my doom awaits me. the pallbearer comes to take me under. yeah, i'm pretty satisfied with this word play all around. pat my own back. but now to the subject. you ever heard of the fertile symbiosis of music and art work? sure you have. you read about it on this blog a few times before, so on others. most likely you experienced it yourself. a strong connection it is and it worked out well again with this new find of mine.
i was checking the metal selection of hhv.de on their ebay shop and came across this lovely cover art of pallbearer's first full length 'sorrow & extinction'. knowing the post to conan's 'monnos' record this might sound familiar to you, as this was just the way i discovered that record. i checked the label this album was released on. 20 buck spin records from the states. i browsed through their shop i came upon a recent re-press of 'sorrow & extinction' on a lovely merge colour. everything was looking so good, the music just had to be great.
i downloaded the album and what can i say? it grabbed me and didn't let go. pallbearer plays a pretty classic doom type. similar to iron heel. i love this massively down tuned guitar sound and in combination with the singer's dreamy vocals and their spaced-out harmonies they have quite a unique sound to call their own. listen to 'devoid of redemption' and 'an offering of grief', close your eyes and take in the whole atmosphere. man, i can see why people love to get stoned to this stuff, haha.
the latest pallbearer record from 2014 called 'foundations of burden' created some hype and the coloured version sold out very fast. too fast for me, so for now this 'sorrow & extinction' re-press will have to do until 'foundations' itself gets a re-press. by now, the starbreaker swirl vinyl has sold out, too over at 20 buck spin. so i'm happy that i was just in time for it. and boy, that colour configuration looks bad ass. totally in touch with the art work. fantastic record all around. get this! can't say how many had been pressed. 20 buck spin records. 2012/2014.
