2004. what a year for me. so many great records i discovered that were milestones in my development of musical taste and of course way of living. vegetarianism and straight edge became big parts of my life and still are. therefore i always look on records from that year with a feeling of nostalgia. they have a special value to me. same thing with unearth's sophomore album. it's the only unearth album i seriously listened to. don't know why their other stuff eluded me. in any case 'the oncoming storm' is great. love the great sound on this which makes the breakdowns so goddamn heavy and the melodies so catchy.
as i mentioned in my previous post i bought this off a seller from austria. just like his cataract record (which i think isn't sold to this day) i was watching this unearth record for quite some time. too high starting bid for me and so i swayed to and fro if i should pay the money or not. the balance was turned by the seller as he lowered the starting bid. now it was reasonable to me and i pulled the trigger.
'the oncoming storm' was released on vinyl through metal blade records for north america and for europe through beniihana records from germany. that label ceased to exist some years ago, 2006 i believe. they pressed 500 copies. 100 on clear red, 200 on white and another 200 on purple vinyl, obviously of which i have one. comes with a printed dust sleeve.
beniihana records. 2004.
dark day dungeon - let the sin begin 7"
as always when i want to buy something through ebay i search what else the seller has to offer to make the order worthwhile. buying just one record is lame and if there is the chance, i'll take it. excactly that happened with this ddd 7" and me. i know this swiss band from their full length record 'by blood undone'. i didn't even know that they had been releasing more stuff on vinyl.
this is probably their first release but i can't be sure because the album 'know your enemy' appeared in the same year (2002) on let it burn records. the 7" came out on paperstreet industries. completely unknown to me. couldn't find any information about them on the net either. what i know is that they pressed it on lovely thick clear vinyl but not on how many copies. mystries over mysteries... maybe someone knows?
catatract - war anthems 7"
one of the first releases of my favourite swiss band. it's a three song release and they are pretty much of the same quality as the songs on 'golem'. so worth the listen and the money (which wasn't much though).
'war anthems' was released in 1999 by join the teamplayer records. a small label from bavaria, germany which isn't active anymore.
join the teamplayer records made it a nice fold around cover with all lyrics on the inside. i think it was pressed on black vinyl only. at least i didn't find any other information. also i didn't find pressing numbers. with this only one cataract piece of vinyl is missing (actually it's two but the self-titled record of 2008 sucks and comes on a picture disc, two reasons to forget about it) - 'killing the eternal' on red vinyl.
join the teamplayer records. 1999.
