Fluids- Fluids of Death VHS boxset

THE ULTIMATE TABOO!

Even though I love all their music, I never really *understood* the 80s VHS-horror aesthetic that bands like Mortician, Violent Homicidal Slasher, Fulci, and even Fluids embraced in their albums and image. It was all just slightly before my age, I felt like I could only get a snapshot of the vibe of the time and place that the people in these bands grew up in, and never really experience what they did at the time

That immediately changed when I opened this boxset. The packaging and release is authentic on all fronts. From the physically printed genre and pricetag stickers, the magnet-sealed "evidence" folder (With my full-ass name written on it, bonus points there), the laminated membership/trading cards, you could have convinced me this was unearthed from a wrecked Blockbuster in a safe under the floorboards, unseen for 30 years. Everything is tactile, genuine, and just couldn't be mass-produced anymore

This set emphasises *everything* I love about physical media, I get to experience the hype of opening and enjoying a horror tape, the same way the band members did when they were first doing so in their time. That's something you just can't do with streaming services. Genuinely amazing concept and execution, wish more bands could play around with physical copies of their albums like this

Bought from Cold Iron Records, VHS box handmade by Nikolas Trunzer, thanks to them and the band for making this happen 💀🤘

I've rambled enough, see the photos/discogs page/Cold Iron's pages for a full list of everything in the box

*NOT FOR SALE OR TRADE EVER, SCALPERS GET FVKED*