earth crisis - vegan for the animals

metallic hardcore and earth crisis are terms i use synonymously. this e.p. is another proof why. earth crisis does what earth crisis does, and they do it better than the rest. give me more! earth crisis and holy mountain printing. 2022.

the dillinger escape plan with mike patton - irony is a dead scene

tdep together with mike patton were not from this earth! this e.p. is the wildest trip the band ever took, well, and that has got to mean something, right? very happy about this re-issue on orange/yellow galaxy vinyl. epitaph records. 2002/2022.

red fang - whales and leeches

thanks to relapse and their perpetual re-press policy, i finally am abel to add this album to the collection. not as strong as their other records but still crucial. best stoner metal band out there? maybe... relapse records. 2013/2021.

sick of it all - call to arms

my favourite hardcore band! i struggled with those fat wreck releases for a long time and still do. this is the first out of three full lengths i got a colour vinyl copy of. "call to arms" was released in 1999 and sounds as relevant as always in 2022. one down, two to go ("yours truly" and "life on the ropes" namely). fat wreck chords. 1999/2022.

first fragment - gloire éternelle

i am on the hunt for a vinyl copy of first fragment's debut "dasein" since a couple of years but never lucked out. in the meantime these canadians came up with a new record called "gloire éternelle" and of course i was first in line to get a goddamn copy. dazzling tech death that still needs a bit polish to make it unmistakably their own. the vinyl colour way is the shit! 500 copies made. unique leader records. 2022.

meshuggah - immutable

i can hang with every album of any of their creative periods and "immutable" is surely no different. "nothing" will probably forever be my favourite but this one is a banger start to finish as well. hope to catch them live again at some point because their live shows are breathtaking. 500 copies on this yellow marble double vinyl. atomic fire records. 2022.

nile - festivals of atonement

nile is one of my favourite bands, so i couldn't pass up this very first vinyl stand alone release of their first mini album from 1995. although a bit different in approach and definitely more raw, "festivals of atonement" is death metal brilliancy already. 700 copies of this green/yellow galaxy vinyl made. hells headbangers. 2022.

artificial brain - s/t

another masterpiece in a line full of masterpieces. this band is special, an oddity and without a doubt the underground's best kept secret. don't know if they will ever step outside of their very own proggy death metal niche but maybe they shouldn't... blue colour mix with green splatter vinyl. profound lore records. 2022.