i am heresey - o day star, son of dawn

last year i wrote about i am heresy's debut full length, which is self-titled and had been released via magic bullet records. this record really took me by surprise and therefore i wanted to check what else they might have up their sleeve. checking the usual source for vinyl related information, discogs told me that there was also an e.p. in existence.

so i searched around where i could get this e.p. called 'o day star, son of dawn'. this time end hits records, which also handled the european version of the self-titled album, took release matters into their hands exclusively. end hits is german label and afterwards they put out even more nathan gray related music.

stuff like his solo project and some more european pressings and re-pressings of boysetsfire albums respectively 7"es. with this i am heresy material the label did a great job when it comes to packaging. a nice matte card cover with cool artwork, matching white vinyl, a sick-ass owl etching on the b-side and all hand-numbered. good work! i, however, scored this baby at per koro distro.

musically this is just the dark metal/hardcore/punk mishmash that appealed to me on the self-titled record by this now defunct band. sometimes it sounds a bit dated, if you know what i mean, but that's not really a bad thing. listen to the whole glory at the cargo records youtube channel. this release was pressed in a limited run of 500 copies. mine is #448. end hits records. 2013.  

i am heresy - s/t

i am heresy is some kind of an all star band, or better an all star's child band. but from the beginning. i am heresy was founded by bosetsfire vocalist nathan gray. he wanted to create a darker and heavier outlet compared to his main band. he picked his own son for playing the guitar and another boysetsfire offspring on the second guitar, joshua latshaw's son jonah. although the latter isn't part of the band anymore, it was a lot of family playing for i am heresy.

i stumbled across this record at burnout store hamburg. i never heard of them before, the sticker on the front telling me that it was a side project of bosetsfire singer gray, didn't tell me anything either because i am not familiar with their work at all. i only liked the simple and clear cover art. while listening to it in the store, the record's pissed off energy instantly grabbed me. i immediately loved the band's dark metal/punk aproach.

check out the whole album at the magic bullet records bandcamp. speaking of, 'i am heresy' got an u.s. pressing on magic bullet records. it comes on gold, red/pink split and on my lovely purple/pink split vinyl. unfortunately i wasn't able to find any pressing numbers. the european edition comes on gold splatter and via end hits records, which also released the euro version of the latest bane record. magic bullet. 2012.