i know these guys since their first release "thrill seeker" (which screams for a vinyl re-release, solid state!!!). that album was really a scorcher! their two upcoming releases, "messengers" & "constellations", were pretty good, too but not the same level. "leveler", not as the name suggests going on in the same way, took it all one level higher. one could say they made a step closer to the main stream but i prefer to call this development progress, since there are no clean vocals or trendy game boy sounds. now c.i. records re-released it on an awesome vinyl colour pattern. will ya look at this!
c.i. records. 1000 made.
the black dahlia murder - ritual
to make this order worth the shipping costs i was looking for an additional record. what i found is really more than just an addition. another album i'm pretty keen on is tbdm's "ritual". it has beaten "nocturnal" as my favourite record of detroit's finest. it has it all! the raging madness, the speed, the occult feeling, the morbid atmosphere, outstanding cover art, just all! so i didn't hesitate and put it in my virtual basket. the description said "green vinyl". i know that there is a black press, a gold press (which is nowhere listed but a guy on discogs made a comment writing that he has a gold one) and the above mentioned green press. what it eventually came to be confuses me but makes me even more happy!
awesome multi-colour marbled grey vinyl + printed dust sleeve. metal blade records.
all in all that was a pleasing order at shop radio cast which arrived here in germany pretty quick. as all other oversea orders take somewhere between three & four weeks, this came in in about two weeks. thumbs up!
