Hello, your resident doofus metalhead here with another Walrus competition. Send me songs that fit the categories I set up and I rate them, results are revealed live on discord etc etc. My taste is shit but so is yours so you might as well join and see how you do! I'm keeping it pretty simple for my first one, but hopefully it's still interesting enough.
Submit:
Preferably through Smogon PM but I'll accept Discord subs as well. Don't sub example songs for any category (there are only a couple of them, so it shouldn't be too hard).
Scoring:
Scale of 1-10, one decimal point, 0 for cat-fails (those shouldn't happen though), no gimmicks. Everything above 6 is at least pretty good.
About me:
Contrary to popular belief, I don't only listen to metal, even though that makes up a big chunk of my listening. I'm open to everything so don't hesitate with your subs. Electronic music is unlikely to do well but there's stuff I enjoy. Country is a go, I enjoy even the trashy stuff even if it's not something I go out of my way to listen to. Hip-hop is fine but make sure it's interesting enough sonically to hold my attention, lyrics don't matter to me much (unless they're exceptionally good, or exceptionally bad). If you sub rock/metal, make sure it's good! If you sub BABYMETAL, you're getting banned from this walrus. Don't.
Categories:
#1: Show me your (part of the) world
Send me a song by an act that's local to you. Your state/country should be sufficient, but getting even more local would be appreciated. Support the scene!
Exorcizphobia - About Us Without Us
#2 If you like vocals so much, why don't you marry them!
Apparently nobody in the walrus community likes harsh vocals nearly as much as I do, so hit me with the most interesting stuff you know. Voice is one of the more versatile instruments there is and we're trying to showcase that here. Give me your favorite strange and innovative vocals. Songs with Julie Christmas are pander-capped at 7 points.
Inquisition - Desolate Funeral Chant
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - The Wreck of S.S Needle
#3 Once Upon A Time
Our first and only lyrical category is a straight-forward one - send me a song with lyrics about history. Events, people, anything. If it's not immediately clear what exactly the song is about, I'd appreciate it if you told me when you sub.
Tormentor - Elizabeth Bathory
Vuur - Days Go By (about the 1666 London fire)
#4 Crush me with yourthighs music
Make me want to lie down on the floor and never get up.
Warning - Faces
#5 Sunshine, rainbows, unicorns
To recover from the previous cat, give me a song that never fails to put a smile on your face.
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Nifelheim - Sodomizer
#6 Heritage Night, část první
For this category, I want a song that's sung in a language that's not English, French, German, or weeb (songs in Japanese are ok, just not anime ones). In a vacuum, Slavic languages would probably do the best, but hit me with your best.
Lumsk - Ormin Lange
Peha - Chodec Na Lane
#7 Heritage Night, part two
One genre that seems to be way underrepresented in walruses is folk. So send me your best folky stuff. Note that your judge loves flutes.
The Moon & The Nightspirit - Egi Taltos
Damh the Bard - Noon of the Solstice
#8 If I love vocals so much, why don't I marry them?
One of the reasons I like harsh vocals so much is the fact that women can sing so much better than men so why even bother, right? For this cat, I want the best vocal performances by female singers. Anneke van Giersbergen and Julie Christmas are blacklisted from this cat, because it would be too easy if they weren't.
The Gathering - The May Song
Made Out of Babies - Stranger
#9 Karaoke Night
We all have those songs we sing in the shower, or when we're trying to walk straight down the street at 2 am. When this song comes up on the radio you can't help but sing along. When you walk up to a karaoke machine, this is the first song you look for.
Gob - Oh! Ellin
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
#10 Burning down your village
All I want here is something fast and furious. Pretty simple.
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Judas Priest - Painkiller
#11 Straight to Video
Most music videos are bland and boring. Send me one that's visually interesting and pretty to look at. Something that will make me want to take screencaps every 15 seconds. I will be weighting the video portion more than the music portion.
LOONA/Yves - new
CHVRCHES - Lies
#12 Fade to Black
For the last category, I want closers. Every great album is crowned with a great final song and I want you to send me your favorites.
Converge - Jane Doe
Laura Stevenson - Wheel
Sign-ups will be open for like 2-3 weeks, I'll accept late-comers as long as they're not too late.
List of participants:
Robert Alfons
KnightsofCydonia
Myzozoa
MyNameIsNothing
Stan Soojung
StarBlim
Da Letter El
HeaLnDeaL
Shadestep
slurmz
Asek
Walrein
Lectrys
RODAN
Steven Snype
Lord Gaius
Bedschibaer
Eternally
Rapture
NotNova
bold: fully subbed
italic: partially subbed
Submit:
Preferably through Smogon PM but I'll accept Discord subs as well. Don't sub example songs for any category (there are only a couple of them, so it shouldn't be too hard).
Scoring:
Scale of 1-10, one decimal point, 0 for cat-fails (those shouldn't happen though), no gimmicks. Everything above 6 is at least pretty good.
About me:
Contrary to popular belief, I don't only listen to metal, even though that makes up a big chunk of my listening. I'm open to everything so don't hesitate with your subs. Electronic music is unlikely to do well but there's stuff I enjoy. Country is a go, I enjoy even the trashy stuff even if it's not something I go out of my way to listen to. Hip-hop is fine but make sure it's interesting enough sonically to hold my attention, lyrics don't matter to me much (unless they're exceptionally good, or exceptionally bad). If you sub rock/metal, make sure it's good! If you sub BABYMETAL, you're getting banned from this walrus. Don't.
Categories:
#1: Show me your (part of the) world
Send me a song by an act that's local to you. Your state/country should be sufficient, but getting even more local would be appreciated. Support the scene!
Exorcizphobia - About Us Without Us
#2 If you like vocals so much, why don't you marry them!
Apparently nobody in the walrus community likes harsh vocals nearly as much as I do, so hit me with the most interesting stuff you know. Voice is one of the more versatile instruments there is and we're trying to showcase that here. Give me your favorite strange and innovative vocals. Songs with Julie Christmas are pander-capped at 7 points.
Inquisition - Desolate Funeral Chant
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas - The Wreck of S.S Needle
#3 Once Upon A Time
Our first and only lyrical category is a straight-forward one - send me a song with lyrics about history. Events, people, anything. If it's not immediately clear what exactly the song is about, I'd appreciate it if you told me when you sub.
Tormentor - Elizabeth Bathory
Vuur - Days Go By (about the 1666 London fire)
#4 Crush me with your
Make me want to lie down on the floor and never get up.
Warning - Faces
#5 Sunshine, rainbows, unicorns
To recover from the previous cat, give me a song that never fails to put a smile on your face.
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Nifelheim - Sodomizer
#6 Heritage Night, část první
For this category, I want a song that's sung in a language that's not English, French, German, or weeb (songs in Japanese are ok, just not anime ones). In a vacuum, Slavic languages would probably do the best, but hit me with your best.
Lumsk - Ormin Lange
Peha - Chodec Na Lane
#7 Heritage Night, part two
One genre that seems to be way underrepresented in walruses is folk. So send me your best folky stuff. Note that your judge loves flutes.
The Moon & The Nightspirit - Egi Taltos
Damh the Bard - Noon of the Solstice
#8 If I love vocals so much, why don't I marry them?
One of the reasons I like harsh vocals so much is the fact that women can sing so much better than men so why even bother, right? For this cat, I want the best vocal performances by female singers. Anneke van Giersbergen and Julie Christmas are blacklisted from this cat, because it would be too easy if they weren't.
The Gathering - The May Song
Made Out of Babies - Stranger
#9 Karaoke Night
We all have those songs we sing in the shower, or when we're trying to walk straight down the street at 2 am. When this song comes up on the radio you can't help but sing along. When you walk up to a karaoke machine, this is the first song you look for.
Gob - Oh! Ellin
Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
#10 Burning down your village
All I want here is something fast and furious. Pretty simple.
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
Judas Priest - Painkiller
#11 Straight to Video
Most music videos are bland and boring. Send me one that's visually interesting and pretty to look at. Something that will make me want to take screencaps every 15 seconds. I will be weighting the video portion more than the music portion.
LOONA/Yves - new
CHVRCHES - Lies
#12 Fade to Black
For the last category, I want closers. Every great album is crowned with a great final song and I want you to send me your favorites.
Converge - Jane Doe
Laura Stevenson - Wheel
Sign-ups will be open for like 2-3 weeks, I'll accept late-comers as long as they're not too late.
List of participants:
Robert Alfons
KnightsofCydonia
Myzozoa
MyNameIsNothing
Stan Soojung
StarBlim
Da Letter El
HeaLnDeaL
Shadestep
slurmz
Asek
Walrein
Lectrys
RODAN
Steven Snype
Lord Gaius
Bedschibaer
Eternally
Rapture
NotNova
bold: fully subbed
italic: partially subbed
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