Blacklab Abyss Colored Vinyl Edition

First vinyl pressing is.Ltd to 500 copies in 3 colour Green, yellow & black cosmic swirl vinyl + DLC. BlackLab 'the dark witch doom duo from Osaka, Japan' are poised to return with their new long playing record 'ABYSS'. BlackLab's first lp emerged to reviews a plenty. "BlackLab's relentlessly bleak, feedback-drenched and fuzz-laden take on doom/noise is as dark and mysterious as a black hole, and every bit as absorbing" CLASSIC ROCK // "Blacklab are awesome. Fall under their hex immediately" KERRANG // "Raw, noisy and groove laden, an extreme, arcane force" METAL HAMMER // The first album was a remixed collection of the band's early tracks, a melting pot of influences as they set out to inhabit their own space. Now with 'ABYSS' the band are very much defining what that space is. Once again, the album was produced by Jun Morino in Osaka, and mixed in London by Wayne Adams (Pet Brick, Green Lung, Cold In Berlin) and is an uncompromising beast of a record. Recorded under a full moon over 3 intense days, the album has the 'off the leash' abandon of 'Fun House' era 'Stooges' and is marked by a fat dose of doom meets slowed down hardcore punk; filled with loud, ultra distorted guitar, and yet, a surprising amount of melody as well. In fact, Yuko has said that the band's name is a combination of Black Sabbath and Stereolab, well here on 'Abyss' is where that strange mix begins to make musical sense. The band haven't lost their love of lo-fi or 'Riot Grrrl' attitude. The guitars are loud and heavily gnarled to the point of chaos. Vocals go from shoegaze melodic to hardcore screams (in fact rarely has a vocalist in this genre screamed so musically as Yuko does) and underneath all this, Chia batters the skins, all rolling and tumbling thunder amidst the riffs. Yes there is a smattering of 'Sabbathy Wizarding' of course, but submerged within dark, deep fuzz and punk rock crank and grind. In truth the vibe is closer to both the arty heaviness of early Boris, and the sweet savagery of My Bloody Valentine, than...