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And two more for now. May or may not try to get in another five later, it depends on how some things play out this morning.

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#620: Whitechapel - A Bloodsoaked Symphony (4:58):
https://youtu.be/4I9pSv9w36A

Nominator: BlackDra90n [22/30 Remaining]

Initial Score: 50.057
Revised Score: 50.12
Final Score: 55.26

(First Reaction: There is an interesting story being told here, but this is in the "so intense I kinda start to fall asleep" category that a lot of very intense songs tend to fall into.)

The lyrics are great:

I set my soul ablaze, I crawled through the nether and left a suicide letter next to my own severed head
I think I should be dead but thats the beauty of selling yourself to sin

I wanted bleak and depressing, and this song gives it in spades. I just really prefer my sad lyrics to be delivered in a more...sad way. This is metalcore angry yelling, which can convey pain but I find they don't allow me to really get into the right headspace. This sort of voice can go for angry or demonic songs, but I'm not a fan of them with these lyrics or this sort of story.

The instrumentation is tense and foreboding, so that's another strong point for the song. It's close to greatness and I know it's stupid for "my problem with this metalcore song is that the singer is too metalcore" to be my only real argument against it, but... if I can't really get into the vocal performance, then I can't get into it. I'm sorry.

[Final Thoughts: The singer has a deep, powerful, angry voice which would be fantastic on the right song--I'm just not super fond of the combination of this voice with these lyrics. Still great lyrics and I generally like what the singer & band are doing, I'll also praise the drums for being in the "too intense for me, but done in a way that I actually don't mind"--the singer's ability to completely overpower the drumming actually lets the drums properly accentuate the song instead of drowning it out. A very well made song that I kinda like.]

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-it's only forever-

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#619: Serj Tankian - Ching Chime (4:05):
https://open.spotify.com/track/45gxkZ78jargpM0pf4nJwr?si=66096f1540ff4992

Nominator: Murphiroth [20*/32 Remaining]

Initial Score: 55.37
Revised Score: 58.34
Final Score: 55.37

(First Reaction: I quite dislike the verses, but the choruses & post choruses are fairly good. The way the song rather argues with itself, with the pressimistic verses & the opimistic counterpoints from the chorus, also lends the song an air of dissociation or fighting with ones' self, which appeals to me quite a bit. Unfortunately, there's basically nothing in the verses for me to connect with or take an interest in:

Sucking seeds is pastime, gonorrhea overtime
Fuck that it's bedtime, no more pantomime
Over the ching chime, ch-ch ch-ching chime

...Like I'm not going to say I hate it or anything (outside of any the ching chime parts because I just hate repetition and rhyming ching chime with ching chime is about as repetitive as it gets), but... at best, I'm indifferent to these parts. So while there's a lot to love here in the concept, and the way the song switches between two different musical styles between the verses & choruses, it rather misses the mark for me.)

!Definitely a memorable song. I honestly find it hard to remember a lot of the songs that I've only heard once, but as soon as it was time to listen to this song again, I was like "oh yeah... this song", which is probably worth something. And the choruses are still pretty great.

[Final Thoughts: Moving this back down to its Initial Score because I really do not like the verses, but the choruses are fantastic enough that I do kinda like it.]

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