#metallica matching icons

[overcaffeinated-underwhelmed]

aight y’all…

i’m p crossed rn and had a thought as i mindlessly swipe thru tinder bc why not

and like what if i made my bio “nobody hot ever likes me… prove me wrong” and it seems so shallow but makes me giggly

and it feels so eddie!coded, but like reverse.

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after smoking w his bandmates after a gig, the group sits around, passing a bowl, and discussing the wonderful world of online dating. gareth raves about this super hot chick that matched with him on tinder, he's totally into her even though their conversation has simply consisted of him saying "hey!" and her replying "hi." jeff tells him he's being stupid, he doesn't even know the girl, let alone know if she's REAL. 

eddie stays quiet. he has a tinder account, which he made a couple nights ago after band practice, after passing around a (fairly large) bowl. the guys all agreed to create tinder profiles. they all laughed about what they were going to put in their bio. gareth thought something (definitely inappropriately) funny was the way to go. jeff thought something (sickly) sweet and heartfelt was the only way to get matches. the two bickered back and forth like an old married couple for far too long. 

eddie tuned their nonsense out. he thought to himself and decided something simple and straight to the point was enough. it's not like he even wanted to create this account, right? eddie built his profile, with photos of him and the band at the Hide Out, him shredding guitar at a band practice, and him and the hellfire guys joking around and laughing. he leaves his bio simple but (hopefully) a lil funny.

"eddie. lead singer. guitar. metallica. dio. ozzy. d&d.

nobody hot ever likes me... prove me wrong.”

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You had been drinking a lil bit tonight. You met some coworkers for drinks after work and had a few. However, when you got home, you decided you could go for another drink. You reached into the fridge and grabbed a cold beer. You cracked it open and took a big swig. 

You realized you were still in your jeans, the buttons and waistband digging viciously into the skin of your stomach. You groaned slightly as the bottle swiftly made contact with the granite countertop beneath you. Letting go of your (much needed) drink, you unbuttoned your pants and made your way to your bedroom. You shuffle the tight denim down your legs as you cross the threshold into the bedroom. You quickly change into some loose sweats and an over-sized t-shirt, before making your way back to the kitchen to grab your drink. 

You’re snuggled deep into the corner of the couch, wrapped in a fluffy blanket, knees almost against your chest, feet rested on the edge of the couch. You’re mindlessly opening, swiping through, and closing random apps on your phone, wrists rested on the top of your knees. Some reality tv show plays in the background as you come across the long-forgotten Tinder app on your phone. You subconsciously bite your lip before pressing the pink icon. What could a lil swiping hurt?? you think to yourself as you glance over the first profile that pops up. 

You’ve been swiping left for what feels like forever, almost getting bored of the swiping. Just as you’re about to give up and close the app, a picture catches your eye. Your eyes fixate on a bright smile that meets the warm brown eyes of its owner. A weird feeling, almost like a… flitter?.. goes through your chest. You can’t even remember what you were about to do before seeing the picture of this incredibly attractive man on this godforsaken app. You drag your thumb along the screen of the phone to scroll through his profile. Some of his pictures are, undoubtedly, sexy as hell. I mean, who doesn’t find a musician sexy? You stop scrolling and read his bio. 

"eddie. lead singer. guitar. metallica. dio. ozzy. d&d.

nobody hot ever likes me... prove me wrong.”

You giggle to yourself, thinking the second line is a flirty quip. Without giving a second thought, you swipe right on the profile. He was attractive, seems interesting and funny, what’s the harm?

A small gasp leaves your mouth as the screen displays an audacious celebration screen stating, “It’s a Match!”

After what feels like several minutes (but, in reality, was probably a few seconds), you press on the icon, obnoxiously displaying “Message Eddie Now!” 

“there’s no way that’s true” you type back, pressing send without thinking. 

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Eddie lightly gasps when he sees the notification pop up on his lock screen. 

“Y/N messaged you!” 

He quickly glances around the room, making sure no one noticed his reaction. The guys continued rambling on about the size of the crowd at their last show. 

He swiftly presses the notification before it disappears, the screen quickly displaying your profile. Eddie takes a deep breath before opening the chat. He really did not expect to even match with someone, let alone be messaged by them first. He had haphazardly swiped through over a 100 girls that night he created the profile. He remembered how he swiped right on only a handful of girls, not many catching his attention. 

The notification made his heart pound in his chest as he opened the chat log, reading your message. The insecure part of him was scared it was a mean joke, maybe you knew who he was and thought it’d be funny to humiliate him and make him think someone like you would actually swipe right on him. Eddie’s mind spins and heart thumps loudly, numbing his other senses. 

“there’s no way that’s true” he reads. 

He blankly blinks as he stares at the message, confusion clouding his brain. What? What’s not true? he wracks his brain. It takes him an embarrassingly long time to realize your message was a response to his bio. He initially tries to convince himself that you’re calling his bluff on being a musician, but he just knows that that’s not what you meant. His stomach churns violently as he re-reads your message and scrolls through your profile, over and over again. 

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You feel oddly nervous after sending that message. You’re usually pretty relaxed when messaging guys on these apps, it’s not like you expect to find anything even remotely real this way. The intense, new feelings are overwhelming, which makes this entire moment overwhelming. The seconds pass by, feeling like hours, as you wait for a reply. Several minutes pass by without a response. You feel a sense of sadness deep within you as you stare at the dark screen of your phone. You’re being ridiculous. This is just an APP, your mind screams to you, trying to fight those feelings of rejection, loneliness, and sadness filling your chest. Who’s to say he’s even REAL? your brain screams within you. 

You took a few deep breaths, trying to push those thoughts as far away from your mind as possible, subconsciously dropping your phone to your side. You feel some of the tension fading from your shoulders and upper back, taking a deep breath in and letting it out after a few seconds. Your body and mind are slowly relaxing, limbs beginning to feel heavy and you focus on your breathing. You can feel that familiar sense of sleepiness beginning to blanket your body, slowly creeping up your body, starting at your toes. As the feeling begins to reach your abdomen, a ding matched with a sharp buzz comes from beside you. You’re pulled out of your trance, hands immediately searching the surface of the couch beside you. Your fingers grasp your phone, fogginess starting to clear, but as your brain fully wakes up, you feel your heart speed up. You raise your phone to your face, unlocking the screen and reading the message that appeared.

“what’s not true? i promise i only speak the truth”

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After he hit send, Eddie’s stomach dropped and he regretted his entire life thus far. Why the fuck did I say THAT? That was the stupidest response he could possibly think of. He continues spiraling silently while the guys around him yell and shout about who knows what. Eddie feels so stupid and like it’s the end of the freaking world. He has literally never felt like this before. He thinks he’s going crazy. Like, what else could it be?

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You read his reply and feel a sudden wave of confidence, all the alcohol you’ve consumed tonight lowering your inhibitions. 

“well, if you only speak the truth, then consider me proving you wrong”

You bite your lip as you hit send without a thought. You quickly lock your phone and toss it to the other side of the couch. 

Once you actually start thinking about your reply, your stomach drops and you slowly start panicking. Why would you say something like that… What if he doesn’t think you’re hot? What if he accidentally swiped right? What if…? your mind just kept going. You started regretting even opening the app on your phone, regretting drinking at all tonight, regretting pretty much every decision you’ve ever made in your life.

As the seconds ticked by, slowly becoming minutes, you felt that sense of rejection and loneliness begin to consume you again. Shit. You fucked up again. This is why you don’t fucking go on these apps. Your despair suddenly turns to frustration. Why are you like this? How do people flirt? What the hell am I even doing? Your mind keeps reeling. After several seconds of deep breathing, you think to yourself, “At least you don’t ever have to meet him if you don’t want…” which gives you some comfort, but not enough. You spend the next several minutes talking yourself down, bringing yourself back to reality. 

Ding!

Your eyes snap to the phone discarded at the other end of the couch. You’re scared to touch it, like it might burn you. You’re terrified. Of what, exactly? You’re not sure… You’re absolutely terrified of rejection. But you’re also incredibly anxious about the thought of him flirting back. 

“proving…me wrong…? i don’t understand… I’m sorry” 

You giggle to yourself, once again holding the phone in your hands. His cluelessness is almost endearing. You start to wonder if he doesn’t spend much time on this app… or maybe he’s playing you… maybe he…

Stop. You think to yourself, before taking a deep breath. You pause for a second before pushing all thoughts away and just acting. 

“well, you said nobody hot ever likes you… and… i’m here to prove that wrong.”

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Eddie chokes on literal air as he reads your reply. Luckily, his bandmates are now arguing about the last campaign and no one noticed. 

Eddie literally feels like he could piss himself out of sheer panic. His mind was full of static, his tongue felt dry, his body didn’t even feel like it was a part of him anymore. 

His fingers start acting on their own accord, Eddie’s brain still full of fuzz. 

“and what makes you think i think you’re hot?”

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You actually laugh out loud as you read his response. You immediately start typing up a response. 

“Well, 1) we matched and 2) you’re still talking to me” 

A warm feeling goes through your body, giving you the confidence to tack on “also, i think you’re hot”

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Eddie reads and re-reads your texts. He can’t believe what is happening right now. A sudden unfamiliar feeling rushes through him, almost making him feel like a teenager again. The feeling overtakes all of his senses. He can feel it deep within him. 

This is real. I can’t fuck this up. A voice he doesn’t recognize whisper to him. The voice was familiar but held a certain level of confidence and determination in it, which he certainly did not hold himself. The voice continued whispering all around him. Reply. Don’t mess this up. This is special. Don’t fuck this up. Don’t think. Just do.

Before he could really think, his fingers started typing up a reply.

“well, i guess if you think i’m hot and i think you’re hot, we should probably do something about that.” 

Eddie pressed send before he could second-guess it. 

Ding! You had replied faster than he had expected. 

“we probably should. sooner rather than later.” 

#eddie munson #eddie munson x reader #modern!eddie munson #modern!eddie x reader #stranger things #fanfic #stranger things fic #munson x reader

[schlattsdoll]

I’m heartbroken over the finale… but, as I was watching it, I was thinking what if the reader and Joseph were dating and the readers in the music business and Joseph asks her questions to build Eddie’s knowledge a bit. also, if u want to include this in a separate imagine or something but do one where the reader and Joseph are watching the finale and the reader has no idea what’s gonna happen. Sorry for the long request. I couldn’t figure out how to word it

don’t fret it - j. quinn

:pairing: joseph quinn x fem!musician!reader

:warnings: minors dni, very bad fingering jokes, joseph quinn being a golden retriever boyfriend, slight s4 spoilers, you are responsible for your own media consumption!!

:notes: get it?? it’s a guitar pun

you didn’t fully understand why joseph was asking you to help refresh his memory on guitar, let alone why he was focusing on some of the hardest solos known to man

“eddie’s in a band love, i wanna make sure i’m up on my knowledge so it flows better.” he smiled and kissed your cheek, crossing you to grab a guitar. “plus, it’ll help with some… other things.” he winked and started to tune up the guitar

“since you already know the basics, im just gonna give you a quick crash coarse and then i’ll try teaching you some songs.” you grabbed your fender and started to tune it up, ignoring the comments he made.

quick refreshers turned into you two going back and forth shredding, trying to match and one up each other, then trying to guess the riffs.

the next few days after that you heard a few different riffs being played, practicing for something. you knew you should’ve questioned him when he told you not to come to set with him but, decided to take the day to work on your own music, since the duffers asked you to help make a cover for season 4

the day it releases, you’re cuddled up with joseph, watching intently when all of a sudden he’s on top of eddie’s trailer and you hear a familiar start to one of your favorite songs ; master of puppets. your jaw drops as the camera zooms in on your boyfriend’s ring clad fingers, strumming away to the iconic metal song.

“holy shit baby!! you nailed it!! this is why you asked me to help you and why we started with metallica?” you paused the tv immediately and turned towards him. “surprise angel. i knew you’d love it. annnd i think you’ll love another skill i’ve managed to pick back up from playing.” he smirked as he pulled you down on top of him, and the show was forgotten for the night

#joseph quinn x reader #joseph quinn imagine #joseph quinn smut #joseph quinn fluff #joseph quinn fanfiction #rpf #joseph quinn rpf

[gerogerigaogaigar]

Boogie Down Productions - Criminal Minded

The story of Boogie Down Productions is necessarily a two part story. I'm not sure if the follow up album By All Means Necessary is on this list. It should be. In 1987 only a few months after releasing this album DJ Scott La Rock was killed in a shooting while trying to break up a fight. Criminal Minded is typically seen as the first gangsta rap album. It introduced the exaggerated kayfabe of kids with guns shooting each other over Petty squabbles over which borough is best. BDPs second album By All Means Necessary is a stark stripped down album with serious lyrics about inner city violence and other socially conscious themes. Scott La Rock's fingerprints are all over both albums in very different ways. Criminal Minded is full of camp bravado and the beats are matched to that energy. A little cheesy and a lot of heart La Rock chooses samples that keep the mood light despite the violent subject matter. And both La $ock and KRS-One will often devolve into silly little riffs on completely random songs (Hey Jude by The Beatles and It's Still Rock And Roll To Me by Billy Joel). It's a light and cheesy album that still shows off frank depictions of life in the Bronx while also ahowcasing the talents of KRS-ONE, D Nice, and of course DJ Scott La Rock.

Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

By the time Kraftwerk hit the scene electronic music had already existed for decades. But before Kraftwerk it was mainly the realm of experimental mavericks and there was little commercial interest outside of a few oddities. With Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk found themselves refining their sound in a more ambient and minimal direction. Tracks average six minutes a pop and feature rolling soundscapes of mechanical synths. The songs take more influence from minimalist composers and feature melodic ideas that slowly evolve over a long run time. It's an amazing album although it definitely overshadowed by the follow up album The Man-Machine which makes this one look like a warmup.

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger

This was Willie Nelson's eighteenth album, but the first where he had full creative control. The result is a sparsely arranged concept album about a man trying to get away with the murder of his wife and her lover. The use of perfectly placed covers of country classics interspersed with original numbers to tell a coherent story is incredibly well done. And the stark instrumentation makes every single note feel significant. Every sorrowful guitar solo and walking bass line communicates as much story and emotion as the lyrics themselves. This is one of the greatest masterpieces in all of country music.

Daft Punk - Discovery

Where Daft Punk's debut Homework featured very traditional Chicago style House music Discovery evolved the sound into something completely new. The rigid mechanical grooves are replaced with a new, softer sound influenced by pop and R&B. Naturally fans of their first record hated it. In fact hating the newest Daft Punk record is kind of a tradition in the fandom. The instant commercial hits that were One More Time and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger are well known but the album is loaded with catchy enjoyable tracks from start to finish. Whether it's the buzzsaw arpeggios of Aerodynamic or the slow balladry of Something About Us, the albums deep.cuts hit just as hard as the hits. Not to mention Too Long, my favorite Daft Punk song, which is a sprawling ten minute prog house epic.

Metallica - s/t (the black album)

After riding high as one of the greatest thrash acts of all time Metallica finally hit the mainstream by putting out one of the most tedious and boring pieces of shit imaginable. Yeah Enter Sandman has a pretty iconic riff, well one good song doesn't make a good album. Literally everything after that sucks and it's the opening track. The album is a slow plodding mess that is constantly on the verge of becoming the thrash metal version of a Cinderella ballad. And let's not forget the overtly libertarian song Don't Tread On Me! Fuck this cringe ass album. I scooped the cat box right after listening to this and I'd rate that as a better experience than listening to the black album.

Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality

Master Of Reality provides the blueprint for all slow, sludge, stoner, and doom metal to come. The guitar and bass are down tuned and the sound is chuggy which hugely influenced later bands looking to make their sound heavier. The opener, Sweet Leaf is the original stoner metal song. And the acoustic interludes, Embryo and Orchid are definitely echoed in the slow acoustic intros to a million death metal songs.

Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos seems to be working through some emotional baggage here, but my god is it the most overwrought garbage I've ever heard. Plodding piano ballads come one after another only occasionally pausing to become interesting. Little Earthquakes wants to be meaningful so very badly. It wants to be Hounds Of Love so very badly. But where Kate Bush can craft evocative beautiful music and lyrics Tori Amos produces melodramatic piano ballads and lyrics that feel like chatgpt trained on Kate Bush songs. I'm gonna say it again just to be mean: listen to Kate Bush instead.

John Coltrane - Giant Steps

After an iconoc tenure in most of Miles Davis' groups in the 50s saxophone legend John Coltrane set out as a solo artist. Giant Steps wasn't his first outing as a bandleader but it was the one that cemented him as the jazz artist of the 60s. The performances are monstrous here super special credit goes to Paul Chambers on bass for not just being able to keep up but for doing it with flair. The real thing about this album though is the chord changes. Coltrane pioneered a series of chord changes that used third intervals to keep the root of the chords equidistant from each other resulting in a loss of tonal center. The songs rapidly change keys and wind up being famously difficult to improv over, and that's before the frenetic pace of many of the songs comes into play. You may not understand any of what I just said, but trust me your brain can hear the effects. It's beautifully disorienting and you have no choice but to give in to Coltrane's whims, trusting that he knows where it's going

#500 album gauntlet #boogie down productions #kraftwerk #willie nelson #daft punk #metallica #black sabbath #tori amos #john coltrane

[squadrah]

what are la squadra wearing for halloween when they're hitting the town?

Thank you for bailing me out, now's my chance to deliver late Halloween fun times! :D I'm actually going to go a number of ways here - I'm going to remind everyone of their costumes as depicted by that one official artist, and then add some of my own ideas!

Okay, so here's the art (had to hunt it down manually and scroll for half an hour but it was totally worth it):

And now I can give some of my own ideas!

Risotto:

Random costume: I feel like he's the perfect candidate for dressing as a Cenobite, since Metallica can help with any of the metal "accessories" like the nails on Pinhead.

Sexy option: I would love for him to dress up as a Pillar Man. Not even one of the few we know, just a generic interpretation of one.

Mundane Halloween option: "Man helping others reach the tall shelves at the supermarket"

Formaggio:

Random costume: I think he should dress up as a leprechaun, go to a party, and gradually shrink as people are getting drunk to mess with them. Bonus if he has a pot of "gold" to lead people to.

Sexy option: I feel like he should do us all a favor and take a crack at Margot Robbie's Harley Quinn.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy who's dissatisfied with his haircut but cannot bring himself to tell the barber"

Prosciutto:

Random costume: This is too much in the vein of the art above, but I feel like he would make a really good Lestat from Interview With A Vampire; it's just an iconic and elegant look.

Sexy option: I want him to do the world a favor and go as Marilyn Monroe in that one white dress. You know the one.

Mundane Halloween option: "Project manager losing his mind over a tight deadline" / "Old man inspecting construction work"

Pesci:

Random costume: My first thought was that something like Conan the Barbarian would look good on him - just an excuse to really try on a different fur trim and show off his guns.

Sexy option: The random option is already halfway there, but he can't go wrong with a scantily clad wrestling outfit.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy who had his order mixed up at the fast food place"

Ghiaccio:

Random costume: I envy him because White Album could technically make him an armored costume so he could go as a Pacific Rim Jaeger pilot if he wanted to and that's just magical to me.

Sexy option: Best option is probably dressing as a beach guard because he can flex if there's a pool.

Mundane Halloween option: "Jogger waiting in line at the store to buy mineral water"

Melone:

Random costume: This is such a random thought indeed but what if he went as a member of Daft Punk with a cool custom helmet that could emote for him (powered by Baby Face, perhaps.)

Sexy option: I feel like he deserves a slutty teacher costume and a hand pointer to brandish at people.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy trying to dye streaks into his own hair at home"

Illuso:

Random costume: For him I would love something iconic like the Goblin King from Labyrinth (his Stand actually reminds me of the armored goblins from the movie.)

Sexy option: He would absolutely rock a Playboy Bunny outfit complete with high heels and his hair down.

Mundane Halloween option: "A guy who can't remember which pocket he put his keys in"

Sorbet and Gelato:

Lumping them together because they would want to match.

Random costume: I will die on this hill - they should go as Morticia and Gomez Addams, respectively, because I think they possess the energy required and it gives them leave to make out in public.

Sexy option: Imagine them dressing up as an extremely hetero couple from a romance novel cover and posing for pictures.

Mundane Halloween option: "Two guys who collided and spilled their drinks on each other"

#jjba #la squadra #risotto nero #formaggio #prosciutto #pesci #ghiaccio #melone #illuso #sorbet #gelato #squadrah headcanons #squadrah original #mannn this was fun i can't believe i had so few halloween things before

[nightingaleflow]

The sand siblings

Aahhh you spoil me little nonnie <3

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~GAARA~

Favorite thing about them

His resilience and growth. He worked his ass off to become a better person and went from a traumatized murder gremlin to a great leader. And I love him for that.

Least favorite thing about them

Bro would you stfu about Naruto for two seconds

Favorite line

“When did all of you forsake yourselves?”

BrOTP

Quite literal here, but Kankuro. I firmly believe after Gaara’s change of heart, he and Kankuro became super close.

OTP

I refuse to pick just one, so: Gaara/Lee, Gaara/Sakura, Gaara/Chojuro, and Gaara/My OCs(Aki and Holly)

NoTP

As previously expressed, Gaara/Naruto.

Random headcanon

Gaara’s skin is super soft from the exfoliation/sun protection from the Sand Armor.

Unpopular opinion

Gaara should have been the one Sakura ended up with in canon.

Song I associate with them

Enter Sandman by Metallica. Do I really need to explain this one?

Favorite picture of them

~TEMARI~

Favorite thing about them

She kicks ass and takes no prisoners.

Least favorite thing about them

Her personality in Boruto. She’s so unpleasant, and she mistreats both Shikamaru and Shikadai in a way that I imagine was intended to be funny, but it just isn’t.

Favorite line

“Be prepared. A date with me can be quite a drag.”

BrOTP

Temari and Sakura would 110% get along so well. It would be a “sister I never had” sort of relationship.

OTP

Temari and Shikamaru. Yes I am ignoring Boruto why do you ask.

NoTP

Temari and either of her brothers. Don’t make me get the spray bottle.

Random headcanon

Temari and Shikamaru had sex for the first time while checking out the hot spring for Naruto’s wedding gift.

Unpopular opinion

Her match against Shikamaru in the Chunin Exams was the coolest match of the entire arc.

Song I associate with them

She’s Like The Wind by Patrick Swayze. If that song isn’t 100% Shikamaru looking at Temari I don’t know what is.

Favorite picture of them

~KANKURO~

Favorite thing about them

He just goes for things, serious or not. My brother was kidnapped? I’m about to cross a whole ass desert and beat up these guys myself. Another village is gonna give Naruto an awesome gift? Well our gift is gonna be AWESOMER.

Least favorite thing about them

The puppets are creepy and I hate looking at them.

Favorite line

"Sasori, your strength came because of your soul, not in spite of it."

BrOTP

Once again, Gaara. You know once he was given the opportunity, Kankuro loved playing the big brother role for Gaara.

OTP

Kankuro/Omoi. No I will not be taking comments at this time.

nOTP

Kankuro/Kiba. Sorry, it just doesn’t work for me.

Random headcanon

Kankuro is a bisexual icon.

Unpopular opinion

I hate his facepaint in Boruto.

Song I associate with them

Master of Puppets by Metallica. There was a fanfic I read that called Gaara and Kankuro “The Metallica Brothers” because of Enter Sandman/Master of Puppets, and the association has been stuck ever since.

Favorite picture of them

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Thank you for the ask nonnie! <3

Give Me A Character Game

#I love how the picture for all three came from the wedding episode #Blank Period best period #Gaara #Kankuro #Temari #Sand Siblings #ask nightingale #Naruto #anon #ask box

[mozzarella-stickz]

Stranger Things Original Character: Sylvia Young Headcanons

Warnings: NSFW stuff, mentions of toxic friends and bullying

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- first off, she and Eddie have known each other for years (Sylvia was 8, Eddie was 10)

- they met when Sylvia and her mother first moved to Forest Hills and Wayne and Eddie came over to welcome them

- was kind of scared of Eddie at first but after he stood up to some bullies for her, they became best friends

- Eddie was a little pissed off at her when she got to high school and decided to join the cheer team, he felt betrayed

- Sylvia is really only friends with a few, like Chrissy and then some other decently nice girls named Veronica and Jane

- ends up quitting the cheer team before senior year because of the bullying

- after quitting cheer she joins Hellfire full time, Eddie makes her a special pink Hellfire shirt

- Sylvia super girly with a quirky twist

- her fashion icons are Molly Ringwald and Mia Sara

- her favorite book is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

- she was named after the author, her mother is a very eccentric feminist that Sylvia adores

- best subject is English (duh)

- has a walkman that Eddie got for her for her 18th birthday

- Sylvia’s birthday is July 2, 1967

- Sylvia’s favorite album is Bella Donna by Stevie Nicks

- Other than Stevie Nicks, she likes Blondie, Fleetwood Mac (duh), Kate Bush, The Beach Boys, Journey, and The Beatles

- Eddie got her into some more hardcore bands like Black Sabbath, Dio, and Metallica

- her favorite movies are The Outsiders, Footloose, and Sixteen Candles (…guys I almost put Girls Just Wanna Have Fun and then stupid me remembered Shannen Doherty is literally in that movie…)

- sits with Hellfire everyday, lost her seat privileges one time because she dissed Lord of the Rings

- Sylvia and Gareth are lowkey besties, they have a sibling friendship type of thing

- Because of her friendship with Dustin and Mike through Eddie she becomes decent friends with Robin, Nancy, and Steve

- Ok to canon timeline

- Chrissy goes to get the drugs because she asks Sylvia, they are still friends despite Sylvia not being on the team anymore

- Sylvia somewhat knows what’s going on with Chrissy’s mom and then the ED, but is too scared to say anything (much like Lucas with Patrick)

- of course we all know what happens to Chrissy :(

- Eddie and Sylvia both get blamed for the murders, Jason makes up some batshit idea they sacrificed Chrissy together

- they have to hide together :( poor baby is still in her cheer uniform too

- Sylvia feels MEGA guilt for Chrissy, especially for running away and not saying anything to help her

- while in hiding they end up confessing their feelings

- Y’all saw that coming don’t even lie

- they have sex for the first time in the boathouse, it’s sweet even if it sounds rlly gross

- when they get stuck in the Upside Down it’s really scary

- and when they have to go fight Vecna? Horrifying.

- in this universe Eddie lives because I do what I want!!! And Hopper comes back and clears both of their names :)) and Jason is dead!!!

- Sylvia goes to Chrissy’s mother after the ordeal, screams at her for being a horrible mother

- I’m sad now back to happiness

- Scared to perm her hair but a few times a week she wears curls her hair all big with an iron and wears curlers to bed so she gets the big curls

- Eddie has multiple polaroids of her with them, she thinks she looks stupid but he thinks they’re adorable

- Wayne adores Sylvia, and Sylvia’s mother Laura adores Eddie

- they celebrate holidays together!!

- for their anniversary Eddie get’s her a ring that match’s his :)))

- That’s all I just love them sm

#eddie munson #eddie munson x oc #stranger things season four #stranger things #eddie munson x female reader #eddie munson x reader

[cyarskaren52]

Every Rage Against The Machine album ranked from worst to best

When Rage Against The Machine's incendiary debut album was unleashed in the winter of 1992, it felt like an atomic bomb being set off at the heart of the metal scene. Matching the snarling bars of talented rapper Zack de la Rocha with the earth-shaking riffs and experimental eccentricities of guitarist Tom Morello, anchored by the powerhouse, groove-driven rhythm section of bassist Tim Commerford and drummer Brad Wilk, it was unlike anything else in alternative music at the time.

By the end of the decade and following three more studio albums, Rage Against The Machine's time as a creative output was already done, the band split up and with three quarters of its members soon to team up with Soundgarden's Chris Cornell under the banner of Audioslave. Nonetheless, in a recording career even shorter than The Beatles', Rage Against The Machine changed heavy music forever, and their influence is felt as keenly now as it was thirty years ago.

Here is the band's explosive back catalogue, ranked from worst to best.

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4. Rage Against The Machine – Renegades (2000)

Covers albums can be hit and miss affairs, but fair play to Rage Against The Machine, Renegades hits the target way more than it misses. The lead single was a fattened-up groove through Afrika Bambaataa’s classic Renegades Of Funk, but whether they’re going gangsta rap on Cypress Hill’s How I Could Just Kill A Man, hardcore punk on Minor Threat’s In My Eyes or garage rock on The Stooges Down On The Street, Rage prove they can adapt without losing any of their own identity. The true highlight though is their brilliant re-imagining of Bob Dylan’s counterculture war cry Maggie's Farm, which brings some musical muscle to fit those seething lyrics.

3. Rage Against The Machine – The Battle Of Los Angeles (1999)

Coming in 1999, three years after the release of Evil Empire, it was a new musical climate that RATM found themselves returning to. The blueprint of rap and hard rock that they had perfected had been co-opted by the hugely popular nu metal bands of the time, but Rage still stayed ahead of the game. The Battle Of Los Angeles is maybe not quite as consistent as the first couple of albums, but it remains a brilliantly powerful piece of work all the same, with the swirling march of Testify, the rhythmically dexterous Calm Like A Bomb and the bouncing, crushing Sleep Now In The Fire (complete with its iconic video where Rage shut down the Stock Exchange) all becoming definitive moments in the band's career.

2. Rage Against The Machine – Evil Empire (1996)

Seen as a bit of a dip at the time of release in 1996, it’s good to see that RATM’s sophomore album now gets the dues that it richly deserves. It’s really only due to the fact that it followed one of the greatest albums ever made that it has to take the silver medal here, and even then, it is only by the very smallest of margins. Evil Empire is a phenomenal record, spawning mega hits like Bulls On Parade and People Of The Sun, but it’s when you dig a little deeper that you can really get the genius of this record. Songs like the psychedelic punk of Revolver or the scattergun jazz of Down Rodeo are as good and as experimental as anything Rage have ever written. It might be number two here, but this is still a ten out of ten album.

1. Rage Against The Machine – Rage Against The Machine (1992)

One of the most revolutionary albums in the history of music, the 1992 debut album by Rage Against The Machine remains legitimately groundbreaking and utterly perfect. By the early 90s, rap and rock had started to become closely linked, but no one could have seen the amalgam of the two styles being so perfectly realised as it is here. It’s really no exaggeration to say that almost every track on Rage Against The Machine has gone on to become an anthem of the era which still stands up today; Know Your Enemy, Bullet In The Head, Freedom, Bombtrack and, of course, Killing In The Name, there are plenty of bands who have released greatest hits albums that couldn’t hold a candle to the track listing here. Morello’s unique guitar style, the perfectly synched, tightly wound rhythm section and De La Rocha’s furious and intelligent raps...you’d not change a single second of this record, an all-time great.

Since blagging his way onto the Hammer team a decade ago, Stephen has written countless features and reviews for the magazine, usually specialising in punk, hardcore and 90s metal, and still holds out the faint hope of one day getting his beloved U2 into the pages of the mag. He also regularly spouts his opinions on the Metal Hammer Podcast.

With contributions from

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Motley crue stole hanoi rocks

#Motley crue stole hanoi rocks movie#

#Motley crue stole hanoi rocks movie#

So the movie is just pure lies and bollocks again. Hollywood bullshit.’ Sami was passed out on the sofa, and Vince’s pregnant wife, who was on her seventh or eighth month. When I saw that movie, or clips of it, I was, like, ‘I don’t wanna see the whole movie. You know what really happened? We were in a two-bedroom apartment. When it was mentioned that the circumstances surrounding the collision were exaggerated in both the “The Dirt” autobiography and biopic, Andy said: “Like the party in that movie, the MÖTLEY CRÜE movie, in some mansion. But no, this motherfucker - I don’t care to mention his name you know who he is - had to show off his second-hand fucking ugly Pantera, which ain’t even a nice car to me.” Referencing the two people who sustained lifelong injuries in the accident, Andy said: “People forget about those two. MÖTLEY CRÜE singer Vince Neil was responsible for the death of Razzle due to driving while intoxicated with the HANOI ROCKS drummer and causing a serious accident while going for a beer run in December of 1984. You just don’t wanna make a buck for yourself. If you’re European like me, it’s something you don’t do. The guitarist was also asked about MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s decision to title their box set “ Music To Crash Your Car To“, to which he responded: “I thought, and Michael Monroe thought, was the tackiest title, thinking about what had happened… That was in real tacky, bad taste. I don’t lie, like Nikki Sixx, through my fucking teeth.” When it was noted that Andy is “so open” about his feelings about MÖTLEY CRÜE, McCoy said: “I speak the truth, mate. In 2008, Nike released a commemorative "Dunk High" sneaker that was colored to match the theme of the album cover - different shades of green, snake print and red.Speaking about MÖTLEY CRÜE‘s current North American run of shows on “ The Stadium Tour“, McCoy said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “Yeah, their 25th goodbye tour or something. In the end it was inspired by drug dealers." Feelgood,’ but a whole different thing lyrically. Feelgood." He told Rolling Stone around the album's 20th anniversary, "It had a whole different theme to it. Sixx, who wrote pretty much all of Motley Crue's music, had an entirely other set of lyrics for the song "Dr. The title-track was originally much different. In the song "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)," there is a line that says " I knew it all along / I'd have to write this song / Too young to fall in love / Guess we knew it all along," which is a reference to their early hit "Too Young to Fall in Love."ĥ. Producer Bob Rock worked with Motley Crue on the album, and Tommy Lee's stellar drum sound inspired Metallica's Lars Ulrich to hire him to produce The Black Album. He eventually lost his license.thank heavens. Jacobson was known for administering amphetamine to prominent clients like the Kennedy's, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and more, via injection. Max Jacobson by the Secret Service during John F. So, the band cleaned up before getting into the studio and really channeled their energy into the music, which can obviously be heard. It was their first album recorded sober.īetween the aftermath of Neil's crash and Sixx's death scare, reality finally started to set in for Motley Crue - if they didn't get their shit together, their career would be over, and they could end up dying (permanently). Here are 10 facts you may not have known about the album.ġ. They may not be an active touring band any longer, but the legacy of Dr. But they eventually got the core four back together, embarked on a final world tour after signing a cessation-of-touring agreement in 2015 and released the biopic The Dirt earlier this year. The band had a brief period with John Corabi on vocals and Tommy Lee exited for a period as well. It's been a long 31 years since the iconic album came out and closed the decade with a bang. While the self-titled track and "Kickstart My Heart" revolved around the band's struggles with addiction and Sixx's death scare, anthemic tracks like "Rattlesnake Shake," "Same Ol' Situation (S.O.S.)" and "Don't Go Away Mad (Just Go Away)" became instant fan-favorites as well. 1, 1989 and is viewed by most as the band's strongest album to date.

#Motley crue stole hanoi rocks

[damage-incorp0rated]

matching icons for you and your awkward friendgroup

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free to use, you don’t have to like or rb unless you want to but it would be appreciated if you did

#metallica #james hetfield #lars ulrich #kirk hammett #jason newsted #matching icons #metallica icons

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matching metallica icons

#metallica #james hetfield #kirk hammett #lars ulrich #jason newsted #matching icons #matching pfp

[dogboy-mustaine]

i have nothing better to do, so here’s a tinyvernon icon post, part 1 out of idk (some have words in ‘em.. idk if they’ll be totally visible tho lol)

Cliff

Dave

Matching icons 4 u & ur jaymz/davey loving mutual <3

Lars.

#ok this is probably the last tinyvernon post i’ll make #tinyvernon.. thank you for your crazy ass dave ‘em all comics #that was the true hidden treasures #metallica #dave mustaine #jaymz #lars ulrich #cliff burton #icons #matching icons #tinyvernon.. my beloved madman <3

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kirk hammett & lars ulrich matching icons

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#metallica #kirk hammett #lars ulrich #kirk hammett icons #lars ulrich icons #icons #do not claim as your own or i will drop kick you into the morning sun #also who wants to match w these icons #pls i beg i'll be kirk i just wanna match who else wants to

[kaeda-the-wolf]

This is just a bit of an intro to the band.

This story was first created between myself and a dear friend of mine. We wanted to write a fun fanfic story about a bunch of different metal bands. We created our own characters, picked a band name, and decided we wanted to try and write the wildest story we could following the characters. Ten years later it's evolved into this thing that lives rent free in our hearts, mine especially. We got some 40 or 50 chapters in on the original draft and after complications of the site it was originally posted on crashing, which caused us to lose 5 chapters, plus getting caught up with life, it sat and collected dust for a while.

While it was shelved, we still constantly discussed ideas and characters and finally, about 5 years ago, we sat down and really plotted the story out, revised some things, and created a new character or two. We got so far into a re-write before life got in the way again. With permission of my lovely friend, I've taken the story over, because we didn't put so much love into this for it to just sit and not have anything be done with it. That said, for the first 12 or so chapters, anything that's written from River's POV, I cannot take credit for.

Everything from about that point on will be written by me, though it was planned in great detail by myself and my friend.

As I said this is a fanfic, featuring more than a few of our favorite bands. We've taken some liberties with this, of course, and therefore I feel a need to ADAMENTLY state that nothing in this piece of writing has ever happened and that everything is entirely a work of fiction. This piece is meant to be a love letter to heavy metal, to these bands, and to the art of storytelling. Maybe one day I'll take the time to sit down and reimagine this little world that my friend and I have created and turn it into something completely original, but it is definitely not this day.

All that said, I do hope whoever picks this up enjoys it.

Content Warning: this has a little bit of language. It's just a bit of an intro.

Word count: 695

River

Stockholm, Sweden

The lights dimmed in such a way that made the energy peak in a matter of heartbeats. The crowd’s voice rose as one, a mighty roar with a chant echoing behind it:

“Memento Mori!”

A mantra repeated again and again. 

Remember that you will die. 

Harsh, but undeniably true. We all succumbed to the harsh realities of life with the only certainty being that everyone would, in fact, die in the end.

But though that was the only certainty of the future at this point, I chose to divert my eyes to the present, to the sliver between the curtains where thousands of emotional faces conjoined with their chanting. Bodies of all ages and sizes and backgrounds here to marvel at our gift.

Scott handed me one of my guitars, a Kirk Hammett signature ESP (fitting for the song about to be played), customized only to feature my signature camo paint job. I looped the leather strap over my neck, letters scrawled “RY”. River Young. The joke was that the initials were my name so the crew found it appropriate to identify me as Ry. But the strap was my first, worn and scathed from years of travel, given to me by a man I owed my life to. “Good luck,” Scott said and we clasped hands in a second of comradery, guitarist and the tech who kept her life organized.

Low thrumming came from Oblivion’s bass guitar and I forced myself back to the present again, the screaming of the crowd demanding my attention. The first of our brigade had snuck up on stage without their detection. I made my way up the ramp to the back of the stage, Tygo—our fearless and indescribably patient manager—slapping my hand in a low-five as I went by. The drums, a steady beat of snare and symbols, joined the thrumming, the pulsing, my own heart rate picking up to match the tempo.

Before I was even fully on the stage, I began strumming out the solid riff of Metallica's iconic Orion. Jess’ guitar doubled mine as we both strutted onto the stage, the lights coming up in a blinding wave. The screaming intensified.

“Are you motherfuckers ready to party?” Jess called into her microphone as I took a stand to her right. The crowd’s volume rose. In a Children of Bodom tank topped with a leather jacket, black tendrils falling down her back, she looked like a well-entitled member of metal royalty. “I can’t hear you!” More clamoring for recognition.

I begin to strum out the chords, fingers dancing down the neck of the guitar, letting the strings sing. Oblivion hammered on his bass across the stage from me, the humanized representation of his instrument. Broad shoulders, long thick pitch black hair, chiseled facial structure. This song was one of his favorites; you could see it by the intensity in his expression, tightness in his shoulders.

His twin brother, Avaalon, matched the pace with his drums, crimson hair whipping around his head as he jammed out from the back of the stage, our insignia proudly displayed on the bass drum. A grinning grim reaper, Memento Mori painted in blood red across it.

Kristian had appeared last, tapping out the notes for his own keyboard arrangement, making the whole song sound a bit more on our end of the genre. Symphonic metal with the traces of death metal that Jessii thrived on. Kris, the only one with short hair—almond colored—already grinning like it was Christmas morning as his fingers charged away across the white surface of his keyboard.

As my own hands continued their job, I marveled at these individuals as if it were our first time performing together. All so different, all so very wounded and beat up from life. We were a little fucked up and alone to start with, but what brought us together is also what helped us heal. And that’s what came from the guitars, Oblivion's bass, Kristian's keys, Avaalon's drums, and Jessii's voice; the music we had been making together for the last four years. I was not looking at band mates or even friends. They were my family.

#I Wanna Be Somebody #Memento Mori #Fictional heavy metal band #fictional characters #original lyrics #MY original lyrics #Jessii #River #Oblivion #Avaalon #Kristian #Tygo

[happymetalgirl]

Who did it better? (#1)

In the interest of livening up this blog and shaking up the homogeneously review-oriented content, I’m kicking off a casual little series that I thought of a while ago that I think can spark some interesting comparisons. A lot of song titles are shared by multiple artists, especially one-word titles. As is pretty self-explanatory by the title of this series, I’m simply comparing several pairs of songs from different artists that share a title, and decide who did it better, starting with a face-off between old-school and new-school death metal through two titans of the genres:

Sepultura vs. Behemoth: “Amen”

Both these songs come from acclaimed, fan-favorite albums from the heights of both bands’ careers. And while both tracks are solid features of their respective albums, I think the sheer energy and grandiosity that the Behemoth track has edges it out on top over the more standard old-school death metal Sepultura track for me. A more iconic cut from Chaos A.D. might have won Sepultura the prize, but this matchup kind of just presents, through a couple of random samples, the progression and improvement of the genre. The first win goes to Behemoth, on to the next match-up.

Dream Theater vs. Five Finger Death Punch:  “Never Enough”

Both of these bands have their share of detractors, Five Finger Death Punch obviously with the heftier bunch, myself included in that group, and both songs fittingly deal with the unbreakable dissatisfaction of other people. But “Never Enough” lands on opposite ends of the bands’ respective catalogs; for FFDP, it’s one of the of the bonus tracks that caught on from the 2008 re-issue of their 2007 debut album before they became the unbearable pandering act they are today, while for DT, it’s eight albums in on the front-to-back prog metal success, Octavarium. The Dream Theater song finds the band dipping its toes into the electronic alternative rock of Muse with surprising comfort, and even though it’s eclipsed by most of the album it’s on, it still outdoes the passable, but formulaic FFDP bonus cut.

Sevendust vs. Periphery:  “Alpha”

If you exclude the “Juggernaut” portion of the Periphery album, both of these are title tracks, Sevendust’s closing their sixth album. This one, far and away, belongs to Periphery, Juggernaut: Alpha capturing the band at their most meticulous, passionate, and unabashed, and the bold move of the title track’s poppy, yet emotive melody paid off in spades. Sevendust’s alternative metal version of “Alpha”, unfortunately ends the album they titled after it on a drab, formulaic note that pales in comparison to the bombastic Periphery song.

Swans vs. Metallica: “Better Than You”

Alright, now we’re including a band not really considered to be in the metal sphere, Swans, up against one of the greatest of the greats. And while Swans haven’t ever released anything that’s been classified as metal, their contribution to the 80’s “no wave” movement through their incredibly noisy and abrasive early output, particularly their debut album, Filth, and especially by the day’s standards, has had its influence on the metal world. Around the same time, Metallica were making their massive, legendary contributions to heavy metal’s movement away from glam toward the enthralling ferocity of thrash. But neither of these songs come from the bands’ most aggressive eras, but rather their departures from their earlier sounds during the 90’s. The Swans song opens up Michael Gira and company’s full transition into cerebral post-punk on 1991’s White Light from the Mouth of Infinity, and Metallica’s is one of the more upbeat numbers from their 1997 head-scratcher, Reload. Ultimately, the Metallica song serves as a refresher of just how energetic and not-that-bad Metallica was during their more rockin’ moments on Load and Reload, while the Swans track serves as a reminder and representation of how awkward Swans’ transition into their second phase of their career was. While some of their fans swear by it, I’ll take the more abrasive stuff before it or the more sprawling post-rock experimentation that it grew into any day. While it’s definitely not their best song either, I’d rather listen to Metallica’s “Better Than You” 9 times out of 10.

Breaking Benjamin vs.Three Days Grace:  “Home”

As common as one-word titles are, I feel like these bands are still probably just two of many in the alt-metal world to make songs titled “Home”. The concept of home is just so ripe with potential for angst-y situational reflection or broader societal reflection, impossible for alternative metal bands to avoid. But I went with these two artists because I feel like they are some of the more prominent in the genre, and both songs are under-the-radar debut-album hits among fans. The Wizard of Oz-themed Breaking Benjamin track captures the band at their most creatively creepy and heavy, while the juicily angst-y Three Days Grace track rages at the fractures of a distressed relationship between cohabitants. While the Three Days Grace “Home”, I think, does outshine the album’s other (ironically)-iconic single “I Hate Everything About You” and while Breaking Benjamin’s version doesn’t really eclipse the fan-favorite banger, “Polyamorous”, I still prefer the Breaking Benjamin track for its creativity and emotional dynamic.

Ghost vs. clipping.:  “Body and Blood”

While I am certainly more of a Ghost fan than a clipping. fan, “Body and Blood” pits clipping. at some of their best against Ghost on their sophomore slump. “Body and Blood” is one of the more naturally fun catchy songs on the largely overthought Infestissumam, but the punchy industrial energy of the clipping. dance number is just too much to override. It’s like clipping. putting up their star player against one of Ghost’s reserves, so not much of a surprise with the lopsided contest there.

Avenged Sevenfold vs. Mutoid Man: “Afterlife”

I definitely enjoy both of these artists’ songs, and the albums they appeared on. The more recent Mutoid Man song is the shorter of the two, and unfortunately one of the more hum-drum thrashy stoner metal tracks on the otherwise excellent War Moans, whereas Avenged Sevenfold’s track is a live staple that served as the driving lead single to their polarizingly mainstreamed, but retrospectively heralded self-titled 2007 album ten years before Mutoid Man’s version of the song came out. And as much as its formulaic verses and choruses gave fuel to all the band’s detractors, the single is a fine example of infectious 2000′s alternative metal with lots of extra classic heavy metal melodicism. So I’m going with A7X on this one.

Gojira vs. Red:  “Death of Me”

Two sophomore-album bangers square off over the “Death of Me” title, one of my favorite artists whose unique approach to progressive death metal has earned them the deserved attention they enjoy now versus one of the most underrated bands of 2000′s alternative metal whose version of the song highlights their aptitude with symphonic elements in comparison with their contemporaries as a lead single off their sophomore effort. And this one is tough, because I also find Gojira’s The Link to be an underrated part of their catalog, chocked full of unusual but tasty rhythm that rivals even Meshuggah, and “Death of Me” is one of several highlights from that record. With its energetic string melody and climactic build-up bridge to an emotive vocal melody, I think the Red track takes the cake by just a hair, but both tracks showcase well their respective artists’ quality.

Soulfly vs. Meshuggah:  “Bleed”

I had to end with this one; my bias definitely leaks through on this match-up, but it’s undeniable how iconic and influential Meshuggah’s “Bleed” has been since its release, undoubtedly Meshuggah’s most iconic song whose triplet drumming has been ripped off by an entire genre. For Soulfly, “Bleed” kicked off a new era and commitment to nu metal for Max Cavalera in fiery fashion, and it’s one of Fred Durst’s more tolerable moments, but compared to how much of a movement Meshuggah’s spawned and how instantly recognizable, impressive, and groovy the Meshuggah song is, it’s no contest.

[malinov-kompot]

I'd totally get matching icons with you but y'know I've got my disgusted cat + metallica album theme going on

I know, don't worry 😌💕💕⚡

[saint-patrice]

Tuukka Rask for the photos please!

this one was also requested by @tuukkaflask40 - thank you both!!! the goalie love is long overdue

Note: a few people have said they like these posts, so i’m happy to take requests if there’s a particular player you’d like to see! see this page (i don’t think it works on mobile because tumblr is a burning shitpile, sorry) for details, and a list of ones i’ve done so far :) i have quite a few requests rn, but feel free to keep em coming! 

is there any other way to start this post? one of the most iconic photos in recent hockey history, and an amazing moment (even if massively infuriating). i vote we get a statue of this made and put it up outside TD Garden, alongside bobby

he is one scary, scary man. i’ve come to the conclusion that hockeyplayers are either too stupid to have fear, or have the biggest balls.because i, for one, could not get on the ice and face this without crying, throwing up, or perhaps both

(gif via @so-hockey-eh) HOWEVER! he is actually a lovely guy, as demonstrated here with his adorable daughter!!! i love how she’s so young but already knows what tuukka is like on the ice lmao. seeing Big Scary Hockey Men™ with their tiny children is always such an experience 😭 extremely cute, 10/10

a wonderful image of pasta loving and appreciating his goalie - something i hope we are all doing on a regular basis. after all these years of continually proving himself as Elite and breaking all kinds of records, sports media still try to talk shit on him, which really is unfortunate because he deserves all of the praise and all of the appreciation all of the time, because we really would be lost without him!!!!

haha issa baby

he is Not Amused. tuukka always appears to have a vague disinterest in whatever scene is unfolding in front of him and i love that. he just doesn’t give a flying fuck   

further proof that he does not care: this interview. i’drecommend you watch the video, it’s about 2:15 in, but someone asks both Tuukka and Patrice a question, and Tuukka just points to Patrice, who then explains “Tuukka’s just here.” what a legend

(gif via @puckducky) although he is very scary, i cannot bring myself to be physically intimidated by him, he’s just so lanky. and i know that he could kill me in a variety of ways with extreme ease, but i just look at him and i’m like… you cannot hurt me noodly man. maybe that’s how he gets em though - get people to underestimate his strength and then bam!! …who knows.

he is also a legend off the ice. i dare you to find me someone else who would describe their crowd as being ‘plenty lubed up’

yet another example (around 1:20). tuukka really was representing every bruins fan in this moment 

this one feels like an unlikely friendship if i’m honest, but i’m a fanof it. this is so grinchy i’m sorry tuuks

(gif via @martieblogsstuff) definitely a favourite playoff moment -p*rron trying his best to intimidate our finnish brick wall, but tuukka is having none of it, just giving him that slightly depraved smile in return, knowing full well he could break that boy’s spine if he wanted to. i fucking love it. also sometimes i forget how sick his goalie mask is but damn it’s cool

actual question - do other teams do this christmas thing, or is it just our particular bunch of idiots? this is quite the outfit, but at last the pants match the jacket (lookin at you, brad). bonus points for matching scarf i guess

(gif via @gaudreau) i think about this literally every day of mylife. it’s fantastic. an excellent moment to show off the all round chaotic and dumb nature of the boston bruins

(gif via @lesbiandebrusk) okay real talk, i am a supporter of that white jacket,he suits it. tuukka always has this look in his eye that tells me he knows something i don’t. it makes me nervous

what in fresh hell is this… i am so uncomfortable

(gifvia @goaliefight) yes!!!! despite what shitty sports journalists have to say about him, this team loves tuukka so much. they know he saves their asses when they’re having an off day, and makes them look even better when they’re having a good one. and he loves them sm too so it’s just very sweet all round

paint me like one of your finnish goalies a quick aside about the physical spectacle that is nhl goaltenders though - they are so unreasonably flexible in a way i can’t quite express. i competed as a gymnast for almost 9 years, and some of the stuff they do blows my mind. not to mention they’re doing it all effectively wrapped in a duvet? (at least that’s how i imagine it feels with all that padding) we really don’t give them enough credit

contemplating the pros and cons of which opposing player he should brutally murder first

he is looking very pleased with himself, and rightly so

this one sent me - what a badass. tuukka does the best press stuffbecause he, apparently, just does not give a shit what he says. here he is, absolutely thrilled at only having to answer 2 questions in an interview one time

Murder Contemplation Time™

i will leave you to enjoy this young, sweaty, and windswept tuukka

thank you for the request!! i hope this did mr tuukka rask, brick wall and metallica superfan, at least partial justice becuase god knows he deserves more credit 

#please god let this fucking post #this must be my 8th attempt looool #bruins photos compilations #Anonymous