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Hi guys, wanted to figure out the meaning of this term as it is so vaguely and randomly defined. Whenever I think of slasherwave I think of metalsynth or metalsynth adjacent albums with driving energy, slashing and stalking themes, music that captures the obsessive, beastly and twisted nature of a serial killer or monster. I'd like to propose the following as good examples of slasherwave albums:

• Hubrid - Slasherwave
• Storm King - Sever the Hands
• Carpenter Brut - Leather Terror
• NightStop - Dead Girls Don't Dance
• Masked - Bloody Sweetheart
• Midnight Danger - Endless Nightmare
• Wolftron - Love is Deathless
• UltraKiller - Death Trap
• Dome of the Darkness - Lost in Costa-Rica
• Bodied by the Beat - Three Eyed Monster
• Confrontational - Cut
• Cffndrggr - Psychopath

What do you think "slasherwave" is and what would be an example of a slasherwave album to you?

Hi guys, want to share my collection of "Sichuan Peppercorns" - these have been sourced from different countries and each has it's own very unique flavor profile in addition to the numbing sensations they provide. Going clockwise:

Center left and top left - Two kinds of Red Sichuan Pepper (Zanthoxylum bungeanum) - From China, authentic Sichuan pepper with a spicy, peppery flavor. The left one with the red pericarp smells fruity, spicy citrusy and peppery, but the one on the top left with a pink pericarp is more mild and floral. It could just be a different cultivar but I think it could also be from a different species, Zanthoxylum simulans, another source of Sichuan pepper.

Top - Mah Kwan Pepper (Zanthoxylum limonella) - From Thailand, this brown colored version has smaller fruits and comes with the bark, it is more bitter, it has flavors of tea and oranges.

Top Right - Triphal (Zanthoxylum rhetsa) - From India, this tastes the most bitter to me, reminds me of burnt coffee or Fenugreek seeds. It has a reddish brown color and an earthier flavor.

Right - Green Sichuan Pepper (Zanthoxylum armatum) - from China, my second favourite, has very nice herby notes as compared to Red Sichuan Pepper and a greenish-brown color.

Bottom Right - Tana Pepper (Zanthoxylum ailanthoides) - A spice used by the indigenous people of Taiwan, it has some floral notes but it mostly grassy, the aroma reminds me of good quality kush or hash.

Bottom Left - Timur Pepper (Zanthoxylum alatum) - From Nepal, this has a dark, almost black color and a very, very strong lemony, zesty flavor and notes of grapefruit. My favourite of these peppers!

Center - Zanthoxylum Seed - From Hong Kong, I don't know what species this is. I bought it at a spice shop because it was being sold as distinct from both red and green Sichuan pepper. It has a dark brown color, and a very different flavor, very medicinal, like cough syrup but with numbing instead of sweetness. Based on research, I think it might be Zanthoxylum avicennae based on an anise like flavor it has.

I hope this post helps people appreciate how much variety there is in this family of spices. Do any of you have other kinds of 'Sichuan' pepper, and how do you use them in your cooking?

Hi guys, a new version of my guide to Darksynth is now ready! I've been hard at work listening to and discovering new artists, and what a journey it has been over the past 7 months. A big change in this version is I've grouped related subgenres together, I'll post the definitions of the subgenre names as I've used them in the comments.

Some of the terrific artists I've discovered that I'd like to mention are Nobandwidth, Rokai, YM_IRR, Re_ii, Distant Reality, Terminal Khaos Builders, ALostCarolean, VVOV, SurgeryHead, HexenThief, Terrordyne, Venturer, Thy Night'85, The Bionic Protector, Ogezor, Birkhoff, Noisecream, Droidglow and Terror Syndrome.

Also, this project is supposed to be free of any generative AI usage - some AI generated albums had made it into the previous version and have been purged. If you know of AI usage in any of these albums, please PM me so they can be removed from future versions.

If someone is interested in a Spotify playlist with bangers from all the artists featured in the chart, here is a link:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6bnRzLwHst9dz050eryHcZ?si=cab2d5e9bb3d4f84

In case anyone needs a link to the full sized, uncompressed image:

https://i.postimg.cc/76vPqZ6b/Roshan-s-Darksynth-Guide-V4.png

Also, in case anyone is interested in how this project has evolved, here are links to the previous versions:

V1: https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSynth/comments/1cl8cin/my_darksynth_recommendations/

V2: https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSynth/comments/1f6shns/a_new_version_of_my_darksynth_guide/

V3: https://www.reddit.com/r/DarkSynth/comments/1oj32ve/version_3_of_my_darksynth_guide_is_out/