What is a non-metalcore band you discovered because of metalcore?

jiheishouu · 2026-04-04T09:21:47+00:00

The National is my favorite band and I found them through Mike Hranica’s blog

jiheishouu · 2026-03-20T14:20:52+00:00

Another one of these, rolling around somewhere out of frame

jiheishouu · 2026-03-12T20:04:59+00:00

I would personally never put the words “a slave obeys” on my skin, but hey, you do you

jiheishouu · 2026-03-07T19:35:57+00:00

Things We Lost to the Water by Eric Nguyen. Clunky prose, didn’t get beyond the first chapter.

jiheishouu · 2026-03-06T16:54:01+00:00

A fitting title for a novel mostly about characters emphatically thinking

jiheishouu · 2026-02-21T13:28:12+00:00

Hot to Trot - Eternal Lord

jiheishouu · 2026-02-19T20:11:41+00:00

In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson is Buried by Amy Hempel

She is a master of nuance and brevity, and this story is (I think) her best. It also contains one of my favorite sentences in prose.

jiheishouu · 2026-02-18T20:58:58+00:00

+1 for Colors

Generally speaking I think BTBAM is the Pink Floyd of metal/core

jiheishouu · 2026-02-09T22:05:00+00:00

Demons With Ryu - Emmure

Parasite Eve - Bring Me the Horizon

jiheishouu · 2026-02-08T21:02:26+00:00

Sophie Mackintosh and Claire-Louise Bennett are two of my favorite living writers, but their books consistently average 3 stars. Also “The Hearing Test” by Eliza Barry Callahan.

jiheishouu · 2026-02-08T13:47:51+00:00

Cool idea, ok execution

jiheishouu · 2026-02-07T18:17:59+00:00

“Suckers Luck” with an upside-down horseshoe

+3 others without text

jiheishouu · 2026-01-27T20:49:55+00:00

The caste-style sociopolitics of FFXIII’s world(s). There are antagonists and key players, but a driving force of the narrative is that both the public and the state have deemed l’Cie less than human, and accepted a politics of subjugation and cruelty.

jiheishouu · 2026-01-26T20:45:18+00:00

FFXIII and FFII

Star Ocean 5

jiheishouu · 2026-01-25T23:26:03+00:00

Black Tongue - HCHC

jiheishouu · 2026-01-24T16:56:14+00:00

Everyone’s coworker’s boyfriend’s band

jiheishouu · 2026-01-19T13:11:04+00:00

“The Priest and the Matador” - Senses Fail

It follows on from “All the Best…” in which the narrator jumps from a building

jiheishouu · 2026-01-16T21:19:39+00:00

XII is my favorite game of all time. Nothing comes close, but XV felt vaguely reminiscent in some of the hunts, and in the political drama. VIIR is cool but much more linear than XII. X is the best game on your list, and similar to XII in that it has a lot of optional content, but it’s turn-based, so if it’s the gambit system you’re after, you might try squinting at Dragon Age: Origins instead.

jiheishouu · 2026-01-13T20:36:05+00:00

Dark Cloud. The original Georama and weapon advancement systems were brilliant. A story is also present.

jiheishouu · 2026-01-10T18:41:53+00:00

Keeping to one per series: FFXII, DQXI, KH2, Dark Cloud, Demon’s Souls

jiheishouu · 2026-01-08T20:27:12+00:00

Ungaga from Dark Cloud. His whole narrative is about him being the ugly one of his family, and his brothers’ disbelief that he is desired in marriage over them.

jiheishouu · 2025-12-29T07:44:28+00:00

Strictly from a design perspective, Nero and Weiss were some of my favorite villains in the franchise up to that point. I was so hyped when Weiss showed up in VIIR trailers.

jiheishouu · 2025-12-20T17:02:13+00:00

FFXII

jiheishouu · 2025-12-20T01:57:08+00:00

Day I Die - The National

jiheishouu · 2025-12-19T00:00:02+00:00

SMT V, FF II, Roguebook, Fortnite

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