#I hate that there is a metal band called Gojira I hate that

[ghostradiodylan]

What type of music would the counselors listen to?

I know some of my mutuals have answered this question before and I'm sure my headcanons will be influenced by theirs, AND I'm also significantly older than the counselors so they're probably listening to gen z stuff my late millennial ass doesn't even know about but here goes nothing!

Laura So much SIØBHAN! Just kidding. Laura feels like two completely different characters in the game so I have a hard time deciding what I think spunky but straight-laced, ‘this is my first cop,’ over-achieving pre-vet student Laura Kearney would listen to vs badass avenging murder spree Laura Kearney (but maybe she always had that inside her). Part of me wants to say, like, 80’s pop (Prince, Blondie, Tiffany, Michael Jackson, Pat Benetar, etc.) and part of me wants to put her in the hard rock/metal zone with Ryan. Maybe she’s a bit of both.

Max I believe it was Addie (@insertlovelyperson) who said Max would listen to country music where women murder their cheating or abusive husbands. That tracks to me. Maybe it's the use of Alma Cogan's version of 'Fly Me to the Moon' in the game, but I also tend to associate him with crooner type singers of the 40's and 50's (Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, Dean Martin, etc), which is what I said he'd choose for karaoke. And because of this fanart I have no choice but to HC him as a major Ariana Grande fan, he's probably the one who chose the music for the drive to camp. So. Max has range.

Abi is the K-Pop/J-Pop stan to me but I know so little about that music beyond the crossover bands like BTS that I can't speak to it a whole lot. I think she'd also like some emo, pop-punk and moodier alt/pop. Avril Lavigne, Paramore, Melanie Martinez, Florence and the Machine, Metric, Lorde, Halsey, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Billie Eilish, Phoebe Bridgers/boygenius, etc. I feel like she's really into female fronted bands for some reason.

Jacob likes pretty much whatever is on the radio. He's a top 40 guy and has no shame about his enjoyment of Ed Sheeran and Justin Beiber, or about ugly crying to Taylor Swift and Coldplay. He rarely listens closely to the actual lyrics (and often gets them humorously wrong), he just goes on vibes. He discovers half the music he listens to via TikTok (not that there's anything wrong with that).

Emma is a theater kid through and through and loves broadway musicals. She goes through phases with each popular one. She's had a Waitress phase, a Mamma Mia phase, a Wicked phase, and a Hamilton phase, of course, and now she's into Mean Girls, Heathers, and Hadestown. Beyond that, I think she'd be a dedicated Swiftie, big Adele fan, and a lover of Britney Spears's entire body of work from the 90's through today.

Nick probably listens to stoner bro music. Like jam bands and psychedelic rock and stuff. He probably likes Dave Matthews Band and the Grateful Dead/Dark Star Orchestra, Sublime, Widespread Panic, Tame Impala, and O.A.R. Googling jam bands to remind myself which ones exist led me to the knowledge that there's an Australian psychedelic rock band called King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and that name is so bonkers that I've decided without listening to more than a few bars that it has to be Nick's favorite band.

Ryan is a little bit emo and a little bit goth and a little bit old school punk. He needs music that's loud and moody to help sort out his feelings about life and drown out all the excess noise inside his head. He's into metal, the harder side of emo/screamo, goth rock, hard rock, punk, and post-punk. He definitely listens to Nightwish, GOJIRA, Mastodon, Lacuna Coil, Linkin Park, Rage Against the Machine, Bauhaus, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Deftones, Thursday, Alkaline Trio, My Chemical Romance, AFI, Bad Religion, Black Flag, Minor Threat, The Misfits, Ramones, etc. He doesn't hate more accessible pop and rock music, but the closest he gets to choosing it for himself is probably something like The Cure or The Smashing Pumpkins or Depeche Mode, maybe some of the creepier Weeknd songs and Muse tracks too heavy to go on the Twilight soundtracks. He and Abi listen to Babymetal together.

Kaitlyn classic rock and 90's alternative. This girl likes the Stones more than the Beatles, though she'll listen to both. Led Zeppelin, Joan Jett, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Black Sabbath, the occasional hair band. She especially loves the 90's girl rockers like Alanis Morisette, Garbage, Hole, Veruca Salt, and No Doubt (Kaitlyn can't believe Gwen Stefani is married to pop-country dork Blake Shelton who sings that song about being your honey bee, because Gwen used to be so cool [I'm definitely not projecting]). I feel like she'd also love Bikini Kill and Sleater Kinney, Le Tigre, and The Donnas.

Dylan is the Music Guy ™ (and my personal bias/url namesake), so I've admittedly thought about his musical tastes more than most of the others'. The official Quarry website mentions his 'deep musical knowledge' and I imagine he has pretty broad views on what constitutes good music. He's got kind of a vintage vibe to him, maybe it's the reproduction band shirt from 1988, or the fact that he's into analog technology, or both, but I've noticed he's often depicted playing Queen or Bowie or something of that era in fics, which I think is realistic. This kid goes to the used record store and just buys whatever looks cool.

Fun Fact: According to the datamine, the chapters originally had literary or musical quotes at the beginning of each, and Chapter 5: White Noise (the radio hut chapter) was originally headed by the opening lyrics from Queen's 'Radio Ga Ga':

He's also the only character we see play music in canon, so we know he likes... songs from random compilation albums with inexpensive royalties. XD Just kidding, but these are the diegetic (in-universe) songs we get to hear from Dylan's playlist at the bonfire party:

All pop music of varying subtypes, so we know he appreciates a well-crafted pop song. I honestly am a fan of all of these. I think Dylan genuinely listens to everything but he seems like the type to especially like alt and indie pop, classic rock, garage rock, a bit of the more melodic side of punk, emo, and pop-punk, new wave, synth pop, electronic, and a little bit of hip hop that’s sufficiently nerdy white boy friendly (probably Beastie Boys, Run the Jewels, Post Malone, emo rap like Blackbear, etc). I also tend to gravitate towards early-mid aughts indie for him, like MGMT, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes, OK Go, LCD Soundsystem, etc. Just seems to match his vibe. I think he'd really like BØRNS, Hozier, COIN, Mitski, and K.Flay and probably have a fair amount of overlap with Ryan's more melodic picks (MCR, Muse, The Cure, etc). Dylan probably hates Morrissey but begrudgingly loves The Smiths and definitely cranks up The Killers in his car. He’s also listening to bands right now that you’ve never heard of but will be huge in a couple years. He can probably tell you the difference between subgenres like chillwave, dream pop, and shoegaze but don’t ask me about it because I have no fucking clue.

Since we’re on the subject, here’s my absurdly long and ever-growing Rylan/Radioheads playlist because I have a problem.

And my Sweet Summer Jams playlist, that’s just a bunch of random songs I think would be clean enough to play at a summer camp as long as the kids/your boss don’t ask too many questions.

[justinhubbell]

I was listening to the Dead Meat Podcast (a horror podcast on youtube or wherever you get your podcasts) and found the latest episode is on Godzilla 1954! It's a really great dive into the culture surrounding the original movie's release and I was reminded of your love for Goji, so thought I'd shoot you a recommendation 💚

Oh no...not again...

I have a joke about Godzilla that I often tell, and though that is how it’s meant to be taken (as a joke) it rings true for me. Ready?

In total there are 32 Godzilla movies, and one of them is good.

Now before you get your breeches in a bunch hear me out. This fact doesn’t lessen the Godzilla franchise by any means. In fact—if anything—it strengthens it. What other movie can you possibly name with 31 sequels? There is none.

Every Godzilla fan knows that the point of these movies was not to best the original 1954 “Gojira,” but to make stacks on stacks on stacks on stacks...

...with the consequence being that all other Godzilla movies are more or less delightfully campy. In other words, bad.

When Gojira was made Toho Studios—and the Japanese economy at large—was hanging on by a thread. With Gojira they had lightning in a bottle and you better believe they C A P I T A L I Z E D on that -ish! But make no mistake...

Gojira 1954 is the best Godzilla movie ever made.

In no other Godzilla movie is the loss of human life taken so seriously. In no other Godzilla movie are the ramifications of nuclear experimentation presented with such deadly sobriety. This is not just a monster movie. It is a time capsule. It is—in my mind—a legitimate horror film. This movie is violent and the violence is not treated as entertainment.

THIS scene from Gojira makes me cry

THIS scene from Gojira makes me cry

The “Prayer for Peace” song by a children’s choir—you guessed it—makes me cry

[Note: Shinkichi‘s near-death rescue off the coast of Odo Island also makes me cry but I couldn’t find a still of it]

Make no mistake at its core Gojira 1954 is a film about death.

In no other Godzilla movie do we HEAR the monster is before we SEE it and the reveal is I C O N I C

ICONIC ICONIC ICONIC. EYE. CON. ICK.

And BELIEVE me when I say that I haven’t even gotten to the film’s score yet and I’m not going to because HERE is my main point and I’m TURNING HEEL

When Godzilla 2014 was in the works [I was] thrilled like most people, but wary. As it turned out I think the “snub nosed thicc boi” design they came up with is pretty much excellent.

But when I saw the movie I was beside myself with ANGER when story implies that we (Americans) were testing nuclear weapons off of Japan not to kill people but a monster.

This revisionist history is heartless and insulting and we did it to the original film ALSO

Entire scenes from Gojira 1954 were stripped from the American release and replaced because of so-called “Anti-American sentiment.” I still have a place in my heart for the The Raymond Burr “adaptation” because—like so many before me—it was my first introduction to Godzilla. But for them to carry out the same crap in 2014 broke my heart and for this reason

I do not consider American Godzilla movies canonical in the slightest.

They are pro nuclear. They are pro military. They are anti history. We sacrifice TOO MUCH in the name of entertainment and frankly a line was crossed with me that can’t be undone. And If I sound like a stick in the mud I don’t give a damn. HEEL TURN.

NEVER forget that Legendary tried to kill Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi‘s “Shin Gojira”

They wanted us to ONLY watch their version. They made it DIFFICULT to watch that movie in theaters! You might have missed it! and so it was ESPECIALLY delicious when despite American Capitalist tampering Shin Gojira went on to be one of (if not the) highest grossing Godzilla movie since King Kong vs Godzilla 1962 (please don’t get me started on this movie) HALLELUJAH HOLY SHIT WHERE'S THE TYLENOL!!!!!

[x--daughters-of-darkness--x]

FEAR FACTORY's DINO CAZARES Recruits ONCE HUMAN's LAUREN HART For DIVINE HERESY Project

FEAR FACTORY guitarist Dino Cazares has recruited ONCE HUMAN's Lauren Hart as the new singer of his DIVINE HERESY project.

Cazares announced Hart's addition to DIVINE HERESY late Monday night (August 1) on the band's official Facebook page. He wrote: "I'm almost ready to write some new material w/ singer Lauren Hart. I will be handling all guitar and bass. I currently do not have a drummer or bassist for live or possible tracking, so any professional musicians in the USA interested let me know.

"Let me be clear about this: I will not be using any former members. With that being said R.I.P. Joe Payne one of the best bassist/guitarist.

"We are currently record company free so all of this will be supported out of our own pockets.

"Ps. This does not take away from any other things that I’m currently working on".

Just four days earlier, Dino shared a short Instagram clip of Hart singing DIVINE HERESY's "Failed Creation" and he included the following message: "Wow watch @ohlaurenhart destroy 'Failed Creation' next DH singer ? give her a follow and check some of her other covers. #explorepage #music #melodicdeathmetal #guitar #fearfactory #oncehuman #metal".

Although there has been no official confirmation on the matter, Hart is also rumored to have auditioned for the singer slot in FEAR FACTORY following the September 2020 departure of that band's original frontman Burton C. Bell.

After temporarily parting ways with FEAR FACTORY — the influential, gold-certified industrial metal band he co-founded — in 2002, guitarist and extreme metal pioneer Dino Cazares (also of BRUJERIA and ASESINO) began laying the foundation for a new project that would combine metallic aggression, muscular precision and melodic accessibility. Initially joining forces with acclaimed drummers John Sankey (DEVIL YOU KNOW, DEVOLVED) and Nicholas Barker (CRADLE OF FILTH, DIMMU BORGIR) to write, Cazares eventually completed the album with drummer Tim Yeung (MORBID ANGEL, VITAL REMAINS, HATE ETERNAL) and vocalist Tommy Vext (BAD WOLVES, SNOT),Cazares's vision was realized, and DIVINE HERESY was born.

The group's first record, "Bleed The Fifth" — produced by former MACHINE HEAD/SOULFLY guitarist Logan Mader (GOJIRA, DEVILDRIVER) and featuring cover art from Joachim Luetke (ARCH ENEMY, KREATOR, DIMMU BORGIR) — was released in 2007 in North America via Century Media Records and by FEAR FACTORY's longtime home, Roadrunner Records, in Europe — received rave reviews from the global metal press. Metal Hammer called DIVINE HERESY "a quintessential 21st Century American metal band," while Kerrang! raved that the album "couldn't be more metal if it hung a massive V around the neck of the Eiffel Tower while gargling liquid mercury." The album also featured a guest appearance from guitarist Marc Rizzo (SOULFLY, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, ILL NINO) and bassist Tony Campos (STATIC-X, PRONG, MINISTRY). After adding bassist Joe Payne (NILE),the band supported the album's release by touring extensively alongside the likes of KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, ALL THAT REMAINS, STATIC-X, ARCH ENEMY, DARK TRANQUILLITY, SHADOWS FALL and CHIMAIRA, as well as appearing at Australia's Soundwave festival.

Unfortunately, DIVINE HERESY's initial lineup splintered in 2008 when Vext was let go, and Cazares, Yeung and Payne quickly rebounded with new vocalist Travis Neal (DIRGE WITHIN, THE BLOODLINE) and released their second album, "Bringer Of Plagues", in 2009. The record also saw the band's sound augmented by keyboards from Rhys Fulber (FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY). Produced by Mader once again, and featuring artwork from Anthony Clarkson (DEVIN TOWNSEND, KATAKLYSM, HYPOCRISY),the album — which cracked the Billboard Top 200 upon its release — was heavier than its predecessor, with AllMusic describing it as "a head-down, hair-pinwheeling metal album" and Kerrang! praising its "thunderous, jaw-dropping intensity." The band returned to the road with gusto, touring with the likes of MOONSPELL, GIGAN, AFTER THE BURIAL and 36 CRAZYFISTS, but soon after Cazares rejoined a new-look FEAR FACTORY, DIVINE HERESY went on hiatus.

"Bleed The Fifth" and "Bringer Of Plague" were released on vinyl in May 2021 via M-Theory Audio. "Bleed The Fifth" was released on black-and-white haze vinyl, while 2009's "Bringer Of Plagues" was offered on smoke-colored wax. Each record also included additional bonus tracks not contained on the original CD releases.

[ligfyrrefur]

Taggy tag.

A bit waaay too late (there was a metal fest and debauchery in between,etc.) since I was tagged but..Why not? I was tagged by the superb @accidents-and-compliments. Check her out. 👌

Rules: Answer 20 questions and tag 20 people you want to get to know better.

Name: I will not say my full name (if you want to know you can just ask) but I'm mostly called by my second name which is Andre.

Nickname: Vegeta

Age: 33 (fuck, I'm getting old)

Gender: Male

Orientation: Straight

Favourite colour: I have at least three but if I have to pick one it's dark blue.

Book recommendations: I don't have an extensive reading books experience but from the ones I read I would pick His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman. It's really good.

Movie recommendations: There are soooo many to pick...But I'll name a few: The Matrix, LOTR, V For Vendetta, Inception, Interstellar, Arrival, John Wick Chapter 1, The Man From Nowhere, Logan, The Butterfly Effect, Your Name, A Silent Voice, Sunshine, Memento, Se7en, Mulholland Drive, Back To the Future, Snatch, Fight Club, Lockstock And Two Barrels, Alien 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier (still the best of the MCU, imo) and many more.

TV recommendations: Again, soooo many to pick. You can check my "Tv Shows I Watch" tab on my Tumblr page to see what I'm currently following. Besides those shows I'll name a few that I watched that deserves a reccomendation: Fringe, Hell On Wheels, Person Of Interest, What Remains, Almost Human, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories, Heroes (1st season), House, Shameless (UK) and so on.

Music recommendations: I'm mostly a metalhead but I listen to other genres. I'll pick some bands/artists from the different genres I hear to name a few: Meshuggah, 16 Volt, Wardruna, Death Cab For Cutie, Florence + The Machine, Of Monsters And Men, Queens Of The Stone Age, Danko Jones, Monster Truck, Quiet Company, Ben Clock, Solomun, Jeff Mills, Gojira, Death, Forndom, Sylvaine, Danheim, Good Old War, Alter Bridge, Deftones, Sevendust, Infected Mushroom, Talamasca, Skazi, Carl Cox, The Honey Trees, José Gonzalez, All The Luck In The World and many more.

Coffee, tea or hot chocolate: I'm a tea guy but I'm always down for some hot chocolate.

Cats or dogs: I'm a dog person. Always will be.

Favourite meme: I love memes as any person but never thought of having a favourite. 😆

I want to live long enough to witness: I just want to pass the 50 age mark with my health intact. From that point on, I don't know. Whatever it may come, I say. 💪

Weird obsessions: Don't think I have any weird obsessions. At least, not that I'm aware. 🤔

Tumblr birthday: June 2012

Random fact about me: I fucking hate centipedes. Really, they creep the living hell out of me. 😬

Goals for 2018: My only goal now, for what’s left of this year, is to see Wardruna again in November in the UK. If all goes well, it will be the 3rd time in a yearly row. The previous ones were in Germany and Netherlands.

So, I have to tag some people. Let‘s see...I tag: @suddenfallacy; @bellefyre; @machitoponce; @accalia175; @theartofanimation; @morganathewitch ; @beautiful-wildlife ; @l-a-v-a-n-d-u-l-a; @starryhjart; @isabella-ibis; @bodilycorrupted; @ahhmedicine; @northernburn; @emwolfilie; @rottenlad; @zeniansorcerer; @dieinbattle; @buggre-alle; @thunorsdottir; @anaplekte

[thisaintascenereviews]

Album Review by Bradley Christenen Amorphis – Tales From The Thousand Lakes Record Label: Relapse Release Date: July 12 1994

There are many different sub-sub-genres of death metal out there, such as blackened death metal, melodic death metal, technical death metal, progressive death metal, death-doom, as well as a handful of others, but there are two main types of death metal that I’ve noticed, and all of these styles of death metal can fall into one of these types. Some bands even fall into both, depending on the song / album in question, but you have death metal bands are very cut and dry with their sound and presentation. These are what I call the “meat and potatoes” bands, because they have a sound that’s very reliable, old school, and something a lot of people have hear before, but it’s good. Whenever you have it, you’ll enjoy it, and that’s what a lot of a death metal is. These are bands that non-metalhehads would think of when they think of death metal, such as Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Deicide, or Obituary, just to name a few bands. There’s nothing wrong with them, but they’re very basic and straightforward with how they sound. They don’t take themselves too seriously, and if you’re looking for a very brutal, energetic, and heavy sound that you can headbang and mosh to, you’ll love these bands. You already do, most likely, but you know what I mean. The other kind of death metal that I’ve noticed is a bit more “intelligent,” for the lack of a better word, but it’s not that bands like Cannibal Corpse are stupid in comparison. These bands that have a bit more of a unique flavor to their sound, and they’ll give you some variety. These are mainly the other subsets of death metal, such as tech-death, melo-death, prog-death, and stuff like that. These are styles of death metal that make you think. I call it “thinking man’s death metal,” because it’s not quite as primal, dirty, gritty, or brutal as your meat and potatoes kind of stuff, but it’s still good, nonetheless. It’s just a bit more experimental, expansive, and unique.

These bands can have their primal and brutal moments, don’t get me wrong, but they’re more than your cut and dry death metal that first existed in the late 80s and early 90s, at least before every other sub-sub-genre of death metal came to fruition. Bands like At The Gates, Cryptopsy, In Flames, Dark Tranquility, Decrepit Birth, Gojira, Death (especially their last few albums; their first few albums are great, and influential beyond belief, but they weren’t as technical or progressive as their later albums), and Nile are good examples of these types of bands. Hell, even Necrophagist, one of the purveyors of tech-death, is more of a “thinking man’s death metal band,” just because of how technical they are, but they’re still awfully brutal and intense, so people that just want intense and brutal stuff can enjoy them just fine. You can admire the technical skill without needing to look that much into it, because you know it sounds killer. This type of death metal can be hit or miss for me. There are bands in this vein that I really love, because they do something more with death metal (some of my favorite death metal bands are ones that I just listed, honestly), but there are others that just don’t do a lot for me, and it could be for many reasons. I’ve talked about a couple of death-doom bands, especially Hooded Menace, and how their latest LP didn’t do a whole ton for me, just because of how much they put emphasis onto the doom metal aspect of their sound. It was cool, and definitely interesting, but I wanted more death metal. I got some of it, don’t get me wrong, but it was a bit too meandering for my tastes. As much as I like my death metal to be unique, I still want there to be some energy and brutality in it. That’s why I enjoy bands like Nile, Arsis, Necrophagist, and a lot of tech-death. Even a lot of melo-death bands I really like, such as The Black Dahlia Murder, At The Gates, and Dark Tranquility, because they still have a brutal and energetic sound along with something more to offer.

There are some bands that I can’t quite get into, because there’s not enough energy or accessibility for me to want to come back to the album(s). That’s how I feel about the second album from Finnish death metal band Amorphis. This band has been on my radar for a long time, because I’ve seen stuff from them. Their name isn’t one that I’m too familiar with, but it’s one that I’ve heard. I thought I’d look into them a bit, and I found 1994’s Tales From The Thousand Lakes. Apparently, this is one of their best albums, as well as a very influential album of 90s death metal. The copy that I got also comes with a bonus EP, 1995’s Black Winter Day, but I wanted to hear this, because this album combined a couple more styles of metal into their sound, such as progressive metal and doom metal, so I wanted to hear how this band would work with a few very different styles of metal in their sound. I hate to say this, but this is one of those albums that I respect more than I like it. I don’t really hate it, or anything close to that, but Tales From The Thousand Lakes is a cool album on paper, but for me, personally, it doesn’t do a lot for me. Maybe it’s because it comes with that EP, so it makes the album feel a bit more padded. The album itself is only 40 minutes, but the EP makes it about 54. This thing is really unique, though, so I have to give it some credit. I have to give it a lot of credit, actually, because a part of me wants to say that this album might have contributed to the creation of death-doom, as well as prog-death. There are elements of those styles there, but that’s the thing. This album feels so jarring, disjointed, and confusing, it’s really strange. There’s a lot happening in this album, and it’s just too much for me to really get into. I like this record, especially at its core, because it’s got such a unique style to it, but it’s not one that I feel as though has a high replay value to it. I don’t want to listen to this all the time, let alone more than a few times. I’d recommend this to people that like prog-metal, doom metal, or death metal, because you might be able to get into a new style of metal, but it’s a very messy album that I respect way more than I like.

[theheadbangers]

LAMB OF GOD - 'New Colossal Hate' Lyric Video

LAMB OF GOD have unleashed another track from their forthcoming self-titled album (now due June 19 via Nuclear Blast Records) in the form of 'New Colossal Hate' – a song which finds the band at the height of their formidable powers – unrelenting, unstoppable, and as always, setting the standard for aggressive modern music. Where now-classic LAMB OF GOD slabs "As the Palaces Burn" (2003) and "Ashes of the Wake" (2004) zoomed in on specific issues, "Lamb Of God" (2020) takes a broader view, calling attention to and laying out an argument against intolerance, apathy and injustice, both in the United States and abroad. The album tackles a broad range of issues, including the opioid crisis ('On the Hook'), school shootings ('Reality Bath'), and vocalist/lyricist D. Randall Blythe’s time protesting alongside native peoples at Standing Rock ('Routes').

'New Colossal Hate', which hits all digital and streaming services as a single and lyric video today – watch now at www.lamb-of-god.com - digs into the exploitative rhetoric and persistent “othering” of marginalized people that continues to divide. Guitarist Willie Adler speaking on the composition of the song: “'New Colossal Hate' came out of our very first writing session in Maine. Mark, our producer Josh Wilbur and I were at a super cool studio in South Windham called Halo. An absolutely beautiful spot run by some of the best people I've ever met. I'm pretty sure 'New Colossal Hate' grew from a few different demos I had. You know, like parts of car. However, as it started to take shape, it quickly became my favorite song on the record. Please enjoy this banger of a tune. It holds a very special place in my heart." 'New Colossal Hate' follows the official music video for 'Memento Mori', which has been viewed more than 3.5 million times since its late March debut. Executed from a narrative treatment written by Blythe, 'Memento Mori' features a blistering performance from guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, bassist John Campbell, drummer Art Cruz, and Blythe, juxtaposed against a grim storyline costarring Sinisteria, a dark performance troupe led by fellow Richmond, Virginia, natives Sabrina Elliotte and Gwooki. Audiences got a taste of the first new LAMB OF GOD music in nearly five years with 'Checkmate' back in February. All three songs will appear on "Lamb Of God", the follow-up to "VII: Sturm und Drang" (2015). The album was once again produced by collaborator Josh Wilbur (GOJIRA, KORN, MEGADETH, TRIVIUM), fueled by a mountain of riffs and looming rhythmic shadows. It’s also the band’s first record with Cruz, who sat behind the kit with LAMB OF GOD in 2018 and became an official member the following year. LAMB OF GOD propelled heavy metal into the new millennium two decades ago with the prophetically titled "New American Gospel". They followed with 2003’s "As the Palaces Burn", which made the Rolling Stone list of the Top 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. "Ashes of the Wake" (2004) was the first LAMB OF GOD album to be certified gold by the RIAA, followed by "Sacrament" (2006), which debuted in Billboard’s Top 10. "Wrath" (2009) earned the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Hard Rock, Rock, and Tastemaker charts and was No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Those No. 1 positions were repeated with "Resolution" (2012). "VII: Sturm und Drang" (2015) debuted at No. 3 in North America and in the Top 5 in several countries. The single “512” from "VII: Sturm und Drang"  received a Grammy nod for the “Best Metal Performance,” making it LAMB OF GOD’s fifth Grammy nomination. The new album features guest appearances from Jamey Jasta (HATEBREED) and Chuck Billy (TESTAMENT). Blythe sounds more driven and insightful than ever on "Lamb Of God", offering up the angriest and most comprehensive diatribes, addressing modern life in the current landscape, of his storied career thus far. "Lamb Of God" pre-orders are available at nblast.de/LOG-LambOfGod.

LAMB OF GOD is: D. Randall Blythe – Vocals Mark Morton – Guitar Willie Adler – Guitar John Campbell – Bass Art Cruz – Drums LAMB OF GOD online: www.lamb-of-god.com www.facebook.com/lambofgod https://twitter.com/lambofgod http://instagram.com/lambofgod Read the full article

[metalhat]

Answer the 30 questions, and then tag 20 people you’d like to get to know better!

I was tagged by @kidzbopdeathmetal to do this. Thank you ❤️

1) Nicknames? I don’t really have any. Never had. A few people call me Lotte sometimes, though.

2) Gender? Female.

3) Star sign? Sagittarius.

4) Height? 5 foot 3 inch / 160 cm.

5) Time? 5.02 pm.

6) Birthday? December 15.

7) Favorite bands? Ugh, too many to count. Ghost, Gojira, High On Fire, The Misfits, Ramones, Mercyful Fate, Tribulation, Behemoth, Triptykon, Vektor, Iron Maiden, AC/DC - and the list goes on.

8) Favorite solo artists? Again, too many to count. To name a few: Håkan Hellström, King Diamond, Sturgill Simpson, Niels Nielsen, Bob Dylan, Dan Auerbach, Sean Rowe.

9) Song that’s stuck in your head? None at the moment, thank god. I had Josephine by Night Flight Orchestra terrorising me for a couple a weeks not so long ago. I’m savouring the peace right now, lol.

10) Last movie watched? Twin Peaks: Fire, Walk with Me.

11) Last show watched? The Defenders.

12) When did you create your blog? 3,5 years ago, but I only used it for lurking until February this year.

13) What do you post? Ghost, Niels Nielsen, floof, metal music, things that amuse me.

14) Last thing googled? “160 cm in feet and inches”. 

15) Other blogs? Nope.

16) Do you get asks? Never, lol. But I wouldn’t mind getting asks.

17) Why did you choose your URL? It was a split-second decision years ago, when I had to come up with a new username for some site. It just stuck.

18) Following? 111.

19) Followers? 131.

20) Favorite colors? Black, teal, grey.

21) Average hours of sleep? Anything from 5-8. But mostly never enough.

22) Lucky number? I dunno. 15?

23) Instruments? Nah. I used to play the guitar, but I never got good at it. I’ve considered picking it up again. Drums would be cool too, but having a drum kit is not an option where I live now.

24) What are you wearing right now? Grey pants and a black sweater.

25) How many blankets? I’m Scandinavian. I use a duvet.

26) Dream job? I like writing and movie editing. My current job had a lot of those assignments at first, but now it’s mostly counselling. That is not my dream job.

27) Dream trip? I’d really like to visit Finland, Japan and Iceland. 

28) Favorite food? Sushi. I could eat it all day, every day.

29) Nationality? Danish.

30) Favorite song right now? What is it with all these favourites, I can’t just pick one, lol?? But okay, Some Kind of Hate by The Misfits is great singing along to.

I tag @spoonriverrat, @caligurl32, @feathers-andflesh, @diascordium and @theangrymunchkin - if you want to 😊

[lk-mitogen]

tagged by the wonderful @headofporridge !!

a - age: 25

b - biggest fear: failure

c - current time: 10 AM

d - drink you last had: coffee

e - every day starts with: coffee and shower

f - favorite song: oh jeez, Rick... *stares nervously at my shitty edgelord list and puts the top 5 most played without overlapping bands*

Duality - Slipknot

Oceangrave - Disarmonia Mundi

Global Warming - Gojira

Sick Heart River - Soilwork

Of Matter: Resist - Tesseract

g - ghosts, are they real: nah. mental illness is real, though!

h - hometown: mty

i - in love with: humans!! for all their ups and downs, humans are the reason I’m alive today and experiencing the world as I am.

j - jealous of: hyper competent people (teach me!! how!!)

k - killed someone: thankfully not yet! i’m a med student so I live in quiet fear of this. but I’ll delay it for as long as I can..!

l - last time you cried: yesterday, from laughter <3

m - middle name: WE DO NOT SPEAK OF THIS xDD

n - number of siblings: 2 elder sibs, they’re Cool Folks and I admire them a lot, even if we rarely talk

o - one wish: that I could do right by everyone! whatever that means for each person, I hope I can do right by them.

p - person you last called/texted: my ma

q - questions you’re always asked: “Are you [not my mother]’s child?” Apparently I look a lot like my brother’s sister? Which is. Awkward.

r - reasons to smile: my friends and loved ones! my passion to thrive!!

s - song last sang: i don’t sing ! i listen to too much death metal that it’d be awkward, yanno? XD

t - time you woke up: 8:15 AM

u - underwear color: flesh :V

v - vacation destination: Cancun in 2 days ...i’m regretting signing up for this... i hate beaches...sobs gently... BUT I’LL HAVE A GOOD TIME!! I won’t allow myself to do otherwise! OwO)9

w - worst habit: going too much with the flow? learned helplessness... rawr! I will fight to regain agency!!

x - x-rays you’ve had: not too many, thankfully!

y - your favorite food: i’m not picky! currently i’m craving pad see ew because I never get to eat it anymore, and it was my comfort food for four years :3

z - zodiac sign: scorpio \m/

[machinehead]

THE BLACKENING TURNS 10 YEARS OLD!

The Album Of The Decade turns a decade today, and while it’s not quite ready to move out of the house like TMTC, at 10 years old, it’s ready to start doing chores! Released on an unsuspecting world back in 2007, it contains such live staples as “Aesthetics Of Hate”, “Beautiful Mourning”, Now I Lay Thee Down”, and the almighty “Halo” The Blackening Fun Facts: - Writing for the album began in August 2005. - The Blackening was recorded at Sharkbite Studios in Oakland, CA, by Robb and engineer Mark Keaton. - The absolutely crushing mix was done by long-time MH producer Colin Richardson at Strongroom Studios and Metropolis Studios in London England. -  The intro to “Clenching” was musically assembled at VIP studios with BME engineer Vincent Wojno and became it’s own song due to the fact that it had 90 tracks!  Quad-guitars of 3 part harmonies, 20 tracks of snare, and many other things made it one of the most challenging pieces on the album. - The middle eastern-sounding vocal line that opens the album was recored during mixing with Colin in London while Robb was on a quick press tour of England. - While The Blackening is now-known for epic 10-minute-long metal anthems, bizarrely the first 4 songs written for the record were the 4 shortest songs on the album. In order:  “Slanderous”, “Beautiful Mourning”, Aesthetic Of Hate”, and "Now I Lay Thee Down”.  For the first half of the writing process there was no indication that there would be any songs over 5 minutes. - Fans from the bands “message board” (The Frontliner’s) were invited to sing the “fight’s” on Clenching The Fists Of Dissent.  Machine Head through a party at Sharkbite and recorded many drunken folks losing their voice screaming “FIGHT”.  The German metalcore band Caliban also sang some “fights” when they rolled through town. - The first 2 shows for The Blackening were warm-up/headline dates in Salt Lake City, Utah and Denver, Colorado on the way to a tour with Lamb Of God, Trivium tour where MH were 2nd of 4, and a then-unknown band called Gojira opening . - “Halo”, often viewed as the album masterpiece, took nearly 6 months to finish and went through so many lyrical, musical, and arrangement changes that by the time the band was done, they were essentially burnt-out on it.  Upon finishing recording, Phil Demmel infamously exclaimed “we will never play this song live!!!" - “Halo” debuted live in both Utah and Denver, but amazingly, was retired for the next 5 months and 2 tours.  A decision almost unimaginable now! - Reviews at the time were insanely positive with most music press unanimously giving it the highest marks possible.  Only Revolver magazine (4 out of 5 stars) and the comical Rolling Stone magazine (who gave it 2 out of 5 stars) were the standouts. - The first video and single for The Blackening was supposed to be “Now I Lay Thee Down” but at the last minute, the boys decided to switch it to “Aesthetic Of Hate”.  It was quickly assembled and filmed while on tour over 2 days in Norfolk and Richmond, Virginia.  Tour mate John Campbell from Lamb Of God brought the boys to various dilapidated buildings in the Richmond, VA area and arranged a warehouse to shoot in.  The outside crowd shots were filmed in the parking lot next door to The NorVa and featured Wille Adler’s then-13 year old son Tres. - On this day 10 years ago, the boys were playing at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. - Nearly 3 1/2 years of touring included:  Opening slot for Heaven & Hell (Black Sabbath w/ Dio) and Megadeth, a co-headline tour with Arch Enemy, Throwdown and Sanctity.  The Black Crusade: a massive Europe /UK arena tour with Trivium, Dragonforce, Arch Enemy and Shadows Fall.  Main support to Hell Yeah in the US, Mayhem Festival, various european headline slots atop Wacken, Hellfest, and Rock In Rio.  . Another round the world jaunt with Hatebreed and Bleeding Through that led through Japan, Australia, and Europe and is where Phil met future wife Marta. - Interestingly, there was only 1 headline tour of the US:  The Black Tyranny co-headline with Arch Enemy, MH would play no more than 1 hour a night. - The opening band of Machine Head’s U.S. headline tour for the album was Sanctity, fronted by Jared MacEachern.  Due to an ankle injury that had side-lined there bassist-at-the-time, they hired local Hostility bassist Brandon Sigmund for the tour and Jared sang all of the harmony vocals.  In a strange twist, 6 years later Jared would join Machine Head. - James Hetfield heard “Aesthetics Of Hate” on Sirius XM’s Liquid Metal, and, being so inspired by the album, Metallica invited MH to support them in eastern Europe and Wembley Arena in London.  The friendship that ensued led to Machine Head becoming main support to Metallica through the U.S. and Europe for the next 6 months for the Death Magnetic tour cycle. - The cover art was an old woodcarving Robb found available in the public domain.  The album design team of Paul Brown and Deanna Alcorn changed and altered various aspects of it to make it Machine Heads own creation.  The words "The Mirror Which Flatters Not” were reversed at the last minute so not to confuse people about the album title. - The first 30,000 copies of the US edition contained a flaw in the album art and was later corrected.  The "squiggle" on one side of the title was blown out by a piece of lint on the printing press - The album debuted at #16 in the UK, #14 in Australia, and #54 in the USA selling 16,000 copies it’s first week.  It would go on to sell 350,000 worldwide. - While certainly the best selling album of latter-day Machine Head, The Blackening sits as Machine Head’s 4th best selling album, with 1999’s "The Burning Red", "The More Things Change", and "Burn My Eyes" still outselling it worldwide.  Stranger still, in many Scandinavian countries “Supercharger" has still outsold The Blackening. - After finishing the Mayhem festival in the US with Slipknot, the boys embarked on a massive 9 week tour around the globe in support of Slipknot, with dates in Japan, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. - The tour cycle was not without it’s low points.  Phil Demmel lost his father, and Dave McClain lost his mother within a 3 month period… both while on tour. - Following the passing of Phil’s dad, Machine Head’s Black Crusade tour-mates volunteered to play the shows while Phil went home from Switzerland.  Matt and Corey from Trivium played, Fredrique from Dragonforce, and Christopher Amott from Arch Enemy all contributed guitar. - Following the passing of Dave’s mom, Machine Head’s tour mates volunteered to play the show while Dave went home from Green Bay, WI.  Robb Rivera of Nonpoint, Mark Castillo of Bury Your Dead and Vinnie Paul all played songs.  Vinnie played the slowest version of “Halo” ever performed to date! - The band received their first Grammy nomination for the track “Aesthetics Of Hate”, ultimately losing out to a b-side on the special edition re-release of Slayer's - Christ Illusion.  A bizarre snub from the Grammy academy, as it was the same album Slayer had one a Grammy for the previous year. - The Blackening was certified Silver in the UK in 2010, their 4th album to achieve that status. - Upon hearing the lyrics to many of the album strong anti-war, anti-religion themes, The Disney Corp. appallingly banned Machine Head from performing at the House Of Blues (located on Disney property) 2 days before the tours opening night in Anaheim.   After being threatened to "not to go public", the band went public, and Disney banned them from the 2nd HOB date on the tour in Orlando (also on Disney property).  10 years later the ban still remains... - 3 video were filmed for the album, “Aesthetics”, “Now I Lay Thee Down”, and “Halo”. The water scene at the end of “Halo” was filmed in Debbie Abono’s backyard pool in Concord, CA. and Dave’s then-wife Shelly was the lead heroine in the Romeo and Juliet-inspired video for “Now I Lay Thee Down”. - A 4th video was filmed for a Kerrang! magazine sponsored tribute to Iron Maiden, with the boys filming an absolutely insane crowd at the Rock In Rio in Portugal for their cover of “Hallowed Be Thy Name”. - When the tour cycle was over, Machine Head had toured for 3 years and 3 months, performing over 372 shows. - In 2010 Metal Hammer declared The Blackening “Album Of The Decade”. How does The Blackening hold up for you?  Does it deserve the accolades it achieved?  Many fans at the time complained of the overly-long songs and increased melody, how does it stand the test of time for you?  Did you see Machine Head on this tour cycle? Share your stories with us!!

[reservoircat]

tagged by @geniusorinsanity. thank you for giving me a reprieve from my crushing sense of impending doom.

rules: answer 30 questions and tag 10 people

# following: 943. Most are picture only blogs and a good half are dead, but I’m too lazy to clean out the dead ones.

# of followers: 1382. I think I lost a few after my anti-Ronda Rousey rant.

average hours of sleep: I try to sleep a good 7 hours, but I often don’t because again. Impending sense of doom at all times.

lucky number: I don’t really believe in lucky numbers, but I prefer odd to even numbers.

instruments: I used to play guitar and piano before my EDS got worse

what are you wearing: old ass pajamas with holes in them

dream job: Editorial writer and podcaster

dream trip: Going across Japan culminating in seeing a Wrestle Kingdom PPV

significant other: my husband Will

birthday: january 15

height: 5′4″

gender/pronouns: she/her

other blogs: I have a couple of dead ones that aren’t worth following, but y’all should all follow my podcast Spookshow Radio on iTunes!

nicknames: my parents call me lennie, but I hate it, please don’t call me that

star sign: capricorn

time: 7:58 pm

favorite bands: Against Me!, Gojira, Ghost BC, My Chemical Romance, In This Moment, Lacuna Coil, Halestorm, and Rob Zombie

favorite artist: you know for an art history minor, I genuinely have no answer for this

favorite tumblr artist: no answer for this either

song stuck in your head: The metal cover of Despacito

last movie you watched: The Poughkeepsie Tapes

last show you watched: The Great British Baking Show

why did you make your blog: my evil, hellish, devil, bitch of a younger sister in law talked me into it about 6 years ago back before she lost her mind and tried to destroy everything around her.

what do you post: whatever I want tbh

last thing you googled: "metal cover of despacito”

ao3: Reservoircat89, but I don’t write fic you guise

do you ever get asks: Very rarely! Which is sad, cause I like answering and talking to people

how did you get the idea for your url: play on the movie Reservoir Dogs

favorite food: Any and all shellfish

last book you read: Just ended Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson, just started No Is a Four Letter Word by Chris Jericho

top 3 fictional universes: Kayfabe wrasslin’ universe, Leverage verse, Comic books verse

tagging….: anyone who feels like it, please tag me once you do it!

[8-bit-dreamland]

December 2017 Album of the Month: Tetrarch “Freak”

Written By

Jeannie Blue of http://crypticrock.com

Do you get behind a band that celebrates individuality, intelligence, all while embracing the Do-it-yourself spirit? If so, Tetrarch just might be for you!

Self-proclaimed “Nu Metalcore,” Tetrarch’s influences range from Metallica to Gojira, Korn to Slipknot, Mudvayne to Linkin Park. Simply put: all things heavy! They formed in Atlanta around 2007, though the quartet – composed of Vocalist/Guitarist Josh Fore, Lead Guitarist Diamond Rowe, Bassist Ryan Lerner, and Drummer Ruben Limas – now call the City of Angels home. Since forming, the band has released a series of EPs – 2008’s Pravda, 2011’s The Will To Fight, and 2013’s Relentless – which have allowed them to hit the road and share stages with the likes of Avenged Sevenfold, Seether, Alter Bridge, DevilDriver, Superjoint, 36 Crazyfists, DED, Cane Hill, and many, many more.

Now, Tetrarch are set to nab their place in heavy music history with their full-length debut, Freak. Produced by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation, Allegaeon), the eight-song offering blends the haunting melodies, 2000’s Nu Metal (minus the Rap, folks!), and a smattering of their darker, bolder influences to create a sound that is fully, massively Metal. While this is not a concept album, there is a message here. Says the band’s resident guitar goddess Diamond Rowe: “Freak is basically about embracing the weird things about yourself that other people may find bizarre.” Rowe continues with, “This song and album are for the people who, like us, are willing to flaunt their individuality.”

Freak kicks off with its namesake, the titular “Freak,” an anthemic promise that there is positive in the negative label. Driving, heavy guitars wrap around Fore’s melodic vocals, creating a sound that harkens back to Hybrid Theory-era Linkin Park (minus Mike Shinoda, that is). It is a delicious nod backward, not a clawing copycat, creating a track that feels immediately familiar and beloved. You will cheer along as Fore implores: “In the darkness the strange become ordinary / So come and let your psycho loose!”

The dark and moody “Spit” leads perfectly into “Pull The Trigger,” an emotionally heavy struggle between our self-loving and self-loathing inner demons. For anyone who has ever struggled with mental illness, Tetrarch have created a vicious, pummeling yin and yang with lyrics that paint both sides of the coin hauntingly. “Light is fading from my eyes / Give me one more try / Forgive me if I cry / I’m too young to die,” Fore sings in this macabre yet hopeful ode to the inner-struggle that many of us face each day when trying to put a smile on our faces. The overall impact here is heavy: in sound and subject matter!

Tetrarch next tackle the bass-heavy “Mary” and the blistering growls of their newest single/video, the jackhammering attack of the pissed-off “Oddity.” Complementing one another flawlessly, Rowe’s gorgeous guitar work leads the band into “Break The Trend,” where Fore’s vocals absolutely soar and our guitar goddess provides one killer solo. A raging storm that discusses being hated for being different, Tetrarch encourage their followers to burn the hate and cleanse this world to make way for a new trend. It burns perfectly into the apropos plea of “Please Let Me Be” (“I am not the enemy!”). For closing number “Torn Apart,” the band takes a slowed pace, proving that Tetrarch can dial it down a notch and still have a massive, powerful, emotional heft to their sound without screaming it in-your-face.

With Freak, Tetrarch have presented a collection of blistering and vicious sonics coupled with juxtaposed positivity in their emotional lyrics. Weighty, melodic, pummeling and hopeful, this is a young band with spirit to give and miles to go before they sleep! You can love them touting individualism, for their beautiful homages to yesteryear’s finest, for their guitar goddess Rowe – who is placing a new face on women in Metal! – or you can simply embrace them for the bottom line: their music.  It is damned good!