Look at this dude! He was so cute, marching along with us! Admittedly this sign has some linguistic errors but the message is clear 👌
Seeing this scruffy guy with the red bicycle behind and the clean, white protest sign - I had to grab a photo! I asked doggo’s human if I could take his photograph and clearly, he had no issues with that!
I’m enjoying my new lens a lot, especially with subject matter such as this 😄💙
Thank you, Beastlings! I hope you all had a fun...
2019-08-25 19:40:53 +0000 UTC
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Tried out some new (used) lenses today on the ol' Finkelstein apparatus - I like how the man in the background is holding an umbrella whilst the foreground is exploding with water! The fountain was actually tiny and I just lined up the shot so it would appear larger than him. Sorry, dude! 💦
I love the texture of the water! Enjoy!
2019-08-21 20:26:19 +0000 UTC
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In university I had a sculpture class in which we tried various media. I LOVE working with wet clay the most but I also enjoyed working with plaster and a chisel. The piece you see here was for our abstract assignment and I started out with a big rectangular block of plaster cast in an empty soymilk container.
I wanted this piece to be able to stand in multiple different positions so getting the balance down was hard. I wanted it to be something you could just flip over occasionally an...
2019-08-16 17:00:02 +0000 UTC
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So, a few months ago I decided I was sick of my white marble wing earrings and thought I would much rather dive into sculpture and make my own. Earrings frame the face, highlight a big component of music (ears!) and are just one more place I can leave a personal touch when it comes to visual expression.
That being said, I have stretched ears and finding jewelry that I like and that won't fly out on stage is pretty tricky! The skull earrings I showed you guys a while back are actua...
2019-08-15 20:46:22 +0000 UTC
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Thank you so much for helping me build a community of 300 awesome Beastlings here! 🎉 🎈🎁🎊
To be clear - the number of patrons fluctuates daily (especially on my end, it goes up and down by >10 people a day) due to something in the way Patreon counts them, I guess!
Either way, each and every one of you are important to me no matter the total number. I have been planning something for this milestone and I already completed the first half of it, I am w...
2019-08-15 01:40:51 +0000 UTC
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Can you tell I'm tired and grumpy? Ha! Sorry - I really can't be fake! I genuinely do LOVE the ocean, though!
2019-08-13 13:00:03 +0000 UTC
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Some beautiful sights from the beach I was just at for a couple days! YES - a rainbow, a lightning (can't believe I caught that!) and thunderstorm, cute seagulls, beautiful clouds, a sunset ALL happening at once!
What is your happy place? I appreciate all of nature's beautiful landscapes but I am definitely happiest in salt water 🌊
A new episode of Cwoffee Tawk Podcast will be up about this tomorrow!
Enjoy!
~AWG
2019-08-12 22:29:27 +0000 UTC
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Hello Beastlings!
As I carve a better workflow and find a more streamlined plan to meet the demands for this fanclub, I'm slowly but VERY cautiously adding more availabilities. So, I've just added 3 spots to the Blue Beastlings tier and 10 to the Platinum Beastlings tier!
Please note - the photos will be prepared every equinox and solstice (I like dividing the year up that way!) and at least 3 months prior membership will be required to receive the print for that season (th...
2019-08-12 20:10:20 +0000 UTC
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Hot damn that was tedious for no reason! Gotta love technology.
Anyways, here it is! July Shout-Out! Thank you guys for being a constant source of inspiration!
~AWG
2019-08-10 21:22:32 +0000 UTC
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Hello Beastlings!
As promised, here is one of the images from my shoot with Arcadius Mauritz earlier this summer in high resolution! You can save, print, wallpaper, desktop, screensaver, whatever with it! Enjoy!
I'm not really sure why this is the third red outfit of the year for me, but so be it! I actually didn't plan this but my outfit in No Light Shall Save Us, my current stage outfit and this gown all match pretty well! It's always a struggle to wear colours when you have ...
2019-08-09 19:55:29 +0000 UTC
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Hey everyone - I am just pulling our poll back up to the top of the feed as I will be gathering all the votes and choosing a charity soon!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/charities-26785784?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=postshare
It looks like animal rights are in the lead so I'...
2019-08-08 18:51:55 +0000 UTC
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I had a long drive to do today (several hours behind the wheel) and I actually prefer to listen to podcasts or audiobooks over music most of the time. I hope that doesn’t make me a bad musician! I just like to learn or think or imagine and sometimes spoken word inspires me more than music does.
Today I listened to a podcast I relate to quite directly. If you would like to listen too, here is the link:
2019-08-08 00:31:39 +0000 UTC
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Hello Beastlings!
I just thought I would share a really bizarre encounter I had recently in an airplane.
The flight landed, everyone stood up to deplane. A really small, old woman stood up adjacent to my seat, looked at me and made a face like she saw or smelled something bad and then told me "Ew, that hair, you're disgusting!" and covered her mouth like she was going to vomit.
I really couldn't believe what had just occurred so I just looked at her and said "wow" and ...
2019-08-03 17:08:54 +0000 UTC
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Pleasure to meet this little one today. 💙
2019-07-23 10:37:58 +0000 UTC
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Here’s a look at how the song Avalanche was conceived. Dammit I just realized the time stamp changed when I clicked the note - but it initially said January 28, 2014!
I initially wanted to call it Sweet Revenge or Power Trip, but these lyrics came pouring out of me like vomit. Like an exorcism. Like an avalanche of emotions. Hence the title that stuck ;)
I have a demo I did of this song on my own that...
2019-07-22 11:56:53 +0000 UTC
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Sometimes when I find an acoustically pleasing staircase or hallway on tour I can't help but use it 🤪
This is a song I regularly use for warming up - my voice is basically asleep when I start but it's a fun way to "feel out" how the vocal folds are doing that day, even though this generally isn't the kind of singing I'm prepping to do on stage. I have a few songs like this that I use and they shift from year to year.
I would be VERY impressed if ANYONE knows what s...
2019-07-19 10:06:23 +0000 UTC
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Hello Beastlings!
My apologies for being a bit vacant- I’ve been dealing with not 1 but 2 family emergencies and I’ve been emotionally destroyed to the point of throwing up so violently my eyes turned bloodshot (kinda looks cool though).
It’s really hard to be so far away from loved ones sometimes.
Thank you so much for sending love for Amadeus. More news on him soon. We found him- that’s the first part of the battle.
2019-07-19 06:26:15 +0000 UTC
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Hello Beastlings!
Here's a little time-lapse video of a painting I've been enjoying working on for a while. It is a reproduction of a detail of a piece by Greg "Craola" Simkins. He's one of my favourite artists!
I would love to do this in oil paints but since it is impossible to travel with my painting gear I'm acquainting myself with digital painting for now. Not quite as much fun for me so far, but still a great option. The sequence you see here is NOT my usual plan of attack ...
2019-07-14 10:05:23 +0000 UTC
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I took this photo on the ferry yesterday as we continued our 2-day trek to Norway. The setting sun held on for a long time before finally succumbing to a dark sky around midnight. I always stare arduously at the water hoping to see a whale but I only saw jellyfish this time - still cool!
Enjoy!
~AWG
2019-07-12 11:05:56 +0000 UTC
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I just felt like doing this today - I hope you like it! I played with some binaural audio imaging tools to basically place my voice on your forehead while I'm reading the poem, let me know if you feel that! Maybe next time I'll place it in your brainstem, muahaha! 😈🧠
Headphones enhance the experience! I also emulated the surround reverb of the entrance of a cave since I felt it fit the poem well. Doing this with my good SE microphones will be REALLY intense!
The poem is "Ant...
2019-07-07 14:05:16 +0000 UTC
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To celebrate two months together in this Official Fan Club and welcome new members, here's an out-take from the photoshoot I did (of myself!) on a freezing, snowy rooftop in Brooklyn this winter for the Secret Sari campaign to help fight human trafficking.
This is a big file (print-size is almost exactly life-sized!) that you can keep for wallpapers, prints, screensavers, or whatever you want!
Thank you so much for your support in everything I do! Enjoy!
~AWG
2019-07-05 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Took this photo on my walk- this is where I picture myself while singing My Apocalypse. Do you see the connection between our lighting on that song and this image? I don’t know if that makes sense to anyone but me... next time you see me perform it, picture this “endless journey into the morbid...”
🤘
~AWG
2019-07-03 19:39:34 +0000 UTC
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The heatwave in Europe is no joke! I’m destroyed! But two shows in and I can’t be happier. Both were amazing!
Did you, Beastlings, catch the live stream from Full Force? If not, it’s still available to watch here: https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/090481-021-A/arch-enemy-full-force-festival-2019/
Enjoy! Thank you all again for taking an i...
2019-06-30 23:28:48 +0000 UTC
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I'm fascinated by the human mind. So powerful yet so limited.
What do you think? Are you interested in these types of topics? I think about this stuff a LOT - I'm sure you can see some of that in my lyrics.
Thank you for your support as always and for taking an interest in what I do!
~AWG
2019-06-23 18:09:53 +0000 UTC
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Laugh it off! Smile through the pain, my friends! This is a long one - oops!
Intro and outro song is "Kiss Me as We Die" by Doyle featuring myself and Michael Amott!
We have a new rig to record our podcasts, thanks to you guys! I know my voice is louder than Doyle's voice here (sorry, I project a lot and he's more of the strong silent type) - I will remedy that next time, promise!
2019-06-19 14:01:01 +0000 UTC
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You guys will see this first. What should we title this? It was so cute and heartwarming to see this little girl choosing to shield her friend, Daisy the dog, from the rain rather than protect herself. It was really pouring, too, you can zoom in and see the rain drops!
Little animal defender at the Nation Rising event, Canada, June 2019.
2019-06-18 21:20:38 +0000 UTC
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Just checking in - have a great weekend, everyone!
~AWG
2019-06-16 01:29:43 +0000 UTC
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💙Gazpacho💙
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Thanks for another fun LiveStream! Gold, Platinum and Blue Beastlings can still watch it for 24 hours in case you weren’t able to attend.
Have a great day/night!
~AWG
2019-06-12 21:41:54 +0000 UTC
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IT'S HERE!
WWW.CARNIFEXMETAL.COM
2019-06-07 07:35:27 +0000 UTC
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Did anyone catch what my new earrings are yet? 💀
This way I always have friends by my sides ;)
~AWG
2019-06-05 16:55:12 +0000 UTC
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