tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76508507271314445802024-03-06T01:00:22.841+00:00A Money Pit - Hardcore & Punk Vinyl CollectingIt's a slippery slope...Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-62213855203487210412013-01-01T06:32:00.001+00:002013-01-01T15:18:32.897+00:00ROT IN bits and pieces I've picked up a few Rot In Hell odds and ends recently, spread across a number of analogue formats so thought I'd throw them altogether here. First up, I grabbed a red copy of the split with Vegas (or VVegas if you are kvlt), completing the set on that one. Excluding a test press, although I do have my eye on one of them. This red one is out of 200. A more detailed look at the innards of this record can be found <a href="http://amoneypit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/organized-crime-records-halloween-2011.html?m=1" target="_blank" title="">here</a> <br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LacEtZSfokM/UOKCMyZC5AI/AAAAAAAABX8/OPCcQ81pcXM/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Dec%2525202012%25252010%25253A18.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-LacEtZSfokM/UOKCMyZC5AI/AAAAAAAABX8/OPCcQ81pcXM/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Dec%2525202012%25252010%25253A18.jpg" id="blogsy-1357053501212.7231" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div>
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Yellow/300, Red/200 and the black is the Organized Crime Halloween exclusive, numbered out of 165.<br/><br/>When I ordered the red directly from the band, Mike was cool enough to throw this in: a 3inch CD that you could originally only get if you ordered the Iron Column / Rot In Hell skateboard deck. It features a cover of an Ides Of Gemini (<em>EDIT:</em> <em>no it isn't, it's a Theatre Of Hate/Spear of Destiny cover, I'm an idiot and was rightfully reminded of such below</em>) song, sealed with a process octopus wax stamp. Mines staying sealed, but the song is great; carried out in the bands acoustic style with POI on vocals.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7t3qMRy8xMQ/UOKCS0W1MII/AAAAAAAABYM/rXrAgD0ySds/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Dec%2525202012%25252010%25253A20.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7t3qMRy8xMQ/UOKCS0W1MII/AAAAAAAABYM/rXrAgD0ySds/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Dec%2525202012%25252010%25253A20.jpg" id="blogsy-1357053501200.046" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div>
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When I went down to the Carry The Weight Records Fest in November last year, Rot In Hell played and had with them a set of 13 cassette tapes, only avaliable at this show and featuring unreleased tracks. 13 is a ludicrously small number and I was pretty sure I wouldn't get one. Thankfully, not as many people at the show are as cool as me and I snapped one up without any issue. They were sold out of an Adidas shoebox, with a sign on a bit of cardboard saying that they weren't 'on sale to dickheads'. Turns out, I'm not a dickhead. Look, ma. <br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LRVS4iZK5X0/UOKCbBMkRVI/AAAAAAAABYc/smlbosuqqrY/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Dec%2525202012%25252010%25253A23.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LRVS4iZK5X0/UOKCbBMkRVI/AAAAAAAABYc/smlbosuqqrY/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Dec%2525202012%25252010%25253A23.jpg" id="blogsy-1357053501192.2908" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div>
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Finally, the newly releasesed Termini Terrae 7", on a resurrected record label and with a rejuvenated Rot In Hell line-up following a bit of inner turmoil. Any doubters will rightfully be knocked into line, as this is an absalute belter. Released by Dark Empire (originally ran by Dwid in the 90's, now brought back from the dead and ran by his son Max) this is on white and blue, both out of 100. Both sold out at pre-order stage but since that it's also become avaliable on red and black too. I never thought I had much of an audiophile's ear and don't usually pick out the subtle differences between digital and vinyl but after listening to this for weeks and weeks on mp3, finally putting this 7" on revealed all kinds of nuances and detail in the production. <br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0H1-3KD7Xl8/UOKCusPQ1dI/AAAAAAAABZE/7Z76-X85lYQ/s2048/Photo%2525201%252520Jan%2525202013%25252006%25253A14.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0H1-3KD7Xl8/UOKCusPQ1dI/AAAAAAAABZE/7Z76-X85lYQ/s500/Photo%2525201%252520Jan%2525202013%25252006%25253A14.jpg" id="blogsy-1357053501186.1963" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> Free red smudge</p>
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<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-72331556865842082432012-12-03T07:06:00.001+00:002012-12-03T07:06:52.065+00:00Natural Order 7" Figured I'd re-pop my vinyl blogging cherry with one of, in my opinion, the best UKHC 7"s released this year: the Natural Order EP. Featuring members of Ark of The Covenant, More Than Life and with one Mike Carver (ex-Deal With It) on vocals, it is quite simply fucking awesome. This was released by UKHC movers/shakers Purgatory Records, but you can only buy it direct from the band who are <a href="http://naturalorders.bigcartel.com/product/natural-order-7" target="_blank" title="">distributing it themselves</a>. Carver's vocal style is markedly different than Deal With It, sounding like a rabid beast. Honestly, this is one not to miss if you like things on the heavier, nastier side. Pressed on a ridiculously thick, heavyweight vinyl, this colour is limited to 200 and looks like a punched eyeball.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tighttothenail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-Photo-3-Dec-2012-0655.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="http://tighttothenail.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/wpid-Photo-3-Dec-2012-0655.jpg" id="blogsy-1354518413668.937" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="373" alt=""></a></div>
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<br/><br/>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-21788069109070778592012-08-31T08:20:00.001+01:002012-08-31T08:40:34.069+01:00Systems Overload 2012 #127/320 So yeah, I was going to henceforth blog about the un-blogged in the order that they are leaning against the wall. But then this arrived a couple days ago which was so exciting that it's jumped the line because it made me want to stop what I was doing and take pictures of vinyl like I've got nowt better to do. So, we have the Organized Crime Records re-issue of Integrity's 1995 masterwork Systems Overload. Carrying on in the style that OCR are re-issuing Integ's early work, this has more attention to detail that I can deal with. First things first, custom record mailer.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ri3dfLHAITY/UEBloFdJECI/AAAAAAAABVI/O-Ivfez2s3I/s1434/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A10.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-Ri3dfLHAITY/UEBloFdJECI/AAAAAAAABVI/O-Ivfez2s3I/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A10.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819679.9531" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="499"></a></div> Just to whet your appetite. <br/><br/>I went for the version with the extra cover art, on a clear/grey smoke pressing. These are limited to 320, with numbered sleeves.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ADiPP7lHbuU/UEBmNZYQ52I/AAAAAAAABVQ/Kk34bomP2GY/s1514/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ADiPP7lHbuU/UEBmNZYQ52I/AAAAAAAABVQ/Kk34bomP2GY/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819684.8237" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="499"></a></div> Similar to the extra sleeve for TWFT. <br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qfMfNkNogPE/UEBmQEtAzHI/AAAAAAAABVY/8qgaDI6XeXw/s1501/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-qfMfNkNogPE/UEBmQEtAzHI/AAAAAAAABVY/8qgaDI6XeXw/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819759.6343" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="490"></a></div> That's the back, fans.<br/><br/>Anyway, pull that back and the regular cover is underneath, with vastly expanded artwork from the original.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Eji57gT-8yo/UEBmSbxZILI/AAAAAAAABVg/yV0DEdeCDE4/s1346/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Eji57gT-8yo/UEBmSbxZILI/AAAAAAAABVg/yV0DEdeCDE4/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819750.6946" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="499"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Jt7aK7SeyUw/UEBm3Bv3i5I/AAAAAAAABV0/4hBcL9DLcjw/s1489/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A12.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Jt7aK7SeyUw/UEBm3Bv3i5I/AAAAAAAABV0/4hBcL9DLcjw/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A12.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819712.178" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="490"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--_1bMq9mR9U/UEBm6TPoxUI/AAAAAAAABV8/8l59KA2SGCE/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--_1bMq9mR9U/UEBm6TPoxUI/AAAAAAAABV8/8l59KA2SGCE/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819739.1829" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> Track listing is revealed on the back when shown the light.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KQMwPnbxQ3Q/UEBm8zKBdLI/AAAAAAAABWE/Yr_Nq_82cXI/s1664/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A12.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-KQMwPnbxQ3Q/UEBm8zKBdLI/AAAAAAAABWE/Yr_Nq_82cXI/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A12.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819758.4446" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="413"></a></div> It's curtains for Dwid.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ekXPNi28uOA/UEBnAKyeNLI/AAAAAAAABWM/pYzKqrnKVow/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ekXPNi28uOA/UEBnAKyeNLI/AAAAAAAABWM/pYzKqrnKVow/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819726.5667" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> Again, the credits inside the gatefold are revealed when exposed.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wfPsV-Wm04M/UEBnctjeJ3I/AAAAAAAABWY/3vWCZzgVEMY/s1479/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-wfPsV-Wm04M/UEBnctjeJ3I/AAAAAAAABWY/3vWCZzgVEMY/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A11.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819744.745" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="503"></a></div> The vinyl itself looks incredible.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QZYBM-oz8YA/UEBngHXe7DI/AAAAAAAABWg/5G4qmIZ8JBI/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QZYBM-oz8YA/UEBngHXe7DI/AAAAAAAABWg/5G4qmIZ8JBI/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819705.5757" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> Inside one of the sleeves, a lyric sheet and on the flip of that, great anecdotes from A. Melnick.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j1_az2I6V_Y/UEBn93W2yCI/AAAAAAAABWo/4NdvDCJU_Zw/s1469/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A13.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-j1_az2I6V_Y/UEBn93W2yCI/AAAAAAAABWo/4NdvDCJU_Zw/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A13.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819781.3772" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="499"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7JcP7f52FUk/UEBoBYHjgkI/AAAAAAAABWw/N_m3uvOEBKI/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-7JcP7f52FUk/UEBoBYHjgkI/AAAAAAAABWw/N_m3uvOEBKI/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819729.8599" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nNONJlww_FI/UEBoEiaHyJI/AAAAAAAABW4/tWdmFoMv_DI/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-nNONJlww_FI/UEBoEiaHyJI/AAAAAAAABW4/tWdmFoMv_DI/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A09.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819696.9004" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> And if that wasn't enough, a print of J. Melnick's Armenian Persecution painting<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-huZyFvJVh1U/UEBox_vbEbI/AAAAAAAABXM/Nfs6A9DCgGY/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252006%25253A59.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-huZyFvJVh1U/UEBox_vbEbI/AAAAAAAABXM/Nfs6A9DCgGY/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252006%25253A59.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819732.8433" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> <br/><br/> And there is more. Inside the mailer, there was also a large brown envelope, sealed with a little clasp. On the envelope was written 'Pre-Order Package Series #3 Limited Edition Of 100'<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eQyIWQglvqA/UEBpK2OQC-I/AAAAAAAABXU/gNG9XD3g9lo/s1184/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A14.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-eQyIWQglvqA/UEBpK2OQC-I/AAAAAAAABXU/gNG9XD3g9lo/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A14.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819750.3323" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="590"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-krAzRkGEu9E/UEBpOI0LEpI/AAAAAAAABXc/9QH-RL5ci5w/s2048/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A14.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-krAzRkGEu9E/UEBpOI0LEpI/AAAAAAAABXc/9QH-RL5ci5w/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A14.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819730.8555" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> And in there, a ton of flyers from back in the 90's. Awesome.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yk7EiTBidoA/UEBpRGdb6VI/AAAAAAAABXk/NrHvqomuT20/s1622/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A14.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Yk7EiTBidoA/UEBpRGdb6VI/AAAAAAAABXk/NrHvqomuT20/s500/Photo%25252031%252520Aug%2525202012%25252008%25253A14.jpg" id="blogsy-1346398819699.6406" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="468"></a></div> I mean. Wow. The amount of effort that Clint at OCR, Dwid, various Melnicks and anyone else involved has put in is simply staggering.<br/><br/>Doesn't hurt that the songs will still kick your teeth in too.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-67077658368234417312012-08-25T08:23:00.001+01:002012-08-25T08:26:13.978+01:00Dawn Of A New Apocalypse Right, been a while! Last time I did a post I was thinking all like "Ok, I'm gonna post a shit load all at once and get caught up and vinyl blogging life will be good". And then I didn't. Truth is, this other thing is taking up any spare time I have for writing. This thing:<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xXSSGhn5JA8/UDh2QlJjSkI/AAAAAAAABUE/tTz-latKfjQ/s300/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A47.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xXSSGhn5JA8/UDh2QlJjSkI/AAAAAAAABUE/tTz-latKfjQ/s300/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A47.jpg" id="blogsy-1345879561888.4983" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="300" height="300"></a></div> <br/><br/> You may or may not remember but for a while I had a second .blogspot blog where I wrote about music that buzzed me, without the vinyl part. Well that really took off. Labels were sending me lots of music to review, same for bands who had just put out a demo and wanted some exposure. It gained enough speed so that I dropped the .blogspot bit, bought a domain and had the site built by a guy who knows his HTML. And <a href="http://www.tighttothenail.com" target="_blank" title="">Tight To The Nail</a> was officially born. There's usually a new review up there almost every day, so if you want to check out what labels like A389, Southern Lord, Deathwish, Feast Of Tentacles, Carry The Weight, Tiny Engines etc are putting out, then stop by. There's also a lot of coverage of new bands or bands self releasing their music, and links to their stuff which is usually free to download. So there's a decent spread between bands you'll know, and bands you won't. <br/><br/>Anyway, that's why I'm slack. But I'm going to keep this thing here going as much as I can. So here's one from the pile that Rich from Ignite Records in Birmingham sent me. He sold out of the stock he had in for RSD2012, but had a few more come in from Organized Crime and sent me one in the post. Rich is a good guy. This is the Euro pressing, on grey out of 325, and a repress essentially, as this was available before in various incarnations. I'm no great fan of live albums, and the sound quality ain't the best, but it suits the anarchic energy of the show and this is actually a good listen, capturing an early time for the band where they give a raucous and provocative performance. Something that the cool little recounting of events by A-Double try to capture in the new linear notes.<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eCmmBfaR4vY/UDh6tR3recI/AAAAAAAABUc/AS9HDVatqbs/s1500/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A48.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-eCmmBfaR4vY/UDh6tR3recI/AAAAAAAABUc/AS9HDVatqbs/s500/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A48.jpg" id="blogsy-1345879561867.0627" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="488"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-936lhrxKmC8/UDh6q3OcsxI/AAAAAAAABUU/QTNHc30qTJI/s1502/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A48.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-936lhrxKmC8/UDh6q3OcsxI/AAAAAAAABUU/QTNHc30qTJI/s500/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A48.jpg" id="blogsy-1345879561938.2554" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="490"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W-B6po6U0ew/UDh62s1iWSI/AAAAAAAABU0/lZbLqqSIRwU/s1508/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A49.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-W-B6po6U0ew/UDh62s1iWSI/AAAAAAAABU0/lZbLqqSIRwU/s500/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A49.jpg" id="blogsy-1345879561950.2234" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="485"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h4F03NEyMfM/UDh60NvgvMI/AAAAAAAABUs/_kFvgeHrhOE/s2048/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A46.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-h4F03NEyMfM/UDh60NvgvMI/AAAAAAAABUs/_kFvgeHrhOE/s504/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A46.jpg" id="blogsy-1345879561899.497" class="alignnone" alt="" width="504" height="377"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OAbHksAswuo/UDh6whLc20I/AAAAAAAABUk/S_cF9tCenvQ/s2048/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A46.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OAbHksAswuo/UDh6whLc20I/AAAAAAAABUk/S_cF9tCenvQ/s500/Photo%25252025%252520Aug%2525202012%25252007%25253A46.jpg" id="blogsy-1345879561900.8704" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="374"></a></div> <br/><br/>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-61636523193515022022012-07-27T21:16:00.000+01:002012-07-27T21:24:32.883+01:00Collecting The Wonder Years - part 4 : "Punk Is Dead Get A Job" This is the latest thing to be released by TWY, and so shouldn't have proven too tricky to get hold of in my long-game odyssey to pick up everything they've released. But, this thing sold out so fast at pre-order, I hadn't even realised it was available <em>to </em>pre-order before it was gone. 1000 copies in all, spread between 500 black swirl, 300 black/clear split and 200 black. Gone. Once they started shipping out, it was pretty easy to see where a few of the copies went : straight to the flippers<br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9R_jkms9nMU/UBLzdwduqcI/AAAAAAAABTY/iXaMqw1Z9GM/s640/Photo%25252027%252520Jul%2525202012%25252021%25253A00.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9R_jkms9nMU/UBLzdwduqcI/AAAAAAAABTY/iXaMqw1Z9GM/s300/Photo%25252027%252520Jul%2525202012%25252021%25253A00.jpg" id="blogsy-1343420662560.6082" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="300" height="450"></a><br></div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;clear: both; "> </div><div class="separator" style="text-align: left;clear: both; ">Fuck that. I was pretty mad. But as luck would have it, <a href="https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/vinylandcoffee" target="_blank" title="" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); ">Craigos</a> had a spare copy and offered to sell it me, at the same price he bought it for, plus postage from Australia to the UK obv. Top dude. It was the clear/black split version, and I was more than happy with that. A few days later, it turned up, and life was good again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5B9rjPETWKM/UBL0ts2vrOI/AAAAAAAABTg/wkzI1f_iMAw/s1783/Photo%25252027%252520Jul%2525202012%25252020%25253A44.jpg" target="_blank" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5B9rjPETWKM/UBL0ts2vrOI/AAAAAAAABTg/wkzI1f_iMAw/s500/Photo%25252027%252520Jul%2525202012%25252020%25253A44.jpg" id="blogsy-1343420662497.3909" class="alignleft" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4xp5MuM0Wsw/UBL0wh2vigI/AAAAAAAABTo/_e2gibdl014/s1666/Photo%25252027%252520Jul%2525202012%25252020%25253A44.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4xp5MuM0Wsw/UBL0wh2vigI/AAAAAAAABTo/_e2gibdl014/s500/Photo%25252027%252520Jul%2525202012%25252020%25253A44.jpg" id="blogsy-1343420662537.207" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="513"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">Love what they did with the artwork on this, making it look like a filled out IRS form, with band name, record label and lyrics in the boxes, pretty cool.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">Oh yeah, I should probably mention that this is actually a split with Stay Ahead Of The Weather, who feature members of Into It/Over It and CSTVT. That song is great, but it's all about TWY side for me, their song is fucking magnificent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> </div>For the iNerds among us, that Blogger app is actually pretty shit. Not letting you dictate the order of photos, not allowing you adding text in between them, no ability to create links. So I've abandoned that. BUT I did just get one of the 'new' iPads, and have been using an app called Blogsy. Which is a shit name, but it let's you do everything. In fact I think it let's me do more than I can work out on the Blogger site. This post was made with it and look, <a href="http://www.oddersche.de/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/fuck-you-bellheim.jpg" target="_blank" title="">links</a> and everything.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-42255625882652278132012-07-12T22:01:00.001+01:002012-07-12T22:01:34.044+01:00Dragged Into Sunlight - Hatred For MankindI first got into Dragged Into Sunlight a while ago when I kept hearing all this buzz about a black metal group from Liverpool here in the UK. They were pretty much being touted as the most brutal and unrelenting thing going, I was powerless to resist. I wasn't let down either, in fact, my expectation were exceeded. Aided by a grimy, lo-fi production, this record is grim, uncompromising and nasty. Not in any theatrical or gore-nonsense way either, it's just straight up, no bollocks, hard black metal, but utterly devastating. They always play with their backs to the audience too, which I can't help but think is kinda cool. When this first came a couple years back it was CD only, but Mordgrimm have recently given it a vinyl release and put a lot of effort in. Thick cardboard gatefold, real high quality artwork print and hefty 180 gram vinyl. A run of 300 on white. The front cover to this is a bit NSFW, so it's one the kids won't be seeing sitting next to the record player for all to see for a while.<br />
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Anyway, Xibalba / Incendiary split. 2nd press out of 452 on blue/black marble released on Closed Casket. My good friend and tattoo wizard Kieran picked this up for me when he went to see Xibalba in Wales recently. Top dude. The Xibalba side is CRUSHINGLY heavy, as to be expected. I've heard their next album, it's a monster.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I've gone on about how great I think both of these bands are on just about any internet platform that lets me log in and write stuff, so I won't repeat myself anymore except to say that both bands contribute two incredible tracks to this split. Released by Topshelf Records (an out of character, barbarically heavy release for that label) a few weeks ago. This is from the 1st press, on a blue marble out of 500. This is already on its 2nd press now, and that Code Orange Kids EP 'Cycles' 1st press that I <a href="http://amoneypit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/code-orange-kids-cycles-7-on-pink.html">posted about here</a> is now on its 3rd! Popular dudes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I finally acquired a 1st press of The Wonder Years second LP (their first to be pressed onto vinyl) The Upsides. This is the second to rarest color, orange, 300 pressed and released by No Sleep Records in 2010. It marks a huge leap forward from the debut, indicated along the way by a handful of of 7"s, and thankfully drops all those synth keyboards that plague Get Stoked On It (sorry, just cannot get down with those). In terms of pop-punk, and as a statement of just how crucial and creative this genre can be, it's untouchable and is rightly regarded as a modern classic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The Price didn't go TOO high on this, which is good for my wallet because I was willing to just keep bidding until I won. A blue pressing that was up at the same time went way above what I paid for this though. The blue is the rarest colour out of 200, which must be the main reason behind the price difference. I can't remember the final sale price of the blue, but with 4 days to go it was up to £66 ($107). It was either the blue pressing or the fact that it was being sold by the guitarist from Such Gold that drove the price up. I'd predict it was the limited pressing. Anyway, I paid £36 for this in the end. Which was later bumped up to around £50 by being charged import tax. The import tax is fine to be honest, it's £4 or something. But it's Royal Mail that pisses me off. Seriously, their "handling fee" of something like £9 is disgusting.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Getting this marks completion of part of this quest to own at least one copy of every TWY vinyl pressed, with all of the LP's now in my grasp. Ok, there's only 2 LP's (3 if we're counting the Upsides repress with new art) but still...</span></div>
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This isn't a regular post, but seeing as I get a lot of vinyl heads from the UK checking in, this seems pretty relevant. Two long time friends of mine have just opened up an online distro for punk-rock, emo and a sprinkling of hardcore vinyl. They literally only launched today but have got a real solid starting line up of records from a few labels throughout the Globe. Midnight Funeral Records in Australia and Tiny Engines in Carolina, USA are just a couple of the labels supported at the moment, and there's some brilliant bands on offer. Marathon play a guttural, chaotic blend of hardcore (one of the releases I jumped on and ordered this morning), there's a Milhouse 7",which is so gloriously 90's emo that it's impossible to not love it and Gates are a band from New Jersey who play a wonderful blend of post-rock and emo, and create something pretty incredible to hear, their 1st LP is in stock on a white pressing, also one I ordered without hesitation. Oh! And don't sleep on that Signals Midwest LP, who take a refreshing run at pop-punk and come out with something brilliant and thought provoking with strong melodies and hard hitting verses that fans of Joyce Manor will dig. I won't list everything they've got, I urge you to go check it out, and keep tabs on them as they start to grow. Good dudes, good records.</div>
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Get at them : <a href="http://www.viewfromtheattic.com/">VIEW FROM THE ATTIC RECORDS</a></div>
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Every once in a while a package containing a record will arrive that causes me to emit an actual, audible noise. Such was the case this evening when I walked in and saw this resting on the kitchen worktop:</div>
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Upon spotting the Australian post mark & the Process Cross, I made a sound that can be best described as "AwooooOOOOO!!". My girlfriend looked up from what she was doing with raised eyebrows. And looked away again. The eagery awaited VVegas / Abraxis split had arrived.</div>
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Before I go any further, there is something quite special about this version that sets it apart from the remaining copies still available in <a href="http://midnightfuneral.limitedpressing.com/products/17182">Midnight Funeral's webstore</a>. This is the Grace Of The Unholy edition, and was only available for a limited time in a secret pre-order announced only to those who know what shadowy internet corners to dwell in. I, being one of those types, saw this announcement and was on it in a flash. Only 59 of this GOTU edition were made to order, it comes in a red stamped & numbered dust jacket and pressed on an exclusive color.</div>
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The rest of the package, the inner and outer sleeve, are no different from the regular version. But no less awesome. Beginning with the VVegas side, the artwork was handled by Dwid and features an incredibly detailed Sgt Pepper worship piece. Lots to find on here, it's like a VVegas<a href="http://www.findwaldo.com/maps/gluttons/gluttons_small.jpg"> 'Where's Wally'</a>. Really cool artwork, pretty different from what you'd expect. </div>
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And to round it off, a sweet set of patches and a slip of paper telling the conspiratorial saga of <a href="http://www.a389records.com/store/images/l_947342b93bc84f08909d8a3b6ce23277.jpg">Nifi / Neefee, Shack & Lucy</a>. Funny as fuck.</div>
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<a href="http://www.tighttothenail.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/vvegas-abraxis.html"> I wrote here</a> about the 2 bands and the music on this release back when the downloads were sent out, so click away if you want to check that out. Also, as I say on that piece, it has to be said that <a href="http://midnightfuneral.limitedpressing.com/">Midnight Funeral Records</a> in Australia (ran by fellow record nut, former vinyl collecting blogger and general top dude <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/vinylandcoffee">Craigos</a>) did an excellent job in the handling of pre-orders, keeping us informed, sending out downloads and ultimately shipping these out. Amazing stuff all round.</div>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-22834735057754862942012-05-25T22:48:00.003+01:002012-05-25T22:48:52.199+01:00My Own Personal Record Store Day<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Fellow vinyl bloggers' RSD posts have come and gone weeks ago, which is fitting, as mine features no actual RSD exclusive vinyl. Ha! (although the trip did somehow end up with me securing a RSD release, but that's still in the post) Last Saturday was the first time since Record Store day that I've actually had chance to get out of the postal code I live in and get to a real life record store. The closest one to me that I know for sure sells a good selection of hardcore and metal is in Birmingham where you'll find Ignite Records. A small but well stocked independent ran by Rich Tandy who keeps a solid selection of predominantly punk, metal, emo and hardcore on the shelves. Ignite is located in a place called The Oasis Centre, a rabbit warren of small alt clothing shops and tattooists, that sort of thing. It's worth trekking through the maze to find Ignite, tucked away on the bottom floor. Rich (who also runs a label, more on that later) is a top dude and will usually hook you up with something solid. Ignite Records' full address is Level 2, Oasis Centre, 110-112 Corporation Street, Birmingham, B4 6SX (that's UK by the way). Get down there if you're from round the way, or passing through. Anyway, here's what I found:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Firstly, Dead End Path's debut LP 'Blind Faith'. This was released last year by Triple B and was something I nearly picked up when I ordered the Bane repress. I never did though, and always thought when I listened to it on my ipod how much of an idiot that made me. So I snapped it up when I saw it on the shelf. From the now out of print 1st press too, happy days! Pressed on a blue/black swirl out of 330.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So that's all I bought, but as we were chatting I mentioned how I do this vinyl blog and it turns out Rich reads it, making me feel like some sort of minor celebrity. So he chucked in a couple of the records he's recently put out on his label Speedowax, free of charge. Nice one man. First, Douglas / Deathbed split. I fucking love Douglas. A Welsh, energetic pop-punk band. They have these burts of technicality and noodly bits that make me think of Kinsella-related stuff. I'm sure they've split now, but these are 2 new songs. Not sure what the deal is there. On the reverse, a polar opposite. Deathbed are straight edge hardcore from Atlanta in the vein of Earth Crisis, Snapcase etc... Both of their tracks are total fucking stompers. Real good. This is an orange pressing, out of (I think) 2 different variations.</span></div>
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Once again A389 Records fail to disappoint with one of their most exciting releases so far this year. In fact, I have found this to be one of the most exciting releases this year so far in general. I'll be surprised (although happy) if another LP comes along this year that impresses me as much as this one.</div>
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The Love Below are a hardcore band, with lighting quick caustic punk sections interspersed with sludgy, slower Sabbath-like crawling. Yet they don't truly sound like anyone else (although a pretty good companion to this record would be Some Girls' excellent LP<a href="http://amoneypit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/some-girls-heavens-pregnant-teens.html"> Heaven's Pregnant Teens</a>) with their influences buried beneath waves of fresh ideas. Impressively named vocalist Jerry Wayne Woolbright Jr gives an incredible performance, his voice ranging from a man who sounds like a quivering wreck to red-lining, throat shredding howls. This album is amazing.</div>
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Pressed on a black/tan split which matches the artwork perfectly, and limited to 150.</div>
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Copies still available on this limited color, and regular black <a href="http://www.a389records.com/store/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=the+love+below&x=0&y=0">over at A389</a>.</div>
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I'm calling it now, this will be my album of the year.</div>
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I'll embed the track below that was used to announce the LP release. Starting with an Eyehategod-worship riff, it slugs towards an explosion 40 seconds in that could strip paint. Amazing.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">A few months ago, a conversation with a fiend somehow ended up turning to Kill Life, hardcore's favourite mystery supergroup. I mentioned how I had the new flexi with Mike from EyeHateGod on vocals. He asked if I had the 1st 7", a split with Welsh band 33. I said I didn't. He asked if I wanted it. I said yes.</span></div>
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A few days later he comes round to hang out, listen to records and eat biscuits with me...</div>
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Their stuff here is brilliant, ultra fast hardcore punk. The undoubted highlight of this whole 7" though is their last track 'Chimpanzee Eats Friend". A recorded 911 call of a woman reporting in a frantic voice that her pet chimpanzee is .... yup ... eating her friend, while palm muted guitars throb and drums pound in the background. It's all at once hilarious and/or terrifying.</div>
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<span style="color: white;">500 copies on purple, released by 2 labels - All The Way Alive and Chapters. <a href="http://thirtythree.bigcartel.com/product/33-kill-life-split-7-inch">Spend money.</a></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">My mate who gave me this is Kieran (xkieranx on Instagram if you're down with that) who has recently moved to Swansea to ply his tattoo trade at the newly opened <a href="http://www.facebook.com/swanseatattooco">Swansea Tattoo Company shop</a>. If you're near there or fancy a road trip to get inked, I recommend it. Stuff there is looking amazing, and Kieran is a top dude.</span></div>
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The first 2 posts in this series logging me building a Wonder Years collection were simple to get hold of. Bought whilst still in print, from a webstore. This 7" marks the first of many that I'm going to have to fight other Wonder Years fans to get hold of unless some private sale opportunity comes along.</div>
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The Leavenhouse 11:30 7" was only available as part of a pre-order package for The Upsides 1st press on No Sleep Records. 492 of these pressed (8 were rejected with screen print defects). The A side contains the song, the B side an incredible looking screen print. It looks amazing, almost like its been hand painted on.<br />
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This surfaced on Ebay UK, which was kinda surprising as there is a serious imbalance between UK and Ebay US when it comes to The Wonder Years, especially rarities. I genuinely didn't think I'd win this to be honest, it's the first Wonder Years rarity I'd perused and despite looking on Popsike I wasn't too sure how it would go. It reached a total number of 15 bids, 4 from me and the rest from four other dudes. £16.08 won it for me in the end (I put £20 on) with me being £1.08 ahead.<br />
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In related TWY collecting news, I achieved my little target-within-a-target today of landing all of the LP's. I wanted to get these locked down before I go throwing my money all over the internet in the pursuit of the rest. All I need now is for it to arrive from Houston,Texas and land safely in Merry Olde. More on that next time.<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Browsing on Bandcamp a few weeks ago I noticed the page for a fairly new band I've been hearing a lot about, <a href="http://codeorangekids.bandcamp.com/album/cycles">Code Orange Kids</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Now I'm not sure what it is exactly, but when I hear great thing after great thing about a new band I've not heard anything by I sometimes just shut off to all the noise. Could be I feel that all the excitement of discovery has been taken out of it. I'ts been drummed into me that they're great ; what more is there to know. Everyone already seems to love it, I'll just move on. Or it could be that I'm just being a miserable fucker.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But anyway, seeing as it required a mere 2 clicks from my finger, I listened to their EP Cycles. And then did so again. And again. And then I paid $5 for a download of it. And then kept listening to it until I tracked down a copy of the 7" and bought that too. Released on Mayfly, pressed on pink and limited to 400.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The first press is all sold out and Mayfly has launched a<a href="http://mayflyrecords.bigcartel.com/product/code-orange-kids-cycles-7inch-second-pressing"> 2nd press</a>, so it seems like they're doing pretty good. Well deserved too, this EP is phenomenal. So good I bought it twice within an hour. Here in England, for that kind of money I could've bought 240 PG Tips Pyramind tea-bags.</span></div>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-50510454950905872662012-04-15T21:37:00.000+01:002012-06-11T20:12:17.723+01:00Collecting The Wonder Years - part 1. The Upsides 2nd press, purple /500 & discography pressing info<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This is the 2nd press of The Wonder Years' 2nd LP, and their first to get a vinyl release. The Upsides is completely untouchable. This press handled by Run For Cover Records and was put out last year. It differs from the 1st press with different artwork and its housed in a gate fold sleeve which is the reason I'm after this and a 1st press to hit the target. Wasn't too difficult getting hold of it, though the UK distro I got it from is now out of stock of all colours. I ordered a brown, the only one they had, but was e-mailed asking if a purple was ok as the browns were all gone. RFC still has some and there's probably a few dotted around various places. 2000 pressed in total across 4 colours: brown, purple, clear and yellow.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I'm yet to hold a 1st press in my hands (edit: got one now), but this 2nd press is pretty impressive. Nice marbling on the record itself as well. To be honest, I prefer this cover art. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">So a relatively simple first addition, the next TWY post will feature something a bit rarer that I had to </span><strike style="color: white;">work a bit harder </strike><span style="background-color: black; color: white;"> spend a lot more to get. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Right, if the thought of reading a fuck load of pressing info for TWY discography fills you with boredom, I'd look away now. This is here first and foremost for my reference. A place where all the info from multiple websites is all in one relevant place. Maybe it will aid other collectors too. If I'm wrong on any of it or missing any of it (tests etc) , please help me out and comment.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Some of those subscription 7"s are going to be a challenge.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><u>Won't Be Pathetic Forever - 7" EP</u></span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">1st Press</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>No Sleep Records - 2008 </i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(Each with a color coordinated screened jacket)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">20 Test Pressing (Black)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">100 Purple</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">200 Brown</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">200 Orange</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">30 Record Release (10 Purple/10 Brown/10 Orange - Arigato Pack)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">30 Cornerstone (10 Purple/10 Brown/10 Orange - Arigato Pack)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2nd Press </span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>No Sleep Records - 2008</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">(Jackets were misprinted and say FRONT on the cover)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">1000 Black</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">3rd Press</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>No Sleep Records - 2010</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">500 Purple/Yellow Marble</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">500 Orange/White Marble</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: blue;"><u>split with All Or Nothing titled Distances - 7"</u></span></b></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><i><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">No Sleep Records - </span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2009</span></i><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">20 Test Pressing (Black)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">300 White w/ Blue/Red Splatter 300 White w/ Red Splatter</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">400 Clear Blue</span></span>
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<b style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><u>split with Fallen From The Sky - Under The Influence Vol. 13 7"</u></span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>Suburban Home Records - 2009</i></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">300 transparent brown (whiskey coke colored)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">700 transparent blue vinyl.</span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><u style="background-color: black;">The Upsides - 12" LP</u></span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">1st press</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>No Sleep Records - 2010 </i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">20 Test Pressing (Black)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">150 Record Release (Black Vinyl, 30 records for each of the 5 record release shows with different spray painted dust sleeves for each city)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">200 Blue</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">300 Orange </span><b><span style="color: red;">GOT THIS ONE!</span></b></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">400 White (Hot Topic Exclusive)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">450 Black</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2nd press</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>Run For Cover Records - 2011</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">500 Purple </span><span style="background-color: black; color: red;"><b>GOT THIS ONE!</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">500 Brown</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">500 Clear</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">500 Yellow</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><u><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Leavenhouse - The </b></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>Upsides 1st press pre-order exclusive one sided screen print 7"</b></span></u></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>No Sleep Records - 2010</i></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">20 Test Pressing (Black)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">50 Purple Screen Print (Friends Press)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">492 Grey Screen Print </span><b><span style="color: red;">GOT THIS ONE!</span></b></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">8 Grey Screen Print Rejects</span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: blue; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b><u>split with Heroes For Hire 7" - Australian release only coinciding with 1st Australian Tour</u></b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><i>Boomtown Records - 2010</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Half Green / Half White</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Half Red / Half White</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Half Green / Half Yellow</span><br />
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<b style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><u>Suburbia: I've Given You All And Now I'm Nothing - 12" LP</u></span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><i>No Sleep Records - 2011</i></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">20 Test Pressing (Black)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">500 Orange/Gray<b> </b></span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: red;"><b>GOT THIS ONE!</b></span></span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">500 Baby Blue</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">500 Gray</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">600 Orange (Hot Topic Exclusive)</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">1000 Black</span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><u><br /></u></span></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><u style="background-color: black;">Don't Let Me Cave In - Suburbia... CD pre-order exclusive 7"</u></span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;"><i style="background-color: black;">Hopeless Records - 2011</i></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">500 grey marble</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;"><i>No Sleep Records 2011</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It's been a while since I feel like I've concentrated on a particular band and put a lot of effort into hunting down and completing their discography. I've decided I'm going to do exactly that with The Wonder Years. Introduced to them by various members of</span><a href="http://music.pickyourweapon.co.uk/" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> Birmingham's Best Band</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, they've been a favorite of mine for a couple of years but I only own one LP on actual vinyl. My iPod is full of their songs, but my record shelves are seriously lacking in Soupy and co. Listening to them the other day I thought "this is a madness, and I must change it".</span></span></div>
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The orange/grey split 1st press of their 3rd LP released by No Sleep Records last year and limited to 500. I had no problems bagging one of these, I was waiting in line at pre-order stage when it was announced. I've got a couple of TWY records on the way in the post, a couple of records from later presses that were easy to round up and ill post about them when they arrive. But it gets a little trickier from here on out.</div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">My criteria at the moment is simple: to reach my goal of owning a complete discography I want at least 1 copy of each of their records pressed so far, with 1st press being the ultimate aim but I'll have no problem picking up a later press if one becomes available. The one exception with this rule being their 2nd LP The Upsides. The 2nd press of this was in a gatefold with different cover art. I consider this different enough to warrant getting both a 1st and 2nd press to consider it a complete discography.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">So that's my goal. Let's go! Multiple copies of the same record, test presses and record release presses are obviously fair game, but 1 copy of everything is my primary goal at this stage.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">My next TWY post that I do when I've received the stuff that's on it's way I'll probably include a back catalogue list with pressing info to the best of my knowledge so I can nerd out over the information all in one handy Internet place and maybe help anyone else who might want to know someday. The information is already out there, but who wants to flick between multiple websites? Not this dickhead.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">A recent joint release by Hemlock 13 and Feast Of Tentacles - the debut vinyl appearance of UK band Cease To Exist. The first thing I need to mention is the party-bag levels of STUFF that came inside the mailer</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Sticker, patches, flyers, kitchen sinks, it's all in there. Lovely. Which is not a word that can be used to describe Cease To Exist, and I mean that in a very good way. They're as grim as it gets, raw and nasty. Redlining guitars, insane death metal vocals and a knack for ripping through fast hardcore stomps switching straight into ultra slow death jams. Yeah, I was pretty impressed. The last track of side 2 is awesome, a pounding sludge crawl fading out with feedback screeches and fucked up chanting. Wow. In the space of a few minutes they make one fuck of an impression.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Copies still on sale at <a href="http://hemlockthirteen.bigcartel.com/product/cease-to-exist-7">H13</a> and <a href="http://feastoftentacles.bigcartel.com/product/cease-to-exist-7">FOT</a></span></div>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-54724367155814913602012-03-01T21:35:00.000+00:002012-03-01T21:35:12.574+00:00Guilty 7"<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I have a tendency of buying a release by a band I've never heard of based purely on hearing good things or what record label it comes out on. Nothing new among record collectors / music lovers there but it can be a gamble. Sometimes, I'll stumble across one of the <a href="http://amoneypit.blogspot.com/2011/11/inherit-self-titled-7-on-red-100.html">best things I've heard in ages</a>. Other times,<a href="http://amoneypit.blogspot.com/2012/01/goodbye-horses.html"> not so much</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">This 7" by Swedish band Guilty was put out a few weeks back by Carry The Weight. Which is the sole reason I clicked Add To Cart. But whaddaya know? Turns out its great.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">I was really happy with this. Pleasantly surprised (Not that I should have been surprised with CTW. Have you <a href="http://nerdviolence.tumblr.com/post/18553645111/and-here-are-the-photos-of-my-wayfarer">SEEN</a> what they recently did with the Wayfarer box set?!) with the package, the color and the band. Think hardcore/thrash hybrid, if you like anything like that or stuff with epic solo's and sweeping acoustic lead outs with wailing guitars then you'll dig this. They do nothing new, but they does it good. There are still copies left literally all over the world.</span></div>
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<br /></div>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-87274646238999730882012-02-19T11:25:00.000+00:002012-02-19T11:25:51.985+00:00Hard To Swallow - Protected By The Ejaculation Of Serpents<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Hard To Swallow are a band that time seems to have largely forgotten about. An excellent mid-to-late 90's UK grind band, who released a handful of splits and one full length. In all honesty, the only reason that I've ever heard of them is because of Iron Monkey. What you may not know (how would you?) is that Iron Monkey are easily one of my favorite bands in the known universe. Hailing from Nottingham (around an hour from where I live, geography fans) they created a stoner influenced doom/sludge sledgehammer-of-hatred type sound. Truly abrasive and totally misanthropic, yet with the most amazing grooves. The late Johnny Morrow's vocals are out of this world. Literally! He sounds inhuman. I hated them the first time I heard them on a compilation CD, but something must have gripped me and years later at some hardcore all dayer somewhere around '99 - 2000 (probably), I saw their </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvexNv8HvYho8qjLqsNLcSMmiEdYFNRCxS9FG5UmvsJucRSUYdsOy_ETOaiYtpr08pOTnJmxyou53d5vxtztW38F9-pgLu4WksPzFrgcw2Wz4WdaVT38I8SEheM3T0C7rEsb9CTMkpJoOY/s1600/000fdeb3.jpeg" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">2nd LP</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> in a distro and picked it up on a whim. I was blown away, and still listen to it constantly. Anyway! Justin Greaves and Jim Rushby were in Hard To Swallow & Iron Monkey at sort of the same time. Also, Rushby was in Ironside in the early 90's, who you'll have probably heard in some form even if you don't know it, cause </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWJY_nWGovMneOW64JpF_4SBihxmZtIP7V5J0g7sFRVIwiBcKtH3JRXU-VCl5XJ66OB2enpL6gCtTdtUA7UXLL3Dc2f00szKcqG7H1oEJq4s55m4UXgykfRVvV-IaBjXkb3Snw5BR4N8JO/s1600/R-2440111-1284164939.jpeg" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">these dudes</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> covered one of their songs. I'm in danger of losing my point here, in fact I may already have done so. Listening to HTS a few weeks ago, I was hit by a couple of realizations.</span></span></div>
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1) I do prefer the songs on the splits to the songs on the full length but the full length DOES feature Johnny Morrow on guest vocals.</div>
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2) It's still a brilliant, shambolic, brutal & relentlessly nasty LP that I don't own on vinyl and suddenly needed to.</div>
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3) Any band that uses The Wicker Man references is a band I'll listen to.</div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So I was surprised to find that, despite only 1000 copies of it being pressed back in 1999, the label still had some. Released by Household Name (now there's a label I had LONG forgotten about) and pressed on white. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The tracks featured here were originally on a CD along with all of their songs from the splits and that was originally released in 1996, with </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiLxh-pkMAL0Ooz4fnpM1tGAVdbP-LWuRwEh3hvPDpf-dalC2tzTC4fSKp1wlZXmU8gKk3cfOYiugqSE-6TBk-TzwXTH1k-bQ-ibhEXVd_fGIaIgkbwYgb01JU4vBvN33oy2vlOK8HbXir/s1600/hts1110.jpeg" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">different cover art</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">. When it was pressed onto vinyl, just the new material made it across and with a bit of remastering.</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">One or some of the dudes from HTS went on to play in Dead Inside, who I saw play years ago upstairs in some crappy pub. In fact I think that the band I was in at the time possibly played that night too, which is why I was there. Anyways I bought a sticker from them and stuck it on my guitar where it still lives in a faded capacity. Loooooong after I even have any idea what they sounded like</span></div>
</span>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-32786475647887316582012-02-18T07:19:00.001+00:002012-02-18T07:19:48.319+00:00From the Isle Of Thanet<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Well haven't they done well. A little over 6 months since Unhloly Majesty's debut tape vanished in the blink of a light detecting organ, they're <a href="http://truecultheavymetal.com/blog1.php/2012/02/07/band-of-the-day-unholy-majesty">Terrorizer's Band Of The Day</a>, they're getting positive press from<a href="http://www.cvltnation.com/royal-executioners-the-rise-of-unholy-majesty/"> here</a>,<a href="http://www.swnk.org/reviews/unholy-majesty-7/"> there</a> and everywhere and now A389 have pressed the tracks from that tape on a run of vinyl. It's well deserved too, cause UnMaj are great. It's cool to see a UK band rise to prominence so quickly, I could almost get patriotic.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A tidy little package. The Owl & The Serpent is one of the best songs of last year. Fact. This whole EP is up for free download <a href="http://unholymajesty.com/">here</a>, and cause I love you, I'll embed the tracks below.</span><br />
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<iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="410" src="http://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3790683461/size=grande3/bgcol=FFFFFF/linkcol=4285BB/transparent=true/" style="display: block; height: 410px; position: relative; width: 300px;" width="300">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;a href="http://unholymajesty.com/album/self-titled"&amp;amp;gt;Self Titled by Unholy Majesty&amp;amp;lt;/a&amp;amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe>Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13507383222792211409noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7650850727131444580.post-28159309584272015462012-02-12T08:11:00.000+00:002012-02-12T08:11:13.066+00:00Integrity - Kingdom Of Heaven 7"<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">This new Integrity 7" features 3 old tracks, recorded 20 years ago. Released both as a 20th anniversary marker and in tribute to former drummer Dave Araca, present on these recordings before his untimely death. Even now, these tracks are unfuckwithable. Seriously. 'Kingdom Of Heaven'? Still sounds amazing. 'Rebirth'? I don't think they ever sounded more evil. I listen to Den Of Iniquity a heck of a lot, mainly for those 2 tracks I just mentioned, so having these alternative takes (this 7" also includes 'Eighteen') on a cool limited pressing lea</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">ds to good times all around.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I'm believe that the artwork on this is from Dwid. It looks excellent, is dark as hell and goes hand in hand with some of the other cover art he's done recently for Cape Of Bats (see below) and the new Sutekh Hexen LP.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Similarly, the back cover shows off some invisible crosses when titled in the light</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Released on A389, this white pressing limited to 150 and is now sold out. There was also a run on black, which is <a href="http://www.a389records.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=62&products_id=1960">still available</a>. </span></div>
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