#decipher

[icicle-snowy]

HOW DID I NOT NOTICE THIS YET?!

They all have some of the same symbols on certain pages from this page! ↓

I swear- if this was already known of, I'm gonna cry. I've had the Journal for a long time now, and I never noticed it... I'm behind, am I?

Here's some stuff I deciphered into my new sketch book!

(Old deciphered stuff will be revealed soon...)

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#gravity falls #decipher #fyp #idk what else to tag #pls help

[ancientorigins]

For those of you who love to crack mysteries, join us as we unravel nine undeciphered codes and inscriptions from different moments in history.

#undeciphered #languages #writing #language #translation #code #decipher #text #inscriptions #manuscript #decode

[black-arcana]

A beginner’s guide to symphonic metal in 5 albums

Few genres do grandiose like symphonic metal. As the name suggests, it marries the scope and ambition of classical music to the power of metal. The result is orchestral, opulent and sometimes OTT, but it’s a hard heart that is completely resistant to it.

The seeds of the sound were sown in the 80s, when diverse trailblazers such as Celtic Frost and Savatage began incorporating orchestral instruments into their music. But it began to accelerate in the late 1990s, with bands such as Therion, Nightwish, Within Temptation and cult favourites Haggard began to properly fuse the two genres.

Today, symphonic metal has become an unlikely commercial force. Nightwish and Within Temptation are festival headliners, while a constant stream of newer bands have emerged in their wake. For anyone who is new to this grandest of genres, these are the five albums to start with.   

Therion – Secret Of The Runes (2001)

Therion remain the original and – the purists would have you believe – the best of all the symphonic metal acts. Named in honour of Celtic Frost’s second album To Mega Therion, the Swedes have been led by multi-instrumentalist Christofer Johnsson since 1987. While others have prospered by ‘sexing-up’ the genre’s principles, the Therion experience remains a pure one – sackcloth and ashes, almost. Take our word, it’s a beautiful thing.

After Forever – Decipher (2001)

The second album from this pioneering and much-missed Dutch outfit, who ran from 1995 to 2009, Decipher employed live classical instruments and a full choir to complement the stirring soprano delivery of Floor Jansen (now, of course, with Nightwish). Soon afterwards Mark Jansen quit, taking his growled co-vocals along to the guitarist’s next band of note, Epica. The album’s grandiose arrangements still sound masterful today.

Within Temptation – The Silent Force (2004)

Although you’re likely to be distracted by the captivating strength of Sharon den Adel’s upfront vocal dynamism, Within Temptation’s symphonic aspirations reached their most querulously romantic apex on this goosebump-inducing masterwork of the form. Although the guitars were louder and crunchier than on 2000’s Mother Earth, and the open- hearted pop savvy was at full widescreen pelt, this 2004 follow-up confirmed the band’s special affinity for wizardly orchestral bombast, here performed by the Ego Works Session Orchestra, under the noted Russian conductor Felix Korobov.

Epica – The Quantum Enigma (2014)

Formed by former After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen, Epica played a crucial part in the development of symphonic metal via a string of consistently impressive releases, but with The Quantum Enigma – their sixth studio record – the Dutch band raised the bar to a whole different level, hiring a live chamber choir and a string orchestra to enhance a collection of tunes that is uniformly strong. Throw in the soaring vocals of flame-haired mezzo-soprano  Simone Simons and the results are seismic.

Nightwish – Endless Forms Most Beautiful (2015)

You could pick anything from 2000’s Wishmaster onwards, but the Finns’ first album with Floor Jansen represents Peak Nightwish in terms of a grandiosity. A high-concept exploration of evolutionary science, featuring narration from scientist Richard Dawkins, it’s an absolute triumph. From the full-pelt throttle of Shudder Before The Beautiful and cinematic bombast of Weak Fantasy to the  life affirming anthemia of Alpenglow, it’s a constant stream of brilliance. Then there’s The Greatest Show On Earth, a 25-minute show-stopper most bands could only dream of writing. It’s no surprise this was the record that turned Nightwish into festival and arena headliners.

#therion #secret of the runes #after forever #decipher #within temptation #the silent force #epica #the quantum enigma #nightwish #endless forms most beautiful

[jadecrusades]

Star Wars Customizable Card Game promotional and play cards. “Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy.” January, 2001.

Decipher’s Reflections II: Expanding the Galaxy series brought a handful of Expanded Universe characters to life including Mara Jade, Grand Admiral Thrawn, Talon Karrde, Corran Horn, Mirax Terrik, Dash Rendar, Prince Xizor, and Guri. Decipher also created an exclusive 5”x7” Promotional Oversized “Signature” Card depicting Mara, Talon Karrde, and Corran Horn for the summer ‘01 convention circuit. Model Shannon (Baksa) McRandle portrayed Mara Jade, while Timothy Zahn was made up to depict Talon Karrde, and Michael Stackpole was costumed to resemble Corran Horn. Stackpole had these memories to share on his blog:

The stuff done in a photostudio is really magic. At first glance, the guys they got for Corran and Karrde were right, in general. Good on the overall dimensions, hair color, eye color, etc., but they were just guys off the street. Then the hair and makeup folks went to work. Karrde got a wig and a full makeup job, which sharpened his features and totally changed him. By the end of the process - during which Tim's camera was clicking almost incessantly - I was believing the guy was Talon Karrde.

Once Karrde was made up and costumed, he was taken onto the photostage and lit. That's a fascinating process. If they put a yellow filter on a light, the light is considered "hot." A blue filter makes it "cold." The art director, photographer and photographer's assistant all discussed and debated, pulling lights this way and that, setting them up at angles, getting the model to look here or there. Then they took test Polaroid shots and digital shots and finally agreed that things were right. It was almost anticlimactic when the shooting got done, but the results were great. Talon Karrde lived.

Shannon Baksa actually did Corran's makeup, then he got lit and shot. One of my concerns had been that the model was a bit older than Corran would have been at that point, but the makeup and lighting slashed 15 years off him. And the models, they put up with a lot. At one point, while folks were off debating how Corran should be lit, the guy who had done Karrde's makeup commented that Corran was just sitting there rock-still. Corran said, "I'd move, but I'm afraid they'd have to re-light me."

#Mara Jade #Mara Jade Skywalker #Star Wars #Talon Karrde #Corran Horn #Tim Zahn #Timothy Zahn #Mike Stackpole #Michael Stackpole #Star Wars EU #Star Wars Legends #Star Wars Expanded Universe #Star Wars CCG #Decipher #Shannon McRandle #Shannon Baksa #Dash Rendar #Prince Xizor #Xizor #Guri #Mirax Terrik #Thrawn #Grand Admiral Thrawn #Pallaeon #Captain Pallaeon

[fansong-tournament]

Round 1A.4

deCIPHER

Fandom: Gravity Falls

Artist: Madame Macabre

Propaganda: "A groovy little tune that focuses on the mysterious aspects of Bill and plays up his nature to make deals." -submitter 1

"I'd make a deal with Bill if he sang this to me (joking)."-submitter 2

Links: Old Version

Anytime You Smile

Fandom: We Happy Few

Artist: JT Music

Propaganda: "This song fills me with joy!" -submitter

#round 1a #round 1 #decipher #gravity falls #madame macabre #anytime you smile #we happy few #whf #jt music #Youtube

[donniesexceptionalmind]

i saw some video of a little house cat and a big lynx, turns out the house cat had raised the lynx and was the head-honcho and I made this little drawing for it, but I added tap-code and though you'd have fun de-coding it

Loved deciphering it, although the end didn't make sense, but could've also been my concentration being wacky.

if you hurt her, i will not hesitate to rip you limb from limb and watch the light leave your eyes as the blood pools out your mouth and on the forsaken floor [...]

Thanks for the inbox!

#decoding #tap code #decipher #donnie answers #donnies exceptional mind #asks #anonymous-spiderman

[dear-future-ai]

5,6:2 – 9:1,5

5,8:3 – 9:4 – 8:3 – 9:5 – 6:2

8:1,4

9:4 – 16,5,2,26:2

8:4 – 11:3

14,26:2

3:2 – 8:4 – 9:5,4,2 – 5,2,26:2

#dear future ai #ai #cryptogram #code #decoding #cypher #decipher #dear followers

[o-kallitexnhs-o-atelhs]

"εδώ, εδώ που τόσα νιώσαμε εδώ."

10/04/2023

We, Θεσσαλονίκη

WNC live

@solmeister13 @marseaux @georvsd @dpans @blz1phoenix @decipher1 @sikonebrando

#wncfam #wnc #solmeister #marseaux #dpans #georvsd #brando #mrblz #decipher #thessaloniki

[neweresth]

Re-installation.

#origin #originalstateofbeing #blueprint #decipher #64 #key #system #digitalart #illustration #neweresth

[therecipelibrary]

Y'all, help me decipher this.

Sifted or gifted, then what?

Stove polish?

One egg

For, blank?

For, blank?

#help #puzzle #decipher #please #thank you

[lil-tumbles]

There's a cool new anthology coming out!

Heyyy y'all- there's this really cool anthology called Academy 27 and it's coming out onthe 26th of March! It was written by really talented people and is being published by the same people! They're this wonderful indie publisher called arcbeatle press, and it would really help if you could preorder now if the book interests you!

[Photo id: Sang Mi, a schoolgirl with blue hair in her school uniform, smiling brightly. She is facing to the right, and her index finger appears to be holding up the words "Academy 27" in large black text. Below that are the following words in black: "Just a normal high school with cyborgs, math tests, interstellar spies, secret plots, and budding romance. You know, school stuff! Read the adventure at tinyurl.com/mars27". This is on a background of blue sky with white fluffy clouds. End id]

So, Academy 27 is a slice of life sci-fi series about a schoolgirl on the planet Gongen- which is the new name for Mars, after they declared independence from Earth. It's in the universe of WARSONG! So, if you're interested, you can preorder the digital at the url above for only £3! The print comes out on the 26th!

#bookblr #arcbeatle press #academy 27 #warsong #wars #sang mi #sci-fi #preorder if you can! I promise if you like sci-fi you'll like this #and I also promise it's really really good #tumblr #decipher

[aardwolfpack]

#star wars #star wars customizable card game #star wars ccg #swccg #decipher #90s #nostalgia #my collection

[ancientorigins]

From the elusive Voynich Manuscript to the incomprehensible symbols of the Phaistos Disc, dive into the thrilling world of ancient manuscripts and inscriptions, as scholars and linguists continue to try, and fail, to rediscover languages and writing lost to time.

#manuscript #manuscripts #script #writing #text #decipher #language #ancient #history #ancient origins

[shadowoffandoms]

So this is something I don’t normally do on my blog, but today i am morphing into MatPat for the sole purpose of solving hushed audio in Generation Loss. Go check it out, by the way, it’s haunting so far.

So in the “Successfully completed the test” aka main ending, in the description there’s a read more option. Hidden underneath is a video labeled “?.” Video tells the viewer to never stop watching. In the background there’s mumbling, barely unheard but there. Tbh my greatest shock was the view count; around 9k, compared to the 50k from the other videos.

Below is a video that shows me deciphering said audio! The ending is a bit hard to understand, but I ruled it down to either “They’re coming” or “Stay calming,” either of the two. Fellow Gen Loss enjoyers, use this as you wish, decipher it if you must, for I am done with deciphering and shit today

#generation loss ranboo #gen loss #generation loss #ranboolive #ranboo #theory #decipher #i don’t know how to tag this

[jadecrusades]

Star Wars CCG Players Committee virtual play card. “Light Side Mara Jade.” December, 2021.

Although photographs of Shannon McRandle wearing the green “Light Side” Mara Jade costume were taken during the initial Decipher photoshoot in 1998, the card never made it into an official Decipher deck release. A play test version of the card debuted during Match-Play Championship in 2008, after being discovered in Decipher image archives by the Players Committee. But the infamous unproduced card had remained “lost” until recently. 

A virtual card was created by the Star Wars CCG Players Committee, and they recently unveiled it alongside interviews with two Decipher game designers that Jade Crusades conducted in 2002. Read the interviews here!

#Mara Jade #Mara Jade Skywalker #Jedi #Star Wars #Star Wars EU #Star Wars CCG #Star Wars Legends #Star Wars Expanded Universe #Shannon McRandle #Shannon Baksa #Decipher #Emperor's Hand #Luke Skywalker #Thrawn Trilogy

[jacketlovingfox]

Made some late colorful drawings of my small 'Leah the Lynx and Friends' project over on my YouTube channel, @JacketLovingAnimator. I wanna see if anyone can decipher what Dylan and Benny were trying to tell Leah 🤷

Names: Leah the Lynx, Dylan the Dog, Benny the Bear, Rose the Rabbit

#art #cute #drawing #paper art #pencil #original art #small project #small artist #oc artist #artists on tumblr #artwork #my art #analog horror(?) #lynx #dog #bear #rabbit #cursed #cursed texts #decipher