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adg211288 
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Black Metal, Prog/AG Teams
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 Posted: 13 Aug 2017 at 1:19am |
Okay everyone here's the plan, I was hoping to do this yesterday but I was out until late and ran out of time:
No pairing up this time. Today I am going to look into a few more unreviewed (and streamable) 2017 albums and then assign one to each member at random. I am going to source more than we need in the event that something is region locked or the album you are chosen is something you're uncomfortable with for any reason. Just ask if you want another release to be drawn for you. I should have the draw done later today.
The album selection will start with the ones Nicole listed but I'm also going to look into lesser known ones for the draw.
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DippoMagoo
MMA Special Collaborator
Power & Neo, Goth & Symph, Prog/AG Teams
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Posted: 08 Aug 2017 at 6:40pm |
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Yeah, I'm fine with whatever arrangement we go with. Doing only 2017 albums is definitely a nice twist, though.
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Vim Fuego
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Death, T/S/G, Grind, VA Teams
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Location: Canterbury, NZ
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Posted: 08 Aug 2017 at 1:07pm |
I'm keen to give anything a go. Perhaps a menage a trois would be a solution to the numbers problem? 
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666sharon666
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Black, HM/HR/Glam Teams
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Posted: 08 Aug 2017 at 1:01pm |
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Either that or just assign everyone a random un-reviewed 2017 album that can be streamed.
I think I prefer the latter method for this challenge.
Here's a few highly rated albums from RYM 2017 metal/hard rock/hardcore chart that no one has reviewed here yet. Many more where these came from.
The Ruins of Beverast - Exuvia (Death-Doom Metal)
https://theruinsofbeverast.bandcamp.com/album/exuvia
Elder - Reflections of a Floating World (Hard Rock)
https://beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/reflections-of-a-floating-world
Nokturnal Mortum - Істина (Folk Metal)
https://nokturnalmortum1.bandcamp.com/album/verity
Venenum - Trance of Death (Death Metal)
https://venenum.bandcamp.com/album/trance-of-death
Soen - Lykaia (Progressive Metal)
https://soen-sweden.bandcamp.com/album/lykaia
Pain of Salvation - In the Passing Light of Day (Progressive Metal)
https://open.spotify.com/album/3p3jOZI2RjHPVpu7kfgjOB
Ex Eye - Ex Eye (Avant-Garde Metal)
https://exeyeband.bandcamp.com/album/ex-eye
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adg211288
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Posted: 08 Aug 2017 at 11:12am |
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Okay, I wish to get this started within the next few days. What is consensus on the method? Pairs with 2017 albums needing to be chosen? If so we need one more person to make up eight reviewers.
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666sharon666
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Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 9:45am |
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I don't mind doing it for 2017 albums. I'm behind of this year's stuff anyway.
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adg211288
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Posted: 01 Aug 2017 at 2:37am |
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A thought: if we're doing a 2017 theme we could perhaps not do reviewing pairs and everyone have a random album assigned to them instead, if people want to put albums forward for consideration.
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DippoMagoo
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:39pm |
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I'd be up for that, yeah. I have a couple albums in mind already, and I can probably figure out some others as well.
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adg211288
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:29pm |
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That's a possibility, sure.
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Unitron
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:28pm |
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Maybe we could each make a list of albums, then pick an album out of each other's lists to review?
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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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Nightfly
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:24pm |
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Yes, sounds good. We could all list our suggested albums in this thread to avoid duplication.
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adg211288
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:20pm |
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If everyone is for this we should publicly coordinate with each other just to make sure no one is reviewing the same album.
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Unitron
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:15pm |
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I think that could work, I've got a few new releases in mind.
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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: 31 Jul 2017 at 3:04pm |
How would everyone feel about making this challenge slightly themed and limit our album choices to 2017 releases? Writing for new releases is a great way to promote the site and there are many well regarded albums (judging by the RYM chart) from this year that have not been reviewed on MMA yet. You could always use this as an opportunity to suggest and album that you have heard/reviewed that no one else seems to be paying any attention to.
It's cool if no one's into the idea, but it is just a thought. New release reviews do draw extra traffic our way.  |
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666sharon666
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Posted: 31 Jul 2017 at 2:33am |
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I'm in. I'll start thinking of possible albums.
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aglasshouse
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Posted: 30 Jul 2017 at 3:19pm |
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yeah sure
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adg211288
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Posted: 30 Jul 2017 at 2:57pm |
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I have at least one in mind, depending on who I get paired with this time.
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DippoMagoo
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Posted: 30 Jul 2017 at 11:27am |
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Having a hard time thinking up another album to use, but I'll give it a go.
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Nightfly
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Posted: 30 Jul 2017 at 11:26am |
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Count me in.
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Unitron
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Posted: 30 Jul 2017 at 1:48am |
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I'm in.
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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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