the sixth studio album of meshuggah called "obzen" was originally released in 2008 via nuclear blast and was one of the few pre-2010 meshuggah releases that saw an initial vinyl pressing. back on black pressed a grey double lp set for the european market and the american nuclear blast off-shoot pressed a clear red double lp set for the north american market. understandably over ten years after release date those copies now cost quite some pennies.
another proof that this re-issue series by nuclear blast was long overdue. in this case the new artwork looks pretty good, maybe even better than the original. i snagged the most limited edition of the european run. a nice white with red splatter version. funnily the b- and d-side are almost none splattered. just one or two spots. amittedly the u.s.-version looks a bit nicer with its pink and oxblood merge pattern. anyway, love this edition limited to 300 copies. nuclear blast. 2019.
