#German medieval rock

[pheita]

@cljordan-imperium I start a new post and add some Spotify links to the German Medieval Rock stuff I mentioned.

Technically, it shouldn't be locked for you. I put the links under a read more because it might be a lot.

So this first one is from a band I really love

This is one of the most romantic not sappy songs I know.

This band has a pirate theme going on and is technically not really medieval, but who cares. I love them and know them since their early days.

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#pheita talks #music recs #german medieval rock

[travellingwiththedead]

Ok, und jetzt bitte einen ganzen Film hierzu. Musikvideos von Saltatio Mortis sind einfach anders krass.

#saltatio mortis #finsterwacht #German medieval rock #Youtube

[paleangels13]

Damn i forgot about this record intro... It's so good! (it's fully instrumental so even if the title is German anyone here could listen to it if you're interested 🥰... If you do lmk your opinion please? 🥺)

(title = a piece of immortality)

#this used to be my favorite band ;-; #I miss the music they made before deciding to go German rock instead of medieval music 😭 #They've been with me for more than half my life just saying... #Fine talks #fine's song recommendations ✨ #Spotify

[prettyboypistol]

Tf2 Random Headcanons

Heavy can outpace Scout in a soda chugging competition, this has become a near weekly activity (Heavy refuses to let Scout win)

Sniper is cracked at card shuffling tricks and usually keeps a deck on him to fidget with.

Spy was also hired as a translator to help keep everyone on track, since he speaks French, German, Russian, English, and Greek.

Medic loves sweets- specifically vanilla soft serve ice cream.

Demoman always wanted a little brother, and finds that sort of bond with Scout and Pyro.

Well, everyone views Scout as a little brother figure. He's got that snot nosed brat energy about him that makes all the older men see him as a brother.

Engineer is so fond of Pyro because he can't have kids of his own.

Ms. Pauling likes hanging out with Scout and finds his advances lowkey kind of charming, even if she isn't interested. She gets golden retriever energy from him.

Sniper has the widest music taste, ranging from jazz to rock to reggae, he's probably got a record of most genres!

Pyro suffers from psychosis and schizophrenia, Engineer is the only one who really gave Pyro the time of day to find out this information.

Medic has thought about giving Spy breasts "for espionage purposes". Spy has not outwardly gawked in displeasure.

Sniper is actually really good at pinball. The machine always has his highscore at the top. When he is beaten, he is back on top within the week.

Pyro constantly feels cold.

Soldier knows he's not the smartest guy around and he is- or at least was- fully aware that he smuggled himself into WW2. He has a lot of imposter syndrome and paranoia that people will find out.

Spy always wanted tattoos, but because he needs to be unidentifiable, he made a habit out of painting on his arms. (His favorite pattern is roses and thorns wrapping around medieval daggers)

Engineer can pace Demoman in bar drinking, but can't constantly daydrink like Demo.

#tf2 #team fortress 2 #tf2 sniper #tf2 medic #tf2 engineer #tf2 spy #tf2 demoman #tf2 headcannons #heavy tf2 #tf2 soldier #fanfiction #tf2 heavy #tf2 pyro #tf2 scout #prettyboy pistol

[memories-of-ancients]

The Restoration of the Roman Republic ... in the Middle Ages? The Forgotten Commune of Rome

Today it seems men often have Rome on their minds with Tik Toks and polls indicating that men often think about Rome on a daily basis. I'm assuming that most of these thoughts revolve around the Roman Empire, lesser so the Roman republic, some the Eastern Roman (Byzantine Empire), and few think about the Roman monarchy. However I guarantee that almost no one thinks about the medieval Roman Republic known as the Commune of Rome.

In the 12th century central Italy was directly ruled by the Pope through the Papal States. One of the hot topic political issues of the day was the "investiture controversy", which was debate over who had the power to install bishops and other important clergy; the Pope or secular authorities. This evolved into a debate on who would have ultimate governing authority, the Pope, or the secular government, most notably the Holy Roman Empire. At the time, many cities in Italy were growing disgruntled with the rule of the Pope and the rule of nobles who supported the Pope. This resulted in popular uprisings in which cities overthrew the Papal government and declared themselves independent, thus forming various city states and communes in Italy.

In 1143 a wealthy Italian banker named Geordano Pierlione led a revolt against Papal authority, kicking the Pope out of Rome and declaring an independent Commune of Rome. The next year a monk and priest named Arnold of Brescia arrived in the city, becoming the intellectual leader of the movement and establishing the new Roman Republic. Arnold was a controversial reformer who railed against abuses of Church and Papal authority, decried Church corruption, and advocated a thorough reformation of the Church. Among his ideas he believed that clergy needed to return to apostolic poverty, renouncing all wealth and ownership of property, and also renouncing secular political power. Here's a statue of him in Brescia, Italy today.

With Arnold at it's head a new Roman government was formed and modeled after the ancient Roman Republic, with 56 senators who were not of noble class, 4 from each of Rome's medieval districts, and executive authority invested in a "patrician". The new republic refused to use the title "consul" as it had become an inherited noble title after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Nobles and aristocrats above the rank of knight were not allowed and thus most noble titles were abolished.

Of course the Pope, then Lucius II, was not going to tolerate such a rebellion and attempted to take back the city. In 1145 he formed an army and laid siege to the city. Amazingly the Romans drove away the invaders, with Pope Lucius II being killed in the battle after being bonked in the head with a rock.

The new republic flourished; drafting news laws, reforming medieval Roman society, making alliances with other Italian city states and war with others, setting up courts, and minting coins.

The Roman army was reformed, and a new capital building was constructed on the Capitoline Hill known as the Palazzo Senatorio (the Senate Palace), which still stands today but is much different after being heavily renovated by Michelangelo in the 1530's.

Originally the new Roman Republic swore fealty to the Holy Roman Emperor. However Rome and the Empire had a falling out. In 1149 the Roman Senate invited the German king Conrad III to the city to be coronated Roman Emperor. Rome's enemies were growing, so the Roman Senate offered Conrad this title in return for protection. Conrad had already been elected as Holy Roman Emperor and was due to be coronated, but the Roman Senate was proposing that he be THE Roman Emperor, as in like, a real Roman Emperor whose authority is defined by the Roman Senate, and not a Holy Roman Emperor whose authority was defined by the Pope and a loose confederation of high ranking German, Italian, Austrian, and Czech nobles. In the Holy Roman Empire the emperor is elected by the highest ranking nobles of the land. The Roman Senate was claiming that it had the authority to choose Roman emperors as the senate did during the ancient Roman Empire. Well, lets just say that Conrad probably didn't take too kindly to the Roman Senate attempting to usurp the governing structure of the Holy Roman Empire. In the middle ages a group of lower class burghers and knights cosplaying as Roman senators was not a good basis for a Europe spanning universal imperial monarchy. When Conrad died he was already cutting a deal with the Pope to snuff out the republic.

Conrad died in 1152 but his successor, Frederick Barbarossa continued the deal with the Pope to end the Roman Republic. It was one of the few times Frederick and the Pope agreed on anything. In 1155 a combined Papal/Imperial army invaded Rome. The city quickly fell and Arnold of Brescia was captured and burned at the stake. His ashes were scattered into the Tiber River.

Amazingly the Roman Republic lived on. Frederick Barbarossa was coronated by Pope Adrian IV as Holy Roman Emperor, an act which led to a new revolt among the Romans. Frederick put down this revolt, killing 1,000 Romans in the process, but afterwards he simply left the city and never returned after becoming bogged down in the complex politics of Italy. The Pope also left Rome, having to deal with a papal schism, resulting in no one being left in charge of the city and thus another restoration of the Roman Republic.

In 1167 Rome made war on the neighboring city of Tusculum, a long time rival of Rome who had supported the Pope and became a papal capital after the foundation of the republic. The Count of Tusculum appealed for help to the Holy Roman Empire, and Frederick I sent a small army of 1600 men. The Romans had an army of 10,000 made up of peasant militia who were poorly armed and poorly trained. While heavily outnumbered the Imperial army consisted of well armed and trained knights and professional soldiers. The Imperial army easily defeated the Romans at the Battle of Monte Porizio on May 29th, 1167, a battle which would later be called, "the Cannae of the Middle Ages". The Imperial army would continue to march on Rome, but by a stroke of luck for the Romans would be struck with the plague and forced to turn back. The Romans got their revenge against Tusculum in 1183 when they conquered and burned the city to the ground Carthage style.

The beginning of the end of the republic came in 1188 when Pope Clement III made a power sharing deal with the senate in which the people would elect senators but the Pope would have to approve the senators. The senate agreed to this in order to secure the protection of the Pope as the Holy Roman Empire was still a threat. Over the coming decades popes would reduce the number of senators until by the early 13th century, there was just one. Soon that single senate post was directly chosen by the Pope, and eventually it became a hereditary position. Before you knew it, French and Spanish nobles were becoming Roman senators and Roman senators ruled as autocrats at the behest of the Pope. By the end of the 13th century, the Roman Republic was dead.

#history #middle ages #medieval rome #roman republic #commune of rome #holy roman empire #pope

[princesssarisa]

I'm now reading another of Heidi Ann Heiner's fairy tale collections. Sleeping Beauties: Sleeping Beauty and Snow White Tales from Around the World. Since I enjoyed Cinderella Tales from Around the World so much, I couldn't resist opening another of Heiner's books.

The first part of the book is devoted to the different international versions of Sleeping Beauty, the second part to the different versions of Snow White. This is followed by other tales of "sleeping beauties" that don't fit nearly into either category.

We start with the medieval Sleeping Beauty prototype tales from the 13th and 14th centuries.

*The earliest known prototype of the Sleeping Beauty story is the Norse and Germanic legend of Brynhild (a.k.a. Brunhild, Brunhilda, Brünnhilde, or other variations). This legend first appears in the Poetic Edda, the Prose Edda, and the Volsunga Saga from 13th century Iceland. It also appears in the German Nibelungenlied (although that version doesn't include the enchanted sleep), and its most famous modern adaptation is in Richard Wagner's four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen. The figure of Brynhild also inspired the Marvel superheroine Valkyrie.

**The Sleeping Beauty-like portion of the legend is this. The beautiful and strong-willed Brynhild is one of the valkyries, the warrior maiden servants (and in some versions daughters) of Odin (or Woden, Wotan, etc.) who preside over battlefields and bring the souls of fallen heroes to Valhalla. But Brynhild disobeys Odin by saving (or trying to save) the life of a warrior who was marked for death. (The man's identity, why he was meant to die, why she defends him, and whether she succeeds in saving him or not varies between versions.) As punishment, Odin banishes her to the mortal realm, pricks her with a "sleep thorn," and places her in a castle (or just on a rock) surrounded by a ring of fire, condemning her to sleep until a man brave enough to venture through the flames arrives to wake her and become her husband. (In some versions, she has attendants and servants who all sleep along with her.) Many years later, the fearless hero Sigurd, or Siegfried, succeeds in passing unharmed through the flames and wakes Brynhild by cutting off her valkyrie armor (or in later retellings influenced by Sleeping Beauty, with a kiss). The couple doesn't live happily ever after, however: their further adventures and eventual tragic fates are a story for another day.

**Even though it's a well-known fact that in "the original Sleeping Beauty stories," the prince (or his counterpart) impregnates the sleeping heroine and she wakes after she gives birth, no such thing happens in this earliest proto-version. If we assume that this really is the Western world's first tale of a heroine in an enchanted sleep, then it seems as if that sordid detail was a later addition.

*Next in Heiner's book come several medieval French Sleeping Beauty tales, mostly from Arthurian romances. These are the tales where we first see the motif of the heroine's love interest raping her in her sleep and fathering a child. Since few of them have ever been translated into modern English, the book simply summarizes them instead of printing them in full.

**The best-known of these stories, which most resembles Sleeping Beauty as we know it today, is the tale of Troylus and Zellandine from Le Roman de Perceforest, an Arthurian romance from 14th or 15th century France. In this tale, a knight named Troylus loves a princess named Zellandine. Then learns that while spinning, Zellandine has suddenly fallen into a deep sleep, from which no one can wake her. With the help of a spirit named Zephir and the goddess Venus, Troylus enters the tower where she lies and, at Venus's urging, he takes her virginity. Nine months later, Zellandine gives birth to a son, and when the baby sucks on her finger, she wakes. Zellandine's aunt now arrives, and reveals the whole backstory, which only she knew. When Zellandine was born, the goddesses Lucina, Themis, and Venus came to bless her. As was customary, a meal was set out for the three goddesses, but then the room was left empty so they could enter, dine, and give their blessings unseen; but the aunt hid behind the door and overheard them. Themis received a second-rate dinner knife compared to those of the other two, so she cursed the princess to someday catch a splinter of flax in her finger while spinning, fall into a deep sleep, and never awaken. But Venus altered the curse so that it could be broken and promised to ensure that it would be. When the baby sucked Zellandine's finger, he sucked out the splinter of flax. Eventually, Zellandine and Troylus reunite, marry, and become ancestors of Sir Lancelot.

***This tale provides some answers for questions that the traditional Sleeping Beauty raises. In the familiar tale, the king, the queen, and their court know about the curse, so why do they keep it a secret from the princess? Yes, they avoid upsetting her by doing so, but the end result is that when she finally sees a spindle, she doesn't know to beware of it. Why not warn her? And why is there a random old woman in the castle, spinning with presumably the kingdom's one spindle that wasn't destroyed, and why, despite living in the castle does she not know about the curse? (It's no wonder that most adaptations make her the fairy who cursed the princess in disguise.) Yet in this earlier version, there are no such questions: no one except the eavesdropping aunt knows about the curse, because it was cast in private, so no one can take precautions against it. Another standout details is the fact that Zellandine's sleep doesn't last for many years, and that the man who wakes her already loved her before she fell asleep. Disney didn't create those twists after all!

**The other medieval French Sleeping Beauty tales are Pandragus and Libanor (where Princess Libanor's enchanted sleep only lasts one night, just long enough for Pandragus to impregnate her), Brother of Joy and Sister of Pleasure (where the princess isn't asleep, but dead – yet somehow the prince still impregnates her – and is revived by an herb that a bird carries to her), and Blandin de Cornoalha (a knight who, refreshingly, doesn't impregnate the sleeping maiden Brianda, but breaks her spell by bringing a white hawk to her side).

*All of these early Sleeping Beauty tales are just one part of bigger poetic sagas. Maybe this explains why Sleeping Beauty is fairly light on plot compared to other famous fairy tales (i.e. we're told what's going to happen, and then it does happen, and it all seems inevitable from the start). Of course one argument is that it's a symbolic tale: symbolic of a young girl's coming-of-age, as the princess's childhood ends when she falls asleep and her adulthood begins when she wakes, and/or symbolic of the seasons, with the princess as a Persephone-like figure whose sleep represents winter and whose awakening represents spring. That's all valid. But maybe another reason for the flimsy plot is that the earliest versions of the tale were never meant to stand alone. They were just episodes in much longer and more complex narratives.

@ariel-seagull-wings, @adarkrainbow, @themousefromfantasyland

#sleeping beauty #fairy tale #variations #sleeping beauties: sleeping beauty and snow white tales from around the world #heidi ann heiner #norway #iceland #germany #norse mythology #france #england #italy #tw: rape #tw: cannibalism

[pray4byron]

I was waiting for an opening as I saw you had match ups available and would love to see who you'd put me with.

Preference for male characters from Hazbin Hotel

About me: You can call me Claire. I'm AFAB she/her, 5'3", panromantic demisexual. I'm Tim Burton pale, brown eyes, messy curly bob brown hair, glasses with glasses chains usually, chubby but strong, dress either romantic gothic feminine or butch cryptidcore, like no in between, never wear make up because sensory hell.

Some type of neurodivergent but not diagnosed specifically. I tend to know a little about a lot of things due to jumping from focus to focus. Queen of Dad jokes, rather blunt since I'm not subtle. Aside from English can speak Latin, some Gaelic, some Spanish, a little bit of Turkish/Arabic, Church Greek and Slavonic, and random phrases in Russian, German, and Italian. I'm ENFP, Ares cabin from PJO if that means anything.

I teach preschool, love children as they're so fun to be around and the possibilities they have ahead are wonderful. I also bake, sew, knit, read tons of books, collect rocks and other nature stuff, tend to the gardens, I sing in my choir, and like to listen to music. Not specific music genres that I care for, more vibes, but been into some Bauhaus lately, along with SJ Tucker and The Dead South.

My faith is important to me, I even am considering pursuing becoming a religious sister at a convent, like a nun.

I do love horror, romantic gothic poetry (Think Poe and the like), analog horror(DOAI, Mandela Catalogue), Dr. Who, bad b movies (think Redletter media level bad), animation in general, HB HH, stuff like that, I read everything and anything so long as the narrative is interesting or the subject is a hyperfixation of mine, such as Religions, Mythology, History relating to late Medieval to Elizabethan, textiles, fantasy, or speculative biology (like thought potato on youtube). I also do dress in character for the Renaissance Festival, people assume I work there as I have season passes for the last 5 years and attend all weekends from open to close.

I tend to be a sweet tooth, love any chocolate, baked goods with richness or chocolate flavors, drink lots of coffee, tea, sweet red wines, mead, rum based cocktails or dark malty beers if we're going alcohol, though I tend to be the driver if I'm going to party somewhere. My giving love language is touch and words, along with acts of service. My receiving love language is words, touch, and gift giving. I love to cook or make gifts for others, usually don't expect it in turn.

I'm loud, maternal, weirdly dark yet wholesome, and able to lift a toilet with my bare hands up two flights of stairs. I tend to talk either like a southern grandma or terminally online weirdo with random swears. When friends have a bad breakup I'm like do you want a hug or does someone have to die?

In relationships I can be very talkative, but also in a sense the less dominant partner. Like, I handle the day to day, but not great at organizing the dates, the stuff like that's more romantic. I'd hope my partner could handle that part. I'm also romantically easily flustered. Like squeaking and burning red in the face from genuine good flirting.

So hope you can find someone right for me, God Bless you dear.

hello claire!! i decided to pair your with…

Lucifer !!

First of, he loves your love of kids, and let’s be real, he probably has a love of kids as well, as much as Charlie is an adult, he would probably eagerly introduce you to her after finding out this tidbit of info

Honestly, to him, you give off very strong, emotional support wifey vibes and honestly he is all in for it haha

Lucifer doesn’t mind that you can be very talkative, infact, he enjoys it.

He tries to make it fairly easy when it comes to planning dates for you, so most of the time, you both just stay in

Also, Luci is definitely someone who gets flustered easily, so you both just end up giddy and smiley at eachothers shy little flirty comments and it’s the most heart warming thing

#hazbin hotel #x reader #mio’s writing ! ☆ #fanfiction #x y/n #hazbin hotel x reader #hazbin hotel x y/n #hazbin hotel x you #x you #mio’s matchups ! ☆ #reqs closed #hazbin lucifer #lucifer magne #lucifer x y/n #lucifer x you #lucifer #hazbin hotel lucifer #lucifer morningstar x reader #lucifer x reader #lucifer morningstar

[blueiskewl]

Nearly 8,000 Medieval Coins and 7 Bronze Age Swords Unearthed in Germany

Volunteer archaeologists found bronze age seven swords and from the 11th century 6000 silver coins in the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Volunteer archaeological conservationists were searching an area in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania when they found the metal fragments, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs said in a Nov. 22 news release.

The seven swords were found in fragments near Mirow (Mecklenburg Lake District). Scientific dating has shown that the swords date back to the Bronze Age. Their age is estimated at around 3,000 years.

Archaeologists reassembled the fragments into seven swords, the release said. A photo shared on Facebook by the ministry shows the ancient weapons.

The swords were likely left in the lowland area as a ritual or sacrificial offering, officials said. Although such deposits of valuable items are not unusual, so many Bronze Age swords have never been discovered in one place in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The seven swords were found in fragments near Mirow (Mecklenburg Lake District). It can be assumed that they came to the surface some time ago when a trench was being dredged and was spread over a larger area with the dredged material. The finders meticulously tracked down the individual fragments, making it possible to put the swords back together almost completely. The recovery was carried out together with an excavation technician from the state archaeology department.

According to the release, volunteers also discovered two other sets of finds, both from the 11th century, in different areas of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

A collection of 6,000 silver coins was unearthed in Rügen, officials said. The find is the largest Slavic coin hoard of the post-war period to date.

The coins were mostly found in a clay pot, but some were spread out nearby. The coins came from a variety of places including western Germany, England, Denmark, Hungary and modern-day Czechia, the release said.

Archaeologists said the variety reflects trade relationships from the 11th century.

Volunteers in the Mecklenburg Lake District also found 900-year-old reliquary containers used to hold religious items. In a pot with around 1,700 coins were neck and finger rings, a pearl necklace (with gold, rock crystal, and carnelian beads), and two reliquary containers that could be interpreted as evidence of the Christian faith. This, in turn, was unusual in an area that was still largely characterized by different beliefs at the time, it was said.

By Leman Altuntaş.

#Nearly 8000 Medieval Coins and 7 Bronze Age Swords Unearthed in Germany #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern #silver coins #collectable coins #silver jewelry #Bronze Age swords #ancient artifacts #archeology #archeolgst #history #history news #ancient history #ancient culture #ancient civilizations #bronze age #middle ages

[eretzyisrael]

The exact origin of the Kol Nidre melody is a bit of a mystery… 

It's been claimed that the melody's roots can be found in German medieval folk music. Others have rejected this idea, arguing that it is clearly of Jewish origin.

There is, in fact, not just one Kol Nidre melody, but a collection of musical themes which came together and settled in a permanent order at some point during the 15th or 16th centuries. 

The combination of the religious setting, the emotional backdrop, and the powerful melody creates a unique psychological atmosphere among those gathered to hear the prayer on Yom Kippur. 

Much of this has to do with the ability of music to reach into the soul, even if the listener cannot understand the words. A few notes are often enough to trigger intense feelings and bring back old memories.

Over the centuries, the Kol Nidre melody has inspired countless musicians and artists, from classical composers to filmmakers to psychedelic rock bands.

See the first comment below to read on…

#YomKippur

The image below, an initial-word panel for the Kol Nidre prayer featuring decorative dragons and mythical beasts, appears in a Hebrew illuminated manuscript made in Germany in the early 14th century. It can be found at Oxford's Bodleian Library (MS. Mich. 619, fol. 100), zoom in here

National Library of Israel

#Yom Kippur #Kol Nidre #Judaism #Jewish

[charlie-rulerofhell]

Hookers and cocaine for the ludicrous Lord

(the title actually translates to “the funny Lord” but it’s an intentional play with an alliteration that they joke about in the podcast, so i wanted to give you an alliteration as well, your’re welcome :))

So, yesterday, the new episode of Met und Moshpit aired, which is a German podcast hosted by two members of the medieval rock metal group Saltatio Mortis. This time with Chris Harms as their guest, and since SaMo and LOTL know each other for quite some time, the whole vibe was just very sweet and entertaining (honestly, for all German folks, check it out, it’s #61 here, you’ll have a great time).

For everyone else, you’ll find a recap below (I marked the keywords for easier navigation, because it got a little longer). Chris talked about lots of interesting stuff, some old stories, some new, so you may also find something that you didn’t know about yet :)

they start with some ESC talk and what them getting chosen as the German representatives means for the music scene (Chris says that they do not see the result as a loss, as both they and other bands of the scene have gained a lot of popularity through it, which makes them very happy. He also mentions that they had a great time with the other artists at the ESC, so they enjoyed it very much.)

during their makeup routine they mostly listen to Scooter and Deichkind

Chris chose Blümchen as a duet partner because they share the same love for Roxette 

about Roxette: They were his style inspiration as a teenager. Because of Per Gessle, he started wearing nail polish and makeup, and because of Marie Fredriksson, he began dying his hair blond. “I was like a chameleon, a mixture between the both of them.”

for ten years now, Chris is regularly writing mails to the management of Roxette, asking for some form of collaboration (”And I won’t stop until I’m dead.”)

some talk about his musical career: playing cello since he’s 5, learning guitar autodidactically, writing his first songs with 12/13; first contact with the Dark scene at around 18, with metal at 20; sound engineering studies at the age of 22

a huge part of the conversation deals with “trueness” in music

about fights between the genres: there’s already too much fighting and war on this planet, we do not need any more unnecessary fights (preach!)

For a while, Chris saw their own mixture of genres more as a curse than a blessing (there was a lot of pressure by other musicians and organisers for musical events to align themselves with one genre). Today, he feels differently (”Our bug became our feature”).

for Chris, the only real “trueness” is to follow your own heart (<3)

some reminiscence of the beginnings of LOTL (about 500 to 700 concerts with basically no income at all, not even having enough money for a hotel room and sleeping on the carpet at fans’ places)

he’s very thankful for the recent success, even though it can still be hard sometimes (like motivating the crowd at the Maiden concert in Finland recently -- however, Steve Harris told him afterwards that this was just how Finnish people were. he enjoys this battle for the crowd’s attention though, and he also talks about how it always gives him a huge happiness boost when he looks over to the sides, and the Iron Maiden members are standing there, listening, vibing .. :))

they gave 622 interviews since the beginning of January 

they’re still trying to keep the balance between bigger concerts and small club gigs, because they also like this back-to-the-roots more intimate settings

about hate comments: Most of the time, he likes to read comments, and he wants to know what fans are writing or if they might have any questions he could answer. Sometimes he has to distance himself, however.

the time after the ESC where thousands of “brown-blue” bigots (basically, the right-wing followers of Germany’s nazi parties) flooded the comment sections, was pretty tough for him, and while reading all those, mostly homophobic, comments he constantly had to remind himself that those people are just a fraction of the population and that not everyone thinks that way

“The hate those people spread says a lot about those commenting not about those that they are making comments about.”

Chris never reads critiques / reviews (though some of the other band members do occasionally, especially when it’s written by someone they know will only write bs). He knows, however, that if he read something like “using such a riff is a huge no-go!”, he would remember that the next time he’d try to sit down and get creative. So bad words don’t hurt him anymore, but he doesn’t want to get influenced by them.

about the two butt plugs paperweights (one with Chris’s face on it) that they sent to the Vatican:

it was more of a crazy idea that resulted out of yet another rant talk about the church and their discriminating teachings, and how the Vatican should “loosen up”, and “open up” a little -- and so the idea was born

they tracked the package and saw that it actually reached the Vatican, even though they doubt that the pope even knows about it (it was addressed to him personally)

the thought that someone in the Vatican actually opened that package to see what’s inside, and might have even taken the paperweights home, is quite funny to them though :D

he also stresses that they are very open-minded and kind guys, they have a priest and multiple muslim people in their friend group and respect every form of faith, but they are also huge critics of the institution behind the faith, that most of the time doesn’t even have anything to do with the faith anymore

some funny prejudices / hate comments about them?

it always makes him laugh when there are two comments directly following each other like (tw: slurs): a German bigot writing “Leftist faggots!”, followed by an American commenting “grandchildren of Hitler”

there were some funny insults over the time like all those that they turned into merch (”Lord of the super super super gay ninjas”, “symbol of a dying scene”, “cheap eco rock band, thrown together by the NDR”) -- for the last one, they turned the bit into charity, donating all royalties from their merch to a project for the reforestation of the rain forest, collecting “a solid five-digit amount”

the funniest hate rumour was probably when someone said that their participation at the ESC was a huge scam, started by Chris’s father who is actually a billionaire and who wanted to push his agenda to the ESC, so he started this project in 2009 years ago, so that it would seem like they were an authentic band when NDR sent them to the ESC 15 years later (”So much work, right? And all that for the last place!”)

really weird “tavern riddle” part about squirrels cuming on someone’s shoulder, lots of puns about bagpipes, and Chris sharing that, once in the studio, he “tried to play the hook line of “My heart will go on” on a bagpipe, but it sounded ... moderately good.”

Chris uses every opportunity to pay Saltatio Mortis a compliment, it’s very sweet, and at the end he shares a story of how his son started Kung Fu and Kendo because of the distinctive dance style of one of the band members of SaMo (Alea) and his “kindness and attentiveness” when Chris’s son went up to Alea and talked to him 

They close off the podcast with the “Disgrace of the day”, where they ask Chris to tell an embarrassing story of their band life. He tells two stories (next to a random anecdote that apparently one of the wheels of their nightliner’s trailer flew off the other day).

the first one is about a woman on tour in Russia, that grabbed him all of a sudden, just when he wanted to get into their shuttle, looked him deep in the eye and asked him ..... for a baby ... (no really, she specifically asked to not have sex for the sex’s sake but for a baby)

the second story also took place somewhere in eastern Europe: They always take a “Lord of the List” with them wherever they go, which is like a list of all the things they need to pack. Because they are stupid idiots from Hamburg, the last item on that list reads “Hookers and cocaine”. So somewhere in eastern Europe, they accidentally had this list lying around, when suddenly someone came up to them, cocaine in their hands, asking: “Here’s your cocaine. Now what about the hookers? How many do you want?” and asking if they had any preferences when it comes to hair colour and such. They went: “We don’t want any hookers!” -- “But it’s on the list.” -- “Yeah, but that’s a joke, it’s just our packing list.” -- “But we could organise it, no problem.” -- “Yeah, thank you, but ... we don’t think we want to.”

Chris ends that part by saying: “Hookers and cocaine is still on the list, but now we make sure that we don’t have it lying around somewhere.”

#lord of the lost #lotl #chris harms #if there's any part of which you'd want a word-by-word transcript / translation or any other interview you'd like to have translated #always feel free to hit me up

[pwlanier]

Reliquary Monstrance with a Tooth of Saint John the Baptist

1433; container: 900/1200

Artist:

Weddeghe Velstede (German, active 1432-73)

container: Egyptian

This reliquary uses the form of a miniature Gothic tower. It makes an elaborate architectural frame for a transparent rock-crystal vessel holding a relic that is identified as a tooth of Saint John the Baptist by an inscription along the base of the reliquary. Rock crystal was highly prized in the medieval Islamic world. Considered a precious stone, it was used to create a number of luxurious secular objects, including this vessel, which was probably originally intended to be a container for fragrant oils.

AIC

[axl-ul]

OC Favorites Tag Game

Thank you @mthollowell-writes for the tag, dear^^

Soft tags: @thesorcerersapprentice @frogqueenofmirkwood @your-absent-father @olivescales3 @mjparkerwriting @myhusbandsasemni @my-cursed-prince and an open tag for anyone else who'd like to join^^

RULES: Share your OCs’ favorite color, shoe choice, season, animal and pastime. The tag some other people.

(Since these OCs are alive either during the early Middle Ages or late 1920s, I'm doing this tag as if they're in a modern AU. Otherwise, it would be pretty difficult for me to do this tag game. But who knows, maybe a little miracle shall happen and they will live up to the modern ages, too, hehe.)

Ulfrika - black, chelsea boots, winter, any sort of an animal (she's a pet mom basically), forest hiking/trekking with her pets and bringing cool rocks and twigs back home and to the local animal shelter

Márgerdra - (dark) mauve, stilettos, summer, a dog (especially the big breeds and most of all wolfdogs), rock climbing and experimenting with new recipes

Xue - pastel green, ballerinas, spring, a cat (especially orange tabby cats), writing poetry while baking sweets

Master Kogar - dark brown (chocolate brown), construction boots, autumn, a dog (fave breed might be a Caucasian Shepard or German Shepard), recreating the medieval weapons (especially swords) in his workshop

Vivienne (previously named Darya) - carmine red, platforms, summer, Indian Ringneck parakeet, knitting little sweaters for her birds while drinking wine

#writeblr tag games #tag games #writeblr #writing community #writeblr community #oc favourites tag game

[schadenfreudich]

Hi!! I come to you since you're my dearest German mutual, and I've been learning German since 2020 and well, I can learn grammar and vocabulary but I wanna find more german (real german, not just textbook german yk) content to listen to and become more fluid!! I'm guessing you might know stuff like music and youtube channels and maybe podcasts and that sort of stuff-? It'd be very helpful! Thanks in advance :3

This is so much, especially music. We just listen to a lot of german music a wide variety. Sorry or you're welcome

Youtubers:

coldmirror: one of the longest existing youtubers, comedy

Spacefrogs: mostly political humor

Iblali: hasn't really been active on that channel but at least was funny

Hand of Blood: comedy and gaming, and weird costumes

Zeo: comedy, mostly speaks in understable german, mostly (Chill deine Basics has a character who speaks in a thick Bavarian accent)

der Heider: haven't actually watched him in a while, also thick Bavarian accent sometines

Klengan: talks about stuff happening on youtube, mostly, last video I remember was about Jeremy Fragrance

Tommy Toalingling: gay, as in he makes a lot of videos about queer topics, also he's gay (this could be helpful if you want to know more about queer terms in german)

Kegy: comedy and also I keep referencing him and no one gets it, also hasn't uploaded in 4 years

Malternativ: in case you want to listen to a german man scream about annoying things (he's funny, I promise)

MiiMii: really hard to describe, weird drawings

Rob Bubble: politic humor, Anti-Webvideopreis (for the worst video of the year)

Podcasts:

Brainpain (by Heider and Klengan)

einer von den Guten (having actually listened to that one, but Zeo is one of them. so it can't be bad)

nicht mehr ganz Twitter (also includes Zeo and the guy who did Iblali)

Lästerschwestern (by Rob Bubble)

I really don't listen to a lot of podcasts, but those exist and the people aren't awful in other media)

Not a podcast, but an audiobook:

Känguru-Chroniken: have you ever wanted to listen to a story about a communist kangaroo and an anarchist artist? Because this is that. It's really funny.

Music:

Comedian Harmonists: you should definitely listen to "mein kleiner grüner Kaktus" at least once. They're old and made what wikipedia calls "volkstümliche Musik"

Cro: rap/pop kinda music, I recommend "Einmal um die Welt" and "Bye Bye"

die Ärzte: punk band, have themes such as death, kink, random gay lines and anti-fascism. I recommend "Junge" and "M&F", just because they're like the most popular songs. But if you want to listen to a weirder song, I'd suggest "meine Ex(plodierte Freundin)", way too happy for the fact that he's talking about his girlfriend exploding.

Die Prinzen: A cappella, "alles nur geklaut" is very popular and the funniest song to get cover

Die toten Hosen: punk band, our syskids really like "Walkampf", maybe a little too much. "Tage wie diese" and "Altes Fieber" are quite popular. Also "zehn kleine Jägermeister", just be aware the source of "zehn kleine [word]" is racist, if you choose to look that up, not this song, just the original one.

EAV (Erste Allgemeine Verunsicherung): they were an Austrian punk band, so if some words are confusing, that might just be because they're Austrian. Also "Ba-Ba Banküberfall", because it's really funny.

Falco: also Austrian, Neue Deutsche Welle, you should listen to "Rock me, Amadeus", "Egoist", "Dance Mephisto" and actually basically every song. We just really like Falco.

Glasperlenspiel: electro-pop, "geiles Leben" and "Echt" are really great, also "Traumtänzer" and "Legoschloss"

Haggefugg: medieval rock, "Daheim" and "Märchenwald"

Heldmaschine: industrial metal, sound similar to Rammstein (they have a song about that)

Herbert Grönemeyer: rock(?) singer, I recommend "Männer" and "Kinder an die Macht", also "etwas warmes" (that one's gay)

LaBrassBanda: So Bavarian they were Lederhosen in every picture, but they have an entire album they recorded in a cow barn, so I had to mention them

Mark Forster: pop, very popular, "Au Revoir" (and on that note, Sido, I guess) and "Chöre" are great

Max Giesinger: pop, "Wenn sie tanzt" is very nice

Megaherz: Neue Deutsche Härte, they have a cover of "Rock me Amadeus", and also "Schwarz = Religion" is great

Musica Immortalis: medieval music, I saw them in person, they only have 60 monthly listeners on spotify but they are so so good. Like, "Kraken" and "der Sturm", wonderful.

OOMPH!: one of the first bands under Neue Deutsche Härte, there is so much, so I'll recommend albums this time. "Des Wahnsinns Fette Beute", multiple queer songs, crossdressing, being scared of your own homosexuality and public gay sex with a sailor. Also one song about suicide. "Ritual", a lot of pain and suffering, also a song titled "TRRR - FCKN - HTLR", which does include the line "terror, ficken, Hitler" being shouted multiple times.

Reis Against The Spülmaschine: parodies, also only three songs but they're incredibly funny

Schattenmann: Neue Deutsche Härte, some quite explicitly sexual songs, but they're good. Like "Choleriker", which isn't about sex but is about violence and anger issues

Tanzwut: Neue Deutsche Härte but also medieval

The toten Crackhuren im Kofferraum: punk, all women, great, wonderful, I recommend "ich und mein Pony" and "Punkrock hat mir das Herz gebrochen"

Voxxclub: also very Bavarian, it's great 👍

Nena: Neue Deutsche Welle, especially "99 Luftballons" and "Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann"

And this is more so specific songs that were a very formative experience when we were 12-15:

"ne Leiche" by SDP, Sido (yes, it's about a corpse)

"Willst du" by Alligatoah (sounds like a love song, but it's about drugs)

"Über den Wolken" by Reinhard Mey (this one is just nice)

"Monsta" by Culcha Candela (we call it the german monsterfucker song, because that woman is a literal monster and he's like "even better!")

"Major Tom (... völlig losgelöst)" by Peter Schilling (this one's sad)

"Die Da!?" by die Fantastischen Vier

"Nur ein Wort" by Wir sind Helden (just a love song)

"Stadt" by Cassandra Steen, Adel Tawil

"Perfekte Welle" by Juli

"Vom selben Stern" by Ich + Ich

"Skandal im Sperrbezirk" by Spider Murphy Gang (be aware it's about prostitues and the language is a little outdated, but the song is good)

I don't think I have to tell you about Rammstein, but also "Mann gegen Mann" is gay

#no seriously. this is so much and we just kept going #the german comedy youtubers are why our humor is the way it is. that and känguru chroniken and a few old comedy movies #comedy movies that also influenced the comedy youtubers. at least in part #that's not really relevant #hope that helped. it's at least a start. i think #i did listen to at least some of brainpain. yes #-franz

[apenitentialprayer]

Joseph taking care of the Infant Christ while Mary studies Torah. Besançon Book of Hours, 15th Century.

German Christmas plays composed by and for devout laypeople in the late Middle Ages routinely portray Joseph as a man who performs tasks that contemporary audiences would have understood to be women's work. In effect, Joseph mothers the newborn Christ child. The scene of Joseph singing a lullaby and rocking the cradle of his infant foster-son first appeared in devotional practices before being taken up by medieval pictoral art and drama. [… These scenes] portray Joseph as a man who performs a number of tasks typically understood to be women's work. He tends the fire, offers refreshments to thirsty visitors, and provides childcare such as rocking the cradle, heating milk or porridge, bathing the baby, and singing him to sleep. The notion of Joseph as domestic caretaker is not limited to these performance practices; it became a common element in the iconography of late medieval Nativity scenes as well. A painted retable from the central Rhine valley dating from around 1410 and a woven antependium from the upper Rhine valley dating from 1501 depict the elderly Joseph cooking porridge for his wife and foster-child over an open fire, while a miniature in a lavishly decorated Book of Hours probably produced in Delft circa. 1415-1420 portrays him drying diapers before the hearth. A lengthy list of similar examples could be compiled at will.

- Stephen Wright ("Joseph as Mother, Jutta as Pope: Gender and Transgression in Medieval German Drama"). Bolded emphases added. Similar examples include:

the above photo, of course.

The Master of Hohenfurth's depiction of Joseph preparing a bath for the infant Christ, mid-14th century.

a 15th century Nativity miniature depicting Joseph cutting pieces of his clothes to make a diaper.

#Catholicism #Christianity #Christmas #Nativity #Holy Family #Virgin Mary #Jesus Christ #Saint Joseph #Sweet Baby Jesus #iconography #fatherhood #Monsignore and Child

[clouds-of-wings]

I don't even know what my top albums of the year are, but here are some I discovered this year that I really liked, so that I don't come across as ONLY a hater. Linking my fav track, or one of my fave tracks, on YT every time.

Molllust - Mother Universe (A glimmer of hope in the irradiated wasteland that is symphonic metal at present. Also one of the four female-LED metal bands I know. Like with a female composer! Such wow!)

Knights of Heliopolis - Ferrum Fero Ferro Ferror (ditto about the hope thing. Also they have an operatic bass frontman and holyyyyy shiiiit that is the best thing ever! I keep fangirling about this band but they used to be called "Phoebus the Knight", so that's the tag that's in.)

Nostra Morte - Sin Retorno (A flicker of light from the NON-wasteland that symph was 12 years ago)

Silent Opera - Immortal Beauty (ditto. Oh how I wish for soothing rain and some fucking OPERA VOCALS in the fucking OPERA GENRE. Why is symph metal full of COWARDS and CASUALS? I know I sound like Holden Caulfield, but that's because he's right and my role model.)

Nanowar - Dislike to False Metal (Power Metal, Nanowar being awesome as usual. I link perhaps one of their less surprising songs bc I'm a sucker for that Rhapsody stuff but plz listen to the whole album, it also has tracks like this - great variety really, and greater wtf! I gently pat Gatto's head and wonder what he will do next, clearly he's called Cat for a reason.)

Elina Garanca - Habanera (These are just some famous arias, but her voice is really nice! Dark-voiced mezzo-sopranos rule the world!)

Snowy Shaw - White is the New Black (I have been listening to this so much lately. Somehow I always ignored his solo work after the Notre Dame stuff except for some of his singles, but this album is actually really really cool! I don't know which genre it is lol. Metal Archives says "Heavy Metal", but that doesn't really describe it so well. Snowy has a lot of personality, and so does his music. Just click! You may not even regret it!)

Wolfenmond - Can't pick an album... Galdra (EP!) I guess. Folk metal or medieval rock with a woman who doesn't get forced to sound cute.

Grendel's Sÿster - Myrtenkranz Heavy metal / folk metal with a woman who REALLY doesn't get forced to sound cute. As SATW said, women should be respected, but sister Germany should be feared. Damn straight. This is an EP, same music first in English, then in German.

Kornalyn - Intemporel (French acoustic folk, revolutionary communist and anarchist songs. This guy is a folk song recording MACHINE and I like almost everything he releases.)

Therion - Leviathan 3 (I still wrestle with this album. A lot! I also know from past experience that in retrospect I'm more likely to regret not including it than I am including it.)

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I also watched like 20 operas this year in an attempt to be a little less of a poser in the genre. I don't know which I would recommend the most. Wagner's "Die Walküre" touched me the most, both in terms of story and of pure epicness of the music. Kinda wiped the floor with everything else :/ It seems Wagner is the only one in opera who isn't shit at plots. Lohengrin also had a good story! Vivaldi's "Juditha Triumphans" (not technically an opera but an oratorio, but really I don't care, it's basically an opera) and Bizet's "Carmen" (I'm not linking that, there are 8945098340 good recordings, just find one that looks appealing to you) had the most pleasant music.

I also liked Alessandro nell‘Indie by Leonardo Vinci (no relation). I link my favourite scene. Don't worry about the lack of English subs, the plot is 4 hours of soap opera. They did a very traditional staging of this, like back in 1730, which means it's all countertenors and sopranists, half in drag. Thus it pairs nicely with the all-female Vivaldi one above. Back when women were real men who led armies and men had fake boobs or danced under falling rose petals singing about love, LIKE GOD INTENDED! TRADITIONAL VALUES!

#folk metal #symphonic metal #heavy metal #folk music #music recs #music #blehhhh #opera #The Opera #my back is aching that's why i'm typing like this #at least i'm non-basic #i think nanowar and therion are the only somewhat famous bands in that list #except for the operas #i am basic there but that's bc i'm only just working through the classics #molllust #knights of heliopolis #nostra morte #silent opera #nanowar of steel #elina granca #snowy shaw #wolfenmond #grendel's sÿster #kornalyn #therion

[bonefool]

the frontispiece page of an 1808 edition of "Tales of Terror. A Gothic horror story collection. When this book was first published, in the 1790s, was the peak of this genre. The gothic literary movement involved a mixture of romantic features connected to medieval stories, (hence the term Gothic) but combined them with contemporary mores and references. Wealth, Monstrous nobility, dead loves and family, secret societies, and of course, supernatural creatures were all popular features. Many of its most popular authors were women, most famously Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in 1818. European culture was rocked by violent revolutions, including the future USA, France, and Haiti, as well as the rise of urban industrialization and the scientific discoveries. Even as the most fortunate of the public were starting to experience some of our current confidence in the power of mankind, this dark and unreal literature fed the human hunger for romantic mystery and powerless suffering . It had cultural impacts in the English, French and German speaking worlds that influence many to this very day.

#gothic horror #skulls #skeletons #tales of terror #bonefool