ah man, i did it. i bought a record i don't wanted. and i don't mean an 'i don't really needed it at that point but it was cheap' case, i mean a straight 'i don't want that record' case. i always thought it was unnecessary to buy a certain record for reasons like collecting label releases, getting all colour-ways of one single album or simply for being a fan of a band and even buying the records that were shit. now i can relate.
when i started buying the cattle decapitation re-issues metal blade was cranking out this year, i downloaded all the albums that were due to be repressed just to re-visit them. 'to serve man' was first in line. it was all new to me and after the first listen i was heavily underwhelmed. it sounded irrelevant, insignificant... plain boring. i put it off and bought 'humanure' instead.
after i got 'karma.bloody.karma', time had come for 'the harvest floor'. and with the purchase of this album a certain item came along, that changed it all. the ominous collector's box. it had all the albums of the 'decade of decapitaion' series written on the back. suddenly, without having 'to serve man' in my collection meant the box wouldn't be complete. without having all five records meant the box would be useless. damn it, i couldn't lie to myself anymore. the task was perfectly clear.
i was about to order it from nuclear blast but as i was in hamburg, i took the chance to buy it in a physical store. saturn's metal vinyl section came to my rescue. i saw pictures of the two colour-ways on the net and again i was out for the less limited variant. that colour in colour pattern is more subtle than usual for this pattern, but it still looks better than the splatter version. thankfully saturn had my desired copy in stock.
after listening to it again, it isn't that bad. some good parts can be found here, but if you ask me, this is really for the die-hard-fans. i don't think i'll give it much spins. to me it all sounds way too unformed and uninspired. nevertheless the set will be complete and i can come to peace with it. 300 copies made. metal blade. 2002/2014.
four down, one to go...
