After a lengthy absence from this blog I´m back to deliver some new pictures and mindless blabber. This time I thought I´d mention the band´s latest album - Infestissumam. It is supposed to mean something like "the biggest threat" according to an interview with a band member at the time of release, which was April 2013 by the way.
These are the four different colours that are currently available. Please read more about each colour under their respective picture.
2000 (or 4000?) copies, clear vinyl, Scandinavian edition.
This was the first vinyl edition that was released. Originally promoted as "Swedish edition" but later corrected to "Scandinavian edition". This means that it was originally sold and marketed in Scandinavian based shops only, but the album was actually made (printed/pressed) in the EU, as stated on the label and the credits page in the booklet attached in the gatefold.
"The booklet attached in the gatefold"? Yes, this edition comes with an 11-page booklet that contains the infamous drawings (see examples below) that caused a minor moral panic among pressing plants in the US, as they refused to include these pictures in the CD-booklet or on the CD itself, which caused the CD to be released some weeks later than planned in the US.
But I digress; back to this vinyl release. Some collectors on discogs, eBay and other places, state that this was made in 4000 copies, and they might be right. After all, Univesal themselves state that to be the amount pressed. BUT...I´m quite sure that the internet ads at the time of release claimed the album to made in 2000 copies only. That number is also stated in Janne Starks book on Swedish hardrock and heavy metal.
The album also comes with a printed innersleeve with lyrics on one side and the "Scourger" drawing on the other. This drawing is absent from the aforementioned booklet. Released in April 2013.
Scourger
Ghuleh/Zombie queen
2000 copies, black vinyl, Scandinavian release.
Everything but the colour of the vinyl is the same as the clear vinyl edition.
Released in May 2013.
Released in May 2013.
2000 copies, transparent yellow vinyl, Scandinavian release.
Everything but the colour of the vinyl is the same as the clear vinyl edition.
Released in late May/early June 2013.
Released in late May/early June 2013.
Transparent red vinyl. US/international release.
Gatefold cover with band picture to the left and lyrics to the right. Plain white innersleeve + voucher for downloading the album in .mp3. Chronologically this was released in the spring or early summer (probably May).
I don´t have any pressing numbers on this one.
