Heretic's Song Roulette 2 - ROUND 2 RESULTS ARE FINALLY IN!

[Heretic]

Heretic's Song Roulette v2
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Alright, I haven't done this since like, 2013, so I'm a little rusty.

Submissions:

Send me two songs from a particular band. Try to pick two songs that give a good idea of the band's overall sound -- and maybe choose two different dualities of their sound as well -- for example, if they play death metal, maybe an crushingly heavy song, paired with one more melodic, or acoustic.  Any track length is fine.

I am subscribed to both Spotify and Apple Music (thanks Verizon), and also can utilize Youtube or Bandcamp as well if that is necessary. Sailing the seven seas is also an option if something is just absolutely unattainable without it.

Sign-ups:

I really dug Rich's format of no eliminations, so I'm going to borrow that. Everyone will have a chance at winning, with a points-based system. Each song will be scored 1-5, so points will be tallied up that way. The one with the highest point total at the end, obviously, will win. Bold, I know. I am also allowing any number of participants -- I would love to discover some new favorites, so come one, come all. I will keep sign-ups open for at least a couple of days, and hopefully I have a solid number of participants by then.

Schedule:

After sign-ups, I'd like to try and stay on a week-based schedule. Have everyone send their tracks within 3-4 days, give me the rest of the week to listen and write-up my conclusions, and then post the results and do it all again. However, this is my first semester teaching a college class as an adjunct professor, and it can be pretty stressful, so I might have to bump that up a bit. We will see. If you guys have any recommendations on how you'd like to see the roulette scheduled, let me know, I'm open to doing this so everyone can have fun and hopefully discover some new music themselves!

Overall there will be 8 rounds, something that I've seen a few others do, and it seems to work quite well.

Musical taste and interest:

Sputnikmusic says I've rated 1112 albums, so a decent chunk. If it's progressive, or if it is metal, chances are I might have heard of it. Take a look at the link to my Sputnikmusic profile below, and see if I've rated or listened to something before sending (if you do send something that I've rated / heard but is not on the banned list below, that is fine by me -- it means I probably need to give the artist a second chance. I've only chosen artists to be banned that I have great familiarity with their work.) My favorite music usually has one of three things: outstanding melody, powerful composition, or is evocative of emotion.

My music taste is pretty open. My favorite genre is, of course, progressive metal, but I am absolutely a sucker for melodic black metal and melodic death metal, as well as folk metal, post metal, and thrash. I also absolutely adore post-rock, and hip-hop and indie are genres that I love quite a bit as well. I've recently really gotten into some synthwave / dreamwave stuff like The Midnight, Gunship, and FM-84, so anything along those lines will probably really resonate with me. I am not a fan of grindcore, and hardcore really varies -- some stuff I enjoy, but nothing really has wowed me. I am really not a fan of most country music (some of the old OLD country stuff is okay, not the newer pop-country blend that permeates the airwaves).

I also am usually more of a fan of modern stuff -- not many of my favorite bands come from a time before the 90s, despite really enjoying some classic work. However, feel free to try and persuade me to enjoy an older sound if you'd like. Also, free to submit something you think might go AGAINST my taste, if you think there is a potential for changing my outlook of that genre, or just maybe it stands out enough from the genre that I'll like it.

SPUTNIKMUSIC list of album's I've rated: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/uservote.php?memberid=1044258

I've also bolded and italicized the artists on the banned list who are among my absolute favorites, so you might be able to come up with something based off of that.

Banned:
Abigail Williams
Aether Realm
Agalloch
Alcest
Alter Bridge
alt-J
American Football
Amia Venera Landscape
Anathema
August Burns Red
Baroness
BTBAM
Biffy Clyro
Blind Guadrian
Blood Incantation   
Bon Iver
Brand New
Cloudkicker
Coldplay
Coheed
Converge
Cult of Luna
Damien Rice
Dawn
Dead Letter Circus
Deafheaven
Dissection
Dream Theater
Ensiferum
Explosions in the Sky
Fair to Midland
Fall of Efrafa
Fallujah
Firelink
Frightened Rabbit
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gunship
Haken
Hath
Hopesfall
Hoth
Hyperion
Immortal
Inferi
Interpol
Intronaut
Jakob
John Mayer
Job For a Cowboy
Karnivool
Kashiwa Daisuke
Kendrick Lamar
Kishi Bashi
Leprous
Locktender
Manchester Orchestra
Mastodon
mewithoutYou
Mgla
Mistur
Mono
Moon Safari
Ne Obliviscaris
Nick Drake
Nothing More
Of Monsters and Men
Opeth
Panopticon
Periphery
Porcupine Tree
Protest the Hero
Right Away, Great Captain!
Rosetta
Run the Jewels
Sacramentum
Saor
Scale the Summit
Seventh Wonder
Shylmagoghnar
Sigur Ros
Silent Planet
Silent Whale Becomes a Dream
Sleeping at Last
Slugdge
Steven Wilson
Stortregn
Sufjan Stevens
Sulphur Aeon
Thank You Scientist
The Beatles
The Contortionist
The Dear Hunter
The Devil Wears Prada
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Great Old Ones
The Mayan Factor
The Midnight
The National
The Ocean
The Spirit
The Tallest Man on Earth
Third Eye Blind
This Will Destroy You
Thrice
Twenty One Pilots
Typhoon
Ulver
Vali
Vektor
Vindland
Wintersun
Wolves at the Gate
Wolves in the Throne Room
Xenobiotic
Yndi Halda


Participants:
Elite 
Rich 
Tomislav 
Cyril  x 342325345345
Puppies_on_Acid 
The Walrus
Shadow Ninja 2.0 
Sacul 
HOF 
425 
Buddyhunter1
TAC 
Stadler 

So yeah, looking forward to this! Start signing up

[Elite]

No huge banned list, sounds good!

[ariich]

Oh hell yes, didn't see this coming at all but I'm definitely in!

Great to see you being a bit more active again too, Adam.

[Tomislav95]

We have a few same favorite bands so I'm definitely in to win

[Crow]

I gotta say the bold on your banned list barely stands out in that font 

anyways Big In From Me, Captain

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

In to send nothing but Black Metal and perhaps a bunch of other genres

[The Walrus]

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

Well what the hell, I guess I'm in this too.

[Sacul]

I really like that banned list, I'm in!

[Heretic]

Awesome everyone! You're all signed up - let's see if we can get a few more before the day ends, and maybe we can officially start.

Oh hell yes, didn't see this coming at all but I'm definitely in!

Great to see you being a bit more active again too, Adam.

So glad you're competing in this! And yeah, happy to be posting a bit more as well -- I was starting to miss this place. Current-day social media is a huge bummer, honestly. Forums have a certain charm and community aspect to them that Discord, Facebook, Reddit, etc. just don't seem to have.

[HOF]

I wasn’t going to do two of these at once, but I think I can swing the two song only format and I have at least one pre-1990 band to send that I think you’ll like.

[425]

It's been a long time since I've played in a roulette, mainly because my artist list is so much shorter than most DTFers'. This one I think I can swing, so I'd like to join if you'll have me!

[Buddyhunter1]

Achievement unlocked: play in all three roulettes running at once.

Will send something momentarily that might have you regret your "any song length" rule

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Achievement unlocked: play in all three roulettes running at once.

Will send something momentarily that might have you regret your "any song length" rule

I've played in every roulette since the end of 2017

[Crow]

Puppies_on_Addiction

[ariich]

Round 1 sent!

[Elite]

Achievement unlocked: play in all three roulettes running at once.

Will send something momentarily that might have you regret your "any song length" rule

I've played in every roulette since the end of 2017

I've played in more than half of all the roulettes ever on DTF

(I think)

[Shadow Ninja 2.0]

I played in quite a few back around 2013-15, then I sort of lost track until this year, and it's pretty nice to be back to sending people weird shit. On a related note, sent for round 1.

[Heretic]

Alright, everyone is added! Awaiting songs from a number of people, have a few from you guys already!

If anyone else is thinking of signing up, try to do so before Monday -- that should be a solid deadline in terms of having participants.

If you have Discord, by the way, and want to send me your tracks that way, my username is adam#4808.

[Elite]

Participants:
Elite
Rich

 

[ariich]

Participants:
Elite
Rich

 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Sent for round 1!

Also you are the first person on this forum that I know of that really likes Fall of Efrafa! That band is awesome!

[Heretic]

Participants:
Elite
Rich

 

Fine, I'll use his DTF username from here on out

Still awaiting a number of submissions -- hope you guys can send them in ASAP. I have the writeups completed for those who have sent their stuff in thus far.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

That was quick!

[TAC]

Still awaiting a number of submissions -- hope you guys can send them in ASAP. I have the writeups completed for those who have sent their stuff in thus far.

Earth to Walrus...



Jeesh, I was thinking of joining, but this round is almost over!

[Heretic]

Still awaiting a number of submissions -- hope you guys can send them in ASAP. I have the writeups completed for those who have sent their stuff in thus far.

Earth to Walrus...



Jeesh, I was thinking of joining, but this round is almost over!

If you want to join, feel free, it will take me a bit to get to the new songs and do writeups for those as well, so I'm happy to have more participation.

[TAC]

OK, I'll send something tonight then. 



EDIT:

Sent. Sent the same thing to Ninja this round too.

[HOF]

I sent last night in case you missed it or I need to send again.

[Heretic]

Nope, I got it, just responded to your PM!

@TAC, glad to have you on board!

Also stuck a next to those in the list who've submitted thus far, just to keep track of things.

[Sacul]

Going through your Sputnik profile I realise we've got some similar tastes, nice. Sure you don't want to play on my roulette?

I'll send very soon. Btw your inbox is full.

[Heretic]

Going through your Sputnik profile I realise we've got some similar tastes, nice. Sure you don't want to play on my roulette?

I'll send very soon. Btw your inbox is full.

OH, oops. I wasn't aware these inboxes could even reach capacity, should be cleared now.

And oh yeah, that's very true. I might be able to swing it! I'll post in your thread to sign-up

[Crow]

Cyril

UPDATE

Cyril 

[425]

Ooh, a public shaming tactic, nice. Good idea when you have both Sacul and Elite playing.

Sent, so as to not be shamed.

[Stadler]

In if you'll have me. 

[Heretic]

Cyril

UPDATE

Cyril 

Hahahah, updated.

@425, lmao, adding that public pressure for added effect. Thanks for sending yours!

@Stadler, definitely, just added your name to the list!