13 knots years later birth is still pain

Ringworm - birth is pain LP - 2011 Victory Records VR167-LP-TN

I see people religiously buying each and every pressing of any given Integrity record. Where are the people who do that with Ringworm? In my eyes that would make way more sense. At least the didn't put out batshit crazy stuff at some point and then worked their way backwards again when they (or maybe just he) saw that no one walked down that road with them (him).
'The Promise' is still one of the best metallic hardcore records ever and this one is no snoozefest either. Too bad it was originally only released on CD in 2001. I was so hoping for the vinyl to be dropped. But then they just released the next full length as a CD only and so my interest faded.
Fast forward 10 years and there it was finally someone treated those songs right. And before I had realised what had happened the next two album were given the same treatment and I was overwhelmed. All this time later they decide to put out those recordings out on wax at about the same time in I don't know how many different pressings?! I wasn't having it and decided not to pick up any of those.

Fast forward a few more years and me having seen the LPs a couple of times in different locations I started feeling it again. More new albums hit the market and none of them was really bad. In fact I really liked the little bits I heard here and there until finally I decided I had to have at least one pressing of each of their records on vinyl.
So here I am starting with their 2nd full length. 13 years (how appropriate to buy this now if you take a look at the cover) after it's original release there still is hardly (if any) other album of this genre that can hold a candle to 'Birth Is Pain' and they still carry the torch with their latest releases.
It was kinda cheap and for all I know all the later albums are also not expensive. Yet it might take a while until you'll see me post about a new addition to my Ringworm family. Had they not let me down with those CD only releases for 10 years I would probably be following them a lot more closely but anyway I still respect the hell out of them. They sure have a lot more integrity than that other band.

PS:
Don't get me wrong I love that early Integrity material but they totally lost it after Humanity Is The Devil while Ringworm are still keeping their shit in the right place.

eclectic blood

This record initiated a trade that got me 3 more records and some money on top of it.


Bloodlet - eclectic LP - 1997 Victory Records ‎– VR31

Yes. It's another Bloodlet LP but this time it's a good one which is not hard as the live record which I don't like is the only one of their releases I don't like.
This record compiles all  the songs from the bands 7"es. Of course I already have at least one copy of each of those but it's always nice to have all those songs in one place for your listening pleasure. I mean I love 7"es and I'm definitely going to add the still missing variants to my collection one day but it's a drag to flip over and change the record all the time. I know that's the argument people try to make for CDs or even mp3s but in this case it's still on vinyl. The superior format and only true audio source. Besides tapes of course.

Next to this beautiful black vinyl version there's also one on grey out there. No clue about numbers though. I only know that both versions were pressed at the same time. And yet there are still copies available in the Victory online store. How's that possible? Did they repress the record without saying anything about it? Looks a little like they did. At least I think it's a tad odd that exactly at the time A389 puts out the re-issue of the "Entheogen" LP, of which Victory records did get copies too, maybe as part of a licensing deal, this record seems to be popping up more frequently. But perhaps it's just me paying more attention again after a while of neglect. If you can shine any kind of light on the situation it would sure be appreciated.