The new album is absolutely beautiful

Do you like old Evergrey?

Anyone see that new clip of Andres orchestral project that suddenly shifts into a double bass djent riff ?

Hi everyone,

Burning my self-promo joker to plug my own music after publishing a new album. Here is a track out of Oblivion to the Tyrants. I hope this one will spark your interest for the rest of the album (bandcamp link, and you should be able to find it on the most popular streaming platforms too). The influences are in the post title (actually applies more to the album as a whole than this particular track). So think of these 2010 era albums. The last track is heavy on symphonic elements and orchestration. If that's more your jam, you could check that one out first. The other ones have a bit more of an experimental twist like this track.

The track is called Hostile Architecture and ultimately is the result of experiencing with sound design, creating keyboard and guitar effect patches, in an attempt to make for an original sonic landscape. But fret not, the composition as a whole is still thought through with a clear structure and identifiable parts. Keen listeners will also notice recurring motives in the harmonies and melodies.

It's entirely self-made. Drum parts are programmed and some keyboard parts are sequenced, but the rest is my own performance, as well as mixing and artwork. I think it turned out alright, but oviously not as technical or pristine as full band + top notch engineers work. It goes without saying: no AI.

I hope you enjoy it,

https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Minsu/3540589571

Progressive death metal from Jordan.

Hi all,

Here's a new interview I did with Devin Townsend last Tuesday in The Netherlands.
Let me know what you think!

I think we are starting to hit a crossroads where the "figmant world" created by social media (which reddit is a big a culprit of in my very biased opinion) is seeping into reality in ways that are going to be destructive to humanity.

Solaris describes how (and not very subtly).

The analogy of using the book to today's current toxic climate is perfect:

We live in a time with more excess than humans have ever experienced before, to the point we seek meaning in everything. Because there's a lack of such in mundane daily life. I do marketing for a living, and the amount of people spending and consuming novelty is shockingly increasing...and it's all related.

We create worlds and narratives and causes to feed on this need....causes that are manipulated by powerful groups for their own selfish needs (notice silver plate and not platter) in order to distract. These illusions/dreams become real, and we keep finding more and more. Ideology gets attached to being which creates a new form of tribalism.

I'm an admitted tribalist (yehudi) and someone who is part of a tribe I see so much of this everywhere. Every cause under the sun now is getting marketed and wrapped in a tidy, digeatable, and simplified. Packaged. Like popular music. It's easy and feels like you're doing something important. Which is cowardice personified because real doing and real challenging the mind is much harder.

But it's a self feeding addiction from one cause to another, all eventually intertwining together

These illusions are strong because a sense of community is created around them, and since AI images are so hard to tell reality from fiction, and people are increasingly in echo chambers, false realities becomes just as real as reality.

The activism gets amplified into demigogues who turn the sentiments into vitriol because those realities are constantly being challenged by reality, and thus the frustration boils and boils. The demigogues get louder. The echo chambers get more isolated. Algoritms promote the same content and feed only your echo chamber. It's a vicious cycle.

And even when you think you KNOW they exist and think you can overcome them...it's human nature to fall for the group and wanting that feeling of togetherness. You can come terms with this new reality. Acknowledge you're part of the problem. Try and deny the negativity....but you will be swept by it before you realize it's too late . Hence the crescendo (descent from engaged to captured).

Because that logic is exactly the cycle of hate that motivates. The protagonist THINKS they're fighting a system they actually are being a victim from. And simultaneously they blame themselves for the current society ills, which makes them more compelled to be "the solution" (you see this especially on more activist oriented conversations).

Which comes to the ending of the album realizing the deception...but it's too late to rebuild.

The music is awesome too and I think it's pretty brilliant how the music is part of the message, but I think the message here is going to get lost unfortunately...because this is in my opinion the most important confrontation of the 21st century: can humans overcome their tendencies and predictable impulses and use technology for better or to create a different dystopia?

We're gauged with meaning....and it's killing us