0031 - Gallows - Death is Birth 7"

I got this 7" through the Thirty Days Of Night single/vinyl club early last year. It was the first new release from Gallows, featuring new vocalist Wade McNeil (previously of Alexisonfire) and was pretty eagerly anticipated I think.

It saw Gallows take a darker turn with their imagery (certainly on the record sleeves anyway)

Tracklisting:-

Side A - Mondo Chaos
              True Colours

Side B - Hate! Hate! Hate!
              Death Is Birth

The dark imagery is carried through to the lyric insert.

 The 7" itself is pressed on really nice black/white vinyl.

With regards to pressing info, this 7" was pressed by both Thirty Days of Night in the UK and 6131 Records in the US:-

Thirty Days of Night -
100 on Black vinyl
200 on Half Black/Half White vinyl

6131 Records -

Translucent Red Vinyl (Not sure of numbers)

I think the Thirty Days Of Night pressing sold out pretty quickly, but 6131 Records still have copies from their pressing at http://shop.6131records.com/shop/7-inch.

Gallows are at http://www.gallows.co.uk/ and http://www.facebook.com/gallows.

Now this post reminds me that I need to pick up their latest 12!

0030 - Light Bearer - Lapsus (Double LP)

This double LP has to be my favourite, which is a touch thing to say as I've got so many records now, but everything about this record is incredible. I learned about Light Bearer through Halo of Flies Records, but actually picked this copy up from the UK label Protagoras Collective.

Light Bearer are an amazing atmospheric metal band from London and they released this double LP through Alerta Antifascista, Halo of Flies and Moments of Collapse.

Both the front and back covers are very dark, featuring subtle artwork and song titles on the back.

It's the same when you open out the sleeve to reveal what's on the inside! Two winged beasts glaring at each other while another stares straight at you.
 
Inside the main sleeve, are two inner sleeves witch house the records. Each one features similar artwork to that of the cover on the front and the songs, lyrics, credits on the back.

Sleeve A Front -

Sleeve A Back:-

Sleeve B Front:-

Sleeve B Back:-

The tracklist is:-

1. Beyond The Infinite
2. Primum Movens
3. Metatron
4. The Armoury Choir
5. Pre Lapsus
6. Lapsus

All four sides of the vinyl are grey with black in the middle to match the centre stickers, which only signify sides A and C.

In terms of availability, the first press that was put out by, Alerta Antifascista, Halo Of Flies and Moments of Collapse has completely sold out. The first pressing was as follows:-

1125 on black vinyl
125 on marine green
125 on grey/blue
125 on grey/splatter

The newly released second pressing is as follows:-

300 on black vinyl
100 on white vinyl
100 on grey vinyl

You can pick copies up from the links below, depending where you are in the world:-

Halo of Flies (USA) - http://www.halooffliesrecords.com/label-releases/halo33-lightbearer-lapsus-dlp/
Alerta Antifascista (EU) - http://www.doomrock.com/Music/LP/Light-Bearer-Lapsus-2xLP-lim-dark-grey-Vinyl::796.html
Moments of Collapse (EU) - http://momentofcollapse.com/label/index.php/shop/light-bearer-lapsus-dolp-111-detail

Here's a stream of Lapsus from the Moments of Collapse bandcamp page for you:-

You can visit Light Bearer at their wordpress site at  http://lightbearerband.wordpress.com and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Light-Bearer/.

New arrivals - Pt 4

I've received loads of new stuff recently, here goes -

Tapes -

Wrestling - For You Anything Tape
Things Fall Apart - Keep Calm Tape
Dead Bong - S/T Tape
Nigh - S/T Tape
Cease To Exist/Armour of Contempt - Split tape

Vinyl -

Dude Jams/Pure Graft - Split 7" (on Clear Crystal Meth vinyl from Not Shy of The DIY)
Let It Die - Let It Die 7" (on Translucent Purple vinyl from Church of Fuck)
Iron Witch - Post Vegas Blues 7" (on Green vinyl from Thirty Days if Night)

I ordered a few bits from To Live A Lie -

Mehkago N.T - Massive Fucking Headwound (12" on Black vinyl)
Nashgul/Malpractice Insurance - Split (7" on Clear Orange vinyl)
Rape Revenge - Paper Cage (7" on Clear Orange vinyl)
V/A - To Live A Lie Split (7"  White vinyl)
Protestant/Suffering Mind - Split (7" Clear Orange vinyl)

I also got these goodies too -

Total Fucking Destruction - Childhater (Red flexi-disc)
Unholy Grave/Nak'ay - Split (5" Black vinyl)

I went to see Moloch/Rot In Hell/Lich gig last night and I picked up the latest Man Hands/Lich 10"

Also, Holy Roar sent these two records I'd pre-ordered -

Strife - Witness A Rebirth (12" Red w/White vinyl)
Full of Hell/Calm The Fire - (7" Various colour vinyl)

There we go, that's all for now!

0028/0029 - Hungry Lungs - S/T 7"

It's no secret that I like my screamo a lot. This 7" is was from German band Hungry Lungs and the reason it's both number 28 and 29 in my collection is because I have two copies of it!

It's an ace three track affair, that was put out by no less than six labels including, React With Protest, Halo Of Flies, Contraszt!, Farblos Records, Parade of Spectres and Win Htein Records.

Front Sleeve -

I ordered this 7" originally from Halo Of Flies, randomly when I was browsing one day. I was intrigued by the cover.

Back Sleeve -

The back of the sleeve is simple, with the song titles and the label motifs at the bottom.

Tracklist -

A side -
1. Koerperjueunger
2. The Heaviest of All Weights

B side -
3. Philister

Pressing of the record was limited to 500. 400 copies were pressed on black and 100 were pressed on gold vinyl. I seem to have acquired two copies on gold!

Side A -

Side - B

I really like the quality of the vinyl, especially the centre stickers with the sides marked using Roman letters. They even put the vinyl RPM on too. This photo is a bit blurred, but it's hand-numbered as number 60 out of 100.

I also got copy number 52, from Parade of Spectres later on as part a review pack, featuring other awesome screamo records.

Liner sheet -

The lyric/thanks insert is cool, as it's printed on black paper that's got subtle silver brush strokes on it.

This particular 7" is now out of print, but here are the links to the labels who pressed it. I'll let you know too if any have any copies left -

React With Protest - http://www.reactwithprotest.org/ (still has copies)
Halo Of Flies - http://www.halooffliesrecords.com/releases/ (sold out)
Contraszt Records - http://diyordie.net/shop/ (still has copies)
Farblos Records -  http://www.farblosrecords.de/ (sold out)
Parade of Spectres - http://paradeofspectres.blogspot.co.uk/ (may still have copies)
Win Htein - http://winhteinrecords.blogspot.co.uk/ (still have copies)

You can head over to Hungry Lungs' Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/hvngrylvngs, where there's the link to the Bandcamp page plus a free download link for a digital copy of this very record. If you like, make sure you buy a copy from one of the labels above.

0027 - Rise and Fall - Deceiver b/w Sinking In Sin 7"

I thought I'd take a break from tracking down a Siege CD for a mate and post about the second Deathwish Inc record I picked up from the Dog Knights Productions distro.

This one caught my eye (no pun intended) straight away, thanks to the big eye on the front of the sleeve. I'd been a huge fan of Dutch hardcore for a while and with Belgium being neighbours, I thought I'd do some digging there too. I'd known about Rise and Fall for a while and thought I'd pick this up while I was browsing the distro.

This 7" is simple with no insert, just the songs, lyrics and credit printed on the back of the sleeve.

Tracklist -
A Side - Deceiver
B Side - Sinking In Sin

This is brilliant, caustic Belgian hardcore at it's best.

A Side -

B Side -

The record itself is pressed on really nice grey vinyl, with a striking centre sticker on each side.

Pressing volumes are as follows:-

330 on Clear vinyl
770 on Grey vinyl
1100 on White vinyl.

The record also came with a customary download code.

You can still pick up copies direct from the Deathwish webstore at http://www.deathwishinc.com/, however if you don't want to pay the shipping from the US, Dog Knights Productions still have copies in their distro at http://www.dogknightsproductions.com/DK/Store.html.

Wanted: Siege - Drop Dead CD

A plea to those who read this blog: I'm currently looking for a copy of Siege - Drop Dead on CD and am trying to avoid buying a copy from the US, so I don't have to pay horrendous shipping costs.

If you have a copy you are willing to sell, please let me know by e-mailing me at stayahead1@yahoo.co.uk

Thanks.

0026 - Kylesa/Victims Split 7"

As well as buying those two previous 7"s from Dog Knights Productions, I also picked up two distro items, this being the first. It was the second Deathwish Inc pressing of the Kylesa/Victims split.

Once again, it was the artwork that attracted me to it, but also the fact that Victims were on it. I was just getting into Kylesa at the time as well, so it made sense to buy it.

I like how the artwork flows onto the back cover too (sorry for the poor picture).

The inside sleeve folded to present similar artwork in striking yellow and black as well the credits (again, sorry for the poor pics)

The vinyl itself was pressed on Yellow/Gold vinyl. The centre sticker on both sides tells you which band is on it and the RPM (which I think should be on every vinyl record, to save any embarrassment when you get the wrong spreed!)

Side A

Side B

The record itself feature 3 songs.

Side A - Kylesa
1. Pain And Suffering

Side B - Victims
1. On Our Knees
2. Descend Within

In terms of pressing, there seems to have been multiple presses from different labels -

It was originally pressed by a label called La Familia -

June 2009 - Tour edition on orange and black marbled vinyl - 500 copies
October 2009 - 2nd editions features 300 on green and black marbled vinyl and 1000 on black vinyl.
March 2010 - 3rd edition features 300 copies on blue and black marbled vinyl and 500 copies on Black vinyl.

The La Familia release had different artwork.

It was later pressed by Deathwish Inc

November 2011 - 1st pressing featured two colour-ways on transparent red and yellow vinyl although the exact volumes are not know.

2012 - 2nd pressing on gold vinyl, but again no volumes known.

As well getting the record, it came with a download code, as is customary from Deathwish.

There are still copies of the La Familia black pressing at http://www.punkdistro.de/shop/index.php?cat=139&sort=&filter_id=302 and you can pick up copies of the current Deathwish gold pressing from http://www.deathwishinc.com/releases/21/. You  should also be able to get copies from distros and discogs.

Kylesa can be found at http://www.facebook.com/KYLESAmusic
Victims can be found at http://www.facebook.com/pages/VICTIMS