{"product_id":"kontact-first-contact-mlp-preorder","title":"KONTACT - First Contact MLP (Preorder)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNB! Preorder item, est. shipping mid December\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRemastered reissue of the Canadians' first MLP. Traditional heavy metal infused with alien weirdness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2024, DYING VICTIMS released KONTACT’s critically acclaimed debut album, Full Contact, largely introducing these crazy Canadians to the international metal landscape. Amazingly askew yet strangely approachable, Full Contact inhabited a neon-hazed utopia \/ dystopia where sleaze metal fuses DNA with tech-thrash. But the roots of this dayglo landscape stretched back to early 2024, with the release of First Contact via the late \/ great Temple of Mystery Records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eComparatively less “weird” but by no means any less idiosyncratic, KONTACT’s first public appearance encompassed a compact five songs in 24 minutes. The primary influences at this stage were commercial-peak Judas Priest (think Defenders of the Faith and Turbo – YES, Turbo!) fused with the frayed circuitry of homeland heroes Voivod, particularly that band’s transition from Dimension Hatröss to Nothingface. Likewise, where the realms of sci-fi were still within reach, there’s a certain rough-hewn atmosphere to First Contact that harkens to the dungeons of ‘80s true metal ala Manilla Road and Cirith Ungol – and the closing cover of Sacred Blade’s “Fieldz the Sunshine” surely cemented their spiritual sphere. Heady stuff\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e any way you cut it, but above all, KONTACT had the SONGS to back up this slow-burn addictiveness: Where so many young bands’ reach is beyond their grasp, this power-trio knew exactly where they wanted to go, this early on. As such, First Contact stands as a unique snapshot of an ongoing odyssey that’s totally and truly KONTACT!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack vinyl, with insert, poster, sticker, post card, download code\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDying Victims Prod. 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kz7iZkExvh8?si=uJqoWnTI_tZCb8OM\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dying Victims","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67967459000593,"sku":null,"price":249.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/3914\/1044\/files\/kontactfirst.jpg?v=1793947855","url":"https:\/\/rekviem.no\/en-us\/products\/kontact-first-contact-mlp-preorder","provider":"Rekviem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}