I feel bad about not getting this done sooner. Work was busy through Saturday, and it's a physically demanding job. Yesterday I ended up not being near my computer as much, and when I was I forgot to get to this. Today was about the same and then I remembered...I dunno why I forgot, it's not like I lost interest! Anywho, here we go! Tough to rank these, nothing stood out among the rest, but none were stinkers either. I could really tell you all put effort into your picks.
Top Pick:
contest_sanityBand: Sent by Ravens
Song Name: Trailer vs. Tornado
Yeah, this is good stuff, post-hardcore with clean vocals. Great energy, kinda reminds me of Underoath actually, and that's a good thing. Also, the end is just awesome, when the pause happened, it was musical bliss. Also, gotta say, you seem to have figured out what I would like and not like.
Second Place:
YtseBitsySpiderBand: Soilwork
Song Name: The Night Comes Clean
Man, this is an experience in metal listening. Awesome pick! The screams and the cleans go great together, it all feels natural. Now I know why my friend insists on this band.
Next Three( +6 pts.)
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Space InvaderBand: Pendragon
Song Name: Indigo
The tone of this song is very smooth and "real," by prog metal standards. I like it a lot, though the vocals are somewhat off putting. I think fans of prog metal would love this song. Very nice pick, and it doesn't feel like 13 minutes!
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ariichBand: Haken
Song Name: Eternal Rain
Thank you for honoring your promise.
The feel of this song feels so modern and I love it. That keyboard (I think) is great stuff. Vocals are a little bland to me, but not bad in any sense. They're just kind of there, but you get used to it!
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kariBand: 65daysofstatic
Song Name: Radio Protector
This was great, another post-rock band I need to check out. I like it, very beautiful!
Next 3 (+5 pts.)
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QuadrochosisBand: This Will Destroy You
Song Name: A Three Legged Workhorse
VERY good post-rock. Beautiful and has a very good voice. Some of the "glitching" is very interesting and I feel it adds to the element of the song. The buildup toward the end was well done.
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RavenheartBand: The Cure
Song Name: Bloodflowers
The Cure are a band I have never heard before knowingly. This song was good, but it did drag for me. That said, really cool vibe from the song and they have a dense sound that gives a good sense of emotion.
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ZanteraBand: Stateless
Song Name: Ariel
This is interesting stuff. I don't know what to say besides it's interesting, and I like it. The beat is good stuff, very electronic sounding while also being very accessible...I think they pull that off very well.
Last: (+4 pts.)
Marvellous GBand: Fleet Foxes
Song Name: Helplessness Blues
It's great that music like this, that has a more timeless feel, is still being released today. I'm not much into folk, but this song made it really great!
Also, I feel like I often give you less points in this roulette, but I think your tastes are very different from mine in the songs that you send...but when I go to listen to more of the same artists you sent me, time may help me gain a better appreciation of the world of music that you love...and I think that is a great thing! But for now, these rankings are what they are...
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Standings:
contest_sanity - 6+4+4+5=19(+4)+7+8+6+16=60
Space Invader - 7+5+8+6(+1)+8+4+8+12=59
YtseBitsySpider - 5+5+6+4=20(+6)+6+6+5+14=57
Zantera - 6+6+5+8+6+5+7+10=53
Ariich - 5+6+5+7+5+6+6+12=52
Kari - 5+8+7+6+4+5+4+12=51
Ravenheart - 6+5+5+6(+1)+6+5+6+10=50
Quadrochosis - 8+4+4+5=21(+2)+5+7+5+10=50
Marvellous G - 4+7+6+5(+1)+5+6+5+8=47
Doubling the points made for some interesting leads. YBS had some low rounds but pulled it up toward the end to get third place. The lower ranked people are those with music tastes that, from what I have seen around the forum, are less like mine altogether. I'm glad that everyone has participated, because I have a very wide variety of music to go through and get to know. Like I said in MG's ranking, I'll probably come to love those genres that didn't hit me in this roulette. I can't think of many picks that any of you sent that I didn't want to explore further! This has been a success. With that said, we have one final round.
contest_sanity vs. Space Invader DUN DUN DUN
FINAL ROUND:Send me two songs, by any artist. Both songs have to be by the
same artist, and they can be from different albums if you'd like.
I will rate each song out of ten. The average of the ratings of both songs will be your final score and will be added to your current score.
For example, let's say SI sent me Song A and Song B.
I rank Song A 6/10 and Song B 8/10. The average of the two songs' ratings is 7, because I take the average of 6 and 8. I will then add 7 to SI's current score....so that would be 59+7=66.
Obviously, whoever's final score is highest wins.
Go!
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