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

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 06:28 AM

Album title: Queen Elizabitch
Artist: CupcaKKe
Genre: Pop Rap
Nationality: American
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Second album; fourth overall
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.18
Difference between Pop Rap and Hip-hop? Search me: guess the former concentrates more on the melodies and has singing mixed in, from the little I've heard, but if hip-hop artists are said to “spit”, then Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as CupcaKKe, certainly can do that with the best of them. Talk about anger! And you know what they say: hell hath no fury.... Seems to be more poppy all right, but the third track seems to lose something in volume or production, oddly; goes way way down. And the next one. This is annoying. I haven't touched the volume but I can barely hear these tracks now. Finally, by track SIX we're back to normal volume, but at this point I've lost interest. It really isn't that great anyway. ****ing producer should be shot.

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

Expectation Index: 0

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 10:15 AM

Album title: Outlive
Artist: Demon Hunter
Genre: Christian Metal/Nu-Metal/Alt-Metal/Metalcore
Nationality: American
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Eighth
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Somewhat
Average RYM Score: 3.12
Oh come on! Most of the Christian Metal I've listened to has turned out to be quite good really – Narnia, Theocracy, Jerusalem – better than listening to CCM anyway! These guys certainly have a sort of metalcore approach to their music, growly vocals and good shredding coupled with anthemic choruses and powerful blast beats. Some very good harmony guitar work on show here too. It's decent, but the tracks are slightly tending to blend all together, and I can't really point to one that I really like or even can identify. Well, “Half as Dead” is pretty good, and it's followed by “Cold Blood”, which I'd also class as a decent track.

The first track though to really stand out is “One Step Behind”, which is kind of a power ballad, though still with a lot of teeth, and in the end I'd have to say this is a pretty good album, but I've heard far better from this subgenre. Theocracy these guys are not.

Check out more from this artist? Probably not
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 6

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-18-2017, 10:18 AM

christian nu-metal?

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**Frownland** · 12-18-2017, 10:20 AM

Isn't that already about 75% of nu metal anyways?

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 10:54 AM

Jesus loves you.

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 11:18 AM

Album title: Good Evening
Artist: Deorro
Genre: Electronic
Nationality: American
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Debut
Fear Factor: Moderate
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.50
There are like twenty-six tracks on this album, but luckily many of them are a minute or less, so it may not be as much of a slog as I had originally expected. Quite nice actually when it starts off. But it becomes hard to judge the tracks, since most are so short. Seems to be some female vocals here, though the artist is male. Some really annoying high-pitched vocals all but ruin “Feeling Pretty Good” which has a nice seventies soul feel to it, but “Bomba” is just an annoying mess. Generally speaking, I don't think I like this album. It's hard to follow, and the songs that are over three minutes – which are, as mentioned, few and far between – are not that great anyway. “Honest Man” is the first track I actually like, and it's track eighteen. And then we're back to the rubbish. If this was a normal album I'd be bailing now, but as there are only six tracks left and some of them are very short I'll endure it to the end, so I can rate it. It will not be a high rating.

Check out more from this artist? No way
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? If I can avoid this kind of thing, I will

Expectation Index: 0

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 12:52 PM

Album title: You Only Live 2wice
Artist: Freddie Gibbs
Genre: Hip-Hop
Nationality: American
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Sixth
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.23
Oh look! A hip-hop artist who a) uses his real name (well, as close as), b) doesn't rely on guest stars to pad out his album and c) releases that album with a manageable eight tracks on it! Scoring points already, Freddie my man! Great start too with “24 Karat Jesus”, “Crushed Glass” is another great one though “Andrea” is much more in the trap line of things. Yeah, I like this. I like this a lot.

Check out more from this artist? Yes
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 9

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 02:03 PM

Album title: Step Brothers
Artist: G-Eazy and Carnage
Genre: Hip-Hop
Nationality: American/Guatemalan
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: First collaboration
Fear Factor: High
Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 1.69

First, this was very hard to track down (you would not believe how many artists are called Carnage!) and second, I must relate the comments of one person on RYM: “These songs would be ten times better without G-Eazy on them!” Oh, poor G-Eazy! Doesn't sound like he's appreciated, does it? Never mind: it's only a four-track EP, so let's get to it and see if Anthony_Gaming1 (whose other comment runs: “Best song: “Down For Me”. Worst song: the rest of them!”) was being too harsh, or has hit the nail on the head. Well I like the classical piano that underpins “Guala”, but I really have no idea which one is the Eazy one and which one likes to cause trouble, so don't ask me if our friend Anthony is right or not. Seems a pretty crap song to be honest, very misogynistic, which was always my main problem with hip-hop (though I have to be honest: most of what I've heard in this thread hasn't been like that; some has, but by no means is this attitude in the majority). I swear, if he says “Guala guala” one more time...

Yeah, this isn't much to talk about. Even with only four tracks I'm ready to bail. Let's see if it gets any better. All right, well “Buddha” has some interest about it and a nice atmosphere. Now we come to the one the venerated Anthony_Gaming1 rates as the best (only) good song on this short EP. Is it? Yeah, it kinda is, though that's not saying a lot really. Pathetically low RYM rating very much deserved, possibly over-generous actually.

Check out more from this artist? Nope
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Aye

Expectation Index: 0

Trollheart · 12-18-2017, 04:10 PM

Album title: Silver Eye
Artist: Goldfrapp
Genre: Electro-clash/Synthpop/Synth Rock
Nationality: English
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Seventh
Fear Factor: Low
Familiar with this artist? A little
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.17
The first, and to date only, Goldfrapp album I heard (their debut) I absolutely loved. Whether that will turn out to be the exception or not we will find out. First track is very boppy and catchy, second slower, kind of marching rhythm, but as ever her voice is liquid gold (no pun intended). “Tigerman” has a real sense of dark menace about it, another relatively slow one, things speed up slightly for “Become the One” and then slow to an absolute crawl for “Faux Suede Drifter” (don't ask me!) driven by some really nice laconic bass.

Generally speaking, like the debut I listened to, this seems to be mostly laidback, chillout type tracks that you would relax to or even fall asleep to; nothing too rocky, dancy or uptempo to disturb the overall chill atmosphere. And her voice suits the music perfectly, could easily lull you into the land of Nod. Tempo rises somewhat for “Everything is Never Enough”, but with very few exceptions this has got to be one of the most chill albums you will hear this year.

Check out more from this artist? Absolutely
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes

Expectation Index: 0

FaSho · 12-19-2017, 07:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trollheart

Average RYM Score: 1.69

happy to have contributed to that score with my 1.0 rating - genuinely the worst release I've heard this year, though I haven't listened to any christian rock or k-pop

12-18-2017, 06:28 AM	#1271 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Queen Elizabitch Artist: CupcaKKe Genre: Pop Rap Nationality: American Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Second album; fourth overall Fear Factor: High Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.18 Difference between Pop Rap and Hip-hop? Search me: guess the former concentrates more on the melodies and has singing mixed in, from the little I've heard, but if hip-hop artists are said to “spit”, then Elizabeth Eden Harris, known professionally as CupcaKKe, certainly can do that with the best of them. Talk about anger! And you know what they say: hell hath no fury.... Seems to be more poppy all right, but the third track seems to lose something in volume or production, oddly; goes way way down. And the next one. This is annoying. I haven't touched the volume but I can barely hear these tracks now. Finally, by track SIX we're back to normal volume, but at this point I've lost interest. It really isn't that great anyway. **ing producer should be shot. 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

12-18-2017, 10:15 AM	#1272 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Outlive Artist: Demon Hunter Genre: Christian Metal/Nu-Metal/Alt-Metal/Metalcore Nationality: American Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Eighth Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? Somewhat Average RYM Score: 3.12 Oh come on! Most of the Christian Metal I've listened to has turned out to be quite good really – Narnia, Theocracy, Jerusalem – better than listening to CCM anyway! These guys certainly have a sort of metalcore approach to their music, growly vocals and good shredding coupled with anthemic choruses and powerful blast beats. Some very good harmony guitar work on show here too. It's decent, but the tracks are slightly tending to blend all together, and I can't really point to one that I really like or even can identify. Well, “Half as Dead” is pretty good, and it's followed by “Cold Blood”, which I'd also class as a decent track. The first track though to really stand out is “One Step Behind”, which is kind of a power ballad, though still with a lot of teeth, and in the end I'd have to say this is a pretty good album, but I've heard far better from this subgenre. Theocracy these guys are not. Check out more from this artist? Probably not Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 6 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-18-2017, 10:20 AM	#1274 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Isn't that already about 75% of nu metal anyways? __________________ 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

12-18-2017, 10:54 AM	#1275 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Jesus loves you. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-18-2017, 11:18 AM	#1276 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Good Evening Artist: Deorro Genre: Electronic Nationality: American Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Debut Fear Factor: Moderate Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.50 There are like twenty-six tracks on this album, but luckily many of them are a minute or less, so it may not be as much of a slog as I had originally expected. Quite nice actually when it starts off. But it becomes hard to judge the tracks, since most are so short. Seems to be some female vocals here, though the artist is male. Some really annoying high-pitched vocals all but ruin “Feeling Pretty Good” which has a nice seventies soul feel to it, but “Bomba” is just an annoying mess. Generally speaking, I don't think I like this album. It's hard to follow, and the songs that are over three minutes – which are, as mentioned, few and far between – are not that great anyway. “Honest Man” is the first track I actually like, and it's track eighteen. And then we're back to the rubbish. If this was a normal album I'd be bailing now, but as there are only six tracks left and some of them are very short I'll endure it to the end, so I can rate it. It will not be a high rating. Check out more from this artist? No way Check out more from this genre or subgenre? If I can avoid this kind of thing, I will Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-18-2017, 12:52 PM	#1277 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: You Only Live 2wice Artist: Freddie Gibbs Genre: Hip-Hop Nationality: American Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Sixth Fear Factor: High Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.23 Oh look! A hip-hop artist who a) uses his real name (well, as close as), b) doesn't rely on guest stars to pad out his album and c) releases that album with a manageable eight tracks on it! Scoring points already, Freddie my man! Great start too with “24 Karat Jesus”, “Crushed Glass” is another great one though “Andrea” is much more in the trap line of things. Yeah, I like this. I like this a lot. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 9 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-18-2017, 02:03 PM	#1278 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Step Brothers Artist: G-Eazy and Carnage Genre: Hip-Hop Nationality: American/Guatemalan Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: First collaboration Fear Factor: High Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 1.69 First, this was very hard to track down (you would not believe how many artists are called Carnage!) and second, I must relate the comments of one person on RYM: “These songs would be ten times better without G-Eazy on them!” Oh, poor G-Eazy! Doesn't sound like he's appreciated, does it? Never mind: it's only a four-track EP, so let's get to it and see if Anthony_Gaming1 (whose other comment runs: “Best song: “Down For Me”. Worst song: the rest of them!”) was being too harsh, or has hit the nail on the head. Well I like the classical piano that underpins “Guala”, but I really have no idea which one is the Eazy one and which one likes to cause trouble, so don't ask me if our friend Anthony is right or not. Seems a pretty crap song to be honest, very misogynistic, which was always my main problem with hip-hop (though I have to be honest: most of what I've heard in this thread hasn't been like that; some has, but by no means is this attitude in the majority). I swear, if he says “Guala guala” one more time... Yeah, this isn't much to talk about. Even with only four tracks I'm ready to bail. Let's see if it gets any better. All right, well “Buddha” has some interest about it and a nice atmosphere. Now we come to the one the venerated Anthony_Gaming1 rates as the best (only) good song on this short EP. Is it? Yeah, it kinda is, though that's not saying a lot really. Pathetically low RYM rating very much deserved, possibly over-generous actually. Check out more from this artist? Nope Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Aye Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

12-18-2017, 04:10 PM	#1279 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Silver Eye Artist: Goldfrapp Genre: Electro-clash/Synthpop/Synth Rock Nationality: English Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Seventh Fear Factor: Low Familiar with this artist? A little Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.17 The first, and to date only, Goldfrapp album I heard (their debut) I absolutely loved. Whether that will turn out to be the exception or not we will find out. First track is very boppy and catchy, second slower, kind of marching rhythm, but as ever her voice is liquid gold (no pun intended). “Tigerman” has a real sense of dark menace about it, another relatively slow one, things speed up slightly for “Become the One” and then slow to an absolute crawl for “Faux Suede Drifter” (don't ask me!) driven by some really nice laconic bass. Generally speaking, like the debut I listened to, this seems to be mostly laidback, chillout type tracks that you would relax to or even fall asleep to; nothing too rocky, dancy or uptempo to disturb the overall chill atmosphere. And her voice suits the music perfectly, could easily lull you into the land of Nod. Tempo rises somewhat for “Everything is Never Enough”, but with very few exceptions this has got to be one of the most chill albums you will hear this year. Check out more from this artist? Absolutely Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Expectation Index: 0 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018