saigengohan (@saigengohan@fedibird.com)
今晩の献立は…
🧀チーズインハンバーグ
🥢大根サラダ
🍄🟫きのこの和風スープ
今夜のメインはオイシックスの冷凍ハンバーグ
チーズインのハンバーグは自分だとあまり作らないのもあって久しぶりで美味しく、ぱくぱくあっという間に食べ進んでしまいました
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urne-setting-fire-to-the-sky-review (@urne-setting-fire-to-the-sky-review@www.angrymetalguy.com)
URNE – Setting Fire to the Sky Review By Lavender Larcenist
The evolution of a band is a fickle thing. Change too much, and you alienate those who started the journey with you; change too little and bore listeners over time, leaving only ardent fans of the sound. URNE, a London three-piece with close ties to Gojira and Mastodon, has already shown a surprising amount of reformation by their third release, Setting Fire to the Sky. The band’s debut, SERPENT & SPIRIT, was a hard-edged mix of post-hardcore, sweeping grooves, and raw vocals, with a little bit of sludge thrown into their clean-singing. Their sophomore album refined the sound and felt like a logical evolution, even with a few missteps (especially on the production side). Setting Fire to the Sky fixes some of these issues and sees the band streamline their songs, but not all change is good. Instead of crawling into a chrysalis and emerging as a flying beauty, they slither out as something more akin to a leech, spilling out of their cocoon and siphoning other bands’ sounds to a fault.
URNE serves up nearly fifty minutes of Mastodon-infused metalcore on Setting Fire to the Sky. Yes, you read that correctly. Nothing on their third album feels reminiscent of the classic-rock-infused, post-hardcore sludge on their debut, or the post-metal epics on A Feast on Sorrow. Instead, their latest is stuffed with songs that, while expertly played and produced, feel soulless. Joe Nally sounds like a different singer at this point. While his clean singing is infinitely more competent, it sounds too similar to Mastodon’s Troy Sanders. Nally’s basswork fares better, and he manhandles the frets along Angus Neyra’s thrashy riffs and James Cook’s punchy drumming. The trio sounds great, and their work has been honed like a razor, likely due to their time alongside massive acts like Gojira and Mastodon, but they lack the creative bend of either. Setting Fire to the Sky feels meant to cast a wide net, playing arenas and the radio, but leaving much of the spirit (heh) that was present on SPIRIT & SERPENT to wither.
Expectations hurt URNE on Setting Fire to the Sky. After A Feast on Sorrow, I saw a band poised for their best work yet. URNE’s latest shows a tighter band playing well, and the production is much better than their last outing, but nearly every other facet feels weaker. Songs quickly grow formulaic and repetitive, with “Be Not Dismayed,” “The Spirit, Alive,” and “Setting Fire to the Sky” starting with a chuggy opening riff (usually the best part) and slowly morphing into a generic metalcore song. Each features the typical swing back and forth between core-style screaming and harmonized clean choruses that feel hamfisted, with generically uplifting lyrics like “Be not dismayed and carry this torch forward.” The album lacks the flourishes of URNE’s past two releases, and rarely do songs deviate from their repetitive structures.
Setting Fire to the Sky isn’t all disappointing. As previously mentioned, the production is great, and James Cook’s snare sounds wonderful throughout. While formulaic, the album is full of riffs that will at least get you headbanging, even if they are without pathos. “The Ancient Horizon” is an album highlight, featuring a massive lead and a sound worthy of its title while avoiding the pitfalls of the metalcore hole URNE has crawled into. Album closer “Nocturnal Forms” falls on the good side of Mastodon worship, with a chorus that feels like something off Emperor of Sand. A few features appear on the album, like the aforementioned “Harken the Waves” with Troy Sanders. A song that feels somewhat comical given Joe Nally’s clear worship of Sander’s iconic style, making for a feature that feels obligatory but not complementary. The second, “Breathe” with Jo Quail, goes nowhere. An overly sappy tune with bland cleans and cringe lyrics like “I saw the world, before the world saw me.” Neither feature feels necessary, and with the latter, you have a track that could be cut altogether.
I had high expectations, but Setting Fire to the Sky failed to meet them at every turn. The band’s sound changed in a way that many metal fans are familiar with. More generic music, more radio-friendly songs, more clean singing, all the things that make longtime metal fans cringe and flip on a group. While I foresee this album ending up all over year-end lists on the normie sites, this record is a shadow of the band’s clear inspirations and shows a group that should return to what made them stand out in the first place. At least the album artwork is gorgeous.
Rating: Mixed
DR: N/A | Format Reviewed: Stream :(
Label: Spinefarm
Websites: urneofficial.com | instagram.com/urneband
Releases Worldwide: January 30th, 2026
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facebita (@facebita@mastodon.social)
Das #mastodon Icon hat's prominent auf die Website nzz.ch geschafft: https://www.nzz.ch/international/frankreich-steht-kurz-vor-einem-social-media-verbot-fuer-teenager-ld.1922173 Warum aber ein Artikel zum #socialmediaverbot ausgerechnet mit einem Mastodon-Icon bebildert wird, bleibt das Geheimnis der #nzz Redaktion.
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sxa (@sxa@fosstodon.org)
This came out of the comments about mastodon typically being left leaning and seeing and instance for leftist.network but I'm not aware of any the other way.
With the strong views that people on #mastodon have regarding X just now and the perception of right-wing bias on there generally I wonder what the reaction would be if a significant equivalent mastodon instance appeared here on the fediverse...
Defederating such an instance would someone play into the hands of the pro-X people IMHO.
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JohnRoss7 (@JohnRoss7@mastodon.social)
#Mastodon
📍
https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16pY97VRGj/
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OndrejZizka (@OndrejZizka@mastodon.social)
Reddit exodus - Using Lemmy from my existing Mastodon
https://vijayprema.com/using-lemmy-from-my-existing-mastodon/
#reddit #alternative #mastodon #crossposting
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OndrejZizka (@OndrejZizka@mastodon.social)
RE: https://witter.cz/@OndrejZizka/115966857466819822
A list of tools automating social media posting. In Czech.
Tldr: Fedica.
#exitx #leavex #mastodon #automation #crossposting
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OndrejZizka (@OndrejZizka@witter.cz)
Publikování na více sítích: X, LinkedIn, Mastodon a další (2026) - @365tipu
https://365tipu.cz/2026/01/09/tip3140-publikovani-na-vice-sitich-x-linkedin-mastodon-a-dalsi-2026/
#mastodon #opustx #exitx #exitter #cz
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driko (@driko@mastodon.social)
For some reason, Mastodon decided to take down my previous post 🤷♂️
So, let's try this again (Round 2!) 👇
Hello #Mastodon! 👋 This is my #Introduction here. I’m a solo dev making my first #Cozy game for Steam called #Catomino.
Still😅, I’m kinda obsessed with how these cats jiggle 🐈✨
👾 Join our Discord to not miss important updates https://discord.gg/p35E8wsEZu
#IndieDev #GameDev #CozyGames #PuzzleGame #IndieGame #MadeWithUnity #Cats #Wholesome #SoloDev #CatGame #Casual #Unity #Steam #Cute #Chill
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MDT (@MDT@mast.lat)
☕️ Martes. El café, sin una sola gota de azúcar, permite distinguir cada nota del tueste con absoluta precisión. Es el rigor de lo amargo lo que despeja la mente para enfrentar la jornada con lucidez.
Que vuestro martes transcurra con enfoque y que cada acción esté respaldada por la claridad.
✨ ¡Bendiciones!
#BuenosDías #Mastodon #Mastlat #Café #Fediverso
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GrahamDowns (@GrahamDowns@mastodon.africa)
I had no idea that there were so many Mastodon instances in Africa: https://fedidb.com/software/mastodon?region=africa
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danielpree (@danielpree@chaos.social)
Wie gut ist das denn?! wsocial.eu vs. W-Social.eu #w #mastodon
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