ah man, i don't know. there are quite some real good songs on 'hushed & grim' but i still don't really know whether this album clicks with me or not. i can't be sure really as i had way too few listens as of now. the 80min + of the album don't help in that matter because i find it hard to sit through that long of a duration. what is safe to say is that this record is a bit more mellow than previous work. i'll give it another listen... reprise records. 2021.
winds of plague are a guilty pleasure of mine. although i find them quite cheesy (wop on their 2008 shit!) from time to time, there is no denying the guys wrote some top tier deathcore along the way. i love "decimate the weak" from 2008 and had "the great stone war" on cd since its release. i couldn't imagine someone would give a damn for that album in 2021 but here we are with a freaking colour vinyl version of "the great stone war". clear yellow vinyl out of 200 copies. transcending records. 2009/2021.
i have to come to peace with the fact that paul allender is gone for good and that cof won't write another "damnation & a day", or "midian", or "cruelty & the beast", or even a "godspeed on the devil's thunder". with that mindset in charge i really think that "existence is futile" is a very good album. definitely a grower as i find myself liking it more and more with every listen. this edition is a real looker, orange marble vinyl out of 300 copies. nuclear blast. 2021.
a new obscura around band leader steffen kummerer and a new album called "a valediction". the new team orbits a lot more around traditional metal riffing with some influences taken from the scandinavian school. pretty cool, i really like it. white with red/toffee splatter double vinyl with an etching on the d-side. 300 copies made. nuclear blast. 2021.
