Landrace is really only available around august - December, as that’s when they will naturally be ready to harvest. After that it gets pretty dry. So it’s really just a waiting game for authentic landrace.

Ah that makes sense

If you really like land race strains from the actual countries they originate from, research the strains and find out what time they are ready to harvest then add about 2-4 weeks on to that for drying and international shipping, and you’ll have a time period of when the freshest product will be.

Most of the times they come in bursts with a week or 2 inbetween, so try and limit your spending just in case you find a few you really like.

Hi. We have just taken delivery of our first shipment of thiß yea4ß Thai/Lao. Check out our listing. Cheers

Hashinin landrace hash

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Cheers but the description says it's out of stock, been like that for ages

I hope Diuk still has the book of wisdom, they are temporarily closed due to personal reasons ATM hopefully back on soon as my Thai stash is getting low,it's the nicest Thai I have tried on here

If I find any others I’ll let you know

Cheers, very kind.

The description says he's expecting restock in may, but there are some very recent reviews. Try sending him a message mate

the grit weed hard ash era. was a problem every where at the time. yeh i remember it v. well. time frames and every weed in that time. even off good suppliers.

I remember it. Hate to think of what it was. I also remember the grams looking bigger than the tenths, as the weed was so overladen with sand type grit that anything fluffy looked huge. Remember it sounding like pebbles on the coffee table.

sprayed weed

used to destroy my lungs if i smoked too much, i remember smoking and selling mostly thai around 2007/2008 because of it. Didn't switch back until close friends started cropping themselves

I remember people saying its sprayed with x, y or z to increase the weight etc at the time. I don't doubt there was truth in that, but I wonder why it stopped so abruptly if it was working.
Call me a cynic, but it could have been a deliberate way to increase the price of a bag - flood the market with crap for a while until people will pay more for less. Even if that wasn't the intention, it certainly worked that way.
Either way, littlebiggy has been such a great find!
Cheers for your feedback/reminiscences guys!

it was the asain (Chinese / Vietnamese growers) they got completely pushed out by the Europeans Turks and Albanians.

With that the commercial grows got a little better… but even in Morden times can also be sprayed / added fake THC in these lower quality commercial grows. This is not common but possible.

I sadly remember these times dark times for cannabis..

The rumour was a lot of it started out as decent import from Holland… or home grown depending who you spoke to 😂

Then was cut with awful things such as sand, glass or spayed with silica..

I recall hearing that it caused fucked lungs, sand poisoning or ulcers… 😣

Sad and crazy times!!! ✌️💚

Yeah I remember the bud itself was proper decent originally, smelled legit and looked legit until inspected further.

Was that the shit that was sprayed with some kind of acid etch chemical to make it appear frosty? Mouthfull of grit with every toke.....

Sounds like the shit covered in glass? It felt like smoking razor blades!

Yikes this sounds awful 😣

Did anyone else experience that wet af Gambian weed that went around for a few years? I say Gambian because all the dudes that sold it were Gambian, we called it Gambo. They all got busted and deported at the same time I think because they seemed disappear overnight.

Definitely remember this. My Belgian buddy at the time was surprised it took so long to land in the UK. I remember a few years after it was super common, I got a bit of bud that had a weird dusty residue. I could roll it in to hard little balls that burned super hot, hot enough to melt the top of my grinder. Can’t be good haha

Yep, I remember that stuff well. Never knew what it was sprayed with, but was presumably to bulk up weight - and make it look nice and frosty.

I gave up on 'bud' at that point and fell back on brick weed - the only alternative I could get at the time; commercial hash was still pretty terrible back then as well.

I got to the stage where I needed to roll joints bigger than my forearm just to get a buzz - and that much brick weed started killing my chest.

I made the call to give up cannabis altogether - after giving myself a couple of weeks to work out if I could get it online. It was early days, but I'd heard rumours...

Almost exactly 2 weeks later I had an oz of Canada's finest on my doorstep. Shortly followed by artisan, pre-legalisation Cali.

Haven't looked back since. Nor have I had to resort to standard dealers.

So for me, it was actually a blessing in disguise. I've been a very happy toker - and the envy of my toking mates, ever since.

Yep I remember the hard ash weed. Bad bad times 😅 luckily I was young enough for it not to cause any damage.. that I know of 😂 it was solid as a rock used to call it pebble weed. Started growing my own when I was about 17 so can probably thank the quality being so bad at the time for teaching me a new skill those were the days can’t risk it anymore to grown up 😆 also remember £15-20 8ths 🙃

Deftones, Tool and Pantera all day long 💯❤️

I'll second that,deftones tool pantera to name a few,90s and 2000s metal/rock for me 🤘

The 90s had such amazing metal bands. So many genres were exploding and were so exciting. Wasn’t so keen on that rap metal mind. I loved RATM but the ones that followed like Limp Bizkit were pretty dumb.

Preach bro 💯

Sorry dude didn’t mean to offend anyone. Just didn’t personally like Limp Bizkit. Sorry.

Oh no man I’m with you on the LB thing bro, loved Korn though 😎

Oh sorry man I thought you meant I was preaching to you. Yeah I loved the first Korn album hated the 2nd but loved the 3rd album. Stopped following them after that but still like the odd track after the 3rd album. Alone I break is an awesome track.

I remember seeing Pantera at the Ozzfest back in 98. Amazing set and a wild pit not as crazy as the Soulfly pit a set later that was insane. Love early Deftones up to the White Pony album.

yes but thrash, osdm, 1st wave black metal and the list goes on. So quite a different list but yeah I'm a metalhead

Celtic Frost are probably my fave out of the 1st wave black metal bands. Did you not get on with the 2nd wave of black metal? There are some great bands.

No I do just lower down on my list. Celtic frost absolutely genius band although there was a time they were called death metal

Or even avant-garde?

Fucking love Slayer. Almost find it romantic.

That is the best comment I’ve read. Ever!! It’s fucking brilliant mate!!!🤘

Alcest is love :D

Alcest is true love. I finally see them in October!! Yippee!!!

Dimmu borgir , Old mans child and dissection for me M8 .... Ave satanas

Early Dimmu Borgir for me mate. First 2 albums are great(even the ripped off track on the 2nd album) went off them when they expanded their sound.

sorgens is one of my fave tracks pity m8 i love most of their stuff although my fave albums are Puritanical and In sorte. stormblast will always hold a special place in my heart..

Didnt know this band tahnks :)

does screamo count

Of course Screamo counts man! Love myself a bit of Mice&Men and Bring Me The Horizon. Not sure if they’re Screamo bands?

I'm mid-forties now and grew up on bands like Metallica, Pantera, Machine Head and NIN. I've always been into other stuff as well but it's what I mostly listened to during my teens and twenties.

I don't listen to metal as much as I used to however I've found the old adage that your tastes mellow with age to be untrue in my case. I listen to some much heavier, more extreme bands than I used to and I'm much more open to sub genres I wouldn't have considered before.

My current favourite heavy listen is Lullabies for Eternal Sleep by Apes. Hadn't heard of them until I read a brief review that described that EP as being sort of like post-metal if all the quiet bits were replaced with nasty grindcore. One listen and I'd bought the tracks off Bandcamp. The first track, Cornwall, is savage but has such an amazing groove too.

If you like blackened stuff then check out Apes' earlier album, Lightless. Different to the latest material but still bloody good.

I pretty much listen to every metal track thrown at me with passion :D.
I love albums in every genre.
Some of my favorites bands are Decapitated, Dimmu Borgir, TBDM, born of osiris, meshuggah, lamb of god, well theres too much really ^^..

Metal is definitely a way of life.

Recently i've been listening to the Nomad album by Kublai Khan (insane tone/sound) and a gradual decline in moral by Kim Dracula, pretty strange shit but i love it haha.

1."Reign in Bud" - Slayer (A stoner metal twist on Slayer's classic "Reign in Blood")

2."Black Sabbath's Munchies" - Black Sabbath (Featuring their heaviest hits to satisfy the munchies)

3."Master of Bongs" - Metallica (An epic blend of metal and cannabis-inspired anthems)

4."Weed the Lightning" - Megadeth (Thrashing through the green haze with high-intensity riffs)

5"Paranoid and Paranoider" - Black Flag (A punk-infused, paranoia-inducing masterpiece for the metalheads who like to keep it raw)

check out Mac sabbath .... its burger vertions of sabbath songs XD

I go a lot of gigs and download/bloodstock festival. Some of the best music to have a smoke to.

Always wanted to check Bloodstock out. What’s the crowd like? Friendly?

Yeah probably the most community, friendly festival I’ve been to. Really chilled and there’s not too many people like major festivals.

NWOBHM or?

What do you mean dude?

New Wave Of British Heavy Metal

I’m old but not that old!!! Lol. Do love my Maiden though!!

Seeing Municipal Waste again in October, really looking forward to that one

Recomendations wise, I've been really digging some of the "new wave trad" by the likes of Eternal Champion and Visigoth, super cheesy power metal about goblins and dragons, epic stuff...

Thanks for the recommendations man I’ll check them out. I’m seeing Alcest in October and can’t wait for that.

Must be more then a few metalheads here on LB for sure.

Right now I'm waiting for the re-recording by the Calavera brother's of the Morbid Visions record. Absolutely can't bloody wait for that! Artwork is on point and the sound, my goodness.

But otherwise, been on a death metal vibe recently - the new 200 Stab Wounds EP and the new Kruelty record basically.

Yeah I was thinking the same,that’s why I made the post just to see what bands everyone was into.

Oh if they get that right it should be awesome. Early Sepultura rocks. Love the Arise album lost interest around Roots. That album wasn’t for me. I really like Derrick on vocals even though a lot of Max fan boys gave him a hard time when he joined.

Derrick is a much better frontman than Max

That's true and these later Sepultura albums are genuinely great!

Tonight I've been listening to Cult of Luna and Boris. Last night it was Lamp of Murmuur and Fluisteraars. I'm in my 50s. Metal seems to make more sense the older I get but then the type of metal I listen to now is different from the metal I listened to at 16. Except for Sabbath. Always Sabbath 🤘Music just keeps on getting better.

Absolutely love Cult Of Luna their Salvation album was incredible! Can’t remember if it was their debut? Give Panoption a listen man especially there again into the light album it is pure genius. Austin Lunn plays over a dozen instruments on the album. Can’t wait to see them next month on their first ever UK tour. Always Iron Maiden for me mate though I do obviously love Sabbath.

Oh yeah I love Panopticon too. I was listening to And Again... last night. Also Botanist and Wolves In The Throne Room, sheer sheets of metallic sound, hypnotic riffs it's damn psychedelic as a genre in many ways. Also into stuff like Thou and Primitive Man, I was listening to the last Wormrot album the other day. There's just so much good stuff and such massive variety that it's impossible to not like something that's "metal" if you're into music. If anyone avoids metal they should take a deep dive into all the sub genres cos they'd be surprised at how much they would probably love. From Sunn O))) to Full of Hell and all the stops in between.

I'm wearing a Primitive Man t-shirt at the moment.

Brilliant. I've got my Sleep Dopesmoker one on 🤘

Got my Alcest tee on and had my Emperor one on yesterday! Lol.

They’re ..again into the light album is so good. I found it very accessible compared to their earlier stuff. Still really enjoy their early folk metal inspired stuff. Kentucky is fantastic. I was lucky enough to see Wolves In The Throne Room a few years back. Beautiful gig. It was bombastic and majestic all at once. 🤘

I saw Panopticon a few years back over in Dutchie land, enjoyed them but haven't paid much attention to them since.Do you like Wayfarer? They do a similar type of thing kinda country tinged BM.

Really like Wayfarer too and a Scottish band called Saor. They play a similar style to Panopticon. Can’t wait to see them live,I’ve waited years for them to visit the UK. Gotta travel a few hundred miles but it will deffo be worth it. Much love.

Next years fortress festival looks up your street,

Mate it looks epic!! Panopticon are headlining day one and are playing their entire Roads To The North album!! The entire weekend looks genuinely great too.

Saw Maiden on the Powerslave tour. It was one of my first gigs. Christ I'm so fuckin old.

Would love to of saw peak Maiden.

The Boris/Uniform album sounds like it's going to be a good un.

Dad got me into metal with sabbath i have to agree nearly 40 now .... So many metal genres would not exist without them ..

Yeah Sabbath are definitely the godfathers of metal. Without them half the genres today wouldn’t exist.

and if you into black metal check out Blackbraid they just relesed their second album its Native american black metal if you like melodic stuff check em out i feel they are only going to get better...

Thanks for the recommendation man. I’ll check them out later on they sound very intriguing.