in my last post about the mantar lp, which i bought in hamburg's saturn store, i let shine through that i was actually there for a different reason. here is this reason: emmure's latest effort called 'eternal enemies'. but let me tell you the whole story. of course i heard news of a coming new emmure record via victory records earlier on this year. at this point i was pretty sure that i could easily pick up a copy through my favourite mailorder per koro. when the release date came i saw that victory pressed two colour ways and a black retail version. shit. that meant per koro would only get the black vinyl. as i wanted to avoid shipping costs from the states, i looked what other possibilities might appear. i checked ebay and came across a seller who offered a coloured copy for twenty bucks. pretty high price but still less compared to the u.s. order option. so well, i pulled the trigger and some days later the package landed at my door.
removing the mailer and holding the sealed copy in hands, i noticed the missing of the 'limited coloured vinyl' sticker that is common for victory records. opening it up, the missing of the sticker became logical. it was a black copy. shit². i e-mailed the seller saying that i got the wrong copy. he said that he only got copies without the colour stickers, so they were all black. he apologised for the mistake in the auction's description, gave me a refund and i sent back the record. i checked more german and european distros but couldn't find what i desired. so my last idea was to ask at saturn store. it's one of the biggest entertainment media stores in germany with huge selection. i asked a seller and he looked through the wholesale program. he found the coloured vinyl option and told me to send me an e-mail when it arrived at the store. got the e-mail, drove to the store and saw the copy the friendly employee handed out to me. again no 'coloured' sticker and again a black copy. shit³.
must have been a mistake by the european wholesale distributor. so the only option now was to bite the bullet and order from the states. after all the hassle, i gladly paid up and was happy to recieve a new, shining, coloured copy. the musical part is really good. it's always a mystery to me how this band constantly repeats itself from record to record and still manages to sound fresh. it's the same ingredients emmure are known for: freaked out guitar overtunes, massive breakdowns and frankie palmeri's sometimes mystical and sometimes right in your face lyrics. this album excites me and i still love those weirdos. check out 'most hated' and 'we were just kids' and you have good examples of their musical range from bone breaking heavy to popy sweat. fantastic job, guys! clear green out of 300 copies. victory records. 2014.
