DEVIN TOWNSEND – “Ziltoid the Omniscient” (ADVANCES)
Vs.
KATATONIA – “The Great Cold Distance”
Ziltoid is victorious, by your command, in a 5-4 nail-biter!
DEVIN TOWNSEND – “Ziltoid the Omniscient” (ADVANCES)
Vs.
KATATONIA – “The Great Cold Distance”
Ziltoid is victorious, by your command, in a 5-4 nail-biter!
The Progress Report 
I’ve been incommunicado for about 10 days and it sounds like I missed a couple of tight rounds, which is a shame. This sampler for Katatonia doesn’t really display a lot of variation in musicality, which a lot of the time is a drawback for me, but in this case, right now, I really like the sound of it. I suspect though, if I were to listen to the whole album my mind would quickly wander to other things. I can’t recall how I voted in other rounds for these guys, but today I’ll take them.
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If the offering was Viva Emptiness, I would have picked Katatonia. I didn’t hate this sample–I actually liked it a lot–but I just found myself more engaged by the DT stuff. I’ll go with the Zilt.
Not that this matters, but the last track on Viva Emptiness inspired a critical piece of the mythology in my fantasy universe.
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Brian – ZTO
Ziltoid wins this round. The Great Cold Distance is loaded with classics, but Ziltoid means a little more to me personally. And Katatonia can be a legit downer sometimes.
Aaron – ZTO
Feels funny voting for a joke album over Katatonia, but at least it’s an extremely entertaining and equally original one. I really thought this matchups would be Leprous vs Caligula’s Horse, so I guess I don’t know snakes from dildos bout that. Cherish your mental sanctum!
Drucifer – ZTO
Scrodge – The Great Cold Distance
Krychek – The Great Cold Distance
Because fuck you, that’s why
Luke Rager – The Great Cold Distance
Katatonia because it rawks.
Moe – ZTO
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