#foscor

July is over, but this series goes on. Let's see them honorable mentions.

Phosphenes - People You Love Become Ghosts Morbid Violence - Knights Evictus - The Heart of Pandora Aural Vampire - Flare Stack Hatemagick - God ov Worms Eleine - Echoes Fleesh - Time Lapse Helion Prime - Silent Skies Vrsty - Neon 69 Chambers - Metamorphose 69 Chambers - Chemical Poetry Chaos Heidi - Anubis (Septicflesh cover) Twenty One Pilots - Jumpsuit/ Crystal Viper - At the Edge of Time Aquaria - Your Majesty Gaia Desdaemona - Invisible Thread Hell City - Your Darkest Hour 69 Chambers - Machine Aeternitas - A Case of Revenge Lullacry - Crucify My Heart Allamedah - Perspective Soul Desire - Rapture Lejana - The Dirty adn the Beast Eluveitie - Ira Sancti (When the Saints are Going Wild) [Powerwolf cover] Flyleaf - Broken Wings Tomoko Tane - Broken Wings I:Scintilla - Boxing Glove

And now for these obsessions.

1) To Paint the Sky - The Ghost

I recently cracked into my old YouTube account and decided to check out some of the music I was into back in the day and found this song. I'm honestly shocked by the fact that I genuinely enjoy this track. It's a catchy, fun jam and it's got emo/scene queen written all over it, but I really enjoy it.

2) Charli XCX - 5 in the Morning

I got curious as to why gay twitter was all over this song, so I decided to give it a listen and holy hell is this song absolutely amazing. I was blasting this song for weeks. It's such an epic jam. I really need to look more into her music.

3) Once - The Hour of Eden's Fall

I knew that their music was going to be amazing and was very excited when I heard they were going to be dropping their debut single, but I wasn't expecting this. This is some dramatic and powerful symphonic metal goodness right here. I've been a fan of Alina Lesnik for a few years now and I'm so happy that her own project is finally releasing music. I can't wait for the album to drop, because it's bound to be full of many more epic tracks, and maybe some even better than this one.

4) Zeromancer - Send Me an Angel

Another track I found on my old YT account. This song grew on me so quickly. Like I already enjoyed it, but as I continued to listen to it, I got really hooked on it. It has a really great industrial rock vibe going on with it that I really dig.

5) Ariana Grande - God is a Woman

This song is everything. Of all the songs she's released, this has to be my favorite. I know the gays are probably mad that I'm saying this, but this surpassed Into You for me. It's so powerful and beautiful and is absolutely everything. And the video. Oh my god, the video is STUNNING. And I love the screaming furry friends. So much yes.

6) Florence + the Machine - The End of Love

Not gonna lie, her new album didn't impress me that much, but this song really stood out to me. It's songs like this why I love Florence. You can hear so many of the beautiful dimensions of her voice here. It's full of so many emotions and is so captivating. Absolutely love it.

7) Foscor - Encenalls de Mort

Found this song through their record label. It's a really chill post rock/metal track. It might even fall into the blackgaze category, but I'm not familiar with that genre at all, so don't take my word for it. Anyways, this is a great track to just veg out to. It's very soft and soothing, but also has this broody kind of atmosphere to it.

8) Estrum - Abiosis

Once again, another find from my old YT account. I'm so glad I found this song, because I've had the music video for it stuck in my head for a few months now. This is a really great gothic metal track and I love how deep the singer's voice gets during the verses. I also love it when a female singer can hit some low notes. I'm definitely am gonna check out more from them.

9) WonderOnce - Morrigu

This was a random YT find and I absolutely need to hear more from them. This is such an epic symphonic metal track. The fantasy vibes are so real here. It has such a catchy feel to it. I love the blending of all the singers' voices. It just adds to the epicness of the track.

10) Synkvervet - Room of Angel (Akira Yamaoka cover)

I rekindled my love for this wonderful cover. I honestly prefer this over the original. These guys are such a great blackened symphonic gothic metal band and they turned this cover the fuck out. It's so beautiful and still just as haunting as the original, just with some added drama, and we all know how I feel about dramatic music at this point.

11) Thy Shade - Dies Irae

These guys recently released a video for my favorite song off their debut album. This song is powerful and dramatic. Pure symphonic gothic metal right here. It has some Therion vibes to it which fuels my love for it even more. I will say this though, the studio version is way more epic since they cut a decent amount out for the video. I hope they have more songs like this on their next album. And I also hope their front woman's voice has gotten a lot stronger since this release.

12) We are the Catalyst - One More Day

I'm always seeing an ad for them on Facebook and this song is always playing and it finally got stuck in my head. This is easily one of my favorites from them. It's so simple, but the amount of energy and emotion they put into it really makes it what it is.

13) Rhapsody of Fire - Magic of the Wizard's Dream feat. Christopher Lee

Ok. How am I just learning that Christopher was an opera singer? Not only that, but that he also did a song with Rhapsody of Fire? Holy tits. This is such an amazing duet. Fabio's voice is already so iconic and wonderful, but the two of them together is a match made in heaven. Such a powerful ballad track.

14) The Gathering - Eleanor

I recently got my hands on a copy of Mandylion, which is probably my favorite album of theirs from their doom days. This song wound up really sticking on me. It's a lot faster than a lot of the tracks off the album and has really pretty "orchestrations" in it. Such a gorgeous track.

15) Twenty One Pilots - Nico and the Niners

I've never really bought into the hype with these guys, but I really dig this track. I'm a sucker for pitch shift harmonies and that's exactly what this song has. But the vibe of this track is so cool. It has a bit of a trip hop kind of vibe to it and the chorus is really catchy. And don't get me started on that epic bridge.

16) Yuki Kajiura - Bloody Rabbit

I got curious as to what all anime soundtracks this iconic composer/singer has done and found out she did Pandora Hearts. I haven't gotten around to watching it, but I read the whole manga and it's a really cool story. This track is just pure amazingness. I miss the days when a lot her songs were like this; when they had this progressive pop vibe to them. Don't get me wrong, I love her cinematic stuff, but the pop and rock stuff are always gonna be my favorites.