I guess I'll take it...

A few months back I ordered a sweet Fire and Ice wind breaker from their big cartel. After about a month of no wind breaker and no word I started emailing them to bug them about it. It took a couple weeks but finally I basically got an apology and was assured that I would get a "surprise" with my wind breaker. Visions started coming of a Fire and Ice test press, or maybe even a rare record release copy of one of their releases or something cool like that. I waited anxiously for my wind breaker and my "surprise". Well, it turned out to be a rather anti climactic copy of "Grim" on black vinyl. Major let down, but still a nice gesture I suppose. I didn't have a copy of this 7", so I'll take it. 

If you want to see what a real Fire and Ice collection looks like, then read The One Thing That Still Holds True. My shit is just stupid boring compared to this:

Glow in the Dark Fire & Ice

Since I've been super busy lately and haven't had time to take any new pictures, so I've been going through some of my old pictures and trying to knock out some posts. I actually took these back in March and have been sitting on a bunch of other records for one reason or another. Fire and Ice is a band that has really been growing on me. At first "Not of this Earth" wasn't doing a whole lot for me, but it has really grown on me over time. It's turning out to be one of my favorite releases of 2012. Above is my copy of "Collections" released by Triple B on glow in the dark vinyl /300, which is still available. This is the first glow in the dark vinyl I have ever owned and it looks really amazing. I had to hold it in the sun light to "charge" it for a while and then bring it into a dark room to check it out in its shining glory. 

It came with this huge poster as well with the lyrics on the back and a collage on the front. You can see just how big it is compared to the actual record. Triple B really went above and beyond on the packaging for this. Although "Not of This Earth" has grown on me, these tracks are still in the process of growing on me. They aren't as polished as "NOTE" and there are parts where the vocals kind of irritate me. I'm sure with more listening time I will enjoy it more. I remember John Joseph's vocals on "Age of Quarrel" annoying me when I first heard it, but little did I know it would end up being my favorite record of all time. We'll see where this one ends up.

Fire & Ice - Not of This World Pre-Order

I just got in my pre ordered copy of Fire & Ice's new full length "Not of This World" on black /300. The black copies actually sold out before the pre orders even shipped, which was pretty surprising to me. Something tells me that they still have a bunch of black copies sitting around that they will put out later, but time will tell. Maybe I am just underestimating the popularity of this band. Anyways, I opted for the more limited pressing and passed on the blue (/700) and white (/1000) pressings. I truly hate it when Reaper does to most limited pressing on black, which is what they have been doing lately with most of their new releases. I miss the days when color vinyl was special.

I love the cover art for this and the whole space theme, simple and eye catching. The layout is pretty well done as well, keeping it simple just like the cover art. Now I kind of regret not buying all 3 colors, since this would look so great with blue and white, but I am just not into Fire & Ice enough to buy all three. I have listened to this release a few times now and it is a solid release, but it is a bit on the generic side for me. The music is great and they even have good lyrics, but I am just not that into the singers vocals. Sometimes though releases like this grow on me, so I may be going back to get the blue and white copies after a few more spins of this thing after all.