Here we go brochachos! Not quite delivered as soon as I liked, but before Litho got his Round 1 results out, so I'll call it a win.
This was a way better round than the last, and I've got some albums to check out at the end of this roulette for sure.
As I'd mentioned before, we're going to be losing the bottom 4 participants going into the final 3 rounds. I'd just like to say thank you to the 4 who don't progress any further, and for your patience and sticking with this, even after a years hiatus. It is greatly appreciated. Hope I can repay the favour and get eliminated from one of your roulettes soon. Cheers guys!
Revenge319: Yuyoyuppe - Palette I know you've kind of been running out of things to send dude, so have been just sending stuff you love. That really us a great way to be. As with the other similar song you've previously sent (sorry, can't remember the name), it is the vocals that I can't get past here. Musically it isn't half bad and is really high energy. I don't even know what you call that style of vocal but personally I find it kinda unbearable (too honest?
). Find me a version with vocals more suited to my liking, and I'll find you a better score.
4/10HOF: Anthonie Tannon - Mt. Cargill I love that you just decided to send stuff you love, and want others to hear. I respect that as I have done that in quite a few roulettes, to mixed results. I found this to be a bit too close to 80s pop for my liking. I really feel that a lot of pop that came out of the 80s is the worst music of the last 60 years. This doesn't hit that bad, but that 80s feel does leave a bit of a bad taste in my mouth. Yea it's not bad but I know I'll not be digging any deeper into this guys music, sorry dude.
5.5/10Elite: Ben Folds Five - The Last Polka Well this is better than your last submission, but the less said about that, the better
I'm aware of the name of this band, but for some reason I thought their style of music was pretty far from this. I quite like the honky tonk, salon piano style, and vocally they remind me of someone (help me out?), but the vocals are a bit of a weak point. It's certainly different, which is ultimately what I'm wanting from a roulette, but I think I'd like this more if the sound was part of something more, like a full band sound, I dunno what else to say.
6.5/10Kingshmegland: Yesternight - Who You Are I really found this write up a struggle, I just don't have much to say about this song. There are some nice vocal melodies and the drumming is a certainly something that stands out. As I write this, I feel a bit of a Riverside influence, in some parts of this song, which is nice. Pretty solid, sorry I can't give you more to go on.
7/10Romdrums: Textures - Timeless I have been aware of these guys for years, and have certainly tried their djent on for size numerous times. I'm not sure what it was that didn't click, but I suppose it applies here as I was kinda underwhelmed. I'm quite limited to as to which of the big names in djent I really like, and as a whole wouldn't necessarily say I'm a fan of the genre. I've found myself listening to this and not really having a great deal to say, other than it's alright.
7/10Ariich: The Mask of the Phantasm - Last Call, For Anxiety Rich, you described this as The Mars Volta sang by the Bent Knee vocalist. I'll admit I don't fully see the MV similarities, but they are somewhat there. The vocal comparison is pretty spot in though. The highlight here is the instrumentation (performances as well as variety of instruments), particularly the drumming. I know I checked this album out last year, when someone (Soundscape I think) posted it in TMV thread. It clearly didn't leave too much of an impression as I never revisited it. This is certainly wanting me to give it another shot though. It has so much going on that lines up with my tastes but the vocals are probably the weak point. Basically this has a ton of potential but falls flat in a few places.
7/10Sacul: Sufjan Stevens - Fourth of July (Live) Could there be an submission more Sacul than Sufjan Stevens? I can't think of one. I like that you went for a live version here (not that I've heard the original), as sometimes that special live version can hit in a way the studio version just never will! This song builds in a really nice way, starting out with keys, his voice and minimal guitar notes. There is sort of an ominous feel to how this starts to build up, and I think it works well. There is a tease of a climax around the 4:30 mark, but it strips it back again, if only for about 45 seconds. The final minute is really cool and although it's not quite the payoff I was hoping for, it's still satisfying.
7/10Wolfking: Mors Principium Est - Departure Digging in with some more melodeath I see dude. Here is a band that I know I have checked out a few times, but never this song/album. I've always thought their stuff is pretty good melodeath, as this song is, but it's nothing groundbreaking, so the score is always going to reflect that I feel. It's at times like this that I wonder how I would react to some of my all time favourite melodeath songs today, if I'd never heard them before? Would I feel they were just solid, or would they still knock my socks off? I do enjoy this but with a round this good, Departure just feels a little lacklustre.
7/10Puppies: Journey - Mother, Father I suppose you could say Journey are a blindspot for me, when it comes to classic rock bands. I know a few hits, but that's about it. I also can't think of a single person, friend or family member, who is a fan of this band so don't feel I've ever been exposed to them that way. Mother, Father ain't serving me anything new musically, but I can kinda dig it. There's something to be said about the songwriting of classic bands like this, and this certainly has a catchy chorus. It happens to also feel quite epic, whilst still remaining radio fodder. I'm not sure I'll delve much deeper but I might give an album a spin.
7.5/10Buddyhunter1: Horrendous - The Idolator Buddy, you've obviously been really consistent in this roulette thus far. At first I thought this was a bit of a misstep, but have since reconsidered. Looking at the album cover I was expecting full on tech death. I'm glad it wasn't that, because what I got was much more difficult to pin down, in a good way. This honestly mixes so much extreme and progressive music into the pot, as well as having plenty of melody I love the bass sound, and the fact it's really audible and integral to the whole piece. I have been so tempted to stick he whole album on, because I want to see where this goes from here! I've promised myself I'll wait and listen to all the albums that this roulette chucks my way, in one sitting.
7.5/10Nick_z: Green Carnation - Leaves of Yesteryear Could this be another submission that's the best the participant has sent thus far? It's definitely close. I like this because it has a sort of spacey sci fi feel to it, which is kind of represented in the lyrics as well. It is a well crafted song that transports me to outerspace. The vocal melodies tickle a memory that I predictably can't place. I really love the "Mind over matter" line and lyrically this is pretty damn good. I think this may grow in my estimation even more by the time I've listened like 10+ times, but for thr moment it's a very respectable...
7.75/10LithoJazzoSphere: Paul Gilbert - Attitude Boy Will Overcome I've heard the name Paul Gilbert before, but don't think I'd heard any of his music before. Well this shreds! I can't help but listen to this and think "This should've been on a Guitar Hero game". For the record I love Guitar Hero and it led me to some great musical discoveries (Buckethead anyone?). Vocally he (I assume it is Paul singing as well) reminds me of someone I can't place, from a grunge band maybe? I think I've made it pretty clear that a lot of my favourite songs are really high energy. Well Attitude Boy has it in spades! I'm impressed by how you've been able to do well sending songs from a few varying genres, keep it up.
8/10TAC: Soulsplitter - TheTransition Tim, you strayed from the pure metal path here, and it seems to have served you well. This is probably also your best submission of the roulette so far. Maybe your getting my tastes, maybe it's desperation, maybe it's complete apathy. Who cares, this shit is good, even if it doesn't strike me as a TAC band at all. I love the intro and build up in this song, with the tasty bass lines and interesting off kilter drumming. I'm not often a fan of female fronted music but like Evermind's entry, I think this works. Is that a theremin that makes an appearance like half way through? The bit that comes after, the really sinister build up and creepy lyrics, reminds me of something, maybe Tool? I think they should've explored that part more to be honest. A lot of this feels like a showcase of how to create a progressive instrumental build, using each instrument to it's fullest. Writing that down doesn't make it sound like something I'd be into, but this is good, without being able to explain much more reason why. Sign me up for the full album.
8/10Evermind: Avatarium - Moonhorse Ah, such doomy goodness. I didn’t really expect to get doom from you dude, and from the band name I was sure I was getting progessive power metal! But yea, female fronted doom metal ftw. I do love me some doom but it can often feel quite one dimensional. This takes the sound in a slightly different direction than usual. The breaks between the dreary doom riffs, where the vocals take centre stage, help give this a more diverse feel. I really love the tasty guitar solo that comes in around the 3 minute mark. The whole thing is honestly really great and something I'm going to be revisiting.
8/10Cyril: Trophy Scars - Everything Disappearing Cyril won the round, who saw that coming? I don't think it'll come as much of a surprise to you, to hear me say that generally our tastes do not line up often. There have been the odd successes in roulettes (stuff you've sent me, and vice versa), however there have been more failures. This is thankfully a success story. Everything Disappearing is easily the best song you've sent so far in this, by a fair margin. This song has a similar vocal approach as some other classic Cyril bands, but the music is wat more to my liking. I think what I love most about this is the production The guitar tone is beautiful and the drums just pop, in a really pleasing way, I also love the laid back approach. I find this musically to be really relaxing, and there is something comforting about it. An obvious plus for me is the strings that accompany some of the lush, melodic guitar leads. That shit is playing to your audience. This is likely to little too late from you, but this has many things I love about it.
8.5/10Standings: Buddyhunter1 - 53.5
LithoJazzoSphere - 52
Evermind - 52
TAC - 51
Wolfking - 50.5
Nick - 50.25
Ariich - 49.5
King - 49.5
Romdrums - 48
Puppies - 48
Cyril - 48
Eliminated: Sacul - 47
HOF - 46.5
Elite - 44.5
Revenge - 40.5
So Sacul, HOF, Elite and Revenge319 are eliminated. Thanks again for playing guys, at least I know the next rounds submissions will all be in without the need to chase anyone
Cyril, you just managed to scrape through with a round winner.
Buddy, you're still hanging in there (have you been in first place since the first round?).
Litho, Evermind and TAC are nipping at your heels though.
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