Trollheart's Two-Sentence Album Reviews

Trollheart · 10-10-2022, 07:30 PM

Title: Infinita Symphonia
Artist: Infinita Symphonia
Year: 2013
Nationality: Italian
Chronology: Second of three
Genre: Power Metal
Familiarity: Niente (zero)
Loved:
Liked: Everything except “Welcome to My World”
Meh:
Disliked: “Welcome to My World”, duh
Hated

Review: I quite liked this, though to be fair there’s nothing terribly special about it, nothing that marks it out from any other power (is it power? I don’t think it is, not really) metal band. It’s competent and some of the songs are catchy, and none are terrible, but would I listen to more, that’s the question.

Rating: A-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP6yT_MtpUI

Trollheart · 11-24-2022, 03:39 PM

Title: The Cover of Light
Artist: OSV
Year: 2015
Nationality: American
Chronology: 8 of 10
Genre: Instrumental Prog Metal
Familiarity: Zero
Loved:
Liked: Comfortably Numb, Every Breath You Take
Meh: Everything else
Disliked:
Hated

Review: When, after four or five spins, the only songs you can remember on an instrumental prog album are cover versions, you’re in trouble. I tried, I really did, but this just made no impression on me.

Rating: A big fat MEH

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckHJ0qYVxxI

kirk781 · 12-31-2023, 12:15 AM

I listened to Cargo's album but apart from the opening track, rest seemed trite hard rock to me. It also reminded me there was another band called Cargo that released a better album in the 70s, I think.

10-10-2022, 07:30 PM	#21 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Title: Infinita Symphonia Artist: Infinita Symphonia Year: 2013 Nationality: Italian Chronology: Second of three Genre: Power Metal Familiarity: Niente (zero) Loved: Liked: Everything except “Welcome to My World” Meh: Disliked: “Welcome to My World”, duh Hated Review: I quite liked this, though to be fair there’s nothing terribly special about it, nothing that marks it out from any other power (is it power? I don’t think it is, not really) metal band. It’s competent and some of the songs are catchy, and none are terrible, but would I listen to more, that’s the question. Rating: A- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP6yT_MtpUI __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

11-24-2022, 03:39 PM	#22 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Title: The Cover of Light Artist: OSV Year: 2015 Nationality: American Chronology: 8 of 10 Genre: Instrumental Prog Metal Familiarity: Zero Loved: Liked: Comfortably Numb, Every Breath You Take Meh: Everything else Disliked: Hated Review: When, after four or five spins, the only songs you can remember on an instrumental prog album are cover versions, you’re in trouble. I tried, I really did, but this just made no impression on me. Rating: A big fat MEH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckHJ0qYVxxI __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-31-2023, 12:15 AM	#23 (permalink)
kirk781 Groupie Join Date: Dec 2023 Posts: 1	I listened to Cargo's album but apart from the opening track, rest seemed trite hard rock to me. It also reminded me there was another band called Cargo that released a better album in the 70s, I think.