Author Topic: Train Roulette III: The Cool Kids Edition v. THE END.... OR IS IT? (Read 57846 times)

Elite · « **Reply #910 on:** February 04, 2018, 01:01:54 PM »

Quote from: Parama on February 04, 2018, 12:59:53 PM

yeah bois guess my album now

Found it:

Quote from: Parama on January 31, 2018, 03:55:47 PM

album that i sent train

Elite · « **Reply #911 on:** February 04, 2018, 01:04:46 PM »

Oh, with Parama's own review of said album as well. This is promising

Quote from: Parama on January 06, 2018, 01:01:53 AM

exist: this might genuinely be better than their 2017 album, which i already like a lot. the biggest roadblock is that vessel is notably weak & kills the moment of the album but the other 6 tracks are rad as hell with just, so many creative and interesting instrumental moments & the album flows so well besides, i literally have no clue what vessel is doing on this album, it doesn't belong and is really dull compared to the rest of this good god damn prog metal music. sheesh. like okay no one song blows me away but they're all setting a pretty high bar and keeping me engaged, except this one track. bleh

Crow · « **Reply #912 on:** February 04, 2018, 01:17:25 PM »

i like it more than i did a month ago for the record

Train of Naught · « **Reply #913 on:** February 04, 2018, 02:20:11 PM »

Yeah, his latest PM was more along the lines of "omg the apologist v2 fap fap fap album so good wow" but a little more articulate

lonestar: Anubis Gate - Horizons
LordCost: Cardiacs - Guns
Parama: Exist - Sunlight
Elite: Semistereo - Trans Earth Injection
TAC: Ezerath - Opeth: The Heir Apparrent

Now I want your brutally honest opinions on any of these bands if you have them

because a roulette is worthless without mindless shittalking

lonestar · « **Reply #914 on:** February 04, 2018, 02:26:18 PM »

I haven't heard a single note from any of the other bands.

TAC · « **Reply #915 on:** February 04, 2018, 02:33:31 PM »

I've heard the Anibus Gate and it's OK.

Just dropped the needle in a couple of spots on the Exist, and it's interesting.

Crow · « **Reply #916 on:** February 04, 2018, 02:47:04 PM »

i dunno whether or not you'd like it since the vocals are decisively growl-heavy but

i kinda compare it to the apologist in terms of how they go about writing songs but not so much the album structure or musical style but yeah i am currently kind of in love with it

Elite · « **Reply #917 on:** February 04, 2018, 02:51:20 PM »

I’ll listen to the Exist soon then. I’ve heard stuff by Anubis Gate and Cardiacs before.

twosuitsluke · « **Reply #918 on:** February 04, 2018, 03:04:23 PM »

Quote from: Train of Naught on February 04, 2018, 02:20:11 PM

Yeah, his latest PM was more along the lines of "omg the apologist v2 fap fap fap album so good wow" but a little more articulate

Probably the best quote of this roulette

TAC · « **Reply #919 on:** February 04, 2018, 03:09:09 PM »

Quote from: Parama on February 04, 2018, 02:47:04 PM

i dunno whether or not you'd like it since the vocals are decisively growl-heavy but

The Ezerath is growl heavy. Apparently too growl heavy.

Crow · « **Reply #920 on:** February 04, 2018, 03:18:04 PM »

i knew i should've sent gorguts
anyways i've listened to some anubis gate and semistereo before & wasn't really too into either but i should check out ezerath i guess, metal bands starting with e have been pretty good in the past for me

Crow · « **Reply #921 on:** February 04, 2018, 04:26:03 PM »

okay i checked out ezerath but got bored halfway through, i am very much not a death metal guy

glad to see i didn't send the heaviest album of the round though

lonestar · « **Reply #922 on:** February 04, 2018, 05:45:04 PM »

OK, giving each one a cursory listen with the game muted...

Cardiac- Got about a minute in and just no...
Exist- Gave the second track some time...think I'll be spinning this album in full later, very intrigued.
Semistereo- Oh my...this is added to my list as well...
Ezerath- Fuck yeah...

So three out of four I wouldn't mind losing to. If I lose to Cardiac though, we are just not a match.

TAC · « **Reply #923 on:** February 04, 2018, 07:04:58 PM »

Quote from: lonestar on February 04, 2018, 05:45:04 PM

Ezerath- Fuck yeah...

LordCost · « **Reply #924 on:** February 04, 2018, 11:13:21 PM »

Cardiacs are now in my top 5 bands ever for sure, I'm really happy to got into the final just to send them, but I'm sure I won't win. The vocals of Tim Smith are good and I can't imagine a different singer, and his songwriting is perfect, I can't name a better composer.

I don't know the other bands, as in almost every round

Elite · « **Reply #925 on:** February 04, 2018, 11:26:00 PM »

Quote from: lonestar on February 04, 2018, 05:45:04 PM

Semistereo- Oh my...this is added to my list as well...

I considered sending them in your roulette as well, but then my more metal entries started doing very well so ai didn’t, but I’m sure you’ll like them

lonestar · « **Reply #926 on:** February 04, 2018, 11:28:59 PM »

I got a bit of time off, so if I can pull myself away from my endless switching between Jason Richardson's solo album and the new Orphaned Land, I'll dig into all three of those. What I heard impressed the fuck out of me.

Crow · « **Reply #927 on:** February 04, 2018, 11:42:53 PM »

i don't 'get" cardiacs at all apparently but oh well
i don't get SGM either though so i dunno that kind of weird stuff isn't my deal (i even listened thru all their albums and still have absolutely no clue what the appeal is)

Bolsters · « **Reply #928 on:** February 04, 2018, 11:58:37 PM »

I wanted to sample all of these, but I couldn't because apparently two of them are from 2017.

Elite · « **Reply #929 on:** February 05, 2018, 12:40:33 AM »

Quote from: Parama on February 04, 2018, 11:42:53 PM

i don't get SGM either though so i dunno that kind of weird stuff isn't my deal (i even listened thru all their albums and still have absolutely no clue what the appeal is)

What is SGM?

Quote from: Bolsters on February 04, 2018, 11:58:37 PM

I wanted to sample all of these, but I couldn't because apparently two of them are from 2017.

Well yeah, you can be pretty sure to receive some of that Semistereo from me..

Crow · « **Reply #930 on:** February 05, 2018, 12:41:38 AM »

yeah mine's not from 2017 so you're okay go listen to it & score it low i wasn't planning to send off their 2017 album anyways
SGM is sleepytime gorilla museum

Train of Naught · « **Reply #931 on:** February 05, 2018, 12:41:51 AM »

Loving the divide between camp Cardiacs and camp pretty-much-everything-else

Quote from: Elite on February 05, 2018, 12:40:33 AM

What is SGM?

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum

Anyway, already on my 3rd listen, albums are starting to sink in a bit more. Even the bad ones

LordCost · « **Reply #932 on:** February 05, 2018, 12:44:43 AM »

Quote from: Parama on February 04, 2018, 11:42:53 PM

i don't 'get" cardiacs at all apparently but oh well
i don't get SGM either though so i dunno that kind of weird stuff isn't my deal (i even listened thru all their albums and still have absolutely no clue what the appeal is)

Think that the singer/songwriter has said that Cardiacs are a pop band for him. Some songs are still definitely crazy, but I don't hear anymore the weirdness in the majority of songs. In a facebook group of fans, people were voting for the choice of a single to buy to collect money for Tim Smith's illness, and there were many unsuitable proposals by people forgetting that they are not an easy band

Elite · « **Reply #933 on:** February 05, 2018, 12:48:30 AM »

Oh yeah I didn’t ‘get’ SGM either, even though I should like that sort of thing.

Crow · « **Reply #934 on:** February 05, 2018, 01:04:02 AM »

arms extended, death grip ready
asking if i win

Bolsters · « **Reply #935 on:** February 05, 2018, 01:32:07 AM »

Quote from: Elite on February 05, 2018, 12:40:33 AM

Well yeah, you can be pretty sure to receive some of that Semistereo from me..

Yeah I almost listened to that and suddenly thought "Shit, I'd better make sure this isn't from 2017 first."

Train of Naught · « **Reply #936 on:** February 05, 2018, 01:54:21 PM »

I have half a mind rankings all the songs of this round from best to worst, especially considering some of the worst album still rank pretty high and some of the best albums probably still have songs ranking a bit low so it seems interesting to me. What do you guys think about that? And if so, should I post all the write-ups and then announce the winner, or do a classic countdown from #5 to #1?

Crow · « **Reply #937 on:** February 05, 2018, 01:55:22 PM »

Classic countdown because I love to die
And yeah rank all the songs that'd be rad

lonestar · « **Reply #938 on:** February 05, 2018, 02:45:50 PM »

Torture us baby...

LordCost · « **Reply #939 on:** February 05, 2018, 11:42:08 PM »

Countdown for me too, I want my write up to appear soon

Crow · « **Reply #940 on:** February 05, 2018, 11:49:58 PM »

yeah that's the spirit! as long as everyone else is fine with having their writeups posted before mine we're good

Train of Naught · « **Reply #941 on:** February 06, 2018, 01:44:00 AM »

Rankings sure are gonna be interesting. They're definitely closer than I initially expected, it's gonna take me some more listens to do a proper ranking and writeups though.

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Elite · « **Reply #942 on:** February 06, 2018, 02:51:02 AM »

If The Search and/or Sin are not near the top you don’t understand that album

LordCost · « **Reply #943 on:** February 06, 2018, 05:46:02 AM »

I bet Signs will be my highest ranked song

TAC · « **Reply #944 on:** February 06, 2018, 06:34:25 AM »

Quote from: Parama on February 05, 2018, 11:49:58 PM

yeah that's the spirit! as long as everyone else is fine with having their writeups posted before mine we're good

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Author Topic: Train Roulette III: The Cool Kids Edition v. THE END.... OR IS IT? (Read 57846 times)