Tomislav's roulette episode 4 - FINAL ROUND RESULTS!

[Tomislav95]

Hello everyone and welcome to my roulette v4. My first three were all different in style, rules and vibe. This time around I want to do it really simple. No special rules, constraints or themes. Even my banlist will be more lenient and maybe even shorter this time, as weird as it may sound. For some reason, I used to ban artists I knew only somewhat (an album or a few songs), I didn’t want to receive anything I remotely heard. And don’t get me wrong, I’d still like to receive something I never heard of, something new and fresh. But I’m still leaving some room for you to try and reintroduce me to an artist. You can check my rateyourmusic and Last.fm pages, any album I rated on rym is banned even if I didn’t ban the artist fully. Also, there is a chance I accidentally kept something off the banlist so bear with me.
In previous roulettes there were some bands I absolutely loved and kept listening to, some uninteresting to me and some I-don’t-know ones but I’d say most stuff was at least good. After all, I’m not that demanding

ROULETTE FORMAT
As I said, keeping it simple this time. Just send me something (hopefully good) and I’ll score it 1-10 (with 0.5 point increments).
I’ll try to deliver results every weekend, with short writeups (I’m really bad at it).

RULES

• 8 open rounds
• x number of participants
• send me Spotify link (preferred), Youtube link or just name of artist and song, but please specify if you want me to listen to special version or something
• once sent, band is banned in future rounds
• no time limit but beware, I'm not too keen of super long songs and I usually need some time to get into them
• send on time! (48h after results at last)

TASTES
Nothing new, my tastes didn’t really change If you don’t know me, the stuff I usually like is prog (both rock and metal). I like really melodic music, full of hooks, especially if vocal melodies are great as well. Said that, you probably shouldn't send instrumental music, not crazy about it. I like to feel emotion in a song, and I would choose it over heaviness.
That modern alt/prog is my favorite thing lately, see Soen, Dead Letter Circus, Rishloo, dredg
Don’t like djenty djent, especially if there is not much else going on.
When it comes to heavy music, groovy is the way to go.
Other genres I like are metal in general, indie pop/rock/folk, synthpop, singer/songwriter stuff..

Participants:
1. twosuitsluke
2. LithoJazzoSphere
3. HOF
4. Puppies_On_Acid
5. Crow
6. senecadawg2
7. lonestar
8. jingle.boy
9. Evermind
10. ariich
11. Elite
12. wolfking
13. ReaperKK
14. Buddyhunter1
15. Vmadera00
16. Sacul
17. Stadler

Round 1 playlist

[Tomislav95]

BANNED LIST
3
An Abstract Illusion
Agalloch
Agent Fresco
Anneke van Giersbergen (and projects)
Alcest
Alice In Chains
Alter Bridge
American Football
Amorphis
Anathema
Angra
Anthrax
Arcade Fire
Arcane Roots
Arch/Matheos
Archive
Arctic Monkeys
Artificial Language
Asia
Audioslave
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Ayreon
Baroness
Beach House
Beardfish
Bent Knee
Between the buried and Me
Black Sabbath
Blackfield
Blind Guardian
Bodies Of Water
Bolt Thrower
Bon Iver
Brand New
Bruce Dickinson
Buckethead
Caladan Brood
Caligula’s Horse
Camel
Carcass
Carly Rae Jepsen
Charles Mingus
CHVRCHES
Coheed and Cambria
Coldplay
Corrosion Of Conformity
Crippled Black Phoenix
Cult of Luna
Cynic
Daughter
David Bowie
Dead Letter Circus
Deafheaven
Death
Deep Purple
Depeche Mode
Devin Townsend (and projects)
Dio
Dire Straits
DJ Shadow
Downfall Of Nur
Dream Theater
dredg
Drudkh
Dvne
Editors
Eidola
Elder
Elliott Smith
Emancipator
Enchant
Ensiferum
Enslaved
Evanescence
Evergrey
Exodus
Fair to Midland
Fates Warning
Fleet Foxes
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Colors
Foo Fighters
Frank Zappa
Galahad
Gallowbraid
Genesis
Ghost
Giles Corey
God Is An Astronaut
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Gojira
Goldfrapp
Gunship
Halestorm
Haken
Harakiri For The Sky
Have A Nice Life
Hozier
Hypocrisy
Iced Earth
Iron Maiden
Insomnium
Isis
James LaBrie
Janelle Monae
Jeff Buckley
Joe Satriani
John Coltrane
Journey
Joy Division
Judas Priest
Kaddisfly
Kamelot
Kansas
Karnivool
Katatonia
Kate Bush
Kendrick Lamar
Kindo
King Crimson
Kingcrow
Klone
Kreator
Kvelertak
Kylesa
Kyuss
La Dispute
Lady Gaga
Led Zeppelin
Leonard Cohen
Leprous
Let’s Eat Grandma
Lorde
Liquid Tension Experiment
Love
Ludovico Einaudi
Lunatic Soul
Machine Head
Manchester Orchestra
Marillion
Mark Knopfler
Massive Attack
Mastodon
Maybeshewill
Megadeth
Metallica
Mew
mewithoutYou
Micah P. Hinson
Midlake
Miles Davis
Modest Mouse
Mono
Moonsorrow
Mumford And Sons
Muse
My Bloody Valentine
Myrath
Need
Neutral Milk Hotel
Nevermore
New Order
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nirvana
Nokturnal Mortum
Nothing More
Novembre
Oceansize
October Falls
Okkervil River
Opeth
Orphaned Land
Pain Of Salvation
Paradise Lost
Paramore
Phoebe Bridgers
Pink Floyd
Pixies
Porcupine Tree
Primordial
Pure Reason Revolution
Puscifer
Queen
Queens of the Stone Age
Queensrÿche
Radiohead
Ray Alder
Rae Morris
Rainbow
Red Fang
Red House Painters
Redemption
Respire
Rishloo
Riverside
Royal Thunder
Rush
Russian Circles
Saltillo
Saor
Seventh Wonder
Sia
Sigur Ros
Slayer
Slint
Slugdge
Snarky Puppy
Soen
Solstafir
Sonata Arctica
Star One
Steven Wilson
Stoned Jesus
Sufjan Stevens
Susanne Sundfør
Svalbard
Symphony X
Taylor Swift
Tears for Fears
Testament
Thank You Scientist
The Alan Parsons Project
The Antlers
The Beatles
The Cure
The Comet is Coming
The Dear Hunter
The Decemberists
The Gathering
The Gentle Storm
The Hotelier
The Mars Volta
The Ocean
The Pineapple Thief
The Smiths
The Sword
The Who
Thrawsunblat
Threshold
Thrice
Thy Catafalque
Thy Light
Todtgelichter
Tom Waits
Tool
TotalSelfHatred
Toto
Trivium
Type O Negative
Unto Others (Idle Hands)
Ulver
Vanden Plas
VOLA
Weezer
Weyes Blood
While Heaven Wept
White Ward
Wintersun
Wishbone Ash
Within Temptation
Wolverine
Woods Of Ypres
Yes
Zeal & Ardor

[twosuitsluke]

Despite the fact I apparently can't accurately guess any songs you send in other people's roulettes, I do have a pretty good handle on your tastes (unless your tastes have drastically changed). Im pretty sure I'll have some tasty sludge/doomy prog metal to send.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

[HOF]

I’m in with this no frills format. I assume you mean just one song per round, no specific time limit per song, correct?

[LithoJazzoSphere]

I started working up some ideas once it seemed that your roulette was becoming more imminent, but I'll probably just have to send some more generic cool stuff until I get a sense of what you really like.  Which brings up 2 questions.  1:  Are you mostly looking for more comfortable music kind of like what you already enjoy?  Or are you looking to expand your taste a bit?  Or a mix of those?  2:  How long is typically too long of a song for you? 

[Tomislav95]

Despite the fact I apparently can't accurately guess any songs you send in other people's roulettes, I do have a pretty good handle on your tastes (unless your tastes have drastically changed). Im pretty sure I'll have some tasty sludge/doomy prog metal to send.

I bet you have

I’m in with this no frills format. I assume you mean just one song per round, no specific time limit per song, correct?

That's right

I started working up some ideas once it seemed that your roulette was becoming more imminent, but I'll probably just have to send some more generic cool stuff until I get a sense of what you really like.  Which brings up 2 questions.  1:  Are you mostly looking for more comfortable music kind of like what you already enjoy?  Or are you looking to expand your taste a bit?  Or a mix of those?  2:  How long is typically too long of a song for you?

1. My music tastes are pretty broad but somehow I always gravitate towards proggy rock/metal. I'm up for anything really. I will be glad to answer any questions regarding my taste in specific genre and/or famous artists that may not be listen above (but I must've heard them)
2. Light of Day, Day of Darkness is too long but seriously, I would not advise anything longer than 15 minutes but keep it under 12 if you can

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Moonsorrow is banned.....bad form, sir!

I'm in.............and I will send you every Moonsorrow sound-a-like band that I know.

[Tomislav95]

Moonsorrow is banned.....bad form, sir!

I'm in.............and I will send you every Moonsorrow sound-a-like band that I know.

That is 10/10 and you win automatically 

[TAC]

I started working up some ideas once it seemed that your roulette was becoming more imminent, but I'll probably just have to send some more generic cool stuff until I get a sense of what you really like.  Which brings up 2 questions.  1:  Are you mostly looking for more comfortable music kind of like what you already enjoy?  Or are you looking to expand your taste a bit?  Or a mix of those?  2:  How long is typically too long of a song for you?

...and 3: What should I send?

Jeez.

[Crow]

i'm in, excited for some 4/10's baby

[senecadawg2]

Sign me up!

[lonestar]

Eh fuck it, I'll join.

[jingle.boy]

Open rounds. Sure, sound me in. According to last.fm, “ Your compatibility with MasterOfNaN is Super.”

[jingle.boy]

Well what do ya know... I've never played in a Tomi roulette before.

[Evermind]

I think I finished in the 2nd place last time. Let's do this!

[Tomislav95]

I think I finished in the 2nd place last time. Let's do this!

Yep, you're defending runner up

i'm in, excited for some 4/10's baby

And defending champion, if I got your nickname change right

[ariich]

You've sent me some great stuff in two of my roulettes and I've never played in yours, so what the hell, I'm in.

[Elite]

Can’t wait to send you another Tom is a Lion EP

If you’ll have me of course

[wolfking]

I don't have time but don't really know much about what you like Tomi.  But since we're running buddies, I'll have a crack!! lol.  Don't expect any thought from my submission however.

[twosuitsluke]

I thought I'd participated in at least two of your roulettes dude, but looks like it was only the first, and I ended up middle of the pack.

Edit: Just read back through your first roulette. It was the one where I nearly won but blew it on the EP round by adding in a weak interlude which killed the flow.

Turns out some of the bands I've shortlisted to send, I'd sent in that first roulette 

Last thing of note, it was such a good time back then as we were all regularly in the plug.dj sessions together. I miss those sessions, surely here's a way we can get them going again.

I don't have time but don't really know much about what you like Tomi.  But since we're running buddies, I'll have a crack!! lol.  Don't expect any thought from my submission however.

I predict various metal of the melodic death variety.

[wolfking]

You know, there's bugger all MDM on Tomi's band list.  Could send the whole roulette as MDM. 

Could end up a good result.....or a very very bad result!

[ariich]

Yeah, there might be a reason there's so little of it on his list!

[wolfking]

Yeah, there might be a reason there's so little of it on his list!

Sounds like a challenge to me.

[ariich]

Yeah, there might be a reason there's so little of it on his list!

Sounds like a challenge to me.

Good attitude! I mean, I'm now love me some MDM and some areas of black metal too, and that's all from people sending me things in roulettes back when I didn't listen to much of those genres.

[wolfking]

Maybe Tomi can give me an insight if the challenge is doomed to fail. 

[Tomislav95]

You've sent me some great stuff in two of my roulettes and I've never played in yours, so what the hell, I'm in.

Yay

Can’t wait to send you another Tom is a Lion EP

If you’ll have me of course

Wow that was hidden in the deepest part of my consciousness. Fortunately, no EP round this time

I don't have time but don't really know much about what you like Tomi.  But since we're running buddies, I'll have a crack!! lol.  Don't expect any thought from my submission however.

Rest assured you'll get kudos for everything you send (Strava joke)

Last thing of note, it was such a good time back then as we were all regularly in the plug.dj sessions together. I miss those sessions, surely here's a way we can get them going again.

It is closed, sadly. Being software developer, I was seriously thinking about implementing similar project myself. It would took me a lot of time and wouldn't look nearly as good but who knows.

Maybe Tomi can give me an insight if the challenge is doomed to fail. 

If I heard any MDM I heard it all?
Just banned Insomnium, received it in roulette (twice?) before and loved it.

[Evermind]

Last thing of note, it was such a good time back then as we were all regularly in the plug.dj sessions together. I miss those sessions, surely here's a way we can get them going again.

It is closed, sadly. Being software developer, I was seriously thinking about implementing similar project myself. It would took me a lot of time and wouldn't look nearly as good but who knows.

I seem to remember Puppies said something about setting up a Discord room on his server as a replacement I think?

[Tomislav95]

Last thing of note, it was such a good time back then as we were all regularly in the plug.dj sessions together. I miss those sessions, surely here's a way we can get them going again.

It is closed, sadly. Being software developer, I was seriously thinking about implementing similar project myself. It would took me a lot of time and wouldn't look nearly as good but who knows.

I seem to remember Puppies said something about setting up a Discord room on his server as a replacement I think?

Not familiar with Discord but I found there is a music bot for Youtube and Spotify, might be that.

[Tomislav95]

There is 12 people already, the number I'm happy with. If anyone else want to join, feel free to do it until end of the week. Also you can start sending, just PM me. Send until end of the week.

[lonestar]

Aaaaaaaaaand sent.

[ReaperKK]

Count me in if there is still space!

[HOF]

Sent!

[Buddyhunter1]

Eh fuck it, what's one more roulette I'll join

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Eh fuck it, what's one more roulette

I mean, we're in a weird period, where technically you could say there are six ongoing roulettes, but if Tomi hadn't started this one, probably a week from now there would have really only been one active one not in the final round.