Non-metal Themed Mixtape Game

[Satanstoenail]

Waiting on
@EspaDa

Gosh what a surprise

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Indeed. @EspaDa should probably consider rating these mixtapes once in a while or people might start excluding his submissions.

 

[CiG]

I think it's rather telling that the only songs you rated above 5 were hard rock songs, which suggests that your horizons aren't sufficiently wide for the non-metal mixtape game.

Rekt. +1

 

[The Ozzman]

I was asked by people to participate. I did what they asked and then people bitch about my ratings.

 

[CiG]

We have opinions about your opinions.

Welcome to the internet.

 

[The Ozzman]

We have opinions about your opinions.

 

[no country for old wainds]

ill post mine tomorrow

lies

 

[no country for old wainds]

i really am gonna do this soon btw, having a shit week but pls wait for me!

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Yeah I'll wait, your writeups are always popular. Not waiting for EspaDa though, then we'll be here 'til August.

 

[no country for old wainds]

Elend – Melpomene

a typically mesmerising tune from what i’ve long considered the most intense, vivid and spinetinglingly beautiful album ever recorded. the fluidity of these winding compositions is aeons beyond all of their other (still mostly great) work, and creates the kind of hallucinatory imagery that renders drugs obsolete. it isn’t the best song on there - perhaps lacking a true climactic moment to bring me to eargasm - and it fits better in the context of the album which is a thoroughly holistic work, but let’s face it some of you cunts wouldn’t know great music if it got lodged between your labia. the one criticism i’ll accept is the production values – while it mostly works fine to me, i’d still love to hear it re-recorded one day. 10/10

The Sisters of Mercy - Marian

this kinda straddles the line between understated and affected, hypnotic and monotonous, but it just about works. there doesn’t seem to be much that’s distinctive about its atmosphere though. 6/10

Led Zeppelin – The Ocean

again this is a perfectly acceptable example of a style i don’t particularly care for – too light-hearted and funky, not dreamy enough to appeal regardless (unlike, say, captain beyond). 6/10

Clutch – Sea of Destruction

too stoned out for my tastes, but it’s solid sabbath worship with terrific production. 6.5/10

Chelsea Wolfe – Mer

decent portishead imitation (circa THIRD), no more and no less. i appreciate the dense instrumentation going on here, always something new going on without sacrificing tone. if someone picks her again in the near future i’m gonna start getting antsy tho 7/10

Bedrich Smetana – Die Moldau

sounds a little straightforward and populist to me; i imagine i’d be less enamoured if i was a classical nerd. since i’m not, yeah it’s pretty sweet, even if i’ve heard excerpts like a hundred times. problem is it’s apparently not thematic – i’d be willing to forgive that if it sounded ‘oceanic’ enough but, uh, it sounds like a river. hoping it doesn’t win for this reason, but i can’t bring myself to rate it really low. 5/10

Pallas – Atlantis

this is such unapologetic starry-eyed prog epic that it’s super endearing, and so dated (despite being neo-) as to be quite otherworldly. also totally stupid of course, but i really like it in the same way i like old bargain-bin sci-fi novels. what’s wrong with the vocals? 7.5/10

Split Enz – Shark Attack

nice, i’ve been itching for something more up-tempo. nothing too special but quirky with lots of attitude. 7.5/10

Nest – Across the Waters

i’ve been a fan of WOODSMOKE ever since it came out – there’s nothing particularly intelligent about its compositions, but they have an atmospheric niche and nail it really well, hits the spot sometimes. i haven’t heard this one but it sounds in a fairly similar vein, maybe less sparse and more drawn out and less kantele-driven, none of which is a good thing to me. the synths are kind of hurting my ears as well atm. 5/10

Townes Van Zandt – Silver Ships of Andilar

very nice. not much to add to everyone else's glowing reviews, 'cept i'm maybe not as a head over heels for this stuff as some of you. i bet he has some songs i'll really love though. 8/10

Paul Robeson – Sea Fever

i’d only heard ‘ol’ man river’ before and loved it. this is similarly searing. takes an amazing voice to make something like this still work in 2016. 9/10

rushed through this a bit sry. interesting enough list that rarely wowed me. now give townes the obvious win so we can get on with it!

 

[Vegard Pompey]

The winner is @HamburgerBoy with Townes Van Zandt - Silver Ships of Andilar! Congrats to HBB on his first-ever win.

Townes Van Zandt - Silver Ships of Andilar ( @HamburgerBoy ) - 7.50
Biedrich Smetana - Die Moldau ( @Baroque ) - 6.82
Chelsea Wolfe - Mer ( @Serjeant Grumbles ) - 6.73
Paul Robeson - Sea Fever ( @H.P. Lovecraft ) - 6.5
Sisters of Mercy - Marian ( @dwellerINTHEdark ) - 6.27
Led Zeppelin - The Ocean ( @Ozzman ) - 6.27
Split Enz - Shark Attack ( @Satanstoenail ) - 6.00
Clutch - Sea of Destruction ( @EspaDa ) - 5.91
Elend - Melpomene ( @no country for old wainds ) - 5.86
Pallas - Atlantis ( @CASSETTEISGOD ) - 5.64
Nest - Across the Waters ( @Funerary_Doom ) - 5.23

I'll post my own ratings soon.

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Elend - Melpomene
This is too intense for casual listening - I feel like I'd need to listen to this in a dark room at night with no distractions, and then the next day I'd be found dead my body all bloated and my lungs filled with water, apparently having drowned on my living room floor.
9/10

The Sisters of Mercy - Marian
8/10

Led Zeppelin - The Ocean
I don't hate Led Zep but this was really fucking boring. I'm shocked two people submitted this.
2/10

Clutch - Sea of Destruction
4/10

Chelsea Wolfe - Mer
I wasn't fond of the last eighteen Chelsea Wolfe songs in this game but this is darkly captivating and gorgeous. I had no expectations when I selected this theme but it ended up being a great success at least in my estimation, so many submissions across a multitude of genres all dark and heavy in their own right. It made for a very cohesive mixtape, and a gloomier one even than the death mixtape.
7/10

Biedrich Smetana - Die Moldau
Maybe not the best pick, but not a particularly objectionable one either.
6/10

Pallas - Atlantis
I was actually hoping for some prog when I picked this theme, sadly CiG was the only one who had the right idea.
8/10

Split Enz - Shark Attack
5/10

Nest - Across the Waters
3/10

Townes Van Zandt - Silver Ships of Andilar
Now I wonder if I should've given the last Zandt song more of a chance because this is really fucking amazing. I imagine this is fundamentally appealing to metalheads in general just like some previous winners like "Throw Down the Sword" so I'm not at all surprised it won.
9/10

Paul Robeson - Sea Fever
I'm never complaining about your old people music again HP.
9/10

 

[Vegard Pompey]

Holy fuck that's amazing.

 

[no country for old wainds]

might have to sit this next round out, i can't think of any cuck-themed music.

 

[CiG]

Pallas - Atlantis
I was actually hoping for some prog when I picked this theme, sadly CiG was the only one who had the right idea.
8/10

And I was raked over the coals for it, haha.

 

[Baroque]

Of course I know it's a river you fucks. I wrote an article about ma vlast back in college. Let the plebs who don't know it be exposed to it and rate it highly. Where does a river flow anyway, hmm? It would have made a decent intro to the playlist.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

This theme will potentially have a little overlap with the earlier theme of burden, but whatevs, for this round I'm picking EXHAUSTION. Doesn't have to be about the physical fatigue of a person, but anything concerning something being run dry.

 

[The Ozzman]

Where does a river flow anyway, hmm?

Into a tributary

 

[Baroque]

Into a tributary

I think you have that turned around there

 

[The Ozzman]

I think you have that turned around there

Well a river can flow into a tributary (see: the Three Rivers)

Allegheny
Monongahela
Ohio

So no, I don't have it turned around