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

The Batlord · 02-02-2018, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Sounds like you just didn't get the joke.

Remember when he thought Slayer made "Angel of Death" to commemorate the Holocaust and not just to have extreme lyrics to go along with the music?

**Frownland** · 02-02-2018, 11:09 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Remember when he thought Slayer made "Angel of Death" to commemorate the Holocaust and not just to have extreme lyrics to go along with the music?

I don't, no.

The Batlord · 02-02-2018, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I don't, no.

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

“Angel of death” concerns the Nazi scientist Josef Mengele, who plied his evil trade out of Auschwitz and was also portrayed in the movie “The boys from Brazil.” Noted for his awful experiments on humans, he was indeed dubbed the Angel of Death, and Slayer's song led to them being --- mistakenly --- characterised as Nazi sympathisers, a label they continue to deny.

The song? It opens with a stop-start guitar which quickly metamorphoses into a speed freak's wet dream and with a scream from Araya the opener is under way, belting along faster than a diving Stuka. I have to say, given the significance of lines like ”Infamous butcher”, ”Sickening ways to achieve the Holocaust” and ”Pathetic harmless victims” I find it hard to believe anyone could misinterpret Hanneman's lyrics as glorifying Nazism. This is clearly an angry accusation levelled at the evil doctor, a graphic depiction of the horrors the concentration camp inmates were forced to endure, but no homage to Mengele. Still, some people will I guess see and hear what they want to hear, or what they think they should. The vocal is harsh and accusatory, and you can actually feel the pain in Araya's voice as he spits the lines, particularly the no doubt unintentionally ironic ”Destroying without mercy/ To benefit the Aryan race.”

The final lines, too, are heavily critical of surely the Allies for failing to capture and bring this evil monster to trial, where he would have almost certainly been hanged. As Araya snarls ”Rancid Angel of death/ Flying free” he must surely be referring to the fact that, despite all the efforts to bring him to justice, Mengele eluded capture and only died aged sixty-nine in a swimming accident in Brazil. Hardly the fate that should befall such a callous and heartless mass-murderer. There's a lot of anger in this song, smouldering outrage and hatred, but stark sympathy and solidarity with the millions who died in the camps, particularly those who died under Mengele's horrific regime. As has been said before, never forget, or their deaths will have been in vain.

Such a basic bitch.

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Sounds like you just didn't get the joke.

Some jokes just aren't funny.
See also under Trollheart.

**Frownland** · 02-02-2018, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Some jokes just aren't funny.
See also under Trollheart.

He's mocking how common self-aggrandizement is in hip hop by tacking it onto every song on the mixtape. So when you say something like "I've heard plenty of rappers who go on about themselves but not as much as this guy does," it really does sound like you're entirely missing out on the joke because you don't understand irony. You think that's annoying? Kool AD is only being so in your face with it because he thinks it's annoying too. He mocks a lot of elements of hip hop culture on this record. Why the **** else would someone like Kool AD use the Migos flow?

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 11:50 AM

Album title: Vigilance Perennial
Artist: Falls of Rauros
Suggested By: Qwertyy
Genre: Black Metal
Nationality: Swedish
Release date: March 31
Position in Discography: Fourth
Estimated Rating:

Familiar with this artist? No
Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little
Average RYM Score: 3.31
Qwert's last selection certainly doesn't start off like Black Metal, almost more like ABM, but then the vocal certainly is in the style of BM. Nevertheless, I feel I'm really going to enjoy this and end the month on a high. Only six tracks, but three of them are over ten minutes long and two of the remaining ones just edge below that mark, so still a good hour or so of music. Is this blackgaze, Qwert? It seems to have that kind of feel to it. Enjoying it immensely so far anyway, though we are only on the first track.

Well I'm still here, and still loving it. That instrumental, “Warm Quiet Centuries of Rain” is just gorgeous (and of course, the shortest track on the album at just over two minutes) and then it all kicks back into gear with “Arrow and Kiln” and it's just gold all the way. I do have to laugh at the closer: “White Granite (Single Version)” - it's one minute shorter than the “album version” at nine minutes and change!

Excellent album though; will be checking out more of their material for sure.

Check out more from this artist? Didn't you just hear me say I would? Are you not paying attention?
Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Oh yes

Actual Rating:

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 11:52 AM

For now, anyway. No more reviews will be posted till Monday, when I'll dive into May. Hope she doesn't mind!

I'll be back with the usual statistics (I know you love your statistics!) for April a little later on.

Trollheart · 02-02-2018, 03:05 PM

And now it's stats time!

Out of a total of 132 albums reviewed:

Albums I considered excellent: 40
Albums I considered good: 36
Albums I considered meh: 23
Albums I considered bad: 13
Albums I considered terrible: 10

Albums I did not complete

Ones on which I used the "Oh Hell No!" clause: 0
Ones on which I used the "Three Strikes" clause: 0
Ones on which I used the "Bailout" clause: 10

Working on my top and bottom twenty; back with that later tonight or tomorrow.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 02-02-2018, 03:35 PM

ehh it is blackgaze at times i guess but it's a lot more built around atmo-black influence. the difference between the two becomes more clear the more you hear it. it's funny though, i had totally forgotten about the album until your review reminded me of it. i liked it a fair bit at first but it fell out of rotation rather quickly.

~~MicShazam~~ · 02-02-2018, 04:12 PM

There's not really anything I'm into on the entire April list, but I have a slight bit of history with the band Ulver, so I'm curious what you think of their new album when you get that far.

02-02-2018, 11:50 AM	#1736 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	Album title: Vigilance Perennial Artist: Falls of Rauros Suggested By: Qwertyy Genre: Black Metal Nationality: Swedish Release date: March 31 Position in Discography: Fourth Estimated Rating: Familiar with this artist? No Familiar with the genre or subgenre? A little Average RYM Score: 3.31 Qwert's last selection certainly doesn't start off like Black Metal, almost more like ABM, but then the vocal certainly is in the style of BM. Nevertheless, I feel I'm really going to enjoy this and end the month on a high. Only six tracks, but three of them are over ten minutes long and two of the remaining ones just edge below that mark, so still a good hour or so of music. Is this blackgaze, Qwert? It seems to have that kind of feel to it. Enjoying it immensely so far anyway, though we are only on the first track. Well I'm still here, and still loving it. That instrumental, “Warm Quiet Centuries of Rain” is just gorgeous (and of course, the shortest track on the album at just over two minutes) and then it all kicks back into gear with “Arrow and Kiln” and it's just gold all the way. I do have to laugh at the closer: “White Granite (Single Version)” - it's one minute shorter than the “album version” at nine minutes and change! Excellent album though; will be checking out more of their material for sure. Check out more from this artist? Didn't you just hear me say I would? Are you not paying attention? Check out more from this genre or subgenre? Oh yes Actual Rating: __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 11:52 AM	#1737 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	For now, anyway. No more reviews will be posted till Monday, when I'll dive into May. Hope she doesn't mind! I'll be back with the usual statistics (I know you love your statistics!) for April a little later on. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 03:05 PM	#1738 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	And now it's stats time! Out of a total of 132 albums reviewed: Albums I considered excellent: 40 Albums I considered good: 36 Albums I considered meh: 23 Albums I considered bad: 13 Albums I considered terrible: 10 Albums I did not complete Ones on which I used the "Oh Hell No!" clause: 0 Ones on which I used the "Three Strikes" clause: 0 Ones on which I used the "Bailout" clause: 10 Working on my top and bottom twenty; back with that later tonight or tomorrow. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

02-02-2018, 04:12 PM	#1740 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	There's not really anything I'm into on the entire April list, but I have a slight bit of history with the band Ulver, so I'm curious what you think of their new album when you get that far.