Avantasia - The Scarecrow (Shadow Ninja 2.0)The best thing of this song is the instrumental work. Seriously, those are realy awesome. But? Yeah, but... the vocal lines are dreadful. Boring. Bad as most power metal (although there were some good moments like the chorus). It seems that musicians of this genre can't write a single good vocal line without cheese. That's why I dislike it. But other than that, the song was quite awesome.
7/10
Blind Guardian - Wheel of Time (Evermind)It was just a matter of time you send me a power metal song
. Having read the Wheel of Time series (and loved it), I was worried a song about it would suck. And it doesn't do that. This tune is amazing. It's epic without being cheesy (ok, just a bit here and there), the production is great, but Light help me, dat chorus and the orchestral elements (and the choir) are tits. Despite the heavy moments being somewhat pointless, this is some serious shit. Take your freaking points dude.
8.5/10Redemption - Love Kill Us All / Life in One Day (Tom Bombadil)Ah, this band again. I remember giving this album a chance some months ago, mainly for the LaBrie guest spot. But didn't like it that time. And neither this time. I dislike most of prog metal because of it's bad songwriting/lack of creativity/too reminiscent of Fates Warning and Queensryche/and it's weird melodies (I'm looking at you, Yes). This tune had some interesting moments, but overall it isn't for me. Sorry.
6/10Peter Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Finale (Lucien)This dude again? I just don't like how he changes melodies and ideas over and over again on a same song, making it difficult to follow. but this is different. I've never listened the Swan Lake, although knew about it, so this was interesting. It starts slow and then turns into epicness. Great, awesome piece. A curious thing, some phrases seem to have inspired Williams to create Harry Potter's theme. And it wouldn't surprise me if that's the case - movie soundtracks are heavily influenced by classical and neoclassical music.
9/10Pure Reason Revolution - Bullits Dominae (Nekov)This is truly a gorgeous song. The rock and metal elements mixed with some electronics are wonderfully blended. I love how creative this is, specially the chorus and the female singer. This tune is full of win. No wonder why this band was thought to be prog's future. So sad they disbanded.
9/10Swans - Helpless Child (Tyrias)This is a weird song. But already knew Swans and Michael Gira weren't normal people, so it doesn't surprise me that much. It starts slow, and to the ends it reaches with a crescendo into a great climax. Althought it would have fitted better on the dark round, it's still epic enough to enter this round. Interesting tune from an album I'm sure it's a masochistic listen.
7/10Iron Maiden - Paschaendale (mikemangioy)This is a badass tune, that has some power metal vibes here and there, nut nothing of the cheese. The riffs are cool, and the production is amazing. Bruce Dickinson is really a talented singer. Curiously, the instrumental sections were a bit meh. But overall, this is a great tune.
7.5/10Iron Maiden - Rime of the ancient mariner (jingle.boy)While listening to this, I couldn't stop thinking how similar Geoff Tate and Dickinson are in terms of style and technique - obviously they have different things, but I can see how influenced who. Not a bad thing though, just a curiosity. About the song. It wasn't bad, no, but didn't blow me away nor it did impress me like the other Maiden song. The "ambient" (or however it is) section of the middle is really boring and kills the vibe. But after that it gets great when the guitars return.
6.5/10Mono - Everlasting Light (Scorpion)Oh, I remember playing this album some months ago. Loves it on the first listen, but couldn't finish it on the following spins - I just got overwhelmed by it. And somehow I forgot about it. Fucking mistake. I love how it starts with a gorgeous piano and slowly goes into crescendo to a superb climax. This is beautiful music.
9/10Transatlantic - Duel with the Devil (Elite)Do you think this is funny? That this is a mothafucka game? Well, it actually is - but sending me a 26 min epic is... evil
. Trying to digest this tune took me lots of time, but it somehow delivered. Oh yeah. I always dismissed Transatlantic as being a boring 70's prog revival band, so never listened to them thinking they were sh*t. I was wrong - this is great. It sometimes has some pointless moments, but also has some great parts. Great choice.
8/10Most epic song (Theme winner - 4 points)Blind Guardian - Wheel of Time (Evermind)Special pointsNekov, album from the to-listen list (2 points)
Tyrias, album from the to-listen list (2 points)
jingle.boy, album from the to-listen list (2 points)
Evermind, album from the to-listen list (2 points)
Evermind, song from a genre I dislike, but your tune was great (5 points)
Shadow Ninja 2.0, song from a genre I dislike, but your tune was great (5 points)
Scorpion, song from a album I disliked, but your tune was awesome (5 points)Lucien, song from a artist I dislike, but your tune was awesome (5 points)PositionsEvermind - 79.5
Scorpion - 76.5
Tyrias - 73
Nekov - 72.5
Elite - 72
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - 67.5
Tom Bombadil - 66.5
Lucien - 66.5
mikemangioy - 64
jingle.boy - 58
And now, the "last" round. Even if this countinues after this round, make it worth.
Round Eight
Open
This is possibly the final round - although will have a few more if I happen to have some free time in January. But in any case, just send for this one. You might have an idea of my musical tastes now, so send whatever you think I may like - no theme this time. Good luck.
Btw, if you've seen my post on the General Discussion forum, you know I'll be taking a trip to England during January. I don't think I'll have enough time to continue with the roulette there, but if I can, I'll have a few more rounds, but only if you want. I'm taking of the 2nd, so please,
send me your songs as soon as possible so I can give them a shot in the plane or before.
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