"i was just dumbfounded how someone whose livelihood is so dependent on the genre knows so little about it."
lol yikes got a link
"shrieking, dissonant noise, no sense of coherent structure to speak of, every song bloated 10 mins it would be the highest rated album on the site"
vylet pony's tool nightcore remix ep confirmed GOAT

nik nocturnal knowing very little about 90s metalcore when he spends most his time salivating over as i lay dying core is not surprising

times like these im glad the only real music youtube people i follow are todd and fantano (because despite some weird takes he actually puts in effort, its the mindless drones that suck him off that are annoying). some of the more documentary/essay style channels are good too but fucking reaction channels ESPECIALLY with shitty metal youtube are embarrassing

Album Rating: 2.0

Todd and Fantano are fun to watch for their own reasons, I don't know any fun metal reviewers left. Used to think CKN was fun but have no idea how well that content aged, and he retired after health issues and burnout. Sucks, he seemed like a swell guy.

Fantano grew on me

Album Rating: 3.0

“Sput has always come across as skeptical to me, not pretentious.”



Completely agree Marsbro. That’s honestly why I come back here. If an album is getting rave reviews elsewhere and I come here and it’s getting dunked on I know to temper my expectations appropriately

yeah todd in the shadows is great

i used to watch fantano but now only do so rarely because im simply not that interested in the music he spends most of his time covering

still, i think hes an entertaining and knowledgeable guy

Album Rating: 2.0

"lol yikes got a link"



like 90% sure its this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNaDyVDL4fY



"Used to think CKN was fun but have no idea how well that content aged"



lmao yeah used to love his videos back in the day but i cannot imagine watching those style videos in current day (granted, he seemed to chill out quite a bit towards the end of his run), hope he's doing alright



his initial st. anger and illud divinum insanus reviews are probably still hilarious i imagine

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If you like hip hop that all sounds the same then Fantano is the reviewer for you

Album Rating: 4.5

'Used to think CKN was fun but have no idea how well that content aged'

I always thought he was fun too and he at least knew his shit well enough. I discovered loads of bands through him waaay back in the day and will forever be grateful. I didn't know he had health problems and I hope he's doing well.

Album Rating: 2.0

He still tweets on the odd occasion, so he's alive out there somewhere. Dude just wants to live a quiet life now with his cat, can't blame him.

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shoutout to twotoetags reviews and the metal tris

Album Rating: 2.0

Yeah he had heart problems @Groundking, but got surgery that was successful and he's presumably leading a regular ol existence now.

playboi carti is identical to billy woods yes, amazing take tundra

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technically it doesnt sound the same but to me it does, trap beat or boom bap beat, same rap cadences have been recycled ad nauseum now too

gonna go out on a limb and suggest that taking pointers on cadences from someone who can't identify a beat or lyrical centre is the timeline we've been headed to ever since trump suggested injecting bleach in place of vaccination

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though I can see how yall like Fantano because he loves that Portal and Imperial Triumphant stuff that perfectly fits in my criteria of incoherent noise I just spoke of

Album Rating: 2.0

yeah incoherent noises rule.



It is interesting how into disso-type stuff Fantano is

Album Rating: 2.0

“technically it doesnt sound the same but to me it does, trap beat or boom bap beat”



Those are two wildly different sounding rap subgenres lmao

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like that Scaring The Hoes album didnt do much for me cause I know Danny Brown's cadence, Jpegmafia cadence, and Jpegmafia's production. Nothing excited me about that, just more music for people who enjoy it, but far from anything mind blowing.