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Hot on the heels of the EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE discography LP release ( if you missed it), we've got another very limited and deluxe LP exclusively available in the . This time is the (otherwise) tour-only edition of BLACK TUSK's debut album Passage Through Purgatory, released by our longtime Savannah brethren at Hyperrealist.

This beast of an album was dropped on unprepared souls a few years back, and with the first press long sold out Hyperrealist was wise enough to make another small batch for a recent tour. However, only 350 copies were made in total, and much of those went to the band themselves. We are the only mailorder spot to get this, and with a finely silk screened multi-color John Dyer Baizley jacket, we don't expect them to last too long.

Even so, we still want to apologize for the high price tag on this one, but apparently it cost a small fortune to press and print. We got 150 copies of the 350 made, and the price is $29.99. This also comes on a beautiful teal colored vinyl, and hand-signed n' numbered by our old dawg John Baizley himself.

This is truly a beautiful release though and worth every penny, with brutal jams to boot. BLACK TUSK have recently released their followup album on Relapse Records and have been road warriors for years. Their southern sludge stomp isn't easily matched, and its not surprising they're often uttered in the same breath as their fellow Georgian peers BARONESS, KYLESA and MASTODON. For those unfamiliar, you can preview their burly tunes .

The special tour edition of Passage Through Purgatory is available now in the .

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Its also worth reiterating the latest Robotic Empire label release, one an insanely long time in the making. EMPLOYER, EMPLOYEE were a crushing (and very ahead-of-their-time) band outta Austin, Texas and we just released their full discography LP. A whole lot of info on that can be found and the release itself (and/or a silkscreen print) is now available exclusively through us, .

Besides those two elaborate LP releases, we've gotten in another gnarly batch of items for the . Not exactly a ton of stuff, but almost all heavy hitters. Here ya go:

NEW ITEMS:
* Accept Death - Self-Titled 12" (Hydrophonic) $14.99
* Black Tusk - Passage Through Purgatory - TOUR EDITION, TEAL COLORED VINYL 12" (Hyperrealist) $29.99
* Fight Amp / Ladder Devils / Kowloon Walled City - Lose, Lose, Lose 12" (Brutal Panda) $13.99
* Loose Lips Sink Ships - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7"+CD (Whaleplane) $4.99
* Makai, The - Embracing The Shroud Of A Blackened Sky 12" (Halo Of Flies) $9.99
* Masakari - The Profit Feeds 12" (Halo Of Flies) $9.99
* Ramesses - Baptism Of The Walking Dead - BLACK VINYL 12" (Hydrophonic) $18.99
* Ramesses - Baptism Of The Walking Dead - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydrophonic) $24.99
* Ravens Creed / Sollubi - Split 7" (Hydrophonic) $5.99
* Stone Axe - Extended Play - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydrophonic) $17.99
* XXX Maniak - Gorebortion - GOLD BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydrophonic) $13.99

RESTOCKS:
* Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume - BLACK VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $15.99
* Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $15.99
* Thou / Mohoram Atta - Degradation of Human Life [split] - SALMON COLORED VINYL 12" (Halo Of Flies) $10.99

That's it for now, peace!

We’ve got some great restocks from Hypertension Records this week along with the new Black September 12” and tons of new stuff from 20 Buck Spin and A389. Also the new Phantom Glue which features members of the band 27. Check it out!


New Items:
* Bastard Noise / The Endless Blockade - The Red List CD (20 Buck Spin) $10.99
* Black September - The Forbidden Gates Beyond 12" (Shaman) $12.99
* Caulfield - Self-Titled 12" (A389) $9.99
* Christian Mistress - Agony & Opium 12" (20 Buck Spin) $13.99
* Gehenna / Blind To Faith - Split - COLORED VINYL 7" (A389) $4.99
* Gray Ghost - Succubus - COLORED VINYL 7" (A389) $4.99
* Hatewaves - Taste The Beast 7" (A389) $4.99
* Millenial Reign - BonesDustNothing - COLORED VINYL 7" (A389) $4.99
* Phantom Glue - Self-Titled - TRANSPARENT RED SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) $11.99
* Pulling Teeth / Shin To Shin - Split - COLORED VINYL 7" (A389) $4.99
* Whitemice - Ganjahovahdose 12" (20 Buck Spin) $13.99
* Wolvserpent - Blood Seed 12" (20 Buck Spin) $14.99
* Zombi - Surface To Air - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hypertension) $19.99
* Zombi - Surface To Air - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Hypertension) $19.99

Restocks:
* Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 12'' *VINYL* (Security Blanket) $8.99
* Amen Ra - Mass III CD (Hypertension) $15.99
* Black Boned Angel / Nadja - Split CD (20 Buck Spin) $10.99
* Coffins - Buried Death CD (20 Buck Spin) $10.99
* Endless Blockade - Primitive 12'' *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $12.99
* Endless Blockade - Primitive CD (20 Buck Spin) $7.99
* Graves At Sea / Asunder - Split 12'' *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $12.99
* Integrity - To Die For 10'' *RED COLORED VINYL* (A389) $11.99
* Samothrace - Life's Trade 2x12'' *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $20.99
* Starkweather - Croatoan 2x12'' *VINYL* (Hypertension) $18.99
* Stormcrow / Laudanum - Split 12'' (20 Buck Spin) $12.99
* Withered - Folie Circulaire 2x12'' *VINYL* (Hypertension) $25.99

Small update this week as far as new items but we’ve got tons of T-shirt restocks from CANNABIS CORPSE, SLEEP, and PYGMY LUSH. Highlights in the new section would be the THOU / HUMAN INTRUDER split along with the CAPSUEL / FURNACE split 7”. Check out the full list below!

New Items:
* Alpinist - Lichtlaerm 12" (Vendetta) $14.99
* Ambulars, The - Nothing To Say From Miles Away 7" (Cosmic Debris) $4.99
* Capsule / Furnace - Split 7" (Moment Of Collapse) $4.99
* Hallowed Butchery / Batillus - Split 12" (Vendetta) $12.99
* Hate - Crimes - COLORED VINYL 7" (Vanthrax) $5.99
* Like Rats - Self-Titled 7" (Cosmic Debris) $5.99
* Protestant - Judgements 12" (Vendetta) $11.99
* Socially Retarded / Sea of Shit - Split 7" (Diseased Audio) $5.99
* Thou - Summit CD (Gilead Media) $11.99
* Thou / Human Intruder - Split 7" (Dead Earth) $4.99
* Zann - X 7"+CD (Adagio830) $5.50


Restocks:
* Cannabis Corpse - Bud Monsters T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Bud Monsters T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Bud Monsters T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Bud Monsters T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Chino Horde - Discography 2x12'' *VINYL* (Adagio) $18.99
* Glasses - Self-Titled 12'' *1-Sided Etched VINYL* (Vendetta) $11.99
* Highgate - Shrines To The Warhead 12'' *VINYL* (Vendetta) $12.99
* Indian Summer - Hidden Arithmetic 12" (Adagio830) $14.99
* Mouthbreather - Lila 10'' *VINYL* (Adagio) $10.99
* Omega Massif / Mount Logan - Split CD (Vendetta) $9.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mt.Hope 12'' *CLEAR COLORED VINYL* (Adagio830) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Sinaloa - Self-Titled 12'' *VINYL* (Adagio) $12.99
* Sleep - Volume 2 T-Shirt Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (DIY) $14.99
* Sleep - Volume 2 T-Shirt Size: EXTRA LARGE (DIY) $14.99
* Sleep - Volume 2 T-Shirt Size: LARGE (DIY) $14.99
* Sleep - Volume 2 T-Shirt Size: MEDIUM (DIY) $14.99
* Sleep - Volume 2 T-Shirt Size: SMALL (DIY) $14.99
* Thou / Black September - Split 7'' *RED COLORED VINYL* (Gilead Media) $5.99
* Thou / Leech - We Pass Like Night, From Land to Land 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Adagio) $14.99
* Who Calls So Loud - Self-Titled 2x10'' *COLORED VINYL* (Adagio 830) $14.99
* Zann - Three Years In The Desert 12" *VINYL* (Vendetta) $15.99

It's pretty awesome and humbling when we get sent reviews for a release we didn't even mail out promos for. BIG ups to Ian Wise and Demian Johnston for taking the time to review the THOU, Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP all on their own volition. Seriously, much appreciated!

Thou somehow manage to consistently put out fully realized records with obviously thoughtful artwork and meticulous packaging. And they do so at a pace that makes me embarrassed of how slowly my own musical endeavors come together. This release, their most recent 12” EP (it’s four songs, but each side is about 15 minutes, so “EP” is sort of misleading) sums up most things I love about the band. Their earlier releases were heavy, but focused on slow parts with really pretty sounding guitar harmonies. I loved it, but recently they’ve picked up the pace a little and have gotten much, much more dissonant in their sound. This record is no less abrasive than the “Smoke Pigs” track they contributed their split with Black September, but they have some spacey, jammy parts that go well with their sludge aesthetic and help the record flow better as a long player. The tracks here also seem less disjointed than songs on Tyrant or Peasant, both of which had some awkward changes. Of course, the packaging is great as the band partnered with the always diligent Robotic Empire, the only people who may actually be nerdier than Thou about vinyl packaging. -Ian Wise / Razorcake ()

holy shit. this is fantastic. super heavy, super thick and totally amazing sounding. you can really tell they gave a shit in releasing this. i have no idea if this is coming out in any other formats but this is a real ep. so often bands will release a cassette to keep some sort of "cred" going but it ends up being some throw away demos or noise from a band that has no business making noise. this feels real. two heavy and interesting originals on the a side and an instrumental laden with samples and really heavy guitars followed by a Nirvana cover with a killer guitar solo using a phase shifter in a excellent way. the way this sounds is also another reason why having James Plotkin master your releases will never make you regret the affordable price. you just have to hear it. it sounds amazing. the packaging is a double sided screenprinted three panel j card and it looks fantastic. the artwork is great, the music is great. i used to not really dig thou but after the last couple things i have heard i am completely sold. great work. - Demian Johnston /

This release is still available on both formats (vinyl and cassette):
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