Round 6 first impressions1.
[Shadow – Sleeping At Last]2. Highly entertaining!
[Indi – Elio e Le Storie Tese]3. This is an absolute blast!
[LordCost – Fjokra]4. This has a lovely warmth to it.
[Buddy – Gorillaz]5. Intense and atmospheric – this is excellent.
[TAC – Illyria]6. Intense and atmospheric – this is excellenter.
[Cyril – Illyria]7. Tight, heavy, proggy… it sounds pretty thrilling.
[lonestar – Allegaeon]8. Big, immersive sound that I’m definitely digging.
[Train – Psychonaut]9. Starts alright, but only gets more exciting as it goes.
[Elite – Perihelion Ship]10. Very enjoyable – more power metal than I was expecting.
[Katt – Burden of Life]11. Incredibly attractive but might feel a little backgroundy at times.
[Evermind – No-Man]12. The sound is AMAZING, but not yet sure if the music matches up.
[Sacul – Justice]13. One fantastic track, the rest perfectly pleasant but not very exciting.
[Stadler – UFO]14. I can see what you’re going for, but not sure I’m entirely feeling it yet.
[Nekov – Telefon Tel Aviv]15. Similar in style and quality to something that scored fairly well in round 1.
[Luoto – Ensiferum]16. Turns out I know and love one of these songs, and the rest sound nice too.
[king – Sting]17. A little different to what I expected, but not sure it’s that much more exciting.
[Jingle – Led Zeppelin]18. Reminds me of a band I’ve not heard for years, and was only ever lukewarm on.
[Tomi – Corrosion of Conformity]19. There’s a theatricality that makes it more exciting than a lot of music in this genre.
[Puppies – Arena]20. Not very original, but nicely brings together an enjoyable range of metal influences.
[wolfking – Lord]21. Exactly what I expected – a bit more exciting, but I don’t think it’s by a huge amount.
[Lethean – Andromeda]22. Pretty much what I expected (which is great) with some other cool elements thrown in (also great).
[romdrums – Like Thieves]