Lithojazzosphere: Geography
I think you could’ve trimmed a little fat here.
Sister Sin-MMXII Not Rated
Opening Interlude.
Sister Sin-End Of The Line 8.0
Pretty straightforward and easy one the ears.
Morgana Lefay-Salute The Sage 8.2
Old school vibes are strong on this one.
Divinefire-King Of Kings 8.4
Big fan of Christian Liljegren.
Mokoma-Hiljaisuuden Julistaja 7.6
This was a big time miss.
Anibus Gate-Waking Hour 8.0
I like the song, but this band has to have had better material.
Collibus-End Of The Line 8.5
Really excellent song. You saved the best for last.
So believe it or not, this EP grew quite a bit on me over the listening period. The Sister Sin rocks big time. I love my music just like this. Her voice is ok, not sure of I love it. The line “I put the fuel to the fire tonight”..the tonight strikes a weird thing for me. The song is cool as shit though. I’ve never heard any Morgana Lefay, but this is great. Sounds like Metal Church big time. Divinefire is really good, but the Mokoma, I wish you’d left off. The vocals are awful, though underneath it does crank. TheAnibus Gate is pretty standard, but the Collibus has me completely interested.
You did quite well zeroing in on my base heavy metal core. Wolfking does the same and you can see how well it serves him. The fact that you made this so tight for the entire roulette, you should be happy with. I know I’m impressed. You have a very perceptive and almost an almost savant like insight. It’s really great having you in my roulettes now, and look forward to more.
Exam Grade…8.12
Final Grade...87.5
The two I was the most nervous about were Sister Sin and Mokoma. If I'd listened to Puppies (though I'd already sent it by then) I'd have cut Sister Sin, so I'm glad to have ignored him.
I contemplated Mokoma for the foreign language round, good thing I held off on them, though it probably would have been a different song(s). Maybe I have less of a sense of your taste in thrash.
Anubis Gate has a ton of other great songs, though I'm unclear exactly on what would hit from them for you. That's one of the faster ones that I hoped would lean into your power metal likings. They have a lot of somewhat longer, proggier ones. Some might be a bit too downtuned for you, hard to say. Check out "Emergence" from their album this year for a somewhat similar one I almost sent instead of "Waking Hour". Their '11 self-titled might be the consensus fan favorite for a full album experience, though almost anything of theirs works.
Looks like I probably picked the sweet spot for Collibus. Some of their songs also might be a bit downtuned for you, but sometimes that seems unpredictable.
It was great being part of this one. Your taste, wolfking's, and jingle's have so much overlap that it's a bit of an uphill battle, but it's fun tapping into this side of my taste.
Speaking of that...
What a shocker, Chad and Kade are on top.
Same top 3 as last time, let's work on rearranging the order, shall we?
That worked halfway, just need to turn the lever one slot more next time.
I'll probably send a post-roulette EP a little later with something I contemplated for an earlier round but was too hesitant about.