Roulette of Champions - FINAL RESULTS, pg 15!

[Ħ]

It'd be cool if the identity of the MJ was progressively revealed. Like, every day, give us a name of someone it's not.

[DebraKadabra]

That's a good idea!

[jingle.boy]

Oh.  My. God.  I have a new theory on the mystery judge. 

[DebraKadabra]

Not quite.

[King Postwhore]

I can tell this person is around my age but I can't figure it out....

[Nekov]

I can tell this person is around my age but I can't figure it out....

What makes you think so?

[King Postwhore]

Comments on albums with their ratings about owning that album or not listening to a certain album for a while.

[Ħ]

Ariich, you should PM each person a different letter of the MJ's name. The first to deduce the name automatically gets 5 points.

[ariich]

It'd be cool if the identity of the MJ was progressively revealed. Like, every day, give us a name of someone it's not.

Cool idea.

Day 1: It's not jingle.boy.

[lonestar]

One down, 5187 members to go......

[Ultimetalhead]

Ultimetalhead: Floater – 4 Down (A Toast)
Rich 2.5 + Other 2.5 = 5.0

Still not totally sold on Floater. I felt the same here as I did the last time you sent me one of their songs – I like it, it’s nice music, but it just seems to lack something. Don’t know if it’s the production, the vocals, what it is, because none of those things are bad, but it just doesn’t grab me as much as I feel like it should. Nice song, but not enough to change my mind about them.

Not as good as some of the other choices this round, but not bad. Pink Floydian in flow and style. Vocals were pretty awful though. I'd hate to think what this guy sounded like live. Still, not bad.

Okay, as a Floater NUT... first off, IMO, this was not the best song Justin could've sent from the album that the song is from.  There are also MUCH better Floater "mini-epics" from their other albums.  I also have issues with "I'd hate to think what this guy sounded like live."  Um... Rob (their singer/bass guitarist) has blown the doors out of places with a cold AND a sore throat.  4 Down is MUCH better and longer live, but I still think it's a great song.  Just probably not the best song for that round, obviously.

Carry on!

I thought about sending Safety or Zero Hour (maybe even Tracks Across the Snow), but 4 Down finishes off that album so nicely that it seemed like the obvious choice. I almost cried at the complaints about the vocals though. Rob is fucking awesome. Also, I seemed to remember Rich quite liking Luddite when I sent it for his roulette, but maybe I'm remembering it wrong.

Well, I'm bummed that I missed out, but this was still great fun, and I'm very much looking forward to who the mystery judge is. 

Edit: Wow. I forgot. I ended up sending Matadors in a moment of pure misguided idiocy. Should have sent Luddite, but IIRC it was a "recent music" round, and that was the best option evidently.

[King Postwhore]

DOWN GOES LONESTAR!!!


Sent!

[Ħ]

It'd be cool if the identity of the MJ was progressively revealed. Like, every day, give us a name of someone it's not.

Cool idea.

Day 1: It's not jingle.boy.

...they have to be someone that was guessed in the previous round's PMs. Not just whoever.

[Nekov]

 

[DebraKadabra]

I thought about sending Safety or Zero Hour (maybe even Tracks Across the Snow), but 4 Down finishes off that album so nicely that it seemed like the obvious choice.

Yeah, I can understand that - 4 Down does close Alter out pretty perfectly.

I almost cried at the complaints about the vocals though. Rob is fucking awesome.

Yeah, me too - Rob is just amazingly outstanding at what he does.  So are Pete and Dave, though.

Edit: Wow. I forgot. I ended up sending Matadors in a moment of pure misguided idiocy. Should have sent Luddite, but IIRC it was a "recent music" round, and that was the best option evidently.

Yeah, Luddite would've been a little bit of a better choice.    Although... Enough is really kick ass too...

[Ultimetalhead]

Yeah, Matadors seemed a bit more "immediate" to me at the time. I'm not all that fond of Enough. I feel like it kind of drags.

[DebraKadabra]

The studio version DEFINITELY drags.  It's much better live, but I was happy to at least have some version of it on wax.

[ariich]

RESULTS – SEMI-FINALS


SEMI-FINAL 1 – HERETIC VS NEKOV

Heretic: The Butterfly Effect – Worlds on Fire
Rich 3.5 + Other 3.0 = 6.5

Seriously, how do you keep finding stuff that I've never even heard of before but really, really dig?! Quite a Muse vibe at the start especially, but the song grows and takes on its own identity. This has a bit of everything in it, from a mellow start, through post-rock, into some rocking riffing later on. Very nice stuff, and another of those songs that made me go straight to Spotify to see if the album is on there!

What a really, really interesting song. Damn. Horns, crunchy guitars. Just cool. Not many slowish songs moved me in this roulette, but I was moved.

Nekov: Iluvatar – In the Eye
Rich 2.5 + Other 2.5 = 5.0

Hmm, this isn't a bad song, there are some nice ideas, but it really does sound so dated to me. Not just in terms of production, but in style and instrumentation as well. It goes on very long as well, but didn't make me feel like there was enough variety of sound. Pleasant music undoubtedly, but I found myself losing interest about half way through.

This one was tough to score less than Heretic's. It has so much of what I like, especially being keyboard-driven. A strong guitar here and there, but there was just something about it. It was too much keyboards, it was drowning in that same riff over and over. Was just too much. And the tone he used was a bit of a Rush rip off that gave it this 80\90's vibe. Like Red Sector A or Show Don't Tell. (Apologies, I named the wrong rush tunes I'm trying to use as examples) I feel this song was THIS close to being great they just over did it.

WINNER: HERETIC


SEMI-FINAL 2 – KINGSHMEGLAND VS LONESTAR

kingshmegland: Demians – Earth
Rich 3.0 + Other 2.5 = 5.5

I found two things interesting in this submission: 1) you chose to send the bonus track from the album, and 2) in your description you neglected to mention that Nic is a former DTFer! Otherwise, great submission; even though it's a bonus track it's a great song in its own right. Catchy and engaging, and really nicely done. I'm very familiar with it already though I'm afraid, so only 3 points for you.

These guys used to be board members, or one of them was, right? Good vocals, good harmonies and probably a better-crafted song than lonestar's selection, I just liked his better. I guess I was supposed to be impressed by some of the deliberate tempo changes and slow-los. Instead I found them a little off-putting.

lonestar: Odd Dimension – Farewell to the Stars
Rich 2.5 + Other 3.0 = 5.5

This song really disappointed me, because the first 20 seconds really, really grabbed me, and I was all ready to be blown away by some awesome prog metal. But when the vocals came in, the song went a bit downhill. Not that it was bad at all, in fact there are some really good bits, but the song doesn't hold together all that well, and I find the singer really quite annoying. Far too much vibrato.

The song started pretty weak, but finished incredibly strong. I backed certain parts up and did them over and over. It's nothing really new, it's just a great track. Right at 3:40 or so they really take off. The singer is really familiar sounding.

WINNER: IT'S A TIE! :O

Which can only mean one thing...

































A REMATCH!
Send another song each please.

Heretic is through to the final, but he will not know who his opponent is until the rematch is done.

[King Postwhore]

Both threw punches and no one went down!! Will send a song tonight!!

[lonestar]

OK, time for a little refocusing......




And sent!!!

[Nekov]

Dammit!

Congrats Heretic, you sure are a good contender and are on the list of participants of my upcoming roulette.

[King Postwhore]

This is tough!!  Rich loves the one song I sent by this band but the mystery Judge seems to like it hard (Insert joke here).  So let's see if lonestar's song can beat this!!



SENT!!!

[Heretic]

Woah what? That's crazy. You're awesome Nekov, I look forward to being in your roulette!

[lonestar]

I threw caution to the wind, and sent a song a bit outside the box, but one I love dearly. I just hope the feeling is shared.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

I threw caution to the wind, and sent a song juuuuust a bit outside the box, but one I love dearly. I just hope the feeling is shared.

[King Postwhore]

Just a bit outside!

[lonestar]

 

[Big Hath]

"Heywood leads the league in most offensive categories, including nose hair. When this guy sneezes, he looks like a party favor."

[lonestar]

"This guys so mean he threw at his own kid in a father-son game."


Such a great movie.

[DebraKadabra]

I threw caution to the wind, and sent a song juuuuust a bit outside the box, but one I love dearly. I just hope the feeling is shared.

Ueck!!!

[King Postwhore]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NwP3wes4M8

[lonestar]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQIEXunob98

[DebraKadabra]

 

[lonestar]

 

[King Postwhore]

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKLVmBOOqVU