I understand what you mean, having had to deal with SPF nonsense for a job back in the day. The SPF nonsense is what prevents selfhosting email, as you effectively point out yourself. If there were somehow a way to use federation to tackle that, it seems like it could be kinda cool.

Decentralized email? I feel like I could get behind that

The mouth harp is legit annoying.

Homie can scream like nobody’s business, but that’s what you’re gonna get.

My path went from Gojira, to Mastodon, David Maxim Micic, and Rivers of Nihil (check out where owns know my name).

If Metal metal isnt really your thing, check out Leprous. Malina and Pitfalls both kick ass and are about as far from metal where you still get some recognizable tropes.

This is a really solid writeup. L’Enfant Sauvage is a banger front to back. Of particular note for me are Explosia, L’enfant Sauvage, and Gift of Guilt.

Magma feels really good too. Silvera and Stranded are the standard picks, but Magma and Low Lands are worth checking.

Fortitude… Born for One Thing starts it off nicely, but Amazonia just bugs the shit out of me to the point that everything that follows sounds bad. I have listened once with that song blocked, and I enjoyed it much more, but not enough to give more info.

Shoot I guess I’ll have to give them another chance. Maybe I’ll be able to make that genre jump

Top .1 for mastodon with 4706 minutes.

What happened to Leprous? I only started doing metal a few years ago and Leprous caughty attention, but the newer stuff kinda shook me. Just wasn’t able to make that jump, but if there were context, maybe I could bridge it.

I think you are living right.

Yes

Yo, you never met a mean girl? They even made a movie.