Dienstag, 8. Januar 2013

g.l. records: 50 lions, congress, angel crew

finally, my first post of 2013. in the last weeks i was occupied with moving to a new appartment. therefore i wasn't able to spend much time listening to music, especially as my turntable got fucked up during the moving process. shit! next thing being in the way of posting is the fact i still have no access to the net at my new home. so i'm writing this at home on my comp, transfer the data to a usb stick, using a free minute at work and sneak this into blogger.com.

50 lions – s/t 7“
in the past i placed an order at goodlife recordings for a do or die lp. from that time i knew that they had some other interesting stuff to offer, so i said to myself i'll check back when the time is right.
when i have the opportunity to place my order at any time i tend to lose sight because there is no pressure getting my record-buying-instincts rolling. same thing here. proof for that is the long time i let go by between the do or die purchase and this one. as 50 lions is one of my favourite bands of the more recent hardcore movement, there was no way for me letting this 7“ pass by. it's from 2009 and more in the vein of their first lp 'time is the enemy', which is fine with me. 50 lions just cannot disappoint me it seems. do yourself a favour and check them out!
as i'm on a down to nothing kick recently i need to get my hands on a copy of their split with the lions. This baby here comes on a nice green with yellow swirl. looks rad!
400 copies made. resist records. 2009


angel crew – another day living in hatred
angel crew is a more or less unknown band from belgium. correct me if i'm wrong but i don't think they have a big reputation to call their own. i just know them because they played once in the town i grew up, quedlinburg. my uncle had some stuff of them and i liked it. solid old school hardcore with some melodic refrains and sig-a-longs. can't do wrong with that.
i like the packaging of it. plain and simple cover artwork – grey ink on black background. white vinyl plus a light coloured insert to round up the black/white colour scheme. my girlfriend did a funny quote on the band picture. first i have to explain that my girlfriend is from lithuania, a small european country and a direct neighbour of russia. She grew up with many russians and i call some russian buddies my friends as well. anyway, responding to the dress code of the angel crew guys and the general look she immediately asked me what kind of new russian hardcore band this would be. made me chuckle :) greetings to vitali!
i don't know if i'm right but i think you can see the marble effect of the vinyl in the previous pictures quite good. if not i took a pic held against the light.
there are still copies left in the goodlife store for a nice price. ??? copies made. goodlife recordings. 2001.


congress – angry with the sun
i was really surprised to find that there are still some copies left. i believe this record to be a real classic in european edge metal and only paying twelve bucks made me almost feel vulgar. but ok, maybe this one isn't really that sought after. i'm really happy to have it anyway.
what i like about congress is that they mix some black metal into their hardcore metal hybrid. they reformed recently. hopefully they can pick up where they left. i need their other stuff which will be harder to come by, i'm afraid. there is a picture disc of this too. glad to have the coloured version and not the shitty pic disc. the cover art looks real apocalyptic. what's the name of this movie with eddie murphy where he's in tibet. something like 'golden child'. they fight the end boss turning into a dragon there. reminds me of the one on the cover ;-)
pink vinyl. again i don't know how many were made. goodlife recordings. 1998.


additionally i got some extras. love stuff like this. a poster, some stickers and a note from rene.
thumbs up!