There comes a time in every doom musician's life when reverb stops being an effect and becomes a lifestyle. At first, you're reasonable.

You put a little room reverb on a guitar track. Maybe a little plate reverb on a lead. Everything feels balanced. Professional, even. Then one day you stumble across a plugin demo on YouTube. The guitarist picks a single note. The note keeps ringing long enough to earn a college degree. And suddenly, you understand. Reverb is not just an effect. It's a weapon.

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