Okay guys. Two of you said that Hammerheart sounds good on picture disc, so I might have to buy that one. Maybe I just got a bad copy of Twilight of the Gods, or maybe it's just that album that came out badly.

Had some gift cards to burn so I ended up buying a Crosley record player from a local Target for about 70 bucks after discounts and so far its working pretty well. I didn't have a nice tape player/CD player either so /shrug.

I got into Vinyl about 2 years ago, mainly because the come off as giant CD's and a lot of the ones I own are in some bad ass packaging.

Here's my small collection:
Boris: Pink
Boris: Smile
Sunn O)))/Boris: Altar
Sunn O))): Oracle
Sunn O))): Domkirke
KTL: KTL 2
Absu: Absu
Therion: Gothic Kabbalah
Nachtmystium: Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1
Agalloch: Ashes Against the Grain
Sigh: A Tribute To Venom (Autographed!)
Arch Enemy: Rise of the Tyrant
Amorphis: Silent Waters (Autographed!)
Equilibrium: Sagas
Gallhammer: Ill Innocence
Negura Bunget: OM
Anathema: Alternative 4
Moonspell: Darkness & Hope
Bloodbath: The Fathomless Mastery (Autographed!)
Keep of Kalessin: Armada (Autographed!)
Keep of Kalessin: Kolossus (Autographed!)
Behemoth: Conjuration
Averse Sefira: Advent Parallax
Emperor: Emperor/Wrath of the Tyrant
Emperor: Thus Spake The Night Spirit - Live Inferno EP
Isis: Wandering Radiant (Autographed!)
Mayhem: Deathcrush (Autographed!)
Melechesh: The Siege of Lachish
Orcustus: Wrathrash
Orphaned Land: Ararat
Twilight: Twilight (Autographed!)
Zyklon: Disintergrate
Wolves in the Throne Room: Malevolent Grain
Wolves in the Throne Room: Two Hunters
Wolves in the Throne Room: Diadem of 12 Stars
Vargsang: Throne of Forgotten
Velvet Cacoon: Genevieve
Satyricon: The Age of Nero (Autographed!)
Tangorodrim: Unholy and Unlimited
Sargeist: Tyranny Returns
Striborg: Embittered Darkness / Isle de Morts
Striborg: Nefaria / A Tragic Journey Towards the Light
Ensiferum: Victory Songs (Autographed!)
Carpathian Forest: Fuck You All!!!
Diabolical Masquerade: Death's Design
Glorior Belli: Manifesting The Raging Beast

Just got into vinyl 4 days ago.
Only have 1 record, but ordered 2 new ones last week.

I really like the sound and the shapes. And off cource, the artwork.

Manowar - Battle Hymns
Manowar - Kings of Metal
Revenge/Witchtrap Split
Xasthur - Xasthur
Xasthur - All Things Drained ( double pic disc )

is all my collection consists of now


I am howerver very jealous of your Agalloch record, I can't seem to find any for a modest price. I think there is a "The Mantle" LP on ebay but its hovering at 150 bucks.

Wolves in the Throne room will be the next thing I add to my colllection though. I love Malevolent Grain .

Got a Sony turntable off of eBay brand new for about 75 bucks, had for two years and no problems yet. I love vinyl a lot, and even though it's not portable, the mp3 ripping option is nice as well, as most of the time the vinyl rip sounds just as good as lossless. My collection is decently large, I have a lot of 45s including many old demos and EPs. I have a lot of drone, classic rock, black metal, death metal, stoner and hip-hop on vinyl.

Would there be any real advantage to buying the ION TTUSB10 for an additional $50? Also, what is the "Tone Arm Lift Lever" that comes with it?

AFAIK, the only difference is the inclusion of a dust cover, which is certainly a must.

The tone arm lift lever? It sounds to me like it's a little switch that you can push to lift the tone arm off of the record. Otherwise, they're probably talking about the tiny piece of plastic that sticks out from the head of the tone arm that allows you to pull it up without having to constantly readjust the tone arm weight.

By the way. Did anyone truely know about the existing of following records on vinyl:

Rottrevore "Inquitous" LP
Pyrexia "Seremon of Mockery"
Gorguts – The erosion of sanity
Brutality – When the sky turnes black
Solstice – Solstice
Illdisposed – Four depressive seasons
Illdisposed – Return from tomorrow
Demilich - Nesphite
Mercyless – Coloured funeral

Thx

this one was recently bootleged on green vinyl link



recently issued by xtreem music
this one is the second press, first press is more reddish if I'm not mistaken

It's worth getting a turntable just for the fantastic albums that you can pick up for next to nothing in charity shops, I've had albums by Possessed, Merciful fate, Napalm Death, Slayer, Deicide etc and more NWOBHM than you can shake a stick at all for under £3

Thanks!
Since two weeks i´m owner of that Demilich lp (xtreem music (post drowned production /post repulse rec.) as red vinyl version.
Now i try to get the Rottrevore one.

I've heard mixed bags on those USB tables - some people love em, some hate em.

Download Audacity (it's free); take your regular turntable, get a RCA->1/8" cable and run the output on the pre-amp into your hard drive and you're ready to roll. You can do the same thing with a cassette deck (even a Walkman will do, just use the headphone jack as the line-out) and turn your tapes into MP3's.

Check Amazon.com for great deals; I got a Gemini that Guitar Center was selling for $189.99 + tax for about $110 (no tax and free shipping).

Like all gear you get what you pay for - there's a reason SL-1200's cost so much. However, your table is only part of the equation - a $1,000 table and cartridge setup will still sound like crap through a shitty receiver and speakers. There's nothing wrong with buying low/mid level gear and gradually upgrading.

As for why I love vinyl...why not!

It looks cooler, shit even smells cooler (love that musty vintage smell of a 10+ year old record). Like already said, there's so much more detail to the layout on "Somewhere In Time" on 12" x 12" vs. a 4" x 4" CD booklet.

As for sound quality...that depends. The Gathering's "Souvenirs" and Grey's "Sisters of the Wyrd" - records that have been specifically remastered for vinyl - have a noticeable improvement in sound quality from analog to digital. The Emperor Back On Black represses where it's just a direct transfer..."Emperor" sounds a bit better on LP than CD; "Nightside" sounded exactly the same when I switched back and forth from my table to CD player...but again the artwork looks so much better on a 12" x 12" gatefold it's worth keeping. (I've heard the 2LP "In The Nightside Eclipse" is worth the extra dough, which makes sense - heavier vinyl with more room on each side for the tracks to breathe).