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    - 500 gig Toshiba portable external hard drive ($50)
    - Redeemer by Machinae Supremacy digital album ($10)
    - Overworld by Machinae Supremacy digital album ($10)
    - A View from the End of the World by Machinae Supremacy digital album ($10)
    - Rise of a Digital Nation by Machinae Supremacy digital album ($10)
     
    WOO
     
    BUYING THINGS
     
    prices listed are mostly approximations for the sake of convenience. a couple of the digital albums may have been a dollar or two less.
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    Machinae Supremacy!
     
    an interesting band from Sweden, Machinae Supremacy employ the use of a Commodore 64 SID chip to fuse electronics with power metal, and top it off with anime and video game-inspired imagery and lyrics.
     
    while not everything they've released is free, they do have a handful of albums available that you can download in either 192kbps MP3 or FLAC format - one full-length, Deus Ex Machinae, as well as three compilations of demos, promotional tracks, and re-recordings: Origin, Arcade, and Fury (unfortunately, when you download the latter three and throw them into whatever media player library you use, they're completely unorganized and jumbled up).
     
    those who are curious and wish to check out a couple tracks, I recommending looking up the songs "Origin", "Winterstorm" (which is currently serving as the intro music for the Yogscast Top 5 videos), and the instrumental "Hybrid".
     
    UPDATE: I've converted the albums from FLAC to 320kbps MP3 format, which is higher quality than the MP3s they currently offer to download, and I have also sorted and organized the albums with the proper information and good-quality embedded artwork. if anyone is interested in downloading these MP3s instead, PM me and we'll work out a way for me to get them to you.
     
    UPDATE & BUMP 06/20/13: I've once again converted the albums, this time from FLAC to VBR MP3s encoded with LAME, providing for high quality sound as well as smaller filesize. as I used LAME (considered the best MP3 encoder available) rather than the generic, built-in encoder I had previously used for the FLAC-to-320 conversion, the sound quality is audibly better than before. I may find a place where I can host a .zip file of these albums and link it here for those interested.
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    I think from time to time (read: whenever I feel like it) I'll do entries where I shamelessly plug amazing albums/songs that are available to download for free, legally, courtesy of the artists who created them
     
    starting off with probably the most wildly inaccessible band of the bunch, The Armed.
     
    anyone who digs really abrasive, chaotic hardcore punk/mathcore in the vein of Botch or The Chariot should look these guys up
     
    their entire discography is available to download free in either high quality MP3 (320kbps) or lossless (FLAC) formats, complete with high-res artwork and digital booklets
     
    they've got one full-length album, These Are Lights (featuring a spectacular cover of "Gave Up" by Nine Inch Nails), as well as three EPs: Common Enemies, Young & Beautiful, and the recently-released Spreading Joy, the latter of which is a likely contender for EP of the year for me.
     
    as a side note, all three of their EPs feature former Dillinger Escape Plan drummer Chris Pennie, be it on only a couple tracks (in the case of Common Enemies and Young & Beautiful) or providing the drums on all of them (in the case of Spreading Joy)
     
    it's really good stuff but really, really impossible to enjoy if you don't already have a taste for that kind of music.
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    those absolutely horrid CD "cases" that are literally just thin cardboard sleeves that they somehow expect you to slide the discs in and out of without scratching them
     
    which is, like, impossible
     
    seriously I have 3 CDs that just came out THIS YEAR and they're already scratched because of those wretched things
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    Sonic Underground

    By Laughing Man,

    idk what's better about this absolutely, horrifically cheesy show:
     
    the sweet 80s-esque heavy metal theme song
     
    or the fact that all three of the main characters are voiced by the guy who played Steve Urkel, including the girl for whom he literally just does his Urkel voice
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    Monsters University

    By Laughing Man,

    personally I think a Monster's, Inc. prequel is a bit unnecessary
     
    especially with how bad Cars 2 turned out
     
    (granted, I didn't like the first Cars either)
     
    but
     
    Mastodon are writing and recording a brand new song for it
     
    so there's that
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    of the year, that is
     
    and as such
     
    it's about time to start giving some consideration to what will be my top favorite albums of 2012
     
    and it's actually going to be pretty difficult given the number of great albums released this year
     
    so for now I think I'll hold off on naming any names until I have some solid rankings sorted out
     
    but
     
    what about you guys?
     
    for those of you who listen to a lot of music, what have been your favorite albums of the year?
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    Spiritual Healing

    By Laughing Man,

    FYE finally got in the copy I reserved of the 2-disc remastered reissue of Death's third album Spiritual Healing <3
     
    I've gotta say, the Relapse Records Death reissue series is by far the best remaster/reissue series in recent memory.
     
    unlike a lot of remasters/reissues that are put out without the knowledge or approval of the band, the various former members as well as the family of the late Chuck Schuldiner himself are directly involved, and the remastering is generally not a radical departure from the original sound, just better quality mixing
     
    the liner notes are extensive as well, having stories contributed by members and friends of the band as well as artists that Death inspired
     
    for example, this Spiritual Healing reissue contains 2-page writeups by each surviving member of the band's lineup during the recording of the album, was well as Chuck's sister Beth and (interestingly) the vocalist of Danish hard rock band Volbeat
     
    even the packaging is pretty sweet, with the discs housed in a jewel case along with a slipcover featuring the artwork with a really nice raised, textured feel
     
    I'm generally not a fan of reissues at all but these are top-notch examples of what a worthy reissue should be.
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    Black Friday

    By Laughing Man,

    swung by FYE, scored a couple things but not much overall
     
    got Making Mirrors by Gotye for $7 and placed a special order for the 2-disc reissue of Spiritual Healing by Death since they were out of stock
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    RIP Hostess

    By Laughing Man,

    screw your Twinkies and Swiss Rolls, my life will be meaningless without CupCakes =<
     
    also, I imagine Tallahassee would be very upset about this.. although it kind of explains why Twinkies were so scarce
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