Meshuggah – Catch Thirtythree

I really was hoping out of the 3 Meshuggah records I got that this one would sound the best. There was so much surface noise to my liking... I hope this gets a proper mastering in the future. I sent all 3 of my records back :(

Incredible sound- punchy as all hell. I can actually hear guitar tracks in the songs that I couldn't hear before in other formats. There's some mild-to-medium surface noise at parts, but this shit is loud as fuck about 90 percent of the time anyway. And for some reason, the noise really feels like it enhances the mood of the ambient sections. I love the new album art, and the swamp green wax looks really good.

Sounds awesome. It's not the kind of album that benefits from breaking into sides, admittedly, but they did a really nice job transitioning in and out through the continuous music of Catch ThirtyThree. Splitting up on 3 sides instead of 4 makes for a pretty good listening experience. Remaster sounds great and was beautifully packaged. Shipped directly from Nuclear Blast with the records placed between the gatefold to avoid split seams. Highly recommended.

Anyone got one for sale i will happily purchase this from you!

Note that this is the correct tracklist. The other 2019 vinyl entries mistakenly copied the information from previous pressings without accounting for the change in sequencing.

This time Nuclear Blast got it right, unfortunately that's more of an exception than a rule.
Nice pressing, sounds really good.

Imagine paying the kind of money these discogs sellers are asking for a fucking picture disc. lol.

This CD has a very weird mixing/mastering for me. Some tracks blast louder than other tracks, which just makes the whole album kind of uneven (Tracks 7, 9, and 13 blast louder than the rest). Considering this is the first copy of the CD i have, I'm not sure if this is supposed to be the case with other versions of the album.

Note that the tracklist on the release itself indicates "In Death - Is Death" is split across sides C&D.

The way they split this for the vinyl pressings is ridiculous. It has a natural break at 23:46 that makes two 23 minute sides, which is fine for a 33RPM single record. Until they do that, buying this will forever be a ripoff.