Fair To Midland - vice/versa (Shadow Ninja)I like the main riff of this thing. The calm sections are sweet, but not the great thing. The chorus is fucking great, and I love how the song flows between rock and metal. I really liked this tune, despite not having that much variety. But it's a great nonetheless. Good job dude. 8/10.
Frost* - Toys (Lucien)This reminds me a bit of Radiohead/Muse. Not a bad thing though. I've heard of this band before. There are lots of things happening at the same time here, and it's all a bit confusing to follow. But the chorus is nice, although a bit unusual. I like the breakdown here, but the song is a bit lame, with too much of the same. 6.5/10
Star One - Cassandra Complex (Nekov)I love Arjen's Ayreon albums, so I had high expectations on this. The starts great, with a powerful riff and I instantly notice how great the production is. But when I reach to the chorus, it lost me. Pure cheese. Arjen makes better vocal lines, that's for sure. The ones on this songs are just lame. He can do it better. The instrumental sections are kind of good, but that's all. This doesn't say me anything, sorry. 5.5/10
Umphrie's McGee - In the Kitchen (Tom Bombadil)Oh, I love the vibe of this song. The vocal lines are ok. Not bad, but not the greatest thing ever. BUT. The instrumental sections are awesome. Definitely. There's a good chemistry between these guys, and it sounds like they're all having a great time while playing this. The chorus is really cool. 8/10
Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa(Come Stand Before me) (Tyrias)This is the weirdest song of the roulette. With that beginning, I really didn't expect it to be catchy. But damn this is good. I love the use of the accordion here. The singer has a gorgeous voice. Dat piano. Is that an oboe that appears at min 2? What a superb mix of violins and other unusual instruments. Cool stuff boy. I don't know what genre is this, since it mixes jazz, noir, a bit of pop. So you get the special points for that. 8.5/10
Voyager - White Shadow (Elite)You guys seem to really like power metal, huh? Anyways, this song has some great parts, specially the beginning. It all flows great from there. Except that the chorus is quite awful
. But the rest is pretty awesome, specially the instrumental section of the middle. The intense part at 4.20 was quite interesting, and added some variety to the song. Cool anyways. 7.5/10
Nightingale - The One (Scorpion)Oh dude, sorry
. I tried several times, but the only good thing about this tune are the synths. And they only appear here and there. The rest was pretty much cheesy. Too much. I felt tempted several times to skip it while listening it. This is just not for me. The best part? When it finished. 4/10
Blues Brothers - Rubber Biscuit (live) (jingle.boy)This is definitely #2 when talking about weird songs. This is pretty catchy, mainly because I don't understand what the singer is saying. It is quite repetitive though. But too hilarious too. 6.5/10
Rush - Where is my thing? (mikemangioy)I was surprised when you send me this Rush song. I don't know this album, but that's not surprise considering their huge discography. But the rurprising thing whas that you sent me an instrumental from a band I'm not keen on. You're lucky since I love Rush instrumentals, like YYZ and Villa Estrangiato. This has lots of lovely synths and a great atmosphere overall. This is probably my fav song of this round. And the catchiest. It stuck in my head after just 2 listens. I just wish the production was a bit better, but it's a great song. Such a risky move, but you earned two special points. Props dude. 9/10
Mark Knopfler - Privateering (Evermind)I don't listen to these kind of country, mainly because I don't know artists from this genre. This song is quite good and catchy. The middle section when everything does more intense is damn awesome. I wish it had a bit more variety but it is damn great anyways. Finally somebody who liked this album/artist, it seems
. 8/10.
Theme Winner (4 points)mikemangioy
Special pointsmikemangioy, band I disliked (5 points) and theme winner (4 points)
Elite, genre I dislike (5 points)
Tyrias, genre I didn't know about (3 points)
Positionsmikemangioy - 25
Elite - 24.5
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - 20.5
Evermind - 20
Tyrias - 17.5
Nekov - 14
Scorpion - 13.5
Lucien - 13
Tom Bombadil - 13
jingle.boy - 12.5
Round Three
Steven Wilson would crySend me the saddest, most depressing song you can imagine. Make me feel miserable, wanting to cry. Come on, I'll be waiting for them.