My Long-awaited CD is here! In all its sexy, limited-edition grindy majesty! It's the Special Edition Longbox version of Agoraphobic Nosebleed's "Agorapocalypse" album.

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Anyway, it came with: The studio album itself, a patch, four badges, a cardboard longbox, a gigantic poster, and a free CD called "Drum Machine Gun". Haven't listened to that yet, but it should be killer.

But yeah, the album kicks ass. Pretty short (28:37), but then again, so is anything the band has put out thus far. It has its flaws, but it's still brilliant. The new singer, Kat (who I've talked to. ) is used to her full potential, Scott's guitar skills have improved tenfold (which I didn't think was possible), and my favourite artist, Florian Bertmer, does the album cover. Also, Jay Randall's vocals are on top-form, ranging from deep, guttural growls found in death metal, to Minor Threat-esque Hardcore Punk singing.

the downsides however, is the number of tracks. 13. Now if you're not familiar with the band, that probably sounds like a normal amount of songs, but these guys have once crammed 100 songs into 1 3 inch mini-disc before. I'm also not really too fond of the artwork in the liner notes. When I seen the obese booklet, I was overjoyed, expecting tons of illustrations from Florian, but there wasn't any. Still, though, some pieces are pretty cool to look at.

Overall, I give it an 8 out of 10. It's definitely their most coherent album, and probably a very good starting point for beginners. It loses its steam a little towards the end, but it's not surprising, considering they started the album with "Agorapocalypse Now", which is utter chaos in aural form. I'm certainly making sure that I stitch my patch onto my jacket, along with the badges. And it's certainly difficult to walk into my room without doing a double take at the poster.