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  • Despair, Erosion, Loss LP
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Alaskan's newest LP released by Alerta Antifascista Records and Moment of Collapse Records. Release date: February 28th, 2014.

    Just under 40 minutes in length.

    Product/release details:
    - Manufactured in Europe
    - Gatefold sleeve printed on heavy stock matte reverse board
    - Printed heavy stock inner sleeve
    - 180 gram vinyl available in 3 colours (transparent yellow w/ brown swirl, white w/ black swirl, black)
    - Digital download code included

    1000 copies were pressed in total (600 black, 200 transparent yellow w/ brown swirl, 200 white w/ black swirl). The entire physical package was manufactured in a plant in Europe where the employees work as a collective and are paid a competitive salary. Our price reflects this.

    Note regarding shipping: Canada Post recently (January 2014) increased shipping costs and removed some economical shipping methods. Our shipping prices are as exact as we can confirm but in some cases we have over estimated to ensure our costs are covered. If we find that we have overcharged you to ship your package, we will rectify this situation and refund you the amount we overcharged. If you feel more comfortable contacting us for a shipping quote prior to ordering, don't hesitate to do so.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Despair, Erosion, Loss via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 7 Alaskan releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of E N D, Despair, Erosion, Loss, The Weak and the Wounded - Vinyl remaster, split w/ Co-pilot, Adversity; Woe, The Weak and the Wounded, and S/T. , and , .

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      $27.30 CAD or more (35% OFF)

     

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In October of 2007 Bao Mac, in the words of the crown attorney; “brutally and ruthlessly murdered the three people who should have been able to trust him the most”. He shot and killed his wife, Zu Ling He, her 22-year-old daughter, Qian Jenny Zhao, and his four-year-old daughter, Lisa Mac. He then loaded their bodies into the family’s minivan and drove it out to a service road outside of the city. Intending to end his own life as well, he set the van on fire, but at the last moment decided he could not go through with it and got out of the van, already seriously burned. He had to be placed in a drug induced coma until he recovered from his burns. There has been speculation about Mac’s motive but no real confession as to why he would murder his family. He is currently facing a sentence of 22 years in prison without chance of parole. He has also yet to apologize to surviving family members or show any signs of remorse. During court proceedings the crown had stated "The innocent were slaughtered, and the coward spared himself".

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Load the bodies
Set them ablaze

When desperation calls on these actions
When families crumble in the minds eye
The only way to save us is to destroy it all

An explosion of sound mixed in these emotions
The scream from this apparatus still rings in my ears
This urge, so simple to rationalize

If cowards die many times before their death, then let this be the first

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from Despair, Erosion, Loss, released February 28, 2014

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Atmospheric post metal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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