![]() ![]() Black Sunday: Midnight - Satanic Royalty (2011) &.The saga of Sleep's Dopesmoker was already almost ten years in the making by the time of its belated release in 2003.Transparent Vinyl: Perpetuating Violence.Black Sunday: Horn of the Rhino - Weight of Corona.Transparent Vinyl: FISTER’s Violence Sleeve Artwor.Black Sunday: High on Fire - The Art of Self Defen.My local record store did insert a nice poster as an extra so that eases the pain a bit. That said, at $25-30, I sure as hell won't be buying a second copy. ![]() Any of the three described by the label would be preferable and I would have loved to have owned this record in brown. It seems to me that Southern Lord must have gotten a deal on clear red vinyl as nearly everything I have gotten from them recently (Black Breath and Lair of the Minotaur to name a couple) has come in this color. Southern Lord's own page for the record offers a choice of black, brown or clear vinyl and, somehow, mine came stickered as a "limited edition" of one of 1,000 180g red pressings. The individual record jackets deliver where the Dopesmoker counterparts failed and deliver some massive, compelling black-and-white shots of the band members. The Art of Self Defense on Southern Lord drops the Tee Pee sleeve and presents an earthier, more subdued take on Kozik's original purple and orange cover. ![]() Southern Lord, who also recently resurrected the definitive Dopesmoker, have breathed new life into Matt Pike's post-Sleep project's first release, remastered by Brad Boatright, who also handled the aforementioned effort. High on Fire's debut, The Art of Self Defense, originally out in 2000, fell prey to label Man's Ruin's, er, ruin and, like many of its labelmates, quickly became a collectible in its original incarnation though, unlike many of those Man's Ruin records, it was available through Tee Pee Records as early as 2001 with two bonus tracks (as well as some lousy new cover art). ![]()
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