bitterness
exhumed - a place of many ghosts
because of
the great stuff this label was releasing in the past i can almost buy blindly
from demons run amok entertainment. so when new releases get announced i always
check them out. no exception with bitterness exhumed. before pre-orders went up
one could check a video on youtube of their song ‘opposition’. i think it was
mainly chosen because of the guest appearance of nico from war from a harlot’s
mouth. bitterness exhumed play a bastard of metal and hardcore with lots of
dissonances, breaks and dark melodies. pretty much in the vain of wfahm. i think this youtube video was supposed to appeal to wfahm fans. and what can i say – it worked out just well. i was hooked.
as soon as
pre-orders were up i secured myself a copy of the special pre-order vinyl
version. it comes with a simple fold around cover with different artwork, kind of an obi
strip and a poster. first impression is amazing. the art of the fold around
cover looks ace. even better than the actual cover artwork, which is pretty good
too.
more cool
details to come. first one is the wax seal on the back of the strip. the
vinyl for the pre-orders is pressed on clear red with black splatter colour
pattern. it matches the alternativ artwork and therefore is a good choice of
colour. the inside of the alternate cover is stamped with a custom made
bitterness exhumed stamp. thumbs up!
the normal
cover and the printed dust sleeve are made of thick quality card. the artwork
by sin eater is great, too. only the combination of the pre-order vinyl and the
cover colours look a bit misplaced. ah well, can’t have it all.
the
pre-order sleeve is numbered out of 100. i have #56. as i learned via discogs
‘a place of many ghosts’ is compilation of six new songs and five re-recorded
songs from two ep’s. one is called ‘doomridden’ and was only available on cd
and the other is a self-titled two-song-7”. i already looked out for the 7”. but it’s from 2011 i believe and only the black version available through the
band’s big cartel. got to snag a coloured copy on ebay.
the music
is very good for a debut as well. sometimes they just put riff after riff next
to each other but on a high level for sure. already excited to see how this
band will develop.
500 made. 100 for pre-order on clear red with black splatter vinyl. 400 on clear vinyl.
demons run amok entertainment. 2013.
blkout - point of no return
a strange
story that is linked to this release. it actually was released in the end of
2012. of course i checked a song back then because it’s d.r.a. after i did so i put blkout aside because i didn’t like the song (can't tell you which one it was). then at one of my regular
visits at burnout record store, hamburg i listened to a bunch of records in the
store. among them was blkout. i decided to listen to it again. i mean you know
how it is, you have a whole bunch of new music and sometimes you get lost in the
sheer flood of it. sometimes i just can’t rely on my first impression. i passed
the intro and the tunes of the first song ‘something to remember’ kicked in.
boy, that was actually pretty good. i just listened to that one song because
more stuff was waiting in front of me. but i said to myself to get a copy from
the label. i didn’t bought it right there because it was just the black version
and i knew that there was a coloured run.
when i finally
listened to it in whole, i just don’t know, i was kind of torn. the rest of the record isn’t
definitely that what the first song was promising. the record reminds me a lot on fire and
ice whom i don’t really like. on all accounts ‘point of no return’ isn’t a bad
record but it’s that discontent feeling of expecting something different.
the presentation is pretty cool though. i love the
artwork on that one. the choice of colours and that the white printings on the
sleeve are of some glossy quality. the big fold out insert in poster size with
all the lyrics is great, too. ‘point of no return’ was released by resist
records for australia, six feet under records for north america and by demons
run amok entertainment in europe. 300 on clear orange with black splatter vinyl
and an unknown number of black copies. 2012.
