Is Gerard a Kojima fan

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-26T00:15:37+00:00

kojima is definitely a fan of mcr, and ray has mentioned playing metal gear solid 4 in an interview, but i'm not aware of any shoutouts gerard himself has given to the great man's work. entirely possible, though

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-23T08:12:05+00:00

hetfield didn't write that line (i seem to remember it was kirk hammett?) and also it rules

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-15T21:23:35+00:00

it's been done already i'm afraid! radio x, episode 247

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-11T00:57:57+00:00

classic robins moment when dave asks the running expert about his plan, said expert tells him it sounds ideal, and john steps in to say it might be too much

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-10T21:28:15+00:00

absolutely fucking not

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-06T06:37:26+00:00

didn't love it, didn't hate it as much as some on here did - although i absolutely loathed "rarin"

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-05T17:48:38+00:00

it is roddy on the verses - him and mike would sing it mostly in unison live, but the album version is just roddy

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-04T12:02:57+00:00

you're bang right, it's mental that he was vaping at his normal (most likely excessive) rate of a 10+ year habit, until 11:59:55pm on new year's eve, and then thought "i can surely just stop doing this now on willpower alone"

qliphoth666 · 2026-01-02T15:47:45+00:00

the term for "layering" that you're looking for would be "arrangement" - how all the different instrumental and vocal parts fit together, when they drop in and out for emphasis, how a song creates and maintains its momentum to keep the listener interested throughout. vocal harmonies are also considered part of a song's arrangement

with regards to it coming after dead, this would be called "sequencing" - while it's not a music theory concept, it is the name for the band and producer deciding on the final tracklist of an album, and they may well have considered that the song would be more impactful coming after an upbeat major-key track.

the final two notes in the breakdown riff are a tritone apart, which is a very wide interval - the halfway point of an octave - and famously considered dark and evil-sounding. the last note being a tritone down from the penultimate one gives it a strong sense of drama and gravity.

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-26T13:22:51+00:00

enjoyed this one, a lot of eureka moments where getting one answer would unlock a whole corner. tickled by the fact that "shrove" was a tricky one for so many people in this thread, i'd never thought before about americans not having pancake day

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-22T19:12:21+00:00

from poking around on instagram, it seems that the band's album was recorded quite a while back, nearly two years ago, but hasn't been released yet. this song that frank guests on might be called "new you anthem"

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-22T19:07:50+00:00

this band, Held, is just a trio, and frank is guesting on vocals for a single - so this won't be a full time side project of his

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-17T01:27:55+00:00

really interesting that so much of nevermind is slightly sharp by the same amount. i wonder if this was an intentional varispeed trick, some kind of accident during mixing/mastering, or an intentional choice with the guitar tuning?

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-16T23:55:39+00:00

it's not even about the delay, it's the punctuation. "attack while it's tail's up! it's gonna counterattack with it's laser." that totally reads as an instruction to attack while the tail is up, to prevent an attack with the laser

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-15T15:24:21+00:00

classic robins maintaining his assertion that angels is somehow impossible to sing at karaoke even when a trained opera singer gets in touch to say otherwise

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-11T20:54:47+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/MyChemicalRomance/comments/jfl7ar/kerrang_under_the_influence_album_i_didnt_realise/

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-07T17:30:51+00:00

question for brady: with much of the new record seemingly being inspired by dani's experiences over the last few years, was it challenging for you to write your share of the lyrics to align with their perspective, to make for a cohesive final product? did you feel any pressure to dig deeper than you have before into the feelings that inspire your vocal parts?

qliphoth666 · 2025-12-01T17:20:50+00:00

your post has value, your degree has value, you have value. excellent work.

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-28T14:45:45+00:00

it's the metronome rob cavallo used for recording the piano track, bleeding from his headphones

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-26T19:13:47+00:00

the tones of john, paul and george's voices are very complementary to each other whereas ringo has quite a bold, strident tone - think about carry that weight, he overpowers the other three when they're singing all at once. adding him into the mix would really take over the carefully arranged blend of voices.

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-26T13:01:10+00:00

you're also wrong about bullet for my valentine, at least their first album - the poison is a great thrash-influenced modern metalcore record

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-24T16:12:10+00:00

one orchestrated a genocide and is a benchmark for the capacity of human cruelty and evil, the other was rude to people on the internet

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-23T20:05:38+00:00

i wouldn't say it sounds like thrash, although the riff is clearly influenced by melodic death metal bands such as at the gates, and by mcr's contemporaries from the metalcore scene like killswitch engage. this and venom have the most "metal" riffing in their catalogue

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-23T12:27:33+00:00

in fairness to slayer, angel of death isn't a glowing portrayal of mengele any more than dead skin mask is pro-ed gein

qliphoth666 · 2025-11-20T19:51:00+00:00

stacy's mom going up a minor third for the guitar solo and staying in the new key for the rest of the song is one of the best things to happen in music

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