Mixtape Game ExTreME EdiTiON!

[Serjeant Grumbles]

I'll just let that slide. He would have had to rate it a 9 or above to bump it to 8th place, anyway, so it makes no real difference in the final standings. So, fuck it, I'm posting the scores.

The winner is @Phylactery

Septic Flesh - Pale Beauty of the Past - 7.61 @Phylactery
Crowbar - Repulsive In Its Splendid Beauty - 6.83 @EspaDa
Dawn - Diabolical Beauty - 6.66 @dwellerINTHEdark
O.L.D. - Die In Your Beauty Sleep - 6.44 @CASSETTEISGOD
Winds - What is Beauty? - 6.17 @Baroque
Hooded Menace - Beauty and the Fest - 5.78 @Krow
Grave - Beauty Within - 5.47 @Sirjack
Beyond Dawn - When Beauty Dies - 5.39 @HamburgerBoy
Stormwitch - The Beauty and The Beast - 4.94 @H.P. Lovecraft

 

[CiG]

I'm the quintessential middle-man in all of these damn games.

 

[Phylactery]

I don't even want to win this one really and I've won it twice now! I'm probably never winning the normal version though, so I guess it's fine.

The new word/theme is PARADOX. (I'll accept derivatives of this word such as paradoxical.)

PM me with your submissions.

 

[Carpe Mortem]

^ I am of the opinion the normal one becomes a battle not only of musical selection, but of folks who view the theme similarly. This version removes that variable and you are left only with the quality of the song chosen.

 

[Phylactery]

That is true. On the other hand there's obviously a lot less thought in picking a suitable song for this version of the game.

I have 4 submissions so far. I want another 6 if possible.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

Damn you! @Baroque Always takin' my first choice picks! lol

 

[Baroque]

Damn you! @Baroque Always takin' my first choice picks! lol

Lol I had a feeling you would go for that one too.

There's another fairly obvious thrash choice that someone else might have gotten too.

 

[Phylactery]

I'm up to 9 submissions so far. I'll leave it open until tomorrow.

When I post the list can someone make the playlist on YouTube please?

 

[Phylactery]

Here's the playlist. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCZgoc5nuQfjeEf5_hTIN_8hWcwKmmAn-

Exmortus - Left to Die in the Paradox of Time
Bad Boat - Paradox
Deinonychus - Building the Paradox
Omnium Gatherum - Paradox
Odious Mortem - Domain of the Eternal Paradox
Lychgate - Against the Paradoxical Guild
Benediction - Paradox Alley
Meshuggah - The Paradoxical Spire
Artch - Paradox

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Okay, here you go, ya lazy wanker:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCZgoc5nuQfjeEf5_hTIN_8hWcwKmmAn-

 

[arg]

Exmortus - Left to Die in the Paradox of Time - 7
pretty thrashtastic, some unnecessary wanking

Bad Boat - Paradox - 5
this is ok but not huge on bluesy/sludgy metal

Deinonychus - Building the Paradox - 7
brooding tone and atmosphere, could use better sounding synth

Omnium Gatherum - Paradox - 8
saw these guys live not so long ago. wow their old stuff rules too

Odious Mortem - Domain of the Eternal Paradox - 9
this is the shit

Lychgate - Against the Paradoxical Guild - 4
some kind of atmo/meloblack...nah

Benediction - Paradox Alley - 10
no bullshit death metal fuck yea

Meshuggah - The Paradoxical Spire - 4
boring riffs, obnoxius vocals, shitty tone

Artch - Paradox - 7
good old trad, more ballsy than most

this is an above average list, no doom! rate it you cockmanglers

 

[Baroque]

Oh no one submitted Paradox - Paradox? Well I'll listen to this list later tonight.

 

[CiG]

(Commenting here just to remind myself to rate.)

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Exmortus - Left to Die in the Paradox of Time
6/10
Its got them doodly bits whats that I like, you know, them doodly bits. It was alright. A little derivative if I daresday. I'm sure someone would wanna argue about that and demand examples but sucka my balls.

Bad Boat - Paradox
7.5/10
Lol and I called the last one derivative. Bomb ass vox though, they really drive shit. Most certainly a vocally driven piece.

Deinonychus - Building the Paradox
8/10
Toight intro, not enough gothy shit on this forum. Actually a pretty awesome track.

Omnium Gatherum - Paradox
5/10
Meh. Too much gothy shit, not good putting it after the beastly preceding track.

Odious Mortem - Domain of the Eternal Paradox
5/10
Boring. Not fall asleep boring, just uninspired heard it a thousand times before boring. Pretty sweet outro though.

Lychgate - Against the Paradoxical Guild
8.5/10
Well that was depressing, inspiringly so. Well done.

Benediction - Paradox Alley
4/10
Garbage people making garbage sounds.

Meshuggah - The Paradoxical Spire
7.5/10
Dig.

Artch - Paradox
7/10
Cool.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Exmortus - Left to Die in the Paradox of Time – 7/10

I don’t remember liking what I had heard of this album and the previous one, but this song has some really neat parts, especially the leads and the acoustic part in the middle. This actually sounds more original than the Slave to the Sword material, although the verse riffing is less interesting. It also has a nice climax though.

Bad Boat – Paradox – 3/10

Kinda like a second-rate Cathedral, retard-vox and all.

Deinonychus - Building the Paradox – 2/10

Lmao what is this shit, a lot of chugchugchug chug chugalug with ridiculous keys everywhere and a guy that can blurt out maybe two notes. The black “metal” sections in the second half were less silly but also less entertaining.

Omnium Gatherum – Paradox – 4/10

Listenable but really boring, as flowery as any Europower.

Odious Mortem - Domain of the Eternal Paradox – 5/10

I kind of zoned out, but the solo section at the end where the rest of the instruments drop out caught my attention, some neat melodies going on there.

Lychgate - Against the Paradoxical Guild – 7/10

The first minute and a half wasn’t bad if only because it used riffs that aren’t used by every other black metal band. After that it got more typical, although it was still a bit less repetitious and it had energy to it. They actually sound like a band and not a shitty bedroom project. Actually getting to the second half, the guitars are pretty atmospheric here and not in just a “Hey look how fuzzy and obscure we can sound” way, this actually sounds like it had some thought put into its construction. I’d like black metal if its artists held themselves to a decent standard.

Benediction - Paradox Alley – 6/10

Solid, nothing more. I take it back, that riff at 3:50 was awesome, too bad they didn’t make more out of it.

Meshuggah - The Paradoxical Spire – 2/10

Pretty aimless, Meshuggah’s worst album by a longshot. I’m someone that actually thinks everything up to obZen was pretty different from one album to the next, but this one totally treads the water (with the exception of one song which I forget the title of and certainly isn’t this one).

Artch – Paradox – 6/10

The Dickinson-soundalike is definitely the best thing about this song/band.

 

[Baroque]

Exmortus - 9
Bad Boat - 7
Deinonychus - 4
Omnium Gatherum - 5
Odious Mortem - 6
Lychgate - 7
Benediction - 6
Meshuggah - 1
Artch - 5

 

[Baroque]

Exmortus - Left to Die in the Paradox of Time
6/10
A little derivative if I daresday.

of what/who? I thought it was a fairly creative track

 

[Carpe Mortem]

Sucka my balls. Can't place it.

 

[Serjeant Grumbles]

Your balls are internal though...

 

[Carpe Mortem]

I like to challenge my opposers.