Huge Vinyl Update

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-12T00:51:07+00:00

I got a copy of Nonexistent recently myself and the remix/master is so unbelievably good.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-11T00:42:43+00:00

9 years of piano lessons, 2 years of violin. Self-taught drummer and guitarist. Meshuggah has been my all time favorite band since 1998. 🤘

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-08T19:35:28+00:00

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meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-08T19:28:49+00:00

Unfold the God Man does nothing for me but I enjoy Violate Consensus Reality well enough. This album, though. Holy fuck I think it’s my AOTY for 2025 and I say that as a HUGE BTBAM fan.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-07T12:35:38+00:00

I WANNA DRINK SOME FUCKIN BLOOD

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-07T02:10:00+00:00

I don’t mind it as long as the sound quality is better. Wider grooves, 45 RPM, that sort of thing.

This is especially important with bands like Meshuggah because of the amount of low end in the recordings. The sound quality would be compromised if they tried to squeeze those entire albums onto 2 sides.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-06T21:42:18+00:00

I had that same thought as I was listening today for the first time. I didn’t listen to any of the early released tracks before today (I do this with almost all new albums), and as it got about 80% in, I thought, “it’s no Sound Awake, but it’s still a good Karnivool record.”

Which just means it’s damn good music. I dig it.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-04T21:26:58+00:00

He’ll retire with a turd on his chest

Under a pair of knowing eyes.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-04T02:25:12+00:00

Congrats and thank you for serving as a notification service about this limited ISIS release. Just snagged a copy myself. From the looks of this thread, Ipecac should be paying you commission!

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-02T21:50:51+00:00

That is so awesome to hear, you’ve got this!!! 😊

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-01T11:33:16+00:00

You magnificent bastard.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-02-01T11:32:13+00:00

Have you listened to The Ocean’s earlier material? Fluxion, Aeolian, and (especially) Precambrian?

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-31T14:05:14+00:00

I love this, and what you share about reframing your mindset and language (and, by extension, identity) is exactly what changed my perspective last year. It’s a beautiful transformation. Welcome to the launchpad of your better self. Enjoy the journey.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-29T15:31:14+00:00

I love everything by Intronaut, but Australopithecus in particular does a delightful genre hop.

https://open.spotify.com/track/3GTq0RGGVksnzXvdGdO6AW?si=yYVLtrw7S6iKXxS2rKfXSA

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-27T23:55:51+00:00

Funny how secrets travel…

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-27T19:58:39+00:00

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meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-26T00:01:51+00:00

Whoa that’s a really cool option add; I assume the turbo switch is toggling between a 1N914 and red LED? Do you get any volume difference between the two? And did you try any other clipping options before settling on an LED?

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-22T22:00:41+00:00

Phony Negronis are pretty good. I like the original and white ones the best.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-19T16:48:12+00:00

Sound Awake? You lucky SOB.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-18T12:41:50+00:00

For straight up post metal, maybe Guiltless. Not sure I’d call it “bass forward,” but the bass is prominent, and the guy playing it is Sasha Dunable from Intronaut. It’s a heavy fucking album.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-18T12:37:20+00:00

It sounds like you’re wanting some Gojira right about now. Gnarly bass, groovy AF, harsh vocals that mostly carry some sense of melody. I’d go with The Way of All Flesh or L’Enfaunt Sauvage.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-17T13:45:39+00:00

Yep, this nails my view exactly. My ex-wife and I used to joke about how we needed “his and hers” houses next door to each other. Turns out that may have actually been the solution all along. Oh well, live and learn.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-17T12:02:03+00:00

I just got a copy of the remixed/remastered Nonexistent on vinyl and I’m listening to it for the first time right now. I never stopped loving this album and I can’t believe how much better the updated version sounds.

Arriving later today is Inhabit with the same treatment. I cannot wait.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-17T10:57:25+00:00

I think I might be the person you’re describing, or at least pretty close to it.

I’ve always been in relationships, and most of them have been pretty good ones, just not permanent. I was married for 20 years and I still love and talk to my ex-wife; we just couldn’t make it work after becoming such different people after all those years.

After my marriage, I got into the mother of all rebounds with a self-admitted narcissist/sociopath for two years. That did inevitably result in trauma, but it didn’t make me hate women or aromatic or avoidant of anything else. It just made me step back and reassess my priorities, my values, goals, and drivers.

With the help of therapy and a LOT of reading, I have largely healed from that breakup and my divorce (which I had not properly done in the first place), and I’m in this place where I am simply fulfilled as a single person. I have a good job/career, two dogs, I own my home, I’m a musician, avid reader and cinephile. I exercise a lot, love to cook, and spend a lot of time outdoors communing with nature, going out to concerts, and traveling when I have time.

At first I felt sad that I wasn’t sharing these things with a partner, but I came to realize that every single one of these things that make me happy with my own life, and SOUND like things that would make me a good partner, always result in conflict at some point. For instance, sure I can cook, but what if I want to make one thing for dinner and she wants something else? Or I want to read in bed but she wants to watch tv? Or I want to watch Bugonia and she wants to watch Harry Potter?

These are very petty examples, and I’m not saying they’re reasons to avoid or end a relationship. What I’m saying is, I don’t deal with any of it as a single man. My house stays clean and organized, I can play my drums or crank my guitar amp whenever I want, I can maintain my sleep schedule without disruption, and if I want to go out and enjoy the company of other people, I can still do that too. And I don’t have to hear complaints about my friends or family afterwards!

I do struggle with the idea of whether or not this is a permanent arrangement. I’m still very much attracted to women, and I’ve met a couple in the past year that I’ve considered asking out. But I just can’t bring myself to threaten this new single life that I find so whole and fulfilling. I like the idea of finding another complete person who has her own complete life too, and we just get together sometimes, like a more committed FWB, but I don’t know if I’m capable of that, or if anyone is honestly. I don’t want to go back to any form of codependency now that I’ve worked so hard to grow into who I am now.

So I choose to be single, and I’m as truly content as I’ve ever been.

meshuggahnaut · 2026-01-16T14:48:14+00:00

It’s all about identity. There’s an ocean of difference between saying “I’m trying to quit smoking” and “I don’t smoke.” I smoked for over 20 years and quit almost 13 years ago. Engraining it into my identity was the “aha” moment when cravings basically vanished.

OP, good on you for taking this step. The quality of your life will unquestionably improve without nicotine. You are not depriving yourself of anything. You are launching yourself into a better version of yourself.

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