Nothing is worse than having to buy a record twice. No matter how great a record or awesome the bonus material, I always somehow feel cheated. What are you supposed to do with your old copy -- just throw it away? The record store probably won't take it because they already have, like, five copies, since everyone else is now returning their original copy.
Well, this time Xasthur has beaten that idea into the ground: Hydra Head Records will be releasing a new Xasthur record, All Reflections Drained, on May 26 with a special second disc of bonus material. If that's not enough, there are also three different vinyl versions, one being "red mist"-colored with an exclusive slipmat, and one being a picture disc with an exclusive backpatch.
On All Reflections Drained, Xasthur -- usually comprised of only one dude, Melefic -- is joined by guest vocalist M. H. It includes the "usual symphonic contempt bordering on blurred beauty and solitary misery."
So, who's going to pay up and get the 2xLP with the backpatch?
All Reflections Drained tracklist:
1. Dirge Forsaken
2. Maze of Oppression
3. Achieve Emptiness Part II
4. Masquerade of Incisions
5. Damage Your Soul
6. Inner Sanctum Surveillance
7. Obfuscated in Oblivion
8. All Reflections Drained