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Plettri Roventi e Riff Infernali: Lezione di Puro Heavy Metal con “See You In Hell” dei Grim Reaper!
Ehi ragazzi, accendete gli amplificatori e scaldate i plettri, perché oggi analizziamo quel capolavoro assoluto e letale che è "See You In Hell" dei Grim Reaper! Fin dal primo violento accordo, i riff crudi e potentissimi di Nick Bowcott mi fanno venire voglia di saltare per la stanza e suonare ritmiche serrate fino a consumarmi le dita. La title track è un trionfo di pura energia grezza, guidata da pattern di chitarra fulminei su cui si schianta l'estensione vocale pazzesca e quasi […] -
Julián De Narvaez
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Julián De Narvaez
#art #tarot #death #grimreaper -
Julián De Narvaez
#art #tarot #death #grimreaper -
Julián De Narvaez
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Black Cloak = #Dementor
"" + Scythe = #GrimReaper
"" + Sword = #RingWraith
"" + Scream Mask = #Ghostface
"" + Pasty White Guy = #EmperorPalpatineThis probably presents a higher barrier to entry for pop culture than is ideal.
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Black Cloak = #Dementor
"" + Scythe = #GrimReaper
"" + Sword = #RingWraith
"" + Scream Mask = #Ghostface
"" + Pasty White Guy = #EmperorPalpatineThis probably presents a higher barrier to entry for pop culture than is ideal.
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Black Cloak = #Dementor
"" + Scythe = #GrimReaper
"" + Sword = #RingWraith
"" + Scream Mask = #Ghostface
"" + Pasty White Guy = #EmperorPalpatineThis probably presents a higher barrier to entry for pop culture than is ideal.
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Black Cloak = #Dementor
"" + Scythe = #GrimReaper
"" + Sword = #RingWraith
"" + Scream Mask = #Ghostface
"" + Pasty White Guy = #EmperorPalpatineThis probably presents a higher barrier to entry for pop culture than is ideal.
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Black Cloak = #Dementor
"" + Scythe = #GrimReaper
"" + Sword = #RingWraith
"" + Scream Mask = #Ghostface
"" + Pasty White Guy = #EmperorPalpatineThis probably presents a higher barrier to entry for pop culture than is ideal.
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ADORO IL GENIO - TRANQUILLITÀ
Ah beh, allora...
#adoroilgenio #22gennaio #grimreaper #tristemietitore #pauradellaereo #humornero #blackhumor #aereo #inaereo✈️ #viaggiare #viaggidigruppo #viaggievacanze #lamorte #tranquilla #memes #humor #comedy #horrorstory #horror #thriller #paura #brividoterroreraccapriccio #brividi #terrore #pauraa
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ADORO IL GENIO - TRANQUILLITÀ
Ah beh, allora...
#adoroilgenio #22gennaio #grimreaper #tristemietitore #pauradellaereo #humornero #blackhumor #aereo #inaereo✈️ #viaggiare #viaggidigruppo #viaggievacanze #lamorte #tranquilla #memes #humor #comedy #horrorstory #horror #thriller #paura #brividoterroreraccapriccio #brividi #terrore #pauraa
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ADORO IL GENIO - TRANQUILLITÀ
Ah beh, allora...
#adoroilgenio #22gennaio #grimreaper #tristemietitore #pauradellaereo #humornero #blackhumor #aereo #inaereo✈️ #viaggiare #viaggidigruppo #viaggievacanze #lamorte #tranquilla #memes #humor #comedy #horrorstory #horror #thriller #paura #brividoterroreraccapriccio #brividi #terrore #pauraa
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ADORO IL GENIO - TRANQUILLITÀ
Ah beh, allora...
#adoroilgenio #22gennaio #grimreaper #tristemietitore #pauradellaereo #humornero #blackhumor #aereo #inaereo✈️ #viaggiare #viaggidigruppo #viaggievacanze #lamorte #tranquilla #memes #humor #comedy #horrorstory #horror #thriller #paura #brividoterroreraccapriccio #brividi #terrore #pauraa
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ADORO IL GENIO - TRANQUILLITÀ
Ah beh, allora...
#adoroilgenio #22gennaio #grimreaper #tristemietitore #pauradellaereo #humornero #blackhumor #aereo #inaereo✈️ #viaggiare #viaggidigruppo #viaggievacanze #lamorte #tranquilla #memes #humor #comedy #horrorstory #horror #thriller #paura #brividoterroreraccapriccio #brividi #terrore #pauraa
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The envelope, please. And the winning caption is . . .
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #970 attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2025/12/my-ent… #HilaryFitzgeraldCampbell #GrimReaper #Reading #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest
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🎮💀 In a stunning twist nobody asked for, Ron Gilbert trades pixelated puzzles for a new #gaming genre: dodging the Grim Reaper. Just what the world needed—another man trying to #speedrun mortality! 🏃♂️⏳
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/after-40-years-of-adventure-games-ron-gilbert-pivots-to-outrunning-death/ #news #pixelart #mortality #RonGilbert #GrimReaper #HackerNews #ngated -
🎮💀 In a stunning twist nobody asked for, Ron Gilbert trades pixelated puzzles for a new #gaming genre: dodging the Grim Reaper. Just what the world needed—another man trying to #speedrun mortality! 🏃♂️⏳
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/12/after-40-years-of-adventure-games-ron-gilbert-pivots-to-outrunning-death/ #news #pixelart #mortality #RonGilbert #GrimReaper #HackerNews #ngated -
Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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Starlight Ritual – Rogue Angels Review
By Steel Druhm
Deep in the protozoic slime that sits at the center of Steel Druhm’s rusted metal heart, there’s a discreet region that craves early-to-mid 80s classic heavy metal. It’s an undying hunger that can never be slaked, and it drives me to look for turbo love in all the wrong places. Thus did I come to Starlight Ritual’s Sealed in Starlight debut back in 2021, dragging Kenword R. Spongewell along for moral support. What I found was an energetic young group of ne’er-do-wells who love the olden ways as much as I do. They delivered a punchy platter of nostalgia-core as they sought after the perfect blend of Mötörhead, Rainbow, Judas Priest, and lesser-known 80s metal fiends like Cities and Jag Panzer. It was rough around the edges, but the core elements were there, and the writing was catchy with ample metallic sack.1 Now they’re back with sophomore opus Rogue Angels, endeavoring to stuff more “epic” in their brawny compositions. MOAR epic is always better, so will Rogue Angels smite the wimps and posers with trve fucking metal? Let’s measure the heavenly mass.
Reduced to a power trio this time out, Starlight Ritual bring the heavy metal thunder on grandiose opener “Lost Among the Fold.” It opens like epic doom with thundering drums and mammoth, mourning doom riffs lurching before it explodes into a gloriously 80s metal gallop that splits the difference between NWoBHM and the meaner American sounds of 82-84. Frontman Damien Ritual’s booming baritone bellows are perfect for these tales of war and heroism, and he sounds like the love child of Grim Reaper’s sadly departed Steve Grimmett, Paul Di’Anno, and Visigoth’s Jake Rogers. The guitar work by Dan Toupin is so perfectly 80s it causes a time rupture that allowed me to heist several cases of Night Train and Tango from the past (for scientific purposes only). This is the kind of retro metal gem that makes my back hair long and luxurious. And they keep this high quality going with the big, bold title track, which is so goddamn trve that it makes even me feel false by comparison. There’s even a bit of Crypt Sermon in here, but with things sped up for more aggression and urgency. “Crusaders” is another stiff blow to the neck and nutal regions with a raucous, headlong charge into the enemy that’s so damn metal it leaves an unpleasant iron taste in your mouth. If this doesn’t go on your gym playlist, you must be doing pool noodle pilates with the assisted living set.
With such a completely crushing triarch opening the album up, you want the goods to keep coming hot and heavy. There are some bumps as the album unfolds, however, but none of them derail the march on Valhalla. “Far Beyond the Storm” is a meaty metal tidbit but less inspired than its predecessors, and “Omenkillers” is the longest, most aggressive track, but it’s a notch or 2 below the better stuff. Slow burn grinder “Exodus” is moody as fuck and reminds me of the Dio-era Sabbath chesnuts, but it never quite attains that next level. Things are redeemed by killer back-half high notes like “The Law” (which I cannot stop replaying) and “On the Run” (which I also cannot stop replaying), and the overall package is more hunter-killer than filler. The production screams 1982, with the guitar tone perfectly aged and moldy. It sounds and feels olde and elder me values that muchly.
I love Damien Ritual’s vocals. He isn’t blessed with a vast range but makes the most of his raw, rough bellows/rasps, and he can actually sing when he opts to do so. He sounds like a wild barbarian bastard much of the time, and on the faster moments, he channels Paul Di’Anno to the point of creepiness. As or even more essential to the Starlight Ritual sound is the heavily dated guitar phrasing from Dan Toupin. The man knows exactly how to recreate the sounds of the golden age of metal, from the riffs to the harmonies and the way little accents were used as hooks. His playing is the crystal key that unlocks all the nostalgia, and that’s the band’s secret weapon.
Starlight Ritual have their targeted sound and style down cold, and while Rogue Angels isn’t a huge progression from their debut, it shows growth in the writing department. That said, it’s definitely front-loaded, and a few cuts just can’t tow the line with the best moments. This is one of those albums where the good stuff is so good, it carries the weaker bits to end up enjoyable as a whole (see The Number of the Beast for comparison, and yes, you know it’s true). If you hanker for a hunka, a sliver, slab, or chunka 80s metal, Rogue Angels brings the Flaming Sword of Smoting. Get smitten.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 9 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: High Roller
Websites: facebook.com/starlightritual | instagram.com/starlightritual
Releases Worldwide: October 31st, 2025#2025 #35 #CanadianMetal #GrimReaper #HeavyMetal #HighRollerRecords #Manowar #Oct25 #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #RogueAngels #SealedInStarlight #StarlightRitual #TrueMetal #Visigoth
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The ‘Grim Reaper’ of the Government Shutdown – The New York Times
Russell T. Vought spent years drawing up plans to expand presidential power and shrink federal bureaucracy. Credit…Chip Somodevilla / Getty ImagesOct. 6, 2025, 6:00 a.m. ET, Hosted by Natalie Kitroeff, Featuring Coral Davenport, Produced by Rob SzypkoCaitlin O’KeefeCarlos Prieto and Anna Foley, Edited by Lisa Chow
Original music by Marion LozanoDan Powell and Diane Wong, Engineered by Chris Wood
During the continuing government shutdown, President Trump has posted memes depicting Russel T. Vought, the White House budget director, as the grim reaper.
Coral Davenport, a Washington correspondent for The Times, explains how Mr. Vought, a once obscure official, has become one of the most influential figures in Washington.
On Today’s Episode
Coral Davenport, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times, focusing on the Trump administration’s dismantling of federal rules.
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Background Reading
- Mr. Vought has exerted his influence over nearly every corner of President Trump’s Washington with his command of the levers of the federal budget.
- Both parties are resigned to deadlock as the government shutdown takes hold.
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#2025 #America #BudgetDirector #DonaldTrump #Education #GrimReaper #Health #History #Libraries #Library #LibraryOfCongress #Opinion #Podcast #Politics #Project2025 #Resistance #RussellTVought #Science #Spotify #TheDaily #TheNewYorkTimes #Trump #TrumpAdministration #TrumpAlly #TrumpCrony #UnitedStates #WhiteHouse
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Guess I'm doing #pixelart #stopmotion #animation with #GIMP and #Ruby now...
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Death slammed the trunk and got in the car. The young skeleton sighed dramatically.
"Stay the hell away from him, kid."
The young skeleton flipped his hair in frustration.
"Also you realize it's still August, right?" Death smirked in satisfaction. "Specifically the very end of it?"
The young skeleton stiffened.
"Kid, if you panic that bad thinking I'm taking away Spooky Season, you don't have a chance in Hell with Jack. He doesn't even have quality stuff."
"But he said-!"
"He'll say anything," Death started the car. "Jack tricked the devil himself multiple times. Whole alley smelled like powdered sugar, button mushrooms, and grass clippings."
"Why would it smell like sugar or mushrooms?"
Death smiled. "It didn't. Keep it that way."
"You could be more mad about this."
"You act like I didn't find your stash. Odd drug."
The young skeleton died in his seat.
"Hey, at least you're being safe," Death said. "I don't need to be a grandpa."
#TootFic #SmallStories #MicroFiction #condoms #Death #GrimReaper
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Death slammed the trunk and got in the car. The young skeleton sighed dramatically.
"Stay the hell away from him, kid."
The young skeleton flipped his hair in frustration.
"Also you realize it's still August, right?" Death smirked in satisfaction. "Specifically the very end of it?"
The young skeleton stiffened.
"Kid, if you panic that bad thinking I'm taking away Spooky Season, you don't have a chance in Hell with Jack. He doesn't even have quality stuff."
"But he said-!"
"He'll say anything," Death started the car. "Jack tricked the devil himself multiple times. Whole alley smelled like powdered sugar, button mushrooms, and grass clippings."
"Why would it smell like sugar or mushrooms?"
Death smiled. "It didn't. Keep it that way."
"You could be more mad about this."
"You act like I didn't find your stash. Odd drug."
The young skeleton died in his seat.
"Hey, at least you're being safe," Death said. "I don't need to be a grandpa."
#TootFic #SmallStories #MicroFiction #condoms #Death #GrimReaper
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In other news, I received this Squishmallow as a birthday gift. Is it a signal of the oncoming apocalypse in general or just a sign that I’m specifically deathly old? #squishmallow #birthday #gift #grimreaper #otto
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From time immemorial and in every language, even those that are no longer spoken, there has been a word or phrase to describe the ‘generation gap’ within every family.
But #DonaldTheDeplorable is doing the job of the #GrimReaper and making ultra-#MAGA parents ‘ghosts’ to children that are #normies. Very sad. Please boost if you can relate. #8647now
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From time immemorial and in every language, even those that are no longer spoken, there has been a word or phrase to describe the ‘generation gap’ within every family.
But #DonaldTheDeplorable is doing the job of the #GrimReaper and making ultra-#MAGA parents ‘ghosts’ to children that are #normies. Very sad. Please boost if you can relate. #8647now
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https://www.alojapan.com/1245629/japan-wants-to-drive-vtuber-craze-globally-as-south-korea-breathes-down-its-neck/ Japan wants to drive VTuber craze globally as South Korea breathes down its neck #afp #Calliope #China #CoverCorp #GrimReaper #hololive #Japan #JapanNews #KindaiUniversity #LosAngeles #MoriCalliope #MotoakiTanigo #news #NorthAmerica #SouthKorea #Taiwan #Tokyo #Vtuber Fans waved glow sticks at an animated character on stage, having packed a sold-out Hollywood concert hall to see their virtual idol perform – showcasing the global ambitions of J…
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Had a dream that the grim reaper was actually a wolf-skulled hellhound who ate corpses to carry them across to the afterlife
So i drew the lil puppi#wolfart #hellhound #digitalart #dream #aroo #art #design #grimreaper #grimpupper
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This one seems appropriate for this week. December 1946 Famous Fantastic Mysteries cover by Virgil Finlay, illustrating the Francis Sibson story, Unthinkable. #FinlayFriday
#VirgilFinlay #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Pulps #Illustration #SF #SFF #GrimReaper #Death
"An outcast ship on a lost horizon, she sailed toward her strange rendezvous with the dead — the ghost vessel which had fought back from the legends of the past — to find no world left to hear her story!"
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This one seems appropriate for this week. December 1946 Famous Fantastic Mysteries cover by Virgil Finlay, illustrating the Francis Sibson story, Unthinkable. #FinlayFriday
#VirgilFinlay #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Pulps #Illustration #SF #SFF #GrimReaper #Death
"An outcast ship on a lost horizon, she sailed toward her strange rendezvous with the dead — the ghost vessel which had fought back from the legends of the past — to find no world left to hear her story!"
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This one seems appropriate for this week. December 1946 Famous Fantastic Mysteries cover by Virgil Finlay, illustrating the Francis Sibson story, Unthinkable. #FinlayFriday
#VirgilFinlay #ScienceFiction #Fantasy #Pulps #Illustration #SF #SFF #GrimReaper #Death
"An outcast ship on a lost horizon, she sailed toward her strange rendezvous with the dead — the ghost vessel which had fought back from the legends of the past — to find no world left to hear her story!"
