Today's entry is part of #TuneTuesday over on mastodon and the theme is #MotherEarth

I won't pretend to be a particularly imaginative man (in fact I have aphantasia so I'm one of the least imaginative people you know... probably) so my choice is... Mother Earth by Within Temptation

I discovered WT at University from some of my dorm friends and I've been a huge fan of them and Delain ever since.

Mother Earth is a catchy epic metal track which starts with a gentle flute intro and picks up the pace fairly quickly with a driving guitar riff and a full orchestral accompaniment. When it starts in earnest, it makes me want to headbang and I don't have enough hair to do that properly...

It's a classic earth worship hit and a great example of WT's earlier, "raw" sound. Sharon Den Adel's vocals are haunting and "fae" and the lyrics are about the power and inscrutability of Mother Nature

Birds and butterflies Rivers and mountains she creates But you'll never know The next move she'll make You can try But it is useless to ask why Cannot control her She goes her own way

This is a staple of my late teens and early 20s and I remember on the couch lying in my first apartment during my internship looking out at the mist in the communal garden with this album on in the background.