a vocal hot take is that the proliferation of youtube tutorials / The Zen of Screaming has led to a homogeneity of metal vox (see especially: deathcore Travis Ryan clones and dm Frank Mullen clones)
the most iconic metal vocalists are self-taught and imperfect bc they're unique
"no ethical consumption under capitalism" isn't an excuse to give your money to a sexual predator who employs other sexual predators and nazis. if a band wants to sell out and prioritize capital over principles, then go for it. i will think of you as the weakling you are.
it's ok if something bad was influential on you when you were younger that you don't listen to anymore, whether that be a black metal band, or your father
being a Devin Townsend fan is hard bc no normal person would be like "omg this prog metal album by a middle aged Canadian man about how he cut off his skullet and stopped smoking weed, doing acid, and jacking off in order to fix his mental health is amazing!!"
People who don't like Obituary have never listened to them in the dead of summer in a car without air conditioning. That's where it will all make sense
whenever i see her pop up on YouTube i'm truly so happy for her. she started by doing normal voice coach reax but quickly realized that all metal fans want in this world is for a hot professional opera singer to be amazed by the music we like lmfao
just like how it boggles the mind that someone wouldn't recognize that RATM is leftist, it is crazy to think there is any heterosexual explanation for this
It is driving me up a wall how these tweets keep blowing up.
If you think that the tweets where people stand up to their bosses are lame or cringe or mockable, you aren't an ally to the labor movement.
We want people to be inspired to stand up for themselves. Not be shamed.
Show was sick!! Four dudes did synchronized pushups in the pit during our set??? And the noise band after us eventually devolved into the bassist shaving her head on the floor while the drummer destroyed the drums with chain and a piece of steel pipe
re: that t r a n n y TikTok song, in this book she writes about how the widespread adoption of the term "transgender" has levelled and grouped together people who once thought of themselves differently. this is why i'm personally loving the reclamation of "transsexual" as a way
idk why ppl got so mad about "merchcore" label. it's a neutral descriptor imo. blood incantation, foh, cattle decap, and the body could all be called merchcore but are all sick
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when i was 22 i dated a girl who would jazz scat at strangers as we walked past. she's now an energy healer slash conscious rapper. i have seen cringe that would collapse a lesser person into a black hole
and before you ask, yes her father worked on wall street