The #ThursdayFiveList theme is, very meaningfully for @neurothing (but also terribly bravely given the amount of grindcore that exists), #TheBirth
Red Sparrowes -
Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors
https://redsparowes.bandcamp.com/track/giving-birth-to-imagined-saviors
Despite the cynicism of the title, this is a particularly warm and lovely track.
Red Sparrowes also gave approval for a bunch of their live sets to be put up on the Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/RedSparowes
Bruce Dickinson - Accident Of Birth (Live)
YT: https://youtu.be/Hi0P1OKjRGw
Invidious: https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=Hi0P1OKjRGw
I am still in a minor snit about not having been able to to get Mandrake Project tickets. The whole point of being a fan of the solo projects is that they're not supposed to be fucking cool.
Cathedral - Birth Machine 2000
https://cathedral-band.bandcamp.com/track/birth-machine-2000
You may be legally obliged to be stoned while listening to this.
Choronzon - The Time Death Birth Gimmick
https://veilofthorns.bandcamp.com/track/the-time-death-birth-gimmick
Industrialised avant garde BM from one of the best functional magickal projects in black metal.
Cruxshadows - Winterborn
YT: https://youtu.be/RuLASvt3s5k
Invidious: https://invidious.protokolla.fi/watch?v=RuLASvt3s5k
Shut up and dance.