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adg211288 
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 Topic: Reviewer's Challenge Xmas/New Year Sign-UpsPosted: 06 Dec 2017 at 11:45am |
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Last Reviewer's Challenge of 2017! This is running officially from next week, the 13th to be precise, then through January to co-inside with our next best of year vote which is open to the public for the first time.
Since this is last minute, I'm thinking that there not be reviewing partners or a ladder system like last time, but everyone (including non-participants) use this sign-up week to suggest 2017 albums to be put under review, which will then be randomly assigned to each reviewer. That way late comers can still take part. As always with a challenge review, you may only select albums that can legally be streamed or downloaded. Spotify and Bandcamp are good sources. You can select either unreviewed albums or ones that have been reviewed just the once (by yourself or someone else) that you'd like to see get more attention. Obviously it will be checked that you haven't already reviewed the album you are randomly drawn and if necessary the release changed. Depending on how many albums put into the hat, so to speak, you may get drawn multiple albums that you can either pick from yourself or review more than one of. Participants adg211288 Vim Fuego Sisslith DippoMagoo 666sharon666 Nightfly Unitron Album Pool Alternative Metal Jesters of Destiny - The Sorrows the Refuse to Drown (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Avant-Garde Metal Jute Gyte - Oviri (Unreviewed to date) Free Download Black Metal Dreamshift - Seconds (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Pure Wrath/Onirism - Endless Journey (Unreviewed to date) Bandcamp Sun of the Sleepless - To the Elements (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Todesstoß - Ebne Graun (Reviewed only by adg211288) Bandcamp White Ward - Futility Report (Reviewed only by adg211288) Spotify Death Metal Belphegor - Totenritual (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Cannibal Corpse - Red Before Black (Reviewed only by Vim Fuego) Spotify Desolate Shrine - Deliverance From The Godless Void (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Dreaming Dead - Funeral Twilight (Reviewed only by Nightfly) Spotofy Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Kartikeya - Samudra (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Tchornobog - Tchornobog (Reviewed only by adg211288) Free Download Vinsta - Vinsta Wiads (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Doom Metal Devil Electric - Devil Electric (Reviewed only by adg211288) Spotify Monolord - Rust (Reviewed only by adg211288) Spotify Saturndust - RLC (Reviewed only by adg211288) Spotify Völur - Ancestors (Reviewed only by adg211288) Bandcamp / Spotify (tracks broken into parts) The White Swan - The White (Reviewed only by Unitron) Spotify Drone Metal Folk Metal Nokturnal Mortum - Verity (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Glam Metal Gothic Metal Grindcore Genocide Generator - III (Reviewed only by Vim Fuego) Free Download Implore - Subjugate (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Porky Vagina - Astroschwein (Reviewed only by Vim Fuego) Bandcamp Groove Metal Hard Rock Black Country Communion - BBCIV (Reviewed only by Kingcrimsonprog) Spotify Dream Machine - The Illusion (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Hair of the Dog - This World Turns (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Kadavar - Rough Times (Reviewed only by Kev Rowland) Spotify Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Ruby the Hatchet - Planetary Space Child (Reviewed only by adg211288) Spotify Toadies - The Lower Side of Uptown (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Hardcore & Crust Industrial Metal Godflesh - Post Self (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Metalcore Asking Alexandria - Asking Alexandriaa (Unreviewed / popular band elsewhere) - TBC Polaris – The Mortal Coil (strong reviews elsewhere - unreviewed here) Bandcamp Martyr Defiled - Young Gods (strong reviews elsewhere - unreviewed here) Bandcamp Neoclassical Metal Power Metal Keldian - Darkness and Light (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss (Reviewed only by adg211288) Spotify Rage - Seasons of the Black (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Progressive Metal Adagio - Life (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Ne Obliviscaris - Urn (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Persefone - Aathma (Reviewed only by DippoMagoo) Spotify Sludge Metal Amenra - Mass VI (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Melvins - A Walk with Love and Death (major artist - no reviews or ratings) Bandcamp Speed Metal Stälker - Shadow of the Sword (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Stallion - From the Dead (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Vulture - The Guillotine (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Stoner Metal Earth Witch - Out of the Shallow (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Mothership - High Strangeness (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Symphonic Metal Bare Infinity - The Butterfly Raiser (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Thrash Metal FreaKings - Toxic End (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Skulled - Eat Thrash (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Warbringer - Woe to the Vanquished (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Traditional Heavy Metal Night Viper - Exterminator (Unreviewed to date) Spotify Rock Goddess - It's More Than Rock and Roll (Reviewed only by Unitron) Spotify Satan's Hallow - Satan's Hallow (Unreviewed to date) Bandcamp Edited by adg211288 - 09 Dec 2017 at 12:19pm |
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666sharon666
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Black, HM/HR/Glam Teams Joined: 29 Dec 2010 Status: Offline Points: 4084 |
Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 12:02pm |
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I'm in.
I'll throw some albums into the hat shortly. Edited by 666sharon666 - 06 Dec 2017 at 12:03pm |
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DippoMagoo
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Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 31 Aug 2014 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3087 |
Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 12:08pm |
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I'm in.
As for album suggestions: Bare Infinity - The Butterfly Raiser (No reviews yet, and I'm the only one rating it. Is on Spotify, at least for me.) Keldian - Darkness and Light (No reviews yet, and it's on Spotify, at least for me.) Persefone - Aathma (Is on Spotify, at least for me, and I'm currently the only one reviewing it.) Rage - Seasons of the Black (No reviews yet, and I know for sure it's on Spotify, at least for me.) I'll stop there, to allow for more variety. I've actually come close to reviewing all three of those (aside from Persefone, which I did review) so I'd definitely be willing to do any of them as part of the challenge, as well as one other album, if no one else does them. |
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666sharon666
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Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 12:55pm |
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Okay here's some HR suggestions from this year's evaluations:
Dream Machine - The Illusion https://open.spotify.com/album/5bZs09jYWVbJIIlAIMpZLy They actually released two albums this year, the second only coming out on the 1st of this month. I'm throwing in the one I've heard though. No reviews so far. Kadavar - Rough Times https://open.spotify.com/album/7LrD0MzyaENB2F4XvxzGad One review by Kev Rowland so far. Hair of the Dog - This World Turns https://open.spotify.com/album/46NibmRvsWNILIlhgPmc14 No reviews yet. Royal Blood - How Did We Get So Dark? https://open.spotify.com/album/3Rz6kF8eGqrDOEteo5YsBj No reviews yet. |
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 2:26pm |
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Got a few I can think of. Grind, yes, but not the real hard to listen to shit, so don't freak.
 I'll check a few thrash entries too.
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Sisslith
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Power & Neo, Prog/AG Teams Joined: 03 Sep 2016 Location: Spain Status: Offline Points: 1154 |
Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 2:30pm |
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Count me in.
My suggestions (a few albums with no reviews): Adagio - Life (progressive/symphonic metal, spotify, YouTube) Warbringer - Woe to the Vanquished (thrash metal, spotify) Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars (symphonic/melodic death metal, spotify) Implore - Subjugate (deathgrind/crust punk/black metal, bandcamp) Ne Obliviscaris - Urn (progressive metal/melodic death/melodic black metal, bandcamp) Dreamshift - Seconds (blackgaze, bandcamp Pure Wrath/Onirism - Endless Journey (atmospheric black metal, bandcamp) Edited by Sisslith - 06 Dec 2017 at 2:32pm |
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Only the dead have seen the end of war.
Without music, life would be a mistake. |
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adg211288
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Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 3:55pm |
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RYM appears to have updated their 2017 chart so I'll have a scout about tomorrow and see if I can pick up on any missing 2017 albums, and add a few to the list.
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Nightfly
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Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 4:30pm |
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I'm in.
A few suggestions... Desolate Shrine - Deliverance From The Godless Void Belphegor - Totenritual Vinsta - Vinsta Wiads |
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Vim Fuego
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Posted: 06 Dec 2017 at 9:54pm |
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Kingdoms Disdained - Morbid Angel. Doesn't even have a rating yet! https://open.spotify.com/album/2g6JcSOSLuV8i0PD07IDyl
Red Before Baclk - Cannibal Corpse. I've reviewed it and that's it. https://open.spotify.com/album/2Ecgc9nNxJpXd3gboFPbvz Astroschwein - Porky Vagina. Reviewed by me only. https://porkyvagina.bandcamp.com/album/astroschwein III - Genocide Generator. Reviewed by me. https://genocidegenerator.bandcamp.com/album/iii |
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adg211288
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Posted: 07 Dec 2017 at 7:43am |
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The album poll has been re-sorted by main sub-genre. Death Metal and Hard Rock and the best covered while some only have one or no suggestions.
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666sharon666
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Posted: 08 Dec 2017 at 8:09am |
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I'll see if I can pick out some trad and speed metal candidates.
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666sharon666
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Posted: 08 Dec 2017 at 8:28am |
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Heavy Metal:
Night Viper - Exterminator (https://open.spotify.com/album/6SEPjYs5Fe00nngPnJJlmc) Satan's Hallow - Satan's Hallow (https://satanshallow.bandcamp.com/album/satans-hallow) Speed Metal: Stälker - Shadow of the Sword (https://open.spotify.com/album/6wxKbGBFi7vumdSh1MfK4N) Stallion - From the Dead (https://open.spotify.com/album/0wEii5KdyXkCCfThiZKsTi) Vulture - The Guillotine (https://open.spotify.com/album/3tWO94ZYNlTg249Fk0b0G9) Edited by 666sharon666 - 08 Dec 2017 at 8:39am |
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Unitron
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Posted: 08 Dec 2017 at 6:57pm |
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Sure, why not.
Here's some albums to be thrown in: Jesters of Destiny - The Sorrows the Refuse to Drown (Alternative Metal) - Spotify Rock Goddess - It's More Than Rock and Roll EP (Heavy Metal) - Spotify Earth Witch - Out of the Shallow (Stoner Metal) - Bandcamp Mothership - High Strangeness (Stoner Metal) - Bandcamp Dreaming Dead - Funeral Twilight (Death Metal) - Bandcamp The White Swan - The White EP (Doom Metal) - Bandcamp Monolord - Rust (Doom Metal) - Bandcamp Havok - Conformicide (Thrash Metal) - Spotify Skulled - Eat Thrash (Thrash Metal) - Bandcamp FreaKings - Toxic End (Thrash Metal) - Spotify Toadies - The Wrong Side of Uptown (Hard Rock) - Spotify Nokturnal Mortum - Verity (Folk Metal) - Spotify Godflesh - Post Self (Industrial Metal) - Spotify
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If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
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adg211288
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 12:08pm |
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List updated. Got a good selection now but still some genre gaps. I'm guessing those genres are the less popular ones. I aim to turn up a few more for black metal and will maybe look into a few for the uncovered styles.
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adg211288
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 12:32pm |
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Okay we currently have a pool of 56 albums. I'd say that's enough to start drawing for people. Note that others can still sign up to this event.
Per the OP, I'm drawing three albums per person. It's up to you which one you pick to review or if you want to do more than one. I'll draw for myself last. Edited by adg211288 - 09 Dec 2017 at 12:33pm |
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adg211288
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 12:42pm |
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Refer to the OP for a link to each album. If the trio randomly selected is that much to your dislike, you may request a re-draw. There are plenty of other albums on the list that have not been assigned. Melvins - A Walk with Love and Death Black Country Communion - BBCIV Stälker - Shadow of the Sword For Sisslith: Skulled - Eat Thrash Morbid Angel - Kingdoms Disdained Monolord - Rust For DippoMagoo: Vinsta - Vinsta Winds Devil Electric - Devil Electric Converge - The Dusk in Us For 666Sharon666: Mothership - High Strangeness Desolate Shrine - Deliverance From the Godless Void Freakings - Toxic End For Nightfly: Tchornobog - Tchornobog The White Swan - The White Rage - Seasons of the Black For Unitron: Lovebites - Awakening From Abyss Porky Vagina - Astroschwein Martyr Defiled - Young Gods And for myself: Ex Deo - The Immortal Wars Pure Wrath/Onirism - Endless Journey Vulture - The Guillotine
Edited by adg211288 - 09 Dec 2017 at 1:17pm |
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DippoMagoo
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 1:04pm |
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After a brief sampling, I can confidently say Godflesh and Saturndust are both definitely out (I can't stand the vocals on either for more than a few seconds, lol) but Vinsta looks promising, so I can definitely review it. As I mentioned before, I'll also probably review one of my selections if they don't get used, which right now only Rage has been selected via randomizer.
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adg211288
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 1:16pm |
I'll redraw you two different ones instead of Godflesh and Saturndust and put those two back in the pile. Devil Electric - Devil Electric Converge - The Dusk in Us Can't see you disliking the vocals on Devil Electric since they're all clean female singing. Converge I'm not so sure about.
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DippoMagoo
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 1:21pm |
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Devil Electric looks good, yeah. Looks like another band along the lines of Blood Ceremony and Avatarium on their latest album, which I tend to like. Which gives me at least two albums to work with, which I'll either pick between or do both.
Also, do you have any deadline in mind for this? Because I want to get at least one more promo review before the years ends, so I wouldn't be putting any serious work on a challenge review for another week or so, at the very least.
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adg211288
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Posted: 09 Dec 2017 at 1:37pm |
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No firm deadline, just as soon as your're ready.
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