no turning back from the netherlands are kind of the european equivalent to america's terror. around since 1997 they deliver energetic hardcore the way this kind of music is supposed to be. not all their stuff were masterpieces but always solid. despite that fact i never bought any album in any physical form. i had a copy of 'no regrets' in hands and even listened to the first half of the a-side at burnout store. i found it pretty good but other records and short money were reason enough to put it back. that had to be changed.
at some point last year (yepp, that's how long this record sat on 'to-blog-pile') i thought the time was right to get a copy. so i headed over to the no turning back big cartel shop. i was pretty happy to find that they offered a special version of 'no regrets'. it wasn't first press but it was limited to 100 copies, a nice marbled clear colour-way and even to cover was changed colour-wise. so i ordered and waited. and waited. and waited. i fired off several e-mails but got no reply. finally after three months or something a band member wrote back.
he told me that he was in charge of the shop but wasn't able to run it properly due to a very hard time he went through personally. in the mean time all the limited copies sold out but he said he would cover me with some extra cd's. in view of his situation i declined politely and took a copy of the second press instead. when the package showed up i was surprised to find a sold out first press copy under the cardboard. dark red w/ black marble of 200 copies. sweet! check this playlist at youtube for the whole album. take control records. 2012.
