A Grove of Ashes and Aspens

  • Musical Retrospective: Falconer and their Debut Album

    Now Playing: Upon the Grave of Guilt by Falconer I feel like it comes as no surprise at this point that I like Falconer. I’m a folk metal and power metal guy, I sing baritone, what better combination than Falconer for my particular musical tastes. For those unfamiliar, Falconer was a Swedish folk/power metal band…

  • Polyamory: Stigma and Other Social Judgements

    Now Playing: Herdchant by Elvenking Within the realm of what is considered socially standard, we are assigned a gender based on an observation of (and, in the case of some intersex children, surgery on) our external gonads, and from that, we are expected to fall in love and want to have sex with exactly one…

  • New Sabaton Album: Thoughts and Feelings

    Now Playing: Templars by Sabaton So it’s been a minute since we talked about Sabaton around here. Not because I dislike them or anything, I just had my attention on other topics. (And I’ve been a bit busy, but school will do that to a bitch.) Now, they dropped a new album in 2025, and…