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Don't know if anyone else missed out last year, but repress of Suffering Hour's Cyclic Reckoning up at Profound Lore on silver and clear. Glad to not be paying aftermarket. https://profoundlorerecords.merchtable.com/music/suffering-hour-the-cyclic-reckoning-vinyl-lp

I don't really hear the grindcore, but I gather they've been heading well into blackened death for a while. Sounds like Ulcerate/Black Curse/Infernal Coil type stuff more than grindcore, but I dig it!

Gotta save that hype sticker off the back 😉

some kind of mouse king from whoville watching the fruit of the loom mascots wrestle over some pseudo-hip hop half skramz bullshit chorus before another song entirely cuts in for the bubblegum pop cleans with nick lachey jailed by the leaf things from zelda. Miss those Royal Ocean days. How is this band selling >20k vinyl copies? Damn.

Lots of great releases today, including (finally) some solid death metal. Semi-surprising to some, myself included - I think Chris Reifert's new album with Greg Wilkinson (both from Autopsy) as Static Abyss is worth checking out. Only vinyl release is on 140g black, up on Amazon, Bandcamp, and Peaceville's shop. Pretty sweet death/doom with some touches of Autopsy in places. https://peaceville.bandcamp.com/album/labyrinth-of-veins

Tzompantli - TLAZCALTILIZTLI Pre-Order up at 20BS shipping out in June. Indigenous themed death doom. Singles are great. https://www.20buckspin.com/products/tzompantli-tlazcaltiliztli-lp?variant=42247601520797

NESI is legit, try meteor-gem.com for NESI stock stateside occasionally. Great shop run by a VC member.

I enjoyed Burial's Inner Gateways... Album a good bit from last year, less than 30 copies of the colored version left across EU\US shops. Here's the US link, at indiemerchstore for anyone looking. BC or everlastingspew for Europe copies. https://www.indiemerchstore.com/products/burial-inner-gateways-to-the-slumbering-equilibrium-at-the-center-of-cosmos-colored-12?_pos=13&_sid=74c183f83&_ss=r

but where's the PO

this is some panic at the disco sounding shit anyway. won't be revisiting these tracks, personally. bummer.

Vital Remains - Icons of Evil repress over at Osmose Productions on Gold and Dark Blue/black galaxy https://www.osmoseproductions.com/item/2/94903-110402-1232-1-0/122016102/vital-remains-icons-of-evil.-gold-vinyl.html My least favorite of their discography, but also the only one I'm missing. Hopefully some copies show up stateside for <$40 someday.

was there ever any news about That Thing You Do? It's like they know the day they announce it is the day I unsubscribe from their newsletter. It's been years.

These will be cool to listen to but I don't feel the urge to own them, I guess.

new press of Bell Witch's Longing on Metallic Silver /300 (black copies as well). Silver sold out on the band site already, and copies are heading to Deathwish EU as well. Flenser still has some in stock if you're quick: https://nowflensing.com/collections/vinyl/products/bell-witch-longing-dlp

Yessssssssssss. Immolation - Acts of God 2xLP from Nuclear Blast - 2/18/22 on Clear with Gold splatter (vinyl 4/15/22) https://shop.nuclearblast.com/en/products/sound/vinyl/2lp/immolation-acts-of-god-clear-gold-splatter-vinyl.html CDs and CD+ Shirt bundles up too. I don't think this is supposed to be live/announced until tomorrow but here it is for anyone who sees this. Shipping from Nuclear Blast is BRUTAL as always for a DLP, and I have to assume there will be more than 1 variant as there has been in the past for Immolation. Looks like yellow/black, clear/black, and black are all available in EU/UK NB shops, clear/gold may be US exclusive. Yellow/Black marble @ NB UK: /300 https://www.nuclearblast.com/uk/immolation-acts-of-god-sun-yellowblack-marbled-vinyl-2lp-gelbschwarz-marmoriert-306088 Clear/black marble @ NB UK: /300 https://www.nuclearblast.com/uk/immolation-acts-of-god-crystal-clearblack-marbled-vinyl-2lp-transparentschwarz-marmoriert-306089 Black @ NB Germany: https://www.nuclearblast.de/immolation-acts-of-god-black-vinyl-2lp-schwarz-306087 01. Abandoned 02. An Act of God 03. The Age of No Light 04. Noose of Thorns 05. Shed the Light 06. Blooded 07. Overtures of the Wicked 08. Immoral Stain 09. Incineration Procession 10. Broken Prey 11. Derelict of Spirit 12. When Halos Burn 13. Let the Darkness In 14. And the Flames Wept 15. Apostle