Hello DTF community! Welcome, welcome, welcome. This is my first roulette, and I hope to make the most of it. As such, I'm going to need
your help. I'll warn you right off the bat that I'm pretty picky when it comes to my music. While I tend to enjoy a decent number of different genres, I'm very particular about individual bands.
Now, the structure of this roulette will be relatively simple. In other words, no card games, fantasy worlds, BDSM, etc.. I'm going to open it up for now, until I have a total of 12 participants. The first two rounds will be open tryout rounds. I'll eliminate two contestants in each round, before moving on to the final 6-8 rounds (depending on how long it's taking). After the initial bloodshed, scoring will be done on a 10 point scale, with .5 intervals. Also, AND READ THIS PART CAREFULLY: THERE WILL BE DEADLINES. If you're going to be too busy to take the 5 minutes necessary to choose a song and send it to me, within 5 days of the previous round's results, than you should probably not sign up in the first place. I hope that's not an issue, but I think 5 days is more than generous. Point deductions will be dealt if deadlines are not met, and the convicted will incur public shaming.
The Competitors:
jingle.man
LieLowTheWantedBoy
Dr. DTVT
Elite
black_floyd
Dark Castle
lonestar
Shadow Ninja
AdaceZanteraLucienbl5150With that out of the way, I'm going to do my best to list all of the banned bands. I'll probably forget a couple along the way, but this will have to do for now… Also, to give you a sense of my current listening patterns, I've highlighted the 10ish most-played bands/artists for the past couple months. With that being said, all of the bands are on here for a reason, and a year ago only 3 of the currently highlighted bands would have been getting any prominent rotation (I'll let you sort out which 3).
AgallochAlcest
Alexi Murdoch
Allen-Lande
Alter Bridge
Amaran's Plight
AnathemaAndrea Bocelli
Angra
Ani DiFranco
Animals as Leaders
Anneke Van Giersbergen
The Antlers
Antoine Dufour
Arctic Monkeys
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Avantasia
Ayreon
Beardfish
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond the Bridge
Billy Joel
Björk
The Black Keys
Black Sabbath
Blackfield
Blind Guardian
Blue Öyster Cult
Boards of Canada
Bob Dylan
Bob Marley
Bob Seger
Bon Iver
Brand NewBraveyoung
Bruce Springsteen
The Cars
Cat Stevens
Celine Dion (
)
Circus Maximus
Clint Mansell
Coheed & Cambria
The Contortionist
Converge
Counting Crows
The Cure
Damien Rice
Dan Swano
David GrayDeafheaven
Death
The Dear Hunter
The Decemberists
Devin Townsend Project (including other DT-related bands)
Dido
Dio
Dir en Grey
Dire Straits
Dream Evil
Dream Theater
Dredg
Dysrhythmia
Ebony Ark
Eddie Vedder
Emilie Autumn
Enslaved
Eric Clapton
Eumeria
Fates Warning
Flaming Lips
Flaming Row
Fleetwood Mac
The Flower Kings
Flying Colors
Gallowbraid
Gazpacho
Genesis
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gojira
Gotye
Green Carnation
Grimes
Haken
Headspace
Howard Shore
The Human Abstract
If These Trees Could Talk
Ihsahn
Iron Maiden
James LaBrie
Jarabe de Palo
Javier Navarrete
John Lennon
John Mayer
Jordan Rudess
Journey
Judas Priest
Kamelot
Karnivool
Katatonia
Kayo DotKeane
The Killers
King Crimson
Korpiklaani
Kvelertak
Lana Del Rey
Laura Marling
Leprous
Levin Minnemann Rudess
Liquid Tension Experiment
Loreena McKennitt
Ludovico EinaudiThe Lumineers
Magnuss Karlsson
Mandroid Echostar
Marillion
Massive Attack
Masterplan
Mastodon
Maudlin of the Well
Mazzy Star
Megadeth
Metallica
Mogwai
The Moody Blues
Mr. Bungle
Mumford & Sons
Muse
My Bloody Valentine
The National
Ne Obliviscaris
Neil Young
Nick Drake
Oceansize
OpethPain of Salvation
Paul Simon
Periphery
Pink Floyd
Porcupine Tree
Queensryche
Quiet Riot
Radiohead
Rata Blanca
Ray LaMontagne
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Riverside
RPWL
RushSarah Fimm
Savatage
Scorpions
Seventh WonderShadow Gallery
Sigur Ros
SOJA
Sonata Arctica
Steely Dan
Steven WilsonStorm Corrosion
Stratovarius
Structures
Sublime
Sufjan Stevens
Susanne Sundfor
The Swell Season
The Tallest Man on Earth
TesseracT
Thought Chamber
Threshold
Thrice
Tool
Tori Amos
U2
Ulver
Van Morrison
Vanden Plas
Wale
Wolves in the Throne Room
Yes
'Some Rules'
-Each contestant is allowed to send up to 2 epics throughout the roulette, which I've arbitrarily defined as longer than 12.5 minutes. HINT HINT HINT: you're going to want to make sure you save one in case there is a designated Epic Round, later.
-Once the final 8 have been selected, and we have themes, I will award extra points to one participant each round for sending the most theme appropriate song.
-I reserve the right to modify scoring retrospectively. If I hear a song a couple times, hate it and give it a 2, then grow to love if later, I'll add on a couple points. In other words, this is my roulette and I can do whateverthefuck I want to
-Once a band has been sent, it will be banned immediately. If you have a band you really want to send, but suspect that someone else may also be interested, it may be in your best interest to send it earlier in the roulette. Saving the best for last might work, but it's not guaranteed