#Vibeke Stene

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[apollosbane]

Jogadores do Flamengo as Divas do Gothic e Symphonic Metal - Parte 2

David Luiz as Liv Kristine (Theatre of Tragedy, Leave's Eyes, Solo)

Além da vasta cabeleira, a semelhança entre os dois é assim como a do Filipe Luis com a Anneke, a bagagem de carreira e a capacidade de adaptação a novos ambientes. Digamos que o David Luiz dançando sensualmente no trio elétrico é equivalente a Liv Kristine saindo do doom gothic dos três primeiros álbuns do Threatre of Tragedy pra fritar horrores na era industrial dos álbuns Musique e Assembly

Arrascaeta as Vibeke Stene (Tristania, Veil of Secrets)

Além da beleza estonteante, o uruguaio e a norueguesa se destacam pela presença marcante que possuem em suas posições, ele como meio campista e ela como a voz lírica angelical de sua banda, tanto que nenhum dos dois conseguiram substitutos a sua altura. Muita coisa desanda no Flamengo na ausência do uruguaio. Muita coisa desandou no Tristania com a saída de Stene.

João Gomes as Simone Simons (Epica)

Tanto o João quanto a Simone começaram ainda bem jovens. Em 2003, com apenas 17 pra 18 anos, Simone Simons mostrou que era pitbull de raça e que a base vinha forte no metal sinfônico, não fazendo feio para as mais veteranas. Ambos não precisaram de muito tempo pra mostrar que idade é apenas um número.

Pedro Guilherme as Sharon Den Adel (Within Temptation)

Dois seres muito puros e angelicais. Mas não se engane, quando nosso queixada entra no campo e quando nossa Mãe Terra sobe nos palcos, o que vemos são dois 9 bolados.

Arturo Vidal as Clementine Delauney (Visions of Atlantis, Exit Eden, Serenity)

Embora não sejam novidade em seus segmentos, tanto o chileno quanto a francesa trouxeram sangue novo para ambas as cenas em que atuam nos últimos anos. Pirates foi uma surpresa tão bem vinda para o symphonic metal assim como a chegada de Vidal foi para o Flamengo.

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[marcussour]

music tag game

let’s do this, me gustan estos jueguitos musicales (sobre todo si este da la chance de hablar de música un rato)

tagged by @kamiporterbridges

RULES: You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of  music they listen to. Put your playlist on shuffle and list the first 10  songs, and then tag 10 people. No skipping!

1.- Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast: Absolute classic, quintessential Maiden, it fucking slaps

2.- David Wise - Dragon Forest (Diddy Kong Racing OST): David Wise is the representation of that meme of the dude playing a piano on fire in the beach after a simple request, in this case, “it’s just a mascot racer with funny animals”. But the dude excels at what he does, and that stint with Rare in the mid to late 90′s its iconic for a reason.

Also, Diddy Kong Racing was better than Mario Kart 64, and y’all know its true

3.- Koji Kondo - Goron City (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time OST): Dude’s a legend, music’s great, one of the best VGOST of all time

4.- Marillion - Lavender: I think Marillion’s one of the most underrated prog rock bands, especially of the 80′s. And that A Side of the Misplaced Childhood album it’s amazing (with Pseudo-Silk Kimono, Kayleigh, Lavender, Bittersweet Suite and Heart of Lothian). Also, Fish’s a cool dude and has an amazing voice (think a scottish Peter Gabriel if you’ve never heard him)

5.- Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat: Originally by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, re-recorded by Johnny Cash for the American Recordings albums. I mean, the original its great, but like with all those covers, Johnny Cash just took the song and made it his own and something truly special, and it’s one hell of a performance. It speaks about a death row inmate and draw parallels with spirituality and christianity (the title makes reference to both the electric chair and the lid of the Ark of the Covenant), so it was a tailor made for Johnny Cash, who also used the song to raise awareness against capital punishment

6.- Los Jaivas - Corre que te Pillo: a kinda sorta instrumental, but technically not one ‘cause it does have some words, it’s just a great sample of musical talent and of the prog rock meets jazz meet traditional andean music and chilean folklore that Los Jaivas does

7.- Tristania - My Lost Lenore: I like gothic metal, it kinda soothes and relaxes me, and Vibeke Stene’s voice is just lovely

8.- Jorn - Make Your Engine Scream: Jorn Lande’s got a great voice and his music slaps, what more do you need

9.- Frederik Wiedmann - Hal vs Atrocitus (Green Lantern: The Animated Series soundtrack): Wiedmann its an underrated composer, he’s done a lot of animated stuff with superheroes, but his work in Green Lantern: TAS -like everything with that show- went under the radar of many people 

10.- The OneUps - Bossa de Link: In that huge and great genre that its “jazz covers of VGM”, The OneUps are one of the greatests bands and one of the first I discovered over 15 years ago, and this bossa nova cover of the main theme of The Legend of Zelda its pretty good

Tagging whoever wants to do it, here’s your chance, talk about music for a while, have some fun!

[gothprentiss]

albums of the year! shoutout to @explosionshark for the tag-- i was scheming one of these anyway and now i have LICENSE

some notes: i don't follow new releases very closely, so there's a pretty neat split of new this year / new to me / new friendship with old albums here. this isn't untrue to my music taste but this was very much a like, 'i have one or two core artists and then am just kind of dicking around with some new stuff otherwise'-style year. these are all in abc order. there are some notes where i feel like i must say something. that being said:

new this year:

ashenspire - hostile architecture (sometimes songs feel like they were just made for my tastes. béton brut is one of those) blackbraid - blackbraid i blood incantation - timewave zero conception - state of deception

is this album "good", you might ask? to which i reply: how dare you address me. it is the music event of my entire lifetime. ROY KHAN'S BACK BABEY!

the damned - night of a thousand vampires (give me a live album and i go ape. simple easy elegant.) darkthrone - astral fortress (i feel like i should be embarrassed by this one. but darkthrone just tickles me.) epica - the alchemy project

another "don't ask me if it's good, ask me if it makes my grinchy little heart grow three sizes" album. it marks a blessed and glorious era, imo, of epica both having a clearly defined sense of their sound (which they lacked in the 10s, as far as i'm concerned) such that they feel like they can 'alchemize' it, and epica actually experimenting with what they can wrap their sound around. if their next studio album sucks you can find me wailing in the nearest earthen cave

lexie liu - the happy star nas - king's disease iii pusha t - it's almost dry ripped to shreds - 劇變 / jubian (the reverberating OUGH! in violent compulsion for conquest is always in my head) sudan archives - natural brown prom queen undeath - it's time ... to rise from the grave vein.fm - this world is going to ruin you wormrot - hiss

honorable mention of 2022 goes to M.I.A. MATA. i know she's in perpetual trouble for bad politics. i know my deep love for /\/\/\Y/\ (2010) is unpopular. despite everything i still think she rules and puts together some of the coolest noises around.

new TO ME this year:

armani caesar - the liz (2019)

clipping. - visions of bodies being burned (2020) coil - unreleased themes for hellraiser (1987) (incredible writing music) epica - omega alive (2021)

i've got a lot to say about epica for this list but it's because i'd tuned out for... a DECADE? and saw a new live epica album and was like yeah, sure, let's give that a try. and now i'm a diehard tryhard epica stan again. life's good! the thing about this album is that it's, like, not a normal live album-- recorded during covid, they clearly had the latitude to spread it out into a couple of sessions, ensuring relaxed vocal performances (not that simone simons has ever been bad live. don't even think that.), really energized instrumentals, and also some absolutely bonkers mixing. i think this is really like, epica's sound perfectly balanced.

leonard cohen - thanks for the dance (2019) sarpanitum - blessed be my brothers (2015) snowsedim/雪沉 - lead to evening death (2018)

actually the wrong album cover here lol, the website just didn't have the right one. the album cover here is anthology of ebony (2017) which i don't like. anyway this works for me in the same way symphonic metal does: you get two ostensibly contrasting styles of instrumentation and performance which sound bonkers and exquisite together. traditional chinese instruments sound fucking amazing-- ethereally brutal-- with more traditional metal stylings when they get the balance right.

tribulation - the children of the night (2015) (probably i like down below (2018) more, but you can't beat this album art) veil of secrets - dead poetry (2020)

VIBEKE STENE'S BACK BABEY! I FOUND OUT I'D MISSED THIS ALBUM BY TWO YEARS IN THE LAUNDROMAT!

watain - casus luciferi (2003)

new APPRECIATION this year (these all get explanations):

kamelot - poetry for the poisoned & live from wacken (2011)

this is to some extent a lie, because this is one of my all-time fave symphonic metal albums, my favorite kamelot album, AND a reissue with a live album. so it's never been underrated or forgotten for me, or anything like that. but recall that this is the the year i found out roy khan was back!!!!!!! it's been 11 years!!!!!!!!!!!! and this is also the year i bit the bullet and actually looked up reviews for this album, which i hadn't done before because i'd assumed they were negative (the karma / epica / black halo run is often lauded as this perfect kamelot era). and they were pretty good! anyway this album rules. if you ever hear anyone hyping up the karma thru black halo era as kamelot’s best just know they're a coward who hates sexy vampire music and visions of the end and such like.

kate bush - aerial (2005)

i've always felt more at home with late 70s/early 80s kate bush; 50 words for snow, aerial-- even the sensual world and the red shoes-- don't get as much play for me. taking some time to appreciate aerial (see above: slower, calmer, more meditative music isn't really my vibe) was really worthwhile. beautiful storytelling, dreamy and honeyed music.

lacuna coil - comalies (2002)

they did a 20th anniversary remake album which was kind of cool but drove me back to the original, which was my middle school bus music. my middle school bus music ruled.

nick cave and the bad seeds - no more shall we part (2001)

honestly a super underrated bad seeds album for me until this year. it probably is down there with push the sky away (2013) as my least favorite part of their discography (which, to be fair. is still music i wuv). but still! i got REALLY into the lyricism on the album (hallelujah and darker with the day are transcendent), and got obsessed with the building intensity on the sorrowful wife. it's transcendent and cathartic. i think the way the instrumentals get pared back to let the lyricism shine is often a bit... like... you can do better, you know. in fact, their last two albums have been standout examples of not sacrificing a cohesive and compelling album sound to push the lyrics forward. but even so, definitely a familiar friend this year.

siouxsie & the banshees - peepshow (1988)

like poetry for the poisoned, this was NOT an underrated album for me. it's my favorite siouxsie album. that is a high ass bar! BUT! i got nice new headphones this year and switched to apple music for lossless and the instrumentals on this album are how i test all new headphones. and then once i'd tested them, i just... hung around some more. honestly if you're looking for a baller music experience, go listen to scarecrow in the dark, loud as hell. with, you know, good headphones. it feels like you're tiny and being jangled around the ribcage of a dancing animatronic skeleton in a funny little hat. it's a great fucking album. i think i go nuts for it like once a year. whatever.

[replicantapologist]

Vibeke Stene singing Destination Departure >>>>>>>>>>>>>> anything on this Earth. 

[myangelofmusic7]

[solaraurora]

a gothic music project with older gothic metal singers 🖤

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

Tristania announces the end of the band.

[eichhorn-chen]

Tristania - Widow’s Weeds

[luckyfiretastemaker]

Tristania - destination departure (with lyrics)

[nightmarexmartyr]

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[arcaneriddles]

exsanguines, and pain, like snow / driven far from thy heavenly host / and to this extent, white so hot melted thy years

Tristania “December Elegy” live in Hamburg, 1999

[apollosbane]

Morten Veland e Vibeke Stene

[metalheadme]

Tristania - Beyond the Veil