@GirlVersusGame Yeah, it's such a bop. Instantly lifts my mood when I listen to it. I haven't listened to Babymetal that much, in all honesty, but they are rather popular!
"A corpse, should be left well alone. Oh, I know very well how the secrets beckon so sweetly. Only an honest death will cure you now. Liberate you from your wild curiosity."
@StitchJones I'd forgotten about the crucifix, it's also a take on the video below. It was fun seeing them burst on the scene in Europe/UK. So many of the 'true' Metal guys did their usual 'this is terrible' and all of the actual bands said opposite, they praised them for their style and their performance. I've seen them a couple of times and thought they were great, they added some much needed variety. I'm by no means a super fan but I did appreciate the shake-up and still do.
Do you remember Dir en Grey?
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
@BlAcK_Sw0rDsMaN Glad to hear you’re enjoying it! Been listening to them since 2007. A friend lent me a burnt CD, which was mis-labeled Karnival. It was their ‘Themata’ album and I fell in love. Eventually I figured out what they were actually called and picked up ‘Sound Awake’ at release, which is still probably my favourite album of theirs, though this new one is growing on me every day. Yes, that connection is very cool!! I’ll definitely check out Caligula’s Horse, thanks!
“Reason is the natural order of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.” -C.S. Lewis
@GirlVersusGame Yeah that's the track, honestly most of the OST slaps, kinda like Capcom getting experimental with their music. Yeah as I soon I completed Neva I thought you would like it too, looking forward to the review.
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If coffee could speak it would sound like this.
I was playing a GTA India bootleg and this was on the radio, it's kind of brilliant.
A song that was lost for decades, internet groups searched for the real title and artist for so long. It's since been found and the original artist uploaded a full unreleased cut. I follow a lot of searches for lost media and this by far was my favorite outcome.
The opening track from True Detective, and incredible season one with Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. I haven't seen anything after season one.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
Uh oh. I just heard this during basketball and thought I better inject a bit more culture into the thread.
I thought maybe this song had its time and people had moved on, but obviously not. Now it will be stuck in my head for the foreseeable 👀
Do I like it ironically, or do I just like it? We will never know 😁 all I will say is different music serves different purposes and this serves its purpose well. Also, apologies to those with sensitivities to vulgar language.
May not be playing the game, but I'm liking this OST quite a bit.
Have been listening to this nearly everyday since came out, the stand out tracks for me are Ravenous II, Respite (the save theme) and burst their heads. Special shout out to "memories" you'll know why.
@StitchJones My ex-girlfriend was obsessed with that band The Chainsmokers, all I'd ever hear was that Closer song over and over again. We even went to see them live a couple of times and it's not my usual genre but they had some good tracks.
@Yousef- I listen to everything usually and in maybe five different languages, Russian, English, Albanian, French and Serbian are my go-to for most music but I'll listen to someone like Kadim Al Sahir too (I heard him through Sarah Brightman) we're always traveling and I'm always trying to at the very least sample the local music. Ambient-wise I like Moby, Enigma, Mike Oldfield, Nine Inch Nails (they kind of count) Cocteau Twins (I heard them through the Judge Dredd soundtrack) Poppy (V.A.N. is my favorite) does Delirium count? I like their older work and adore a band called Conjure One, Bjork too if she counts. I discovered most of my favorite music through movie soundtracks and that 90's era delivered a lot of ambient/chill music. I don't think I know or listen to that much modern music, I can't say I've ever heard Justin Bieber. It could be that so much of it is tied to social media and I don't have social media, I doubt I'm missing anyone all that fantastic. I probably mostly listen to Classical, Metal and more Classical. What about you? do you listen to everything/anything or are you into something in particular?
That's Conjure One. It might make you sleepy, it sometimes helps me to sleep.
Probably not ambient but it's one that might fit.
Then there's the more unique brands of Metal, my favorite Swiss band.
That's Kadim Al Saher.
Edit: I just thought of someone current I do listen to. Sabrina Carpenter, I can't remember where I first heard her but she's definitely current. Her lyrics are a little adult so I won't share any links.
@Yousef- I speak quite a few languages and understand the rest, it's sort of a requirement. In English they call it being a socialite, I call it representation and accessorizing (being on someones arm like a bracelet) Gaming is more interesting but if I can't understand someone when we travel it's seen as bad manners. I can't let my side down so I'm constantly working towards fluency. Which is kind of ironic because lately I only use English on this site, rarely ever offline. Which means sometimes it's good, and others I see mistakes but only the next day. Most days I find French easier than English, I had to learn French, there was no choice there. But wanted to learn English. People were fine with me living in England and not learning the language, I wanted to learn it. I've mixed with very few English people offline. We're too insular/cut-off for it to be possible, that's a big part of why I joined this site.
I mainly know Arab music from going back and forth to the Gulf/UAE so often, we've been doing that for a couple of years, Kuwait too, Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan once, Iran of course but obviously not currently, unless our political side requires it. I really like the Gulf, but I also like the Balkans and places like Lebanon. I think a lot of the world gets cut-off from stereotypes/fear, underneath it all people are people and music is one thing that proves that.
Portuguese is an interesting choice, I've definitely listened to a couple of Portuguese Metal bands like Moonspell, they are more Gothic and pretty good live. I didn't know the Kadim part but I knew the Sahir part, I've heard it used in security terms, like to stay vigilant or to keep your head a on a swivel. To stay alert basically. I don't think I've listened to any Trap before, I'm not even sure I've heard the term before.
But Techno definitely, Reggae definitely. I found Reggae after living in South Africa for a year, it helped me understand that political and social divide and how there can be a oneness. Or rather how there should be but it's not always realistic. Then I listened to someone called Benjamin Zephaniah and learned about the Jamaican culture/struggle in England. He like Bob Marley sang about, and wrote poems about that same divide and about injustice.
That's one of his poems, I really like it.
For Punk you probably know Skunk Anansie?
As for not liking Jazz, do you at least like Jeff Goldblum? He has a Jazz band.
Slavic is a little tricky because that would be like someone in England trying to recommend a song in English, there are so many. Then there's understanding so I'm going to cheat and use an English song that you might know (if you played Cyberpunk) it recently had a Russian cover, which I really like. If you know the lyrics for the song already in English and some probably do then you are half way to getting it. All of the Albanian music I listen to is mostly Rap and Drill which is a more aggressive style of rap, the region is aggressive so I think it fits and unlike East Coast/West Coat American Rap I do get the Drill music that comes out of the Balkans. I understand the eco-system/what they are rapping about.
How did you learn English? I used a lot of movies and mix and matched subtitles/then had proper lessons. Music too obviously, it definitely helped.
For Russian I like Grivina, pop for Adults.
For the Balkans I like Ceca (Svetlana Raznatovic) She was the kind of Madonna I grew up with. She sings a lot about love, relationships, most of her work that I like is from the 90's. Her videos are what you'd expect for The Balkans of the 90's.
For Albania it's like I said Drill, aggressive but I like it.
I like Don Xhoni too, he's very friendly in person. I've been to a couple of his shows in Albania but I doubt he plays England, it's possible.
Stealth has their moments too.
Finem like above with Paki, I like him too.
FaTTi I only started listening to lately, I heard him last time we were over there.
I learned English the same way you did.
I thought so, sometimes there are hints of how a person learned the language but it's so subtle and you'd think living in England means using English? It doesn't, that's the misconception but it makes sense too. I have no English friends, unless you count this site and even then what's the difference between a friend and an associate or acquaintance? I'm not sure. You're English is very good, I wasn't sure if you were a Native of Kuwait or if your parents were Westerners and they moved there are some part of your childhood.
@StitchJones You know what's strange? I didn't seen this one either, I was checking to make sure I deleted some of my conversation with Yousef, I tend to do that a day or so after someone asked a question and I answered it. Notifications were bugged last weekend or last week (I don't remember the specifics) but now I don't think Yousef saw my reply either. It never occurred to me until reading yours now. I had six or seven notifications today and still missed yours.
Let's see if Rev Theory pushes the thread to notify you.
These violent delights have violent ends & in their triumph die, like fire & powder Which, as they kiss, consume.
I wasn’t aware of potential message deletions because I sometimes just take a while to reply.
I tend to randomly do that for a lot of threads it wasn't anything personal and my own notifications have been a little tricky to keep up with too. I delete replies after people see them mainly because of people's privacy and also because of clutter. Russians don't do small talk, we either go all in (long drawn out and to the point) or not at all, which means a lot of text. By the same token it means caring enough about the question, person or the subject to genuinely respond.
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