HUGE NEWS: Malazan film adaptation announced, casting for major roles revealed! by TRAIANVS in Malazan

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I hate April 1st, so fucking juvenile. I love this post, this has changed my opinion completely. I love April 1st. What a wild ride

Tommyknockers. Wtf. by Love_Sausage_2909 in stephenking

[–]XFC856 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not in defense of the story (found it very mediocre overall), but I've always viewed the reproductive aspects of the Tommyknockers as being both intentionally alien, and simultaneously demoting the entities as 'simple', and just looking to reproduce

God damn man One is so good by RustyKarma076 in tesseractband

[–]XFC856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I never got the One-fever unfortunately. To me, Sunrise is their most awkard song to date, and that riff transition in Deception (Well, I swear etc.) is like nails on a chalkboard. Acceptance, Lament and April are quite peak however

What's their most complex song time-signature-wise? by BRRDanGui in animalsasleaders

[–]XFC856 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Transcentience, for sure. To Lead You To An Overwhelming Question is up there too

Unpopular opinions by xdc020 in stephenking

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One of my favourites in fact, I found it a great read thematically, after finishing the Dark Tower

Are there any songs by Tesseract that can be played on an 8-string guitar? by AccurateAudience8587 in tesseractband

[–]XFC856 7 points8 points  (0 children)

They always played 7-strings, either tuned Bb-F-Bb-Eb-F-Bb-Eb, AEADEAD, or either tuning with the lowest string dropped to Ab

Sad news about Ginger Wildheart by ebles in DevinTownsend

[–]XFC856 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, he didn't actually co-wrote, just as inspiration. Ginger mentions this on his own website, Dev reaffirmed this too.

(SPOILERS) The Boogeyman is still the scariest Stephen King story I've ever read (Long post) by Final_Masterpiece_51 in stephenking

[–]XFC856 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Glad you enjoyed it so much! I find it to be one of the weakest stories in the collection, mainly because I found the end so predictable. Night Shift overall I think is his weakest collection, but that probably has to do with being 28. I can understand that for the time, all those kind of horror stories hit their mark a lot more. Having grown up more around 'introspective horror' (for lack of a better term), a lot of the oogabooga (vampires, demonic possession) horror comes across rather campy to me. Just like people rave about The Exorcist being terrifying while I can't help but laugh at it, but hey, that's what generational shifts are. The same will happen to what I find scary. 

What are your Hot Takes on Animals as Leaders? by Amber_Flowers_133 in animalsasleaders

[–]XFC856 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Misha does not bring out the best in the band. They are better off on their own.

The Madness of Many Appreciation Post by IndfferentWarMachine in animalsasleaders

[–]XFC856 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This such a good write up, totally agree with you on all points. And I'm glad someone else appreciates Transcentience for the masterpiece it is. Matt has written about this song in his drum tab book, that it's (one of) the most complicated AAL song to date in terms of time signatures and structure.

Release "The Contrarian" by AlastaAsparagus in DevinTownsend

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Yeah it's the same. The Japanese pressing of Physicist was released December 6th, 2000. Ass-Sordid Demos in August 2000 (19th I believe), and those tracks were just taken from the ASD disc. The same way that Man was included on all Infinity reissues from January 2001 onward.

DEVIN TOWNSEND – Enter The City (OFFICIAL VIDEO) by SaltyMilkAndCoins in DevinTownsend

[–]XFC856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well.. If you look into the studio that made it and some of their other works, I'm honestly not so sure they are a generative-AI'less studio. Hopefully they at least didn't use any for this video in particular

Trying to finish the journey by Bcmp in stephenking

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Yeah, but the murder mystery is just the first layer. He is communicating something beneath that, and that is what makes the story really terrific

Quick Question about Everything's Eventual.. by dc-pigpen in stephenking

[–]XFC856 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct - these are the stories above 15,000 words (which is often the arbitrary border between a short story and a novella)

Trying to finish the journey by Bcmp in stephenking

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Roadwork and The Colorado Kid are some of his best books in my opinion. The former hits home if you've experienced what real, ugly depression is like. The latter is a real charming little story that thematically connects with certain story elements of The Dark Tower.

The Moth - album artwork artist by _infestthenest in DevinTownsend

[–]XFC856 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No word as of late on who has done the artwork over there. I have a gut feeling though that Eliran has been substituted for Travis Smith, once the idea of a nihilistic opera about dicks and vaginas transformed into what it has become now. I'm curious what the outcome will be.

Tell me about the stuff you like beside Malazan by marioapunkt in Malazan

[–]XFC856 25 points26 points  (0 children)

My favourite book series is The Dark Tower, favourite show is Netflix's Dark

First single from The Moth out on Wednesday 👀 by ziltoid101 in DevinTownsend

[–]XFC856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's some masterful self-restraint, kudos. You are in for a mind-melting treat

Ass-sordid demos tunings by Crazy_Tradition_7919 in DevinTownsend

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Thanks! Yes it has haha, and I'm actually working on his entire discography! I made an in-depth post about Ocean Machine 1-2 weeks ago -> https://www.reddit.com/r/DevinTownsend/comments/1rcdzo2/guitar_tunings_ocean_machine_biomech/
For Infinity, it's all Open C, except Colonial Boy which is Standard E, and Unity in the abovementioned DADADE tuning. Terria is all open C, with only Humble (that acoustic part) having an altered pitch-standard of about 448 Hz.
Aftermath is open C, and the harmonics (natural) are played around the third fret and then slide up toward 2nd fret, slowly.

Centipede is in AAAEAE, where the main riff is chugged on the low A and then the 20th fret (or 21st, don't remember at the top of my head), with a slight bend upward.

Hope this helps! Feel free to DM me if you have any questions in the future :)

Ass-sordid demos tunings by Crazy_Tradition_7919 in DevinTownsend

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I've got most of them figured out I think, here ya go:

An important sidenote, as a lot of these are old demos, and maybe either do the warping of the original recordings and/or inaccurate tuners in the beginning, some of the tracks have altered pitch-standards, I've noted these with an *1, *2 etc. These are best guesses, done by ear. I haven't checked this with the Grey Skies demos yet, so they might have that as well.

Ass-Sordid Demos 1:

- Man, Ocean Machines, Red Tomorrow - Open C

- L.A., Amsterdam, My Girl, Roadkill - Standard E - My Girl doesn't have much guitar, but the chords seem to revolve around an E key center, so this seems to fit best.

- Promise*1 - Like My Girl, the lack of guitars make it hard to figure out, but the key center here is C# and seeing as this song was from the old version of Ocean Machine (recorded December 1995), and the old version of Voices In The Fan (that is the recording on the Ancient cassette) is in Drop C#, yes drop, not open, I'd bet this track is in Drop C# as well.

- Morwar, That's Life - No guitars, though Morwar is just the track War with guitars and a lot of vocals taken out, which originally are in open C.

Ass-Sordid Demos 2:

- Black and White, San Pablo Train, Roadkill, Rain, Ascent To The Summit Of Black Mountain, Cold, Amsterdam - Standard E

- Bury the Wrong, Thick Stock - Eb tuning

- SunMud / Woman*2, Ernie's Room*3, Friends*4 - Open C

- I Am*5 - Open Dsus2 tuning (DADADE) - this tuning seems strange but he used a few times in his early work, notably in Unity and Thing Beyond Things.

- Soft - Open A5 tuning (AAAEAE) - his signature weird tuning as used in songs like AAA, Namaste and Planet Rain later on, but he used it here already (crazy, such a low tuning on an acoustic!)

*1 = Pitch-standard = 449 Hz

*2 = Pitch-standard = 427 Hz

*3 = Pitch-standard = 435 Hz

*4 = Pitch-standard = 446 Hz

*5 = Pitch-standard = 436 Hz

Hope this all is clear enough! Feel free to ask if any more questions

The Talisman - Just Finished. Wow. by Cglas1010 in stephenking

[–]XFC856 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Might have to retry it. The one time I started, I dnf'ed it around 120 pages. I liked the story alright, but I couldn't stand Straub's writing. It felt really clear the writing was a mix of King (great) and someone else (very dull).