i'm deeply impressed with emmure's constant flow of releases. no year passes by without a new album of new york's finest. this is number five. their style is very unique. i don't know any band sounding like them. the problem with emmure's sound is that their breakdown influenced style is always hard on the edge of monotony. their fourth effort "speaker of the dead" was one foot beyond that edge and so i wasn't really pleased with it (plus it wasn't released on vinyl which was somewhat strange).
"slave to the game" is similar hard digestible to me, just like "speaker of the dead" with the difference that the more spins i give it, the more i like it. they reduced the quantity of the songs and increased the quality. maybe i'll like it even more than my to date favourite album "felony" in short time :)
i ordered this copy through my internet shop of trust per koro. problem here is that i cannot choose colour variations, so i mostly get the more common ones. in that case no problem, because i like the less limited colour better :)
marbled opaque orange vinyl (400 made) + download coupon. victory records.
xforce of changex - the fire still burns
i came across this band checking the indecision records roster looking for older throwdown releases. i read the explanatory notes to their stuff and thought i could really enjoy this. spotting it on clearance at per koro, i took it as a sign and ordered it. listening to it i came to the conclusion that sometimes one has to believe his gut feelings! pretty rough hardcore in the vein of hatebreed's perseverance era. it's the same thing here with the colour - i have the more common one. but still looks awesome!
clear yellow splatter vinyl (707 made) + gatefold sleeve. indecision records.
death before dishonor - count me in
liking their latest release "better ways to die" surprisingly very much i was determined to check the rest of their discography. finding this one on clearance, too i didn't hestitate and added it to my cart. lovely stuff! i think it's even better than "better ways...". i can't help it but it all sounds very fresh and i just have to move when i hear it. even if it's just single body parts like my feet trying to imitate the double bass drum (badly) and driving my girlfriend insane :)
opaque white multi-colour splatter vinyl (1000 made). bridge9 records.
