In no particular order from all over the planet during the past week or 3! :]

From Discogs
Cianide - Death, Doom And Destruction [US, remastered reissue] I now have every Cianide album

Swap from Israel via Metal Archives
Ufomammut/Lento - Supernaturals Record One [ITA, gatefold cardboard]

Purchase from Canada via Metal Archives
Antediluvian - Watchers' Reign [IRE, comp of eps/demos] Prehistorik Khaos is especially awesome, I can swap out my tapes now
Wrathprayer - The Sun Of Moloch: The Sublimation Of Sulphur's Essence Which Spawned Death And Life [US/CAN, ltd ed, repress?] new to Discogs

Purchase from USA via Metal Archives
Atheist - Piece Of Time [US, reissue] woops, I already have this one... new to Discogs
Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer (Seven Psalms For Our Lord Of Light) [US, 2008 reissue 2XCD] best harsh/sludge vocals, hard to believe I'd never heard of them before
Corrosion Of Conformity - Animosity [GER, 1994 reissue] killer, old COC rules
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster [US, repress] some classic tracks on here, pity I already have an identical copy, I wasn't paying attention here ha ha
Grave Miasma - Odori Sepulcrorum [CAN, digipak] not bad

Bolt Thrower - In Battle There Is No Law [T-shirt, size small] I'm size medium, I might just pin it to the wall...

Swap from Germany via Metal Archives
Blood - Gas Flames Bones [ITA] 2nd copy, woops
Krieg - Blue Miasma [GER, original] pretty dark stuff
Krieg - The Church [US] bleak, really cool usbm
Throneum - Deathcult Conspiracy [tape, not pro printed] new to Discogs

Swap from Finland via Metal Archives
Asphyx - Death...The Brutal Way [GER] sounds like Asphyx
Evile - Enter The Grave [EUR] pretty good modern thrash
Evile - Skull [UK]
Grand Magus - Hammer Of The North [EUR] not bad

Latest arrivals:



妖精帝國 - Shadow Corps[e]
Raglaia - Promises [limited edition]
Nozomu Wakai's Destinia - Anecdote Of The Queens
Black Yak. - Rainbow
Volcano - Melt
Valthus - Remains of Memory
Mysterious Priestess - 夢国ノ義士
Season Of Ghosts - The Human Paradox [Japanese pressing]
人間椅子 - 人間椅子傑作選
Atomic Tornado - Tornado Eve

PoTL: Either Yousei Teikoku or Raglaia. Haven't played everything yet, but I'm happy with everything so far.

Oh yeah, pick of the litter!

Burning Witch - bit of a surprise discovering these guys have been around for ages and play exactly the kind of sludge/doom I like: filthy and harsh
I think I discovered them via Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine

Just listened to Mefitic, pretty awesome stuff! Have to check out the rest of the album. And Homo Erectus-vocals

Yeah, I fucking love the unholy trinity of Darkthrone.

Here's what I've collected in the past couple months. I've sold a lot of CDs recently. Much more so than I'm bringing in.

Tapes
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Ozzy Osbourne - Ozzmosis
Toni Basil - Word of Mouth
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
Ted Nugent - Intensities in 10 Cities
Molly Hatchet - Double Trouble Live
Traffic - On the Road
Mahogany Rush - Live
LA Guns - Cocked & Loaded
Kix - Blow My Fuse
Black Oak Arkansas - Raunch n Roll Live
Judas Priest - Unleashed in the East
Robert Johnson - Complete Recordings


Vinyl
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Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Steppenwolf - Live
Joan Jett - I Love Rock n Roll
Screaming Blue Messiahs - Bikini Red
the Swimming Pool Q's - Blue Tomorrow


CD
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Nine Inch Nails - Pretty Hate Machine, Broken
Megadeth - Cryptic Writings, Risk
Rainbow - Straight Between the Eyes
Motorhead - 1916


So, Cryptic Writings. I really like it actually. Can't get enough of "The Disintegrators." I think it's a helluva lot better than Youthanasia overall. I can't believe that album has an 81% average rating here on the archives. "Train of Consequences" and "A Tout le Monde," that's about it.

A couple orders arrived today. One should've arrived on Monday, but bounced back and forth between Vancouver and Toronto for some strange reason. The other took a whopping 2 days to get from Japan to here (mind you, the time zone differential extends that to 3 days). No wonder why I can't stand ordering anything via airmail anymore.



Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Mother Earth
Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Messiah
Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Kingdom Of The Sun
Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Dreaming Eyes
Iris Monde - Hello / Lilith Police
Rapunzel - 白い本-Rapunzel物語集 I-
Fate Gear - A Light in the Black (w/ alternate CD cover)


(all progressive rock / papersleeves - no idea if they're SHM-CDs or HQCDs though)

平山照継 (Terutsugu Hirayama) - Castle Of Noi
平山照継 (Terutsugu Hirayama) - Symphonia
Teru's Symphonia - Egg The Universe
Teru's Symphonia - Human Race Party
Mr. Sirus - Dirge
Magdalena - Magdalena
Vienna - Overture
Vienna - Step Into Vienna

PoTL - haven't played anything yet, but that Fate Gear is my most anticipated CD from this order. I'm sure the Mr. Sirius and Teru's Symphonia are the best albums on this order though.

Oh man, I am really, really jealous of your second order there. Nice.

I had a ton of coupons and they had a 23% multibuy discount, so that papersleeve order was fairly cheap. I still haven't gotten through my last order yet lol

Yeah, my biggest obstacle to 80s Japanese prog is my love of original CD pressings which basically means that I have to use yahoo auctions and that really hurts the wallet. Granted, I have a few papersleeves, and they are all nice, but having something from the 80s esp. from Japan is really exotic for me (I love those old Kenso albums I have).

New additions to the family
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites
The Abyss - The Other Side
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky is Ours
Sühnopfer - Offertoire (excellent black metal, a thank you to iamntbatman for the recommendation)
Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa
Dead Can Dance - Within the Realm of a Dying Sun

Some of my recent vinyl purchases, all damn good decisions!

Returned from US today, and I found some stuff over there:


Ash Borer - Ash Borer (Coloured Lp)
Ash Borer - Cold of Ages (Double Lp)
Fauna - Avifauna (Double Lp)

Bought at Zions Gate in Seattle. Not very cheap, but better than ordering them online from the states!


Camel - Moonmadness
Nektar - A Tab In The Ocean
Blue Öyster Cult - Cultösaurus Erectus
Sounds To Make You Shiver

All for a good price at a newly opened vinyl shop outside of Chicago.


December Wolves - Wolftread

Found this at a store called ''Bucket O' Blood'' in Chicago. Cool place!


And on Friday I will pick up new stuff that have arrived here at home!

Fuck man, what'd you do, a tour of the States? Where else you hit in Chicago? You should've said something man, we could've hit some shows.

Got some new albums for my upcoming voyage across the United States:

Sacramentum- Far Away From the Sun
Dawn- Slaughtersun
The Meads of Asphodel- Damascus Steel
Septicflesh- Sumerian Daemons

Postage from .JP to .CN = 2 days?! only telepathy would be faster than that

Just Say No - Compilation Anti-Drogue (1989)

ADX - Execution Publique (1988)

Tytan - Blind Men and Fools (1982)

Picked up some new stuff yesterday:


Solstice - Blood Fire Doom (5 Lp + 7'' Ep Box)


Altar of Plagues - White Tomb
Altar of Plagues - Sol
Obsequiae - Aria of Vernal Tombs


Deathhammer - Evil Power
Sabbat - Satanasword
Immolation - Here in After


Witchtower - Witchtower (Coloured lp + patch)


Entsetzlich / Vetëvrakh - Split
Aiqehahirit / Accersitus - Split
Vreemdeling - Demo I


Erraunt - The Portent
Eigenlicht - Sacral Regicide

Found these at A yard sale today. All are first presses.


Believer-Sanity Obscure
Dark Angel-Time Does Not Heal
Deeper Into The Vault (Megaforce Comp)
Forbidden-Twisted Into Form
Final Axe-Beyond Hell's Gate
Hate-Two Wrongs Make A Right


Kinetic Dissent-I Will Fight No More Forever
Laaz Rockit-Holiday In Cambodia EP
Leviticus-Knights Of Heaven
Metal Church-The Human Factor
Mortification-Post Momentary Affliction
Paradox-Heresy


Powermad-The Madness Begins EP
Sacrament-Testimony Of Apocalypse
Vicious Rumors-S/T
Wrathchild America-Climbing The Walls

Gonna sell the Laaz Rockit, Paradox and Dark Angel. So if anyone is interested send an offer.

Legacy ID - Genesis (modern prog')
Corpse Garden - Birnt by the light (Death metal)

From deepdiscount.com:
Paul Chain - Life and Death (2013 paper sleeve reissue).

Used from local music store Rasputin:
Church of Misery - Master of Brutality (first press. I already have this press of this album, but since it was only $1.95, I figured I could flip it for a profit. Unfortunately, I seem to have overestimated its worth).

Queen - Queen II (2011 re-release with bonus EP. This is my first Queen album. I'm not a big fan of Queen, but I've heard their first two albums are heavier than what they're generally known for. Unfortunately, when I go to the CD store, the first two albums are usually around $18. Since this one was only 12, I snatched it up. Not bad. Still planning on getting the first album).

Primal Fear - Primal Fear & Nuclear Fire. My first tastes of Primal Fear. Took a chance since they were $5.95 each. Both albums are enjoyable, but neither of them make me desire to hear any more of their work).

Nox Arcana - Darklore Manor (I found out about Nox Arcana from someone on this board, recommending their music for Halloween. I listened to some of their stuff, but wasn't impressed. But when I found this for $2.95, I decided to give them another shot. Glad I did, as I found it pretty enjoyable. Reminds me a lot of the music Castlevania 64, as well as the dark prog bands Antonius Rex and Jacula (1980 to present albums)).



From grooves-inc.com:
Black Sabbath - Born Again & Seventh Star deluxe editions (cool bonus tracks. The Fallen is a Born Again session outtake, and I really like it, I think it could've replaced Keep it Warm on the original album and it would've been an improvement. I also liked the extended version of Stonehenge. On SS, the Ray Gillen live tracks are pretty cool, he does a really good job singing Ozzy and Dio era songs. Ian Gillan does a good job on the live tracks too. On both albums, I like the Ozzy era classics with added keyboards, particularly Black Sabbath, War Pigs, and Iron Man).

Cruachan - Blood For the Blood God

From theomegaorder.com:
Crown of Autumn - The Treasures Arcane: Transfigurated Edition (got it on clearence, the price of the disk + shipping only cost me something like $5.25).

Found three tapes at a local peddlers mall today:

Fastway - s/t
Fastway - All Fired Up
Zed Yago - Pilgrimage

I expect Fastway to suck but I was willing to take a 99 cent risk. Autothralls review for Zed Yago actually has me kinda fired up.

How lucky of you to find Nox Arcana! I love them but their albums are pretty much impossible to find in my country!

What about ordering them from their official website? I'm sure that's what I'll have to do to find any more of their albums.

Thanks dude, but unfortunately I'm unable to purchase stuff from the internet...

Oh, well that sucks. Almost all metal I get nowadays I can only find by ordering online.

That 'Here in After' LP looks fucking amazing. I'll have to keep an eye out for a copy.

Anyway, some random purchases from the past weeks/months:

Impure - 'Corpses... Intense Stench' CD
Four Seats for Invalides - 'Defy' CD
Swans - 'To Be Kind' 2CD
Suppuration - 'Devouring Your Prayers' CD (really damn good new Colombian DM)
Hideous Divinity - 'Cobra Verde' CD
Annthennath - 'Paeans of Apostasy' LP
Deadguy - 'Fixation on A Coworker' LP (yellow vinyl)
Moonblood - 'Blut und Krieg' 2LP (bootleg, white vinyl, really cheap)
Sacriphyx/Resuscitator split LP
Weltmacht - 'And to Every Beast Its Prey' LP
Devastator - 'Nuclear Proliferation' CD
Flammentod - 'Morgenrot' CS

Purchased, not yet received:

The Meatmen - 'We're the Meatmen and You Suck!' reissue LP
Antiseen - 'Blood of Freaks' 7-inch
D.O.A. - 'It's Not Unusual... But It Sure Is Ugly' 7-inch
Disinter - 'Welcome to Oblivion' CD

Recently ordered :
Ahab - The Boats of the Glen Carrig
Gloryhammer - Tales from the Kingdom of Fife
Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards

Funny I don't even have a cassette deck, but couldn't pass up the offer.

Some of these I already got on vinyl.

Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer
Electric Wizard - Come My Fanatics... / Electric Wizard [1st UK press]
Electric Wizard - Dopethrone [1st US press] The seller on Discogs said it was the UK press, but whatever, it's still an original.
Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey [1st UK press]
Electric Wizard - We Live [1st UK press]
Inquisition - Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer [Season of Mist digipak reissue]
Inquisition - Nefarious Dismal Orations [Season of Mist digipak reissue]
Lucifer - Lucifer I
Megadeth - Countdown to Extinction [1st press]
Metal Church - Metal Church
Pearl Jam - Ten
Pink Floyd - Animals
Skid Row - Skid Row
Wolfmother - Wolfmother

Fu Manchu - Gigantoid [blue translucent w/ white splatter LP]
Metal Church - The Dark [LP]

heavyrocks yeah dude

Bought these from Redscroll via Discogs, evidently some of them are secondhand

Abominant - Warblast [US] I haven't heard them much but it's quite good, they've been around for years, the first 40 seconds of this sounded like black metal ha ha
Abruptum - Vi Sonus Veris Nigrae Malitiaes [US, Biz2Net repress] 1 hour of bleak harsh bm and random screams/unexpected wails, indeed
Black Sabbath - Never Say Die! [US, repress] it's ok
Black Tusk - Taste The Sin [US] just getting into these guys now, really good swamp/sludge
Burning Witch - Crippled Lucifer (10 Psalms For Our Lord Of Light) [US, 2xCD, repress] accidental double up, it does rule though - trader
Dark Funeral - Vobiscum Satanas [US, original] not bad but didn't jump out at me
Deiphago - Into The Eye Of Satan [US] my new favourite Deiphago album, this totally rips!
Down - IV: The Purple EP [US, Digipak] hmm! usually I don't care much for Down but this is quite good
Electric Wizard - Witchcult Today [US, original] I'll be trading my 2012 reissue now
Goatsnake - Black Age Blues [US] hell yes! love this album, I don't get the inserts though
Infernäl Mäjesty - One Who Points To Death [GRE, repress] slightly different artwork to my other version, 1 will get traded off
Lucifugum - Involtation [UKR] not really my cuppa tea - trader
Marduk - Deathmarch Tour EP [SWE, EP] rehearsal and live stuff, probably ltd ed
Marduk - Hearse [SWE, single, ltd ed] the funeral is about to begin, sir
Ramesses - The Tomb [UK] I'm still digesting this, it's awesome for sure but doesn't quite grab me as much as Misanthropic Alchemy
Saturnalia Temple - To The Other [US, Anja Digipak] excellent stoner doom stuff, I have NR too
Vasaeleth - All Uproarious Darkness [CAN, EP] pure knuckle dragging dm, short and gnarly

Pick of the litter: I've been looking forward to the Deiphago for months so you'd think it would be that, the Saturnalia Temple is excellent too but this Goatsnake is the prize winner for sure and a bit of a surprise that I like it this much, that guitar tone! this is heavy like Conan heavy, yes.

Yeah when people think Queen they think of the later stuff with the huge pop hooks and less aggressive music. The first 2-3 albums are a lot different. More hard rock and more progressive song structures. I like all eras of Queen but the early stuff is great.

Just had a birthday and my girlfriend got me my first record player and a box full of cool stuff. Here's a few of the cooler albums

That's awesome mate!

Anaal Nathrakh - When Fire Rains Down from the Sky, Mankind Will Reap as It Has Sown EP. Wasn't even that expensive. The sound is a bit tinny compared to the later works, but it's a fine EP, anyway.

I just ordered a pretty big haul. Should arrive this week hopefully.

Clawfinger - Deafer Dumber Blinder (20th anniversary edition)
Deicide - Till Death Do Us Part (Ltd)
Incantation - Dirges of Elysium (Digipak)
Netherbird -The Ferocious Tides of Fate
Lord Mantis - Death Mask (Digipak)
Down - Down IV Part 2 (Digipak)
Primitive Man - Scorn (Digipak)
Goatwhore - Constricting Rage of the Merciless (Digipak)
Soulburn - Suffocating Darkness
Revocation - Deathless (Digipak)
Thanatos - Global Purification (Digipak)
Napalm Death - Apex Predator/Easy Meat (Digipak)
Call Of The Void - Ageless (Digipak)
Decapitated - Blood Mantra (Digipak)
Unearth - Watchers of Rule (Digipak)
Dr. Living Dead - Crush The Sublime Gods (Ltd)
Cavalera Conspiracy - Pandemonium (Digipak)

These!!!

Just got this VHS. Pretty cool find. All the hits. [not my pictures, mind you]



This too!

Haha, I can't get into Incantation. Last year I bought the Dirges Of Elysium album and found it really boring. Can't get through it in one listen.
I really wanted to like it.....


Also the LP/recordplayer birthday haul: Nice! You have an awesome girlfriend haha. I bet most of the people here don't tell theirs how much money their records consume

A Colour Cold Black - Adrenaline Agony (Thrash Metal - 1999)

Attitude (FRA) - Hale Bopp (Neo Metal - ???? )

Pleasure To Kill - Le Carnage (Thrash Metal - 2010)

Botch Up (FRA) - Démo 1 (Neo Metal - ????)