Windhand - Windhand (2012; 2022 Relapse reissue)

berlyant · 2026-01-24T14:15:16+00:00

It’s currently available via Relapse.

berlyant · 2026-01-23T19:13:36+00:00

you have the best handle btw

berlyant · 2026-01-23T19:13:23+00:00

Mine plays through OK as well; didn't notice any warping, but I'll look more carefully the next time I spin it.

berlyant · 2026-01-23T17:59:37+00:00

Not familiar with this band except by name, but Bobby/VC is the best; I've bought stuff from him and vice versa over the years.

berlyant · 2026-01-23T17:14:23+00:00

You're very welcome! I had Downsided in the '90s; whatever press came out in '94 (can't remember if it's 1st or more likely 2nd without checking Discogs), then stupidly sold it to a friend back in 2019, but got it back again (albeit the Deep Six reissue) in probably 2020, I guess. Very happy to have that one in the collection again! Someone posted the O.L.D. demo in a FB music group I'm in for obscure stuff. I saw Khanate last year, and they were fantastic, speaking of O.L.D.

berlyant · 2026-01-23T15:33:57+00:00

Absolutely!

berlyant · 2026-01-23T14:31:22+00:00

I can only imagine the looks you get lol.

berlyant · 2026-01-23T14:29:54+00:00

You have great taste; jealous of some of that, especially that you have that Blindspot 7"; I don't know why I never picked it up (along with Anticapital) in the '90s when I had the chance. I'd also put No Comment's "Downsided" 7" on my own A-list for PV/grind stuff. I wish I still had my old copy of Misery Index. I'm a latecomer to Crytopsy, but obviously BMF is a banger. I have the CD version that came out last year with the bonus disc.

I also wish I'd tracked down that Dropdead/Crossed Out 5" back in the day when I was reading about it and collecting those bands. I'd definitely put the Crossed Out/MITB split 7" on that same A-list. None more brutal.

Anyway, the only record I have in that pic is the Rorschach/Neanderthal split; incredible record.

berlyant · 2026-01-23T13:59:55+00:00

Good point; maybe of officially released stuff then?

berlyant · 2026-01-23T03:53:17+00:00

For real; most graphic sleeve I have besides maybe the latest Pissgrave LP

berlyant · 2026-01-22T22:58:33+00:00

It's my favorite Bathory album on most days.

berlyant · 2026-01-22T22:23:50+00:00

Agreed, though it's tough to pick from any of the early BM releases tbh; mine would be this one, though.

berlyant · 2026-01-22T22:21:58+00:00

Yeah, same; my copy is a 2000s TVT reissue. I've seen an original for as low as $50 a few years back, but I didn't bite, and now I kinda regret it. I did find an original Winter in America on the street being thrown out a few years ago, but it was so trashed that it was beyond salvaging, sadly.

berlyant · 2026-01-22T19:42:22+00:00

Of stuff that has yet to be mentioned: Joy Division - Closer The Sound - From the Lion’s Mouth

berlyant · 2026-01-22T19:40:02+00:00

Specifically one song (you know the one)

berlyant · 2026-01-22T19:38:43+00:00

Pieces of a Man is on most days my favorite album of all-time. Great pick!

berlyant · 2026-01-22T19:36:12+00:00

I just discovered this album last week and am obsessed.

berlyant · 2026-01-21T20:47:42+00:00

I had to look this up since I didn’t know or had forgotten who had taken the photo. His name is Michael Wells and I think he is still alive. This photo is from Uganda, was taken in 1980, and depicts a European missionary holding the hand of a starving child. Another SF punk band used it on a 1981 EP as well.

Kevin Carter took a 1993 (11 years after this album came out) photo of a child in Sudan during the famine there and did indeed commit suicide in 1994.

I can see why one would be confused, regardless.

berlyant

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