>I will never understand some people

dude ikr

the transition from Darkening to Lost Souls is so fun

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A GOD BEFORE GOD



SUMMON THE DEMONS TO ENTER YOUR BODY

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what he said

Twisted Troof is so good

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FOOLS ARE THE FOLLOWERS OF









MASTERS THEY DEIFY

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Prophetic Revelations is one hell of a riff fest.

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man this sounds so generic compared to spheres

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neck

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no u

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The insane quality of dm releases these past few years got me thinking, so I'm ending my bumping spree on a question:

Will we ever see another year like '91 or '93?

Like, except for the truly innovative releases like Effigy or Obscura, many albums we now consider classics were conceived by guys being inspired by each other's sounds or their local/national scenes, but their access to the dm library as a whole was obviously very limited.

Today's unrestricted availability, along with the relative ease of procuring both instruments and recording gear, should have led to another one of those years by now. Despite said general quality, though, the density of really outstanding material doesn't seem to be as high as it was back then. Wonder why that is.

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Idk I mean those years are highly regarded for good reason, but I do also think there is a good amount of innovation and inspired music being made today too.



Nostalgia also probably plays a role in the judgment of years long past



So idk lol

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While I agree to that notion, I'm definitely not nostalgic for stuff released at a time when I was listening to whatever eurodance dross the radio fed me.

Sure, the quality of those legendary albums has (also) always been measured in relation to their age, but their perceived greatness is also rooted in their minimalism, which just makes them the building blocks everything that came after has been based on and therefore compared to. Naturally, that kind of "basicness" cannot be achieved anymore unless we introduce new, as in never heard before, instruments and/or techniques to the mix.

Not saying there's no innovation going on, because there's many modern classics to be found in recent years alone. Still, when was the last year with 20 or even 15 releases that could be considered classics of the genre?

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Yeah idk



Those were definitely crazy years for seminal dm releases.

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Happy 33rd birthday album!

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gettin twisted

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elite album

Eagerly got this after loving CONSVMING IMPVLSE, but it just didn't hit the same.

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Yeah they are different albums sir

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still rocks