This came in the mail the other day, and I was super excited. This is Iron Mind's new record, and their first full-length. It's the first release since their EP and I assume a lot of other people were also super excited about it, with good reason, it delivers big time. Aggressive, heavy hardcore with great song writing and structure, topped off with great lyrical work. I'm sure this will reap one of my top ten spots this year, especially for Australian Hardcore.
As I mentioned, the band has kind of been inactive since 2010. I think Sam went to Europe and a bunch of the other guys were in other bands and all generally busy, I don't really know the ins and out, but the future of the band was questioned. I think maybe that was all just rumours, because when you see this you can kind of understand why they haven't put anything out since 2009.
Sam Octigan sings for this band, and he is also an illustrator/designer. One of my favourite Australian illustrators/designers, actually. He did all the artwork for this record which is a fucking extensive masterpiece. The front cover, two middle sleeves of the gatefold jacket, and the back are all one giant flowing piece of art. He probably spent those 2+ years working on this. I would seriously just buy this record for his artwork... the songs are kind of a plus.
This came out on Deadsouls Records. My copy is on a colour known as 'Oxblood' and is limited to 100 copies. It also came out on Black/Purple Swirl (also limited to 100) and Black (limited to 300). There are 30 record release covers, and 10 test pressings.
You should go and pick this up. Every aspect of it is absolutely amazing. 10/10.
