korn - requiem

amazing how the nu metal gods deliver since their return to form with "the serenity of suffering" in 2016. if you're a fan of the first four, you're bound to like "requiem", too. 500 copies as an emp merch exclusive. loma vista records. 2022.

venom prison - erebos

to me the first disappointment of the year. i can't stand the clean singing the band introduced on this album plus the songs feel pretty general. without any real lows but without any real highs as well. just not my cup of tea anymore, i guess. the presentation is nice, though. century media. 2022.

enterprise earth - the chosen

the guys went in a more commercially marketable direction with "the chosen". i can feel the big stage choruses here. it works for me, although i think the preceding album is better. might be the last album of the band i'm interested in. anyway, the presentation is quite nice. multi-colour splatter vinyl limited to 2.000 copies. eone entertainment. 2022.

unearth - III: in the eyes of fire

finally a re-press of the third unearth full length. saw them in leipzig on their tour cycle for this record back in 2007 or so. good times. love the traces of red in the grey marble vinyl. 300 copies made. metal blade. 2006/2021.

carnifex - world war x

never bought this album because there was no european colour vinyl and then i forgot about it. enjoying the latest album 'graveside confessions' quite a bit, this one came back into focus. found this on discogs for a pretty good price (supposedly because of a seam split that i could fix easily). scorcher right here. 500 copies on orange black splatter vinyl made. nuclear blast. 2019.

dead flesh fashion - thorns

as the seller whom i got the embrace today lp from had a minimum order of a tenner, i needed to add something. came up with this album of dissonant metallic hardcore band dead flesh fashion. had this once but sold it and now it's back. came super cheap also and was well worth the five bucks. midsummer records. shark men records. 2011.

embrace today - soldiers

listened to the band's last album 'we are the enemy' from 2005 recently and as it is the only record i have from them, i searched what the others go for on discogs and the like. found this limited yellow marble version for super cheap from a german seller. score! 300 copies of this relentless piece of sxe hardcore made. deathwish inc. 2003.

of feather and bone - bestial hymns of perversion

finally a re-press of this heavy slab of osdm by u.s. fiends of feather and bone. in comparison with the latest album 'sulphuric disintegration', i think i like this one a bit better. prosthetic records. 2018/2022.

fear factory - aggression continuum (blue/black merge)

when i bought the new fear factory last year, i was a bit disappointed in the comparatively lame european vinyl colour-ways. it didn't bother as much as i would have bit the bullet of buying overseas and so i went on with my clear red w/ black smoke copy. browsing through the supreme chaos records shop recently, this beauty caught my undivided attention. had to have it! 1.000 copies made. nuclear blast. 2021.

exist - egoiista

bought this album upon time of release and it took me that long to warm up with it. now i'm really in love with it. it's a tad long but bursting at the seams with superior musical craftmanship and inventiveness. the vinyl colour-way looks ace, too. 250 copies made. prosthetic records. 2020.