i have my searching habbits when it's about chasing new vinyl. i regulary visit two internet pages/platforms to obtain new records. first is ebay and second is the nuclear blast shop. of course there are other sources, like per koro, but only for particular releases i read news about. whereas looking around at ebay and nuclear blast has a distinct routine.
so as i was poking around at the 'new vinyl' section at nuclear blast and as my eyes fell onto this re-release of the black dahlia murder's fourth album 'deflorate', excitement ran through me. the last dahlia murder record 'everblack' really did grow on me, therefore metal blade came up with good timing for a re-release like this. indeed.
'deflorate' got the vinyl treatment for the first time in 2009 on nice blue splatter vinyl. unfortunately a copy of this press sells rarely and if so, for more money than i was willing to pay. so this re-press was more than welcomed. it comes with a lovely gatefold sleeve and a poster with the cover art work.
if you ask me, the vinyl colour looks pretty sweet on its own. but the real fresh-looking -ness reveals holding the record up to the light. mmmmhhh... marbled. love that! musically 'deflorate' is one of their weaker outputs, as long as i'm concerned. which doesn't mean that it ain't pretty damn good, just not as brilliant as other albums.
metal blade also re-released their first record 'unhallowed' which i bought too and will be shown here in due time. for now i'm hoping metal blade will do a 'miasma' colour re-press. it'd complete my the black dahlia murder vinyl collection. good things come to those who wait. 500 copies on pumpkin vinyl. metal blade. 2009/2013.
