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I the year 2023 just quit bying records completely. The prices were just too much + all the super limited variants just started to get annoying.
 
Sometimes I'm sad about it, but mostly I'm happy that I have more money to spend for other hobbies and life in general. I will continue to support bands I like via bandcamp and going to the shows.

Chora has been my favourite post-metal this year. Emotional, heavy, perfect production and mastering. Have listened this album about 100 times already. 
 
https://choratn.bandcamp.com/album/there-lies-a-friend-i-once-knew

Another crazy good release. On paper this mix of styles wouldn't necessarily appeal to me, but one listen convinced me to pick it up. Just listen.
https://ashenspire.bandcamp.com/album/hostile-architecture

Thanks for this! Been listening this many days for now. Incredible, never heard anything like this. Deathwish has the vinyl for EU peope. Must buy.

Repress on glow in the dark:
 
https://triplecrownrecords.limitedrun.com/products/652713-holy-fawn-death-spells

I think Hundred Year Old Man just released one of the best post-metal albums in years "Sleep In Light".
 
Dark, beautiful and crushing 80min journey. FFO: Cult Of Luna, Oceanic-era Isis. Colored vinyl at Consouling store or Bandcamp.
 
For me this came out of nowhere. I think I had never heard of this band before.
 
 

I think Hundred Year Old Man just released one of the best post-metal albums in years "Sleep In Light".
 
Dark, beautiful and crushing 80min journey. FFO: Cult Of Luna, Oceanic-era Isis. Colored vinyl at Consouling store or Bandcamp.
 
For me this came out of nowhere. I think I had never heard of this band before.
 
 

Neurosis - Given to the Rising repress coming this month. Hopefully other albums will follow up soon...
 
Neurot store should have it soon, but here is one EU link;
 
https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/neurosis-given-to-the-rising-colored-vinyl-edition-924018

Neurosis - Given to the Rising repress coming this month. Hopefully other albums will follow up soon...
 
Neurot store should have it soon, but here is one EU link;
 
https://www.hhv.de/shop/en/item/neurosis-given-to-the-rising-colored-vinyl-edition-924018

SoM exclusive here (ltd 500)
https://shop.season-of-mist.com/final-light-final-light-lp-gatefold-coloured

Perturbator + Johannes Persson (Cult Of Luna) collaboration "Final Light" pre-order is up. Some limited to 300 versions still available: https://red-crk.com/collections/vinyl
 
Massive first single here: 
 

Yeah, but if there was no comment section on Discogs you would never be able to find gems like this 

I'm excited how many devastatingly crushing moments this album has. I did not expect it to be so heavy!
 
I struggled to fully enjoy A Dawn to Fear's slower songs, but this album flows perfectly and there is not a weak moment . Blood Upon A Stone could be the best song in years. When it ended and Beyond II started playing, it was one of the most perfect moments I have experienced in music.  Sure Blood Upon A Stone would also have been a perfect way to end the album, but Beyond II kinda helps you to digest how incredible the ending of the album was.
 
I can't believe they pulled out album like this so soon after the two previous releases.

Well this is genious.. release a new album and million different vinyl variants. Then under a year later release a new way better sounding mix of the album. Huge fan of Amenra and the new mix, but don't like how this was done...

"Clear beige-grey marbled" available here https://www.normanrecords.com/records/191015-cult-of-luna-the-long-road-north

So I reached out to them as well.  The first pressing was the supposed to be "orange/ sea blue galaxy /500"  what we received was a "foggy orange".  The band reordered the original color and again received a "foggy orange /500".  The band then opted to press "blue/light blue /500" and send those to the people who had purchased the original "Orange/blue galaxy".  I am one of those people.   
 I asked Red Creek if the number of total number of Orange would then be considers top be out /1000.  They said "No, Officially /500 First one did not count to us, as we replaced for another one".  So take that as you will but when I followed up again they basically said the Orange one that I originally received "Officially doesn't count".  In my mind the "foggy orange" is really /1000.  The red creek statement is basically "These aren't the droids you're looking for" .
 
Regardless I love the LP.  It was a solid and respectable move by Red Creek to send us an additional copy, but being a variant nut this is a weird scenario.

Thanks for posting this! Grabbed the opaque marbled and finally picked up The Raging River while I was at it.

If you missed the beautiful Red Creek variants, I think they just added rest of them in their store. About 200 left of both at the moment. 

Not sure if you saw this already, but Revolver has the opaque white for a ridiculous price: https://shop.revolvermag.com/collections/vinyl/products/cult-of-luna-long-road-north-opaque-white-2lp
 

Official numbers and such:
https://www.metalblade.com/europe/de/news/cult-of-luna-release-new-single-and-video-cold-burn/
The Long Road North Formate:
- Digital & Streaming
- CD Digibook
- Deluxe Boxset
- 180g black vinyl (EU exclusive)
- Wine-red marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 700 copies)
- Silver vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Clear light rust marbled vinyl (EU exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Clear beige-grey marbled vinyl (UK Indie exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Orange brown marbled vinyl (Season of Mist exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Clear light green marbled vinyl (Sound Pollution exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Tan orange marbled vinyl (Evil Greed exclusive – limited to 300 copies)
- Ochre brown marbled vinyl (Eyesore exclusive – limited to 200 copies)
- Ruby marbled vinyl (Kings Road/Metal Blade Europe exclusive – limited to 500 copies) (on their website it says 200 though)
- Opaque light blue marbled vinyl (Band exclusive – limited to 500 copies)
- Transparent light blue marbled vinyl (Band exclusive – Tour Edition – limited to 500 copies)
- Opaque White (US exclusive)
- Light red marbled (US exclusive)

Variants so far:
Black - ?
Clear (boxset) - 2000
Wine Red - 700
Silver - 500
Clear light rust marbled - 500
Red Marbled - ? (Metal Blade)
Clear/Green Marbled - ? (Sound Pollution Exclusive)
Tan / Orange - 300 (Evil Greed Exclusive)
Orange & brown marbled - 300 (Season of Mist Exclusive)
Ruby Marbled - 200 (Kings Road Merch Europe exclusive)
Ochre Brown - ? (Eyesore UK Exclusive)
Transparent Light Blue Marbled - ? (Red Creek Exclusive)
Opaque Light Blue Marbled - ? (Red Creek Exclusive)

Cult Of Luna continues to stay productive. I would have never thought that we would see new album again in 2022. Release date is February 11th and pre-orders go live December 1st.
 
New song arrives on tuesday: 
 
 
Johannes Persson posted on Instagram that album will have "interesting guests": https://www.instagram.com/p/CV2quVjoldS/
 
1. Cold Burn 
2. The Silver Arc 
3. Beyond I 
4. An Offering to the Wind 
5. Into the Night 
6. Full Moon 
7. The Long Road North 
8. Blood upon Stone 
9. Beyond II
 
I think we will have about 90-100 different vinyl variants again. 
 
Edit: Some small new info here: https://metalshockfinland.com/tag/cult-of-luna/
 
 "As soon as listeners hit play, they are in familiar yet refreshingly new CULT OF LUNA territory, the pulsating rhythms pummeling, and Persson’s savage roar tearing through the layers of guitar. As is the case with every album from the band in recent years, there is a lot of shifting of dynamics and sonic density, and perhaps more so than usual on The Long Road North. “It’s a big sounding album, almost cinematic,” the band states."

Cult Of Luna continues to stay productive. I would have never thought that we would see new album again in 2022. Release date is February 11th and pre-orders go live December 1st.
 
New song arrives on tuesday: 
 
 
Johannes Persson posted on Instagram that album will have "interesting guests": https://www.instagram.com/p/CV2quVjoldS/
 
1. Cold Burn 
2. The Silver Arc 
3. Beyond I 
4. An Offering to the Wind 
5. Into the Night 
6. Full Moon 
7. The Long Road North 
8. Blood upon Stone 
9. Beyond II
 
I think we will have about 90-100 different vinyl variants again. 
 
Edit: Some small new info here: https://metalshockfinland.com/tag/cult-of-luna/
 
 "As soon as listeners hit play, they are in familiar yet refreshingly new CULT OF LUNA territory, the pulsating rhythms pummeling, and Persson’s savage roar tearing through the layers of guitar. As is the case with every album from the band in recent years, there is a lot of shifting of dynamics and sonic density, and perhaps more so than usual on The Long Road North. “It’s a big sounding album, almost cinematic,” the band states."

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Red Creek only did this EP and new album is being released by Metal Blade (like the previous album)?
 
Anyhow... Can't wait for all the 100 different variants again :).

Man that tri color merge splatter variant is hideous. I wish these labels would stop with the terrible splatter colors