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Really happy with my performance on heavier squats, solid range of motion on bench, should be able to move both of those up soon. Dropped bent over row weight a little to focus on form.

I listened to Clear Cold Beyond, the latest Sonata Arctica album. I'm not particularly a fan of the band, but enjoy symphonic/power metal as a live experience, and though I should catch up on the latest album. Which I actually enjoyed a lot, thanks to some really interesting song structures that work alongside their obviously Stratovarius-infuenced power stylings.

Dark Empath is a real earworm for me. It opens as a sinister anti-love song, which is a style a I enjoy a lot anyway, but the real treat is the way it breaks down into psychedelic pop refrains (we're really doing this psych pop thing a lot in modern rock/metal, and I'm genuinely here for this.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxwKBpdin0Y