Yeah, they're a blast live. I saw them when they came through with Alestorm too, several hundred dollars very well spent (between merch, lodging, travel, and tickets)
Probably. I feel like she'd also support clothes if the person wanted to or needed to for safety (temperature extremes, just a desire to wear things to look cool, etc)
There are a few for me
At the Court of the Wild Hunt - Elvenking
King of the Elves - Elvenking
So many Sabaton songs
Black Roses for the Wicked One - Elvenking
Tomorrow Has Come - Wind Rose
Highlands of the Elder Dragon - Twilight Force
And so many more
Paganism is an umbrella term that covers many different types of pre-Christian religions and belief systems.
Hellenism is a type of paganism that primarily focuses on the Greek deities.
I mean, most of us modern pagans (not including modern atheopaganism, as that's a whole other thing) still believe in multiple deities, but I will give you credit where credit is due in that paganism does have a heavy basis in the cycles of the natural world (not limited to the things you mentioned, also includes cycle of seasons, the solstices and equinoxes, among other things).
Most ancient pagans also did believe in multiple deities, and many carvings found and surviving secondary and tertiary written sources are the reasons we know about them in the modern day and can reconstruct the ancient belief systems into modern faiths
Europe was pagan for a long time before Christianity came along. That's why it's called "paganism". It comes from a derogatory Latin term. (Same with Heathenry.)
Make Europe Pagan Again (I'm joking, but paganism becoming a more mainstream option is not something I will complain about)
As much as I love Elvenking, they don't tour enough in North America. (I know why it is, doesn't mean I have to like it)
Though I generally don't care for Blind Guardian (they're not my thing for the most part), I can respect the impact they've had in making power metal what it is today and as popular as it is.
I will note that the Sabaton having the odd Swedish song is more of a full album that has a Swedish version, but that's a nitpick on specifically how you phrased it rather than the actual situation behind it.
Moonlight Haze has one (1) song in Italian, called Enigma (it does have an English version, but the main version on the album is in Italian).
SKÁLD isn't really a metal band, but they are a folk music band that sing in Old Norse.
Rhapsody of Fire have a couple songs in Italian (my personal favourite is Lamento Eroico, from their time simply known as Rhapsody).
Tungsten have a song called Bliss that has some lines in various other languages (there's Swedish, Spanish, German, Dutch, Finnish, Corsican, and French).
Falconer. I so badly want more baritone voices in power metal, and Mathias Blad is a very talented vocalist
One of my personal favourites: Lycanthro.
They're power metal, with semi werewolf themed music, and they're a blast live
My Own Spider's Web - Elvenking
No Prayer for the Dying - Elvenking (cover of Iron Maiden)
Forget-Me-Not - Elvenking
The Time of Your Life - Elvenking
A Shelter from the Storm - Moonlight Haze
Made of Steel - Twilight Force
Hearts of Iron - Sabaton
The Ballad of Bull - Sabaton
En Livstid I Krig - Sabaton (specifically the Swedish version, the English version is good, but doesn't have the same impact)
The Hammer Has Fallen - Sabaton
Weaver of Fate - Brothers of Metal
One - Brothers of Metal
Yggdrasil - Brothers of Metal
And so many more
The word "transgender" is an adjective. Care to explain how an adjective on its own is a gender identity?
In my experience, the people. Like, sure there are dickheads, but those are going to be everywhere. For the most part, the people in the metal scene are the best part for me, and I've been at a few shows now where people near me have known (somehow, I won't complain) that I'm not a huge fan of the pit and done what they can to keep me out of it and protect me from the worst of it (which I love them so much for)
Most bands I don't like. With exceptions for individual people I know to be pieces of shit, I have a lot of respect for people doing what they love. Just because I'm not a fan of it doesn't mean they shouldn't be allowed to love what they do
I tend to look at metal as just one massive grey area, because it can be really hard to classify any band as one thing or another. Like, there are bands that fit the traditional definitions of specific subgenres, but you can take basically any two subgenres and there will be a grey area between them where there are bands making that blend of metal (great example off the top of my head: symphonic metal and power metal, with two examples of a blend between them being Twilight Force and Moonlight Haze).
Ok hear me out. The antlers tho?
Most of the heavier stuff. Like, I can see that people like it, and I'm not going to tell other people what to like or not like, but I just don't see the appeal of it personally
The "show don't tell" thing is more screenwriting advice, as others have said, since in writing books and other things meant to be read physically and not watched, it's not really possible to "show" the audience things in the same way as it is with a TV show or a movie. When it comes to writing literary fiction, what you have is fine, and actually would make sense. In a film, if they wanted that same conversation, they would probably either have the dialogue happening as a voice over while the screen shows the characters doing it, or just straight up showing the characters actually doing it.
When it comes to writing something that isn't a screenplay/stageplay, there's going to be a bit more "telling" going on, just because it's not meant to be seen on a screen and it's likely meant more just as a guide to help newer writers, but the advice of "show, don't tell" can still be helpful with more advanced writers, as it can help you look through whatever it is you're writing and look for places where it feels like a specific scene is shoved in that doesn't serve any purpose other than explaining something to the audience either that could have been put into context clues elsewhere, or that was already in context clues and shown elsewhere. It could also be a useful tool to help with seeing if any specific sections of dialogue are repetitive or maybe otherwise not necessary. But again, in writing something that isn't meant to be watched on a screen or stage, there is going to be a bit more telling going on than for a film or a play.
Witchcraft is a separate entity from paganism. Many pagans include witchcraft in their practice, but it's not a required aspect. I don't do witchcraft/magick hardly at all personally, it's also not really my thing. The only reason I use "3 ways to magick" as part of an occasional sign off online is as a metaphorical way to say that there are so many different ways to come to paganism and practice the religion
It's generally a bad idea, especially if you have an especially unique one. It becomes an identifying feature pretty quickly. It's a big reason I don't often go to/participate in protests.
It's not something I would wear (I'm not a huge fan of making it aggressively one theme) but it looks cool
Literally proving the og jacket maker's point. They cannot deal with a queer person making a battle jacket that expresses who they are
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