Slayer-Repentless

I was as sceptical about this as anyone before I heard it. Face it Slayer will never reach the heights of 'Reign in blood', 'south of heaven' and 'seasons in the abyss' again. Those days are long gone. Also without Jeff or Dave it isn't really a proper Slayer record in my opinion but still this is pretty darn good. Whether it will still holds up in a few years time remains to be seen but for now I'm digging it. At one time I may have attempted to go for all the million different colours or something stupid like that but these days I can live with just one copy so I opted for the yellow vinyl, limited to 300.

Samhain-November coming fire LP Orange vinyl

I've always been a Misfits/Samhain/Danzig fan but I've never gone crazy and tried to go after the rare/limited stuff. I've always made do with the regular versions or represses but when I realised to my utter shame recently that I didn't even own a copy of November coming fire on vinyl anymore I knew that I was going to have to hunt one down. As luck or fate would have it an opportunity to get hold of an orange vinyl came up and I decided to take the hit. I'm glad I did-this thing isn't easy to get. There are 500 of these but you hardly ever see it for sale. Also since I bought it non-ebay or discogs then I managed to get it at a decent price. A bit cheaper than if I had used one of those sites. Also it looks fucking rad. That's the main reason we obsessive collectors go mad for stuff like this. The only problem is that it's sparked a desire to get the other Samhain records on colour. Here we go again.....

Obstruct-Loss of blood LP

Another killer slab of UKHC or NWOBHC (New wave of British Hardcore) as it's being dubbed and another band featuring Tom Pimlot (Violent reaction, the flex etc). This time he's on guitar. Raging shit that doesn't let up from start to finish. On Carry the weight records. White vinyl is limited to 100 and along with the great sleeve artwork it looks fucking great.

Mike Judge & Old smoke-sights LP

I actually only heard this album for the first time a few years back. I was shocked that I actually liked it. Of course when it came out I would have hated it but that's getting older for you. Since I finally bagged a CK this year it's only fitting that I close my Judge colour vinyl collection with this one-and yes it counts.

Iron maiden-Twilight zone 7"

Fresh pick up from a trip to the flea market this morning. I'm not a huge Maiden collector anymore. I've said it before but I deeply regret getting rid of my maiden stuff in the 80's when I got into hardcore but I do have a thing for the early stuff so I still grab the odd thing here and there. I always loved this track but it was never released on any album and it was out of print not long after it came out . It was reissued briefly in the early 90's but it many ways it's still very much a long forgotten and even lost track. Another gem from the Di'anno era.

I would have liked to have snagged a colour copy but I can live with a plain black vinyl version. It's that cover that I find really striking. All the sleeve artwork from this era was the best and we get to see Charlotte (the harlot) in her beauty.

Chain rank-Up against the wall LP

If you weren’t too impressed with the last Boston strangler album, here’s a new record that might suit your fix of Boston hardcore. Featuring Ryan Abbot (No tolerance, social circkle, blank stare etc.) this is full on no frills and in your face HC. Released by Side two records. 300 on clear.

Violent reaction-s/t 7" test press

Scored this test pressing last week of the first violent reaction 7” on Static shock/Quality control. Nothing too fancy to look at but there are only 10 of these in existence. It marks my seventh version so far of this record and definitely the rarest of the bunch. If for some stupid reason you haven’t heard this band yet then go and buy all their records NOW. You’ll thank me for it.