Metal!

[dhampyresa]

I was recently at an event and bought the book Au Cœur de l’Hiver from the author.

As she was wearing a jacket with various metal band patches (Epica and Nanowar of Steel were the ones I recognised), we started talking about music.

I recced her (song links added fro this post): In This Moment (song The In-Between[1]), Oceans of Slumber (song: A Return To The Earth Below) and The Pretty Reckless (song: Only Love Can Save Me Now).

[1] Someone should make a Dune fanvid to this song. It opens with "My mother said that I was holy" and the chorus is "Oh, I can feel a holy war / I can feel a holy war within / No, I can't take a holy war / No, I can't take a holy war again". And the rest of the lyrics also fit!

She signed my book and added a small rec list of metal bands: Wintersun (the main inspiration behind the book), Amaranthe, Zornheym, Beast in Black and Ad Infinitum.

I'm not just making this post to remind myself to check out their music, though! I also want to know what is the strangest and/or more unexpected way you've gotten recs for something? Did you check out the thing? How was it?

Also, should I wait until after I've read the book to check out the main inspi band? Or binge before? A secret third thing?

Comments

[sovay]

Someone should make a Dune fanvid to this song. It opens with "My mother said that I was holy" and the chorus is "Oh, I can feel a holy war / I can feel a holy war within / No, I can't take a holy war / No, I can't take a holy war again". And the rest of the lyrics also fit!

I totally don't want you to have to do that, but seriously.

[dhampyresa]

SERIOUSLY

[sathari]

My personal favorite story of "how I got hooked on something in a weird way" is Final Fantasy VII--- I read synecdochic's "Lullabye for the New World Order" and got interested, and thought I was (hahahahah) going to be able to get away with just reading fic... then "just" watching Advent Children... then "just" playing Crisis Core... long story short, not only was I not, but I've played pretty much all the "main series" games up through XIII at this point. (Also the fact that I came out of that fic with the ship in my icon as my OTP in that fandom, when it's pretty much a clear NOTP in the fic itself never mind in canon, says... something, lol.)

Speaking of recs, I've been meaning to thank you for reccing Vespertine, because I got it and love it! In particular the whole "make friends with the scary summoned entity instead of treating it like a thing or a slave and everything works better" is... well, I've got drawerfic on that premise for both Devil Survivor 1 and 2, if that tells you how much I like the concept, lol.

[dhampyresa]

What a story, hahaha. Do you have any fics for your OTP? I watched Advent Children some mumblemumble years ago.

Oh yay, I'm glad you loved it! I am also a FIEND for that dynamic and will take any recs.

[sathari]

Hah, yeah, "How I got into FFVII totally backwards", lol. I think if you click on the relevant tags in my journal I have some fic posted there.

Totally loved Vespertine though alas I can't think of any other recs for the "make friends with the scary monster and it works better"--- there's not enough of it in my life, either, lol.

[corvidology]

My brain Velcro works in weird ways. I nearly always remember anything recced to me but hardly ever remember who recced it.

This might well be cos my brain goes 'how about X?' at some random point in time that might be years later!

[dhampyresa]

That is very familiar, I must confess.