arkangel is, next to congress my favourite edge metal band from belgium. considering this, my arkangel vinyl collection is what one would call insufficient. i only have 'dead man walking' to call my own. so of course i needed more. as 'hope you die by overdose' and especially 'prayers upon deaf ears' are pretty hard to come by on coloured vinyl, i was happy as gsr music announced to finally press 'arkangel is your enemy' to vinyl.
of course i pre-ordered this thing as soon as it was up. fortunately gsr ships from germany also (they're a label from the netherlands actually) so i didn't even have to pay higher shipping costs. when it came around i was pretty stoked on the packaging. foremost i prefer the cover artwork of the vinyl over the cd artwork.
you can see the cd cover in picture #3, gsr included the cd booklet instead of an proper insert. can't say i'm a big fan of that but that's pretty much the only downer here. the record comes in a gatefold sleeve with great simplistic layout on the inside. furthermore you get nice 180gr clear green vinyl and a black dust sleeve. solid all around.
another nice gimmick is that you have to hold the sleeve vertically to worship all the beauty of the cover art. a friggin' guillotine seems to be a suitable declaration of war by arkangel. musically i really like this album. it has everything you can ask for as an arkangel fan. this typical mixture of death metal and hardcore ethics that made them great in the first place. this is 2008 and still sounds as late nineties as it gets. thumbs up! check 'slow but heavy' and buy this record! don't know how many were made, 500 maybe? gsr music. 2008/2013.
