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10 Years of Sput

10 Years ago I was miserable in the Navy and six months from becoming a father. What a different life than the one I have now. I didn't expect I'd stick around long, so I used my starcraft username and started rating albums. Well, here we are. Also I still don't understand how one makes a name change here lol. I always considered myself a music "seeker". Even as a kid in rural MO, walking up to the clerk at the CD store to ask which bands sounded like X-band or trying to hunt down metal magazines and memorize as many names as I could because we couldn't afford a subscription and they certainly didn't carry them in my little town. Most music lovers let it come to them, but not us seekers. We go get it. The chase is different these days, but when I was younger, reading blurbs in magazines or listening to thirty second clips at the store, it was always a leap of faith to pull the trigger on an album, because I was stuck with it for months whether I liked it or not. I really miss that. And when I hit a good one (Pulse Ultra, folks) it was always that much more rewarding. This site is how I seek music now. I can't stand generated "sounds-like" playlists. I don't want AI telling me what I might like. These are the ten most notable albums I discovered as a direct result of being 'active' on this site. 1 is one, but otherwise no particular order. And here's me saying the same shit I've been saying for ten years.
1Crimson Glory
Transcendence


I've long felt that nothing will ever hit me like classic-era Queensryche ever again. How could it? I'd know about it by now. Fates doesn't do it, Helloween doesn't do it, dream theater doesn't do it. I was resigned to it and it was fine. Never realized CR was an 80's band, honestly thought it was just some fledgling old-guy rock band that Todd was in. Didn't know about Midnight. Didn't know any of it.
2Night Verses
From the Gallery of Sleep


Hits fuckin hard no matter how many times I hear it. Falls off after the front five a bit, but was my AOTY and is still in regular rotation.
3Cradle of Filth
Hammer of the Witches


There's an off-chance I give this some attention without sput recs, but I noticed how highly regarded Dusk / Cruelty / Midian are so I decided, even not particularly enjoying Right Wing of the Garden Triptych, to give it a shot. From the intro leads of Yours, Immortally I knew they had their hooks in me.
This album is a fucking force itself, particularly Deflowering the Maidenhead / Displeasuring the Goddess, but digging into their catalog led me to Cruelty and I knew I found my shit. The haunting, punishing atmosphere of that album is just unmatched. I was in awe. They ultimately skyrocketed to being one of my three or four favorite current bands with the release of Cryptoriana.
4Slugdge
Esoteric Malacology


I still lack the words to describe this.
5Strapping Young Lad
Alien


Never been the biggest Devy fan. I saw them live in the early 00's but I wasn't ready. Shit I might still not be ready. Kicks all kinds of ass.
6Amorphis
Under the Red Cloud


I really, really don't dig Viking metal. IDK if this is supposed to be that, but there's just enough to not piss me off here. The production is fantastic to my ears and I endlessly hum these songs to this day.
7Alcest
Kodama


Sheer majesty. My 2008 post-metal-obsessed self would consider this a wet dream, pure perfection front-to-back.
8Monuments (UK)
The Amanuensis


I need hooks in my djent. That's when it's the best. Baretto hooks best.
9Katatonia
The Great Cold Distance


It sounds stupid but I've always kind of "saved" a few bands and albums over the years, ones that have been highly regarded or cherished amongst those in the know. Saved them for a rainy day, so to speak, when I'm in a lull and need a heavy hitter. Katatonia is one of those bands. I don't know what triggered the jump, but I fuckin' adore this album and considering how I feel about Brave Murder Day there's a great chance this band becomes one of my most-listened.
10Persefone
Aathma


IDK how this band is unknown as they are, considering the insane quality of this album, but I am sure happy I came across this.
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