Singer/songwriter Belinda Carlisle officially retracted the eponymous claim of her 1987 hit “Heaven Is a Place on Earth” due to the myriad of current events that show the horrors of the world, sources report.

“I was young and naive when I wrote that song almost four decades ago,” Carlisle admitted. “Now that I’ve grown older and wiser, I of course have come to the conclusion that humanity has turned this planet into a completely irredeemable shithole. I mean, how could I not? Just this morning I walked past a man masturbating on the subway shortly after watching members of ICE tackle an 80-year-old woman as she was trying to enter a church, then I got home and saw a news report about how the world was on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. How fucking stupid would I have to be to think heaven exists on this worthless rock?” […]

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    In that case I’d recommend High On Fire, circa Snakes For The Divine.

    Or based on “Ghost Psalm,” early System Of A Down. Or Meshuggah, like “Straws Pulled At Random.”

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      7 days ago

      I wasn’t asking for suggestions :)

      lmao

      Gotta love people who think anyone needs to be educated in their kind of music (this is sarcasm)

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        And yet you got them! Isn’t the internet wonderful?

        Like how I’m now queuing the discography of Zao (American metalcore band) and Zao (French prog-jazz band).