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Tallah @ No Sleep Fest, 12/01/23 (x)

#wendrid live my beloved #tallah #tallah band #nu metal #deathcore #alex snowden #max portnoy #justin bonitz #derrick schneider #no sleep fest #girls in bands #female guitarist #women in metal #women of metal #schecter guitars

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[090923] Tallah at Reverb in Reading, PA

photo credit @ Music Seen (FB)

#max portnoy #alex snowden #tallah #nu core #nu metal #deathcore #live music #live music photography #photography #bands #metal #metal band #true pennsylvanian nu core #code orange #dollskin #metal guitarist #metal drummer

[saintveil]

Bite Down

Tallah

Max Portnoy/Derrick Schneider

Smut

⛓ Handjobs, biting, mentions of blood ⛓

Max layed on the hotel room's bed, his chest pressed against the mattress. His mind felt fuzzy from the exhaustion. He took comfort in the sound of Derrick shuffling somewhere on the other side of the room, having just returned from a shower. Max was too tired to look over, but he knew his close friend was shirtless, his skin warm from his shower. Max liked knowing he would soon join him. He always stayed farther away than he liked when they shared a bed. He wanted to stay close, and feel Derrick against him; and he'd had the chance a few times, but it felt wrong. It felt like he'd be taking advantage. For now, being in the same bed as him would have to be enough.

Max heard a pill bottle rattling across the room. "...you okay?" He mumbled, not opening his eyes.

"Yeah, I think I just overworked myself at the gym. My back fucking hurts." Derrick said, zipping his bag and returning to bed.

"I'm sorry... come here, I'll kiss it better." Max joked, too delirious to have much of a filter.

"You mean that?" Derrick laughed as he pulled on his hoodie, before crawling into bed.

"Mhmm" Max hummed.

Derrick only smiled at Max's actions. "Go to sleep. You need it." He said, petting Max's hair and turning off the lamp.

Max smiled as he heard Derrick shuffling, trying to get comfortable. Max sleepily placed a hand on Derrick's back. He knew where it hurt. After months of painful obsession, he knew Derrick's body better than his own. He scared himself sometimes, but he just brushed it off.

He put pressure between Derrick's shoulderblades, feeling his body tense up.

"Does that help?" Max mumbled.

"A little bit." Derrick said.

He relaxed against Max's touch. It helped, even if it wasn't much. Max fell asleep like that, his hand on Derrick's warm body. Derrick closed his eyes, attempting to sleep.

It never came to him, though. As much as Max's hand was helping, it was distracing to him. Derrick's face burned. He wasn't sure if he wanted to cry from pain or heartbreak. He couldn't breathe under such circumstances.

Derrick choked back his tears, forcing his eyes shut as he heard movement behind him.

"Derrick, you okay?" Max whispered softly.

"Y-yeah." Derrick stammered, wiping his eyes quickly.

Max sat up, leaning over Derrick. He gently moved the hair from Derrick's face.

"What's the matter? He asked sleepily.

Derrick began to panic underneath Max.

He was grateful Max couldn't see his face reddening in the dark. He tried to speak, but he couldn't. He thought about what to do in this situation. Could he run? He had nowhere to go.

Max was still leaning over him, his hair falling just above Derrick's face. He could smell his shampoo, and it only sent him spiraling further. The muscles in his arms were tense as he held himself up, still waiting for an answer.

Derrick, truly scared out of his wits acted on impulse. He sat up and kissed Max, tangling his fingers in his long hair. Max flinched, caught off gaurd, but kissed back.

He let his hands briefly wander Derrick's body, before resting them on his hips. He pulled away from the kiss, out of breath.

"What the hell was that all about?" He laughed, pushing Derrick back down against the bed.

"I don't know. I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking." Derric said, covering his face.

Max climbed onto Derrick's lap, now sitting properly on top of him.

"Don't be sorry. It's okay." Max responded, gently pulling Derrick's hands from his face.

Derrick blushed, trying his hardest not to break eye contact. Max didn't look angry, or uncomfortable, or even upset. The realization that Max was sitting directly on top of him suddenly hit, and the panic heightened.

"It's okay..." Max whispered in his ear reassuringly, before leaving a kiss on his cheek. "It's alright."

It wasn't long before his lips were on Derrick's neck. He placed his shakey hands on Max's back, unsure of how to react appropriately. He couldn't think straight like this. When Max didn't object, he slid one hand under his shirt.

"Is this okay?" Derrick managed to ask, praying he wouldn't hear the anxiety in his voice.

Max did, but decided it would be best not to point it out. Instead, he petted Derrick's hair, an attempt at comfort.

"Of course, I don't mind." Max said, looking Derrick in the eye.

Max removed his shirt, allowing Derrick to touch him without worry. He was too tired for an excessive amount of foreplay, but he was determined to soothe Derrick's nerves. Max took a deep breath, hoping that he wasn't moving too fast for his friend. He took one of Derrick's calloused, scarred hands in his, and pressed it against his stomach.

"You okay with this?" Max asked, pressing Derrick's palm gainst his lower stomach.

Derrick thought for a moment, semi-distracted by Max's warm skin.

"Yeah..." He finally replied.

"Let me know if that changes, baby." Max whispered. Derrick could hear the exhaustion in his voice, but he knew his words were sincere. They had been close friends for years. Max would never hurt him.

Derrick nodded, before Max began to guide his trembling hand farther down. Derrick's heart pounded as his fingers slipped past Max's waistband, and stopped between his legs.

Max waited, giving Derrick the chance to object if he wanted. When he didn't, he began to move his hand. Derrick's cheeks burned as he allowed Max to show him what pace to move, and how much pressure he needed. Max's movements were sloppy, and tired, but he continued to study Derrick's flushed face. He searched for any sign of fear or discomfort. He noticed anxiety, but little worse.

When Max was sure Derrick wasn't uncomfortable, he moved his hand away, allowing Derrick to continue himself.

"Good boy." Max murmered.

"Thank you." Derrick replied, blushing harder at the praise.

Max laughed softly, amused that Derrick's good manners didn't cease in bed. He let out a soft moan. It was a bit forced, and out of character for him, but he thought it might help Derrick relax.

It definitely did. Derrick's eyes were beginning to adjust to the darkness. The little bit of moonlight allowed him to see Max's face. He looked just as beautiful as ever. His hair fell across his shoulders, and his breathing was heavy.

"Max, you're so pretty." Derrick murmered.

The compliment made Max blush. Before long, Derrick's hand was pulled away and his wrist was pinned above his head. Max was tired, but determined. An orgasm wouldn't help him any in that moment. He wanted to make sure Derrick would feel as good as possible first. He held his free hand over Derrick's mouth, not hard enough to prevent him from speaking. He watched, waiting for an objection that would never come.

"Bite down." He whispered.

Derrick was confused by the strange request, but obliged. He was rewarded with a pained groan. It was much more real this time.

Max began to move his hips against Derrick's, his movements slow, and cautious. Derrick bit Max's palm again, gripping his thigh with the hand that wasn't pinned.

His moans were muffled by Max's hand, but they sounded beautiful nonetheless. Max laughed to himself, pausing a brief moment to pull Derrick's pajama pants down. Max decreased the weight on his hand as he pulled his underwear down as well.

"This okay?" Max asked.

"Yeah..." Derrick confirmed, breathing hard.

Max smiled, pressing down again. Derrick blushed as he gazed up at Max. He was rough, but not hostile. He wouldn't truly hurt Derrick, <i> ever. </i> Suddenly, the cold air hit his skin and he felt Max against him again.

Max moved his hand from Derrick's mouth, holding it out in front of him. There were bitemarks on his palm, one of them still dripping blood.

"Look at what you did." Max said quietly. Derrick felt his heart racing again. He hadn't meant to hurt Max. He was only trying to make him feel good. "Such a good boy."

Derrick let the praise calm him down as his legs began to shake. Max wasn't mad. He hadn't fucked up as bad as he thought he had. It was okay.

"You getting close baby?" Max whispered in his ear.

Derrick hummed a response. He could barely form words at this point. He still managed to call Max's name as he finished. Max's movements were growing sloppier, and before long his whole body temsed up on top of Derrick, finally loosening his grip on his wrist as well. It would probably leave a bruise.

"Come on, let me get that hoodie off of you." Max offered.

"No, I've got it. It's okay." Derrick said. He was beyond tired. He couldn't imagine how Max must be feeling.

Max crawled off of him, allowing him to take his dirty hoodie off. He dreaded getting up.

<i> 'So long for making up for lost sleep...' </i> Max thought as he stood up to change.

Before he left, he turned around.

"How's your back?" He laughed.

"It doesn't hurt anymore. Care to change that sometime?" Derrick said, laughing.

"Perhaps." Max said, walking to get clean clothes from his bag.

#tallah #tallah band #fanfiction #fanfic #rpf #max portnoy #derrick schneider #code orange #smut #tallah fanfiction

[fuestra]

Not Dead Yet #1

I decided to make posts dedicated to new-ish rock bands or releases from the last 10 years, in part because I want to have an archive of band I learn about. I'll try to avoid bands formed before 10 years ago, but I have no doubts I'll make multiple exceptions.

Anyway, it's almost 4 AM, so I'll make this one brief. Not so long ago, I came across Tallah. As a pre-teen I loved nu metal (and by loving nu metal, I mean knowing System of a Down first album, Issues era Korn and Significant Other Limp Bizkit existed). Then as a metalhead teenager I disowned that and with 20-few as a young adult I finally reconciled with my younger taste and explored all the bands my older brother never could present me because of my trve kvlt stvpidity. Flash-forward to the lonely pandemic nights after my 29th birthday, and a Youtube recommendation blew my mind. Slipknot violent groove and turntables, (hed) P.E. vocal energy and deathcori-sh grunts. Tallah's "Overconfidence" was a love at first sight, and I've been following them ever since.

Here's a single from their last album The Generation of Danger (2022), "For The Recognition"

#not dead yet fuestra #music recs #song recs #music review #rock music #tallah #nu metal #justin bonitz #max portnoy #alex snowden #derrick schneider #Youtube

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Sega has announced a partnership with Picturestart to develop film adaptations of video games Space Channel 5 and Comix Zone.

Press release

Space Channel 5, a comedy / dance adaptation of the cult-classic 1999 dance game, will tell the story of a hapless fast-food worker who is recruited by a freedom reporter from the future to save the world from aliens using the one thing that unites all people on the planet: our love of silly viral dances.

Space Channel 5 is being written by Barry Battles and Nir Paniry. Battles wrote and directed The Baytown Outlaws, a crime comedy starring Billy Bob Thornton and Eva Longoria. Paniry wrote and directed Extracted, a sci-fi drama nominated for the Emerging Visions award at South by Southwest. Battles is represented by Pete Stein at CAA and Jeff Portnoy at Bellevue Productions; Paniry is also represented by Portnoy.

Comix Zone, an adaptation of the cult console game that has been so influential to so many over the years, follows a jaded comic book creator and a young, queer writer of color who, when sucked into the final issue of his popular series, must put aside their differences to stop a dangerous supervillain from sowing complete destruction — and in the process wittily explore the ever-evolving power of storytelling itself.

Comix Zone will be written by Mae Catt, whose credits include writing on the Emmy®-winning HBO Max original, Young Justice, and the How to Train Your Dragon spinoff series, Dragons: The Nine Realms. Catt is represented by Matthew Dartnell at Writ Large.

Royce Reeves-Darby and Erik Feig are overseeing both projects for Picturestart and will produce alongside Samie Kim Falvey, also of Picturestart. From SEGA, Vice President Co-COO Shuji Utsumi is overseeing both projects and Toru Nakahara, producer for the Sonic the Hedgehog movie franchise as well as executive producer for Sonic Prime TV series, will produce the two adaptations. In addition, Takumi Yoshinaga (SEGA video game director) will join the team for Space Channel 5 and Kagasei Shimomura (SEGA video game producer) will join the team for Comix Zone.

#Space Channel 5 #Space Channel 5 movie #Comix Zone #Comix Zone movie #Sega #Picturestart #film

[emoshep]

who do i think of today???

the band Dream Theater!

i tend to present myself as being most into the more extreme metal circles, like death metal and black metal and all that good stuff, but Dream Theater holds a special place in my heart.

their album The Astonishing is one of my all-time favorite albums, "Count of Tuscany" from Black Clouds and Silver Linings is a freakin' masterclass is telling a story with song even in the instrumental sections, "Dance of Eternity" from Metropolis Pt. 2 has that one section we all go back and listen to over and over again because it's just that godsdamn metal (c'mon you know the one), "I Walk Beside You" from Octavarium gives me good vibes all around and isn't even the best song on the album, I could go on.

and it isn't just the songs either. the musicians themselves are always keeping it sharp but are also chill and are, like all of us down here, students of music. like, John Petrucci is somehow both an absolute guitar god and also the most chill regular dude to walk the earth. dude will talk to a clinic audience calmly with his asmr-worthy voice (okay maybe i'm biased) about a simple easy warmup drill before ripping a hole in the universe with how fast he plays the thing. John Myung is an absolute wizard on bass guitar, Jordan Rudess is like a max-level alchemist with how his keys make everything feel all cool and fill out the whole space, Mike Portnoy keeps the whole thing air tight with his drum work (plus his kit sounds awesome) and i'm pretty sure James LaBrie is a vampire aristocrat who just decided to become a singer instead because it's more fun.

and let's not forget all the folks who've played with the band in the past, as well as all the good folks who make their productions possible, the techs and road crews and drivers and all them wonderful people!

so yeah, i love this band! listening to them makes me happy. that is all.

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Bernard Kalb, Veteran Foreign Correspondent, Is Dead at 100

Bernard Kalb, a veteran journalist of CBS, NBC and The New York Times who also had a brief but unsatisfying move into the government in the role of an official State Department spokesman, died on Sunday in the home he shared with his wife at North Bethesda, Md. He was 100. The cause of loss of life was reported by daughter Claudia Kalb, who said his health had deteriorated following an injury on January. 2. Through his long tenure on the air In his many years on television, Mr. Kalb's booming voice with his thick eyebrows, a hefty grin and an impressive command of detail were a hit with many viewers. He covered revolutions, wars and diplomatic breakthroughs which signalled the closing of Cold War. He was a reporter in The Times from 1946 to 1962, then for CBS in the following 18 years (during which he worked with Marvin, his older brother Marvin who was on the diplomat front) as well as for the network's State Department correspondent from 1980 until 1985. After that, for two decades, he was as a State Department official in the Reagan administration's State Department -- a period that was a contentious one. As an CBS reporter in 1972, Kalb was a correspondent for CBS in 1972. Kalb accompanied President Richard M. Nixon during the trip to China which proved to be an important step in improving relations between the two countries. He also took nearly every overseas trip along with Henry A. Kissinger, Cyrus R. Vance, Edmund S. Muskie, Alexander M. Haig Jr. and George P. Shultz during their respective terms in the post of secretary of state. "You have a sense of being something of an eyewitness to the evolutions and eruptions of the decades since World War II," Mr. Kalb stated in November 1984, when the president Ronald Reagan announced his appointment as the assistant secretary of state in charge of public affairs. This was the first time journalist who was a part of for the State Department became its spokesman. However, Mr. Kalb quit in October 1986 over what he termed an "reported disinformation program" -however, he was unable to affirming its existence implemented by the administration to defame and against the Libyan chief Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. The Washington Post reported that the program was designed to create false information in the press regarding rebels within the country against Colonel Qaddafi and American military plans to attack Libya. When asked regarding the resignation of Mr. Kalb's resignation the former president. Reagan said, "No one on our side has been lying to anyone." "My resignation does not endow me with sudden freedom to act on what may be or not be secret and what can be classified or what cannot be classified," Mr. Kalb said. However, he said "You face a choice -- as an American, as a spokesman, as a journalist -- whether to allow oneself to be absorbed in the ranks of silence, whether to vanish into unopposed acquiescence or to enter a modest dissent." Bernard Kalb was born in Manhattan on February. 4th, 1922. his parents, Max and Bella (Portnoy) Kalb were immigrantshis father was originally from Poland as well as his mom, who was born in the present-day Ukraine. The family relocated from Poland to Washington Heights when Bernard was aged a teenager. His father was primarily tailor in the garment district but in the evenings he worked as a tailor at dry cleaning located in Washington Heights that his mother was the manager during the day. After having graduated from City College of New York in 1942 the young Mr. Kalb served for two years in the Army most of which was spent working for a newspaper that was published in an Quonset cabin within the Aleutian Islands of Alaska. His editor was Sergeant. Dashiell Hammett, who was the creator of the detective novel "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man." In 1946 In 1946, Kalb joined The Times in 1946. Kalb joined The Times. He started writing on behalf of the station WQXR which was at the time owned by The Times company. He later wrote for the newspaper. He was a reporter for the metropolitan area and was a reporter for his coverage of the United Nations before being sent to Southeast Asia as a correspondent. The first assignment he had overseas, which was in the latter half of 1955, was to join Adm. Richard E. Byrd in a trip to Antarctica. He once joked that some days , his toughest job was coming up with a variety of variations on"ice. "ice." It was more difficult to cover his defense of the presidency of the president Sukarno in Indonesia. In 1958 the journalist. Kalb was arrested and briefly detained following his revelation that Soviet-built planes were supplied for Indonesia's military. Indonesian military. The arrest provoked protests from Western journalists and he was eventually released. After the departure of The Times in 1962, Mr. Kalb joined CBS as reporter for Hong Kong. He was frequently sent to the area to report on events of the Vietnam War, and he was the on-scene reporter for CBS for a one-hour documentary in 1964 that warned about the possibility that this war not likely to be over in the near future. A few years later, he was awarded the Overseas Press Club Award for an op-ed on the Vietcong. Relocating back to America United States in 1970, Mr. Kalb became Washington anchorman for the "CBS Morning News." In 1975, he joined with his brother in the diplomatic field and, five years later, they both joined NBC. Bernard Kalb covered the State Department until he was appointed its spokesperson in the year 1985. Alongside his daughter Claudia in addition to his daughter Claudia. Kalb is survived by his brother, and the wife of his 64-year marriage, Phyllis (Bernstein) Kalb as well as three other daughters: Tanah, Marina and Sarinah Kalb with nine grandchildren as well as four stepgrandchildren. From 1991 to 1992 In 1992, the late Mr. Kalb was the moderator of the weekly CNN program "Reliable Sources," which examined the objectivity of the media in its coverage and also interviewed broadcast and print journalists. He continued to lecture on the subject of journalism and foreign affairs throughout his 90s, and was even featured as a panelist occasionally for "The Kalb Report," which is a live telecast of talks presented by his father at the Washington National Press Club. In a street in Romania in 2004 a child offered the name of Mr. Kalb a souvenir for $16: a pair of Soviet-era binoculars that were etched by red stars, hammers, and sickles as well as the crossed Kalashnikov rifles. A few days later Mr. Kalb was in a hotel room in Athens with his wife. In the far distance there was the Parthenon. With just a short time before they needed to travel to the airport The Kalbs gazed through their binoculars, observing from afar the symbol of democracy. "The Cold War had come to the rescue, finally producing a scrap of redeeming value," Mr. Kalb wrote in an article for The Times. "R.I.P., Cold War. It wouldn't be possible without you." Dennis Hevesi, a former author of obituaries at The Times, died in 2017. Alex Traub contributed reporting.   Read the full article

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Tallah mit neuer Single/Video “Shaken (not stirred)”

Tallah mit neuer Single/Video “Shaken (not stirred)”

Tallah haben kürzlich mit “Shaken (not stirred)” eine Single samt Video aus dem kommenden Album “The Generation Of Danger” veröffentlicht. Der Longplayer musste, wie bekannt, vom September verschoben werden und erscheint jetzt am 18. November 2022 bei Earache Records. Das Video der Nu-Core-Band Tallah gibt es weiter unten zu sehen. Erst einmal einige Sätze zum Song. Max Portnoy: “Shaken (not…

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#Earache Records #Shaken (not stirred) #Shaken not stirred #Tallah

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One of PayPal's early employees said his biggest takeaway from working with Elon Musk is that he's never doing only one thing at a time

One of PayPal’s early employees said his biggest takeaway from working with Elon Musk is that he’s never doing only one thing at a time

Elon Musk is one of the world’s busiest entrepreneurs.NDZ/Star Max / Contributor via Getty An ex-PayPal worker said one of his observations of Elon Musk is that he never does just one thing. Jason Portnoy spoke with “The Tim Ferriss Show” about working at PayPal, where Musk was CEO in 2000. He said Musk might benefit from being able to apply lessons from one company to another. Elon Musk…

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swim away, go be my muse

#tallah #alex snowden #max portnoy #justin bonitz #hungry lights #derrick schneider #mewzen #earache records #metal #nu metal #nu core #metalcore #nu metalcore #new metal #deathcore #alt metal #trap metal #girls in bands #women in metal #female guitatist #female musician #gifs #my gifs #music video #mv #punk plant #the generation of danger #matriphagy

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Tallah 2023

pics by Vanessa Valadez / lionrevolt on instagram

#tallah #nu metal #nu core #bands #metal bands #true american nu metal #band photography #credit in caption #max portnoy #alex snowden #derrick schneider #justin bonitz #tyler hinson #next to none #coldxpanic #hungry lights

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<3

#tallah #tallah band #max portnoy #mike portnoy #dream theater #tallahposting

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[xxeggywazherex3]

𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘩 - 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦

#tallah #the generation of danger #my gifs #nu metal #metal #justin bonitz #mewzen #max portnoy #alex snowden #hungry lights #mewzxn #code orange #neon #metalcore #heavy metal #Derrick Schneider

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Via Sharptooth’s Instagram

#keith higgins #lauren kashan #max portnoy #sharptooth #tallah #sharptoothmd #instagram

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MAX PORTNOY Picks His 10 Favorite Drummers of All Time

Mike Portnoy‘s son Max Portnoy (Next to None) sat down with Music Radar to jot down 10 of his all-time favorite drummers. You can check out the highlights below, and read more on the Music Radar website. Mike Portnoy “First and foremost, my biggest influence, not only in drumming but in music as a whole, would have to be my dad, Mike Portnoy.” Chris Adler “One of the first drummers that really…

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#drummer #favorite drummers #Max Portnoy #Mike Portnoy #Next to None #Prog Sphere