Mittwoch, 28. August 2019

job for a cowboy - genesis

i know job for a cowboy since they released their equally loved and hated first e.p. "doom" from 2005. at the time a lot of hype surrounded a new genre called deathcore, a breakdown orientated form of death metal - something new for the kids to play with. i was a kid back then and really liked it. the more i was shocked when i listened to "genesis" two years later. technical death metal and no breakdowns whatsoever.
in the coming years i really learned to appreciate "genesis" to point where i freaking loved it. i have all subsequent jfac records and this debut of them became my favourite. therefore i always hoped for a vinyl re-issue. there is a pressing from 2007 but no way i was going to buy a damn picture disc. so when metal blade announced this pressing, i wanted a copy badly. somehow i missed that metal blade moved their european shop from emp mailorder to kingsroad merch.
i thought that cool copies were already gone and so i opted for the less limited clear brown/orange marble version. i am still undecided if i should get a nicer opaque edition. we'll see. the album is brilliant and the pressing does it justice. lovely sounding pressing housed in a single pocket sleeve with insert and poster. my edition is limited to 500 copies. metal blade. 2007/2019.