I suppose I should mention,before the new
Hammers of Misfortune album comes out this Tuesday,the other HoM related album that was officially released this year. Recorded on eight tracks in 1997 with all the instruments played by John Cobbett and Chewy Marzolo,it shows their concept for Hammers of Misfortune was sound from the beginning. Long,ambitious songs with layered and complimentary guitar parts and thoughtful,intelligent lyrics are already here. Cobbett and Marzolo handle the vocals as well,with a few guest spots from Lorraine Rath (who also did the stellar cover art), Erica Stolz (Lost Goat) and Mike Scalzi (
Slough Feg). When Unholy Cadaver decided to become a performing band,it was Stolz and Scalzi who completed the lineup. Aside from the high quality level of the songs,I'm struck by a couple of things. First,John Cobbett is quite a good bass player.These are genuine bass lines,not just a copy of the guitar part an octave down. Second,hats off to engineer Rich Morin,who got some nice sounds on what must have been a small (non-existent?) budget!
A handful of these songs were released as demos and distributed to a few metal zines but this is their first real release. It's loving treatment from Shadow Kingdom Records comes in double vinyl that includes a Cd in a gatefold cover and a page of liner notes. Separate mastering was done for the Cd and vinyl. I wish more bands showed this level of care in the presentation of their music. Thank you Hammers of Misfortune and Shadow Kingdom Records! I got my copy from
http://www.aquariusrecords.org/. It arrived quickly and was well packaged. You can also get it directly from
http://shadowkingdomrecords.com/. I have ordered stuff from them and found them professional as well. They list Unholy Cadaver as in stock as of October 23,2011. They may also have it in colored vinyl for a small up charge.
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| The gatefold cover has a clever place to store the Cd. |
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| Back cover. |
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| Insert with lyrics. |
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| The beautiful vinyl was flat and flawless. |
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| Insert with photos and history. |
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