#styx — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #styx, aggregated by home.social.
-
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) 👨
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDM6v1XhWEg -
Don't Let It End 👻
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RX3dsLbkLgA -
Sunscorched – Blood of the Badlands Review By Alekhines GunI don’t know what’s up with our dear readers around the world, but in this lion’s den, it’s hotter than an unshaven sheep in a bread bakery. It’s hotter than Steel‘s withering gaze every time Dear Hollow gives good reviews to deathcore. It’s hotter than your sexy crush telling you her parents completely approve of you, and that she wants a wholesome marriage and a family. My AC has been broken for over a month now, which means my only companions are sweat, misery, and the promo pit. Consequently, my personal enjoyment of much more wintry (or even fall) black metal has fallen by the wayside, as bands like Coldworld or Panopticon just don’t hit the same way when you spend every night praying for sleep and basting in your own juices. As if a spiritual answer to my cries, new outfit Sunscorched have arrived with a dollop of Old-West-themed, Arizona-originated atmospheric black metal. Needless to say, one glance at that name had me snatching this one up immediately, so saddle up your horses and get ready to circle the wagons as we see just how bad these bloody lands are.
The Blood of the Badlands sound is that of a slightly more straightforward Wayfarer album as produced by Nechochwen. While the compositional approaches lend themselves to comparisons with the seminal American Gothic, the chord progressions are more straightforward, and the production much more raw. The Heart of Akamon has itself all over the actual sound, with full chords which ring out in treble-heavy presentation but never lose themselves in tinny warbles, still sounding thick and full. The drumming of Rory James is well articulated, with good thunk and clang in his kit as he alternates between his fills and rolls, with a lot of fun to be had in his hi-hat and china beats which often evoke the galloping of wagons cascading down the hills. Vocalist Austin Kruger has an excellent bellowing shriek, mixed between the arpeggios and tremolos and containing enough reverb to evoke the mood of long-forgotten souls wandering the hills. Remarkably light on the expected gimmicky instrumentation—beyond the bookending instrumentals, which feature smatterings of acoustic guitars among what sounds like unplugged electric—Sunscorched wield their songwriting skills to suit the mood and atmosphere of the Badlands.
In those songs, Sunscorched manage to paint a vivid aural picture without ever doing anything out of the ordinary. “Vultures that Circle my Grave” transitions into a delightful major chord progression which sounds optimistic in the face of oppression and daily struggle without losing an ounce of its moshability. Highlight “Slaughter at Camp Grant” features a punk-infused main refrain which sounds violent while evoking the vastness of an Old West starry sky, transitioning from rapid-fire melodies to a progression which comes with brute force and necessary antagonism. “The Gallows Tree” features a depressive lead which does most of the talking before the vocals ever kick in. While repetition is a major tool in the box of Sunscorched, the majority of these riffs and melodies justify running themselves back as they emphasize the all-encompassing nature of the violence and exploration of that time period. Every single song comes decorated with a key melodic theme, from the inevitability of “Gallows…” to the full-speed-ahead onslaught of “Slaughter…”, firmly evoking a narrative to the listener which would be just as serviceable were Blood of the Badlands served as an instrumental piece.
There’s only one thing stopping Sunscorched from landing on true greatness in their first outing: Both penultimate track “Thousand Year Drought” and the instrumental title track “Blood of the Badlands” are far too repetitive and self-referential, and it’s genuinely disappointing. In the case of the former, there’s what seems to be a melodic reference1 to the Styx song “Renegade”, with a very familiar tune coded in the main lead, which is dope, but is promptly beaten right into the desert sand. Additionally, the main chugging climax features the exact same root notes as the one found in “Slaughter…”, making it smack of the earlier riff, but somehow more violent and less interesting. Closing track “Blood of the Badlands” is gorgeous, mood-setting, and eerie, but repeats itself an unneeded amount of times without genuinely evolving into anything.
Normally, an album is held down by an overall lack of quality. My saying “these last two songs don’t pass muster” only speaks to the sheer quality of all that comes before, and is by no means a major detraction in the overall experience. Sunscorched have made me ready to join their posse on my first listen, enduring the sweltering radiation and pavement-amplifying heatwaves with their soundtrack of melancholy by my side. Some course corrections on their repetitive habits will have their pistols loaded and ready to strike gold and oil, and I, for one, have gleefully hitched my wagon up to see where we will explore from here.
Rating: 3.5/5.0
#2026 #35 #AmericanBlackMetal #AtmosphericBlackMetal #Aug26 #BloodOfTheBadlands #BölverkCollective #Coldworld #Nechochwen #Panopticon #Review #Reviews #Styx #Sunscorched #Wayfarer
DR: 11 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: The Bölverk Collective
Website: Album Bandcamp
Releases Worldwide: August 28th, 2026 -
The Grand Illusion 🎾
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U2E-In0DDg -
Ich spiele grade Styx: Blades of greeds und habe im Level „das Flüstern des Quartzes“ echt ewig nach einem bestimmten Hebel gesucht.
Wem es auch so geht, hier ein paar Screenshots dazu, auf welchem Tisch ihr den finden könnt. Ich war kurz vor aufgeben. -
Crystal Ball
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TwGZYnfO3Y -
Post film festival screening reading break in the Filmhouse café-bar. I'm enjoying Nikita Gill's Styx even more than her Hekate (the feminist angle also feels even stronger here, no bad thing)
.
#books #livres #AmReading #bookstodon #mythology #NikitaGill #Styx
-
Too Much Time On My Hands ✌
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcKBmdfpWs -
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) 🌃
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xArmqniFiJ8 -
Suite Madame Blue 💙
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzdJ5ngMF8 -
The Best of Times 🩸
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NI7FNGTYvaY -
"Too Much Time on My Hands" is a song by American rock band #Styx, released as the second single from their tenth album #ParadiseTheatre. It was written and sung by #TommyShaw, who also plays the lead guitar solo during the break in the song. It was Shaw's only top 10 single as a writer and vocalist with Styx.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpaCefRQUo8 -
Blue Collar Man (Long Nights) 👴
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRLpRGWA4Ng -
Don't Let It End 👻
#Styx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAZaZ6M_G4o -
30 years ago today, #JohnPanozzo, American rock drummer ( #Styx), died of cirrhosis of the liver at 47.
#RIP 🎗️ -
Você tem um tempo para ouvir a palavra do… Inferno?
https://retropolis.com.br/2026/06/04/voce-tem-um-tempo-para-ouvir-a-palavra-do-inferno/
#MundoRetro #C #Glenda #Inferno #LIMBO #Plan9 #SistemaOperacional #Styx #UNIX
-
#TheMetalDogArticleList
#BraveWords
Today In Metal History 🤘 September 20th, 2024🤘
OZZY OSBOURNE, AC/DC, EXTREME, BULLETBOYS, YES, OPETH#OZZYOSBOURNE #ACDC #EXTREME #BULLETBOYS #YES #OPETH #STYX #CINDERELLA #BRITNYFOX #SABBAT #SKYCLAD #NELSON #SOUNDGARDEN #METALLICA #MOTÖRHEAD #BONJOVI #GODFORBID #HIRAX #STORMLORD #THEAGONIST #ASILAYDYING #BLUTAUSNORD #CULTOFLUNA #EXHORDER #KOBRAANDTHELOTUS #MICHAELSCHENKERFEST #THENUMBERTWELVELOOKSLIKEYOU
-
CW: 2023 Art in Review; mostly NSFW content; some eye contact
It's time for the annual art roundup. Here's my favorites for each month throughout 2023. It feels like this was the year of lighting and rendering, for the most part. I developed both more realistic lighting as well as cartoony renderings, this year showing a variety of styles and detail.
Things especially changed in May, after some assistance from Smagma on the Goliath picture. And then I found my linework getting chunky, which made for a fun contrast with the more realistic lighting, as well as making my less-realistic lighting pop out more.
As for commissions, there were fewer of them than there were in 2022, but I blame the **gestures vaguely** for that. It was a rough year for us all, so I understand that getting commissions wasn't exactly foremost in most folks' minds.
Here's to a better 2024, in spite of continued bullshit for us!
#2023InReview #NSFW #Furry #FurryArt #Anthro #AnthroArt #Monster #MonsterArt #MonsterFucker #Fanart #RimbaRacer #Wrecks #Pike #Styx #Goblin #CassetteBeasts #Tokusect #Gargoyles #Goliath #Predator #Yautja #Disney #Beast #Bowser #Dwarf #Orc #Bondage #BDSM #TaleSpin #DonKarnage
