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I knew it was going to look horrible but it complements the artwork which also looks horrible.

For the Grivo fans in the states, deathwish found some green/cream/black Starburst if you want a fancy color copy without global shipping. https://deathwishinc.com/products/grivo-omit

Those rascals, always omitting the album’s weakest throwaway interlude on vinyl. Every time!

Bullmoose: https://www.bullmoose.com/p/35406001/slipknot-iowa-translucent-green-vinyl

No unfortunately it's sold out at that link now. It's been in my want list since then too. If I see one, I'll post it for you!

Is the link you ordered from still active? I'd prefer to get it local (or at least Canadian) but if it comes down to spending an extra $20 vs. missing out, then I guess I'll spend the money. This has been on my want list since RSD 2014.

Yeah, this is his best since Fish.

Preorder is up in Hello Merch and Evil Greed : https://www.hellomerch.com/collections/emma-ruth-rundle https://evilgreed.net/collections/emma-ruth-rundle/products/emma-ruth-rundle-eg2-dowsing-voice-lp

I bet he waits til they're in hand after this S/T disaster haha

Next Single Dropped https://ingrv.es/venery-in-the-orchar-os8-6

There's a single up on her bandcamp and it's... not for me. But I'm also not an ERR fanatic, so, maybe it'll resonate more with you.

https://shop.brooklynvegan.com/products/motion-city-soundtrack-i-am-the-movie-limited-edition-translucent-ruby-red-lp-only-300-made

UK links now appearing. It's not cheap albeit cheaper than buying OG press. https://www.roughtrade.com/gb/slipknot/iowa https://www.resident-music.com/productdetails&product_id=89343 https://www.crashrecords.co.uk/collections/home-latest-pre-orders/products/slipknot-iowa-pre-order

VITAL REMAINS - ICONS OF EVIL 2022 reissue and new pressings from Osmose Productions, Norma Evangelium Diaboli, Sepulchral Voice, many more - lots of titles have been restocked as well - everything in the LATEST section FUNERAL MIST RESTOCK https://meteor-gem.com/search?type=product&q=band_funeral+mist HATE FOREST RESTOCK https://meteor-gem.com/search?type=product&q=band_hate+forest MINENWERFER - NIHILISTSCHEN https://meteor-gem.com/products/minenwerfer-nihilistschen-lp?_pos=1&_sid=1431190c5&_ss=r MARDUK - FRONTSCHWEIN https://meteor-gem.com/products/marduk-frontschwein-lp?_pos=1&_sid=a9ad40737&_ss=r VITAL REMAINS - ICONS OF EVIL https://meteor-gem.com/search?type=product&q=vital+remains

Used to go to midnight sales at Tower. Last one I remember was when Tool/Lateralus came out. Edit- actually Detones s/t I believe was the last midnight sale I remember.

Tower Records and Virgin Megastore in Hollywood in the 90s both used to close at midnight regularly. On Monday nights, they would stay open an extra hour to to sell new releases that were set to come out that Tuesday. Those days are obviously long gone now. There aren't even any shops in L.A. that stay open after 8pm.

Especially with us all being adults and whatnot.

Two variants, both /500. Expected to ship 5.27 https://store.astronoidband.com/products/radiant-bloom-2xlp-sky-blue-w-pink-marble https://store.astronoidband.com/products/radiant-bloom-2xlp-purple-w-peach-marble

I must be getting old. This is so fast it doesn't sound real. I had to check to make sure I hadn't accidentally sped up the video.

100% agree, weird how they've always kinda been under the radar. Super stoked on this release and stoked to copies moving, much deserved!

You know the old adage: one to keep sealed, one to listen to, one to sell… …and one to display in Urban Outfitters record frames, one to burn for warmth next January, one to pass onto your grandchildren, one to put under that short table leg to stabilize it and one to eat for roughage after the inevitable start of WWIII.

At this point HIL has been selling out of all vinyl released so I wouldn't surprised if Unoriginal eventually drops SOTP.

He’s bringing back Hot Topic. That’s all I can really gather 🤷🏻‍♂️

Piss & Vinegar?

Amazon: Slipknot https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09T8MHDK3/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_ZF3Z57XCQ1FTV8RPKZ76?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

I'll step up with a reasonably genuine response before the T-swizzle gifs. Been collecting 25ish years technically, but more "seriously" for probably 15-20 years. I'm sitting at about 1500 in my collection. I managed to get most of what I wanted before prices/scarcity went way overboard, so I'm at the point where I have about 15 older records on my discogs wishlist that I'm convinced I'll probably never own because of price/scarcity and most of my current record collecting is newly released music. I still go to record stores hoping this is the day I'll run across that copy of This Desert Life for $20 bucks or something, but I find myself leaving empty handed more and more. I feel like I've reached a plateau in that respect, which is frustrating I guess but fine - it means I have a lot of what I want. I would say close to 100% of my collection has been on my turntable at some point. I've never really been a sealed or variant collector except for the Felix Culpa (check the avatar yo) and the odd album I really love where a cool variant/remastered album/etc. came out later. I have a shelf of test presses and I'll actually spin the 50% or so where it's only vinyl version of the album I have. I have a cabinet below the stereo where I put new purchases and it's pretty rare that something goes upstairs (where my collection is) before I listen to it at least once - for some reason I find myself paranoid that I'll buy an album and there will be an issue with it or it won't even be the right music on it and if I don't listen to it, by the time I do it will be too late to do anything about it. Now I'm married with two kids (brag), so you're comment that your free time vanishes isn't lost on me. My kids like music and I've had music on the stereo whenever I can for as long as they can remember, so I can often get away with putting something on during dinner or on a weekend when we are all hanging out or playing or whatever (and if I can get Encanto or Frozen or whatever out of the stereo), but I'm obviously limited in what I can put on in terms of intensity/profanity. I don't listen to anything THAT intense, but there are certainly things that I wouldn't play when my kids are around or that would cause my wife to suggest I turn to something else. I also can't really play something brand new unless I'm certain the content is OK (found that out the hard way a couple of times). That type of album also isn't ideal for listening to after everyone's gone to sleep, so they might sit in my "queue" for a while until those blissful few times when everyone else is gone. Which happens maybe 1-2 times a month and I definitely have to make it a priority to listen to them. But if I know I'm going to have an afternoon to myself, I get a little excited (lame) because I know I have the opportunity to listen to certain stuff I can't generally spin with the kids around and at a volume that would not otherwise be allowed. I do make an effort to thumb through my collection on a fairly regular basis (maybe 2-3 times a month) to see if I feel like listening to anything I haven't spun in a while. If I haven't listened to it, I'll try to figure out if I have a good reason and if I don't I should probably listen to it to try to figure out if I even need to still own it. I have tried to sell some stuff recently (with pretty good success) and when COVID first started I did do a pretty heavy weeding of records so that I have about two shelves worth I'll trade into the local shop when I get around to it. I have a very small collection of 7" and I can't really imagine bringing those out to listen to anytime soon, but it's bands I like and they don't take up much space, so I'll keep them around. Anything I really like (like, say, MCR's Conventional Weapons set) I've since just purchased digitally and I'll do that if I want to listen. I do have some stuff I bought before you could easily listen to every album to see if you like it and maybe I put on and didn't listen to the whole thing, but I keep around because I think if I revisit it maybe it will click. Prog rock and old folk records were my two go-tos when I was studying in college/law school. I don't find myself in the mood for that stuff as much anymore when I get time to myself, though I still genuinely enjoy it, so I'll get back around to listening to it eventually, I think. There's certainly an argument to be made that given my current lifestyle, vinyl collecting no longer makes all that much sense, and I completely understand that argument except that it's the best and I love it. Plus, as I think I said in the other thread you mentioned, if I didn't collect vinyl I would have to take up coin collecting or parkour or serial killing or something and I really like listening to music and supporting musical artists, so I guess it's as good a thing to waste my money and time on as any.

Punishment for being British