#HDK

[metalhead-brainrot]

[Album of the day] Various Artists - HDK 151 † Hell Night

Milan, ITA // 2023 // Heimat Der Katastrophe (HDK)

[Genres] dungeon synth, synth rock, prog rock, doom metal

[Themes] Hell's generals have escaped onto the material plane and you're a biker who has to track them down and drag them back, one by one

[FFO] indie RPGs, liturgical metal, Lingua Ignota

[Thoughts] This is the first album I've picked from the label HDK, an independent group of synth-loving Italians. Quoth their Bandcamp page: "DIY label focused on ambient punk, minimal-synth, dungeon-drone, wartime music and post-nuclear wave. Managed by a creative punx collective from Milano city."

As a fan of dungeon synth, I think HDK is grand. Most of their releases can be split into about three categories:

Old-school, fantasy dungeon synth (e.g. Kobold, Gnoll). Great music for classic TTRPGs. If you purchase the cassette release, you'll typically get a mini dungeon map and a scenario for any old-school RPG.

Cinematic synth music in the Italian tradition. Think Claudio Simonetti's Goblin, films like The Long Good Friday and Tenebre, bands like Zombi. Check out TEETH OF GLASS and A. RALLA.

Cold-War synth/signalwave, typically with a focus on the atomic era (i.e. sovietwave).* Conceptually interesting and a little underrated. I'd recommend RNLT and TSAR-BOMB.

Other frequent features in the HDK catalogue are proggy synth rock (e.g. POLONIUS), space rock (e.g. LOGIC GATE), and synthwave (e.g. MAX ROGUISH). HDK also has several official soundtracks to indie RPGs, most famously GNOLL's soundtrack to MÖRK BORG and CASIOTOMB's soundtrack to ALTNYC88.

Today's album is an official soundtrack to the indie RPG of the same name, Hell Night by Gavriel Quiroga (link to the DriveThru RPG page below). I haven't played the game,** but I have listened to this soundtrack about a dozen times. I love it. It's a compilation album but feels very proggy; all the tracks are from different artists and different musical styles, but they fit together really well.

Give the album a listen, try out the game, and check out HDK's other releases. I subscribed to their label on Bandcamp a while back, and I haven't regretted it.

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* These tend to remind me of the menu screen for CoD: Black Ops.

** But I would like to, it looks like a lot of fun.

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[From the band/label]

"As these last words were spoken, an explosion of blinding white light filled the black palace, cowing even the grim death lords. The angelic messenger was gone, the message delivered, and outrage soon broke among the ranks of the defiled, cacophony of blasphemy and cursing that announced the arrival of dusk and the beginning of a... HELL NIGHT".

Here is the official soundtrack of the Role-Playing Game HELL NIGHT, by the author Gavriel Quiroga that you may have already known for NEUROCITY and WARPLAND. For now only in digital, the cassette will be available later! Info about Hell Night: * www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/hell-night-pdf * www.kickstarter.com/projects/gavrielquiroga/hell-night * www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399162/HELL-NIGHT

[navyugshaktinews]

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[majestativa]

Phantom elite, we gather for the journey Now I am transcending.

[cleartyrantdream]

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[umcincoseis]

Passou

Quatro dias se foram desde o último abraço, uma semana desde que a decisão foi jogada, eu chorei muito e desabafei. Colocar as palavras pra fora deixaram minha mente e meu coração mais leves, lembrar das suas falas fizeram meu foco ir pra mim. Estou calma em relação a nós, gostaria muito que nossa conversa não demorasse tanto, quero saber o que tem a dizer. Quero ouvir você.

[albertcoers]

Cambio – Change, 2011; Installation, @ offshore - money for the show, Künstlerverbund im Haus der Kunst München. In exchange for a modest fee, artists are invited to present one work for 15 minutes (of Warholian fame). My contribution will be screened 13.10.22, at 20 h. I choose a work that has to do with money and exchange: I buy a set of basic items (jacket, trousers, shoes, umbrella), returne them, by more, but cheaper ones. The inital budget remaines the same. Shops were a.o. #hirmer #karstadt #cunda #deichmann. Installation together with receipts and packing material at the temporary Kunstraum #unicredit, Munich, 2011. Der Künstlerverbund im Haus der Kunst München veranstaltet 30.09. -14.10.2022 das Projekt "offshore - money for the show". Gegen eine kleine Spende zur Finanzierung der nächsten Austellung kann man für 15 Min. (Bildschirm)Ruhm erlangen bzw. diesen vergrößern. Mein Beitrag ist am 13.10.22 um 20 Uhr zu sehen. Ich habe eine Arbeit ausgewählt, die mit dem Thema Geld und (Um)Tausch zu tun hat: Ich kaufe dabei Jacke, Hose, Schuhe, Schirm und tausche sie gegen immer günstigere Gegenstände um. Der Ausgangsbetrag bleibt dabei gleich. Die Gegenstände, zusammen mit Kassenzetteln und Verpackungen, zeigte ich als Installation im temporären Kunstraum Unicredit, München, 2011. #contemporaryart #shopping #change #umtausch #offshoreshow #moneyfortheshow #kuenstlerverbund_hdk #kuenstlerverbund_hausderkunst #munichartists #hdk #hausderkunst #munich #ausstellung #artlover #artoftheday #exhibition #kunstburoreillplast #shopping #change #umtausch #albert_coers #albertcoers (hier: Haus der Kunst) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjqB087q4lO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[hd-ken]

Congratulations David on your 2004 Harley-Davidson Road King Classic that you purchased from me here at Harley Davidson of Kokomo. Welcome to the family! #hdk. www.HDKEN.net (at Harley-Davidson of Kokomo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjVkg_GutL_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[itcars]

Lanzante McLaren P1 HDK

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[platonic-qpr-selfshipping]

I've just had an epiphany so I stopped everything to doodle this on the notes app

[daisiesonafield-blog]

A fan shared a story about working out at the hotel gym in Buenos Aires when Harry was working out with his team on Dec 4 2022 - posted Dec 8 2022 (x)

[haaaaaaaaaaaave-you-met-ted]

HDK Dungeon​​​-​​​Synth Magazine #3 Album Art by Eugene Jaworski

[volatilechemicalz]

okay okay so many songs to give (you don't have to answer this ask unless you want to release my music recommendations to the public, which I wouldn't mind)

Matryoshka - Hachi (TOP SONG OF ALL TIME)

Yueni - Yurry Canon

What's up? Pop! - Capchii

Abnormality Dancin' Girl - Guchiry (Trickle's english cover is also really good)

Rotten Heresy and Chocolate - Pinocchio-P

Circus Panic!!! - Satsuki

Kyuukurarin - Iyowa

Why I hate you - Namine

Young Girl A - Siinamota (+ Will Stetson english cover)

Brain Fluid Explosion Girl - Rerulili (+ Will Stetson cover again)

Liar Dancer - Masarada

My Love is Hellfire - SLAVE.V-V-R

Haikei Doppelganger - kemu

Ikasama Life Game - kemu

DOKUZU - NAKISO

and LITERALLY ANY COMSO@BOUSOU-P SONG I love that man sm it's not even funny but here are some of my favorites from him:

Machinegun Poem Doll

Gizaba Crazy Letter

Dark Hero Ennui

Low Speed Fake Lyric

Luckghakist

Yaminabe!!!!

Shinigami-chan the Reaper is a Picky Eater

End Mark ni Kibou to Namida wo Soete

Daijobudesuka?

and of course also artists like Kairiki Bear, Deco*27, and sasakure.uk

Volt Tackle- Deco*27

Magical Doctor- Maretu

Loveit?- biz (+ jubyphonic's cover)

KICK BACK- Kenshi Yonezu

Lost One's Weeping- Neru

Static Electricity Human- Kairikibear (also the computer flavor)

Streaming Heart- Deco*27

Pyrite Girl- Riproducer

Mane Mane Psychotropic- Kairikibear

Maegamist- Maretu

Reckless Battery Burns- Ghost and Pals

Electrical Forecast- INABAKUMORI

Gray Girl Syndrome- Aru Hirose

BUG- Kairikibear (rachie's English cover also)

Haru no Sekibaku- INABAKUMORI

RONDON SLAG PATHY HI- MASA WORKS DESIGN (the insomnia remix is really good too)

Born Before- Maretu

Gommene Gommene- Kikuo

Pascal Beats- INABAKUMORI

Dither Tune- DIVELA

Caprice Cast- yugica

Kodoku no Syukyo- syudou

Anatasama- Kairikibear

hanahaki syndrome- Shiki Miyoshino

iiillluuuvvvUUU- SOOOO

[Idolism]- Guchiry

Aishite Aishite Aishite- Kikuo (Will Stetson's cover of it is really good too)

cyclic moon- friendxp

Darling Dance- Kairikibear (+ Ado's cover)

Unknown Mother Goose- wowaka (+ rachie's and hitorie's covers)

God-Ish- PinnochioP

Cast a Spell- Guchiry

[baeshijima]

once again stating how much i love them and this fic

[umcincoseis]

Sei que você tem seus medos e inseguranças mas comigo, se tornaram maiores? Sei que você se permitiu, se entregou isso te desespera? Sei que você é um tanto frio, mas demonstrou isso te frustra? Sei que você sentiu muitas coisas boas não anseia por senti-las outra vez?

[demoralised]

McLaren P1 HDK

[hd-ken]

Congratulations Jason & Michele on your 2011 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Classic that you purchased from me here at Harley Davidson of Kokomo. Welcome to the family! #hdk. www.HDKEN.net (at Harley-Davidson of Kokomo) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiDfpwhOZo5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=