you know how it is, when you order a record you just have to look around for another possible new vinyl disc. so as i packed the arkangel is your enemy lp into my cart, i looked for another one to add. and there it smiled back at me. born from pain's latest output 'the new future'. in the past, ten years ago, netherland's born from pain was one of my hero bands from europe that made me love hardcore and all its values. boy, 'sands of time' was such a good record! after vocalist che snelting left the band in 2007 i lost track of them. to this day i never listened to their 'survival' album from 2008.
now with this record from 2012 they left metal blade records, or maybe metal blade dropped them, and went back to gsr music. musically i got a split opinion about the record. the first half is very good and then born from pain opens the door for electronic elements to their sound. and this is where they lost me. meehh... i don't like that. i mean, i appreciate that for their guts to experiment with stuff, only the brave are favoured by fortune, but it just doesn't work for me. check 'change or die' and 'kampfbereit' (which is the german word for being embattled) for a good and a bad example.
the record comes in a gatefold sleeve of nice thick cardboard. the artwork is well thought out but again not really my thing. the vinyl itself comes on lovely 180gr clear green vinyl. furthermore you get a cool laminated download dropcard. to put it into a nutshell: the album is ok. they can't come close to their early works. hopefully gsr considers a vinyl pressing of their debut 'reclaiming the crown'. so if anyone of gsr is reading this, i'd dedfinitely buy one :) gsr music. 2012.
