Tortuga

Not a recent death as such, but sometimes it seems like it was just yesterday that I spoke to her for the first time...
Tristessa from Astarte ( Maria Kolokouri ) died on August 10th 2014 from complications related to leukemia. We can all talk about how terrible cancer is, but I would rather tell how Tristessa was when she was alive!m
I got in touch with her after having bought the debut CD from Astarte and then contacting her to request an interview, after having written a review for a Danish underground music magazine called Metal Poisoning. She wrote back sending me a huge envolope with what seemed like a zillion flyers for obscure Greek black metal bands, a copy of their second album, a few post cards with even more obscure black metal bands, a very freindly hand written letter including an e-mail adress where I could contact her to arrange a time for a phone interview. Damn, I miss the late 90's early 2000's...these days it would just be a short e-mail reply and a few links
What had really taken me by surprise when listening to Astarte for the very first time was how that girl could....GROWL!!!! She was bloody amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What took me by an even bigger surprise was how gentle and girly she sounded on the phone...I had expected a raspy butch voice and what did I hear??? A little girl voice...now that is what I call talent!!!!! And she was the sweetest person imaginable...first off she was thrilled that anyone could even be bothered to take her and her band seriously, second off she knew her metal!!!! And thirdly she had a cracking sense of humour: after the actual interview had ended we talked a while longer about goddesses, European paganism, and those bloody sodding men in the metal scene...who were so sodding bloody stubborn and old fashioned to not give girl bands a decent chance and what the bloody hell we felt like doing to them (cudos to you for counting how many times I have written "bloody" so far) including strapping Sakis (Rotting Christ) to a wall using bondage gear...and having one hell of a laugh about it
Years later I found her on Myspace, we greeted and added eacother on our freinds list...and mourned together when Ronnie James Dio died. 
I miss her.....
 
 

I just wrote a blog about goth last night. So I just want to share some thought about on this forum, too. 
In general every genre in rock and metal goes through it's ups and downs...when it first appears most shun it for being too weird ( the ones who get into it at that very early stage usually give up very quickly or stick at it for decades to come), then more become curious and begin to love it for it's novelty, fresh appeal, "new strong blood" feeling, or plain and simple shock effect ( those who get into it for the latter tend to dissappear very quickly too) and then comes a low period with a few "renaissances"...the people who are into it then are into it because they really like and feel connected to the specific musical genre..and that is what really counts!!!!
I do not know why, but many people do have a tendency to shun their past...those who have moved to other pastures will look down on a talk bad about their goth, punk, skin, metal days etc...but never really give an answer to why other than "I grew up" or "I evolved"...well, congratulations but before praising and celebrating your new and amazing self, then remember that your past made you who you are today! Personally I hate when bands shun their past: so you like bashing your former goth metal self, but I bet you loved the attention and free beers that you got when you were pale as a vampire back when the 90's were old and the millenium was still all fresh and new!!! Bands can play what ever genre they like, but it's when they start bashing their roots that I stop listening to them!
I will always love goth myself from gothic architecture and litterature to goth rock/metal...it might deem me completely unfashionable, but goth has never been about following the trend. And yes, I can imagine that it must feel a bit sore when the amount of gigs you get to play seem to only decrease and when your following dwindles from zillions to a small but dedicated crowd...but I will always have much more respect to those who stick by their guns than those who are ashame and bitch about their pass...so fuck you, Pantera!!!!!!!
I need to buy some new CD's...last time I had to get hold of some Dio before going totally insane (and as you can tell, I have not lost it completely yet)... and now I want some goth metal. Can anyone give me a list of the more recent and unknown bands who are well worth listening to?

To me, negativity is despair, sadness, being manipulated, and toxic relationships/people...but not anger!!! And I think that the vast majority of people have experienced at least some of the above at some point in their lives.
Some deal with it by finding comfort in drugs and alcohol, some just learn to live with it, some copy the behavior of those abusing them to in, out of sheer frustration,  kick those who are below in the pecking order...and then there are those who find a much healthier way to deal with the shyte life offers you by using the arts as an outlet...in this case metal music!
There is nothing negative about metal music...it has never made me feel abused, manipulated, or decieved. There is a lot of brainwashing, toxicity, and abuse going in this at many times screwed up worlds of ours, but if that is what one craves then all one needs to do is to read a news site or turn on the T.V...not listen to metal!
On my music blog which due to certain circumstances is a bit dead at the moment, I wrote about goth music, another to many, dark genre. To me darkness is not negativity, it is creativness, self expression -and awareness etc. it is not always but in many cases a very healthy way to deal with life's hurdles etc. The people who are really suffering are those who are so scared of the darkness that they let bright illusions lead them astray!

Yeah, I miss him too :S We need more people like him in this world, not less...but I fear that there will never be anyone quite like Lemmy again.

I like the old stuff like Loudness and early X-Japan etc. But other wise, let's just say that my knowledge on more recent  Asian metal is very limited. I did however stumble over an interesting band from Mongolia on YouTube recently called The Hu which delivers some fine folk metal.

Lita Ford - Back to the cave
In a mellow 80's mood to night. 

For you, divine goddess, I'd imagine it's nothing more than the usual nightly flight turbulence that you experience when you astrally project around the cosmos. 
 
However, in your case, I'd wager that it's the karmic result of all of those Christopher Reeve jokes you made as a child come back to haunt you. Or maybe you're a martyr meant to suffer for all of Cthulhu's sins.

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Wow, also very cool!!
And thanks ?
I've been trying to teach myself to paint for about six months now. Haven't done anything particularly 'metal' so far (or indeed anything good ?) but anyway...

 



 

To me, negativity is despair, sadness, being manipulated, and toxic relationships/people...but not anger!!! And I think that the vast majority of people have experienced at least some of the above at some point in their lives.
Some deal with it by finding comfort in drugs and alcohol, some just learn to live with it, some copy the behavior of those abusing them to in, out of sheer frustration,  kick those who are below in the pecking order...and then there are those who find a much healthier way to deal with the shyte life offers you by using the arts as an outlet...in this case metal music!
There is nothing negative about metal music...it has never made me feel abused, manipulated, or decieved. There is a lot of brainwashing, toxicity, and abuse going in this at many times screwed up worlds of ours, but if that is what one craves then all one needs to do is to read a news site or turn on the T.V...not listen to metal!
On my music blog which due to certain circumstances is a bit dead at the moment, I wrote about goth music, another to many, dark genre. To me darkness is not negativity, it is creativness, self expression -and awareness etc. it is not always but in many cases a very healthy way to deal with life's hurdles etc. The people who are really suffering are those who are so scared of the darkness that they let bright illusions lead them astray!

Some people thinks this is a nasty and weird animal to have but it's the best thing that happened in my life.
Here's my little lovely dove named "Nugget"
(first photo is one week after I rescued her)

 

 

Older male cat (Bruce) had 4 teeth removed yesterday at the vets.  I sat in an all day meeting at work worrying myself stupid over him and he came home and immediately wolfed his food down like nothing had happened.  The cats are tougher than me, i fixed a door hinge this morning and have twisted my elbow in the process (insert facepalm gif).

Let's all take a moment to admire this post.
I love this thread.

Absolutely not. There's no room for humour in metal. Abbath frowns upon all.

I've been to hundreds of gigs and I can't recall anyone doing this. I think it sort of reached its apex in the 70s and slowly dwindled from there. 

Speaking about medications, it reminds me of my favorite Beavis & Butthead quote. Beavis was watching a commercial for diarrhea medicine and said, "Those diarrhea medicines just don't work. I took some for a whole week one time and I didn't get diarrhea once! . . . about a month later I popped a brick though . . . I still have it in my sock drawer if you wanna see."

Splendid idea. I'll tell you the story of my life. We could call it Interview With The Vampire.
Give it about 27 years and you'll remember. Or maybe It will remember in 27 years... 
 

Crashdiet - We are the legion. 

This is exactly the future that I thought would happen to Vampyrique!! Creepy.... 

Tigertailz -  Love Bomb Baby

I am not that keen on job interviews either, not because I do not know what to say, but because so many employers are just lousy interviewers.
But to calm my nerves I always imagine the worst case scenario, which in a job interview case is that they will tell you that you are not right for the job and should they act rude during the interview well then you can always get up and leave. 
Any scenario or situation: prepair for the worst, hope for the best. It might sound pessimistic, but it has saved me a lot of trouble. 

I have seen the trailer and well...I think I'll just go a scratch my bum in some corner instead!!!!!