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Mortuary Drape - All the Witches Dance

One of my ultimate grail albums. Shoutout to Vinyl Command for getting some copies of the repress stateside.

u/alkemest — 2 days ago
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the algorithm is crazy out there folks

Boomerbook figured out that I like black metal, and now like half of the sponsored posts on my feed are for outright fascist or fascist adjacent black metal, despite all of my actual follows being manifestly not fascist bands. Same on youtube, as soon as it figured out I was listening to black metal, half of my suggested videos are 'BEST BANDS ON SKETCHY BLACK METAL LIST' and whatnot.

Not really sure the point of posting this per se other than to be like holy shit, more evidence that big tech is cooked.

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u/alkemest — 11 days ago

Converting moderate to standard heel stack?

Can it be done on these bad boys? They're ThurmanNW last with a moderate heel stack. I love them, but also wonder if I could use more arch support since I have high arches. Would Nicks be able to make the conversion when it's time for a resole?

u/alkemest — 12 days ago

Recent pickups

Obviously not strictly vinyl but w/e they all rip.

Primordial - To The Nameless Dead

Negative Plane - The Pact

Rotting Christ - Theogonia

Blut Aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta II

One of Nine - Dawn of the Iron Shadow

Mortuary Drape - Black Mirror

u/alkemest — 12 days ago

Micah Edwards - Texas Soul

If you haven't heard this album yet, definitely check it out asap. A perfect blend of country and soul just in time for summer. Dude deserves way more exposure imo

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u/alkemest — 15 days ago

8857 loden abilene mocs update

Fully broken in and slowly getting more brown. Love these guys.

u/alkemest — 18 days ago

Last ride

Might be the last summer for this old guy. Picked this bad boy up a couple years ago for $20 at Goodwill and have slowly beaten it up even more. Resistol George Strait 8x. Great hat! Might snag a new one when this one is finally retired.

u/alkemest — 22 days ago

$20 off for 1,200 points in the app disappeared?

Hey all, going through the coupon clipping ritual in the app and noticed that there doesn't seem to be an option for $20 for redeeming 1,200 points any more. I'm at 1,500 points right now, so it should be showing up. Instead, it says I can redeem 700 points for $10 off. Would be unfortunate if corporate canned the $20 off, but I wonder if that's what's happened.

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u/alkemest — 23 days ago

Paisley/Brushpopper shirts are back

Calling it now. Paisley button downs or Wrangler Brushpopper style shirts are gonna make a mainstream comeback in the next six months.

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u/alkemest — 2 months ago

Top Four Metal Albums of 2026 (so far)

Neurosis - An Undying Love for A Burning World

Immolation - Descent

A Forest of Stars - Stack Overflow in Corpse Pile Interface

Panopticon - Det Hjemsøkte Hjertet

For non metal releases, the now-pulled Charley Crockett 'Clovis' is a 5/5 and 'Hen's Teeth' by Iron & Wine is fantastic too.

What albums caught your attention so far?

u/alkemest — 2 months ago

Free death?

So apparently I'm out of the loop and bands like Trichomoniasis are being called free death, which I'm cool with since it's almost at a point where it doesn't even sound recognizably like death metal anymore lol

But it's sick.

Anyone got some recs? And to make this not just a recs thread, what do you think about death metal moving towards this extreme?

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u/alkemest — 2 months ago

New single sounds pretty sick. I didn't realize listening to their older stuff that they use fretless instruments, but you can really hear it on the new track.

u/alkemest — 2 months ago
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Man that hit hard. As a lifelong Washingtonian who has lived in Ellensburg in the past, Mark was one of our central Washington local heroes. Hearing about how important Seattle and Mark were to Queens and Josh at the end of the set was unforgettable. What a band. RIP Mark.

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u/alkemest — 2 months ago

Keep in mind this is basically 100% unfounded speculation lol

Charley signs to a big label who promised him everything. He has a three record contact. He quickly burns out on it and decides to crack out all three records in a year. Hints at what's coming next with "Me & Shooter" on AotR. Records and releases Clovis less than a month later as a middle finger to Island Records.

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u/alkemest — 2 months ago