Hammerhead INTO THE VORTEX vinyl LP RARE OOP unsane

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You are bidding on the album "Into the Vortex" by the band Hammerhead on vinyl. This is Hammerhead's second full-length and it was released in 1994 on the classic Amphetamine Reptile Records (US catelogue AMREP 026 ... Euro catelogue ARR 50/323).

Vinyl is in VG+ condition. There are a couple light surface scratches that do not affect play. The sleeve is in VG + condition. No ringwear at all, and only very minor edge wear.

Tracklisting:

A1) Swallow A2) The Starline Locomotive A3) Zesta A4) All This Is Yours Brest

B1) Double Negative B2) Empty Angel B3) Galaxy 66 B4) Journey to the Center of Tetnus 4

From allmusic.com: "If Hammerhead's debut was to alternative rock what Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer was to independent film — a harrowing glimpse into the cold, hard heart of darkness — Into the Vortex is more like Quentin Tarantino's equally violent, but more sophisticated Reservoir Dogs. On their sophomore release (not counting the live EP, Evil Twin), the band applies a greater degree of finesse to their bloodthirsty din. Although the record pummels as hard as their 1993 debut, Ethereal Killer, vocals have become a bigger part of the equation and the pace isn't quite so unrelenting. Comparisons to fellow Amrep outfit Helmet, before they went off into a more metal-oriented direction, would not be misplaced. The song "All This Is Yours" has come to define the now-Minneapolis-based trio with lines like, "I wash my hands of this dirty world/It makes whores out of pretty girls." Guitarist/vocalist Paul Sanders sounds as if he's channeling the Laughing Hyenas' John Brannon (one of the top throat-shredders of the 1990s, if not all time). Other numbers, like the opening track, "Swallow," explore the roots of violence ("My mother she hates me/Turned my father against me"), while "Zesta" ("Live alone/Die alone") is nihilism boiled down to its purest essence. "Galaxy 66," on the other hand, proves that these three ordinary-looking Midwestern cats could kick the jams out just as hard without any lyrics at all (and without getting too "proggy" in the process). Into the Vortex indeed.

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