- Perfect 10 — Challenge from Klopfenpop · Mark Cooper · Richie Branson
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ANGRYHERO
Vocalist's challenge writeup
ANGRYHERO came out first as a couple of sketches. literal pen and ink. After the round was announced I started peaking at my favorite wrestling promos and entrances. For our HERO I wanted to set him in our reality. A being who has traveled from galaxy to galaxy and universe to universe. Back and forth. To try and right things on the timeline. He is ageless but presents as a man in his mid 30s. His eyes changes colors but currently adopt a purple and white iris obtained when he traveled to this world for this competition. After The End of Days ANGRYHERO developed a pocket vortex on his chest that he calls 'Void' He uses that strange ability to move about the world. He fights an endless war of challengers who underestimate him at every turn. Only to find out later... he's been here before so he knows how this will end. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I came up with several vibes that I sent to Crow for inspiration and off of that I designed a move set: Void Slam Dust Suplex Rare Slide Void Punch Void Slam Hero Choke ANGRYBOMB a costume, a logo, and a couple other fun things. I really took this round to heart bc tho I'm not a big wrestling fan anymore, I grew up on it and references to it as a whole are peppered throughout my discography. I wanted to flesh out the character we've been writing about during the duration of this competition and build their personal canvas. After Crow sent me the sample of JEJ reciting the alphabet everything else literally felt like it fell into place. Can't believe he got him do that for us before his passing. links to sketches : https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1493288636463185922/1520689394065866822/20260628_031325.jpg?ex=6a421bdc&is=6a40ca5c&hm=096683ab0b0a10ec1ea2316732c7c45739ad5a71951107ce74fa503b908bbcf2& https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1493288636463185922/1520689394712055828/20260628_031248.jpg?ex=6a421bdc&is=6a40ca5c&hm=623a4719e8b91fe30129f79e1517bc88e8e967d1381229a1ed49a305d05c3421& https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1493288636463185922/1520689395391266826/20260628_031229.jpg?ex=6a421bdc&is=6a40ca5c&hm=4a3ff5580af657563b9f9292a5e1bf5f058c96897b09d0d8423935232dab584e& https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1493288636463185922/1520689395945050265/20260628_031221.jpg?ex=6a421bdd&is=6a40ca5d&hm=f4e7fc02d63c099712209501d4f72e389be024a937993262ec100d753f2f4e98&
Producer's challenge writeup
Over the last four rounds ( including 0 ) we’ve been building up a version of our hybrid character. The intergalactic shaman AngryHero ( opposed to the force ArtCrow ). We actually had a lot of dialogue because I wasn’t as knowledgable with wrestling as ACH. Some other parts started to come together when looking for similar characters in media. Sun Ra, Booker T, just powerful and wise elements. Mixed well with a sample source that I had stashed a while ago ( Frank Comstock - Music from Space? ) and the general groove came from tunes we could relate to. Particularly some songs produced by EL-P across the ages. Trying to move our own sound up the timeline a little bit to match and break from purely 90s sensibilities as is often my want. I think also making a James Earl Jones speak and spell type instrument in Ableton from an instagram clip was a good starting point that informed a lot of the structure of the song. Just showing super powers and kinda writing against the concept of our hero really falling from grace, more like shifting to another dimension when the work in this one is done. The longer arc of our works definitely crystalizes into a different approach and gives me a hint at some cool things to aim for next round ( challenge willing ). Good times, definitely did not have the same ‘free time’ to make this happen as in earlier rounds. I think we didn’t really have much until about a week prior to submission. But we did have a lot of exchanges and tons of great material on the cutting room floor. It’s actually been nice getting ACH more involved with some of the final steps. Getting closer to a sound. Since the main reason we’re here is to have an excuse to make more music together.. that’s the win ( and the friends we make along the way )
Lyrics
(A) Angry honestly all of my competition should thank me judges should thank me thinking about etching my plans like Metatron idiot god verses so many hearses so many lost souls crying at the thought of the antichrist and me holding down a verzuz curses im going Damballa with it onslaught all my listeners The Last Born Saga (N) New world order we were at the End Days so much slaughter watching from the rafters seeing our attackers going for the sting so The Crow might cure the burn a little while after can't stay here gotta blast off Kakarot inside a ball traveling to babylon really what we are on is so symbiotic in nature venomous song the perfect bond (G) going to another place in space and time much similar to this we only get one shot so we gotta lock in always or else you people wont exist we are your saviors and i don't like tepid behavior fleet street close call nigga might shave you and im digging graves cause i am on my way to ghost at the cemetary yo i can't see you (R) Raw is war move backwards im coming in first and im leaving with the last word taxing so taxing how i gotta lay the smackdown with passion like like i hit rockbottom here to fix equations that i can't quite solve yet dissolving all challenger bodies in solvent if we don't save your world who you think gonna solve it? huh? uh? (Y) You? you can't stand on the canvas and convince me and void that we aren't in Kansas any more lessons from us is postponed til you brain and your heart get the shell it deserves i need your reserves im leeching your power its feeding my nerves uh skill level shrapnel your heart stark constrast im ripping your figure apart ah (PART 2) (H) Here lies you i was not through reaping your soul now your ego is stew if lose this battle the war is not through if i lose this battle the war is not through oh heavy asylum talk im writing riddles and jokes on the wall where your body is i am embodying laying my eyes in the scope like a lobbyist slugs tucked (E) Everyone everywhere listen my time is a factor that has no known measurement i will return when the serpent rears head again we will return like paul bearer signaled it heh Everyone everywhere see me my image is known like guns on the tv my image is known like the women that im seeing my image is cloned now im rex when you see me like (R) Really I come to the close of this tale like a story ive written forever surely a challenger such as yourself gets a handle on angles im angling curtly bow to the audience curtsy none of you opps can hurt me your specials aren't working im on a journey around infinity and no other mortal can finish me` (O) odds are our opus might outrage our other opponents get over it
JUDGES' BREAKDOWN
Klopfenpop
9.33/10 score rank #3 of 24VOCALS 9PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 10I love the dreamy vibe that slipped in and out of dissonance. That saw bass is nasty too. The production work really offers a lot of worldbuilding to the vocalists story--it serves the track really well. I love the narrative the beat tells, how it unfolds throughout the track. But it doesn't feel like the beat develops at the same transitions where the vocals develop, that could have been a cool extra layer of depth to weave the beat and vocals together even more than are. The promo feels super realistic--that would go so hard at an event. The vocals are really solid. I love the way you fold in the promo samples to inform your opening bar of each section. I almost makes me wish you had gone WAY harder on a non-exactly-the-same but Alphabet Aerobics level vibe of incorporate the sound of each letter into the lyrics of each section. As it is, still dope as fuck. But they drama of each letter being announced with the sample almost sets it up to be even doper than the already dope idea you executed. Still, super high marks. This is a delight to listen to. Those low growly synth/horn BRAMS drenched in reverb are gross and I love them.
Mark Cooper
8.67/10 score rank #5 of 24VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 10Great Energy from both the producer and vocalist. Really enjoyed Like the alliteration with the verse starts. Production was clean, solid and very consistent. For not having a lot of knowledge about wrestling and creating a persona from it is exactly what's its all about and it nails the challenge! there were just a few mixing slip ups with the vocals clashing a little with the adlibs but other than that great work!
Ben Tarkus
7.00/10 score rank #20 of 24VOCALS 7PRODUCTION 7CHALLENGE 7Was digging the bars and the beat here, it's a track I can see myself coming back to. I would have liked to hear more about the actual character development. It seems like from your notes you thought about it a lot but I was missing some of the essence of their story laid out plainly in the track.
Richie Branson
8.67/10 score rank #10 of 24VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 8CHALLENGE 10Entrance felt grand and mysterious. Beat is delightfully jazzy while maintaining the sci-fi ish vibes of the intro. The scheme of spelling out angry hero throughout the song was well executed. Love the effects on the adlibs, though volume-wise they could be a tad lower. In the part where your voice gets nonchalant, I like the vocal tone, but could use a bit more varied inflection at parts to break it up a bit.
LEX the Lexicon Artist
8.33/10 score rank #8 of 24VOCALS 8PRODUCTION 9CHALLENGE 8Solid work. Really liked the notes you provided too. Production really shone this time around. I like that the "AngryHero" motif is the "theme" being incorporated into the beat. Fun writing constraint for the vocalist. I think the rise and fall narrative could be a little clearer in the lyrics, but at least I know what you're trying to go for and it's a cool idea.
Audience score and rank
AUDIENCE SCORE
Aggregated from 74 ballots cast by the public.
AUDIENCE RANK
Out of 24 teams competing this round.
- 36 voters ranked them in their top 10
- 22 voters had them in their top 5
- 5 voters picked them as their #1 favorite
FINAL BLEND
The final score was a 7.63. The song received an average voter score of 5.34 from the community, and an average judge score of 8.40.
The display score blends the audience and judges' contributions at 25%/75%. Here's how ARTCROW's 7.63 broke down:
(5.34 × 25%) + (8.40 × 75%) = 7.63
YOUR SEASON SO FAR
- Round 1 7.31 / 10 rank #6
- Round 2 7.97 / 10 rank #5
- Round 3 7.63 / 10 rank #9
- Round 4 7.60 / 10 rank #10
- Round 5 7.99 / 10 rank #11 PERSONAL BEST