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[Riffs] Skyrim: AKA How I Learnt To Stop Morrow-Booming and Love The Cat-People.
A Riff [article] on gaming, originally posted to our now-defunct old website in late 2024 (RIP). In this one, I as your host author discuss the enduring appeal of Skyrim amidst personal struggles and a changing gaming landscape. While critiquing some flaws, I also expressing joy in re-engaging with it after a period of stress and highlight its’ lasting place within the gaming community.
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[Archive - Gig Review] CONAN + BELL WITCH, Max Watt's Melbourne, 08.11.2018
This was originally published on the now-defunct Overdrive Music Magazine during my time as Senior Contributor, whereby I attended this fantastic gig and reported back thoughts on the Melbourne leg of the 2018 Conan/Bell Witch tour. Thanks to Sebastian for permission to repost in both cases. Check out this retrospective from a great night - can you believe 2018 was that long ago already?!
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[Archive] Review of Februus’ 2024 LP, ‘Surveillance Orgy’.
Another archival review painfully extracted from the carcass of our old website (RIP). In this review, Hamza tackles something a little more on the heavier end of his metal-listening wheelhouse in progressive death metallers Februus and their 2024 album, Surveillance Orgy. The album is out now on Transcending Obscurity Records; check link for album stream, Bandcamp links and more!
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[Archive / Riffs]: RIP Dreare, or have a nice hiatus; here’s a very late, very loose review of "Foregone".
Originally posted on our now-defunct old website (RIP), authored by the venerable Hamza in what I, as your host, feel is one of his best pieces! (They’re all great BTW). Check the link for a review and retrospective of both the album Forgone as well as general musings of related band,Dreare. Some great post-rock word-smithing here; do check it out.
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[Archive/Riffs]: Win: toe is coming.
Originally posted to our sadly now-defunct old website (RIP) by fellow author Hamza Siddiqi on June 12th, 2024. Hamza wrote a fantastic little retrospective/hype piece on critically lauded math/post-rockers toe ahead of their 2024 Australian tour with Dumbsaint. Be sure to check this one out; plenty more from my team’s older posts also incoming! Riff on.
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[Archive] 2023 Madcap-Recap//2024-To-The-Floor (Intro)
Quoting my original except from the Jan 5th, 2024 article (posted on our prior, now-defunct website, RIP) “ A prelude to my comprehensive review of society, culture and lifestyle in 2023, as well as predictions, hopes and concerns for 2024. In this article, I discuss themes ahead for the first longer-form series of the ISC podcast, exploring society, discourse and the relationship between these and the arts, hobbies, music and mental health.
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[Archive] Ep. 18 - ‘Touch Grass’ A.K.A. The Enshittification of The Internet.
(Archival Post - originally posted to our now-defunct (RIP) prior website on November 6th, 2023). This episode is a discourse analysis and review of the process of ‘enshittification’, a term coined by technology journalist and critic Cory Doctorow. Check the link for Spotify and Youtube podcast episodes!
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[Archive] Episodes 16 + 17: ADHD Awareness Month 2023 - A National Impetus For Change.
See here for Spotify and Youtube links to episodes 16 and 17 of our podcast, the blog posts for which were lost along with our prior website (RIP). Titled ‘ADHD Awareness Month: A No Holds-Barred Peer Perspective (Part 1) & A National Impetus For Change’ respectively - both episodes do what they say on the tin. Listen in for some archival thoughts on ADHD, neurodivergent discourse, social norms and much more. I didn’t hold back, and I still don’t.
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[Archive]: ISC Podcast Ep. 12. Lorebites - A Forbidden Lands Campaign Narration.
An early example from our previous website (RIP, *sniff) of some tabletop RPG narrative pieces I plan on doing more of over time. This is a mini audio-drama, told from a perspective of a fantasy storyteller recounting the tale of our [now ill-fated, also RIP] Forbidden Lands campaign party - the mercenary group known as The Fourteen Limbs as they traverse the Ravenlands.
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[Archive - 26.11.24] Introducing: #MusicMondays and #TechTuesdays!
Whilst I don’t have the capacity re: time and energy etc, plus have lost a bit of metadata with the death of my prior site - I can’t in good conscience let stellar posts and input from the Musolegion community (as well as a chance for promoting a lot of great bands!) go to waste. See here for an explainer and initial introduction to Music Mondays (featuring our Musolegion ‘From The Community’ column) and Technical Tuesdays blog series. Keep following us on the new site for future segments!
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Introducing A New ISC Category - [Riffs]!
(Featured Image credit: Adam Neely, aka An Absolute Living Treasure Of The Youtube Musician/Theory Community). This episode elaborates on a newly-added Category type, Riffs, and what this entails - essays, non-podcast written blog content, et cetera. Originally posted on our sadly-now-defunct prior website (RIP) in late 2024.
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[Blog Update] Swingin’ The (Un)Dead - 2025 Content Roadmap (Jan)
Hope y’all appreciate this one cause holy HELL it was a bit of work! Full Content Roadmap for ISC blog for 2025, including each individual archive piece for re-writing/posting from our prior now-dead website. Plus, a heads-up on the scheduling and content of the Podcast for 2025, list of albums for review and much more. Back to it.
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[Riffs] Surviving the Clickers: My Epic Journey in 'The Last of Us: Factions'
Reposting from the back-end of our now-unfortunately-dead prior website, this Riff (our lingo for non-podcast essays, articles etc) by Mal explores his experiences with revisiting The Last Of Us: Factions for Playstation 4.
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[ISC Podcast, Ep. 10:] Interview w/ ELISSA JEWELL, Owner of DEADLIFTS AND DEATH METAL (11.07.23).
See here for Brady’s discussion with Elissa Jewell, Melbourne-based trainer and owner of local business Deadlifts and Death Metal back in 2023. We discuss everything ranging from common fitness industry thinking-traps to mental health, striking out with a brand based on your passions, and much more!
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[Riffs] Forgive me Mikael, for I have sinned
Originally posted on our prior website which experienced an untimely death on NYE 2024 (RIP). Our main-man Hamza shared some pre-release repentance and excitement ahead Opeth’s latest full-length release The Last Will and Testament. Which, coincidentally he also reviewed and posted in 2024 on said old site. That will be uploaded soon, but for now, here’s some nostalgic album pre-release stoke for Sweden’s finest.
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[Review:] Nadir - Extinction Rituals LP (03.05.23)
And another in the line-up of our archival posts, extracted from the data retrieved from our sadly now-defunct corpse of an old site (RIP isc.com NYE 2024). This represents one of the earliest album reviews conducted by site owner Brady in Nadir’s excellent black-thrash/metallic-hardcore bruiser of an LP, Extinction Rituals. Links to artist profiles to grab the now-released album within. Check it out!
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[Gig Review, Pt 1] – The New Dead Festival XII, 15.04.23 @ Lion Arts, Adelaide.
Part 1 of our two-part festival coverage of the New Dead Festival in Adelaide, 2023. (RIP New Dead, and RIP our old website - thanks WP). Features reviews of: R U N, Black Lava, Lumen ad Mortem, Battlegrave, Vexation, Remission, Writhing, Ashen, Hell Machine, Bifurcated, Apocalyptic Annihilation and I Choose Violence. Just one half of a full day of relentless metal mayhem!
ISC Podcast Ep. 7: Review of IHSAHN’s ‘The Fascination Street Sessions’ LP, 06.03.2023
Originally posted on our old website, which unfortunately has met an untimely end (thanks, WordPress!). RIP. This episode is a brief one, naturally so when reviewing a short but powerful EP in Fascination Street Sessions by progressive black metal maestro Ihsahn. Original post date: March 6th, 2023.
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[Archive Review] - Hidden Intent: Dead End Destiny. (03/11/2022).
Archival Review - originally posted on the now-defunct InsertReviewHere.com music journalism blog, then later reposted on the (sadly also now-defunct!) previous InnerStrengthCheck website. Review of Australian thrashers Hidden Intent’s opus Dead End Destiny.
Archive Review: LIFE/LIMB - Emergent LP (07.12.2022).
Archive review of LIFE/LIMB’s blistering-Australian-sun full-length Teratoma. This was originally posted to now-defunct music journalism online outlet Insert Review Here, then my own sadly-also-goner ISC.com. Support the Aussie Scene, RIP LIFE/LIMB.