Album Rating: 4.0

Ye it’s a preference thing, cause they shoot for very different things. I find the repetition hypnotic, and it makes the cut at the end all the more impactful

Album Rating: 4.3

A thousand years or more,



And I've never seen this face,



Never heard this voice before

Album Rating: 4.0

Hmm, I like this, just not sure how much yet



Also, am I crazy for perhaps low-key liking the bookends more than virtually everything else here? Needs further time to sink in but they definitely hit me the hardest. A few other cool ideas here though for sure

Album Rating: 4.0

“I suppose genres of music with similar DNA will sound the same if you're not invested in the genre”



weirdly I’m starting to feel the opposite is true, in the sense an unfamiliar genre sounds fresher / more varied due to my relative lack of exposure.



I mean Lenker certainly does sound fairly original (“songs” even more so thus far), whereas death metal (easiest example) is starting to get stale. I mean there’s great stuff in that realm still, but it’s generally way more likely to make me think “heard this all before”, which is the exact opposite of the perspective Anthracks had.

Album Rating: 4.5

repetition and derivativeness are definitely accepted and encouraged more in metal and rap than they are in folk

Album Rating: 4.0

I mean this seems like a can of worms but it certainly do agree in the sense a section of the ‘DM fanbase’ obstructs progress with their want of a familiar by-gone sound. There’s a reason why ODSM is a ‘thing’ in 2024. And some of the same people declare other genres homogenous



No idea about folk or rap tho

Album Rating: 4.0

Free Treasure is a gem. I like the contrast between the loveliness of that one and how raw / angular (idk if this is the right word, it'll do for now) Vampire Empire sounds.

Album Rating: 3.6

"repetition and derivativeness are definitely accepted and encouraged more in metal and rap than they are in folk"

maybe the stupidest thing I've ever seen you say do you know what folk music is

Album Rating: 4.5

i think if you try to expand on that thought you’ll see where you’re going wrong

Album Rating: 4.5

take a look in the mirror if you wanna see empty space between the ears lmao

There can be a lot of repetition in folk music. I won't remark on derivative as that's a subjective statement, but you can somewhat measure a reasonable amount of repetition in folk song-writing. That's not a bad thing. It has worked in the genre for generations.

Sometimes, like folk hymnals or work songs, that repetition is paramount to some sort of state of meditation or mantra for drowning out external factors required for ritual... or just to endure the back-breaking labor.

Album Rating: 4.0

I love how people see a Colton comment and immediately rip it apart like he's just said the most offensive thing possible



I mean his point is far too vague to draw any concrete conclusions from, but there certainly are issues with derivativeness being encouraged in some areas of metal fandom. The generalisation of entire 'wider' genres is obviously rather silly, but we expect this behaviour over here, and yet people still go off because Colton or something

Lol! Colton man. Sputnik's friend.

I suppose many genres can have a problem with derivative works. Though I maintain for stuff like this, the devil is in the details. It's worth a nuanced look to give the art in question a fair shake rather than generalising, as you mentioned Demon.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

"obstructs progress" like my farts have ever stopped progheads from stuffing squares into the circle hole

Album Rating: 3.5

shocking not to see a warm reception when the sap who's built his entire site presence on a mix of brainless takes and posting provocative shite in bad faith drops one or both of the above itt without elaboration

I think I get on with Colton well.

Album Rating: 3.5

maybe all it takes is a pacifist outlook and an interminable love of moot points

Probably the latter. Think of Sputnik like a moot point and then Colton won't bother nobody.

Editing this in though, I do not understand Colton's takes most of the time lol.

Album Rating: 4.0

maybe Colton is asking all the real questions and we haven't yet attained the knowledge to understand his perspectives?



anyway, I did intend on returning here to talk about Lenker's impressive album, Bright Future



gaining new appreciation via backtracking even tho I'm pretty sure this and "Songs" are comfortably eclipsing everything else she has done so far

Yeah man. Maybe Colton is just on another wavelength. Post-moot.

I do prefer Songs to this one, but I also think I need a little more time with it. Including Big Thief - UFOF, Two Hands, Songs + Instruments are my favorites from what I have listened to.