I was thinking about Lifelover today and how they ruined so much DSBM for me. For all the hate they get, they're an anti-trend, in my opinion. I'll be listening to Krohm or something and a gay little lick from a Lifelover song will pop into my head. Fucking Lifelover, bringing the gay.
Anyone else heard De Magia Veterum - Migdal Bavel? Pretty neat stuff. Has a pretty frantic, cluttered sound, but has some very melodic segments amidst lots of dissonance. Odd song structures. Reminds me of Tentacles of Whorror at times, and then some parts come in that sound like music for roaming the overworld during an RPG.

I highly recommend to anyone here that likes WITTR, Agalloch, Weakling etc to check out Velnias:
http://www.last.fm/music/Velnias/_/Risen+of+the+Moor
The song is pretty long, but it is definitely worth giving a listen.
I listened to Sovereign Nocturnal the other night and was kinda bored with it.
I've been to Lake Placid. It's not kvlt, but you have nice hiking and there is a good Chinese buffet.