For #MittwochMetalMix:

#Katatonia: Lilac

https://song.link/gzdfggns88dvq

FFO #CorpusOffal #MountainCaller #TransitMethod

NASA is Building a Space Telescope to Observe Exoplanet Atmospheres https://www.universetoday.com/170469/nasa-is-building-a-space-telescope-to-observe-exoplanet-atmospheres/ #exoplanetcharacterization #jameswebbspacetelescope #transitspectroscopy #extrasolarplanets #transitmethod #exoplanets #astronomy #featured #pandora #jwst #nasa #aas

And finally, something a bit more aggressive for @DXMacGuffin's #ProgTuesday:

#Allt: Echoes

https://song.link/jqzvfvb6ftzmb

#Djent #ProgressiveMetalcore #Thall

FFO #TheContortionist #Polaris #TransitMethod

#TheMetalDogArticleList #MetalInjection TRANSIT METHOD Rock A Cover of SWEET's "Set Me Free" metalinjection.net/video/transi... #TransitMethod #Sweet

#TheMetalDogArticleList
#MetalInjection
TRANSIT METHOD Rock A Cover of SWEET's "Set Me Free"

https://metalinjection.net/video/transit-method-rock-a-cover-of-sweets-set-me-free

#TransitMethod #Sweet

Also for #ProgTuesday by @DXMacGuffin:

#GreySkiesAhead: Midas

https://song.link/tg2f4gknzbvdh

#ProgressiveMetal

FFO #MouthOfTheArchitect #TheOcean #TransitMethod

Also for #ProgTuesday by @DXMacGuffin:

#WhomGodsDestroy: Over Again

https://song.link/v2hrk4jppsxtq

#ProgressiveMetal

FFO #TransitMethod #Uncanny #VassKatsionis

I'm so pleased to have found this act in time for #ProgTuesday from @DXMacGuffin

Like a psychedelic Devin Townsend. I can't wait to hear more from Mothman and The Thunderbirds. The only way this could have been improved is with the use of live drums, but otherwise faultless.

Full Portal Hopper album on Bandcamp:
https://mothmanandthethunderbirds.bandcamp.com/album/portal-hopper

Ffo #DevinTownsend and #TransitMethod

Transit Method – Othervoid Review

By Dolphin Whisperer

We don’t like to admit it, but we all know that music outside of metal exists, and many (if not all)1 of us started our journeys outside the metalsphere with something else that sparked ridiculous joy. For Baby Dolphy, the first recalled love that rocked my unknown world was Lenny Kravitz’s “Are You Gonna Go My Way.”2 I care a lot less for that song these days, but any surface in my childhood memories functioned as a platform for me to shout away with Sir Kravitz’s huge guitar anthem when it graced my ears. It’s not particularly inventive, but it’s big, it’s loud, and its exuberantly itself. In that same spirit of unencumbered self-expression and a hope to strike the fun zone, Transit Method delivers to us their newest amplified declaration, Othervoid.

And it’s prog! Is that not what you expected? Truthfully, Othervoid carries prog rock that reminds me of stuff that doesn’t necessarily qualify as the most heady music—less 70s Rush and more 90s Rush if you catch my drift. And this makes sense since Transit Method also identifies as punk. Again, not of the hardcore variety—zero ounces of vitriol splattered about the snappy run of Othervoid. This thing’s got more of a pop-punk bounce to it and a vocalist who reminds me of the bright, wailing Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction against the straightforward energy of early Therapy?. Except for the eight-minute closer which swings right back to bright vocal harmonies, soaring electric leads, and sparse acoustic backings à la Kansas but in standard rock band line-up. These punchy Texans cover ground.

But for as wide a net as Transit Method casts, Othervoid remains built on simple bones with squeaky flourishes to make the boldest statements. Primary vocalist (and guitarist) Matt LoCoco, despite his cutting croon, doesn’t always push with the most power, so the vocal layers that Transit Method adds to their highest-reaching choruses add just enough to make you want to hum along (“Psychometry,” “The Outside”). And speaking of humming along, so many of the crunchily-captured riffs and thumping, warm basslines ring with the kind of clarity that sticks to the mind, whether you want it to or otherwise. Even when guitar passages feel a little too reminiscent of the solo backings you might hear in a classic Rainbow or Scorpions tune (“Strange Creatures” bridge being the biggest offender), Transit Method finds a way to cut in with a blaring solo or modern throaty shout to cut the olde with a little new.

Othervoid hits fast and with fiery frets—catchy choruses and slippery solos only go so far—but it does little in the way of establishing a voice that sounds like Transit Method. “Into Your Mind” calls us quickly to rock and play, but is it truly in a manner that out-Foo’s the Foo Fighters? “Frostbite” closes the journey with a shifting prog epic, but does it really chart zig-zag guitar patterns and swift mood movements any differently than a modern call of the Mastodon? Love ’em or hate ’em, bands like these stand as pillars in the memory of music listeners. Where Othervoid does succeed, though, is in its ability to maintain an exuberant pulse and steady stream of thoughtful musical moments—the quiet storm solo-drop-out of “Nightmare Machines,” the continuous acceleration that guides the wah-driven melody of “Psychometry,” the quick-step jam of “The Outside.” Transit Method wears their thirty-six minutes like seasoned performers despite treading a familiar path.

No matter the method, music still needs to achieve that amorphous goal of stimulating the heart, the horns, the cheering crowd. Transit Method comes off more to me like the crowd than the stage-smashers. No doubt the radio of olde may have functioned as a decent medium for the light-hearted tunes that Transit Method transmits. In a different life, they may have threatened to become some kid’s Lenny Kravitz. However, in this timeline, their third full-length effort does not make me want to jump on the couch swinging my arms wildly hitting the biggest strings on the biggest guitar known to man. Rock in attitude and warm in execution, Othervoid has solid enough curb appeal, but after all my time with it, I haven’t got a clue why I should care.

Rating: 2.5/5.0
DR: N/A | Format Reviewed: Stream3
Label: Brutal Panda Records | Bandcamp
Websites: transitmethod.net | transitmethod.bandcamp.com | facebook.com/transitmethod
Releases Worldwide: February 2nd, 2024

#25 #2024 #AlternativeRock #BrutalPandaRecords #Feb24 #FooFighters #JaneSAddiction #LennyKravitz #Mastodon #Othervoid #PopPunk #ProgressiveRock #Rainbow #Review #Reviews #Rush #Scorpions #Therapy #TransitMethod

TESS Finds a Planet That Takes 482 Days to Orbit, the Widest it’s Seen so Far
Over 80% of the exoplanets found by Kepler and TESS orbit their stars in fewer than 50 days. That’s quicker than Mercury’s 88-day orbit.
Now, TESS has found a planet on the other end of the orbital spectrum. Rather than adhering to an intimate orbit that keeps it near its star, this new planet has the widest orbit yet found by TESS. It takes 482 days to orbit.
https://www.universetoday.com/163044/tess-finds-a-planet-that-takes-482-days-to-orbit-the-widest-its-seen-so-far/ #TESS #exoplanets #orbit #year #TransitMethod #TOI4600c

The PLATO Mission Could be the Most Successful Planet Hunter Ever https://www.universetoday.com/162538/the-plato-mission-could-be-the-most-successful-planet-hunter-ever/ #planetarytransitsandoscillationsofstars #earth-likeexoplanets #extrasolarplanets #transitmethod #solaranalogs #exoplanets #astronomy #featured #plato #esa

We recently tested out the idea of doing #microlensing from #space using the #NASA #Kepler #telescope. Kepler has so far found thousands of #exoplanets but using the #TransitMethod, not microlensing. But in 2016, before it stopped working, it did a mini microlensing survey. Kepler wasn't designed to do microlensing and colleagues spent years developing a #DataReduction pipeline that would work. Then, my #postdoc Iain McDonald and I built a sophisticated pipeline to find #planet candidates (6/n)

One method is #microlensing. #Einstein in his #Theory of #GeneralRelativity predicted that light can be deflected by #gravity. Microlensing is a great way to find cool #planets that orbit further out from their #HostStar than those that can be seen with the #TransitMethod. We can spot a number of these #signals each year by monitoring hundreds of millions of #stars every 15 minutes or so for several months per year. That's a lot of #data to process, but #computers are fast these days. (3/n)

Currently we know of more than 5000 #exoplanets #discovered using a variety of techniques and survey instruments. So far most have been found using the #TransitMethod where we look for tiny dips in #starlight as one of its #planets passes in front of it. However this method tends to more easily pick out planets that are large (like #Jupiter) and close in to their #HostStar - making them #HotJupiters. We have no planets like that in our #SolarSystem, but there are other methods we can use. (2/n)

The Great Planet Bake Off https://astrobites.org/2022/10/21/the-great-planet-bake-off/ #planetaryatmospheres #dailypapersummaries #transitingplanets #planetarysystems #planetformation #radialvelocity #transitmethod #exoplanets #mdwarfs

An Exoplanet is Definitely Orbiting Two Stars https://www.universetoday.com/154667/an-exoplanet-is-definitely-orbiting-two-stars/ #keplerspacetelescope #radialvelocitymethod #circumbinaryplanets #extrasolarplanets #transitmethod #kepler-16b #astronomy #featured