Glorious Dead Lay Under Blue Vinyl Waves

I'm starting to think that you have to belong to some kind of secret society to have access to preorders for Battle Ruins first pressings. Whenever this band releases a new record, I feel like I'm a few months late to the party, and the record label is already working on the second pressing. That's cool though, because I'm of the opinion that the colored vinyl second pressings look amazing, and I'd prefer them to the black vinyl first press.

The first LP for Battle Ruins knocked my socks off. I certainly wasn't expecting it, but that album became one of my favorites from 2014, so I was quite excited for their follow up this year. Glorious Dead does not disappoint. Anthemic and heavy...this album gets my head banding and fist pounding right out of the gates. Another winner.

Limited to 500 on blue vinyl for the second pressing, and just a few months after it's release, it is already averaging a price tag over $50 on Discogs. So glad that I was able to grab one from the label before they were gone!

Streets Run Red

Apparently the first pressing for the new Battle Ruins LP came and went without me knowing. By the time I was aware that the album was out, the record was already commanding big money, and the label was putting up preorders for the "second and final pressing".

To be honest, I wasn't that excited for the record when I first heard it. Meh...it didn't do much for me, and I wasn't too concerned about settling for the second press. As we moved into January this year, I finally started to really pay attention to this album...the more I listened to it, the more I liked it. Now I'm at the point where I want to listen to this everyday.

RnR Disgrace Records do not mess around. When preorders were posted for the red vinyl they posted a disclaimer that if you wanted to be a cunt, and complain about how long it takes you to get your record, they would gladly refund your money and ban you from ever buying from them again. Damn!

500 pressed on red vinyl.