The Coolest Roulette around! Cool Chris' Roulette - RESULTS

[Elite]

i'd considered oceans of slumber but figured the harsh vocals would be too much of a turnoff, shows how wrong i am i guess 

That's why I used it as my wildcard. I thought the harsh vocals would kill it for you Chris. Glad you liked it but also a bit gutted I didn't manage to send Supercrush! before Elite

I'm notorious for sending too late in roulettes, so this is entirely your own fault

[jingle.boy]

Even though Chad is still leading, lol @ him for not being the one to send VP!!

Chris, VP are amazing, get into 'em!

This absolutely. 

Totally fair assessment of my song.  Definitely played it safe with that pick.  And King... dude, I already sent Beyond the Bridge!  Your 17,000 song library surely had other male/female tracks.

[wolfking]

The Beyond the Bridge got so many rave reviews, but I just could never get into it.  I've tried so many times, it just did nothing.  Might have to get the cd out and try again.

[TAC]

So Chris, do you mean to tell me that Project Aegis would've scored less than a 7? That does not compute.

[Cool Chris]

So Chris, do you mean to tell me that Project Aegis would've scored less than a 7? That does not compute.

It probably would have been a 7. I gave each song an initial listen and went with Alice as 1) it was your primary choose and 2) it was the more unique choice, and 3) I wouldn't have ranked the alternate any higher.

[TAC]

Hmmm. The Project Aegis is an 11!

[Cool Chris]

Got half my entries for Round 6 already, and everything so far is at least a 7. Keep 'em coming guys!

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Have I sent? I can't remember.

[Cool Chris]

Not that I have seen.

[twosuitsluke]

Sent the band that I now consider my #1 band of all time!!

[wolfking]

Have I sent? I can't remember.

Good to see that your participants are well invested in your roulette Chris.

[Crow]

shadow ninja is like that in every roulette tbh

[Sacul]

Sent.

[Cool Chris]

Just waiting for Home now, who hopefully isn't bowing out to secure the number one draft pick in the next roulette.

[home]

Oh oops, I though I'd sent already 

Ok, sent a song I discovered five minutes ago

[Cool Chris]

Way to devote some time to your decision! Results tonight if you guys are lucky.

[home]

Well, I thought about my previous entries and that didn't work

[Crow]

I have no clue how you can form coherent opinions on songs that fast

[twosuitsluke]

I have no clue how you can form coherent opinions on songs that fast

+1

[jingle.boy]

I have no clue how you can form coherent opinions on songs that fast

+1

Probably via the same amount of effort that a participant can send a song he's only heard once.   

[Crow]

To be fair I might just look up obscure 80's songs and send them without even listening to them for next round, I have to nothing

[Cool Chris]

It's a whole decade, it isn't the most restrictive category ya know

[Crow]

Yeah I literally do not listen to any music from this decade though 

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Yeah, I don't think I have anything from the 80s either, at least nothing that everyone hasn't already heard.

I'll dig up something.

[Cool Chris]

Round 6: 

TAC: Theocracy - Laying The Demon To Rest
10   
TAC, sensing the lead in sight, comes strong in this round. This is about as epic as a sub-10 minute song can be. I haven't said much about lyrics because I usually listen to a song's music a couple times before I really begin to absorb the lyrics. After this song set in, I went in to the lyrics deeper to see if they were as good as I thought they were. They were.

Shadow Ninja 2.0: Triosphere - Driven    
9   
Loved the female vocals, very unique. Feminine, but with a hard edge to them. Add some killer riffs, and you have a winner! Short, concise, punches you in the face and pulls a Seinfeld, leaves you wanting more.

kingshmegland: Fates Warning - The Ghosts Of Home
9   
Dabbled in FW back when I was getting in to the genre and didn't see the appeal.  I started at the beginning, and John Arch was partially responsible for my lack of interest. I knew they got another vocalist down the road, but I didn't care enough about the music to care at that point. This is by far better than any FW I remember listening to. Did they get that much better this far in to their career?

Jingle.boy: Echoes - Rude Awakening   
8   
"Cut the music! What I'd like to have right now is for all you fat, out-of-shape, dtf.org sweathogs to keep the noise down while I show the ladies what a real man looks like." This was great. But who are these guys? Do they even have a Wikipedia page? A lot going on in a 6:30 song, cacophonous, mellow, powerful. Vocalist hit every section perfectly, impressive considering the variety of parts.

Parama: Venenum - Trance of Death: Part II: Metanoia Journey   
8   
Parama says "Excellent riffs, great sense of atmosphere and buildup, and some great melodies too. " Sums it up perfrectly for me. Some killer riffage, and excellent musicianship all around.  Of course the first YT comment I see is:" Crazy drumming skill. It's like Phil Collins plays Death Metal." So, yeah, -1 point for comparing this to anything related to Phil Collins. Was hoping for some vocals. Alas, I never got them. Listed to other material from this album. Glad this song didn't have vocals.

Twosuitsluke: Coheed and Cambria - Welcome Home
8   
Another apparent dtf.org darling I've never checked out. Good music, great lyrics (as I said before, lyrics don't usually catch me after the first couple listens.) Everything comes together in a nice package.

Elite: Jolly - Joy   
7   
Good modern rocker. Nothing flashy, just good solid rock. Initially thought the vocals would bring the song down, but they were quite good, fit the music well.

Stadler: Panic Channel - Loophole   
7   
Good song but didn’t' do anything to stand out among the better songs this round.

Tomislav95: Enchant - The Thirst   
6   
Reminded me of less-awesome early 80s Rush. Assume there is a heavy influence there. A little too proggy for my taste, but can see the appeal of these guys to the proggier among us.

Sacul: David Maxim Micic - Where is now?   
5   
Would have been a great instrumental. The vocals are all over the place and do a disservice to the music.

home: Sorority Noise - A Portrait Of   
2   
"I don't really have any musical talent, but I had a guitar and I'm pissed about something, so what the fuck." Middle section (approx 1:00-2:00) was rockin' pretty hard though.

[TAC]

Awesome! Theocracy is my favorite 2000's band. I was worried Laying The DFemon might be too heavy, but I struggled to find a song of theirs that is that strong. But they are awesome and have many great songs. Their last album, Ghost Ship, from last year is great.

[Cool Chris]

jingle.boy: 53
TAC: 53
Twosuitsluke: 43
Stadler: 42
Parama: 40
Tomislav95: 38
Shadow Ninja 2.0: 38
Sacul: 37
Elite:   37
Kingshmegland: 37
home: 16

Round 7 is a song from the 1980s. I didn't want too many open rounds, but also didn't want too many restrictive rounds. I thought this was a good compromise. I grew up in the 80s, but was young enough to have missed a lot of good music from those years.

To be more specific and hopefully helpful, if it was MTV a lot, I am probably familiar with it, but not automatically. I was born in 1976, so am more familiar with the latter part of the decade. I was mostly in to anything 'pop' or 'rock,' anything thrash was too heavy for me, anything rap was too crappy for me.

[King Postwhore]

Two old bastards in the lead battling in an 80's round.  Epic.

[jingle.boy]

Theocracy is awesome, but I jus couldn't get into that song.

Triosphere is also awesome - and was an option I almost used.

King finally gets a respectable score. Deservedly so.

Echoes... you're not gonna find much - this is about it. https://www.therecordlabel.net/progressive-rock/echoes/

[Crow]

wait i could've sent fates warning all along for the 80's round? dang 
there's like, one of the literally two albums i actually own from the 80's gone

also yeah you def wouldn't like the rest of that venenum album. i love it but i'm weird

[home]

"I don't really have any musical talent, but I had a guitar and I'm pissed about something, so what the fuck."

Oh yeah you have to be completely talentless to write a riff like the one at about 0:40 and such an intense ending. 

[Crow]

i don't know why chris hates you so much but he really hates you

[Tomislav95]

Enchant too proggy? Ok
I think I have plenty of 80s music in my library, will dig through it when I'm home.

[jingle.boy]

Two old bastards in the lead battling in an 80's round.  Epic.

Tim, you're going down faster than a Hobo on a Big Mac.  I'm comin atchya and you gonna be all battle scarred like a wounded warrior.   

[TAC]

I feel there's some kind of hidden message in that post. I totally ged it.