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Gentle Giant
Empty City

"And as the morning comes, shadows on her fall upon
Walking crowded the streets, she looked on
Packs her case and tomorrow she's gone"

https://youtu.be/tgEMsZyN_6g

Yan's such a good boye ^^ despite being a hefty mass of pure muscle, he's REALLY good at snuggles :D

🎨 by the amazing @dermorslixwolf.bsky.social

#GentleGiant #HyperMuscle #MuscleFur #Buffsky #MuscleMonday #MuscleMarch #Bara #Himbo

Yan's such a good boye ^^ despite being a hefty mass of pure muscle, he's REALLY good at snuggles :D

🎨 by the amazing @dermorslixwolf.bsky.social

#GentleGiant #HyperMuscle #MuscleFur #Buffsky #MuscleMonday #MuscleMarch #Bara #Himbo

Yan's such a good boye ^^ despite being a hefty mass of pure muscle, he's REALLY good at snuggles :D

🎨 by the amazing @dermorslixwolf.bsky.social

#GentleGiant #HyperMuscle #MuscleFur #Buffsky #MuscleMonday #MuscleMarch #Bara #Himbo

Sometimes peace is as simple as a hand resting gently on someone who trusts you. 🤍 Thank you thegentlebarn (IG) for showing that even the strongest hearts long for softness. 🐂 😯 What you don’t know about pigs will surprise you: HiddenLivesOfAnimals.com  #animallove #gentlegiant #farmanimals

Sometimes peace is as simple as a hand resting gently on someone who trusts you. 🤍 Thank you thegentlebarn (IG) for showing that even the strongest hearts long for softness. 🐂 😯 What you don’t know about pigs will surprise you: HiddenLivesOfAnimals.com  #animallove #gentlegiant #farmanimals

Sometimes peace is as simple as a hand resting gently on someone who trusts you. 🤍 Thank you thegentlebarn (IG) for showing that even the strongest hearts long for softness. 🐂 😯 What you don’t know about pigs will surprise you: HiddenLivesOfAnimals.com  #animallove #gentlegiant #farmanimals

JOYEUX CARNAVAL!... Eh, the roads were already closed for the parade, so at least no one got hurt when big Bonhomme was treading the streets X3c

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #FeetPaws #FootPaw #Paws #Feet #FootFetish #SolesFetish #FatFur #Belly #BigBelly #Fatsky #TubbyTuesday #TummyTuesday #TitanTuesday #Kemono

When a god is cold, their devotees are cold too :3 How generous of Yan to wrap everyone up in his sweater and warm moobs :D

Merry Yule!

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Moobs #MoobMonday #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

When a god is cold, their devotees are cold too :3 How generous of Yan to wrap everyone up in his sweater and warm moobs :D

Merry Yule!

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Moobs #MoobMonday #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

When a god is cold, their devotees are cold too :3 How generous of Yan to wrap everyone up in his sweater and warm moobs :D

Merry Yule!

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Moobs #MoobMonday #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

When a god is cold, their devotees are cold too :3 How generous of Yan to wrap everyone up in his sweater and warm moobs :D

Merry Yule!

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Moobs #MoobMonday #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

New #review today: "#DerekShulman has a unique vantage point for talking about music, having been a member of #SimonDupree and the Big Sound and #GentleGiant, then an executive at various record labels. He has definitely seen it from both sides — creative and business." #ExposeOnline #BooksOfMastodon #ProgressiveRock #MusicBusiness http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/derek-shulman-giant-steps-2.html

When your pet is a giant god, you know you'll be safe during walkies :3

comm by kia from telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Hyper #HyperMuscle #TrappedInClothing #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Bulge #MuscleMonday #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

When your pet is a giant god, you know you'll be safe during walkies :3

comm by kia from telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Hyper #HyperMuscle #TrappedInClothing #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Bulge #MuscleMonday #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

When your pet is a giant god, you know you'll be safe during walkies :3

comm by kia from telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Hyper #HyperMuscle #TrappedInClothing #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Bulge #MuscleMonday #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

When your pet is a giant god, you know you'll be safe during walkies :3

comm by kia from telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Hyper #HyperMuscle #TrappedInClothing #MuscleFur #Buffsky #Bulge #MuscleMonday #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

Is it winter already or are we just at that high an altitude?

Happy #PockyDay to my habi, @nanogamer31.bsky.social

Also a moment of silence for those who respect #RememberanceDay

#FujiSamoyed #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #TitanTuesday

Is it winter already or are we just at that high an altitude?

Happy #PockyDay to my habi, @nanogamer31.bsky.social

Also a moment of silence for those who respect #RememberanceDay

#FujiSamoyed #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #TitanTuesday

Is it winter already or are we just at that high an altitude?

Happy #PockyDay to my habi, @nanogamer31.bsky.social

Also a moment of silence for those who respect #RememberanceDay

#FujiSamoyed #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #TitanTuesday

Çılgınlık Seviyeleri 11’e Çıkmıştı… Tony Iommi Sahnede Yığıldı

#gentlegiant #derekshulman #prog #progrock

https://los-endos.com/cilginlik-seviyeleri-11e-cikmisti-tony-iommi-sahnede-yigildi/

It's my birthday! what better treat than to be mountain sized to hug ALL of you :D

Mission from Nick on Telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #FatFur #Belly #BigBelly #Moobs #Fatsky #WobbleWednesday #Kemono #Fattember

It's my birthday! what better treat than to be mountain sized to hug ALL of you :D

Mission from Nick on Telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #FatFur #Belly #BigBelly #Moobs #Fatsky #WobbleWednesday #Kemono #Fattember

It's my birthday! what better treat than to be mountain sized to hug ALL of you :D

Mission from Nick on Telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #FatFur #Belly #BigBelly #Moobs #Fatsky #WobbleWednesday #Kemono #Fattember

It's my birthday! what better treat than to be mountain sized to hug ALL of you :D

Mission from Nick on Telegram

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #FatFur #Belly #BigBelly #Moobs #Fatsky #WobbleWednesday #Kemono #Fattember

Although Yan has some godly powers of growth and levitation, his devotees are all voluntary summons!

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #GentleGiant #MicroFurry #FeetPaws #FootPaw #Paws #Feet #FootFetish #SolesFetish #JumboJuly #Hyper #HyperMuscle #MuscleFur #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo #Toesday

Grace Hayhurst – The World Is Dying Review

By Angry Metal Guy

Written By: Nameless_n00b_601

Making good progressive metal is incredibly difficult. Where styles like black metal can still succeed without considered songwriting or astonishing musicianship, prog is a fickle mistress, demanding expert songcraft that balances dynamic peaks and valleys, as well as considerable instrumental prowess. Even prog’s biggest bands still routinely falter when armed with a fearsome squad of world-class musicians and major label backing.1 Still, this fails to deter new artists without such resources from aiming for the sheer highs the style can offer. Enter English multi-instrumentalist Grace Hayhurst and her debut record, The World Is Dying. Except for drums, Hayhurst accomplishes the impressive task of composing and performing an expansive prog album entirely by herself. Informed by both ’70s prog rock and modern prog metal, alongside orchestral music and sci-fi media, The World Is Dying aims to be music that Hayhurst “wants to listen to.” Can this one-woman independent release fulfill her ambitions and succeed in producing a quality prog album where her contemporaries have failed?

Grace Hayhurst demonstrates a clear familiarity with prog, which she uses to craft engaging and varied songs. Her brand of prog metal is very much in line with the approach to the subgenre crystallized by Dream Theater and modernized by Haken, complete with a dash of extra British flavor á la Steven Wilson and Gentle Giant. Vocal-led compositions feature keyboards front and center, alongside odd time signatures and syncopated guitar riffs across dynamic shifts between softer, atmospheric moments and heavier passages with distorted power chords. Hayhurst follows the “prog playbook” while managing to avoid the common pitfalls of unfocused songwriting and extended solo sections, which plague many of her contemporaries. Instead of mashing together unrelated parts around a vague pop song structure, she builds on a distinct rhythmic or melodic motif and follows it throughout a song. Hayhurst weaves in and out of verses, choruses, and solos while dialing the intensity up or down depending on the part. The World Is Dying’s strongest songs use such motifs as central throughlines, complicating and enhancing compositions through texture and instrument substitutions (“Us vs Them,” “Revolution”).

Stunning compositions are only part of a successful prog equation, though, and unfortunately, Grace Hayhurst is an unengaging vocalist. The vocal parts themselves are all competently written, but vocally, she lacks the power or personality necessary to lead songs consisting of big hooks and dramatic peaks. Her vocal delivery is breathy and devoid of emotion. This makes the more chorus-focused songs (“The World Is Dying,” “It’s Our Fault”) significantly weaker, as each song’s repeated centerpiece falls flat. This isn’t helped by uninspiring lyrics throughout, which are presented with crystal clear audibility due to the production style. The record is entirely about humankind’s destruction of the Earth and the lack of consequences for those in power who have caused this. Yet, there’s no use of metaphor or abstraction in dealing with this potentially rich topic, just relatively plain language doled out in obvious rhyme schemes. After repeated listens, I find myself constantly pulled away from the tension created by lush instrumentation when what should be a memorable vocal moment fails to land.

When the vocals aren’t centered, The World Is Dying is loaded with engaging compositions, replete with musical layers and countermelodies that elevate an already-strong instrumental core. The individual sections themselves can sometimes veer into predictable, generic prog territory, but there is no shortage of textural flavor or variety, which adds nuance and replayability to several tunes. Nature sound effects are used to strengthen the concept while deepening the sonic space (“Our Forest, the Earth”), slap bass is employed for some funktastic groove changeups (“Us Vs. Them”) and guitar/synth melodies are embellished with tasty, doubled harmonies or added strings and orchestral flare (“Take Off”). On the vocal end, there are efforts made with layered harmonies and vocoders to make things a bit more interesting by pulling the focus away from a single vocal performance. Even harsh vocals are deployed at a few key moments, such as the end of the 13-minute “Revolution,” to great effect. Although on the track list, this is followed by an interlude and then the album closer, “Absent Futures,” a vocal-led acoustic ballad that falls flat due to its form.

The World Is Dying displays plenty of promise, but its potential is hampered by one unfortunately lackluster element. As a lover of prog, Grace Hayhurst’s debut is almost filled with enough whimsy and clever songwriting to excite me, but is ultimately held back by its weak vocals. I could see Hayhurst functioning well as the primary composer for a prog metal band with a dedicated singer. She still has some growth before carrying a full band on her own. For now, this album finds itself in the same predicament as its cover art: a competent package whose thematic cohesion is displaced by one disappointing component.

Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: 8 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Independent
Websites: gracehr.st| gracehrst.bandcamp.com
Releases Worldwide: June 27th, 2025

#25 #2025 #DreamTheater #GentleGiant #GraceHayhurst #Haken #Jun25 #ProgressiveMetal #Review #Reviews #SelfReleases #StevenWilson #TheWorldIsDying

Spiritfall (2025) (Roguelike) (Nintendo Switch) [GAMEPLAY] [EN] [HD]

#switch #spiritfall #nintendoswitch #2025 #roguelike #action #jgo #johnnygameover #videogame #gameplay #games #gaming #gentlegiant

YT : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taQjifjGMaY

Derek Shulman chronicles a remarkable life and career surrounded by music and creativity in many forms #DerekShulman #GentleGiant #SimonDupree RoadrunnerRecords #Atco
Read the full article here: https://ift.tt/eT8OHXu
More at Music-News.com

It's still #Kaijune! Why not show off my habi's new ear piercing? it's a very nice place to live in :3

made for ‪@/nanogamer31.bsky.social‬

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #SizeSky #GentleGiant #Thoomsday #Kaijune

New #review today: "#Epidermis is a band with a long history and not a lot of product to show for all that time. The group was founded in Germany in 1971 by members of beat group The Ancestors. But they had higher ambitions, hoping to produce a more complex sound not unlike some of the #ProgressiveRock across the channel in England, with multi-part vocal harmonies and precise instrumental work, inspired by bands like #GentleGiant and #Yes." #ExposeOnline http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/epidermis-june-1975-3.html

1977 war die Prog-Rock-Band GENTLE GIANT nicht nur auf dem Zenit ihres Erfolgs, sondern auch durch intensives Touren astrein aufeinander eingespielt. Der perfekte Zeitpunkt also, ein Livealbum aufzunehmen - und es den anderen Größen des Prog nachzumachen. Denn schließlich hatten GENESIS, YES und Co. bereits sehr erfolgreiche Live-Alben unter die Leute gebracht. So erschien damals "Playing The Fool: The Official Live" das jetzt, fast ein halbes Jahrhundert später, in einem umfassenden Re-Issue wieder zu haben ist. #gentlegiant #ProgressiveRock

https://www.burnyourears.de/reviews/genres/progressive-rock/54541-gentle-giant-playing-the-fool-the-official-live-re-issue.html

Careful what you give to Yan. He might return the gift thousandfold~

#FujiSamoyed #Furry #FurryArt #MacroFurry #MacroMicroFurry #Giant #GiantFurry #GentleGiant #MacroMonday #Hyper #HyperMuscle #MuscleFur #Bulge #MuscleMonday #MuscleMay #Kemono #Bara #BaraFurry #Himbo #FurryHimbo

Spiritfall (2025) (Roguelike) (Nintendo Switch) [GAMEPLAY] [EN] [HD]

#switch #spiritfall #nintendoswitch #2025 #roguelike #action #jgo #johnnygameover #videogame #gameplay #games #gaming #gentlegiant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taQjifjGMaY

Gentle Giant: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Boba Fett (Geonosis) Mini Bust

#BobaFett #GentleGiant #StarWars #FanthaTracks #gentlegiant #bobafett 

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Boba Fett (Geonosis) Mini Bust from Gentle Giant.

Read the whole story at the below link:

https://fantha.news/54ni6