#hush — Public Fediverse posts

In 2019, I accidentally stumbled upon St. Petersburg’s wacko dark cabaret metal freaks Tardigrade Inferno’s debut Mastermind, depicting an adorable evil water bear as mascot. You can imagine that I was immediately hooked. Their legitimately heavy riffs and whimsical songwriting kept me coming back for more when Burn the Circus dropped four years later. That release doubled down on original material backed by a more focused metallic spirit, and all the better for it. Initially, it sounded like third installment, Hush picked up right where Burn left off. However, gone is my beloved little tardigrade. What could this mean?

While Tardigrade Inferno’s sonic formula remains largely the same as it was on Burn the Circus—albeit with the addition of accordions and kazoos and one very unexpected burst of blast beats (“I Am Eternal”)—it’s clear that they moved away from their titular character on Hush. A darkness follows that disappearance, reflected in the dour and morbid attitudes imparted throughout Hush’s 45 minutes (“Dead Fish Smile”). Absent the maniacal main character that gave Tardigrade Inferno’s music life, direction, and purpose, Hush’s storytelling feels aimless and shallow. Thankfully, those trusty hooks, bouncy riffs, and infectious choruses entertained me just enough as I navigated through an uncomfortable grieving period for the Tardigrade Inferno I once cherished.

Hush by Tardigrade Inferno

After a time, I felt ready to embrace Hush, knowing it wasn’t going to offer the same wacky storyline as previous records spun. However, I never escaped my disappointment that Tardigrade Inferno chose an album of vignettes, pulling from a wide gamut of fairy tales and ubiquitous monsters, as their solution. Cuts like “Deadly Fairytales” and “Goor” hammer that generic storytelling home musically as well, though there are small moments in each that make for a great idea or an ear-catching setup (see the howling vox and silent rests in “Goor”). Others like “All in Your Head” and “I.C.D.,” in contrast, expound upon the natural horrors that plague the human mind in the real world. While that topic works quite well in metal writ large, Tardigrade Inferno don’t sell it with the same compelling gravity or subversion as other acts who adopt this exuberant cabaret influence (like Pensees Nocturne or Sanguine Glacialis). Consequently, Hush lacks substance and excitement for a good chunk of its duration.

However, there are a number of cool ideas, new tricks, and fun details found here that Tardigrade Inferno could, and should, take advantage of on future endeavors. The title track is a certified bop, with a bouncy riff backed by fun synths and a sticky chorus that I can’t stop involuntarily repeating. “Subatomic Heist” is a bizarre little number that brims with vibrancy and energy as well, and it’s no surprise that it also calls back to those virtually unkillable microscopic creatures of past installments. Similarly, the proggy and doomy closer “I Am Eternal” foreshadows a tardigrade resurgence inside off-kilter melodies, unorthodox songwriting (for this band, at least), and gorgeous lead guitar work. Naturally, returning to the critters and characters that gave Tardigrade Inferno its primary appeal also gave this song the backbone and direction it needed to feel worthy and interesting. This, in turn, further exemplifies the issues that plague all of the songs on Hush that make no such return.

I’m not normally one to recommend a band revisit past ideas or themes. In fact, I am a firm proponent of a band sticking to their guns and finding their way whenever they make a potentially divisive shift from past work, either musically or thematically. In this case, however, I think killing off their main character and the silliness that came with it—not to mention the dearly missed conceptual storytelling—doomed Tardigrade Inferno’s third outing. Hush isn’t unsalvageable, as it has nifty ideas and some new songwriting tricks and fun instruments that fit well into Tardigrade Inferno’s sound, but it’s missing the direction and compelling arcs that made their first two records successful. My wish for Tardigrade Inferno is therefore to ditch the horror stories and rebuild the circus, for the show must go on!

Rating: Disappointing
DR: 5 | Format Reviewed: 320 kb/s mp3
Label: Self-Released
Websites: tardigradeinferno.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/tardigradeinfernomusic
Releases Worldwide: March 5th, 2026

"Rose Garden" (sometimes titled "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden") is a song written in 1967 by American singer-songwriter #JoeSouth. It was first recorded by #BillyJoeRoyal on his 1967 studio album Billy Joe Royal Featuring #Hush. Versions by South himself and #DobieGray appeared shortly after #theOriginal. Gray's version became a minor hit in North America in 1969. In 1970, #LynnAnderson recorded "Rose Garden" after hearing Joe South's version. However.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKQNIyV2W0

"Rose Garden" (sometimes titled "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden") is a song written in 1967 by American singer-songwriter #JoeSouth. It was first recorded by #BillyJoeRoyal on his 1967 studio album Billy Joe Royal Featuring #Hush. Versions by South himself and #DobieGray appeared shortly after #theOriginal. Gray's version became a minor hit in North America in 1969. In 1970, #LynnAnderson recorded "Rose Garden" after hearing Joe South's version. However.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xKQNIyV2W0

"Rose Garden" (sometimes titled "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden") is a song written in 1967 by American singer-songwriter #JoeSouth. It was first recorded by #BillyJoeRoyal on his 1967 studio album Billy Joe Royal Featuring #Hush. Versions by South himself and #DobieGray appeared shortly after #theOriginal. Gray's version became a minor hit in North America in 1969. In 1970, #LynnAnderson recorded "Rose Garden" after hearing Joe South's version. However.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-eclUz-RYI

Gotham City was rife with criminality. Residents were grateful for having the #DynamicDuo in keeping the villains and their henchmen in check with a punchup.
#Batman #CapedCrusader
#Riddler #Hush #Penguin #TwoFace
#MrFreeze #Clayface #Joker
#BatmanFight 🦇

Gotham City was rife with criminality. Residents were grateful for having the #DynamicDuo in keeping the villains and their henchmen in check with a punchup.
#Batman #CapedCrusader
#Riddler #Hush #Penguin #TwoFace
#MrFreeze #Clayface #Joker
#BatmanFight 🦇

Gotham City was rife with criminality. Residents were grateful for having the #DynamicDuo in keeping the villains and their henchmen in check with a punchup.
#Batman #CapedCrusader
#Riddler #Hush #Penguin #TwoFace
#MrFreeze #Clayface #Joker
#BatmanFight 🦇

Gotham City was rife with criminality. Residents were grateful for having the #DynamicDuo in keeping the villains and their henchmen in check with a punchup.
#Batman #CapedCrusader
#Riddler #Hush #Penguin #TwoFace
#MrFreeze #Clayface #Joker
#BatmanFight 🦇

Gotham City was rife with criminality. Residents were grateful for having the #DynamicDuo in keeping the villains and their henchmen in check with a punchup.
#Batman #CapedCrusader
#Riddler #Hush #Penguin #TwoFace
#MrFreeze #Clayface #Joker
#BatmanFight 🦇

Preview: Batman #158, and More!
Take a Look Inside the First Two Chapters of DC’s Upcoming “H2SH” Saga

Batman #158 On Sale at Comic Book Shops and Digital Retailers Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Jeph Loeb and Jim Lee’s next installment of their celebrated BATMAN: HUSH comic book saga begins in DC’s Batman #158 on March 26, 2025. Loeb and Lee, with...
https://comiccrusaders.com/comic-books/comic-book-previews/preview-batman-158-and-more/
#comic books #comics #DC Batman #hush #jeph loeb #Jim Lee

I #Wander forth this #Chill #December dawn
John #Frost & all his #Elves... I see,
Busy as the #Fairy #World can be,
Clothing a Sleepy #World w/ #Fleecy #Lawn.

Mid the #Blue #Silence of #Evening hours
They #Glimmer duskly down in #Silent #Showers,

A #Hush of #Music on the #Air -
White-winged #Fays #Falter everywhere.

& Here & There,
a #Sudden #Mingling as they fall,
There comes a softer #Lullaby than all,
Swept up in the #Universal #Prayer.

- Robert Buchanan, Scottish #Poet, #Snow

@NatCor @[email protected] @iooioio I have not used #Briar yet, but have read that it can use #TOR & #HushChat is able to be configured to do so as well.

The blocks on a #blockchain are permanent, but #Hush uses zk-SNARKs and other encryption methods. We are based off of the #Komodo (#KMD) Platform Ecosystem, which has a technology implemented, called #Dilithium, to be #quantum #resistant.

Dilithium link:
https://komodoplatform.com/dilithium-quantum-secure-blockchain/