Par contre Earache n'est pas blanc du tout, voici ce qu'avait à dire Jo Bench à propos de la sortie de la compile Who dares wins.
"It wasn't a big surprise - we had an album coming out ("Mercenary"),
and the only thing Earache had was old material, so we were expecting a
'best of..' type album to come out. No, they didn't contact us and it
was particularly annnoying because they hadn't paid us any royalties for
previous albums for about 7 years. They are a Sad label that have no
good bands anymore, so they try to make money by releasing old material
from bands that left the label years ago. I would advise people not to
buy it!"


Sinon voici un nouveau post sur le blog de Matt Harvey(Exhumed) à propos de l'essouflement de la scène death vers la fin des années 90 et pourquoi cela est arrivée selon lui.
Très intéressant pour ma part sans partager exactement tout ses avis.
*(en anglais seulement).
http://gorefuckingmetal.blogspot.ca/2014/08/thoughts-after-reading-extremity.html

Je la trouve loin d'être merdique, cette pochette. Elle est moins chargée que l'originale, les teintes ne sont pas les mêmes, mais elle a son charme.

Avis personnel bien sur, mais même les personnages sont inspiré de ceux au dos du cd original.
Par contre je n'est pas vu les arts à l'intérieur du livret (si il y en a).


Ça c'est du dessin !

Hour of Penance - Regicide



Première écoute, mais ca m'a l'air d'être carrément bon, bien en dessus du "Sedition"
Vos avis ?

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citation :

Fabien écrit : Sans vouloir me faire l'avocat d’Earache, pourquoi l’écurie anglaise aurait-elle besoin de consulter Bolt Thrower (ayant quitté la maison) pour rééditer des albums dont elle possède tous les droits ? Quant à l’illustration, Earache avait dû en commander une autre dans le même esprit pour la réédition, la licence des dessins originaux qui appartiennent à Games Worshop était arrivée à expiration. Fabien.

Et l'article de 2009 pour les intéressés :

Bolt Thrower- why new Realm of Chaos art?

Question: How come Bolt Thrower's Realm of Chaos HAS a new cover? Did GW drop the rights to use it or what? John Sibbick's a Killer artist, but I have to say I do prefer the original cover. Do you still have the original in stock? I noticed it in the store but I've contacted one of your guys before and he said he hadn't seen the original artwork version at all in years. Any info you can provide will be greatly appreciated. Cheers, G From: [email protected]

Answer EARACHE : This question is a cause of much consternation between Earache and Bolt Thrower.In short, you are exactly right- the original sleeve art was the property of Games Workshop, not Earache or Bolt Thrower and when the lease on its use ran out in around 2002 or so, we approached the famous Fantasy Wargaming company for a renewal which was flatly Refused to us.This refusal knocked us for six.

So we faced a harsh decision to either discontinue the album, or commission new art by the same artist in a similar style and theme, but being careful to not fall foul of copyright laws. Bolt Thrower themselves were pretty unhelpful by insisting that the orginal be used in further pressings, but this was impossible as it wasn't ours or their art to use, it was Games Workshops artwork and copyrights.Luckily we had seperately commissioned the actual Bolt Thrower logo, drawn by Mark Craven, so could still use that at least!

John Sibbick drew the original artwork under commission by Games Worshop. Back in the 80s the original edition of the company's biggest fantasy wargame 'Warhammer 40,000' had this artwork adorning the box cover.Everything about it is copyrighted to the hilt, right up to the design of the weapons, and even the Logos on the clothing of the Space Marines fighting in the picture.We obtained the rights to use it after an exceedingly friendly meeting with the managing Director Bryan Ansell of Games Workshop, and Andy Jones the general manager. The company was small but growing fast at the time, and being based in Nottingham's Lace Market Area, it was a short walk from our office.The guys Saw the sense in reaching out to the Rock/metal market which Earache and Bol Thrower offered by using their art on an actual release- and a deal was struck.It was a one page contract/bit of paper saying we had rights to use it lasting 13 years.

By the time of 2002 or so the Games workshop company had become a global billion dollar corporate behemoth. When we asked for a renewal of the artwork rights, it suddenly dawned on us that this wasn't the same local company I met with 13 years beforehand. We were hit with a barrage of legal letters, cease and desist and copyright infringment claims. It was as if the company in its new corporate form had never heard of us, accusing us of theft of their highly prized copyrighted art in the first place.We avoided all contact with GW after that.

So the only solution was to try to track Down the artist John Sibbick who had long since left the Wargaming art scene, his new career was as a highly respected artist drawing dinosaurs for scientific papers and research. Luckily when he heard of our dilemma he agreed to kindly redraw similar themed artwork but without any GW copyrighted elements. This is the art used on the new edition from 2004 onwards.

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On y voit plus clair. BT a joué sa tête de mule et GW est une diva. Earache coincé entre les deux. On peut du coup aborder la cover de cette réédition sous un autre angle et je suis content de savoir qu'il s'agit du même artiste ayant déployé tous les efforts pour ne pas redessiner des items déjà soumis au copyright GW.

Du reste, je n'y connais pas grand chose en droits d'auteur avec tous les alinéas que cela suppose, mais j'aimerais bien comprendre de quelle manière BT a cédé tous ses droits concernant leurs galettes sorties chez Earache jusqu'à en perdre les moindres royalties. Car c'est bien là que se situe la Rancoeur du groupe face à son ancien label.

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En même temps c'était assez risqué d'avoir des artworks appartenant ni au groupe ni au label, mais à une compagnie tierce. Un changement de politique de la part de cette dernière est si vite arrivé

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Superman porte un pyjama Chuck Norris . Chuck Norris porte un pyjama Øystein Aarseth

Cannibal Corpse - Torture



Vivement le 16...

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Qui mange à la gamelle du diable a besoin d'une longue cuillère.

Il y a juste des gros plans de l'artwork dans le livret et l'étoile du chaos (lien en dessous) que l'on retrouve souvent chez Bolt Thrower (et Games également du coup...) à l'arrière de la boite...

http://www.rockdiscography.com/picsmu/bolt/bolt_eyebg.jpg

C'est bien con en plus comme situation entre Bolt Thrower, Earache et Games Workshop...

Sinon en ce moment : Morgoth - Resurrection Absurd/The Eternal Fall



Terrible ces Ep ! The Afterthought et Pits of Utumno me rendent dingue ! Ces riffs...

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Perso je le trouve terrible ce Hour Of Penance il sera dans mon top 10 ça c'est sur

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