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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1295 on: November 27, 2020, 04:25:34 PM »
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« Reply #1296 on: November 27, 2020, 04:32:51 PM »
TAC: Fates Warning
    1: Nothing Left To Say
    2: The Light and Shade of Things

romdrums: Mastodon
    1: Blood and Thunder
    2: Steambreather
    3: Quintessence
    4: Ancient Kingdom
twosuitsluke: Mastodon
    5: Capillarian Crest
    6: The Wolf is Loose
    7: The Czar
    8: Jaguar God

Buddyhunter1: Anamanaguchi
    1: End_e__ Fanta__
    2: Sunset By Plane
    3: Air _n _ine
    4: _e Die

Anguyen92: Soundgarden
    1: Outshined
    2: My Wave
    3: Like Suicide
    4: Burden In My Hand

Lethean: Threshold
    1: Light and Space
    2: __en_men_n
    3: _re___re
    4: _i__t in t_e ___ _f Dream_
    5: _n__b_ind

Luoto: Fireproven
    1: The Tower
    2: New Born Truth
    3: As Above, So Below
    4: __ _e___

Nekov: Pure Reason Revolution
    1: Bullitts Dominae
    2: The Twyncyn / Trembilin Willows
    3: Deus Ex Machina
    4: Maelstrom

HOF: McStine & Minnemann
    1: Your Offenses
    2: Top of the Bucket
    3: Tear the Walls Down (No Memories)
    4: Activate

MoraWintersoul: Conception
    1: _ara__e_ Mind_
    2: Cardinal Sin

jingle.boy: AC/DC
    1: Hells Bells
    2: For Those About to Rock (We Salute You)
    3: Problem Child
    4: Highway to Hell

Puppies_On_Acid: Arch/Matheos
    1: Vermilion Moons
    2: Wrath of the Universe
    3: Tethered
    4: Kindred Spirits

Sacul: Portishead
    1: Glory Box
    2: Roads
    3: All Mine
    4: The Rip

kingshmegland: Barock Project
    1: I _a__ ___r Name
    2: ___d
    3: A__e_
    4: _a___ t_ _ee ___

Evermind: Ayreon
    1: The Day That the World Breaks Down
    2: Valley of the Queens
    3: Waking Dreams
    4: Into the Black Hole

Stadler: Rainbow
    1: Stargazer
    2: All Night Long
    3: Fire Dance

425: Blind Guardian
    1: Wheel of Time
    2: And Then There Was Silence

Elite: Ulver
    1: Proverbs of Hell, Plates 7-10
    2: The Future Sound of Music
    3: It is not Sound
    4: Rolling Stone

Cyril: A Novelist
    1: His Kingdom is Vast
    2: Acacia Crown
    3: Caveat Lector
    4: _t______m B__e_


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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1297 on: November 27, 2020, 04:40:05 PM »
McStine & Minnemann

Your Offensives
Top Of The Bucket
Tear The Walls Down (No Memories)
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1298 on: November 27, 2020, 04:56:04 PM »
Fireproven
The Tower
New Born Truth
As Above, So Below

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« Reply #1299 on: November 27, 2020, 07:52:35 PM »
Deus Ex Machina

Interesting, the video I was sent says "Deux Ex Machina", but after looking it up it does indeed say "Deus Ex Machina". I guess it was a typo?

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1300 on: November 28, 2020, 10:01:19 AM »
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1301 on: November 28, 2020, 10:12:17 AM »
Gimme Gimme Gimme an M after midnight!
Hey dude slow the fuck down so we can finish together at the same time.  :biggrin:
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« Reply #1302 on: November 28, 2020, 10:55:23 AM »
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Hey dude slow the fuck down so we can finish together at the same time.  :biggrin:
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1304 on: November 28, 2020, 12:01:29 PM »
loser was not one of the ayreon songs sent

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1305 on: November 28, 2020, 01:12:00 PM »
loser was not one of the ayreon songs sent
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1306 on: November 28, 2020, 03:25:33 PM »
Hangman updated.

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1307 on: November 28, 2020, 10:53:24 PM »
I actually considered sending Loser instead of Valley of the Queens, but decided against it as Loser doesn't represent Ayreon sound as well as that song.
This first band is Soen very cool swingy jazz fusion kinda stuff.

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« Reply #1308 on: November 28, 2020, 11:05:45 PM »
Soundgarden is

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1309 on: November 28, 2020, 11:07:15 PM »
I actually considered sending Loser instead of Valley of the Queens, but decided against it as Loser doesn't represent Ayreon sound as well as that song.
yeah but it's like way better than friggin' valley of the friggin' queens

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« Reply #1310 on: November 28, 2020, 11:10:09 PM »
Soundgarden is

Outshined
My Wave
Like Suicide
Burden in my Hand

Yep.  Thank you.

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« Reply #1311 on: November 28, 2020, 11:53:05 PM »
Soundgarden is

Outshined
My Wave
Like Suicide
Burden in my Hand

Yep.  Thank you.

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1312 on: November 29, 2020, 01:15:49 AM »
I actually considered sending Loser instead of Valley of the Queens, but decided against it as Loser doesn't represent Ayreon sound as well as that song.
yeah but it's like way better than friggin' valley of the friggin' queens

I mean that's true, maybe I should've sent that but honestly whatever
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1313 on: November 29, 2020, 01:27:17 AM »
i've learned by now that revenge is pretty easily pleased by Loud Metal, at least if my scores thus far are any indication  :lol
though his impression said he liked it anyways so w/e probably still gonna get a good score there

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« Reply #1314 on: November 29, 2020, 01:33:06 AM »
i've learned by now that revenge is pretty easily pleased by Loud Metal, at least if my scores thus far are any indication  :lol

Regarding the previous three rounds, I am surprised at how much I've been liking that kind of stuff! Probably has to do with my enjoyment of Between the Buried and Me, but a couple years ago, I never would've guessed that I'd enjoy stuff like East of the Wall or Exist.

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1315 on: November 29, 2020, 01:41:15 AM »
but the question is do you enjoy a novelist :neverusethis:

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« Reply #1316 on: November 29, 2020, 02:42:29 AM »
but the question is do you enjoy a novelist :neverusethis:

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« Reply #1317 on: November 29, 2020, 01:08:02 PM »
I enjoy a novelist. In fact, I enjoy a lot of novelists, not just one!
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« Reply #1318 on: November 30, 2020, 06:21:36 AM »
Status update: I'm in the process of rating songs now. It'll be a while before I can properly rate some artists, though, but the process should go smoothly enough.

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« Reply #1319 on: November 30, 2020, 06:45:41 AM »
Nice
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« Reply #1320 on: December 01, 2020, 06:51:36 AM »
Status update: Now, I can't guarantee this, but some results may be ready within the next two days... which I find somewhat impressive considering one specific artist has taken up at least 80% of my listening time.

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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1321 on: December 01, 2020, 07:03:00 AM »
Glad you're enjoying Ulver! They have an amazing back catalogue!
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« Reply #1322 on: December 01, 2020, 08:29:26 PM »
Gotta finish the hangman before results come! I'd love to finish guessing who sent what, but no one's outed me yet and I don't want to just give it away.
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Industrial nightmare (R4 Hangman)
« Reply #1323 on: December 01, 2020, 09:19:09 PM »
I mean you sent Blind Guardian, didn't you?
This first band is Soen very cool swingy jazz fusion kinda stuff.

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« Reply #1324 on: December 01, 2020, 10:28:56 PM »
Mine has a new album out this week so you better catch up if you haven’t heard the first one yet.

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« Reply #1325 on: December 02, 2020, 12:16:57 AM »
I mean you sent Blind Guardian, didn't you?

Yeah, I thought it was pretty obvious, but no one guessed it!


Remaining artists are:
Mastodon
Fireproven
McStine & Minnemann

People are:
HOF
Luoto
romdrums

I see from the thread on the front page that McStine & Minnemann have a new album this week, so that's HOF.

I'm going to guess Luoto is Mastodon and romdrums is Fireproven, and if I'm wrong then we'll know anyway!
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« Reply #1326 on: December 02, 2020, 12:35:46 AM »
I'm going to guess Luoto is Mastodon and romdrums is Fireproven, and if I'm wrong then we'll know anyway!

Oooh, that's a smart move... Incidentally, you were wrong, but as a result there can only be one other outcome. So by process of elimination, all players have been revealed!

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« Reply #1327 on: December 02, 2020, 05:27:52 AM »
I'm in the process of writing the first-third of results, so hopefully they should be out sometime today or tomorrow.

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« Reply #1328 on: December 02, 2020, 09:59:53 AM »
Well, glad I was able to get at least this first part of the results out sooner than Round 3’s first results.

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Pure Reason Revolution


First impression: Somewhat hit-or-miss for me at the moment.

Final review: So after giving this group a fair amount of listens, I think it’s still kind of hit-or-miss for me. Fortunately, there’s more hits than misses. I think this band has a pretty good sound to them, though in execution the results are mixed for me. Let’s start with a positive: “The Twyncyn / Trembilin Willows” is my favorite song here, and by a pretty sizable margin. It has this cool, almost mysterious atmosphere, and the male vocals add a lot to it. The female vocals are good, too, and I think they work better as backing vocals rather than lead vocals like they are on some other songs. There’s one part I particularly enjoyed at about three minutes in, where it gets quiet and there’s just vocals, but then it transitions into this heavy, almost intense guitar riff, and then there’s some fast-paced singing… It’s really cool. Moving onto another song… “Deus Ex Machina” isn’t all that good. Not bad by any means, the music’s at least good, but there’s something kind of annoying about it. Probably the lyrics, or maybe more specifically that the singer pronounces “machina” wrong. Now, I’m not one who should be criticizing the mispronunciation of words (it took me way too long to pronounce some really easy words correctly), but considering how many times the phrase “deus ex machina” is said, it gets on my nerves after a while. But that song is really the only one I’ve got any issues with. I don’t have much to say about the other songs here, but they’re generally enjoyable from start to finish. If they’ve got more songs like The Twyncyn / Trembilin Willows, I’d be interested in checking them out further, but I can nonetheless say this artist is pretty good overall.

Bullitts Dominae - 7.5/10
The Twyncyn / Trembilin Willows - 8.75/10
Deus Ex Machina - 6.75/10
Maelstrom - 7.25/10

Roulette score: 7.6


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HOF
McStine & Minnemann


First impression: Some cool moments here and there, but overall it's just alright.

Final review: I don’t want to make this review underwhelming, but my first impression really is just about the best way I can describe this one. The songs have mostly grown on me, but they’re not anything I’d call special. There’s a lot of ideas here that sound really good (the ones that immediately comes to mind is the intro to “Top of the Bucket” and the guitar solo in “Tear the Walls Down (No Memories)”, but there’s definitely others), but when everything comes together it’s not really anything special. “Your Offenses” sounds nice and comes close to being a song I’d call great, but there’s just not enough that truly works for me. That being said, there’s not really anything here that outright doesn’t work. The only thing I thought was weird was this woman laughing (or crying? I can’t tell) at the end of Tear the Walls Down. There’s probably a reason for it, but it just sounds a little uncomfortable more than anything. I think if they developed the more interesting ideas or improved the songwriting, I could find these guys more than just “good”. Or maybe they’re simply not for me. Maybe I’ll check out that album they’re releasing this week and see if the sequel is an improvement.

Your Offenses - 7.75/10
Top of the Bucket - 7.5/10
Tear the Walls Down (No Memories) - 7/10
Activate - 7.5/10

Roulette score: 7.4


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AC/DC


First impression: This sure takes me back to when I was younger... and surprisingly, I think it still holds up!

Final review: A bit of backstory before I get into discussing these particular songs… I believe I’ve mentioned before that when I was younger, my parents would usually listen to stuff that was modern at the time. But they did play some old/classic stuff, and AC/DC was one of the classic bands they’d play. I don’t remember much of the songs they played (though I think Hells Bells was one of them), but one song that really stuck out to me was Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. For a while, I loved that song. And I think I mostly enjoyed the other songs I heard from them, so in a way, AC/DC was kind of my introduction to appreciating music. So once I was sent these songs and gave them a listen, I was actually really surprised to find that I still enjoy this stuff. Now, I don’t recognize any of these songs (aside from Hells Bells, but it’s been so many years since I heard it), but I genuinely enjoy these songs. “For Those About to Rock” is a fun anthemic song that, while I do wonder if it’s a bit overlong, at the same time I can only imagine how fun this would be at a concert. Taking the song into that context, I enjoy it a little more than I already do. “Highway to Hell” is rather cheesy, but it’s so catchy and upbeat that I honestly get a smile on my face when I hear the chorus of this song. I’m just overall surprised at how much I like this band today. Not that it’s one of my favorites, but considering my musical tastes and standards nowadays, I was somewhat expecting this to be a band on the level of KISS, if not worse. So this was a pleasant surprise, to be sure. I can even see myself coming back to these songs every once in a while.

Hells Bells - 8/10
For Those About To Rock (We Salute You) - 8/10
Problem Child - 7.5/10
Highway To Hell - 8/10

Roulette score: 7.9


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Rainbow


First impression: Of all the classic rock bands I've been sent, this one's probably the most in-the-middle for me.

Final review: These classic rock types of bands are always interesting to me. While for the most part, I don’t find them to be one of my favorites, I think it’s cool to be able to hear music made long before my time. And what’s even better than that? Hearing classic rock that I find really good! Now, my first impression still holds up to some extent; it’s a bit like my scoring for Deep Purple, in that there’s one song I really enjoy, and the other two songs are just good. It’s more drastic than that, though. The two “good” songs are a little less good, but the one great song is really great. And let’s start with that really great song, “Stargazer”. The only thing I can really complain about is that there’s this really awesome, fast-paced intro, but then once the main riff comes in there’s nothing like that for the rest of the song. Pretty great way to open the song regardless, though. As for the rest of the song, it’s simply great rock, but there’s a grand, almost symphonic element to it. The vocals are very good, as well. If they’ve got more songs like this, I would very much like to check them out! Now, on to the other two songs… “Fire Dance” is pretty good. It’s nothing too special, it’s just got some interesting instrumentation going on. And then there’s “All Night Long”... The lyrics don’t bother me that much, but they’re still a bit weird to me. “Don’t know about your brain, but you look alright” Glad this guy’s got his priorities straight… But aside from that, as well as an awkward intro, the song’s not bad at all. It’s pretty catchy, in fact. I’m definitely most interested in more potential songs like Stargazer, but I think Rainbow might be worth looking into even if they don’t.

Stargazer - 8.75/10
All Night Long - 7.25/10
Fire Dance - 7.75/10

Roulette score: 7.9


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Anamanaguchi


First impression: This... This is the GOOD STUFF.

Final review: That’s probably the most excited I’ve sounded in a first impression (aside from maybe my impression of Devin Townsend), but… Actually, I think some of that excitement has gone away. That’s not to say I don’t like Anamanaguchi now, because I still do enjoy this artist. What I mean is that the first time I listened to these songs, I expected at least three of these to score a 9/10 or higher. So a little bit of the luster of this music has been lost, but I still very much enjoy it overall. If nothing else, this is one of the most consistent submissions this round in terms of its quality. Anyway, on to the songs themselves... It’s hard to pick a favorite, because I like all of these songs about the same. But I suppose the most standout song is “Endless Fantasy”. All of these songs have a retro video game aesthetic, and this one in particular has a very retro feel to it. It’s mixed together with modern electronic sound, in a way that it wouldn’t feel out of place in VVVVVV’s OST. And that game has a great soundtrack, so that is certainly a compliment. I do like the more modern side of the electronic sound, though as a result, the composer does make use of a couple things I don’t particularly care for, like using voices as sound effects (or at least using sound effects that sound like voices). It just sounds awkward to me, but at least whenever they’re used here, it’s not enough to really detract from my enjoyment of the song… which is a bit surprising to me, because it sounds especially jarring at the beginning of “We Die”, but if I had to choose a favorite, it might be We Die (if not Endless Fantasy). I really like the overall sound of Anamanaguchi, and I think it’s likely I’ll find nothing but good things if I go deeper into their discography.

Endless Fantasy - 8.25/10
Sunset By Plane - 8.25/10
Air On Line - 8/10
We Die - 8.25/10

Roulette score: 8.2


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Cyril
A Novelist


First impression: It's about what I expected, yet it's quite different than I expected. Nonetheless, I like it!

Final review: At this point, I am beginning to suspect that there is a conspiracy going on to alienate the masses from really good music, and Cyril is a sort of prophet who is spreading the truth… Only joking! But if that wasn’t any indication, I have enjoyed yet another one of Cyril’s submissions. Here’s the thing about A Novelist that I find different from East of the Wall and Exist, though… With those two bands, I can understand why people might not like them. East of the Wall has a very unusual style of harsh vocals, and Exist might be a little too much for some people, despite their more melodic instrumentals. But with A Novelist… Sure, sometimes the vocals can be rather ugly (of all of Cyril’s submissions, these are probably my least favorite vocals), but if you look past that… I think the stuff these guys do is really great in just about every aspect. I mentioned that these are my least favorite vocals of Cyril’s submissions, but I still like them. The clean vocals have some really good moments, and oddly enough I found myself liking the harsh vocals at their most extreme. Instrumentally, it’s mostly the normal kind of stuff you’d expect from a death metal band; the intro to “His Kingdom Is Vast” does sound like an intro I’ve heard before in some other song somewhere. But notice how I said “mostly” normal. That’s because there’s something more unique this band does here… There’s a lot of usage of saxophones and woodwind instruments. Now, in a band that isn’t symphonic metal, that’d easily come across as overly bombastic and/or too gimmicky, but this band really makes it work. It’s more subtle, but never to the point where it feels like they’re not really needed. This makes quite a few parts of these songs really stand out, and they sound really great with the inclusion of these instruments. The most standout moment is easily the first minute or so of “Caveat Lector”, which is my favorite song of the bunch. Say what you will about the rest of the song, but the combination of the guitar, saxophone, and keyboard here makes for an amazing instrumental intro. I’m just so impressed by this band. If I had to choose whether this or East of the Wall is better, I’d go with East of the Wall, but A Novelist is not far behind. I absolutely want to listen to the entirety of “Folie”. I’ll probably do that after I finish writing this.

His Kingdom Is Vast - 8.5/10
Acacia Crown - 8.75/10
Caveat Lector - 9/10
Stockholm Blues - 8.5/10

Roulette score: 8.7


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I can’t say for sure when the rest of the results will be ready, but I’m working on scoring them still, and hopefully the next part of results won’t take too long.
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Re: Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Holy grail (R4 results 1/3)
« Reply #1329 on: December 02, 2020, 10:12:01 AM »
Ah, man, I thought you’d like the McStine & Minnemann a little more than that. To me the hooks and songwriting are great. Short, catchy, but also lots of interesting playing. A different approach to prog (if you want to call it that). Still probably my favorite album released this year.

And now I see they didn’t top AC/DC!

Seriously though, check out the whole album if you get a chance. It’s only about 35-40 minutes long.
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