i really liked forfeit's first release, their 'visions' 7" from 2008. it has the groove, the energy - soild all the way through. so of course i wanted a copy of their full length, which appeared a year later. i got the 'visions' 7" through willem and i remember it wasn't that easy to get a copy back then. with 'the lower depths' things were different. i could have bought a copy at per koro at any time.
they still seem to have it in stock. furthermore a copy was sitting at burnout record store for at least one and a half year. that must be the timeframe in which i saw it for the first time and finally bought the record. that timeframe already indicates that this record wasn't a high priority of mine. strange, because as i told beforehand i actually really liked the 7". somehow i always thought the lp couldn't really live up to the 7".
when i finally listened to the album my worries had been confirmed. the record is ok, still solid, but there is the one thing missing which makes an ok record a good record. can't quite put my finger on it but 'the lower depths' is just an average hardcore record to me. check out 'something against me' and 'cut off'. 800 copies on white vinyl. reaper records. 2009.
