Happy new year folks!

Also here are some albums I really like that had a round birthday this year!

2025 comes to an end, so here are my favourite releases of this year!

@vanessafunke.bsky.social - requiem

9 of my favourite albums from the year in alphabetical order! tiny reviews in the comments below.

My music will be removed from streaming in a few days. Only the last few releases managed by Liminal Dread will stay up. I just can't afford to keep it all up. Also I feel pretty relieved after that decision, so it was definitely right to do it.

And another single. On The Beach from 1986. This contains the so-called Special Remix of this song. Also it has an interesting B-Side called If Anybody Asks you, which is some kind of Dub thing with a really heavy bass.

Next is Shamrock Diaries from 1985. His commercial breakthrough. And what an album it is! This is close to being perfect. It sounds huge! Favourites are: Steel River, Stainsby Girls, Josephine, Stone and the mighty Hired Gun.

Continuing my Chris Rea deep dive today with the single Josephine from 1985. This version is my favourite of all versions of this song and my favourite Chris Rea song in general (next to It's All Gone). Also the B-Side called Dancing Shoes is definitely worth listening too!

"Songs Of The Night" by @vanessafunke.bsky.social aka The Occasion theoccasion.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice in Chains. This is and always will be my favourite Amorphis album, so this definitely goes here!

Just got my Christmas present today! A few days late, but it's here: a custom hand-made guitar strap! My partner really surprised me with that. Look at all these details and references 👀

Christmas has been merry indeed! We are amazed and proud to see that our single has raised a whopping $127.66, which has been donated to World Central Kitchen! Thank you all for contributing and have a happy new year!

Next up is Wired To The Moon from 1984. Highlights are Bombollini, Ace Of Hearts, Winning and the title track for me

Continuing with the album Water Sign from 1983. It's more synth driven at times than most of his other music, but it actually works! Highlights for me are Deep Water, Candles, Let It Loose (what a banger!), I Can Hear Your Heartbeat and Out Of The Darkness

Starting my Chris Rea dive with the single Diamonds from 1979. It's different from what he later became famous for, but it's certainly a banger!

Liminal Dread Productions AND Okända Öden Records have a special sale until the end of this year! With the code "yulelog" you can get any 2025 release for 50% off! liminaldreadproductions.bandcamp.com okandaodenrecords.bandcamp.com

The week.

There are twelve days of Christmas, which means still plenty of time to check out this awesome track we made. If you like it, it's name your price, and all proceeds are going to help feed those in need. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

It's a good day to do something for myself to feel good! So I'm dressing up fancy and classy in my "walking ominously through the forest" kinda dress!

We recorded a little Christmas song! All proceeds will be donated to World Central Kitchen, who provide food to communities impacted by natural disasters and during humanitarian crises. cordiscordelysium.bandcamp.com/album/all-ca...

Making a mixtape as a little gift to myself today.

And if the song doesn't do it for you (you might want to see a doctor about that), the proceeds go to @wck.org, an amazing organisation who's members literally put their lives on the line to feed people in dire need. Please consider a donation, music or no! 👍 wck.org

#JustListened Another surprise release by our friends of Cordiscord Elysium! And it's a... pretty straightforward christmas song? With plenty of screaming, but I'm sure that is only a reference to the pagan origin of the current festivities. 😆 Awesome song in any case! 👍 Highest recommendation!

We recorded a little Christmas song! All proceeds will be donated to World Central Kitchen, who provide food to communities impacted by natural disasters and during humanitarian crises. cordiscordelysium.bandcamp.com/album/all-ca...

I think some time after Christmas I'll have to do a Chris Rea discography run, or at least listen to what I actually own of his music... I'm still sad this legend is gone

Finally started my vest yesterday!

Chris Rea, rock and blues singer-songwriter, dies aged 74

A third donation has been made! That makes for a grand total of $146.90 which has been donated to @translifeline.org! Massive thanks to everyone who has purchased a copy! 💜

The week.

Christmas is near youtu.be/O2pkv7wgSSs?...

Celebrity deathmatch but it’s youtubers: Rick Biato and that Professor of Rock twat. They can bore each other about how perfect the past was.

Now listening to the second Tabaluga album from 1986

Having a little trip back to my childhood this evening by listening to the Tabaluga albums by Peter Maffay. This is the first one from 1983

Fell in love with this little plugin! It's a Roland JX-8P emulation

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7 years

Finally settled on a tracklist for my synth pop album!

#NowPlaying Hiraeth - Tales Of Resistance

The week

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Vanessa Funke - Requiem Dark and mournful but with an unrelenting beauty, this album takes elements of funeral doom and spins them into tales of darkness that somehow make you feel less alone. vanessafunke.bandcamp.com/album/requiem

this might just be one of the best albums I've played this year theoccasion.bandcamp.com/album/songs-...

pals you gotta quit spotify

Truly incredible words about @transgressivemetal.bsky.social 's "Not Like This" and my solo album "The Burden of I" Thank you for the constant support @metalagedmom.bsky.social 💜🫂

Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Wars or Trek, LOTR, or Marvel.

Working on some Candle Void stuff 👀

The week

I just found a review for Requiem by chance. There weren't many for this album, so it's cool to see one, especially one where the writer seems to really understand the music. www.metalwar.gr/en/review-va...

Okända Öden just restocked EU Distro copies of the Requiem CDs! So if you didn't get one so far, they are now available again! okandaodenrecords.bandcamp.com/album/requie...