#Accel coda

[sonichedgeblog]

'Lunistice 1.5 // ACCEL CODA' by AGrumpyFox The free content update with new levels and a new character Accel! https://www.sonicfangameshq.com/forums/showcase/lunistice-1-5-accel-coda-sage-demo.1980/

[legitimatesatanspawn]

"I'm not a furry, I just like all these games" gamer starter pack + bonus options:

This is a joke at my own expense for the record.

[gears2gnomes]

"Accel the Dragonlynx"

from AGrumpyFox's Lunistice.

[happymetalgirl]

Tomb Mold - Planetary Clairvoance

Despite having heard Tomb Mold's 2018 sophomore album, Manor of Infinite Forms, thanks to a fair amount of hubbub within the metal underground, I didn't end up writing anything about it last year. It didn't really strike me as anything more than a gruff, Lovecraft-inspired slab of meaty, no-nonsense death metal. And it certainly is the kind of album that can get the job done, and I didn't really have any complaints about its foundational components. But it didn't stand out much beyond its efficient directness, and having already written about so much death metal, I felt I didn't really have much worth saying about it. Yet just a year later, we have a successor, and the excitement surrounding Tomb Mold does not seem to be dying down. I missed the band's debut album in 2017, and I didn't write anything about their sophomore album last year. So as their train only seems to be picking up speed, I suppose it's probably a good time now to speak up about their third album here, Planetary Clairvoyance.

With its seven tracks clocking in at less than forty minutes, Planetary Clairvoyance is just a hair shorter than its predecessor, but the scope and grandeur the band are able to muster up on the album, with just the traditional instrumentation they're armed with, is a feat to behold. The unconventionally lined-up four-piece takes the familiar blunt of shredding death metal, with drummer/vocalist Max Kletanoff blasting and bellowing away with little to no change in vocal technique, and sculpts it into awe-striking compositional wonder with more vision than most of their contemporaries.

The band hasn't strayed far at all from their brooding death metal foundations, but they have certainly refined their approach to maximize their efficiency with the relatively bare bones instrumental arsenal at their disposal. A note must also be said of how much the thick, beefy, yet crisp production job brings out the best of every instrumental component of this album; honestly with production as constructive and flattering as this, I can see why a band as confifent in their performative talents and compositional creativity would opt to keep the bells and whistles to a minimum. Indeed, it is the song writing that makes this album such a step up from the band's previous two. It's not just loud-soft dynamic stuff like the inclusion of a dissonant acoustic bridge on the opening track, "Beg for Life". It's the way that acoustic section transitions into a more anticipatory tom drum beat and then into a full-fledged wall-of-sound climax. It's other in-the-moment details like the tasty riffing of the Slipknot-esque coda of the title track (reminiscent of "Custer") or the way the mid-paced blast beats on "Accelerative Phenominae" ramp up to faster, pulverizing blasts. It's the interplay between the winding guitars and quick blast beats on the song "Infinite Resurrection"; it's the alternating bursts of fast attacks of blast beats on the title track. Okay, a lot of it is blast beats.

But I bring up blast beats a lot, as I will with dexterous seven-string riffage and tasty palm-muted grooves, because it's not a variety of playing techniques that the band uses to invigorate their sound. It's how they weave together. The opening track, again, "Beg for Life", builds from this impending seven-string intro into a filthy, sludge-paced death march that takes several twists and turns through high-fret palm-muted riffing and resonant low-register rumble.

The band doesn't spend most of their time in sludge tempos though, as the next few tracks (excluding the three-minute interlude track, "Phosphorene Ultimate") kick into high gear with more speed/thrash-focused death metal pummeling made all the more potent by the likes of the rapid, spiralling palm-muted riffing on "Cerulean Salvation", the slick palm-muted groove on "Accelerative Phenomenae", or the spotlighted melodic solo opening up the closing track, "Heat Death". Again, the clearly intentional compositional choices the band makes to use their performative proficiency to bolster the compositions, rather than the other way around, are what make this record so cohesive and immersive.

If there's anywhere the band sound less intimidating than ideal, it's the more slowed-down, sludgy sections based on spaced-out paired hits of crash and seventh string. Despite the effectiveness of the slightly slower burn of "Beg for Life", the slower second halves of "Cerulean Salvation" and "Heat Death" don't really highlight much except the savoriness of the guitar tones, killing time for the band (or us) to get in a breather. The lyrics, while occasionally vividly poetic and sometimes even thought-provoking, more often than not just reside within the sci-fi ass of its writer. They do well to convey a general sense of the type of cosmically catastrophic sci-fi scene they intend, but they do often get sucked into needless verbiage or basic descriptors.

I can understand the excitement around this band a bit more now after experiencing this album; they do certainly have a pretty strong core of tight, effective performance abilities combined with keen compositional instincts. And while I do quite like this album, I still think I'd like to see this band go a little further. I'm not saying they have to branch out into other genres too overtly for eccentricity points; that's clearly not their bend and their direct focus has definitely facilitated their growth so far. Honestly I'd love to hear them continue to refine their writing by amplifying and expanding the types of writing choices that best elevate the music, while cutting out the kind of segments that serve more to clog the gears than turn them. Planetary Clairvoyance is definitely a step in the right direction, and I will enjoy its pure, honest, guttural assault.

Gourmet taters/10

[thattorresguy-blog]

Pitches 1-3

Title: EdTech startups are rapidly expanding amid the Coronavirus pandemic.

Subtitle: Many EdTech startups are using the pandemic as an opportunity to market their products to high schools and universities. Here’s a list of promising startups that could reach unicorn status.

Description: With more schools and universities facing the reality that distance learning may be here to stay, EdTech companies (and their investors) are trying to find a stake in the market and meet the needs of e-learners. Even though schools and universities may be hesitant to sign contracts, the pandemic is still a good time for startups to build a good reputation. To that end, many EdTech companies are offering free learning tools to affected students. While some fear that this could lead to further commercialization in education, venture capitalists are seizing upon the opportunity to reimagine education for years to come. Silicon Valley-based EdTech companies such as Udemy, Udacity, and Coursera, as well as others, including VIP Kid, JuHiag, OurSchool, and Cypher, are hoping to come out of the pandemic stronger than before.

Title: Working from home will change the way young startups grow their businesses.

Subtitle: While many early stage startups used to see leasing an office as a major milestone on the road to long-term success, young founders are thinking about the future of remote work for their growing teams.

Description: Anxiety surrounding the real estate markets in Manhattan, San Francisco, and other major cities across the world has caused wide-spread panic. As more companies realize that they could be saving millions by giving up precious office space, startups and smaller companies are also making the decision to forgo leases and run their companies remotely (for now). Kerry Wang, CEO & Founder at Searchlight, a seed startup that recently received funding from Y-Combinator and Accel, has decided to forgo her team’s office, and she’s not the only one. Focusing on how young startups are canceling office leases, I would interview a number of young founders and CEOs about reimagining what growth for their company, as well as office culture, would look like as they continue to recruit and expand their businesses.

Title: 8 startups to keep an eye on as companies continue implementing remote-working plans. Subtitle: Many startups are hoping to become an integral part of our new remote-work culture. Which ones will rise to the occasion?

Description. Slack is on a hiring surge. Notion has more jobs available than ever before. Evernote is taking the time to rebuild itself after years of losing users. Part of the no-code movement, Coda has functions that overlap and integrate with Slack and Notion and sees a promising future for itself as the reality of long-term remote work sets in. This piece would follow the format of a “slide-show list” and take a closer look at 8-12 startups that have the potential to change the way we work, especially as we confront the reality that workers may not be returning to the office soon, or at all. This article would allow me to speak with startups that are going through hiring sprees, as well as the major companies that are implementing their products to manage internal workflows.