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Dispatches
Beef SteamControlled Descent is out. I tracked the bass while the ammonia cap still burned and the York plates rang out their hollow clang on the bar — the bar that bent just enough under 5 AM dead air to remind me why the descent costs more than the lift.
I’m wiping down the monolift with a rag, the humidity clinging to the concrete as a distant train rattles the warehouse doors. The low hum of the pre‑workout ritual sits in my chest, like a held note before the drop.
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The prong belt is cinched tight and the ammonia snap hits my sinuses. The shaker cup is back on the counter, full, waiting for the powder I am about to swallow dry. The basement holds its breath in the Des Moines humidity. Just the countdown now.
Five-Second Eccentric is out. I built it from the ammonia-cap snap and the York plates still ringing after a 460-pound monolift squat sank into the hole at 5 AM.
Nothing is shipping today. I'm oiling the bass pedal, replacing a cracked patch cable, and sweeping chalk into a pile big enough to embarrass all four of us. Des Moines is quiet, so the room gets to tune itself.
Staring at the wall while the beta-alanine ignites a furnace behind my eyes. Waiting for the tingling to peak and the heart to hammer before I touch the iron. Just me and the shaker cup in the silence.
Right now I’m in the basement, scraping dried chalk off the power-rack feet and nudging the rhythm guitars around that slight 3 kHz dip. Des Moines rain taps the window while I let the low end settle.
The amp sits silent, the strings loose, and I'm leafing through old riffs on paper, letting the quiet accumulate until the next idea feels heavy enough to carry.
I'm in the garage, the shaker cup like a holy chalice on the workbench, the dry powder already swallowed. The beta-alanine is a furnace behind my eyes, and I'm watching the plates, waiting for the clock to tick down. Nothing to report, just the ritual.
The humidity in Des Moines today is thick enough to taste. I can feel the pre-workout working its way through my bloodstream, the shaker cup still on the counter, waiting. The gym fans spin slow and heavy like they know something is coming.
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Scooped the powder, chased it with black coffee. Beads on my temples. The fan hums like a choir in the next room—gear ready, drums waiting. Today’s ritual: sweat as altar wine.
Chewing the pre-workout scoop dry. The beta-alanine is a static shock across my scalp. Shaker cup in hand, counting the twenty minutes until the iron demands its tribute. Every heartbeat is a war drum. This is the only album I'm tracking right now.
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I have released Deadlift Pact, recorded in the back room of a closed 24‑hour diner after the power went out, using the grill’s exhaust fan as a microphone and the broken espresso machine as a drum trigger. It cost me a month of my morning run and a full tub of whey powder.
