another record that was hard to come by this year. i already had troubles with born of osiris and fallujah and almost every time jpc.de seems to be involved. i ordered "clockwork" at jpc with an initial delivery time of two weeks. of course this was expanded from week to week. i think after four or five weeks i got a shipping notification.
i thought: "wow, can it be?" when the package arrived and i opened it, i couldn't believe my eyes. they really sent me a fucking cd of the album. oh boy, i was through with them. i took another look around to see if other options emerged in the meantime. look and behold, an amazon market place seller from canada offered a copy for slim eighteen bucks. mine!
musically "clockwork" is a tech death beast. inanimate existence scored with all the right proportions. melodies, sick riffing, brilliant drumming and technical finesse in finest balance. my favourite work of them. the record comes in a single pocket sleeve with insert. got the most common colour-way out of 200 copies. looks very nice although the other colours are a bit hotter, ah what's the use... the artisan era. 2019.
