Tournament of Instrumentals (r1): 25 vs 26 + 27 vs 28

Vote for your FAVOURITE instrumental song: 1 vote per battle

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    14
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Soilwork: I quite liked that. Generic? I suppose it did sound a bit like it was missing a vocal.
The Centurians: I can see why someone might like this type of music. Not sure if I found it that interesting though.
Vote goes with Soilwork (#25).
Deep Purple: Again, just okay. Not enough guitar for me personally.
Blade Runner: Awesome. Love synths, so was going to find it hard to vote against this.
Vote goes with Vangelis (#28).
 
25 and 26 were both wild and representative of their genres.
I like the metal genre more, s0 25.
27 is OK if a little too noodly and drawn out,
28 isn't a fabulous song either but I prefer the atmosphere.
 
mckindog said:
28 isn't a fabulous song either but I prefer the atmosphere.
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That's something it really has, I think. Some people might not really like the whole 80's electronic sound (or, perhaps, the soundtrack nature of the track in respect to this game), but I genuinely feel it has great mood & atmosphere.
mckindog said:
25 and 26 were both wild and representative of their genres.
I like the metal genre more, s0 25.
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And that's pretty much why I voted #25 too.
 
25 and 27. Soilwork is very listenable. Although the Blade Runner theme is a bit iconic, I hear it as a soundtrack, not stand-alone music.
 
There's just a huge gap for me. Not just because the way I see 26. Stuff like 25 are the main reason why I dislike metal save for my favorite bands. Zero atmosphere, one dimensional, not unique. Would much rather listen to Slayer, whom I haven't spoken highly of, than that.
 
None of these songs amaze me all that much but the Soilwork track is pretty solid. It's generic, alright, but has nice melodies and is kind of interesting to listen to.
The Centurians' song on the other hand starts off a bit sloppy (the intro) and can't keep me interested for long. Sure there's something to it but nothing that stands out as beautiful or worthwhile for me.
 
The Flash said:
There's just a huge gap for me. Not just because the way I see 26. Stuff like 25 are the main reason why I dislike metal save for my favorite bands. Zero atmosphere, one dimensional, not unique. Would much rather listen to Slayer, whom I haven't spoken highly of, than that.
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I kinda know where you're coming from & agree with most of what you just posted. I listen to quite a lot of metal & don't hear anything particularly new; and even though I quite like it I'm totally nonplussed about exploring that particular artist's work further. Also, despite often being well produced, if you cut through the nice sound/tone, there's often not a fabulous amount of musicianship going on. In this case, though, I didn't hear a massive amount of great playing on the Centurians track either. It wasn't the best of match-ups.
 
Centurians was a local band that existed during 50s and 60s and didn't even release a full length album. Hence the sloppiness and bad production. Although the hint of sloppiness in the intro is well intended, very common thing in surf rock.

The only reason they're a familiar face to the world public is that Bullwinkle Part II was featured in the Pulpfiction scene where John Travolta's character goes on an heroin trip in his car.
 
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The Flash said:
Centurians was a local band that existed during 50s and 60s and didn't even release a full length album. Hence the sloppiness and bad production. Although the hint of sloppiness in the intro is well intended, very common thing in surf rock.
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Indeed, but that makes it quite hard to make a musicianship judgement; which I'm forced to make because I didn't enjoy the track very much itself. A little unfair I guess.
The Flash said:
The only reason they're a familiar face to the world public is that Bullwinkle Part II was featured in the Pulpfiction scene where John Travolta's character goes on an heroin trip in his car.
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Yip. And although nobody here seemed influenced by that, that's not a particularly good reason to like it as a piece of music. This is equally applicable to the Vangelis track; difficult to separate it from Blade Runner. Having said that, it was also not composed independently of the film; if this matters.
 
The Flash said:
There's just a huge gap for me. Not just because the way I see 26. Stuff like 25 are the main reason why I dislike metal save for my favorite bands. Zero atmosphere, one dimensional, not unique. .
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Awesome, memorable solos (melodic!), riffs and drumming.

Slayer don't have such solos and rhythms, this music is much more dynamic and richer. Apart from some double bass parts, a comparison with Bruce's band during Chemical Wedding-era (e.g. King in Crimson) would be more accurate imo.
 
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