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Time, The Valuator - Binary Pulse This latest single really hits for me. Nice synths, nice heaviness, vocals sounding quite good. I'll certainly take an album of this. https://timethevaluator.bandcamp.com/track/binary-pulse Here's my problem with this ... First came the "Black Water" single ... I p...

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Time, The Valuator - Binary Pulse
This latest single really hits for me. Nice synths, nice heaviness, vocals sounding quite good. I'll certainly take an album of this.

https://timethevaluator.bandcamp.com/track/binary-pulse

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The new one from The Interbeing is really landing with me and I'm running their discography the last few days. I'd forgotten how much their singer reminds me of the singer from Sybreed, who I love.

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I was late to In Flames' 2019 album I, The Mask, but I absolutely adore it now. I go back to it a lot when I'm feeling kind of listless musically, such as tonight. There's really no weak tracks on it imo.

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Grabbed the last two Intervals albums on a whim this morning, still great. I've got the new Polyphia queued up again after them, though, because I cannot get enough of it. Playing God and Ego Death just hit so good on every listen.

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Since we're finally getting some wintery weather I've got Ihsahn's After on right now. Love this album so much.

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That said, I'd also like to echo what Claus is saying (though with a bit less aggression lol). The “aggression” is a mere joke that probably didn’t come across well here since y’all aren’t privy to the multiple weekly text messages between Larry and I calling each other names :) Oh I know it's not ...

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I don't think they count as heroes really, but I've been listening to the Above Symmetry album, Ripples, again lately and it's still quite good. It's a shame they broke up, but at least they put out one great album on the way. Great disc, and agree it's a shame they never put out another..... Can't...

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I don't think they count as heroes really, but I've been listening to the Above Symmetry album, Ripples, again lately and it's still quite good. It's a shame they broke up, but at least they put out one great album on the way.

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I think the shortest answer is "posting here takes time and energy just like everything else and sometimes you ain't got spare." I mean, hell, I own this place and I don't make it around a lot of days because making it through life is just a lot. That said, I'd also like to echo what Claus is saying...

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Architects - A New Moral Low Ground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9mA1iLE-UY

It's...ok. It's packed full of noise, like industrial static sounding, and it just kinda gives me a headache. The riffage itself is good enough, but. Not really grabbing me here.

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Nice! I went to Tilburg in 2019 for Ayreon at 013 and I've been charmed by the place ever since. I'd love to go back for almost any reason, but definitely for some quality shows. Did you see the announcement of the "01011100101010010101111000001100101001" performance next year? Sept 2023? I did. I ...

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Nice! I went to Tilburg in 2019 for Ayreon at 013 and I've been charmed by the place ever since. I'd love to go back for almost any reason, but definitely for some quality shows.

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The actual remastering is very good to my ears. Everything is so much clearer and cleaner. Really happy with these.

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Most likely it's a problem of the browser blocking mixed origin content (http and https mixes) or the kind of embed the plugin is attempting to generate. My Firefox doesn't like those youtube tag embeds.

Anyway here's the boring old link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKCbYA395Ks

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Chaosbay - 2222 I didn't think they were going to sell it on Bandcamp, gave up and imported it from Germany, and now it's available digitally lol. No matter, this album smokes. It's kinda like if melodic rock and djent had a baby? There's not a lot that sounds quite like these folks and I'm a huge ...

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Chaosbay - 2222 I didn't think they were going to sell it on Bandcamp, gave up and imported it from Germany, and now it's available digitally lol. No matter, this album smokes. It's kinda like if melodic rock and djent had a baby? There's not a lot that sounds quite like these folks and I'm a huge f...

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New Ascendia today, too. It's good, but I'm not sure they have a guiding light on what their style should be right now. That's not really a problem, but it could become one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DERMQMvhuw

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I tried to give "unprocessed" a chance, but I just can't stomach the vocals, just too radio and modern sounding for my ears.........Also, seems more rock than metal, but maybe there are other songs that are more metal.... Obviously vocals are like...the most highly subjective piece of the music lis...

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A new Circles single from a few days ago! Feels very pop structured but that doesn't put me off. The Aussie prog scene really produced some great acts that went in all kinds of directions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pesttHihKL0

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I ordered mine from Europe before we had a viable local option...clearly a bad play on my part. Still waiting on them, and still very excited to get them. Conception's 20+ year old discs still have a fresh quality to them to my ears.

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I’ve listened to this disc so many times in the past week that I know it by heart. Heck, even my son knows it now so much that he picks out which of the songs to listen to in the car (he knows it’s a lost battle so he might at least have some input on which of them we will be listening to). I don't...

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I think what sets me and some of you apart here is that the standard prog metal stuff to me has gotten very stale and that’s just not where I find the for-me-interesting-stuff these days. I know a lot of you still love new stuff in the trad prog genre, and that’s great. But for me it isn’t where my...

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Unprocessed - Gold The next generation of prog metal bands are ready to take over, and this is going to be one of those at the front. This album is blowing my mind … so amazing! I liked the last album of theirs but on “gold” they’ve stepped it up a hundred notches. Incredible! https://youtu.be/wmQ4...

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The new Aeternam is out slightly early and holy shit it's beastly. If you've ever liked Orphaned Land then definitely check them out. Epic Middle East-inspired progressive melodeath (I think that's the most applicable genre salad I can apply here). https://aeternam.bandcamp.com/album/heir-of-the-ris...

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THE HALO EFFECT - Days of the Lost What can be said about this that hasn't already been said? If you miss early In Flames then this is it. Love it! https://youtu.be/MDR52-9Zns4 This was...boring. I got real hyped for this group as a melodeath supergroup and the product is much less than the sum of ...

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Soilwork – Övergivenheten New album from the Swedish melodic death metal progsters. Yes I said prog, they are superb MDM, but also throwing in some prog bits, but always keeping things fresh and interesting. I love Soilwork. One of my top 5 favorite bands of all time. But...I don't like this album....

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This one's a lot harder for me, because my grumpy old man smothered my jovial inner child a long time ago...so I don't spend much time with power metal anymore. That said, there are still enough discs to qualify. 2. Twilightning - Plague-House Puppet Show Damn it I knew there was another Finnish po...

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This one's a lot harder for me, because my grumpy old man smothered my jovial inner child a long time ago...so I don't spend much time with power metal anymore. That said, there are still enough discs to qualify. 1. Dream Evil - United 2. Twilightning - Plague-House Puppet Show 3. Blind Guardian - A...

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New Delain single with the new singer, Diana Leah, and bassist. Clearly Martijn selected for similarity to Charlotte (which I mean with no disrespect, this lady sounds excellent). I'm still along for the ride for sure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmVMaF60zA

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TIME, THE VALUATOR - Ivy New single which sounds really great. Reminds me more of their album than what the "Black Water" single did. I do like the new singer, so it'll be very interesting to hear the full album. https://youtu.be/dqpbtXaFjug Really digging this tune, but it does feel...safe? Not su...

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1. Ayreon - Into the Electric Castle 2. Dream Theater - Awake 3. Symphony X - The Odyssey 4. Conception - Flow 5. Circus Maximus - Isolate 6. Haken - The Mountain (does this push into too modern by then? if so, bubble everything else up and make Age of Nemesis #15) 7. Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lan...

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Akord 'Etheriality' This is a really cool choice. I think they broke up, which makes me really sad, because this album is killer. For anyone wanting to check it out: https://akordofficial.bandcamp.com/album/ethereality I'm not sure I have actual go-to albums. There's a ton of stuff I will generally...

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2. Watchtower - Control and Resistance (1989) ... Since you had Spiral Architect on your list, I thought Watchtower would be okay to add. I assume you think of them as prog thrash? They're probably on the edges of what one might consider classic powerprog, which I think is what we're mostly going f...

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Redemption/Origins - Fullness pulled me in, this one finished me off. This one was so close for me. I think I have a slightly stronger emotional latch to Fullness than Origins, but it's not by much. Both are exceptional. I really like how different your list is in general from the other's we've got...

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