Ryan the Gentleman Metalhead
@bard13.bsky.social
Heavy Metal Dad & Husband. Comic/Horror/Gaming/Sci Fi Nerd and General Purpose Geek.
I would have got to my happy place sooner, but I took the long way round.
I would have got to my happy place sooner, but I took the long way round.
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It's Metal Black History Month! The incomparable Cammie Gilbert-Beverly is the vocalist for the Texas Metal band Oceans of Slumber. Where other vocalists emphasize power and aggression, her vocals are haunting and stunningly beautiful.
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It's Metal Black History Month! Raise your horns as, all month, we spotlight Black artists in Heavy Metal and celebrate their contributions to the genre!
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#MetalBlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
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February 2, 2026 at 1:22 PM
It's Metal Black History Month! Raise your horns as, all month, we spotlight Black artists in Heavy Metal and celebrate their contributions to the genre!
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#MetalBlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
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#MetalBlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
I have to turn it up so I can hear the music over my tinnitus.
January 29, 2026 at 5:31 PM
I have to turn it up so I can hear the music over my tinnitus.
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Just saw a metal page refer to King Diamond as a "dark melodic power metal band" and my day is ruined at 5am already
January 29, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Just saw a metal page refer to King Diamond as a "dark melodic power metal band" and my day is ruined at 5am already
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I'm on that grindcore mindset:
Wake up.
Work at a break neck speed for less than 30 minutes.
Disappear for 5+ years at a time.
Wake up.
Work at a break neck speed for less than 30 minutes.
Disappear for 5+ years at a time.
Grindcore is the new hustle culture ft.trib.al/Yq5N8YC | opinion
Grindcore is the new hustle culture
In Silicon Valley, long hours have fused with a monastic male wellness aesthetic
ft.trib.al
January 28, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I'm on that grindcore mindset:
Wake up.
Work at a break neck speed for less than 30 minutes.
Disappear for 5+ years at a time.
Wake up.
Work at a break neck speed for less than 30 minutes.
Disappear for 5+ years at a time.
Napalm Death announces North American tour.
My old ass:
My old ass:
January 27, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Napalm Death announces North American tour.
My old ass:
My old ass:
Back on my shit...
In Parting by Be'lakor on Apple Music
Song · 2012 · Duration 9:21
music.apple.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Back on my shit...
Public Emeny and The Doors?
Unexpected team up...
Unexpected team up...
PUBLIC ENEMY & THE DOORS Members Form New Band DOPE, EDSEL DOPE Is Not Thrilled - Metal Injection
Public Enemy and The Doors legends unveil surprise collaboration — but Dope frontman says the name risks major confusion and belongs to him.
metalinjection.net
January 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Public Emeny and The Doors?
Unexpected team up...
Unexpected team up...
What are you listening to?
The Weekly Injection: New Releases From MEGADETH, POPPY & More Out This Week 1/23 - Metal Injection
Plus releases from Alkaloid, Melissa Bonney, New Miserable Experience, Pelican, and Textures.
metalinjection.net
January 23, 2026 at 2:17 PM
What are you listening to?
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🚨ALERT!🚨
THE NEW ASHENHEART TRACK "Stars Wept to the Sea" is now streaming exclusively via Noob Heavy!
Be one of the first to hear it!
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
noobheavy.com/track-premie...
And if you enjoy it, please throw us a dollar here
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ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
#Metalsky
THE NEW ASHENHEART TRACK "Stars Wept to the Sea" is now streaming exclusively via Noob Heavy!
Be one of the first to hear it!
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
noobheavy.com/track-premie...
And if you enjoy it, please throw us a dollar here
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
#Metalsky
Track Premiere: Ashenheart - "Stars Wept to the Sea" - Noob Heavy
Today we have the prodigious honor of premiering a work by one of our favorite projects: deathened black metal outfit Ashenheart. “Stars Wept to the Sea” is a standalone track, with proceeds to be don...
noobheavy.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:38 PM
🚨ALERT!🚨
THE NEW ASHENHEART TRACK "Stars Wept to the Sea" is now streaming exclusively via Noob Heavy!
Be one of the first to hear it!
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
noobheavy.com/track-premie...
And if you enjoy it, please throw us a dollar here
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
#Metalsky
THE NEW ASHENHEART TRACK "Stars Wept to the Sea" is now streaming exclusively via Noob Heavy!
Be one of the first to hear it!
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
noobheavy.com/track-premie...
And if you enjoy it, please throw us a dollar here
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
ashenheart.bandcamp.com/album/stars-...
#Metalsky
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The house always wins and now it fits in your pocket.
"Nearly half of all American men aged 18 to 49 maintain an online sports-betting account...Emerging research suggests that the spread of sports gambling portends a huge increase in gambling addiction, which has the highest rate of suicide of any addictive behavior."
harpers.org/archive/2026...
harpers.org/archive/2026...
On Tilt, by Jasper Craven
America’s new gambling epidemic
harpers.org
January 22, 2026 at 4:00 PM
The house always wins and now it fits in your pocket.
Reaction videos and accounts can be pretty cringey. But sometimes I'll come across someone who genuinely seems to be interested in exploring Heavy Metal. Seeing them experience the these songs for the first time lets me relive my own first experiences. And it's great to see these channels point...
I Didn’t Expect This Much Love from Metal Fans… Thank You
YouTube video by Lucky354
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January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Reaction videos and accounts can be pretty cringey. But sometimes I'll come across someone who genuinely seems to be interested in exploring Heavy Metal. Seeing them experience the these songs for the first time lets me relive my own first experiences. And it's great to see these channels point...
As a man who has a thing for nice coats, I have to say, Idris Elba's coat in Luther is a really nice coat.
January 22, 2026 at 1:01 AM
As a man who has a thing for nice coats, I have to say, Idris Elba's coat in Luther is a really nice coat.
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Bandcamp just announced a ban on AI music. Are ethics driving the decision or business? Maybe both? An analysis of their payment model vs Spotify reveals incentives that might be why Spotify will never ban AI. Episode 254 of Heavy Metal Philosophy, links in replies!
#ai #bandcamp #spotify
#ai #bandcamp #spotify
January 20, 2026 at 3:39 PM
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Good morning! Now go chainsaw death metal into your face.
January 20, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Good morning! Now go chainsaw death metal into your face.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Lamb of God
In Flames
Metallica
Allegaeon
Fires in the Distance
Lamb of God
In Flames
Metallica
Allegaeon
Fires in the Distance
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Dragged into Sunlight
Wesley Willis
Enslaved
Rhapsody
Creed
Dragged into Sunlight
Wesley Willis
Enslaved
Rhapsody
Creed
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Boris
Blind Guardian
Opeth
Joanna Newsom
Krallice
Boris
Blind Guardian
Opeth
Joanna Newsom
Krallice
January 19, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've been to:
Lamb of God
In Flames
Metallica
Allegaeon
Fires in the Distance
Lamb of God
In Flames
Metallica
Allegaeon
Fires in the Distance
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🔥🔥🔥TURN #THATHEAT UP 🔥🔥🔥
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#DanielleBlaiQ #SonnyVega #music #songwriter
open.spotify.com/track/6nRuJq...
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#DanielleBlaiQ #SonnyVega #music #songwriter
open.spotify.com/track/6nRuJq...
THAT HEAT
open.spotify.com
January 18, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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#ALLIN #CLOSER 🎶
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Music single by #singersongwriter #lyricist, #DanielleBlaiQ is available on all major music platforms. 🎶
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Music single by #singersongwriter #lyricist, #DanielleBlaiQ is available on all major music platforms. 🎶
January 19, 2026 at 11:11 AM
#ALLIN #CLOSER 🎶
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Music single by #singersongwriter #lyricist, #DanielleBlaiQ is available on all major music platforms. 🎶
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Music single by #singersongwriter #lyricist, #DanielleBlaiQ is available on all major music platforms. 🎶
The irony being that he stood a better chance of being invited in if he came authentic and played an Irish song.
Me learning tonight that “Picked Poor Robin Clean” from “Sinners” is an African American blues/folk song about the hardship Black people had in the 1930’s - used in the film as a way to highlight the vampire(s) exploiting Sammie + cultural appropriation.
RYAN COOGLER - YOUR MIND SIR!
RYAN COOGLER - YOUR MIND SIR!
January 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The irony being that he stood a better chance of being invited in if he came authentic and played an Irish song.
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And this why my answer has ALWAYS been the same when ppl ask me why I don’t get a ring camera: I’m not signing up to be part of the police state voluntarily.
January 19, 2026 at 12:48 PM
And this why my answer has ALWAYS been the same when ppl ask me why I don’t get a ring camera: I’m not signing up to be part of the police state voluntarily.
I signed back up with a local gym. So you all can expect to start seeing obligatory gym selfies in a couple of weeks.
a cartoon character from south park says `` i have a nice body and '' while holding a can of beans .
Alt: a cartoon character from south park says `` i have a nice body and '' while holding a can of beans .
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January 19, 2026 at 2:32 PM
I signed back up with a local gym. So you all can expect to start seeing obligatory gym selfies in a couple of weeks.
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Anyone who appears to have it “easy” has likely had life thrown at them twice as hard.
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Anyone who appears to have it “easy” has likely had life thrown at them twice as hard.
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“I’d survive a nuclear wasteland.” You can’t survive sexual harassment training.
January 16, 2026 at 5:54 PM
“I’d survive a nuclear wasteland.” You can’t survive sexual harassment training.
I swear, everyone in this house gets tucked into bed but me.
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I swear, everyone in this house gets tucked into bed but me.
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Well I may be delayed in my trip...so why don't I launch a preorder and TWO singles for @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social and I's new band THE RECREANT
Get some. Go again. You're not nearly angry enough.
therecreant.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
Get some. Go again. You're not nearly angry enough.
therecreant.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
The Code is V... Outlive the Code, by The Recreant
11 track album
therecreant.bandcamp.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Well I may be delayed in my trip...so why don't I launch a preorder and TWO singles for @rubyrockatansky.bsky.social and I's new band THE RECREANT
Get some. Go again. You're not nearly angry enough.
therecreant.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
Get some. Go again. You're not nearly angry enough.
therecreant.bandcamp.com/album/the-co...
Post an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it using only gifs
January 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Post an actor who nailed a role so hard that nobody else will ever be able to live up to it using only gifs