Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★

[Evermind]

I hate Spotify playlists.

[Bolsters]

I hate Spotify playlists.

I'd do what you did, but I only have about 15 songs as files. If I can be bothered I could try to make a Youtube playlist aswell, but I doubt everything would be on there.

[Elite]

Nice finish.

Will comment more later

[jingle.boy]

And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.

Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.

There's only 3 other songs on the album, and some of the themes persist.  Worth checking out (imo)

Also, the next few days I will be working on some "best-of" spotify playlists for those interested in that sort of thing. I'll post them once they're done.

I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or  playlist.   

[Bolsters]

I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or  playlist.   

I briefly considered making two playlists like that actually, but I'm not going to. You'll just have to hit the skip button if your curiosity isn't piqued by a track. The two playlists will be called Diamond and Gold and rather predictably they will contain my 50 favourite songs of the roulette; 1-25 in Diamond and 26-50 in Gold. So people who just want to hear the top 25 can do that and if anyone actually cares about the next 25 there's a second playlist for them.

I will be attempting to sort the songs in a way that makes the playlists flow, but I'm not sure how well that will work out given the range of styles I received, so I will probably give up. But I will try it out.

[Tomislav95]

Congratulations, bl5150
Dave, this roulette was really fun, I liked this star format

[Sacul]

I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or  playlist.   

Maybe just a "non parama" one, I haven't played on this

[Crow]

for what it's worth, jingle, both the songs i sent are great

[Evermind]

I hate Spotify playlists.

I'd do what you did, but I only have about 15 songs as files. If I can be bothered I could try to make a Youtube playlist aswell, but I doubt everything would be on there.

Nah, don't bother. Just posting my thoughts here.

Glad all of my entries ended up in the list to check. You've mostly got the right albums, I think these will be most suited to your tastes except Deep Purple (I think you will appreciate something of their later, 70s Gillan-fronted catalogue more, but their s/t was my #11 album of all time, so yeah, check it out), Phideaux (I think Number Seven is a better album overall and certainly much more eclectic too - don't give up on Phideaux if you don't like Doomsday Afternoon), and perhaps Blackmore's Night (try The Secret Voyage if you aren't too fond of Village Lanterne, though I've got to say, Village Lanterne is awesome too).

And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.

Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.

There's only 3 other songs on the album, and some of the themes persist.  Worth checking out (big time)

Fixed that for me.

[splent]

What I plan to do at the end is putting them in spotify playlists, but at least post the songs on here so that those who don't have spotify can still create the playlists.

[Tomislav95]

Everything I checked from this roulette so far was in my taste so I should check the rest when I find some time. In terms of music, this was the best roulette I participated in.

[jingle.boy]

So, I think I'm gonna accept, and fire with both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory   Then we'll see if that's to your liking, or if it's the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc  have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.

to my fellow metal-heads for finishing 1-2-3.

[Evermind]

to my fellow metal-heads for finishing 1-2-3.

Yeah, looking at the Top 3, I'm glad the metal-heads have dominated this one and I'm honored to be in such a noble company here.

[Bolsters]

What I plan to do at the end is putting them in spotify playlists, but at least post the songs on here so that those who don't have spotify can still create the playlists.

Yeah, I had every intention of posting the tracklists.

[Bolsters]

Alright, here's the Diamond playlist. I was going to wait until I had both ready but it'll probably be a few days before Gold is done, and most (all?) of you probably only care about the Diamond playlist anyway.

I have attempted to order the tracks as best I could so that they flow reasonably well, it works in some places but not others.

Bolsters v2 Roulette - Diamond Playlist [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:6eqQYqjgh7AyqKXiPwnyyN]

Tracklist

Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe (senecadawg2)
Árstíðir - Shine (Tyrias)
Long Distance Calling - Plans (bl5150)
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands Are Tied (bl5150)
Blessed by a Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock (jingle.boy)
Scorpions - Humanity (Evermind)
Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord (Elite)
Bent Knee - In God We Trust (Tyrias)
Daughter - Youth (Tomislav95)
Eisley - Mr. Moon (Elite)
The Dear Hunter - Waves (Train of Naught)
Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better (Tyrias)
Lemaitre - Not Too Late (Train of Naught)
Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale) (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
M83 - OK Pal (splent)
Pineforest Crunch - Cup Noodle Song (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Yes - And You And I (senecadawg2)
Lord - New Horizons (jingle.boy)
Anthriel - Promised Land (jingle.boy)
Defecto - When Daylight Dies (bl5150)
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art (bl5150)
After Forever - Cry With A Smile (Evermind)
Xerath - I Hold Dominion (Train of Naught)
alt-J - Taro (Elite)
Xandria - Like a Rose on the Grave of Love (jingle.boy)


Diamond Playlist - Youtube Version

Missing from the Youtube playlist:
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands are Tied
Defecto - When Daylight Dies


Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes

Italicised tracks are not available on Spotify.

And since some of you will probably tally them up anyway :

bl5150      4
jingle.boy      4
Elite      3
Tyrias      3
Train of Naught   3
Evermind      2
senecadawg2      2
Shadow Ninja 2.0      2
Tomislav95   1
splent      1

[jingle.boy]

Will follow and play at some point - and surely hit skip a few times.     But I'm sure I'll be pleasantly surprised/shocked at some of the tunes as well.

[jingle.boy]

Oh... and availability of certain tracks will vary by region - for instance, Humanity - Hour I is available in Canada.

[Bolsters]

Oh... and availability of certain tracks will vary by region - for instance, Humanity - Hour I is available in Canada.

I don't know how to find things that aren't available in my region. I've seen albums with blackened playlists before if I follow a link, but things like that (understandably) don't show up in search results.

[Train of Naught]

This just shows how damn inconsistent I was last place but still got 3 of my songs to be good enough for the diamond playlist, cool. I may give this a spin soon, quite a few songs I don't know here.

[Bolsters]

This just shows how damn inconsistent I was last place but still got 3 of my songs to be good enough for the diamond playlist, cool. I may give this a spin soon, quite a few songs I don't know here.

I'm still working on it, but I'm pretty sure you'll end up having 0 songs in the Gold playlist.

[Train of Naught]

No shock there, the only way for that to happen is if you include Novembre - Verne which was #9 of the round not counting Exodus since including a 19 minute song in a playlist like this is a bit ridiculous.

[Bolsters]

I forgot about Exodus actually, it has a decent chance of being added, I'm not sure yet. I've got about 41 songs I have to narrow down to 25 at the moment, some will be easy to dismiss but others not so much. I'm not worried about songs lengths at all - I've already shared one two-hour playist and I've got another of similar length in the works...I doubt anyone who's actually bothering to listen to both of these will care about another 15 minutes or so.

[Bolsters]

I haven't forgotten those of you who can't use Spotify...here's a Youtube playlist of everything that I could find on there, with just the following tracks missing:

Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands are Tied
Defecto - When Daylight Dies


Diamond Playlist - Youtube Version

[jingle.boy]

unsurprisingly, two songs submitted by Brent.   

[Bolsters]

inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

[jingle.boy]

inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

Meanwhile in Russia....

[splent]

I'm so mad STILL that I sent OK Pal for the first qualifier. If only I knew...

[Evermind]

inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

Meanwhile in Russia....

I checked and the only one isn't available is Anthriel - Promised Land, but I know this song anyway so no big deal.

[jingle.boy]

inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.

Meanwhile in Russia....

I checked and the only one isn't available is Anthriel - Promised Land, but I know this song anyway so no big deal.

9.5 if I recall.  That song/band/album continues to slay.  Can't wait for their new release (hopefully this year)

[Bolsters]

Finally, here's the Gold playlist.

Bolsters v2 Roulette - Gold Playlist [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:50bQ1z664bT2YPc44MLz0v]

Tracklist

PelleK - Bag of Tricks (jingle.boy)
Within Temptation - See Who I Am (Evermind)
Darkwater - Again (Elite)
Saffire - The Redemption (bl5150)
Epysode - Forgotten Symphony (jingle.boy)
The Ralph - Space Hobo (bl5150)
Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium (bl5150)
Coheed and Cambria - Number City (Parama)
Foster The People - Houdini (splent)
St. Lucia - Elevate (splent)
Tamaryn - Cranekiss (splent)
Halsey - Colors (splent)
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Grimes - Life in the Vivid Dream
Rainbow - Ariel (Evermind)
Shooting Star - Last Chance (Evermind)
Dynazty - Falling (bl5150)
Deep Purple - April (Evermind)
Gallowbraid - Stone of Rememberance (senecadawg2)
Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver (Tomislav95)
Eluveitie - A Rose For Epona (Tomislav95)
Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Theodore Bastard - Umbraya Erze (Elite)
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes (senecadawg2)
Phideaux - Soft Microdeathstar (Evermind)
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (splent)


Gold Playlist - Youtube Version

Missing from the Youtube playlist:
None!


Running time: 2 hours 24 minutes

Italicised tracks are not available on Spotify.


The tally for the Gold playlist:

Evermind      5
splent      5
bl5150      4
jingle.boy      2
Elite      2
senecadawg2      2
Shadow Ninja 2.0      2
Tomislav95   2
Parama      1
Tyrias      0
Train of Naught   0


Tally for both:

bl5150      8
Evermind      7
jingle.boy      6
splent      6
Elite      5
senecadawg2      4
Shadow Ninja 2.0      4
Tomislav95   3
Tyrias      3
Train of Naught   3
Parama      1

[Bolsters]

While I'm tallying things:

Diamond Playlist

Round 1      4
Round 8      4
Round 2      3
Round 7      3
Qual. 2      2
Round 3      2
Round 4      2
Round 5      2
Round 6      2
Qual. 1      1

Gold Playlist

Round 6      4
Qual. 1      3
Qual. 2      3
Round 4      3
Round 1      2
Round 2      2
Round 3      2
Round 5      2
Round 7      2
Round 8      2

Diamond + Gold

Round 1      6
Round 6      6
Round 8      6
Qual. 2      5
Round 2      5
Round 4      5
Round 7      5
Qual. 1      4
Round 3      4
Round 5      4

[Train of Naught]

The tally for the Gold playlist:
Train of Naught   0

Anyway thanks for the lists, the diamond playlist seems a little more fitting to my tastes so I'll give that one a listen.