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Would you be so kind as to recommend a few power metal albums by trans women? Seeing as Bandcamp Friday is coming up and it would be good to see what sorts of tracks I'm going to have to produce.

there is a hole in the cultural tapestry that the Encouraging Trans Women's Power Metal Concept Albums Metric (ETWPMCAM) seeks to address. my prior investigations haven't come up with much, unfortunately, but there is something out there. allow me to point you towards the artists Alicia Cordisco, Leona Hayward, and Melissa Moore (okay melissa doesn't strictly do power metal but she's cool). if you look at their current and prior bands you'll see a whole lot to dig into (with particular nods towards Judicator and Skelator and with the caveat that Absu is a complicated one because when moore came out as trans, the other member was a shithead about it so she left and took the bulk of musical talent with her).

moore's current band is Sonja, with one album released: Loud Arriver. i'm listening to it right now and lemme tell you: it fucking rips. bandcamp tags suggest she categorizes her stylings as more on the heavy/trad end of metal with a frisson of goth and post-punk. between this and the fact that the album's lyrics do not mention a single named princess, it is sadly exempt from counting towards a positive ETWPMCAM hit. she's still on the hook. but listen to it anyway, it fucking rips.

cordisco and hayward have collaborated quite a bit in several bands spanning several genres (i'm currently savoring the chance to dig into Wraithstorm once i finish listening to all this power metal), but most relevant to the metric are Justicar and the now-defunct Project: Roenwolfe. i'm cranking P:R's Edge of Saturn for the first time as we speak. it's pretty cool. across three albums, they included three parts (one apiece) of an overarching "Saturn Saga", totaling 16:55 of runtime.

if Project: Roenwolfe had continued that pace of inclusion, then in another 3-4 albums they would have reached the 40 minute minimum runtime bound for concept albums as necessitated by the ETWPMCAM. though maybe that strategy would only count if they had then put out some sort of Saturn Saga Compilation that combined all extant and hypothetical tracks into one continuous narrative. much to consider.

justicar's debut album promises to be an adaptational retelling of timothy zahn's trilogy of novels about grand admiral thrawn for the star wars extended universe. this is excellent news for the metric, but it's not out yet - though they do have an EP out about a different timothy zahn novel. i'm listening now. it's killer. adaptations count as concepts for the purposes of the ETWPMCAM imho as long as they're dedicating at least, again, 40 minutes of album runtime towards laying it out.

now leona hayward, she's got a band called Owlbear. i'm listening to it right now, as we speak. it's blowing my tits clean off. i'm looking at the lyrical content and i'm seeing songs about D&D (including the Dark Sun setting), i'm seeing record of lodoss war, i'm seeing fire emblem - there's a broad net here and they're casting it to fill two albums with absolutely rippin' miscellany. if they tighten the lens of focus to a single concept, then we at the ETWPMCAM tabulation office will have ourselves a HIT.

this was just from what i already knew bolstered with several hours' digging on bandcamp and metal archives. doubtless there's more trans women out there in metal - and the louder we are then the more out there in the metal scene and beyond can hear that and realize they can be loud like us!

but for the purposes of the ETWPMCAM - that is, determining if there is a power metal album out there exploring a single cohesive narrative concept for the majority of its runtime (à la Rhapsody of Fire's Emerald Sword Saga, Dragonland's Under the Grey Banner, Galloglass's Legends from Now and Nevermore, Unleash the Archers' Apex & Abyss duology, to give a few examples) which would not have existed without at least one trans woman's dedicated and direct creative input? i have got nothing. we have a long way to go.

anyway, to anyone in a power metal band with already-released concept albums reading this: it's never too late and don't die wondering. would LOVE to retroactively increase the metric.

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opening sprite art comms here again if anyone is interested

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you ever seen The Wicker Man (1973)? i think we should end every furry con like that, our fields will be soooooo fertile and our harvests so so bountiful

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Fallen Angels, Wong Kar-Wai, 1995

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wow!! my game FRANKEN turned three years old today!

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i'd like to propose a new metric of societal development: the Encouragement of Trans Women's Power Metal Concept Albums Metric (or ETWPMCAM). where the ideal society as measured by the metric spares no expense to ensure that the maximum possible number of trans women get the opportunity to write at least one power metal concept album of at least 40 minute duration, which may or may not end up with a couple tracks that are a bit mid but which, regardless and nevertheless, must charm with their shocking earnestness. and i mean the maximum possible number of trans women. i'm talkin public housing. i'm talkin arts grants, music libraries, orchestras at full readiness. i'm talkin free public canteens open at whatever godawful hours the creative processes stalk in. i'm talkin hrt free over the counter, dedicated DON'T DIE WONDERING propaganda campaigns.

if the trans women decide that the concept needs more albums to fully explore then that's good but that's a different metric. if multiple trans women contribute to the same power metal concept album then that's also good but if any of them don't help with the story or at least name one of the princesses then they're still on the hook for their own power metal concept album. thank you. we have a long way to go.

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Would you be so kind as to recommend a few power metal albums by trans women? Seeing as Bandcamp Friday is coming up and it would be good to see what sorts of tracks I'm going to have to produce.

there is a hole in the cultural tapestry that the Encouraging Trans Women's Power Metal Concept Albums Metric (ETWPMCAM) seeks to address. my prior investigations haven't come up with much, unfortunately, but there is something out there. allow me to point you towards the artists Alicia Cordisco, Leona Hayward, and Melissa Moore (okay melissa doesn't strictly do power metal but she's cool). if you look at their current and prior bands you'll see a whole lot to dig into (with particular nods towards Judicator and Skelator and with the caveat that Absu is a complicated one because when moore came out as trans, the other member was a shithead about it so she left and took the bulk of musical talent with her).

moore's current band is Sonja, with one album released: Loud Arriver. i'm listening to it right now and lemme tell you: it fucking rips. bandcamp tags suggest she categorizes her stylings as more on the heavy/trad end of metal with a frisson of goth and post-punk. between this and the fact that the album's lyrics do not mention a single named princess, it is sadly exempt from counting towards a positive ETWPMCAM hit. she's still on the hook. but listen to it anyway, it fucking rips.

cordisco and hayward have collaborated quite a bit in several bands spanning several genres (i'm currently savoring the chance to dig into Wraithstorm once i finish listening to all this power metal), but most relevant to the metric are Justicar and the now-defunct Project: Roenwolfe. i'm cranking P:R's Edge of Saturn for the first time as we speak. it's pretty cool. across three albums, they included three parts (one apiece) of an overarching "Saturn Saga", totaling 16:55 of runtime.

if Project: Roenwolfe had continued that pace of inclusion, then in another 3-4 albums they would have reached the 40 minute minimum runtime bound for concept albums as necessitated by the ETWPMCAM. though maybe that strategy would only count if they had then put out some sort of Saturn Saga Compilation that combined all extant and hypothetical tracks into one continuous narrative. much to consider.

justicar's debut album promises to be an adaptational retelling of timothy zahn's trilogy of novels about grand admiral thrawn for the star wars extended universe. this is excellent news for the metric, but it's not out yet - though they do have an EP out about a different timothy zahn novel. i'm listening now. it's killer. adaptations count as concepts for the purposes of the ETWPMCAM imho as long as they're dedicating at least, again, 40 minutes of album runtime towards laying it out.

now leona hayward, she's got a band called Owlbear. i'm listening to it right now, as we speak. it's blowing my tits clean off. i'm looking at the lyrical content and i'm seeing songs about D&D (including the Dark Sun setting), i'm seeing record of lodoss war, i'm seeing fire emblem - there's a broad net here and they're casting it to fill two albums with absolutely rippin' miscellany. if they tighten the lens of focus to a single concept, then we at the ETWPMCAM tabulation office will have ourselves a HIT.

this was just from what i already knew bolstered with several hours' digging on bandcamp and metal archives. doubtless there's more trans women out there in metal - and the louder we are then the more out there in the metal scene and beyond can hear that and realize they can be loud like us!

but for the purposes of the ETWPMCAM - that is, determining if there is a power metal album out there exploring a single cohesive narrative concept for the majority of its runtime (à la Rhapsody of Fire's Emerald Sword Saga, Dragonland's Under the Grey Banner, Galloglass's Legends from Now and Nevermore, Unleash the Archers' Apex & Abyss duology, to give a few examples) which would not have existed without at least one trans woman's dedicated and direct creative input? i have got nothing. we have a long way to go.

anyway, to anyone in a power metal band with already-released concept albums reading this: it's never too late and don't die wondering. would LOVE to retroactively increase the metric.

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commission

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"its not safe for me to transition right now" girl have you read the news its not safe to drink milk or eat medium rare cheeseburgers or go in public without a respirator anymore stop making excuses lets get you some estrogen

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Konstantin Korobov (Russian, 1985) - Going Underground (2024)

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I CANNOT GET THIS VIDEO OUT OF MY FUCKING HEAD. HUNGRY HUNGRY PIZZA FOR ME. MY HUNGRY ASS WILL EAT JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!

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i'd like to propose a new metric of societal development: the Encouragement of Trans Women's Power Metal Concept Albums Metric (or ETWPMCAM). where the ideal society as measured by the metric spares no expense to ensure that the maximum possible number of trans women get the opportunity to write at least one power metal concept album of at least 40 minute duration, which may or may not end up with a couple tracks that are a bit mid but which, regardless and nevertheless, must charm with their shocking earnestness. and i mean the maximum possible number of trans women. i'm talkin public housing. i'm talkin arts grants, music libraries, orchestras at full readiness. i'm talkin free public canteens open at whatever godawful hours the creative processes stalk in. i'm talkin hrt free over the counter, dedicated DON'T DIE WONDERING propaganda campaigns.

if the trans women decide that the concept needs more albums to fully explore then that's good but that's a different metric. if multiple trans women contribute to the same power metal concept album then that's also good but if any of them don't help with the story or at least name one of the princesses then they're still on the hook for their own power metal concept album. thank you. we have a long way to go.

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