First, the final list:
(TAC) - Nahtram / The Wolf
(lonestar) - Orphaned Land* / The Cave
(kingshmegland) - A.C.T. / The Effect
(Elite) - Caligula's Horse / All is Quiet By the Wall
(Evermind) - Wolverine / Your Favorite War
(Train Of Naught) - Soen / Sectarian
(Kattoelox) - Time Requiem / Sin to Sin
(Bolsters) - Choirboys / Run to Paradise
(Puppies_on_Acid) - The Lord Weird Slough Feg / High Passage/Low Passage
(Indiscipline) - Helloween* / Dr. Stein
(jjrock88) - Fifth Angel* / Time Will Tell
(Lowdz) - Eric Gillette / The Great Unknown
(Lethean) - Katatonia* / Old Heart Falls
(Stadler) - Wetton/Downes / Under the Sky
(wolfking) - Amorphis* / Amongst Stars
(Parama) - The Hirsch Effekt / Agitation
I have jj's and wolfking's answer to the bonus reward. The other three need to let me know their preference.
First impressions after 3 listens:
The only pure <genre> song sent this round, this was mighty enjoyable, but faced some tough competition
I see you’re following the ‘win if you can; lose if you must, but always cheat’ path with this submission. I admire that
Foot tapping goodness
Heavy as fuck; totally not what I was expecting from this
Solid
This did nothing to change my opinion that this act is over-rated by the DTFs
Not often a fan of the doom-and-gloom style but this was pretty decent
There’s a certain je ne sais quoi missing with this song
There is a lot going on with this tune… in a very good way
There is a lot going on with this tune… not always in a good way
It's not a bad song, but something has to finish at the bottom
That solo melted my ears
This puts the fun in funky
This is right in the jingle wheelhouse - everything about this song clicked
This is going to suffer a similar fate to a song TAC sent me in a previous roulette, and I feel bad for it
Normally, this is the kind of mood/atmosphere that wouldn’t work, but it did, and what a great solo