for real. he was an incredible contributor and presence in the scene. i honestly attribute a lot of my taste to his write-ups back in the day.

blegh. i'm not surprised. my last list before he passed i s/o'd him for being the king of bm w/ ~ 1k monthly listeners on spotify and how much that shaped my enjoyment of the genre. god damned shame

it's possible my own band wouldn't have taken quite the same shape it did without him.

Album Rating: 4.0

finally got around to listening to this and just saw the news of Brandon's passing. fuck, man. dude got me into so much awesome stuff, this included.



really great album, btw. probably my favorite thing Damian's done all year

Album Rating: 3.5

Wait WHAT!? Spirit is…gone? Are you fucking kidding me? Dude was an OG and one of the kindest, smartest people on this site. I can't even process this right now. Does anyone know what happened? Fuck man…

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

here's the GFM link from his family again:



http://www.gofundme.com/f/in-loving-memory-of-brandon-nurick

Album Rating: 3.5

Thanks man. Pretty tight right now (who isn't) but I gave what I could. Had a real nice chat with the guy just a couple months ago about this band. Damian dropped another one a few days ago so I came here to see if Spirit was talking about it. Sput won't be the same without him.

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

somehow i missed that this dude dropped another album.



Sput won't be the same without him. [2] cannot be replaced.

This is so good, how am I only hearing this now!? Been out of the loop with BM this year, any other stuff I need to check?

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

here's a non-exhaustive list of top bm i liked from the RYM chart



Asunojokei

White Ward

Gaerea

Scarcity

trha

wake

ultha

gudsforladt

brii

saidan

vehemence

vital spirit

pure wrath

arizmendanegativa

nameless mist

stangarigel

unru

toadeater

slaegt

Inexorum

nocturnal graves

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

the epic sections on the new one go so fucking hard, i wish Spirit could've heard it m///

god where's TS when u need him this dude's released like 4 albums already this year wtf

Album Rating: 3.5

This is like if you put Sonata Arctica in a toaster.



It's great and I'm really fascinated by this project. There's a part in "ödënthändelä vòn la gönmëtwa" that sounds like a cross between black metal and 80's anime music and I love it.

Album Rating: 3.0

The 2020 Trha stuff is the best and he needs 2 chill on a splits

Album Rating: 3.0

This is neat tho. KindaWeirdo atmospheric bm

Album Rating: 3.0 | Sound Off

splits are fine, let the man be a little goofy before cramming out another 4 lps in nine months :p

I love you Brandon. :[

Album Rating: 3.5

What a fucking thing to come back to Sput to.



Damian just dropped another Trha album. Rips. Spirit would've loved it.

He's jamming wherever he is bro. :[

Album Rating: 3.5

Won't get to read his review of it though. Dammit now I'm a mess again.