drawing last breath - hymns of suffering

when i added drawing last breath's debut full length to my cart at the carry the weight e-store, i was searching for another item to justify the shipping costs to myself. seeing the 7"es they had to offer it was a no-brainer to pick up drawing last breath's first release for the english label. the "hymns of suffering" 7" was released in 2016 and was also on sale. two pounds later i was the owner of a nice clear green copy.

musically "hymns of suffering" doesn't have the brilliancy of "final sacrifice", song-writing wise and production wise as well. remarkable is the cover art of this 7". it shows sappho, a poetess from greek ancient times, and her suicide in cause of rejection painted by aintoine-jean gros in 1801. perfect match to the record title and works really good in the late nineties/early 00's metallic hardcore context. 400 copies made on clear green vinyl. carry the weight records. 2016.

drawing last breath - final sacrifice

oh boy, what a crushing late nineties/early 00's metallic hardcore reminiscence this sucker right here is! i think i was browsing through the carry the weight e-store to see what cassettes they may have in stock. what i found instead was a cool looking cover artwork which made me curious. it reminded me a bit of maroon's "antagonist" (a hell of a vegan/straight edge hardcore album) cover art and i felt compelled to listen to drawing last breath. the tube helped out and a few minutes later i knew i had to have a copy.

drawing last breath hails from florida, usa and by tradition they stand in line with those classic bands like morning again and culture. soundwise there is another band from the states which acted as a model here. undying blended swedish melodic death metal with hardcore in a masterly fashion and drawing last breath sounds like they have listened to them very closely. a fantastic record which spins a lot lately. sharing members with ecostrike, i hope drawing last breath won't become a side project. carry the weight had the record on sale and so i snagged it for lousy five pounds. steal! 400 made on red with black splatter vinyl. carry the weight records. 2017.

ecostrike - time is now

i did buy quite a few records as of lately but i don't find the time to listen to them properly. so i find it hard to keep up with the blog. oh so many things to do and so little time. for today i finally found the time to write about the superb "time is now" 7" from the band called ecostrike. when this thing was released in february this year it passed me by completely.

i am not really in touch with what carry the weight records from the u.k. put out, even though i know that they have some quality bands amongst their ranks. i came to knowledge about the existence of this 7" via fellow bloggers nico and mike who raved about it. words like early nineties straight edge sound or vegan straight edge worship got me hooked. i checked them out on their bandcamp and knew i needed this.

fortunately the fine german distro xsentientx got some in stock and so i call meself now a proud owner of one of 500 copies on this nice red vinyl. the record is an absolute rager. gives me great early earth crisis and outspoken vibes. hopefully these guys from florida will be around long enough for a full length. lovely presentation by carry the weight. everything is basic, it breathes nineties vegan straigh edge hardcore. carry the weight records. 2017.

cold snap - bad moon rising

when i was at it and posting about my down to nothing 7" of the previous post, i thought it might be apt to finally write about the stuff i purchased with it. the second record of the lot is this cold snap 7". cold snap is or was a hardcore band from the uk and i can't really recall why i wanted this record in the first place, i only know that i was roaming ebay quite frequently for this piece of pressed plastic.

so you may understand my excitement when i found it among the racks at underdog records store. the only thing which was now to be verified was the colour of the wax. i pulled the vinyl out of the sleeve and was relieved and surprised at the same time. relieved to see it was coloured vinyl and surprised at the colour pattern. i only knew of a splatter version and this merge version never crossed my path until then.

after some research i found out that this is the second to rarest version out of 300 copies. 200 splatter copies and 500 black copies round out the first press of 1000 copies in total. musically this is an absolute cracker. straight forward old school hardcore. nothing new, you might say? you're right but it's simply better than most. a shame they never made it to a full length. check it out here. carry the weight records. 2010.