Revenge319's relatively normal roulette: Love list complete! (FINAL RESULTS)

[425]

425 sent Kamelot, interesting

Sure did.

[twosuitsluke]

Hey Revenge, just looking at your 'banned because you don't like them' list. What is it you don't like about these bands? Have you listened to a fair bit by them, or just some of their hits have rubbed you up the wrong way? It might help us all know what to avoid sending in subsequent rounds.

For the record, I love all the mentioned bands, other than Bring Me the Horizon and In This Moment 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Hey Revenge, just looking at your 'banned because you don't like them' list. What is it you don't like about these bands? Have you listened to a fair bit by them, or just some of their hits have rubbed you up the wrong way? It might help us all know what to avoid sending in subsequent rounds.

For the record, I love all the mentioned bands, other than Bring Me the Horizon and In This Moment 

I don't like any of those bands, except A7X. And I'm really curious what Revenge has heard by A7X and what he didn't like about them...

[Anguyen92]

I mean if the only song if he heard from them was Unholy Confessions, I can see why that can be a turn-off.  If he heard stuff from City of Evil onwards and decided nope, oh well.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

I mean if the only song if he heard from them was Unholy Confessions, I can see why that can be a turn-off.  If he heard stuff from City of Evil onwards and decided nope, oh well.

That's kind of what I was thinking, although I do like the albums before City of Evil as well.....

[MoraWintersoul]

425 sent Kamelot, interesting

Sure did.

Sent some good fucking songs too.

[425]

That was certainly my intention!

[Crow]

I sent some songs

Just songs

[Revenge319]

Status update: The rating of every song has begun. I'll be honest, that one song I said was one of my favorites of the entire roulette is holding me back from getting this done sooner. It's so good that whenever I go to my roulette playlist, I see that song and decide to listen to it even though I've probably listened to it more than enough for this round.

[twosuitsluke]

Itching to see what song this is! I was like this with A Night on the Town, but it's probably not that song 

[Revenge319]

Itching to see what song this is! I was like this with A Night on the Town, but it's probably not that song 

I think when it's revealed, this song will probably surprise people, but it won't be anything really shocking.

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Jotunheim

[Revenge319]

Hey Revenge, just looking at your 'banned because you don't like them' list. What is it you don't like about these bands? Have you listened to a fair bit by them, or just some of their hits have rubbed you up the wrong way? It might help us all know what to avoid sending in subsequent rounds.

For the record, I love all the mentioned bands, other than Bring Me the Horizon and In This Moment 

I forgot this post was here! I'll try to summarize what I don't like about each of the bands in my second ban list:

A7X: This is an interesting one. When I was a lot younger, I used to really like this band. But for some reason, I just stopped caring about them at some point. So this isn't necessarily a band I dislike, just one I have no interest in whatsoever anymore.
Slayer: Probably the worst band on this list (though there's a couple other contenders I'll get to). Extremely obnoxious in both music and vocals, and the lyrics are annoying and may have popularized what I call "LOL demons" lyrics, where the lyrics seem to be about satanism or something related to that solely for the purpose of shock value. That's a whole different discussion, though.
Bring Me the Horizon: Stupid. So, so stupid. I'm sorry to act so bitter and unreasonable, but that's really the best way I can describe this one.
Ghost: The lyrics turn me off of them, though I will say they do some interesting things musically here and there.
Volbeat: They're okay, but they feel really repetitive to me.
Green Day: Not much to say about this one, I just find them bland and uninteresting.
In This Moment: If Slayer isn't the worst, then this one is. At least the vocals in Slayer's music don't genuinely make me feel uncomfortable.
Lamb of God: Boring. Not the worst thing in the world, but I find nothing of interest with this band.

I mainly know most of these bands (the exceptions being BMTH and Green Day) because one or both of my parents are really into these bands. It might be easy to ask if there's a correlation between music I don't like and said music being stuff my parents listen to, but I'd say that's not true as there are some bands my parents like that I also like (some examples being KMFDM, Rammstein, Opeth, and probably a couple others I can't think of at the moment).

[twosuitsluke]

That's fair enough. I'm not going to argue, or try to change your mind 

I have a somewhat irrational hatred for The Pet Shop Boys, U2 and Simply Red, so I kinda get where you are coming from. I'm not sure if it is the same for you but I've heard their famous songs enough to know that I dislike those songs. They could have something in their back catalogue I'd enjoy, but I have no interest in delving.

I find it interesting that you used to like A7X, but lost interest. I'm hoping it was the City of Evil era you liked, that was their peak!

Slayer, I love, not going to lie. I find their lyrics to be great (although it's not all great) but you've made it clear that those kind of lyrics doesn't do it for you. I'll avoid sending Cannibal Corpse 

[Buddyhunter1]

Well, guess I won't be sending Behemoth this roulette

[Revenge319]

Well, guess I won't be sending Behemoth this roulette

I've heard a little bit of Behemoth before, and to me, they're basically a slightly less boring version of Lamb of God.

[Buddyhunter1]

Hahaha, I was mostly being sarcastic - while their album The Satanist is quite good, it's not amazing enough to the point where I'd consider sending them over [insert dozens of other bands here]. My comment was in reference to their lyrical content, as between Slayer and Ghost, those themes don't seem to appeal to your sensibilities.

[425]

I fully agree with you about the Slayer type of lyrics. It's a band that has never interested me at all.

[Crow]

slayer are among the worst bands to have ever existed IMO i just loathe their style. awful riffs, awful solos, awful vocals, just, awful

[Buddyhunter1]

They have at least a couple good songs. Raining Blood is great.

[Crow]

it's really, truly not

[Revenge319]

slayer are among the worst bands to have ever existed IMO i just loathe their style. awful riffs, awful solos, awful vocals, just, awful

Yeah, even disregarding the lyrics, I think they're just annoying in every way. Honestly, it's almost like the vocals are the way they are to be annoying on purpose.

[425]

Yeah, I agree with Cyril and Revenge on the whole Slayer... thing. I'd add: awful album art.

[Buddyhunter1]

it's really, truly not

damn you're right, what was i thinking

[HOF]

Slayer is one of those bands I’ve never really listened to, but the snippets I’ve heard are plenty to tell me they must be absolutely dreadful.

[twosuitsluke]

I guess I can kinda understand why some don't like them but they were pretty influential on my tastes as I was getting into metal. Slayer write more about death, war and anti-religion than anything satanic. I also love Tom Araya's voice, it's really distinctive and some of his live performances are just amazing. I think they have the perception of being this controversial satanic band, but there's more to them than that. I've heard a lot of criticism aimed at them over their simple riffs and their solos, but I'm not a guitar player so that doesn't mean much to me. I just want to head bang when I listen to them. Finally, they were one of those great bands (with their classic line up) where every member was the 'star', they were all such big personalities. I could go on 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Of the Big 4 thrash metal bands, Slayer is the worst.

[TAC]

I liked Slayer up through Seasons. I didn't love their albums after that, but I did like Repentless quite a bit. To me, their sweet spot was the South Of Heaven-Seasons Era.

[twosuitsluke]

Of the Big 4 thrash metal bands, Slayer is the worst.

I can agree that Metallica and Megadeth are better, but Anthrax?? I can name one Anthrax song I like, I've never really understood why they were included in the Big 4, for me they are leagues behind the other three, not even close!

I liked Slayer up through Seasons. I didn't love their albums after that, but I did like Repentless quite a bit. To me, their sweet spot was the South Of Heaven-Seasons Era.

I can pretty much agree with this, for the most part, but God Hates Us All holds a special place in my heart, great album.

[425]

In terms of thrash, I'm really only interested in Metallica (who I'm not really even sure is thrash post-KEA outside of a few songs) and the very occasional listen to Megadeth.

[Crow]

megadeth have like a very tiny handful of good songs (holy wars is the best one) and then the other 99% of their stuff sucks too
metallica have probably the highest rate of quality but they're also the least thrash for sure :V

[425]

I think Rust in Peace as a whole is a good album, and most of Countdown to Extinction, too (although that one is less thrash). The rest I'd generally call pretty spotty.

[Stadler]

Stadler sending DT:

Status Seeker
Burning My Soul
Through Her Eyes
Constant Motion
Withered


 

I'd say all of these songs are at least a 8/10.

Do you have a favorite DT album?  Or favorite few?

From that list, I love Through Her Eyes.  Sounded so good on the last tour too - really powerful.  The others I like, except kinda Constant Motion. 

For Maiden, I like The Clairvoyant a lot.  I don't think I'd send it in a roulette though.  I don't know - sometimes I send what seems to be the most popular songs from a particular band, and other times I just send what I feel like.  I felt like maybe I shouldn't have sent Lacquer in round 1 but I did it anyway because that song hit me so hard and it (and City Burials in general) has been a great pandemic companion.

I'm late to the party here, but I don't just send the "best four or five" songs.  I can't say I really put a TON of thought into it, but I pick songs I like, and I pick songs that give the impression of the band that I want to give.  I LOVE the songs I send, but I'm not saying that "these are the four best".   For Maiden, "Total Eclipse" is a top five song, as is Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Another Life, and Where Eagles Dare...  I didn't send any of those.    I was going for the "prog" side of the band, and maybe those songs that might have influenced Dream Theater over the years, or, even, where influenced by Dream Theater, which is the only touch-point I seem to have (musically) with Revenge.

[Stadler]

Bearing in mind I'm not a thrash guy, thrash - and the "Big Four" perplex me.   I love Metallica, but generally the post-Black Album era.  I like when James SINGS, and I like the more progressive aspects of some of the newer material.    Megadeth is okay, though Mustaine's voice is sometimes a hurdle...  but Anthrax and Slayer??    It's like saying "Hey, here's the 80's Synth Pop Big Four" and putting "Duran Duran", "The Cars", and adding "Kajakoogoo" and "Scritti Politti" in there.  Or listing the "Big Four" of guitarists, putting Jimmy Page adn Eric Clapton on there, and rounding out with Johnny Ramone and Bob Dylan. 

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Bearing in mind I'm not a thrash guy, thrash - and the "Big Four" perplex me.   I love Metallica, but generally the post-Black Album era.  I like when James SINGS, and I like the more progressive aspects of some of the newer material.    Megadeth is okay, though Mustaine's voice is sometimes a hurdle...  but Anthrax and Slayer??    It's like saying "Hey, here's the 80's Synth Pop Big Four" and putting "Duran Duran", "The Cars", and adding "Kajakoogoo" and "Scritti Politti" in there.  Or listing the "Big Four" of guitarists, putting Jimmy Page adn Eric Clapton on there, and rounding out with Johnny Ramone and Bob Dylan.

This pretty much rings true to me. If I were to pick the true Big 4 of thrash, it would be Metallica, Megadeth, Testament, and Kreator.