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  1. Radio evangelist Harold Camping predicted that the world would end OTD in 1994. It did not. (nor did it end on his other predictions of Sep 29 1994, Oct 2 1994, May 21 2011, or Oct 21 2011) toilet-guru.com/overview-faith #Rapture #apocalypse

  2. A quotation from Shakespeare

    ORSINO: O, when mine eyes did see Olivia first,
       Methought she purged the air of pestilence.
       That instant was I turned into a hart,
       And my desires, like fell and cruel hounds,
       E’er since pursue me.

    William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
    Twelfth Night, Act 1, sc. 1, l. 20ff (1.1.20-24) (1601)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #fallinginlove #gobsmacked #love #loveatfirstsight #passion #rapture #hunting #desire #pursuit

  3. D'ESPAIRSRAY IS BACK!

    New single "RAPTURE" and the music video is absolutely phenomenal. The cinematography is stunning - dark, moody atmosphere. Intense visual drama.

    For those unfamiliar: D'espairsRAY is one of our all-time favorites. Their return is incredibly exciting!

    🎸 youtu.be/7qUa-oXmpSQ?si=KiABgF

    #jrock #visualkei #DesparisRAY #RAPTURE #JapaneseRock #VKei #JRockNorth #MusicVideo #RockMusic

  4. D'ESPAIRSRAY IS BACK!

    New single "RAPTURE" and the music video is absolutely phenomenal. The cinematography is stunning - dark, moody atmosphere. Intense visual drama.

    For those unfamiliar: D'espairsRAY is one of our all-time favorites. Their return is incredibly exciting!

    🎸 youtu.be/7qUa-oXmpSQ?si=KiABgF

    #jrock #visualkei #DesparisRAY #RAPTURE #JapaneseRock #VKei #JRockNorth #MusicVideo #RockMusic

  5. D'ESPAIRSRAY IS BACK!

    New single "RAPTURE" and the music video is absolutely phenomenal. The cinematography is stunning - dark, moody atmosphere. Intense visual drama.

    For those unfamiliar: D'espairsRAY is one of our all-time favorites. Their return is incredibly exciting!

    🎸 youtu.be/7qUa-oXmpSQ?si=KiABgF

    #jrock #visualkei #DesparisRAY #RAPTURE #JapaneseRock #VKei #JRockNorth #MusicVideo #RockMusic

  6. D'ESPAIRSRAY IS BACK!

    New single "RAPTURE" and the music video is absolutely phenomenal. The cinematography is stunning - dark, moody atmosphere. Intense visual drama.

    For those unfamiliar: D'espairsRAY is one of our all-time favorites. Their return is incredibly exciting!

    🎸 youtu.be/7qUa-oXmpSQ?si=KiABgF

    #jrock #visualkei #DesparisRAY #RAPTURE #JapaneseRock #VKei #JRockNorth #MusicVideo #RockMusic

  7. D'ESPAIRSRAY IS BACK!

    New single "RAPTURE" and the music video is absolutely phenomenal. The cinematography is stunning - dark, moody atmosphere. Intense visual drama.

    For those unfamiliar: D'espairsRAY is one of our all-time favorites. Their return is incredibly exciting!

    🎸 youtu.be/7qUa-oXmpSQ?si=KiABgF

    #jrock #visualkei #DesparisRAY #RAPTURE #JapaneseRock #VKei #JRockNorth #MusicVideo #RockMusic

  8. In Vespro – Where Silence Used to Sleep Review By Steel Druhm

    In a week where I was forced to bail on my half of a double review of Warning’s righteous comeback due to time constraints, a new band from Italy found their way into my ears and heart, offering succor and sweet redemption. In Vespro play doom-death in the vein of early Katatonia, Paradise Lost, and my much beloved Rapture. On their Where Silence Used to Sleep debut, they pull out all the stops to make a tried-and-true style sound as fresh in 2026 as it did back in 1993. Featuring members of Svart Vinter and Veil of Conspiracy,1 In Vespro demonstrate a firm grasp of the sadboi essentials, crafting anthems to despair, loss, and hopelessness with hooks that stick in your swollen tear ducts and keep you hanging around for all the weepy unhappiness. That’s how you get Steel in the yard to have a good cry!

    As soon as opener “Fading Hollow” takes flight, you’re cast back to Katatonia’s Brave Murder Day era for a sullen simmer in the crockpot of eternal sadness. It’s instantly likeable and after a few spins, lovable. The morose riffs and glum harmonies conjure the melancholies, and frontman Luca Gagnoni’s vocals are perfect; no clean singing, just a wounded death roar. Can you complain that it’s too close to the Brave Murder Day sound? No, because that way madness lies. “Ghost Inside Tomorrow” is like a long-lost Rapture song, and that gets my full attention. The heaving, sighing guitars also bear the pungent stench of prime Paradise Lost. “Absence Becomes Her” keeps the dour times rolling with an upbeat pace, but the mood remains despondent, even when they spice things up with some unexpectedly noodly guitar work.

    By the album’s mid-point, I was so impressed that I started to doubt the second half could keep pace. It does, with killer cuts like “Beneath the Unseen,” which feels deceptively simple on first exposure, led by some very Paradise Lost-adjacent guitar lines, but it does just enough with the classic melodoom formula to make things percolate with pain and remorse. “Ashes of the Dawn” is another textbook example of how to write effective melodoom and make it stick to the ribs. It’s unhurried and grim, but the melody in the weepy guitars carries you along effortlessly from segment to segment. “The Last Light” could’ve fallen off the back of the Draconian Times tour van, so you know that’s a win. Happily, no song feels like filler, and the album functions well as a whole. At a tight, trim 40 minutes and with all songs in the 3-5 minute window, the album moves at a near-perfect pace, and no song overstays its welcome. In fact, several cuts are all the better for their brevity, leaving you wanting more. The production is great with a warm sound and a mix that allows the guitars the weight and space they need for maximum effect, while leaving plenty of room for everything else to breathe.

    The guitar tandem of Luca Gagnoni and Emanuaels Marino is a talented one, spinning somber leads that submerge the soul in icy grave water. The harmonies are subtle but impactful and funerary, and the sudden flashes of semi-wanky solos are a nice surprise. Gagnoni is aces as a melodoom vocalist, moving effectively between early days Jonas Renkse and Nick Holmes death bellows and more acerbic blackened wails. There’s no clean singing whatsoever, only occasional spoken word segments. This isn’t an issue, but a few forlorn singing stanzas would make for a nice change-up. If there’s a complaint to be made, it’s how close In Vespro cleave to their obvious influences. It’s impossible to spin this and not hear Katatonia and Rapture looming large in the writing, but when it’s done well, does it really matter? The short answer is fook no.

    Where Silence Used to Sleep is a very impressive debut from In Vespro, and it’s quite an effective mood piece album. Mark it as one of those unheralded and happy surprises the promo sump vomits forth when the stars align and the tentacles favor the bold. I may have missed my chance to weigh in on Warning, but I caught this dark beauty as a consolation prize. Life is good (and sad).

    Rating: 3.5/5.0
    DR: 11 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
    Label: Meuse Music
    Websites: invespro.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/invesprodoom | instagram.com/invespro_doommetal
    Releases Worldwide: June 19th, 2026

    #2026 #35 #DeathMetal #DoomMetal #InVespro #ItalianMetal #Katatonia #MeuseMusicRecords #ParadiseLost #Rapture #Review #Reviews #WhereSilenceUsedToSleep
  9. The USians seem to be caught up in talking about the #rapture

    This reminded me of something I read many years ago by Jacob Böhme

    As I understood it, he defined #JudgementDay as an ongoing process

    Every second, God destroys, judges and recreates the world - a bit like Shiva, really

    My takeaway from it came in the form of a slogan:

    Every Day Is Judgement Day

    ... feel free to use and share 😊