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me: if I become the evil overlord I will never harm my minions

[5 years later]

highly throwable imp: hoohoohee

me: hmm

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TIL that there's an '80s movie where they portrayed Smilodon by sticking actual fake teeth onto actual live lions.

#quest for fire #sabre cats #sabretooth #saber-toothed cat #practical effects

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@ikvertakinjou sent me this fragment from an article in the new york review and i can’t get over it

#moomins #tove jansson #moomintroll #mumintrollen #writing advice #writing tips

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why is the metal community so pressed abt this it’s literally hilarious. 10/10. love it. i want it.

#cosmetics #adverts #corpse paint #black metal

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Pictured: Remnants of the Vessel, released in 2022

#faetooth #remnants of the vessel #metal #doom metal #fairy doom #slow and heavy #awesome bands

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It's Bandcamp Friday

This month, I'm supporting Gåte (awesome Norwegian folk rock) with their Vandrar EP, and Shoebill (genre-blending mashcore) with their hikikomori days ep from 2022...

#music #bandcamp friday #bandcamp #mashcore #shoebill #Gåte #gate #hikikomori days #support your favourite bands

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Ooh, more interesting music to check out…

I want to briefly talk about the neo-pagan German band Faun, specialized in *puts on glasses* medieval music, folk music and dark wave.

I first discovered the group thanks to this song, celebrating the Night of Walpurgis:

It was part of a series of songs covering many "pagan" and neo-pagan celebrations. Other songs in the thematic ensemble include celebrations of Halloween and of Lughnasad:

And I recently discovered that they actually tackled fairytales too! They had a whole album called "Märchen and Mythen" (Fairytales and Myths) back in 2019. And some of these songs got clip. Such as "Rosenrot", based on "Snow-White and Rose-Red"...

... or "Aschenbrödel", a Cinderella-song more specifically based on/inspired by the movie "Three Wishes for Cinderella"

#faun #fairy tales #darkwave #neofolk #folk music #neomedieval music #german music

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Just getting this in in time this year!

Please all stand for the (new) national anthem! ☘️

#st patricks day #music #ireland #saint patricks day #st patrick #saint patrick #mashcore #shoebill #SoundCloud

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Okay, this is great, checking out their back catalogue - thank you for the recommendation!

Song of the Day

"Crystalline" by Suldusk

#black metal #post rock #atmospheric #music recs #suldusk #australian music #metal #neofolk #blackgaze

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if you've never engaged with a creative art on a regular basis you need to understand that it requires concerted effort to get into "the groove" to make something and every second that it takes to get into that groove causes physical pain, but the only thing worse than doing it is not doing it.

#creative #making art #art #making music

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getting up on my soapbox for a moment. i find it laughable that nearly every time someone says they don’t like rap they cite hamilton and k-pop as the only rap they can tolerate. because everything else is just so violent and full of blatant consumerism. first off. so is k-pop. secondly. idk how to tell you the founding fathers were some of the most violent people around (coming from a black american descentant of slaves who is most likely related to thomas jefferson. shouldn’t have to explain the relevance here). thirdly. hamilton and k-pop both reference and interpolate rap. so idk what to tell you babes. you do like rap. you just don’t like black people. say it with your full chest next time.

#music #rap #black music #hip hop

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FEBRUARY 15TH 2024 - We are back in San Diego!

Tickets

#metal #music #heavy metal #doom #faetooth #doom metal #fairy doom #live gigs #wish i was there

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https://twitter.com/archeometrie/status/1170031822614474752?s=12

#sound on #lithophone #jean-loup ringot #unusual instruments #cool instruments

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Does anyone know what this instrument is called? Its like a Marimba but it is very large and made out of huge stones. Listen to that tone! haha Love it!

#lithophone #đàn đá #dan da #vietnam #vietnamese music #unusual instruments #cool instruments #sound on

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Best of 2023 - Genre I've finally gotten into

This year, it's Crust Punk!

If I was feeling flippant, I'd say it was best described as punk, only political... There's a rawness, and an earnestness to it, as well as strong DIY inclinations in the culture that is really appealing. Bands like Amebix, Dystopia or Doom, really stood out to me; there's a lot of anger in the music, sure, but there's also a real sense of community and care that I want to see in more genres and fandoms!

I think one of the things I found most interesting delving into these bands was how close some of my musical taste already was; bands like Napalm Death, Extreme Noise Terror and Bolt Thrower (best band ever...🤘) are all very much crust-adjacent if not originating in that scene themselves (Napalm Death have always preferred describing themselves as a punk band rather than death metal or grindcore), and there was that one summer years ago when I listened to nothing but Gallhammer and completely screwed my muscal recommendations for years...

Many thanks to @spechblend for giving me some pointers about where to start, and also for finally convinving me to sit down and listen to Fugazi! (they're great, go listen!)

In 2024, I'm considering trying and get a better understanding of idol bands (specifically, from Korea and Japan). From an outsider's perspective, they seem...odd...

I've listened to a couple of bands in passing (specifically, TWICE and BLACKPINK, that I recall), and of course I'm familiar with Western manufactured boy- and girl-bands, but on the one hand, I feel like there's something fundamentally I don't get, and that annoys me, but on the other hand, there are some interesting bands that fall within the genre, like KBG84, Necromonidol, BiS (the Japanese band, not the Scottish one, who are definitely great), or Kasotsuka Shojo (which is a... cryptocurrency themed idol band...?! That sounds absolutely dreadful on so many levels, so I need to have a listen for myself...) that I want to check out.

I'm a big fan of a lot of Japanese metal and punk (Shonen Knife, Otoboke Beaver, Melt Banana) so it would be interesting to be able to put their music into some of the cultural context.

Will I get around to a deep dive into idol culture? Or will I just end up listening to more relaxing sludge/doom/death metal instead? Only time will tell... 🤔

#crust #crust punk #punk #punk rock #punk music #amebix #doom #gallhammer #napalm death #bolt thrower #extreme noise terror #fugazi #japanese idol #kpop idol #musical genres #idol #idol group #dystopia

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Best of 2023 - Best Song Title

Benadryl Subreddit, by L. S. Dunes

#l.s. dunes #frank iero #benadryl subreddit #music #coheed and cambria #my chemical romance #circa survive #saosin #the sound of animals fighting #anthony green #thursday #post harcore #emo #emocore #best of 2023

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Best of 2023 - Best Cover Song

Everytime We Touch, by Electric Callboy (original: Cascada)

#best of 2023 #metal #cascada #electric callboy #cover song #awesome covers #electronicore #post hardcore #metalcore #Youtube