ROUND 8: THE FINAL ROUND
8th Place
PuffyPat: Omar Rodiguez-Lopez Group – My Horror Is In Park, Drive Me Away Troubled Heart
This was kind of not something I usually listen to – it sounded a little like electronic jazz-fusion metal blend thing. But nonetheless I liked it pretty well. The synths here were the strong point along with the drums (that drummer is soooo sick) but other than that it seemed to drag on for the 8 minutes. I usually like instrumental music, but this might have been a bit better with vocals. As a whole, it failed to hold my attention, but I liked the parts that caught my attention.
PuffyPat wagered all of his points, so he ends up with a final score of 0
7th Place
Ytse: Magic Elf – Scrambledreggs
This was a very bluegrass influenced stomp with shreddin guitars, and I really liked it. As you said, the guitar is insane. This is something that people would clog/tap dance to, but I also really liked listening to it. My only complaint is that it was a little too wanky, but being an instrumental and all, I didn’t think it was very over the top, which was good.
Ytse wagered all of his points, so he ends up with a final score of 0
6th Place
Nekov: Sigur Ros – Staralfur
This song started out with a beautiful string and vocal part. The melody was very well written and I enjoyed it immensely. This was pretty much the entirety of the song, so there isn’t much to say except it was really beautiful and I liked it a lot. Possibly not enough substance for me but it was pretty good nonetheless.
Nekov wagered all of his points, so he ends up with a final score of 0
5th Place
Elite: Ben Folds Five – One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces
Something like this isn’t what I expected from you for this last round (I expected something heavy/prog), but this was a great song. The piano playing is obviously the highlight, since there is no guitar in this song – the lead instrument is piano. I thought that was cool. Also he was doing some insane shredding on the thing the whole time. It was awesome. The song was good, not the kind of music I usually listen to, but I did enjoy it a lot.
Elite wagered 55 of his 55.5 points, so he ends up with a score of .5
4th Place
Lolzeez: Focus – Hocus Pocus
I really liked the atmosphere and mood of this one. The vocal part kind of sounded like yodeling style and that was really cool. The vocals were also quite weird. This song was pretty fun to listen to. The instruments were interesting and it managed to hold my attention more than PuffyPat’s submission. Good stuff. I really liked it.
Lolz wagered all of his 43.5 points so he ends up with a grand total of 87.
3rd Place
Crazyaga: Sigur Ros - Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
This was a very atmospheric and chill post-rock sound. It had a bit more going on then Nekov’s submission and I liked that about it. Video was hella creepy though, with the doll things. Anyway, I really liked the vocals and the melodies in this song, which I assume is one of this band’s many strong suits. The buildup and the climax at the end was really awesome and I loved how the strings dissolved into chaos in the last few seconds. Great stuff.
Crazyaga wagered all of his 51 points, so he ends up with a grand total of 102
2nd Place
Heretic: Hopesfall – The End Of An Era
This song was really cool. It started out sounding like it was going to be a generic metalcore song, but quickly progressed to a something much more awesome. I have to say, the first time he did clean vocals I thought, “the rest of his clean singing is going to be shit,” but that changed with an awesome clean vocal break a little before the incredible buildup, which went evolved an even better climax. Excellent stuff.
Heretic wagered all of his 61.5 points, so he ends up with a grand total of 123
1st Place
Scrop: Ihsahn – On The Shores
As soon as this started, I knew it was going to be awesome. The saxophone was the highlight of this song and when Scrop told me it had sax in it I was a little apprehensive because I thought it wouldn’t mix well with black metal, but it was incredibly awesome. The vocals were also very good, mixing black metal styles with more of a death metal growl. They fit the song very well. I really loved this piece. It was one of the best sent this whole roulette.
Scrop wagered all of his 59.5 points, so he ends up with a grand total of 119
Thanks for playing, y'all. I really enjoyed this and I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. I hope we can do this again sometime.
Since Heretic won this roulette (by a mere 4 points!), he is now officially awesome!! Good job, bro.
If anyone is interested, here are the final standings.
0 Points: Ytse, PuffyPat, Nekov
.5 Points: Elite
87 Points: Lolz
102 Points: Crazyaga
119 Points: Scrop
123 Points: Heretic
Thanks to everyone who played!