Throne Of Blood - I hope you fail miserably and never accomplish anything ever again

OK, so this is not a new CD at all...it came out like 6 months ago but I finally got my hands on one of these limited edition (100) CDs and I wanted to throw some reviewage up here. {edit: Just spoke with Brian from Corleone...he said that while the CD was due out ages ago, it actually just came out. Guess I was not as behind as I thought. }

First of all, there literally could have been nothing inside this DVD sized case and it would have been worth many times what it cost. The cover of this CD is a hand poured black latex relief that is...so...cool. For a day or two I thought it was an evil scene with a treeant looking at me with one googley blue eye but today I realized it was in fact a unicorn. Hmmph, even better. This scan does not do it justice but hopefully you get the gist.

Inside are equally cool liner notes and the CD. For some context, I should say that I kinda hate grindcore. It is not 100 percent universal, but yeah.

I am a metalhead mind you and have been for about 20 years, but grindcore just does not do it for me. Throne of Blood is basically grindcore but they have done something different. The female vocals (Pipi) are a pleasant change as well as the effects that are splattered all over them. The ultra echoed vocal track reminds me of pre-Fort Thunder RISD bands like Glory Hole and Jack Lords. It's sound adds a sort of Providence style creativity that allows it to transcend typical grindcore.

I think there are some 14 or 15 tracks on here in forward and then all of the same tracks (I think) in reverse. It sounds pretty good in reverse actually. You probably have next to no chance of getting this unless Armageddon happens to put some secret stash out. Give them a ring to see if they have any left and get this cd.