Not gonna troll anyone this time around. Find where you are, find your writeup, or just jump right to the bottom to see if you're up, down, or even. I'll tell you this, there wasn't a single song that I didn't enjoy this round. I can't believe I had to not award money to some, and take away from others. The quality this round was top shelf baby! Well done to all.
Songs/writeups are sorted by the amount you wagered.
zook:
Iced Earth/
Dante's Inferno - I bought Live in Athens on the advice of the board a long time ago. Tried watching it once, and couldn't get thru the first 30 minutes. This was a pretty good tune, reminded me of Rime of the Ancient Mariner at times... except for the part of being awesome
. The heavy moments of this song were just too samey imo. While this did change my opinion of Iced Earth, there were still too many parts I was just 'meh' on.
lonestar:
Tesseract/
Of Mind: Nocturne - I'm not really sure what "Melodic djent" means, but this was an excellent tune. Loved the guitar tone, and vocally it was top notch. Will definitely be checking out this 4-song album.
wolfking:
Black Sabbath/
Computer God - just like Headless Cross in my last roulette, there was absolutely nothing wrong with this tune, but I wasn't overly impressed either. The first 4 minutes were a little slow and uneventful, but the final 2 minutes were fantastic, and nearly saved the overall experience. Maybe Sabbath just isn't for me.
Elite:
Jeff Buckley/
Grace - lots of talent and excellent song-writing here. You can just hear the beauty in the music. But alas, as is the case in any race, there are winners, and there are losers.
kirksnosehair:
7 Months/
Unspoken Words - I love me my power ballads. On first listen, I was wow'd by this. Subsequent listens didn't leave me with the same wow factor, but still loved the tune. I think it was the first 3 verses (starts off a little to melancholy for me) is what started to turn me off a bit. Lyrically, it was great, but the vocal delivery was awkward at times. But then like any great power ballad, the guitar solo was out of this world.
Lowdz:
Brazen Abbot/
Eye of the Storm - loved the little guitar wail's. Fantastic solo, great pace to this song. Upbeat, but not from a frantic rhythm section. And with Joe Lynn Turner on the mic... fantastic. After a bit of research, quite the list of vocalists have contributed here - Lande, Hughes, Harnell.... Will definitely be investigating.
Nekov:
Yargos/
The Guilded Cage - "Win if you can; lose if you must; but always cheat". Love Mac's voice for sure. Just the opposite of Unspoken Words, I was underwhelmed on first listen, but the just got better and better with every listen. The melody really had a 'pick-me-up' je ne sais quoi to it. Keyboard perfectly complimented the guitars.
jjrock88:
Leatherwolf/
Thunder - ahhh... the pitfalls of YouTube. YT quality sucked ass, so I had to go out and buy it. Lucky I did, as this is a really good tune. Great bass riff to drive the tune, and really nice guitar riffs throughout.
last.fm:
Dare/
King of Spades - The computer algorithm failed horribly this round, giving me a ballad, and not even a power ballad. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't terribly good either.
Bolsters:
Stratovarious/
Unbreakable - for all the times I've tried to get into Strat (I have Episode and Fright Night), I just couldn't. Something never clicked. Then I get this song. Zoinks!!!
Best song of the round, without a doubt. Perfect main guitar riff, perfect backing vocal elements, perfect symphonic touches. Nailed it.
TAC:
Lost Horizon/
Cry of a Restless Soul - Dayum. After a slow spoken part, this grabs you by the short and curlies, and doesn't let go. Unlike Eye of the Storm, this does have a frantic rhythm section, in a good - nay, great - way.
Bosk1:
Dave Miniketti/
Storm - Solid, solid tune. Killer solo in the middle of it with some really neat effects. I loved it alright, just wasn't "gaga" for it. It wasn't "Pam". "Paaaaam".
WinBolsters +$500
TAC +$500
nekov +$300
Lowdz +$300
Loselast.fm -$400
zook -$100
wolfking -$200
Elite -$200
DrawBosk1 $0 (bet $500)
lonestar $0 (bet $200)
jjrock88 $0 (bet $300)
kirksnosehair $0 (bet $300)
Next round... results will be posted no later than Tuesday the 14th. It's football weekend, and first day back to work (after a 3 week vacation) on Monday.
Edit - fix'd TAC's bet.