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You Are Being Watched : Filipino Death Metal Amaranhig

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 Yes,  This has been existing for a damn long time. To think, I'm already having a blast listening to the Malaysian Death Metal scene.  There have been many bands. From Kabaong Ni Kamatayan to the 1990s compilation album, Sa Kabilang Anyo Ng Buhay, there has always been the Death Metal scene all over the Philippines and even a lot of festivals for this great genre. Time to get started.  AMARANHIG is Tagalog Death Metal .  Lyrics about killing . Lyrics about gore , suffering and yeah, meeting that Grim Reaper guy. Lyrics about a rotting body. But in our beautiful language. Read this. Then don't read this. Then listen . AMARANHIG on Spotify Photo c/o AMARANHIG's Bandcamp page

Forty : The Age To Grind

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  Forty : The Year To Grind Decibel Magazine told me to listen to Collapsed Skull and I did. I have a secret to tell you. I’am nearing 40 and I’m actually loving my first listening moments of powerviolence, emoviolence ,grindcore and post-metal I have lost my head. I will find it again screaming and growling. Let that be our little secret. While at it, listen to all music. Forty might be the year to grind. I’m just getting started. 

GagofTheDay June 26 2024

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  I have heard that one of the greatest musicians ever , Brian May is also an astrophysicist.  Add music to your life and keep making it  Too Much LAB will kill you

Hanggang Tugtugan Lang Tayo

 Crustcore Metalcore  Singer  Hanggang tugtugan lang tayo Hanggang tugtugan lang Ako ay mahilig sa death metal Crustcore Hardcore Ngunit ako'y may natuklasan sa'yo Pagkatapos mo sumigaw ng galit na liriko  Tungkol sa society, tungkol sa alienation Habang yung gitarista mo ay gumawa ng riff Binilisang Aerosmith at Eagles' Hotel California style guitar solo Dapat yun ang naging red flag ko Dahil ako'y may natuklasan. Nakikinig ka ng Nina "Love Moves In Mysterious Ways" Nakahiga  Parang kuya kong maangas at madalas nakakairita Hindi ko ito maiiwasan Ngunit hindi ko ito matatanggap  Habang yung drummer mo ay nagpapaka-Lars Ulrich at Joey Jordison Binilisan din, parang nag Star Rice o nag Ovaltine  Paborito ko lahat yun. Ngunit tayo, dear singer Hanggang tugtugan lang Hanggang tugtugan lang

Isang Araw sa Sweden - Songs From The Second Floor ni Roy Andersson

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 Madalas na ako gagawa ng blog post na ganito dahil obsessed ako sa Sweden . Sa musika, sa disenyo, sa mga political ideas  At ngayon sa pelikula Akala ko focused on just art films at yung madalas kailangan yung atensyon mo ay subsob sa panunuod nung pelikula.  Pero ito ,hindi.  May mga sitwasyon na parehong nakakaiyak at nakakatawa. Mayroon  mga references sa kasaysayan na ginawang eksaherado. Mayroong mga kalokohan na ginagawa ng mga taong dapat tumutulong sa'yo tulad ng isang nagpapanggap na doktor.  Hindi ko babanggitin ang mga nangyari. Nasa YouTube ang pelikula . Pero sasabihin ko ang pagtuklas ng viewer sa mga masasamang nangyayari, ginagawa ni Andersson na katawa-tawa at eksaherado.  Isa siyang "call out " sa mga kagaguhan ng tao. Hindi niya ginawang moralist. Ginawa niyang art. 

Black ,Death, Doom , Sludge : Oras Na

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 Ako'y isang tao na laging nakakarinig ng opinion na ganito ang perspektibo .  "Gusto ko ng Rock. Gusto ko ng alternative. Pero ayaw ko yung mga ( Biglang mag ga-growl , kahit walang skill o talent para atupagin ito ").  Hanggang sa dumating ang araw na mejo maganda na pakinggan ang mga ganitong banda na tumutugtog ng ganitong musika.   Alam ko pabaligtad ang aking pagtanda. Pero pagtanda pa rin ang bagsak nun. Ang alam ko lang, mas madalas ang aking pag asam sa mga tugtog ng death, black, doom at sludge metal at ang mga eksena sa Japan, India, Malaysia. Meron pa ngang Saudi Arabian band na na feature sa Vice Magazine at may posibilidad na ma-pugutan ng ulo ng kanilang gobyerno pag malaman na mayroong silang death metal band So far, ito ang listahan  ko. Ako'y 40 na. Oras na mag Extreme Metal .  1. Cannibal Corpse -  Tomb Of The Mutilated 2. Cannibal Corpse - Chaos Horrific 3.  Samurai -Pendekar Belantara ( Malasyian Death Metal) 4. Summoning...

Tula-La : How It All Started.

  Only a few people would know this. But I play as The Basking Sharks . You can listen to my music at  thebaskingsharks.bandcamp.com or thebaskingsharksmusic.bandcamp.com.  But I won't post anything about that right now. So here's the story of Tula-La. Back then, disillusioned with music, I decided to become a Spoken Word Poet.  I befriended local poet Kooky Tuason and we did performances in  nightclubs, restaurants and coffee houses. We even performed in an ad agency.  Recently, I caught up with her and she told me that there will be spoken word gigs soon.  We don't get paid performing. Sometimes we do. But here in The Philippines, that hardly happens. So what's important is that I have merch.  Kooky has all this merch and all these books.  So me and some really great musicians hit the studio. We did guitar, drums and my newly-written verses.  Soon, a lot of them turned into Tape Music and there were other musicians involved, including ...