[i]No, this is not the Halloween Special.[/i] Greetings, my favorite gaggle of rabblerousers, freaks, freakettes, and the rest of ye antisocial lot. [url=https://open.spotify.com/track/25CMmGsl22APKhfuj4Tp7j?si=9c4f1575df004fdf]It's been awhile[/url] Well, first off: I went to Louder than Life. I guess I never said anything about it. I'll make a dedicated post later (no promises). More importantly: Holy -blam!-, guys. And gals. And the others. And Chat. And the angry mob of protestors outside my house. And the rest of you. [url=https://open.spotify.com/album/4BgA2v2xcgdf7UFj9OZmdQ?si=c3_x98d-Q6O9OQDxsM6bUQ]This new Acacia Strain album hits.[/url] It pleases me that bands can still release good, genuine, soulful death metal. If one of you autists gets onto me about genres, I'm going to get violent. I am generally very sick of Metalcore and Deathcore for a lot of reasons (I was exposed to a very unpleasant amount at LTL) (and it's poser -blam!-) (I'm serious. I hate using that word.), so this feels like a breath of fresh air. Tons of other great records this year, but this one is the most recent and probably has the most buzz about it. Good -blam!-. [spoiler]Again, I don't say "its poser -blam!-" lightly. I know how it feels. My last.fm looks like a mall radio, specifically the really awful Hot Topic all malls seem to have. My top band every week for the last several months has been Deftones by a mile, only followed by Limp Bizkit. I get it. But please (And I don't like saying "Listen to real metal, poser!!!!11!!!") Listen to ANYTHING ELSE. You don't have to subject yourself to that INK record. You don't have to listen to Vessel "sing" like a reddit mod for a whole album. You can quit, I believe in you.[/spoiler] Now that I got my mandatory music section out, how are y'all? I almost (almost) miss this place. Who's left that recognizes me? What have y'all been up to? Tell me anything. [spoiler]I just realized I've forgotten the exact spelling of my panzerpost tag. So sad.[/spoiler]