#Spritibox

[silentuproar]

Spiritbox - Circle With Me ft. Tatiana Shmayluk of Jinjer

[hitmewithlghtning]

i'd better wake up to the news that spritibox won their first grammy :)

[patricksilverrose]

Current Music Obsessions: March 2020

March was a wild month and April is looking like it's gonna be another wild one. I did have a few jams though, including a good bit of Eurovision songs that were supposed to happen this year. So let's start out by checking out the honorable mentions.

Lingua Ignota - Butcher of the World Elderwind - In the Morning In Tormentata Quiete - R136a1 Mesarthim - ..... Macbeth - Dead and Gone Znich & Rutvica - Ой над ракою Sermon - The Drift Astrid in Avantgarden - Sing to Me Emerald Mind - We are One Gjon's Tears - Repondez-moi (ESC: Switzerland) Go_A - Solovey (ESC: Ukraine) Elhaida Dani - I'm Alive Alicja - Empires (ESC: Poland) Ulrikke - Attention (ESC: Norway)

Purple Nail - Lust and Desire Eyes of Eden - Man in the Flame Divitius - Memento Mori Hellena - Love is Dead Martyrium - Curse of Salvation (live) Ignea - Disenchantment The Hardkiss - Косатка Kaliopi - Crno I Belo (live at ESC 2012) The Roop - On Fire (ESC: Lithuania) Hurricane - Hasta La Vista (ESC: Serbia) Septicflesh - Faceless Queen Little Big - Uno (ESC: Russia) Tornike Kipiani - Take Me as I am (ESC: Georgia) Darkwell - Fate Prisoner Apocalyptica - Live or Die feat. Joakim Broden (Sabaton) Darkwell - Moloch Issues - Hero Fallcie - Parasites Emphasis - Hate is All You Left for Me Natalia Gordienko - Prison (ESC: Moldova)

Now for my main obsessions.

Johari - Jewel

These guys make such gorgeous music. I love ambient/atmospheric djent bands like these guys. The music is so pleasant and great to vibe to. This is my new favorite from them. The singer's voice is absolutely beautiful and the melodies are lovely. If you enjoy Tesseract, highly recommend these guys.

Samanta Tina - Still Breathing (ESC: Latvia)

This was the first of 2020's Eurovision entries that I heard and holy tits is it epic. Homegirl is a powerhouse. I really hope that Latvia will keep her for next year even if they decide to change songs, because she finally made it and I know how devastated she'd be if she lost the chance to represent them. Anyways, go check out this power house of a girl power track.

Spiritbox - Blessed Be

Stunning. Absolutely stunning. I know they've released some soft songs in the past, but I don't think they've done anything like this type of soft. The upbeat chorus, the pleasant pre-chorus, the insane breakdown; I love it all. I'm so looking forward to the full length album that'll be coming later this year.

Efendi - Cleopatra (ESC: Azerbaijan)

This song caught me so far off guard in so many ways that it's mind boggling. Showing love for the lgbt community in the first verse, female empowerment throughout, that exaggerated pronunciation of Cleopatra in the chorus, those deep vocals before the chorus, that rave-esque exit. We always stan a bombastic masterpiece.

Athena Manoukian - Chains on You (ESC: Armenia)

I never thought I'd hear a track like this in Eurovision. This is such a bomb trap-hop/r&b track and I live for it. Such a bomb track with such a bomb video (the lighting is everything). I really hope they keep this song, because I know that performance will be so dope.

Carach Angren - Monster

This is the first single off their upcoming album and it's exactly what I love from these guys: spooky storytelling wrapped up in a symphonic black metal package. I love how the verses are mainly just spoken with very little happening with the instrumentals. It just helps to further push and create this dark atmosphere that I just love from these guys.

Wilderun - The Tyranny of Imagination

Spotify recommended these guys to me, so I decided to check out this track from them and I'm blown away. This is some really cool proggy goodness. I'm definitely gonna check out more from them. The production is solid and the singer's cleans are so lovely. It's both really intense, but kinda dreamy and a bit psychedelic at the same time. It's a really interesting song.

Arilena Ara - Shaj (live)/Fall from the Sky (ESC: Albania)

Again Albania is my favorite this year and I'm hoping that they keep it for next year. I have both the performance from the selection process when it was originally Shaj included here because that's how I fell in love with it. It's such a dramatic power ballad and I absolutely love it. Then they revamped it and changed it to Fall from the Sky and also turned it into an Enlish song instead of being in Albanian. I was a bit scared at first, but it's just as good as how it was as Shaj. It's almost like they're two completely different songs and they're both absolutely wonderful.

And that's it for March. Hope you all enjoy these tunes as much as I did.