reign supreme - fuck the weak 7"

i really like reign supreme. 'testing the limits of infinite' was one of my first vinyl records and 'american violence' was just as good. their first 7" 'fuck the weak' is a little bit harder to come by because i didn't find any distro that still has it in stock. but discogs or ebay are there for the rescue. ebay was my source for this pick up here.

the first time i came across this record was on lenny's blog 'the emerging addiction' (who is back from the dead, check it!) and then some time later on jake's blog. both displayed the seafoam green version. i wasn't aware of the different colour pressings of this record, so i was really delighted to see an ebay auction of a copy with my favourite colour pattern.

musically there are no surprises. crushing and energetic hardcore. so if you like the other stuff of them, 'fuck the weak' will be right up your alley. i've seen three colour versions of this on the internet. seafoam green, half green half white and a black w/ pink swirl. to find any numbers was impossible to me. only information i've seen, was provided by jake. you know about the others, dude? rock vegas records. 2007.

per koro: lie & wait/overdose, reign supreme, 6rtk/absidia

lie & wait-overdose split 7"
since i already call led astray + the awakening my own i wanted to have all their releases. there are just two more, two split releases to be precise. one with a band called lmf from 2006 and another with overdose from 2007 of which i talk about here. at first i ordered it from the band's own web shop. in vain, it appeared because the band isn't around no more and that's why they don't run it anymore. so, like so many times before, i checked the per koro shop and made a find. the lie and wait song is great. the overdose side is cool too. solid hardcore punk with a unique singing style. don't know if overdose is still there or if they released more stuff but i'm not too stoked to find out.

 lie and wait side with way more swirl

overdose side with just a tiny bit of the purple colour.

grey w/ purple swirl vinyl. 400 made. team science records/triple b records. 2007.

reign supreme - american violence 7"
i really loved their first full length album testing the limits of infinite and so i just needed more! this was the forerunner in 2008 and it's just lovely :) great modern hardcore with a high level of energy. i missed them live in hamburg because of an lack of information, damn it! got to catch them some other time.

while my fellow blogger j@screamingforrecords can be quite sure of the pressing number of his colour variation i don't really know what i have here. the info on the deathwish records (to which malfunction records belongs) site says the following: 300 red w/ black haze, 700 red w/ black splatter and 1000 red. so is my white w/ pink splatter of a 2nd pressing or what?

six reasons to kill/absidia split - the morphology of fear
i know that this split exists for quite some time (since 2004 or something) but i never felt like i need to own it. that was mainly because i'm not a big 6rtk fan. i know some later stuff and they are an ok band but nothing more. checking the cheapo section at per koro i found it on coloured vinyl and saw myself kind of drawn to it. i listened to the absidia songs and knew why. they're great! edge metal in the vain of heaven shall burn! good stuff. still don't really like the 6rtk part but absidia alone made this worth the purchase.

wonderful presentation! lovely artwork + lp sized booklet + opaque brown w/ black splatter vinyl. cd version by bastardized recordings. vinyl version by per koro records. 2002.

burnout record store hamburg: reign supreme

again, in my favourite local store i found this nice canned music:

reign supreme - testing the limits of infinite

i was outbid on that on ebay. actually i wanted the light blue vinyl version but as i was spotting it in the store, i thought "fuck it, dark blue looks cool, too." pretty good music! good mix between fast parts and breakdowns + gang shouts en masse, which i really love (probably the best thing in hardcore :). only the art work is a bit lame. just some pictures of time-worn statues on black background. i mean, i think i get the idea behind it but it still looks boring. gatefold sleeve at least + download code. deathwish records.