First vinyl pressing is limited 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. I
