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  1. What's on your mind?

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    Yeah...I don't want it to sound like I'm complaining by any means. Md definitely isn't lacking for options, and if I have a craving for a certain style I can almost always find a well done version on the shelf. It's more that between the pandemic, the popularity of Hazy IPAs, and alternatives to beer fighting for the same shelf space, I've noticed there are far less options for a given style available than there was about 5 or so years ago...especially for styles that aren't in fashion with the Instagram crowd.

    Like, the brewers in North America are really good at making various types of IPA's and Stouts, so if I can't get Yeti from Great Divide anymore, it's disappointing but someone local probably makes something nearly as good. When it comes  to a lot of the classic European styles though, well we don't have 1000 years worth of experience making Belgian style ales like Trappist monks in Europe. With a few exceptions, our versions of those styles are just pale imitations. So when a beer like that gets crowded off the shelf because local brewery #256 puts out another Hazy or Sour or whatever, it becomes a lot harder to find a replacement. Thats kind of what I'm disappointed about  

    EDIT: I get it though. Both breweries and liquor stores need to prioritize what's selling, so from a business standpoint I totally understand why things are the way they are right now

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  2. What's on your mind?

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    7 minutes ago, navybsn said:

    Usually a decent selection of styles although always heavy on the IPAs. Good lord I wish that trend would die off.

    Holy shit...yes. Especially the "Hazy IPA". How many versions of that style do people need?

    To be fair, I'm by no means hurting for good beer, and a lot of the local brewers are making some really good stuff. I just hate seeing the market contract to the point where certain styles are all but dying off because they aren't trendy. Like, give me a good bock or scotch ale, instead of the the 3000th fruited, imperial, milkshake sour

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  3. What's on your mind?

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    15 minutes ago, FatherAlabaster said:

    I haven't noticed declining quantities of foreign beer, but the market here is (rightly) focused on local products, so I wouldn't have. 

    That's definitely a factor as well...was just wasting time today, hitting a couple of nearby stores just to see what they had, and local has absolutely eaten up the majority of shelf space. Ciders and alcoholic seltzers are cutting in too. It's just that it recently occurred to me that I haven't seen certain mainstay import beers on the shelf, and what they do have seems to be just the absolute basics...mostly hefeweizens

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  5. What's on your mind?

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    Trust me, while not as bad as it is for you, it's not exactly all sunshine and rainbows coming the other way. I was going to buy a Runespell (aussie black metal band) shirt the other day off of Bandcamp and they wanted $20 U.S. for the shirt and another $20 for the shipping...$40 for one t-shirt.

    Honestly, these days it doesn't matter where you're at. Shipping from overseas is an absolute shitshow.

    I wonder if thats why import beers are seeming to disappear from off the shelves. My area still gets some, but the sheer number has shrunken dramatically

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  9. What's on your mind?

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    12 hours ago, markm said:

    Surge finds some interesting stuff, sometimes. Good dude

    Stop...you're going to make me blush. 😁

    I am actually alive and well, and amusingly enough just happened to be looking in on the forum late last night when I saw my name go up, so I figured I'd check in. Didn't mean to completely wander off like I did, tends to happen with me sometimes when it feels like conversation at a place has gotten too quiet or fallen into too much of a rut...something else will grab my attention and off I go...and yeah, the new job, while not overly taxing by any means, definitely has moments where it needs a lot of my time (the next several weeks for example). So, that certainly doesn't help.

    As for Whitenoise and my taste, there is quite a bit of overlap. We definitely cover a lot of the same ground, and I've pulled some good reco's from him over the years, but he's right when he says we have different priorities in our music. Usually a lot of the stuff he likes best would get just get a "not bad" rating from me, and he'd probably say the same about a lot of my personal favorites. In recent years my tastes have been running toward bands that like to hide a surprising level of melody under a thick layer of fuzzy production...the so called "raw black metal" trend. Though, I'll admit, it's a trend that's quickly wearing out its welcome.  I'm also probably a lot more forgiving of the use of synth, even though I seem to be one of only 5 people who's already over that Moonlight Sorcery band that's making everyone cream their shorts.

    Regarding my year end list...honestly, I got tired of trying to whittle it down to a manageable number, and since there was no real pressing need to have one, I figured why make myself nuts, and basically just kind of stopped working on it. If you want to see it "as-is" though, I'm more than happy to post my rough list.

    Hope everyone is doing well

     

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  19. What Are You Listening To?

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    40 minutes ago, markm said:

    Passéisme/Alternance (black metal)-kinda diggin' on this. Probably not a purchase yet, but it has it's cultish, but not necessarily cvlt'ish (there is a difference) charms

    Try their previous album...Eminence was pretty damn good

    ...and that Poison Ruin was one of the albums on that dudes list that I've been considering...damn good release

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  20. What Are You Listening To?

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    2 hours ago, markm said:

    somehow I found this dude on Youtube...some of his choices gave me a surgical Brute and maybe GG vibe but maybe not nasty enough, some of it seems kind of experimental....checking out some of his recos

    A few of those i like, one or two I'm actually considering on my own list, but that Sulphur Aeon album is one of the biggest disappointments of the year, and anyone who likes Curta'n Wall needs their head examined.

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  25. What Are You Listening To?

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    2 hours ago, markm said:

    (not gonna lie, I don't really have a handle on what Slam means haha

    It's a specific kind of brutal death that, much like deathcore, is basically known for it's focus on breakdowns. The styles are actually pretty similar, but if you listen to them side by side, slam tends to sound more "bouncy" if that makes sense.

     

    Hellcrash - Demonic Assassinatiön

    ...topnotch blackened thrash that's definitely in the running for one of the best of 2023

    https://hellcrash.bandcamp.com/album/demonic-assassinati-n

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    2 hours ago, markm said:

    Cody seems like a down to earth, articulate guy, naught a broootal demon degenerate. Like, kind of a normal dude

    Honestly, he's one of the most even keel, zen-type dudes you'd ever meet..and his musical tastes go extremely wide...He's the type of dude who can find something to like in the weirdest releases

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