just like the new fallujah album this was another record high on my wantlist for new releases this year and was equally hard to get. i actually pre-ordered via jpc in last year's december with a release date in mid january 2019. i was surprised because even the u.s. version had an in-store date for march. as expected the release date got postponed to early april. in april jpc delayed the date another time - may the e-mail said.
in may they finally cancelled my order saying that the record couldn't be delivered anymore. ok, i searched for an other option. emp mailorder offered the record with one week of delivery time. nothing after one week and still nothing after two weeks. this time i was the one to cancel the order. again mecodu, a commercial seller on amazon, came to my rescue. one week after i placed the order the actual vinyl arrived at my house eventually.
musically i am blown away by this new record. after "the discovery" there was no born of osiris record which i didn't like but there was also no record that came close to the aforementioned masterpiece. well, "the simulation" does come close. the right mixture of heaviness, virtuosity, melody and electronical atmosphere. sensational! the euro edition comes on white vinyl and is housed in a single pocket sleeve with printed dust sleeve. sumerian records. 2019.
