#(and also oblivion! ozzie!)

[thedeadthree]

AYRENN before and post her exile (the exile)

VADRAMEA the nerevarine (morrowind) // VINDAMEA the dragonborn (skyrim)

OSIANNE the hero of kvatch (oblivion) // LIRINWEN the blood countess (tes)

the dearests @chuckhansen and @marivenah tagged me to make the loves in this cutest picrew! ty so much! 🤍

tagging: @griffin-wood, @blackreaches, @risingsh0t, @jackiesarch @queennymeria, @arklay, @pheedraws, @preachercuster, @shellibisshe, @amistrio, @redroci, @leviiackrman, @saintsilver, @rosebarsoap, @celticwoman, @florbelles, @belorage, @adelaidedrubman, @hoesephseed, @theotherwiseman, @aceghosts, @blissfulalchemist, @wayhavenots, @flyntz, @nokstella, @yennas, @shadowglens, @cobb-vanthss, @lustyargonianmaid, @loriane-elmuerto, @mementovivere, @myrcella and you!

#only if you want to of course! 🌿💚 #in honor of FINALLY putting faces and names to my nerevarine/HoK/and my dragonborn! #and of course THE occupier of my headspace miss ayrenn! in her pre and post exile styles of course! ❤️‍🔥 #oc: ayrenn urthemiel #oc: vadramea verenim #oc: vindamea verenim #oc: osianne loncacque #vadra and vinnie are mother and daughter! vadra fell in love with [redacted] and had vinnie! #destinys that shape the world is in the bloodline ig! ✨😌 #id also do my vestige and introduce euphemia septim but……. brain too tired alas ✨🤧 #since this tag has an elder scrolls theme! it’s been on the brain all month! and u know what! i love it! #i started morrowind an ERA ago maybe I’ll pick it up again soon ✨🥺 for her! vadra! #(and also oblivion! ozzie!) #vadra is an aundae vampire! and a sorceress! she also makes a cameo in the dragonborn dlc ✨😌 #beloved of [redacted] 🖤😌 #vinnie is ex morag tong! and becomes a vampire! specializes in stealth and magic! #beloved of teldyrn hehehehe 🖤🥴 #ozzie is a breton spell assassin! listener for the dark brotherhood! #beloved of Lucien 🖤😖 MISS HIMMM #has a twin sister named ines! WOULD have been the sister in law of martin had he not passed and ines disappears after oblivion ends #so after losing lucien and bestie martin AND her sister leaving her for who knows where sort of loses it and becomes sheogorath… POOR THING! #(and is like…… the great great aunt of euphie since like…… ines is her great great grandma) #leg.tagged #leg.ocs #t: picrews #THANK YOU SO MUCH MARI AND AIRIKA 🖤😖 yall as always are the sweetest! #blood countess was her title as the vampric lord of summerset ✨😌 she has kind of like a volkihar type sitch there? haven’t figured the name!

[woomycritiques543]

https://twitter.com/NazFX_Studios/status/1199643032292749312?t=1zGGNfvZkOKvFd0ItADX7Q&s=19

Vivziepop recently made a Collab with NazFX on Twitter who's releasing a Loona remake tomorrow. It appears she has collabed with this person twice? In the link I'm sending is a video of a white Alastor plush. My favorite character in the Hazbin Hotel series is whitewashed to oblivion again! Like WTF, Look at him? Why is he so white 😭? WHY IS HE STILL BEING PORTRAYED AS A NON BLACK CHARACTER? First it was Sallie May that was overly sexualized for being a trans woman which insulted the community and got a lot of backlash, then making another transmasc character Cis which got more backlash and now we're pushing for anti black, white Alastor! I encourage others not to buy from Viv or get the Loona plush to pocket her pockets because she's anti black and is absolutely terrible at portraying black characters, characters with different ethnic backgrounds in general or just LGBT characters. Vivziepop is not a spectacular person with great ideas. She can't represent characters period!

This is "OOAK." Not a collab. It's fanmade.

I get your concern, but please provide clear evidence before making accusations like this. Though yes... Vivziepop does whitewash him still, in fact, she made him lighter after the backlash about the Vodou representation, something fans and non-fans alike were disgusted by her doing this kind of anti-black behavior, and kept the symobols in the episode- just more hidden now.

Look at Vortex, look at how this character is drawn, look at how the muscles are emphasized while the white muscular characters are drawn otherwise normally or with Ozzie, have skinny arms.

Look at how they drew the white muscular characters and their anatomy compared to Vortex and try to tell me that there was "no anti-blackness" involved here. The white men have even anatomy, while for Vortex, it's emphasized to hell and back, and he's given almost no sympathy for being a slave, while Loona is multiple times just because she's white coded despite being Hell's equivalent to how black people were/are treated. Yet for Vortex, he's not sympathized with, even in his debut, and is only animated to "look intimidating" and to be violent while also having not a single black person influencing his writing. He's just meant to be the "token strong black man" while Coco and the rest of the background characters are put their for brownie points while we get no respect from these writers underneath this narrative. It's hypocritical, selfish, and downright racially insensitive. These stereotypes are far from "harmless", especially today with the newest Helluva Boss episode and how it relates to the harmful stigma against drag queens.

The fetishization of trans, drag, and black lives hurts us.

These stereotypes are not "comedy", they're reputational harm.

-while the other black characters are whitewashed and given names like "Coco" based on their skin. You can actually tell that the direction of this show had not a single black say on these shows, at all.

HB also made over half of their main poc characters succubi as an excuse to fetishize us. It's just hentai for minority fetishists, that's it, the show is just what Americans think hentai is, but worse, since it includes all misrepresentation of women from hentai along with ableism, racism, homophobia, and blatant transphobia from the writers being put into the tones and dialouge of the scenes.

The double standards need to stop. There is no such thing as a "good" dergogatory stereotype. Black stereotyping and fetishization is equally as harmful as blackface. This goes for Brandon Rodgers as well. Both him and Vivziepop have gotten away with racial stereotypes and sexism for far too long. There needs to be at least one black say behind this writing. This needs to stop.

Also look at the anniversary posts on Twitter:

Not a single black person in sight. I want to be excited by this show so badly due to the nice animation, cool world ideas (Hell with different demon species- how cool is that?!) and the cool looking bg characters but the creators keep ruining it with active bigotry.

So you're right about that one... 💀

Vivienne is speedrunning her own cancellation now...

-and it's just sad to watch. All she had to do was apologize for how she misrepresented multiple minority groups and let her stans attack us, none of this discourse needed to happen smh.

If racism and all around bigotry is "not ok" with Oye Primos. It's "not ok" with how Helluva Boss treats minorities as well. People need to stop having double standards just because one creator benefits their fan content more than the other. To the HB tag, if you like any of Vivziepop's shows, cool, but dont pretend to support us while denying how much bigotry the creators have just because you want more of Vivziepop's cartoon softcore porn.

Racism and queerphobia should not be normalized with any writer.

Stop the hypocrisy!

#helluva boss #helluva boss criticism #tw racism #anti vivziepop #anti spindlehorse leads #screw it im using the tag these other tags arent helping as much and im putting this on Youtube anyway so... im using it! #tw fetishization #(I dont like anti ___ tags as im not against these shows or the person existing. Im against the bigotry. I just need to spread the word.) #(Anti ___ implies you dont want something to exist. So using a real person for this is actually toxic asf. Especially when said tag is- #legit filled with harassment misinfo and even threats towards Vivienne. So lets not use this tag anymore- we have- #critique tags for a reason.) #cant be about us without us #there are no black writers on HB OR Hazbin while the creators shove us into their shows. How are people not seeing the issue with this?! #The level that this fandom accepts bigotry is just ridiculous. #It doesnt matter if you want more HB porn. Stop accepting racism and queerphobia from HB's creators! We need more support- #than just brownie points smh. Help minority lives!

[the-most-powerful-ruler]

I wanna show off my designs for the Alton Towers secret weapons and I don't have a good excuse to do it so I'm just gonna put all the designs, their names and a short bio for each of them in one post, maybe I'll do more with them one day but here they are now.

Some of these bios won't make sense unless you know the Alton Towers lore.

If some of the bios are short that means I need to flesh out the character more.

Nemesis (same name). He's a little chaos gremlin who's not allowed to eat the park visitors. When it came in the park he got tamed (or as tame as they can get) by the people in the park so he can live amongst them.

Ozzie (Oblivion). He was next in line to be the Lord of darkness but abandoned his plans when he got closer to everyone else in the park. He's friendly, smart, he keeps to himself, and

Fiona/Gloria (Air/Galactica). She's mellow, fun and currently dating Odin and always pushing him out of his comfort zone. When her ride got turned into Galactica, her name changed to Gloria and it took her a while to get used to the change in her, but she did

Trisha (Thirteen). Trisha always seems really scary and creepy when you see her at first. But when you meet her and talk to her, you'll find that she's really sweet and wouldn't hurt a fly.

Sherman (The Smiler). Sherman is meant to be the ambassador of the ministry of joy. He's always trying his best to bring people into the ministry and to prove to Dr Kelman that his methods work just as well as the old methods. Sometimes even at his own expense.

Flynn (The wicker man). Flynn claims to be the son of the wicker man from his ride, so he's the current leader of the Beornen. He's only ever befriended Trisha and Hex (not included here) and mostly despises all the other secret weapons due to their usage of technology and as he says "lack of understanding or respect of the flames."

Also I know this is late but I did a thing for Nemesis reborn.

Anyway that's everyone.

#alton towers #nemesis #oblivion #air/galactica #thirteenth #the smiler #the wickerman #alton towers ocs #my art #my ocs

[newleaf92]

Cuddle Puddle

(This is based off a random thought/scenario I had regarding Hell’s resident rooster, Asmodeus “Ozzie,” and while I love him with Fizz, this came to mind the other day)

Anyone who is lucky enough to capture Ozzie’s attention is in for one hell of a good time, in more ways than one. First off, this king of lust is not only the king of consent, but he also is more than willing to play whatever role his partner wants him to play. That in itself will bring plenty of adventures in the bed.

While Ozzie definitely wants his partner satisfied in their lust, it most certainly doesn’t stop there. He may be up for the wild, passionate love making, but he’s also down for the more intimate moments as well—despite on his unconvincing insistence that he does not fall in love, we all know how big of a softie this horny rooster is.

Cuddle puddles are most certainly a necessity for whoever he chooses to be his partner. His utmost favorite is having his partner lay on his chest while he either simply holds them there or slowly runs a finger down the length of their body. There would be no further intention than simply basking in their presence. His partner would definitely be lulled into a peaceful sleep thanks to his gentle ministrations.

If he shrunk down to his smaller size, he’d most certainly want his partner tucked under his arm and against his side. Their head would be on either his chest or shoulder while he traces lazy patterns on their arm or side with his hand. His partner will be the most relaxed being in all of hell.

Now, while he will never turn down holding his partner, he also will not pass up the opportunity to be held by his partner—in fact, offering to do so will make him melt. Whether it’s holding his hand, holding onto his arm, or pressed up against his back with their arm around his waist as best they can. Ozzie will also love to lay his head on their lap as he also receives some needed affection.

Long story short, Ozzie will make sure his partner is satisfied in the bed, but will also savor the more intimate moments of simply being in each other’s presence. This big softie will cuddle his partner into oblivion if given the opportunity, and will find himself melting if/when his partner offers to return the favor.

#helluva boss asmodeus #helluva boss ozzie #king of lust #helluva boss #cuddles #imagine #king of consent

[chaifootsteps]

Oof. Hate seeing two men in a relationship being shoehorned into "masc. & femme." roles. Too heteronormative for me. I've seen it more when it's a relationship between men versus 2 women. I roll my eyes into oblivion anytime I'm reading a story focused on a gay couple and they break out the hetero roles.

"This guy's definitely the woman/wife of the relationship." 🤮🤮

To think we came so, so close to a Fizz and Ozzie that were just a couple of guys being dudes, and also in love.

#Anonymous #vivziepop critical #actual blog post

[revengeiscoming]

MAGNUS! what is your favorite song?

I have a lot of favorite songs. I like most of Black Sabbath’s songs, also a big fan of Ozzy Osbourne’s solo stuff. I also really like Egocide by Yakuza, Existence Into Oblivion by Yakuza, Deconstructing Self Destruction by Bruce Lamont, and Marionette by Mott the Hoople. Sometimes I listen to Dire Wolf by The Grateful Dead to try to process the shit that happened between me and the Metal Masked Assassin.

#metalocalypse #mtl #magnus hammersmith #rp #metalocalypse rp #mtl rp #magnus hammersmith rp

[gbhbl]

Interview: Matt Banks (Vocals) of Harroway (Video/Audio)

Released April 10th, ‘Heresy’ is the new single from Sydney metalcore quartet Harroway. We spoke to vocalist Matt Banks about the new single, delving into the history of Harroway and what has got them to this point. We also talk about the tour, what the future might hold, and Matt answers some random questions from Ozzy Osbone!

Released April 10th, ‘Heresy’ is the new single from Sydney metalcore quartet Harroway. The track takes a deep dive into the mind of vocalist Matt Banks. It sees Harroway explore a desire to escape from emotional pain and suffering. Banks pleads for relief, projecting undertones of existential questioning and a longing for peace or oblivion. Pulling from his experience living with…

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#Audio #Harroway #Matt Banks #Video

[mistocore]

do you have any young skimbleshanks headcanons (other than those already present in the posts)?

SO MANY omg this might be long so

Skimble used to be incredibly reckless and risk seeking, more of an adrenaline junkie. Gus definatley bailed him out of a holding cell a few times in their youth haha

His favourite band of ALL time is Skid Row. He still has original merch he got in the 90s at a concert and has tried his best to keep it in pristine condition ever since.

He also listens to Anthax, Mastodon, Poison and Tool !! His guilty pleasure is Steel Panther, of which Tugger and Gus give him shit for fkdgjhdfkjgh

His heroes are Matt Fallon and Ozzy Osbourne >:-]

He went to university, meeting his best friend Gus there, but eventually dropping out of his Engineering degree to work on the rails as an apprentice.

Despite opening the bar with Gus and playing in their band on nights, he spent mornings as a ticket collector and carriage cleaner at the same station, riding rails to oblivion. He was subsequently fired for drinking on the job.

Skimble loves cooking !! He's mostly experienced in making soups and broths as that's all he ate when him and Gus were living on pennies whilst saving for their future.

He has a soft spot for the two girls in Tugger's band, Bombalurina and Cassandra. He always makes sure they're okay, he scares off anyone who gives them trouble and is always soft spoken and never hostile toward them.

He mostly became a lot more reclused and less outgoing when he was fired. He became broody and hostile toward people, mostly as a mechanism to keep himself safe. Behind doors he's lovely, really.

Skimble keeps a lot of his trauma and problems to himself. He feels like its not nesscesary to tell everyone. Only a select few know about his problems and he would like to keep it that way!

He doesn't get much leisure time, but when he has free time he loves to take walks around their town, despite the stares he might get. He likes sitting in parks with his headphones on and getting some tranquil fresh air.

His favourite foods are mostly just pastry bakes with meat filling, meat pies, medium-rare steak and mash potato >;-] he likes traiditonal, bland meals and rarely ever snacks on stuff. He's also not much of a spice guy, but can handle it when he makes soups or noodles with a bit of heat.

His drink of choice is whiskey. Never mixed, always straight and on the rocks. He also enjoys a cold beer once in a while, but mostly chooses strong-smelling, dark brown liquors over it. The kind your grandpa keeps locked in his liquor cabinet.

He's a smoker, and has been for years with no intention of stopping. He never managed to kick that addiction :[

Despite being an old man metalhead, Skimble also enjoys a lot of classic punk rock every once in a while. His favourite rock bands are Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, Catatonia, Dead Kennedys and L7 !! Mostly influenced by Gus, who just listens to what he wants.

Skimble has a distaste for shock rockers of his time like Motley Crue or Mayehm. (subsequently, Tugger's favourites include these two). But he encourages Tugger to find a sound of metal he likes

He also has a dislike toward modern streaming of music. He still prefers to listen to CDs, tapes and uses old walkman players for when he listens to things.

He and Gus didn't start dating until years into their friendship. Even after everything that happened, they didn't make their partnership a 'thing' for a few years after. I think they slowly just came to the realisation that they loved each other beyond a friendship, something more than just two people co-existing in a space. They have a true love and affection for one another, true soulmates building up their lives :]

He will hear anyone out. He will believe a lot of things people tell him and has complete understanding and trust in everyone he meets, but mostly out of his own protective instinct. It's caused some significant harm in his life being a trusting person. He doesn't like to speak about it much.

He does the weekly grocery shop for him and Gus. Gus is mostly focused on bar management with Griddlebone, choosing to kind of manage finances or stock. Skimble takes care of the homely stuff.

#i ran out of characters #but yea i love my skimble #this au in my brain 24/7 #u picked a good time to ask this bc im kind of stuck on BS skimble haha #cats #cats the musical #cats 1998 #cats musical #au #cats au #skimbleshanks #black sheep #asks

[gothpanda]

A Little Bit of Attitude Ch. 12: Ten Times Worse

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A/N: I’m happy writing this story Thank you for reading my story! 

WARNINGS: None

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MAY 28TH, 1983

The summer sun beat down on the open field, heating up the enormous crowds of people that walked the U.S Festival. San Bernardino had almost every sunset strip regular come to watch bands play for Heavy Metal Day on Memorial Day Weekend. The Bass Sisters alongside Amanda and Britney, strut down the fields aiming to find their sole reason for coming.  

“You’re not hot in this black cape?” Athena asked, touching the loose black lace bell sleeve, curling her lip. Sammi smiled at her sister, raising her arms to show off her new kimono. “Clearly you haven’t paid attention to Stevie to know this is not a cape. Also, I’d rather not burn just wearing this leopard halter top. I’m still impressed Tommy actually got me something rather fashionable for Christmas.” said Sammi. Athena nodded, “Yeah yeah Stevie Nicks we get it.” Sammi gave a short giggled, putting on the black sunglasses.

Walking a bit ahead of the sisters, Amanda and Britney could not help but look at the festival with curiosity. “Man there are so many cute guys here,” Britney said, looking back at Sammi and Athena. “Yeah, rock concerts do have the best dudes sometimes. Or the grimiest depending on the show,” said Athena, tieing her long hair in a ponytail.

“Maybe you think all these random guys are cute due to Sammi’s influence,” Amanda said peeking through her sunglasses at Britney. Sammi tilted her head for a moment, looking at Athena.

“I don’t think Sammi has an influence on Britney for liking a different breed of guy than you, Amanda,” Athena said, swinging an arm around Sammi. Amanda turned back to see the girls, giving a sarcastic giggle.

“Well I mean Britney wanted Vince for a while and all of a sudden she stopped liking him,” Amanda said with a smile directly at Sammi.

“Because being horny goes away, Amanda.” said Britney, frowning at her roommate. Amanda only shrugged her, “Whatever you say,”. Sammi stayed silent, crossing her arms, staying close to Athena.

“Did the guys tell you where we’re even supposed to go?” Britney asked as her head slowly turned from catching eye contact with a long haired man.

Athena shakes her head looking around the field, Sammi mimicking her actions. The shows hadn’t started yet from the obvious lack of extremely loud instruments. Every fan prepared in front of the main stage, putting blankets on the ground as other’s got drinks for themselves. As the girls continued to walk aimlessly, Sammi soon noticed a crowd of photographers and reports near a small pond left of the field grounds.

The younger sister pulled away from Athena, trying to get a closer look as she squinted her eyes. From the outside, Sammi could only see a blonde and a brunette in the middle as they spoke to an older man.

“Holy shit is that Nikki and Vin?” Athena asked, walking next to Sammi.

“I wanna say yes. I can’t see for shit.” said Sammi, closing her eyes tight to then blink for some focus back in her vision.

Amanda and Britney walked beside Sammi and Athena, one with a scowl and the other with a happy smile. “How about you two go see if you can get their attention? Britney and I are gonna see what the hell you can eat in this place.” Amanda said, looking back at the festival. Sammi nodded looking back at Amanda and Britney, “Yeah you girls do that. Might take a while for them to notice us.”

Athena grabbed Sammi by the hand, playfully pulling her away from her friends trying to get closer to the crowd. “We’re definitely gonna need to push some people away,” Athena said squeezing past men, holding Sammi’s hand tighter. Sammi smiled as she passed the multiple men, remaining polite, unlike Athena. “Athena let's just stay here. We’re almost right in front of them.” Sammi said, holding Athena back slightly.

“So boys like we’ve been talking about, how do you want your image seen by the crowd and others today?” a man with a thick mustache asked Nikki and Vince as he wrote down on his small notepad.

Nikki took a sip of his drink as Vince only stared straight into oblivion, not bothering to answer. “Well you see, Man, we want everyone to know how much a couple of crazy delinquents who are ready to blow your mind.” Nikki said with a smirk on his lips as he took another sip from the solo cup. Sammi chuckled at Nikki’s response just as Athena rolled her eyes with a smile. “I swear this dude’s meant to own this shit,” Athena whispered to Sammi. “They all are. A good weird balance they all have.” Sammi said with a smile.

Vince pursed his lips out, toning out anything Nikki and the reporter were saying. It became boring for Vince to answer questions when he didn’t want to in the first place. This crew only caught him when he and Nikki walked around before their show. As Vince grabbed Nikki’s cup for a sip of whiskey, the blonde was able to notice a small girl off the left from the crowd. A smile grew on him, seeing Sammi and Athena happily whispering at each other.

“Is that smile from playing Heavy Metal Day?” the reporter asked Vince.

Vince blinked a few times as his attention got pulled back to the interview, “I-I’m sorry, what?”

“That smile you’ve got on. Is it because you’re happy to be playing your first festival on Heavy Metal Day?” the reporter asked again

Vince nodded, raising his eyebrows “Yea-Yeah I’m smiling because of that. Just happy to be here! Really excited!” Nikki looked at Vince from behind his sunglasses, studying his change in mood.

“I think it’s time for us to go, gentleman. Don’t want to be late at our own set,” Vince said patting the reporter on the shoulder as he walked into the crowd of men. He walked straight to Sammi and Athena, grabbing Sammi’s hand and hanging his arm on Athena’s shoulders. The threesome walked out of the crowd, Nikki following from a distance right as Vince engulfed Sammi in a tight hug.

“Finally you guys are here!” Vince yelled out into the sky, swinging side to side with Sammi still wrapped around him. “Tommy told us to look for you, but we got caught up,” Vince said pulling away, smiling down at Sammi.

“Well I mean you guys stand out all the time so it was easy to find you instead, Vinnie,” said Sammi, giving Vince a quick kiss on the cheek. From behind Sammi, Athena raised an eyebrow with a smirk at Vince who began to feel warmth in his cheeks. “Hi Vinnie,” said trying to withhold a laugh as she hugged Vince. “Shut up, Athena.” Vince whispered.

“You’re not gonna say hi, princess?” Nikki whispered behind Sammi causing her to jump slightly. Sammi turned on her heels with a smile on her face, hugging Nikki from the waist. “Hey, Nik! You looked like a natural talking to that reporter dude,” Sammi said looking up at him with her chin against his chest. Nikki smirked down fixing a piece of her hair. “Yeah have to get used to it, don’t I? By the way, hot outfit” pulling away from Sammi, holding her hand as he scanned her, “Been looking extra good every time we have a show.” Nikki said. Athena rolled eyes at Nikki, thankfully covered by sunglasses. “Thank you, Tommy got me everything for Christmas,” said Sammi.

“Correction, I got you that for Christmas.” said Vince, stepping closer to the youngest girl in the group. Sammi and Athena exchanged looks for confusion from the words of Vince.

“What? You really think Tommy would’ve remembered to send you out presenst?” Vince asked with a smile on his lips

“So the strap for my acoustic was from you?” Athena asked getting a nod in response from the blondie. “Damn, well thanks for the outfit then,” Sammi said, wrapping an arm around Vince’s waist. “Anytime,” said Vince, hanging his arm around Sammi’s neck.

Nikki looked away from the two, realizing Athena never gave him the time of day. “Hey Athena, you’re not gonna say hi?” Nikki asked smirking at the middle child.

Athena frowned, “Hi. Anyways, where the fuck is our brother?” asked Athena. Nikki chuckled dryly beginning to walk away from the group. “Follow me and I’ll take you to him,” Nikki says only to stop in his tracks at the sight of Amanda and Britney walking towards him.

“Hey girls! Nikki and Vince are gonna take us to Tommy and Mick.” said Sammi, peeling away from Vince as she took the pretzel Britney held out for her. “Nikki, Vince, you guys remember Amanda and Britney.” Nikki and Vince exchanged quick glances to each other, not knowing what to say.

“Hey boys, it’s really awesome to see you guys. Can’t wait for your guys' gig later on.” Amanda said with a broad white smile, making the boys cautious of the blonde.

“Sammi said you guys have been insanely good while on tour!” Britney said cheerfully with a giggle, Vince pressing his lips together, eyes growing as he heard the laugh. He took a quick glance at Sammi seeing her have a poker face.

“It’s great to see you girls,” Vince said smiling stiffly at the girls while Nikki only remained silent, averting eyes from everyone in front of him.

“So let’s go get your brother then girls,” Amanda said still keeping her smile on her face.

“Yes please, I’d like to ask why the fuck he doesn’t do shit on his own.” Athena said walking past everyone with Nikki following her. “Just follow us,” Nikki said, glancing back to the group to see Vince lace his hand around Sammi’s, making him groan silently as they walked towards the trailers and buses. Amanda took note at this as she walked behind the two, smirking to herself, readjusting her sunglasses.

*

Walking to the trailers showed the girls rockstar they’ve never thought they would see on a normal day. Athena grew a gigantic smile as she saw Ozzy Osbourne walk right past them, giving a quick high five to Nikki and Vince. Ozzy gave a nice smile to the girls behind the band members, ready to hit the stage.

“Oh my fucking god,” Athena gasped, stopping her tracks as she grabbed Sammi by the arm having her stumble slightly back.

“The fuck, A?” Sammi asked, scrunching her eyebrows together. “Look who’s talking to Tommy,” Athena said with a goofy smile. Sammi looked ahead of her, removing her sunglasses, to see her brother talking to a tall shaggy-haired blonde that resembled someone she’s seen on MTV. “Is that David Lee Roth?” Sammi asked straining her vision.

“You are correct sweet Sammi. Van Halen are the last act for today, another blondie lead singer,” Vince said, smoothing out the wrinkle lines between Sammi’s eyebrows.

“He isn’t jealous of the new cute blondie that’s going on before him,” Sammi asked raising an eyebrow to Vince.

“You think I’m cute?” Vince asked with a smirk on his face as he looked at Sammi. She rolled her eyes, linking her arm with Athena, walking to their brother.

“Tommy! Gotta surprise for you!” Nikki shouted, grabbing Tommy by his bare stomach, making the skinny drummer laugh. Tommy looked to see his favorite people smile up at him, “Athena! Sammi! Finally! I’m so sorry for missing the holidays!” Tommy said, engulfing both of them in a group hug. The girls patted Tommy’s back before pulling away from him, “It’s okay, Vince made up for it with the nice presents with your name on them,” Athena said with a bright white smile. Tommy shot a dagger to Vince, raising his arms in a questionable shrug. Vince only blew a kiss to the drummer.

Amanda and Britney stood in between Sammi, like the devil and the angel on her shoulders who smiled at him. Tommy returned the smile, “Hi Amanda. Hi Britney. Good to see y’all came as well. Everyone, meet our buddy David. He sings for Van Halen.” Tommy said, swinging an arm around David and patting him on the chest. David smirked at the girls soon noticing the sisters beauty.

“These are my sisters, Athena and Sammi.”

“Well aren’t you a cutie, Athena. You’re not bad either Sammi but I rather not touch,” David said, seeing Vince put an arm around Sammi as she smiled up at him. Athena giggled shyly, running her fingers through her hair as she looked at David. “Hey man careful with the sisters. You can look but no touching, unless ya ask.” Tommy said, pointing a finger at David’s face, making the singer laugh.

“Come on T-Bone we have to get ready, Mick’s already at the trailer. You girls are gonna finally see our updated era of Motley Crue,” Nikki said with a smirking, walking backward to the white trailer behind him labeled MOTLEY CRUE

“Hey can you and Athena help us get ready? Our asses are gonna need it,” Tommy asked his sisters, as Vince followed Nikki to the trailer. The sisters look at each other than to their guests, answering with a shrug. “Sure!” they said in unison. Tommy punched the air with a smile on his face, jumping on the balls of his feet. “Fuck yes! Amanda and Brit, you two can have a beer from the cooler right there by the door!” Tommy said to the blondes, bringing Athena and Sammi to the trailer.

Inside the cramped narrow trailer, the Bass sisters at first hand saw the mind of Nikki come to life for the band. The four men each had studded leather pants, ones with red stripes while Mick had a dark blue. The girls raised a smile at the new aesthetic. “Nice heels, Sixx,” Athena said, walking towards Tommy as he looped the buckles around him. Nikki glared at Athena as he buckled the front of the leather straps. Sammi stood in between Nikki and Vince, taking off her sunglasses as she looked at the costumes carefully.

“These outfits look sick. Reminds me of something off of Mad Max,” Sammi said, lightly gliding her hand over the studs from Nikki’s straps. Nikki smiled in the mirror, “Glad someone gets it. Help me buckle up?” Sammi nodded as she tightens all of the back and adjusted the spiky shoulder pads Nikki had on.

Patting Nikki on the back, Sammi turned her attention to Mick, giving him a thumbs up with a smile. “Hey Vin, you don’t need help?” Sammi asked, peeking over the shoulder of Vince, looking at him in the mirror. Vince smirked at the brunette, passing a bottle of hairspray to her, “Make sure the back looks good, Doll.”

With a quick fix of the hair, Vince thanked Sammi with a kiss on the cheek before walking out of the trailer. “Sam! Please help me with my makeup! Please!” Tommy yelled at Sammi, placing a stool right in front of her, looking up with a smile. “Red lipstick?” Sammi asked with a raised eyebrow. Tommy nodded with puppy dog eyes, “Nik said it looks cool!” Sammi only shrugged her shoulders, carefully playing with the black eyeliner and red lipstick she was given. Black smudged eyes and red lips on her brother’s face, Sammi never was an artist but didn’t want to make Tommy look bad. “Done!” Sammi said smiling proudly at her work.

A knock on the trailer came out of nowhere, walking in a younger man with a clipboard and lanyard around his neck. “Uh Motley Crue, you guys are going on in 30 minutes!” the young man said. He glanced at Athena and Sammi for a moment, “Are these special guests?”

“Yeah we’re his sisters. We also came with the two blondes outside” Athena said. The man nodded, “Alright then, come with me. I can show you to the stage while the talent finishes getting ready.” He said walking out. “Good luck guys,” Athena said, kissing Tommy on the cheek. “Good luck,” Sammi said, hugging Tommy.

Stepping out of the trailer, Sammi stood at the top of the three steps, attention immediately gravitating to Amanda. In front of her, Amanda suddenly turned on another side to her in front of Vince. The two stood in front of each other, closer than ever with Amanda’s tank top a tad bit lowered before. Athena looked between the tension, walking down the steps trying to not intervene. Britney paid no attention as she had another random guy talk to her. Sammi rested a hand against the railing, pursing her lips out. “Ahem” Sammi cleared her throat loudly, gaining a look from Amanda. “It’s time to wait by the stage, come on.” Sammi said giving daggers to Vince before putting on her sunglasses, walking straight to Athena only.

*

“Vince looks really hot in his new outfit,” Amanda said, popping her gum to the other girls, eyes glued on Vince. By the side of the stage where the girls stood, they saw the boys seconds away from performing their set. Sammi scrunched her eyebrows with a frown, looking back and forth at the two blondes, thankful Vince had his back to them. “They all look good in their new outfits. They look like villains,” Britney said, eyeing Sammi’s reaction seeing her cross her arms in discomfort.

“Well, I don’t think you’d be Vince’s type, to be honest, Amanda.” Athena said, swinging a protective arm around Sammi. Amanda looked at Athena straight ahead, “Why not? I’m blonde and hot. What more is needed to be his type?” Athena only shot daggers to Amanda, right as Tommy began beating his drums

The crowd was the biggest Motley Crue had ever had since being on tour. It was amazing how in the time of not seeing the boys for months, they changed again as they were able to take over the giant crowd. Vince’s voice echoed all across the field, getting even people who weren’t in the crowd look his way from a distance. Nikki and Mick were able to be in sync throughout every song. The new songs added made Athena excited for their album, “I’m so proud of Tommy,” Athena whispered to Sammi who only nodded. She cracked a smile when Tommy stood on his drum set, yelling with adrenaline. Sammi saw Vince for a moment not noticing Amanda’s smirk on her face as she also saw the singer.

After close to 40 minutes, the boys ran off stage covered in sweat to the girls. Tommy gave a hug to his sisters, even with their protests from his grossness. “Hey Van Halen is gonna go on in like an hour! Wanna all hang out by the trailers?” Tommy said, goofy smiling at everyone around him. The girls at each other for a moment, Amanda stepping aside. “I do have a question though? Where the hell can I find a decent restroom? I’m not going in a gross porta-potty.” Amanda said with a grim face at the band.

“Yeah, I could take you to the buses. Ours isn’t far from the trailers.” Vince said walking to Amanda. “I was gonna go change anyway,” Amanda raised an eyebrow to Vince. “Perfect let us go. I’ll see you girls later” said Amanda, smiling back at Sammi. The younger girl didn’t make a face or say anything, she only turned on her heels to the trailers. Britney and Athena exchanged a look as everyone scattered to their own thing.

*

“After you, Ms. Amanda” Vince said, holding the bus door open wide with a gestured arm. Walking in, Amanda couldn’t see anything out of place on the bus. Everything looked somewhat clean even if she could smell the stench of smoke in the air. “Toilet's all the way to the end over here. I’m gonna change in here.” Vince said, walking into the spare bedroom. “Thanks,” said Amanda as she disappeared.

Vince changed quickly out of the leather and into loose jeans with a vest, going to the front of the bus on a mission to find his baggie. Walking out of the restroom, Amanda leaned against the walkway from the bunks seeing Vince search for drugs. “You looked really good out there,” Amanda said, Vince slowly looking to her with a proud smirk.

“Why thank you. Glad to know you can give out compliments. Want a beer?” Vince asked, pointing to the small fridge. Amanda nodded, sitting down on one side of the miniature booth. Before Vince could get a beer, he opened a drawer next to the fridge, finding the hidden baggie that he aimed for. Grabbing the drugs with joy, Vince got two beers out of the fridge for his guest, sitting down in front of her. Amanda only smiled flatly as a thank you, eyeing the bag Vince held in his hands.

“Do you mind if I snort in front of you?” Vince asked, pointing at the pile of white powder on the table. “No, just don’t offer any to me,” Amanda said taking a sip of her beer. Vince cut up three thick lines for himself with a random thin card from his wallet, dipping down to snort fast, wincing at the feeling as he wiped his nose clean. Amanda only drank her beer in silence, seeing and thinking about Vince snorting. He looked happy snorting but Amanda was curious.

“Why exactly do you do coke?” Amanda asked, raising an eyebrow to Vince. Vince leaned back into his seat, pursing his lips out as he gave thought into the question. “I don’t know. I just like feeling looser faster, it makes me feel like superman.” Vince said with a shrug.

“Is that how you get all the girls? By feeling like superman?” asked Amanda with a mischievous smirk.

Vince narrowed his eyes at Amanda, “Wouldn’t you like to find out?”

Amanda shrugged with a coy smile, “I’ve always thought you were pretty hot.” Vince tilted his head slightly, smirk still remained.

“Even though you’ve been pretty much cold to me from the few times I’ve seen you.”

“It’s how I flirt. Like to see who’s brave enough to actually make a move,” Amanda said, finishing her beer.

“Well I’m flattered that you’re on the list of girls that find me attractive but I wouldn’t wanna mess around. For Sammi’s sake.” Amanda raised an eyebrow from the sound of Sammi’s name, extending her leg to rest on the lap of Vince. Vince looked down for a second, not knowing what was next.

“And why do you care what Sammi thinks? It’s your life,”

Vince cleared his throat as he shifted in his seat, “Because, I mean, you’re her best friend. I didn’t get with Britney and I’m glad because she’s Sammi’s other best friend. I just wouldn’t want to disrespect her.”

Amanda nodded, “I see. Oh, by the way, it was really sweet of you to get her flowers for her birthday,” Amanda said, leaning on the table smiling, “I think the only times Sammi’s gotten flowers were from guys who really liked her.” Vince shrugged, averting his eyes to the window next to them.

“And then buying her clothes that she loves, it’s really nice…. It’s too bad she likes Nikki.” Vince whipped his attention back to Amanda who smiled at him.

“What? What do you mean she likes Nikki?” Vince said in an almost whisper.

Amanda nodded, “She told us how they kissed when visiting and the flowers. Sammi even pressed the roses in a book to keep them. Brit and I could tell she was really into him when she came home. We just waited for her to tell us.”

Vince bit the inside of his cheek, taking big sips of his beer. “Damn, didn’t think she’d actually fall for his ass. You sure she said this?”

“100% sure. Why? Did the playboy catch feelings?” Amanda asked

Vince only shook his head, looking down at the table. Amanda slid out of the booth on her side, switching right next to Vince. He looked down at her chest first by accident for a moment, making close eye contact with her. “I know you said you don’t want to disrespect Sammi, but she wouldn’t care. Trust me I can take your mind off of it, Vince.” Amanda said, grazing her hand over Vince’s hair. He inhaled deeply and swallowing hard, “Okay,”

*

Sammi sat down on the steps of a random trailer, anxiously bouncing her leg and tapping at the neck her beer bottle. She looked up to see Athena flirting with David, Tommy talking to Ozzy, and Nikki leaving with other people. Sammi could only run her fingers through her hair as she then took a long sip. She didn’t need a watch to know it was taking long for Amanda to come back. Her mind ran wild, trying to calm down with the power of alcohol and not drugs even if she was offered twice already.

From afar, Britney could tell Sammi had been bothered by the actions of Amanda and it was getting worse. She grabbed herself another beer by the steps and sat next to Sammi. She turned to Britney giving a short forced smile. “Hey, having fun?” Sammi asked.

“No. I’m not. Something is going on with you. You’ve been looking nervous since the show ended and I think I know why.” Britney said taking a sip of beer, eyeing Sammi

Sammi’s smile began to crack, looking away. “I’m fine-,”

“Don’t lie. If you think something is going on, go find Amanda” Britney said looking straight ahead of her. Sammi looked at Britney, “What if I find something I don’t like?”

“It’s better than imagining something 10 times worse, and not fully knowing.”

“If A or Tom asks where I went, just make up a lie,” Sammi said, finishing her beer and getting up from the steps.

The walk to the bus felt like a slow descent to Sammi’s fear. She could feel her stomach twist and her chest grow heavy as she saw the Motley bus grow closer.  As she stood in front of the door, Sammi inhaled deeply to calm her nerves slowly reaching out for the handle. She quietly opened the door, and took silent steps up onto the bus. At first, she didn’t see anything from the front. Only two bottles of beer along with a baggie were on the table, Sammi soon began to hear faint noises towards the end of the bus.

With even more silent steps reaching the spare bedroom door, Sammi pressed her ear against the wood. The muffled sound of moans echoed in the room with the sound of the bedframe hitting against the wall. Sammi was able to hear everything especially in the way Amanda moaned out Vince’s man. She wanted to pull away but was frozen as her chin began to tremble and eyes turned red. Sammi covered her mouth trying not to wipe loud, closing her eyes tight from the burning of tears almost escaping her eyes. She peeled herself off the door, walking fast out of the bus not caring about Vince and Amanda knowing someone caught them.

Sammi sunk to her knees on the grass, back against the industrial tire letting the built up tears leave her eyes slowly. The heaviness from her chest spread all over her body, trying her best to calm her breathing as she looked up at the sky. Sammi swallowed away the lump in her throat, wiping the makeup tear stains from her cheeks, picking herself up. She sped walk to the trailers aiming straight to Britney.  

When Sammi got to the trailers, she found Britney talking to the same guy from before. Without saying anything, Sammi grabbed Britney by the arm, pulling her into the corner away from everyone else. She clung onto her best friend, hiding her face into her neck. Britney only wrapped her arms around Sammi, cursing in her mind.

“Amanda and Vince are having sex on the bus. It was 10 times worse,” Sammi whispered to Britney. Britney hugged Sammi tighter, rubbing small circles on her back.

“Sammi, I’m so sorry. I really didn’t think she was going to be like that.” Britney whispered into Sammi’s ear.

“I wanna go home.” Sammi said pulling away as more tears rolled down on her splotchy face. Britney frowned, wiping away Sammi’s tears with her thumb. “Sam we can’t your sister brought us here. Do you really wanna explain why you want to leave?” Britney asked, Sammi shaking her head as she sniffed. Sammi only fell back into Britney’s arms, burying her head in her shoulder. “It’s gonna okay, I promise.” Britney whispered.

All of a sudden, Sammi felt a hand on the small of her back, almost scaring her. She pulled away from Britney, seeing Nikki smile softly at Sammi. Nikki first noticed the black smudges around Sammi’s eyes, growing concerned.

“Everything okay, Sammi?” Nikki asked. Sammi wiped away any dried tears from her face, “Yeah I’m fine. I just really needed a hug.”

Nikki nodded slowly, “Maybe I can help with that,” Nikki said opening his arms up with a smirk. To his surprise, Sammi wrapped her arms around his waist making him hug her. Britney looked at the two for a moment, “I’m gonna go get a beer. I’ll leave you to it,” Britney said walking away. Sammi rested her chin on Nikki’s chest looking up at him with big brown eyes. “You sure you’re okay?” Nikki asked again as he wiped away smudged mascara, Sammi nodding with a small smile. He looked behind his shoulder, checking if the older Bass siblings were looking anywhere near them.

“Will a kiss make you feel better?” Nikki asked with a smirk. Sammi shrugged with a dopey smile on her face, “At this point, anything’s better.”

Sammi stood on her tiptoes, closing the space between her and Nikki. Truly it didn’t help Sammi, but feeling Nikki’s lips pressed softly against hers numbed the pain for a moment. Nikki deepened the kiss further, slipping his tongue past her lips. Sammi only accepted it with no hesitation, kissing him back. She relaxed around him, hoping memories would fade.

*

“Hey is Sammi mad at me?” Amanda asked looking over at Britney, sitting on the sofa together watching anything that was on tv. After the U.S Festival, the car ride back from San Bernardino was quiet. Athena was able to see a shift in her sister's demeanor but only put it in the back of her mind for later. Sammi fell asleep from the long ride home while Britney only looked out the window with no desire to speak either. Night had already fallen by the time Athena dropped the girls off at their condo.

“Ask her yourself,” Britney said, avoiding Amanda with coldness in her breath. Amanda scrunched her eyebrows together, “Are you mad at me too? Neither one of you has talked since getting home.” Britney bit the inside of her cheek, sinking into the sofa. As if her ears were burning, Sammi walked down the stairs fresh out of the shower. She didn’t bother to say a word to her roommates, only aiming for the kitchen.

“Samantha! Come in here and sit down,” Amanda ordered. Sammi stepped back into the living room, scowling at Amanda.

“Excuse me?” Sammi said, narrowing her eyes.

“Sit down. We need to talk,” Amanda ordered once again, pointing to the sofa seat from the far right of her.

“First off, don’t call me Samantha. You are not my parents. And secondly, don’t give me orders you are also not the boss of me.” Sammi said crossing her arms.

“Well, you’re not talking to me so I have to get your attention somehow!” Amanda said standing up to Sammi.

“I don’t have to talk to you if I don’t want to, Amanda! Sometimes I rather stay quiet with you,” Sammi shouted, turning to the kitchen with Amanda and Britney along her trail.

“And why don’t you want to talk to me? You and Britney have been giving me the silent treatment almost all day!” Amanda said to Sammi who grabbed a soda from the fridge.

Sammi rolled her eyes, taking a sip of her drink. “Amanda use your fucking head for once. Maybe you’ll figure out why we’re giving you the silent treatment.” Sammi said pointing to Britney by the dining table.

Amanda looked at the two for a moment, blinking rapidly “I still have no idea why you’re mad at me,”

“Oh my fucking god, Amanda! Really?! You’re not gonna admit it?” Sammi shouted, banging the bottle of coke onto the counter.

“Admit what?!” Amanda yelled, her ears easily showing a red tint.

“That you fucked Vince! You fucked Vince at the show!” Sammi yelled, breathing becoming heavy.

“Sam,” Britney said with caution, looking with pleading eyes.

“Why did you have sex with Vince?” asked Sammi, pressing her lips together.

Amanda pursed her lips out as she tilted her head to one side, “Why do you care if we fucked? Huh, Sammi?”

Sammi swallowed away the forming lump her throat. “I mean, if it’s because you like him then you really are dumb,” Amanda said smirking at Sammi. “Vince, or even Nikki, is never going to go for goodie good like you.”

“You don’t know that…” Sammi mumbled, eyes glossing over.

“Yeah, I do. He’s only nice to you because he feels like he has to be. Told me himself before he took me to the backroom. It was actually a pretty comfy bed.” Amanda said smiling. Britney grinds her teeth, shooting daggers at Amanda.

“And what do you have to say about Nikki, huh?” Sammi asked

“Sweetheart, he’s just a future druggie that wants attention. Nothing else.” Sammi nodded, looking down at the ground

“Sammi it’s better you found this out with me instead of finding him in a bed with a random. In the end, I’m helping you.” Amanda shrugged.

“Yeah well thanks for the help,” Sammi mumbled, bumping shoulders with Amanda as she raced upstairs to her room.

She fell on her bed, tears running down her face nonstop, weeping out any emotion. Sammi covered her face, turning on her side as she faced her wall of photos. Opening her eyes, she immediately saw the one photo of Vince pinned right by her head. Sammi ripped off the photo from the wall, throwing it on the floor.

She knew everything was too good to be true.

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Tonight I had the pleasure to attend the Dragonforce show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco. To my surprise, the music venue was full almost to the point of looking like a near  sold out show, which was surprising to me because of the current coronavirus scare in San Francisco ( and the rest of the world), which has a lot of people taking precautions and trying to avoid big crowds or events all together.

First up that night was symphonic metal band VISIONS OF ATLANTIS from Austria. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS is an Austrian-French-Italian Symphonic Metal band that was formed in August 2000 in the beautiful town of Bruck an der Mur. VISIONS OF ATLANTIS have featured harmonies of male and female vocals since the beginning of their career, which makes them extraordinary and distinctive from other bands of the genre. This band has been around for awhile and since the bands creation back in 2000 they have put out  seven studio albums two EPs and nine music videos.

As soon as the band got up the stage, Clémentine Delauney  (female vocals) caught my eye with her very cool stage outfit that reminded me of an elvish wizard/mage. They opened with the song The Deep & the Dark of their 2018 album of the same title, it had  a very catchy and powerful chorus sung by both vocalist that you couldn’t help and join in and sing along, and  I also loved the power metal  guitar riffs. I believe The Deep & the Dark was an excellent choice to open the show and get the crowd going.

The band followed up by the song New Dawn of their 2011 album Delta. Visions of Atlantis played a mix of old and four new tracks from their new album Wanderers  and ended the set with the fan favorite song from their previous album Return to Lemuria. I really like that fact that VISIONS OF ATLANTIS has two very talented vocalist (male and female), their voices  blend together wonderful with the bands style. Clémentine Delauney  has been with Visions of Atlantis Since 2013 and Exit Eden Since 2017 while Michele Guaitoli has been with VISIONS OF ATLANTIS since 2018 also does vocals for Temperance since 2018, Overtures since 2003 and Kaledon since 2003.

Visions of Atlantis are:

Clémentine Delauney – vocals

Michele Guaitoli – vocals

Christian Douscha – Guitars

Herbert Glos – Bass

Thomas Caser – Drums

Set list of songs played at Regency Ballroom in San Francisco 3-8-2020

1) The Deep & The Dark

2) New Dawn

3) Heroes of the Dawn

4) A Life of Our Own

5) A Journey to Remember

6) Nothing Last Forever

7) Return to Lemuria

Their new album Wanderers is out now

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Second up was Unleash the Archers. Vancouver, Canada based Unleash the Archers was formed in late 2007 by vocalist Brittney Hayes (a.k.a. Brittney Slayes) and drummer Scott Buchanan with former member Brayden Dyczkowski on guitar. Since the bands creation, they have won multiple awards like Best Metal Band 2015 Vancouver Whammy Awards and Best Vocalist 2015  Vancouver Whammy Awards.

If you have ever been lucky enough to attend  an Unleash the Archers show you will know these guys have no problem getting the crowd going. As soon as they started with the song Awakening from their 2017 album Apex, not even a minute into it, the crowd had already formed a mosh pit and was going at it.

Unleash the Archers opened with two songs  of their 2017 Apex album (Awakening then The Matriarch) followed by Soulbound. The highlight of their performance for me was when they performed Apex and my all time favorite Tonight We Ride from their 2015 album Time Stands Still.The energy Brittney Slayes (Vocalist) and the rest of the gang bring to stage is incredible and quickly spreads towards any crowd to who they perform to. Their new album will be coming out sometime this year, follow them on Facebook to know when the album gets release.

Unleash the Archers are:

Brittney Slayes – Vocals

Scott Buchanan – Drums

Grant Truesdell – Guitar, Vocals

Andrew Kingsley – Guitar, Vocals

Set list of songs played at Regency Ballroom in San Francisco 3-8-2020

1) Awakening

2) The Matriarch

3) Soulbound

4) Northwest Passage

5) Ten Thousand Against One

6) Tonight We Ride

7) Apex

Now it was time for the UK extreme power metal band DRAGONFORCE. Founded in 1999 Grammy-nominated extreme power metal band DRAGONFORCE is based in London, England. Their platinum-selling record, Through the Fire and Flames, brought them international acclaim and was featured as the most-challenging song on Guitar Hero II Their energetic and humorous live performances have won them fans on every continent. These guys did not hold back with their stage props, they had two giant arcade machines (one on each side of the stage) and some really killer looking neon rave glasses with lights on them.

From the get-go in the first song Highway to Oblivion they blasted out confetti’s out of  cannons towards the crowd which was very awesome and got the crowd fired up. on their second song “Fury of the Storm” they shot up the Co2 cannons and by the third song , vocalist Marc Hudson came out with a handheld cannon Co2 Cryo Gun and shot towards the crowd.

Unfortunately during the 5th or 6th song they had some technical issues and kept losing power on the stage, the band members  were real professional about it and did the best they could to keep the crowd entertained with great constant back and forth interaction, at one point we had Herman Li (guitarist) doing some stand up comedy. The crowd really seemed to not mind the technical issues as they understood sometimes shit happens and they were getting a very unique out of the ordinary show.

Once the crew had fixed the technical issues, DRAGONFORCE continue the show as nothing had happen and played the rest of their set.

To sum it all up these guys was a lot of fun to see on stage, everyone had a blast even when Dragonforce was not playing music and was just standing on the stage drinking beer and going back and forth with the crowd cracking jokes. At one point near the end of their performance they sang a cover of Celine Dion  My Heart Will Go On which you all know from the Titanic movie. But the highlight of the night was when guitarist Sam Totman, let a guy in the crowd borrow his guitar, next thing you know they started performing Crazy Train ( Ozzy Ozbourne) , Aquiles Priester (DRAGONFORCE touring drummer) nailed it on the drums while Sam Totman karaoke style the shit out of it! Their new album Extreme Power Metal is out now!

Dragonforce is:

Herman Li – guitar

Sam Totman  – guitar

Marc Hudson – vocals

Gee Anzalone – drums

Alicia Vigil (touring bassist)

Aquiles Priester (touring drummer)

Set list of songs played at Regency Ballroom in San Francisco 3-8-2020

1) Highway to Oblivion

2) Fury of the Storm

3) The Last Dragonborn

4) Ashes of the Dawn

5) Heart Demolition

6) Video game medley

7) Black Fire

8) Razorblade Meltdown

9) Cry Thunder

10) Remembrance Day

11) My Heart Will Go On

12) Through the Fire and Flames

Remaning tour dates below.

Sat, MAR 14 Red Flag St. Louis, MO

Sun, MAR 15 House of Blues Chicago, IL

Tue, MAR 17 The Agora Theatre Cleveland, OH

Wed, MAR 18 Saint Andrews Hall Detroit, MI

Thu, MAR 19 Roxian Theatre Mckees Rocks, PA

Fri, MAR 20 Palladium Worcester, MA

Sat, MAR 21 Warsaw Brooklyn, NY

Pictures and review by Alex Macias. Please visit Alex @ his website for more stunning images. alexmacias.photoshelter.com

Concert Photo Review: DRAGONFORCE with UNLEASH THE ARCHERS And VISIONS OF ATLANTIS @ Regency Ballroom – San Francisco, California Tonight I had the pleasure to attend the Dragonforce show at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco.

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[kurumeki]

9/19 [Crazy Rock Night Vol.3 Day 1]

The live took place in Shimokitazawa Garden, a small but really cool venue. We had pretty good tickets with mom, A 61 and A 62. Since sugar mom is a little disabled, she sat at the back of the venue, as she can’t stand up for long periods of time. And I’m glad she got the seat from staff, because the live lasted for almost four hours and my own feet were dying, so I can’t imagine how tired she would have been.

Since I was on my own, I left my bag with mom and moved to the front. I was in second row in front of the guitarist spot on the right side of stage. As you have probably read in one of my long posts, I was approached by one creepy dude, but after making friends with a super friendly salary man, I moved to the first row at the barriers, and I was in front of the vocalist stand. I could see everyone clearly, catch all silly interactions and also catch gazes of musicians. I must say they were all a little startled seeing a foreigner.

There were only session bands at this live. Musicians participating in this event, hosted by Crazy Cool Joe, were:

Vocalists: Tetsu Takano (ZIGZO), Evakan (Jolly Pickles/Evadeath), BAKI (GASTUNK), Seiji Kimura (Zeppet Store)

Guitarists: HIRO (La’cryma Christi/Creature Creature), YOU (DEAD END), Kenta Harada (KATAMALi/DAMIJAW), Kentaro (Gargoyle/Daida Laida), Kanako Nakayama (VooDoo Hawaiians), Takeshi Sumida (VooDoo Hawaiians), Pata (X JAPAN)

Bassits: CRAZY COOL JOE (DEAD END), Rikiji (Oblivion Dust), Jun (Valentine DC), Toshi (Gargoyle)

Drummers: Masafumi Minato (DEAD END), Hiroshi Sasabuchi (Tokyo Shoegazer/Creature Creature), Himawari (DUSTAR-3), Eiji Mitsuzono (KATAMALi)

Keyboard: DIE (Ra:IN)

First session band was a cover band of DEAD END and I couldn’t be happier! Crowd went wild when we first heard Sacrifice Of The Vision. The session band was consisting of: Tetsu Takano, Hiroshi Sasabuchi, HIRO, YOU, Toshi. Tetsu’s voice was surprisingly good! They played four DEAD END songs in total, so aside of Sacrifice Of The Vision, there was also Dance Macabre, Spider In The Brain and one song I don’t remember. I was surprised it was HIRO playing all guitar solos, YOU stayed in the back and watched him like a proud father. Seeing HIRO up close was heavenly. His guitar skills are literally as good as YOU’s, hands down. Also I loved their interactions.

Other session bands were covering both Japanese artists and foreign bands, like Ozzy Osbourne, Doors, etc. A few highlights of the night: I really really really loved seeing Kenta Harada on stage, that was a surprise to me. But he is so damn charismatic. He was both playing the guitar and singing. At one session band he joined as a vocalist only. His English when singing is very good. And we made eye contact a lot. Also Takeshi Sumida is such a great guitarist? I didn’t know him at all before, but he has this cool laid-back personality on stage, he was waving at me at encore and just had those Cool Dad vibes. I definitely want to check out his band now. Aside of DEAD END set, I dare to say that BAKI’s session band was the best. The band was made of Crazy Cool Joe, Minato, BAKI, DIE and Takeshi Sumida. Well, you can’t go wrong if you have a legendary DEAD END rhythm section with you.

There were lots of silly situations, funny MCs, cute mistakes made by everyone. The encore song was butchered so bad, but everyone had fun! At some point vocalists just gave up on singing and started dancing, guitarists were having a solos fight with having their guitars on their back, trying to get the melody right. At the end we all took a group photo and I hope I look good on it, haha.

I bought myself a cool t-shirt designed by Crazy Cool Joe and bought two cheki that were random. It was Toshi from Gargoyle at the merch stand, selling those, and it was surprising when he spoke English to me! I got two (each was 1,000JPY) and luckily I got BAKI! (with Crazy Cool Joe in the back). And DIE cheki. I also wanted to buy a custom made bag designed by Crazy Cool Joe, but saved that for the next night~

And one super nice thing! After exchanging contacts with salaryman, a Japanese girl came to me and asked “Are you Cherry?”. Turns out – it was a Morrie’s fan I met on Twitter! I had no idea she would be there and I haven’t met with her yet, but I was so glad I could hug her a few times. She is tiny and just so cute. After finding out she’s going to day 2 now, I knew the next gig would be super fun!

#personal #crazy rock night vol. 3

[thedeadthree]

THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS HAVE VIOLENT ENDS

THE MAIN CAST OF THE ELDER SCROLLS

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#i bring on this fine day! the girls! #oc: lirinwen rilis #oc: vasha uhlchesis #oc: vadramea verenim #oc: osianne loncacque #oc: vindamea verenim #oc: euphemia septim #euphies quote is from westworld as my mind was drawing a blank and JUST as I thought that one of the characters said this! #it was ✨fate✨ #s: the elder scrolls #g: morrowind #g: skyrim #g: oblivion #elder scrolls oc #tes oc #tes ocs #euphie also uses the name vendicci instead of septim so not to catch any ✨attention✨ good or bad! especially the bad! ✨🤧 #nabzjxjx vinny lives by the motto f*ck around and find out and i love that for her ✨😌 #OZZY MAKING ME CRY I’m so excited to yell about her story and start playing oblivion for her lore! #liris is a variation of the real gods require blood quote hehe ✨😌 adore her always! #liris bestie vash! contributing to the manifestation by headcanoning her! my beloved sea elf 🤍😌 #leg.edit #leg.ocs #*ocedits #*myedits #in honor of giving my vestige / nerevarine / dragonborn / hero names and fcs here are the loves! #oh and that reminds me! vash is the niece of the king of the maormer ✨😌 asked to infiltrate and ‘spy’ on the dominion!

[sillymovietrailer]

Bubba Ho-Tep

Starting out the year by cleaning the draft folder, here’s another one from the “why wasn’t this on here already?” file.  I originally thought about doing this around the time I was doing the Phantasm tribute, guess now is as good a time as any.  I mentioned yesterday with Buckaroo Banzai the point about doing films with a “high concept”.  Elderly Elvis and JFK (who’s now black apparently) vs. a Cowboy outfit wearing Mummy is a concept so high the International Space Station crew can see it without having to crane their heads down.  But with this and Joe R. Lansdale’s original story, it’s used much better, it’s actually about something.  The King and Mr. President in the real world both had their lives cut short, this imagines both the ideas of them carrying on, fading away in obscurity, only to get one last chance to do something to benefit the world and their fellow people.  What’s more, by having the Mummy be a threat to their souls, it manages to make what’s never been the top tier monster scary again, on top of it also fitting thematically, the idea of fighting back against death and oblivion.

The good thing though is that the film is smart enough to realise that it works on the absurdist level too, so though the above aspect is played straight, it manages to have a lot of fun along the way too.  Director Don Coscarelli is an old pro with horror of course, but he can also handle deadpan humour perfectly too.  What a great central cast too; Bruce Campbell and Ozzie Davies bring a lot of warmth to their ridiculous characters, realising that the best way to bring out the funny side of this situation is to just play it dead straight, no winking or nudging.  It’s rare to have a horror movie, let alone a horror comedy that one can describe as “heartwarming”, but this comes kind of close, it’s a nice sort of comfort food movie for me.  Looking for more Bruce Campbell fun after the last season of Ash vs. the Evil Dead?  If you haven’t already, give this a go!

#bubba ho-tep #elvis presley #jfk #the mummy #Bruce Campbell #ozzie davies #don coscarelli