MMXXII

The Correspondents - Fear & Delight (Official Video) - not only is the music cool, but the video is much better than Aret's; thank you, Chelibas, for showing Aret that even music videos can look good in a competition. - 8
Joe Cocker - Unchain My Heart 2002 Live Video - it's quite decent and not bad, but it's too long for such a melody; if it were shorter, I would give it a higher score. - 5
deko - PHANTASY STAR ONLINE ft. Yameii (Official Music Video) - I know some rap connoisseurs who claim that the lyrics are one of the most important components of rap, so even though I usually only look up lyrics when I'm in the mood, this time I decided that looking them up was a must:

She eat the dick like a mofuckin' lollipop
I took that lil biddy bitch to the candy shop

Okay, I won't deduct points for the lyrics; let's pretend that didn't happen. Without the explicit content, the instrumental would be better. - 4
Woodscream - Круговерть - I wish I could go back to being 20 and headbang at some festival... - 6
Turtle Giant - Golden Summer ft. Macau Elvis (Rudy Souza) - it's actually pretty good and enjoyable, and the artist is relatively unknown, so I should support him with a point in this dead contest on a dead forum. - 7
The Living Tombstone - Squid Melody [Blue Version] (Splatoon Original Track) - I was about to give it a 6, but something stopped me, so I should listen to my heart. - 5
My Hero Academia Season 5 - Opening 2 Full『Merry-Go-Round』by MAN WITH A MISSION - openings are meant to be short, and the four-minute length of this musical composition clearly hurt it; I think if they had submitted the original opening, which is about a minute and a half long, I would have rated it highly, but I won't be checking this theory. - 5
【ひぐらしのなく頃に】　～you～　【癒月 Ver.】- it's really beautiful and lyrical, but it gets boring quickly; I didn't want to steal someone else's comment, but I can't say it any other way; besides, Locke already stole my comment. It's probably nice to listen to this melody after you've finished playing the visual novel at 5 a.m. and reached a good ending, and tears are streaming down your cheeks. - 6
Manowar - Hail And Kill - HD - I added a point for the flag of Israel on the cover; by the way, please tell the Creator that the flag emojis don't work. - 4
Zoe Jane - at the first listen (yes, I listened to the entire contest twice; more on that later), I thought it would be my favorite, but now it's definitely not my favorite, but it's still surprisingly solid; good job, Areyko. - 7
Chemicals - first of all, I would like to apologize to everyone who was displeased with this composition; if you feel the urge to give it a low score, believe me, I completely understand; I'm writing this seriously, without any sarcasm. Secondly, in that case, I should explain why I submitted it; was it just to cause displeasure among the participants? Not at all; the original composition is 9 minutes long, and I often listened to it on repeat and sincerely enjoyed it. But for the contest, I decided that was too much, and I found a 6-minute version. However, first, the sound quality of this version is not very good, something is wrong with it, and second, without the 3-minute intro, the rest of the melody sounds weaker and less harmonious; it doesn't feel like there's a logical progression from the beginning to the middle. As a result, it turned out to be a very unsuccessful compromise, where the music still sounds long, but at the same time, it has lost most of what could justify that length. Sori...

Initially, I listened to the entire contest yesterday, but I was very tired, so the results were extremely unsatisfactory; I gave almost everyone a 3 or 4 and didn't even write comments, not thinking it was necessary, but today, with a fresh mind, it's not bad, it's okay; I gave almost everyone a higher score than the original, sometimes even by a couple of points. Well, in general, some melodies are better to listen to a couple of times before writing your opinion about them.