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

Trollheart · 01-23-2018, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Are you a cop? I know "off the record" with cops is just a scam to get you to confess.

No, no. I ... I just wear this uniform for, um, ah ... sexual perversion. Yes yes! That will do!

The Batlord · 01-23-2018, 02:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

No, no. I ... I just wear this uniform for, um, ah ... sexual perversion. Yes yes! That will do!

Pretty sure that's accurate tbh.

Trollheart · 01-23-2018, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Pretty sure that's accurate tbh.

Sssh! I told you that in confidence, you bastard!

Trollheart · 01-23-2018, 04:19 PM

Album title: ISON
Artist: Sevdaliza
Genre: Trip-hop/Alternative R&B/Avant-pop
Nationality: Iranian
Release date: April 26
Position in Discography: Debut
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.30
Well this is just beautiful when it starts. Very downtempo and laid back, and since she's from Iran there's a very Middle Eastern tinge to the melody. And like wow: we're four tracks in and it only seems like one. Great stuff so far, some excellent piano melodies, great slow percussion, and this woman has a wonderful voice, haunting and ethereal but still strong and powerful. On “Hubris” she gives a great impression of a tortured soul, wailing out her frustration and pain, while there's some interesting phasing(?) effects in use on “Amandine Insensible”, but I really hate “Hero”, not just for the Autotune, the squeaky voice but also the general structure of the song. First track I haven't liked on this album though, let's hope it's the only one. It was going so well...

Yeah, “Bluecid” quickly re-establishes the high quality here, with a moving, stirring backdrop of emotional soundscapes complementing Sevdaliza's ululating voice, “Love's Way” has a very evangelical feel to it with some warbly Church organ, the music very low-key, the vocal spoken rather than sung (don't ask me by who, but it's a man: might actually be a recording of some preacher), though I'm not crazy about “Human” to be honest. The breathy passion of “Grace” more than makes up for it, however, and the album finishes strongly with the simple yet powerful “Angel”.

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

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Trollheart · 01-23-2018, 06:17 PM

Album title: Herstory
Artist: Young M.A
Genre: Hip-hop
Nationality: American
Release date: April 27
Position in Discography: First EP; third overall
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.62
Not sure if you should still be appending “Young” to your artist name when you're twenty-six years old, but whatever – I'm twice her age, so what do I know? Can't say I like her lazy-sounding delivery; there's something uninteresting about it, almost like she's sulking, I don't know. Still, it's only an EP, with a mere seven tracks, and we're through two of them already, so I guess we'll go on. Is that singing on “JOOTD”? Not her though I think, someone called Monica. Hmm. I really don't fancy this at all: very stripped-down, very bare bones and as I've already mentioned I don't like her voice. Other than that, it's fine.

Actually, “Self M.Ade” is not bad really, and her voice has suddenly got more interested, more alive, bit more emotion, so maybe this is going to pick up? The trap in “Same Set” is all right too and it's not a bad EP but I won't be rushing out to illegally download her albums.

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

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Trollheart · 01-24-2018, 06:18 AM

Album title: The Great County Songbook Volume 2
Artist: Adam Harvey/Beccy Cole
Genre: Country
Nationality: Australian
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: First collab
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: N/A
Ah, what's the point of this album? I know neither of the two artists involved, and this is a collection of Country standards. If it was by various artists I could discount it by virtue of it being a compilation, but the same two artists makes it a legitimate album. Not sure what I can write about it though. You either know the songs or you don't. Some I do, some not, and I couldn't tell you mostly how they do, though I assume they make a decent fist of it. The real point here is, who the hell cares? If you want to hear these songs, surely it would be preferable to hear the originals? Who wants to hear two Australian cowpokes give us their interpretations of them? Again, I ask, who the hell cares?

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

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Trollheart · 01-24-2018, 10:33 AM

Album title: Madness
Artist: All That Remains
Genre: Metalcore/Alt-Metal/Industrial Metal
Nationality: American
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: Eighth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 2.00
Got to clean the cloying taste of all that bad country music out of my mouth. Yuck! Hopefully this will be aggressive and loud (huh? Yeah, that's what I said) and shake out the cobwebs. Well it's that all right, but there are some decent melodic, even progressive touches to the music here. Don't think a lot of the vocalist (oh big surprise) but it's still better than listening to Adam Wotsit whine about whisky and/or women, or his daddy's farm, or whatever the **** he was wittering on about with yer wan on the last album. Also the vox get much better on “Nothing I Can Do”, which is actually pretty damn catchy with a fine hook in the chorus. “If I'm Honest” is even better, almost a ballad, with some great clean vocals, but when they kick it up again with “Halo”, I'm still onboard, dude!

There's a good mix of fast, frenetic, aggressive metal and catchy tunes on this album, mad, growly singers juxtaposed with clean vocals, a lot of hooks, even some radio-friendly stuff. And the odd country-styled track, like “Back to You” and the Garth Brooks cover (I kid you not!) at the end. Versatile, and very enjoyable for sure. Don't see any evidence of Industrial Metal though, I gotta say.

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

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Trollheart · 01-24-2018, 11:46 AM

Album title: Anti-Melody
Artist: American Standards
Genre: Metalcore/Harcore Punk/Post-Hardcore/Hard Rock (seriously?)
Nationality: American
Release date: April 28
Position in Discography: Second
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No
Average RYM Score: 3.25
I certainly don't like the look of the title! If there's one thing I look for in my music it's a decent sense of melody, so this could be pretty raw, I don't know. Or the title may have nothing to do with the music. Okay, well, that seems to be the case indeed, as this certainly has plenty of melody as it starts. Even the vocal, at least on the first track, sounds better to me than on the previous album. Good start. And then the vocal gets growly and guttural for the second track, but it's still really good.

Well that's just great! I've been listening to the next album from All That Remains all this time!

No wonder it sounded so good! Jesus Christ! So, begin again: this opens with what would be more in line with hardcore punk as I would have expected, and this time I really don't like it though I don't exactly hate it. Very raw indeed, very aggressive. Don't appeal to me at all now.

Check out more from this artist? No
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Some, yes; others, no

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The Batlord · 01-24-2018, 11:57 AM

You think that's "Very raw indeed, very aggressive"? That **** is bland as hell. No wonder you like Genesis.

Trollheart · 01-24-2018, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

You think that's "Very raw indeed, very aggressive"? That **** is bland as hell. No wonder you like Genesis.

Suck a dick.

01-23-2018, 04:19 PM	#1674 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: ISON Artist: Sevdaliza Genre: Trip-hop/Alternative R&B/Avant-pop Nationality: Iranian Release date: April 26 Position in Discography: Debut Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.30 Well this is just beautiful when it starts. Very downtempo and laid back, and since she's from Iran there's a very Middle Eastern tinge to the melody. And like wow: we're four tracks in and it only seems like one. Great stuff so far, some excellent piano melodies, great slow percussion, and this woman has a wonderful voice, haunting and ethereal but still strong and powerful. On “Hubris” she gives a great impression of a tortured soul, wailing out her frustration and pain, while there's some interesting phasing(?) effects in use on “Amandine Insensible”, but I really hate “Hero”, not just for the Autotune, the squeaky voice but also the general structure of the song. First track I haven't liked on this album though, let's hope it's the only one. It was going so well... Yeah, “Bluecid” quickly re-establishes the high quality here, with a moving, stirring backdrop of emotional soundscapes complementing Sevdaliza's ululating voice, “Love's Way” has a very evangelical feel to it with some warbly Church organ, the music very low-key, the vocal spoken rather than sung (don't ask me by who, but it's a man: might actually be a recording of some preacher), though I'm not crazy about “Human” to be honest. The breathy passion of “Grace” more than makes up for it, however, and the album finishes strongly with the simple yet powerful “Angel”. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-23-2018, 06:17 PM	#1675 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Herstory Artist: Young M.A Genre: Hip-hop Nationality: American Release date: April 27 Position in Discography: First EP; third overall Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.62 Not sure if you should still be appending “Young” to your artist name when you're twenty-six years old, but whatever – I'm twice her age, so what do I know? Can't say I like her lazy-sounding delivery; there's something uninteresting about it, almost like she's sulking, I don't know. Still, it's only an EP, with a mere seven tracks, and we're through two of them already, so I guess we'll go on. Is that singing on “JOOTD”? Not her though I think, someone called Monica. Hmm. I really don't fancy this at all: very stripped-down, very bare bones and as I've already mentioned I don't like her voice. Other than that, it's fine. Actually, “Self M.Ade” is not bad really, and her voice has suddenly got more interested, more alive, bit more emotion, so maybe this is going to pick up? The trap in “Same Set” is all right too and it's not a bad EP but I won't be rushing out to illegally download her albums. Check out more from this artist? Nah Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Aye Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-24-2018, 06:18 AM	#1676 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: The Great County Songbook Volume 2 Artist: Adam Harvey/Beccy Cole Genre: Country Nationality: Australian Release date: April 28 Position in Discography: First collab Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little Average RYM Score: N/A Ah, what's the point of this album? I know neither of the two artists involved, and this is a collection of Country standards. If it was by various artists I could discount it by virtue of it being a compilation, but the same two artists makes it a legitimate album. Not sure what I can write about it though. You either know the songs or you don't. Some I do, some not, and I couldn't tell you mostly how they do, though I assume they make a decent fist of it. The real point here is, who the hell cares? If you want to hear these songs, surely it would be preferable to hear the originals? Who wants to hear two Australian cowpokes give us their interpretations of them? Again, I ask, who the hell cares? Check out more from this artist? Shrug Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-24-2018, 10:33 AM	#1677 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Madness Artist: All That Remains Genre: Metalcore/Alt-Metal/Industrial Metal Nationality: American Release date: April 28 Position in Discography: Eighth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 2.00 Got to clean the cloying taste of all that bad country music out of my mouth. Yuck! Hopefully this will be aggressive and loud (huh? Yeah, that's what I said) and shake out the cobwebs. Well it's that all right, but there are some decent melodic, even progressive touches to the music here. Don't think a lot of the vocalist (oh big surprise) but it's still better than listening to Adam Wotsit whine about whisky and/or women, or his daddy's farm, or whatever the ** he was wittering on about with yer wan on the last album. Also the vox get much better on “Nothing I Can Do”, which is actually pretty damn catchy with a fine hook in the chorus. “If I'm Honest” is even better, almost a ballad, with some great clean vocals, but when they kick it up again with “Halo”, I'm still onboard, dude! There's a good mix of fast, frenetic, aggressive metal and catchy tunes on this album, mad, growly singers juxtaposed with clean vocals, a lot of hooks, even some radio-friendly stuff. And the odd country-styled track, like “Back to You” and the Garth Brooks cover (I kid you not!) at the end. Versatile, and very enjoyable for sure. Don't see any evidence of Industrial Metal though, I gotta say. Check out more from this artist? Yes Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Yes Actual Rating:** __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

01-24-2018, 11:46 AM	#1678 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,992	Album title: Anti-Melody Artist: American Standards Genre: Metalcore/Harcore Punk/Post-Hardcore/Hard Rock (seriously?) Nationality: American Release date: April 28 Position in Discography: Second Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? No Average RYM Score: 3.25 I certainly don't like the look of the title! If there's one thing I look for in my music it's a decent sense of melody, so this could be pretty raw, I don't know. Or the title may have nothing to do with the music. Okay, well, that seems to be the case indeed, as this certainly has plenty of melody as it starts. Even the vocal, at least on the first track, sounds better to me than on the previous album. Good start. And then the vocal gets growly and guttural for the second track, but it's still really good. Well that's just great! I've been listening to the next album from All That Remains all this time! No wonder it sounded so good! Jesus Christ! So, begin again: this opens with what would be more in line with hardcore punk as I would have expected, and this time I really don't like it though I don't exactly hate it. Very raw indeed, very aggressive. Don't appeal to me at all now. Check out more from this artist? No Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Some, yes; others, no Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018