no need to introduce black breath anymore. their two southern lord releases blew up a lot of dust. quite rightly because 'heavy breathing' and 'sentenced to life' are two crackers to say the least. but before black breath teamed up with southern lord, they released a mini album via hot mass records. this baby was entitled 'razor to oblivion' and saw the light of day in 2008.
black breath plays a style of metal that to me is best described as death 'n' roll. while 'heavy breathing' and 'sentenced...' leaned more to the death metal side of their sound, 'razor to oblivion' is pure party music. fast and fierce metal to drink (water, of course), bawl out and bang heads with your friends. in my humble opinion the two southern lord releases are better but i can hang with the razor from time to time. check the title song here.
as i said before 'razor to oblivion' was actually released seven years ago. back then it came on black, clear and clear red vinyl. five years later, in 2013, hot mass decided to re-press this e.p. on clear gold and black vinyl. southern lord still had some copies among their distributed titles and i pulled the trigger when i ordered the new xibalba record at the beginning of the year. by the way, black breath is about to release a new record at the end of october. got to keep my eyes peeled! hot mass records. 2008/2013.