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    Do you still buy CDs even though Spotify has a huge selection of niche metal?

    I still buy CDs when I've found something I really like. When I was growing up metal wasn't as fractured as it is today, so you had a pretty good idea of what was what. Diversification has allowed some really interesting niches to be created, but its also allowed for some really odd ball stuff...
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    Controversial opinions on metal

    My controversial opinions: Slipknot is a good band and The Gray Chapter is a great album. People just like hating things that are popular. The use of growling vocals by bands like Between the Buried and Me, Agalloch, and Thou are inconsistent with the music; I suspect they only do it because...