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tinkerbelle05 · 1 year
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Angsty Batfam Headcanons
Bruce wears his mother’s dresses as a form of comfort. His mind playing tricks on him thinking that they still smell like her, even though they have been washed and pressed multiple times since her passing.
When Dick had nightmares of his parents’ fall, Bruce would sing Romani lullabies to give him some comfort and they worked like half of the time. Sometimes it just reminded him too much of his mother and that made the cries louder.
During Jason’s first few weeks at the manor he had a bag of clothes, food, and money in case he’d do something that’ll get him kicked out or if Bruce wasn’t as kind as he seemed. Now that he has returned, he still feels that. That one day he’ll push Bruce’s buttons too much or say something cruel during one of their arguments, and instead of welcoming him back with open arms and a smile, he’d slam the door on him. Bruce is a kind and compassionate person who loves too much, but he is human, and they all have a breaking point.
Duke definitely sees Bruce as a father figure and he loves Bruce, but he just can’t fit his mouth to say the words “Dad” to him and he feels like the odd one out where everyone can call him dad effortlessly. That’s not true (Dick and Tim) but his late-night thoughts have him convinced it’s true.
Sometimes Alfred wondered if he hadn't done enough to help Bruce. He knows about the shortcomings he had when Bruce was growing up–that he was more a stoic guardian than a loving father–but maybe he should’ve pushed therapy more or hugged him more. Or just done more.
It’s still weird having an attentive parent for Tim. He loved his parents, but their jobs kept them away from him for long periods of time so he learned how to manage without. But then there’s Bruce who calls once a week to talk for hours, who asks him questions about live and it’s odd. A part of him likes the attention but it drains him regardless and he hates that. He hates that he finally got what he had wanted for years and it makes his skin crawl. He knows that eventually, Bruce would stop attempting to reach out, and he dreads the day it happens.
When Damian’s out either as Damian Wayne or Robin, he sees families—a mother, a father, and a child—and he loathes them. He loves his family for all of the flaws and messed up things that happened between them. But sometimes, a small part of him wishes and dreams that his parents were together. He knows that it’ll never happen and it’s probably for the best that it doesn’t but Grayson said that it’s okay to have hopes that will never come to fruition, good for the soul or something like that. So he hopes.
There are times when Cass thinks she is more of a weapon than a person. She has taken many steps to combat this idealization but the thought lingers around her. It lingers in the amount of people she killed, the way she can read people’s body movements subconsciously, and the people compliment her when they see how effortlessly dancing comes to her. She has all the tools, so what if one day, she just snaps?
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Hello, I don't know if you remember me, but I sent you an order by message and you told me to send it to you again, here it is.
Hello, first of all, good day/afternoon or night.
I've been reading your latest posts, and I really love them.
If it's not too much trouble, I wanted to place an order for Tim Drake x Male Reader.
I would like the reader to be the son of trigon and for him to be a sorcerer.
That he already knows Tim when he is in civilian clothes, but at night he is a watchman who consumes the souls of criminals (I don't know if I make myself understand)
That one night he meets batman and robin (if you want you can make them have the heroes) and they try to capture him, but during the fight he starts flirting with tim and all that, but then tim realizes that the sorcerer is the person who likes (the reader) but does not tell batman to protect him. Then you can continue with the plot, but that's my main idea.
I hope I have not bothered you.
Tim Drake x Son of Trigon male reader
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Reader is Ravens brother in this, since you know, they’re both children of Trigon. Sorry this took a while to write.
You were one of Trigons hundreds of children, but you were born around the same time as Raven and the other seven deadly sins, so you got lumped in together with them. You quite enjoyed humanity, so you found your place amongst them with ease.
You didn’t actually know about your connection to Trigon or Raven for that matter the first large chunk of your life, just that you were strange and everyone always seemed cautious of you on an instinctual level. You were also born in Gotham, which made you work harder on hiding your less than human abilities, because of Batman’s no meta rule.
You had an ability similar to your half brother Gluttony, that allowed you to consume the souls and very strength of your victims. And after your mother is fatally harmed by the rogues of Gotham, you decide to make something out of yourself.
You tended to stick to the shadows and only go after the worst of the worst, like traffickers or serial killers, knowing that most who did smaller crimes did it because they had no other choice.
Your abilities also allowed you to see a person and their souls, in the way that you can see if they are a good or bad person, which you use to find your targets.
Because of your heritage you have to use magic to hide your true appearance. As without your illusions you have multiple eyes and sharp ears, along with redder skin, all thanks to Trigon.
You go to the same school as Tim, which is where you meet for the first time. And thanks to your abilities you see that he is the best of the best when it comes to people and their morals, that he truly wants to help people, which makes you want to befriend him.
You and Tim grow closer, spending a lot of time together outside of class, which results in you visiting the manor on multiple occasions to hang out together.
Tim’s family of course tease him about you being his boyfriend, which always results in him glaring at them and blushing.
You are normally a very physically affectionate person to the people you care about, so you always hug Tim or hold his hand, or have kissed his cheek a couple of times before.
Sometime during all of this you figure out he is red robin, thanks to his soul shining so brightly in and out of costume. This happens during one of the attempts from the batfam to catch you, as they know you are killing people.
After this you can’t help yourself but make a game out of it, whenever the batclan tries to catch you, especially when its Tim. You flirt with him, blow him kisses and wink half of your four eyes.
Its four, since when you go out as your vigilante title you remove your illusions, so when the batclan sees you for the first time they can immediately tell your one of Trigons many children.
This causes some urgency to catch you, as all but Raven of Trigons children have been evil, but Tim can’t get himself to hurt you or fight you hard enough to cause lasting damage as there’s something familiar about you.
It’s when you one day catch him with magic as he slips trying to catch you, and you pull him up onto the rooftop you’re on and kiss his cheek that you realize who you are.
The way you kiss his cheek he can immediately tell it’s you, since he’s thought of the times you’ve kissed him before many times.
He ends up confronting you after observing you for a while, and when he learns you know who he is too, it becomes a little tense between you two until you both sit down and clear it up.
When Tim learns you do this to better the world, and that the people whose soul you devour are so evil they could never return to good, he doesn’t fully approve but accepts you for who you are, it helps you spend so long stalking your victims to make sure they truly are evil.
After this Tim helps hide you when the batfam are out looking for you, not that you need most of his help since your magic is so powerful. But he does use it as an excuse to spend time with you, hanging out under invisibility magic and talking on a rooftop.
At some point during all of this you two end up dating, as Tim confesses on accident during one of his rambles after not sleeping for a few days. When he realizes he confessed he tries to backpedal, until you teleport over to him and kiss him on the lips.
This keeps up for a while, you take care of your prey and Tim hiding you when you need it. He also spends slow patrol nights together with you. At some point they probably end up bringing Raven to Gotham to find you, since the rest of the batclan doesn’t know you and doesn’t know if you’re a threat.
So, your half sister ends up tracking your magic since you are family, and imagine the batfams surprise when they track you and find you and Tim kissing like teenagers on a rooftop on top of a blanket in the middle of a picnic date.
It leads to a lot of yelling and embarrassment, and then scolding from Bruce, and then Tim introducing you, his boyfriend, to his family. This is also when you meet your half sister for the first time, who’s happy to meet you when she finds out your life herself, fighting for good and have turned your back on your shared father.
Bruce still isn’t happy about your killing, so you tune it down even more. You leave your prey alive, but they wish they were dead, lets just leave it at that. The batfam crank up their teasing even more when they learn who you are outside of masks, causing Tim to yell at them to get out of his room and throw pillows at them.
At some point you probably join young just us, Tim’s team. Kon, Bart, and Cassie are just happy Tim’s happy, and they also brag about having a strong sorcerer on their team now too.
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mayamarvil · 8 months
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Something about a Tim Drake who has zero confidence in himself and constantly doubts himself is sooo good
Knight Terrors: Robins #1
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infraredmag · 2 years
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New Music Review: BLACK SWAN 'Generation Mind'
New Music Review: BLACK SWAN ‘Generation Mind’
Rating: 9 / 10 Stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 9 out of 10. BLACK SWAN is: Robin McAuley (vocals), Reb Beach (Guitar), Jeff Pilson (Bass), Matt Starr (Drums) REVIEW – BLACK SWAN, comprised of vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken), and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big), are back…
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kithrim · 5 months
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louebel · 6 months
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🥐 comforting law after a nightmare,
🍰 hiding your sickness from law,
🍩 telling how cute luffy, robin, law, sanji and kidd look when they smile,
🧇 ‎showing how much you love sanji, zoro, mihawk and buggy,
‎‏‏🍮 spending a night with law (18+),
🍧 ‎‏‏‎admiring luffy's awakening.
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© 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐛𝐞𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑. 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐝. 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲, 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐲 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦.
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whosthatdccharacter · 3 months
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[ID: Comic panel of Connor Hawke attempting to dodge as an enemy with sharp hands swipes at him. Narration says, "But Hawke... He's good. Real good. Super quiet and fast." His enemy says, "That's gonna leave a mark, eh?!" /END]
It's Connor Hawke!
Congratulations to @transguygardner for being the first to guess correctly! 🎉
From Robin (2021) #2
Pretty impressive someone got this because he sort of looks like a standard young adult hero. Maybe his crop top gave it away!
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redjaybathood · 1 year
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Fun idea inspired by the fact that I don't think Jason was mentioned as having been Robin in that "A World Without Young Justice" story (Though I could be misremembering)
Bruce picks Jason & Steph up at around the same time.
IE, after leaving Jason with Ma Gunn and starting to look into his background he also has to deal with Arthur Brown, now going by Crypto King. Who just happens to be, being stalked by his daughter hellbent on murdering him for killing her mother.
That altercation ends and Bruce successfully talks Stephanie down from killing him and takes her on. Goes back to check on Jason and finds him taking tires again and hears about the robbery, same gist as before, Jason helps stop the crime and Bruce takes him on.
He even comes up with kind of a good idea, namely that they will swap out who is Robin each night and have Sunday's off. If, 'if' they have to go out at the same time, its Reb Robin & Golden Robin, (Maybe, less sure on this)
Step would be eleven when she starts, and Jason having just turned thirteen.
Ohh, Jason really wasn't a Robin in World Without Young Justice (note to myself::Young Justice-98 #44, I always forget and end up googling it). He's a pre-Crisis era Jason if Catherine had Sheila's character and Willis agreed to work with Killer Croc. In the comics, Jason lived up till 18, accidentally found out about his parents working for Killer Crock, and Catherine tried to kill him by cutting his line and the safety net. Jason survived by a miracle, ran away, and she hired his girlfriend (voodoo magic performer) to kill him. Which she does! Via the cross he made himself and gave her as a couple gift! (The second of the pair he was always wearing)
I hate this comic for other reasons (not a fan of how they portrayed Cassie, Cissie and... Overall. Even if I'm far from a fan of YJ, but that's just bullshit even in a mirror verse). But this is insult to injury. Like, they didn't have to use Jason, right? Let the boy rest in peace, ffs.
So yeah, I am on board with Batman picking him up earlier! So, like, maybe instead of Ma Gunn, Jason finds out about Killer Croc, runs away from the circus, helps Batman with a totally unrelated robbery (despite parents wanting to kill him, he doesn't want to put them in jail, necessarily? They just want their home, the circus, to survive).
The voodoo thing doesn't work bc nothing he left behind is actually something he owns, as his parents always reminded that everything he uses is theirs. And he, at 13, is yet to fall in love with his future killer, so he didn't give her a token. Just a regular murder attempts for him, thanks.
It's only when he sees how Steph is persisting to put her father behind the bars, and how ruthless Artur is to her, he maybe realizes that his parents... Aren't in the right either.
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musiceater · 2 years
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Black Swan "Generation Mind"
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Segon àlbum d'aquest supergroup, liderat per Robin McAuley (ex-MSG).
El so és espectacular. Base contundent amb un so de baix pesat i metàl·lic, com Jeff Pilson ens té acostumats, i unes guitarres de la ma de Reb Beach, hard-roqueres. Matt Starr fa la seva feina a la bateria i Robin, no ha perdut pistonada.
El preludi místic, deixa pas a un "She Hides Behind" molt potent. Com camina la base del tema que dona titol a l'àlbum...amb una intro i tornades DokkenAuleyanes, més en una onda melòdica, com succeeix amb "See You Cry". Segueixen temes a lo Scorpions "Killer on the Loose", foscos "Miracle" i la balada "How do You Feel" que no podia faltar. El riff del frenètic "Wicked the Day" ens recordarà al "Kiss of Death" o fins i tot al mític "Bark at the Moon". Saben molt bé com tancar l'àlbum amb l'apocaliptic "I Will Follow", posant la cirereta a aquest pastís gens embafador.
En definitiva, un àlbum molt bo, ben produït i que, si t'agraden els Dokken i les melodies vocals de Robin MacAuley, no et decebrà.
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rockzone · 2 years
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Album Review: Black Swan - Generation Mind
Release Date: 8 Apr 2022
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* Photo Credit: Enzo Mazzeo
Heavy rock supergroup Black Swan have returned with the release of their second album, ‘Generation Mind’. Out on 8th April, its title track was released as a single. A video for the song was filmed in Los Angeles and can be seen online.
Vocalist Robin McAuley (McAuley Schenker Group), guitarist Reb Beach (Winger, Whitesnake), bassist Jeff Pilson (Foreigner, The End Machine, ex-Dokken) and drummer Matt Starr (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) released a stunning and well received debut album as Black Swan in 2020 entitled ‘Shake The World’. Very much a case of 'if it ain't broke...', the quartet have picked up where that record left off and delivered an even more powerful and cohesive hard rock statement.
The entirety of the album has been written by McAuley, Pilson and Beach, with the recording and production by Pilson at his Pilsound Studios in LA, albeit Starr’s drums recorded at On Deck Sound Studios in Connecticut.
The finished results are another outstanding showcase for the talent of each musician, while Robin McAuley’s powerful voice seems to defy age. They have once again produced something fresh, heavy, yet intensely melodic on what is a killer slice of hard rock/metal. This is simply essential listening.
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johnerigo-blog · 2 years
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BLACK SWAN (Hard Rock - Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson, & Matt Starr)- The new album "Generation Mind" is out now via Frontiers Music srl - check out 2 videos #BlackSwan
BLACK SWAN (Hard Rock – Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson, & Matt Starr)- The new album “Generation Mind” is out now via Frontiers Music srl – check out 2 videos #BlackSwan
BLACK SWAN (Hard Rock – Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson, & Matt Starr)- The new album “Generation Mind” is out now via Frontiers Music srl – check out 2 videos #BlackSwan   Taken from the band’s sophomore album, “Generation Mind”, which is out NOW on CD/LP/Cassette/Digital. Order/save HERE: https://orcd.co/generationmind Vinyl, Cassette, and T-shirts are all available exclusively from…
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Send a " ⭐ " and I will list muses I would be interested in throwing at yours, or potential muse combinations if you are also a multi. If you like any of the suggested combinations, you are welcome to come plot or start interactions with them.
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Lucifer with Matt (because it would blow Matt's poor mind) Sam with Matt or Clint Jack with Clint (they seem like they would get into so much trouble together) The Bones crew with Peter because he's from another universe Spencer with Robin because she's a bundle of sweetness Reb Standing Bear with Clint
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hungercityhellhound · 3 months
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Bands I follow on Spotify with less than 500K listeners per month. I feel like it will be most of them. I will use the tag #<500K if you want to track along. I'll be doing 10 at a time.
Format Band name (# of listeners per month)
Axel Rudi Pell (180K)
Babylon A.D. (20k) Bang Goes the Bells is awesome but this is the one that gets stuck in my head
Bad Actress (430)
Badlands (9k)
Banshee (7K)
Begerith (62)
Beggarz Fixx (22)
Black 'N Blue
Black Aces (13k)
Black Swan (5k)<-- Super group Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson and Matt Starr
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tfc2211 · 7 months
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Play ▶ Yowza (Rockabilly / Rock & Roll Compilation)
Blue Suede Shoes - Elvis Presley Goliath Tigerfish - The Sirocco Bros. Long Gone Night Train - Gene Norman & The Rocking Rockets Lonely, Lonely Heart - Jimmy Reagan & The Rhythm Rockers Would Ja - Glen Glenn Champion The Wonder Horse - The Blubbery Hellbellies Butterfly - Charlie Gracie Rock And Roll Rock - Roy Kelly The Great Speckled Bird - Lloyd Arnold Lonesome Drifter - Jericho Brown My Baby's Gone Away - Danny Rivers & The Alexander Combo Rock On - Johnny Reb & His Rebels Rockin' Robin - Black Raven All Night Rock - Glenn Honeycutt Sunday Evening Blues - Marcel Bontempi Unlucky In Love - The Reverend Horton Heat Jezebel - The Reverend Horton Heat Lovin' Up A Storm - The Krazy Kats Frankie And Johnny - The Orbits One Dark Day - Dave Del Monte & the Cross County Boys Mama Don't You Think I Know - Jackie Lee Cochran Jesse James - Black Knights Weird Dreams - Wild Wax Combo Haunted Dreams - Wild Wax Combo Jessie Lee - Buck Griffin Down Bound Train - Marcel Bontempi Lights Out - The Reverend Horton Heat Big River - The Reverend Horton Heat Fancy Dan - Gene Summers & The Rebels Hunker In My Bunker - Dave Del Monte & the Cross County Boys Juke Joint Johnny - Lattie Moore Get Out Of My Car - Hasil Adkins Tennessee Tom Cat - Bobby Wall w/ Howard Biggs Hey Doll Baby - Pat Kelly & The Shamrocks Just Like You - Rusty York
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xmystophalesx · 2 years
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Best New Heavy Metal Releases Weekend of April 8th, 2022
Second week of April and thankfully I am over my illness and more importantly, this week was MUCH stronger overall as far as the releases go. There are certain things I am picking up as this year goes along. Last year Black Metal really dominated the year and this year it is a lot more varied. On any given week this year, you will find almost all genres being represented. It has been a challenge to pick albums for the highlights section as the difference between one star (standout for that genre) and two stars (standout regardless of genre) is usually not a sizeable gap as far as the quality of the release is concerned. Let’s get to the highlights!
Persecutory-Summoning the Lawless Legions (Melodic Black/Death)** (March 11)
First up is an album I missed upon its actual release date of March 11. Not sure how this one slipped through the cracks, but I’m glad I found it eventually. Black Metal with a ton of variety on the guitar and drum kit with riffs for days and drums that will impress anyone even slightly interested in the instrument.
Ad Finem Omnia-No Peace-No Dawn (Black)**
A Black Metal album in my highlight section isn’t much of a surprise, but one that comes from, of all places, Chile, certainly is. This album sounds like it would be right at home somewhere in the middle of Scandinavia. Tons of great tremolo picking and yet another album that really stands out on the drum kit. Also worthy of note is how prominent the bass is in the mix. This is usually not the case with this genre and I have to admit, it sounded great.
Destruction-Diabolical (Thrash)**
If you have been a fan of Heavy Metal music for any length of time, you undoubtedly know the band Destruction and what to expect from them. Well, if you were expecting some top tier Thrash Metal, you will love this album as much as I did. killer riffs, solos that will shred you to pieces and drums that feel more like a threat played on a musical instrument. 40+ years and still absolutely killing it!
Black Swan-Generation Mind (Heavy/Hard Rock)**
I normally gravitate to the more aggressive side of Metal, but sometimes you need a bit of a “palette cleanser” and its even better when it’s an album so damn good that it is flat out deserving to be in the highlight section. Black Swan is a “super group” of sorts featuring Robin McAuley, Reb Beach, Jeff Pilson and Matt Starr. Between them you have multimillion album sales and this album shows why. Catchy as hell 80’s era Metal/Hard Rock without sounding dated. If you miss that era, this album will feel like that favorite Van Halen tshirt and Levis 501’s jeans you refuse to replace.
Mors Principium Est-Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity (Melodic Death)**
I actually surprised myself by adding this release to the highlight section. I usually won’t add EPs, live albums or re-recorded material from an earlier album. This album is the latter part of that list. Add to all of this the drama surrounding this band and how I feel like they did Andy Gillion wrong. All that being said, I can’t deny how damn good this album is. Even though it is re-recorded material, it actually sounds so much better than the original, it is shocking. I can admit when i’m wrong and I was wrong here. This album flat out smokes and if it was new material, I would easily give this the top spot for the album of the week.
Heidra-To Hell or Kingdom Come (Melodic Death/Viking/Folk)**
If you have had difficulty getting past the harsh vocal style but are still willing to give it a shot, this could be the album that could help with that. I will admit it took me a while to get past it but when you do, the Metal world REALLY opens up. This album is a mixture of clean and harsh vocal styles that work together incredibly well. When the harsh vocals are used the music borders on Melodic Death Metal, but when the clean vocals are used, it is more straightforward Heavy Metal. No matter what vocal style you prefer, this is simply an excellent album.
Feeling a LOT better than I did last week and looking forward to flying to Houston for Hell’s Heroes IV and The Bay Strikes Back tour a week from Wednesday. 5 days filled to the breaking point with Heavy Metal goodness. It doesn’t get any better than that. Until next week and, as always,
BANG THY HEAD!!!
Cain’s Dinasty-The Witch & The Martyr (Heavy Power Metal)*
Incite-Wake Up Dead (Thrash)
Heidra-To Hell or Kingdom Come (Melodic Death/Viking/Folk)**
Rip Ryde-A Taste for the Kill (Heavy/Hard Rock)*
Persecutory-Summoning the Lawless Legions (Melodic Black/Death)** (March 11)
Wormquizitor-Sickness Define: Society (Black/Thrash)
Carnal Savagery-Scent of Death (Death)*
Saints N’ Sinners-Rise of the Alchemist (Power)*
Carttada-Recharged (Heavy/Speed)
Morrow-The Quiet Earth (Melodic Black/Post)*
Genghis Rex-Prehistoric Future (Heavy Power)
Ad Finem Omnia-No Peace-No Dawn (Black)**
Dreaded Presence-Metamorphosis (Death)
Hyalophagia-The Luminous Apex (Technical Death)
Light Beneath-Light Beneath (Post Black)*
Mors Principium Est-Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity (Melodic Death)**
Hamara-Ivory Tower (Melodic Death/Symphonic)*
Black Swan-Generation Mind (Heavy/Hard Rock)**
Scalpture-Feldwarts (Death)
Treat-The Endgame (Hard Rock)
Destruction-Diabolical (Thrash)**
Nazgul Rising-Cycles of Primal Chaos (Symphonic Black)*
Rejuvenation-Crystaline (Technical Death)*
Decrapted-Bloody Rivers of Death (Death)
The Last Oblation-Ascend (Death)
Et Moriemur-Tomashii no Yama (Death/Doom/Atmospheric)*
Abysmalist-Vile Possession (Death)
Mortal Hatred-Odyssey (Melodic Death)*
Birth of the Wicked-New Age Testament (Melodic Death/Black/Thrash)*
Corporate Death-IV (Death)
Quasimodo-Cancer City (Heavy)
Saphath-Ascension of the Dark Prophet (Symphonic/Melodic Death)*
Rave in Fire-Sons of a Lie (Heavy)*
Leader of Down-The Screwtape Letters (Hard Rock)*
Blind Salvation-Eyes of Nebulas (Death)*
Aesthus-Hanen Temppelinsa varjoissa (Black)*
Vermord-Nostalgic Predictions (Black/Death)
Mercurio-Instintio Callejero (Heavy/Traditional)*
All worthy of a listen if you like the genre
*= standout in that genrettfffpn
**=best of the week regardless of genre
Pick of the Week goes to Destruction - Diabolical with 4.5 hearty bulldog PROSTS!!! out of 5
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Black Swan: Generation Mind (2022)
Black Swan: Generation Mind (2022) - https://metalindex.hu/2022/04/08/black-swan-generation-mind-2022/ -
Kiadó: Frontiers
Honlap: facebook.com/BlackSwanRockNRoll
Olvasom a lemezcímet, hogyaszongyahogy: “Generation Mind”. Hát ennek nincs értelme – mondom -, ráadásul nagyon hasonlít a “Generation Swine”-ra, márpedig az nem jó jel, mert ezzel a címmel 1997-ben a Mötley Crüe már bukott egy hatalmasat. Attól persze nem kellett félnem, hogy a borítóját tekintve is elég nehezen értelmezhető album olyan – virágnyelven – kísérletező, azaz pofátlanul és megalkuvó módon alternatív hangzással kokettáló zenét tartalmaz, mint annak idején a Los Angeles-i “Vegyes társaság” rossz csillagzat alatt született “disznófejes” lemeze.
Már annyiszor ekéztük a nápolyi Frontiers kiadót, hogy lassan ennek puszta fölvetése is kezd unalmassá válni. Persze az igazság elviseli a sokszori ismétlést, sőt, olykor kifejezetten szükség is van az igazság sulykolására, máskülönben elsikkad a sok butaság, tévedés és féligazság között. A lényeg, hogy a Frontiers működése minden árnyoldala ellenére szerintem több hasznot hoz, mint amennyi kárt okoz. A haszon pedig alapvetően két fejleményben mutatkozik meg: az egyik a méltatlanul elfeledett zenekarok és saját hiba nélkül megfeküdt karrierek föltámasztása, a másik pedig a kiadó “all-star” vagy “supergroup” projektjeinek ritka, viszont annál örvendetesebb sikere.
A Black Swan az utóbbi kategóriába tartozik, hiszen Robin McAuley énekes (McAuley Schenker Group), Reb Beach gitáros (Winger, Whitesnake), Jeff Pilson bőgős (Foreigner, Dokken) és Matt Starr dobos (Ace Frehley, Mr. Big) alkalmi formációjáról van szó, ami egyértelműen a Frontiers tulajdonosának “rajzasztalán” született. Szerencsére a fekete hattyak már elsőre is jól szerepeltek. A 2020-ban megjelent, “Shake The World” című bemutatkozás ugyan – ahogy akkor a lemezkritikámban fogalmaztam – nem rázta föl a világot, de kimondottan élvezhető, mi több, élvezetes lett; Robin McAuley-t pedig, aki már majdnem 70 éves, gyakorlatilag csúcsformában mutatta meg nekünk – ahogy már nagyon régen láttuk.
Túl vagyok pár hallgatáson, és azt kell mondjam: sikerült egy még egységesebb, átgondoltabb, összeszedettebb, dallamosabb és dögösebb albumot készíteniük. Nekem külön tetszik, hogy sokszor kihallok belőle Night Ranger és – ami még meglepőbb és szimpatikusabb – Damn Yankees hatásokat. Talán nem vagyok egyedül, amikor azt állítom, hogy az olyan dalokban, mint pl. a “She Hides Behind” vagy a “Crown” a Damn Yankees legszebb pillanatai köszönnek vissza.
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