Lisan al-Gabi 🏜️🪱
@dxllmusic.bsky.social
I make loud music, write poems, and play niche RTS games. Staff writer and editor at numetalagenda.com. She/Her/Ella/Bahstin, Ked. 😉
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“…And This Time Bore a Hint of Metal”: On Limp Bizkit, Patriarchy, and Becoming an Imperfectly Self-Aware Prop in the Rebooted Fred Durst Show
"I see through your act, and I still enjoy the show."
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Girls will literally go on estrogen and then write nuanced op-eds about Fred Durst. It’s me, I’m girls.
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“Cass Review”? Nah, sorry fam. The only Casses whose opinions I respect are Cassandra and Melnea.
November 24, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Cass Review”? Nah, sorry fam. The only Casses whose opinions I respect are Cassandra and Melnea.
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listen, I know it’s kind of gauche to make fun of Cassandra because I know it was a rough situation etc etc BUT tbh I feel like if it happened to me I’d handle it better
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
listen, I know it’s kind of gauche to make fun of Cassandra because I know it was a rough situation etc etc BUT tbh I feel like if it happened to me I’d handle it better
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
so I’ve historically dealt with a lot of imposter syndrome, but recently getting confronted head-on with the knowledge that I am, at the very least, a better writer than Olivia Nuzzi is probably a net positive for my overall self-image and a net negative for anyone who’s already tired of my bullshit
Girls will literally go on estrogen and then write nuanced op-eds about Fred Durst. It’s me, I’m girls.
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“…And This Time Bore a Hint of Metal”: On Limp Bizkit, Patriarchy, and Becoming an Imperfectly Self-Aware Prop in the Rebooted Fred Durst Show
"I see through your act, and I still enjoy the show."
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November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
so I’ve historically dealt with a lot of imposter syndrome, but recently getting confronted head-on with the knowledge that I am, at the very least, a better writer than Olivia Nuzzi is probably a net positive for my overall self-image and a net negative for anyone who’s already tired of my bullshit
My colleague Álvaro (@xerom.bsky.social) did a fantastic job with this piece. Reanimation is a really interesting and ambitious project that got overshadowed by an ambitious catalogue, and this piece makes a great case for why it’s still worth a listen in 2025.
Vindicating Nu Metal's Misunderstood Child: Linkin Park's Reanimation
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Vindicating Nu Metal's Misunderstood Child: Linkin Park's Reanimation
Reanimation might be the perfect way for the uninitiated to connect with 2000s nostalgia and rediscover Linkin Park’s Hybrid Theory in ways you're not expecting.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
My colleague Álvaro (@xerom.bsky.social) did a fantastic job with this piece. Reanimation is a really interesting and ambitious project that got overshadowed by an ambitious catalogue, and this piece makes a great case for why it’s still worth a listen in 2025.
I feel like I did pretty good with this one, idk. Let me know what y’all think.
“…And This Time Bore a Hint of Metal”: On Limp Bizkit, Patriarchy, and Becoming an Imperfectly Self-Aware Prop in the Rebooted Fred Durst Show
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“…And This Time Bore a Hint of Metal”: On Limp Bizkit, Patriarchy, and Becoming an Imperfectly Self-Aware Prop in the Rebooted Fred Durst Show
"I see through your act, and I still enjoy the show."
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I feel like I did pretty good with this one, idk. Let me know what y’all think.
ok, fine lol 😅
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
ok, fine lol 😅
listen, I know it’s kind of gauche to make fun of Cassandra because I know it was a rough situation etc etc BUT tbh I feel like if it happened to me I’d handle it better
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
listen, I know it’s kind of gauche to make fun of Cassandra because I know it was a rough situation etc etc BUT tbh I feel like if it happened to me I’d handle it better
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
just hit up all the local comedy open mics like “ok ok but hear me out though 😅”
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Girls will literally go on estrogen and then write nuanced op-eds about Fred Durst. It’s me, I’m girls.
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“…And This Time Bore a Hint of Metal”: On Limp Bizkit, Patriarchy, and Becoming an Imperfectly Self-Aware Prop in the Rebooted Fred Durst Show
"I see through your act, and I still enjoy the show."
numetalagenda.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Girls will literally go on estrogen and then write nuanced op-eds about Fred Durst. It’s me, I’m girls.
numetalagenda.com/and-this-tim...
numetalagenda.com/and-this-tim...
Girls will literally go on estrogen and then write nuanced op-eds about Fred Durst. It’s me, I’m girls.
numetalagenda.com/and-this-tim...
numetalagenda.com/and-this-tim...
“…And This Time Bore a Hint of Metal”: On Limp Bizkit, Patriarchy, and Becoming an Imperfectly Self-Aware Prop in the Rebooted Fred Durst Show
"I see through your act, and I still enjoy the show."
numetalagenda.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Girls will literally go on estrogen and then write nuanced op-eds about Fred Durst. It’s me, I’m girls.
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A friend tagged me in this fan edit last night and I did not realize it was possible to improve on perfection, but the thing about humanity is we’re gonna ball regardless
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
A friend tagged me in this fan edit last night and I did not realize it was possible to improve on perfection, but the thing about humanity is we’re gonna ball regardless
Ok so I *love* Chevelle and have for a long time, but I can say with the benefit of hindsight that this song is like. If “Forfeit” was actually GOOD. Insane energy on this one.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Ok so I *love* Chevelle and have for a long time, but I can say with the benefit of hindsight that this song is like. If “Forfeit” was actually GOOD. Insane energy on this one.
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him: she’s probably thinking about other girls/guys/enbies idk with this bitch anymore 😤
my brain: “you know the banana in fortnite? i have it as ahhhh… i don’t know how i say it. as an outfit. banana leclerc!!!!!! ☺️”
my brain: “you know the banana in fortnite? i have it as ahhhh… i don’t know how i say it. as an outfit. banana leclerc!!!!!! ☺️”
November 15, 2025 at 5:13 PM
him: she’s probably thinking about other girls/guys/enbies idk with this bitch anymore 😤
my brain: “you know the banana in fortnite? i have it as ahhhh… i don’t know how i say it. as an outfit. banana leclerc!!!!!! ☺️”
my brain: “you know the banana in fortnite? i have it as ahhhh… i don’t know how i say it. as an outfit. banana leclerc!!!!!! ☺️”
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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BREAKING: trans girl going through breakup listens to that one Ben Folds Five song and starts sobbing uncontrollably, head in her hands, like “he’s so right. 😭 he’s so RIGHT 😭😭😭😭😭”
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BREAKING: trans girl going through breakup listens to that one Ben Folds Five song and starts sobbing uncontrollably, head in her hands, like “he’s so right. 😭 he’s so RIGHT 😭😭😭😭😭”
BREAKING: trans girl going through breakup listens to that one Ben Folds Five song and starts sobbing uncontrollably, head in her hands, like “he’s so right. 😭 he’s so RIGHT 😭😭😭😭😭”
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 PM
BREAKING: trans girl going through breakup listens to that one Ben Folds Five song and starts sobbing uncontrollably, head in her hands, like “he’s so right. 😭 he’s so RIGHT 😭😭😭😭😭”
Why is Aaron Lewis such an asshole while the Tormented -> Break the Cycle run is simultaneously so goddamn *good*
Can’t Believe is straight up proto-nugaze in 2000fuckingONE.
Free Mushok man, but also him and Lewis are a match made in hell. Nu England fights 10 times as hard for 1/4 the respect.
Can’t Believe is straight up proto-nugaze in 2000fuckingONE.
Free Mushok man, but also him and Lewis are a match made in hell. Nu England fights 10 times as hard for 1/4 the respect.
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Why is Aaron Lewis such an asshole while the Tormented -> Break the Cycle run is simultaneously so goddamn *good*
Can’t Believe is straight up proto-nugaze in 2000fuckingONE.
Free Mushok man, but also him and Lewis are a match made in hell. Nu England fights 10 times as hard for 1/4 the respect.
Can’t Believe is straight up proto-nugaze in 2000fuckingONE.
Free Mushok man, but also him and Lewis are a match made in hell. Nu England fights 10 times as hard for 1/4 the respect.
There’s a valid reading of the following skeet where I’m picking a fight with @numetalmoment.bsky.social just to fucking *feel* something, BUT.
The best Corey Taylor nu-metal album is Stone Sour self-titled. Let’s fucking GO I’m hopped up on the new Slicer and could fight a kaiju in my SLEEP rn 😤😤😤
The best Corey Taylor nu-metal album is Stone Sour self-titled. Let’s fucking GO I’m hopped up on the new Slicer and could fight a kaiju in my SLEEP rn 😤😤😤
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There’s a valid reading of the following skeet where I’m picking a fight with @numetalmoment.bsky.social just to fucking *feel* something, BUT.
The best Corey Taylor nu-metal album is Stone Sour self-titled. Let’s fucking GO I’m hopped up on the new Slicer and could fight a kaiju in my SLEEP rn 😤😤😤
The best Corey Taylor nu-metal album is Stone Sour self-titled. Let’s fucking GO I’m hopped up on the new Slicer and could fight a kaiju in my SLEEP rn 😤😤😤
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I’m a bitch of my word—I said the full review was forthcoming and here it is. This one has been on repeat more or less nonstop since I pressed play yesterday, and I cannot stress enough how much of a goddamn mood this whole entire thing truly is.
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Album Review: Pupil Slicer // 'Fleshwork'
Pupil Slicer has dug deep and delivered the seemingly impossible—an album even more enjoyable than Blossom—while simultaneously blessing us with their most unabashedly nu metal material to date.
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November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m a bitch of my word—I said the full review was forthcoming and here it is. This one has been on repeat more or less nonstop since I pressed play yesterday, and I cannot stress enough how much of a goddamn mood this whole entire thing truly is.
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I’m a bitch of my word—I said the full review was forthcoming and here it is. This one has been on repeat more or less nonstop since I pressed play yesterday, and I cannot stress enough how much of a goddamn mood this whole entire thing truly is.
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Album Review: Pupil Slicer // 'Fleshwork'
Pupil Slicer has dug deep and delivered the seemingly impossible—an album even more enjoyable than Blossom—while simultaneously blessing us with their most unabashedly nu metal material to date.
numetalagenda.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I’m a bitch of my word—I said the full review was forthcoming and here it is. This one has been on repeat more or less nonstop since I pressed play yesterday, and I cannot stress enough how much of a goddamn mood this whole entire thing truly is.
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So um. That new Pupil Slicer album? It’s *really* fucking good. Full review will be forthcoming but suffice to say it’s wonderfully brutal
November 8, 2025 at 2:20 AM
So um. That new Pupil Slicer album? It’s *really* fucking good. Full review will be forthcoming but suffice to say it’s wonderfully brutal
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I must not get cold.
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I must not get cold.
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
I must not get cold.
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
November 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I must not get cold.
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
Cold is the hoe killer.
Cold is the little death that brings hoe obliteration
I will face the cold
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past, I will turn to see cold’s path.
Where the cold has gone there will be a bad bitch.
Only I will remain 💅
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Was deeply and truly bummed that a whole gaggle of irl issues prevented me from writing about Godsmack’s Awake for this one, but @riviera.bsky.social did a fantastic job capturing the life, times, and messy legacy of the boys from Lawrence. Thanks for picking up the torch and running with it.
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Six Nu Metal & Nu Adjacent Albums Released On Halloween
Turns out that October 31st is a very nu day, yes it is.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Was deeply and truly bummed that a whole gaggle of irl issues prevented me from writing about Godsmack’s Awake for this one, but @riviera.bsky.social did a fantastic job capturing the life, times, and messy legacy of the boys from Lawrence. Thanks for picking up the torch and running with it.
Alex did a great job with this review, and this EP is a lot of fun! You should check it out.
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Alex did a great job with this review, and this EP is a lot of fun! You should check it out.