#seeyouspacecowboy...

BY THE WAY SORRY I DIDNT MENTION IT WHEN IT HAPPENED BUT LAST WEEK I GOT TO SEE SEEYOUSPACECOWBOY AND STATIC DRESS AND IT WAS THE AWESOMEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE

i got to meet connie from sysc and i told her how grateful i am for sysc's music and what it has done to me but i fucked uo every word and i was on the verge of tears

also also i finally bought my fav album of all time and got soooo many ppl to sign it AHHHH IM SO HAPPY

Then I would fall in love

But I need a dead end and a live wire

Like I need a hole in my- That's enough

You make a drunk want another round

Pouring gas on the fire

I try to make it hurt

You try to make me a liar, take it or leave it

(These are in order of their release. Otherwise, I love them all the same.)

Working With God by Melvins

Murder Season by Black Knife

The Lunar Injection Kool Aid Eclipse Conspiracy by Rob Zombie

The Crimson Corridor by Zao

Eternal Hails...... by Darkthrone

The Silver Scream 2: Welcome to Horrorwood by Ice Nine Kills

Colors II by Between the Buried and Me

Kostolom by Slaughter to Prevail

Garden of Burning Apparitions by Full of Hell

In the Court of the Dragon by Trivium

Kin by Whitechapel

Christfucker by Portrayal of Guilt

The Romance of Affliction by SeeYouSpaceCowboy...

Persona Non Grata by Exodus

Break and Cross the Walls 1 by Man with a Mission

Runners-Up:

A History of Nomadic Behavior by Eyehategod

Hell Unleashed by Evile

...And Again Into the Light by Panopticon

Existence is Futile by Cradle of Filth

The Influence of the 19th Century on Post-Hardcore

A cabaret is a show that is performed in a restaurant or nightclub, and that consists of dancing, singing, or comedy acts.

Styles are cyclical, that much is evident. It’s been 20 years since 2004 and the era is coming back in fashion and in music. Lately I’ve been noticing a shift back to the waltz sound of the late 2000s and early to mid 2010s, not yet the 20 year mark.

This seems to be a general trend, the 20-year rule became the 10-year rule, and it soon may be the 5-year rule. The internet has changed things quite a bit and made eras more accessible. I find it interesting that this sound is coming back with more force than the heavy electronic sound that preceded it (the “nintendocore” and “trancecore” sub-genres. Bands like early I See Stars, I Set My Friends on Fire, This Romantic Tragedy, something I like to call “recession-core” because it was similar to the mainstream music of the time that was more or less a response to the 2008 recession. Upbeat electronic dance music as an escape from economic despair.) I would think that the current economic climate would push music towards that style of sonical excess, but it seems that sound and the related sounds like “crunkcore”, scene, and electronica have seen their share of evolution and influence in hyperpop, which seems to have broken through to the mainstream through TikTok and the sped-up sounds which would’ve been called nightcore back in my day. I’m glad there’s still a relationship between traditionally heavy music and the digital heavy that came from scene music. (Here’s a video on scene fashion that I enjoyed a while ago.) I can’t help but smile when alternative groups stick together, take influence from one another, collaborate, and support one another. Continuing on to the 19th century.

There is much to be said about the influence of the medieval era on all subsequent eras (it’s super cool to learn about, here’s a video on that in fashion, and another on 2024 trend predictions in fashion that I think parallel what I’ll be talking about here). Subsequently, the Renaissance has had a major influence on the entire modern era. Most notably, I can mention the influence William Shakespeare and Leonardo DaVinci had on the arts and sciences. The rise of plays as one of the main forms of entertainment in England led to theater kids, many of whom were also musically inclined and in the alternative scene and ended up making music influenced by their interests. Visually, DaVinci’s mechanical and anatomical sketches have no doubt inspired many visual artists, creatives, engineers, and doctors.