Trollheart Listens to Every Album on Wiki's List for 2017

**Frownland** · 12-13-2017, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

refine your weak ass palette then loser

Maybe when you've had more ass experience you'll understand why this album didn't satisfy my ass palette.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-13-2017, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Maybe when you've had more ass experience you'll understand why this album didn't satisfy my ass palette.

i'm gonna prescribe eating 2-3 asses a week for the next month or so. come back to me in a few months and we'll look over things again.

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwertyy

i'm gonna prescribe eating 2-3 asses a week for the next month or so. come back to me in a few months and we'll look over things again.

You can stick that prescription right up your ass.

Trollheart · 12-13-2017, 06:27 PM

Album title: Heartless
Artist: Pallbearer
Genre: Doom Metal
Nationality: American
Release date: March 24
Position in Discography: Third
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? Yes
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: 3.35
I loved Foundations of Burden but was underwhelmed by Pallbearer's debut, Sorrow and Extinction, so that's one good, one bad: where will this third album fall? From what I hear, it's not being received that well, but I'll make up my own mind about it as always. I have to say that it doesn't start off as I would expect a Doom Metal album to; far too, not quite upbeat, but certainly not dark. It even seems to merit the extra tag of Prog Rock from Wiki! I'm only two tracks in, but I'm kind of seeing the problem I had with Sorrow and Extinction: whereas I loved Foundations of Burden, I found the debut album boring and uninspiring and I couldn't even remember any of the tracks. It's the same, so far, with this. Maybe it'll get better. All right: “Lies of Survival” piques my interest, so maybe this is turning? “Dancing in Madness” starts off well, but it's almost twelve minutes long, so will it last, I wonder? Kind of odd: it seemed to just go, so I guess that length of a song, and it didn't even leave an impression past the first minute or so? That can't be good. The next track is just boring and I'm kind of wondering if I'll even make it to the end; only two tracks but between them nearly twenty minutes...

Meh, all I can say is that if this is Doom Metal, it's like no Doom Metal I've ever heard, and certainly is more leaning towards the progressive side than anything else. That said, it just really isn't very good at all. Quite disappointed.

Check out more from this artist? I've heard all three of their albums now. Whether I'll listen to a fourth, if it ever hits, is debatable.
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes, but real Doom Metal

Expectation Index: 10

Trollheart · 12-14-2017, 12:45 PM

Album title: Tremendous Sea of Love
Artist: Passion Pit
Genre: Synthpop/Glitch Pop/Experimental/Whatever
Nationality: American
Release date: March 24
Position in Discography: Fourth
Fear Factor: Indeterminate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? I don't even know what genre it is
Average RYM Score: 2.91
I have no idea what sort of music this is. There's a lot of stuff about this guy, Michael Angelakos, going on about life and science and giving music away for free, which is all very laudable, but no genre tags, so I don't know what I'm in for. And I still don't. The opener was short and very inconclusive, the next one a kind of running almost xylophone thing with touches of rock and electronic, quite confusing. I see words like “indietronica”, “glitch pop” and “Synthpop” thrown around on various sites in reference to this, but it sort of doesn't sound like any of those, or maybe all of them. There's some spoken word at the latter end of the second track and then it seems to begin as a new piece, but it shown as being the same song? Oh, and then some girl calling her mother on the phone right at the end.

There are r&b ballads, ambient instrumental pieces, straight out poppy tunes, and in the end I suppose it's just all right music but other than the odd kind of mix of styles, there's nothing amazing or wonderful standing out here. I applaud the guy's stance against capitalism, but really, the music neither reflects that nor makes me want to hear any more of his stuff.

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably

Expectation Index: N/A

Trollheart · 12-14-2017, 02:02 PM

Album title: WildHorse
Artist: RaeLynn
Genre: Country
Nationality: American
Release date: March 24
Position in Discography: Debut
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: 2.63
As this kicks off I'm immediately thinking “Country? This is not country: this is pop!” Despite the horse on the cover, she being in a white dress and looking all country girl, this is not impressing me as any sort of country. Sounds like any other pop diva, the songs could be off any pop album. It's not bad, she's a good singer, few half-decent songs, but apart from the generic references to “My daddy's pickup truck” or whatever, or namechecking some town like Nashville, this is about as country as Kesha. And yet it went to number one on the country charts. Don't understand. Guess those dudes must like a whole lot of pop mixed in with their country. Me, not so much.

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 0

**Frownland** · 12-14-2017, 02:06 PM

That is the whitest album cover that I've ever seen in my life.

Trollheart · 12-14-2017, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

That is the whitest album cover that I've ever seen in my life.

I know. It's also the whitest-sounding country (cough) album I've heard in a while. And doesn't the horse look weird, like, his head is too big or something? I wonder is that photoshopped?

**Frownland** · 12-14-2017, 02:25 PM

And just in case the blonde girl + pony combo didn't bleach your cheeks, you have instagram filters and compound name that's part Lynn. I'm surprised they didn't use Anne though.

Trollheart · 12-14-2017, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

And just in case the blonde girl + pony combo didn't bleach your cheeks, you have instagram filters and compound name that's part Lynn. I'm surprised they didn't use Anne though.

They must have something against spacebars: RaeLynn? WildHorse?

12-13-2017, 06:27 PM	#1214 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Heartless Artist: Pallbearer Genre: Doom Metal Nationality: American Release date: March 24 Position in Discography: Third Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? Yes Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little Average RYM Score: 3.35 I loved Foundations of Burden but was underwhelmed by Pallbearer's debut, Sorrow and Extinction, so that's one good, one bad: where will this third album fall? From what I hear, it's not being received that well, but I'll make up my own mind about it as always. I have to say that it doesn't start off as I would expect a Doom Metal album to; far too, not quite upbeat, but certainly not dark. It even seems to merit the extra tag of Prog Rock from Wiki! I'm only two tracks in, but I'm kind of seeing the problem I had with Sorrow and Extinction: whereas I loved Foundations of Burden, I found the debut album boring and uninspiring and I couldn't even remember any of the tracks. It's the same, so far, with this. Maybe it'll get better. All right: “Lies of Survival” piques my interest, so maybe this is turning? “Dancing in Madness” starts off well, but it's almost twelve minutes long, so will it last, I wonder? Kind of odd: it seemed to just go, so I guess that length of a song, and it didn't even leave an impression past the first minute or so? That can't be good. The next track is just boring and I'm kind of wondering if I'll even make it to the end; only two tracks but between them nearly twenty minutes... Meh, all I can say is that if this is Doom Metal, it's like no Doom Metal I've ever heard, and certainly is more leaning towards the progressive side than anything else. That said, it just really isn't very good at all. Quite disappointed. Check out more from this artist? I've heard all three of their albums now. Whether I'll listen to a fourth, if it ever hits, is debatable. Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes, but real Doom Metal Expectation Index: 10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-14-2017, 12:45 PM	#1215 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: Tremendous Sea of Love Artist: Passion Pit Genre: Synthpop/Glitch Pop/Experimental/Whatever Nationality: American Release date: March 24 Position in Discography: Fourth Fear Factor: Indeterminate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? I don't even know what genre it is Average RYM Score: 2.91 I have no idea what sort of music this is. There's a lot of stuff about this guy, Michael Angelakos, going on about life and science and giving music away for free, which is all very laudable, but no genre tags, so I don't know what I'm in for. And I still don't. The opener was short and very inconclusive, the next one a kind of running almost xylophone thing with touches of rock and electronic, quite confusing. I see words like “indietronica”, “glitch pop” and “Synthpop” thrown around on various sites in reference to this, but it sort of doesn't sound like any of those, or maybe all of them. There's some spoken word at the latter end of the second track and then it seems to begin as a new piece, but it shown as being the same song? Oh, and then some girl calling her mother on the phone right at the end. There are r&b ballads, ambient instrumental pieces, straight out poppy tunes, and in the end I suppose it's just all right music but other than the odd kind of mix of styles, there's nothing amazing or wonderful standing out here. I applaud the guy's stance against capitalism, but really, the music neither reflects that nor makes me want to hear any more of his stuff. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Probably Expectation Index: N/A __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-14-2017, 02:02 PM	#1216 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Album title: WildHorse Artist: RaeLynn Genre: Country Nationality: American Release date: March 24 Position in Discography: Debut Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little Average RYM Score: 2.63 As this kicks off I'm immediately thinking “Country? This is not country: this is pop!” Despite the horse on the cover, she being in a white dress and looking all country girl, this is not impressing me as any sort of country. Sounds like any other pop diva, the songs could be off any pop album. It's not bad, she's a good singer, few half-decent songs, but apart from the generic references to “My daddy's pickup truck” or whatever, or namechecking some town like Nashville, this is about as country as Kesha. And yet it went to number one on the country charts. Don't understand. Guess those dudes must like a whole lot of pop mixed in with their country. Me, not so much. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-14-2017, 02:06 PM	#1217 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	That is the whitest album cover that I've ever seen in my life. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-14-2017, 02:25 PM	#1219 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	And just in case the blonde girl + pony combo didn't bleach your cheeks, you have instagram filters and compound name that's part Lynn. I'm surprised they didn't use Anne though. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x