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Reviews 46
Approval 91%
Soundoffs 309
News Articles 50
Band Edits + Tags 9
Album Edits 105
Album Ratings 2122
Objectivity 86%
Last Active 01-24-22 10:46 am
Joined 02-09-10
Review Comments 12,202
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 | MarkyMarkthrone Yo, this is Kerr. I have been trying to reach you and am getting no replies and I see you have been active here. Please contact me.
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 | Spag Trees of Eternity album really clicked with me just now, it's so good man holy hell. I feel like I've been especially picky with albums I like lately but Trees of Eternity is a breath fresh of air.
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 | Hawks So busy bro. Thank you I appreciate it! Glad to be back around here.
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| Hawks Great bro! How about you?? Jammed your newest album the other day, it SLAYZ.
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 | teamster I love the new Klone record. The saxophone is a couple songs is great!
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| Spag You didn't like Draconian Times either? I heard it years ago and it was one of the few cases where the vocals ruined an album for me lol. I've been meaning to revisit it since I no longer have it rated but yeah. Bloody hell.
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 | MarsKid I got through it all without hating it, so there's that!
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| MarsKid Snare does sound as though it was teleported to a separate room but I've heard worse I think lol. Album def drags ands I don't know if its peaks are bold enough.
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| MarsKid lol I have that Oak album bookmarked and now I don't know if I want to hear it more or less
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 | Scoot https://www.dropbox.com/s/8l0nejujsob3z44/Under a Waxing Moon-002.mp3?dl=0
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| teamster Get a chance to listen to the new Klone single ?Within Reach?? Solid. Mixing is a bit different for them. Vocals are a bit more in the background.
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 | DDDeftoneDDD part of the sputnik experience is when we listen to something we love, but also think of some user (sometime you don't even know why hehe). Here it goes, check Dream Unending - Song of Salvation. Hug!
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 | MercySeat No worries at all! I just realized I'll probably only get a handfull of chances in life to tell my favorite artists how awesome I think they are directly so figured I'd take advantage! Love the sound of your next steps, I'm sure it'll come out sounding awesome!
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| MercySeat Hey man! Lurker just writing to let you know Trisagion is still on my heavy rotation all these months later! Can't wait to see where you go, you're an amazing talent!
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| teamster The new Mountaineer album is growing on me more and more.
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| Scoot hey joe, been jamming trisagion for weeks now. thought you might dig this dark ambient ep i made https://kannatama.bandcamp.com/album/hell-debris
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 | Sowing I sent you the questions. Thanks for agreeing to be a part of things!
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| Sowing That's great to hear! Can you send an email to sowingsputnik@gmail.com simply identifying yourself, and from there I will get the ball rolling with a questionnaire? Thanks.
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| Sowing I'm thinking of starting a blog series that will spotlight the musicians of Sputnik. Ideally, I'd like to include a mini-interview/questionnaire alongside song snippets and band info such as discography, genre(s), and general bio info. Let me know if you're game for something like that!
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 | Mongi123 My pleasure dude it was very emotive, massive and rarely dragged for a long bm album. You can definitely feel how much soul you poured into and I adored the Alcest vibes at times. And you know how much I love Alcest haha
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| Mongi123 Ayyy brother ol pal. I'm gonna simply overlook that Slowdive rating because your final ES album is blowing me away. Been in a bm mood so wanted to try it. You make a 27 minute song feel so short. Killer job my friend!
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 | Wizard And your album deserves more praise (and more money in your pocket).
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| Wizard LOL no no I mean Canada is turning into Venezuela in terms of how the country fell apart with hyper inflation because of a douche bag politician LOL. You live in England? Your country is way more open and transparent than the piece of s*** Canada has become.
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| Wizard Hope you got my Bandcamp/ Paypal message hahahaha
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 | twlight Kick ass job on the new album. Very impressive
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| Spag Forgot to mention, I got my Watching from a Distance shirt in the mail today. It's pretty awesome. I also have the cd coming in the mail (never owned it before but felt the need to now) and trying to find a copy of it is hard. The vinyl seems pretty easy to find but I've never been a vinyl guy.
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| Spag I think I'm gonna listen to it tonight, it'll most likely be a 4.5 for me. Hyped for it. I need it to because I've been listening to a lot of just... actual crap lately. (Working on re listening to every album I've heard before.) Lol.
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| Spag I'm hearing bits and pieces of that new live Warning album and it sounds incredible, not that I'm surprised lol.
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 | Dewinged Oh dude, weird, I just checked, have an e-mail sent on nov 27th. Anyway! Gonna hit u through BC, thanks!
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| Dewinged Give it to meeeeee Noctuuuussss
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 | Xenophanes Bruh it?s so good. I?d consider myself hard to please with black metal but it?s so genuine and cuts to the core of everything engrossing about the genre. No hamfistedness or phoned in parts at all; just gorgeous, incisive, and emotionally resonant. You should be very proud.
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 | Azog You're welcome. I gave Skepticism a 4.5, so go figure. You earned this.
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| Xenophanes Hey, bud! Finally got to my computer and downloaded the new album. Super pumped to spin it. I mean it, I think you?re incredibly talented and your stuff is fantastic.
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| Xenophanes Definitely, man. I?d be absolutely honored! Looking forward to hearing it.
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 | Brinner Hi Nocte - thanks for the message, sorry for late reply! I will see what I can do over the holidays.
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| Azog You're welcome.
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 | Crysis Honestly haven't listened to it yet, it's on my list of stuff to do but life gets in the way sometimes. Can't wait to hear your new record!
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| Spag Hell yeah. And I actually revisited their debut last year and it was much better than I recalled. I should jam it again cause it might actually be a 4.5 for me instead of a 4. :]
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| Spag Duuude, that new Atoma song rules so much!
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 | Essence okay but that Caelestra album!!! oh my
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| Essence :'[ i will weather the pain this causes me but I wish I had learned it in 2020
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| Essence i am heartbroken at your paysage rating
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| DDDeftoneDDD Bro. Don t get me wrong. You re a very cool guy. Its just the fact some albums I thought you d enjoy did not grab you at all. Other than that your reasons are v well fundamented and always politelly. The fact you came to enjoy bellwicth collab is enough for me ahah. I was only telling you why I feel like recing you is like a shot in the dark. So...you make music? Luv
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| DDDeftoneDDD Hi dude! I get you are a little grumpy lately ahah so i feel this can be a bit a shot in the dark but I think you ll dig the latest Tombs m/ hug
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| Crysis The core is there: riffs, vocals, variety, pacing, intensity. This is quite good. I especially love the intro and how it builds and builds. It's fantastic songwriting.
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| Crysis First impressions are that this is a jam. When it goes, it goes hard and the pace is very nice. I'd say the drums are a bit off, specifically with how thunderous they get at points and kind of overwhelm whatever is going on (see the transition at 4:19 for an example of what I mean, they also rear their head every 6 seconds or so during the riffing from 10:10 forwards). Sorry if I'm not describing it well. It otherwise sounds superb, will keep listening.
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 | Gmork89 So good bruh, tempted to break out a review for it but I haven't written one in years haha.
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| Gmork89 The Sethian one of the best songs of the year or what??
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 | Pikazilla If you like the new Draconian, be sure to check out Trees of Eternity. One of the best goth/doom albums ever.
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| Wizard I subscribe to you and yes I love the track! If it sucked, you know I would tell you ;). Need to give it a few more listens.
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| teamster Check out Klone's 2019 Hellfest videos on youtube. Wow.
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 | Orb Are you Ethereal Shroud???????
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| Crysis i'm not just saying that because you're on here and we all know you, it's legit great. exactly what i love about black metal: the fact that in one track you can have a really dark, but hopeful atmosphere, a great balance of heaviness and melody, good pacing, varied song structure. it's something you should be really proud of.
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 | Gnocchi Much love, so much easier to hunt and catalog
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 | Storm In A Teacup It?s been hard for me to like the genre this year but your sound is fresh and seeing how you grew it is and will be fun, demo or not. I know how hard it is trying to develop what you want to create and with what I?m hearing your evolution is worthy of praise, hearing demos makes it even more...I dunno, personal! m/
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| Storm In A Teacup m/ it is awesome! I'm looking forward to following and hearing more. Gonna check out your second to last album later today.
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| Gnocchi Is your new one on Apple Music?
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| Wizard Dude, pretty sure me and you are the only ones who love the new Cripple Black Phoenix!
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 | Egarran Haven't thought about that album for ages. But then came that unexpected Ihsahn cover.
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| Egarran Oh do a Scoundrel Days review please
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| Spag I admit, I wasn't into their second one much BUT I have to hear it again, haven't heard it in nearly 4 years. I've been rebuilding my ratings from scratch and well, a lot of things have grown off but some things have really really grown on me. (Like Omit's debut for example, that album is awesome.)
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| Spag I finally bumped 40 Watt Sun's debut album to a 5, I've always really loved it but just hearing it again recently floored me. I swear it has aged extremely well and I am grateful for that, haha.
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| teamster Have you checked the latest from Lotus Thief? Thought of you immediately.
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| teamster If you like Kontinuum...http://dool-nl.bandcamp.com/album/summerland
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| Spag I bought that Lychgate EP off bandcamp, it's sooo good!
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| Spag And yeah, tbh, I trust Sputnik's music taste a lot more than I do RYMs, site is just strange to me sometimes, I have an account but I nuked all my ratings. I nuked my ratings on here too, I have been relistening to every damn thing I've ever come across, it's gonna be a long journey to revise everything I've heard lol. My newest 5s are A Map of All Our Failures and Epicus Doomicus Metallicus. Lovely albums they are.
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| Spag Oh, awesome! I have to listen to it soon. I downloaded the uhhh, 34 percent complete album, the weird experimental one they did, it's their only LP I haven't heard aside from the new one. I have a feeling... that I won't like 34.788 complete... lol. Oh well, still intend to give it a shot. And hell, your rating for Ghost of Orion has given me hope, I'm sure I'll love it. :)
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| Spag I wasn't sure if I ever would (always thought the album was awesome of course), but I finally 5'd A Map of All Our Failures. :) I'm also disgusted by the avg rating for it on RYM, blegh.
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 | parksungjoon https://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1034220
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| DDDeftoneDDD Wtf is that flag against Ghost debut....wtf dude...
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| parksungjoon yea... but i can also feel where you were coming from with it. s***'s monumental either way
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| teamster Thought of you. Be patient with it.http://obsidiantide.bandcamp.com/
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| parksungjoon how to write good in a serious manner? im never gonna forget your solace review but sadly i cant just go around calling stuff perfect ^^'
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| DDDeftoneDDD Do Cairn from Mizmor! TKS on that Weeping Sores, its pretty holly ****
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 | CaptainDooRight hello there Noct, i wanna share my new trvth album with you for intimacy reasons, https://trvth.bandcamp.com/album/inordinate-and-surpassing
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| Essence I'm really sorry to hear that man, that's a really tough break. I have known a few people with that and it's a major struggle and people can sometimes kind of take it not seriously, so I feel for you. I think that's a really ambitious, interesting idea if you could channel that experience through your next release though
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| Essence :) that's awesome man, how's the recording coming along? I know it's really been an ordeal to get this next one off the ground
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| Essence drive by comment to say i've always really liked your taste in music and usually check what you've been listening to for new stuff to jam
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 | R4zor3dge Your profile pic gives me a good laugh whenever I see it lol
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| teamster Have you ever listened to Subsignal? Prog rock but very atmospheric. The vocals are one of my favs.
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| teamster Oh **** , Nevermind , I see u dig it
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| MarkyMarkthrone got bored at work and decided to start assigning arbitrary numbers to works of art. you?
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 | frozencarl checked mustan kuun lapset cuz of your recent soundoff and holy s*** these dudes are good. you got any other underrated melodic black metal recs?
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| Hawks Niiiiiice I?ll be on it tonight!
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| Hawks Will do for sure buddy!!
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| teamster Don?t know how much of a prog fan you are but the new Evergrey is fantastic.
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| Spag Late response, but I had no idea the album even existed to begin with. I'm a bit late to the party lol. It's awesome though. Also, I know you don't normally care for Devin Townsend but I am happy to see you gave Ocean Machine a 4. I love that album, it's essentially a top 10 for me. :)
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 | minty901 Mono's new album leaked and it's easily their best since Hymn. Makes their last few efforts look so lazy. Check it out.
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| Spag Duuude, that new Virgin Black album something really special and awesome. (And I still have yet to listen to the new In The Woods, don't like their new material nearly as much as the old stuff.)
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| Hawks Hell yeah bro. Also jam that Quercus album I just rated. Avant-garde funeral doom, so damn good.
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| Hawks God damn that Antimatter album is amazinggggg.
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| Hawks Sweet I?ll def check it bro. m/
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| teamster Nebulous is clearly the best song on Here comes the Sun
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| teamster Check out their other releases too ...
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| Hawks Glad u dig Uada bro. :]
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| teamster I want to reciprocate a recommendation. Have you listened to Klone - Here Comes The Sun? I bet you would dig it. Very Atmospheric...
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| Orb I miss talking to people around here. AOTY contenders?
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 | Dmax28 That's awesome you are digging the new Omnium. It was definitely my most anticipated release of the year and I have to say it delivered.
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| Wizard One minute in and I see why you have them rated so highly hahaha. Love the funeral dooooooom!
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| Wizard Surprised you liked new Skeletonwitch. I reviewed their debut way back when and now people are just hopping on them when their new albums are all just meh. Checking out that Panthiest album you have highly rated!
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| Wizard Surprised you liked new Skeletonwitch. I reviewed their debut way back when and now people are just hopping on them when their new albums are all just meh. Checking out that Panthiest album you have highly rated!
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 | Voivod Thanks for that! The whole album is available at their bandcamp page as well.
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| Voivod You are so right about Kontinuum; compelled by your soundoff, I checked the (new) album opener at their bandcamp page, and I have it on repeat ever since.
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 | necropig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPfoTCuB6GY some doomy if you haven't heard before
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 | clavier hey, I found about Ethereal Shroud through the Vanity House promotion -- somehow escaped me that you were on both Sput and *name redacted*
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 | Dimorphic Need people to check out this Czech dude's work. Those guitar leads tho.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFahTL2SWZc
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| necropig *hugs* You know I love you really
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| Gnocchi A 2.5 on the primordial, I think I feel your pain
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| Gnocchi Fantastic! Now I just need people to post 5-6 reviews to make it happen
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| Gnocchi Can I count you in for a comment or two on the Monolithe review I?ll be posting once my Machine Head review comes off the front page?
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| necropig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CaZCUs4UmqE great track from relatively unknown band :3 m/
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| necropig Glad to hear, let seven know about them both too :3
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| necropig 1st album and just work through. All gewd. Did beketh offer anything?
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| necropig https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcyi_xFtgGQ You might like this shizzle
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 | Sevengill thanks, man! saw you shared it, too. let's put together the coldest tour ever ;)
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| Sevengill https://www.facebook.com/dzongalives/posts/1974760246110963
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| minty901 i couldnt believe there was a new johnnytwentythree, almost out of nowhere. first track and last track are so, so stunning.
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| Xenophanes You got a link for that new Bell Witch? Incredibly excited after seeing that 4.5
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| Orb Ur a cool dude, dude!
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 | Muikuli I'll give it a go, cheersssss
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| Muikuli It does make a huge difference. Makes you wonder why he brickwalled it so badly. Especially when he made some effort to make the self-titled album less loud in the remaster (Time I remaster is louder than original though so what gives?) They were still excellent live anyway if you get the chance.
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| Muikuli Comparing some parts side by side, I guess what I appreciate the most is that you've given it more space. That probably puts it more in line with the way Time I was mixed.
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| Muikuli After one listen I'd say that the most noticeable thing comparing just by going memory of the original mix is that the vocals are a lot less loud, and that alone does make the whole mix sound more balanced. That really was the one thing that was probably most blatantly 'strange' even to my ears in the original mix. Nicely done.
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| Muikuli Cheers mate. Really appreciate the effort. I'll let you know how I feel it compares to vanilla mix after digesting.
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| Muikuli I'd like to hear your Forest Seasons Remaster too, what's the avenue?
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| frozencarl im interested in your wintersun remaster dude
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 | verdant dunno if you're still around, but i found Ethereal Shroud the other day, and i absolutely love it. thank you for the music.
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| Crysis i've heard noumena in the past and found them to be a bit boring. is their new record any different than their past stuff?
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 | emester wow new les discrets is that offensively bad to you? Any chance you could review it?
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 | GhandhiLion I am definitely going to check out Crawling Across the Rafters
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| CaptainDooRight Hey there. Hope all is well. I released my new bm Trvth album. Made a list for it. Would be nice if you could give her a gander.
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| Gmork89 Seems nobody knows about Trees of Eternity on here, new album is a stunner huh??
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 | TalonsOfFire A creator of anything, like music, will always have something over a critic, because in the end they made something after all. And yea Ethereal Shroud rules
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| TalonsOfFire That's awesome, I got the new Neurosis and Meshuggah early that way
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| TalonsOfFire How'd you hear Kodama? You reviewing it for another site or something?
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 | BallsDeep just dropping a shout to say you've got, excuse me, some damn fine taste in music my man, ill be working my way through your top rated/lists to check stuff I haven't heard yet. Stay classy
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| Spag I'm sure it'll grow on me, hopefully. I can tell you this now I enjoyed it more than the new Kataonia on first listen so that's a plus in its own right. I'm actually surprised you like it as much as you did because you always seemed to have mixed feelings on his work lol. Also I STILL have to listen to your album AND remember next month is very important... 40 Watt Sun and Mithras. :]
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| Spag Nice! I've been counting down the days for this no lie. I also have to listen to the new Thy Catafalque on the same day. It shall be pretty interesting. I'm expecting both albums to be a 8/10 at the worst for me. Also, I need to listen to that Devin Townsend album again because I wasn't pleased on the first listen. The second half of the album did absolutely nothing for me.
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| Spag Dude holy s*** how did you hear the new ITW? Promo?
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 | PortalofPerfection Dude. DUDE. Mother****ing Moonsorrow and Saor in the same year!? I cannot handle the epicnnneeeeessssssaaaahhhh!!!
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| Gmork89 Like the new Devin album? I didn't know you were a fan.
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| PortalofPerfection Finally checked out that new track of yours you linked me too. So good.
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| Spag I still need to hear your previous one lol. I have actually seen your album in a lot of charts on 4chan and whatnot lol. I don't think most people are aware that you have an active Sputnik account lol.Also I can only hope your new one has some slams!
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| Spag Yup. I loved 40 Watt Suns debut and this caught me by surprise lol. That new Mithras will slay no doubt. I have 4 albums to listen in September too lol. In the woods, Opeth, Devin Townsend and Thy Catafalque. Hoping I love all these since the new Katatonia album I disliked heavily. :[
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| Spag Nice Ocean Machine rating by the way, that's a top 10 for me personally. And that Katatonia album rating couldn't be more accurate. That album was a infuriating disappointment.
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| Spag Had to take a jab at you when I added Wider than the Sky to the database good sir lol. I just about shat when I saw the album post on FB. The new Mithras comes out a week after this album by the way. Any of these has potential to be my AOTY. :]
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| Sevengill Ah, cool. Thanks! I've released so many albums lately I forget who I have and haven't pitched them to, haha.
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| Sevengill Dark, have I bothered you about Dzo-nga yet? It'd go nicely with Ethereal Shroud in a playlist.
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| Sevengill Thanks for the album. Def wasn't a favor rating, it deserves it. The builds are gorgeous and feel natural, even if the vocals took me some time to warm up to. Awesome stuff. You've gotten a decent following, too.
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| PortalofPerfection Okay :[ thanks for giving it a go! Got any new music you're close to finished with?
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| PortalofPerfection Nice 5 for Jumalten :]Which reminds me, I really think you should give Sojourner another chance. I know you didn't much care for Heratige of the Natural Realm but Empires of Ash is really good, worth checking.
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| PortalofPerfection Dude i NEVER would've guessed you'd 4 Astronoid lol surprising me again man lol. It's great stuff. Sounds super fresh as far a metal goes.
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| Gmork89 You should review Astronoid bud, I'd be interested to see your write up on it.
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| PortalofPerfection You know I went and checked out The Howling Void, and I saw that you have it a 1.5. When I first fired it up I thought damn this actually pretty good, why did Noctus hate it so much?After going through a few minutes of a few tracks I realized there's a high-pitched (and pretty s***ty sounding) chorus in the background ALL THE TIME! I mean I don't know if that's why you hated it but that s*** got annoying REAL quick lol. Shame because there's it seems pretty solid otherwise.
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| Sevengill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFYlxh9Y63Y It's in the news section now. Thanks!
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| Sevengill dark I'd like your opinion on something. I'm finishing a blackened ambient project and could use some feedback. any chance you've got 40 minutes lying around?
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| PortalofPerfection I definitely hear the influence, especially in your longest songs. Good place to look for inspiration haha! But yeah, 20 years and 7 albums later and Moonsorrow are still killing it. Mimisbrunn is just...****ing...WOW
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