#ace's music reccs

[ace-of-hearts-and-spades]

The NO-SKIP Albums: A Tag Game 🎶💖

rules: share the albums that you can listen to nonstop. those lightning in a bottle-albums that scratch ur brain just right. every single track, an absolute banger. u could not skip one if u tried. no notes. stunning, show-stopping, immaculate. ur no-skip albums. 🔎 bonus & optional (but imo, v fun) rules: 1) add a track rec for us to listen to! AND 2) share ur favorite line(s) from that track! 👀

Thank you SO much for tagging me in this @ventiswampwater, @rottent33th, and @visceravalentines. This was so much fucking fun, I love getting to talk about music sdhgsgdhsjdg <3

Absolutely no-pressure tags, only if you want to! @spookyscaryslashy, @lucifers-horror-harem, @bisexual-horror-fan, @bluecoolr, @slaasherslut, @ace-disgrace-on-the-case, @lady-of-glass-and-bone, and literally anyone else who might be interested in doing this. Consider yourself tagged! :3

Album info, track recs, and lyrics under the cut!

Black Labyrinth, by Jonathan Davis

Track recc: "Underneath My Skin" Something's crawling underneath my skin, I fear / Something's dying, rotting deep within / Something's crawling underneath my skin, I fear / Something's dying, I will not give in

Greatest Hits, by the Cure

Track recc: "Cut Here" So dizzy, Mr. Busy, too much rush to talk to Billy / All the silly frilly things have to first get done / In a minute, sometime soon / Maybe next time, make it June / "Until later" doesn't always come

Future Nostalgia, by Dua Lipa

Track recc: "Pretty Please" Put my mind at ease, trickle down my spine / Oh, you look so pretty, please / Every single night, I need your hands on me / When your kisses climb / Oh you give me sweet relief

Hybrid Theory, by Linkin Park

Track recc: "By Myself" Because I can't hold on when I'm stretched so thin / I make the right moves but then I'm lost within / I put on my daily facade again / But then I just end up getting hurt again

Fallen, by Evanescence

Track recc: "Imaginary" In my field of paper flowers / And candy clouds of lullaby / I lie inside myself for hours / And watch my purple sky fly over me

See You On the Other Side, by Korn

Track recc: "Throw Me Away" Flesh wound, flesh wound / With medication, it will fade / Should I assume / That someone hears me when I pray? / Love, full of hate / Don't you love / How I break?

Sevas Tra, by Otep

Track recc: "My Confession" I think about it all the time / I'm volatile and afraid to cry / But I'm still not comfortable in my skin / And the anesthetic's slowly wearing thin

Sinner, by Drowning Pool

Track recc: "All Over Me" Something I might just regret / Something you will not forget / Maybe I should throw away / Everything I've learned today

The Fear of Fear, by Spiritbox

Track recc: "Cellar Door" Transform my death into a conduit / This body separate from the fear of fear / Inside a coping mechanism for monotony / I will destroy the double vision / That I was forced to leave

[ace-of-clubs-and-diamonds]

Since the Malignant tag is far too empty for my liking, and my enablers friends encouraged me, I figured I’d share my Gabriel May playlist. I don’t have Spotify, so instead I’ve made a tracklist with YouTube links. Here's hoping they work.

This playlist is mostly metal, especially nu metal bc that’s what I like and that’s the Gabriel vibe (and no I do not take criticism). I'll probably edit/add onto this in the future because I’m an indecisive bitch, but regardless, I hope y’all enjoy.

"It's Time to Cut Out the Cancer": A Gabriel May Playlist

"Altaer", by 3TEETH (x)

"Animal", by MISSIO (x)

"B.B.K.", by Korn (x)

"Birth of the Cruel", by Slipknot (x)

"Bitter", by the Union Underground (x)

"Blood Host", by Scar the Martyr (x)

"Blood Red Sandman", by Lordi (x)

"Body Bag", by I Prevail (x)

"Break Stuff", by Limp Bizkit (x)

"Chi", by Korn (x)

"Cirice", by Ghost (x)

"Code Mistake", by Corpse and Bring Me the Horizon (x)

"Danger - Keep Away", by Slipknot (x)

"Dead Bodies Everywhere", by Korn (x)

"Disguise", by Motionless in White (x)

"Down with the Sickness", by Disturbed (x)

"Drown", by Kim Dracula (x)

"Esoteric Surgery", by Gojira (x)

"Evolution", by Korn (x)

"Falling Away from Me", by Korn (x)

"Gently", by Slipknot (x)

"Hallowed Be Thy Name", by Cradle of Filth (x)

"Haunted", by Evanescence (x)

"Head Like a Hole", by Nine Inch Nails (x)

"Heresy", by Nine Inch Nails (x)

"Headache", by Motionless in White (x)

"Here to Stay", by Korn (x)

"Hurt You", by Spiritbox (x) (TW: flickering)

"I Am Hated", by Slipknot (x)

"The In-Between", by In This Moment (x)

"Killer in the Mirror", by Set It Off (x)

"Love Song", by Korn (x)

"Mama", by My Chemical Romance (x) (TW: flickering)

"Master of Decay", by 3TEETH (x)

"Mr. Self-Destruct", by Nine Inch Nails (x)

"My Confession", by Korn (x)

"My Pain", by Slipknot (x)

"Natural High", by the Union Underground (x)

"Necromantic Fantasies", by Cradle of Filth (x) (TW: a woman is shown slitting her wrists at the end of the video)

"Nemesis", by Cradle of Filth (x)

"Nero Forte", by Slipknot (x)

"Nihil", by 3TEETH (x)

"People = Shit", by Slipknot (x)

"Pretty Waste", by Bones UK (x)

"Purity", by Slipknot (x)

"Raining Blood", by Slayer (x)

"Sean Olsen", by Korn (x)

"Seventy Thorns", by Kim Dracula ft. Jonathan Davis (x)

"Simple Skeletons", by VIMIC (x)

"Somebody Someone", by Korn (x)

"South Texas Deathride", by the Union Underground (x)

"Spit It Out", by Slipknot (x)

"Throw Me Away", by Korn (x)

"Twist", by Korn (x)

"Underneath My Skin", by Jonathan Davis (x) (TW: flashing)

"Wake Up Hate", by Korn (x)

"Where Is My Mind", by Safari Riot (x)

"Wish", by Nine Inch Nails (x)

"Would You Love a Monsterman", by Lordi (x)

"Yellowjacket", by Spiritbox (x)

"You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)", by Dope (x)

[wildflowergull]

Regression music reccs: Animal Crossing New Leaf OST (10 am and 5 pm themes are ace) and this is silly but the snoop dogg children's music goes so hard. OH and the bluey soundtrack (especially the pool and wagon ride)

waugh these are fun :0 thank you !!

[yamuraiiha]

also I've been really curious about this- who's like your favorite artist(s) ?? (indirectly asking for song reccs lmfao 🧍‍♂️)

I mean like every JoJo's fan, that show has absolutely DESTROYED my music taste but I'll try rec a little mix of Jojos & Normal music!!

My music taste is a little all over the place and changes a lot, but my most stable (?) Favourite bands are The Wombats, AC/DC, Radiohead, ABBA, Prince, Anri, The Moody Blues and Beach Bunny!

And here's some of a favourite songs currently/of all time ^^

That's all I can add but if u want anymore lmk!

[sock-ness-monster]

Until I heard Orville Pecks voice for the first time I had never thought to myself "oh man this person's voice is HOT" before. I just wanted to let y'all know that I'm a fully ace person but I have to describe his voice like that because it's just what it is. There's no other way to convey what he sounds like other than hot. Here if you haven't had the privilege of ever listening to him before

[little-batty-boo-boo]

got any songs that make you wanna, like.... Go? Big Travel songs? Coming Back From Long Travel songs? Time to Fucking Run Away songs? Wanderlust songs?

i’m asking for a friend, totally

[fateside]

psa i’ve been streaming submerged on my twitch lately so if you’re into that drop me a follow! there’s a few videos on there already - i’ll be playing a few emulator games in the future (hotel dusk, ac etc) as well as some indie steam titles eg crosscode, which i’ll probably play tomorrow, and lots of overwatch!

[itwasoverbeforeitstarted]

Music Monday

Y’all! Let’s hang!! I want to expand my music library, so send me your favorite songs, I’ll give ‘em a listen and give you my opinions:

Already saved // Catchy, but not my jam // It’s a bop // I LOVE IT // MY NEW FAVE, SAVING NOW

[ace-of-hearts-and-spades]

Top five bands! (Even tho I know what one of them already is but humor me lol) :3

Hehehehehe >:3

Korn (INCOHERENT NOISES OF EXCITEMENT)

Slipknot (really got me into nu metal)

Evanescence (first metal band I ever listened to, formative)

Ice Nine Kills (first metal band I listened to that fully and irrevocably got me into the genre)

Motionless in White (bangers made by guys with Gender)

Bonus band: Spiritbox (lead singer has the voice of an angel AND a demon)

[ace-of-clubs-and-diamonds]

Got tagged by @lucifers-horror-harem to do this! Thank u Lottie 💜

🎶 you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music  they listen to. put your favourite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people — no skipping!   🎶

I’m using music from my bigass Waking Nightmares playlist. It’s uhhhhh a bit eclectic lmao

“Blood”, by In This Moment

“Low Budget Horror”, by Redhook

“Hypnotized”, by AViVA

“Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)”, by Eurythmics

“Nightmare”, by UNDREAM and Neoni

“Choke”, by I Prevail

“Judas”, by Lady Gaga

“The Wolf”, by SIAMES

“Deus In Absentia”, by Ghost

“The Nameless”, by Slipknot

Not tagging anyone because I’m shy 💜

[bisexual-horror-fan]

BEX YOUR TASTE IN HORROR MOVIES IS IMPECCABLE. I just finished watching Stage Fright and oh my God. I fucking LOVED it. Musicals aren't generally my cuppa, but this was so gooooooood! I've got a new movie to love and a new slasher to obsess over! Seriously, thank you so much for reccing this 👌

Ahhhhh ACE! I am SO glad to hear this! I am so fucking glad you love it! And uh, don't forget, Buddy Swanson has his own masterlist on my blog. 👀

Also I think Bexxx Reccs is gonna become a more regular thing to share the niche movies I love with everyone else!

[spitzofseidou]

ace of diamond (season 1) review

Hey there! I have recently finished the first season of Ace of Diamond and I’m going to be reviewing on five categories: plot/pacing, characterization/relationships, voice acting, art and OST. Aaaand because of how much I enjoyed it, I’m going to throw in my favorite character, dynamic and OP/ED. At the end I’ll be adding rewatchability/recc score. 

Genre: Shonen / Sports Subgenres: Comedy / Slice of Life / School  Synopsis: Sawamura Eijun is a unique southpaw pitcher from a small town in Nagano with a lot of potential but unpolished skills. After being scouted to play for Seidou High School (a prestigous baseball school in Tokyo) he is encouraged by his friends and family to go and accept the offer and pursue his passion for baseball at a higher level. Confident to the point of arrogant, he declares that he will be the ace pitcher on this new team and be the best -- but has to grapple with the fact he is surrounded now by extremely powerful, talented players who have been honing their skills for years-- some of whom are better than him, like his rival Furuya Satoru, a pitcher with a wicked fastball. Together, this team aims to be the best in Japan and aim for the Summer Koshien, tackling formidable teams who stand in their way--as well as work on their own goals, dreams, fears and insecurities. 

Plot & pacing: The pacing of this show is very well done. In a 75 episode first season, it is rather long, with many of the baseball games drawn out. But its well worth it, as the writing brings a lot of emotional gratification by “feeling what they feel.” Starting with Sawamura being scouted, going through intense spring training and the selection of the summer starting roster, throughout the highs and lows of the summer season and into the post-summer scrimmages and finally rounding out the season with the third-year retirement game before the fall tournament raffle, every bit is given important narrative attention. 

The reveal of information through the eyes of the protagonist; not knowing about Chris Yuu Takagawa’s injury until Sawamura knows it, not knowing how much the current third years sucked as players until the right moment through flashbacks during the tipping point of the finals game, for example -- is such an important choice that we as an audience feel what he feels. The summer games feel very high stakes, the emotional impact is well-earned; every victory feels like it was earned and not given through plot armor or well ~obviously Seidou is the protagonist team, they have to win.~ Seidou as a team was written as strong but not invincible. SPOILER: This is emphasized at the finals game against Inashiro. Despite losing, while emotionally devastating, it feels like it was a logical writing choice and will be important growth for not just Sawamura but the team as a whole. 

The yips arc that follows the loss wraps up in a very wholesome retirement game, with Sawamura not fully recovering, but beginning to do truly do so, and the hopeful note of beginning the fall tournament, leaving the audience ready and excited for more. 

As a side note, Ace of Diamond very beautifully balances comedy to drama, so it takes itself seriously but is also genuinely comedic. I have two running jokes of “fellas, is it gay to x” and “screenshot of out context being x” as well as actually laughing over some of the planned jokes. But it is truly an emotional carthartic journey.

[Did I cry? yes. so much.]

characterization & relationships: All of the characters feel very well-rounded with diverse ethnic and social backgrounds and personality traits. Some may be static but many of them experience growth to become better people and players. Sawamura is a good “bouncing board” of a character, as someone who goes from arrogant to experiencing several setbacks and a devastating loss that makes him examine his own biases, weaknesses and flaws that also reveals to his opponents their own shortcomings. Several other characters are better players than him, and that’s okay. On the flipside, one of the canon examinations as well as audience reaction is that Coach Kataoka has a team who is a family, a well-oiled machine who works amazingly together because they trust and care for one another, that he encourages growth and inspires them to be the best not just as baseball players, but as individuals as well. The opposing teams are also not just blank slates to fight against, but thoughtful people with their own desires, backgrounds and flaws--Mei Narumiya is cocky and unable to handle criticism once put on a pedestal, Sanada Shunpei has low stamina, etc etc. 

Something that’s extremely important to reemphasize is the relationship the Seidou team has to one another in that everyone affects everyone else. Sawamura chooses to go to Seidou specifically because Miyuki Kazuya, a first year at the time, encouraged him to pitch, so he had one upperclassman who already believed in him by the time he enrolled. Sawamura has both batchmates (first years Furuya Satoru and Haruichi Kominato) that encourage him through rivalry (Furuya) or gentle friendship (Haruichi) and several upperclassmen he admires and multiple times states he adores this team as it is, because he looks up to them for guidance and inspiration-- quiet team captain Tetsuya Yuuki, loud outfielder Isashiki Jun (the namesake of this blog, “the spitz of seidou”), speed demons Ryousuke Kominato and Youichi Kuramochi, and more. 

In particular, he has an exchange of growth with Chris Yuu Takagawa, someone he mistook for being uncaring and hopeless about baseball with a dead-eyed appearance. Chris, after being injured, all but had given up on playing again, but Sawamura’s noisy and blunt personality who kept pushing him encouraged him to return to the field, and have hope again. Chris is a teacher that Sawamura then deeply respects and is there for him when he has the yips, returning the favor to help break him out his funk. The symbolism. *weeps*

Important to note also it that is isn’t just about Sawamura and the effect he has on them, but the relationships they have with each other. The Kominato brothers have their own relationship where Haruichi wants to be like his older brother; Isashiki may act wild and aggressive and cocky, but he is truly humbled by their team captain Tetsu; Miyuki and Chris met years before Seidou and that informs their dynamic and the kind of players they are today. This also extends to other teams; some have similarities like Akikawa Academy revering their pitcher Yang Shunchen and how that parallels with Seidou adoring Tanba even when he was out with an injury, and others juxtaposed with them i.e. how some players at Inashiro seem to resent the spotlight Mei receives or Shirakawa callously telling another player to kill himself. 

I also wanted to note the way Coach Kataoka also sees his team; he is in many ways like a stern but loving father figure who wants the best out of his boys in every way, off and on the field. Other coaches seem to care more about money or fame than their wellbeing (Coach Todoroki or the replacement coach for Seidou), and others have different styles as coaches whether from pro experience or just age. It really emphasizes that it’s not just about the talent a team may or may not have, but how those players are nurtured as people.

(Favorite relationships: Chris & Sawamura, the Kominatos, Miyuki & Chris, .)

[Side note: if you care about shipping, this is a buffet, you’re going to have a great time.]

Voice Acting: The voices of this cast are spot on. Everyone’s voice seems to match their face and personalities and all of the voice actors give 110% to the character. The voices really make it for me, as I’m very particular about the sounds. It feels very realistic and the voices really make them seem like actual people and gives the audience a reason to invest. I’ve got nothing but praise for the voice actors and voice direction of this cast. Art: I could go on and on about the art. The motion is very fluid, the backgrounds are amazing. The character designs are stunning and everyone feels unique and given thought. Style-wise it was very refreshing to see as a lot of modern anime I’ve been watching seems to have the stereotypical “2000s” feel, whereas Ace of Diamond feels like a gorgeous late nineties/early 2000s homage--fitting since, despite airing in 2013-2015, the manga originated in 2006 and it followed the art of the manga nicely. The color palettes are very beautiful and vibrant. I remarked more than once while watching it that it was clear that the artists cared for studying human anatomy, movement and realism (in comparison to how some battle shonen care more for looking cool.) The art is what drew me in to begin with and it never disappointed.  OST: I loved the OST so much. Frying-Pan did such an amazing job delivering gorgeous pieces of music. The beauty of it was just off the charts and went above and beyond to make fitting pieces for character themes, scenario specific pieces etc. Also the OPs by Tom H@ck and Glay were appropriately themed and got me pumped every time. I love the various endings also and their little character revealing bits. I like them all so much I never skipped them while watching.

[Favorite OP: Perfect Hero. Favorite ED: Cloud Nine. I listen to Cloud Nine literally every day.] Can I rewatch? Absolutely! Even knowing what’s going to happen, the emotional journey is worth it.  Would I recommend? 10/10. Even if you don’t like sports, this is a great one. It was my first sports anime and it has set the bar so very high. 

[wall-e-gorl]

(Also end of ace week music rec: dnd and asexuality , a song thats literally about dnd and asexuality. Its fantastic highly recc)

[pan-de-queer]

Heyyy fam!! So I’m trying to catch up on my fandoms and i don’t really know where to start, so my friend suggested i start by following other fans! So if you’re a fan or have friends who r fans or blog about of any of the stuff below, pls feel free to ask me to follow or recc ur friend!!! (i’m not asking for a follow back, btw!! I just want to fill up my timeline/dash!) Thanks, lovelies uwu

Pitch Perfect (main otp is Bechloe but I’m open to other blogs so long as they treat all our girls with love and respect uwu)

Choices (wlw or bi/pan/ace choices only pls! I haven’t romanced any males so i’d rather not take that future hype from me if ever i decide to hahaha)

Rilaya (gmw)

wholesome gay shit

any blog that blogs about musicals

b99

the good place

one day at a time