I apologize about the lack of
RESULTS, lately. For some reason, I've actually been getting sleep and having somewhat of a love outside of my house.
(It ain't bad, taking music classes at a local college. It's kinda like high school, except everyone's competent and cares about what they're doing.) Fortunately, I'm on Spring Break, as of a few hours ago, so I will have the means to get things moving at a decent clip for the next nine days.
bonestar:
IQ- The ProvinceThis really reminded me of Genesis. Especially the heavy, angry section with the organ that appeared after the first 2 verses. I dunno if I like it as much as Genesis, though, but it's very good, nonetheless. It also seemed rather sci-fi-ish. I preferred the more mysterious first half, but the second half was some solid rocking.
8
Lie Low The Longish Acronym:
Thinking Plague- MalaiseThis is a really cool track! It sounded very heavy and dissodent, but not in the usual way that normal rock would be. The vocals were strange, but that really appealed to me, actually. Also, shout out to the percussion for being rather progressive in its approach without being in-the-face about it. The weirdness that characterized the overall sound hit me in a good zone, bringing to mind hostile, alien landscapes.
9
Grill:
Modeselektor- Pretentious Friends feat. BusdriverNot bad. I initially expected to find myself annoyed when I heard the first couple seconds, being someone who has little to do with electronic dance music and rap. However, I ended up enjoying it. The arrangement was good and chaotic; much better than the the PAP I hear blaring on the radio when I'm shopping. I found myself coming across cool nuggets in the background, like that Mario-ish coin sound that is played and echoes after some of the 'verses'. The lyrics also were humourous.
7
antigoon:
Gotye- State Of The ArtI'm not a pap person, but this impressed me. At its base, it was a very catchy, reggae-like, tune, but what really made it was the arrangement. It was very lushly arranged with all sorts of nice orchestra-ish samples and a number of effective synth melodies/riffs that added to the overall sound quite nicely. The story (which I could actually understand, due to the awesome cartoon) was quite entertaining, as well; sounds like Gotye has a sense of humour. Sure beats that other thing that is spelled really similarly.
8
YtseTitsySpider:
Shadrane- Lanterns DanseQuite a lot went on in that there song. Which I suppose is to be expected from prog-metal. I like how the sound seems more oriented towards the keys and vocals in much of the song. Not everything needs to be heavy as hell. I do feel the second half would have been stronger if it stuck to being softer or went from soft to loud in one direction as opposed to jumping between the two a bit. Good tune; probably makes more sense when heard in context with the rest of the album.
7
jingle boy:
Spock's Beard- At The End Of The DayNow that was some prog-out! I'm not too familiar with SB, but if this song's indicative of their discography, I'm sold. It was alright at first, but really got good after the 5-minute mark or so. The brass in (one of) the bridge(s) was a good touch, as well as the Queen-like vocals on the chorus. I really dug the keyboarder and drumerer.
9
Dream Theater Virginia Tech:
Therion- The Siren Of The WoodsThis almost sounds like something you'd hear in some western RPG game as the main theme or the credits song. Overall, the sound is quite appealing, in spite of, or even because of the 90s-ish orchestral keyboards. The use of Latin? was a good touch as well. I concur that this did take me on a bit of an adventure Really can't say too much bad about a power metal ballad that can be taken (sort of ) seriously.
9
kári:
Mew- Comforting SoundsWell, it was sounds. Some of it was comforting, as well. The end wasn't so comforting, because it was loud. The entire song was very pretty. I am somewhat of a sucker for 'pretty-sounding music' and post-rock, so it's only natural that this really appealed to me. I mean, that last minute, where everything was all layered up and rich, that sort of stuff is impossible not to love.
10
obscure:
Jag Panzer- Bringing on the EndThis is some good and heavy stuff here. Kind of reminds me of, say, Iced Earth, except more mid-paced. Just a good, driving metal tune with a killer riff. Which isn't a bad thing at all.
7
Standings:
kári- 20
Kim Jong- 17
The Champ-17
Gorille- 16
anti-goon- 16
lonestar- 16
Blackman- 16
obscure- 14
Ytse- 14
I thank you for your songs and patience. I've yet to have received something I didn't like.
The next round is now; let's hope you've stocked up on your Mountain Dew and Doritos! It's
Exthreeme!I (randomly) pick out a number between 1 and 3 for you. Depending on the number, you have to pick out a song which has a certain characteristic having to do with 3.
You'll understand better when you get your message.
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