arkangel was one of those great belgian bands from the late nineties that played such a distintive brand of death metal paired with hardcore ethics. congress will always be my favourite of the time but arkangel comes pretty close. therefore i always found it to be torturing that original vinyl pressings were so hard to come by.
gsr music from the netherlands did re-issue some gems of the goodlife recordings heyday (giving the cue length of time) and now they finally give "prayers upon deaf ears" a worthy re-issue (although it was not actually released on goodlife recordings). back then in 1998 it came on cd via released power productions and a year later lifeforce records from germany produced a 10" vinyl version. those suckers, especially the red version, is a pain to get a hold on.
gsr proved some sense and made it a 12" edition and i snagged a die hard version. i actually think that the original cover art looks cooler but i didn't want to pay for two copies and so just took the special edition. it comes with a screen printed cover, an insert and clear vinyl with a stamped centre label. i like the three post cards included, it is a little take on that goodlife habit from back in the day. #71/136. gsr music. 2019.
