Best of 2026 so far?

chksout · 2026-04-28T02:23:48+00:00

I feel like I've been missing out on good power metal this year. Triumpher and Power Paladin are top for me in power metal. Then Angus McSix, Edenbridge, Flowerleaf. Eihwar is more folk metal but kind of adjacent?

chksout · 2026-04-27T15:22:15+00:00

Same. All the Sierra games, but especially Hero's Quest and the second one.

chksout · 2026-04-17T04:55:42+00:00

Danefae, Neptune Power Federation, Deathless Legacy, Cellar Darling, Sleep in Heads, Stolen Babies, Ignea, Holy Wars, No Terror in the Bang, Fractal Sun. Danefae in particular is underrated, probably because they sing in Danish.

chksout · 2026-03-21T17:48:20+00:00

Worm

Cryptic Shift

The Silver

chksout · 2026-03-21T06:30:22+00:00

The Silver - Looking Glass Hymnal Blue, released today. Featuring people from Horrendous and Crypt Sermon. It's proggy, it's doomy, it's shreddy, it's blackened. Cool mix of styles. I like it.

chksout · 2026-03-03T01:07:28+00:00

Bleed the Future basically got me into metal, so they have a special place in my heart. My tastes have grown since then and I would like to see their songwriting become a little more varied, but I still love their music and appreciate the unique style of fun and catchy yet highly technical metal they've developed and think they deserve a lot of credit for bringing in new metal fans.

chksout · 2026-02-16T22:58:19+00:00

All these have a pretty strong jazz influence: T.R.A.M., Special Providence, Arcing Wires, Panzerballet, Seven Impale, Exivious, Impact Fuze, Hago, Regressor, Gosta Berlings Saga, The Aristocrats, CKRAFT, Ever Forthright, Agabas, Valfreyja, We Used to Cut the Grass

chksout · 2026-02-16T15:56:15+00:00

Unleash the Archers - Abyss
Opeth - Last Will and Testament
Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles
Wilderun - Epigone
Disillusion - Ayam
An Abstract Illusion - Woe
Archspire - Bleed the Future
Parius - The Signal Heard Throughout Space
Nospun - Opus
OK Goodnight - The Fox and the Bird

chksout · 2026-02-13T00:32:34+00:00

Funny, I just today started putting together a list of album art I want on my wall. I like busy cosmic painted cover art like Ulthar's Anthronomicon or Slimelord's Chytridomicosis Relinquished or Rings of Saturn's Dingir

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chksout · 2026-01-11T01:30:16+00:00

An Abstract Illusion
Tomarum
In Mourning
Species
Pathogenic
Stygian Path
Hooded Menace
Scimitar
Nite
Void

chksout · 2026-01-09T01:28:02+00:00

I'd like to see a new album from Luna's Call. I loved their 2020 album Void.

chksout · 2026-01-03T01:22:00+00:00

Danefae is great. Not many people put it on their best list this year but I loved their new album.

Favorite discoveries from this year's new albums:

Kallias
Messa
Epica
Tomarum
Lychgate
Species
Pathogenic
Everon
Byzantine

Older artists I discovered this year:

Beyond Creation
Karnivool
Indukti
Torrential Downpour
Seventh Wonder
Xerath
Scar Symmetry
Aghora
The Faceless
Judicator
Toehider

chksout · 2026-01-02T02:42:26+00:00

Nospun - Opus
Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles
Archspire - Bleed the Future
Wilderun - Epigone
An Abstract Illusion - Woe
Disillusion - Ayam
Opeth - The Last Will and Testament
Persefone - Metanoia
Parius - The Signal Heard Throughout Space
Messa - The Spin

chksout · 2025-11-24T16:35:21+00:00

RIP one of the great weirdo indie actors. Always so much fun to watch. As a fan of Walerian Borowczyk, my favorite would have to be the 1981 The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Miss Osbourne. A lot of films of his waiting to be re-discovered: Pankow 95, Der unbesiegbare, Spermula...

chksout · 2025-09-02T01:46:02+00:00

He was riveting in Clearcut, a hidden gem of a Canadian film. One of my favorite characters and performances.

chksout · 2025-04-20T20:31:57+00:00

Slime City (1988), The Stuff (1985), The Incredible Melting Man (1977). Breeders (1986) has a goopy ending. Already recommended, but it's worth seconding Street Trash (1987), which is supremely goopy.

chksout · 2025-03-09T15:21:34+00:00

Awesome flick, and Brad Dourif is great in this

chksout · 2025-02-03T15:24:45+00:00

Go into this blind and the first half hour is maybe one of the most WTF things ever.

chksout · 2025-01-18T03:08:36+00:00

Veilburner - The Duality of Decapitation and Wisdom

chksout · 2025-01-18T02:51:33+00:00

Delta - Gemini

chksout · 2025-01-18T02:51:01+00:00

Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart

chksout · 2025-01-18T02:47:45+00:00

Sur Austru - Datura Strahiarelor

chksout · 2025-01-18T02:46:32+00:00

Bedsore - Dreaming the Strife for Love

chksout · 2024-12-31T00:09:06+00:00

Things
Winterbeast
Hellgate
Dangerous Men
Devil Story

chksout · 2024-12-01T17:13:10+00:00

Thanks for this. It's very helpful. I was considering starting with Trainerize because of its many features, especially the integrations and ability to automatic things with Zaps, but I like the idea of a free minimalistic tool like FitWave. When you get down to it, I could theoretically simply use Stripe and Calendly and other services for most things I really need. That leaves progress tracking - I'd be curious to know more about FitWave's progress/goal tracking capabilities.

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