Ciarán

just posted my list of favorites in another reply! I think my overall favorite was probably One Battle After Another

my favorite new watches of the month:
Diamonds of the Night
Close-Up
Videodrome

and my favorite rewatches:
One Battle After Another
Titanic
Ocean's Eleven

Police Story The Rules of the Game Videodrome Everything Everywhere All at Once One Battle After Another Titanic The Sandlot Ocean's Eleven Close-Up Gladiator Diamonds of the Night Kuroneko Desperado Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood Starship Troopers Tokyo Story Round Midnight Enter the Dragon Fools Rush In

all the movies I watched in February

cool, bsky is doing that thing where it just decides to make any image I post a black rectangle instead

very angry at everything and dealing with that via way-too-fast riffs

putting my DAW well over 200bpm for the first time in ages feels cathartic

extremely weird to see people taking this tweet seriously and trying to encourage me to practice more

the Leon segments are so cathartic after the terror of the Grace bits though, this is an immaculate blend of all things RE

having a great time with RE: Requiem but I’m also being constantly reminded that I’m a little baby when it comes to horror whenever I’m playing as Grace

the kickstarter specifically cites Bath and Body Map, this feels like it’ll be real motW

band kickstarters will always worry me but it’s fucking maudlin of the Well

MAUDLIN OF THE WELL ARE COMING BACK THIS IS NOT A DRILL

wrote a sick riff in my head, picked up a guitar, and realized I absolutely cannot play a riff that’s just 16th note runs at 160bpm

SAME

I'd much rather delay a release because I can't finish the lyrics than use ai

Gerard Way please form a black metal band please

"Featuring guest appearances by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), Robb Flynn (Machine Head), and Devin Swank (Sanguisugabogg)"

I'm so here for Gerard Way's metal appearances but the other features on that album are, uh, less exciting

I apologize to everyone who told me to listen to this band after their first album - you were correct, I should've listened to you

Overspace & Supertime, by Cryptic Shift 5 track album

Atheist-infused proggy tech thrash with undertones of Gorguts, Voivod, and jazz fusion - this rips so much

cryptic-shift.bandcamp.com/album/oversp...

as someone who regularly gets annoyed when metal people call stuff "jazzy," I really love how jazzy the new Cryptic Shift is

I truly love how committed scifi-themed metal bands are to naming their songs ridiculous nonsense

should've put another 34 seconds into Stratocumulus Evergaol though

I haven't had the chance to listen to the Cryptic Shift album yet but you know those track lengths have spurred my interest

feeling a bizarre but extremely strong urge to watch the Resident Evil movies again

Fort Minor - The Rising Tied La Dispute - Wildlife My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge Converge & Chelsea Wolfe - Bloodmoon: I Ayreon - The Human Equation Converge - Love Is Not Enough Opeth - In Cauda Venenum Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element, Part I Imperial Triumphant - Goldstar Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - Obsession Destruction DragonForce - Sonic Firestorm Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - Let Us Not Speak Of Them But Look And Pass On Deftones - Koi No Yokan John Coltrane - My Favorite Things Nightwish - Oceanborn

weekly chart time

Resident Evil Requiem

work done, brain off, resident evil on

really didn't want to be angry today and yet

all these "but"s from centrists and dems have led us directly to what happened today and what is continuing to happen across the US

I would put out so much more music if I didn't have to write words

downside: have to write lyrics for two songs now

upside: don't have to write 16 minutes' worth of lyrics for one song anymore

quick update on the album: still struggling to finish writing but I had an idea that might help significantly - cutting the 16-minute song into two songs