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Dungeon_Vic
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PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2021 3:31 am 
 

I read a lot of very negative comments before listening to it. I guess I had the lowest of expectations because that sounded pretty good to me. Cheesy, mediocre production and nothing great but pretty good nevertheless.

idunnosomename wrote:
I agree it sounds a lot like the only good song on Nostradamus


But the best song on Nostradamus is by far this one:

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PostPosted: Tue May 18, 2021 3:04 pm 
 

Yeah this is really not bad. Definitely better than I was expecting.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:34 pm 
 

Another single has arrived.



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:55 pm 
 

Wow, that intro is such a shameless Painkiller ripoff.
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 1:59 pm 
 

So it's cleanly played, well-produced, but just looks like comedy to me. It sounds a lot like Priest, duh. Except somehow JP is doing music with all the same elements yet it feels more serious. It's pretty much by definition derivative of JP.

I cracked up at the end of that video where Ripper's eyes turn red. That really brought home the awesomeness of the whole ordeal.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 2:10 pm 
 

These songs are competent enough but there is really the sense of this being an obligation for them rather than legitimate inspiration. The real Priest is definitely above this and plenty of Priest imitators are doing this just as well, if not better.
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Metal_Jaw wrote:
Another single has arrived.




Powerwolf meets Painkiller?
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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 3:43 pm 
 

There is something about Ripper's voice that I just cannot get behind.

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 16, 2021 4:12 pm 
 

Dandelo wrote:
There is something about Ripper's voice that I just cannot get behind.


KK asks him to sound like Halford, so he sounds like Halford.

Malmsteen asks him to sound like one of his past vocalists, so he does that.


It seems that he can do just about any voice.

He's a fine vocalist but I can see what you are saying.

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I lost a lot of respect here for KK. The name of the band alone reeks of butthurt.....even though HE left JP. Then using that fucking tool Ripper....does he know that Ripper was part of the worst era of JP? I'll listen to Turbo on repeat before ANYTHING on the Ripper albums. Ripper needs to rejoin Iced Earth when Jon gets sprung.....at least they'll have a lot of stuff in common to talk about.
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laxskinn wrote:

Me and some friends like to play "Metal Archives bingo" where we come up with generic band names and check how many bands already use them. Turns out "Chainsaw Autopsy" is still unused.


It IS?? Somebody needs to use that! Even if it's just for a Bowels Out tribute band!

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mjollnir wrote:
I lost a lot of respect here for KK. The name of the band alone reeks of butthurt.....even though HE left JP. Then using that fucking tool Ripper....does he know that Ripper was part of the worst era of JP? I'll listen to Turbo on repeat before ANYTHING on the Ripper albums. Ripper needs to rejoin Iced Earth when Jon gets sprung.....at least they'll have a lot of stuff in common to talk about.
So... Way back in 1970 when K.K.'s band named Freight needed a name and they chose Judas Priest because they not only had that bands vocalist but also to gain traction in an overloaded market, was it just butthurt then?

Since I understand how business works, the original Judas Priest were Al Atkins, Bruno Stapenhill, John Perry/Ernest Chataway & "Fezza" Partridge and Freight became a continuation of that first lineup. Sorry but criticizing someone for cashing in on a moniker they helped make famous is not just dumb, not even counter intuitive but completely illogical.

Tim Owens is FAR from a tool. Tim's time in the band was hardly the worst era of JP. Just because you are resistant to change and anything that makes something you like slightly different does not make it bad, in fact that desire to evolve automatically elevates that something to greater heights. Learn to step out of your comfort zone and realize Jugulator and Demolition are both strong metal & Judas Priest albums. Also, you should listen to Turbo. Not only is a upbeat and fun album to hear, it is also one of the bands most astounding works, with some complex as hell arrangements.

I forgot though, it is foolish of me to embrace eclecticism, the one and only identifiable mark of Judas Priest. I should just hope that Judas Priest, known for their deliberate inconsistency, forgoes their identity and makes a metal album with a collection of songs that all sound the same. :roll:

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Either way, I believe this song is significantly better than the first track they released.
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PostPosted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 11:12 pm 
 

YYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 1:26 am 
 

I just heard that hellfire thunderbolt song on the cable music choice. It's good... sounds like a modern take on classic Priest, and it's not at all cringeworthily terrible like I feared it would be. But like others have said, it isn't mindblowingly awesome either. I havent heard the whole album yet, but a lot of the song titles do sound a bit like they're trying too hard to be all "Lets be metal as fuck!" Which makes me think the actual songs will be the same way.

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Luvers wrote:
mjollnir wrote:
I lost a lot of respect here for KK. The name of the band alone reeks of butthurt.....even though HE left JP. Then using that fucking tool Ripper....does he know that Ripper was part of the worst era of JP? I'll listen to Turbo on repeat before ANYTHING on the Ripper albums. Ripper needs to rejoin Iced Earth when Jon gets sprung.....at least they'll have a lot of stuff in common to talk about.
So... Way back in 1970 when K.K.'s band named Freight needed a name and they chose Judas Priest because they not only had that bands vocalist but also to gain traction in an overloaded market, was it just butthurt then?

Since I understand how business works, the original Judas Priest were Al Atkins, Bruno Stapenhill, John Perry/Ernest Chataway & "Fezza" Partridge and Freight became a continuation of that first lineup. Sorry but criticizing someone for cashing in on a moniker they helped make famous is not just dumb, not even counter intuitive but completely illogical.

Tim Owens is FAR from a tool. Tim's time in the band was hardly the worst era of JP. Just because you are resistant to change and anything that makes something you like slightly different does not make it bad, in fact that desire to evolve automatically elevates that something to greater heights. Learn to step out of your comfort zone and realize Jugulator and Demolition are both strong metal & Judas Priest albums. Also, you should listen to Turbo. Not only is a upbeat and fun album to hear, it is also one of the bands most astounding works, with some complex as hell arrangements.

I forgot though, it is foolish of me to embrace eclecticism, the one and only identifiable mark of Judas Priest. I should just hope that Judas Priest, known for their deliberate inconsistency, forgoes their identity and makes a metal album with a collection of songs that all sound the same. :roll:

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Either way, I believe this song is significantly better than the first track they released.


Yeah but....KK left Judas Priest and sold his rights. This isn't the Freight era anymore either so that point you think you're making is not really strong. "KK's Priest" is a terrible and awful name and reeks of butthurt. One K shy away from being wholesomely vulgar too. It's like some people don't ever think in broad strokes. Downing The Priest would have been a cleverer (and more FU) name in my opinion.

The thing is, no one disputes KK's contributions all these years (fans love him and are willing to give him the benefit...) and his standing in the JP history is forever solid. But bands part ways all the damn time with founding members and whatnot. This whole bullish attitude of carving out a portion of the band's name is more but muh legacy crap than anything else it can ever claim to be.

Tim Ripper is a grating singer too because he's always in high-note mode but without any added style and finesse to him. But maybe that's just me? Nope, I've heard the similar complaint elsewhere. He does not possess the emotional range and sheer style of Rob Halford and he will keep being compared to Rob for obvious reasons - he always steps into that role for Priestly duties sans Rob.
As for his albums with JP, I like songs off the first one but can't bother to revisit either of them because they were just so nondescript. He was far better with Iced Earth.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 4:22 am 
 

Luvers wrote:
Tim Owens is FAR from a tool.

He literally is a tool. You use it to get the job done.
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 5:11 am 
 

Coincidentally at this very same moment I am listening to this Ex-Man podcast chat with KK...
https://www.soundtalentmedia.com/show/t ... Xkp8XSLyGw

Some interesting talking points here, talking about the genesis chapter of the proto-heavy rock genre in the 60's, about the beginnings of the Judas Priest 'retirement' ordeal that kinda started around 2010, the formation of KK's Priest...

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PostPosted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 7:25 am 
 

Luvers wrote:
mjollnir wrote:
I lost a lot of respect here for KK. The name of the band alone reeks of butthurt.....even though HE left JP. Then using that fucking tool Ripper....does he know that Ripper was part of the worst era of JP? I'll listen to Turbo on repeat before ANYTHING on the Ripper albums. Ripper needs to rejoin Iced Earth when Jon gets sprung.....at least they'll have a lot of stuff in common to talk about.
So... Way back in 1970 when K.K.'s band named Freight needed a name and they chose Judas Priest because they not only had that bands vocalist but also to gain traction in an overloaded market, was it just butthurt then?

Since I understand how business works, the original Judas Priest were Al Atkins, Bruno Stapenhill, John Perry/Ernest Chataway & "Fezza" Partridge and Freight became a continuation of that first lineup. Sorry but criticizing someone for cashing in on a moniker they helped make famous is not just dumb, not even counter intuitive but completely illogical.

Tim Owens is FAR from a tool. Tim's time in the band was hardly the worst era of JP. Just because you are resistant to change and anything that makes something you like slightly different does not make it bad, in fact that desire to evolve automatically elevates that something to greater heights. Learn to step out of your comfort zone and realize Jugulator and Demolition are both strong metal & Judas Priest albums. Also, you should listen to Turbo. Not only is a upbeat and fun album to hear, it is also one of the bands most astounding works, with some complex as hell arrangements.

I forgot though, it is foolish of me to embrace eclecticism, the one and only identifiable mark of Judas Priest. I should just hope that Judas Priest, known for their deliberate inconsistency, forgoes their identity and makes a metal album with a collection of songs that all sound the same. :roll:

EDIT:

Either way, I believe this song is significantly better than the first track they released.


100% fail. Congrats! Jugular and Demolition blow chunks. What’s your opinion of their lyrical merit btw? Wow I just learned today that Turbo has “complex” arrangements. Who knew?

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Complex arrangements that will rock you all around the world...

It was Priest conforming to the party-metal era of the time. Just because they were better songwriters than most of the bands around then doesn't make it some elevated classic in retrospect.
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Personally, I think the couple of tracks released so far have been very good. In my opinion, better than a lot of stuff that JP has released in recent years. Better than most of the stuff on "Redeemer Of Souls", for example.

Is it a stretch to say the JP has missed KKs input in recent years? His songwriting was important to JP.

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Luvers wrote:
mjollnir wrote:
I lost a lot of respect here for KK. The name of the band alone reeks of butthurt.....even though HE left JP. Then using that fucking tool Ripper....does he know that Ripper was part of the worst era of JP? I'll listen to Turbo on repeat before ANYTHING on the Ripper albums. Ripper needs to rejoin Iced Earth when Jon gets sprung.....at least they'll have a lot of stuff in common to talk about.
So... Way back in 1970 when K.K.'s band named Freight needed a name and they chose Judas Priest because they not only had that bands vocalist but also to gain traction in an overloaded market, was it just butthurt then?

Since I understand how business works, the original Judas Priest were Al Atkins, Bruno Stapenhill, John Perry/Ernest Chataway & "Fezza" Partridge and Freight became a continuation of that first lineup. Sorry but criticizing someone for cashing in on a moniker they helped make famous is not just dumb, not even counter intuitive but completely illogical.

Tim Owens is FAR from a tool. Tim's time in the band was hardly the worst era of JP. Just because you are resistant to change and anything that makes something you like slightly different does not make it bad, in fact that desire to evolve automatically elevates that something to greater heights. Learn to step out of your comfort zone and realize Jugulator and Demolition are both strong metal & Judas Priest albums. Also, you should listen to Turbo. Not only is a upbeat and fun album to hear, it is also one of the bands most astounding works, with some complex as hell arrangements.

I forgot though, it is foolish of me to embrace eclecticism, the one and only identifiable mark of Judas Priest. I should just hope that Judas Priest, known for their deliberate inconsistency, forgoes their identity and makes a metal album with a collection of songs that all sound the same. :roll:

EDIT:

Either way, I believe this song is significantly better than the first track they released.


Just because you have shitty taste in Priest doesn't make those particular records good. All three of those records are awful, and they are regarded to be the worst records the band ever put out, alongside Nostradamus (which is a personal favourite of mine, but I acknowledge it is not what a lot fans want from Priest) and Point of Entry. Nothing wrong with liking those records, but don't pretend they are somehow misunderstood classics that elevate your imagined status as a Priest diehard. St Anger, Risk, God Hates Us All, Virtual XI, Stomp 442 and Illud Divinum Insanus all have their fans, and they are all objectively terrible records. These albums were all evolutions of sound, and to use your words, the fact they were evolutions of sound certainly did not "elevate" them to "greater heights".
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Metal_On_The_Ascendant wrote:
Yeah but....KK left Judas Priest and sold his rights. This isn't the Freight era anymore either so that point you think you're making is not really strong.
Actually my point is no less valid just because you say it is a 'different era' (as if that meant ANYTHING) and are unable, or unwilling, to defeat it.
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"KK's Priest" is a terrible and awful name and reeks of butthurt. One K shy away from being wholesomely vulgar too. It's like some people don't ever think in broad strokes. Downing The Priest would have been a cleverer (and more FU) name in my opinion.
What it actually reeks of is K.K. using a name similar to a band he helped start. Realize that unless K.K. ventured into a different genre he will always be known as "that guy from JP" so it makes sense, at least professionally, to use a name that evokes what people are going to evoke themselves anyway. However I can agree with you that Downing the Priest would have been a better name.
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Tim Ripper is a grating singer too because he's always in high-note mode but without any added style and finesse to him. But maybe that's just me?
Definitely just you. If you read y review of Demolition, I explain how Demolition lacks the high notes Tim and Priest are known for. Tim has more than just one register and throughout his two Priest albums, he reveals this, so it is DEFINITELY just you.
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Complex arrangements that will rock you all around the world...
That was an amusing pun, well done sir. :) Sarcasm aside; I assure you, there is not a single song from, at least, six Priest albums that can match the complexity to the compositions found on Turbo. If you put aside your feelings of which you like more, are you really trying to suggest that Saints In Hell has a more complex arrangement then Rock You All Around the World? Why don't you grab a guitar and play the two songs back to back and then come argue with me which one is more intricately detailed.
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It was Priest conforming to the party-metal era of the time.
But again, this is something Priest has been doing since 1978. Every album the band has done since Stained Class has been nothing more than looking at whatever is trending and giving their own unique take on it. Priest has been admitting this for as long as I have been aware of them. If Turbo was Priest conforming to party-metal then Painkiller is Priest conforming to the speed-metal underground of the time. At no other time was symphonic metal more popular than at the end of the 2000's and, what do you know, Priest makes a symphonic metal album. Nu metal and groove metal were all the rage in 2001 and, what do you know, Priest makes an album where they sample those genres.
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Just because you have shitty taste in Priest doesn't make those particular records good.
Because this is how you show respect to a fellow person who simply offered a differing perspective on a subject.:roll:

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Luvers wrote:
Terri23 wrote:
Just because you have shitty taste in Priest doesn't make those particular records good.
Because this is how you show respect to a fellow person who simply offered a differing perspective on a subject.:roll:

Just ignore me.


Right after point I indicated that another maligned record in Nostradamus was one of my favourite records by Priest, but hey, cherry pick the facts and play the victim.
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hallowed78 wrote:
I keep reading the name of the band as KKK's Priest :D as if the music wasn't bad enough.


Oh you are so funny.

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Terri23 wrote:
Luvers wrote:
Terri23 wrote:
Just because you have shitty taste in Priest doesn't make those particular records good.
Because this is how you show respect to a fellow person who simply offered a differing perspective on a subject.:roll:

Just ignore me.


Right after point I indicated that another maligned record in Nostradamus was one of my favourite records by Priest, but hey, cherry pick the facts and play the victim.


Yeah exactly. Don’t waste too much energy with these guys.

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KK should've called this band Disturbing The Priest.
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Twisted_Psychology wrote:
KK should've called this band Disturbing The Priest.


Love it. Love everything about it. :lol:

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After listening to both tracks, I have to say I like it. The music is solid and functional, even if both tracks didn't exactly scream classic hit or anything. But they don't sound like filler either. If this is at least the minimum bar for quality on the album, I have to say I'm willing to pick it up and give it time to grow on me more.

As for Tim's vocals, I actually prefer his lower registers a bit more, "Hell Is Home" is one of my favorite tracks....but after listening to the full albums he did in Priest and Iced Earth, it almost seems like he really needs a killer song for his lower vocals to really sound good. On these new tracks he sings in that higher Halford-esq range and that actual works better with this type of music, when doing these work horse type tracks that don't necessarily stand out as hit tracks it has a kinda (Black Metal + Rasping vocals) level of things that just go together well.

If mindless metal meme worthy songs is what it takes to bring out the best in Tim, I say load up the Viking Boat and set sail to Metal-Metal Land!

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Not a fan of the vocals but enjoy the music. Will be buying. Enjoying the bass.

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They released another single:


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That is cringe worthy, even for a garage band. I don't know who is writing these songs but it sounds like 80's cheese metal. I know Ripper can't write a song, he is nothing but a singer with range but he should find a better project with a decent songwriter. KK should have just stayed retired.

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Yeah that song sucks. Ripoff of Saxon’s Warriors of the Road.

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Kalaratri wrote:
They released another single:



Musically I like it, even if it's derivative of Saxon. But those fucking lyrics are straight up vomit-inducing. It's 2021 last I checked. I can't believe metal bands, let alone ones with legacy members, are still writing this kind of lazy, clichéd and frankly cringey tripe.

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Quote:
That is cringe worthy, even for a garage band.


This song is what happens when you listen to Louder than Hell by Manowar and think "this would be cool if it wasn't so edgy and weird and experimental."

I liked the intro riff. The rest sounds like it was thrown together in 5 minutes.

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Better with this old-time rocking stuff and metal, than KK going Sabaton or something like that?!

He's doing what he loves to do. I cannot see anything wrong with that. I mean I want British heavy (rocking) metal from KK and JP, thank you.

'BotR' is definitely catchy. It's not a rip-off of Saxon's 'Warriors of the Road', but yeah, sounds like old British steel anyway...
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Everyone claiming it sounds like Saxon but the song is very reminiscent of Come And Get It.
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"Oh Les Binks is no longer available? Let's take the first dime-a-dozen generic metal drummer we can afford instead. It'll be fine..."

Not significantly worse than the past three decades of the actual Priest trying and failing to capture or even understand what made 'Painkiller' work, but still worse. A LOT less inspired than the official band in recent years though, and that's saying something. I mean, shit like 'Angel of Redemption' or 'Fire Power' is pretty much post-Painkiller Priest in autopilot mode, but this actually sounds like a tribute/worship band instead. They're actually using copy-paste as a "songwriting" approach...

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Is it a stretch to say the JP has missed KKs input in recent years? His songwriting was important to JP.

Not at all. Tipton and Halford were always the only two essential songwriters. Downing helped out here and there, a lot, and might even have been the main composer of a select few classics, but in general he was seasoning, not a main ingredient. Edit: I'm only referring to songwriting, here. As a lead guitarist, his contributions were important, albeit not as good or as iconic as Tipton's.

On that note, it's funny to me that someone else brought up the super early days of "the band", from which only KK crossed over to the actual Judas Priest we know and love, as though this gave Downing more importance. The real Priest band only started the day Glenn Tipton entered the picture. I saw old footage of the band already with Halford singing but before Tipton joined, performing Whishy Woman of Changes, and it was still a boring as fuck standard rock song at that point. It only became the innovative epic it'll go down in history as after Tipton polished it, gave it the proper groove and feel, and added the metal and prog bits to it. Al Atkins and the rest of the Pete Bests they left behind can hang on to that legacy all they want, it's not really theirs. And it's not primarily Downing's either.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:42 pm 
 

LegendMaker?!? Now there's a name from the past :)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:49 pm 
 

Yeah ^^ I'm still lurking semi-regularly, but it's pretty rare I post anything these days. But I'm still here. Hope you're all doing well, by the way.
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