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  1. Godthrymm – Projections Review By Grymm

    UK doom metal saviors Godthrymm are a damn good band. If you’ve had a chance to listen to either their full-length debut Reflections or their follow-up in 2023’s mighty Distortions, you already know just how talented and outright heavy their brand of doom and traditional metal can get. Then again, you’d also know that their pedigree (with stints in Vallenfyre, Solstice, and of course My Dying Bride, among others) pretty much guaranteed a rock-solid backdrop to their sound. With all that said, I’ve awaited Projections, their final piece to their Visions, for as long as it was announced. Now that it’s upon us, and I’ve had a chance to spend a good, solid week with it, I’ve got some major concerns.

    Before I get into the reasons why, let’s focus on the good. There are no poor performances on the album from anybody. Lead-off single “Truth in My Own” is classic Godthrymm through and through, with Hamish Glencross and newcomer Kris McLaughlin throwing down riff after heavy riff, and Hamish’s voice is once again in fine form, especially when he sings alongside his wife, keyboardist Catherine Glencross. Elsewhere, “Endure My Skin” features a fine performance by former My Dying Bride (and current High Parasite) vocalist, Aaron Stainthorpe, reuniting him with Hamish and fellow MDB alumni, drummer Shaun Taylor-Steels. Those two songs are Godthrymm personified.

    Sadly, there are four other songs on here,1 and that’s where the concerns lie. Opener “Trenches Deep,” which features Adie Bailey (English Dogs) and Jay Walsh (Xentrix) providing additional vocals, starts off promising enough, but for whatever reason, transitions into a thrash tune that sounds eerily like MDB’s “The Forever People,” and the way it was shoehorned in is anything but natural. At the other end, closer “Hope is Eternal” starts off with an impressive drum fill by Taylor-Steels, and a somber performance by Catherine, until we get to the chorus, which features Catherine wailing “MEEEEEEeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeee…” repeatedly. In fact, Catherine features more vocally on this album than Hamish, which isn’t a bad thing at all. I just wish the songs were better, with the other two songs, “Jewels” and “The Sun Never Fell,” not making an impact with me no matter how many times I listen, and no matter who is singing.


    It doesn’t help that there are production issues as well. For some inexplicable reason, about halfway through the thrash portion of “Trenches Deep,” there’s a noticeable volume dip, as well as some major compression. I don’t know if this was intentional, but it’s highly off-putting. That volume dip would later reverse itself as “The Sun Never Fell” jacks the volume back up for no reason at all. On my first listen, I thought I was imagining things when it came to the production side, but on repeated listens, they’re right there, and they’re distracting on an album that’s already having a tough time winning me over on a songwriting level. And that absolutely sucks to say, especially since Godthrymm, up until now, has been delivering nothing but slam dunks on each of their preceding albums.

    This is not how I envisioned reviewing Projections. In what should have been a hat trick, I’m left baffled and more than a little disappointed. I’m hoping this is just a hiccup, as Godthrymm stand toe-to-toe with the absolute best in British doom metal, rivaling the best that many of the heroes of that genre. With Reflections, they channeled the very best love letter to the classics of yore. On Distortions, they added their own flavor and punch to that sound, resulting in my favorite album of 2023. Sadly, on Projections, I’m listening to this solely for writing this review, and little else. This is not how I wanted things to transpire.

    Rating: 2.0/5.0
    DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
    Label: Profound Lore
    Websites: Bandcamp | Facebook
    Releases Worldwide: May 29th, 2026

    #20 #2026 #BritishMetal #DoomMetal #EnglishDogs #Godthrymm #HighParasite #May26 #MyDyingBride #ProfoundLore #Projections #Review #Reviews #Solstice #Vallenfyre #Xentrix
  2. Am 20. Juni lädt die Kirchengemeinde ab 21h zum Klang/Vibration Event zur Sommersonnwende ein. Man muss Yogamatte u Kuscheldecke mitbringen, liegt auf den Boden, lauscht tibetischen Klangschalen, Gongschlägen und sphärischen Klängen. Ich habe mich höflich für die Einladung bedankt ... denke aber, dass ich verhindert sein werde 😉 obwohl ... vorher u nachher gibt es Erfrischungen ... wenn ich allerdings zuvor eine Kräuterzigarette hätte ...🌞🌎
    #Sommersonnwende #Solstice #Kirche #Esoterik #Sonnwende

  3. So, the Fremont Seattle and the Summer Solstice Parade is coming up in a Month. Who all is going? #summer #solstice #parade #fremont #seattle #nsfw #adult #nude #bikerider #wnbr #bike #ride

  4. So, the Fremont Seattle and the Summer Solstice Parade is coming up in a Month. Who all is going? #summer #solstice #parade #fremont #seattle #nsfw #adult #nude #bikerider #wnbr #bike #ride

  5. So, the Fremont Seattle and the Summer Solstice Parade is coming up in a Month. Who all is going? #summer #solstice #parade #fremont #seattle #nsfw #adult #nude #bikerider #wnbr #bike #ride

  6. So, the Fremont Seattle and the Summer Solstice Parade is coming up in a Month. Who all is going? #summer #solstice #parade #fremont #seattle #nsfw #adult #nude #bikerider #wnbr #bike #ride

  7. 🙏🏻 merci à nos partenaires : Espace Saint Michel, Alameda Films, Filmax, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Prita Noire AHAF Art House Animation and Film, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Bach Films, Éditions du sous-sol, Hors-circuits & BICLA - Tacos de Canasta

    #festival #cinéma #film #Mexique #drame #filmdegenre #patriarcat #VSS #femalerage #bruja #witch #solstice #été #Paris

  8. 🙏🏻 merci à nos partenaires : Espace Saint Michel, Alameda Films, Filmax, Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica, Prita Noire AHAF Art House Animation and Film, Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía, Bach Films, Éditions du sous-sol, Hors-circuits & BICLA - Tacos de Canasta

    #festival #cinéma #film #Mexique #drame #filmdegenre #patriarcat #VSS #femalerage #bruja #witch #solstice #été #Paris

  9. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwa

    shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

    Springwater Solstice Bike Rave
    Overnight, Saturday to Sunday, June 20-21, 2026

    For any of #Portland's #bike portable audio systems #DJ's who want, or acoustic, too!!

    Music Makers: find a place you love on the trail and crank up the volume (minding noise in local hoods!), and be prepared to clean up after!

    Bikers: bring refreshments, an eye to safety for everyone, and trash bags. Caffeination recommended.

    #solstice #pdx #bikesummer #biketoot

  10. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwa

    shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

    Springwater Solstice Bike Rave
    Overnight, Saturday to Sunday, June 20-21, 2026

    For any of #Portland's #bike portable audio systems #DJ's who want, or acoustic, too!!

    Music Makers: find a place you love on the trail and crank up the volume (minding noise in local hoods!), and be prepared to clean up after!

    Bikers: bring refreshments, an eye to safety for everyone, and trash bags. Caffeination recommended.

    #solstice #pdx #bikesummer #biketoot

  11. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwa

    shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

    Springwater Solstice Bike Rave
    Overnight, Saturday to Sunday, June 20-21, 2026

    For any of #Portland's #bike portable audio systems #DJ's who want, or acoustic, too!!

    Music Makers: find a place you love on the trail and crank up the volume (minding noise in local hoods!), and be prepared to clean up after!

    Bikers: bring refreshments, an eye to safety for everyone, and trash bags. Caffeination recommended.

    #solstice #pdx #bikesummer #biketoot

  12. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwa

    shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

    Springwater Solstice Bike Rave
    Overnight, Saturday to Sunday, June 20-21, 2026

    For any of #Portland's #bike portable audio systems #DJ's who want, or acoustic, too!!

    Music Makers: find a place you love on the trail and crank up the volume (minding noise in local hoods!), and be prepared to clean up after!

    Bikers: bring refreshments, an eye to safety for everyone, and trash bags. Caffeination recommended.

    #solstice #pdx #bikesummer #biketoot

  13. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springwa

    shift2bikes.org/calendar/event

    Springwater Solstice Bike Rave
    Overnight, Saturday to Sunday, June 20-21, 2026

    For any of #Portland's #bike portable audio systems #DJ's who want, or acoustic, too!!

    Music Makers: find a place you love on the trail and crank up the volume (minding noise in local hoods!), and be prepared to clean up after!

    Bikers: bring refreshments, an eye to safety for everyone, and trash bags. Caffeination recommended.

    #solstice #pdx #bikesummer #biketoot

  14. Hill of Uisneach, Ireland

    People take part in the Bealtaine fire festival, an ancient Celtic rite that marks the beginning of summer.

    Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

    #photography
    #Ireland
    #Celtic
    #festivals
    #solstice
    #Bealtaine
    #AltText

  15. 1979 à Mexico.

    🕸️ Découvrez la programmation sur notre site & nos réseaux sociaux, abonnez-vous !
    ℹ️ www.FestivalDesSortileges.fr/2026.html & www.facebook.com/events/3534401520026865

    #festival #cinéma #film #Mexique #horreur #fantastique #filmdegenre #cinémabis #cinémadexploitation #sérieB #drame #sorcellerie #sorcière #bruja #féminisme #droit #lutte #violence #VSS #féminicide #vengeance #solstice #été #Paris

  16. 1979 à Mexico.

    🕸️ Découvrez la programmation sur notre site & nos réseaux sociaux, abonnez-vous !
    ℹ️ www.FestivalDesSortileges.fr/2026.html & www.facebook.com/events/3534401520026865

    #festival #cinéma #film #Mexique #horreur #fantastique #filmdegenre #cinémabis #cinémadexploitation #sérieB #drame #sorcellerie #sorcière #bruja #féminisme #droit #lutte #violence #VSS #féminicide #vengeance #solstice #été #Paris

  17. Europe entertainment et est sélectionné au Festival d’Annecy 2026.

    🕸️ Découvrez la programmation sur notre site & nos réseaux sociaux, abonnez-vous !
    ℹ️ www.FestivalDesSortileges.fr/2026.html & www.facebook.com/events/3534401520026865

    #festival #cinéma #film #Mexique #horreur #fantastique #filmdegenre #cinémabis #cinémadexploitation #sorcellerie #sorcière #bruja #witch #solstice #été #Paris

  18. Europe entertainment et est sélectionné au Festival d’Annecy 2026.

    🕸️ Découvrez la programmation sur notre site & nos réseaux sociaux, abonnez-vous !
    ℹ️ www.FestivalDesSortileges.fr/2026.html & www.facebook.com/events/3534401520026865

    #festival #cinéma #film #Mexique #horreur #fantastique #filmdegenre #cinémabis #cinémadexploitation #sorcellerie #sorcière #bruja #witch #solstice #été #Paris

  19. Salute the June #solstice with a #BMOP-coded #summer celebration! The all-premiere program includes three new works:

    Paul Moravec / Miami Variations (2025)
    Avner Dorman / Inner Fire (2025)
    John Aylward / History of the World (2025)
    Bernard Rogers / Symphony No. 5 “Africa” (1959)

    Tickets for this June 21 #concert are free / bmop.org/performances/bmop-pre

  20. Salute the June #solstice with a #BMOP-coded #summer celebration! The all-premiere program includes three new works:

    Paul Moravec / Miami Variations (2025)
    Avner Dorman / Inner Fire (2025)
    John Aylward / History of the World (2025)
    Bernard Rogers / Symphony No. 5 “Africa” (1959)

    Tickets for this June 21 #concert are free / bmop.org/performances/bmop-pre

  21. Salute the June #solstice with a #BMOP-coded #summer celebration! The all-premiere program includes three new works:

    Paul Moravec / Miami Variations (2025)
    Avner Dorman / Inner Fire (2025)
    John Aylward / History of the World (2025)
    Bernard Rogers / Symphony No. 5 “Africa” (1959)

    Tickets for this June 21 #concert are free / bmop.org/performances/bmop-pre

  22. Salute the June #solstice with a #BMOP-coded #summer celebration! The all-premiere program includes three new works:

    Paul Moravec / Miami Variations (2025)
    Avner Dorman / Inner Fire (2025)
    John Aylward / History of the World (2025)
    Bernard Rogers / Symphony No. 5 “Africa” (1959)

    Tickets for this June 21 #concert are free / bmop.org/performances/bmop-pre

  23. Salute the June #solstice with a #BMOP-coded #summer celebration! The all-premiere program includes three new works:

    Paul Moravec / Miami Variations (2025)
    Avner Dorman / Inner Fire (2025)
    John Aylward / History of the World (2025)
    Bernard Rogers / Symphony No. 5 “Africa” (1959)

    Tickets for this June 21 #concert are free / bmop.org/performances/bmop-pre

  24. A Tabular Iceberg, Seen at the Pack-Edge in the South Pacific (1900) by Frederick Albert Cook, from Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899.

    Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/399b

    #solstice #exploration #ice #marine #antarctic #antarctica #icebergs #penguins #geography #midwinter #light #landscapes #oceans #darkness #art #publicdomain

  25. A Tabular Iceberg, Seen at the Pack-Edge in the South Pacific (1900) by Frederick Albert Cook, from Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899.

    Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/399b

    #solstice #exploration #ice #marine #antarctic #antarctica #icebergs #penguins #geography #midwinter #light #landscapes #oceans #darkness #art #publicdomain

  26. A Tabular Iceberg, Seen at the Pack-Edge in the South Pacific (1900) by Frederick Albert Cook, from Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899.

    Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/399b

    #solstice #exploration #ice #marine #antarctic #antarctica #icebergs #penguins #geography #midwinter #light #landscapes #oceans #darkness #art #publicdomain

  27. A Tabular Iceberg, Seen at the Pack-Edge in the South Pacific (1900) by Frederick Albert Cook, from Through the First Antarctic Night, 1898–1899.

    Source: University of Toronto Libraries / Internet Archive

    pdimagearchive.org/images/399b

    #solstice #exploration #ice #marine #antarctic #antarctica #icebergs #penguins #geography #midwinter #light #landscapes #oceans #darkness #art #publicdomain

  28. One from the archives for #PhotoMonday

    I love this shot, taken - more by chance than any great skill or patience - on solstice dawn at Stonehenge, June 2022

    #photography #photographyart #dawn #solstice #Stonehenge #NewAgeTravellerCommunity #nomad #nomadism

  29. One from the archives for #PhotoMonday

    I love this shot, taken - more by chance than any great skill or patience - on solstice dawn at Stonehenge, June 2022

    #photography #photographyart #dawn #solstice #Stonehenge #NewAgeTravellerCommunity #nomad #nomadism

  30. One from the archives for #PhotoMonday

    I love this shot, taken - more by chance than any great skill or patience - on solstice dawn at Stonehenge, June 2022

    #photography #photographyart #dawn #solstice #Stonehenge #NewAgeTravellerCommunity #nomad #nomadism