The Accüsed - The Curse of Martha Splatterhead

Here's a new release from The Lord: the LP version of The Accüsed's "The Curse of Martha Splatterhead" which was released on digital format a couple of months ago. I honestly haven't heard one minute of this album yet, but if it's anything near their "The Return..." album, we should be in for a splatter rock feast. The Accüsed have always been an oddball, too raw to be part of the Seattle scene, too metal to be part of the punk scene, but strangely enough despite their 28 (!) years experience, never quite got the mass attention that many of their peers did.

Luckily for us, there's Southern Lord. Although this album will most likely prove to be the strangest one in the label's entire discography by having nothing to do with doom or the Big Riff, strangely enough it feels like they're at home. And what better way to pay tribute to one of the scene's legends, than by giving them the same care as other Lord releases. "The Curse of Martha Splatterhead" LP comes on 180g vinyl, is housed in a full color inner sleeve and jacket, and all mailorder customers will receive the special splattered colored vinyl limited to 500 copies while supplies last, plus a poster of the over-the-top artwork to shock to your loved ones. Order now from Southern Lord.

Eagle Twin - The Unkindness of Crows 2xLP

Goddammit. I placed an order at SL about 4 days ago, and here they go and put another record up for sale. And not just any record, it's the goddamn Eagle Twin record, definitely one of the best things they've released lately - well, in my book at least.

If you haven't checked out "The Unkindness Of Crows" yet, here's some info about the band which will make you want to check them out asap: "Densley was the musical visionary and leader of the legendary Jazz, Prog, Rock, Metal, Hardcore group Iceburn from 1991-2001. In order to disseminate his majestic and mountainous riffs in the present day he enlisted massively behemoth skinsman Tyler Smith. The drums are not only a driving force that efficiently steam rolls over you they conjure a repetitious mantra that is eerily infectious. The riffs and music definitely have familiar reference points (Caspar Brotzmann Massaker,Earth, sunn 0))), Melvins etc..) but are crafted in a way that stands miles beyond the others. “The Unkindness of Crows” was recorded to tape in Seattle by Randall Dunn (earth, sunn 0))), Kinski, Ascend). Beautifully packaged in a digi-pac with original artwork from Gentry, Sri Whipple and others. Designed by Stephen O’Malley"

For $17 you get the 2xLP (no pressing information yet), for 29$ it comes with a shirt. The vinyl version is supposed to have 2 bonus tracks compared to the digital version. So, don't sit on this, and get if from The Lord