“Well, I’ll bleed on through the night I suppose I’ll be dead by the morning light So, don’t be surprised if you mind when you find me” From “River Runs Red” by Life of Agony Can horror be healthy? My first instinct is absolutely not. That may be because I don’t tend to enjoy more […]
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“Did it again last night, turned into an animal” From “Howlin’ At The Moon” by Mod Sun For most of my life, the world seemed to fit pretty clearly into a simple dichotomy. There were vampires and there were humans. There were vampires who only could come out at night and humans who could exist
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“Up there, remember me, Ground bound and never free Crow, crow, guard the tree And the secrets you keep from me” From “Black Crow’s Eyes” by The Cash Collective When I listened to the song “Black Crow’s Eyes” by The Cash Collective – a song featured on their 2020 album Hey Crow! – I had
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“Without an end, there’s no place to begin” From “Three Fountains” by August Burns Red Who could blame us for losing our faith? Our world is in turmoil. Over 100 million people have contracted Covid-19 and over 2 million people have died from the virus. Millions of people are out of work and/or are living
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“We live happily forever So the story goesBut somehow we missed out On that pot of goldBut we’ll try best that we can To carry on” From “Come Sail Away” by Styx Sometimes we can take away the wrong message from a song. The song “Come Sail Away” by progressive rock band Styx is one of my favorite
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“Pour another round of whatever you like Here’s to the end, here’s to the fight” From “Suicide Romantics” by Des Rocs At various points in my life, I have been asked the question, “What’s your favorite kind of music?” I always struggled with the answer, because I assumed that question referred to my favorite genre of
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“When you throw my feelings on the fire I can’t keep this down And I feel like I won’t be afraid When I’m buried in the sand” From “Buried in the Sand” by Seether Depression is an intense and devastating mental illness that can drain people of all joy, connection with others and/or energy to
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“I did it all to break every single preconceived notion that you have” From “Uncomfortable” by Halestorm Sometimes it feels like the world just sucks. This was the predominant thought I had when Lzzy Hale talked with me on the Hardcore Humanism Podcast about the bias and stereotypes she faced as a female musician. The message
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“My vison’s clear, my instinct strong I am the vicious one” From “Instinctive” by Hatebreed The concept of the “drill sergeant” has a curious place in civilian culture. At times it feels like anyone who appears to be strict, is a disciplinarian, or yells a lot gets labeled “drill sergeant.” But being an actual drill
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