I am an old sage…listen closely to my wisdom before my soul withers away…
Teach us, o wise one
you are not an anime character. your actions impact others and do not only exist in theory. nobody is required to stick around for your tragic backstory or to learn the reasons behind your actions. if you treat people like garbage, they are allowed to think of you as a jerk and nothing more. nobody is obligated to analyze you or think twice when you hurt them. similarly, you are not required to stick around to listen to other people’s reasons for treating you like trash. you can call them a jerk, cut them out of your life, and call it a day.
Throbbing Gristle: makes you question your sanity while listening
Skinny Puppy: you’re scared, but you’re dancing, singer sounds like he drank battery acid
Einstürzende Neubauten: singer is screaming in german, 5 out of 6 instruments are construction tools and you question your sanity again
Nine Inch Nails: there’s guitars and the singer is whining emo(tive) lyrics
Marilyn Manson: there’s guitars and the singer is yelling something about christianity
Ministry: there’s guitars and the singer is singing about his own cock or sucking cock
KMFDM:sucks singer is openly talking shit about his own band and about other bands too
Rammstein: Laibach’s good twin
Laibach: Rammstein’s evil twin
Pigface: even your mom played in this band at some point
Combichrist: sounds like stuff edgy 13 year olds listen to
Front Line Assembly: it’s cyber but not goths-with-glowsticks kind of cyber
Revolting Cocks: you don’t really understand what’s going on
Cabaret Voltaire: sounds like synthpop.
Front 242: your grandmother is dancing to it
Test Dept: bAG PIPES??? AND INDUSTRIAL??? AND IT SOUNDS GREAT?????
Severed Heads: you could listen to it in hotel lounge rooms
Killing Joke: Some Political Science majors discovered eyeliner and a drum machine and ran with it
Big Black: Imagine a high school machine shop being taught by a really pissed-off liberal arts professor
Coil: A little bit of ambiance, a little bit a butt stuff, a whole lotta delirium
Foetus: Bombastic show tunes ft. extreme hedonism and heavy machinery
SPK: Distorted boy-girl vocals and even more heavy machinery
Swans: Either fifteen minutes of nightmare fuel or five minutes of neofolk fluff
Current 93: 100% neofolk fluff from concentrate
Death in June: 100% neofolk fluff but with gross Nazi rhetoric
Godflesh: Gritty apocalyptic low-end bass dirges, but with F E E L I N G S
The Young Gods: Butter-faced Swiss dudes mumbling about race cars or drugs ft. Mike Patton
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult: Sounds like they were pre-assembled specifically for edgy action movie soundtracks
Lords of Acid: Generic 90s club music with lyrics that read like a pornbot blog description
Oomph!: For the last fucking time, Rammstein DIDN’T do this song, Becky
Fear Factory: Pretty much just Godflesh tailored for a “real” metal audience
Static-X: Nu metal and industrial had a baby and it actually turned out okay
Mindless Self-Indulgence: Somebody showed a mallgoth/Invader Zim fan how to use pro-tools
Youth Code: Remember the tattoo artist you went on a blind date with that one time who rambled on about her vegan diet nonstop? Yeah, she has a band now.
