This is long overdue since promised, but hey, better late than never, or what do they say...
Some comments about the first five rounds of the DT Song Survivor:
Song that were voted out in Part 1:
Round 1: Midwinter + Beyond Enlightenment
Round 2: Yesterworld
Round 3: Void of Tranquillity
Round 4: Misery in Me
Round 5: The Mind's Eye
Nothing surprising here, at least not before Round 5. The pre-Skydancer songs are simply not much liked by the majority, whereas nearly all other songs of this part have a rather solid following (no songs like Dissolution Factor Red or My Faeryland Forgotten here). Also, the non-existence of a studio-version for Misery in Me is surely a turn-off (for me at least). The Mind's Eye was probably just the "easy choice" of the last round - I doubt nobody really hates it, but as some of you said, it isn't a real song per se (but rather an outro for the album).
Songs that were voted out in Part 2:
Round 1: The Dying Fragment of an Elderly Dream
Round 2: Soulbreed
Round 3: Ex Nihilo
Round 4: Dissolution Factor Red
Round 5: Day to End
The first two songs should perhaps not have been included in this survivor: they are not just available only as poor-quality bootleg-mp3s, but they are quite damn bad songs as well. Well, once we had got rid of 'em, we got quite an unexpected result: Ex Nihilo was voted out on the third round! Perhaps it is just me, but I find that one instrumental song very interesting and enjoyable - not to the extent to claim it as the best song on Damage Done (unlike some Dark Tranquillity guitarist did), but at least mediocre by DT-standards. It appears the majority of you don't agree here, though... The following two songs were certain to drop out of this Survivor sooner or later - both Dissolution Factor Red and Day to End have a large anti-fanbase - so for the excitement it was better that they dropped off this early.
Songs that were voted out in Part 3:
Round 1: Unfurled by Dawn & Vernal Awakening
Round 3: Nightfall by the Shore of Time
Round 4: Midway through Infinity
Round 5: With the Flaming Shades of Fall
Here we got rid of the two pre-Skydancer songs on the first round already with an equal amount of votes (13) for each of them. Thus, round 2 was skipped and on round 3 we had to kick off the first "real" DT-song in this part - and as a small surprise to me, that was Nightfall by the Shore of Time! I certainly hate the opening scream and don't like the rest of the song much either, but seeing such a "legendary" song being voted out this early was something I hadn't expected. Anyways, Midway through Infinity was the next one to go and nothing else needs to be said of it. However, I was very disappointed to see one of my favorite DT-songs (as in "in the top 20" or so), namely With the Flaming Shades of Fall being kicked out on round 5 - you people have no taste at all!
Songs that were voted out in Part 4:
Round 1: My Faeryland Forgotten
Round 2: Ego Drama
Round 3: The Dividing Line
Round 4: Tongues
Round 5: The Enemy & Haven
This was definitely the "hardest" group of songs to vote, as there were no demo-era or bootleg-only songs in this part. The result was that some pretty good (IMHO) songs were voted out - especially the loss of Haven saddens me. I'm also somewhat surprised to see such "classics" as The Dividing Line and Tongues being kicked off this early, although I never held either of those songs above average (by DT-standards, that is). On the other hand, seeing My Faeryland Forgotten being kicked off on the first round was to be expected. The last round was a draw between Haven and The Enemy, so both songs were dropped out from the Survivor.
We had an average of 46 votes per poll; Part 2 / Round 2 got the least votes (39) and Part 4 / Round 4 got the most (57).
-Villain
Some comments about the first five rounds of the DT Song Survivor:
Song that were voted out in Part 1:
Round 1: Midwinter + Beyond Enlightenment
Round 2: Yesterworld
Round 3: Void of Tranquillity
Round 4: Misery in Me
Round 5: The Mind's Eye
Nothing surprising here, at least not before Round 5. The pre-Skydancer songs are simply not much liked by the majority, whereas nearly all other songs of this part have a rather solid following (no songs like Dissolution Factor Red or My Faeryland Forgotten here). Also, the non-existence of a studio-version for Misery in Me is surely a turn-off (for me at least). The Mind's Eye was probably just the "easy choice" of the last round - I doubt nobody really hates it, but as some of you said, it isn't a real song per se (but rather an outro for the album).
Songs that were voted out in Part 2:
Round 1: The Dying Fragment of an Elderly Dream
Round 2: Soulbreed
Round 3: Ex Nihilo
Round 4: Dissolution Factor Red
Round 5: Day to End
The first two songs should perhaps not have been included in this survivor: they are not just available only as poor-quality bootleg-mp3s, but they are quite damn bad songs as well. Well, once we had got rid of 'em, we got quite an unexpected result: Ex Nihilo was voted out on the third round! Perhaps it is just me, but I find that one instrumental song very interesting and enjoyable - not to the extent to claim it as the best song on Damage Done (unlike some Dark Tranquillity guitarist did), but at least mediocre by DT-standards. It appears the majority of you don't agree here, though... The following two songs were certain to drop out of this Survivor sooner or later - both Dissolution Factor Red and Day to End have a large anti-fanbase - so for the excitement it was better that they dropped off this early.
Songs that were voted out in Part 3:
Round 1: Unfurled by Dawn & Vernal Awakening
Round 3: Nightfall by the Shore of Time
Round 4: Midway through Infinity
Round 5: With the Flaming Shades of Fall
Here we got rid of the two pre-Skydancer songs on the first round already with an equal amount of votes (13) for each of them. Thus, round 2 was skipped and on round 3 we had to kick off the first "real" DT-song in this part - and as a small surprise to me, that was Nightfall by the Shore of Time! I certainly hate the opening scream and don't like the rest of the song much either, but seeing such a "legendary" song being voted out this early was something I hadn't expected. Anyways, Midway through Infinity was the next one to go and nothing else needs to be said of it. However, I was very disappointed to see one of my favorite DT-songs (as in "in the top 20" or so), namely With the Flaming Shades of Fall being kicked out on round 5 - you people have no taste at all!
Songs that were voted out in Part 4:
Round 1: My Faeryland Forgotten
Round 2: Ego Drama
Round 3: The Dividing Line
Round 4: Tongues
Round 5: The Enemy & Haven
This was definitely the "hardest" group of songs to vote, as there were no demo-era or bootleg-only songs in this part. The result was that some pretty good (IMHO) songs were voted out - especially the loss of Haven saddens me.
I'm also somewhat surprised to see such "classics" as The Dividing Line and Tongues being kicked off this early, although I never held either of those songs above average (by DT-standards, that is). On the other hand, seeing My Faeryland Forgotten being kicked off on the first round was to be expected. The last round was a draw between Haven and The Enemy, so both songs were dropped out from the Survivor.We had an average of 46 votes per poll; Part 2 / Round 2 got the least votes (39) and Part 4 / Round 4 got the most (57).
-Villain
