#116: T.H.E Songtest

[Cicada]

Oh my goodness...



This beat is so hard.





Presenting
THE HARDEST EVER Songtest

While this is obviously a subjective metric, T.H.E can be generalized as a song that is, in your opinion, the most intense song in your playlist repertoire. Intensity could be many things of course and all will be allowed as long as I can see that the song does, indeed, go HARD as fuck. Perhaps a song that makes you go HARD on the dance floor with sick bass, or a song that is so intense in audio production that it physically hurts you, or a song whose lyrical content is so HARD that it's an emotional gut punch that leaves you gasping for air or sobbing uncontrollably. Or both at once.

As you can see I will be fairly lenient with the parameters for HARDness. Maybe feel free to leave a little descriptor of what makes the song HARD for you when applying, which I can post up along with the song link if you're so inclined.

Now, the usual ruleset:

[+] these rules are so hard

• No songs used from a past contest!
• Be polite in chat about song contest because the people who submit the songs are also human beings! Anyone who removes this rule is rude!
• If you can't be here for one of the semis, let me know and I'll try to put you into the opposite round!
• If you're in a round or public-voting, listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite.
• If your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.
• Send me your votes via Board or Discord DM: I can't guarantee I'll see it if you don't.

As an additional rule specific to this songtest that I may invoke if needed, any auditory jumpscares (sudden volume spikes) will be labeled with a warning on the song link.

Signups will run until this Saturday, Jan 21st at 11:00 PM PST. You can also refer to the timer below:



Hardest Participants:

1. Cicada
2. Maraoone
3. Zetsu
4. Slam
5. Fiori
6. CardboardAirplane
7. DerArknight
8. MurderWeasel
9. Laurels
10. DMBoogie
11. Dr Adjective
12. Pancapples
13. Yugikun
14. LordofAwesome
15. Dancakes
16. Blizzard
17. Ruggahissy

[Maraoone]

YEAH

[Zetsu]

me, chomping down on the microphone: CRONCH CRONCH CRONCH

[Laurels]

Got #ThatPower

[Cicada]

I don't want to lead you on,



You can go HARD or you can go home.





THE songs

Babyland - Plain Talk
Zardonic ft. Coppa - Children of Tomorrow
The Amazing Devil - The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace
Hyper - The Fallen
The Cure - One Hundred Years
Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj - Dance (A$$) Remix
Birdeatsbaby - No Mirror
Ministry - Jesus Built My Hotrod
ABBA - Dancing Queen
XI - Freedom Dive ↓ "If anyone thinks this song doesn't sound hard, I advise them to try beating it in a rythm game of their choice."
Julien Baker - Rejoice
Lil Jon vs Lucky Star - Give It All Your Sailor Fuku
Knife Party - Power Glove
botanichesky sad - сегодня просто не мой день
Skrillex - Bangarang
NOMA - Brain Power


The deadline will be Sunday, January 29th at 11:00 PM Pacific Time!
(timer removed as its no longer accurate)

[Cicada]

Hey folks. As an update, Slam has let me know that he'll be dropping out of the round due to RL issues and no longer having the time to spend. The song Slam submitted, DIR EN GRAY - OBSCURE, has been removed accordingly. For anyone who has already submitted their votes and includes his song in their point-receiving picks, I can shift your votes upwards accordingly, but I'll need updates from you guys to account for your newest 1.

[Cicada]

[+] 16th

At 22 points, with one 10:
Dance (A$$) by Big Sean ft. Nicki Minaj, submitted by Cicada

[+] 15th

At 38 points, with one 12:
Rejoice by Julien Baker, submitted by Maraoone

[+] 14th

At 40 points, with one 12 and one 8:
Plain Talk by Babyland, submitted by MurderWeasel

[+] 13th

At 47 points, with two 10s and one 8:
The Fallen by Hyper, submitted by Fiori

[+] 12th

At 50 points, with one 12 and one 10:
Give It Your All Sailor Fuku by Lil Jon vs Lucky Star, submitted by Yugikun

[Cicada]

[+] 11th

At 57 points, with three 8s:
Freedom Dive ↓ by XI, submitted by DerArknight

[+] 10th

At 59 points, with one 12 and one 10:
Brain Power by NOMA, submitted by CardboardAirplane

[+] 9th

At 59 points, winning tiebreaker with two 12s and two 8s:
сегодня просто не мой день by botanichesky sad, submitted by dmboogie

[+] 8th

At 60 points, with one 12, one 10, and two 8s:
Dancing Queen by ABBA, submitted by pancapples

[+] 7th

At 63 points, with three 12s:
One Hundred Years by The Cure, submitted by Laurels

[Cicada]

[+] 6th

At 64 points, with three 10s and one 8:
Jesus Built My Hotrod by Ministry, submitted by Rugga

[+] 5th

At 65 points, with two 12s and one 10:
The Old Witch Sleep and the Good Man Grace by The Amazing Devil, submitted by blizzardeyewonder

[+] 4th

At 71 points, with one 12 and one 8:
Children of Tomorrow by Zardonic ft. Coppa, submitted by Dr Adjective

[+] 3rd

At 72 points, with one 12, one 10, and two 8s:
Bangarang by Skrillex ft. Sirah, submitted by Dancakes

[Cicada]

And, the 2nd hardest ever (T2HE) ...

[+] 2nd

At 74 points, with three 10s and two 8s:
No Mirror by birdeatsbaby, submitted by Zetsu

Meaning! T.H.E! belongs to!

[+] 1st

At 87 points, with two 12s, two 10s and one 8:
Power Glove by Knife Party, submitted by thelordofawesome

That concludes T.H.E songtest! The hardest ever spreadsheet can be found here.