blotted science - the machinations of dementia

re-issue of this mathy, proggy, jazzy instrumental metal masterpiece from 2007. an, to me, unknown spanish label called alone records is responsible for the deed and they did a splendid job here. 2024

upon a burning body - the world is ours

a release i bought solely out of nostalgia reasons. uabb probably wouldn't appeal to me nowadays but back in 2010 i got the cd because sumerian couldn't do no wrong at the time and i loved the al pacino theme to the lyrics. a fun deathcore album and great for what it is. 350 copies made of this crazy colour-way. sumerian records. 2010/2023.

darkest hour - s/t

around since the mid nineties and still here. there are not many bands as consistent as darkest hour. this is the latest re-issue of their 2014 self-titled release. fantastic metalcore with that special swedish melo-death touch. sumerian records. 2014/2023.

foundation - turncoat

missed out on the initial pressing back in 2016 and now the re-issue gods finally heard my prayers. evil greed mailorder came to my rescue with this slick green/violet merge with silver splatter variant out of 500 copies. closed casket activities. 2025.

undertow - at both ends

hardcore classic from 1993 in this beautiful re-issue edition by indecision records. 'seattle' splatter out of 500 copies. 2024.

misery signals - of malice and the magnum heart

finally an available vinyl pressing for this genre classic. no fancy vinyl colours for us european customers but anyway, i love the overall simple presentation. i had to cash out a considerable chunk of money but i had to have it. jpc.de came to my rescue. originally released in 2004 via ferret records. re-issue by real gone music. 2024.

knocked loose - pop culture

Looked through my posts and recognised that i never did an according post for this e.p., so here it is. released in 2014, this is a 2018 re-press out of 2.000 copies. pure noise records.

biohazard - mata leão (black friday rsd)

this was my only wish for last year's bf rsd and ironically again i bought it online at coretex. it had a huge price tag on it but i just couldn't pass on this gem in biohazard's discography. their 2nd and last major label release is one beast of an up-tempo hc album. superb. first out on warner music in 1996, re-released by real gone music. 2024.

meshuggah - chaosphere

i really do love those original artwork re-issues for meshuggah albums that atomic fire records does recently. of course i had to get 'chaosphere' on this neat marble edition.

2024 wrap up

2024 saw only 50 posts on this blog. By far the fewest in a year since I started in 2012. The reason for this was not my laziness, there simply wasn't more to write about. Prices for new vinyl are on an all-time high and thus pressing quantities decline. This won't change anytime soon, so we'll see how many posts I conjure up this year. So, feel free to drop by in 2025.