The Year of the Iron Curtain

I bought the first Iron Curtain record because it was on Anger Battery Records. When the new 7 inch went up for preorder, I ordered it because it was Iron Curtain.

Compared to the 2011 demo, Year of the Wolf has a bit more of an edge to it...it seems a bit angrier...but maybe it's because the demo had cartoon monkeys on the front, and this one has a snarling wolf.

50 of the gold vinyl got pre-order stamps on the inside cover and were hand numbered.

160 on green colored vinyl.

210 on black vinyl.

Iron Curtain, representing the London Straight Edge. XXX

Iron X Curtain

When I ordered the Times Together vinyl from Anger Battery, I also grabbed a couple copies of the Iron Curtain 7 inch the label had up for sale. I'd never heard of them before, but since they were described as "raw hardcore in the vein of early Lockin Out Records like Mental or the Righteous Jams demo" I figured that I'd take a chance on them. Good move because this London Straight Edge band, are pretty fucking cool.

Has there ever been a record cover with monkeys that hasn't ruled? I can't think of any. While this cover for the Iron Curtain 7 inch looks awesome, I'm a bit confused because they look like gorillas with tails.

Black vinyl is limited to 100, but 30 of them had the dust sleeve stamped and numbered for pre-orders.

200 pressed on white vinyl.