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req  ·  3765 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Too Much Metal -- the genre today is in a "crisis" | Souciant

Why is it depressing? It's the same thing we've always had to do to really study an album. Listen to it over and over again.

I spent months on Be'lakor's second album before moving on to their first and third for example. Even though I have to control myself, I love that I can and want to do this.

Always there are more albums downloaded and waiting for me to listen to. I don't let this bother me, it actually excites me that my sea of metal never ends.





user-inactivated  ·  3765 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Always there are more albums downloaded and waiting for me to listen to. I don't let this bother me, it actually excites me that my sea of metal never ends.

I'm sitting on a list of at least 450 albums, waiting for the next what.cd freeleech. That's fucking overwhelming, and it'll probably be twice that big by this time next year. It's depressing that I can't spend the time that each of these LPs deserves -- but extremely exciting as well. Music never ends.

req  ·  3754 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Lol it's funny how having more stuff can cause so much unsatisfaction and depression. Don't expect to spend the time they each deserve, then you will not be depressed that you cannot.

b_b  ·  3754 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Lol it's funny how having more stuff can cause so much unsatisfaction and depression.

Man, I recently booted my ex-gf from my house. She had soooo much shit--clothes, records, general junk. It used to drive me up the fucking wall. Now that she's gone, my place is empty and peaceful and clean as a whistle. I love it. To me, more stuff is a cause for great stress, and it gives me anxiety. Minimalism is way undervalued, IMO.

user-inactivated  ·  3754 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, and this is a bit extreme because I'm pretty young, but I can fit all of my belongings in/on my car. Which means I can live anywhere. Which is amazing.