Round 6 – SpicySacul: Throne of Chaos – The Window
After a slow start, I think Sacul is starting to hone in on my taste. This song has some really nice instrumental parts, and the singer fits the music well. He doesn’t seem to fit into some of the known singer archetypes and no one is going to confuse him for JLB, Bruce Dickenson, or Russell Allen, but he seems to know what he can do and doesn’t do, which is why his voice seemed to stick out. The main riff was very catchy, and the mellow middle section had a slight Caribbean feel.
7/8TAC: Lucifer’s Friend – Ride The Sky
Just finding something that fit your handicaps was really good. To find something that was pretty cool from before 1978 and featured an organ and French horn…mighty damn impressive. I loved how the horn was used too. I’m surprised I haven’t heard of these guys influencing other bands, because it certainly seemed like they were doing a lot of interesting things back in 1970. This score is more a result of ranking songs than how much I enjoyed it.
2/8Obfuscation: Rammstein – Te Quiero Puta!
Translation: I love you whore! Back when I was in high school and starting college, I had two Rammstein albums (Herzeleid and Sehnsucht), and just assumed they made German industrial metal ever since then. Then in my second roulette Metty sent me a Rammstein song that felt like it was heavily influence by surfer music, which was quite a surprise. This song had a Latin feel beyond the Spanish title, so I my official stance is I have no idea what these guys did beyond those two albums, and they are clearly a stronger band than their gimmick laden persona suggests. The one part that will generally be a mystery is their songwriting, because I don’t speak German, but I respect the hell out of them for sticking to their roots and writing their songs in German.
3/8senecadawg2: Byzantine – Jeremiad
If White Zombie and Pantera had baby, and it was raised by Mikael Akerfeld, this would be the result. It was heavy, groovy, and had maybe the best guitar solo of the round. Black_floyd had asked me to check them out before, and I never got around to it. I’m going to have to change that post haste.
6/8Nekov: The Contortionist – Language I: Intuition
This song from the first listen had pole position this round, and it never gave it up. The song started with a very mellow airy intro and started to build up, and right when it seemed like it was going to boil over into some aggressive riff, it suddenly ended. I think the song is more than the sum of its parts, because while I can’t specifically say what I loved about it, I thoroughly enjoyed it when I listened to it.
8/8jingle.boy: Glass Mind – Haunting Regrets
This song and lonestar’s were real close, and initially these were switched, but while I think musically they were neck and neck, Profusion had just a slight edge in the vocals department. But another solid entry by jingle.whiney.
5/8lonestar: Profusion – Dedalus Falling
Another solid prog metal entry from lonestar. The strength of this song is the chorus, which is catchy. There is a nice instrumental section in there towards the end, because all prog songs must be at least 7 minutes.
6/8Scorpion: Tyr – Hear The Heathen Call
Another folk metal entry from Scorpion. If it works, might as well stick to it. The strength of this song is the pre-chorus, which shifts up an octave and grabs your attention, whether you want to give it or not.
4/8Dark Castle: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Sir Psycho Sexy
I probably should have DQ’ed this song because I used to own this album…on cassette tape, but that probably also gives you an idea of how long it has been since I heard this song. When I was a kid I thought 8 minutes was entirely too long for a song
This song is just RHCP being silly and overly sexual. The lyrics are so over the top all you can really do is smile and laugh because I don’t think the song is meant to be taken seriously. NOW SUCK MY DICK! This song is what it is; a funny song that in the second half turns into a groovy romp. Songs like this have me wanting to see Flea take a crack at something like prog because I think he’d slay it. Time being what it is…20 years ago I thought this was funny and cool, now it’s just not my thing.
1/8Round theme winner: Dark Castle
HANDICAPSJingle.boy, for the next round your song name must begin with a G, H, L, U, or V
TAC, for the next round, your song must feature a non-traditional rock/metal instrument (something other than drums, guitar, bass, keyboards)
Public Standingsjingle.boy – 35
Senecadawg2 – 33
TAC – 32
Scorpion – 32
Dark Castle – 30
Sacul – 28
Lonestar – 23
Nekov – 23
Obfuscation – 19
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