An Essential Guide To Trap Metal - RYM/Sonemic (2024)

"XXX and Ski have great chemistry and X's loud aggressive sh*t contrasts surprisingly well with Ski's laid back flow and boastful lyrics." - seanXdavis

"the clipped out bass hit so hard that it became a f*cking meme. it was a simple, meatheaded, and amateurish, and it f*cking worked. also, x had the chops to back how hard the beat went up. the flow on this sh*t is iconic for a f*cking reason, and lets not act like the lyrics are bad by trap standards at all. the sound of this track is so forward thinking it spawned endless imitators which eventually grew into its own diverse, thriving subgenre." - feflol

Look at Me! (2:31)

The song is low-fi and gritty, beginning with ominous keys before hitting the listener with alternating bars between the emcees. It’s over quickly, but the huge bass hits and energy are more than enough to fill the 1:55 song and sometimes underwhelming lyrics. The former Raider Klan members do not hold back on their former leader." - hotnewhiphop.com

Raider Clan Killa (1:55)

"Probably one of Bones's most fleshed out and consistent projects to date, a traditional dark depressive cloud emo rap tape, with some aggressive and hardcore songs in the middle to spice it up." - SaintVincent

"Trap music always had this raw, punk-ish vibe to it, but none of it had ever really dove into punk aesthetically. This song is so raw and rugged, and filled with ridiculous rage and energy. The beat rivals Death Grips when it comes to how chaotic and noisy it is, and X's rapping is just so damn aggressive and vicious. I wasn't keen on his 'woe-is-me' acoustic stuff, but the raw, industrial trap sound he was on was so ahead of its time and crazy. Truly a visionary piece of work." - TooBrokeToCare

"There's only one way to keep you up through all-nighters or to wake you up from drowsiness." - Decibelle

"'Problem' fuses the extinct (or at least critically endangered, though I can't see many environmentalists throwing a fit about this one) genre of 'crunkcore' with a modern day trap hip-hop beat. The outrageous music video, which i will mention in the review simply because it is inseparable from the song as far as this piece of art goes, features the bandmembers dancing awkwardly in stereotypical 2000's emo and scene attire while holding baseball bats. A random token black gentleman who is not in the band is dancing in the background, as if UKMG is trying to remind you that yes, this is indeed a parody not just of crunkcore but of all genres of music inspired by the african american musical tradition and appropriated by awkward white suburbanites in the 2000's." - utolso_nyoma

"Blackmage finds Ghostemane straddling a variety of genres to blend them together into a syrupy, horror drenched Cloud Rap-meets-Memphis Rap nightmare." - TooBrokeToCare

"This is trap that's badly damaged by the fires of hell and the result is amazing. I really think more like this needs to be done.

There are plenty of similar things to it but I haven't heard much that sounds evil in the same way this does. It definitely isn't the most aggressive hip hop out there but it beats out those more violent records with a greater sense of darkness." - Lucie2763

"Such a raw track that brings out the primal energy of any listener." - cmanenarwhale

"Kamiyada’s hyper-distorted, blood-curdling roar drags through the EP’s miasma of droning basslines, he cracks into a vein of distraught emotion unattainable by his contemporaries with their brattish screamed vocals and “whose bass can break the most car speakers” production jobs." - sputnikmusic.com

"I'm not usually big on the whole mindless hedonism thing, but when a song is this mindless and this hedonistic, it's hard not to get caught up in it. It's like some primal reflex thing. And XXXTentacion, overrated and overexposed as he is, was a great choice for this, because when you need someone to just do nothing but be loud and stupid and energetic, he's your guy. Keith Ape does a nice job, too- I still prefer his erratic, animalistic barks and squawks on "It G Ma", but there's something to be said for a verse that blends Korean and English and sounds ferocious the whole way through." - torinn818

"A more stripped down take on the Imperial formula, with a properly fuzzy bass tone. Denzel's trademark breath control is still on top form." - 1Chops

"Pretty killer and damaging stuff, with a punk rock vibe that's irresistible. It's not just the brief 2:18 running length and heavy production that makes me feel that way, but primarily due to Rico Nasty's powerful delivery, her fearless attitude and her irreverence." - Tornadoes

"The beat provided by Charlie Heat is absolutely chaotic and massive, and Curry is rapping his ass off, but using a more familiar flow to bridge the gap between his underground sensibilities and mainstream appeal to great results." - TooBrokeToCare

feat. JPEGMAFIA & ZillaKami

"The production on this thing is menacing to say the least. Instead of cranking the base to 11 and distorting everything, there are a lot of memorable beats here. It’s really industrial and has an almost nostalgic feel to it, as if it was the soundtrack to an over the top monster movie. Production is handled by producers Ronny J, Powers Pleasant, and majority by Thraxx." - carti_adlibs

feat. MUNKY

"The $uicideboy$ are a hip hop duo from New Orleans, Louisiana consisting of Ruby da Cherry & $crim. They’ve been releasing a plethora of EPs & mixtapes since 2013, but it wasn’t until last September that they made their full-length debut with I WANNA DIE IN NEW ORLEANS. But now 8 months later, they’re delivering their 23rd EP & have enlisted the legendary blink-182 drummer Travis Barker to produce it in it’s entirety." - LegendsWillNeverDie