Round 7 results are now in the books. Kind of a hard round to judge as nothing was really bad, but nothing really killed it for me either.
Bolsters: Last Tribe - Sacrifice: Not completely sold on the vocals. But I loved that extended guitar solo. The rest of the song was solid but never really approaching awesome. The chorus melody got a bit repetitive. But as I said the solo alone got some major points.
Score: 7.5
senecadawg2: Sylvan - The Sound of Her World: I like the heavy/thick production. Unfortunately the vocals aren't really doing it for me. Too dreamy during the chorus, too understated during the verses. But I thought the buildup during the last third of the song was very cool.
Score: 7.5
kingshmegland: The Twenty Committee - How Wonderful: I like the uplifting nature of the song. Sounds kind of like a poppy progressive rock, sort of in the Flying Colors vein. Other than that, I kind of drifted in and out of the song while it was playing, so unfortunately nothing really grabbed me.
Score: 7.5
bl5150: Robby Valentine - Valentine's Overture (Part I): The build up in the intro and first sections of the song were effective. The vocal swell around 3:50 was cool – a few bars before the first guitar solo. Parts of the middle section really reminded me of Avantasia. I really like the energy of the song, but I will admit I kind of get lost with all the theatrics from time to time, especially from about the 7 minute mark and after.
Score: 8.0
Elite: Mechanical Poet - Old Year's Merry Funeral: This song is all over the place - lots of stuff going on in the song, but I like it for the most part. I'm not sure what is happening in the background vocals, but some of it sounds really weird! Similar to the Robby Valentine song, things get just a bit too theatrical/over the top at times.
Score: 8.0
Scorpion: Distorted Harmony - Kono Yume: Oh, yeah. I really dig that first heavy riff. The intro provided a great buildup to the heaviness. Sometimes I feel like that vocals aren't quite strong enough for the rest of the song – I don't know if it's the guy's voice or the melodies. In the end it was a very strong song that I enjoyed quite a bit.
Score: 8.5
Rankings after round 7
bl5150 - 9.0 + 9.0 + 8.0 + 7.5 + 8.5 + 8.0 + 8.0 = 58.0
Bolsters - 8.5 + 8.0 + 8.5 + 8.0 + 7.0 + 9.0 + 7.5 = 56.5
kingshmegland - 9.0 + 7.5 + 7.0 + 8.5 + 7.5 + 8.5 + 7.5 = 55.5
Elite - 8.5 + 9.0 + 7.5 + 8.0 + 7.5 +7.0 + 8.0 = 55.5
Scorpion - 7.0 + 9.0 + 8.0 + 7.5 + 7.0 + 7.5 + 8.5 = 54.5
senecadawg2 - 8.0 + 8.5 + 7.5 + 5.0 + 9.0 + 8.0 + 7.5 = 53.5
Eliminated
LieLowTheWantedMan - 6.0 + 7.5 = 13.5
Sacul - 8.0 + 8.0 + 6.0 = 22.0
adace - 7.0 + 7.0 + 8.5 + 6.0 = 28.5
Tom Bombadil - 7.5 + 8.0 + 7.5 + 7.5 + 7.5 = 38.0
So there you have it, after last round's shakeup in the standings, nothing really changed this time around other than Elite catching King for 3rd seed. But ultimately that doesn't matter since they are facing off against each other anyway. So here are the match-ups for the Round 8. The losers go home.
#1 bl5150 vs #6 senecadawg2
#2 Bolsters vs #5 Scorpion
#3 kingshmegland vs #4 Elite
There will be no scoring for this round. One song will be chosen as the winner from each pairing. Good luck!