I’m here to review my last purchase from Nuclear Blast. I bought 5 records on Memorial Day. They were In Flames - Clayman (orange with red and white marble which they ended up refunding me bc of an “error” in their inventory), In Flames - Reroute to Remain 2023 red vinyl, Dismember- Death Metal (purple reissue), Dismember - Maximum Killing Capacity (orange reissue), and Soilwork - A Predator’s Portrait (splatter reissue). So they sent the 4 albums. I told them i wanted them to open them / take out the vinyl so they don’t get seam splits. They did not do that. Since they couldn’t give me Clayman, they bumped me up to Priority Mail. I figured my records would get here safely. Nope! No paper or cardboard inserts in the box, just the albums thrown into it! The In Flames Reroute was the worst with 3 seam splits on all sides and 2 corners smashed in. Mind you, that was the one I wanted to keep the most. The Dismember ones had corner dings and Death Metal got a bad seam split. The Soilwork got the worst seam split on top. The record almost came through the shrink wrap. It’s crazy bc I years ago I ordered The Living Infinite by Soilwork and it arrived perfect bc they were using these cardboard covers that fit over the corners of the jacket. I was hoping they still used those but the fact they didn’t use anything for protection is a travesty. These albums were half off (except the Clayman they refunded me) but I still expected a quality pack job. Idk if USPS is to blame. I’ve never had a problem with Priority Mail like this before. All I know is I won’t be getting any albums directly from them in the future!

Posting here to see if anyone has heard anything or come across any of the glow in the dark versions of this album having a misprint. I have a copy of this album and sides A,B, & D have the proper matrix in the run out and the songs are correct but side C has the matrix for Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons and side C has 3 songs from Phil Campbell instead of the 3 songs that are supposed to be by Accept. I have talked to Accept management and Nuclear Blast and they all try to tell me this is impossible since they haven't heard about any issues. Well it isn't impossible because I have one with this issue. Talked to a local record store that said exactly what I thought and that the plate was accidentally changed when pressing. Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone else knows anything.

NB presses very bad records lately, warped, locking, skipping whatnot
Beware