bitter end - guilty as charged
in my last post about a bitter end release which was the 'mind in chains' 7", i said that next in line was their debut full length 'climate of fear'. well, sometimes things don't work out as planned. back in june this year i was on a visit to my sister in cologne. of course when i'm in a big city like cologne my visit wasn't going to be only of a selfless nature. i checked what record stores could be found in the rhine metropolis. of course i didn't had that much time because i wasn't mainly in town for the records. underdog record store was the best find because it was the closest to the centre.
i stepped into a small, well sorted store that looked a bit stuffed. i headed straight over to the hardcore selection and flicked my way through it. first score was 'guilty as charged' and as i looked inside the sleeve, i was most pleasantly surprised to see that it was the light blue version which i knew wasn't the most common colour way.
musically it's a huge step forward to 'mind in chains'. of course i'm missing the stuff in between (which i already have and will write about soon) but it's remarkable. 'guilty as charged' didn't click immediately, it's growing on me listen by listen. but that's a characteristic of all great records with a long term quality. check 'immortalized', one of my favourite songs of the record. first pressing information goes like this: 300 on grey/ maroon mix vinyl, 700 on my clear ice blue/ black mix and 1000 on opaque maroon vinyl. deathwish inc. 2010.
