jingle.boy's Top 50 - Roulette songs ... My final obsession

[Lowdz]

Think I’ve had 3 so far. Trying to remember what I’ve sent that could be better than Les Mort Dansant 🤔

[jingle.boy]

Well, you won my 2nd roulette, so look there!

Top 50 baby!!!  Comments a little deeper now, so only 3 per entry.

50 - v3 / Zook / HolyHell* / The Fall… once again, Zook killin it.  Lead singer Maria Breon – why the hell isn’t this act more known!?!?  I mean, I very much like Delain and all, but she slays Charlotte, and the symphonic/metal is just a touch superior.  Sadly, they have just the one album (and a couple of EPs).  Such a fucking gorgeous voice (and easy on the eyes too).  Simple melody, power/symphonic perfection, and a killer – albeit short – guitar solo.

49 - v4 / Evermind / Karmakanic / Send a Message from the Heart… naturally, the Flower Kings vibe is strong.  Loved the vocal harmonies, so many fantastic elements here – the piano arpeggios, multiple guitar and keyboard solos and styles, and Göran Edman – so much that he’s been on which I love.  You know an ‘epic’ song is truly epic when 20 minutes passes by and it didn’t even feel like it.

48 - v3 / Big Hath / AEnimus / Seven Circles of Hell… dat opening riff!!    Some solid screaming going here, without it sounding scream-o.  Nice deep rich sound coming out of this.  Meat and potatoes metal that scratched an itch.  Unfortunately, the rest of the album was rather generic and mostly uninteresting.

[The Walrus]

I think Ev sent me that Karmakanic album in my first roulette and I still love it. Kind of a hard listen for the way I listen to music but it's really really good. GE's voice is awesome.

[Evermind]

Hell yeah man, this Karmakanic album rocks. Please listen to it as soon as possible.

[King Postwhore]

From my favorite Karmakanic album!

[jingle.boy]

Hell yeah man, this Karmakanic album rocks. Please listen to it as soon as possible.

I did this morning... the rest of the album couldn't hold a candle to Send a Message.

[The Walrus]

Hell yeah man, this Karmakanic album rocks. Please listen to it as soon as possible.

I did this morning... the rest of the album couldn't hold a candle to Send a Message.

 

[Lowdz]

Well, you won my 2nd roulette, so look there

It’s the ManOwaR isn’t it 😀😀😀😀

[Big Hath]

is that 7 for me now?  I think I only sent 12 songs on that roulette so that's a pretty good hit rate so far.  Are you also including secondary songs that were sent but not scored in the V3 roulette?

[jingle.boy]

is that 7 for me now?  I think I only sent 12 songs on that roulette so that's a pretty good hit rate so far.  Are you also including secondary songs that were sent but not scored in the V3 roulette?

Yes. All songs received ... qualifiers, final rounds, everything.  I count 17 songs submitted by the Hathster.

[lonestar]

I'm racking my brain to figure out what else I got coming up. There's Orphaned Land, and that one random song I happened to find that made you cry, but stuck on anything else.

[TAC]

and that one random song I happened to find that made you cry

BABYMETAL 

[wolfking]

I know for sure I at least have 2 more songs that will feature.

[jingle.boy]

I'm racking my brain to figure out what else I got coming up. There's Orphaned Land, and that one random song I happened to find that made you cry, but stuck on anything else.

There's a certain 'Frenchie' you're forgetting.

<in my best Casey Kasem impression>  And now, on with the countdown:

47 - v1 / Doc / Kevin Gilbert / Song for a Dead Friend… this was in the “emotion” round, and Mason was clear and away the winner.  Most emotionally provoking song ever.  Not just in my roulette’s, but ever (imo).  Title says it all.  Blessfully, I’ve never had to experience this first hand, and hope I never do.  I’ve seen this song sent in other roulette’s, and think it’s always won the round.  Such a powerful song.

46 - v1 / Obscure / Darkology** / Violent Vertigo… Kelly f’n Carpenter.  Hit and f’n miss for me, as he’s been on some rather mediocre projects.  This isn’t one of those – well, the rest of the discography isn’t as strong as this, but this song gives me everything I love about his voice and style – Raspy and screamy without being harsh and scream-o.

45 - v4 / TAC / Nahtram / The Wolf … almost the best instrumental you submitted in my Roulettes.  Heavy-af, lots of great things going on here.  Not sure what more I can say that I didn’t say last year at this time – “So many different and diverse parts to this song - nice keyboard intro, heavy as shit, slower/acoustic breakdown, great keyboard and guitar riffs and licks all over the place.  Complex writing and talented execution.  Nice piece of ass this one was”

[Bolsters]

I know for sure I at least have 2 more songs that will feature.

Same.

[TAC]

I know I have at least one more.

Chad, I lost count...can you update the stats?

[jingle.boy]

I know I have at least one more.

Chad, I lost count...can you update the stats?

Oh jesus.... I just have one list, so to parse it out by the first 100 songs ain't no easy feat.  In no particular order:

TAC - 8
Hath - 6
Wolfking - 14
Cheffy-poo - 3
JJ - 6
Brent - 5
Bolsters - 5
Evermind - 7
King - 3
Lowdz - 6

Anyone else want their count?

[Stadler]

Yo!

[jingle.boy]

Yo!

Sorry... I figured you, Indiscipline, and Katt would be comfortably able to count to 1.   

P.S.  One of you need not hold your breath for additional entries. 

[TAC]

Kade is smoking the field!

[The Walrus]

Yo!

Sorry... I figured you, Indiscipline, and Katt would be comfortably able to count to 1.   

P.S.  One of you need not hold your breath for additional entries. 

Damn... got my ass 

[lonestar]

I'm racking my brain to figure out what else I got coming up. There's Orphaned Land, and that one random song I happened to find that made you cry, but stuck on anything else.

There's a certain 'Frenchie' you're forgetting.

Oh yeah, she should be a top ten I'd gather.

[wolfking]

Kade is smoking the field!

 

[lonestar]

If I could figure out one more song I got coming, I'd nail my prediction of 6.

[jingle.boy]

I'm racking my brain to figure out what else I got coming up. There's Orphaned Land, and that one random song I happened to find that made you cry, but stuck on anything else.

There's a certain 'Frenchie' you're forgetting.

Oh yeah, she should be a top ten I'd gather.

If I could figure out one more song I got coming, I'd nail my prediction of 6.

Cheffy-poo - 3

Math: you suck at it.

[lonestar]

I had Kaipa and IQ, what was the third?

[jingle.boy]

I had Kaipa and IQ, what was the third?

Kingcrow / Right Before.

[lonestar]

Ah shit, that's right.

[Stadler]

Yo!

Sorry... I figured you, Indiscipline, and Katt would be comfortably able to count to 1.   

P.S.  One of you need not hold your breath for additional entries. 

That's my fault; I didn't realize that it was only the number so far.  Mine was in fact 1, and I knew that.  I am uncertain, from the hints in previous posts, what my total is.   I thought, from what was written before, that it was more than 2, but increasingly, I think I'm "1". 

(You don't have to answer; I'm just laying out my - lack of - thought process. )

[Evermind]

I think I'm done, I don't remember anything I sent scoring higher than Karmakanic.

[jingle.boy]

44 - v2 / Lowdz / Alter Bridge* / Cry Of Achilles… I really should listen to Myles Kennedy fronted stuff more often.  What a rich and full sound he delivers.  Overall, I find Alter Bridge to be a whole lot of fun and super enjoyable – I don’t think I’ve ever heard an AB song that I didn’t like, but generally speaking, I don’t ever think “Hey, I’m in the mood for some AB”.  Straight up modern-day rock is what they sound like to me, despite what Wikipedia describes them as – “Alternative metal; progressive metal; post-grunge”.  Like, wtf does that even mean?  Hard Rock.  Period.  And this surely delivers.  Pretty basic rock recipe, but super tasty none-the-less.

43 - v4 / King / Mile Marker Zero / 2001 … Great opening melody – I don’t know what I’m more turned on by, the guitars, or the keyboards.  Then it gets all mellow and focuses on the vocal delivery – smooth as Golden.  Some really tasty drum fills, time signature switches, and a catchy chorus.  Every musician here gets a fair shot at showing off.  All of which is stitched together marvellously.  I gave the album a go, and it had a couple of gems, but otherwise it was fairly uneventful.

42 - v4 / Lowdz / Fiction Syxx / Given Sight… really nice track, though the album (and this year’s release) left me a little limp.  This checks all the boxes of everything I’d expect out of Melodic Rock Records… catchy verses and choruses, dual key/guitar solo, a somewhat flashy rhythm section that does a little more than just keep the 4/4 beat, and a SOLID vocalist. 

[TAC]

That Alter Bridge song is amazing. They just don't sustain my interest though.

[wolfking]

Top 5 AB song.

[King Postwhore]

Just picked up the new Alter Bridge.

Chad, I'm surprised.   I love that CD. 

[bl5150]

Just picked up the new Alter Bridge.

Chad, I'm surprised.   I love that CD.

I want to check the new AB just to see who I agree with from the opinions I have received so far.  They all fall into one of two categories:

1) Awesome - very melodic.  Best album in the discog

2) Production is that bad it's unlistenable