my actual goal i tried to achieve by visiting the ratel records webshop, was to get my hands on a copy of a split release involving length of time from belgium. i was able to snag a copy of their 'how good the world could be... again' on red vinyl last year and since then i'm out for more. even though their pre-nineties stuff will be hard to come by, this one was an relatively easy pick.
i read a story that the band length of time shares this split with, bloodstained, was actually supposed to team up with arkangel rather than l.o.t. the 7" got delayed and i don't know exactly what happened but somehow l.o.t. took arkangels place here. the l.o.t. side looks really like an imrovised job. their song is called 'maleficious world 2009' and the name implies that this song was already four years old at the point of release.
after some research i came across the information that the song was, now in its final version, used for the 'let the world with the sun go down' from 2012. i still don't have because it being released on picture disc only. meehhh! that doesn't stop the song from being awesome though. great stuff! that metallic hardcore with this life of agony touch to it. check it out.
the bloodstained part is pretty boring, standard mid 00's metalcore stuff. doesn't knock my socks off. but as always i want to give you the chance to build your own opinion. you can do so here. the artwork is quite interesting. i like that colour-scheme and how the vinyl matches it. but who is this guy on the cover? (willem, you know, mate?) if that is quite obvious and i'm just an idiot for not knowing, forgive my lack of knowledge. ratel pressed 100 copies of this and you can still buy it. ratel records. 2013.
