next up in the meshuggah re-issue series is the band's fifth full length from 2005 going by the name "catch thirtythree". it was the only record of the haul that was delivered with a huge corner ding. as none of the other records were damaged and even the cardboard mailer didn't show any sign of bad delivery, the record must have been damaged before it was packed.
things like this can happen but i feared that i had to return the record to get a new one. so what's the problem? well, the limited colour way was already sold out in pre-order stage, so there was no way the label could send me another copy of the marble pressing. that is why i asked if they had spare sleeves and thank god, it was no problem to send me an unharmed gatefold cover as replacement.
of all the re-imagined cover artworks, this is the one i like the least. the original one is not much of a looker as well but still way better than the new art. furthermore i was a bit disappointed that nb chose the same colour way as they did for the "chaosphere" re-issue. lame idea... anyway, the album is a cracker indeed and i feel lucky to have this beast on vinyl after all. 300 copies pressed. nuclear blast. 2019.
