Round 8: Open. Final round guys! It wasn’t an easy ranking this time…
5 pointsTheVoxyn -
VNM Nation -
Illusion: This one connected with me somehow. Great, great song. A bit of a slow-paced piece with a solid chorus and good instrumentation all-around. The vocals were great, not really expressive but intense and emotional. The melodies were great too.
4 pointsLetters -
maudlin of the Well -
Birth Pains of Astral Projection: maudlin is a band I’ve been meaning to check out since quite some time because I love Toby Driver’s work and avant-garde is my favorite genre. This one started with a chill-out, and then goes all over the place. Death growls, acoustic passages, clean vox, heavy riffs and so on. Very good song.
Zantera -
The Verve -
Bitter Sweet Symphony: This song is quite popular I believe. The strings in the beginning and through-out the song are really memorable. The production/mix is a highlight for me with this one. The song is simple yet effective. It’s just a well-written song, well-executed.
3 pointsLat -
Novembre -
Nothijngrad: I quite enjoyed this prog/death metal song. There was some great riffs in there! The vocals were really deep and the harsh/clean vocal ratio was good. If I had to chose one word to describe this song it would be nostalgia. Which is not a bad thing!
Sonata -
The Depreciation Guild -
Heavy Eyes: I didn’t even know that it was a chiptune song until I checked it out! Mainly because there was other influences in the mix. There were some interesting samples and the electronic sound it had gave it an unreal, almost ethereal feel. Vocals were great also.
2 pointsSigz -
Made Out of Babies -
Cooker: Love that one. I came close to putting it at 3 points. The quirky guitar part and the beginning really set the tone for the whole thing. I’m a big fan of female screams and this was no exception; Great harsh vocals! I thought that her clean voice was not as convincing though.
Portrucci -
Tangerine Dream -
Mysterious Semblance at the Strand of Nightmares: I’ve heard about Tangerine Dream for so long that I’m glad I’m finally able to check them out! This one was an ambient/electronic song with soothing sounds and a great atmosphere. The thing is that I felt like something was missing. In the middle the pace changed and seemed to be leading to something else but it just returned to the main theme after a while. That’s why this one got 2 points.
1 pointSDN -
Bruce Springsteen -
Jungleland: OK, so this was a quite nice rock song. It had an “epic” feel to it and some good song-writing too. However, I’m not a big fan of the vocals here and I felt like the song was inconsistent a bit. That wasn’t a bad song by any mean though!
Sigz: 28 points
Sonata: 27 points
Zantera: 27 points
TheVoxyn: 23 points
SDN: 22 points
Portrucci: 22 points
Lat: 21 points
Letters: 21 points
So that’s the end! Congratulations to Ian! That was a really fun roulette and I’ve discovered plenty of amazing bands along way. Thank you everyone for participating!