Hello friends, I have decided to succumb to peer pressure and run the kind of roulette all the cool people are running now, in the hopes that it will fool others into believing I am cool.
FORMATSubmissions are in the form of a number of songs from a single artist, totaling 20 minutes or less in length. 20 minutes (20:00) is a hard limit; if you send me a submission one second over 20 minutes
you will be publicly executed I will ask you to resend. Note that there is no maximum number of songs, as long as it is under the total length requirement. You can send a single song if you want, as long it's under the maximum length, and there's no need to force submissions to reach 20 minutes if you don't have the songs for it. The minimum submission length is 1 second I guess, although I'll go ahead and say a submission like that will probably not receive an ideal score.
Right now I'm thinking there will be 9 rounds, although I may adjust that down if each round ends up taking a long time. There are no themes or requirements for submissions other than the ones outlined above, although there will be STRONG recommendations down in the
TASTES section. Did I just stick an advertisement for one part of my post in a different part of my post? Yes. You can't stop me.
RULESAny artists on the banned list cannot be sent at all. There are other artists I've heard a few songs from, but am not familiar enough with them to ban them outright, and those artists are free to be sent provided you don't send one of the songs I've already heard. So, for instance, if Stadler decides to join this roulette and wants to risk sending KISS, he can do so but he can't send 'Rock and Roll all Nite,' because I've already heard that one. Listing every song I've ever heard so people don't accidentally send them sounds like a fucking nightmare, so we're just going to assume it won't happen often and when it does, I'll just let you know and you can swap the song out for something else.
Submissions can be in the form of youtube or spotify playlists. You can also send me files directly if you need to, although that should be a last resort because it sounds like a bit of a pain.
Scores will be between 1 and 10. I will refuse to use decimals in this scoring scheme unless I decide to stop refusing to do so.
There are no eliminations in this roulette, so send whatever the hell you want with wild abandon. There aren't any prizes, either, so really, what the hell are you losing?
TASTESSo I liked The Walrus's idea of the lead-free roulette to avoid the more typical prog metal submissions, but I don't really want to filter out metal entirely, because I love metal. I do, however, want to strongly caution against prog metal. There's a ton of that stuff on my banned list, because I listened to a ton of it years ago, and while I still enjoy a lot of my favorites, I very very rarely find anything new in that mold that excites me at all. So, don't send it. At this point I'm not going to reject submissions, but you're likely to get a pretty weak score and hopefully that will be sufficient deterrent.
So enough about what I don't like. What
do I like?
Interesting question.
I love metal. I like pretty much all forms of it, death, power, melodeath, metalcore, etc. etc. and so forth. Metalcore and tech death are two genres in particular that I've been really into lately and finding a lot of stuff I enjoy.
I also like a lot of indie music, from almost invisible stuff like múm to something more rambunctious like Modest Mouse's most energetic moments. I love really good post rock, although I find the majority of that genre to be perfectly pleasant but mostly uninspiring. I like bits and pieces of pop, rap, jazz, etc., but haven't explored the genres that deeply so far.
I like a lot of just straight-up weird shit. I mean, I'm a guy who listens to Devil Doll and unironically thinks it's amazing. I'm not going to say I'll like
anything weird that you send me, but it's generally unlikely that the weirdness itself is going to be offputting for me.
^ Is this helpful? Maybe, maybe not. If in doubt, you can always just ask me how I feel about a given genre or artist and I'll try to give a useful answer. Ideally I'd like everyone to be pretty adventurous in their submissions in this roulette, because the main idea is to get me into music I wouldn't have found without your help. Does that mean submissions outside my wheelhouse will necessarily score better? Well no, but they will earn my respect, and isn't that worth more anyway???
ParticipantsFinally. After reading through all that shit up there, your moment has arrived. Your time to shine. Your opportunity to add your name to the list of daring explorers diving into this morass of bullshit. You could walk (or sink) among them. You must act now. You have no other choice. Sign up now.
There's no limit on the number of participants. All are welcome here!
- Cyril
- Puppies_On_Acid
- The Walrus
- Elite
- Luoto
- TAC
- Buddyhunter1
- ariich
- Tomislav95
- Evermind
- wolfking
- HOF
- Sacul
- romdrums
- Stadler
BANNED LISTNote: Even though majority of these are groups that I like, not all of them are. This is a list of groups I've heard enough material from to feel like I've made up my mind on their music one way or the other. And as I said, it leans heavily towards progressive metal, but don't use that as a guide because it will lead you astray.
!T.O.O.H.!
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30 Seconds to Mars
Abiogenesis
Accept
Adagio
Adrenaline Mob
Aeon Spoke
Aeon Zen
After Forever
Agalloch
The Alan Parsons Project
The Album Leaf
Alcest
Alchemist
Alexi Murdoch
Alice in Chains
Allegaeon
Allen/Lande
Alter Bridge
Amaranthe
Amon Amarth
Amorphis
An Endless Sporadic
Anathema
Anciients
Angels and Airwaves
Animals As Leaders
Anna Yvette
Anthriel
The Antlers
Anubis Gate
Arch Enemy
Arch/Matheos
Architects
Archivist
Archspire
Arcturus
The Aristocrats
Arjen Lucassen
Ark
Assemblage 23
Atoma
Audioslave
Avantasia
Ayreon
Azure Emote
Battle of Mice
Beach House
Beast in Black
Belzebubs
Ben Levin Group
Bent Knee
Between the Buried and Me
Beyond Fear
Beyond the Bridge
Big Big Train
Björk
Black Hill
The Black Queen
Blind Guardian
Blue Stahli
Bob Dylan
Bohren & der Club of Gore
Bon Iver
Brand New
Bring Me the Horizon
The Browning
BT
Buckethead
Built To Spill
Burning Down Alaska
Caladan Brood
Capstan
Cardiacs
Cash Cash
Casting Crowns
Casualties of Cool
Celldweller
Childish Gambino
Chiodos
Chris Stapleton
Chroma Key
Church of the Cosmic Skull
CHVRCHES
Circus Maximus
City and Colour
CKY
Cloud Cult
Cloudscape
Coheed and Cambria
Coldplay
The Comet is Coming
Conception
Cult of Luna
Cynic
Cynthesis
Daft Punk
Dan Swano
Dark Tranquillity
Darkane
Darkwater
David Bowie
David Gray
David Maxim Micic
dc Talk
Dead By Sunrise
Deadsoul Tribe
Deafheaven
The Dear Hunter
Death
Death Cab for Cutie
Deb Talan
Demians
Depeche Mode
Derek Sherinian
Destrage
Devil Doll
Devin Townsend
Diablo Swing Orchestra
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Dir En Grey
Dire Straits
DJ Shadow
Doctor Steel
Dog Fashion Disco
Dominici
Downhere
Dr. Dre
DragonForce
Dream the Electric Sleep
Dream Theater
dredg
The Drones
East of the Wall
Edge of Sanity
Edguy
Edguy
Editors
Egypt Central
Eisley
Eminem
Emperor
Engineers
Entwine
Epica
Erra
Evanescence
Explosions in the Sky
Fair To Midland
Faith No More
Fantomas
Fates Warning
Fear Before
Fever Ray
Fire From the Gods
Five For Fighting
Flaming Row
Fleet Foxes
The Flower Kings
Flying Colors
FM-84
Foo Fighters
Fort Minor
Frightened Rabbit
Frontierer
Frost*
Gallowbraid
Gamma Ray
Garbage
Gene Loves Jezebel
Ghost
Ghost Brigade
Gipsy Kings
Glass Cloud
Glass Hammer
God is an Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gojira
Goo Goo Dolls
Good Tiger
Gordian Knot
Gotthard
Gotye
Green Carnation
Gregory Alan Iskov
Grimes
Guilt Machine
Haken
Halestorm
Half Moon Run
Hammerfall
Headspace
Heather Dale
Heilung
Helloween
Homestuck
The Human Abstract
Hybrid
I Don't Know How But They Found Me
I The Mighty
Iced Earth
If These Trees Could Talk
Igorrr
Ihsahn
Imagine Dragons
In Colour
In The Silence
Infected Mushroom
Insomnium
Into Eternity
IQ
Iron Maiden
Iron Savior
Irreversible Mechanism
Isis
James LaBrie
Jeff Buckley
Jinjer
John Wesley
Jon Gomm
Jon Oliva's Pain
Jonsi
Jordan Rudess
Journey
Judas Priest
Julie Christmas
Jupiter Society
Justin Cross
Justin Vernon
Kalmah
Kamelot
Katatonia
Kayo Dot
Keldian
Kevin Moore
Killer Be Killed
The Killers
Kimbra
King Crimson
Kip Winger
Kishi Bashi
Kiske/Somerville
Kvelertak
Labyrinth
Lady Gaga
Lana del Rey
Lance King
Landon Tewers
Lantlos
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Leprous
Leverage
Lifehouse
Light Bearer
Lindsey Stirling
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Lonely Robot
Lord of the Lost
Lorde
Loreena McKennit
Lost Horizon
Low
Low Roar
Lunatic Soul
Made Out of Babies
Marillion
The Mars Volta
Massive Attack
Mastodon
maudlin of the Well
Meat Loaf
Meiko
Meshuggah
Metallica
Mew
Michel Camilo
Mike Patton
Mind's Eye
Mirrorthrone
Misery Signals
Modest Mouse
MONO
The Moody Blues
Moon Safari
Mr. Bungle
múm
Mumford and Sons
Muse
The Mute Gods
Native Construct
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nevermore
Newworldson
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Night Flight Orchestra
Nightingale
Nightwish
Nils Frahm
Nine Inch Nails
Nirvana
Nothing More
Nova Collective
Novo Amor
Now, Now
The Ocean
Oceans of Slumber
Oceansize
Of Monsters and Men
Olafur Arnalds
The Old Wind
OneRepublic
Opeth
Orbs
OSI
Outworld
Owl City
Pain
Pain of Salvation
Paramore
Paranoid Void
Pathfinder
Pattern Seeking Animals
Periphery
Persefone
Pete Yorn
Pink Floyd
PJ Harvey
Place Vendome
Planet X
The Plot In You
Poets of the Fall
Polkadot Cadaver
The Polyphonic Spree
Porcupine Tree
Powerwolf
Primus
The Protomen
Psychonaut
Psychotic Waltz
Pure Reason Revolution
PVRIS
Pyramaze
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Queensryche
Radiohead
Rage Against the Machine
Rammstein
The Receiving Ends of Sirens
Red House Painters
Redemption
Regina Spektor
ReinXeed
Relient K
Ride the Sky
Rishloo
Rival Sons
Rivers of Nihil
Riverside
Run the Jewels
Rush
Sabaton
Santigold
Sarah Fimm
Savatage
Saviour Machine
Scale the Summit
Scar Symmetry
Scott Walker
The Sea Within
Second Person
Senses Fail
Seventh Wonder
Shadow Gallery
The Shadow Theory
Shakira
ShamRain
Shining
The Shins
Shpongle
Sigur Rós
Sikth
Silverchair
Skillet
Skyharbor
Sleep Party People
Sleep Token
Sleeping at Last
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Smiths
Snarky Puppy
So Hideous
Social Distortion
Soilwork
Solution .45
Sonata Arctica
Sonic Syndicate
Sonic Youth
Sound of Contact
Soundgarden
Southern Empire
Sphere of Souls
Spock's Beard
Star One
Steam Powered Giraffe
Stef Lynn
Steven Wilson
Strapping Young Lad
Stratovarius
The Strokes
Styles of Beyond
Subsignal
Sumac
Sun Kil Moon
Susanne Sandfør
Switchfoot
The Sword
Sylvan
Symphony X
System of a Down
The Tallest Man on Earth
Taylor Swift
Tesseract
Thank You Scientist
Theocracy
This Will Destroy You
Thomas Giles
Thousand Foot Krutch
Three Doors Down
Threshold
Thrice
Tiamat
Toby Driver
Toehider
Tom Waits
Tool
Transatlantic
Triosphere
Trivium
True Widow
Twenty One Pilots
Tycho
TYR
Ulver
Unexpect
Unisonic
United Progressive Fraternity
Unleash the Archers
Van Canto
Vanden Plas
Volbeat
Von Hertzen Brothers
Voyager
Vulture Industries
Warpaint
We Are The Fallen
Weird Al
Wheel
While Heaven Wept
The White Buffalo
White Moth Black Butterfly
Wintersun
Within Temptation
Yargos
Yes
Zeal and Ardor
Zero Hour
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