Ok the boss is going to get a hit in, this is fine, (instert important character here) is at full health. Look, the boss doesn't even do a lot of damage. (Insert double attack or crit here) AAAAGGHHH THEY DOUBLE THEY DOUBLE!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!! 5% CRIT CHANCE WHAT ARE THE ODDS!!!

It's about time I did a definitive post recommendation about this album. A while back I recommended the first two "movements" of this album, "Of Matter" and "Of Mind", though I have since deleted the account and it's posts, so here's the album. This time, it's the whole thing. Every "movement" (I don't know what else to call them), every song, all here. You may have seen me go on about this in the old posts, or in the trans mega, but this album is absolutely a must-listen for anyone. There's something in this album most people can enjoy, and many people enjoy everything about it. I truly believe it is a musical masterpiece in terms of songwriting, mixing, and atmosphere. The bass is present, the lead vocals and the harmonies are well-crafted and angelic, the riffs are catchy and attention-grabbing while also lending themselves to, and creating, the atmosphere. Even the saxophone on "Calabi-Yau" is great, and feels like a natural continuation of the movement it closes out, while being pretty amazing in it's own right. Listen to this album through, or pick a movement. Of Matter is a great opening and is probably still my favorite out of the four. Of Mind is also great, Nocturne and Exile are amazing tracks, and they will both appeal to different types of listeners. Of Reality is definitely listened to best following Of Mind (all movements benefit from album order, but Of Reality especially), though if you just want to hear the saxophone this may be the route for you. Of Energy is a great closing track, and you can really feel that it's the end, especially with Embers being the kind of closing track that it is. Really, Of Energy should be treated as one track, and it stands well on it's own to listen to as a single. HOWEVER, you really should just listen to the album through. If it's not your cup of tea, whatever, at least you tried, and you felt a taste of what Luna of Hexbear's favorite album is. You now know me just that little bit better. Obviously if you enjoyed it you got that out of it, right? If you want a nice album to follow up, though with a harsher and more raw feel, check out One by the same band. Vocals are very different (different vocalist), and it will definitely have a different feel, but I love this album as well, and you may too!

As per usual, here's the band credits:

• Vocals: Ashe O'Hara
• Guitars: Acle Kahney (lead), James Monteith (rhythm)
• Bass: Amos Williams
• Drums: Jay Postones

Synthesis:

I don't even know what Genre to put this under, though it probably falls under the Prog umbrella (based). Found this while I was trying to expand my music listening beyond just Djent and Progcore (that's what I'm gonna call it). Not the kind of thing I thought I would like, but the riffs are just amazing. Rather than being fast and complex, they take their time and really make you feel the weight. In combination with great (and extremely unique) vocals, this album (Mariner) is definitely going to be on my music rotation. If I could find music similar to this, I would be a happy girl . It just hits different, in a good way, and it feels great to enjoy a (somewhat) different genre of music.

Listen for the riff at 4:20 it's EXACTLY what I'm describing above.

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(There's literally so many people on this project, here's the band wikipedia page, album (Mariner) was released in 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_Luna)

I was just going to share "Fractured", but you know what, this whole EP is only 20 minutes and is just . I already said why I loved it on the Delimiter single post, and I explained some things in the 7/8-7/14 trans mega if anyone wants to see a more elaborate explanation. For now, just enjoy the tunes, they're really good!

I shouldn't have to remind you to use the privacy front-ends by now, right?

My search for female vocals in prog/djent bands, in addition to leading me to Destiny Potato, led me to The Ralph. These bands have a habit of adopting strange names. They're extremely small and no longer have a woman on vocals, but I can at least enjoy this EP they released that could honestly have better mixing. I like the music either way, riffs are catchy and the vocals are also great (better than the new guy i'm not mad I swear). Enjoy, and for the record, I have no idea who is in this band and I struggle to find any accurate info! If you want it you'll have to look for it yourself, sorry :(

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I've been listening to "In Stasis" again; it's the album that got me into Monuments. Forgot how good Mick Gordon's mix is, as well as how good the riffs are. I feel like I can't enjoy modern Djent a lot of the time, specifically "Periphery's Djent is not a Genre" and Tesseract's "War of Being", and I can't quite understand why. In Stasis, and some of the tracks (like this one) in particular are really enjoyable in comparison. Maybe it's all Mick Gordon, and I definetly wouldn't listen to this album if I wanted something like Monuments' "The Amanuensis", but it is still really enjoyable, punchy, and aggressive. Also this track has Neema Askari on it, so vintage djent brownie points for this track specifically.

• Vocals: Andy Cizek, Neema Askari
• Guitars: John Browne
• Bass: Adam Swan
• Drums, Samples: Mike Malyan

Just realized as I'm doing credits that this band has almost no original members anymore, and all of the newer ones are really new. Swan and Malyan are no longer in the band, and Cizek joined relatively recently but has now almost been their longest-lasting vocalist. I honestly have no idea where they're (Monuments) going to go from here but it will probably be interesting, they've (Chris Baretto really) only been disappointing once.

I just switched back to vaporwave-dark becuase the larger text is unironically easier for me to read and I like the rounded boxes.

Another Destiny Potato banger. I enjoy this song for similar reasons as the rest of the "LUN" album, so I won't talk to much. Enjoy!

Not quite sure the credits, information on this band is a bit scarce

Vocals: Aleksandra Djelmash
Guitars: Dusan Vanja Andrijasevic, David Maxim Micic
Bass: Bojan Kvocka
Drums: Milan Jejina Yeqy
Programming, Synths, etc.: David Maxim Micic (I think)

I made a comment on the lemmy.ml world news comm saying it would be funny if the DNC had Bernie and Hillary debate for the candidacy (as a Biden replacement). It was downvoted (later upvoted, probably by left-wing .ml users) with .worlders leaving comments like "We need more radical (as in Bernie or AOC) candidates, or no to Hillary but yes to Bernie. The funny part comes in where a shitjustworks user comes in saying " It's her turn". At first I thought this was ironic (as it should be) so I sent this emoji (🤣). They downvoted my comment (the only interaction with that comment so it was most likely them). They UNIRONICALLY said it was her turn. I'm way too used to Hexbear and the Lemmygrad/.ml users that are willing to interact on it, I was not ready for the pure liberalism and reddit vibes that awaited me on .ml (not even .world).

TL;DR, someone on .ml said "it's her turn" unironically, it's funny if not a bit strange, and every time I see someone coment or post about "saving american democracy" all I can think of (not say, I don't want to get banned) is Death to Amerikkka.

I found this band while looking for dent/prog vocalists I could potentially voice train to, and now I have another band I think I'll add to my rotation. The vocalist is really good, and I love the style of vocals that is done over the instrumentals (which is rare for me, it's why I can't quite get into a lot of the djenty-metalcore stuff). The instrumentals themselves are also great, with drums I could never hope to play along to, djent guitars, and the prog feel that really makes the djent "genre". Also for some reason a certain portion of the main riff reminds me of Periphery's "Icarus Lives" so I'm sharing this song first, though they have another one that I will likely share in the near future due to how good it is.

Not quite sure the credits, information on this band is a bit scarce

• Vocals: Aleksandra Djelmash
• Guitars: Dusan Vanja Andrijasevic, David Maxim Micic
• Bass: Bojan Kvocka
• Drums: Milan Jejina Yeqy
• Programming, Synths, etc.: David Maxim Micic (I think)

Also this band is Serbian, so Serbia has been mentioned; Yugoslavs and Serbs rejoice (i'm not serbian lol)