i came across this record by impending doom accidentally when i was browsing the new vinyl section at nuclear blast records. the band was among the many deathcore bands which sprung numerously in the mid to late 00's. i used to have their second and third album on cd and later on, when i started getting into vinyl, i bought their first three albums on vinyl from merchnow from the states.
when impending doom moved from facedown records to entertainment one for their fourth album "baptized in filth" in 2012, the label didn't produce a vinyl version. same procedure for their fifth album "death will reign". so i lost track of the band. now, for record number six entertainment one came to their senses and pressed it to vinyl. i saw some pictures of an opaque white marble version on the internet, what i pulled from the sleeve is an interesting clear with black smoke variant, though. don't know what's up with those versions, maybe an u.s. and an european edition?
musically the band did not stray far from the path of their first three records. deathcore that has its great moments but, to be honest it also has a few dull ones. maybe it is just me who had higher expectations that the guys had evolved stronger in the eight years between "there will be violence" and this latest effort, but the album fails to really excite me. e-one released this in a single pocket sleeve with a printed dust sleeve. don't know how many have been pressed. e-one. 2018.
