i probably said that before but again, i am a fan of vinyl re-issues. for several reasons. there is the easy accessibility of long sold out records, improved packaging or finally coloured vinyl. and sometimes there is another facet. as i saw the metal blade announcement for the upcoming re-issues of the complete cattle decapitation discography for the label, my curiosity was aroused. i knew them only by the name and had the vague idea that they were an all vegetarian/vegan band. and yeah, that they'd play some serious death metal.
so i started to do some research. first thing i did was re-visiting lenny's blog because i knew in the back of my mind him writing about their latest album "monolith of inhumanity" from 2012. his opinion was all positive. so i went over to the tube to listen to some stuff. at the time their first metal blade record "to serve man" was already available. i only found one song to that album and didn't like it. so i downloaded the whole thing and after one listen i thought, man, what a shite record. that thing is unlistenable to me. i put the idea aside.
but sometimes such ideas are persistent. the records are released monthly and next up was "humanure". i thought i should give it a try. i downloaded the album too and man, that is a real progression compared to "to serve man". so i ordered the record from nuclear blast. by the time i did, there had been no pictures of the vinyl and just the description the label gave. i took the one i liked more. "exploded polyp".
the mix between blood red and brown seems apropriate thinking of an exploded rectal polyp. i really like this merge, or haze, or colour in colour pattern. nice. metal blade presses splatter colours for the u.s. pressing and 200 splatter and 300 colour in colour copies for the euro pressing of all records. "humanure" comes in a nice gatefold sleeve with printed dust sleeve and a poster. i already have the follow-up "karma.bloody.karma" but haven't found the time to listen to it. but it'll soon appear here. metal blade. 2004/2014.
