Immolation Harnessing Ruin Vinyl Album Death Metal 2005 POSH065 Limited Ed RARE
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This is the original 2005 release by Listenable Records in France and this first pressing was limited to 700 copies. The back cover is dated 2004 and hand numbered 431/700. Back cover states "Dead To Me" is the first song on the B side, but it is the last song on side A. Black vinyl and includes lyric insert in excellent condition. The vinyl is in excellent condition and came from a private collection. The front cover does have light wear along the edges and corners and a sticker in the upper right corner, as the previous owner had them graded. This album is extremely rare and out of print. Please check out my other items, as I will be listing many other Heavy Death Metal records and will combine
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This album got rave reviews. This is from the Blabbermouth.net metal music website:
IMMOLATION
Harnessing Ruin
Olympic Rating: 9 / 10
Track listing:
01.Swarm of Terror
02. Our Savior Sleeps
03. Challenge the Storm
04. Harnessing Ruin
05. Dead to Me
06. Son of Iniquity
07. My Own Enemy
08. Crown the Liar
09. At Mourning's Twilight
Thereis death metal and then there is IMMOLATION. By thatI mean the 17-year veterans are New York-style death metal to the bone, butcreate quality songs that sound like no one else. The menacing sound, thoselayered riffs, textured rhythms, and evil-ass Ross Dolan (decipherable)growl came together to form the best album (at that time) of their career with2002's "Unholy Cult". Finally gaining what seemed tobe some long-deserved recognition outside band, fan, and critics circles, I waseager to see whether they could possibly top the beast. They've certainly doneso with "Harnessing Ruin".
Theband has somehow managed to take the aforementioned qualities of previousalbums and add a layer of, dare I say, accessibility. Fear not, IMMOLATION fans, this does not, in any way, shape,or form, mean the band has gone soft. They've simply raised the bar, taken aslightly more focused approached, and made the most memorable songs of theircareer. Opening track, "Swarm of Terror",is a mere 3:15 fer chrissakes! In fact, the four-minute mark isn't exceededuntil the fourth song on the disc, "Harnessing Ruin".All that means is that the group hits you harder and faster with those sameanguished riffs (especially on standouts "Swarm of Terror" and "Our Savior Sleeps"),but does so with astronger sense of melody, relatively speaking of course. And it's mainly dueto Bob Vigna's soaring lead guitar playing; perhaps hisbest work to date. Quite honestly, I was taken aback at the feeling in Bob'splaying this time around. When coupled with the band's trademark delivery, theeffect is breathtaking.
Asfor the rest of the album, there isn't a weak track in the bunch. Tuneslike "Son of Iniquity" and "My Own Enemy" (6:07 and 6:46,respectively) are more along the lines of the trance-like dread grooveson "Unholy Cult", although no song sounds likeanyone but IMMOLATION. Hell, Dolan even adds whispered vocals to "Dead to Me" and "Son of Iniquity", making the riff heft andgrowled fury that abuts these sections even more devastating. New drummer Steve Shalaty (replacing Alex Hernandez) fits right in and the band doesn't missa…um…beat. The icing on the cake is Paul Orifino'sproduction — he still piles the dirt on, but doesn't sacrifice clarity in theprocess. On "Harnessing Ruin", IMMOLATION strikes the perfect balance betweenprogression and familiarity. No one — fans or newcomers — will be disappointedwith this one. Trust me.
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