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 | Hyperion1001 this s*** bangs: https://warlocksofmorgulofficial.bandcamp.com/album/empire-of-puritanical-sorrow
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 | arthropod Okay, it's a mobile issue. Fun fact, I looked through some review source codes and turns out, the crossed text has been pasted instead of coded. I figured how to do underlines but crossing s*** just doesn't work on sput lol.
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| arthropod Right. I'll double-check on my computer to see if it's a mobile issue and ask in For The Mods thread.
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| arthropod Hey, a formating question. It used to be possible to have crossed-out words in reviews, I wonder how it looks now. All the instances of that (known to me) currently display as loads of spaces, maybe with a small surviving streak here and there.
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 | Christbait I'm not touching it at this point lol. Thank you for helping to get it fixed!
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| arthropod I don't mind, life isn't just sput lol
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| arthropod The Veilburner blurp. Is this sufficient?
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| arthropod https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LeKmOVcosW9OotIaJDsw1_Xgswfrs8VBd8wpkCmAu-o/edit?usp=drivesdk
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 | AlkemestRedux Thanks mane! I feel like I've finally unlocked the secrets of Sput!
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 | Sevengill nah I'm just askin for your digits or email or whatever you use to keep in touch. I'm always worried sputnik will finally go kaput.
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 | Frost15 Hey Hawks! Been having a very busy time (for very good reasons), but I'm back, kind of haha.
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| Sevengill fam u ever connect with folks here outside sput? ?
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| arthropod Okay. I'll work on my ramblings, between 30 mins and 24 hrs from now I'll either send it or pass the task onto someone else if my vena fails me.
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 | DoofDoof Thanks for the offer but you know right now I am just not feeling the writing too much, exact same pattern as last year and then the Jim Ghedi album got me back into the writing. Just going to force myself to get a decent end of year list out, for now that is all I can handle :D
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 | pyroflare77 Sounds like a good time to mop up the other half of their discog then
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| pyroflare77 Also so it's not just me nagging you to check Anri lol, shoot me a rec in return
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| Sevengill uhhh I don't remember it well but I went down a late-night rabbit hole of Leviathan and Xasthur a few years back so prolly
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| Sevengill ooo, fun. RYM digs this more than sput, too, so you know it's trve.
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 | zakalwe You are a good lad hope you are doing OK mate
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| DoofDoof What Burns Now Listens is a monster track
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 | artificialbox listening now, I dig it, really fun cheerful vibes and catchy as hell too. thanks for the rec man!
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| DoofDoof Damn, high praise - so real competition with the Veilburner then.
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| DoofDoof Will wait until tomorrow but will make it my focus for the week, what do you think of it so far?
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| DoofDoof Just getting hyped for new Blut tomorrow
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 | Ectier Am sure it will. Probs know but therapists can be hit or miss hope the one you are seeing fits if not hope you can find one that does. I got a bit behind on my own mental health work so been there
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| Ectier Figured id let you know is all. Hope you are doing mentally as
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| Ectier Dani your god and the band are being sued by 6 members including lindsey
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 | LouBreed Thanks! I am only marginally better than my 80 grandmother in terms of computer literacy, so I need help even with the simplest stuff
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| LouBreed Hi, Hawks! A quick (and stupid) question from me: how do I do bold font or italics in a review? Is it HTML code or something else?
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 | jrlikestodance Add the Wisdom Teeth comp from this year to the staff list, Pattern Gardening. Tech house and minimal bangers perfect for the summer
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| jrlikestodance Appreciate that my brother! I always trust your tastes in metal myself and love you've been receptive to so many recs. Hope you end up finding some more good tunes soon, the rabbit hole never ends!
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| jrlikestodance Also got this list of 50 of my favorite electronic releases. Lil bit of everythinghttps://www.sputnikmusic.com/list.php?memberid=1154534
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| jrlikestodance Keep on digging brother, there's endless good stuff to available
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| jrlikestodance Another great way to find new techno is checking DJ mixes. In 2025 there's endless available on the internet and its a good way to get more familiar w the genreAll timer for me:https://soundcloud.com/resident-advisor/ra-live-20160617-ben-ufo-b2b-helena-hauff-sonar-festival-barcelona
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| jrlikestodance Yay so happy you liked it. You described how I feel about their techno productions, has that mechanical field but never compromises the groove/funk. Their label Ilian Tape is also loaded with so many great artists and they don't focus strictly on techno
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 | cloakanddagger All good choices for uplifting music tbh! In that case check out Eingya by Helios, really relaxing album that blends ambient, electronic and post-rock together nicely. Sigur Ros is another go-to for when I need something like that (side note, hope you're doing alright, just read one of your more recent threads, also congrats on becoming a dad!)
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| cloakanddagger Ah no worries, sometimes I wonder if I should do the same tbh, my music listening habits usually match my mood so listening to loads of metal is probably an early warning sign that my mental health is going to s*** lmao
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| cloakanddagger Bro if you enjoy Novembre you should definitely check out the band Klimt 1918, especially their first two records. They're good friends with Novembre, their more recent stuff is way lighter but their demo EP and first two full-lengths are pure goth rock/metal, kinda similar to Anathema's 90s output.
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| pyroflare77 Hawks bro you should definitely check out what I reviewed a few days ago if you want something uplifting.
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 | RVAHC13 Sonoma has requested that I review his EP that he put up for the random album assignment, would that be alright with you?
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 | Kimm Shoutbox is just so FB circa 2007 and I hate it lol
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| Kimm Yo, fair enough.
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| Kimm Just spent like 30 min trying to post my damn list and it glitched lol. I'll try again later. You on fb/insta?
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| Kimm I mean, same lol.
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| jrlikestodance Love to see that rating!!! Those hooks are too infectious and smooth and the beats compliment them perfectly. I think you'll like Voodoo more on the rejam too, a lot more hip hop influences and you'll probably picked up on the more layered instrumentation. It definitely took me a couple jams to really appreciate myself
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 | Scoot https://jumpshare.com/folder/0yAmyjGFaFzfSWxRq9s4 this is pretty much where im at for now with a few other tracks to work in. im going for a tim hecker meets panopticon style
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 | Deathconscious Not much man, took a month break from alcohol so feeling pretty good. I saw your VoidCeremony review, sounds sick, will be checking that hard. m/
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| Hyperion1001 oh I have friend. classic new age/space ambient. if you like that, you should check out this 36 collab album from this year, very similar and very good: https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/36-and-zake/stasis-sounds-for-long-distance-space-travel-iii/
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| jrlikestodance Also think you would like the new K-Lone record that dropped last week. Similar vibe to Anthony Naples newest LP and dropped on his label
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| jrlikestodance Looks like a good jam man. That OPN record definitely has me looking for some new ambient jams
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 | TheSonomaDude hawks I been where you're at. just keep in mind that you are the GOAT and top 1 users on this site. no doubt that translates to the real world. lemme know how you are feeling boss *salute emoji*
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 | bigweinerdon https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ycdDrInz9SW8pW37CdyUb?si=81YwCFRFQdqdummZHOwdvw
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 | FearThyEvil Hope they tour Philly soon too! Love Zao a lot! Pretty cool to be working with him
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 | ScuroFantasma Hey brother, I hope you?re doing alright now, take care of yourself
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 | efp123 I hope you're feeling better this evening
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 | Mongi123 Nice! Gotta throw one hammock in there couldn't help myself. But i'm good man have a meltdown literally over spilled food yesterday so you're not crazy. Other than that, i'm on disability and coping well due to that.
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| Mongi123 Oh damn I was focusing in on your name and not directly under it lol how you doing?listen to those recs
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| Mongi123 Hey man just wanted to make sure I?m not crazy, did you have you?re staff tag removed?
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| FearThyEvil I jut saw that you work with Zao's bassist, what type of field are you guys in if you don't mind me asking? Please tell him to do a show at the Underground Arts sometime in Philly. I'm legit ****ing dying to see Zao! I love their music
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 | Gmork89 Hey man! Im terrible at responding been really distracted lately and not checking in on the site. Your reviews are really great dude its awesome to see you killing it on here. Hope everything is going well bud.
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| Scoot https://jumpshare.com/share/m6lVz1QKX7r1GRSIBO2r would love to get your take on this bm project i'm working on. everything is me except for the programmed drums. i may add some background synths. aiming for a Q1 2026 release if i can make it happen
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| jrlikestodance Glad to hear you dug it!!! I've had it on repeat after seeing them this past Sunday. Huge grooves!
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| jrlikestodance Next time you are in a techno mood throw on the new Zenker Brother. They crushed this one
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| jrlikestodance I've only jammed the first album which I absolutely love. Been meaning to do a Missy discog jam but I keep slacking on it. I saw her live last year and it was my favorite show of 2024. Insane production, it felt like you were in one her music videos
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 | coneren should have just waited for the ps6 you should too tbh
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| coneren yes but dont forget to buy nascar with it tbh fuuck i only bought one because gta was already supposed to be out lmao
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 | necropig https://haeresis.bandcamp.com/album/si-vis-pacem-para-bellum give this a go, post black metal
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 | Wildcardbitchesss def recommend their debut, Laughing Death in Meatspace, first, it?s the perfect starting point but I do think their newest one is their very best. And dude The Drones have so many amazing records. Gareth Liddiard is the main songwriter for both and hes legit a genius imo. I See Seaweed and Fairyland Codex are both all timers for me, but the man hasn?t made a bad or even mid record. Just consistently great stuff for 25 years now
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| ScuroFantasma Awww right back at you Hawks, you legend. How have you been brother?
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| Wildcardbitchesss Will do bro, im excited! Theres few better feelings than discovering an artist that seems to have such a deep and acclaimed discography. Like I have so much music to listen to lolI forget if we ever talked about them but did you ever check out Tropical F**k Storm or The Drones? Fairyland Codex is honestly probably gonna wind up as my AOTY? unless Converge does drop theirs before the end of the year.
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 | Jash Congrats bro! That?s awesome, and also equal parts overwhelming I?m sure. Your kid is going to have an 11/10 music taste no doubt
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| Wildcardbitchesss hell yeah dude, the Anna record is seriously amazing, I?ve slept on her music for way too long
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| jrlikestodance Definitely will brother! Also planning to get to the VoidCeremony and Veilburner records this week m/
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| Christbait Appreciate the love, brother. No worries at all about the list. Plenty of great reviews that deserve the attention.
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| Jash My guy! I?m good, how you doing?
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| arthropod Yeah lol, I see no problem man. I appreciate your approach to communication.
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 | Gameofmetal TEUTONIC BLACK METAL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBMVGwZYtBQ
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| coneren excuse me i am very in control its everyone else thats out of it tbh also you should buy a ps5 and the new nascar game so we can play
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| coneren lmao yeah nobody wants to go to pittsburgh anyways its pretty gay i hooked up with a guy there the one time i went
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| coneren oh weird i head cof is playing a show in pittsburgh that day next year
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| coneren thats the day i was crapped out on so thatd be neat
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| Hyperion1001 GO PITT EVEN IF THE DUZ DOESNT THINK ITS AN IMPORTANT GAME
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| coneren tell her she has to have it on the 29th
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 | Emim That's dope. Reminds me a bit of Invoke. I love me deathcore with a strong hardcore influence still
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| coneren well done on not shooting blanks! also congrats on ruining your life lmao whens the little fuucker coming out
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| coneren have you been going to any penguins games lately
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| coneren howdy partner what are you wearing 2nite
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 | Winsomniac Tragic, it's such a good record. Thanks for linking to his profile, I have no idea how I'd go about looking for it otherwise lol.
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| Emim Yeah that band is something special
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| Emim I can vouch for that Advent album win was talking about. One of the best in recent memory
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| Emim Nice, I'm excited to work backwards through their discog. Looks like an eclectic mix
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| Emim You should check out ANCST if you haven't already. It's like As I Lay Dying if they were raised on bm instead of thrash, at least the newest album
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| Winsomniac Hey dude! I don't see the forum anymore so any chance you'd be able to get in touch with Jom or whoever manages the site db now and see if they can help me fix the album art for Advent - God is the End? Really solid hxc album that the image for album art wouldn't show up for. Also high rec giving it a jam. m/
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 | Balerion I think Kekht is involved in the project but agree. Extremely similar sound, but if he is involved suppose it makes sense
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| Balerion Selvnatt - Empty Life. I saw you liked the pale swordsman record and wanted to drop this for you. You made a BM rec list not long ago
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| jrlikestodance Will do brother. Need some new metal and I'm not familiar with either!
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 | Jurtz Hawks bro, as a Mortician fan, have you ever checked Incinerated?
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| Gameofmetal and if you're not too sensitive about the "sketchy" stuff, i gotta admit clandestine blaze just dropped a banger. Much as I don't want to hand it to a freak ass racist.
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| Gameofmetal some mo good 2025 black metal for ya https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cEnIJNllbo
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 | ThyCrossAwaits Dunno if you saw or got it early but Veilburner?s streaming their new one at BC
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| Sevengill Uhhh prolly four months after I finish recording vocals and sent it to production. Which might finally happen this winter. Idk sometime next year lol
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| Sevengill I appreciate u man ? And uhh well Sachem had neither real drums, real guitar, nor actual mastering, so it was missing a lot actually.
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 | gabba Hey, I've just added this album to the database, pretty good imo, I figured you might dig as well:https://thedevilstrade.bandcamp.com/album/nincs-szennyezetlen-sz-p
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 | Dedes Yeah that'd be good, tbh I'll probably have some sort of quick bit by Monday even. If I can't commit to a half paragraph overexplanation of "riffz m/m/m/" idk how the **** I'm gonna get through my end of year list, my oh my the task is daunting
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| Dedes Sure thing partner I'm down when's the blurb due
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| Dedes Hm?? ROTM??? Does that meaning rating of the month or???
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| Gameofmetal yeah that rips. like if you had the summoning vibe but busier black metal parts.
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 | rockandmetaljunkie So as you do understand, the one and only thing I want to do is eat something really quick and get some sleep. There's really not much time for anything else...
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| rockandmetaljunkie I love Sputnik and its sputniker inhabitants. Don't worry I ain't going anywhere. It's just that I can't be logged in all the time cause the internet connection is expensive on board (one internet card of 21 gigabytes costs 200 dollars) and since we're in process of unloading, we (among other duties) have to keep watches, record, monitoring the performance of the machinery. We keep a 6 hour duty, after 6 hours, I am relieved, and my next watch begins after 6 hours.
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| rockandmetaljunkie What's up hawks, how you've been? I am fine, thanks for asking. Right now I am in china, preparing for cargo unloading. It's been a tiresome month. After unloading I am disembarking and I'll probably find some more time to hang around in Sputnik.
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 | Dewinged My man, how you doing Hawks, I hope life's good!
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 | budgie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-wiHqEgq8o
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| jrlikestodance Pretty interesting style shift but the execution is great. Weird blend of industrial, dream pop and shoegaze but it comes together as a great listening experience. I'm gonna need some more time with this record to really crack it I think but I'm around a 7-8/10
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| artificialbox howdy hawks :] i'm doing well, hope you are too! P.S. listen to the debut Snocaps album, it's got Allison and Katie Crutchfield playing in a band together again for the first time since P.S. Eliot
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| jrlikestodance Glad you dug it dude, it's a real nice vibe. And I'll definitely will check the new Daniel Avery today now that my brain is back to normal lol (:
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| Ectier Aephanemer proper spelling lol
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| efp123 whatever works. I don?t give a ****
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| efp123 no worries. I just think is pretty decent post rock. no vox.. I just know you're on a good streak of writing.. it was only reviewed once from someone overseas.
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| efp123 review driftless - the greatest needor else ^_~jk, but I think you would like it
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| efp123 duuuuude your review is featured on the front page of rym right now!!!
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| DoofDoof Yeah listened to the AVH again on the plane during heavy turbulence, kept things transcendent :DThe Old Saw is so good, I have that on a 4.5
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| DoofDoof Just travelling home from my hols today, been in Lanzarote with the fam, prob get to it tomorrow my brother!
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 | DarkNoctus oh my god they're essential - start with wake/lift and let me know how you get on!
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| DarkNoctus eager to read it! i adore it - it's super exciting. not a lot of typical post metal excites me any more but this one really hit. scratched that rosetta sorta itch. hope they have a new one coming some time too.
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 | botb Helllllll yeah will definitely check when it comes out. Been a minute since we?ve heard from those guys
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 | evilford Oh nice. Yeah ill peep them a little harder. I heard one of their albums, it was pretty good, will have to jam more
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| Gameofmetal did not expect death metal based on the album cover but this is great
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| Gameofmetal MEGA ahrd. Hate that I slept on it so long.
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| Ectier Also the new psychonaut just flows so so well
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| Ectier I love Psychonaut man they are a fav
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| Wildcardbitchesss ugh honestly thats totally fine man, I dig some ambient music but I seriously have no idea on how to even approach articulating what makes it good/not good.Tbh, Ive had a lot of personal s*** come up kinda all at once. I got time to s***post and listen to stuff obv but it?s probably gonna be a little while before I get it done. But I will give the record a listen tonight and a few times at least over the weekend so I can at least feel it out a lil
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| evilford Nice, yeah looking forward to it!
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 | PortalofPerfection Hey man, just dropped my first review in like 2 years lol let me know what you think! I don't know that the band/album itself is really your thing but you might like it anyway.
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 | JoyfulPlatypus Sweet, I'll look them up when I'm home from work. Thanks for the help! Still plan to have the review finished by the end of the month, if not end of the week.
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| Emim You ever listened to Eternal Gaze? Post bm which isn't usually my bag but it's pretty sweet
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| JoyfulPlatypus Worst case scenario, if I had to review the album w/o lyrics and based off of just vibes/atmosphere
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| JoyfulPlatypus Brother I need some assistance lol do you know where I might find the lyrics to the Old Corpse Road album I need to review this month? I cannot find anything online, and understanding BM vocals is FAR from my strong suit.
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 | mystagogus Hawks jam this when in the mood for some windswept barren post-metal https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=508442
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| TheSonomaDude hey hawks! my band dropped a new compilation with some studio demos for our upcoming album. check it when you got a chance! https://whiterecluse1.bandcamp.com/album/paranoid-personality-disorder-2
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 | Veldin Hey was checking yr recent ratings and noticed the page for Acasual Intrusion isn?t their main page, it?s ?Acausal?. Wanted to give you the heads up. Great band btw and all three albums are cool
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 | Orb Well I guess I'm back at it buddy. Got the writing bug again. I'm glad to see you and many other awesome members still being active around here! I just published a new one for a big album dropped a few days ago by some big names in the bass scene! Idk if it's feature worthy, but I'd flattered if it was! (Idk who dropped my Gisaza review on the front page but thx!)https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/90219/VIER-IIII/
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| evilford Hawks check new vile apparition it rawks
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 | Wilt Hi! I've seen you around and wasn't sure which staff to ask about this (I also asked Sowing on their shoutbox) but I'd spent a couple hours making a list this morning and when I pressed submit nothing happened - as in the list didn't publish and everything I worked on was gone. Do lists need to undergo review before going live, or is my list just entirely gone? I'm not interested in rewriting it otherwise sadly, it took a lot of thought and I can't really recapture all of that again!
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| mystagogus That Kveldstimer really storms, thanks a lot bro!
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| JoyfulPlatypus Didn't actively dislike the new Orbit Culture but I agree with you about the production. Overall just kinda feels like their formula's getting stale.
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| Scoot new mors principium est is unreal
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| Gameofmetal hell yeah, all high octane but melodic riffs. the guitarist/singer has a lot of good projects like ink
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| Gameofmetal you need to crank some Fin my brother - https://finmidwestofficial.bandcamp.com/album/arrows-of-a-dying-age
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 | heck glad you like it!
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| heck hell yeah, hope you dig it!
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| heck no worries! Worst Enemy is the name, I think you'll dig it. would be nice to have somebody as excited about that band as me haha
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| heck you ever check out that Disbelief album?
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 | Lasssie Cool, when ur done i might just it or at least turn it to private, hehe
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| JoyfulPlatypus Damn, new Orbit Culture sucks?? Was looking forward to checking it out this weekend.
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 | s0nicx Checked out that Lacuna Coil record you rec'd. Thought it was just alright. Thanks for the rec though!
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| Wildcardbitchesss I?m down! I?m not a great writer but I could dust off the keyboard a little? is there a thread or something for it??
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| RVAHC13 I really should but Ive been so wrapped up getting ready to move states that I havent had the patience to write anything lately. If youre willing to wait a bit I can get around to it eventually
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| evilford Thanks but I dont think I have another review in me rn. Gotta wait my standard decade u know
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| jrlikestodance What's the deadline for the random review? I'm slammed w papers lately but want to try to make something work
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| Lasssie Yes i figured it is probably easy so thats why i think i should be able to figure it out but yeah if i should have any issure id let u know brotha
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| Lasssie Sure! Never used google doc but i will figure it out;)
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| Lasssie Nice man. Will probably start on it tomorrow
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| arthropod 'Tis the review. My main question is if it seems to make a good use of its format (also may be messy 'cause half was written around 1 AM lol).
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| arthropod https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vnf7s20DUaehrhx27DRu_cz5mZO6w0Ul/edit?usp=sharing
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| Lasssie Cool, man! Sounds good. I can probably write something this weekend and then you can proof read it because im just a norwegian guy with no perfect english!
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| Lasssie Yoo! Yeah id be down to try. How many words and when should it be done?
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| arthropod Would you mind if I sent tomorrow? It's hella late in my time zone rn and I'm tired as heck, just wanted to ask before resting.
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| arthropod Sup man. If you don't mind, I could use help with the new review. Its not even so much about proofreading this time, rather that I tried a different formula and am not sure of the execution results.
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| Hyperion1001 yeah it?s real good. ive been really enjoying Charles.A.D. - Previous, Nmesh - The Molokai Compendium, Trailcam - Drumlin Loop, Mammo - General Patterns, and Fields of Mist - Secrets of the Nebula
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| FearThyEvil lol I will jam at some point as my friend is a really big fan of them. Just gotta be in that melodeath mood! Will definitely do it at some point but I do love Vessels! That album is really amazing
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 | Spec It doesnt matter if it is good, it only matters if it rocks!
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| Spec Its hard to change because for the longest time I was like BLACKGAZE ISNT TRVE and I still have remnants of that attitude.
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| Spec That Dispar album is dope. Its either a 3.5 or a 4, cant decide.
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| efp123 dude three tracks in, and really really liking this. thank you
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 | DarkSideOfLucca Damn dude that sucks! Glad youre feeling a bit better man, but I wish you a speedy recovery - I lived in NYC at the start of it so I got COVID like 3 or 4 times lol
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