar solo in the middle of Back Where I Belong. Grad is a phenomenal instrumental track. It's like Pelican meets Earth meets Isis. Pelican and Isis being 2 bands I really dig. Now the last third of this compilation is where it really comes in to it's own I think. A lot more diversity and different sounds. It begins with another instrumental, Green Theme. Every bit as good as Grad, but in a totally different way. This has a great buildup and a super triumphant guitar riff that comes in. Great stuff. Jake Leg just sees the band go hog wild on their instruments for the whole first minute or so. Great guitar riffing and soloing. It has a very jam feeling to the whole song. Wailing Wintry Wind is on a whole other level. From the very first listen it was my favorite song on here. It only got better with each listen. All I can really say about it now is just, wow! This is inspired song writing. It's like Anathema or Agalloch levels of buildup and climax here. Chlorine and Wine is easily the best thing from the Purple album on here and it fits very well with the other 4 songs in this third part of the album. Song writing and music wise this a 10/10 song, but the production does bring it down a tad. Then the final song, Eula. I was thinking it would have been better to end with Wailing Wintry Wind, but this works pretty much just as well. This sounds a little bit like Thrice in spots. Definitely not a bad thing. And like the majority of the songs here, it has great buildups and climaxes, nice ebb and flow.
I'm certainly glad you picked Baroness for the Greatest Hits round. I had no idea what they were capable of, considering I'd only ever heard the Purple album. This has opened my eyes and I will be doing a deep dive in to each of their albums. Since you split this up in to 3 separate EP's and then mashed it together in to one album I'll score each EP individually for you and then give you the overall score. Also I wasn't exactly sure what the theme was you were going for on each of these, but whatever it was, it sure sounded good.
I - Refraction - 8.5/10
II - Reflection - 8.4/10
III - Dispersion - 9.5/10
Album Total - 17.6/20
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yeah i don't disagree on the production on purple but it impacts two of the songs i picked not as much, partially why i picked them. shock me was a runner up to morningstar as for the rocker off that album i picked, that one's really popular
also the theme was the rainbow, you dolt, that's what the title referred to as well :P
disc 1: red -> yellow -> green -> blue -> purple
disc 2: purple -> blue -> green -> yellow -> red
disc 3: okay i thought i did something arcane with this one in order to get a specific order that's like, you put everything in a circle and then draw a 5-pointed star starting from Green to get the order but it doesn't look like that's actually the order i gave you so i have no clue what i did here maybe it's just arranged in the track order
side-note: disc 2 & 3 were originally swapped but i was keenly aware disc 3 had the best cuts on it (disc 1 has a lot of great ones too, disc 2 songs are still good but none of them are my faves from their albums)
also, wailing wintry wind was literally a last minute swap from another red song (isak) so having that turn out to be your fave is great, excellent, thanks :lol
i think i end up ahead of all of jingle, lethean, and katt with a score like that so BIG WHEW i'm alive suckas
my baroness album ranking probably goes like uuhh... green > purple > yellow > red > blue with blue being the only album i don't consider at least a 4* album (it's... good but it's like 80% rockers, doesn't feel as diverse as their others)
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also the theme was the rainbow, you dolt, that's what the title referred to as well :P
disc 1: red -> yellow -> green -> blue -> purple
disc 2: purple -> blue -> green -> yellow -> red
This much I figured out, but I thought maybe you had a deeper meaning behind it. Especially the 3rd part which didn't follow the same pattern as the rest. :corn
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Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5 = 98.4
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9 + ??? = 79 + ???
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7 + ??? = 77.2 + ???
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18 = 93
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6 = 91
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2 = 90.9
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
scores updated after last results also
that is a disgustingly narrow bar for the cutoff line and assuming TAC and romdrums' scores don't utterly plummet... dang
also i double-checked all the existing scores just for sanity and they're all correct too
one of the remaining first impressions is... not very positive though, ain't it
don't give up hope katt? :corn
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Some Day, One Day sees the return of the modern lineup
Just a clarification - it's the modern line up except for the singer - Marco Basile's first album was Frame. On my EP, he's only on The Passage. The singer on the rest of the albums I sent is Titta Tani.
I'm going to dig in to The Passage and Different Shapes more and maybe work my way to a few of their other albums. You did come out with my favorite track of the round though.
16.2/20 + 1(song bonus point) = 17.2/20 Total Score
With that score, it seems I've made the cut. I guess I have some work to do. :) But I'm happy you enjoyed DGM, because I like them a lot (and they're great live too). You should probably also check out Momentum, which is the album between Frame and The Passage. It kind of fell flat for me, but a lot of people seem to like it.
I'm very surprised that you didn't comment on the SX, or at least Michael Romeo influences going on though. DGM's vocal melodies are so different from Symphony X and that helps I think, but there's a lot of Romeo in the riffs.
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Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5 = 98.4
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9 + ??? = 79 + ???
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7 + ??? = 77.2 + ???
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18 = 93
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6 = 91
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2 = 90.9
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
scores updated after last results also
that is a disgustingly narrow bar for the cutoff line and assuming TAC and romdrums' scores don't utterly plummet... dang
also i double-checked all the existing scores just for sanity and they're all correct too
one of the remaining first impressions is... not very positive though, ain't it
don't give up hope katt? :corn
Thanks for rechecking all the math! I was thinking I should do that before assuming I'd made it.
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ariich has a 5.4 point lead on the current second-highest score and although i expect that to shrink at least a little from one of the two remaining scores
but the album round is scored out of 30 so it's still possible for an upset here, though i think it'll have to come from elite, TAC, or romdrums, i don't have any expectations of being able to leapfrog 7.5 points ahead of ariich in one round :P i just wanted my album in the last round since i spent like a billion years on it
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Ooooh, that score definitely helps! Glad you enjoyed my EP and glad you liked Jolly, even though the vocals didn't do too much for you initially. I really did try to make the song order on the album make sense and it's nice you realised that as well. The three albums I took the songs from are stylistically similar, but I think their first album is weaker overall (though it contains some good stuff, like the songs I did put on this album). Both the Audio Guide to Happiness Pt. I & II are great though, and that's why you see some recurring themes; the one in Where Everything's Perfect that becomes the main theme for Aqualand and the 7 Suns is the most obvious one here.
Whatb I don't get is that you're not entirely convinced by Firewell. I personally think that one's awesome and I indeed deliberately put the (arguably) softest song directly afterwards. As Heard on Tape is indeed gorgeous. No mention of The Pattern in your write-up either, nor of Ends Where it Starts, but I understand that you can't single out every song. I'm glad the disc 'made you happy', as I think that's what the band set out to do. It probably won't surprise you that The Grand Utopia is also the final track on The Audio Guide to Happiness Part II, so I thought it would be a fitting ending.
For everyone else, here's both the track-list and the Spotify Playlist:"
1. Carousel of Whale
2. Joy
3. Where Everything's Perfect
4. Aqualand and the 7 Suns
5. Firewell
6. As Heard on Tape
7. Dust Nation Bleak
8. Lucky
9. The Pattern
10. Downstream
11. Solstice
12. Ends Where it Starts
13. The Grand Utopia
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/1150414537/playlist/01FP8imbrEAkAbU0WHrWPn?si=av9KUOJsQAWqdAA19Jg9tA
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Well, I'm officially done, but no matter... I had a concept album - story and all - put together 6 weeks ago, so Puppies is getting it anyway. I'll just let him get thru the official submissions first.
Loved your description of Serenity ... Blind Guardian + Nightwish. Nailed it.
Seems I gotta re-check out Fairyland. I seem to recall having sampled them a couple years ago, and saved them to Spotify... but didn't spend a lot of time with them.
If RJ is following this thread, Puppies knows what's what with DGM / The Secret (it's what got me eliminated from his Roulette 16 months ago).
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Damn, I pulled an all nighter F5ing and still no score!!!
Expecting a 25/20! ;D
Vanilla, huh?
Shit ain’t right. :lol
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Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5 = 98.4
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9 + ??? = 79 + ???
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7 + ??? = 77.2 + ???
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18 = 93
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6 = 91
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2 = 90.9
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
scores updated after last results also
that is a disgustingly narrow bar for the cutoff line and assuming TAC and romdrums' scores don't utterly plummet... dang
also i double-checked all the existing scores just for sanity and they're all correct too
one of the remaining first impressions is... not very positive though, ain't it
don't give up hope katt? :corn
Nice to offer the pep-talk, but there's a snowball's chance in hell that TAC is scoring less than 12; Lethean less than 13.5. Katt... off to the losers lounge for us.
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Yeah I'm definitely out, this roulette was super fun and I'm happy puppies enjoyed so many of my submissions. I didn't have a concept album prepared anyway
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Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5 = 98.4
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9 + ??? = 79 + ???
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7 + ??? = 77.2 + ???
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18 = 93
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6 = 91
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2 = 90.9
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
scores updated after last results also
that is a disgustingly narrow bar for the cutoff line and assuming TAC and romdrums' scores don't utterly plummet... dang
also i double-checked all the existing scores just for sanity and they're all correct too
one of the remaining first impressions is... not very positive though, ain't it
don't give up hope katt? :corn
Nice to offer the pep-talk, but there's a snowball's chance in hell that TAC is scoring less than 12; romdrums less than 13.5. Katt... off to the losers lounge for us.
FTFY
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Right.... brain fart.
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Right.... brain fart.
No worries old timer. ;D
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Regarding Serenity and DGM, Puppies seems to enjoy them more than I do. Serenity does have some good songs though, DGM... didn't click with me so far. Curious about the concept albums now, this round's going to be fun.
Nice to offer the pep-talk, but there's a snowball's chance in hell that TAC is scoring less than 12; Lethean less than 13.5. Katt... off to the losers lounge for us.
I won't offer pep-talk, but I will have something else to offer in a few hours now that I've got a green light from Dave...
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- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
i mean yeah jingle sorry but you're screwed
but that second snippet there, could go off and get a pretty weak score compared to the rest
we'll see what puppies has to say though :P
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I won't offer pep-talk, but I will have something else to offer in a few hours now that I've got a green light from Dave...
Goddamn you... I was actually wanting to take a bit of a break from rouletting. :getoffmylawn:
Though, at the pace Stads and Katt are moving, you might be finished before them! :lol
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Feeling like this right now. The suspense!!
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puppies is playing hide and seek with you :corn
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- Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
- This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
i mean yeah jingle sorry but you're screwed
but that second snippet there, could go off and get a pretty weak score compared to the rest
we'll see what puppies has to say though :P
Unless it's "This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far....but I LOVE IT!!"
No? :lol
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Pup...I'm going to bed soon! :lol
You're obviously in no rush to get my Concept Album! :lol
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Pup...I'm going to bed soon! :lol
You're obviously in no rush to get my Concept Album! :lol
But I already have it..... :metal
I just got home from work and I'm working on the write ups between cooking dinner and doing laundry. So it's a little slow going, but they will be up tonight at some point. You will probably see them in the morning.
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But I already have it..... :metal
No you don't have it. You kicked out a song. :lol
I have a new one subbed in and I slightly changed the running order in the second half.
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You will probably see them in the morning.
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You will probably see them in the morning.
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Fogey problems :metardica:
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just think puppies, once you post the last results you can finally listen through the album i sent two months ago :P
that's as much a threat as it is motivation tbh i sent a two-hour monster of a double album
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I think mine will be around an hour, so that might help to balance it out a little.
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i'm vaguely cheating because technically mine is two albums but the story is connected by a few elements (base concept involved two stories to begin with, one artist is shared across both discs, stuff like that)
i basically had the concept idea before i had literally anything else and it basically mandated two discs worth of material, but originally each disc was only gonna be about 50 mins
anyways i'm excited about my concept album. ready for another perfect silence to tank my score :metal
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So after many delays, this round is officially over. Apologies to everyone for how long this round took. Hopefully no one has lost complete interest in this roulette. I know I haven't, but sometimes life just gets in the way of having fun. Anyway, without further ado....
Greatest Hits Part 3
TAC
Nothgard - Ass Kicking Tunes By The Dozen
Melodic Folk/Death Metal
Germany
First Impression - This might be the most vanilla thing you've sent so far
So my first impression may seem fairly negative. It's not really. It's more like I've heard this style of metal performed many many times before by many other bands much better. This includes other Melodic Death Metal you have sent in this very roulette. Not a whole lot stuck out to me as being truly original or gave me that wow factor I'm looking for. Now this isn't to say there isn't anything good here. After repeated listens, more stuff stood out to me. More of the folk metal stuff started to come out. The guitar solos became more enjoyable.
Starting off with Malady X. This was a fairly pedestrian song, but there is a really cool guitar solo near the end and the second half is all pretty enjoyable. The guitarists know what they are doing on all of these songs. There are great solos in just about every song. This holds true on the next song, Blackened Seed. It's here that one of my major issues with the album rears it's head. The vocals. They just aren't that good to me. They seem relentless in a lot of these songs, not allowing the songs to breathe. Also the cadence bugs me a lot. This is also where I start to take more notice of the mixing of Folk metal and Melodic death metal. This typically doesn't work for me. I prefer those two sub genres to be separate. Almost every time a band attempts to mix them, I typically don't enjoy the outcome. This isn't much different. If I want Folk Metal, I tend to gravitate towards Moonsorrow or Agalloch or Primordial. When it comes to Melodic Death Metal I prefer stuff like Dark Tranquility, Edge of Sanity, Insomnium, and Scar Symmetry. There are two exceptions to this that come to mind, Equilibrium and Wintersun. In Blood Remains is a song that almost comes close to being an exception. There are still issues that I have with it. Again, mostly the vocals. Let the music breathe, for crying out loud!!! Fall of an Empire does have some sweet riffs, but falls in to the same vocal traps, except when it comes time for another good guitar solo. And I understand why that is now. The vocalist is also the lead guitarist. I guess he cant sing and play guitar at the same time (I'm only joking, I'm fairly certain he can...). He's also the lead guitarist on the latest Equilibrium album, but thankfully not the vocalist. Obey the King is a pretty kick ass song. Killer riffs, blazing solos, endless screaming over the awesome music....oh wait, that's the bad part. OK I think you get the point. Yes good, even great, music can be ruined by a bad vocalist, or one that doesn't know when to stop. I do like the use of tubular bells in Draining Veins. Always loved that sound. Black Horizon is a pretty good instrumental.
So here's the deal. This is all pretty OK. It's one of the better mixtures I've heard of Folk and Melodic Death Metal, but it still isn't nearly as good as the other Melodeath albums you sent in this roulette. It's also probably not a band I will return to, with the exception of maybe the Age of Pandora album. Those songs were some of the better ones and what kept your score from plummeting in to oblivion.
14/20
Romdrums
Imogen Heap - A Whole Heap of Imogen’s Hits
Art Pop? and a whole bunch of other stuff
United Kingdom
First Impression - Unique vocals, varied and dynamic music
Imogen Heap is one of those artists I've always planned on diving in to, but it would always find a way to fall through the cracks and I would forget all about it. I have a good friend of mine that absolutely love Imogen Heap and she actually looks a little bit like her as well, although she isn't British. Anyway, she has always been pushing for me to listen to Imogen Heap and her Frou Frou side project. Now since you sent it in my roulette I have no excuse to not listen to her anymore. No more procrastinating. First off, I have heard a few tracks here and there, but never enough to make an impression and they were always in a setting where I couldn't really focus on the songs. My wife is in to her too, so occasionally I'll here a song when I'm in her car with her.
So after several listens through, what do I think. Well, if it weren't for The Cat Empire being in this round, this would probably the most eclectic music of the round. From the more Electronica focused Frou Frou songs, to the alternative indie pop similar to Alanis Morissette on songs like Getting Scared and Useless (mostly in the vocals here), to the more ambient stuff from the Ellipse album (I really dig this stuff), to the much more artsy stuff from Speak for Yourself, it's clear Imogen Heap is not a one trick pony. It also helps that the majority of it I really really like. Her vocal style (that breathy/airy/light tone), is quite captivating and lovely. Stuff like Have You Got it In You is just beautiful and inspiring and really just puts you in a good mood (even though lyrically I don't think it's supposed to be a happy song). The stuff from the Sparks album seems to be a culmination of everything that Imogen Heap has done up to this point, both solo and in Frou Frou. Cycle Song is a good example of this. It also works well as a segue track diving deeper in to the album as a whole. Unfortunately for me the Sparks songs feel like the weakest to me. They seem to have less of an identity to me. Perhaps I need to hear the album in full to really appreciate them, which I fully intend to do. If I had to rank the albums based on what I've heard here it would probably be Speak For Yourself=Ellipse>I Megaphone>Frou Frou>Sparks, but there's only 2 songs from I Megaphone and 2 from Frou Frou, so this could easily change once I hear all the albums in full. Another big influence that seems apparent is Bjork. I hear a lot of Bjork, especially in some of the vocal melodies. Mostly in the Ellipse album, but I hear bits in other songs too. Telemiscommunications is probably my favorite from Sparks at this point. It's super chill, with lovely vocals. A lot of the music here is really chill, but at the same time it is engaging. This has to do with the commanding nature of her vocals. They may have a lighter tone, but her vocals just command your attention. The song 2-1 is a standout track, with great lyrics and incredible vocals to go with them. The Dark Ambient sound here is also super atmospheric. This song is almost perfect to me. Then you have stuff like Daylight Robbery that is a fairly rockin tune. Run-Time sounds like it could be straight off of an 80's Synth Pop album. And that chorus on Closing In is just gorgeous. Then there is the quirky Xizi She Knows. I can easily understand why you ended it with The Moment I Said It. It's at the same time haunting and beautiful and epic and chilling. I see you saved the best for last.
Really there is something to enjoy in every song here. There was nothing I outright disliked, with the exception of Minds Without Fear. It starts out just fine, but I really don't like the guest vocals. I don't think they fit. If it weren't for that it would be a great song. Other than that one song, this was an amazing greatest hits album. Every Imogen Heap album is on my To Listen list now. I may also have to add her to my top 5 list of female vocalists. I think I'm in love with her voice. I hope she's working on a proper follow up album to Sparks. One final thing I have to mention is the lyrics. They may be pretentious at times, a little cryptic here and there, but who cares. They are well written and I enjoy them.
17/20
Scores
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5 = 98.4
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7, 17 = 94.2
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18.4 = 93.4
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9, 14 = 93
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6 = 91
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2 = 90.9
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5, 9.4 = 61.1
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
Thanks to Kattelox and Jingle for playing in another roulette of mine. I enjoyed a ton of the stuff you guys sent (and some not so much). You both just had a couple of albums that killed your chances of getting in to the finals. Feel free to still send me your concept albums if you have them made up. I will give them a listen and do a write up on them after I finish the final round.
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good morning, TAC! :metal
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Right, time to throw away my 4 point lead! :metal
I've got maybe half my concept album sorted. I guess I'll probably be ready to send tkmorrow, Thursday at the latest.
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TAC might want to sleep in. Well, at least I beat someone this round!
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OH shit! :facepalm:
WOW! Just blew this roulette. I like my album, but no way I beat Ariich by 5 1/2 points, even on a 30 scale.
Oh well..
I actually like the Nothgard stuff. I was pretty confident in it.
I felt like the longer Pup took to give the score, the better it'll be. No way you tease a guy that long for a score like that. That's dirty pool bro! :lol
Anyway..album on its way!
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Hey, on he latest scoreboard I somehow got .4 extra for the Jolly album. Thanks Pups! :metal
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.4 from being saved! DAMN IT!!!
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Hey, on he latest scoreboard I somehow got .4 extra for the Jolly album. Thanks Pups! :metal
Oops
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So it looks like I have 3 concept albums in so far. I have Romdrums, TAC, and Parama. There's some really ambitious stuff here so far. :tup
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there's a part of me that wants to change one of the songs but another part that 1. doesn't have a song to replace it with and 2. doesn't want to have to rewrite part of the story anyways i dunno it's still a good song it's just not up to the standard of the rest imo
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Didn't quite manage to finish putting my album together this evening so will do so tomorrow evening and then subiit!
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:corn
I hope it's terrible so someone else here stands a chance at winning :tup
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:corn
I hope it's terrible so someone else here stands a chance at winning :tup
The rest of you should have done better in the preceding rounds :biggrin: Well TAC was doing well keeping up with Ariich until he tanked the Greatest Hits Round :lol
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It's a lot easier just to tank every round!
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:corn
I hope it's terrible so someone else here stands a chance at winning :tup
The rest of you should have done better in the preceding rounds :biggrin: Well TAC was doing well keeping up with Ariich until he tanked the Greatest Hits Round :lol
I still expect to win! :lol
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I expect 6th place
I'm happier with how my concept album turned out than my EP anyways so that's a good sign
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Didn't quite manage to finish putting my album together this evening so will do so tomorrow evening and then subiit!
This is about where I'm at as well. I hope to send tomorrow night, or maybe early Friday.
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Sent!
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Congrats ariich!!
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Yay!!!
(maybe)
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You only have to score 25.9 to automatically win even if romdrums scores 30/30 :P
And I highly doubt any perfect scores will be given out anyways
I hope you sent an album of weird jazz funk tho since that seems to be your trend here like post-hardcore was in my roulette :P
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More of a prog/melodeath mix this time... :lol
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mines a progressive ??? metal thing where you can substitute ??? for a random subgenre of metal and it's probably on there somewhere so I guess technically yes I sent prog/melodeath too? :P
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Sent!
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how close are we to hangmemes :metal
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Sent!
PM me what your concept album is, I'm curious :)
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how close are we to hangmemes :metal
Just waiting on Elite. He said he would have his to me this weekend.
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oh yeah as ever elite is last to send :P
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Sent!
PM me what your concept album is, I'm curious :)
Um no. No one is seeing that except for Puppies. Unless he says it changed his life and is worthy of a Pulitzer prize... then maybe. :P But if you don't want to play the hangman I can send you just the songs.
Just waiting on Elite. He said he would have his to me this weekend.
Well rats. I thought everyone was waiting on me. If I had known that maybe I would have waited longer too. :P
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Sent!
PM me what your concept album is, I'm curious :)
Um no. No one is seeing that except for Puppies. Unless he says it changed his life and is worthy of a Pulitzer prize... then maybe. :P But if you don't want to play the hangman I can send you just the songs.
Just waiting on Elite. He said he would have his to me this weekend.
Well rats. I thought everyone was waiting on me. If I had known that maybe I would have waited longer too. :P
You have until elite submits his to make changes if you want.
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Well I have to say I'm extremely impressed with the work and attention to detail that has gone in to all of these Concept albums. Everything I've listened to so far has been fantastic as well.
Still waiting on Elite, but I know he said he would have his to me until the weekend. I'm also waiting for the write up that Romdrums said he was going to send to me.
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Just remember, I need 5 1/2 points more than Ariich. ;)
I still cannot believe Nothgard bombed like that. Is it too late to throw my Challenge Flag? :lol
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Is it too late to throw my Challenge Flag? :lol
That's actually not a bad idea for a roulette rule. Everyone gets 1 challenge flag and can submit a different album/song to try to get a better outcome, but it could lead to a worse outcome.
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Well I have to say I'm extremely impressed with the work and attention to detail that has gone in to all of these Concept albums. Everything I've listened to so far has been fantastic as well.
Still waiting on Elite, but I know he said he would have his to me until the weekend. I'm also waiting for the write up that Romdrums said he was going to send to me.
Check your inbox. :corn
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Is it too late to throw my Challenge Flag? :lol
That's actually not a bad idea for a roulette rule. Everyone gets 1 challenge flag and can submit a different album/song to try to get a better outcome, but it could lead to a worse outcome.
i find it very unlikely my second option for round 8 would've resulted in a worse outcome than what i got :lol
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Is it too late to throw my Challenge Flag? :lol
That's actually not a bad idea for a roulette rule. Everyone gets 1 challenge flag and can submit a different album/song to try to get a better outcome, but it could lead to a worse outcome.
In my roulettes, I invented The TAC Wild Card, where if you are torn between two songs for a round, you can use one (per roulette) Wild Card and submit both. I will listen to each, and pick the one I like best to score.
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Is it too late to throw my Challenge Flag? :lol
That's actually not a bad idea for a roulette rule. Everyone gets 1 challenge flag and can submit a different album/song to try to get a better outcome, but it could lead to a worse outcome.
i find it very unlikely my second option for round 8 would've resulted in a worse outcome than what i got :lol
That's most likely true. Unless you sent me Merzbow or Bull of Heaven.
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nah like i said i would've sent you the first xanthochroid album which is imo better than their double album by a good margin
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Is it too late to throw my Challenge Flag? :lol
That's actually not a bad idea for a roulette rule. Everyone gets 1 challenge flag and can submit a different album/song to try to get a better outcome, but it could lead to a worse outcome.
In my roulettes, I invented The TAC Wild Card, where if you are torn between two songs for a round, you can use one (per roulette) Wild Card and submit both. I will listen to each, and pick the one I like best to score.
I stole this for one of the abilities in my roulette. :biggrin:
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It's now the weekend.
Come on, Elate!
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how close are we to hangmemes :metal
Just waiting on Elite. He said he would have his to me this weekend.
Still waiting on Elite, but I know he said he would have his to me until the weekend.
That's right! I'm working on it and it's almost finished :)
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I don't think I ever sent this many songs in one round.
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:corn
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I wonder if any of my songs get rejected.
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I wonder if any of my songs get rejected.
I considered asking about bands before I spent time putting everything together, but forgot, and then got very stressed after I submitted that something would get rejected and all that time would have been wasted. :lol
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I checked and double-checked both the banned list and Puppies’ RYM page, so I should be safe, but you never know..
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OK, I have everything and nobody needs to resubmit anything. I'll work on the hangmemes and get that posted asap. If all goes well this week at work I should be able to get results by next weekend sometime.
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Hangmanana Part 1
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Guessed letters: ftd
TAC waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Lethean waits 1
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I checked and double-checked both the banned list and Puppies’ RYM page, so I should be safe, but you never know..
I ended up, like, quadruple checking. :lol
S for part 1.
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R
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I can see a couple of my songs in there, but so far nothing on the rest.
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?: Dr___ t__ ____tr__ S____ - _____ ___d
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?: D_r____ - ___st____ _s __st _ St_t_ _f ___d
?: ___ts___ – __r_
?: ____ __t_r - __rt_____d R___s
?: __ds__rd - T___ __ t__ ___
?: __d_r S___t___ - __ _t_r_t___ S_ ___t__t__ S___d
?: D_r___t_r - T____st Tr__
?: St______ _____ - Dr___s R___rs_d
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?: S_____r_ - T__ R_d_ ____st__ __s__r_ ________
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?: __s___t_ _r__r_t_ - Tr____ R_________t___
?: Fr__t__ _____r - _d__ __rds
?: __s_ _f _r_s__r_ - T__s R__d ___ds T_ D_s___t___
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?: S__tt_r_d S___s - ___ ____ ____ __ ____
?: ____st_rs – T_r____ _ ___d__
?: D_r____ - __df_rs____ _____rs_
?: Fr_stt_d_ - F____ ___r ___str____t___
?: __d_r S___t___ - ____ __r_ ____ _ D__
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?: ___ ___t____ - _____
?: _r____ _rt_r___ - __ __rs_
?: __ F____s - _____t R_d_
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?: ___ts___ – __r_ __ D___
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?: ________ - __f_st_t___
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?: ___d__ R_s_rr__t___ - __d's __r__
?: S___r__ _____rs_ ____r_____ - S_ ___d
?: _______ts - ____ ___
?: ____st_rs – T__ __r_ ____
?: ____tr__ ____rd – __ __t_ ___
Guessed letters: rsftd
Jingle waits 3 turns
Ariich waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Dream the Electric Sheep
In Flames?
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In Flames?
Yep, Bullet Ride and Swim.
I'm seeing Shattered Skies and Frosttide as well.
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In Flames?
Yep, Bullet Ride and Swim.
ariich? :biggrin:
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:tup
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?: ______s – _s___t___
?: D_r____ – ___st____ _s __st _ St_t_ _f ___d
?: ___ts___ – __r_
?: ____ __t_r – __rt_____d R___s
?: __ds__rd – T___ __ t__ ___
?: __d_r S___t___ – __ _t_r_t___ S_ ___t__t__ S___d
?: D_r___t_r – T____st Tr__
?: St______ _____ – Dr___s R___rs_d
?: __r___ – F___d___ ____d
?: ____ – __ss________
?: _____ – ___d____ T_r__
?: _______ – ____ _r___t_ _ ______
?: S_____r_ – T__ R_d_ ____st__ __s__r_ ________
?: _____ – ___d____ T__
?: _____r___ – __rr_rs
?: __s___t_ _r__r_t_ – Tr____ R_________t___
?: Fr__t__ _____r – _d__ __rds
?: __s_ _f _r_s__r_ – T__s R__d ___ds T_ D_s___t___
?: ____st_rs – ____
?: Shattered Skies – ___ ____ ____ __ ____
?: ____st_rs – T_r____ _ ___d__
?: D_r____ – __df_rs____ _____rs_
?: Frosttide – F____ ___r ___str____t___
?: __d_r S___t___ – ____ __r_ ____ _ D__
Ariich: In Flames – Swim
?: ___ ___t____ – _____
?: _r____ _rt_r___ – __ __rs_
Ariich: In Flames – Bullet Ride
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?: ___ts___ – __r_ __ D___
?: S_____r_ – T__ R_d_ ____st__
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?: ___d__ R_s_rr__t___ – __d's __r__
?: S___r__ _____rs_ ____r_____ – S_ ___d
?: _______ts – ____ ___
?: ____st_rs – T__ __r_ ____
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Guessed letters: rsftd
Jingle waits 3 turns
Ariich waits 2
TAC waits 1
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Ancestors - Gone
Ancestors - Through a Window
Ancestors - The Warm Glow
:metal
guessing elite sent these?
i already own that album digitally but it's so damn good and i finally found a physical copy for sale so that's in the mail right now
interestingly, so is the album one of the songs i sent is on, since i also finally found a physical copy for that (from the same retailer no less) :corn
the warm glow is a song of the year contender for 2018 tbh. so is the last song on my concept album though.
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?: ______s – _so__t_o_
?: D_r____ – ___st____ _s __st _ St_t_ of ___d
?: ___ts___ – __r_
?: ____ __t_r – __rt__o__d R___s
?: __ds_ord – T___ __ t__ ___
?: __d_r S___t_o_ – __ _t_r_t_o_ So ___t__t__ So__d
?: D_r___t_r – T____st Tr__
?: St______ ___o_ – Dr___s R___rs_d
?: __r___ – F_ood___ __ood
?: ____ – __ss________
?: _o___ – ___d____ T_r__
?: _o____o – ____ _r___t_ _ __o___
?: So___or_ – T__ R_d_ ____st__ __s__r_ ________
?: _o___ – ___d____ T_o
?: ____or_o_ – __rrors
?: __so__t_ _r_or_t_ – Tr____ R__o______t_o_
?: Fr__t__ _____r – _d__ _ords
?: __s_ Of _ros__ro – T__s Ro_d ___ds To D_so__t_o_
Elite: Ancestors – Gone
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ ____ __o_ __ ____
Elite: Ancestors – Through a Window
?: D_r____ – _odfors____ _____rs_
?: Frosttide – F____ _o_r ___str____t___
?: __d_r S___t_o_ – ____ __r_ ____ _ D__
Ariich: In Flames – Swim
?: O__ ___t__o_ – _____
?: _r____ _rt_r___ – __ __rs_
Ariich: In Flames – Bullet Ride
?: ______s – __o__ t__ __t_r
?: ___ts___ – __r_ __ D___
?: So___or_ – T__ R_d_ ____st__
?: _o___ – ___d____ Fo_r
?: ____o___ – __f_st_t_o_
?: So__t_ _r_t___ – _ro___
?: _o_d__ R_s_rr__t_o_ – _od's __r__
?: S___r__ _____rs_ ____r_____ – So _o_d
?: _______ts – ____ ___
Elite: Ancestors – The Warm Glow
?: ____tr__ ____rd – __ __t_ _o_
Guessed letters: orsftd
Romdrums waits 3 turns
Jingle waits 2
Ariich waits 1
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This Road Leads to Desolation
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^Mask of Prospero
Godforsaken ???
Mirrors
Infestation
give me I
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?: _____is – Iso__tio_
?: D_r____ – __ist____ Is __st _ St_t_ of _i_d
?: ___ts___ – __r_
?: _i__ __t_r – __rt__o__d R_i_s
?: __ds_ord – Ti__ i_ t__ I__
?: __d_r S___tio_ – __ It_r_tio_ So ___t__t__ So__d
?: D_r___t_r – T____st Tr__
?: St___i__ __io_ – Dr___s R___rs_d
?: __r___ – F_oodi__ __ood
?: ____ – __ss________
?: _o___ – __id____ T_r__
?: _o____o – _i__ _r__it_ _ __oi__
?: Soi__or_ – T__ Rid_ ____sti_ __s_ir_ _____i__
?: _o___ – __id____ T_o
?: ____or_o_ – Mirrors
?: __so__t_ _riorit_ – Tr__i_ R__o__i_i_tio_
?: Fr__t__ _____r – Id__ _ords
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Elite: Ancestors – Gone
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ _i__ __o_ __ ____
Elite: Ancestors – Through a Window
?: D_r____ – _odfors____ __i__rs_
?: Frosttide – Fi___ _o_r _I_str____t___
?: __d_r S___tio_ – _i__ __r_ ____ I Di_
Ariich: In Flames – Swim
?: O__ ___t__o_ – __i__
?: _r____ _rt_ri__ – __ __rs_
Ariich: In Flames – Bullet Ride
?: _____is – __o__ t__ __t_r
?: ___ts___ – __r_ __ D___
?: Soi__or_ – T__ Rid_ ____sti_
?: _o___ – __id____ Fo_r
?: ____o___ – Infestation
?: So__t_ _r_ti__ – _ro___
?: _o_d__ R_s_rr__tio_ – _od's __r__
?: S___ri_ __i__rs_ ____ri____ – So _o_d
?: ___ii__ts – I___ ___
Elite: Ancestors – The Warm Glow
?: ____tri_ _i__rd – __ __t_ _o_
Guessed letters: iorsftd
Parama waits 3 turns
Romdrums waits 2
Jingle waits 1
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Isolation
Existence is Just a State of Mind
Godsword ?
Tallest Tree?
Soilwork - The Ride Majestic ??? ???
Absolute Priority
Godforsaken ???
Soilwwork - The Ride Majestic
Soilwork is probably ariich
i almost accidentally guessed my own song
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Anciients - Ibex Eye
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Anciients - Ibex Eye
Oh wow. I should have sent that!
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TAC: Euphoreon - Mirrors
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TAC: Euphoreon - Mirrors
Top 5 Song of 2018 :metal :metal
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?: _____is – Isolation
?: D_r____ – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: ___ts___ – __r_
?: _i__ __t_r – __rt__o__d R_i_s
?: __ds_ord – Ti__ i_ t__ Ic_
?: __d_r S__ctio_ – __ It_r_tio_ So ___t__t__ So__d
?: D_r___t_r – Tallest Tree
?: St___i__ __io_ – Dr___s R___rs_d
?: __r___ – F_oodi__ __ood
?: ____ – __ssc_______
?: _o___ – __id__c_ T_r__
?: _o____o – _i__ _r__it_ _ C_oic_
Ariich: Soilwork – T__ Rid_ ____stic __s_ir_ _____ic_
?: _o___ – __id__c_ T_o
TAC: Euphoreon – Mirrors
?: Absolute Priority – Tr__ic R_co_ci_i_tio_
?: Fr_ct__ C____r – Id__ _ords
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Elite: Ancestors – Gone
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ _i__ __o_ __ ____
Elite: Ancestors – Through a Window
?: D_r____ – _odfors____ __i__rs_
?: Frosttide – Fi___ _o_r _I_str____t___
?: __d_r S__ctio_ – _i__ __r_ ____ I Di_
Ariich: In Flames – Swim
?: O__ ___t__o_ – C_i__
?: _r__c_ _rt_ri__ – __ C_rs_
Ariich: In Flames – Bullet Ride
?: _____is – __o__ t__ __t_r
?: ___ts___ – __r_ __ D___
Ariich: Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
?: _o___ – __id__c_ Fo_r
?: ____o___ – Infestation
?: So__t_ _rctic_ – _ro___
?: _o_d__ R_s_rr_ctio_ – _od's __rc_
?: S___ric __i__rs_ ____ri__c_ – So Co_d
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
Elite: Ancestors – The Warm Glow
?: ___ctric _i__rd – __ __t_ _o_
Guessed letters: ciorsftd
Lethean Waits 3 turns
Parama waits 2
Romdrums waits 1
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Fractal Cypher - Idle Words sent by TAC
So Cold
Sonata Arctica
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The concept albums are made up of 52 bands, playing 18 different genres, hailing from 17 different countries. :metal :corn
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mine is like, what, 7 or 8 different genres by itself? :corn
what's the total length of all the concept albums combined?
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mine is like, what, 7 or 8 different genres by itself? :corn
what's the total length of all the concept albums combined?
Yours came out to 4 different genres, but keep in mind this is going by my own interpretations of the different genres that I'm hearing when listening to these.
Totals come out to 76 separate tracks for a grand total of, oddly enough, exactly 8 hours of music. And I don't mean 8 hours plus or minus a few seconds, I mean exactly 8 hours. Not sure how it worked out that way, but whatever.
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your genres are confusing then :metal
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Electric Wizard
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Anciients - Ibex Eye
Oh wow. I should have sent that!
Someone sent it in my roulette and I had to reject that. Awesome tune.
The Warm Glow also rocks, Parama played it in plug.dj. This album is on my radar.
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Looks like some Darkane in there?
TAC: Euphoreon - Mirrors
Top 5 Song of 2018 :metal :metal
I considered sending something from that album (either that song or Zero Below the Sun) but 1. I wasn't too sure what Pup would think of it, 2. I had a fair bit of melodeath already, and 3. I wouldn't have been able to fit the lyrics into my concept.
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mine is like, what, 7 or 8 different genres by itself? :corn
what's the total length of all the concept albums combined?
Yours came out to 4 different genres, but keep in mind this is going by my own interpretations of the different genres that I'm hearing when listening to these.
Totals come out to 76 separate tracks for a grand total of, oddly enough, exactly 8 hours of music. And I don't mean 8 hours plus or minus a few seconds, I mean exactly 8 hours. Not sure how it worked out that way, but whatever.
You already listened to everything at least once already then? :o
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TAC: Euphoreon - Mirrors
Top 5 Song of 2018 :metal :metal
I considered sending something from that album (either that song or Zero Below the Sun) but 1. I wasn't too sure what Pup would think of it, 2. I had a fair bit of melodeath already, and 3. I wouldn't have been able to fit the lyrics into my concept.
Yeah, it's an interesting vocal delivery. I'm not sure Pup will like it either, but the music is undeniable. In a way, I find the vocals a bit easier on the ears than early In Flames, though they are somewhat similar.
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mine is like, what, 7 or 8 different genres by itself? :corn
what's the total length of all the concept albums combined?
Yours came out to 4 different genres, but keep in mind this is going by my own interpretations of the different genres that I'm hearing when listening to these.
Totals come out to 76 separate tracks for a grand total of, oddly enough, exactly 8 hours of music. And I don't mean 8 hours plus or minus a few seconds, I mean exactly 8 hours. Not sure how it worked out that way, but whatever.
You already listened to everything at least once already then? :o
Indeed I have! :tup
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glad to have made up 2 of those 8 hours then :lol
i might've sent what amounts to two albums
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hey if you've done all first listens you should give some first impressions, tho!
also nobody else is guessing letters so give me A
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hey if you've done all first listens you should give some first impressions, tho!
also nobody else is guessing letters so give me A
Well I mean Pup hasn't updated from the last couple of guesses.
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puppies c'mon!! evermind's hangman is done now :sadpanda:
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And let's have an E as well.
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puppies c'mon!! evermind's hangman is done now :sadpanda:
I've been at my parents house all day watching the Superbowl, so......don't care. :|
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?: Dream the Electric Sleep – __ac_ _i_d
?: __e__is – Isolation
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: ___ts_e_ – __re
?: _ia_ _ater – Eart__o__d R_i_s
?: _ads_ord – Ti_e i_ t_e Ice
?: __der Sa_ctio_ – A_ Iteratio_ So __ata_t__ So__d
?: Dar__ater – Tallest Tree
?: Stea_i__ A_io_ – Drea_s Re_ersed
?: _ar__a – F_oodi__ __ood
?: ____ – _assc_e__e__
?: _o___ – __ida_ce T_ree
?: _o_a__o – _i_e _ra_it_ a C_oice
Ariich: Soilwork – T_e Ride _a_estic _As_ire A__e_ic_
?: _o___ – __ida_ce T_o
TAC: Euphoreon – Mirrors
?: Absolute Priority – Tra_ic Reco_ci_iatio_
TAC: Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Elite: Ancestors – Gone
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ _i__ __o_ __ _a_e
Elite: Ancestors – Through a Window
?: Darkane – _odforsa_e_ __i_erse
?: Frosttide – Fi_a_ _o_r _I_str__e_ta__
?: __der Sa_ctio_ – _i_e _ere __e_ I Die
Ariich: In Flames – Swim
?: Oa_ _a_t_eo_ – C_i__
?: _ra_c_ Arteria_ – __ C_rse
Ariich: In Flames – Bullet Ride
?: __e__is – A_o_e t_e _ater
?: ___ts_e_ – __r_ _e Dee_
Ariich: Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
?: _o___ – __ida_ce Fo_r
?: _a__o___ – Infestation
?: Sonata Arctica – _ro_e_
?: _o_de_ Res_rrectio_ – _od's _erc_
?: S__eric __i_erse E__erie_ce – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
Elite: Ancestors – The Warm Glow
?: Electric Wizard – _e _ate _o_
Guessed letters: eaciorsftd
Parama waits 42 turns for being impatient
Ariich waits 3 turns
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Darkwater
Under Sanction
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Stealing Axion - Dreams Reversed
And the Sonata Arctica song is Broken
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Jolly - Guidance Three sent by Elite
Golden Resurrection - God's Mercy?
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Jolly - Guidance Three sent by Elite
Guidance Two and Four as well
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Er, Jolly is surely banned from the last round?
Or are those all intro/interlude type tracks?
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Er, Jolly is surely banned from the last round?
Or are those all intro/interlude type tracks?
They are all interlude tracks, so I allowed them.
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Darkwater
Could be Elite.
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I did not send more Jolly, nor did I send Darkwater (though it was on my list of possible stuff to send)
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Er, Jolly is surely banned from the last round?
Or are those all intro/interlude type tracks?
probably allowed due to the "reserving songs" rule :corn
also I realize I see Huntsmen - Bury Me Deep and Pyre :metal
probably Elite
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?: Dream the Electric Sleep – __ac_ _i_d
?: __e__is – Isolation
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
Elite: Huntsmen – Pyre
?: _ia_ _ater – Eart__o__d R_i_s
?: _ads_ord – Ti_e i_ t_e Ice
?: Under Sanction – A_ Iteratio_ So __ata_t__ So__d
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: _ar__a – F_oodi__ __ood
?: ____ – _assc_e__e__
?: Jolly – Guidance Three
?: _o_a__o – _i_e _ra_it_ a C_oice
Ariich: Soilwork – T_e Ride _a_estic _As_ire A__e_ic_
?: Jolly – Guidance Two
TAC: Euphoreon – Mirrors
?: Absolute Priority – Tra_ic Reco_ci_iatio_
TAC: Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Elite: Ancestors – Gone
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ _i__ __o_ __ _a_e
Elite: Ancestors – Through a Window
?: Darkane – _odforsa_e_ __i_erse
?: Frosttide – Fi_a_ _o_r _I_str__e_ta__
?: __der Sa_ctio_ – _i_e _ere __e_ I Die
Ariich: In Flames – Swim
?: Oa_ _a_t_eo_ – C_i__
?: _ra_c_ Arteria_ – __ C_rse
Ariich: In Flames – Bullet Ride
?: __e__is – A_o_e t_e _ater
Elite: Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ariich: Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
?: Jolly – Guidance Four
?: _a__o___ – Infestation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: S__eric __i_erse E__erie_ce – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
Elite: Ancestors – The Warm Glow
?: Electric Wizard – _e _ate _o_
Guessed letters: eaciorsftd
I'll start rearranging the guessed song in the next update.
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Jolly interludes are romdrums? :corn
I can't figure out anything else from what's up there so, give me L?
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Spheric Universe Experience
Elite.
Fantastic outfit.
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Above The Water
L
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H
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Spheric Universe Experience
Elite.
Fantastic outfit.
Not Elite
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
?: Dream the Electric Sleep – _lac_ _i_d
?: _he__is – Isolation
?: _iah _ater – Earth_o__d R_i_s
?: _ads_ord – Ti_e i_ the Ice
?: Under Sanction – A_ Iteratio_ So _lata_tl_ So__d
?: _ar__a – Floodi__ _lood
?: ____ – _assche_hell
?: _o_allo – _i_e _ra_it_ a Choice
Ariich: Soilwork – The Ride _a_estic _As_ire A__elic_
?: Absolute Priority – Tra_ic Reco_ciliatio_
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ _ill __o_ __ _a_e
?: Darkane – _odforsa_e_ __i_erse
?: Frosttide – Fi_al Ho_r _I_str__e_tal_
?: __der Sa_ctio_ – Li_e Here _he_ I Die
?: Oa_ _a_theo_ – Cli__
?: _ra_ch Arterial – __ C_rse
?: _he__is – Above the Water
?: _a__o__h – Infestation
?: Electric Wizard – _e Hate _o_
Guessed letters: hleaciorsftd
Romdrums waits 3 turns
TAC Waits 42000 turns for guessing a letter already guessed
Parama waits 2 turns
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First impressions and some observations
- This is powerful stuff
- It's both epic and a bit of a mixed bag at the same time
- A pretty stellar second half, marred only by a not so stellar first half
- Great story telling and music that is both fitting and works well as a whole
- There was one band I was worried about going in to this, but it fit surprisingly well
- This flows surprisingly well and is fairly diverse to boot (considering the genres involved)
So, 3 of you decided to do the same general theme, although in very different ways. 2 of you came up with some fairly sci-fi stories. And the odd man out went the fantasy route. None of them are exactly happy stories... :)
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probably the second one :metal
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Could be any of them. :metal
I'm hoping for "great storytelling".
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I'm hoping for that one too, but not expecting it. I suppose I'd be pretty happy with all but 2 and 3, and even those impressions aren't terrible.
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Mine certainly isn't a happy ending and I put some thought into the story and track order. Some songs are quite epic, some are quite powerful and I'm pretty sure there's at least one band on there that's weird considering the other genres. As far as consistency goes, I think both halves are about equal, so that's really the only one I can't see being for mine. All the other comments are fair game.
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No idea.
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No idea.
You never do
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I know right? :lol
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I know right? :lol
Well, we are married. Mrs.jingle will be the first to tell you *I* never have an 'idea' :lol
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I know right? :lol
Well, we are married.
Don't expect me to put out.
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Part 1
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
?: Dream the Electric Sleep – _lac_ _i_d
?: _he__is – Isolation
?: _iah _ater – Earth_o__d R_i_s
?: _ads_ord – Ti_e i_ the Ice
?: Under Sanction – A_ Iteratio_ So _lata_tl_ So__d
?: _ar__a – Floodi__ _lood
?: ____ – _assche_hell
?: _o_allo – _i_e _ra_it_ a Choice
Ariich: Soilwork – The Ride _a_estic _As_ire A__elic_
?: Absolute Priority – Tra_ic Reco_ciliatio_
?: Shattered Skies – _o_ _ill __o_ __ _a_e
?: Darkane – _odforsa_e_ __i_erse
?: Frosttide – Fi_al Ho_r _I_str__e_tal_
?: __der Sa_ctio_ – Li_e Here _he_ I Die
?: Oa_ _a_theo_ – Cli__
?: _ra_ch Arterial – __ C_rse
?: _he__is – Above the Water
?: _a__o__h – Infestation
?: Electric Wizard – _e Hate _o_
Guessed letters: hleaciorsftd
Part 2
?: ___________ – ___ ______ ___
?: ____ – _________ _______
?: _____ ___ ________ _____ – _______ ___ ____
?: ________ – _________ ___
?: ____ ______ ____ – ___ _______
?: ________ – _____
?: ______ – ______
?: __ ______ – ____ ___ ___ ____
?: _________ – __ ____'_ ____
?: _______ ____ – _______ _____ __ ______
?: __ ________ ________ – _________ __ _____
?: ________ – ___ _____ ________
?: ___ ________ – ________
?: ________ – ___ _______
?: ____ _ ____ ____ – _ _____ ____
?: ______ ____ _____ – ______
?: _______ – ___ ________
?: ______ ___ ____ – ___________
?: ___ __ __ _______ – ___ _____ ___ ______
?: ________ _____ - ________
?: _____ – ________ ___
?: _______ – ________
?: ________ – _____ __ _______
?: _____ ____ – _____
?: ________ _____ – ________ _______
?: _________ – _____ __ _____ _____
?: _________ – ___
?: __ ______ – ________ ____ ___ _____
?: _______ – __________
?: ____ ______ – ...__ ___ _______ ____ __ _____
?: ______ _______ – _____
?: _______ – ___ ________
?: _______ – __________
?: ________ – _______ ___ _______
?: ________ – ______
?: ___ _____ ___ _ - ___ ________ ___ ____
Guessed letters:
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Soilwork: The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic) Ariich.
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N for part 1 and D for part 2.
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Khemmis (x2)
Novallo
Tragic Reconciliation
Godforsaken Universe
Final Hour (Instrumental)
Branch Arterial
We Hate You
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Dream the Electric Sleep: Black Wind.
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Oh and give me T on part 2
Noticing I only have 3 songs in the first hangman, huh
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B in part 1
E in part 2
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Flooding Blood
Ew
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Q in the first hangman
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Q in the first hangman
Not a single Q there. I'll even give you the Q in the second set too.
Part 1
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
?: Khemmis – Isolation
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Khemmis – Above the Water
?: Electric Wizard – We Hate You
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
?: _iah _ater – Earthbo_nd R_ins
?: _ads_ord – Time in the Ice
?: _arn_a – Flooding Blood
?: ____ – _asschenhell
?: Novallo – _i_e _ra_it_ a Choice
?: Oa_ _antheon – Cli_b
Guessed letters: qbnhleaciorsftd
Part 2
?: __t____t___ – T__ _____d ___
?: ____ – ____t____ ___t___
?: D____ t__ ____t___ _____ – _______ t__ ___d
?: ___d____ – _________ ___
?: ____ _____t ____ – T__ ______d
?: ________ – __t__
?: ______ – ___d__
?: __ ______ – ____ ___ t__ ____
?: ___d_____ – __ ____'_ ____
?: ______t ___t – __t___d _t_t_ __ D_____
?: __ ___t___t ________ – _____t___ __ ____t
?: ________ – T__ _____ _______d
?: ___ ___t____ – ______t_
?: ___t____ – T__ _______
?: ____ _ ____ ____ – _ D___t ____
?: T_____ ___t _____ – D_____
?: _______ – ___ ___d___t
?: ______ T__ D___ – D__________
?: __t _t __ ___tt__ – ___ _____ __t ___d__
?: _t______ _____ - ________
?: _____ – ___d____ ___
?: ______t – _d______
?: ________ – D__t_ __ _______
?: _____ D__t – ____d
?: _t______ _____ – ________ __t____
?: _________ – _____ __ _____ _____
?: _________ – D__
?: __ ______ – D_______ __t_ t__ _t___
?: _______ – ____t_____
?: ___t D_____ – ...__ T__ ___t___ ____ __ D__t_
?: ____t_ ___t___ – _____
?: _______ – T__ _______d
?: D______ – __t______d
?: ________ – __t____ t__ __d____
?: ___d___d – __t___
?: T__ ___t_ __d _ - ___ ____d___ t__ ____
Guessed letters: qtd
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Time in the Ice
An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
You Will Know My Name
Under Sanction - Live Here When I Die
My Curse
Vangough
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Updated above
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A on bottom.
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Dream the Electric Sleep- Culling the Herd
Oak Pantheon- Climb
Pain Mater- Earthbound Ruins
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E on the bottom
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Dream the Electric Sleep is Elite?
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did I win this one yet
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N on bottom
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did I win this one yet
Nah, you forfeited when you didn't send a concept album :)
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did I win this one yet
Nah, you forfeited when you didn't send a concept album :)
I'm going to make one now for real and send it your way anyway. :metal
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Oh, Elite probably sent Khemmis also. And Electric Wizard. I get the feeling his album is just doom metal-y stuff :lol
Sonata Arctica is TAC?
Dream the Electric Sleep - Lethean?
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Oh, Elite probably sent Khemmis also. And Electric Wizard. I get the feeling his album is just doom metal-y stuff :lol
Sonata Arctica is TAC?
Dream the Electric Sleep - Lethean?
Yes
No
No
did I win this one yet
Nah, you forfeited when you didn't send a concept album :)
I'm going to make one now for real and send it your way anyway. :metal
I look forward to it.
Pain Mater- Earthbound Ruins
Close enough :biggrin:
Dream the Electric Sleep is Elite?
Negative, ghost rider.
I also added the album title hangmanen. I even got you started with some letters. :biggrin:
Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
?: Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Electric Wizard – We Hate You
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
?: Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Parama - ?
Lethean - ?
Part 1
?: _ads_ord – Time in the Ice
?: _arn_a – Flooding Blood
?: ____ – _asschenhell
?: Novallo – _i_e _ra_it_ a Choice
Guessed letters: qbnhleaciorsftd
Part 2
?: E_t_e__t_e_ – T_e _n_a_d E_e
?: __e_ – _ea_t____ ___t__n
?: ___d____ – _n______e __n
?: _a__ _____t N___ – T_e _e__a_d
?: ___e____ – __t_a
?: __a__n – ___de_
?: _n __a_e_ – _n__ ___ t_e _ea_
?: _ead__a_e – _n _e__'_ Na_e
?: __a__et ___t – A_te_ed _tate __ Den_a_
?: An A__t_a_t _______n – __e_et_n_ __ ____t
?: _an_____ – T__ __e__ __n___ed
?: _a_ _ant_e_n – En____t_
?: __nt__en – T_e _a__en_
?: _a_e a N__e ___e – _ D_n_t ___e
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – De___e
?: _a__e__ – __n __nd_a_t
?: _e___e T_e Da_n – De___e_an_e
?: _et _t _e ___tten – ___ __a__ N_t ___de_
?: _tea__n_ A___n - ____a__e
?: _____ – ___dan_e _ne
?: _a_e__t – EdenE___
?: ________ – Deat_ _n _ene_a_
?: An_e_ D__t – __eed
?: _tea__n_ A___n – _a_a__e_ __t__e_
?: ______e__ – _____ __ __a__ __a__
?: ____a____ – D__
?: _n __a_e_ – D_a____e __t_ t_e _ta__
?: _a__e__ – ____t__a__
?: ___t D__a_n – ..._n T_e _a_t_n_ ____ __ Deat_
?: __nata A__t__a – _a_e_
?: __e____ – T_e _e_ea_ed
?: Da__ane – __t_a___ed
?: _an_____ – _et_een t_e _adne__
?: __nd_eed – __t_e_
?: T_e Ea_t_ and _ - __e A_and_n_ t_e __e_
Guessed letters: neaqtd
Album Titles
?: ___________ __ _____ _ ____ - _ ______________
?: ___ _____ ______
?: ___ ____ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ _____ ___________ ____ _____ ____
?: ________ __ ___ ___________ _________
?: ___ ____ __ ________ _______ __ _'___
Guessed letters: wjzq
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Sonata Arctica is TAC?
WUT? Fuck no! :lol
(No offence to who sent SA!) :lol
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Sonata Arctica isn't manly enough for TAC :neverusethis:
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Twelve Foot Ninja
Parama?
Sonata Arctica isn't manly enough for TAC :neverusethis:
Damn straight! :lol
(Again, no offence to whoever sent SA!) :lol
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Twelve Foot Ninja
Parama?
Yes
No
I'll update above
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Vangough - Between the Madness
More Sonata Arctica and Darkane
give me R on both
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also
Madsword
Karnya
1914 - Passchenhell
Give Gravity a Chance
first hangman done bye
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Oh nice. Sonata Arctica is Caleb. I was just listening to that tonight. Really good tune.
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oh also Huntsmen - The Barrens, Elite again
rip Atlantic City
Altered State of Denial?
Angel Dust - Bleed?
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The Earth And I-She Abandons The Grey
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Anciients is TAC?
Dream the Electric Sleep is Ariich?
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that's what i guessed and puppies said yes but then didn't put it under elite so i dunno :lol
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that's what i guessed and puppies said yes but then didn't put it under elite so i dunno :lol
I went back a few pages and Elite made a comment about wishing he had sent Anciients, so I think that leaves TAC.
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Stealing Axion-Collapse
Stealing Axion-Parallel Futures
Good stuff!
that's what i guessed and puppies said yes but then didn't put it under elite so i dunno :lol
I went back a few pages and Elite made a comment about wishing he had sent Anciients, so I think that leaves TAC.
Nope!
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Piah Mater is Parama.
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Mater
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51d29ws-0RL._SX425_.jpg)
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same
Dream the Electric Sleep songs are romdrums?
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Soilwork Death in General.
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Soilwork Death in General.
Ariich?
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Mater
(https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51d29ws-0RL._SX425_.jpg)
You’re dadgum right.
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Let it be Written?
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Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Angel Dust – Bleed
?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Sonata Arctica – Caleb
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: Kamelot – EdenEcho
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Lethean - ?
Part 2
?: E_tre__t_e_ – T_e _n_ard E_e
?: __e_ – _ea_t____ ___t__n
?: R__dr___ – _n______e __n
?: ___er__r – __tra
?: __ar_n – ___der
?: _n __a_e_ – _n__ __r t_e _ea_
?: _ead__a_e – _n _e__'_ Na_e
?: __ar_et ___t – Altered State Of Denial
?: An A__tra_t _______n – __e_et_n_ __ ____t
?: _an_____ – T__ __e__ __n___ed
?: _a_ _ant_e_n – En_r__t_
?: Have a Nice Life – _ D_n_t ___e
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – De___e
?: _a__er_ – __n __ndra_t
?: Before The Dawn – De___eran_e
?: Let It Be Written – ___ __a__ N_t __rder
?: _____ – ___dan_e _ne
?: ___r_re__ – _____ __ __a__ __a__
?: ____ar__r – D__
?: _n __a_e_ – D_a____e __t_ t_e _tar_
?: _a__er_ – _r__t__ar_
?: ___t D__a_n – ..._n T_e _a_t_n_ R___ __ Deat_
?: __e____ – The Bereaved
?: Darkane – __tra___ed
?: __nd_eed – __t_er
Guessed letters: rneaqtd
Album Titles
?: R__________ __ _____ _ ____ - _ R___r_________
?: ___ ____r __r___
?: ___ ____ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ _____ ___________ ____ _____ ____
?: ________ __ __r _____r_____ _________
?: ___ ____ __ _r______ _______ __ _'___
Guessed letters: rwjzq
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Have a Nice Life
Before the Dawn
The Bereaved
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Kamelot - EdenEcho
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Updated above
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Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid by probably Parama
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indeedlydoo!
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Headspace. Possibly Lethean :P
Ariich:
In Flames - Only for the Weak
In Flames - Dialogue with the Stars
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Yeah, In Hell's Name. I know Parama planned to send Headspace, could be him.
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Lost Domain - ...In the Waiting Room of Death
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Headspace is definitely me, yeah :P
Lethean tried to send Headspace in an earlier round.
I just noticed how you have my album title in the hangman and c'mon dude nobody is gonna be able to figure out what it's supposed to be if you include the slash as a hangman character and jam two whole words together :lol
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Headspace. Possibly Lethean :P
Ariich:
In Flames - Only for the Weak
In Flames - Dialogue with the Stars
The first one yeah, but not the second. Someone else must have sent some In Flames as well!
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Oh, Elite probably sent Khemmis also. And Electric Wizard. I get the feeling his album is just doom metal-y stuff :lol
Yes 🙊
oh also Huntsmen - The Barrens, Elite again
rip Atlantic City
The Barrens fit better with the concept 👻
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I just noticed how you have my album title in the hangman and c'mon dude nobody is gonna be able to figure out what it's supposed to be if you include the slash as a hangman character and jam two whole words together :lol
Actually nobody is going to guess them unless they guess some letters... :corn
Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Angel Dust – Bleed
?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Sonata Arctica – Caleb
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: Kamelot – EdenEcho
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
?: Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Parama: Headspace – In Hell's Name
Lethean - ?
Part 2
?: E_tre__t_e_ – T_e _n_ard E_e
?: __e_ – _ea_t____ ___t__n
?: R__dr___ – _n______e __n
?: ___er__r – __tra
?: __ar_n – ___der
?: __ar_et ___t – Altered State Of Denial
?: An A__tra_t _______n – __e_et_n_ __ ____t
?: _an_____ – T__ __e__ __n___ed
?: _a_ _ant_e_n – En_r__t_
?: Have a Nice Life – _ D_n_t ___e
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – De___e
?: _a__er_ – __n __ndra_t
?: Before The Dawn – De___eran_e
?: Let It Be Written – ___ __a__ N_t __rder
?: _____ – ___dan_e _ne
?: ___r_re__ – _____ __ __a__ __a__
?: ____ar__r – D__
?: _a__er_ – _r__t__ar_
?: __e____ – The Bereaved
?: Darkane – __tra___ed
?: __nd_eed – __t_er
Guessed letters: rneaqtd
Album Titles
?: R__________ __ _____ _ ____ - _ R___r_________
?: ___ ____r __r___
?: ___ ____ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ _____ ___________ ____ _____ ____
?: ________ __ __r _____r_____ _________
?: ___ ____ __ _r______ _______ __ _'___
Guessed letters: rwjzq
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S for part 2 and C for the album titles.
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?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Sonata Arctica – Caleb
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
Lethean ;D
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?-Darkwater-Tallest Tree
These two songs are together on the same EP
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Give me I and O on hangman 2
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?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Sonata Arctica – Caleb
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
Lethean ;D
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?-Darkwater-Tallest Tree
These two songs are together on the same EP
Lethean did not send ALL of those.... :biggrin:
And those 2 songs are not on the same album.
Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Angel Dust – Bleed
?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Sonata Arctica – Caleb
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: Kamelot – EdenEcho
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
?: Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Parama: Headspace – In Hell's Name
Lethean - ?
Part 2
?: E_tre_ities – T_e In_ard E_e
?: _oes – _ea_ti___ _i_tion
?: Ro_dr__s – In_isi__e S_n
?: S__erior – __tra
?: __aron – _o_der
?: S_ar_et _ost – Altered State Of Denial
?: An A_stra_t I___sion – S_e_etons o_ _i__t
?: _an_o___ – T__ __es_ _ons__ed
?: Oa_ _ant_eon – Enor_it_
?: Have a Nice Life – I Don_t _o_e
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – De___e
?: _a__er_ – _on S_ndrast
?: Before The Dawn – De_i_eran_e
?: Let It Be Written – _o_ S_a__ Not __rder
?: _o___ – __idan_e One
?: _s_r_ress – S_i_s o_ __a__ __ass
?: S___ar_or – Di_
?: _a__er_ – _rost__ar_
?: __e__is – The Bereaved
?: Darkane – Ostra_i_ed
?: _ind_eed – _ot_er
Guessed letters: oisrneaqtd
Album Titles
?: R____c_____ __ _____ _ ____ - _ R___r____c____
?: ___ ____r __r___
?: ___ ____ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ _____ C__________ ____ _____ ____
?: C_______ __ __r _____r_____ _______c_
?: ___ ____ __ _r__ ___ _______ __ _'___
Guessed letters: crwjzq
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Lethean definitely 100% sent the Sonata Arctica. And Angel Dust. And Kamelot (big props for EdenEcho, that's one of my favorite Kamelot songs).
I think.
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Romdrums send Romdrums - Invisible Sun
I Don't Love
Deluge
Deliverance
Ostracized
Mother
Scarlet Host for one of the band names?
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Extremities The Inward Eye. TAC?
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An Abstract Illusion
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Extremities The Inward Eye. TAC?
Never heard of it. I mean, I heard of TAC, but not the other thing. :D
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Lethean definitely 100% sent the Sonata Arctica. And Angel Dust. And Kamelot (big props for EdenEcho, that's one of my favorite Kamelot songs).
I think.
Whoever sent it, they totally agree with you about EdenEcho...
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?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Sonata Arctica – Broken
?: Sonata Arctica – Caleb
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
Lethean ;D
Lethean did not send ALL of those.... :biggrin:
Alright. Well, pull out the songs in that group he did send. They would qualify for correct guesses, no? :lol
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i'm guessing lethean sent a power metal album? :corn
i wonder when y'all will figure out the musical theme of my album
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Lethean definitely 100% sent the Sonata Arctica. And Angel Dust. And Kamelot (big props for EdenEcho, that's one of my favorite Kamelot songs).
I think.
Whoever sent it, they totally agree with you about EdenEcho...
It's so freaking good. I rarely come across people who seem to enjoy this song like I do. :metal
Parama's theme is No Clean Singing right?
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i'm pretty sure there's zero growls on headspace :lol
and piah mater is like, half growls at best. and the mermaid has one single growled line
so, you are way off :corn
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Lethean definitely 100% sent the Sonata Arctica. And Angel Dust. And Kamelot (big props for EdenEcho, that's one of my favorite Kamelot songs).
I think.
Whoever sent it, they totally agree with you about EdenEcho...
It's so freaking good. I rarely come across people who seem to enjoy this song like I do. :metal
There's so much emotion in that song and Khan's vocals are so good. Hopefully Puppies will join the club.
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Lethean definitely 100% sent the Sonata Arctica. And Angel Dust. And Kamelot (big props for EdenEcho, that's one of my favorite Kamelot songs).
I think.
Whoever sent it, they totally agree with you about EdenEcho...
It's so freaking good. I rarely come across people who seem to enjoy this song like I do. :metal
Hopefully Puppies will join the club.
Only if there is a secret handshake involved
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I gave you guys a free S in the bottom hangmemes
Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkane – Ostracized
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
?: Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
?: Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
?: Before The Dawn – Deliverance
?: Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
?: Extremities – The Inward Eye
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
Romdrums – Invisible Sun
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Parama: Headspace – In Hell's Name
Lethean - ?
Sonata Arctica – Broken
Sonata Arctica – Caleb
Angel Dust – Bleed
Kamelot – EdenEcho
Part 2
?: _oes – _ea_ti___ _i_tion
?: S__erior – __tra
?: __aron – _o_der
?: An Abstract Illusion – S_e_etons o_ _i__t
?: _an_o___ – T__ __es_ _ons__ed
?: Oa_ _ant_eon – Enor_it_
?: _a__er_ – _on S_ndrast
?: Let It Be Written – _o_ S_a__ Not __rder
?: _o___ – __idan_e One
?: _s_r_ress – S_i_s o_ __a__ __ass
?: S___ar_or – Di_
?: _a__er_ – _rost__ar_
?: __e__is – The Bereaved
?: _ind_eed – Mother
Guessed letters: oisrneaqtd
Album Titles
?: R____c____s __ _____ _ ____ - _ R_s_r_s__c____
?: ___ ____r __r___
?: ___ ____ ___ ___ _____
?: ___ S____ C__________ ____ _____ ____
?: C_____s_ __ __r _____rs____ ___s___c_
?: ___ ____ __ _r__ __s ______s __ _'___
Guessed letters: scrwjzq
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Superior
Colder
my favorite band, Parama: Headspace
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Oak Pantheon-Enormity
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Superior
Colder
my favorite band, Parama: Headspace
oops :lol
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E in the bottom.
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M in the songs hangburger
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Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkane – Ostracized
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
?: Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
?: Stealing Axion - Collapse
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
?: Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Vangough – Infestation
?: Vangough – Between the Madness
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
?: Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
?: Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
?: Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
?: Before The Dawn – Deliverance
?: Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
?: Extremities – The Inward Eye
?: Oak Pantheon – Enormity
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
Romdrums – Invisible Sun
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Headspace – In Hell's Name
Lethean - ?
Sonata Arctica – Broken
Sonata Arctica – Caleb
Angel Dust – Bleed
Kamelot – EdenEcho
Part 2
?: _oes – _ea_ti___ _i_tion
?: Superior – __tra
?: __aron – Colder
?: An Abstract Illusion – S_e_etons o_ _i__t
?: _an_o___ – T__ __es_ _ons_med
?: _am_er_ – _on S_ndrast
?: Let It Be Written – _o_ S_a__ Not M_rder
?: _s_r_ress – S_i_s o_ __a__ __ass
?: S___ar_or – Dim
?: _am_er_ – _rost__ar_
?: __emmis – The Bereaved
?: Mind_eed – Mother
Guessed letters: moisrneaqtd
Album Titles
?: Re__ec____s __ _e___ _ ___e - _ Res_r_s_ec___e
?: __e ____r __r_e_
?: __e ____ ___ __e _____
?: __e S____ C_______e__ ___e _____ ____
?: C_____se __ __r _____rs__e_ E__s_e_ce
?: __e ____ __ _r__ _es _____es _e _'__e
Guessed letters: escrwjzq
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more Khemmis from Elite
Mindfeed?
Charon?
Superior song is Ultra?
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Skeletons of Light?
D for the album titles.
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Ooooh. Mindfeed. Lethean sent that too.
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Hamferð - Hon syndrast
Hamferð - Frosthvarv
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Are those also Elite :corn
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Yes
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I remember listening to that album and finding it "okay" but didn't think much of it
AMG called it his AOTY tho
Which didn't make me go back and check it out again, granted
Ancestors is way better anywho
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Let it be Written - You Shall Not Murder
Vangough - Thy Flesh Consumed
First artist is Woes?
Wait no Foes - Beautiful Fiction
Skyharbor!! Aagh
Last one I have no clue. Ships ??? Glass but YouTube isn't being helpful
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Have a Nice Life is Elite?
Foes is romdrums?
Novallo is ariich?
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Darkane - TAC
Stealing Axion - romdrums
Vangough - ariich
Under Sanction - romdrums
Oak Pantheon - Lethean
Skyharbor - romdrums
I think these are all the artists with multiple songs, let's start cleaning up this list.
Also Skyharbor too
I dunno enough power metal to fill out the rest of Lethean's
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I remember listening to that album and finding it "okay" but didn't think much of it
AMG called it his AOTY tho
Which didn't make me go back and check it out again, granted
I thought it was quite crushing and mesmerising, especially the first couple of times. I think the two tracks I picked are the best ones, mainly because they're so different. Ultimately the language barrier is what kept me from loving the record, though I did think it was very good.
I always think AMG is nice as a reference and a source for new music and I often find stuff through his website, but I will always be the final judge for what I do and don't enjoy, so I don't agree with this pick. I didn't even see his year's end list yet.
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Yeah AMG puts out a lot more reviews than other sites so I usually check em out to see if there are any good recs I missed, got a few albums from 2018 off their barrage of year end lists in December :P
I'm always the final authority for how much i like an album tho which is why you can't argue with me when I say poly-math is still AOTY
Anyways elite help me with hangmanen puppies isn't around to update atm
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I dunno enough power metal to fill out the rest of Lethean's
You don't need to. :)
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Darkane - TAC
Oak Pantheon - Lethean
These are not correct
Currently guessed
?: Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
?: Darkane – Ostracized
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
?: Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
?: Before The Dawn – Deliverance
?: Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
?: Extremities – The Inward Eye
?: Oak Pantheon – Enormity
?: Charon – Colder
?: An Abstract Illusion – Skeletons of Light
?: Let It Be Written – You Shall Not Murder
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance One
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
Romdrums – Invisible Sun
Foes – Beautiful Fiction
Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
Stealing Axion - Collapse
Skyharbor – Dim
Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Elite - ?
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Khemmis – The Bereaved
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Hamferð – Hon Syndrast
Hamferð – Frosthvarv
Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
Vangough – Thy Flesh Consumed
Vangough – Infestation
Vangough – Between the Madness
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Headspace – In Hell's Name
Lethean - ?
Sonata Arctica – Broken
Sonata Arctica – Caleb
Angel Dust – Bleed
Kamelot – EdenEcho
Mindfeed – Mother
Superior – Ultra
Part 2
?: _s_r_ress – Ships o_ __a__ Glass
Guessed letters: moisrneaqtd
Album Titles
?: Re__ec____s __ De___ _ ___e - _ Res_r_s_ec___e
?: __e ____r __r_e_
?: __e ____ __d __e ____d
?: __e S____ C_____d_e__ ___e _____ D___
?: C_____se __ __r __d__rs__e_ E__s_e_ce
?: __e ____ __ _r__ _es _____es de _'__e
Guessed letters: descrwjzq
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Superior - Ultra, another Lethean song.
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Updated and cleaned up the last post
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Oh. Jolly - Guidance One, romdrums
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Darkane is Lethean?
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Darkane is Lethean?
Negative :corn
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Did I send Darkane???
It's probably ariich then actually
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Did I send Darkane???
It's probably ariich then actually
Still no :|
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Did TAC send the remaining In Flames song?
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And what about TAC for Darkane as well?
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TAC didn't send In Flames or Darkane
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romdrums sent Darkane??? I dunno :metal
anyways i'm at home now let's do this
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
TAC
?: Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
TAC
?: Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
Lethean
?: Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
Lethean
?: Anciients – Ibex Eye
TAC
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
Lethean
?: Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
TAC
?: Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
romdrums
?: Branch Arterial – My Curse
TAC
?: Oak Pantheon – Climb
ariich
?: Madsword – Time in the Ice
Lethean
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
Lethean
?: 1914 – Passchenhell
Elite
?: The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
ariich
?: In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
romdrums
?: Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
TAC
?: Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
romdrums
?: Before The Dawn – Deliverance
TAC
?: Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
TAC
?: Extremities – The Inward Eye
Elite
?: Oak Pantheon – Enormity
ariich
?: Charon – Colder
TAC
?: An Abstract Illusion – Skeletons of Light
TAC
?: Let It Be Written – You Shall Not Murder
TAC
oof casting some wide nets here haha
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Did Parama send the other In Flames?
Also, have all of the songs been guessed for anyone yet? Ariich and Elite have a lot.
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I suspect 1914 is the last on Elite's album, if it's even on his.
puppies, wanna release the lengths for each of the albums, or the track counts? i'm curious, tbh, because mine is probably in a weird place for both :corn
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Did TAC send the remaining In Flames song?
No.
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Currently guessed
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: Charon – Colder
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance One
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
Romdrums – Invisible Sun
Foes – Beautiful Fiction
Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
Stealing Axion - Collapse
Skyharbor – Dim
Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
Darkane – Ostracized
Darkane – Godforsaken Universe
Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
Branch Arterial – My Curse
Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
Before The Dawn – Deliverance
Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
Let It Be Written – You Shall Not Murder
Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
Elite - Reflections of Death & Life - A Restrospective
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Khemmis – The Bereaved
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Hamferð – Hon Syndrast
Hamferð – Frosthvarv
Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
1914 – Passchenhell
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
Vangough – Thy Flesh Consumed
Vangough – Infestation
Vangough – Between the Madness
Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Headspace – In Hell's Name
Oak Pantheon – Climb
Oak Pantheon – Enormity
The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
Anciients – Ibex Eye
Extremities – The Inward Eye
An Abstract Illusion – Skeletons of Light
Lethean - ?
Sonata Arctica – Broken
Sonata Arctica – Caleb
Angel Dust – Bleed
Kamelot – EdenEcho
Mindfeed – Mother
Superior – Ultra
Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
Madsword – Time in the Ice
Part 2
Parama: Usurpress – Ships o_ __a__ Glass
Guessed letters: moisrneaqtdu
Album Titles
?: __e ____r __r_e_
?: __e ____ _nd __e ____d
?: The S____ Commandment __e __n__ D__
?: C_____se __ __r __d__rs__en E__s_ence
?: __e ____ __ _r__ _es _____es de _'_me
Guessed letters: mndescrwjzq
Here are the album lengths
Ariich = 67 minutes
Elite = 89 minutes
Lethean = 61 minutes
Parama = 121 minutes
Romdrums = 72 minutes
TAC = 71 minutes
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N in titles pls
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Reflections of Death & Life: A Restrospective
Restrospective? Is that S supposed to be there? Seems like it should be retrospective.
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^That one is Elite's album title btw
I'm doing the math because puppies gave me a hint he shouldn't have even though I asked for it
Lethean has about 14 minutes left
Elite has about 10 minutes
I can tell you from what's guessed on mine that I have about 89 minutes left :corn
I'll do the other three in a minute romdrums' four jolly guidance tracks look annoying
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U for the last song, m for the album titles.
Elite sent the last In Flames?
Parama sent Oak Pantheon? I have no idea but his needs more songs.
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romdrums: 41 minutes so far but I can't find his own song or the first Under Sanction song (they've wiped the existence of their first album clean off the internet somehow lol)
TAC: 54 minutes so far (17 minutes left)
ariich: 63 mins so far so his last song is somewhere around 4 minutes, maybe slightly over.
I'm pretty sure ariich's last song is Twelve Foot Ninja.
romdrums sent Charon perhaps?
if Golden Resurrection isn't Lethean then it's definitely TAC.
I'm really surprised 1914 isn't Elite but that means it could be TAC as well.
also yeah I sent Oak Pantheon :metal only artist i sent twice & both songs are different enough in style that I don't mind double-dipping which I usually try to avoid (seriously I'm weirdly stubborn about keeping my albums/EPs as diverse as possible, I don't think I've ever double-dipped on an artist on an EP before this...)
You've got about 56 of my 121 minutes now :metal
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also before you ask yes i am absolutely a math nerd.
i'm gonna stop guessing who sent what now before everyone figures out the rest of my songs by process of elimination, though anyone who looks at what songs i've sent should easily be able to figure out most of the rest of what's on my album by association
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Karnya, Absolute Priority, The Earth and I - Parama?
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also before you ask yes i am absolutely a math nerd.
i'm gonna stop guessing who sent what now before everyone figures out the rest of my songs by process of elimination, though anyone who looks at what songs i've sent should easily be able to figure out most of the rest of what's on my album by association
Hahaha that's what I'm trying to do right now. :)
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Karnya, Absolute Priority, The Earth and I - Parama?
i will say you are one for three here
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Reflections of Death & Life: A Restrospective
Restrospective? Is that S supposed to be there? Seems like it should be retrospective.
It probably shouldn't be there, but that was how it was written in the PM I got from Elite.
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romdrums: 41 minutes so far but I can't find his own song or the first Under Sanction song (they've wiped the existence of their first album clean off the internet somehow lol)
TAC: 54 minutes so far (17 minutes left)
ariich: 63 mins so far so his last song is somewhere around 4 minutes, maybe slightly over.
I'm pretty sure ariich's last song is Twelve Foot Ninja.
romdrums sent Charon perhaps?
if Golden Resurrection isn't Lethean then it's definitely TAC.
I'm really surprised 1914 isn't Elite but that means it could be TAC as well.
also yeah I sent Oak Pantheon :metal only artist i sent twice & both songs are different enough in style that I don't mind double-dipping which I usually try to avoid (seriously I'm weirdly stubborn about keeping my albums/EPs as diverse as possible, I don't think I've ever double-dipped on an artist on an EP before this...)
You've got about 56 of my 121 minutes now :metal
Here’s a link to my cover of The Police’s Invisible Sun: https://soundcloud.com/amrsw10/the-police-invisible-sun-lq56
Yeah, I was trying to find the lyrics for one of the Under Sanction songs and they were long gone. Live Here When I Die is still up on his band camp page though. Every other track on my concept album has been guessed correctly.
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Anciients, Extremities, and An Abstract Illusion - Parama?
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Yeah I found Live Here When I Die but not the other one.
So add 5 minutes for the cover and ??? minutes for the other Under Sanction tune, okay
@Lethean All correct :metal
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Updated above
I should probably start putting the tracks in the correct order
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I'm really surprised 1914 isn't Elite but that means it could be TAC as well.
Ok, I totally missed this. It is Elites. I'll fix it.
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The Seven Commandments ??? - TAC's album title
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Usurpress? Sent by Parama?
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congrats on guessing all my songs, yes :corn
geez :lol
the theme of my album was epics, btw :P
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The Seven Commandments ??? - TAC's album title
This is partially correct. It is TAC's.
Usurpress? Sent by Parama?
Yes and Yes
So I'm starting write ups tonight (sort of, don't expect them to be finished before the weekend) and I have to say I think the round winner is going to come down to flow points and bonus points. These are all so good. I have a rough idea of how they are going to rank, but I'll be giving them all 1 or 2 more listens while doing write ups to finalize scores.
Currently guessed
?: Darkwater – Tallest Tree
?: Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
?: Karnya – Flooding Blood
?: Charon – Colder
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance One
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
Romdrums – Invisible Sun
Foes – Beautiful Fiction
Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
Stealing Axion - Collapse
Skyharbor – Dim
Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
Darkane – Ostracized
Darkane – Godforsaken Universe
Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
TAC - ?
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
Branch Arterial – My Curse
Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
Before The Dawn – Deliverance
Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
Let It Be Written – You Shall Not Murder
Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
Elite - Reflections of Death & Life - A Restrospective
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Khemmis – The Bereaved
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Hamferð – Hon Syndrast
Hamferð – Frosthvarv
Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
1914 – Passchenhell
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
Vangough – Thy Flesh Consumed
Vangough – Infestation
Vangough – Between the Madness
Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Headspace – In Hell's Name
Oak Pantheon – Climb
Oak Pantheon – Enormity
The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
Anciients – Ibex Eye
Extremities – The Inward Eye
An Abstract Illusion – Skeletons of Light
Lethean - ?
Sonata Arctica – Broken
Sonata Arctica – Caleb
Angel Dust – Bleed
Kamelot – EdenEcho
Mindfeed – Mother
Superior – Ultra
Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
Madsword – Time in the Ice
Part 2
Parama: Usurpress – Ships o_ B_a__ Glass
Guessed letters: moisrneaqtdu
Album Titles
?: __e ____r __r_e_
?: __e ____ _nd __e ____d
TAC: The S____ Commandment __e __n__ D__
?: C_____se __ __r __d__rs__en E__s_ence
?: __e ____ __ _r__ _es _____es de _'_me
Guessed letters: bmndescrwjzq
Here are the album lengths
Ariich = 67 minutes
Elite = 89 minutes
Lethean = 61 minutes
Parama = 121 minutes
Romdrums = 72 minutes
TAC = 71 minutes
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How about a b for both puzzles?
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Elite's is done and arrich's is done and mine is done and romdrums said his was done as well (I realize I missed a few songs on this one before oops)
So that leaves just TAC and Lethean, thus:
Darkwater: Lethean
Absolute Priority: TAC
Karnya: TAC
Charon: Lethean
I had all four of these swapped with the other person on my big list, lol
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Mine is done, apart from the song order. And yes, it should be retrospective, without the extra S. Typo in the PM.
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i'm ready for song order hangman
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One title contains Les Voyages de L'Ame
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The last song name is Ships of Black Glass.
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I gave y'all a T since no one was guessing letters
Romdrums - ?
Jolly – Guidance One
Jolly – Guidance Two
Jolly – Guidance Three
Jolly – Guidance Four
Romdrums – Invisible Sun
Foes – Beautiful Fiction
Stealing Axion – Parallel Futures
Stealing Axion – Dreams Reversed
Stealing Axion - Collapse
Skyharbor – Dim
Under Sanction – An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
Under Sanction – Live Here When I Die
Darkane – Existence Is Just a State of Mind
Darkane – Ostracized
Darkane – Godforsaken Universe
Shattered Skies – You Will Know My Name
TAC - ?
Karnya – Flooding Blood
Euphoreon – Mirrors
Fractal Cypher – Idle Words
Mask Of Prospero – This Road Leads To Desolation
Frosttide – Final Hour (Instrumental)
Branch Arterial – My Curse
Lost Domain – ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
Before The Dawn – Deliverance
Scarlet Host – Altered State Of Denial
Let It Be Written – You Shall Not Murder
Golden Resurrection – God's Mercy
Absolute Priority – Tragic Reconciliation
Elite - Reflections of Death & Life - A Restrospective
Huntsmen – Pyre
Huntsmen – The Barrens
Ancestors – Gone
Ancestors – Through a Window
Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
Ancestors – The Warm Glow
Khemmis – Isolation
Khemmis – Above the Water
Khemmis – The Bereaved
Electric Wizard – We Hate You
Hamferð – Hon Syndrast
Hamferð – Frosthvarv
Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
1914 – Passchenhell
Ariich - ?
In Flames – Swim
In Flames – Bullet Ride
Ariich: In Flames – Only For the Weak
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic
Soilwork – The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
Soilwork – Death in General
Dream the Electric Sleep – Black Wind
Dream the Electric Sleep – Culling the Herd
Novallo – Give Gravity a Choice
Vangough – Thy Flesh Consumed
Vangough – Infestation
Vangough – Between the Madness
Twelve Foot Ninja – Deluge
Parama - ?
Piah Mater – Earthbound Ruins
Hail Spirit Noir – The Mermaid
Headspace – In Hell's Name
Oak Pantheon – Climb
Oak Pantheon – Enormity
The Earth and I – She Abandons the Grey
Anciients – Ibex Eye
Extremities – The Inward Eye
An Abstract Illusion – Skeletons of Light
Usurpress – Ships of Black Glass
Lethean - ?
Sonata Arctica – Broken
Sonata Arctica – Caleb
Angel Dust – Bleed
Kamelot – EdenEcho
Charon – Colder
Mindfeed – Mother
Superior – Ultra
Spheric Universe Experience – So Cold
Madsword – Time in the Ice
Darkwater – Tallest Tree
Album Titles
?: T_e ____r __rte_
?: T_e ____ _nd t_e ____d
TAC: The S__t_ Commandment T_e __n__ D__
?: C_____se __ __r __d__rs__en E__stence
?: T_e ____ __ Tr__ Les Voyages de l'Âme
Guessed letters: tbmndescrwjzq
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A!
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O
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I gave y'all a T since no one was guessing letters
Well I did ask for a B...
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The Sixth Commandment The Final Day?
Collapse of our Godforsaken Existence - romdrums
The Water Parted ?
The ??? and the ???
Give me I in the last hangmenenanen
also c'mon let's do album order hangman :metal
i'll start: romdrums starts with jolly - guidance one, elite starts with ancestors - gone, through a window and ends with the warm glow
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Romdrums' is the only one I could have guessed. :P
But it's a very cool idea using those tracks for a concept album.
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also c'mon let's do album order hangman :metal
elite starts with ancestors - gone, through a window and ends with the warm glow
One of these is right. I’m sure you’ll figure out the other one with the tracks on my album.
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my album is rigorously structured (and also only 10 songs long) so hopefully figuring out the order will be easy, i wanna post/share it already gosh :P
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I can post mine too, when the time is right. I’m quite content with the way it turned out.
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I gave y'all a T since no one was guessing letters
Well I did ask for a B...
And I gave you the B, there just wasn't any....
Elite: Reflections of Death & Life - A Restrospective
?: T_e _o_ar _orte_
?: The _a__ and the __ood
TAC: The Sixth Commandment The Final Day
Romdrums: Collapse of Our Godforsaken Existence
?: T_e _a__ o_ Tro_ Les Voyages de l'Âme
Guessed letters: ioatbmndescrwjzq
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The Polar Vortex - Lethean
The Rain and the Flood - ariich
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The Rain and the Flood - ariich
That's only partially correct
Elite: Reflections of Death & Life - A Restrospective
Lethean: The Polar Vortex
Ariich: The _a__ and the Flood
TAC: The Sixth Commandment The Final Day
Romdrums: Collapse of Our Godforsaken Existence
?: T_e _a__ o_ Tro_ Les Voyages de l'Âme
Guessed letters: ioatbmndescrwjzq
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First impressions and some observations
- This is powerful stuff
- It's both epic and a bit of a mixed bag at the same time
- A pretty stellar second half, marred only by a not so stellar first half
- Great story telling and music that is both fitting and works well as a whole
- There was one band I was worried about going in to this, but it fit surprisingly well
- This flows surprisingly well and is fairly diverse to boot (considering the genres involved)
Can anyone figure out their's?
Mine is kind of told in two halves. Hopefully I'm not the "Not so stellar first half" comment. I wouldn't think so...
But the rest all kind of fit.
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mine is literally told in two separate albums each with their own arc
but i'd find it weird if puppies like one half and not the other
i still say mine's the second one but with hope that "mixed bag" is only a first impression and stuff grew on him since then
i also feel like the first one is elite's and the last one is ariich's
puppies give me L (because I Lose)
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Elite: Reflections of Death & Life - A Restrospective
Lethean: The Polar Vortex
Ariich: The _all and the Flood
TAC: The Sixth Commandment The Final Day
Romdrums: Collapse of Our Godforsaken Existence
?: T_e _all o_ Tro_ Les Voyages de l'Âme
Guessed letters: lioatbmndescrwjzq
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I'm afraid mine could be the mixed bag one. I guess none of them are impossible but I doubt it's the great story telling one.
The Fall and the Flood?
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The Fall of Troy for Parama's?
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The Fall and The Flood?
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I'm afraid mine could be the mixed bag one. I guess none of them are impossible but I doubt it's the great story telling one.
The Fall and the Flood?
The Fall and The Flood?
The Fall and the Flood?
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The Fall and the Flood?
put up your hangman coward
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Yeah, I woke up, posted that and went back to sleep. :lol Coming up in a couple of minutes.
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My title still says ‘Restrospective’ and that’s not a word :’)
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There you have it
Elite: Reflections of Death & Life - A Retrospective
Lethean: The Polar Vortex
Ariich: The Fall and the Flood
TAC: The Sixth Commandment The Final Day
Romdrums: Collapse of Our Godforsaken Existence
Parama: The Fall of Troy Les Voyages de l'Âme
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I feel like the concept of the variations of death and life and apocalypse is beginning to get a bit boring, even though I did it in my first EP for you, Puppies. Ariich's EP sounds like something from Halo universe. I guess the one I'm the most curious about is Lethean's, The Polar Vortex sounds badass.
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It's probably not as badass as you think. I named it that because so many of the songs talk about cold or ice. It wasn't really the story, although I did imagine that the polar vortex was around during most of the events.
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Well since it doesn't look like we're doing song order hangman, here we go.
Direct quote of the PM I sent to puppies incl. the story & the songs & all that
The Fall of Troy | Les Voyages de l'Âme (https://mega.nz/#F!iEkRTKYY!ouwqKCYXMyKANoqaJxG0Hw)
Two Epics in Ten Chapters
Side A: The Fall of Troy
For this disc, the perspective of the album changes which each song, not telling the story of any one man, but telling the story of a city and a war, and the emotions caused by that turmoil. This is not a retelling of The Iliad as much as it is an entirely separate story using the structure of the epic as its base.
1. Oak Pantheon - Climb
The Story: Long ago, in a distant land, there was a city ruled by a highly religious monarchy. While things seemed peaceful from the outside, there were growing tensions between the ruling class and the lower classes, as well as growing disdain for the god that appeared to have abandoned the people. One man has an insight that prompts him to spark a rebellion, and he begins amassing followers at the same time the rulers of the city try to tighten their grip through the might of god. Tensions seem high and war seems inevitable.
The Song: I was initially trying to avoid doubling up on any particular artist here, and originally the other Oak Pantheon song on this concept album wasn't there, but when I had to replace The Flight of Sleipnir, I ended up deciding on keeping both of these, as this track is an almost mandatory prologue to the story of the rest of the disk - the second track here doesn't make much of an opener, to say the least. Anyways - I figure oak Pantheon is a band you'd dig quite a bit, they take some influence from Agalloch but definitely lean more towards a progressive sound. This song is a long climb (hah) to a fiery climax towards the end which makes it perfect musically and thematically for the needs of this concept album.
2. Usurpress - Ships of Black Glass
The Story: The first strike of the rebellion occurs, setting a major temple of the city ablaze. As the stained-glass windows shatter along with the crumbling temple, the black smog of fire refracts through the glass, painting a bleak image for all who observe. The rebellion presents their manifesto in the wake of the attack - death to the king and queen, and destruction of the religious monarchy, in favor of a new rule that abandons the dated traditions of old. The conflict also draws in forces from other nations all across the world, including one hero in particular that will play a larger part later on, to help the rebelling forces, who otherwise would easily be crushed by the might of the monarchy's army.
The Song: I'm pretty sure the lyrics for this one aren't available online but I can do a scan of them if you want since I have the CD & thus the lyrics booklet. Anyways. I'm pretty sure this entire album is actually about a war similar to the one recounted and this song is absolutely the highlight for me, a great mesh of rough-edged death metal with some progressive and psychedelic elements. It's not an album opener at all though, pretty clearly. And also the shortest song across the entire two-hour experience, though no less epic for it. I definitely prefer the second half of this one to the first half but the whole thing is still pretty good.
3. Headspace - In Hell's Name
The Story: This chapter takes place from the perspective of a soldier faithful to the king and queen and his god above. He sees the rebelling forces as monsters trying to disrupt the natural order, yet at the same time the death and destruction around him makes him begin to question his faith. The rebels are clearly fighting in the name of the underworld, if they challenge god himself, but would any god allow this fighting? Is there even a life after death, if the world itself is this cruel? Yet he fights on, killing many of the rebels and their assisting forces. It is not known what becomes of this soldier at the end of the war.
The Song: So for me this song is absolutely all about that phenomenal intro, though the rest of the song doesn't slack, to be sure. The song most rooted in death and destruction on the entire album is, ironically, one of the least heavy songs of the entire affair (and the only one to feature no death growls at all). I... don't have a ton else to say about this one, it was pretty obvious to pick this one based on the concept of this disc and I don't know if this is explicitly my favorite on the album (Soldier or The Big Day are probably better) but it's definitely the one that fits here the best.
4. The Earth and I - She Abandons the Grey
The Story: The tides of the war have decisively turned in favor of the rebellion, leading the king to flee the castle and leave the queen alone. In doing so, the rebellion is easily able to overtake the castle and the queen, in her last moments, the queen accepts her fate, knowing full well that she will not be absolved of the crimes she committed against the people. Not long after, the rebellion leader confronts the king, both sides exhausted and tired from the death around them. Rather than fight, the rebellion leader offers to allow the king and his men to surrender peacefully, appealing to the king by using his queen's death as leverage. Both sides known the king's army would be utterly crushed by the rebellion at this point, yet the cowardly king flees again to leave his men to die, wanting instead to see his queen one last time.
The Song: This is the last song I added to the album and I'm kind of glad I stumbled into making this actually work pretty well with the concept as it's musically a bit of a breather between the two more intense songs surrounding it, as well as just pretty dang good in general. I also feel like that if there's any one song on this album you won't like, it's this one, but ehh, I like it too much myself to have any desire to leave it off now. This entire album is an interesting fusion of djent, prog metal, post-rock, and even some poppier elements, and this song pretty much puts all of those on display in balance for a proper, epic climax.
5. An Abstract Illusion - Skeletons of Light
The Story: The king arrives back at his castle where the queen lays bleeding out, wounds all over her body, her right arm severed at the elbow. She offers one last prayer to her god before expiring, leaving the king with a cold body and an empty room. Rather than give the rebels the satisfaction of taking his life themselves, he takes one of the same blades that was used to slay the queen, and stabs himself directly into the heart, reuniting with his love in death. Meanwhile, the remaining men still fighting for the king's cause are being slaughtered en masse by the rebel forces, refusing to surrender even as their cause falls apart around them, each of them in turn passing away and fleeing the mortal realm to the light above...
FIN
The Song: One of those albums I enjoyed but then kind of forgot about until I was scanning through my library trying to find stuff for my concept album. And man, this song is... frantic as hell, for the first two thirds of the track, it's not necessarily the heaviest that melodic death metal gets but it's no less intense for it. The last third giving way to a beautiful, much more downbeat finale makes the perfect bookend to this side of the album as a whole, a triumphant victory for one side and an eternal slumber for the other side. This song is also home to the one solitary track edit I made across this entire album, that being a slight fade in on the very first second of the song, haha. For being one of the longest songs here among a long list of long songs, it's surprisingly straightforward, mostly moving in small ways rather than in big ways while keeping its momentum going for about as long as it possibly could before a breaking point. I'm actually kinda sad I slept on this one for as long as I did, I need to revisit this album some more I think.
And yet the story continues...
Side B: Les Voyages de l'Âme
For this disc, the perspective follows one hero, who joined the rebellion's cause from many nations away, and after his long fight is returning home, only to be besieged by many unholy beasts that he believes are set upon him by the god he angered. This is not a retelling of The Odyssey as much as it is an entirely separate story using the structure of the epic as its base.
1. Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
The Story: The hero of the war who travelled from afar to assist the rebellion now departs back to his homeland via ship, along with a sizeable crew, their destination months away by sea. For the first month, they face no real threat. At some point, his men spot what looks like a beautiful woman seemingly stranded in the middle of the ocean, who draws the attention of many of the men onboard, but she turns out to me a monstrous creature, slaughtering and devouring many of the ship's men when they go out to help her, and attempting to attack the ship after. Around a dozen or so of the crew's members fall victim before they manage to fend her off and continue on their voyage, very shaken by the events.
The Song: Well this one's become a bit of a big deal on DTF now hasn't it? Or at least, after Indiscipline's roulette it has. And I mean, there's a good reason for that, this is more prog rock goodness that's been touched by some black metal tones, making for a rather unique sound. And this song just builds and builds to a fantastic instrumental finale, it's surprisingly fun for the subject matter. And I don't even have to take it out of context at all to make it fit in with this concept, this is literally what the song is about, woo. But yeah, definitely a more recent favorite but a favorite nonetheless.
2. Anciients - Ibex Eye
The Story: Some time later, the ship makes port on a well-known harbor town. However, when they arrive, they see that the entire town has been decimated, corpses of the citizen's strewn everywhere, blood filling the streets. Not only that, but it looked very recent - days, maybe even hours. The horned beast then appears before them, a visible rage in its animal eyes, and a thirst for death, its horns stained with the blood of the men it killed. It attacks and kills many of the remaining crew members before they are able to escape the beast. Though they wouldn't know it, the beast only attacked the town because the people had been expanding into the nearby forest and had slain the beast's children in the process.
The Song: Woo boy, Anciients are another of those bands I feel I should be way more into than I actually am, but occasionally one of their songs really clicks for me and is just pure awesome. Like this one, easily the highlight of their second album (which is a solid step up from their first IMO, actually pretty good overall). This song pretty much covers the full range of why I dig these guys - atmospheric intro, jagged, proggy, and frantic first half, bass-driven locked groove that builds and intensifies towards the finale. I know you will probably gripe about the fadeout here and, yeah, I guess I can't blame you, but that's like the only issue I have with this one myself, it's good stuff.
3. Oak Pantheon - Enormity
The Story: Despite the now tattered, ragged crew remaining after two terrifying encounters with forces of nature, the ship sails on, the diminished crew allowing for less consumption of their remaining supplies after they failed to restock at the last port. Their peace would not last for long, however, as they were approached by another ship, telling of some monstrosity razing the nearby nation - entire towns vanishing overnight, landscapes being altered - and the terrified crew of this other ship begging the hero and his crew to come assist them. Not one to leave such a force unstopped, they travel to the nearby nation just as a plan to counter this colossus was being put together, and with the combined forces, they are eventually able to slay the colossal beast, at the cost of many lives of the local townsfolk and some crew members. The remaining crew members opt to stay behind in this town and help rebuild, as they are already exhausted from their long journey and have started to sense that they would continue to face threats and terrifying creatures if they stuck around with the cursed hero. The hero, however, strives on alone, opting to cross the remainder of his journey by foot, even with hundreds, maybe thousands of miles of land still before him.
The Song: The other Oak Pantheon song, and while the last one was more of a straightforward, atmospheric build with some progressive elements, this one is a full-fledged epic, starting with a pounding, doomy movement, before accelerating its pace to a frantic struggle, ending with symphonic swells and a climactic finale. I think I personally prefer Climb ever so slightly and this one wasn't originally on my album until I had to swap out The Flight of Sleipnir, but I also kind of expect you'd like this one more, just from what I know of your tastes.
4. Piah Mater - Earthbound Ruins
The Story: Trudging on alone through the wilds, the hero arrogantly believes he will face no more difficulty, as he had already slain many men and beasts, and even metaphorically killed a god. Yet his journey is much longer and more difficult than he expected, forcing him to cross dense jungles, barren deserts, towering mountains, all land he had no map of and no knowledge of as a seafaring traveller. Still he pushed on, his months-long journey become years long, everyone else assuming he had simply perished on his journey. And the long journey has taken a great toll on his sanity as well, pushing him well past his breaking point. Time only knows what the future holds for him now...
The Song: So yeah we're gonna be blunt here - these guys are just trying to be Opeth. Which, considering that the last time we got a real and proper Opeth album was over 10 years ago, I can't really complain about it. It's more like... Still Life-era Opeth than the Blackwater Park sound too which is a whole extra decade in the past, so again, whatever, rip off all you want IMO. And I'll also be honest in that I have only listened through this album a few times so far and this one is basically only here on a whim, but I mean, it's a cool and good song. I'm pretty sure. I dunno, it fits in lyrically way too well with the concept & transitions too well with that ending to really leave off. I'd have to listen to this album more to really pick a favorite though.
5. Extremities - The Inward Eye
The Story: The hero recalls his journey as he rests, his strength exhausted both physically and mentally, tracing the steps that took him to where he is now. He can tell he's almost home now, having pressed eastward for many years, guided by the light of the sun, the god he used to despise and fight against. His inner reflection gives him the strength to carry on in the face of failure, and at last, after years of struggle, his realization of faith in the god he thought he had killed allows him to find his way home and reunite with his family and loved ones after all these years.
FIN
The Song: This one's a pain because I can't find the lyrics online anywhere but I've put together enough of the lyrics to have a general idea of what this one is about, not that I think it's really... that hard to piece together regardless. This album is one of my favorites of the year currently and this song in particular is a pretty big reason why, basically just a mashup of a lot of prog metal sounds I really dig in a satisfying epic. Jagged, noodling guitar melodies drive large portions of this song, but there's also a mix of great riffing, a really damn strong chorus, and saxophone solos for days, plus a nice quiet break in the middle just to give a breather in the eye of the storm. This was always going to be on my concept album from the moment I had my idea, and in usual fashion I love to save the best for last, so hopefully you don't hate this one like you did Tetrafusion, lol.
General comments on the album
So this was a thing and a half to put together, haha. I got the concept idea around the time I was working on my EP because, hey, who doesn't love a good greek epic? I've never actually read the Iliad but I have a general idea of what it's about, and while I have read the Odyssey I don't remember it all that well. But this isn't a plot synopsis anyways because good luck finding songs explicitly about everything that occurs in the Odyssey. I wanted to write my own story using those as a framework, and as with the EP, the songs were pulled together because of the concept and their lyrics, but then I wrote the story only after I'd actually finalized everything, making it hopefully flow a lot more naturally than trying to stitch together disparate pieces of a story would. And I'm pretty happy with how it turned out all things considered, I thought things would go way worse, lol.
Musically there's obviously one thing holding all these songs together - they're all epics. Or well, a few of them are pseudo-epics, but every last song here is at least decently long and with several different movements. That basically naturally gives way to all the songs having a progressive bent to them - though the styles they take from is all over the board. You've got straight up prog metal (Headspace), folky black metal (Oak Pantheon), various shades of death metal (Usurpress, An Abstract Illusion, Piah Mather), practically straight up prog rock (Hail Spirit Noir), sludge metal, (Anciients), friggin' djent of all things (The Earth and I), and finally groove metal (?) (Extremities) to close things off. I actually don't really know how to categorize Extremities tbh, which is maybe why I like them so much. Anyways, I feel the diversity definitely helps keep things interesting and I don't really think there's anything that feels too out of place here, anyways.
Also I don't exactly recommend listening to the whole thing in one sitting, considering it's just over two hours in total, and each of the discs is absolutely designed to be its own album, but I won't stop you from spinning the whole thing all at once. I haven't ever done that myself though.
At the end of the day whether or not I even make it to this round I still hope you enjoy. This was a lot more fun to put together than I initially thought it was gonna be, tbh.
(Also it wouldn't let me compress the file into a ZIP with the french character in the album name so I just uploaded the folder directly, oops)
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It's probably not as badass as you think. I named it that because so many of the songs talk about cold or ice. It wasn't really the story, although I did imagine that the polar vortex was around during most of the events.
I was imagining like the mysterious vortex has appeared at the North Pole, secretly fueled by the magicians who were exiled to the icy North, terribly tired and weathered and just so cold all the time so they couldn't keep up with this life. They did it to draw attention to their predicament, but the vortex itself went out of control and is now threatening the whole surrounding landscape and villages. Then the villages picked their champions, simple folks who were just a bit better with a weapon than the rest, and the folks who have shown a bit of magical talent, and sent them to find this vortex and close it if they can. Little did they knew that the very goddess of winter and starvation is secretly guided the magicians' hands, and as they draw closer to the very heart of this vortex, she watches them, and the weather begins to get way worse, the biting blizzard begins to roam across the land, the temperature drops to the freezing point. They have to fight the wind, the snow and the cold to get to the vortex in a final effort to stop it from evolving.
I'm kinda regretting that I dropped from this roulette now.
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It's probably not as badass as you think. I named it that because so many of the songs talk about cold or ice. It wasn't really the story, although I did imagine that the polar vortex was around during most of the events.
I was imagining like the mysterious vortex has appeared at the North Pole, secretly fueled by the magicians who were exiled to the icy North, terribly tired and weathered and just so cold all the time so they couldn't keep up with this life. They did it to draw attention to their predicament, but the vortex itself went out of control and is now threatening the whole surrounding landscape and villages. Then the villages picked their champions, simple folks who were just a bit better with a weapon than the rest, and the folks who have shown a bit of magical talent, and sent them to find this vortex and close it if they can. Little did they knew that the very goddess of winter and starvation is secretly guided the magicians' hands, and as they draw closer to the very heart of this vortex, she watches them, and the weather begins to get way worse, the biting blizzard begins to roam across the land, the temperature drops to the freezing point. They have to fight the wind, the snow and the cold to get to the vortex in a final effort to stop it from evolving.
I'm kinda regretting that I dropped from this roulette now.
I look forward to this concept album soon :corn
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Parama posted his, so here's mine:
The Fall and the Flood
Length: 67 minutes
Even in this final round I want to keep doing new things, so this time you're getting mainly a mixture of prog and melodeath. The story is, er... pretty bleak again I'm afraid! A new disease spreads across the world quicker than anyone can stop it, and the story deals with what happens next, as explained under each track below. There are six bands and each is a different character. Hope you enjoy it!
Link: https://mega.nz/#!ADQHEIJS!aJlzMb-leWY4ZZXCdxENQkzcxS9PtmMgjvjWV_p_OXQ
Cast list:
The Disease (Vangough)
The Dying (Dream the Electric Sleep)
The Righteous (In Flames)
The Scientist (Soilwork)
The Hopeful (Novallo)
The Storm (Twelve Foot Ninja)
00:00-05:44
1. Vangough - Thy Flesh Consumed
(instrumental)
The Disease spreads, slowly but surely, hidden at first so that by the time humanity notices the outbreak, it is too late to stop it.
05:44-11:58
2. Dream the Electric Sleep - Black Wind
“Now you plow your children underground”
“Black wind choking out my life, only rain falls from my eyes"
“Acrid black wind blows”
The Dying - one of those infected - reveals himself to the world. He has already lost his family and now feels the need to spread awareness of the “black wind”. Thousands are dead already and millions more are sick.
11:58-16:35
3. In Flames - Bullet Ride
“Bitterness will run you through”
“Do you feel infected? It's life, the the dark that binds you"
“It's the cowardice that pulls you under”
As the world discovers the full extent of the outbreak, the Righteous immediately puts the blame on humanity for being impure and weak.
16:35-20:43
4. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic
“When they call for me saying "Son, you're heartless", I won't believe it - the ride majestic”
“A later storm that will take it all and wash us all away"
“The skies, the darkness, the sea, you all just showed me the way”
The Scientist discovers a way to save humanity - a metaphorical flood he calls the “ride majestic” - but realises that it will require purging all of those who are or even might be infected. He knows he will be called heartless if he proposes it, but if he doesn’t and no cure can be found, the whole of humanity will be washed away later on anyway.
20:43-26:00
5. Novallo - Give Gravity a Choice
“But there is nothing to be done, so just levitate”
“See, this memory seems to hurt, but with more time, it will help to set you free.”
“Observe the fall as you are, and never hit the ground"
The Hopeful - leader of a global community of optimists - believes the world can be saved without resorting to a purge. That humanity can stop itself from falling. That people just need to work together and they can overcome anything.
26:00-33:09
6. Vangough - Infestation
“I'm the tree, I'm the dying tree, and my leaves are falling on you”
“Fear me, can you feel the plague grow?”
“Finding flesh that fits the mold, so many lives we killed untold”
The Disease spreads more and more, in the air and in the earth. As time passes, more and more become infected and more and more die.
33:09-38:08
7. Soilwork - Death in General
“There was no one there who'd give you up”
“How about driving souls apart, like death in general"
“The world crashing down on the innocent”
The Scientist wrestles with whether to push ahead with the purge. He knows it will rip communities and families apart. He doesn’t want to give up on the hope of finding a cure instead.
38:08-43:02
8. In Flames - Only For the Weak
“I can't tolerate your sadness, because it's me you're drowning”
“In my righteous own mind, I adore and preach the insanity you gave"
“Sell me the infection, it's only for the weak”
As the plague spreads and the Righteous remains unaffected, he becomes increasingly convinced that it is purity from sin that is keeping him alive. He continues to condemn those who succumb to the illness for their weakness.
43:02-50:24
9. Dream the Electric Sleep - Culling the Herd
“Gather round we’re all still here, feel the fire disappear”
“Worn skin and bone, facing bleak alone"
“Hold my head against your gun”
As time moves on, the Disease continues to spread and still no cure is found, the Dying comes to the conclusion that the Scientist was right. If the sick stay, humanity will die out. The only option is to cull the herd.
50:24-55:00
10. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
“Recalling the hours you've dwelled, from everything to nothing”
“Now it's gone and all that's left is the path I once repressed”
“The rain whips my conscience, the strain towards the end, the rain keeps on falling, the sound got me settled with sadness"
The Scientist, hearing the powerful words of the Dying and learning that he himself has also become infected, makes up his mind. As awful as it is, there’s no other solution - the ride majestic must happen.
55:00-59:48
11. Twelve Foot Ninja - Deluge
“You tried to find the face of salvation, but all you found was me”
“I will arise and arrive from the depth of this hole”
“You've got nowhere left to go, you'd best prepare for the storm, and it all ends, and it all ends now"
The Storm comes, and does exactly what it was designed to do. The sick are purged, and the conditions that allow the Disease to thrive are eradicated.
59:48-62:59
12. In Flames - Swim
“As we build a brand new planet, lets reconstruct and get it straight”
“We're the settlers of year zero, lets reconstruct and take it back"
“From a thousand branches, spreading the new voice”
With the Disease in recession and as one of the few survivors, the Righteous is more convinced than ever that he was right all along. He insists that humanity must build a new world and live a life of purity so that it is always able to swim through any future storm.
62:59-66:53
13. Vangough - Between the Madness
(instrumental)
The last remnants of the Disease die out, leaving humanity in peace, but broken and lost.
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Since we're sharing: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1R_H58vJdmuxJFce8kMfhmZJu9kI9HiZk
To sum it up, it's a dystopian concept (clearly the preferred type of concept album! ;) ) about a man fed up with the way things are and his desire to bring about a massive jolt to the status quo. He stumbles upon an audio book called the Audio Guide to Happiness. While listening to this, it triggers his brain and he becomes hyper aware of his surroundings. The album tells the story in flashbacks related to the different parts of this audio guide, which he's listening to in the final moments before he sets his plan in motion. While listening, he finds himself being torn apart and re-assembled, and finds the clarity he needs in order to save the world from itself, and drown out the demons responsible for the current state of his world. Cheery stuff!
THE COLLAPSE OF OUR GODFORSAKEN EXISTENCE
I could change it all with one push...
Guidance One Jolly
Our current situation needs to change. The liars lead the lost. What would it take to make us let go?
Dim Skyharbor
We die alone
Bleeding on our thrones
While they're digging the knife
Someday, we'll unite
Try to find the light
To be the fire
That burns so bright
All the liars lead the lost
Got nowhere to stay and nowhere left to run
We will build a wall
Hide away from everything
Can you save me?
Sold
What would it take to let go from your soul
Rummaging through suffering
Now, come 'round
Lost along the way and can't be found
Alone, buried inside
All the liars lead the lost
Got nowhere to stay and nowhere left to run
We will build a wall
Hide away from everything
Can you save me?
Separate the lies
You can't control
The flow of thought
Can't keep on holding us down
Separate the lies
Revealing all your crimes
Cajole with immoral eyes
Control, control
Silencing our cries
Sold
What would it take to let go from your soul
Rummaging through suffering...
All the liars lead the lost
Got nowhere to stay and nowhere left to run
With muddled sight I see right through you
Can you save me?
A wise man once warned me to watch out for preachers and outlaws, for they are the devil in disguise. And yet, we took the bait. Now they are in control. How did we fall?
Beautiful Fiction FOES
I’m a saint, a sinner in disguise
Breaking out, I’ll shake it out
Every floor climbs higher than the sky
Breaking out, I’ll shake it out
How did we fall into factions?
Why does this end in dispute?
The beautiful lie can be easy
When facing the ugliest truth
Wake up and look out for
Preachers and outlaws
They’re the ones with everything to hide
Wake up and look out for
Devils and outlaws
I’m the pope, the devil in disguise
Waking up to breathe and just get by
Breaking out, I’ll wait it out
Underground and reaching for the sky
Breaking out, I’ll wait it out
Why are we working for monsters?
Is money the loneliest art?
I’m counting down ‘til I can settle
It’s death that tears us apart
So wake up and look out for
Preachers and outlaws
They’re the ones with everything to hide
Wake up and look out for
Devils and outlaws
I’m the pope, the devil in disguise
It’s time to bring about change. They may not care now, but when this is over, they will know my name.
You Will Know My Name Shattered Skies
Have you looked into yourself?
Ever cared about someone else?
Do you seek meaning from life?
Can you carry on this lie?
Life has one purpose for me
And that purpose is to be seen
Taken in by the eyes of green
To be seen, to be scene, to be seen
You mean nothing to me
I mean nothing to you
But for now, well I guess you'll just have to do
Now, I have a throne
And an audience to hear
The world shall know
How I'm endlessly here
And you may believe
That I'm more of just the same
When this is over, yeah
You will know my name
Now sometimes I get overcome with fear
I feel like there's a voice that I can't quite hear
But it never really has very much to say
Just something inane about fading away
You do something for me
I'll do something for you
And we'll step over the bodies as we do
Now, I have a throne
And an audience to hear
The world shall know
How I'm endlessly here
And you may believe
That I'm more of just the same
When this is over, yeah
You will know my name
Yeah, you will know my name
Yeah, you will know my name
Yeah, you will know my name
You, you will, you will know
Now, I have a throne
And an audience to hear
The world shall know
How I'm endlessly here
And you may believe
That I'm more of just the same
When this is over, yeah
You will know my name
When this is over, yeah
You will know my name
When this is over, yeah
You will, you will know my name
Guidance Two Jolly
My plan is forming. It’s time to put thought into action.
Godforsaken Universe Darkane
Look into my eyes and get a glimpse of annihilation
Seek deep within me, but you will find to pity
You have entered my dominion. Nobody belongs here but me
Once you're here the portal behind you is closed
I'll guide you to agony
I'll make you detest
I'll bring you depravity
This is my quest
No one survives a visit in my hell
Sit back and enjoy your own demise
Feel free to explore, but you will only find wrath
You will dwell in torment and affliction for eternity
Control this godforsaken universe
Appasionate sensation, being superior to god
Vanishing, nothing left
Perished, no one survive
Do you share my passion for death?
I will serve you a dinner of vengeance
I'll guide you to agony
I'll make you detest
I'll bring you depravity
This is my quest
As your soul is torn with surgical precision
And the void that is left is filled with darkened oblivion
Left is an empty shell, erased degraded
An inexlicable fear of what dread waits
Vanishing, nothing left
Perished, no one survive
Pushed to the breaking point, hate and rage fill the void within me. The current state of things disgust me. Pushed to the margins, it’s time to get on with it.
Ostracized Darkane
A brush with death and it's painfully clear
Who am I and what I'm doing here?
I've sacrificed and bled my heart out but for what?
What is it really worth?
Contemplating whether to leave this earth
The hours passing by but time stands still
Scourged there is no longer comfort in mindless violent acts
The hours pass but time stands still
Hate and rage fills the void
Banished from life
Pain and fear haunts the soul
Ostracized
I conquered all that I possibly could
I summoned all the strength I could find
If there's a place for those depraved
By all means send me on my way
An eternity of kindness and grace
Will never be enough to save my soul
Bound to an existence in agony for all eternity
It's not enough to save my soul
Hate and rage fills the void
Banished from life
Pain and fear haunts the soul
Ostracized
But there is no place in this world
For this depraved and decadent monument of humanity
Scourged
This is no way to live
Is it enough to die for?
The sands of time are sinking further
Bound by this burden of life
Death, the final endowment
We're all born just to die
The sands of time are sinking further
We're all just born to die
As the plan crystalizes, I can see the possible outcomes, stretching out from the moment I push the button. Failure? Success? Is this truth? Or do I die?
Parallel Futures Stealing Axion
No sound, just everlasting pain.
The flicker of eyes remain.
A pale face blaming everything.
Guilt maintains.
A sound escapes.
Calling me...
It's calling for me...
Ending lives are reaching for me.
Calling me...
They're calling for me.
Reaching down, I close my eyes.
I hope for death... fear subsides.
And the shadows encompass all of this, and I awaken.
The voices always carry.
Calling me... Calling for me...
Calling me... They're calling for me...
In the wake,
I survive everything that I try.
I'm awake, millions die.
Is this truth, or do I die?
Guidance Three Jolly
I remember a happier time. The sun would shine, and I would think to myself, “I could live here when I die.” I long for those days.
Live Here When I Die Under Sanction
(instrumental)
Another future, a slave to the grind. Hope? It must be somewhere, just out of reach. Invisible.
Invisible Sun Romdrums
I don’t want to spend the rest of my life
Looking down the barrel of an armalite
I don’t want to spend the rest of my days
Keeping out of trouble like the soldiers say
And I don’t want to spend my time in hell
Looking at the walls of a prison cell
And I don’t ever want to play the part
Of a statistic on a government chart
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day is done
It’s dark all day and it grows all nite
Factory smoke and acetyline light
I face the day with my head caved in
Looking like something that the cat brought in
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives its heat to everyone
There has to be an invisible sun
That gives us hope when the whole day is done
And they’re only going to change this place
By killing everybody in the human race
And they would kill me for a cigarette
But I don’t even want to die just yet
These voices are confusing. I can feel my world collapse. Parallel futures, the invisible sun, the last glimmer of changing things is driving me to distraction.
Collapse Stealing Axion
All is dark
An empty field inside a dream
You are lost
The sky melts you away
Hear the voice
It tells you the path to survival
In reverse
The message reveals when you wake
When what you know is unfamiliar
You’ll know the fantasy is real
A pinch could wake you from your fragile state of mind
Believe in what you fear
Thoughts must slip away
When you find the clues inside
Your mind can open doors to others unseen
Paradox is born within
When you take control of yourself
Yourself you sacrifice
When what you know is unfamiliar
You’ll know the fantasy is real
A pinch could wake you from your fragile state of mind
Will you believe in what you fear?
What is real? (following)
What is true?
What is wrong? (following)
What is life?
Believing in nothing is seeing everything
Collapsing
Guidance Four Jolly
My life is breaking. I can’t accept defeat now. This feeling inside lied to me.
Dreams Reversed Stealing Axion
Something tears the fabric of my truth
Nothing feels right
(You’ve got to grasp what you have lost)
Forcing into darkness for the answers
I’ve only fooled myself
Universe...welcoming
(look past what you have known)
Memories...distancing
(so unaware)
Universe...collapsing
(look past what you have known)
Memories...reversing
If I have known my life
What are these gaps that cloud my reason and
Take hold of me?
Where is the light? Why am I suffering?
Wake me up
So hard to take, my life is breaking
So hard to fake, my mind is waking
Backward thought, forward thinking
Forward thought, backward thinking
Help, I want to believe
Finding that what I’ve seen is calling me
Testing me, redefining everything I’ve been
Nothing is the same anymore
I’m a prisoner sent away from myself
Saving the fallen, they blame me
They’re calling
I’m reaching for something
It’s all coming from nothing I’ve known
Rebuild the past into something that’s new
Truth is not something I’ve seen
Changing my mind about me
Feeling my pride die
Changing my life finally
This feeling inside lied to me
I know what I must do. This world needs to be jolted awake. This change is necessary, and I will be the messenger. In a second, all will fall.
Existence is Just a State of Mind Darkane
Lost and forgotten
Emotions collide in
Empty battlefields
Denounced and rejected
Slowly fading away and into nothingness
Suddenly a sense reminds us
There’s nothing to take for granted
It surrounds us all
In a second all might fall
Existence is just a state of mind
Down and discarded
The lies construct a new reality
Complete isolation
Only self-abducting joy that might have been
Suddenly a sense reminds us
There’s nothing to take for granted
It surrounds us all
In a second all might fall
Existence is just a state of mind
Rise up reinstate
Stage your own escape
Dismantle asperity
Design your destiny
Suddenly a sense reminds us
There’s nothing to take for granted
It surrounds us all
In a second all might fall
Existence is just a state of mind
Suddenly the void collapses
Washed away like time forgotten
It surrounds us all
In a second all might fall
Existence is just a state of mind
My plan is in motion. I will erase this for you. I will drown out these demons. Collapse is inevitable. Change.
An Iteration So Blatantly Sound Under Sanction
An iteration so blatantly sound
Distinctly...we can drown these out
Polarized for the parallel horrors
in this endless fugue
Seize this opportunity
Right now
The buzz of a million
The buzz of a million
We will...
Drown out these demons
Drown out these demons
Drown these demons out
Yes we will
Oh yes we will
Oh yes we will
It’s just for a little...
You bring me here
You fell to me
And I will erase this for you
You begged me here
You fell to me
Overcome and put your fears aside
DROWN OUT THESE DEMONS
DROWN OUT THESE DEMONS
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It seems like for once I'm the only person who didn't send a single file :lol
Honestly I think my concept album works better without weird transition stuff since they're each 5 separate acts of a story.
Gonna listen to both of the ones posted so far, though, this weekend hopefully.
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https://open.spotify.com/user/1150414537/playlist/3Mid4K4UtwJRtfhUY85nW7?si=DExAXK2pSd-l63J8THgkjA
Well then, the final round. I don’t think I ever sent a single roulette round that’s this long. Almost 1,5 hours of music, 8 bands, 15 songs from 10 different albums. I present to you:
Reflections of Death & Life – A Retrospective
1. Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
2. Huntsmen – Pyre
3. Ancestors – Gone
4. Ancestors – Through a Window
5. Khemmis – Isolation
6. Hamferð – Frosthvarv
7. Electric Wizard – We Hate You
8. 1914 – Passchenhell
9. Hamferð – Hon Syndrast
10. Huntsmen – The Barrens
11. Khemmis – Above the Water
12. In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
13. Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
14. Khemmis – The Bereaved
15. Ancestors – The Warm Glow
The Story
Picture a man at the end of his life. Not necessarily an old man, but someone who doesn’t want to live anymore. He’s standing outside, in nature and nightfall is almost upon him, so he makes himself a campfire to stay a little warm. As he reflects on the life he lived, various memories come to him. He has lived a sad life, in which he has lost much. The first two tracks describe him at present, building a funeral pyre.. The next two songs (Gone & Through a Window) are our protagonist realising that there’s not a lot left to live for and he’s actually, metaphorically, ‘gone’ already. Isolation shows us that this torment has been going on for quite some time and that this moment in his life was bound to happen at some point. It is now that he begins reflecting on things that happened in his past life.
Both Frosthvarv and Hon Syndrast are sung in Faroëse, but the general theme of the album these songs come from is loss of loved ones. The album these songs are on is absolutely haunting and worth a listen on its own, but I picked these two songs as rather contrasting ideas with similarly genius compositions. We Hate You shows our protagonist going on a rampage at some point in his past, apparently having a hatred towards the world and the next song, Passchenhell shows us where that comes from. Although the latter is from an album specifically about the First World War, you can probably substitute WWI for any other war. I used this track to show that out protagonist has seen death and destruction, because he has fought in a terrible war. I’d say this is the ‘centrepiece’ of the album, because it shows where all his anger and hatred comes from.
The Barrens is situated in the present again and next track, Above the Water gives a glimpse of a very distant memory – the protagonist losing his father - among other things. Dialogue With the Stars, an instrumental, is a final attempt at finding meaning in his life, but his prayers find no answer in the darkness, thus follows I Don’t Love in which our protagonist states, for the first time, that he really doesn’t want to live anymore.
Both The Bereaved and The Warm Glow end our story. The former by accepting the loss he’s suffered in life, the latter by – probably – embracing death in the fire he built himself at the beginning.
I could have fleshed this out a little more, but in general I'm very happy with how it turned out. When listening to it over the past week, I thought of more things I could have said and found even more links between the songs. I'm quite sure there's something here for most, even though it gets quite gloomy.
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ariich's:
adding all those fancy "news clips" into your album, dang
I know the vangough songs already so won't comment on them
this dream the electric sleep song is way heavier than anything i've heard from them before
i only know in flames from a song or two they had in guitar hero, their style of music ain't really my thing but this is solid enough
same with soilwork really though they're intense enough that i do dig this one a fair bit, i know this album got a lot of acclaim when it came out lol
i dig this novallo song a lot actually, pretty good vocals mostly
i do feel less bad about having a blatant opeth ripoff album on my album considering the blatant pain of salvation ripoff vangough is on this album. neither of those are bad things to be, for the record
it'd suck to be the scientist. not only do you have to deal with the worst possible trolley problem, nobody can even understand what you're saying because you can only speak in growls
screw that righteous dude, tho, he's got my least favorite tracks and sounds like a total douchebag anyways
yeah i feel like i need to check out this dream the electric sleep album again
i like this last soilwork song more because it has proggier tendencies, naturally
i'm pretty sure this was my favorite song on that twelve foot ninja album, though considering what this represents in the story it feels a bit... lightweight for that to be effective, good tune tho
screw the righteous, why is he the ultimate winner of this story :tdwn
and they all died happily ever after, the end :)
yeah not super my album but at least there's one artist i wanna check out more now :lol
i might leave that burden on people sending them to me in my upcoming roulette which i'm gonna try and start pretty soon-ish? and then novallo hasn't put out a full album yet so i'll wait until they do that
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god y'all went with some depressing as hell concepts :lol
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god y'all went with some depressing as hell concepts :lol
Aren’t all concept albums serious and depressing? I thought that was like, the first rule of concept albums, especially for progressive and metal music. ;D
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god y'all went with some depressing as hell concepts :lol
Yeah, not a single happy concept album in sight from you guys. Where's Trainy when you need him?
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I would've had enough happiness to balance things out but someone kicked me out of the f'ing roulette :censored
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I would've had enough happiness to balance things out but someone kicked me out of the f'ing roulette :censored
:'(
Still waiting for your post roulette concept album :corn
and results from your roulette :biggrin:
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I'm currently working on that album, and results are tomorrow. :biggrin:
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god y'all went with some depressing as hell concepts :lol
Yeah, not a single happy concept album in sight from you guys. Where's Trainy when you need him?
hey at the very least my album doesn't end with most of humanity dying or a guy committing suicide :lol
just like, a lot of people dying in a war and then a lot of people being slain by mythical beasts and such
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god y'all went with some depressing as hell concepts :lol
Yeah, not a single happy concept album in sight from you guys. Where's Trainy when you need him?
hey at the very least my album doesn't end with most of humanity dying or a guy committing suicide :lol
just like, a lot of people dying in a war and then a lot of people being slain by mythical beasts and such
Death, death, and more death :lol
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yeah but it's not depressing death :sadpanda:
anyways congrats on your win ariich
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okay time for romdrums' album
i checked out the latest skyharbor album but it really didn't do much for me. i kinda dug guiding lights when that one came out but haven't really gone back to it much since then. new singer ain't no daniel tompkins though, he kinda lets down an otherwise solid tune.
this foes song sure exists. i dunno. i wasn't very interested in it
same with this shattered skies song lol. there isn't a ton to either of these songs except an okay chorus
this darkane song feels kind of absurdly out of place compared to the first few but if we're going with like, a different sound for each 'step' then i can't complain about that. i actually kinda dig this one, anyways, compared to the last few
like i dunno if i'd want a full album of darkane but one or two songs of this are, like, fine
i'm sorry but this stealing axion song flat bores me lol
i'd hate to say that the jolly interludes are some of my favorite parts of this but uuhhh
the under sanction tune is alright. kinda decent synth worth but that's all that stood out
your own cover track thing, uuhh i'll just say this style of gothic/darkwave w/e vocals just never does much for me so i don't really have any further commentary
i wanted to at least get to all the artists on your album once and now i've done that and there's like a half hour left and i can't say i'm too inclined to keep listening, sorry
not my roulette though so that doesn't mean much
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adding all those fancy "news clips" into your album, dang
Yeah I had fun doing that, helped tell the story.
this dream the electric sleep song is way heavier than anything i've heard from them before
yeah i feel like i need to check out this dream the electric sleep album again
There are a few cracking songs on that album. There's some filler as well IMO but overall I think it's excellent.
i do feel less bad about having a blatant opeth ripoff album on my album considering the blatant pain of salvation ripoff vangough is on this album. neither of those are bad things to be, for the record
Yeah there's a super strong Pain of Salvation influence throughout a lot of that album, but as I said in my roulette there's enough uniqueness still that it doesn't feel too much of a rip off or get in the way of it being really strong stuff.
screw the righteous, why is he the ultimate winner of this story :tdwn
:lol Yeah it's pretty bleak to be honest.
i dig this novallo song a lot actually, pretty good vocals mostly
novallo hasn't put out a full album yet so i'll wait until they do that
Their stuff is mostly much groovier (sort of pop djent) than the song I included here. Definitely recommend giving their second EP a listen at some point.
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By the way are we getting all the results at once, or is there going to be a tense, painful slow reveal?
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ariich i own the vangough album you don't need to sell it to me
and i hope it's a slow reveal so i can be out first and watch you writhe in agony over whether or not you won (you did)
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By the way are we getting all the results at once, or is there going to be a tense, painful slow reveal?
Maybe I'll drag it out and post 1 result per day, starting with 6th overall in the roulette. :biggrin:
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DO IT :metal
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didn't listen to elite's full album because it's 90 minutes long and i'm familiar with like two-thirds of it already (and disinterested in In Flames and Khemmis in general) but the stretch of hamferd to hamferd i listened to and i'm worried i'm sleeping on that album 'cause i dug both of those a lot, actually. 1914 was good too
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By the way are we getting all the results at once, or is there going to be a tense, painful slow reveal?
Maybe I'll drag it out and post 1 result per day, starting with 6th overall in the roulette. :biggrin:
No! Last round, I waited three days to find out I blew it. If my results aren't up by Tuesday, I automatically win! ;D
Next Puppy Post: TAC-6th Place. :lol
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TAC post your album i wanna listen to it
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By the way are we getting all the results at once, or is there going to be a tense, painful slow reveal?
Maybe I'll drag it out and post 1 result per day, starting with 6th overall in the roulette. :biggrin:
Next Puppy Post: TAC-6th Place. :lol
You are right! TAC gets 6th place, everyone else wins! On to the next roulette! :biggrin:
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:corn
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TAC post your album i wanna listen to it
https://open.spotify.com/user/tacdtf/playlist/5CghgUkmtcwuR1jpYasV9x?si=DoI53gpIQLqagVQxv9f0Cw
The last song is a short instrumental called Deliverance, by Before The Dawn. For some reason, it is now negated on Spotify.
Here's the track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGXEjQTZels
It's a story of how a murderer spends his final day before execution.
The tracks:
1. Let It Be Written-You Shall Not Murder
2. Karnya-Flooding Blood
3. Branch Arterial-My Curse
4. Scarlet Host-Altered State Of Denial
5. Euphoreon-Mirrors
6. Fractal Cypher-Idle Words
7. Frosttide-Final Hour (Instrumental)
8. Golden Resurrection-God's Mercy
9. Absolute Priority-Tragic Reconciliation
10. Mask Of Prospero-This Road Leads To Desolation
11. Lost Domain-...In The Waiting Room Of Death
12. Before The Dawn-Deliverance
The first half is the murderer reliving how he got to this point. He looks at his actions in Flooding Blood. Goes through the stages of Blame (My Curse), Denial (Altered State Of Denial), Rage (Mirrors) and finally acceptance (Idle Words).
The instrumental Version of Final Hour kicks off the 2nd half which is literally his final hour. He is visited by a Priest (God's Mercy) , attempts reconciliation (Tragic Reconciliation), and is left alone with his final thoughts (his Road leads To Desolation), and finally he enters The Waiting Room Of Death, which closes with some harsh vocals claiming his soul.
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Congrats ariich!
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So first things first. I couldn't decide between 2 album titles for the bonus point so I gave half a point to 2 albums. So without further ado, the final results in ascending order of the final score.
FINAL RESULTS!!!
Sixth Place
Lethean
The Polar Vortex
Genres - Gothic Metal, Power Metal, Heavy Metal, Progressive Metal
Countries of Origin - Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
First Impression - This is powerful stuff
Tracklist
1. Sonata Arctica - Caleb
2. Mindfeed - Mother
3. Spheric Universe Experience - So Cold
4. Superior - Ultra
5. Charon - Colder
6. Angel Dust - Bleed
7. Madsword - Time in the Ice
8. Kamelot - EdenEcho
9. Sonata Arctica - Broken
10. Darkwater - Tallest Tree
The way this story played out and how the second half in particular finished actually hit me in a way I wasn't really expecting after reading your explanation of the story. In a nutshell, a man has a rough time growing up. Hated by his father, unwanted by his mother, as depicted in the opening two tracks. He was a broken man and eventually fell in with the wrong crowd, particularly one person who was the leader of this group of people. Even though this man took care of our protagonist, he was bad news. Our protagonist found himself helping in an uprising. Years later the world, as people had known it, had been destroyed because of this uprising. In the track Time in the Ice, our protagonist regrets his part in it and finds someone who could help him to move on to another world to start over. He fell in love with someone in this new world (EdenEcho) who unbeknownst to our protagonist escaped the same way he did, but she left him because he wouldn't open up to her about his past. Years went by and just when he thought his life could be no more empty (Broken), she came back, determined to help him get over his past and find peace together in this new world. Something about the particulars of this story just pull at me emotionally and I'm not really sure what it is. Something about how down to earth the story starts and then it takes this fantastical sci-fi turn of being able to traverse to another world where one can live forever. And despite being able to live forever, our protagonist just wants to have the companionship and love of someone close to him, more than anything else.
The songs themselves are sort of a mixed bag. The album starts off quite well with the trio of Caleb, Mother, and So Cold. You can really hear the emotion of our protagonist in the first 2 songs in particular. So Cold has some really cool melodies, but the vocals are a little distracting at times. Ultra is a really polarizing song for me. The music is good throughout most of it, as is the vocals, but the song gets really repetitive after a while. There just isn't enough going on to justify its six and a half minute run time. Colder takes a turn to some more Gothic oriented metal. I never was a fan of just straight Gothic Metal. It's mostly too bland for my tastes and this song is no different. The vocal melodies are nice enough and there's even a cool guitar solo, but the rest of it leaves a lot to be desired. Bleed brings us back in to some more awesome riffage and head bangable music. Even though it sounds like the vocalist is trying to do his best to sound like Dio, I still find his vocals enjoyable. Then again I like Dio, so..... Plus that vocal melody in the chorus is just awesome! This song was a real grower, because I didn't really like it on first listen, and now it's one of my favorites on the album. Time in the Ice is another favorite. I'm not sure how I never heard of Madsword before, because this is pretty awesome Prog Metal. The vocals don't do much for me and the keyboards get a little cheesy at times, but the music is top notch. Reminds me a lot of Empty Tremor. EdenEcho really helps push the story forward and is a pretty good symphonic power metal tune to boot. Broken didn't really do as much for me as the other Sonata Arctica song, but it's not a bad song. The vocal melodies sound a little bland throughout the song and the music seems a bit uninspired. Tallest Tree on the other hand is a great song. I remember listening to this Darkwater album years ago and then forgetting all about it. So thanks for bringing it back to my attention with this song. Great melodies and great emotional singing. Also a wonderful way to finish the album and story.
Album Score - 15.8/20
The way this album flows even without any song edits is actually really good. There weren't any noticeable cuts or awkward transitions. The story despite really speaking to me, was a little scattered and probably could have been more focused, but it was still coherent and understandable. The music all ties in really well together with the odd song out being Colder. It just didn't live up to the quality of the rest of the songs here.
Flow Score - 7.5/10
Total Score - 23.3
Fifth Place
Romdrums
Collapse of Our Godforsaken Existence
Genres - Djent, Melodic Death Metal, Post Rock, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock, Synth Pop
Countries of Origin - India, Ireland, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
First Impression - A pretty stellar second half, marred only by a not so stellar first half
Tracklist
1. Jolly - Guidance One
2. Skyharbor - Dim
3. Foes - Beautiful Fiction
4. Shattered Skies - You Will Know My Name
5. Jolly - Guidance Two
6. Darkane - Godforsaken Universe
7. Darkane - Ostracized
8. Stealing Axion - Parallel Futures
9. Jolly - Guidance Three
10. Under Sanction - Live Here When I Die
11. Romdrums - Invisible Sun
12. Stealing Axion - Collapse
13. Jolly - Guidance Four
14. Stealing Axion - Dreams Reversed
15. Darkane - Existence Is Just a State of Mind
16. Under Sanction - An Iteration So Blatantly Sound
I'll just come right out of the gates and say the first half is dragged down by Darkane. I'm not at all in to this band. The vocals are annoying to me and so is the music. Then there's the production which in my opinion is pretty bad. The 3rd Darkane song is better and serves the second half pretty well, but it's still not something I would ever come back to. RYM and Metal Archives has them listed as Melodic Death Metal, but I just don't see it. They sound more like more of a type of Groove metal, and not a very good one. Anyway, on the more positive side, I really like the story you have laid out here. It's not really a happy story, but it could be a story of triumph over evil, possibly. The story seems to be left intentionally vague on the outcome. Either that or I missed something, which is entirely possible. Either way I like the way you intertwined the Guidance tracks with the rest of the songs to tell the story.
As for the songs not by Darkane, starting with Skyharbor's Dim, I actually enjoyed this mostly. I remember hearing some Skyharbor back when they first started and had Daniel Tompkins on vocals. I know I liked it, but never came back to them for some reason (probably just fell through the cracks). This guy on vocals is definitely competent enough, but is no Daniel Tompkins. The music goes through a few different movements and is fairly interesting throughout with some great melodies and atmosphere. Beautiful Fiction has a pretty cool catchy chorus and some neat drum work, but the rest of the song doesn't do much for me. I feel like this is a band that I would need some time to sit down with the album and get the full context. I will probably circle back around to this band at some point. You Will Know My Name is very Djenty Prog Metal, but with some interesting 80's pop style keyboards. I find the combination intriguing. Reminds me a bit of Haken's Affinity album. If they were to eliminate the Djent from the song it probably could have benefited. I do want to quickly mention a couple of redeeming qualities of the Darkane songs. There are some interesting guitar solos and the slower parts are kind of OK. Moving on, Parallel Futures kind of sounds like a less heavy Meshuggah with clean vocals at times. They have the poly-rhythm drums patterns down pat along with the heavy guitar chugging, but then they have these melodic guitar leads underneath clean singing. I guess overall I can say it's pretty decent. There is cool stuff going on, but like Foes I think I may need to hear the album as a whole to truly get it. Live Here When I Die is where things become much better in my opinion. I really like this song. It's a sort of mix of Post Rock with Electronica. It kind of reminds me a bit of Long Distance Calling's Trips album. I have to give you props for sending me something you personally did. Invisible Sun is one of my favorite Police songs and you took it in a whole new direction. Sounds like if Depeche Mode did a Police cover. No idea if that's what you were going for, but that's what I hear. I really like the synths used here and the drums are cool. The vocals in the beginning aren't that great to me, but they get better in the second half. Really enjoyable cover, thanks for sending this. Collapse isn't quite as interesting as the first Stealing Axion song, but it's still enjoyable enough. Dreams Reversed on the other hand is a whole other story. This song is really really good, a nice slow burner. It's like if Dream Theater went Djent. I love the bass tone here (that low growly tone). The slow buildup is quite nice too. The last Darkane song, as I said earlier, is the best of the 3. With it's much more memorable riffs and less annoying song structure. Still dislike the vocals. The final track, An Iteration So Blatantly Sound, is a completely different beast from the first Under Sanction track. This one has a nice buildup and unlike the other one, vocals. I don't think this one is as strong, though. The vocals kind of detract from the music a bit here. The music is still pretty powerful and I like the way it ends.
Album Score - 14.7/20
Lyrically this all works and flows really well. As I said above the use of the Guidance tracks helped out a lot here. Your transitions are also almost all spot on. Some of the music I had a problem with, mostly Darkane just didn't work or fit for me musically. The story also flows well.
Flow Score - 8/10
Total Score - 22.7
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Congrats ariich!
Also, damn, I must've scored at least 26/30 if I outplaced romdrums
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Congrats ariich!
Also, damn, I must've scored at least 26/30 if I outplaced romdrums
To be fair, I enjoyed the majority of all of the Concept albums. Some more so than others.
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yeah i'm just surprised that i didn't show up in the first post there with how far behind i was before this round score-wise
Elite has to outscore ariich by 5 points to win, though, which I find unlikely.
TAC needs 5.4.
I need 7.4 :lol
and i thought ariich's album was pretty good so i doubt it scored that low
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Fourth Place
Elite
Reflections of Death & Life – A Restrospective
Genres - Atmospheric Sludge Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Psychedelic Rock, Shoegaze
Countries of Origin - Faroe Islands, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
First Impression - There was one band I was worried about going in to this, but it fit surprisingly well
Tracklist
1. Huntsmen – Bury Me Deep
2. Huntsmen – Pyre
3. Ancestors – Gone
4. Ancestors – Through a Window
5. Khemmis – Isolation
6. Hamferð – Frosthvarv
7. Electric Wizard – We Hate You
8. 1914 – Passchenhell
9. Hamferð – Hon Syndrast
10. Huntsmen – The Barrens
11. Khemmis – Above the Water
12. In Flames – Dialogue With the Stars
13. Have a Nice Life – I Don’t Love
14. Khemmis – The Bereaved
15. Ancestors – The Warm Glow
The first 6 tracks here are all phenomenal and all work extremely well for the concept of your album. They all evoke this idea of relaxing and reflecting on life. In the case of this album our protagonist is sitting in reflection of the sad life that he has lived and realizing he has nothing left to live for. He reflects on the loss he has had to endure, the tragedies of wars he fought in, his futile attempts to live a happy life. The second half of the album shows him coming to grips with the fact that he just does not want to live anymore and eventually taking his own life. Cheerful stuff! The fact of the matter is, it's all told beautifully. The majority of these songs here have aspects of them that are just beautiful musically. Sad music is often coupled together with a sense of beauty. Songs like Gone and Isolation both have these beautiful melodies even though the lyrics are more depressing. Both Ancestors and Huntsmen seem to have perfected doomy sludgy song writing. Keeping it interesting, without overdoing it with having songs going on for too long with extended bits that don't go anywhere or get boring. Khemmis is a whole other beast. Still firmly in the Doom metal genre, but taking a way more traditional doom approach, similar to bands like Candlemass and Pallbearer. There are some tasty guitar solos spread throughout their songs, great riffs, and fantastic song writing. The lyrics also fit perfectly. Hamferð is yet again similar, but different. They are doom metal with a bit of a death metal approach. They remind me a bit of an early Swallow the Sun. Their songs have this power to them that is perfectly counterbalanced by the beautiful lighter parts driven by piano. Electric Wizard was the one band I was worried about going in to this. I've sampled some of their songs years ago and never really cared for them. I still don't think I will further check out the band, since I don't particularly care for their style as much, but this song fits fairly well lyrically, with another painful memory of our protagonist. Musically it's a bit of an outlier. 1914 has more of a blackened doom metal approach. You had mentioned in your PM that this was kind of a centerpiece of the album, showing the root of the protagonists issues and his anger and hatred for life. Musically there's some really cool stuff going on here, bu the song goes on a tad longer than it should have. The final 6 tracks are almost as phenomenal as the first 6 (the middle 3 being the weakest). Starting with The Barrens (that second half!) we get a great buildup to the grand finale with the final 2 tracks The Bereaved and The Warm Glow. What a fantastic way to end the album, both musically and lyrically. The Have a Nice Life track coming across almost like a surreal dream and while I'm still on the fence about whether or not I really like this track, it's fitting. But as I said, those final 2 songs, just wow. Ending on the highest of high notes.
Album Score - 17.2/20
The flow is actually done pretty well for not doing any editing to the songs. There are a couple of rough transitions, but nothing truly terrible. The lyrical connections throughout are really good and keeps the story moving and coherent. Musically it all works really well too. The vast majority is rooted in Doom Metal in some way, with the exception of 2 songs (Dialogue with the Stars and I Don't Love), but even those work well in context.
Flow Score - 7.5/10
Total Score - 24.7
Third Place
Parama
The Fall of Troy | Les Voyages de l'Âme
Genres - Atmospheric Black Metal, Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Psychedelic Metal
Countries of Origin - Canada, Greece, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States
First Impression - It's both epic and a bit of a mixed bag at the same time
Tracklist
The Fall of Troy
1. Oak Pantheon - Climb
2. Usurpress - Ships of Black Glass
3. Headspace - In Hell's Name
4. The Earth and I - She Abandons the Grey
5. An Abstract Illusion - Skeletons of Light
Les Voyages de l'Âme
1. Hail Spirit Noir - The Mermaid
2. Anciients - Ibex Eye
3. Oak Pantheon - Enormity
4. Piah Mater - Earthbound Ruins
5. Extremities - The Inward Eye
I like the way this concept album was laid out. Two separate but interconnected stories is a nice touch. Or I guess it could be looked at as a story and its sequel. The first part, The Fall of Troy, reminds me a bit of a book series that I read a while back called The Castes and the Outcastes. I like how the story begins with Climb. The lyrics seem like it's told from the perspective of the oppressed lower classes of this city. They see a way to overthrow the oppressive upper classes. Musically this is really great, sounding similar to Agalloch in a lot of ways (folky and atmospheric), but with more Post Metal and a bit more traditional Black Metal. Ships of Black Glass is a great follow up and the perfect song stylistically to present the next part of the story. It's this dirty sounding sludgy Death metal, but with some old school prog rock tendencies. Musically I don't think I've heard anything quite like this before. It's quite an interesting song. The song depicts the uprising of the lower class as war breaks out in the city. They want to change the old way of oppressive rule. They even bring in outside help from other nations in the world that are sympathetic to their cause. In Hell's Name tells the story through the eyes of one of the soldiers fighting for the upper class. As he fights for the only way of life he has ever known, he begins to question his faith. This song has a great build up and the music and lyrics really depict the soldiers thought process really well as he fights on and struggles with his own possible wavering faith. I've never really been the biggest fan of Damien Wilson in Threshold (I always preferred Andrew McDermott) and other projects I've heard him in, but this is the best he's sounded in anything I've heard him in. Plus the ending of this song is pretty epic. She Abandons the Grey is just a fantastic piece of music. I love the vocals. It takes a very post rock approach to the song writing, going back and forth from heavier louder sections to lighter more beautiful parts. In some ways this band reminds me of Rolo Tomassi and Oathbreaker, but they definitely have their own sound. Story wise, this shows the tide of the battle turn heavily in favor of the rebellion as they storm the castle and strike down the queen as the king flees. The last song in part 1 is from the kings perspective as he goes back to his dying queen. He watches her die and in his despair kills himself to be reunited with her in death. Musically this is a tour de force. It's like all the best parts of In Mourning and Wintersun boiled in to one, with some black metal aspects similar to Negura Bunget and Windir. Even some of the melodies reminds me of Caligula's Horse and Haken. It's epic, beautiful, heavy, and atmospheric. This is a band that I really want to check out further.
Part 1 Album Score - 18.4/20
The second part of this 2 part epic is a bit more of a mixed bag for me musically. The story is great, the tale of one of the soldiers that fought in the war in the first part making the long journey home with the men he commanded and the hardships they endured. Losing men to various forces of nature and other calamities until it's only the commander finishing the journey by himself. I mostly want to talk about the music here. Starting with The Mermaid. This may not be the popular opinion on the DTF boards, but Hail Spirit Noir just isn't as great as I've heard them made out to be. I like the way this song starts. It has a very Deep Purple vibe to it, and they have some distinct Oranssi Pazuzu (a band I love) similarities too. The biggest issues I have are the vocals and the length of the song. The vocals aren't terrible, but just don't work too well for me, the clean nor the harsh. The song is also just too long for what it is. Now make no mistake, there are some really cool parts. The whole intro is pretty nice and that keyboard section right about halfway through is pretty rad. The song does also go through some interesting changes, but by about 7-8 minutes in I'm ready for it to be over. Ibex Eye on the other hand is a much more interesting song, but still not a good as anything in Part 1. These guys take a very Mastodon (Crack the Skye era) approach. I can appreciate this, because I've been waiting for Mastodon to do something noteworthy since that album...so anything that sounds similar is welcome in my book. I'm glad you included a second Oak Pantheon song on here. This one takes quite a bit of a different approach to Climb, but you can still tell it's the same band. I love that melodic guitar lead that starts at about 3:30, this also sounds similar to Mastodon, but that's about the only thing that sounds similar to Mastodon here. Again the biggest similarity is Agalloch. The only thing that holds this back from being as good as Agalloch is their respective ability to weave the various parts of the song together without it feeling stitched together. Agalloch had an otherworldly ability to do this, while Oak Pantheon still needs a little work. Besides that the song is super enjoyable. Piah Mater is next with what you called an Opeth clone. I actually think they sound like Enslaved way more. Especially their Isa through Axioma Ethica Odini era. The guitar tone and sound, the vocals, both harsh and clean, the chord progressions. Then again the Opeth similarities are there, but I think that's to be expected since Opeth and Enslaved both followed a similar career path in changing styles. The difference being Opeth was grounded in Death Metal and Enslaved was grounded in Black Metal. This is a good song nonetheless. The Inward Eye took me a few listens to really get in to, but boy when I did it became my favorite song of Part 2. I mean it was easy to enjoy the saxophone used liberally throughout, but who doesn't love a good sax in their metal. I think the length and the varying parts just took a while to coalesce in to something magical for me. Also the vocals were a bit a of a turn off on first listen. I grew to love them though and even found myself singing along to most of the song. I also like the way it finishes telling the story. Great song choice to end this monster of a concept double album!
Part 2 Album Score - 17.2/20
Total Album Score - 17.8/20
For not doing your usual song edits this flows extremely well. I'm not even going to make a big stink about the fade outs. It all works well together. The only song musically that may be a little out of place is In Hell's Name, but it's still a great song and it isn't that far off genre-wise. The story is extremely well put together and thought out and the lyrics really reflect that.
Flow score - 9.5/10
Split bonus for Album Title - .5
Bonus for Favorite Song - 1
Total Score - 28.8
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Yeah I'm more than satsified with that :metal
man, if I hadn't sent The Antlers I bet I'd have won this whole thing (unless ariich's album just scores like a perfect score lol), ahh well, can't complain about this :metal
and favorite song is she abandons the grey then? that's kinda funny since it was about the last song I put on the album, honestly the original concept album was just gonna be the disc 2 story too so I'm glad I made it a double one
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Second Place
TAC
The Sixth Commandment (The Final Day)
Genres - Melodic Death Metal, Metalcore, Power Metal, Progressive Metal
Countries of Origin - Australia, Canada, Finland, Greece, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden
First Impression - This flows surprisingly well and is fairly diverse to boot (considering the genres involved)
Tracklist
1. Let It Be Written - You Shall Not Murder
2. Karnya - Flooding Blood
3. Branch Arterial - My Curse
4. Scarlet Host - Altered State Of Denial
5. Euphoreon - Mirrors
6. Fractal Cypher - Idle Words
7. Frosttide - Final Hour (Instrumental)
8. Golden Resurrection - God's Mercy
9. Absolute Priority - Tragic Reconciliation
10. Mask Of Prospero - This Road Leads To Desolation
11. Lost Domain - ...In The Waiting Room Of Death
12. Before The Dawn - Deliverance
So the songs on this album are all so good, I don't even really want to talk about the story. Although the story is pretty good too, so I will give a few of my thoughts. First of all beginning and ending the album with instrumentals works really well here. And using an instrumental to begin the second half works well as a transition between the lead up to this man's execution and then his final hour. In the end I think the man found peace and accepted his fate, at least that's my interpretation.
On to the songs themselves. First off you have the band Let It Be Written, which I had never heard of before and I couldn't find much info on them either. Nothing on Metal Archives or RYM and basically nothing on Last.fm. No matter, this is a pretty cracking way to open the album. Great riffs, a great solo, and a song title fitting for the concept of the album. Flooding Blood is a great song for showing how broken this man is, his internal thoughts and the lead up to the murder. The music is a fantastic blend of Power and Progressive Metal with great melodic solos and some fantastic singing (he has great range and lots of styles at his disposal). Then a keyboard solo from what sounds like Falling Into Infinity era (or I guess really any era) Derek Sherinian (I looked, it's not him). There are a lot of obvious Dream Theaterisms in this song too, but they all work for me. My Curse from Branch Arterial is another awesome song. This is another band where I could find almost no info. This song reminds me a lot of The Great Discord's first album, which is a good thing. The vocals are very similar, as is the music. Scarlet Host's Altered State of Denial is more melodic Prog Metal. This is a really good song, but the vocals feel slightly buried in the mix. Actually the overall production of the song is kind of weak (I know, I'm extremely anal about these things). With better production this would easily be on par with the Karnya song. Mirrors on the other hand is quite awesome. That lead guitar melody is really cool (it reminds me of something Joe Satriani would do) and the symphonic keyboards add a lot of atmosphere to the song. The background choir vocals are nice too. The lead vocals are a little overbearing at times, but not enough to ruin the enjoyment of the song. Idle Words started out as the weakest song on the album for me, but it has since grown on me. I didn't like the djentyness of it mixed with the other songs of the album at first, but it doesn't really bother me anymore because there is a lot more to this song. I especially like the second half with the jazzy stuff. The lyrics are also really fitting for the concept. I love the instrumental take of Final Hour. I listened to the other version out of curiosity and I think it was wise to use the instrumental version. It has this grandiose epicness to it. It reminds me of Equilibrium's Mana, but not quite as epic or nearly as long, but there's still some great keyboards and melodies and several movements it goes through. God's Mercy was a great choice for representing the priest visiting this man on death row. And while I believe this is my least favorite song on the album (vocals don't grab me and the majority of the music is fairly pedestrian), it still serves it's purpose to drive the album forward. Plus it has a cool Yngwie-esque guitar solo in the back half. Tragic Reconciliation is yet another good Prog metal song. This time reminding me of Queensryche in places and a little bit of Rush (mostly in the phrasing in the guitar solos). To me This Road Leads to Desolation and In the Waiting Room of Death work well hand in hand. This was a great way to close out the album along with Deliverance. The first two definitely have this sense of panic, dread, acceptance, fear, regret, and whole slew of other emotions as the main character is lead to the figurative gallows. They are both great songs, but I think the Lost Domain song is my favorite on the album. It definitely tugs at your emotions. The keyboards/pianos in the beginning are perfect. Both styles of vocals are also very welcome here. Fantastic choice for the end of the story for our main character. Deliverance is a good way to end, signifying the man drifting off to sleep in death.....and the end.......or is it....?
Album Score - 17.5/20
This album flows really well, not just in the transitions between songs, but lyrical cohesiveness, musically, and even vocally. It really sounds like someone like Arjen Lucassen or Devin Townsend could have put something like this together in to a concept album with a whole bunch of guest vocalists.
Flow Score - 9.5/10
Split bonus for Album Title - .5
Total Score - 27.5
AND THE WINNER! (to no ones surprise)
Ariich
The Fall and the Flood
Genres - Alternative Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Progressive Rock
Countries of Origin - Australia, Sweden, United States
First Impression - Great story telling and music that is both fitting and works well as a whole
Tracklist
1. Vangough - Thy Flesh Consumed
2. Dream the Electric Sleep - Black Wind
3. In Flames - Bullet Ride
4. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic
5. Novallo - Give Gravity a Choice
6. Vangough - Infestation
7. Soilwork - Death in General
8. In Flames - Only For the Weak
9. Dream the Electric Sleep - Culling the Herd
10. Soilwork - The Ride Majestic (Aspire Angelic)
11. Twelve Foot Ninja - Deluge
12. In Flames - Swim
13. Vangough - Between the Madness
This is quite the ambitious undertaking. A lot of thought went in to this, it seems. You even used the different bands as different characters in the story you constructed. I like that. The story isn't exactly original, but it is told a bit differently than the traditional "Ruthless new disease nearly wipes out mankind" story. Starting in order of the tracklist, the first character we are introduced to is The Disease (Vangough). The song titles alone for the Vangough songs work well to tell the story of the disease. From where it begins (even though Thy Flesh Consumed and Between the Madness are instrumental), it has this sinister vibe to all their tracks. It even takes on a bit of a sentient quality in Infestation. Almost like it's taunting humanity, trying to take control or exterminate for it's own nefarious purposes. The next character we are introduced to is The Dying (Dream the Electric Sleep). This is one of infected and is suffering and he refers to the disease as The Black Wind. This poor sod (and others infected) is opposed by the next character The Righteous (In Flames), who believe the ones infected only have themselves to blame for not being pure, believing the infected to be evil and cowards for not becoming like the righteous and they eventually convince the Dying that they are right. The Righteous believe themselves to be impervious to the disease (or are they just lucky?). Next we have the Scientist (Soilwork), who thinks he has a cure, but it requires killing all those who are already infected, but he is conflicted on this solution because of the moral implications. Then you have The Hopeful (Novallo), who thinks that mankind doesn't need to resort to a purge to save themselves. Long story short, after humanity tries unsuccessfully to eradicate the disease, they finally resort to the purge, which introduces us to the last character, The Storm (Twelve Foot Ninja) which does exactly that, purges all who are infected. This eradicates the disease but mankind is left decimated and under the rule of The Righteous.....Kind of a depressing ending, even though they got rid of the disease.
So the music here mostly fits really well. The Vangough songs aren't my favorites musically, but they work within the context of the album as a whole. Thy Flesh Consumed being my least favorite of the Vangough tracks, although it works well to convey the sinister nature of the disease. That instrumental break in Infestation is really cool. The Dream the Electric Sleep tracks are both really good, especially Black Wind. The music is fantastic and the emotional quality of the vocals/lyrics fit really well with the story. I really like the In Flames and Soilwork tracks, being the style of Melodic Death Metal that I gravitate towards most. The In Flames tracks being used as The Righteous, these holy ones or priests, reminds me a bit of Rush's 2112, where when the Priests of the Temple of Syrinx come in and Geddy basically screams their vocal lines. It shows how brash and loud these "religious" figures are and how oppressive they are to those they believe to be beneath them or insignificant. Not sure if that's what you were going for, but that's what I got out of it. The Soilwork track Death In General has a really cool intro and I've always liked Bjorn Strid's clean vocals. The Novallo track isn't the most interesting here, but it works well story-wise, and it isn't a bad track. The only track that I actually disliked was the Twelve Foot Ninja song. This song to me was kind of bland and the vocals were not good (they reminded me too much of typical radio rock). Musically it just did nothing for me. I like the way this album ends with Swim and Between the Madness. These two songs are a great conclusion to a really good concept album.
Album Score - 15.9/20
You executed the flow of this album almost perfectly. I particularly liked how you added in these spoken word news clips giving updates of what the disease was doing to the world at large. This helped immensely with the flow of not only the story, but the album as a whole. The way you got the tracks to flow from one to the next was also done superbly. The various bands also, mostly, worked well together. The only 2 outliers being Novallo and Twelve Foot Ninja.
Flow Score - 9/10
Total Score - 24.9
Ariich - 9.5, 7, 7.8, 8, 20.2, 9.7, 9.8, 7.9, 18.5, 24.9 = 123.3
TAC - 7.6, 8, 9.1, 8.8, 19.5, 9, 7.1, 9.9, 14, 27.5 = 120.5
Parama - 9.1, 8.7, 6.7, 8.9, 17.7, 8.5, 9, 4.8, 17.6, 28.8 = 119.8
Elite - 7.8, 7.4, 8.3, 9, 16.2, 9.5, 8.8, 8, 18.4, 24.7 = 118.1
Romdrums - 7.7, 8.5, 8.7, 9.5, 20.1, 8.7, 7, 7, 17, 22.7 = 116.9
Lethean - 6.8, 7.8, 6.6, 6.8, 21.7, 8.5, 8.5, 7, 17.2, 23.3 = 114.2
Kattelox - 9, 9, 9, 6.8, 15.5, 5.5, 9.6, 9.5, 16.7 = 90.6
Jingle - 8.3, 6, 8, 7.7, 19.9, 7.2, 7, 9.3, 15.9 = 89.3
Evermind - 8.2, 7.5, 8.5, 6, 21.5, 9.4 = 61.1
Sacul - 8.5, 8.5, 5.9, 8.4, 15.4 = 46.7
Indiscipline - 7.5, 8, 5.8, 7, 18.1 = 46.4
Stadler - 6.4, 7, 6, 6.5, 18.1 = 44
Shadow Ninja - 5.5
Lordcost - 4.5
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Conriich argrats!
I'm satisfied with taking the highest score of the album round, if nothing else :metal
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Congrats Ariich!
And Parama for having the highest scoring concept album.
I'm relieved that mine wasn't an embarrassment. :) In all seriousness - very glad you got some enjoyment out of it.
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and favorite song is she abandons the grey then? that's kinda funny since it was about the last song I put on the album, honestly the original concept album was just gonna be the disc 2 story too so I'm glad I made it a double one
It was actually Skeletons of Light. I forgot to mention that in the write up.
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Ahh, nice :metal
I wasn't super huge on that album as a whole (don't get me wrong it's good but not consistently good enough to be a fave) but Skeletons of Light is the real big standout
in other news, as soon as stads puts up his next results i think it'll finally be my turn to roulette it up in here :corn
been spending the past hour working on my rules & banned list. the banned list is, as ever, too big
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Yay! :D :heart
Glad you liked it dude. Yeah musically the Novallo and TFN were slightly out of place with the rest, but they fit well lyrically and I really like both so. :P
The In Flames tracks being used as The Righteous, these holy ones or priests, reminds me a bit of Rush's 2112, where when the Priests of the Temple of Syrinx come in and Geddy basically screams their vocal lines. It shows how brash and loud these "religious" figures are and how oppressive they are to those they believe to be beneath them or insignificant. Not sure if that's what you were going for, but that's what I got out of it.
I hadn't specifically thoughts of the 2112 connection (but that's a good shout), but in general yeah I did have that in mind which was why I felt In Flames could work for the character.
Thanks for having me Pup, this was a really ambitious but awesome roulette and I'm glad I was able to introduce you to some music that you loved!
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Yay! :D :heart
Glad you liked it dude. Yeah musically the Novallo and TFN were slightly out of place with the rest, but they fit well lyrically and I really like both so. :P
The In Flames tracks being used as The Righteous, these holy ones or priests, reminds me a bit of Rush's 2112, where when the Priests of the Temple of Syrinx come in and Geddy basically screams their vocal lines. It shows how brash and loud these "religious" figures are and how oppressive they are to those they believe to be beneath them or insignificant. Not sure if that's what you were going for, but that's what I got out of it.
I hadn't specifically thoughts of the 2112 connection (but that's a good shout), but in general yeah I did have that in mind which was why I felt In Flames could work for the character.
Thanks for having me Pup, this was a really ambitious but awesome roulette and I'm glad I was able to introduce you to some music that you loved!
Yeah, ambitious is a bit of an understatement. I think I burnt myself out on running roulette's for a while with this one, but it was fun. And I'm still having fun participating in other peoples roulette's. I think the next time I run a roulette it will most likely be a mini-roulette of EP's, similar to what Parama has planned for his.
You are right though, I did get a ton of awesome music from you and everyone else that participated. :tup
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i actually like the concept album idea enough that my last round is gonna be something similar, though with a much shorter length limit :P
but yeah really as soon as stads puts his results up and bolsters gives me the go-ahead i'll put my roulette up and y'all can both send me some crap. ariich actually has a free pass on the prelims for winning my last roulette but everyone else has to fight to the death
puppies can we do hangmang for jingle and katt's albums?
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i actually like the concept album idea enough that my last round is gonna be something similar, though with a much shorter length limit :P
but yeah really as soon as stads puts his results up and bolsters gives me the go-ahead i'll put my roulette up and y'all can both send me some crap. ariich actually has a free pass on the prelims for winning my last roulette but everyone else has to fight to the death
puppies can we do hangmang for jingle and katt's albums?
Sending Absu in the first round :biggrin:
And yeah I'll do a hangmememememes once I have them both. Assuming they are still sending them. Last I heard they are....Jingle? Kat?
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oh yeah i should put absu on the banned list, thanks
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oh yeah i should put absu on the banned list, thanks
I suppose I really should start putting together some rough ideas and concepts of EP's to send you. No Absu, I promise. :lol
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just a heads-up that the prelim round isn't gonna be full-length EPs, so wait a bit until I put the thread up. you'll have a week to put something together anyways
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I'll just be putting together some rough ideas, gathering songs that I think you will like. I can form the narratives later when the time comes. Unless there are specific themes....Ooh that might be a cool idea......hmm...
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well i hope you make it past the prelims since we have a lot of musical overlap and i want to hear the good stuff you've got without being subjected to absu :metal
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but yeah really as soon as stads puts his results up and bolsters gives me the go-ahead i'll put my roulette up
There's no reason to wait for me if he posts round seven results and I'm still asleep or something, just go ahead and start. :corn
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Congrats ariich! :metal
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Congrats ariich!
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Rich be rollin.
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Dammit ariich.
Congrats. I’m your second place bitch again!!
Glad to represent the Fogeys. Greatest Hits round killed me. And I was really confident too.
Pup, could you open my CD cover? I worked hard on that thing! :lol
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You did beat me pretty comfortably in the concept album final, so I'm just glad I at least did well enough to still win. Man, if I'd thrown that away.
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technically the antlers was the last thing i sent to puppies this roulette so i threw away my chances pretty concisely with that :sadpanda:
not my fault puppies doesn't like a good album though so w/e
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Puppies, I'm glad you dug the Stealing Axion material. Their second album Aeons is definitely worth checking out. The first one, Moments, is solid as well, but I really think they nailed it with Aeons. Kind of bummed I dropped from second to fifth with the concept round, but hey, I'm glad to have made it to the end, especially with the strength of the competition going into the final round. This was a fun roulette for sure. :metal
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I think my EP is the main reason I made it in to the final round; the greatest hits did pretty well too. But after the first few album rounds I certainly thought I was done.
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I'm glad everyone seems to have enjoyed the roulette, even though it was a long road. I know I enjoyed it! It's going to be a while before I do another one, though. And it's certainly not going to be this long next time.
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I'm glad everyone seems to have enjoyed the roulette, even though it was a long road. I know I enjoyed it! It's going to be a while before I do another one, though. And it's certainly not going to be this long next time.
It was a fucking marathon, holy shit! :lol
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I'm glad everyone seems to have enjoyed the roulette, even though it was a long road. I know I enjoyed it! It's going to be a while before I do another one, though. And it's certainly not going to be this long next time.
It was a fucking marathon, holy shit! :lol
Almost 4 1/2 months start to finish.
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Just curious if Kat and Jingle are still sending me those post roulette concept albums?
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Just curious if Kat and Jingle are still sending me those post roulette concept albums?
Remind me ... do you have Spotify? Can I just share the playlist?
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Scratch that... I remember now - you're a Google Play kinda guy, right? Well, I'll send you the song/album/tracklist, and let you build your own playlist. Will send in the morning. It's bed-time for this cochise.
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Scratch that... I remember now - you're a Google Play kinda guy, right? Well, I'll send you the song/album/tracklist, and let you build your own playlist. Will send in the morning. It's bed-time for this cochise.
That works for me :tup
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I am but I'm so busy doing my roulette that I'm slacking. Also I noticed Sonata was used again after I used them so is there room to use artists again or something? :P
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I am but I'm so busy doing my roulette that I'm slacking. Also I noticed Sonata was used again after I used them so is there room to use artists again or something? :P
Just send what you had planned ... it's not like we're bound by official rules at this point. :D
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I am but I'm so busy doing my roulette that I'm slacking. Also I noticed Sonata was used again after I used them so is there room to use artists again or something? :P
Just send what you had planned ... it's not like we're bound by official rules at this point. :D
Yeah, go for it! :tup
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Oh thank god, that'll make this so much easier. OK. I have the day off work and possibly most of tomorrow so I'll get cracking on it best I can while working my roulette.
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Oh thank god, that'll make this so much easier. OK. I have the day off work and possibly most of tomorrow so I'll get cracking on it best I can while working my roulette.
No rush, this is all post roulette anyway. :corn
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Sorry for being late to the (already finished) party, but congrats Rich and thanks for hosting this thing Pup! It’s been fun (and long indeed, but what the hell) and I’m glad I was able to send you stuff you enjoyed, even up to the last round. With regards to my concept album, you should probably check out both Huntsmen and Ancestors and Khemmis has some cool stuff as well that would appeal to some others here as well I think (I’m thinking TAC mostly).
Thanks again :)
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With regards to my concept album, you should probably check out both Huntsmen and Ancestors and Khemmis has some cool stuff as well that would appeal to some others here as well I think (I’m thinking TAC mostly).
Gee thanks!
If I don't get right on it, I'm hosting The TAC Roulette V3 in a bit. Would love to have you join!
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i'm /in for TAC v3 :corn
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Does "/in" mean in? :lol
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The Jingle vs Kattelox bonus round is coming soon.... :corn
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The Jingle vs Kattelox bonus round is coming soon.... :corn
Great. The NIT!
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Dude, making a concept album is really f&#$ing hard. Especially with Puppies' banned list. I'm trying not to make my first one look like total ass but it's hard :lol
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Dude, making a concept album is really f&#$ing hard. Especially with Puppies' banned list. I'm trying not to make my first one look like total ass but it's hard :lol
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Dude, making a concept album is really f&#$ing hard. Especially with Puppies' banned list. I'm trying not to make my first one look like total ass but it's hard :lol
I feel your pain. That was not an easy task at all!
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Dude, making a concept album is really f&#$ing hard. Especially with Puppies' banned list. I'm trying not to make my first one look like total ass but it's hard :lol
Need me to call you a Wah-mbulance?
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I finally got around to listening to Jingles concept album. Sorry it took me so long. I was hoping Kattelox was still going to send one. Oh well. I guess you win the Bonus round by default. I will be writing a write up for this soon with my thoughts and rating.
Anyway here is a hangmememememeeeeeeees for anyone who wants to be teased by what Jingle sent. :biggrin:
?: ______ – ________ _...__ _____ __ ______
?: _______ _____ – _ ____ __ _____ ____
?: ______ _____ – _________ ______
?: _______ – ____ ________ ____
?: _____ ____ – ___________ __________
?: _______'_ __ _____ – ______ __ ____
?: ________ – ___ _______
?: ____:_._. – _______ ___ ___ ______
?: ____ ______ – _______
?: ________ – ________
?: ______ – ____ _________
?: _______ _____ – __ ________ ______
?: _________ – _________
?: ___ __________ _______ – ____ ________ _____
?: ________ –_____ ______
?: ________ – _____ __ ____
?: ________ – ________ ____
?: ___ __________ _______ – ___ ____ _______
?: ___ __________ _______ – _________ _: ___ __________
?: ________ ________ – ____ ___ _______
?: ______ – ________ ______ __ ___..._
Guessed letters:
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Yay! The "Everyone gets a trophy" Round. :lol
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Yay! The "Everyone gets a trophy" Round. :lol
Gotta cater to all of the special snow flakes out there :corn :corn
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:lol
The Liz Warren Trophy!
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Jingle sent Sixx:A.M.
also wow that's a lotta songs damn :lol
give me jingle's D
if i threw together another concept album could i participate in the bonus round too :corn
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Jingle sent Sixx:A.M.
also wow that's a lotta songs damn :lol
give me jingle's D
Yeah, a 21 song concept album!! :2metal:
Also that Sixx:A.M. song was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
?: ______ – ________ _...__ _____ __ ______
?: _______ _____ – _ ____ __ _____ ____
?: ______ _____ – _________ ______
?: Defecto – When Daylight Dies
?: _____ ___d – ___________ __________
?: _______'_ __ _____ – ______ __ ____
?: ________ – ___ _______
?: Sixx:A.M. – _______ ___ ___ D____d
?: ____ ______ – _______
?: ________ – ____d___
?: Echoes – Rude Awakening
?: Serious Black – As Daylight Breaks
?: _________ – _______d_
?: ___ __________ _______ – ____ D_______ _____
?: ________ –_____ D_____
?: ________ – _____ __ D___
?: Anthriel – Promised Land
?: ___ __________ _______ – ___ ____ _______
?: ___ __________ _______ – _______d_ _: ___ __________
?: ________ ________ – D__d ___ _______
?: ______ – ________ ______ __ __d..._
Guessed letters: d
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...also that transition between tracks 10 and 11 is smooth as hell. :tup
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i'm gonna someday send an EP that's literally all just sub-2 minute songs and see if i can make anything decent
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Yeah, sorry man - I was trying to work on it for a long time, and I eventually just gave up/forgot about it.
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Defecto - When Daylight Dies
Echoes - Rude Awakening
Anthriel - Promised Land
Serious Black - As Daylight Breaks
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Yay! The "Everyone gets a trophy (except Tim)" Round. :lol
Fixed. :biggrin:
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Defecto - When Daylight Dies
Echoes - Rude Awakening
Anthriel - Promised Land
Serious Black - As Daylight Breaks
I give it 2 more letters (at most) before Evermind solves this thing.
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Yay! The "Everyone gets a trophy (except Tim)" Round. :lol
Fixed. :biggrin:
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Echoes - Epilogue... Is Where We Start / Prologue... Where We End
Absolute Priority - Dead Man Walkin'
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nobody else is guessing letters, give me the T
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That should be all the letters needed for Evermind to solve it :biggrin:
?: Echoes – Epilogue (...is Where We Start)
?: ____o__ _____ – _ ____ _o Oth__ ____
?: H_____ ___o_ – ______o__ ______
?: Defecto – When Daylight Dies
?: _____ ___d – ___p_______ __h____t__
?: Po___t_'_ _o _____ – _p____ o_ ____
?: P_______ – Th_ _o_____
?: Sixx:A.M. – P______ _o_ th_ D____d
?: _o__ _____t – _____t_
?: __th____ – ____d___
?: Echoes – Rude Awakening
?: Serious Black – As Daylight Breaks
?: _th____t_ – __t____d_
?: Th_ _h_o______ P_o___t – _h__ D_______ _____
?: __th____ –___ht D_____
?: __th____ – ____t o_ D___
?: Anthriel – Promised Land
?: Th_ _h_o______ P_o___t – Th_ ___t _______
?: Th_ _h_o______ P_o___t – __t____d_ _: Th_ _o______o_
?: Absolute Priority – Dead Man Walking
?: Echoes – Prologue (Where We End...)
Guessed letters: Hot DP
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O puppies where art thou
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nobody was guessing :P
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O puppies where art thou
Sorry, I've been distracted by new releases. I'll update it above. Hopefully have a write up by this weekend.
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Giggity. Very much interested in your thoughts/opinions on this. I still go back and spin it every couple of weeks.
If Ev wasn't in the final listen in the final round of his roulette, I'm sure he'd have all but one of these solved by now.
Show the H... that should fill a few blanks.
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O puppies where art thou
Sorry, I've been distracted by new releases. I'll update it above. Hopefully have a write up by this weekend.
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I'm glad I won... seeing as how I was the only participant. It would've been real depressing if I'd lost!
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I'm glad I won... seeing as how I was the only participant. It would've been real depressing if I'd lost!
Well to be honest I completely ran out of steam for that. Puppies' banned list + the banned list of whatever was sent in the roulette really made piecing together a concept album super difficult. Then he said I could ignore the banned list and I thought what's the point then. Yes, I am making excuses. :lol
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