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skelton man, that who hates fascists and likes riffs. chronic follower of cool bands and ppl. also makes his *own* riffs.

riffs in question:
https://skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/music
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hello. i am a skeleton that makes heavy metal, blackened. I am not good at the whole social media thing. i might have followed you, which means i think you seem like a cool person to follow. mostly lookin to network w/ other anti-fascist metal ppl on the platform, and just general cool ppl. thanks 🦴
marking three years now since the first time I decided to finally plug my guitar into a focusrite and start recording my riffs.

I made that decision after nearly 20 years of playing guitar for fun and never thinking anything of it. I'm in my 30s. you can start a new hobby anytime!!
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Yes i did see you coming up behind me in the left lane, headlights brighter than a thousand suns.

Kindly eat sand
December 8, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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working diligently on new stuff which I think might turn out pretty cool, but it's not ready yet.

in the meantime, for BCF, here's the other stuff I made this year. what started out as just a goofy little summertime project has now become my main artistic focus!

skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/music
Skeltima
single-skel blackened heavy metal, from the deepest darkness of the forest art: @toothedselkie posts: https://bsky.app/profile/skeltima.bsky.social
skeletalworks.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
working diligently on new stuff which I think might turn out pretty cool, but it's not ready yet.

in the meantime, for BCF, here's the other stuff I made this year. what started out as just a goofy little summertime project has now become my main artistic focus!

skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/music
Skeltima
single-skel blackened heavy metal, from the deepest darkness of the forest art: @toothedselkie posts: https://bsky.app/profile/skeltima.bsky.social
skeletalworks.bandcamp.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:53 PM
there is no greater disappointment than when watching a new "can I beat X Game without doing Y" video and the answer being "no, unless I bend the rules in this one spot" in the first five minutes.

like I get that you aren't doing Y for 99% of the rest of the game, but I am still disappointed >:|
December 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I scrapped an entire instrumental last week cause I just wasn't feeling how it turned out. I spent time polishing and polishing but it just wasn't working .... hard decision, but I feel it was right. Some of the riffs were good but altogether it just felt like a repetitive mess.
December 2, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Starting to experiment more with my compositional style, trying to be less rigidly adherent to the grid and embrace a little more freedom. Its fun, and its got me challenging myself just a little more and trying to consider how I can make "done" parts even more interesting.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
gettin sallow with it
Deformity in Ceremony, by Sallow Moth
6 track album
sallowmoth.bandcamp.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
me writing and recording 10 min instrumental: >:)))

me writing and recording lyrics for 10 min instrumental: ;(((
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I've experienced sleep paralysis most nights for my entire life, but I have never perceived a "demon" or any sort of "entity" when it happens, as some people apparently do.

It really does suck though, and I fear there will be a time when my brain just decides never to snap out of it...
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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I’ve just released this live album of my performance from this year’s Roadburn Fest. kayodot.bandcamp.com/album/live-a...
Live at Roadburn, by Toby Driver
6 track album
kayodot.bandcamp.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 PM
yesterday I forgot to bring home my headphones from work, so I had to spend an entire evening *not* workin on my riffs. sad
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I miss having the energy and motivation to make doom maps ...
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
song from my last release that not enough listeners got deep enough to hear.

A pure instrumental inspired by watching the hens outside my window bounding around the yard. goofy ass birds, man.

The title was inspired by seeing one of them jump off a fence post and try to fly. they so cute < 3
the Flightless Bird (Takes Flight), by Skeltima
from the album Come to Pasture
skeletalworks.bandcamp.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:57 PM
excellent news ! ! !

i wrote a riff that i like last night, which means the last track of my next EEE PEE is underway.

i am at work now, just dreamin about what riffs to do next. how can they expect me to work when i got riffs on the brain ??

just like sick leave, there should be riff leave
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I am really not a great or highly technical guitarist, by any measure. but I like to think I make up for my technical shortcomings with good riff accuracy, and just playing what I *can* play confidently and with good presence and energy.

I'm not here to show off, I'm here to party and riff hard ...
November 17, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have a delicious coookie sitting on my desk but i have been in on camera meetings for 2 hours .... i haven't forgotten you, oh cookie ... !
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
finished a third instrumental for the next SKELTIMA ep last night. 3/4 done ... almost time to start writing lyrics and doin some shrieks.
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
anyone else get into this pattern:

AT WORK BRAIN: man i can't wait to get back home and fuckin *do* all my *projects* ... FUCK! I can't WORK! I WANT TO DO PROJECTS

AT HOME BRAIN: i sit til i sleep
November 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Kinda forgot that I made a website this year, put a manic sense of work into it for like 4 months, and then completely abandoned it in the 2nd half of the year.

anyways, I just updated it with a new blog post, apologizing to thin air and the website itself for said abandonment. new posts imminent!
pav's world of games and cool stuff
pavworld.neocities.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
this has been stuck in my head all week
[temple of the dog voice] Zohran Mamdani
November 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
one day I'm gonna write a riff that makes someone go ... "damn."

that is my goal.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I think these are all or mostly still up for grabs. Please take my riffs for FREE. Tell your friends. I have codes, so many codes.

skeletalworks.bandcamp.com/yum
most of those are used, so here's a handful more:

f3w6-3nv3
mdpt-cj6s
bq92-xy8l
wb2w-j37j
svlq-6sqk
pfp9-y4y8

I'm just givin' this thing away, baby. hot skeleton metal, for free!
November 8, 2025 at 5:38 PM
If I followed you, it's cause I looked at your stuff and thought ... *damn* ... cooler than me. cool as fuck. cool kat. how could someone be that cool??
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM