Round 6:
This round was interesting because I could see a continuum of style, with a heavy, non-electronic band, a band that is a mix of rock and electronic, and one that was less rock and more drum and bass. I'll tackle them in that order.
Ravenheart: Type O Negative - Wolf Moon - Love You to Death - So, I've actually heard Type O Negative before, hell, I saw them live. But that was back on March 26, 1997 when they opened for Metallica, which was my first real concert. I honestly couldn't tell you anything more about their performance, my best friend and I were too jacked up for Metallica and experiencing our first contact high. So that's my story, and because they opened for Metallica I guess I just thought of them as a thrash metal band. Thank you for changing my perception on this Ravenheart, I would call these songs doom metal more than anything else. I don't know if 18 year old me would have been too receptive to this, but I can tell you 33 year old me is, and I don't really have much doom metal so I might be starting here. I wasn't too keen on Wolf Moon the first two or three times I heard it, but Love You to Death had me interested on the first listen. I really had a hard time choosing between this and another group as the round winner, but I had to award the round to Ravenheart on a technicality, which I'll discuss when that time comes around. One bullet.
Sigz: Pendulum - Witchcraft - Propane Nightmares - Crush - I had never heard of Pendulum, so I was going into this with no ideas what to expect, especially since Sigz can be eclectic and unpredictable. So I started off with Witchcraft and thought it was pretty rocking, something I might expect from dredg...then it gets pretty electronic, but not in that repetitive house music way that would bore me. It is a nice balance of rock and electronic. It had a fun, playful vibe. So I moved onto Propane Nightmares, which when combined with his current avatar is just brilliant. This song again had that nice mix, but wasn't quite as fun and playful, not that a song with the word Nightmares is going to be fun and playful. Crush felt like a more electronic Witchcraft, so it didn't really bring much new to talk about other than reinforce that Pendulum seems to have found a great balance in bringing electronic music into a rock-oriented fold, which was really cool. I had a very hard time parsing out this selection and Ravenheart's. These songs went a full minute over the timeframe I asked for, so in the end that made a difficult decision fairly easy since it was extremely close, close enough that I asked you both to send gun selections since I was having a hard time choosing. Two bullets.
Orcus116: Sneaker Pimps - Lightning Field - 6 Underground - Destroying Angel - Ravenheart went the metal route, Sigz went for a mix of rock and electronic, and Orcus went for a more stripped down sound. What was interesting was that the songs came from two different albums with different singers, so while musically it was in the same vein, I got two different presentations; kind of like basil and thyme. The only thing among these songs that I wasn't really feeling was the "buzzing" sound in the background, like a droning electronic static. Beyond that, there was more to it musically than I would have expected from a band that is described as "trip-hop" by Wikipedia, so while Wikipedia may be wrong, I can honestly say that while I haven't liked full blown electronica music, or house, something like Sneaker Pimps is something I could deal with listening to. I don't know if I'd go out and buy it, but I'd certainly wouldn't find it musically objectionable. Three bullets.
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