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I’m pretty sure the seller here (athenar66) is Jaimie from Midnight*/Boulder, which if you were to be excited by that sort of thing should be exciting. The listings are minimal at best, so I’d guess some low prices are gonna be the final bids. He’s got the rather indispensable Ringworm demo 7″up for sale, which has a different mix than the version you can get on CD with added vocal effects, and with the Night Breed interludes removed. As so many people have wondered, why did they choose NIGHT BREED of all movies to steal the music from? Anyway you cut it though, this is the best Ringworm release. Ringworm is basically the perfect idea for a band if it’s 1991. Take the Raw Deal and Cro-Mags demos, combine with early Possessed and Death, maybe a little old Slayer, blend until it’s at maximum kill-your-mother headbanging potential, listen to 6 times a day.Now I celebrate their entire catalog, and I know this demo doesn’t open with Numb, but it’s pretty obvious the performance on here is just better than their subsequent lp, which they admit to having been a drunken and rushed recording session. It really doesn’t pack the same kind of punch as this demo because it’s got such a cheap production and that’s maybe the biggest travesty of their existence. Sounding much thinner, although to be fair, the 7″ version of this really doesn’t sound that great and is mostly a curiosity, and overall just delivered with less percision and power. Forget about remixing the lp though, Human Furnace traded one of the reels for Kiss memorabilia. :sad slide whistle: I mean no disrespect though, even with its imperfections, The Promise is still perfect, I just like the demo a little better.The sleeve for the record also doubles as issue #5 (I think) of Bloodbook fanzine, which is stapled inside the record sleeve. As I recall it’s borderline illegible due to small print and a questionable computer layout. I think Gehenna is interviewed, and there might be an article by Bobby Corpsegrinder. I think there’s a bunch of “noise” stuff too, like Lockweld covered in it. Not like you care. Definitely one of the less interesting issues of Bloodbook.If you’re so inclined to check out the other auctions here, don’t miss the S.D.S. “Scum Kill System” 7″, easily one of the best metallic hardcore records from Japan ever, or the TKO’s “Don’t Pull the Plug” 7″ which is a little known 90’s Cleveland punk gem. I can’t tell what edition that SOIA 7″ is so proceed w/ caution. Also if your name is Derek Scace, you’re gonna want all those Stiff Little Fingers singles.*Best current metal band in the world.
call me crazy, but i think the production for ‘the promise’ is perfect. the guitar tone is so grating and i’m a fan of the overall ‘dry’ feel to the album. the drum production could have definitely used some work though.
i haven’t played this 7″ in years, but didn’t Dwid alter the ending of ‘necropolis’ some? can’t remember if he tinkered with anything else.
anyway, both this demo + ‘the promise’ LP are true, clevo HC classics (imo at least).
Pretty sure Dwid remixed the whole fucking thing and it honestly sounds like dogshit on this 7″ compared to the original tape (self released on EAT THE WORM). Theres a Catharsis interview in the Bloodbook too and it has a tribute page to the Japanese Cult leader who unleashed the Sarin gas in Tokyo in 92/3.
Im with -c though, i think the Promise production is perfect and its one of my favourite LPs ever.
Have not looked at my copy in years but I could have sworn Dwid “remixed it the way it should have always been mixed” or something. Wasn’t this at the height of his whole Psy Warfare thing?
yea there’s some self serving statement about dwid’s remixing on it that’s total horseshit (wow a real shocker!). the drums sound really flat as i recall and may be panned weird. the last track (necropolis) has a delay effect applied to the vocals the entire way through and maybe some additional noise. I may break this out tonight and give a listen… Still it could be played through a telephone and it would still be a killer session.
it seems like there’s at least 4 different versions of every song on this record, from the demo, to the lp, to the lost and found crap, to various split 7″s ringworm has released. that said, i’m a true fan of both the promise and this demo, although i honestly haven’t listened to the bloodbook 7″ in years! anyway it’s really strange how many different mixes and recordings there are of these songs.
i think the demo is one of the best H/C records of the ’90s that can still hold up today. There is a limited tour press of 300 f or this release,Hand #ed w/ a yellow cover. Of those ,i believe 150 are red. the others are black.
http://www.deadformat.net/press/1345#photos
I picked up the tour press for about $30.I then sold the Blood book demo on ebay about a year ago for $50. Any word on a copy of the Promise on Orange?