Crosstalk Black-Metal Riff-Off Has Entered Phase Two: THE JUDGING
The end is nigh.
The end of the first ever Crosstalk Black Metal Riff-Off that is! And now we hand the reigns of fate over to you, the loyal (and vociferous) Gearwire / Crosstalk audience.
Below are the top nine riffs submitted for our contest. Amongst these blood curdling riffs are three that were submitted by the Gearwire (wizard's) staff*, including Henry's riff. We're not saying which.
HA HA HA!!! Don't you see?!?!? You may be driven to cast your ballot in support of that which you so despise!! THAT IS THE POWER OF BLACK METAL!!! YOU CANNOT RESIST ITS SARDONIC WILL!!!!!
The voting commences now, and will close at MIDNIGHT, May 15th, 2008 (that's this coming Thursday). Whichever riff garners the HIGHEST AVERAGE SCORE will be deemed "The Blackest Of Riffs." The creator of the winning riff shall win a T-Shirt and a Folk Album, as detailed in the contest's rules.
Each riff will be ranked individually, judged by the masses on a scale from 1-5. We will average the results in a very metal way. We kindly ask that you vote for all nine (or as many as you can handle) or risk being impaled by the horns of Satan's army of minions.
And now, to the riffs (SKULL POLLS PROVIDED BY THE DEMONIC FORCES OF POLL DADDY):
Black Metal Riff #1
Black Metal Riff #2
Black Metal Riff #3
Black Metal Riff #4
Black Metal Riff #5
Black Metal Riff #6
Black Metal Riff #7
Black Metal Riff #8
Black Metal Riff #9
*Should a GW staffer's riff be selected as "The Blackest Of Riffs," the contest prize will still go to the highest-rated user-submitted riff. We may be subject to the will of our collective satanic ID, but we're still fair.
This topic will be bumped until voting is over because it is such a Hot Topic -- where you can go for all of your commercialized black metal t-shirt / hoodie needs!
My name was written with
fire in the place you only
can see when your time has come
When you walk down in the
land of shadows for eternity
i think its funny that henry
i think its funny that henry is too pussy to say which riff is his! That's NOT metal dude! You SUCK!
I'm sure they will say which
I'm sure they will say which one is Henry's once the voting is over.
Over the limit
yeah quite a number went over the time limit...and most are NOT black metal!
yeah quite a number went
yeah quite a number went over the time limit...and most are NOT black metal!
+1
I agree completely that
I agree completely that these are hardly black metal, a couple are, and couple might be, but are so bad in the fidelity department, I can't even tell; maybe that makes them blacker? =/
What's the next riff off
What's the next riff off going to be? prog riff-off? death metal riff-off? totally-awesome-intro riff-off?
totally-awesome-intro
totally-awesome-intro riff-off doesn't seem like a bad idea...
HEY CROSSTALK DUDES! READ THIS!
Yeah, let's demand that the Crosstalk dudes do that one. I already have a great idea, and your only hint is that it involves the low e and a strings, and it is totally awesome.
The idea seems a bit flawed
The idea seems a bit flawed to me, it could literally be any riff possible, and then some. Not much of a theme really...
It's certainly better than
It's certainly better than this crap. Everyone's like "oh, all these riffs aren't even close to black metal." Apparently black metal is a very strict genre with absolutely no room for creativity.
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