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Bet you didn't know Papa Roach, or The Roach as fans call them, had eleven studio albums. Often unfairly maligned due to the overplaying of their classic single "Last Resort," Papa Roach have had to work hard to maintain their current status. Written off as one of the weaker nu-metal acts, surviving the era of emo, screamo, metalcore, Lady Gaga, Bieber, all that crap, they are here again with their eleventh outing. I don't think they've ever been better. From the opening notes of Ego Trip, a rank fart is unleashed all over our current times. This is a skewering like you wouldn't believe. The title acts as a double entendo, commenting on the prevalence of ego in our times, and also the idea of "tripping," such as on drugs like LSD, mushrooms, other drugs that make you trip. Part of tripping forces one to look within and evaluate their ego. Often the results aren't pretty but we are better for it. Papa Roach understands this and does just that.
The sad part is all the longsleeve death metallers who talked crap about the new Blood Incantation are gonna be back at it again for this one. They're gonna be tweeting, snapchatting, all that stuff, saying bad things about Papa Roach. It's quite sad, because I thought as music listeners we were supposed to listen with our ears and our hearts. Music is supposed to take you on a trip and help you forget the ego, and Papa Roach does just that.
The first song "Kill the Noise" does just that. You hear the heavy beats and loud vocals and it stops all the noise around you. It demands your attention and focus. This continues into the next song, and the next. All songs on this album could be called "Kill the Noise," because it does just that. "Stand Up" encourages us all to forget the crap on CNN and think for ourselves. "Liar" is an ode to Brandon, and I don't think I need to spell that one out for you. Just try not to get offended, because the zoomers out there often do just that. They cry and whine online, forgetting the fruits from the vine. I'm rapping for a reason here - Papa Roach are flying the flag for nu-metal far better than nostalgia hasbeens like Limp Bizkit who are mere memesters. Sure, Fred, keep memeing it up while Papa Roach flies the flag and makes the music they believe in, regardless of political accolades and bullcrap.
The final track is called "I Surrender," but it is sarcasm. Satire, if you will. There are no surrenders here, and as Papa Roach have shown us, they are eleven albums in and not ready to surrender. If you are looking for a hard hitting album that will take you back to the golden age of 2001 radio, this album does just that. It's possible people aren't ready for the type of raw sincerity on display here by the Papa. When cockroaches infest our homes, we often are overcome with fear. We try to eradicate the problem but they just keep crawling all over the place, up and down the walls, maybe even on your balls, while you sleep, your soul they will reap. That's probably the best analogy I can think of that describes Papa Roach's singular mission. Twenty years of pledging to melt your face off, and they have done just that yet again.
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jesper STAFF (1.5)
blah blah blah blah blah haha sweat sweat sweat sweat...
MrHahaHihi (4)
After three years, Papa Roach returns with another studio album. Again a little different, again gre...
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Album Rating: 1.0
it's the guy who puts fart in his reviews
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Can't tell if this review is intended to be satirical, but entertaining read nonetheless (if only for the cringe)
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as a Papa Roach fan I am not sure whether to be happy this got a good review and shut up or actually dissect and critique every single sentence of this review. because
"Bet you didn't know Papa Roach, or The Roach as fans call them, had eleven studio albums."
pls don't call them the Roach. and yeah everyone knows including non-fans that they've made a shit ton of albums
"Often unfairly maligned due to the overplaying of their classic single "Last Resort,""
This is not why they have received a lot of criticism. Not even close.
"Papa Roach have had to work hard to maintain their current status. "
In what way? Because they've had their status pretty much locked in after following up Infest with Getting Away With Murder and have been able to do pretty much whatever they want and their fanbase remains rather loyal to them and their radio play is locked in every album cycle as well.
"Written off as one of the weaker nu-metal acts"
oh please. they transitioned to hard rock immediately and they were always more grunge, hard rock, and rap, which could be compared to nu-metal but in the overall scheme of things they belong to hard rock 99 times out of 100 compared to nu-metal.
"surviving the era of emo, screamo, metalcore, Lady Gaga, Bieber, all that crap,"
what?
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LB > PR
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"They're gonna be tweeting, snapchatting, all that stuff, saying bad things about Papa Roach. It's quite sad, because I thought as music listeners we were supposed to listen with our ears and our hearts."
I felt that. But I don't like feeling things. Neg.
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surviving the era of emo, screamo, metalcore, Lady Gaga, Bieber, all that crap,
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How did we do it?
No one knows
| | | Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off
Weird review, but the correct rating.
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finally a worthy review by someone who is truly qualified and guaranteed to offer valid criticism of this piece of artistry
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I'm aliiiive
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"The sad part is all the longsleeve death metallers who talked crap about the new Blood Incantation are gonna be back at it again for this one. They're gonna be tweeting, snapchatting, all that stuff, saying bad things about Papa Roach. It's quite sad, because I thought as music listeners we were supposed to listen with our ears and our hearts. Music is supposed to take you on a trip and help you forget the ego, and Papa Roach does just that."
im carb loading from all this pasta
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Papa John Roachy
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Jesper better make an in-depth reply to Storm's criticism.
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I'm confused Senetrix, mainly bc BI's latest rules and papa roach currently sucks. Besides in your own creepy head, your statement doesn't make any sense.
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Congrats though, for being able to put Blood Incantation and Papa Roach in the same sentence. (If that was the point)
| | | Album Rating: 3.5
I’m eager for it, ega, but this is the wrong thread lol
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@ddd that was a copy paste from the review. sorry i shoulda put quotations around it
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Every time I see this album, I want to make a trip to the grocery store for some Eggo's
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dude it's like they thought "you know what would make us look more interesting? Alien Ant Farm artwork"
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LOL aaaaaight should have read the whole thing
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