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I was a metalfi lurker, so I followed these fine people here too. Just got back into metal a few years ago... listened to a lot of thrash and death in jr high but got way more into punk and garage rock for the next 25ish years. So it's drinking from the firehose really. These guys know their black metal so I really appreciate that along with their bandcamp embeds.

Gojira - Fortitude Gojira - From Mars to Sirius Candlemass - Nightfall New Gojira... I was cautiously optimistic but ugh - much of it just seems plain and boring. I had to go back to an old album to make sure that they were actually great at one point and that my tastes hadn't changed. Then another step of working through the Candlemass discog. Jumping around a bit but only heard Epicus for the first time over a week ago, so it's been fun.

Wait a sec, this Father Alabaster character is the same dude who did the cover art for the last Afterbirth album?!? Holy shit, then you must know Cody?! I've been posting with Cody for years! He's part of a 13 man text thread we have going all the time made up of various refugees from the old Amazon metal forum which closed down several years ago. We were having a convo last year sometime, guess it was right after 4DF came out about your art. We all asked him about it and he sent us to your website. Really cool stuff man, no shit. I really like that one, The Farmer. But those covers you did for Bethledeign, Black Harvest and Marrowfields are all fucking badass too. All of it's fantastic really, I'm very impressed. Have you ever seen any of Cody's art? He's done some wild shit too, although I suppose now that he's a nurse and a family man as well as a progressive death metal guitarist he doesn't have as much time as he'd like to pursue his artwork.

For sure hungus among us. I for one would pay money for one of those prints. I'm sure others would too.

Darkthrone - Arctic Thunder Darkthrone - Old Star Pre-ordered the new Wednesday. Getting excited to hear what they come up with. I have to say that I really like the trajectory they have been on over the last few, so I have high hopes.

Obliveon - Nemesis