Laboratory of Mathematics and Writing

Shredder 1984 - Shred 'Til You're Dead I didn't write about this album in my Synthwave 2021 post, so I'll write about it here. Shredder 1984 has a habit of making short albums. This one contains only six songs. But what Shredder 1984 surrenders in quantity, he more than makes up with large amounts of quality. I am totally in love with this approach. Artists need to stop faffing around with hour long albums with 14 songs and a bunch of filler and just focus on writing 6-8 unforgettable tracks. Shred 'Til You're Dead has six unforgettable tracks. Right from the get-go, the facemelting riffs assault the listener's ears like burst fire from a plasma rifle. The synthesizer tones definitely mimick the sound of heavy distorted metal guitars; guttural roars erupting from infernal caverns. Despite all the pounding rythms and flesh grinding synth riffs, there's still plenty of melody to go around. In many ways, it...

Synthwave 2021 I present to you another list of synthwave albums. This time, they are albums that have been released in the year 2021. I tried making it a mixture of popular and relatively unknown artists. My problem is that I don't always keep track of what's popular in the synthwave scene. So I don't even know if a particular artist is uknown or popular. So, this list is not going to be all-encompassing. I guarantee that there's some that I overlooked or forgot about. You know what? This is just my list. Enjoy it or go to hell. The List ALEX - Mechsuit Junkie Alex experiments like he usually does and this time it is with a more 90's video and arcade game style. The experiment is a resounding success. I love the Time Crisis, Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, and Dragonball-Z samples. I actually hate Dragonball-Z but the "It's over 9000!" sample was awesome. Time Crisis is one of my favorite arcade games. It's cool ...