Samstag, 1. Februar 2014

harms way - blinded

so with the latest harms way release i close my little hw-vinyl issue for now. after i stumbled upon them in last year's september this mini lp was already out. that's why i came up short for the rarest colour way, a sea blue with green swirl plastic plate. man, that looks so good, i found some pics on the internet and am pretty jealous of everyone who has a copy. but what's the use, i probably wouldn't have ordered from the states anyway. maybe ebay will help out in the future. of course, per koro helped me out with this one here.
the five songs on 'blinded' are easily their best material to date. this is dark, ominous and heavy metallic hardcore at it's very best. i could rave on and on about this stuff but probably you should just listen for yourself. check out 'frontal lobe' and the instrumental title song 'blinded', my favourites of the record. on this recording they dropped their industrial elements for a more organic sound. i like it. wonder where the movie samples are taken from. has anyone a clue?
the presentation is as good as the music itself, if you ask me. great artwork, i can see a blindfolded horse that is kind of drowning? anyway, looks real nice! i really like the choice of colours, all in a blue-greenish tone. yeah, that sea blue green swirl would have looked awesome... but the clear version is a nice match too. better than white in my book. 2000 copies made in the first press. 300 on sea blue mint green swirl, 700 on white and 1000 on clear vinyl. cut at 45rpm. deathwish inc. 2013.