the last of the three full lengths of slugdge being pressed to vinyl. with the steady success of the slugdge vinyl editions, i am sure the debut "born of slime" will get the vinyl treatment in due time as well. but for now i am done with the little collection. i am really excited to add "gastronomicon" to the stack because it is such a rager.
i am most impressed with the quality of any slugdge record so far. "gastronomicon" is no exception. so well executed prog death metal that the band has no peer. uinque and most entertaining. every word uttered to describe them is a waste of resources because you have to listen to them in order to fully comprehend. take my advice and check them out via their bandcamp page.
at the end of the bygone year willowtip records gave "gastronomicon" its first vinyl pressing although the album was actually released five years ago in 2014. again i was bound to find a european distro carrying the record, if i wanted to avoid nasty oversea shipping rates. the only one that i found was jpc.de but with a hefty price tag of almost fourty bucks. so i rather looked out for an option i went with quite a few times as of late - amazon.
look and behold there was a seller that offered a copy for almost ten buck less. no hesitation, it was mine. again no colour indication, so i assumed i would get the least limited - the random edition. i was right and have now this cool blue and brown marble double lp version. my grandma had an old tooth mug that looked just like the brown lp. it's translucent held against a light source. very nice all around. 250 copies made. willowtip records. 2018.
