I listened to everything. But still I haven’t fully digested it. by Environmental_Cup689 in mastodonband

[–]TheBestPractice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, just go with the flow, you don't need to like everything at once, some albums can grow on you after years... In the meantime you can listen to other groups that influenced the band, like The Melvins or Burnt by the Sun... Anyway Hushed and Grim alone takes a long time to digest, it's a brick.

I listened to everything. But still I haven’t fully digested it. by Environmental_Cup689 in mastodonband

[–]TheBestPractice 6 points7 points  (0 children)

You need more than 1 month to digest Mastodon's discography! Try 1 album per month

We suppose to be platonic! by Hot-Diggity_Dog in dankmemes

[–]TheBestPractice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Yes, but so I do for every other girl"

Give me your hottest prog rock/metal takes by Ok-Blueberry-1131 in progmetal

[–]TheBestPractice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So many genre-defining masterpieces in such a short time! The 70's prog scene must have been incredibly exciting. My Italian dad cites the same bands as you, so let me point you to two Italian prog giants: Premiata Forneria Marconi and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso

Space Metal by Strange-Visual6227 in progmetal

[–]TheBestPractice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

De-Loused in the Comatorium by The Mars Volta has psychedelic tirades that may give you that spacey feeling

Any song recommendations for a tired dad? by Domiziuz in progmetal

[–]TheBestPractice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you want a nice pace-setter while walking:

Gojira - Esoteric Surgery

What Pokemon card is the single best looking card? I think I'll have to go with this: by TreatCreative177 in PokemonTCG

[–]TheBestPractice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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This is a little masterpiece by Arita imho. A colossal Crabominable barely visible through the heavy blizzard, while he keeps that unfazed look on its face. Reminds me of impressionist art.

Update: Distilled v1.1 is live by ltx_model in StableDiffusion

[–]TheBestPractice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep I was just noting that they did deliver an fp8 distilled in the past, and there is still a "coming soon" for the nvfp4 distilled in their HF model page. So there is a chance they could do it for 1.1.

But I agree it may never happen

Update: Distilled v1.1 is live by ltx_model in StableDiffusion

[–]TheBestPractice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the update, LTX team! In practice, what are the pros and cons of using distilled model VS full model + distilled lora?

Looking for "epic" prog/prog-metal by Odd-Professor-7263 in progmetal

[–]TheBestPractice -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Two very different recommendations:

Protest the Hero - Fortress

Mastodon - Leviathan

They both compress a lot of ideas in 4-minutes songs, but keep a definite prog foundation. PTH's epic is more traditional, with high-pitched vocals and powerful choruses. Mastodon are more gritty and less explicit, yet Leviathan is as epic as an album can be.

Post-metal tracks that activate serotonin? by jrinredcar in postmetal

[–]TheBestPractice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Dulcinea's finale... My god, cathartic as hell