pallbearer are a recent guilty pleasure of mine. i discovered them in last year's october, i think. i was checking ebay for some conan vinyl and came across a seller, of whom i bought nice underground label releases quite often in the last months. hhv.de is the name.
so i got my hands on 'sorrow and extinction', pallbearer's debut full length on 20 buck spin records. i really love their style of classic doom metal mixed with those down tuned, fuzzed out guitars. winner! as pallbearer vinyl sells rather good and their popularity seems to only grow, 20 buck spin decided to press their 2010 demo to vinyl. good idea!
back in 2010 the band did a self-released run on cd-r and deathsmile records from the states did a limited tape version. so now, four years after its initial release, 20 buck spin gives the pallbearer fans what they craved for. with black vinyl and the more limited purple vinyl already up its sleeve, the label didn't stop there.
for the die-hards comes the special 'reliquary edition'. this edition consists of the vinyl colour of your choice, - of course i opted for the purple coloured platter - a pallbearer and a 20 buck spin logo sticker, a pallbearer nickel pin, a big poster of the cover art, an lovely b-side etching and a sick slipmat with the motive of the b-side etching.
you may have noticed that the nickel pin is mising in the pictures. well, everything coming with the reliquary redition can be safely put into the sleeve except this little nickel pin. so i put it somewhere safe. unfortunately it's even safe from my very own. can't find that damn thing. when i finally have i will put up a photo later. here is the one from the 20 buck spin site.
two songs of the demo are already familiar with me, as they are also to be found on 'sorrow and extinction'. 'gloomy sunday' is the bands interpretation of the 1933's classic. nice addition. by the way if you want a coloured vinyl version of the band's latest album 'foundations of burden' and missed out on the first run, here's your chance. already ordered one. 20 buck spin. 2014.
