Recordshoppers Anonymous #3

Only 2 more days now... Then vacation! Ok, I've had a week over Getaway but this time it feels more for real! It feels a little strange to take days off with nothing planned, just be home. Don't remember when that happened last. Ok, Headbangers Open Air happens during these two weeks too so I won't be home all the time...
The release of the Cult Of The Fox album "A Vow of Vengeance" is coming closer. The date is set to July 29th. We got the test press last week to check how it will look like for real. It is quite strange to see that I'm actually ON that record. It still is a little hard to believe! And it seems there's some interest in it too, a big part of the first print has already been sold according to the Record Company, Metalbound Records. That's cool!
So now we are gearing up for the releaseparty which will be held at the campsite at Headbangers Open Air!!! Thursday I think it will be. Come by for a cheer if you're at the HOA Festival!!!

"A Vow of Vengeance" cover artwork

Last weekend gave a little taste of vacation. For a very long time we had nothing planned! Just Peter's grandmothers birthday party and a rehearsal session with Cult Of The Fox. The latter became just half serious since it only was me, Peter and Fritze. But it was fun but I was lazy and left my guitars at home. It took a while to get acustomed to the Schecter Elite 7... One string too much on that one!!!

Another masterpiece is being born

Peter have been creative like hell lately and started working hard on the next Cult Of The Fox album... Ok, it will take some time to get it finished of course and it is good to have time to work with the songs but everything is just falling into place and the three finished songs sounds great already.

The chase is better than the catch

Of course he's writing Void Moon stuff as well. I have a really hard time to try to keep up and dig into everything. So ok, it was a quite busy weekend but compared to all other weekends it was very relaxed. The cat kept us busy though trying to get attention. Getting close his eyes turned black and the vampire teeth showed... He's quite brutal in his play!

Free bird

The birthdayparty was held at a resturant by the sea. And it was a nice one, and a nice day too! The food was good and everyone was happy with the arrangement. Of course a swim was on the schedule after dinner. If I'd jumped in I would have sunk like a stone. The food was good I said, and then desert. Not a good start for a swim... But the others jumped in and seemed to enjoy it. It was a very nice day too.

Badjävlar

I really thought the beach would be a lot more crowded than it was. Ok, I guess a lot of people had given up already when our lunch was over. But that's nice, it is very nice to just sit by the sea and watch. There's always something to see... Birds, boats or people!

Malmö Cityline, not the most dynamic one

There's a renovation going on in Peter's house so from Saturday morning there were no TV... We decided to go rent some movies. We aimed for 80's fantasy but for some reason that section was very limited... We found some interesting ones anyway. But, well, I guess comments isn't needed for these. Monster Slayer, could maybe have been fun but was so slow, the bild-up was 1h25 min and the Monster Slayer part like 5 minutes... Steel Dawn with Patrick Swayze, better production but I don't know... The funny part was the text on the box, "A Mad Max from the 21st Century". The move was from -87! Someone missed something there...

Classics?

The Teenagers from uranus we watched 15 minutes of but it was just oo annoying. Cartoon, hand camera, candid camera bullshit, some ridiculous story line... Naah, the other two was watchable at least.
But it was long since I had a weekend like that! And it was nice!

Now I'm trying to keep up with the reports about the Festivals and I've been quite creative. There's just some adjustments and picture editing left for Copenhell and my plan is to write the mere part of Getaway before HOA... Because, even if it seems quite calm a few weeks ahead now there's so much going on in the fall it's crazy!


The lineup for the Alcatraz Metal Festival is super for me! I want to see all bands!!!! All bands on the bill are really at the top of my list! Vicious Rumors, Anacrusis, Communic... Damn! And then Helloween, Death Angel, UDO, Forbidden, Helstar... And the rest!

I just need to decide where to go! Alcatraz is for sure and also Essen to see Vicious Rumors with Helstar. I had the one at Dynamo Cafe in Eindhoven in my mind too but since Vicious Rumors cancelled that one, I'm not sure anymore. Maybe going from Essen to Deinze through Rotterdam is an option.

Rotterdam isn't the most pleasant town to be in though. And Nuclear Assault plays at Turock the day between Vicious Rumors and Alcatraz Metalfestival too... We'll see, there's still time to decide!!!

And then to the real subject! I'm not sure what has happened lately, I don't think I buy as many records as I used to but still the new ones pile up at the table! Ok, after reading the book about David Byron I just had to get the re-mastered Uriah Heep CD's, a lot of bonus goodies on those. At the same time two classic Deep Purple was put in the cart too!!! Like €5 each so no big deal. And Dia Psalam was good on Getaway too so I decided it was time to get their records as well...

Apart from the pile of CD's there's vinyl too! It's so hard to resist when it is cheap! We should just go to Skivesset to get the Rough Diamond LP (David Byron mania here you know) but then they had a lot of other goodies too! Not that much to make any noise about when it is €1-2 LP's and €0.50 7"'s

But I've done some real shopping too!

The Sorcery box I actually got earlier this year but it was just now I got it delivered! Very cool one, all their old demos printed on LP, the newest on cassett, T-shirt, patch and a mighty zine about the time when the demos were recorded and promoted. All neatly packed in a massive wooden box!

There's just too many cool things being released now. The Hellhammer/Celtic Frost biography/photo book is massive. I had actually forgotten about it when I happened to see it on Gävle. The Lords Of Chaos was bought at the same time.

The Access All Areas by Angders Tengner will be some fun reading! I subscribed to OKEJ for a year or two and I still have a lot of clippings from those magazines. Anders was editor in chief there so I guess it will be some real nostalgia in there, revisit the aricles from the mid 80's. Bruce Dickinson Biography is a must and was very cheap. And the last one, a childrens book really, Jacks Fantastic Journey.

And I've also ordered the Metalion - The Slayer Diaries. The pictures looks amazing! The book of the Slayer Mag was cool, this sure is something else! I really hope I'll get it, all Swedish online shops has been a mess lately. Announcing things they never get into stock and records are removed from the orders without notification. That's really bad. And it is strange when CDWOW, who shipps from Hong Kong is faster than the company located in my hometown.

So, I'm sure what will keep me occupied in the winter at least! I have A LOT of reading to do!

Well, back to business! I've been really good today, done the laundry, cleaning of the apartment and done the dishes (ok, put everything in the dish washer...). the bad thing is that I'm not done yet... Better get back to the cleaning so I can start my vacation in a clean apartment!

Cheers

E

NP: Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom