W E L C O M E

I AM BACK. After a seemingly eternal time away from (and forgetting) all about blogspot (and one of the venues I got my start as an online reviewer / wannabe connoisseur of all things dark, dingy, and metallic) a short trip down nostalgia lane convinced me to dust off my username and start anew. If you're familiar at all with my previous blogs (which I wouldn't expect anyone to be, at least not at this point) you'll recognize that T R V E  K V L T V R E will fall along some similar lines while attempting branch out into something new. If the name itself wasn't a dead giveaway, yes, this blog will mainly focus on metal of the black, death, and general underground variety. However, now being at the ancient (or at least it feels that way) age of 28, it's only natural that my tastes have branched out since last time I posted. So, despite any visual aesthetic choices (right now my template is blank, but I assure you it will be some black and gray variation soon enough) and the name, this will be a blog featuring a myriad of different genres and styles of music.

For any internet denizen who as continued to use blogspot, even as other mediums of music discovery have become available, it goes without saying that this platform has declined significantly since its golden age in the early 2010's. Because of this reduced importance, I am unsure at the moment if I will remain the sole contributor, or add any fellow writers. Of course, the goal would be to make this an oasis of varying opinions and thoughts brought you by a diverse cast of authors, but that will depend entirely on how I feel, and how well-received the first few weeks (months?) of the blog running are.

As anyone who sees this will soon find out, I am currently an editor/writer for the online zine YER SCENE, which is a passion project with DIY ethos fueled by some of the most talented writers/artists/photographers I've ever had the privilege to work with. In fact, I have a feeling many of posts, and the general feel of this blog will be greatly influenced by my time at YER SCENE, and I feel that influence will make it something special within the current blogsphere. As much as T R V E  K V L T V R E will be a very personal venture, I will also use it as a vehicle to promote YER SCENE when I can.

Last but not least, while former blogs have run off of pirated links to albums I've either found or made myself, T R V E K V L T V R E will not operate as such. Most posts will be linked to a corresponding Bandcamp page, or artist-sanctioned space where the music in said post can be sampled and purchased. We, as fans, are responsible for keeping our favorites in business, and now thanks to the power of the internet and being able to more directly support bands/artists/creators in lieu of larger labels or corporate thugs, there is no excuse to not pay to and ensure the music we covet and its creators have some kind of financial stability/compensation that will ultimately benefit us all.