Record Store Day Rampage

To celebrate Record Store Day, Six Feet Under offered up a test pressing of the new Floorpunch discography and True Colors 7 inch. For a chance to win, all you had to do was purchase something from their webstore. It was an offer too good to pass up, and even though I didn't win with either test press, I still couldn't resist the temptation to pick up some new vinyl.

A while back, Six Feet Under released Three Successive Blasts from Dean Dirg. For the Euro pressing, they added another Blast and improved the format from a 10 inch to a 12 inch. This is a collection of 7 inch releases pressed on one convenient LP. I have not listened to this one yet, but I do love the spastic, energetic punk rock vibe of Dean Dirg's other records, so I'm sure this one will be a winner as well.

I don't know many record labels that really have their own sound, but the bands on Lockin' Out, seem to belong on Lockin' Out. I had never heard Rampage before, but when I put this album on the turntable, my first thought was "Yeah, this sounds like a Lockin' Out band". The main reason that I picked this up was because I was planning on seeing the band live for the first time along with Lion Of Judah and Step Forward. I didn't get the order from Six Feet Under until after the show happened, but that was okay because I flaked and skipped the show anyway.

I'm intrigued by the vinyl for this pressing. When I first took the record out of the sleeve, I thought that it was only a red and orange swirl pattern, but when I flipped the vinyl to the other side I can see a ring of blue. Would love to see other copies of this and see how they compare.

Another band that I've come to really like is Iron Boots. Three different record labels have pressed the band's 2004 demo over the years. This one is the second pressing on Grave Mistake, with orange labels and limited to 500.

Now for the free shit. I have an old CD from The Rites. It is okay, but not something that I ever listen to. Six Feet Under threw in a free copy of the 7 inch that they released for the band a while back. Cool concept. They released three different versions of the 7 inch, and each one has a different cover song on side two of the record.

The copy that I received has the cover song of Surprise by Thamesmen. 145 pressed and seems to be the only pressing of this 7 inch that is no longer in the Six Feet Under webstore.

The other free record that was thrown in the package was a 12 inch single from Reign Supreme. I'm pretty sure that I saw this band play a show with 108 a few years ago, and I remember hating them. I haven't listened to this record yet, but I'm not too excited about it.