Benjamin John
@srhgbg.bsky.social
Host of Australian Hunger.
The Curious Case of Cannibal Corpse miniseries coming soon.
Metal data visualisation project, Datagraphica Metallum, coming soon.
The Curious Case of Cannibal Corpse miniseries coming soon.
Metal data visualisation project, Datagraphica Metallum, coming soon.
I'm looking forward to Woke 2 as much as the next person, but this may be taking it a little far...
November 20, 2025 at 7:08 AM
I'm looking forward to Woke 2 as much as the next person, but this may be taking it a little far...
Did Peter Cushing invent ahegao?
October 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Did Peter Cushing invent ahegao?
They are such worms, they try to apologise in the moment and pretend they have come to recognition of what they did wrong, but if that doesn’t work they start flying the Cancelled flag
September 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
They are such worms, they try to apologise in the moment and pretend they have come to recognition of what they did wrong, but if that doesn’t work they start flying the Cancelled flag
Honestly, what are we going to do with these unbearable losers?
September 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Honestly, what are we going to do with these unbearable losers?
Uhhhh, I did not know this about Cocos (Keeling) Islands
August 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Uhhhh, I did not know this about Cocos (Keeling) Islands
I’m not going to sign up so I can get it to generate a terrible map, but I can still catch ChatGPT out of Australian geography for free.
August 9, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I’m not going to sign up so I can get it to generate a terrible map, but I can still catch ChatGPT out of Australian geography for free.
And if you look at the most recent entry the Wayback Machine has for the Bandcamp, you see a track post which was a single released in 2021. The same name as the first track from the new album, but the imagery is black metal and the track length is notably different; 6:08 vs. 6:16 on the album.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And if you look at the most recent entry the Wayback Machine has for the Bandcamp, you see a track post which was a single released in 2021. The same name as the first track from the new album, but the imagery is black metal and the track length is notably different; 6:08 vs. 6:16 on the album.
Searching for the album in a search engine (in my case DuckDuckGo) you see that apparently there existed a webpage for the album at some stage, but I can't find a trace of it.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Searching for the album in a search engine (in my case DuckDuckGo) you see that apparently there existed a webpage for the album at some stage, but I can't find a trace of it.
If you try to access their Bandcamp is has been deactivated, and all the other links that Metal Archives mentions are similarly bare.
Checking in on that URL that he had listed there you get the impression of a very different aesthetic style.
Checking in on that URL that he had listed there you get the impression of a very different aesthetic style.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
If you try to access their Bandcamp is has been deactivated, and all the other links that Metal Archives mentions are similarly bare.
Checking in on that URL that he had listed there you get the impression of a very different aesthetic style.
Checking in on that URL that he had listed there you get the impression of a very different aesthetic style.
The thing is, apart from various posts of the music outside of the band I can't figure out where the hell it came from. According to Metal Archives the band Allodium is a one-man project which released the album earlier this month.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The thing is, apart from various posts of the music outside of the band I can't figure out where the hell it came from. According to Metal Archives the band Allodium is a one-man project which released the album earlier this month.
Not the exact music, slightly different. But for the first song Hiraeth (copying Starlit Path) it has the same structure, the contours of the song, that ™ elongated melodic style of playing notes, the supporting electronic layer to give it that extra atmosphere.
A short clip to show how obvious.
A short clip to show how obvious.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Not the exact music, slightly different. But for the first song Hiraeth (copying Starlit Path) it has the same structure, the contours of the song, that ™ elongated melodic style of playing notes, the supporting electronic layer to give it that extra atmosphere.
A short clip to show how obvious.
A short clip to show how obvious.
I have a weird one. Stumbled on an album called Dream Labyrinth, and I thought to myself "huh... that album covers looks a lot like The Flesh Prevails by Fallujah".
So I gave it a listen. And not only does it sound a bit like the Flesh Prevails.
It IS The Flesh Prevails.
So I gave it a listen. And not only does it sound a bit like the Flesh Prevails.
It IS The Flesh Prevails.
July 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I have a weird one. Stumbled on an album called Dream Labyrinth, and I thought to myself "huh... that album covers looks a lot like The Flesh Prevails by Fallujah".
So I gave it a listen. And not only does it sound a bit like the Flesh Prevails.
It IS The Flesh Prevails.
So I gave it a listen. And not only does it sound a bit like the Flesh Prevails.
It IS The Flesh Prevails.
Seemingly everyone in charge:
June 11, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Seemingly everyone in charge:
Lol. Come on. That's one of the most famous riffs in death metal. You can't be doing that.
(Lurking Fear - Archdruid)
(Lurking Fear - Archdruid)
May 24, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Lol. Come on. That's one of the most famous riffs in death metal. You can't be doing that.
(Lurking Fear - Archdruid)
(Lurking Fear - Archdruid)
Italy is such a wash for popes born there (nearly 250) that you can barely tell that France has had 20 popes compared to most countries' 1-5.
(Obviously this is a little incorrect, vast political shifts have taken place over the past two millennia, but it gives you the basic geographic idea)
(Obviously this is a little incorrect, vast political shifts have taken place over the past two millennia, but it gives you the basic geographic idea)
May 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Italy is such a wash for popes born there (nearly 250) that you can barely tell that France has had 20 popes compared to most countries' 1-5.
(Obviously this is a little incorrect, vast political shifts have taken place over the past two millennia, but it gives you the basic geographic idea)
(Obviously this is a little incorrect, vast political shifts have taken place over the past two millennia, but it gives you the basic geographic idea)
-Nearly a third are saints, with a few more working their way through the steps
-About 13% have been part of a religious order or similar (although this is a bit skewed by the relative recency of these institutions emerging)
-Less than 4% have left office before dying (this might be incomplete)
-About 13% have been part of a religious order or similar (although this is a bit skewed by the relative recency of these institutions emerging)
-Less than 4% have left office before dying (this might be incomplete)
May 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
-Nearly a third are saints, with a few more working their way through the steps
-About 13% have been part of a religious order or similar (although this is a bit skewed by the relative recency of these institutions emerging)
-Less than 4% have left office before dying (this might be incomplete)
-About 13% have been part of a religious order or similar (although this is a bit skewed by the relative recency of these institutions emerging)
-Less than 4% have left office before dying (this might be incomplete)
Got inspired by recent news to dig a little into pope data.
These are quick and dirty:
-Leo is the equal 4th most frequent papal name, going to have to inspire a lot of successors to get to #1
-Most elected 40s to 60s, but they used to have some young ones
-About a fifth haven't made it to a year
These are quick and dirty:
-Leo is the equal 4th most frequent papal name, going to have to inspire a lot of successors to get to #1
-Most elected 40s to 60s, but they used to have some young ones
-About a fifth haven't made it to a year
May 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Got inspired by recent news to dig a little into pope data.
These are quick and dirty:
-Leo is the equal 4th most frequent papal name, going to have to inspire a lot of successors to get to #1
-Most elected 40s to 60s, but they used to have some young ones
-About a fifth haven't made it to a year
These are quick and dirty:
-Leo is the equal 4th most frequent papal name, going to have to inspire a lot of successors to get to #1
-Most elected 40s to 60s, but they used to have some young ones
-About a fifth haven't made it to a year
This was another attempt, where I had to coax it into constantly correcting itself
April 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
This was another attempt, where I had to coax it into constantly correcting itself
This isn’t a novel observation, but I just don’t use any of those tools and it’s terrifying how unfit for purpose they are. What is the point of a computer which doesn’t give you the same, right answer every time? If I want some half remembered thing I could ask any random person.
April 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
This isn’t a novel observation, but I just don’t use any of those tools and it’s terrifying how unfit for purpose they are. What is the point of a computer which doesn’t give you the same, right answer every time? If I want some half remembered thing I could ask any random person.
I came up with a question I thought I might be mildly challenging of GenAI, and it’s startling how tangential its comments often are and how easy it is to please.
Sometimes it gets the answer, sometimes not, but it will always try to add lots of irrelevant chatter.
Sometimes it gets the answer, sometimes not, but it will always try to add lots of irrelevant chatter.
April 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
I came up with a question I thought I might be mildly challenging of GenAI, and it’s startling how tangential its comments often are and how easy it is to please.
Sometimes it gets the answer, sometimes not, but it will always try to add lots of irrelevant chatter.
Sometimes it gets the answer, sometimes not, but it will always try to add lots of irrelevant chatter.
What’s going on here?
April 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
What’s going on here?