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62: FRUMS - LOST IN NEW BLANKNESS:

https://frums.bandcamp.com/track/lost-in-new-blankness

Nominator: cakophon (2/26)
Source: vignette (2/20)

Initial Score: 80.24 [#47]
Revised Score: 90.24 [#61]
Final Score: 91.50 [#62]

(First Thoughts: I lack the adjectives to properly convey thoughts on this, but it seems to be getting a rather high score.)

A very busy and complicated song. It starts off with a rather pretty, though still heavily computerized medley; then it segues into what sounds like morse code for a bit, and eventually becomes an entirely alien type of music just before the three minute mark with its rapid clicking and garbled & whispered gibberish (at least I think its gibberish). Its one of those songs where you never know whats coming next and I love that about it.

[Final Thoughts: One of Frums best work.]

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61: QUEUE X SETSU - SIDE QUEUE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56xIoLZIlDA

Nominator: UF8 (5/15)

Initial Score: 91.22 [#11]
Revised Score: 97.74 [#31]
Final Score: 91.70 [#61]

(First Thoughts: I think I like this a lot, but its hard to say without knowing the slightest thing about the poetry shes reciting. I have my own interpretations, but theyre literally based on nothing.)

I cant find anything about this song, other than it being a poetry reading, so Im rather on my own here. Thankfully: I like her voice, I like spoken word sections, and apparently that does translate to me liking spoken word poetry songs (who knew?) so I do like this quite considerably.

[Final Thoughts: Well, YouTube has automatically generated Japanese captions and I can download those, then run those through an automatic translation. This is not a good way to do anything; auto-captions are always wrong and auto-translations are even more wrong, so this is...several layers of errors.

Anyway, the garbled translation makes this sound like some tragedy involving a car crash:

When I wake up
Car
There is a sound of glass breaking
That echoed in the room
In Akemi
Joyful grave
Glittering debris
Scattered on the floor

That feels oddly coherent for something so garbled.]

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60: THE EIGHTFOLD ROAD - HAANIT, THE HUNTER:

https://familyjules7x.bandcamp.com/track/haanit-the-hunter

Nominator: The_Mighty_KELP (3/32)

Initial Score: 80.00 [#53]
Revised Score: 97.24 [#33]
Final Score: 91.80 [#60]

(First Thoughts: This may be the first nomination that can actually be called epic in a non-ironic way.)

A very powerful piece that knows when to hold back for emotional impact. Theres a very wistful beauty in the subdued acoustic guitar and piano intro, but the song actually nails the transition to epic-ness when the drums and electric guitar come in. Both aspects of the song work perfectly and actually go together, creating an absolute masterclass on how to do this style of song perfectly. So many other songs on the album try to do this and fail spectacularly (STILL GLARING AT YOU, MERCHANT GIRL), while this song does it absolutely perfectly.

Id say this song is the perfect example of what the album was going for and its best representative. There are still songs from the album that I prefer on a personal level, but for what the album is trying to accomplish, this is the song that does it the best.

[Final Thoughts: I still maintain that this is the perfect representation for the album and probably for the entire concept of metal remixes, but metal remix isnt really my jam... so Im feeling this better fits a low 90s for me, personally, than the high 90s.

...also did I really just use the word perfect four times in a row? Ugh.]

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59: FRUMS - 24EEEV0-$:

https://frums.bandcamp.com/track/24eeev0

Nominator: cakophon (1/26)
Source: vignette (1/20)

Initial Score: 85.15 [#30]
Revised Score: 90.49 [#60]
Final Score: 91.90 [#59]

(First Thoughts: The thump-thump-thump in the background makes me imagine a female Robocop walking forward, but theres also some decidedly non-Robocop sounds. A famous person who did not play Robocop was Crazy Horse. In conclusion, 24eev0-$ is a song of contrasts. Thank you.)

All I can imagine when listening to this song is a female version of Robocop firing three shot bursts from her semi-automatic pistol. This is admittedly a really awesome thing to imagine, but its not exactly 100 point top tier ambience. Very interesting attempt though.

[Final Thoughts: Now it feels kinda jazzy, like female Robocop at a jazz club.[

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VIGNETTE:

Memoryfactory.lzh: 50.10 [#470]
Swallow Smoke: 50.30 [#463]
Dimensionalize Nervous Breakdown: 51.60 [#428]
From the Haze of our Ragged Hypoxias: 58.04 [#377]
Nothing: 58.20 [#368]
Salmiakki: 61.40 [#308]
Flashbacklog: 61.94 [#299]
End of System: 67.38 [#252]
Fake (Track 19): 71.00 [#196]
Vigor Lines Yoked: 71.35 [#194]
Dropdead: 71.40 [#193]
Wing: 74.60 [#165]
My Capacitance: 75.15 [#162]
I Cant Even Remember My Own Name: 76.70 [#149]
Mdrqnxtagon: 80.00 [#114]
Absolute Zero: 82.20 [#112]
Great Fury of Heaven: 83.40 [#105]
Jam With Pancake: 88.10 [#80]
Lost in New Blankness: 91.50 [#62]
24EEEV0-$: 91.90 [#59]

Average Score: 70.663

I like Frums and this was a lot more Frums, so thank you.

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Player Averages:

Shonen_Bat: 73.6884285714
Cakophon: 68.4806666666
Metalmind: 59.3499999999
Bane: 58.1471428571
Haste_2: 53.8109523809
Xeybozn: 53.3525
Hbthebattle: 53.0054545454
Pyresword + sergiocornaga: 50.2062698412
Player_0: 44.991
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