Well, here it is. First off, this OP is pretty long so I don't expect anyone to really read the bullshit about me and just skip to the bits that matter. Firstly, I have been around here for so many years now and is one of my favourite places to spend my time. It also warms my heart that some of you chaps inparticular have been anxiously waiting for this roulette. That means a lot to me and I think the mutual respect shown between us is invaluable. I have been tossing up with roulettes for a while, and never really was interested in doing one, but again, I feel I owe it to you boys, again a respect thing. Saying that, as I've been thinking about it more and more, the more and more I've been getting excited about it. Now with my work schedule for the summer season is finishing this coming Friday, it's the perfect time to discover some new music, and I know you guys won't disappoint.
TastesMost of you know my tastes and it's quite broad. Those bands I just mentioned above were the core of what I have listened to. Each one of those bands went through an obsession stage with me where I was absolutely hooked while discovering them and buying each one of their cd's. So these classic metal bands is obviously where it's at for me, but my tastes did evolve. From there, even though Helloween and Gamma Ray were already known, I discovered more power metal where Hammerfall, Stratovarius, Sonata Arctica, Edguy, Dream Evil became popular with me. I then later was going through a down period where a more angry and agressive style of music became popular with me. Soilwork, In Flames, Children of Bodom and Trivium I thought were brilliant. So, as you guys know, I like me some good screams from time to time. I'm quite selective though when it comes to the more agressive music even though you guys probably wouldn't think so. I then discovered everything in between, I needed to find metal of all kinds. Evergrey, Kamelot, Iced Earth, Rush, Iron Savior, Gary Moore, Nocturnal Rites, Primal Fear, Pain of Salvation, Avantasia etc. you know these bands. I then went into a more softer melodic rock side of things. This was when Frontiers was releasing quality, I was really getting into the AOR and melodic rock stuff, and basically whatever Magnus Karlsson was doing, he has became a staple and obsession also over the last few years. These days I'm very selective and picky and something really needs to knock me over for me to warrant purchasing and diving deeper into it.
Bascially, you can see from my banned list below, my tastes are pretty broad. Classic, heavy, melodic, prog metal is what I like the most, and anything of the kind. Harsh vox are good, but not so much as extreme as the black metal stuff. Melodic death metal is the way to go. Thrash is good, but I like more melody over the agression most of the time. AOR is good and anything modern and melodic. I'm not looking for any sort of other genres. I like some blues and a little jazz, but I'm running this roulette to find brand new great metal or the like, that's it. There are a lot of bands on the banned list that I might only know one album of, but I want new stuff and am not allowing songs from other albums that I haven't heard. If I own something from them, I have the ability to look further into them, and there is probably a reason why I might only own one album from them. I don't really dig anything modern or mainstream over the last ten years either.
Other things to consider;
Be careful of anything obvious that aren't on the list. I was never that big into the mainstream rock stuff, eg. Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Rolling Stones, The Who etc. just as examples, so if it isn't there, it's fair game but be careful. There's probably many obvious ones in my style that I might miss that I would enjoy, it's just a warning when it comes to the classic and obvious stuff. Sending classic stuff is fine, but again might not score as well as it's possibly not what I'm looking for.
Format12 players and six rounds. Rounds will be scored out of ten and after six rounds, 4 will be eliminated, obviously the 4 lowest scorers. From round 7-9 two will be eliminated until round 10 which will be the final.
I want to keep things pretty simple as it is my first roulette but want to add something extra also. When we get to the top 8 I will be running a bonus feature in a head to head format. I will use a standard sporting style fixture to come up with the matchups, but the overall score will still be the end result, but if you win your head to head battle, an extra point will be given to the winner of their head to head round. I don't really know how this will work, and I might even change the prize when the finals series comes closer. The bonus point system might need to be altered depending on the results going into the finals to give everyone a chance. I may even deduct points from the loser of each head to head too to make things more interesting. The Prelim finals I'm gonna steal Ruslans idea and have 2 songs submitted by the same band. The final will come down to a head to head but scores will obviously be taken into consideration. I will most likely do an EP style thing that again, I'm copying from Ruslan as well as a few others. I thought these were great ideas. More info to follow. So;
Round 1 - 6 - Open rounds. Try and keep songs under 20 minutes, but if you want to send something longer just once, I'll all for it. All 12 participants will parttake in the first 6 rounds.
Bottom then 4 eliminated.
Finals
Round 7 (Round 1 Finals) - Open - Max song length - 20 minutes (8 participants) (with bonus points available)
Round 8 (Semi Finals) - Open - Max song length - 15 minutes (6 participants) (with bonus points available)
Round 9 (Prelim Finals) - Open - Max song length - 10 minutes (4 participants) (with bonus points available)
Round 10 (Grand Final) - Open - EP round - Info to follow (2 participants)
*Again, the final series is under construction and may be altered when the time comes.*SubmittingI'm not gonna be picky with how I get my submissions. My preferred way would be an actual file so I can burn it to the car, but if you want to send me a youtube link or something, I can usually find a copy of the song. If something you send you know will be hard to get, a copy of the song would be better. Either send me a PM with the song or you can email me at kadejordan@hotmail.com
TimeframeI won't be listening to any submissions until I get every single one to make things fair on the others. When the round starts, if you could get your song to me by 24 hours or so that would be great. I will take just a few days to listen and will post results in a timely fashion. I should be able to get through the songs pretty well and keep things moving.
ParticipantsI have already sent invites and here is the list of victims so far;
jingle.boy
bl5150
jjrock88
Big Hath
TAC
lowdz
Evermind
Bolsters
Lonestar
Elite
Dt DTVT
Parama
Train of Naught
That leaves one more spot open for anyone that really wants to join. Apologies if there is anyone that feels like they should have gotten an invite, but anyone else want it?
Banned ListHere it is, get ready. This banned list is taken from my cd log of bands that I actually own something from.
3 Inches of Blood
A Life Once Lost
A Perfect Circle
Above Symmetry
Accept
Act of Defiance
Adagio
Adrenaline Mob
Affector
Agent Steel
Ahab
Aina
Al Di Meola
Alarum
Alcatrazz
Alex Beyrodt’s Voodoo Circle
Alex Skolnick Trio
Alice Cooper
All That Remains
Allan Holdsworth
Allen/Lande
Almah
Alter Bridge
Amaran’s Plight
Ambition
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
Andre Matos
Andromeda
Andy James
Andy Timmons
Angel Dust
Angra
Animals as Leaders
Annihilator
Anthrax
AOR
Arch/Matheos
Arch Enemy
Arena
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Ark
Armageddon
ASAP
Ashes of Ares
At the Gates
At Vance
Atheist
Atreyu
Audioslave
Augury
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Axel Rudi Pell
Axxis
Ayreon
Badlands
Bad English
Bailey
Bassinvaders
Beardfish
Beautiful Sin
Beggars and Thieves
Behemoth
Behold...The Arctopus
Between the Buried and Me
Black Country Communion
Billy Sheehan
Beyond Twilight
Beyond the Bridge
Beyond Fear
Black Label Society
Black Majesty
Black Sabbath
Black Star Riders
Blackmore’s Night
Blackwelder
Blackwood Creek
Blanc Faces
Blaze Bayley
Blessed By A Broken Heart
Blind Guardian
Bloodbath
Blotted Science
Blue Murder
Blue Oyster Cult
Bob Catley
Borealis
Borknager
Brian Howe
Brazen Abbot
Brett Garsed
Brother Firetribe
Bruce Dickinson
Bruce Kulick
Bullet for my Valentine
Bush
C-187
Cacophony
Cain’s Offering
Caliban
Candlemass
Cannibal Corpse
Cans
Carcass
Cathedral
Celtic Frost
Chalice
Charred Walls of the Damned
Chevelle
Chickenfoot
Children of Bodom
Chimaira
Chris Caffery
Chris Cornell
Chris Poland
Chuck Schuldiner
Cinderella
Circle II Circle
Circus Maximus
Clawfinger
Cloudscape
Coheed and Cambria
Coldseed
Coldspell
Collective Soul
Communic
Conception
Consortium Project
Control Denied
Counting Crows
Cradle of Filth
Crash the System
Crazy Lixx
Creed
Crimson Glory
Crimsonfire
Cronos
Crown of Thorns
Cryonic Temple
Cynic
Daath
Damageplan
Dan Swano
Danger Danger
Danny Vaughn
Danzig
Dario Mollo/Tony Martin
Dare
Darkane
Dark at Dawn
Dark New Day
Dark Suns
Dark Tranquillity
David Lee Roth
David Meniketti
David Readman
Dead Letter Circus
Deadsoul Tribe
Death
Death Angel
Death Dealer
Death Destruction
Deep Purple
Defaced
Deicide
Demons and Wizards
Derek Sherinian
Devils Slingshot
Devin Townsend
Dezperadoz
DGM
Dignity
Dimmu Borgir
Dio
Dire Straits
Disamonia Mundi
Disillusion
Disturbed
Doctor Butcher
Dokken
Dominici
Dragonforce
Dragonspoon
Dream Evil
Dream Theater
Dreamland
Dreamscape
Dreamtale
Dug Pinnick
Dungeon
Dynazty
Eclipse
Ed Kowalczyk
Eden’s Curse
Edenbridge
Edge of Sanity
Edguy
Eidolon
Eldritch
Empires of Eden
Enbound
Enchant
Engine
Ensiferum
Enter Twilight
Epica
Epysode
Eric Johnson
Eric Martin
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Eternity X
Eumeria
Ex Deo
Europe
Everclear
Evergrey
Evile
Evidence One
Evil Masquerade
Exodus
Expedition Delta
Extreme
Eyefear
F5
Fair Warning
Fairyland
Faith No More
Falconer
Fate
Fates Warning
Fear Factory
Fergie Frederiksen
Fifth Angel
Fight
Find Me
Firehouse
Firewind
First Signal
Flaming Row
Flying Colors
FM
Foo Fighters
Force of Evil
Fozzy
Frameshift
Frank Gambale
Freak Guitar
Frederiksen/Denander
Freedom Call
From the Inside
Frost*
Fuel
Fullforce
Gamma Ray
Gary Hughes
Gary Moore
Genius
Geoff Tate
George Bellas
George Lynch
Ghost
Giant
Gillan
Giuntini Project
Glen Drover
Glenn Hughes
Glenn Tipton
Gloryhammer
Gojira
Gordian Knot
Grand Magus
Grave Digger
Green Carnation
Grinspoon
Gus G
GZR
H.E.A.T
Halford
Hammerfall
Hall and Oates
Hardline
Harem Scarem
Hartmann
Headspace
Heaven and Hell
Heavenly
Heed
Hell
Hellfueled
Helloween
High on Fire
Hisma
Hodson
Holy Force
House of Lords
Iced Earth
Ignominious Incarceration
Illwill
Immortal
Impellitteri
In Flames
Incubus
Indigo Dying
Innerwish
Institute
Into Eternity
Intronaut
Iommi
Iron Maiden
Iron Savior
Issa!!
Jaded Heart
James Christian
James LaBrie
James Murphy
Jason Becker
Jebediah
Jeff Healey
Jeff Loomis
Jeff Martin
Jeff Scott Soto
Jim Matheos
Jimi Jamison
Jimmy Barnes
Joe Lynn Turner
Joe Satriani
Joel Hoekstra
Joey Tafolla
John 5
John Arch
John Norum
John Petrucci
John West
Jon Oliva’s Pain
Jordan Rudess
Jorn
Jorn/Holter
Journey
Judas Priest
Kalmah
Kamelot
Kansas
Karnivool
Katatonia
Keel
Kelly Keeling
Kenny Wayne Shepard
Khymera
Killer Be Killed
Killswitch Engage
Kimball/Jamison
King Crimson
King Diamond
King Kobra
Kings X
Kip Winger
Kiske/Somerville
Korn
Kotipelto
Kreator
Krux
KXM
Kyuss
LALU
Lamb of God
Lance King
Land of Tales
Larry Carlton
Last Tribe
Level 10
Leverage
Lingua Mortis Orchestra feat Rage
Lionville
Lion’s Share
Liquid Tension Experiment
Live
Living Loud
Lizzy Borden
Lord
Los Angeles
Lost Horizon
LRS
Luca Turilli
Lynch Mob
Machine Head
Lynch/Pilson
Machine Men
Magnitude 9
Magnum
Malpractice
Magnus Karlsson
Manimal
Manowar
Marcello-Vestry
Marco Mendoza
Mark Boals
Marty Friedman
Masterplan
Mastodon
Mat Sinner
MD45
Mecca
Megadeth
Mercenary
Mercyful Fate
Metal Church
Metalium
Metallica
Michael Angelo Batio
Michael Jackson
Michael Lee Firkins
Michael Romeo
Michael Schenker/MSG
Michael Vescera
Midnight Oil
Midnight Sun
Mike Portnoy
Mike Terrana
Millenial Reign
Millenium
Mind Key
Mind Odyssey
Mob Rules
Moonspell
Moredhel
Mors Principum Est
Motorhead
Mourning Widows
Mr Big
Mudvayne
Muse
Myrath
Mystic Prophecy
Mullmuzzler
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Neal Schon
Nelson
Nemesis
Neverland
Nevermore
Newma
Newsted
Nightingale
Nightrage
Nightwish
Night Ranger
Nile
Nocturnal Rites
Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Nordic Union
Norther
Nostradameus
Novembre
Oasis
Obituary
Oceansize
OHM
Oliva
Opeth
OSI
Overkill
Overland
Ozzy Osbourne
Pagan’s Mind
Pain
Pain Division
Pain of Salvation
Painmuseum
Palace Terrace
Pantera
Paradise Lost
Pat Metheny
Pathosray
Paul Gilbert
Pearl Jam
Pegazus
Pendragon
Pennywise
Periphery
Persefone
Pink Cream 69
Pink Floyd
Place Vendome
Places of Power
Planet Alliance
Planet X
Platens
Poison
Porcupine Tree
Praying Mantis
Pretty Maids
Pride of Lions
Primal Fear
Primal Rock Rebellion
Probot
Psycho Motel
Puscifer
Pushking
Pyramaze
Queen
Queensryche
Racer X
Rage
Radiohead
Rage of Angels
Rainbow
Ralph Santolla
Rated X
Ratt
Redemption
Regurgitator
Revolution Renaissance
Rhapsody of Fire
Ride the Sky
Ring of Fire
Riot
Ritchie Kotzen
Riverside
Rob Rock
Rob Zombie
Roxus
Royal Hunt
Running Wild
Rush
Russell Allen
Sacred Steel
Saint Deamon
Sammy Hagar
Sandalinas
Savage Circus
Savatage
Saxon
Scar Symmetry
Scars on Broadway
Scheepers
Scorpions
Sebastian Bach
Secret Sphere
Sentenced
Sepultura
Serenity
Serious Black
Serj Tankian
Serpentine
Seven Tears
Seven the Hardway
Seven Witches
Sevendust
Seventh Key
Seventh Wonder
Shadow Gallery
Shadows Fall
Shadowman
Shaman
Sieges Even
Silent Circus
Silent Force
Silent Memorial
Silverchair
Sinergy
Sinner
Skid Row
Slave to the System
Slavior
Slayer
Sleep
Slipknot
Soilwork
Solution .45
Sonata Arctica
Sons of Liberty
Soul Secret
Soul Sirkus
Soundgarden
Spiral Architect
Spiritual Beggars
Spock’s Beard
Staind
Stan Bush
Star One
Starbreaker
Steeler
Steelhouse Lane
Steve Harris
Steve Morse
Steve Vai
Steven Wilson
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Stonesour
Strapping Young Lad
Stratovarius
Stryper
Styx
Storm Corrosion
Subsignal
Sunburst
Sunstorm
SupaRed
Survivor
Swashbuckle
Sweet & Lynch
Symfonia
Symphony X
System of a Down
T&N
Talisman
Taraxacum
Tarot
Tears for Fears
Ted Nugent
Ted Poley
Temple of the Dog
Ten
Terror 2000
Terry Brock
Testament
The Armada
The Codex
The Crown
The Destro
The Doobie Brothers
The Faceless
The Flower Kings
The Ladder
The Magnificent
The Mob
The Night Flight Orchestra
The Ocean
The Offspring
The Poodles
The Prodigy
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Superjesus
The Tea Party
The Winery Dogs
Therion
Thin Lizzy
Thomas Giles
Thought Chamber
Three Lions
Threshold
Thunderstone
Tim Donahue
Tim Ripper Owens
Time Requiem
Timo Tolkki
TNT
Toby Hitchcock
Tommy Emmanuel
Tony Harnell
Tony Macalpine
Tony Martin
Tony Mills
Tony O’Hora
Tool
Toto
Trail of Murder
Trans Siberian Orchestra
Transatlantic
Treat
Tremonti
Tribuzy
Trillium
Trivium
Tygers of Pan Tang
Tyketto
UDO
UFO
Uli Jon Roth
Unisonic
Unruly Child
Van Halen
Vanden Plas
Vanishing Point
Vega
VII Gates
Vinnie Moore
Virgil Donati
Virgin Steele
Vision Divine
Voice
Voodoo Hill
Voyager
W.E.T.
Warmen
Warrel Dane
WASP
Watchtower
Weezer
White Lion
Whitesnake
Wigelius
Windir
Winger
Wintersun
Winter Rose
Winters Bane
Wishbone Ash
Witherscape
Wolf
Wolfmother
Work of Art
Xcarnation
X-World/5
Y&T
Yargos
Yes
Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Yoso
Yyrkoon
Zebra
Zero Hour
Zierler
Zimmers Hole
Banned artists submitted in this roulette;
Moon'Doc
Bloodbound
Lethal
Wolverine
Anthriel
Darkest Hour
Damnation Angels
Red Dawn
Villain
Caligula's Horse
Destrage
Earthside
Agent Fresco
Iris Divine
Almanac
Orden Ogan
IQ
Armored Saint
Absolute Priority
Glass Mind
Joshua
Phantasma
Arkentype
Ihsahn
Oceans of Slumber
Until Rain
Brainstorm
East of the Wall
David Gilmour
Psycrence
Holy Grail
Speaking to Stones
Waken Eyes
Agalloch
Leprous
Teramaze
Chaos Frame
Barron Cross
All Seeing Eyes
Balance of Power
Ghost Ship Octavius
Shadow Keep
Theocracy
Vicious Rumors
Coney Hatch
Tesla
Xerath
Votum
Voices from the Fuselage
Solstafer
Lordi
Enslaved
Arion
Hibria
Toxik
Slash
Honeymoon Suite
Ioannis Anastassakis
Powerworld
Leatherwolf
Galahad
Deadly Circus Fire
Mercury Falling
The Black Mages
Recon
Altair
Natice Construct
The Human Abstract
Triosphere
Anciients
Anubis Gate
Lionsheart
Sinbreed
Meshuggah
Need
Claudio Cordero
Baroness
Byzantine
Soulspell
Liege Lord
Presto Ballet
Warrior
Spread Eagel
Hangar
Rustfield
Wuthering Heights
Shaft of Steel
Project Aegis
Killer Dwarfs
Omnium Gatherum
Reign of Fury
WarMachine
Amadeus Awad's Eon
Dyscordia
Ice Age
Hopefully everyone can find something around this. Everyone did for Brent, so I don't think there should be a problem.
Anyway, take a few days to get submissions in, I probably won't start listening until later in the week, so like Wednesday or Thursday (my time).
Let the games begin.