Fantasy Booking: An Experiment - The Forum Books BOA '19

[pinhead0303]

Bleh, some of my picks may vaguely fit into those genres, but mostly if I were to pick for those genres I just wouldn't bother so I'm just going to pick a few I like. Disqualify me if you want but it's likely no one else would pick them anyway

Kingmaker: Fen, Solstifir, Eluveitie, Battle Beast
Other/Mix: Nydvind, Ereb Altor, Black Messiah, XIV Dark Centuries, Thyrfing, Einherjer

[metaldinosaur]

Extreme: Satanic Warmaster, Horna, Mgla, Borknagar
Melodic: Unleash The Archers, Twilight Force, Almanac, Isole
Prog: I really don't know much about prog! (Vuur? Could Angra count? Oh, Anathema! Erm.... Phil Collins).
Other: Cirith Ungol.

[Jay1993]

I really struggled with picking melodic and prog bands as it's not the type of thing I usually listen to I included some melo-death because that counts as melodic right?

[pinhead0303]

I have to say, I'm most disappointed no one else has nominated Evil Scarecrow! I suggest we give them an automatic spot on the bill to give this whole thing a sense of believability

[Haldamir319]

Mine

Extreme -
Wolves in the Throne Room, Chthonic, Carach Angren, Sleepwalker

Melodic -
Twilight Force, Angra, Galneryus, Edguy

Prog / Post -
Ghost Bath, Solstafir, Alcest

Other / Any -
Ne Obliviscaris

Which means we have the following 25 bands with multiple nominations:

Alcest
Anathema
Angra
Battle Beast
Beast in Black
Blaze Bayley
Boris
Borknagar
Chthonic
Dying Fetus
Edguy
Einherjer
Eluveitie
Fen
Galneryus
Leprous
Ne Obliviscaris
Power Trip
Solstafir
Twilight Force
Unleash the Archers
Vuur
Warbringer
Whispered
Wolves in the Throne Room

I'm gonna *love* keeping track of this one but... same drill as before:

5pts: band, band, band
4pts: band, band, band
3pts: band, band, band
2pts: band, band, band
1pts: band, band, band

[Soze]

5 pts - Alcest, Solstafir, Wolves in the Throne Room
4 pts - Blaze Bayley, Power Trip, Warbringer

There's no-one else in that list I give much of a shit about if I'm honest but for the sake of completion!

3pts - Borknagar, Chthonic, Edguy
2pts - Dying Fetus, Eluveitie, Fen
1pt - Twilight Force...(really struggling now!), Einherjer, Ne Obliviscaris

[jwh20]

So here's where all the actual extreme metal (what little even counts or made it) gets filtered out. Again.

5 - Vuur, Dying Fetus, Boris
4 - Alcest, Anathema, WITTR
3 - Power Trip, Chthonic, Borknagar

Couldn't care less about the rest, I just don't actively dislike these.
2 - Einherjer, Whispered, Twilight Force
1 - Warbringer, Angra, Unleash the Archers

I will never understand the obsession with Fen in the UKBM underground. If they're crap playing tiny venues in London, they'll probably be crap on the mainstage. I don't even dislike post-black metal, there's plenty of decent albums in the scene but I can't get to the end of an album of theirs.

[pinhead0303]

5pts - Einherjer, Fen, Borknagar
4pts - Eleveitie, Battle Beast, Boris
3pts - Power Trip, Twilight Force, Warbringer
2pts - Blaze Bayley, Unleash the Archers, Wolves in the Throne Room
1pt - Alcest, Whispered, Solstafir

[Skippy]

5 - ), Edguy, Alcest, Anathema (though I don't think they are suited to Bloodstock at all, they are one of my favourite bands
4 - Solstafir, Fen, Ne Oblivscaris
3 - Galneryus, Leprous, Battle Beast
2 - Boris, Eluveitie, Twilight Force
1 - Whispered, Unleash the Archers, Einherjer

[Jay1993]

5pts: Power Trip, Warbringer, Dying Fetus
4pts: Ne Obliviscaris, Eluvietie, Wolves in the Throne Room
3pts: Solstafir, Unleash the Archers, Anathema
2pts: Alcest, Whispered, Chthonic
1pts: Blaze Bayley, Fen, Edguy

[metaldinosaur]

5pts: Blaze Bayley, Edguy, Borknagar
4pts: Unleash the Archers, Anathema, Chthonic
3pts: Twilight Force, Angra, Vuur
2pts: Battle Beast, Eluveitie, Alcest
1pts: Power Trip, Solstafir, Beast in Black

[kurrupo]

5pts- Battle Beast, Whispered, Beast in Black
4pts- Unleash the Archers, Galneryus, Borknagar
3pts- Chthonic, Power Trip, Warbringer
2pts- Eluveitie, Blaze Bayley, Edguy
1pt- Angra, Twilight Force, Ne Obliviscaris

[Haldamir319]

Thanks everyone that's voted so far. As it stands:

24 - Power Trip
21 - Alcest / Edguy
20 - Borknagar / Warbringer
17 - Battle Beast / Blaze Bayley / Unleash the Archers
16 - Anathema / Eluveitie / Whispered
15 - Chthonic / Solstafir / Twilight Force / Wolves in the Throne Room
13 - Einherjer
12 - Dying Fetus / Fen
11 - Boris
10 - Ne Obliviscaris
9 - Angra
8 - Galneryus / Vuur
7 - Beast In Black
5 - Leprous

I'll probably leave this up until Sunday lunchtime.

[jwh20]

Kind of disappointed Vuur isn't a top pick, but get they're not big over here - still fit the melodic clean vocal sort of metal people always ask for on here. Would be great if they could play same day as Devin so Anneke could sing with him. (I know it's just a game, and I'm not getting overly invested in it, it's just the most interesting thread for a long time)

Must say that it's still incomparably better than this year.

[Haldamir319]

Mine:

5 - Chthonic, Fen, Wolves in the Throne Room
4 - Ne Obliviscaris, Twilight Force, Unleash the Archers
3 - Anathema, Battle Beast, Vuur
2 - Alcest, Edguy, Eluveitie
1 - Angra, Solstafir, Whispered

Which gives us the following final scores:

24 - Power Trip
23 - Alcest / Edguy
21 - Unleash the Archers
20 - Battle Beast / Borknagar / Chthonic / Warbringer / Wolves in the Throne Room
19 - Anathema / Twilight Force
18 - Eluveitie
17 - Blaze Bayley / Fen / Whispered
16 - Solstafir
14 - Ne Obliviscaris
13 - Einherjer
12 - Dying Fetus
11 - Boris / Vuur
10 - Angra
8 - Galneryus
7 - Beast In Black
5 - Leprous

Which means our 9 bands are:
Power Trip, Alcest, Edguy, Unleash the Archers, Battle Beast, Borknagar, Chthonic, Warbringer, Wolves in the Throne Room


Suggested line-up:


Friday
Sabaton
Anthrax
Saxon
Tankard
Myrkur
Turisas
Chthonic
Alcest
Battle Beast

Sophie: My Dying Bride

Saturday
Alice Cooper
Helloween
Exodus
Primordial
Sacred Reich
Finntroll
Wolves in the Throne Room
Power Trip
Unleash the Archers

Sophie: Moonsorrow

Sunday
Manowar
Devin Townsend
Overkill
Candlemass
Heidevolk
Death Angel
Edguy
Borknagar
Warbringer

Sophie: Powerwolf

How do they look? We want to mix and match any of them?