hellion store, i payed this fine metal store a visit with a friend of mine. we were flicking through the stuff and i remember thinking to myself that it seemed hellion didn't have much new music since the last time i was there. and as i worked my way through to the s-section and came across this skinless record my suspicion seemed to be right, because i knew that i saw it before. i didn't buy it though. i mean, i knew that this was an extreme metal band and i like stuff like this from time to time, but i simply didn't check them out before.
my friend had his stuff together and was about to leave so i didn't bother to listen to it in the store. i thought 'fuck it', even though i hate to leave a store empty handed. back home i listened to one or two songs and thought, man, that ain't bad. i checked the net for availability. it was sold out at the usual metal stores and distros. yeah, of course, discogs had some but more money involved. so i decided to get it eventually. i walked back to the store the next day, threw fifteen bucks at the shop keep, talked to him a bit about current and past relapse bands and then walked out with a smile on my face.
after i listened to this record for several times i feel a bit undecided. side a is pretty good. alternately fast and groovy parts in the vein of misery index or aborted. side b is kind of the same but the songs don't really click. i don't know, sounds a bit uninspired. but probably that's just my personal opinion. pressing information is as follows: 100 copies on clear, 300 copies on grey and 600 copies on mint green vinyl. relapse records. 2006.
