#the asch recordings

[oldmacnewlife]

Oldies.

[teledyn]

(via Jarama Valley - Woody Guthrie)

[odysseys-blood]

so im always the first to be annoyed by school aus bc well 1) half the time theyre just so meh

2) another half the time ppl use adult chars which easily could be in college????

anyways i think tales of the abyss should have a like spinoff school special just bc i think tear and ion should get to have lunch together and be friends snd hang out during choir practice :]

[somacruising]

The funniest thing to me is that I used to be the biggest Asch hater in the world bc I projected on Luke perhaps a bit too much and so I would get angry and annoyed at Asch for yelling at him all the time

but my most popular meta post on this blog is fucking…about Asch.

and in Rays, I have so much shit for him that he’s actually stronger than Luke. I go out of my way to pull for Luke when I can but I only ever get Asch from the gacha.

my first drabble for tales in forever started with SYNC THINKING ABOUT ASCH

I STILL DONT EVEN LIKE ASCH

[paintaboveyourbones]

Ok, so here's a post I've held off on making for a while. But considering that no one is willing to engage in an actual dialogue about anything, I give up.

Late last month, my writer's group fell into a series of arguments instigated by some weird DMs that culminated in one of the mods shaming a good girlfriend of mine for coming out as pro-Marius because they saw it as pro-CSA stance. During our talks, my friend talked about their past history of CSA. Instead of this being a moment where the discord decided to pump the brakes, there was a doubling down of this stance. When it became apparent that there wouldn't be an apology, I left the server after making a post detailing how the mod's choice to put fictional characters before real people was BS.

To say I was hurt by this is an understatement. Not only did I witness a good friend of mine get humiliated like this, I also found it incredibly triggering as a fellow CSA survivor to witness it.

Around this time the blog @marius-crimes popped up. Not long after I received a heads up from a fandom friend that this post right here had my name under the blacked out portion. Because this coincided with several occurrences I was left to wonder who would send this DM and why?

The two best guesses I had were as follows. 1. It was someone from the writer's group I had just left trying to start shit. But if so, why? How was sending a random anon to a shit account going to do that? Or 2. It was @hekateinhell . I thought it might more likely be the latter because, in her private server, there was a channel dedicated to drama and gossip. The Marius Crimes blog had already been the subject of speculation. Looking at when the ask was posted, I checked the server and found that Hekate had admitted to sending some anons to the blog for fun. I asked her if she had sent any anons that had involved me, to which she denied involvement.

The following week was a rough one. Caught between one bullshit and the next, not knowing who was telling me the truth and who wasn't, I made a stupid choice to post about the server I had just left on my personal blog. I was upset that I had allowed myself to be caught up with a group that let fandom drama run into real-life trauma and treated both equally.

After I posted it, @0junemeatcleaver0 saw my post and wrongly assumed it was about Hekte's server. Looking back, it's easy to understand why, but at the time, I was so caught up in addressing a very specific subset of people that it didn't occur to me to clarify who I was addressing more directly.

Despite the fact that Hekate and her co-mod had put rules in place not to post or discuss server members directly in the drama channel, as soon as June made that post, not only was it fair game for me to be discussed out in the open, but the mods encouraged and added to it. Rather than asking June to remove the post, Hekate clapped back in front of the rest of the server and made everyone know about the private content of our DMs. By the time I was at home and able to read through the whole thread calling me a liar and a traitor, the damage was done. The server had become locked in an echo chamber where its members were in fight or flight mode, and it had already been decided that I needed to be banned.

I want to be very clear here - there was never any attempt to contact me directly before posting to a server to be publicly humiliated in front of my friends group, there was no attempt before this to ask questions or allow me to provide receipts or explanations for my post. Just an absolute dog pile of bad intentions egged on by equally hysterical server members under the blessings of the mods. All conversations prior to this about vague-ing were all “look at this nerd” and not a single one of them were “this practice is deeply hurtful to me” (I know bc I ran a search for vague-ing in the discord after this and read every single one).

Even though it was not expected of me, I decided to reach out to those who had been the most angrily critical of my post. Foolishly, I thought that if I could be given a chance to explain myself and how I had been dealing with the fallout from a group that involved one of my worst personal traumas, I would be able to smooth things over.

If I regret anything, it's extending my time and emotional energy to make a goodwill gesture to any of these people. In the DMs I sent out, not only did I disclose my past history of abuse, I also decided to take on and shoulder their emotional burden of being "triggered by a vague post". It makes me want to claw my eyes out to think about how I took the time to apologize for triggering them while I was having to process memories of my own past SA. How I put them first in that, instead of taking care of myself and allowed them the right to police the content I made on my own blog.

The response, universally across the bord was "get well soon sis!" or "I know you're dealing with the trauma of being SA'd as a child and all, but for ten whole minutes I thought you were vague posting about me, so like, um, I'm really gonna need you to acknowledge my pain about this over your own". I wish I could tell you I was kidding, but I'm not.

After getting the ole' server boot, June sent a request on discord, which I accepted. I thought she wanted to talk and burry the hatchet. Instead, this is what happened :

To say I was shocked is an understatement. Imagine disclosing something so personal to someone, making a gesture of goodwill even though this person dog-piled you, and then being hit by this? Like, what do you even say?

My assumption at the time was that it was easier for her to double down on the fantasy that I was some mastermind villain rather than admit to the fact that she fucked up by making her initial post to the server public and instigating the dog pile on me rather than admit she had been wrong. It's easier to justify it with vague accusations than actually pony up an apology, eh?

I wasn't too surprised when members of my former servers began blocking me. After all, they're all in the same friend group. That I could see. But when I started being blocked and unfriended by other people and removed from different discords again and again? That caught me by surprise. Reaching out to others, I was met repeatedly with vague statements of "someone reached out to me about some rumors", but no one could offer anything concrete. When I asked for specifics about what was said or shared, they always told me they couldn't tell me exactly what was said. Or, my favorite - that the evidence got deleted out of the chat :

Hmm, wow! It's almost like - there's nothing there to reveal! Almost like your "circumstantial evidence" is just that, and you know this proof won't actually stand up to questioning? Funny.

So here we are. I've been spit on by the same group of people eager to call themselves my friends. It's funny because when I first joined Tumblr, I saw posts calling them out for their mean girl clique and how two-faced they were, and I simply didn't believe it. Well, live and learn, as they say.

For the record, I did try to reach out to lovely June and was promptly blocked again. Apparently, it's not enough to frame me for BS and make vague statements about all this "evidence" she has. The game is only fun to her if she gets to wage it behind my back.

I'm taking back my reputation. I've done nothing wrong, I have nothing to hide, and I've offered to make amends for any misunderstandings. I have gone above and beyond to do that with a group of people who did not deserve the time or the effort to do so. June, Hekate, and all the rest are running and endorsing a gossip mill that relies on spreading rumors for entertainment. Because if there's one thing that will always be true, it's that Marius de Romanus fans need to create some sort of villain or outsider to fulfill their persecution complex.

[rwpohl]

severina, the mission, gods own medicine 1986

[1264doghouse]

Moses Asch & Marian Distler, Folkways Records 1948.

[marimayscarlett]

I always thought Paul would a better job at Richard part on DRSG! His voice is more appropriate I think? I love Richard but he can’t growl 🤣 His voice is too feminine !

Hi 👋

Now that's a lot to unpack here...

First of all, I get what you mean - from what I heard in earlier live recordings, Paul's voice is definitely capable of being quite powerful, like in the beginning of "Rein Raus" or "Weißes Fleisch":

Now regarding Richard: He himself seems to reckognize some female elements in his normal singing voice, at least he hinted at this in this interview, saying he added his voice to Till's recording of "Always on my mind" (for the Emigrate Album 'The Persistence of Memory') to give it a 'little female touch'. So yes, I can grasp the concept of Richard's voice having somewhat of a feminine allure to it sometimes - his usual singing voice isn't the deepest and can alternate between sounding soft and quite sharp.

I must admit, I am not very well-versed in the area of growling; I don't know what techniques are used for it and rarely listen to music where this vocal element appears. But I have to say that Richard's growling parts in "Du riechst so gut" and "Asche zu Asche" always sound so good and honestly nothing feminine remains in his voice, at least for my ears (not sure about your definition of feminine in this part, anon) 👀 I think he does a very great job of capturing the menacing and predatory aspects of the lyrics, and he really sounds threatening - even though, for me, it feels more attractive than intimidating, but I guess that's a personal thing (since my brain regularly melts listening to him doing that, I nearly went insane hearing this live). 😅

A little compilation:

(📽; this video calls his parts 'screamos', not sure if that's what I would call it but ok)

and some more examples:

two recordings from last year by @liebe-ist-musik: X X X

two recordings from this year's concert in Dublin by @dandysnob: X X

some more DRSG footage (it's one of my top 5 Rammstein songs so I could listen to it endlessly and so have you): X X X X X X

some Asche zu Asche footage: X X X X

[diceriadelluntore]

Storia Di Musica #351: Bob Dylan & The Band, Before The Flood, 1974

C'è un'altra ricorrenza periodica nelle Storie di Musica, e che capita quasi sempre a Dicembre: un racconto di un disco di Bob Dylan. Dopo tanto tempo vi racconto quando nasce la mia fascinazione per lui. Tra i libri della libreria dei miei mi capitò tra le mani, io andavo alle elementari, un libro, Bob Dylan: folk, canzoni e poesie, a cura di Alessandro Roffeni, Newton Compton Editori, pubblicato nel 1978 e comprato anni dopo dai miei ad una Festa dell'Unità. Mi affascinava anche perché aveva i testi inglesi a fronte e quel libro, che conservo ancora con affetto, aveva un'introduzione che finisce così: in un "ritmo di distorsione impoetica" si consuma l'impossibilità stessa di fare "grande" poesia, di additare le risoluzioni definitive: nelle pulsioni dell'eros, nella ricerca martellante di concatenazioni linguistiche nervose e oltraggiosamente impure, Dylan, e con lui l'uomo contemporaneo, cerca un instabile e mai risolto rapporto con l'irriducibile spietatezza del divenire storico.

Siccome è dicembrina, la collezione del mese avrà un'idea celebrativa, perchè i dischi che ho pensato festeggiano tutti mezzo secolo, omaggio questo anche ad una delle mie migliori amiche che è nata nello stesso anno di questi album.

La storia di oggi inizia quando Dylan, con una mossa clamorosa, abbandona la Columbia nel 1973, la casa discografica che lo scoprì e per cui aveva pubblicato i suoi primi 13 dischi, per passare alla neonata Asylum di David Geffen (che la fondò nel 1971 con Elliot Roberts) costruita per riabilitare la musica folk. Dylan in quel periodo iniziò a curare personalmente la sua attività finanziaria. Con la Asylum pubblica Planet Waves nel gennaio del 1974, un disco nato quando Robbie Robertson si trasferì a Malibù vicino casa di Dylan a metà del 1973. Il rapporto con Robertson e The Band è fortissimo: erano ancora The Hawks quando furono chiamati ad aiutare Dylan nella fondamentale transizione elettrica di metà anni '60, gli innumerevoli concerti insieme, e fu con questi musicisti che Dylan, dopo il misterioso e terribile incidente in moto del 1966, si ritirò in cantina a suonare per riabilitarsi (cose che diventeranno i mitici The Basement Tapes nel 1975). Planet Waves è un disco intimo, quasi di emozioni domestiche, che spiazza perchè sembra che Dylan abbia abbandonato l'epica universale della sua musica. Nasce l'idea di promuovere il disco con un tour e appena dopo la pubblicazione Geffen organizza 30 date in 21 città, in teatri e palazzetti al coperto, in circa un mese di tour. Il materiale registrato, nelle due date di Los Angeles del 13 e 14 Febbraio e a New York il 30 gennaio, venne pubblicato a Giugno con il titolo Before The Flood, addirittura un doppio live, il primo live della storia discografica dylaniana (le registrazioni precedenti verranno pubblicate molto tempo dopo) a testimonianza di un evento non secondario: dall'incidente del 1966, e tolta la partecipazione al Concerto per Il Bangladesh organizzato da George Harrison, è la prima tournee di Dylan in 8 anni.

Il titolo prende probabilmente spunto da un racconto, Farn Mabul, scritto da Sholem Asch, scrittore e drammaturgo ebreo-polacco, il cui figlio, Moses, era molto amico di Dylan, che lo aiutò ad organizzare la sua casa discografica, Folkways Records, che era attiva nel folk revival (e che quando chiuse, nel 1987, aveva così materiale ritenuto importante che fu acquisita dalla Smithsonian Society). Tra l'altro, l'ultima canzone di Planet Waves, Wedding Song, finisce così: We can't regain what went down in the flood. Nonostante il Tour fosse stato pensato per promuovere il disco, alla fine da Planet Waves arriva pochissimo, è piuttosto l'occasione per Dylan e i fidati musicisti della Band di riprendere le meraviglie spesso suonate insieme in studio e rivoltarle, riarrangiarle nel modo più imperscrutabile, tanto che le canzoni si riconoscono solo quando il canto irrompe e ne rivela la natura. In generale, dopo qualche data di rodaggio, le serate erano composte da un set con Dylan con la Band, un set solo del gruppo, uno solo di Dylan, e poi qualche bis di nuovo insieme. Ricordo qui gli strepitosi musicisti della Band, tutte leggende: oltre a Robbie Robertson, Garth Hudson, Levon Helm, Richard Manuel e Rick Danko, una line up indimenticabile.

Il risultato fu all'epoca rivoluzionario, perchè non si era abituati a sentire Dylan live sul disco: nel doppio c'è la sua massima espressione poetica, con buona parte dei suoi classici, da Like A Rolling Stone a Blowin' In The Wind, da Ballad Of Thin Man a Knockin' On Heaven's Door, da Just Like A Woman ad una rockeggiante Highway 61 Revisited. A questi si aggiungono le meraviglie della Band: capolavori come The Weight, The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, The Shape I'm In. Dylan si ricuce le canzoni in abiti diversi, abbandona il canto romantico e spesso è furente nell'interpretazione, tanto che il critico Robert Christgau dirà in una famosa recensione del disco appena uscito "Without qualification, this is the craziest and strongest rock and roll ever recorded. All analogous live albums fall flat.", puntando l'attenzione sulla intensificazione musicale dei suoi classici in veste dal vivo.

Il disco divenne un successo, in Top Ten negli Stati Uniti e in Gran Bretagna (che va ricordato per numero di dischi in classifica era un luogo di Dylan mania da oltre un decennio). E in Dylan scatta qualcosa: la Columbia, pentita, gli richiede di ritornare a casa, e Dylan prima regala alla storia uno dei dischi più belli di sempre, Blood On The Tracks e poi parte il circo musicale del Rolling Thunder Avenue, il secondo tour consecutivo.

Negli anni furono ripubblicati dalla Columbia altre date, anche in cofanetto, ma niente di così sfavillante come l'edizione del cinquantenario che è arrivata nel 2024: 27 cd, 417 esibizioni inedite, registrazioni appena mixate e note di copertina di Elizabeth Nelson, che raccolgono tutti i concerti di quel tour, storicamente uno dei più importanti della musica rock occidentale.

[poltergeistispierre]

i realized it's only findable in the community and not just the tag mid, anyways Noi looks up to pierce concept hc based off of implied stuff +HCs for this too

More of a hc based of implications especially on the mini games since I like to consider that just Noi and Pierce saying things they WOULD or might say as characters, y'know?Noi looks up to Pierce and NO ONE can change my mind and I mean this figuratively because everyone probably has to look up to stare at Pierce!!

Anyways HC for this: Noi sometimes just follows Pierce around because of this.

Pierce has no clue Noi idolizes him and thinks this is 'normal Noi behavior' since he saw Noi so the same with ava once.

Noi also attempts to try the "yes." Thing but fails because he realizes he wants to say more as an answer. He is then sad he couldn't be like his idol.

Pierce sometimes just watched Noi while Noi is following him, He sometimes just walks in circles to test noi.

Noi does not realize their walking in circles. This loop can go on for hours and Ava probably has a recording of this on her phone.

Pierce has once watched Socky without Asch, he says this in the series when he zex enters the apartment at some point.

Noi was watching Socky with Pierce that time.

Pierce finds this 'Noi behavior' amusing.

Noi and Pierce spar occasionally since Noi ended up admitting once that he wants to be as strong as Pierce. Sparring is just Pierce helping Noi train. He does not see a reason to go easy on Noi so they'll spar for hours, and within 5 hours they'd spar almost 100 times because Noi keeps failing.

This isn't technically a ship for pieroi but you can make this a ship hc thing too, I just think their a funny duo since orange and blue are opposites and so are they :3

[brights-place]

Can you do My inner demons Rhys x reader who is a witch and a friend of Ava live in next door?

Ava doesn't know about reader being a witch until reader tried to protect her from the 5 Daemos

[M.I.D] Rhys x Reader

Warnings: None

A/N: I LOVE RHYS SO MUCH I GIGGLEEEEE HE'S SUCH A GODO CHARACETR APHAMU IDC WHAT TYPE OF VIDEOS YOU RECORD NOW JUST LET ME HAVE THE CHARACTERS BACKSTORYS!! anyways everytime I get this type of request I giggle and get excited dividers by: selysie

Summary: Ava loved her bff so much that the two ended up living next door to eachother. So when you came down to visit her and to see her in the grasps of danger with men in horns you took action with your own hands literally. The amount of sheer awe that came from Ava and Piercing deep blue eyes that watched you made the silence loud but nto as loud as ava shouting at what you just did.

The moment you stepped foot into the apartment to visit Ava the energy was different and foul a stench of something reeked as You couldn't help but purse your lips at the musky scent of another entity one that would leech off onto an force of energy.

The sound of screaming into a hand were heard as You stepped from the corner to see some males with horns that glowed in the dark of the living room as the males heads snap there head over to stare at you as you froze the male with black obsidian like hair point "CAPTURE THEM" "Prince Asch-WAIT" the male with deep green horns vanished from his spot as you snapped your head to behind you to see his hands reach out to you in a fast pace.

The grip on ava is mouth dropped slightly as she shouted "(NAME)" in the blink of an eye Leif frozen for a moment, eyes wide as he was hit against the wall of the apartment that lead to cracks on the purple wallpapered walls to where the other daemos were who froze entirely as Ava was able to breach out of the male with teal eyes is arms as they all stared at you glaring at them your eyes glowering slightly at them like they were prey.

You were quick to step up infront of Ava who ran up to you as you couldn't help but heave arms up with a flow of energy on your finger tips glaring at the daemos glancing back at Ava who was on the floor behind her shakily panting "N/N" "Hush" You snapped at her through gritted teeth "that human" The male with yello horns and orange attire blinked and muttered "It- It-"

A fire ball casted on the obsidian haired male is hands "That doesn't matter lets get rid of that human and get this over and done with" You were quick to act as light started pooling at your tip of your fingers as with an accelerative pace, your stature shifted into a different form As projectiles of fireballs attacks rained down they collided with a shimmering dome of energy burst forth, expanding outward with a soft hum enveloping Ava and Your forms in a protective embrace. The shield glowed a vibrant blue flickering faintly as swirling patterns danced across its surface resembling magical runes of arcane.

The shield pulsed rhythmically its glow intensifying whenever a new strike landed, resolutely keeping harm at bay.

The male with white tipped horns gritted his teeth "PRINCE ASCH CEASE THIS AT ONCE!" the male with deep blue eyes stated quickly grappling Asch is wrist "we cannot waste anymore of your magic-" "Rhys you dare-"

"What are you"

Silence filled the room as the male with the red fluffy cape scowled "What are you" you repeated as you stared down at them as Ava spoke "they're demons!" "no we are daemos- uhm prince asch let me" the male with deep blue horns turned to stare at you with interest.

You stared deadly at the group as the barrier in brilliant flashes of light dissipating harmlessly. Ava stared wide-eyed with relief, could feel the faint warmth of the shield surrounding herself and you a tangible reassurance of safety. Outside the barrier Rhys stood firm eyes staring deeply into your e/c eyes, their energy unwavering, every ounce of focus dedicated to holding the shield strong. With each second the shield’s presence was a silent vow: as long as it stood, no harm would touch those within.

Ava eyes swirled with panic and she spoke "N/N whats that- (name)… (name)!" Ava muttered shakily at you summoning Thin, sharp projectiles made of crystalline magic hovered in formation like a lethal constellation.

Each shard was razor-edged, tapering to a fine point that seemed almost too perfect, catching and refracting the ambient light into dazzling, prismatic hues. Rhys couldn't help but stare at awe at the sheer amount of magical energy and force coming from your hands Their translucent bodies pulsed faintly imbued with an inner glow that flickered in sync with the shield below, as though drawing power from the same source. The shards hung in the air perfectly still yet brimming with an almost predatory energy waiting for a single command.

"Please let me explain of the situation… Sorceress?" "I am no Sorceress. I'm an alchemist… nothing else" Rhys blinked at the new word as he spoke "ahem well please let us explain this dire situation we do not mean to cause harm" "I thought we meant to cause all harm?" pierce questioned as Rhys hushed him with Asch fuming as Leif shakily was rubbing his head and standing up staring you down. Occasionally a shard trembled ever so slightly emitting a faint chime, like a crystalline bell, as if eager to be unleashed. The projectiles flared brighter their sharp edges glinting with menace, ready to retaliate and shoot down to the group. Suspended in a delicate but deadly balance, the crystalized projectiles seemed less like defensive tools and more like sentinels of the shield—silent, watchful, and poised to strike the instant danger drew too close.

Ava pursed her lips "wait that fire magic stuff I saw before was real… The magic from (Name) is hands were real?" "yes! allow me to explain- well for the fire part atleast" Rhys started "We are from another world and go by the name daemos" Ava tilted her head slightly "Your name is daemos?" Rhys shook his head "No We are daemos" rhys said gesturing to the other men with coloured horns while Ava looked even more confused "your all named daemos?" Rhys sighed shaking his head "No my name is rhys"

Ava eyes widened abit "Your world is rhys?" Ava said her eyebrows furrowed with confusion as you were quick to speak "AVA let him finish I need to know if they mean harm and from these guys I sense ALL the harm"

Rhys rubbed his temples speaking "Just- ugh… We are from another world our home is… being threaten by a horrible monster?" Rhys said the statement sounded more like an question "What?" Ava questioned "Yes! Our home is being threatened by a horrible monster that threatens to engulf everything we care about…. That's right, so we've come to E-urth to learn about it to discover if this world is suitable for us to move our people here." Rhys noted "Move your people..here?" Ava questioned more "Wait that's not-" Noi started "Shh, just go with it!" Leif said hitting Noi's head making the male yelp and rub the spot the lief hit.

After the whole run down you made sure to be around Ava more even though the girl was pointing at you saying "Your a witch!" while you completely denying it and saying you were an alchemist before quickly submitted to her annoying pestering before admitting it.

In return you made her do a binding spell so she doesn't tell a soul in return she'd get something and in return she wanted a body pillow of her favorite fictional character which… was quite entertaining.

Rhys though and the other daemos were more heightened and weary around you and your pure magical energy that was on parr maybe even stronger then asch due to well the lack of magic in daemos but it did have them make sure to stay on your good side.

Rhys though would try to learn things form you like he did with lady grandma trying to learn from you. Hell you even took note how Noi unlike the others seemed to lack Magic so let's just say Rhys dropped his jaw when you gave Noi something to keep on his person as it was a small miniature Jar with dirt a plant and a crystalized shimmer glow of a mixture of colours that still had every component inside it seen properly.

Rhys who was witnessing you brewing the item blink when you handed the necklace with the vial to him "This is a jar of dirt?" he paused as you hummed "Yes" silence engulfed you two as you picked up a magazine in your crafting room.

Rhys looked at the necklace and looked back to you "Is the Jar of dirt going to help Noi…?" Rhys questioned raising a brow to you as you had your arms crossed reading your magazine opening one hand to "If you don't want it, give it back" Rhys was quick to hold onto is shyly looking away with a slight blush "Hm.." "Then it helps"

Noi though when he got the necklace awkwardly wore it for abit yet he took note how sometimes he'd feel the familiar sparks in his fingers of magic. Noi couldn't help but beam and side eye you in the living room talking to Ava.

A moment when Leif was trying to heal himself one time you would just pop over and just hand him a swirling potion which he refused at all saying that it wasn't needed but chugged it when you threatened him that if he didn't he'd die which you learnt was something he'd find entertaining with his life on the line so he'd chug the vial and hey his scars were all gone. though when you offered to heal the scar on his eye he would grab your wrist tightly but knew you meant good it was weird… Humans helping Daemos was weird.

Pierce found it relaxing to be in a room with you when you were just reading your book in solemn silence though he does question your morals. One time though Pierce kept his head down because he heard you mutter to him when walking past something in daemos tongue "I know" He kept silence though becoming more guarded around Asch.

Asch out of all of them were questioning you but couldn't help but hold respect though he referred to you as Prisoner like Ava he knew what you were capable of and when he'd refer to Ava as a Human Sorceress he questioned if you were Ava is pupil while you explain that you are a witch and only do things to gain something back in return… like a benevolent witch but would do anything for free for Ava.

Asch though would stare at you and one time he asked if you'd be able to brew a potion for sleeping easier instead you just gave him a melatonin explaining what it'd do to help him which he found like you were poisoning him but explained everything so he was thankful for that.

But it doesn't matter about them it mattered Rhys is relationship with you. Slowly you and Rhys grew a bond sharing knowledge but keeping it limited with each other yet a huge bond started to create. Rhys though couldn't help but feel guilty for the truth he kept from you and Ava.

You were able to grin at him when he'd share things to you in return for more knowledge of earth as you explained customs and learnt that Daemos was in the mid-evil era. you two slowly started to care for eachother and learning about eachothers habits sometimes helping Rhys out with the other Daemos and teaching hem common manners that are for humans while Ava was watching squealing at how cool you look.

Even though you and Rhys got close one thing was certain from you was that no matter how many times you offer to help them you knew their true intentions after getting as much information you can leech out of all of them.

Rhys knew though that sooner or later you'd figure them out and they can't have that but for now he'll enjoy staying beside you you two learning each other and seeing the differences of potions and spells within culture as well.

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[asktheweirdpichu]

Asche: (Shouldn’t be surprising, considering my track record with electricity...)

(Ugh...  I think I need an Oran berry... or two...)

▶ It seems the electricity stored in the stone makes Asche very sick... ▶ But they feel better now that they’re not touching it.

[ @dailyashleighraichu ]

[herrlindemann]

Sonic Seducer, December 2015

Thanks to ramjohn for the scans!

What's 32 cm high, weighs 3.5 kilos and contains 14 discs? Rammstein fans probably already know the answer: it's “XXI - The Vinyl Box Set”, a big box set that will enable the Berlin band to look back over their 20-year career in early December. Even if the band's website recently announced a meaningful "It goes on” [“Es geht weite”], the fact that all the sextet's works will soon be available in record form for your personal collection comes just at the right moment: "XXI - The Vinyl Box Set" contains all the studio albums on double vinyl, from "Herzeleid" to "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da", and adds two LPs with previously unreleased tracks and versions as well as "Raritäten". So it's interesting to review the career of Germany's most internationally popular band since Kraftwerk, from their early days as a band with a martial R roll, to their export successes filling arenas and stadiums around the world.

Of course, no one was expecting such resounding success when Rammstein was formed in Berlin at the end of 1993, from members of East German bands The Inchtabokatables and Feeling B, among others. The first album from 1995, “Herzeleid”, was a bombshell: some drew parallels with the sound and image of over-identification and pseudo-fascist totalitarianism of Slovenia's Laibach. Others suspected Rammstein were the counterpart to Die Krupps, the electro-metal band that was enjoying huge success at the time. The first sign of life from their Motor Music label was the promotional CD of the song “Du riechst so gut”, the mix of thick synthetic groove, brutal industrial metal and powerful male vocals was immediately on everyone's lips and in everyone's ears. “Herzeleid" barely cracked the top 100 album charts when it was released, but a growing audience began to take an interest in these Berliners when they opened for Project Pitchfork, among others. Even cult director David Lynch took notice and chose the songs "Rammstein" and "Heirate mich" for the soundtrack to his film "Lost Highway" — in the US too, Rammstein made an early name for themselves, soon to become a fixture on the international (industrial) metal circuit. "Herzeleid" laid an impressive cornerstone in this respect.

“Herzeleid” (1995)

The first album opens with a song that quickly became a crowd favourite: "Wollt ihr bas Bett in Flammen sehen" introduces massive guitar punches and a bubbling electronic base. What's more, Till Lindemann repeats the band's name so often that no-one can ignore who's playing. The album already shows the extent of the Berliners' palette: the opener and hits like “Du Riechst So Gut” and “Asche Zu Asche” are set against “Seemann”, a ballad that proves Rammstein can slow down the pace without losing any of their intensity. But “Herzeleid” is most legendary for its brutality — admittedly, there's nothing on the album, musically speaking, that Oomph! hasn't mastered, but the gigantic staging of itself and the overflowing pathos give Rammstein its own signature right from the start.

"I find the 'Herzeleid' cover so bad that I can't watch it anymore.” — Richard Kruspe (1999)

Rammstein made a big impression on metal, industrial and electro fans with just one record, as demonstrated by the single "Engel", which stormed the charts before the release of their second album "Sehnsucht". After “Herzeleid” frightened uninformed listeners with songs about scandalous subjects such as necrophilia, sexual violence and plane crashes, the “Engel” music video turned out to be a more or less explicit homage to “From Dusk Till Dawn”. But the controversy was over the cover of “Sehnsucht”, by Austrian extreme artist Gottfried Helnwein, who fitted the members' faces with surgical instruments — so the similarities with the artwork for Scorpions' 1982 album “Blackout”, also by Helnwein, were not coincidental. The second single, "Du Hast", also made it into the German top 10, and Rammstein took the top spot in the album chart with "Sehnsucht". Abroad, particularly in the United States, a similar success was beginning to be felt: "Sehnsucht" won a golden record there and continued to sell well, going platinum record at a later date. A year later, Rammstein were represented with their cover of Depeche Mode's "Stripped" on the tribute compilation "For The Masses" — alongside international acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, The Cure and Deftones. The fact that the Berliners used scenes from Leni Riefenstahl films in the video not only earned them accusations of right-wing extremism, but could also be seen as a clever provocation. Rammstein denied any fascist tendencies, however, and soon after went on a "Family Values" tour across the United States with Korn, Limp Bizkit, Orgy and Ice Cube. By then they had become stars.

“Sehnsucht” (1997)

With “Engel” and “Du hast”, Rammstein had already scored hits before the release of their second album, and this one did not disappoint. So it's hardly surprising that the song “Tier” was so clearly inspired by Die Krupps' “The Dawning Of Doom” that Jürgen Engler received the copyright after the fact. In terms of content, the band also goes all the way: incest and the resulting parricide, sado-masochistic sexual practices and female genitalia craving cunnilingus are all hot topics — and with “Klavier”, we also find a legitimate successor to “Seemann”. Sales of "Sehnsucht" have long since topped the 2 million mark.

Rammstein in Mexico 1999

Needless to say, Rammstein have not given up in the face of this phenomenal success: ever since the band toured Central and South America with Kiss and Soulfy in 1999, the qualities of these men with showmanship skills have been known there too. With the first retrospective of their work "Live aus Berlin", the first phase of their creative process came to an end shortly before the turn of the millennium, and after a concert at the Fuji Rock Festival in faraway Japan, Rammstein tackled their third album. And, of course, the band didn't think to get rid of its provocative habit, even though singer Till and keyboardist Flake Lorenz had been arrested two years earlier in Massachusetts for simulating anal sex on stage and spraying themselves with artificial sperm on the song "Bück dich". Instead of being sexually explicit, the 'Mutter' album polarised attention with its cover illustration of an allegedly dead foetus. Nevertheless, Flake shakes his head about his arrest and the allegedly evil band Rammstein in an interview with Der Spiegel magazine: "What are they blaming us for? That we dare to use words like 'ficken' and 'Fotze'? That's what every hip-hopper does these days". Especially since “Mutter”, with the song “Links 2 3 4”, effectively distanced the band from the accusations of fascism that the worried media were constantly calling for. An important album for this reason too.

"Mutter" (2001)

Could this be the reason why Rammstein tribute band Die Bestien were originally called “Mama ist die Bestie”? In any case, the pleasure of listening to bestiality is once again guaranteed on "Mutter", as the opening track "Mein herz brennt" already indicates, with its thunderous orchestral guitar. The Swedish director Lukas Moodysson featured this piece prominently in his tragic drama film "Lilya 4-Ever". What's more, with the right-turn rejection of “Links 2 3 4”, the electronically infiltrated mass delirium of “Ich will”, the suggested cloning insult of the title track and “Rein raus”, which calls for abdominal activity, there's enough to cause a stir, if not outrage. Not at all revolting: “Mutter” also topped the charts — like every Rammstein album since “Sehnsucht”.

In the meantime, Rammstein had reached the centre of metal society, as evidenced by the award for "Best International Live Act" at the Kerrang! Awards 2002. While the band were working on their fourth album, the three-hour DVD “Lichtspielhaus” kept the audience on their toes: it contained all the video clips shot so far, plus a few making-of and various concert highlights, recorded at shows in Sydney and Rock am Ring among others. A deep breath before the next album, “Reise Reise”, whose cover depicts a flight recorder. If you rewind the CD before the first track, you hear the last radio messages from a Japanese airliner that crashed, killing over 500 people. Other provocations were not long in coming: the theme of the single "Mein teil" was the criminal case of Armin Meiwes, who had gained dubious notoriety as the cannibal of Rothenburg, and for some uninformed listeners, lines like "Weiche teile und auch harte / Stehen auf der Speisekarte" were already too much. Keyboardist Flake couldn't understand the excitement on this track either: "Doing a song about something that's really happened, I think that's the most normal thing in the world! Nobody complains to the presenter of the 'Tagesschau' about the alarming news he reads either!" For Rammstein, on the other hand, the attention paid to the unsavoury anthropophagy affair was anything but normal, given that at the time the war in Iraq had just been approved without the national media being overly concerned. A context in which the hateful praise of “Amerika” took on a whole new meaning.

"Reise, Reise" (2004)

This record definitely propelled Rammstein to the top of the list of most successful German bands abroad — it was ranked in the top 10 in nearly 20 countries, and number one in five of them. The “Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien” (Federal Office for the Supervision of Media Harmful to Young Persons) could do nothing better with "Mein Teil" than ban the video clip, which is not very tactful in night-time rotation — a half-hearted sanction which Rammstein accepted with a shrug of the shoulders. Surprisingly, the band not only responded with musical crudeness, but also with dark, romantic, sometimes bluesy songs like “Los” and “Ohne dich”, and also with some ferocious and bizarre visual humour: in the video for “Keine lust”, the members appear extremely overweight and take the song about lack of energy and saturation to the extreme. But the truth is, Rammstein are far from fed up.

As benefits a band that subsequently sells out four concerts in a row at the Parkbühne in Berlin's Wuhlheide. And this time, it didn't take Rammstein long to recharge : so many songs remained from the “Reise, Reise” recording session that the sextet quickly returned to the studio to finish “Reise Reise Vol. 2”. But as the band doesn't like the idea of a musical residue, the new opus is finally called “Rosenrot” and not only continues the sound of its predecessor, but also takes new directions : The relatively tender experimental ballad "Stirb nicht vor mir" ("Don't Die Before I Do") features Texas singer Sharleen Spiteri in a duet with Till Lindemann, and "Feuer und Wasser" refers to Friedrich Schiller's poem "Der Taucher". Drummer Christoph Schneider sums it up : "We knew we'd recorded too many quiet songs for “Reise Reise”. That's why we were aware, when writing "Rosenrot", that we needed to compose some slightly harder material to round it all off". "Rosenrot" was not, however, completed by a tour, and performances in the United States, Mexico and Asia fell through due to the long-term illness of keyboardist Flake.

"We had no desire at all to produce this theoretical music on the computer. In contrast to "Mutter", this album is very hand-played." — Flake Lorenz

"Rosenrot" (2005)

The direct successor to “Reise Reise” is certainly not the most surprising album in Rammstein's discography — the punchy but familiar introductory single “Benzin” proves that right from the start. "Mann gegen mann" also rocks straight ahead and is once again only genuine with a video clip that was belatedly banished to the night hours, for which "Spun" director Jonas Akerlund has staged the band naked and had equally undressed men jostling each other. But on “Rosenrot”, Rammstein can also do things differently, orchestrating the Spanish song “Te Quiero Puta” with mariachi brass and ending the album with the modest title “Ein lied” — dedicated to all Rammstein fans. It's likely that some of them felt concerned. 

"A situation that was completely new to us until then : writing songs from the nights in a very short time. There were many doubts within the band as to whether we could produce good quality songs in such a short time." — Oliver Riedel about "Rosenrot"

The breaks between albums became longer : apart from the live DVD "Völkerball", which was released in 2006, Rammstein disappeared from the scene for a while after "Rosenrot". But as usual, the band came back with a bang in 2009. But this was without taking into account the suspicions of the Bundesprüfstelle für jugendgefährdende Medien (Federal Office for the Control of Media Harmful to Young Person), which quickly placed the fifth album, “Liebe Ist Für Alle Da”, on the blacklist. What had happened ? Well, the song “Ich tu dir weh” appealed to sadomasochistic fantasies, which is hardly surprising in the Rammstein context, but was enough to warrant a blacklisting. The band expressed their dismay at the censorship, and much of the press sided with the band and against the authorities. "Spiegel" even imagined a fictitious and absurd round table discussion on the subject between the Minister for the Family, the band members and popular music star Florian Silbereisen. But you'd have thought the problem lay elsewhere, because the single “Pussy”, which pokes fun at German sex tourists abroad, lent itself much better to controversy. In the video, shot once again by Jonas Akerlund, the members of the band appeared without hesitation as hardcore pornographic actors — the fact that they were dubbed in the end did nothing to detract from the scandalous nature of the clip. According to guitarist Richard Kruspe, the initial impetus for this sultry little film came from the director, who sent an e-mail to the band with the words "Let's make a revolution! Let's shoot a porn!" And that's just the way it is : policing morals has never had any effect on the big boys of Rammstein.

"Liebe Ist Für Alle Da" (2009)

"Das Warten hat ein Ende / Leigt euer Ohr einer Legende" — the opening words of Rammstein's sixth album, which has once again lost none of its metallic power, textual provocation or musical versatility. As well as the catchy, almost cheeky "Pussy" and the hyperactive mosher "Ich Tu Dir Weh", the band pay tribute to Edit Piaf's "Non, Je ne regrette rien" on "Frühling in Paris" and draw heavily on the "Moritat von Mackie Messer" from Bertolt Brecht's "Dreigroschenoper" for "Haifisch". Admittedly, due to the aforementioned blacklisting, the song could only be sold to major customers for a short time, but a watered-down version of the offending track followed. Needless to say, by this time “Liebe Ist Für Alle Da” had already climbed the charts and Rammstein were still the most popular German band — both at home and abroad.

Rammstein 2014 in der Volksbühne

A lot has happened since the release of "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da": Rammstein were invited to the Wacken Open Air for the first time in 2013 — and didn't miss out on performing the song "Sonne" with Heino, who had covered it on his "Mit freundlichen Grüßen" covers album. Richard Kruspe lives again in Berlin and in 2014 presented his second Emigrate album "Silent So Long" with a lot of noise and the participation of Marilyn Manson and Jonathan Davis of Korn. Till Lindemann made common cause with Swedish metalhead Peter Tägtgren under the name Lindemann on the "Skills in Pills" album. And the announcement at the beginning of the article, "It goes on !", gives us hope that album number seven won't be too long in coming. In the meantime, let's listen to Rammstein's discography in detail once again — with "XXI - The Vinyl Box Set", of course, a luxurious package of power that Santa Claus will have trouble transporting. "If we had put more emphasis on the live structure, then some things could have been a bit better, harder, more beautiful! And yet I'm simply happy that we've succeeded in making this record!" - Richard Kruspe about "Liebe Ist Für Alle Da"

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Woody Guthrie “Vigilante Man”

• Hard Travelin': The Asch Recordings, Vol. 3

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Abkehr - In Asche

Vinyl: Limited Edition, Clear

Label: Sentient Ruin Laboratories, Sick Man Getting Sick Records

Released: 2017

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Bucchigiri?! Episode 5 Review - Arajin Is Insufferable

I still stand by my opinion of Arajin being Hiroko Utsumi’s weakest written protagonist. If you look at her past works, you can see that they all have some sort of characteristic out of their usual schtick; well, two of Utsumi’s works are adaptations (Free! Is a loose adaptation of a light novel called High Speed and Banana Fish is a manga to anime adaptation) and SK8 is her first original work, but you get what I mean. Five episodes in and he still hasn’t done anything substantial. All he does is fall for the same tricks and tropes. Like, why is he even the MC? Matakara or Mahoro would make better MCs than him.

Like, I get that Arajin’s skirt-chasing and cowardly demeanor has to do with not being manly enough to protect a young Matakara in his childhood, but if he wants to get stronger, he has to stop falling for the same things. He couldn’t protect Matakara when he was younger, but he still can’t protect him in his current state—heck, he won’t even protect him! I can’t fault Utsumi for this because she’s not the writer for this anime. The writer is Taku Kishimoto, who wrote the screenplays for animes like Blue Lock, Ranking of Kings, The Millionaire Detective Balance, and Moriarity the Patriot. I’ve heard people rave about these anime (well, Blue Lock anime is a bit mixed) so why is this one so frustratingly written? Still, as a director, Utsumi should know when to have the MC develop and what not—next week is the halfway point as there will be 12 episodes.

Alright, enough about Arajin, let’s talk about the star of this episode, Akutaro. I think he’s very interesting. He used to be in Minato Kai, but got kicked out due to using underhanded methods. He once admired Kenichiro as he was a strong, manly guy while he was a thin, dainty and unreliable one back then. Getting kicked out changed him drastically as he became more violent and hell bent on getting revenge. I do wonder how much of his chaotic personality comes from the blue genie because I know for a fact that the mind control aspect of the NG Boys army is from magic genie powers. I think that Arajin isn’t aware that Akutaro is manipulating him. He’s being all nice to him after learning about his virginity and cozying up to him to get him in his favor. All the stuff he said about Mahoro was to rile him up purposely, as he had a hunch Arajin was possessed by Senya. Also, the casting director should get a raise because Chihiro Suzuki as Akutaro is a 10/10 casting. Suzuki really delivers on the flamboyant but also devious aspect of this character. Like, I always known him as Kisumi from Free and Luke and Asch from Tales of the Abyss, so to have him voice this character who’s completely different from his usual roles was a joy to listen to; I can tell he was having fun recording! I especially loved him speaking English when explaining the E-4 motto; the way he said Ecstasy was amazing.

I feel so bad for Matakara in a way. Like, he is deluded into believing Arajin is the same person as before, but every single time he has his hopes up, Arajin just plummets down in terms of expectation. This episode is where he is a bit more action-heavy as he tries to beat Akutaro, but loses and gets tied up. I wonder when the breaking point is for him because the opening does seem like he’s going to get possessed by Ichiya or something. The question is when and how that’s going to happen. I’m glad that Zabu is a good person who is able to sense what’s wrong and to admit his mistakes. He’s a better friend to Matakara than Arajin.

I wonder if we’ll get some Kenichiro backstory later on because out of the important gang leaders, he is the least developed so far. All I know is that he’s been held back three times and that he’s rather honorable. I also predict that Jasmine-chan is actually a cat and the place the teacher goes to every episode is a rather high end cat cafe. If it’s not a cat cafe, then it’s probably a gay brothel for bottoms as “neko” (cat) is Japanese gay slang for bottoms. I’m leaning more towards an actual cat cafe given the fancy cat sign.

What is going to happen now that the gang war is starting? What are your thoughts on this episode?