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And the last three eliminations of the day, all in one post because the "writeups" are so short that it'd be wasteful to separate the third one into its own post.

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#719: Kittie Brackish (3.02):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yev3JqH6TpY

Nominator: Xtlm [11/13 Remaining]

Initial Score: 57.20
Revised Score: 57.20
Final Score: 52.302

(First Reaction: A metal song that goes harder than I'd like, but is still melodic and clear, which is nice.)

!Lyrics repeat themselves a lot... the same lines repeat themselves 13 times over the course of a rather short track. What's here is good--definitely an above average metal band--and I do like the lyrics, but personally, a bit more lyrical variety would have gone a long way.

[Final Thoughts: I'm just not really clicking with this song on any level tonight, I'm afraid. I guess the rapid-fire lyrics are impressive and it's nice having an "easier" metal song, but it just kinda keeps repeating the same things. I still feel generally positive towards the track, but it's definitely one of those that have fallen down quite a bit.]

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#718: Fraser Edwards - Stop Saying We Sound Like Dragonforce (4:43):
https://open.spotify.com/track/0XZKzRSvXLqLHT8AVfhZmE?si=161e8ae7dcba4d2e

Nominator: CPU [27/30 Remaining]

Initial Score: 54.16
Revised Score: 52.40
Final Score: 52.40

(First Reaction: Perhaps if I knew this artist or much about Dragonforce in general, this would have gone better. But all I have of Dragonforce are some largely forgotten memories of Through the Fire and Flames from Guitar Hero 3 which I played so long ago that it might as well have been in another lifetime? It's a nice enough song, but the jokes or parody tend to miss without context.)

*skims list of Dragonforce's most popular songs* Ohh, alright so this nominated song is referencing a bunch of their songs. I assumed as much from context, but I suppose it's nice to have confirmation. Either way, I don't really care for Dragonforce--tried listening to a few more songs and, while the singing is fine, the band goes for EpIc MuSiX that kinda bore me for the most part--so a Dragonforce parody is not really for me (even if it's performed well). Though I willl say I like the instruments on this song better than actual Dragonforce since they don't go nearly as hard.

[Final Thoughts: Better than Dragonforce, though still not something I'm really into.]

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#716: WWF Attitude Era Intro [0:13]:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OtmDtgrawI

Nominator: paulg [47/52 Remaining]

Initial Score: 56.20
Revised Score: 56.41
Final Score: 52.43

(First Reaction: So much more intense than their recent intros and it does a commendable job of getting the listener pumped up, but it doesn't really work as a stand-alone thing. Like now I'm all hyped up for something to happen and stuck sitting here in silence, typing rather aimlessly as all that excitement amounts to nothing. It may be in fact be the most anti-climactic song to have been nominated.)

!Does a great job at hyping up the audience, but lacks enough of a payoff to work without any further context.

[Final Thoughts: It's a good build, but I think I need a bit more to my music than this brief and abrupt cutoff.]

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