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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by flabbergast to c/thrashmetal
 

Thrashy new year, peeps! Here's my first post for 2025.
This band was truly unique and way ahead of their time! Proggy and technical, but also bravely emotionally vulnerable with some of their more wave-laced parts.
They re-recorded their first two albums, and did a great job. YouTube link is for the original 1990 version, Bandcamp is the re-recording so you can compare ;)

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Why I will stop using and posting Spotify links: Article 1 and Article 2

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[–] serpineslair 3 points 1 month ago

This is great stuff, I've heard of em before, but not had chance to check them out on a larger scale yet.

[–] Myr 3 points 1 month ago

Sick af song dude, I'm gonna have to check out more.

[–] Myr 3 points 1 month ago

Cant wait to give this a listen when I'm done with work - havent seen anyone recommend Anacrusis but i have heard of em.

Why I will stop using and posting Spotify links: Article 1 and Article 2

Man this sucks, when does everything always go this way? I just want a decent platform for grouping together and recommending music i havent heard of before. Time to look for something else to give my private info to, sigh.

[–] serpineslair 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah well the sad truth is that all music streaming services are fucked. Even the ones that aren't (e.g. Tidal) will be once they get a monopoly or get big enough. Sadly the only way to avoid this is to spend ages sailing the high seas or listen to physical media. I stopped using YT a while back because of google. Bandcamp seems good so far, but does not have many songs overall. Imo there is fuck all point in me moving elsewhere. No where else has that much underground metal (other than YT, but is shit quality and also ran by google), so I am remaining with Spotify for now. Even if I moved my massive library to Tidal (many songs would be missing) it's only a matter of time before they become enshittified. Really sucks don't it :( , I'm starting a vinyl collection (even tho I'm practically broke XD).

[–] Myr 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Havent heard of Tidal before but then again I haven't started searching for alternatives to music streaming yet. Maybe I'll start including links to that too if the posts I upload have relevant stuff there.

[–] serpineslair 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's literally Spotify but has lossless audio (FLACs), and less selection. I don't know that many older bands/labels will be on there. Maybe if you did venture over, let me know if it is as good as Spotify.

[–] Myr 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lossless?? Ohhhshit! Looks like that'll be my priority, cant wait to check it out!

[–] Myr 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Here's this post's track on Tidal: https://tidal.com/track/117746075?u

Good thing to note is there doesnt seem to be any bullshit trackers like Shodify. The "?u" at the end makes it a universal link meaning you can open it it anywhere, but if you removed the ?u it becomes Tidal only.

Tidal seems to be subscription only, but they offer 1 month trial free for first time sign ups. Price is $11.99 usd. Fantastic quality though, goddamn.

[–] serpineslair 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How did you browse the music? Do you create an account first to find the song? I wanna see what's on there.

[–] Myr 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yea I created the account first since I figured I was gonna try it out anyway, started the trial and after that, it asked me to pick at least three artists to follow. Saw a whole bunch of stuff, including the one I uploaded last night, and figured it was good enough. Will definitely check it out more this afternoon and even look at the desktop app.

Edit: we should probably take this to dms lol dont wanna spam poor flabbergast's notifications anymore than we already have xD