FINAL FINAL FINAL RESULTS!!! Ladies and gentlemen this is the final final final round blah blah blah. Ladies first.
MoraWintersoul: Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The StarsNow I finally understand why I'm constantly reminded to check these guys out… This was some delicious progressive rock/metal. The vocal work was consistently amazing and the instrumentation was technical in the non wankery way. This was quite a gem. Favorite track is really hard to decide but it's either The Weight or The Lonely Views Of Condors. Thanks a shit ton for participating and congrats on making it this far!
?:The Man Eating Tree - HarvestThis sounds a little like a more metal and gothic version of Katatonia. It was really enjoyable for the first 6 tracks then I started to get annoyed because I felt like there wasn't that much variety and the album was just dragging. I still loved Code Of Surrender and the awesome bonus track Everything Dies. Still,not something I'd listen to every month. Still,thanks for participating and congrats because you found some The Cure songs that I didn't hate.
Zantera:Unwound - Leaves Turn Inside YouHoly cow this REALLY grew on me. At first I wasn't even sure if I should listen to the album. Now,I'm glad I chose to do so. Unwound used to be a post hardcore band and all but with this album they evolved into an awesome Noise Rock/Post Rock/Indie Rock band. I loved the shorter songs like Demons Sing Love Songs but the epics like Terminus (the song you sent) and Below The Salt are just amazing. The album was really consistent during the whole 76 minutes. (Longest album sent.) This album is also the reason the results have been slightly late as I have been trying to finally "get" this album. Now I get it. This album fucking rocks.
Now,I think it's kinda obvious who came in third. I'm really sorry Ville,I really loved couple tracks and the albums was very enjoyable,it was all solid but for some reason it kinda lost my interest,making it hard to replay. That's why we're now only left with Zantera and Milena. Now,Milena sent me that Sieges Even album. It's easily some of the best progressive rock I've heard in a looooong time. It'd easily get above a 9 out of 10 from me. Songs like The Lonely Views Of Condors are extremely replayable and other proggy badass songs like Styx are also extremely well constructed. This is just one awesome album. Zantera's album took me more than 6 LISTENS to finally understand it all. It was probably a very risky move from the band to make such an album. Stuff like this does not happen that often in music. And it totally payed off for the band. And also for you. Now,let's decide which album I preferred...
Which album made me go "FUCK YEAH" more?Sieges Even.
Which album gave me more goosebumps?Sieges Even.
Which album am I gonna listen to more in the future?Unwound.
Which album have me more satisfaction once I got into it? Unwound.
WHICH ALBUM DID I LIKE MORE???Congratulations to...
MILENA!*crowds screams n stuff*
Even though I LOVED that Unwound album,I felt like Sieges Even's was a better put together album. That album had no slowdown,no filler. It was just a consistently amazing album. Zantera,your album was very awesome too. It took me many listens to finally get it all and in the end,I've made an amazing discovery. Sieges Even just set the bar way too high. (First album I heard) Maybe that could be why you didn't win. In the end,I love all you guys.
So,thanks to every 13 of you (at least the ones reading..) for participating and recommending me amazing bands and albums. I hope I can do this again some other day because this was quite fun!
Until then,I'll be busy checking out these 29 bands:
DiscoveredParadise Lost
Uriah Heep
65daysofstatic
Alcest
IQ
Thrice
Agalloch
Mouth Of The Architect
Gregor Samsa
Russian Circles
Seventh Wonder
Sonata Arctica
Frost*
Jane's Addiction
Ulver
Slowdive
Savatage
Strapping Young Lad
Beardfish
Death
Cloudkicker
Dan Swanö
Kingston Wall
Headspace
Mew
Barren Earth
While Heaven Wept
Sieges Even
Unwound