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BLOOD INCANTATION Announces European Tour With ELDER, GONG, NATE MERCEREAU & NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM

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BLOOD INCANTATION Announces European Tour With ELDER, GONG, NATE MERCEREAU & NEPTUNIAN MAXIMALISM

https://metalinjection.net/tour-dates/blood-incantation-announces-european-tour-with-elder-gong-nate-mercereau-neptunian-maximalism

#BLOODINCANTATION #ELDER #AnnouncesEuropeanTourWith #tour #EP #announcement #MetalInjection #metal #music

VALGAVOTH

by Chris Cold

Archive: ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/91zcj
https://fhtagnnn.com/post/802869302474817536/valgavoth#chris-cold #concept-art #creature #duskmourn #elder-demon #fhtagn #fhtagnnn #gaze #horror #legendary-creature #magic-the-gathering #monster #tcg #tentacles #terror-eater #wizards-of-the-coast

December Month of Action for Xinachtli

After weeks of medical neglect and declining health, we are calling for local, national and international support to demand that Xinachtli receives the critical medical care immediately!

We have four ways you can support Xinachtli right now:
1. Call to put pressure for his demands on TDCJ and McConnell unit.
2. We are asking organizations to sign our demand letter to TDCJ. Link can be found in our bio or tinyurl.com/xsupportletter
3. Join us on December 13 to protest in Austin, Texas.
4. Donate to the campaign to support legal expenses.

Every day and every moment counts. We refuse to let our revolutionary elder Xinachtli die by incarceration. Please read the full post for more information on his condition and how to take action.

via https://www.instagram.com/freexinachtlinow/

Source: https://www.abcf.net/blog/december-month-of-action-for-xinachtli/

https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/?p=25237

#elder #northAmerica #politicalPrisoners #texas #xinachtli

Because what all cities need is more elderly drivers, each in their own two tonne steel box, clogging up the roads, hunting for parking and generally improving their lives to the benefit of precisely whom?

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/kirstie-allsopp-michael-rosen-free-london-travel-pass-b2865428.html

#TheWarOnCars
#publictransport
#elder

🎵 Elder - Sanctuary (Album: Reflections of a Floating World)
⏱️ Durée: 11:13
🎧 #Elder #Sanctuary #StonerPsychedelicHypnoticFuzzDesert #DoomMetal #NowPlaying

Japan's rapidly ageing population has forced the country to rethink the way it approaches elderly care, giving rise to a new and unexpected trend: muscular caregivers known as 'Macho Caregivers'.
#japan #caretakers #elder

🎵 Elder - Dead Roots Stirring (Album: Dead Roots Stirring)
⏱️ Durée: 12:00
🎧 #Elder #DeadRootsStirring #StonerPsychedelicHypnoticFuzzDesert #DoomMetal #NowPlaying

My next door neighbor in my apartment building knocked on my door about an hour ago. She was terrified - told me that someone was knocking on her living room window (we're on the ground floor) and trying to get in to her apartment. Her husband was out on an errand.

I brought her in, closed my living room shade, and put her on a comfortable chair away from the window - after I gently extricated a large kitchen knife from her shaking hand.

I had heard some unusual yelling a few moments earlier, so it wasn't out of the realm of possibility.

She asked me to call 911 (her son is a state trooper and police = safety for her). As she told me the story, it seemed less and less likely.

Her husband got home and I could hear him in the hallway looking for her, so I called him in and a few moments later the cops showed up, two young people. We live in a small, semi rural, very white, college town. They took her seriously, asked all the questions, looked outside for footprints since the grass was very wet from snow and rain showers.

It became more and more clear that no one had been at the window trying to get in. I should've realized more quickly, because their window is close to ours and if Sadie had heard knocking, she would've been barking.

The husband said that she's been acting very strange the past few days and he's going to take her to her doctor for an evaluation. I've been wondering recently if she has developed some kind of #dementia and it seems pretty likely now.

We live in an affordable senior housing building. People here have a variety of #MentalHealth challenges including depression, anxiety, bipolar, and schizophrenia. It's just a normal part of life. I'm sure others must have dementia, but nothing that I've noticed in our brief day-to-day interactions.

I've had medication-induced hallucinations from (no joking) Prilosec. Even though I knew what was happening, it was still pretty terrifying, and I'm grateful I had a friend with me at the time. I can't imagine how frightened my neighbor must be.

My neighbors have a good support system from their children, grandchildren, and their doctors. Some of my other neighbors also have that kind of support, but many of us don't.

I'm not really going anywhere in particular with this story other than to say, being an #elder in this culture is not easy.

🎵 Elder - Lore (Album: Live at BBC’s Maida Vale Studios)
⏱️ Durée: 13:54
🎧 #Elder #Lore #StonerPsychedelicHypnoticFuzzDesert #DoomMetal #NowPlaying

Luahine == old woman
(cf. ʻElemakule == old man)
#hawaiianWordOfTheDay #elder #old #oldWoman #HPR #HawaiianPublicRadio #hawaiian https://www.hawaiipublicradio.org/hawaiian-word-of-the-day-november-5th

Quality Assisted Living in Bel Air MD for Seniors

#senior #elder #nurse #care

Una classica trama da commedia: andare a chiedere la mano della fidanzata e innamorarsi della sorella.

Questa volta non è andata proprio così ma ci sono andato vicino perché sono andato a vedere questo concerto per ascoltare gli #Elder che della serata erano il gruppo spalla ma ho apprezzato molto anche gli #AllThemWitches pur con qualche problema.

Come altre volte, ho apprezzato l'#Alcatraz perché è decisamente ampio che permette di vedere bene il bel palco allestito, pur essendo aperto solo a metà. Da notare che gli orari pubblicati sul sito del locale sono stati rispettati al minuto cominciando e finendo molto presto al contrario di come sono abituato nella mia città.

Una cosa curiosa che non vedevo da anni e che hanno fatto tutti e due i gruppi è stato il presentarsi sul palco accompagnati da una canzone di altri gruppi "storici", gli Elder da una canzone dei #Rush e gli All Them Witches dei #Black_Sabbath: uno splendido omaggio per tutti e due.

Un altro aspetto comune ai due concerti è stato l'uso di sola strumentazione elettrica senza attrezzatura elettronica, come avrebbero potuto fare anche cinquant'anni fa. Però la cosa, per tutti e due i gruppi, non era un atteggiamento, una posa, ma quasi fosse un "obbligo", una necessità dettata dal genere: la loro musica si suona così e altro non serve. Così il risultato per tutti e due è stato oltremodo efficace.

Inoltre per tutti e due i concerti c'era tanto pubblico che conosceva bene i gruppi e quindi molto partecipe.

#Elder

Sono saliti sul palco con le note dei Rush e hanno cominciato subito a suonare e non si sono fermati neanche un attimo per i quaranta minuti disponibili. Il gruppo era integrato da un bassista che non ricordavo ma che sembrava decisamente a suo agio e che ha suonato mi pare a modo facendo spesso anche i cori.

All'inizio hanno presentato canzoni da #Reflections_of_a_floating_world, il loro disco che preferisco, canzoni abbastanza riadattate ma riconoscibili che mi hanno emozionato. Successivamente hanno suonato anche altre canzoni che non conoscevo e che mi sono piaciute tanto.

Tutto questo però considerando che non mi è piaciuta l'equalizzazione: i suoni erano troppo saturi e i volumi un po' sbagliati perché le chitarre coprivano tutto; vero che è una caratteristica di questo genere ma forse era portato troppo all'eccesso.

A proposito del pubblico, sono rimasto veramente colpito dalla quantità di persone che evidentemente li conoscevano e conoscevano le canzoni nonostante fossero il gruppo di apertura: considerato che l'altra volta che avevo visto un concerto degli Elder era in una stanzettina a Bologna dove non ci stavano dieci persone è un bel cambiamento.

È stato bello anche vedere il gruppo che smontava il palco alla fine del concerto insieme con gli inservienti, cosa che per me che ho fatto la stessa cosa tante volte me li ha resi proprio simpatici.

Un gran bel concerto.

#All_Them_Witches

Anche loro si sono presentati sul palco con la presentazione di una canzone dei Black Sabbath.

Il palco era costruito in modo inusuale: chitarrista a bassista-cantante agli estremi del palco, batterista e tastierista-violinista nel mezzo girati di fianco come se si dovessero guardare: il risultato è stato veramente d'impatto anche usando effetti di luce minimali.

Il genere è interessante di per sé perché era un gran mescolio di generi, #hardrock con tante venature #prog, specialmente nella lunghezza dei brani e nell'uso di suoni "particolari", #blues #sudista bianco e nero e tanta #psichedelia #anni70, arrangiamenti molto interessanti e particolari. Il risultato era validissimo quasi sempre seppur con aspetti che mi sono piaciuti meno: in particolar modo spesso i suoni e i soli della chitarra erano un po' "Già sentiti" e forse anche troppo lunghi, alcune canzoni tipicamente "blues" erano decisamente scontate. Inoltre alcuni brani non cambiavano mai accordo e quindi alla fine erano un po' troppo lunghi anche perché per l'appunto di basavano solo sui soli di chitarra.

Un ottimo concerto per un gruppo che conto di scoprire meglio perché il solo disco che ho ascoltato proprio non mi è piaciuto.

#rock #musica_dal_vivo

Apropos Jahresplanung 2026 ...

30.07.-02.08., Breitenbach/Hessen - Herzberg-Festival 🖤

... auch ein Termin, der mitbedacht werden möchte!

Gibt sogar schon einen Hauch Line-up:
https://herzberg-festival.com/lineup/

#HerzbergFestival #Kadavar #Buntspecht #Elder #Wucan #RockMusic

#elder: #Spielplatz #Steinplatz kann wieder vollständig genutzt werden

https://www.l-iz.de/melder/wortmelder/2025/10/spielplatz-steinplatz-kann-wieder-vollstaendig-genutzt-werden-637955
#Leipzig #ASG

Am Sonntag spielen #AllThemWitches und #Elder im #Tempodrom in #Berlin.
Ich freu' mich. 🙂

Insomniac – Om Moksha Ritam Review

By Samguineous Maximus

The terms “psychedelic” and “post-metal” are usually enough for me to approach any new release with caution—not because those genres lack excellent music, but because they’re so often associated with overlong, unfocused songs. For every Cult of Luna or Oranssi Pazuzu, there are fifty bands peddling overlong, riffless dirges that mistake “atmosphere” for actual songwriting. Atlanta supergroup Insomniac has arrived with their debut record Om Moksha Ritam, with the ominous self-designation of “post-doom.” The title, loosely translated from Sanskrit as “Liberation through merging with the Universal Rhythm,”1 foregrounds its ambitions as a concept album designed to “guide listeners through an aural and spiritual journey across multiple extreme environments.” Have Insomniac crafted a narrative listening experience that successfully conveys its metaphysical aspirations? Or is their debut the “post-doom” equivalent of a bad trip?

On Om Moksha Ritam, Insomniac manages to craft a sound that is immediately recognizable yet distinctly their own. They merge the progressive psychedelia of Elder with the layered, textural approach of REZN, all filtered through the Southern-gothic tinge of fellow Georgians Baroness. The result is a body of songs that draw equally from the contemplative exploration of ’70s prog, Americana-dipped blues rock, and the anthemic heft of post-metal’s sludgier, power-chord-driven moments. What makes this combination work is not just the intuitive chemistry of the instrumentalists, but the commanding presence of vocalist Van Bassman. Each track is surprisingly vocal-driven, and Bassman conjures a sound somewhere between a bluesier Dax Riggs and a John Baizley who’s actually capable of singing. His baritone sits front and center for much of Om Moksha Ritam, often accompanied by vocal layers and effects, creating a kaleidoscopic swirl that amplifies the ebb and flow of the music as it moves between peaks and valleys.

It helps that Om Moksha Ritam’s tracklist is dynamic and well-paced, with each of its 7 songs offering subtle differentiation on Insomniac’s core formula. Much of this can be attributed to the interplay between guitarists Alex Avedissian and Mike Morris,2 whose willingness to balance acoustic and effects-laden electric timbres gives the record a versatile and interesting palette. The guitars ferry the songs between quiet reflection and crushing grandeur. Whether it’s weaving intricate folky arpeggios together with tripped-out leads (“Desert”), harmonizing across doomy atmospheres (“Mountain”) or using post-rock tremolos to punctuate a well-earned climax (“Meditation), the guitar work on Om Moksha Ritam is consistently engaging and varied. Of course, this would be for naught without a strong rhythm section, but Insomniac has that as well. Drummer Amos Rifkin brings a loose, delicate touch to softer tracks like “Sea” and “Forest,” but escalates with thunderous weight when the music demands greater intensity. Meanwhile, bassist Juan Garcia provides a warm, full-bodied tone that both supports and embellishes the melodic core, keeping the songs anchored amid the dense layering of guitars and vocals, which is important on a track like the expansive and sprawling “Snow and Ice.”

Only a few minor inconsistencies keep Om Moksha Ritam from reaching the apex of Insomniac’s sound. The B-side leans away from emphatic “Hell yes” moments in favor of slower, navel-gazing jams. These tracks reward repeat listens but aren’t as immediately gripping. Closer “Awakening” falls just shy of the monumental highs of the opening salvo, with a climactic chorus that doesn’t land as powerfully as it could. For the most part, the record sounds fantastic and balances its many intricate layers, though there are moments (the refrains of “Mountain” and “Sea”) where Bassman’s voice overpowers the rest of the band in a psychedelic spiral. These issues don’t detract too heavily from the record’s overall impact, but they are worth noting.

Om Moksha Ritam takes you on a hallucinogenic trek across the desert, riffs shimmering like heat mirages, the atmosphere thick enough to choke a camel. Insomniac has delivered an album that takes listeners on a true musical journey, drenched in smoke-filled vibes, yet immediately rewarding. Their unique, psychedelic strain of “post-doom” metal blends familiar elements from beloved bands into something greater than the sum of its parts. If Insomniac invite me on another spiritual vision quest through the wastelands of sound, I’ll happily lace up my sandals, pack my water skin, and follow them straight into the void.

Rating: 3.5/5.0
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: PCM
Label: Blues Funeral Recording
Websites: insomniacvibes.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/insomniacatl
Releases Worldwide: September 1st, 2025

#2025 #35 #AmeircanMetal #Baroness #BluesFuneralRecording #BluesRock #CultOfLuna #DoomMetal #Elder #Insomniac #OmMokshaRitam #OranssiPazuzu #PostRock #PostMetal #ProgressiveMetal #PsychedelicMetal #PsychedelicRock #Review #Reviews #REZN #Sep25