man, this one right here caught me by surprise. sure, i heard the name code orange (kids) thrown around several times in the past, i knew they were on deathwish and all but i never bothered to check them out. why should i? there never was the slightest indication that their shit could be remotely good.
when 'i am king' dropped i wasn't interested. i was in the know of the release because i recieve the deathwish newletter, but still no sign that made me check them out further. even more, as i saw a picture of the band members i let myself be drawn to the false thought that their look would have have something to do with the musical style they were playing. shame on me!
after the release my fellow blogger colleagues were posting about this gem, praising it as something odd but very good. well, my interest still wasn't on fire but i made a mental note to check it out whenever the time was right. when i was record shopping in hamburg before new year's eve, i came across a copy at burnout store. i dragged it to a turntable and dropped the needle on it.
boy, what was that? it hit me like a sledge hammer. they play a brand of that chaotic converge hardcore with pretty heavy breakdowns. and it rips! check out the title song and 'alone in a room' and annihilate something. and wei, yepp there's a scott vogel guest appearance on it. crazy 6380 copies made of this lovely opaque green marble vinyl. deathwish inc. 2014.
