Abigor - Höllenzwang (Chronicles of Perdition)

Es kann manchmal sein, dass sich die Produktion etwas verzögert, aber geliefert haben sie bisher immer zuverlässig. Einmal hatte ich eine Bestellung dabei, die nicht ankam, aber dann hat das Label ohne jegliche Anstalten nochmals verschickt.
 
War das Vinyl nicht ohnehin erst für Ende des Monats angekündigt? Habe irgendwie den 20.02. im Kopf.
 
Ich hab mal im Shop nachgesehen. Bei Vinyl und dem Maniac Pack steht 25. Februar bzw. irgendwann um den 20. Februar rum, bei der CD steht 29. Jänner. Strange.
 
Bleibt dennoch die Frage offen, warum die CD dann noch nicht verschickt wurde. Vielleicht liegt's am Shirt, dass das auch erst Ende Februar verfügbar ist.
 
CD kam vor einer guten Woche (Poststempel Freilassing) von Avantgarde Music und blockiert seitdem den CD-Player wie sehr lange keine CD mehr. Meisterwerk.
 
Hier muss ich noch ein Review fertig kriegen. Für mich auf jeden Fall schon mal eine ziemlich feine Black Metal Scheibe.
 
Höllenzwang - chronicles of pertition
10 days ago, the LP testpressing has been approved and the delivery of the actual run is expected any day. As you can see on the photo, Dead´s message is carved into black vinyl to resound in your rotten skull.
The other image below was sent by Avantgarde to confirm the shirts are printed (oldschool silkscreen print on heavy cotton shirt), while the first batch of CDs has been delivered to you out there already. There were some issues with the first thousand CD booklet-covers, which should have been corrected by now. So the buyers of the first pressing run of CDs are „rewarded“ with a slightly inferior frontcover print, yet, as usual in these weird days where every little printing variant or defect makes something a „highly collectible rarity“, this will maybe once add to the charme in retrospect, just as it did with Det Som Engang Var. Our sincere appology to the concerned.
In any case, all Höllenzwang related items should arrive at Avantgarde anyday!
Finally, here´s a remark on the perception of the album so far:
No previous ABIGOR album has provoked such interesting reactions. Due to the total reduction down to 2 guitars as well as the lack of standard (Rock) structures and repetition, it may not be as „easy listening“ to peoples´ ears as the average BM release. Even though the album´s content is truly traditional - in the real sense of the word, opposed to the boring retro-scam of today. But Höllenzwang does not fit today´s listening habit of „checking something out on youtube“ (while we´re at it, one of the most prominent and official-looking youtube links is an UNFINISHED INFERIOR SOUNDING VERSION sourcing from the leaked files. Surely many „qualified opinions“ out there were based on it). Rather, like every good album, it demands and deserves attention, focus, multiple concentrated listenings, and then the accessible nature will reveal itself quickly. The reactions so far have been perfectly mirroring this and confirmed the work´s qualities after some spins. Those who have too quickly damned it at first have later testified the above and became die-hards after several listening round. And that´s the best reaction we could wish for. Since in these days of sensorial over-excitement, listening fatigue, collector´s saturation and a monthly flood of releases impossible to grasp, the few albums people could discover themselves - those precious ones that mean something and stay on your stereo for longer than 2 or 3 runs - are rare. Höllenzwang seems to become one of these albums and we are honoured that you´re willing to take the risk and walk the mileage it needs.
The Devil´s whisper contains messages profound, but only the one who seeks will find - with this in mind, you surely will discover the key yourself.

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