Amazing what insights you can get out of fitness trackers these days.
For example, mine told me this morning that it was time to listen to some metal.
#metal
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Tim G
@TG_Esq@metalhead.club
mastodon 4.7.3Long-time metal fan raised on glam, NWOBHM, US hard rock & metal, and later Goth rock and industrial.
Enjoying the great Fediverse metal community, exploring the bands and sub-genres I've missed over the years - and as much as I can of the excellent music being released every year.
#Metal #HeavyMetal #Industrial #Gothic
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Current minor obsession I:
Sceaduhelm - Crippled Black Phoenix
https://riseupandfight.bandcamp.com/album/sceaduhelm
Current minor obsession II:
Circadian Promise - Fires in the Distance
https://firesinthedistance.com/album/circadian-promise
A #music survey (boosts welcome). Your formative recorded music technology was:
A #music survey (boosts welcome). Your formative recorded music technology was:
Listening to the early release songs for the forthcoming debut EP by London goth band Mouth Ulcers. A nice mix of classic goth influences, wrapped up in a melodic package. 🦇
I can almost imagine I'm twenty years old and dancing in a dark club.*
*Would require some impressive magic and/or make-up to achieve.
Silent Pictures - EP from Mouth Ulcers
We're feeling the wrench, with #UnexpectedWhiplash this #TuneTuesday.
Angelic choir to driving drum machine and guitar, you say? With those brooding Eldritch vocals? Well then.
This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
https://song.link/y/uzcmDOdapeY
A great theme from @The_KamikaZEN@metalhead.club - songs that start with a style and suddenly transform into a different one.
There were three father-daughter duos when we were in the local metal store today. (Goth offspring and I were one of them.)
They were all there for the music, no-one just waiting for the other to finish so they could go. It was great seeing them show t-shirts and LPs to each other, and point out cool posters and decor in the shop.
A point of connection, handing on some great music, discovering new things together.
#metal
This is rather nice. You know the song is going to kick up a level at some point, but when it does, it still surprises.
Death Is Not The End - CHELSEA WOLFE
https://chelseawolfe.bandcamp.com/track/death-is-not-the-end
Some pretty striking visuals in the video too. (And if you're low on spoons, Ms Wolfe may be wearing them.)
https://youtu.be/I1u3GCvJTo8
#ChelseaWolfe #MusicWomenWednesday #DoomMetal
New Green Lung album coming in September. One to look out for.
Update from the album promo:
A monumental portrait of the power of nature over the dreams and dominion of humankind, 𝕹𝖊𝖈𝖗𝖔𝖕𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖙𝖆𝖓 is also a grand celebration of the occult lore, heavy music scene and Magnificent Seven Cemeteries of our birthplace as a band, the city of London.
Necropolitan - GREEN LUNG
Time to try out the new Neurosis album today after @tomroberts@metalhead.club and @Kitty@metalhead.club were talking about it on Sunday. I knew nothing about the band's past work or recent challenges, so this was a real #MetalSchool assignment for me.
It was pleasant enough, if that's the word. But it will take me a few listens to really decide what I think.
An Undying Love For A Burning World - Neurosis
https://neurosis.bandcamp.com/album/an-undying-love-for-a-burning-world
One more #TuneTuesday song for today's #UnexpectedWhiplash - this one nominated by the offspring.
Ghost - "Ghuleh/Zombie Queen"
She is not entirely sure whether it's technically two songs spliced together or not, but she said she can nevertheless personally attest to the potency of its whiplash effect 😅
After @thomas@metalhead.club and @Kitty@metalhead.club were posting about the new Crippled Black Phoenix album, the Goth Offspring heard it through a completely different channel and recommended it to me.
After surgery on my mouth today, the epic and expansive sound of this album are just what I need tonight. (Mouth is fine, BTW, just swollen.)
In fact, I think Sceaduhelm opens my AOTY longlist.
Sceaduhelm - Crippled Black Phoenix
https://crippledblackphoenixsom.bandcamp.com/album/sceaduhelm
What's this? New song from Muse?
Takes a while to get past the Muse-y atmospherics, but it does get there. Will be interesting to hear it in the context of the new album.
Muse - Be With You
https://youtu.be/P2h1WDGRVhs
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If I had been in time for #AlternateFridayMusic and its word #Fire, I would have posted:
Messa - Fire On The Roof
https://youtu.be/2X561qjxAVc
🔥🔥🔥
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@MFDOOMALLCAPS@metalhead.club
I've been counting down the days for this one. Reinventions of songs I've been listening to for up to / 30+ years.
@alicemcalicepants@ohai.social
I finally visited a local metal music store today, which is also sadly closing down.
I haven't heard this from Enslaved, but it was a cheap second-hand copy and in good condition.
Also, would you believe me if I told you that I am one of the young people getting into physical music formats for the old school cool? 💿
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I didn't fight in the Metallica Wars, but I did enjoy their cover of Whiskey In The Jar this afternoon.
https://youtu.be/wsrvmNtWU4E
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@Undercat@mastodon.sdf.org
On Saturday I went to a business that does data transfers (for a family slide conversion job). The reception area was full of old still and film cameras, an old TV, film projectors, etc. And this reel to reel high up on a shelf.
I don't know enough about them to know exactly where the tape should be going, but the way it was set up for display made my eyes water.
Good to properly listen to the Nine Inch Noize version of Memorabilia. I loved the original NIN cover when I first heard it on the extended Closer to God (Halo 9) CD.
https://youtu.be/avMKefAksSo
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@ahihi@anticapitalist.party
I listened to metal music undercover for many years before I could share it with a couple of people IRL and a community online.
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@Undercat
Reel to reel is the option I really should have included.
I had a few people around the family who had reel players and collections, so it's not that I never saw one.
Did you ever record your own?
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@Undercat
How wonderful, and what memories.
We have a few commercial places that convert old VHS tapes (but they'renot cheap), so there may be the audio equivalent.
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@maidservantofnanaya
The power to curate and burn your own CDs was a big step, like mixtapes but with CD quality.
Soulseek looks interesting. Is it mainly underground material, without the copyright issues that did in earlier P2P networks?
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@makepost
It sounds like you had the tech know-how for the different formats.
A CD mixtape was so much easier to make than the cassette predecessor.
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@ianto_jones
Trying to get close to the full song, and without the announcer talking over the end of the song!
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@ahihi
Napster-adjacent is close enough. 😅
Cassette mixtapes though were good. Were you sharing them with friends?
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@mcSlibinas
It's good when you can find FM radio that fits around your life amd music tastes.
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@mcSlibinas
Pleased to help. 😊
When I thought about the different music technologies, I got interested in what they said about the experiences of different generations of music lovers.
It's interesting that you went from reels to FM radio, but you did not collect much else.
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@mcSlibinas
A few people in my family had collections of reel to reel tapes when I was growing up.
I would have included reels, if the survey let me have more options.
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@MartinW
Oh yes, that does take me back. My friend over the road lent me a blank tape with a Clash album copied on one side (I think it was Give 'Em Enough Rope), and a Jam album on the other. He had copied it from someone at his school. That one tape set me up musically for a lot later in life.
This survey could have so many options, if the software allowed it.
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@MarvinFreeman
I should have consulted before I finalised my list! I could have included 45s instead of DAT/MiniDisc perhaps.
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@MarvinFreeman
There were too many options for the the poll format when I started compiling a list. 45s, cassingles and SACD were the main ones that I dropped.
Would you call 45s a subset of the LP era, or did they have a lifespan of their own (before the modern vinyl resurgence)?
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@Kitty I was actually scrolling through the hashtag a short while ago too, after I recommended it to someone earlier today, and I was also struck by how many posts there were. So your suggestion was very timely.
(Also the benefits of a day off work. ☺️)
Time I noticed Lemmy playing the wild west bad guy in the 1986 video for I Wanna Be A Cowboy, by Boys Don't Cry. Apparently the song was put together by the bloke who also owned Motörhead's record label.
Story here:
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/boys-dont-cry-i-wanna-be-a-cowboy-lemmy/
Rounding out a fragmented day with the new Ultha - A Light So Dim.
@lpl@metalhead.club was right - What's Yours Is Yours To Carry is a slice of doomy goodness, taken somewhere new with the additional vocals by Pardis Latifi. Also an intriguing opera tenor sample on the outro (is that you Caruso?).
https://ultha.bandcamp.com/track/whats-yours-is-yours-to-carry
I know a bit more about metal than I do about sea shanties, but this is not quite what I expected from Enslaved on a Friday night.
Enslaved & Storm Weather Shanty Choir - Enslaved
https://enslaved.bandcamp.com/album/enslaved-storm-weather-shanty-choir
Down a djent rabbit hole today after @m1rk0@social.defcon42.net recommended MetaVoid to me.
That took me to the thall tag on Bandcamp and I followed that to False God, a one-person project from Ukraine. Some of it sounds a bit technical-for-its-own-sake, but I enjoyed it overall.
Apart from the link to djent, I had no idea what thall was in the vast metal sub-genre galaxy. I know a little bit more now, but I need to do more work before the exam.
False God - Contact (2023)
https://falsegod.bandcamp.com/album/contact
Suddenly this one falls into place.
This album didn't work for me last year but, sadly (after some things happening to a person I know), it makes perfect sense now.
The contrast between the raw cry of the vocals and the texture of the instruments. And then some moments of quiet beauty.
Dust Eater - Dimscûa
https://dimscua.bandcamp.com/album/dust-eater
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@WorldTravelerAll7
There's a lot of formats not on the list. 😉
Maybe I should have done it as a knockout series...
Did 8-tracks play a role in your musical education?
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@Maker_of_Things
I ran out of options on the survey, but it seems I should have included reel to reel, or an 'other' option.
What sort of music did you record on tapes?
I've been wondering about singers in metal and rock music after @NoRestfortheWicked@metalhead.club posted a Dio video earlier.
Questions for metal and rock people:
- Who are the singers of today with the sort of power and expression of singers like Dio?
- Who are the modern equivalents?
🎤
Banur's post: https://metalhead.club/@NoRestfortheWicked/117007288336278398
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@Maker_of_Things@cupoftea.social
On Saturday I went to a business that does data transfers (for a family slide conversion job). The reception area was full of old still and film cameras, an old TV, film projectors, etc. And this reel to reel high up on a shelf.
I don't know enough about them to know exactly where the tape should be going, but the way it was set up for display made my eyes water.
Now listening to the excellent song Painkiller by Judas Priest.
I wish the surgeon had sung this when I had (minor) surgery last week.
*Brandishes anaesthetic*
Sings: "This! Is! The! Painkiller!"
*Nurse drums on the top of the chair*
*I hold my head very still, tap my foot*
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@bovaz
I saved up and bought a tape to tape player just for copying.
But recording songs from the radio to real patience, and fast reflexes to get (close to) the whole song.