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Just starting to prepare a presentation for my great colleague Satoshi Chiba's retirement do. So lucky to have lived and worked in Sendai in Japan for two years, great place. Photo 1 is are the famous "Juhyo" or snowmonsters of Zao, Photo 2 is us both half way through a rough day in the field in Ogasawara. My trousers nearly ripped off! #zao #snowmonsters #ogasawara #sendai

Die "Eismonster" von #Zao sind ein Highlight der #Tohoku-Region in #Japan. Doch Klimawandel, Schädlinge und Übertourismus hinterlassen immer mehr Spuren. Für Frust sorgt auch, dass Touristen gesperrte Bereiche ignorieren und sich damit in Gefahr bringen. #Yamagata #Miyagi

https://sumikai.com/nachrichten-aus-japan/ruecksichtslose-touristen-sorgen-bei-zaos-eismonstern-fuer-aerger-373609/

https://www.tkhunt.com/2243304/ 【夫婦登山】山形蔵王ロープウェイで行く蔵王樹氷ツアー｜スノーモンスターと熊野岳 #snowmonster #snowmountain #snowtrekking #Tours #travel #zao #スノーシュー #スノーモンスター #ツアー #夫婦登山 #山形 #山形県 #登山 #蔵王 #蔵王ロープウェイ

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/896059/ 【夫婦登山】山形蔵王スノーモンスターを見る樹氷ツアー｜ライザワールドから登る1日目 ##山形 #FDA #Juhyo #snowmonster #snowmountain #Snowshoe #Yamagata #Zao #zaoonsen #アラフィフ夫婦旅 #スノーシュー #スノーモンスター #ライザワールド #夫婦登山 #山形ツアー #山形旅行 #東北ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー #樹氷 #登山 #蔵王 #蔵王温泉

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/896059/ 【夫婦登山】山形蔵王スノーモンスターを見る樹氷ツアー｜ライザワールドから登る1日目 ##山形 #FDA #Juhyo #snowmonster #snowmountain #Snowshoe #Yamagata #Zao #zaoonsen #アラフィフ夫婦旅 #スノーシュー #スノーモンスター #ライザワールド #夫婦登山 #山形ツアー #山形旅行 #東北ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー #樹氷 #登山 #蔵王 #蔵王温泉

https://www.europesays.com/pl/218434/ Świetny występ polskiej skoczkini. Jeden z najlepszych wyników w historii – sport.tvp.pl #AnnaTwardosz #PL #Poland #Polish #Polska #Polski #PucharświataWSkokachNarciarskich #SkokiNarciarskieKobiet #Sport #sport.tvp.pl #Sports #zao

https://www.alojapan.com/1348385/discover-akita-japans-hidden-beauty-hot-springs-samurai-shrines-snowy-landscapes/ Discover Akita, Japan’s Hidden Beauty | Hot Springs, Samurai Shrines & Snowy Landscapes #Akita #AkitaDestinations #AkitaSightseeing #AkitaTour #AkitaTourism #AkitaTravel #AkitaTrip #AkitaVacation #ExploreJapan #GinzanOnsen #HiddenJapan #JapanTravel #JapanVlog #JapaneseCulture #okama #RisshakujiTemple #Sakata #SankyoWarehouse #SnowMonsters #ThingsToDoInJapan #TohokuTourism #TohokuTravel #TravelGuideJapan #UesugiShrine #VisitAkita #VisitTohoku #Yamadera #Zao #秋田

https://www.alojapan.com/1348385/discover-akita-japans-hidden-beauty-hot-springs-samurai-shrines-snowy-landscapes/ Discover Akita, Japan’s Hidden Beauty | Hot Springs, Samurai Shrines & Snowy Landscapes #Akita #AkitaDestinations #AkitaSightseeing #AkitaTour #AkitaTourism #AkitaTravel #AkitaTrip #AkitaVacation #ExploreJapan #GinzanOnsen #HiddenJapan #JapanTravel #JapanVlog #JapaneseCulture #okama #RisshakujiTemple #Sakata #SankyoWarehouse #SnowMonsters #ThingsToDoInJapan #TohokuTourism #TohokuTravel #TravelGuideJapan #UesugiShrine #VisitAkita #VisitTohoku #Yamadera #Zao #秋田

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/471561/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #Miyagi #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #山形県ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/471561/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #Miyagi #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #山形県ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/471561/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #Miyagi #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #山形県ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/471561/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #Miyagi #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #山形県ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー

https://www.wacoca.com/tour/471561/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #Miyagi #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #山形県ツアー #東北地方 #東北地方ツアー

https://www.alojapan.com/1204155/japans-snow-fox-village-enter-a-world-inhabited-by-100-fluffy-foxes%f0%9f%a6%8a/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #Japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #Kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #miyagi #Sendai #SendaiDestinations #SendaiTour #SendaiTravel #SendaiTrip #SendaiVacation #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #仙台 Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 Fox Village!! Fox room!! Ginzan Onse…

https://www.alojapan.com/1204155/japans-snow-fox-village-enter-a-world-inhabited-by-100-fluffy-foxes%f0%9f%a6%8a/ Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 #AnimalJapan #fox #FoxVillage #foxvillage #Japan #JapanAnimalTravel #JapanTravelAnimals #Japon #kitsune #Kitsunemura #kitune #Kurao #miyagi #Sendai #SendaiDestinations #SendaiTour #SendaiTravel #SendaiTrip #SendaiVacation #travel #yt:cc=on #Zao #きつね #キツネ村 #仙台 Japan’s Snow Fox Village!! Enter a world inhabited by 100 fluffy foxes🦊 Fox Village!! Fox room!! Ginzan Onse…

https://www.alojapan.com/1182693/japan-travel-vlog-2025-sendai-matsushima-bay-zao-snow-monsters-ginzan-onsen-winter-fun/ Japan Travel Vlog 2025, Sendai, Matsushima Bay, Zao Snow Monsters, Ginzan Onsen, Winter Fun! #anime #ArtistTravel #ArtistVlog #GinzanOnsen #Japan #JapanTravel #JapanVlog #JapanWinter #Matsushima #Sendai #SendaiDestinations #SendaiTour #SendaiTravel #SendaiTrip #SendaiVacation #snow #travel #TravelVlog #vlog #winter #Zao #仙台 Japan Travel Vlog 2025, Sendai, Matsushima Bay, Zao Snow Monsters, Ginzan Onsen, Winter Fun! Hi all! I hope all of you a…

https://www.alojapan.com/1182693/japan-travel-vlog-2025-sendai-matsushima-bay-zao-snow-monsters-ginzan-onsen-winter-fun/ Japan Travel Vlog 2025, Sendai, Matsushima Bay, Zao Snow Monsters, Ginzan Onsen, Winter Fun! #anime #ArtistTravel #ArtistVlog #GinzanOnsen #Japan #JapanTravel #JapanVlog #JapanWinter #Matsushima #Sendai #SendaiDestinations #SendaiTour #SendaiTravel #SendaiTrip #SendaiVacation #snow #travel #TravelVlog #vlog #winter #Zao #仙台 Japan Travel Vlog 2025, Sendai, Matsushima Bay, Zao Snow Monsters, Ginzan Onsen, Winter Fun! Hi all! I hope all of you a…

Thou – Umbilical Review

By Cherd

When I first came on as a writer here, I had all kinds of ideas about what bands I’d be reviewing before the reality of seniority fully hit me in the solar plexus. I wanted to review Pallbearer. I got there, but I had to wait until they…uh…weren’t that good anymore and other, more senior writers moved on. I wanted to review Panopticon. Still waiting on that one. Same with YOB. I wanted to review Inter Arma, and Grymm surprisingly took pity on a n00b, so I’m forever grateful for that. Today I get to check off another goal. When Akerblogger left these halls, I loudly proclaimed dibs on any future Thou records before his body was even cold out the door, but then he was pretty inconsiderate for hanging on as long as he did. Thou, prolific as they are, have yet to release anything I don’t at least like, and usually love. Now that my moment to review them has finally come, will eighth full-length1 Umbilical be all I hoped for?

When Umbilical was announced, Thou hinted that this release would shift their sound from the sludge/doom they’re known for toward overt hardcore punk. That certainly plays out in frothing-at-the-mouth cuts like “Emotional Terrorist,” and “I Feel Nothing When You Cry.” That said, don’t expect a D-beat here. At their most up-tempo, these Louisiana boys sound a fair bit like Zao, which isn’t a bad thing in the least. If you’re a huge fan of their slow stuff, don’t worry. “Lonely Vigil” and the excellent closer “Siege Perilous” are vintage Thou, with disgustingly heavy doom grooves that forcefully separate you from any hope or happiness. In late album cuts “The Promise” and “Panic Stricken, I Flee,” Umbilical also finds room for the grunge song structures and riffs that have been creeping to the forefront of the band’s sound since Rhea Sylvia and May Our Chambers Be Full.

Like their chimerical American metal brethren Inter Arma, it doesn’t matter how many influences the band stuff into one album. They are all unified in sound under the banner of Thou. Bryan Funck’s acid-bit vocals are unmistakable and apparently unchangeable after 20 throat-shredding years. Also unchangeable? Thou’s ability to craft the most metallic-sounding guitar tone out there. As the standard bearer for…hell, as the entire sum of the second generation of Louisiana sludge, the sound they’ve forged isn’t the kind of sloppy muck you may associate with the term. It’s certainly thick, but it has a quality like two enormous steel I-beams violently striking each other. Album opener “Narcissist’s Prayer” starts with a chugging guitar line, but as soon as the central riff hits, it’s like a series of mini bomb blasts. That feeling of shell shock doesn’t let up for 48 minutes.

There are killer songs all across Umbilical, but the crowning achievement here is “House of Ideas.” After the whip-cracking intro, the hardcore riffs hit with enough torque to pull a hill up a mountain. From there, things settle into a nasty groove that in turn gives way to an absolutely sick guitar line for the fadeout. Just below this high point are cuts like “Narcissist’s Prayer,” which sets the tone of the album with the repeated refrain of “It’s time to die, so die,” the miserably lurching “Lonely Vigil” and the seemingly lost Heathen cut “Siege Perilous.” Meanwhile, “Promise” is the band’s best “grunge” song they’ve written and could have been a 90s alt-radio hit with less distortion and different vocals. If I had one nit to pick with the record, it’s that things drag a bit between “Unbidden Guest” and “I Return as Chained to You,” but Dolph lists the latter as one of his highlights, so take that with a grain of salt.

I never had much doubt that if I ever got my hands on a Thou review, they’d deliver for me. Still, it’s nice to see them in such fine form just before their 20th anniversary as a band. Umbilical is a different beast than their classic Heathen or their top-notch collaborative albums, but it’s Thou through and through, and that’s a great thing.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Sacred Bones Records
Websites: thou.bandcamp.com | instagram.com/thou_band_official
Releases Worldwide: May 31st, 2024

#2024 #40 #AmericanMetal #DoomMetal #Grunge #Hardcore #InterArma #May24 #Review #Reviews #SacredBonesRecords #Sludge #Thou #Umbilical #Zao

Thou – Umbilical Review

By Cherd

When I first came on as a writer here, I had all kinds of ideas about what bands I’d be reviewing before the reality of seniority fully hit me in the solar plexus. I wanted to review Pallbearer. I got there, but I had to wait until they…uh…weren’t that good anymore and other, more senior writers moved on. I wanted to review Panopticon. Still waiting on that one. Same with YOB. I wanted to review Inter Arma, and Grymm surprisingly took pity on a n00b, so I’m forever grateful for that. Today I get to check off another goal. When Akerblogger left these halls, I loudly proclaimed dibs on any future Thou records before his body was even cold out the door, but then he was pretty inconsiderate for hanging on as long as he did. Thou, prolific as they are, have yet to release anything I don’t at least like, and usually love. Now that my moment to review them has finally come, will eighth full-length1 Umbilical be all I hoped for?

When Umbilical was announced, Thou hinted that this release would shift their sound from the sludge/doom they’re known for toward overt hardcore punk. That certainly plays out in frothing-at-the-mouth cuts like “Emotional Terrorist,” and “I Feel Nothing When You Cry.” That said, don’t expect a D-beat here. At their most up-tempo, these Louisiana boys sound a fair bit like Zao, which isn’t a bad thing in the least. If you’re a huge fan of their slow stuff, don’t worry. “Lonely Vigil” and the excellent closer “Siege Perilous” are vintage Thou, with disgustingly heavy doom grooves that forcefully separate you from any hope or happiness. In late album cuts “The Promise” and “Panic Stricken, I Flee,” Umbilical also finds room for the grunge song structures and riffs that have been creeping to the forefront of the band’s sound since Rhea Sylvia and May Our Chambers Be Full.

Like their chimerical American metal brethren Inter Arma, it doesn’t matter how many influences the band stuff into one album. They are all unified in sound under the banner of Thou. Bryan Funck’s acid-bit vocals are unmistakable and apparently unchangeable after 20 throat-shredding years. Also unchangeable? Thou’s ability to craft the most metallic-sounding guitar tone out there. As the standard bearer for…hell, as the entire sum of the second generation of Louisiana sludge, the sound they’ve forged isn’t the kind of sloppy muck you may associate with the term. It’s certainly thick, but it has a quality like two enormous steel I-beams violently striking each other. Album opener “Narcissist’s Prayer” starts with a chugging guitar line, but as soon as the central riff hits, it’s like a series of mini bomb blasts. That feeling of shell shock doesn’t let up for 48 minutes.

There are killer songs all across Umbilical, but the crowning achievement here is “House of Ideas.” After the whip-cracking intro, the hardcore riffs hit with enough torque to pull a hill up a mountain. From there, things settle into a nasty groove that in turn gives way to an absolutely sick guitar line for the fadeout. Just below this high point are cuts like “Narcissist’s Prayer,” which sets the tone of the album with the repeated refrain of “It’s time to die, so die,” the miserably lurching “Lonely Vigil” and the seemingly lost Heathen cut “Siege Perilous.” Meanwhile, “Promise” is the band’s best “grunge” song they’ve written and could have been a 90s alt-radio hit with less distortion and different vocals. If I had one nit to pick with the record, it’s that things drag a bit between “Unbidden Guest” and “I Return as Chained to You,” but Dolph lists the latter as one of his highlights, so take that with a grain of salt.

I never had much doubt that if I ever got my hands on a Thou review, they’d deliver for me. Still, it’s nice to see them in such fine form just before their 20th anniversary as a band. Umbilical is a different beast than their classic Heathen or their top-notch collaborative albums, but it’s Thou through and through, and that’s a great thing.

Rating: 4.0/5.0
DR: 6 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Sacred Bones Records
Websites: thou.bandcamp.com | instagram.com/thou_band_official
Releases Worldwide: May 31st, 2024

#2024 #40 #AmericanMetal #DoomMetal #Grunge #Hardcore #InterArma #May24 #Review #Reviews #SacredBonesRecords #Sludge #Thou #Umbilical #Zao

The scenes should be so greatful to still have #zao around after 20 plus years

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Top 10: Metal Albums of 2006
The latter half of the 00s were a transitional period for metal, although the same can be said for the latter half of every decade in metal history thus far. The Ozzfest fueled mania of nu/a

https://defendersofthefaithmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2006/

#MetalAlbumsof2006 #DefendersOfTheFaith #Top10 #HeavyMetal #WorshipMusic #Zao #CallToPreserve #AversionsCrown #Unearth #LambOfGod #AsHellRetreats #Crowbar #WindsOfPlague #TheChariot

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#DefendersoftheFaith
Top 10: Metal Albums of 2006
The latter half of the 00s were a transitional period for metal, although the same can be said for the latter half of every decade in metal history thus far. The Ozzfest fueled mania of nu/a

https://defendersofthefaithmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2006/

#MetalAlbumsof2006 #DefendersOfTheFaith #Top10 #HeavyMetal #WorshipMusic #Zao #CallToPreserve #AversionsCrown #Unearth #LambOfGod #AsHellRetreats #Crowbar #WindsOfPlague #TheChariot

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#DefendersoftheFaith
Top 10: Metal Albums of 2006
The latter half of the 00s were a transitional period for metal, although the same can be said for the latter half of every decade in metal history thus far. The Ozzfest fueled mania of nu/a

https://defendersofthefaithmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2006/

#MetalAlbumsof2006 #DefendersOfTheFaith #Top10 #HeavyMetal #WorshipMusic #Zao #CallToPreserve #AversionsCrown #Unearth #LambOfGod #AsHellRetreats #Crowbar #WindsOfPlague #TheChariot

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#DefendersoftheFaith
Top 10: Metal Albums of 2006
The latter half of the 00s were a transitional period for metal, although the same can be said for the latter half of every decade in metal history thus far. The Ozzfest fueled mania of nu/a

https://defendersofthefaithmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2006/

#MetalAlbumsof2006 #DefendersOfTheFaith #Top10 #HeavyMetal #WorshipMusic #Zao #CallToPreserve #AversionsCrown #Unearth #LambOfGod #AsHellRetreats #Crowbar #WindsOfPlague #TheChariot

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#DefendersoftheFaith
Top 10: Metal Albums of 2006
The latter half of the 00s were a transitional period for metal, although the same can be said for the latter half of every decade in metal history thus far. The Ozzfest fueled mania of nu/a

https://defendersofthefaithmetal.com/top-10-metal-albums-of-2006/

#MetalAlbumsof2006 #DefendersOfTheFaith #Top10 #HeavyMetal #WorshipMusic #Zao #CallToPreserve #AversionsCrown #Unearth #LambOfGod #AsHellRetreats #Crowbar #WindsOfPlague #TheChariot

Winter, Skifahren in Japan? Ja, kein Problem. Und das macht sogar richtig Spaß hier. Ich war für 2 Tage in Zao, Yamagata Präfektur.
Wenige Leute, gutes Wetter und Unterkunft, nettes Personal von der Pension... hier komme ich bestimmt wieder zurück.

#winter #ski #japan #zao #yamagata

WeChat restricts controversial video face-swapping app Zao, citing “security risks” - Zao went viral in China this weekend for its realistic face-swapping videos, but after controversy a... more: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/beDMkFnL2o8/ #faceswapping #deepfakes #startups #tencent #wechat #weixin #china #apps #zao #tc

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In case you haven't heard, #ZAO is a Chinese app which completely blew up since Friday. Best application of 'Deepfake'-style AI facial replacement I've ever seen.

Here's an example of me as DiCaprio (generated in under 8 secs from that one photo in the thumbnail) 🤯

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AllanXia/status/1168049059413643265

There are not enough clips of #zao app users turned into movie star characters on the western internet, I want to watch at least ten more