dead serious rec. pt II: xcasey jonesx, deadsoil

after handing out enormous amounts of sweets for the "trick or treat-kids" i finally found some peace to write my 2nd dead serious records post. ok, it wasn't that bad. actually i just gave four chuppa chups to two more or less dressed up children (one kid had a mask at least but the other kid was sensationally disguised as himself). halloween just isn't that big here in germany like it is in the states i think.

xcasey jonesx - i hope we're not the last
i'm aware of the sheer existence of xcasey jonesx since an order at alveran records (a closed down german label that, beside some european bands, had been releasing eulogy records stuff for the european market - unearth, on broken wings, wisdom in chains,...). so i listened to the 2006th album 'messengers' which i got in a promo version as part of the said order at alveran. i can't really recall if i liked it back then and due to my financial possibilities at the time i sold it on ebay - for quite nothing if my memory serves.
anyway, i spotted this version of their 2011 effort 'i hope we're not the last' at dead serious and thought i might give them a second shot. good idea of myself :) the record is great.

catchy as hell hardcore punk with maybe the best song title i've ever read: 'if james hetfield can stay straight edge, anyone can' period ;-)
this was released on ratpack records which is a division of the german mailorder green hell.

it comes in a simple fold around cover. i believe i saw the black vinyl version at burnout record store with a regular sleeve. pressed on clear vinyl. 300 made (another 100 on clear red as pre-order version and 500 on black vinyl). cd out on eulogy records. ratpack records. 2011.

deadsoil - forever the enemy
this was the forerunner to their full length 'the venom divine' of which i posted here. 'forever the enemy' sounds more 'tough guy' because they had a different singer on this who sounds like a human bear. the five songs are pretty good though. not as varied as the venom divine stuff but yeah, i like it. it comes on a 10" format which i think is quite cool. i know that many collectors don't dig it but it looks agreeable on my shelf :)

pressed on thick clear vinyl. it was released by a small german straight edge label called *poisonfree.com records. i think they aren't active anymore as their limited discography indicates. don't know how many of these 10"es were made. 2003.

ebay: deadsoil

deadsoil - the venom divine
this release is kind of tied up with all these records of european hardcore metal i grabbed around 2004. bands like maroon, destiny, cataract, caliban, born from pain and the like. this now disbanded german 5-piece threw some fast thrash metal, some death metal and some tough guy hardcore in the mix. it's good stuff, not overall brilliant but solid. had this on cd since '04 and i knew that it was out on vinyl for quite some time. i couldn't find it on any e-shop and so i waited to score it on ebay for a low price because as said before i'm not too stoked on it. it's up on the bay constantly by a seller who seems to have a whole bunch of copies. and finally one sunday afternoon i was able to get it for 8 bucks all in all.

side 1

side 2

this picture disc came with a nice cardboard sleeve and a lyrics sheet. that's the way i like my picture disc. hate it when they just come in plastic sleeves!

couldn't find any pressing information. so feel free to enlighten me. released 2004. bastardized recordings.