my first experience with nevermore. a shame that i found a way towards their music after they split up for good. since vocalist warrel dane tragically passed away in cause of a heart attack last december there will be nevermore nevermore. so of much more importance is the keeping of the band's legacy. century media started to re-press some essential full length releases, of which i pre-ordered "enemies of reality" and to sweeten the wait i searched for immediate available records.
i came across a record store day release of "the politics of ecstasy" from 2016. the second nevermore album was originally released in 1996 on century media as a single lp. the album is a milestone of progressive metal, tons of epic chorus melodies, elaborate song-writing and dane's voice throning above it all. listen to that bastard of thrash metal, heavy metal and melodic death metal in its full glory here. so twenty years after its initial release century media came up with this deluxe vinyl edition.
the record label stood true to the original cover artwork layout but released it in a gatefold sleeve this time. this seemed adaquate because they made it a double lp version. the whole e.p. "in memory", which saw the light of day shortly before "politics..." came out, is pressed to a bonus 12" disc plus some demo recordings on top. the two records come on matching 180g clear orange vinyl. though, the most disturbing part of the presentation is the trippy art on back and inner gatefold. vertiginous. century media. 1996/2016.
