Medieval Metal

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post where We are Talking about the Topic of Medieval Metal. We are Massive Music Fans Who truly believe that Life without Music Simply isn’t worth fucking Living. In addition to that We are Fanatically Devout Fans of Niche Musical Genres such as Horrorcore, Deathgrind, Grindcore, Powerviolence, Underground Hardcore/Punk, Brutal/Slamming Death Metal Etc., BUT this Medieval Metal is Something New to Us.

So What the fuck is Medieval Metal in the First fucking Place?! Medieval Metal came into it’s Own back in the Mid 90’s, and is Defined as a Subgenera of Heavy Metal that Blends Heavy Metal Music with Medieval Folk Music. Now one Reason (if not the Main reason) Medieval Metal is such a Niche Genre is that it is Mostly Restricted to Germany where it Know as Mittelalter-Metal or Mittelalter-Rock. On One Hand the Medieval Metal Musical Style is Characterized by the Prominent Use of a Wide Variety of Traditional Folk and Medieval Instruments, and Many Bands Dress in Stylized Medieval Era Costumes on Stage during Concerts/Live Shows. Many Medieval Metal Bands Adopt a Musical Styles from Various Medieval Era Source Material such as Viking Music, Celtic Music, Nordic Music, and in Addition from Fantasy Stories such as Lord of the Ring. On the Other Hand Some Medieval Metal Bands take a More Modern approach to Their Songwriting while Still Utilizing Traditional Medieval or Ancient Instruments.

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This Actually makes Sense to Us since While Researching Medieval Metal Bands We Noticed there are Slight Variations among Them. What We mean by that is While All the Bands Retained the Key Elements of the Medieval Metal Genre Some Bands Seemed to Lean More Towards the Folk Metal Aspect. We felt Compelled to included 1 Example of this in the Videos Below (Cultus Ferox – Gotterdammerung)because Well We had To Yet really didn’t really want to. Meanwhile other Medieval Bands really Embraced the Heavy Metal Aspect which again makes Sense since Common Themes in Heavy Metal were/are Medieval Times, Devils and Demons, Dragons, Monsters, Death/Grim Reaper, Old Graveyards, Knights, Castles, and Mythical Creatures for Example. Also We found Medieval Metal Bands that Took Ques from Black Metal which was by Far Our Favorite Hands fucking Down.

             

MEDIEVAL METAL VIDEOS BELOW:

  • Apocalypse Orchestra (First 2 Videos) – The Garden Of Earthly Delights and Theatre Of War
  • Wind Rose – Diggy Diggy Hole
  • Subway To Sally – Was Ihrwollt
  • Corvus Corax – Sverker
  • Cultus Ferox – Gotterdammerung
  • Tanzwut – Lügner
  • Ingrimm – Ingrimm
  • Ragnaroek – Gevadder
  • Haggefugg – Katzenjammer

 

 

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The News That Hasn’t Happened Yet #4: NEWSPOCALYPSE

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring THE NEWS THAT HASN’T HAPPENED YET #4; NEWSPOCALYPSE by David Firth. For those Who are Unaware David Firth is an English Animator, Director, Writer, Musician, Actor, Voice Actor, Video Artist, Broadcaster, and Creator of the Now Legendary SALAD FINGERS. The Word “NIGHTMARE” is used most often to Describe Firth’s body of Work and Why We are such Diehard Fans of His work. Several of Firth’s works in Flash Animation, along with Multiple Music Videos and Works of Video Art, have garnered a Large (and Ever Growing) Followings Over the Years.

Tantalizing Headlines from NEWSPOCALYPSE:

  • Has the World Run Out of New News?
  • News Fatigue is a Increasing Trend!
  • Unnewsworthy is BANNED!
  • Man Balances Bread on Elbow for 14 Years!
  • King Charles Orders UK Citizens to “Look Out Their Windows…”
  • Has the News become Pointless?
  • News Networks Accusations Fly Accusing One Another of Withholding New News from the Public!
  • Famous Celebrity thought Dead for 40 Years Found ALIVE!
  • The Most Offensive Tweet in HISTORY Rocks the World!

 

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Hygiene

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post by the Seriously Surreal Animators Cool 3D World. And Who the fuck Exactly is Cool 3D World You may be Wondering to Yourself? Well when Brian and popcorn10 ( Their Youtube Handles) were introduced via Mutual Friends, They realized They shared an Interest in Exploring “Visual Art Inspired by Electronic Music” and so Cool 3D World was Born- as a Place where the Duo can Create “Art, Music, and More! All in 3D.”

Now Cool 3D World’s Videos were always Trippy as Fuck ranging from Absurd to Out Right fucking Insanity. We were Pleasantly Surprised by “Hygiene” because it’s by Far the Best Video by Cool 3D World in YEARS, and is Their Best Video since Their Video “Earth & Moon”. With “Hygiene” Cool 3D World delves back into Their Signature Strange and Creepy type Content in Full fucking Force to say the Least.

Video Notes: 

  • The Main Character is a rather Ugly and Average Joe who Apparently Who’s whole World consists of His fucking Bathroom.
  • There is a Lively Turd Goblin for Lack of a Better Term (Perhaps some May see it as a Turd Child.
  • Weird Online Video of Some Singing Tree Deity.
  • Strange Woman who Appears out of Thin Air.
  • The Guy shits Out a Living Humanoid Mutant the Size of a Large Fetus.
  • An Alter and Some Sort of Cult Religion.
  • An Alternate Reality inside a Ceiling Light.

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“We Bought A CLONE Off The Dark Web!” (Luxury Dark)

Welcome to Today’s Video a Horror Comedy Short “WE BOUGHT A CLONE OFF THE DARK EB” by Channel Luxury Dark Inc. that is Absurdly Awesome in Our Opinion. Now Luxury Dark’s Formula is Pretty fucking Simplistic Two Teen Friends Chester and Parker who live Together Buy all kinds of Weird fucking shit Off the Dark Web. Now We have watched all 19 Videos by Luxury Dark Inc. and There 3 Videos We though were Worth a Damn So Why Not Start with Our Favorite of the 3, But Here’s Some Details/Observation/Information  about “We Bought A CLONE Off The Dark Web” to Begin with.

Video Synopsis:

Chester and Parker are back in the Basement checking out Websites on the Dark Web, and this Time it’s a Site that Allegedly Sells Clones. While Chester is all for it Parker is Dead Set against it, but Chester decides to Aquire the Clone regardless of Parker’s Protesting. Once the Clone Arrives the Shoe is on the Other fucking foot as Chester wants the Clone Gone ASAP, BUT Parker becomes Unnaturally Obsessed with the Clone being “Family”, a “Brother”, and “His Son.”. So in Summation “We Bought A CLONE Off The Dark Web” is Pretty fucking Entertaining, a Little Tacky, Little Absurd, and has Far Above Average Special Effects.

Absurd Shit in the Video:

  • The Box literally fucking says CLONE that’s Hand written on it in Black Marker.
  • Who or Why the fuck would Anyone put a Large Chain as Security on a fucking Cardboard Box?!
  • If Your looking for a Mutant Clone in Your Home Why wouldn’t You Turn on Every fucking Light in the House On (the Only Light source is the Camera’s Light)?!
  • Why the fuck Does Chester wear Sunglasses that seem to be Permeantly Attached to His fucking Face at Inside at Night in a Completely Dark House?!
  • Where the fuck are the Parents?!
  • The Large House that Chester and Parker almost Entirely Empty, We mean there aren’t even a Cheap Set of Curtains?! We mean there’s just Plain White Bed Sheets over the Windows like White Trash Methheads.
  • And While We are at it the Premise of the Video is Essentially Identical to the Plot of the Sci Fi Horror Classic Movie The Fly.

 

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Indigestion (An Animation Not Actually Related To Actual Indigestion)

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring INDIGESTION by Cyriak. For Those Who may Not Know Cyriak is a Legendary British Animator whose Real Name is Cyriak Harris. Harris is Known as Mononymously, cyriak and His B3ta Username Mutated Monty (Harris has been a Regular Contributor to the British Website B3ta since 2004), is a British Freelance Animator and Composer. He is known for His Surreal, Creepy, and Bizarre Short Web Animations with the Frequent Use of the Droste Effect, and Features Original Dance/Electronic Music By Harris as Well.

This Video According to cyriak is a Collection of Animation Experiments that “congealed into a video”. This Video is, in Our Opinion, Best Viewed Either Stoned or While Getting Stoned (We Recommend a Bong for the Latter). INDIGESTION obviously has No Meaning Nor Point to it or to make which is fucking Fine by Us. We for one are Sick of Idiots Acting like Viable Content Creators/Artist which is an Increasingly Plagued Social Media. Social Media as it were Opened the Preverbal Pandora’s Box of Human Bullshit Behaviors but We Digress for Now. The Visuals in INDIGESTION appeal to Us because it Reminds Us of the Absurdly Surreal Animations of the Monty Python and the Flying Circus British TV Show. That and We simply like Creepy fucking Content because Normal is Boring and Boring is Bullshit so fuck the Bullshit Basically. So enough of this Babbling Bullshit let’s get on with it…

 

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He Took His Skin Off For Me

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring the 2014 Short Film HE TOOK HIS SKIN OFF FOR ME Written and Directed by Ben Aston. Aston is a London Born Filmmaker Who was Raised in Hong Kong, Australia, Bath, Singapore, and Shanghai.  His First Foray into Directing was a fucking Puppet Show at the Age of 11 that Lasted SO fucking Long it Required a fucking Intermission. After Graduating with a BA in Philosophy from Kings College London He spent a Year Setting up a Production House with Friends, Creating Short Films, Music Videos, and Ads for Political Organizations. This Resulted in a National Broadcast Job, which in turn Paid for Aston’s First Term at the London Film School.

We will Admit that this HE TOOK HIS SKIN OFF FOR ME is Rather fucking Tame for the Type shit We Post Normally but So fucking What?! We like this Short Horror Film  for a Few Reasons First being the Name that Reminds Us of Other Similar Movie Titles like “I Drink Your Blood!” or “I EAT YOUR SKIN”. Secondly it Also happens to Remind Us of One of Our Favorite fucking Movies of all Time the Clive Barker’s Hellraiser Horror Movie Franchise. We mean Seriously what the fuck Else would Someone Think of (instead of the Hellraiser Reference) when the Topic of Skinless People Comes Up for fucks Sake?!

Next We do Enjoy the Fact that HE TOOK HIS SKIN OFF FOR ME is Not a Gore Soaked Splatter Movie, But Man if it fucking was it Be fucking Fantastic. This Short Film falls into the Creepy Asian Horror Movies for while Asian Horror has Gore Movies/Splatter Movies/Torture Porn Out the fucking Wazoo this is the Other Variety. The Second School of Though in Asian Horror if You will is the Creepy Unnerving Mindfuck Horror Genre the Kind of Shit that Crawls into Your Cranium like a Cinematic Parasite. The kind of Horror Movie You simply Can’t Stop thinking About in Spite of How Much You may want To.

Lastly it has the Surreal Insanity Feel that’s Reminiscent of Director David Lynch and being Huge fucking Lynch Fans that’s Definite fucking Works for US. So the Best Way We can Describe this Film is Combine the Surreal Insanity of David Lynch with the Dark Mind of Clive Barker to make the Next Hellraiser Sequel.

Meanwhile it’s Important to Note Our Only Criticism is there Obviously should have been a shit ton More fucking Blood like fucking Buckets of it a Borderline Blood fucking Bath.

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RIP

Welcome to Today’s Halloween Post featuring RIP by the Content Creator Cyriak.  For Those Who may Not Know Cyriak is a Legendary British Animator whose Real Name is Cyriak Harris. Harris is Known as Mononymously, cyriak and His B3ta Username Mutated Monty (Harris has been a Regular Contributor to the British Website B3ta since 2004), is a British Freelance Animator and Composer. He is known for His Surreal, Creepy, and Bizarre Short Web Animations with the Frequent Use of the Droste Effect, and Features Original Dance/Electronic Music By Harris as Well.

So Grab a Bowl of Candy, Fat Sack of Weed, Crack a Beer/Take a Shot and Enjoy the Skeletal Absurdity that is RIP.

 

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CONSUMING and EMBRACE YOUR MADNESS

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring CONSUMING and EMBRACE YOUR MADNESS by Content Swedish Creator Alex Unger Who makes Stop Motion Animations as Well as Sculptures in His Free Time. Unger Posts His Videos to His Youtube Channel called Guldies which are Almost Exclusively Tutorials in Sculpting and Animation. But there are Exceptions to/for EVERY Rule and there is a Small Handful of Surreal, Sick, and Twisted Animations. Both of the Videos Showcase a few of User’s Monstrous Mutant Sculptures, and to be Fair Our Favorite of the Two would be CONSUMING. Though We do think EMBRACE YOUR MADNESS is a way fucking cooler Title.

CONSUMING: Is a Slide Show of Two Humanoid looking Mutant Creatures Eating Babies or at Least a Baby.

EMBRACE YOUR MADNESS: Again is a Slide Show Showing the Creative Construction of an Abominable Beast that is Pure fucking Nightmare Fuel. The Creepy Creature Reminds Us of Something Straight Out of the HELLRAISER Movie Franchise and We fucking LOVE HELLRAISER.

CREATIVE NOTE: All Unger’s  of the Monstrous Monstrosities in these Videos were Constructed Using Acrylic Paint and Super Sculpey.

 

Description By Alex Unger The Creator of COMSUMING:

“We leave the younger generation helpless, without a chance to stop us. The unborn can’t even beg us to stop.. We eat our way to human misery.” I  

 

DESCRIPTION By Alex Unger the Creator of EMBRACE YOUR MADNESS:

“I made a small piece of art…”

 

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Dinner For Few

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post the Animated Short Film DINNER FOR FEW by Award Winning Director and Animator Nassos Vakalis which an Allegorical Depiction of Society. I in Particular find DINNER FOR FEW to be Interesting and Entertaining is the Social Commentary that Reminds Me of Two of My Favorite fucking Books of All fucking Time. Those Two Books Being Animal Farm by George Orwell which is a Scathing Criticism on the Flaws and Failure of Communism. The Other is the Graphic Novel MAUS by Art Spiegelman which Depicts the Author’s Interviewing His Father about His Experiences as a Holocaust Survivor. Both Books and DINNER FOR FEW rely Heavily on Symbolism which I personally enjoy the fuck Out of (Especially Using Specific Animals to Embody Different Kinds of People. Example The Rich and Powerful) those that do per Animal Farm are Depicted in all 3 Works as PIGS.

The Best Part of Symbolism and DINNER FOR FEW is it actually makes You fucking think in the fucking age of Smart Phone Zombies and Laptop Ghouls. Swear to fucking God all the shit They put Out and Dare to call Entertainment is MINDLESS FUCKING DRIVIL. The Point and Click/Touch/Swipe Technology is causing Humanity to Actually De-fucking-evolve into Retarded, Mindless, Cavemen. Think I’m being over fucking Dramatic well then Ponder the fuck Out of This. Emojis are and have Always Been the Digital Equivalent of fucking Cave Paintings (No Hieroglyphs is too Advanced at this Point to be fucking Comparable).

Our View: DINNER FOR FEW does have One Unique Aspect that Sets it Apart from the Two Aforementioned Books, and that is it Depicts the Cycle of Life in Society as Opposed to just Commenting on the Social Situation/Issue/Problem at Hand. DINNER FOR FEW reminds Me of Two Sayings that for Me go Hand in Fucking Hand and They are the Following:

  1. “The Rich get Richer and the Poor get Poorer.” This Serving as the Societal Circle of Life on the Macro Level.
  2. “Don’t Piss on My Leg and Tell Me it’s Raining.” The Day to Day Injustices in Society and Those Affected by Them on the Micro Level.

The Symbolism as We see it:

  • Pigs: Well Obviously as I mentioned before the Pigs are Symbolic of the Wealthy, Privileged, Greedy, Gluttonous, Self Serving Elitist Assholes Who Only give shit about Themselves.
  • The Chef: Stands for the System that Enables the Pigs without Question its His Only function is to Blindly Serve the Pigs.
  • The Cats: Represent Average Citizens/Every Day People aka Anyone Who isn’t a fucking Pig.
  • White Lion: Is Indicative of Revolution as the Cats Unite against the Common Enemy the Pigs and Revolt Against the Tyrant Swine. Not Only that But the Feline Uprising enables the Cats to Not Only Stand Up Against the Pigs but to Also Exact Revenge in the Form of a Brutal Blood Soaked and Murderous Massacre.
  • The Lion Sleeping: is Symbolic of Peace and in this Case the Peace is that Peace has been Restored to the Land so to Speak.
  • Chef Killing the Lion and Kittens: Represents the Cycle of a Sick Society Continues it’s Never Ending Circle where Unavoidably things will Always Remain the Same.

Description By Creator Nassos Vakalis:

During dinner, “the system” feeds the few who consume all the resources while the rest survive on scraps. Inevitably, the struggle for what remains leads to catastrophic change. The offspring of this transition turns out not to be a sign of hope, but the spitting image of the parents.

 

 

Credits and Shit:

  • Original title – Dinner for few
  • Director and writer – Nassos Vakalis
  • Producer – Nassos Vakalis, Katerinai Stergiopoulou
  • Music – Kostas Christides
  • Year – 2014

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IN YOUR CUBE

Welcome to Today’s FYB Post featuring IN YOUR CUBE by Famous Visual Visionary Conceptual Artist Larry Carlson . So Who the fuck is Larry Carlson You may be Wondering and with Good Reason so We included all Pertinent Information Pertaining to Larry Carlson Below.

  • Carlson is Based Out of His Studio where He Lives and Works in New York.
  • G4Tech TV called Carlson “The Salvador Dali of the Next Century.”
  • Carlson’s Work Spans a Variety of Forms: Photography, Film Making, Web Art, Animation, Digital Art, Collage Art, Video Art, Music/Soundtracks, and Sound Design.
  • High Times Magazine called Carlson “An Artistic Mastermind.”
  • Carlson’s Animations have been Featured on Adult Swim’s Off Air Television.
  • Carlson has Appeared in Several Magazines such as High Times, VICE, Cracked, THC (European Publication), Juxapoz, New York Arts, and Many More.

 

  • Carlson is a Pioneer in Experimental Multimedia Web-Art.
  • Carlson is Best Known for Work in Online Web-Art.
  • Carlson’s Artwork Fuses Aspects of Mysticism, Surrealism, Psychedelia, and Technological that Bends the Viewer’s Perception of Reality and the World Around Them.
  • One of the Most Common Words Used to Describe Carlson’s Work is “Mind Bending”, and “A Disjointed Representation of the Slippery Nature of the Unconscious.”
  • In 1997 Carlson began Presenting His Work Online.
  • In 2000 Carlson Published the Legendary Art Wed Sites Virtual OM and LarryCarlson.com Both which featured His Original Full Screen Psychedelic Entertainment and Projects.
  • Carlson’s Art Falls in 4 Basic Categories: Visionary Art, Psychedelic Art, Sound Art, and Surrealism.
  • Carlson is Recognized as One of the Most Original Digital Artists in the World Today.

  • Carlson’s Work has the Ability to Provide the Viewer with Spiritualized Epiphanies One Minute, and then Plunge the Viewer into Completely Bizarre Surreal Frenzies the Next.
  • Carlson has Provided Visuals for Numerous Electronic Events in New York, Las Vegas, Toronto, and Amsterdam.
  • Carlson puts on Live Experimental Video Shows.
  • Carlson writes/Composes His own Original Music and Soundtracks and So Far has Released 8 Albums.
  • Carlson is a Graduate of Cooper Union School of Art.
  • Carlson Grew up in Northern New Jersey.

Larry Carlson on His Art in His Own Words:

“Through My Artwork I aim to Offer the Viewer a New Way of Seeing the World, to Describe Life as Magical and Rich with Wonders, Mystery, and Possibility.”

Larry Carlson’s Description of IN YOUR BOX:

“!!WARNING MAY CAUSE HALLUCINATIONS!!
WOW! A virtual psychedelic trip.
§up€Я∏ΔtuЯΔL – iLLu§i◎∏§ !”

Sound and Visions by Larry Carlson, 2011

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