Dienstag, 21. Juli 2015

benchpress - controlled by death

two years ago benchpress and me ran into each other for the first time. i bought their first 7" at the stateless society big cartel and back then i asked if their other release, a cd e.p. called 'controlled by death', would also be pressed onto vinyl. the band replied positively saying stateless society would do the job the same year. well apparantly that didn't really work out. since then stateless society didn't release any physical stuff and seem to concentrate on their show booking exclusively.
so it took two years until powertrip records from leipzig stepped into the breach and fulfilled what stateless society started. i was early enough for the pre-order and i took the more limited coloured option, which was clear yellow. the shipping got delayed a few times because the pressing plant couldn't get just that yellow polyvinyl chloride granulate in time. when the record finally showed up the promised b-side etching was missing. don't know what happened. no explanation of the label either. bummer!
thankfully the musical part is just what i want when i put on a band like benchpress. heavy, metal-influenced hardcore in vein of hatebreed, throwdown and the like. you can listen to 'controlled by death' in its full glory at the powertrip bandcamp. the band released some new material on a split 7" with martyrs tongue last year. it came out on an u.s. label and therefore shipping is disproportionately high for a coloured copy. we'll see if i can get my hands on it through different channels. for 'controlled...' it's 100 copies on black, 150 on clear yellow and 350 on clear vinyl. powertrip records. 2015.