Buddyhunter1's Roulette v4: Post-Roulette Updates: Sacul

[The Walrus]

I like Voyager, but Ghost Mile is merely OK. 

 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

[The Walrus]

 

[Crow]

i don't get voyager 

[jingle.boy]

i don't get voyager 

OMG, Parama and I agree on something musically.  Someone note the date and time, for it could be the end of existence as we know it anytime now.

[Nekov]

Congrats Katt!!!!

[The Walrus]

Voyager rules.

[Buddyhunter1]

Katt, you should check out the latest VOLA album if you haven't already. Ghost Mile definitely reminded me of that in a lot of places.

Oh, and if you want top-tier poppy djent, listen to Destiny Potato - Lun. Yes, that's the actual name of the band. I think they're changing it for their next album.

[The Walrus]

Katt, you should check out the latest VOLA album if you haven't already. Ghost Mile definitely reminded me of that in a lot of places.

Oh, and if you want top-tier poppy djent, listen to Destiny Potato - Lun. Yes, that's the actual name of the band. I think they're changing it for their next album.

I remember listening to a song by Destiny Potato a few years ago and wasn't charmed, but I also liked an album by a band called Magic Pie, I think, so I'm down for another shot. I think Elite sent me a VOLA song in my last roulette and it was interesting. I've heard a lot about them lately so I'll put that on the list as well

[Sacul]

Yeah I wasn't very confident in what I sent, but couldn't think of something else at the time. Would you mind if I send you some bonus albums? 

Congrats Katt! You deserve this win . Buddy, thanks for having me, it was a blast, and I'm honestly surprised I did so well.

[Crow]

i already sent a bonus album so you should do it too

[The Walrus]

According to the master list everybody else has won at least two roulettes. So I still have catching up to do 

BTW... I still have no idea what a ghost mile is.

[Buddyhunter1]

Yeah I wasn't very confident in what I sent, but couldn't think of something else at the time. Would you mind if I send you some bonus albums? 

Of course!

[Buddyhunter1]

According to the master list everybody else has won at least two roulettes. So I still have catching up to do 

My first roulette was the first one senecadawg won and he promptly went on to dominate all of them, so maybe this is just the first of many for you 

[Crow]

on the flipside, yours was the second i won and then i didn't win any for like two years after that

[The Walrus]

According to the master list everybody else has won at least two roulettes. So I still have catching up to do 

My first roulette was the first one senecadawg won and he promptly went on to dominate all of them, so maybe this is just the first of many for you 

[jingle.boy]

Kattleox.  Make Roulette's Great Again.

[The Walrus]

"My submissions are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my music collection."

[jingle.boy]

"My submissions are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my music collection."

Fake news

[Buddyhunter1]

Hey Puppies I know I didn't really like As A Womb at all but I heard good things about Teethed Glory And Injury after the fact, and my first listen was pretty positive, at least from the halfway point onward. So thanks for sending Alter Of Plagues, even if the specific song you sent wasn't very good in my opinion.

[Crow]

i couldn't stand that album, personally, but tastes 

[Buddyhunter1]

I was ready to check out after the first four songs, but A Remedy And A Fever really stuck out to me, and the rest of the album from that point onward seemed pretty good. Will need to listen to it a few more times to form a proper opinion, for sure.

[Crow]

i just generally dislike industrial crap
hated that daughters album from last year too that everyone else loved

[The Walrus]

I don't have any bonus albums to send. I'll just save for the next roulette.

[Buddyhunter1]

i just generally dislike industrial crap
hated that daughters album from last year too that everyone else loved

Hah. I have mixed opinions on that album. On one hand I liked the overall super dark atmosphere and some of the freaky noisier bits, but a lot of the songs on it were just too repetitive and lacking in hooks for me. Satan In The Wait is great, though. Their self-titled album's a lot more upbeat and straightforwardly heavy and I probably like it more, but I'm not a huge fan of it either.

[Buddyhunter1]

Hey all, figured I'd do some post-roulette updates as I did end up checking out a lot of stuff as a result of this roulette. I'm going to do these grouped by who submitted them, at least for starters. First up is the champion, Kattleox!




Arcturus - The Sham Mirrors

There's definitely parts of this album that I like, but it hasn't really clicked with me yet. Part of that might have to do with the production; the guitars in particular sound really bad at certain points. But I do like the weird avant-garde sound here. I'm also kicking myself for not realizing earlier that the vocalist from Ulver was on here! He displays a lot more range on here than I thought he had. I still quite like For To End Yet Again, and Nightmare Heaven is pretty great as well.




Lauri Porra - Flyover

This album's quite nice. Instrumental albums are usually dead on arrival for me, but there's enough stylistic variety here to keep it engaging throughout. I like how much emotion the performances and melodies are able to convey, especially on songs like Dislocated, Flyover, and The Swan. Nothing else on the record is quite as good as Dislocated, but with how great that song is that isn't too surprising. Not that it matters at this point, but had you sent Rhapsody Of Consequences or Flyover instead of The Prisoner, you easily would have won that round without the need for a ranking swap!




IQ - The Road Of Bones

For starters, I haven't even bothered with the second disc of this one as it's apparently just "bonus" songs, and the main disc is already long enough as-is. My feelings on this band are kinda mixed. They seem to be very good at pacing out and writing engaging songs, even when the runtimes get super long. They can also convey some really haunting atmospheres when they commit to it, especially on the title track here. On the other hand, the vocals and the keyboard sounds don't always sit too well with me. The vocalist has like, no variety in his delivery. The vocal melodies could be a factor here too, but he always sounds very flat to me. The keyboards are more of a mixed bag; sometimes they work really well, other times they sound really dry and distracting. I do like Without Walls, and the title track is even better. The other three songs aren't quite good enough for me to go out and buy the album yet, but they might grow on me more.


I don't have a schedule for this here, so I'm not sure when the next update will be. That said, next up will be Cyril, followed by Sacul.

[Crow]

i'm prepared to revel in your disappointment

[Buddyhunter1]

Lots of interest, eh? Well whatever, time for some more.



Exist - Sunlight

Not a big fan of this one as a whole, and re-listening to Writhe I don't think I'm enjoying it quite as much as I did initially. While I enjoyed the weirdness of the strange, kinda atonal guitar soloing at the time, hearing it pop up all over the record instead of just one song made it start getting on my nerves. If their second record is better I might give it a shot, but I don't see myself returning to this one.




Slice The Cake - Odyssey To The West

This is a super ambitious record, and I admire that, but my big problem with it is that hardly any of the songs work for me on their own. The first half of the record is almost impenetrable for me; all I can really remember from it are the intro track and the main riff of The Mountains Of Man. Once it gets to Castle In The Sky Part II (where's part 1?) the songs start getting less same-y and I start enjoying the record a lot more, but there's still not much in the way of actual songs. Don't get me wrong, the album works quite well as a whole (though it's probably too long), but in order for me to really love an album it needs to be both holistic and also have some solid songs that work well on their own. I also still don't like the spoken word bits, but I could probably get over that if I liked the music more.




Cryptodira - The Devil's Despair

Eh, this is alright. Like with the rest of the records here, you picked out the best songs from it to send and the rest doesn't quite live up to it. It's a good length and none of the songs are bad (though In Hell As On Earth might come close; I remember it sounding pretty awkward), but it's not really grabbing me.




Warforged - I: Voice

This is... a bit much. There's parts of this I like, but for how consistently extreme it is it's just waaaaaay too long. It also has the same problem Odyssey To The West has where a lot of songs don't really have much memorable qualities, though there are some highlights. Cellar is still kickass and one of the best songs I got this roulette. I also like when the album gets really creepy, like the quiet but suspenseful first half of Old Friend. Voice is probably my second favorite song, both for the creepiness and the doomy, slow tempo which gives a solid foundation for all the abrasiveness that gets thrown on top of it. Hopefully whatever these guys put out next is a bit more trimmed down and focused, because there's definitely potential here.


Well Cyril, if this has taught me anything you're very good at picking out the best songs from albums! I wish I enjoyed the albums as a whole more, but it is what it is.

Sacul will be next.

[The Walrus]

Wow, somehow I missed this. Really cool that you checked those albums out. I had actually considered sending Rhapsody of Consequences, so that's funny to me Glad you dug them to some extent. I freaking love Lauri's solo music.

[Crow]

i mean i think that entire exist record is killer myself
and the slice the cake record is good too tho i don't revisit it much
and the cryptodira album is great but not a favorite
and the warforged album is great but not a favorite

tastes™

this roulette was long ago enough i had to check what i actually sent you also

[Sacul]

Yeah that Slice the Kek album is ok but I'd agree, it's just too much for me.

Looking forward to what you dug from what I sent you

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

That Warforged album is amazing!

[Train of Naught]

Slice the KEK

[Crow]

isn't that literally your favorite album still, train

[Train of Naught]

Yep

It’s splitting hairs though, different albums for different moods, but OttW looks like my overall all time favorite