Lord Of The Lost - Tumblr Posts

rules: go to this website and create an album wall using 7 of your favorite albums.

tagged by @sikoi​ , thank you! :з 

●  esoterica - in dreams  ●  lord of the lost - thornstar  ●  bring me the horizon - sempiternal  ●  caligula’s horse - rise radiant  ●  imminence - turn the light on  ●  marilyn manson - the pale emperor  ●  motionless in white - disguise 

p.s .. It was very difficult. I have many favorite albums in my arsenal. But in this case, I chose some significant songs that changed something in me.

i tag @acid-inserts @myopicshen @evellsims @ciemnyfeainne @greate-shake and anyone who wants. 

How I feel when Pi Stoffers, Till Lindemann, or John Alfredsson talk:

When you don't know anyone who listens to Lord Of The Lost in Hungary and in oktober you'll need someone to come along with you to a concert because you're barely not 18 yet and the venue needs an adult for under 18 people...

Eurovision 2023

Trying to process my thoughts about last night in the form of a tumblr post...

Firstly, which songs are stuck in my head today? Well, Cha Cha Cha by Käärijä (Finland), natch, but also Promise by Voyager (Australia), and Who the hell is Edgar? by Teya and Selena (Austria)

Positives

Croatia's Let 3 made it to the left of the board! Yesss!

I'd normally be the first person to criticise the BBC, but I actually feel they did a good job considering. Admittedly my expectations going into this were kinda low, but they didn't make it too, erm, BBC 😅

Also, Hannah Waddingham. New favourite Eurovision presenter. Clearly feeling very protective of Julia Sanina. Presence, crowd control ("We don't boo in this house"). Queen.

Abolishing the jury vote from the semi-finals was a big success. Not all of my favourites got through (sorry Iceland 😢 ), but we had some amazing performers reach the finals that I'm not convinced would have in previous years.

Negatives

There were a number of artists whos performances in the final were not as good as in the semis... I'm thinking particularly Serbia and Australia, which were two of my favourites coming into the final.

Why did Germany and Spain score so badly? I keep telling myself that part of the answer to that is the old thing about the way the points work, if a song is everyone's 11th favourate out of the 26 entries, it'll get zero points, but still... I feel these were objectively two of the best performances of the night, both technically and in terms of everything else. Still very annoyed by this, they were two of my favourites. At least no-one got nil points this year.

On a related note, who was voting for Israel and Poland?! I know that musical taste is a personal thing (believe me, I know :D ) but Poland's song had no energy to it, and the highlight picked for Iceland was the dance break, with no singing...

?????

I'm not sure what else I can add about the winner/second place that hasn't already been said. We love out green cha cha cha-ing blorbo. Europe loves him. The legend of Käärijä will live on!

Related, I felt that Loreen's performance in the reprise was much better than during the main part of the competition... what happened?

Norway put in a very technical performance, and I really want to like it, but as I've been saying all week, there wasn't enough texture, not enough light and shade to the song as it was peformed. We were also missing the growl in Alessandra's vocals from the semi.

Where was the audience interaction? I get that the focus is always going to be getting votes from home, so a lot of the staging will focus on that, but it's still a live music event, and it was disappointing to only notice Belgium and Germany playing to the crowd.

I've yet to listen to the recorded versions of the songs yet (that's my lunch time listening this week), but from what I hear from @itseverydaybear some of the songs that didn't make a great impression in the semis sound much better. I suspect there will be some sleeper hits in there...

Anyhow, catch you later, just going to listen to The HARDKISS and Jann (Poland televoter's choice to represent them this year - once again for those at the back, time to abolish juries...!)

As a bonus, here's Lord of the Lost covering Queen of Kings (they have even more covers on their youtube chanel, it's worth a look!)

From my Spotify 'Your Top Songs 2023';

#27 - Because of You, by Gustaph (Belgium)

#36 - Cha Cha Cha, by Käärijä (Finland)

(I'm surprised that Luke Black isn't in there, since Samo mi se spava made it onto multiple of my playlists this year)

Bonus: #47 Gladiator, by Jann (does this count? :) )

As for my choice;

Cha Cha Cha, by Käärijä (Finland)

2. Samo mi se spava , by Luke Black (Serbia)

3. Because of You, by Gustaph (Belgium)

4. EAEA, by Blanca Palomo (Spain)

5. Mama ŠČ! by Let 3 (Croatia)

Obviously the exact order varies depending on the day of the week...

Closely followed by Marco Mengoli, TEYA & SALINA, Voyager, Lord of the Lost, & Diljá...

Eurovision 2023 Spotify Wrapped edition: which were your top 5 songs?

Panoptikum

Die Kreatur

Somehow this release flew under my radar, which I feel is more on Napalm Records than me, probably being buried under an armada of pirate metal. Dero of Oomph! and Chris Harms of Lord of the Lost combine forces for a new Neue Deutsche Härte outing as Die Kreatur.

This project definitely draws from both musicians' respective sonic tendencies. I find several of the tracks particularly remind me of Oomph!'s amazing album Ritual, released last year. I would also guess that is where this project formed, considering Chris Harms' guest spot on "Europa" off that album. However I find the first half of the album tends to be more aggressively abrasive in sound than most material either musician has recently released. Which is not a bad thing, and definitely roots the album more in metal than rock. Harsh vocals abound, particularly from Harms, and many of the songs are rapid and full blast. The latter half seems to mellow just a tad, with a little more symphonic and even medieval metal elements, particularly with tracks like "Schlafes Braut," and "Glück Auf!," Overall though it retains the industrial metal crunch throughout. I have not picked a favorite track yet, but I find " Mensch/Maschine," "Zwei 100%," and "Unzertrennlich" mighty enjoyable.

If you enjoy Industrial metal / Neue Deutsche Härte, I strongly encourage checking out this album.

You can pick up a copy from Napalm Records, digitally on Bandcamp, and on Amazon.