in my last post i gave a subtle clue as to what my next post might be about, a sumerian records release. with my latest obsession for tech/prog death metal i searched a bit in the back catalogue of sumerian records. i came across the name the faceless and checked if there was any vinyl available. i heard of the band before and knew that they have a good reputation among stalwarts, so i wasn't surprised to find that second hand market prices were pretty inflated for copies of the band's second and third album.
like sumerian would have heard my prayers they came up with a twelve days of sumerian christmas special. for twelve days they put up some limited merchandise in their store and on day three they offered re-presses of the faceless' second album "planetary duality" and the first vinyl press ever of the band's debut "akeldama". there was no chance i was going to miss that. even though the prices were hefty for a single lp, i did what i had to do.
fortunately the records arrived here in prime condition and when i dropped the needle for the first time on "akeldama" - meaning "field of blood" and is a place in jerusalem where the traitor judas iscariot died and which later became a burial field for foreigners - i was surprised at how dynamic it is. the basic framework is technical death metal and then they threw in chunks of swedish melodic death metal and black metal and topped it all off with some crushing breakdowns. the presentation is lovely. slip sleeve, ten inch insert and heavy clear green vinyl. 765 copies made. sumerian records. 2009/2016.
post scriptum: sorry for the bad quality of the pictures but it seems that every weekend, when i have actually time to make some, the sun hides behind an impervious wall of clouds. maybe i'll replace them at some point.
post scriptum: sorry for the bad quality of the pictures but it seems that every weekend, when i have actually time to make some, the sun hides behind an impervious wall of clouds. maybe i'll replace them at some point.
