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I embodied the phrase Midwest Emo today.

-Allēna

I embodied the phrase Midwest Emo today.

-Allēna

I’ve been going pretty much nonstop today, but..

I got reunited with the short sword from Emerson’s and my wedding and obtained a tiara!!!

This photo was taken of me at Linneman’s tonight:

I would describe this aesthetic as “Galadriel if she had decided to marry Sauron, but had eventually gotten tired of his conniving ass, gutted him in the divorce proceedings, and taken the One Ring and the prettiest parts of Middle Earth in the aftermath of waxing his ass in court” lol.

-Allēna

I’ve been going pretty much nonstop today, but..

I got reunited with the short sword from Emerson’s and my wedding and obtained a tiara!!!

This photo was taken of me at Linneman’s tonight:

I would describe this aesthetic as “Galadriel if she had decided to marry Sauron, but had eventually gotten tired of his conniving ass, gutted him in the divorce proceedings, and taken the One Ring and the prettiest parts of Middle Earth in the aftermath of waxing his ass in court” lol.

-Allēna

In honor of 40 years of "Stand By Me" (and finally pivoting #LibrarKay away from an exclusive diet of Siamese cats and cozy mysteries...) #TheBody #StandByMe

English is fairly adequate for basic communication, but it falls short for niche communities. In the same way that skiers repurpose “powder” or “carve” and gamers repurpose “own” or “sweaty,” metal fans break and contort language to suit our needs. We talk about “filthy” guitar tones and “razor sharp” riffs, discuss “cavernous” production and “suffocating” weight, and use violent imagery—bleeding ears, caved in skulls—to denote quality. So when I read phrases like “slow, painful march,” “soporific1 dirge,” and “empty decades between chords” on the promo sheet for debut Dark Thoughts with Lights Out, I thought Cattle Hammer was just employing a little dialectical variance, speaking the lingo. Joke’s on me, though. They weren’t.

Based in Birmingham, UK, Cattle Hammer was formed by vocalist/guitarist Duncan Wilkins (Fukpig, Mistress) in 2023. He’s joined by I Cartwright on drums, J Wyles on guitar, and D Von Donovan on bass. Together, they mix a caustic brew of drone, doom, and sludge, but each track on Dark Thoughts with Lights Out has its own identity. “Gloomsower” leans stony, and Wilkins oscillates between deep roars and strangled croaks reminiscent of Weedeater. “Rotting” features short tremolos, although they don’t do much besides check the “blackened” box on the PR sheet. The ambient, noise-tinged intro to “Watchmen, Alone” caught my attention, but repetition of the vocal sample stunts its ability to build tension. Similarly, “Body Puzzle” ends on some interesting synths, but it’s a tough sell so late in the album. If you can’t tell, I’m really reaching for positives here, but there’s not a one that isn’t ultimately a disappointment.

Dark Thoughts With Lights Out by Cattle Hammer

Every time I thought Cattle Hammer might do something interesting or better texturize Dark Thoughts with Lights Out, they shrank from the occasion. The early lead guitar in “Gloomsower” is a bright change of pace amidst thick, doomy passages, but instead of playing a countermelody or variation on the theme or literally anything else, it just plays the same fucking riff in a higher register. This same-riff-different-instrument/key tactic is fairly common (“Rotting,” “Watchmen, Alone”). Organ (“Watchmen, Alone,” “Body Puzzle”) and piano (“Rotting”) make appearances, but fail to deliver anything justifying their inclusion. Static and feedback crop up frequently, but in Cattle Hammer’s hands, they are merely unpleasant and banal. While I was intrigued by the first sample2 and always appreciate Sheri Moon Zombie,3 Cattle Hammer’s sample usage is ham-fisted and melodramatic. Each of these ornaments gave me hope that I might soon feel something besides boredom and frustration, but invariably, Dark Thoughts with Lights Out dashed my hopes and shuffled on.

What astounds me most on Dark Thoughts with Lights Out is how avoidable many of these blunders seem. Percussion is a little lackluster, and the instruments seem a bit compressed in the mix, leaving the vocals too far in front. These aren’t deal breakers, but playing fewer riffs—I’m being generous, calling them that—in 45 minutes than I have fingers is. Structuring the front half of a song to sound like a narrative climax with no build-up or release is (“Watchmen, Alone,” “Body Puzzle”). Rhythmic density rivaling the emptiness of space is. Ambient, feedback-laden outros enough to compile an EP is. This album is ostensibly meant to convey misery and suffering, but devoid of creativity or artistic abstraction, it misses the mark that acts like Primitive Man, The Body, or Sumac hit so well. It’s as if Cattle Hammer has crafted some misguided meta experience, in which the act of listening to the music imparts the misery normally communicated through the music itself.

If there’s one thing Cattle Hammer truly excels at, it’s squandering potential. Every criticism in this review is a place where I saw an opportunity for Dark Thoughts with Lights Out to get better, only for it to stay the course. What’s even more frustrating is that, if any one of these problems weren’t a problem, it could have at least partially salvaged the album. Amidst deeply uninteresting riffs played slow enough for inter-note naps, song constructions that fail to launch, underutilized instrumentation, an impressive lack of variation, repetition ad nauseum, and a totally unjustified runtime, Dark Thoughts with Lights Out isn’t simply unremarkable or uninteresting; it’s a literal chore to listen through. Based on the promo sheet, maybe that’s the point, but whether Cattle Hammer achieved their goal is irrelevant.4 Dark Thoughts with Lights Out is a bad album.

Rating: 1.0/5.0
DR: 10 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Road to Masochist
Websites: Bandcamp | Ampwall | Facebook | Instagram
Releases Worldwide: February 6th, 2026

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone

The Body & Dis Fig:
🎵 Holy Lance

#TheBody #DisFig

https://audiotree.bandcamp.com/track/holy-lance

https://open.spotify.com/track/26K36XxXD0fuPtBfSAQToh

Quando Pascoli scrisse "X Agosto" aveva quest'album come sottofondo

https://the-body.bandcamp.com/album/i-shall-die-here

#TheBody #IShallDieHere #Music #Musica #Metal #DroneMetal

Sleep rewires the brain to strengthen memories https://www.earth.com/news/sleep-rewires-the-brain-to-strengthen-memories/

"Why is a good night’s sleep so crucial for a sharp memory? A team of neuroscientists has taken a major step toward answering this question."

#theMind #theBody

Exercise Boosts Memory Across All Ages - Neuroscience News https://neurosciencenews.com/exercise-memory-aging-28512/

"Yoga, Tai Chi, and exergames showed the strongest improvements in memory and cognition."

#theMind #theBody

I appropriately saved this #NewMusic album for the #Bundestagwahl2025 today, because I am fearing the worst outcome. 😬

#DoomMetal singer #DisFig from #Berlin, #Germany collaborated with #noise #industrial #ElectronicMusic duo #TheBody from #Portland, #Oregan for this apocalyptic #artwork.

Dis Fig & The Body performed their wall of sound in the #Audiotree🌲 studio live, an amazing platform for worldwide music discovery, I wish Audiotree was here on :mastodon: Mastodon. 🙏
https://disfig.bandcamp.com/album/orchards-of-a-futile-heaven/

For people who enjoyed The Crying Out of Things from the body last year, they have a new album out soon with intensive Care. I don't know anything about intensive Care, but the single on the Bandcamp pre-order page is promising.

Was I Good Enough? from the body, intensive Care - out 14 March.

https://thebody.bandcamp.com/album/was-i-good-enough

#TheBody #IntensiveCare #ExperimetalMetal
Cc @SteveClough

as the new year approaches, instead of looking ahead in hopes of living a more wishful future, take a moment to look back and reflect on what you have done this past year to make life better for others; adjust your plans accordingly.

#theMind #theBody #theFuture

The neuroscience of placebo analgesia: Brain pathway explains how expectations reduce pain

https://www.psypost.org/the-neuroscience-of-placebo-analgesia-brain-pathway-explains-how-expectations-reduce-pain/

"Placebo analgesia reveals the human brain’s natural ability to modulate pain. For pain physicians and scientists, harnessing this inherent power for pain management is a compelling goal" -- #EricWDolan

#theMind #theBody #pain

"The follies of youth become the vices of adulthood and the disgrace of old age." -- Anonymous

#theMind #theBody

Helemaal fantastisch waren #TheBody & #DisFig. De laatste niet te verwarren met #Fizzgig en de eerste niet met #FransTimmermans in een oude hoodie achter een tafeltje met electronica, af en toe in de microfoon gillend als een #Nazgûl. Live erg goed.

https://youtu.be/wVL1QNa8BfI

#LeGuessWho

4 stories that were good. I enjoyed 3 of them. Apt Pupil is not so much something one enjoys, but rather uses to inoculate oneself from ignorance that evil exists. Shawshank was addicting. The Body had characters you care about, even tho they toss off slurs. The Breathing Method is short and a bit oblong. But once it gets to Xmas, the story sinks its teeth.

I think i recom...

https://bookwyrm.social/user/Scofisticated/review/5684186/s/difficult-but-well-done#anchor-5684186
#Bookstodon @bookstodon #Books #StephenKing #Shawshank #TheBody #AptPupil #TheBreathingMethod

Scientists discover sleep “reset” mechanism in the brain that prevents memory overload

https://www.psypost.org/scientists-discover-sleep-reset-mechanism-in-the-brain-that-prevents-memory-overload/

"The research team studied the brain activity of mice to better understand how the hippocampus balances memory storage during sleep." -- #EricWDolan

#theMind #theBody #sleep #memory

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#MetalInjection
THE BODY's New Single "End Of Line" Will Destroy Your Speakers

https://metalinjection.net/new-music/the-bodys-new-single-end-of-line-will-destroy-your-speakers

#THEBODY #EndOfLine

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
THE BODY's New Single "End Of Line" Will Destroy Your Speakers

https://metalinjection.net/new-music/the-bodys-new-single-end-of-line-will-destroy-your-speakers

#THEBODY #EndOfLine

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
THE BODY's New Single "End Of Line" Will Destroy Your Speakers

https://metalinjection.net/new-music/the-bodys-new-single-end-of-line-will-destroy-your-speakers

#THEBODY #EndOfLine

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
THE BODY's New Single "End Of Line" Will Destroy Your Speakers

https://metalinjection.net/new-music/the-bodys-new-single-end-of-line-will-destroy-your-speakers

#THEBODY #EndOfLine

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
THE BODY's New Single "End Of Line" Will Destroy Your Speakers

https://metalinjection.net/new-music/the-bodys-new-single-end-of-line-will-destroy-your-speakers

#THEBODY #EndOfLine

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #FreakZonePlaylist

The Body & Dis Fig:
🎵 To Walk a Higher Path

#TheBody #DisFig

https://disfig.bandcamp.com/track/to-walk-a-higher-path

https://open.spotify.com/track/68znSlUEWoyQUzS4D46Y8n

Recensie: The Body & Dis Fig – Orchards of a Futile Heaven ★★★★½
https://writteninmusic.com/albumrecensie/the-body-dis-fig-orchards-of-a-futile-heaven/

#Music #Electronic #DisFig #TheBody #ThrillJockey #DeKonkurrent

Study finds brain stores motor memories differently based on decision uncertainty

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-07-brain-motor-memories-differently-based.html

"Researchers from the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) and HONDA R&D Co., Ltd. have discovered that the brain differentiates and stores motor memories based on the level of uncertainty experienced during decision-making." -- #NICT

#theMind #theBody #memory

Still a gas 50 years later.

Spaceways Incorporated : Outer Space Employment Agency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8nppTSY-Rs

#SunRa #Arkestra #theMind #theBody

#nowPlaying

The Body & Dis Fig - Orchards Of A Futile Heaven

https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=dysBC1OSEaA

#TheBody #DisFig #ExperimentalMusic #ExtremeMusic

"Doctors and nurses, I always feel, are much more like gardeners than they are like mechanics. We don't really replace parts - broken parts."

this, but for software architecture.

from: "How to actively heal from an injury or illness" : #LifeKit https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1196977965

#api360 #theBody

long overdue #introduction

Hello! Marco here, I'm a #Berlin based artist, performer and scholar focused on body, sound and technology. I've been working since the early 2000s across #mediaart #performanceart #theater #robotics and #interactivecomputermusic.

I like to write about #aesthetics #technology #criticaldisabilitystudies and #thebody.

I also play #bassmusic with #Dadub and #avantgardemetal as Leiche. And I'm a #latedeafened nerd.

Love #trees and #books, hate #capitalism and #racism.

Thought I’d better post some hashtags because I’m new here. I’m an #academic in a wider field plagued by pervasive #confessional gatekeeping and toxic power imbalances, which cluster around #gender, #class, #race, #ethnicity, #sexuality, #disability and #marginalised identities (to name but a few). I usually write and post about #religion, #atheism, the #bible, #archaeology, #ancientArt and #thebody.