Appreciate the effort, but it's going to take a lot more to make me look
Some of the writeups are getting short.
Ok.... heeeeeeerrrrrree we goooooooooooooooooo!
Lonestar:
Beautiful Sin - Take Me Home
Love, LOVE,
LOVE her voice! Great guitar work, nice riffs and melodies. These kind of up-beat fast paced tunes really tickle my fancy these days. Everything just gels so nicely together. *tlonk*... What's that? ... the sound of you knocking it out of the park.
Ranking: 1King:
Karmakanic - The World is Caving In
Solid, liked it just fine. Downside, nothing stood out significantly for me. Vocal solo's were done well, but on the whole, it landed in the middle of the road for me.
Ranking: 4Nekov:
The Waterboys - The Return of Pan
Another good submission. Nothing bad about this at all, but much like the Karmakanic track, nothing really wow'd me either. Solo was really good... Good guitar work overall really. If you thought my tastes sucked before, this is really going to cement it for you.
Ranking: 5JJ:
Rough Cutt - Dreaming Again
Very nice sold tune. Quintessential glam look and sound from these guys. Another nice Power Ballad, even though he's not replacing the ballad round. Nice main riff. Production felt a little flat... But in some ways that is typical for this era of music
Ranking: 3Ytse:
Theocracy - Laying the Demon to Rest
For as much that I loved about this, there were as many parts that I was 'meh' about. Some of it turned the thrash metal dial up just way too much for my liking - for the most part, that's a genre that I just find to be over the top and unimaginative. Other parts were really good - fantastic vocals (lead and backing); love the chorus'... Great final scream. Overall, miles better than the Ozric song, but wasn't balanced enough to keep pace with everyone else this round
Ranking: 5Zydar:
Hammerfal - Glory to the Brave
Really nice vocals on this. Can totally pick out the power side of these guys, even in a ballad. Gonna have to check out their heavier songs.
Ranking: 3Coz:
Talisman - I'll be Waiting
Love Jeff Scott Soto (again, another submission with a vocalist I know and really like ... Need more JSS in my library). The vocal melody to lead off reminded me a lot of Europe. Only knock is how short this is. Just when it gets it's groove on, it's over
Ranking: 2Wolf:
Last Tribe - Wash Away Your Sins
Really dig the guitar work. Given my love for Allen/Lande, it's no surprise that this really hit my ears just where I like it.
Ranking: 1Obscure:
Place Vendome - My Guardian Angel
Funny enough, I just watched Kade play this on the guitar this morning too. Now this is a Power Ballad!!! Anything coming from the President of Frontier Records has got to be something right up my alley, and this certainly was. Kiske has such a great voice. Nice melody, touching lyrics, impressive guitar solo... All the right elements of a great power ballad.
Ranking: 2Doc:
Alcest - Autre Temps
Nice mellow tune - really liked the guitar work... Especially the intro. French lyrics didn't help its cause, even though the vocals were nice.
Ranking: 4
Total Playa
6 The Koala/wolf
7 The DJ/obscure
8 The Guitar Hero/coz
9 The Skipper/chef
10 The Quack/doc
12 The Tarantula/ytse
12 The Blue Bomber/jj
12 The Viking/Zydar
14 The Monarch/King
15 The Maradona/Nekov
Side competition, and next round launch will come at the end of the night. It's an open round though.
P.S. Hopefully I made Diego's 10 minute time limit. Although, it's 13 minutes since he posted. Maybe it's better that he left given he gets the :nickfail: for wasting the mulligan. Doc stays even-steven, and if I'm looking accurately, everyone else improved.