it
took a bit more than a month but now finally my
with-full-force-festival-picks-post!
this nice and neat festival took place on an airfield near a small
town called roitzschjora (yes, even for a native like me this is hard
to pronounce :) in the region of leipzig.
it
was one crazy weekend. the average temperature was around 34°C and i
was sweating my butt off! in the afternoon you just couldn't stand
the heat in front of the main stage without the slightest chance for
shade. and then, it was the night of the second festival day, all
hell broke loose. while the main act, heaven shall burn, was playing
a storm was approaching. as it was above us there was rain without
end, even hailing. the big speakers turned off but the monitors that
were pointed towards the band seemed to work because heaven shall
burn were really going crazy on the stage but no one could hear a
damned thing :) it was an odd situation. the tent stage had to be
cleared because safety couldn't be guaranteed at 11 on the wind force
scale. tents were flying away, barrier fences broke and 69 people
were injured after a lightning strike. one hell of a night...
but now to the records i picked up:
war
from a harlots mouth - mmx
in
my opinion wfahm is one of the most underrated bands in european
hardcore/metal scene. they play an outstanding unique blend of
extreme metal styles with a pinch of hardcore and jazz plus great
society critical lyrics. this album is my favourite of them and after
i already have the digipak cd version i knew i got to have this on
vinyl. i bought it from the lifeforce records booth for 10 bucks!
war
from a harlots mouth/burning skies split 7"
about
wfahm i have said enough i think so let's focus more on burning
skies, the band this split is shared with. i know them since their
full length debut on lifeforce "murder by means of existence".
they disbanded by now. the musical direction of burning skies is
somewhere between technical death and grind core. fast, heavy, down
tuned. this is really the soundtrack for your next hate demolition
trip. music to destroy. even the lyrics are just about things the
singer hates and wants to beat up :) so after a bad day i can enjoy
this but i really have to be in the mood for burning skies. nothing
to listen to on a daily basis...
by
the way the wfahm part is excellent.
terror
- keepers of the faith
this
is a record i always wanted because of its brilliancy but somehow
wasn't on the top of my wantlist. maybe because of the constant
availability on the internet or because i have this already on cd...
i don't know.
i
entered this booth by a company called forensick
music. a lot of guys were hanging around and as i came closer i
could understand why. two hot, lightly dressed girls were running it
:) maybe this was also a reason for me to buy this record... i
believe the girls were making good money by all means. afterwards
i found out that they were from slovakia.
nothing
more to say about the music. if you don't know it - shame on you and
get the fuck up!
clear
blue w/ black and white splatter vinyl. the white splattering looks
like bird shit :) + a lovely lp sized booklet + download coupon. 1029
made. reaper records.
sworn
enemy - the beginning of the end
this
one i scored at a booth i already forgotten the name of (dementia
strikes soon). they had just one box of records, maybe 40 in total
and just six or seven albums because they had a bunch of copies of
each album.
sworn
enemy was always a name that was familar to me. i even saw them play
live at 2007 with full force but totally forgot about it (dementia
strikes again). i never owned a cd or mp3's of them i just had the
vague idea that they are pretty good. lousy eight bucks and a
coloured vinyl version convinced me to go for it. no mistake at all!
great hardcore metal crossover mid 00's style!
the
artwork for the front cover must have been in a poor resolution as it
was printed because if you take a closer look you can see it's pretty
pixelated (my pic dosen't really show it).
