These arrived today

Well, believe it or not, I've been having a hard time finding a copy here in Lisbon. I bought one for a friend a few years ago, but that shop doesn't sell brand new cds anymore, so my only hope is to find a used copy, which unfortunately is unlikely...

This is my idea of buying "new" releases:

Deceased - Surreal Overdose
Inquisition - Obscure Verses for the Multiverse

I know both albums are going to rule. Looking forward to catching up on these. Two of the most reliable underground acts imaginable.

Of course the chance getting a firstpress in a shop surely will be difficult, but in times of Ebay, Discogs and other sites it should be an easy one, you just have to addd postage

Just dropped an ass load of money on the Order From Chaos "Frozen in Steel" 9 x LP boxset and went ahead and picked up Varathron - Walpurgisnacht LP while I was at it. My wallet is pissed.

Man, I don't think you'll regret that purchase at all when it shows up. I've been fawning over it all morning but it would be pointless for me to order, don't even have a record player. The Die Hard edition is really incredible, not even for all the extras but just the sheer amount of music you're getting.

all the way from Chile by way of the NWN! forums

Witchrist - Ancient Tombs [cassette demo]

from a seller on NWN! in Canada, took nearly 6 months to arrive, that's a new record

Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope [US, insane grindcore] new to Discogs
Arphaxat - Loudun La Maudite [US, but it's all written in French, black metal]
Cryptic Winds - Storms Of The Black Millenium [GER, bleak and rough black metal] not for me, I already have one
Electric Wizard - Let Us Prey [US, original] not for me, I already have one
Electric Wizard - We Live [UK, original] not for me, I already have one
Ravager - Naxzgul Rising [FRA, solid DM] not for me, I already have one
Sinister - Legacy Of Ashes [US, Goomba, not bad]
Strapping Young Lad - Alien [US, enhanced, I really just want their 1st album]

from a friend who got them from Okoi way back in the day, all autographed too
if you like Bolzer you could easily like this

Aphelon - Aphelon [demo 1] new to Discogs
Aphelon - Opposing The Pityfilth [demo 2] new to Discogs
Aphelon - Scorn Shall Prevail [sounds like it was ripped from vinyl in places, weird]
Aphelon - The Ethos Elite

The Relapse 30 CD Grab Bag

Not bad

Accept Death Accept Death
Affliction Execution Is Necessary
Alabama Thunderpussy Fulton Hill
Atropos Triafata 2CD
Closer Darkness In Me (EP)
Cruxifiction The Coming
Devast Art Of Extermination
Dysrhythmia Barriers And Passages
Egoist Ultra Selfish Revolution
Enemy Of The Sun Caedium
Execration Infernal Annihilation
Gezoleen Black Space Between Stars
Gruntsplatter Chronicling The Famine (Digi)
Horfixion Instigators Of Chaos
Ichor The Siege
Kiju Nothing To Play For
Livsnekad Den Sociala Vanförheten
Low Twelve This Side Toward Enemy
Nativist Ghost Empire Of The Dead Horses
Pagan Oz : In Transcendence
Rise Over Run Reclaim And Conquer
Skanners Dirty Armada
Teratism Service For The Damned
The Defaced Karma In Black
Thy Kingdom Come Through Bleeding Eyes
Tower Of Rome / Gun Kata Split
Uigg To Punish And Enslave
Winter Solstice The Pulse Is Overrated
Worms Of Sabnock Dark Harmonies

some more new arrivals:



Benediction - The Grotesque / Ashen Epitaph [1994 Nuclear Blast]
Solstice - Solstice [1992 Steamhammer]
Asphyx - God Cries [1996 Century Media]
Death - Symbolic [1995 RoadRunner Records]
Possessed - Beyond The Gates + The Eyes Of Horror [1988 Under One Flag]
Edge Of Sanity - The Spectral Sorrows [1993 Black Mark]

You got a lot better haul than I did on my grab bag. I know it's not your fault, but I still hate you.

Killer haul man! total old school worship,is God Cries worth getting ? i actually have never heard that album

Death - Symbolic on 180 gram white vinyl
Massacre - From Beyond
At The Gates - Slaughter of the Soul
Machetazo - Ruin
1349 - Massive Cauldron of Chaos on white vinyl
A Forest of Stars - The Corpse of Rebirth
Abigail - Lord of Satan on yellow black splatter double lp
Abigail - Forever Street Metal Bitch on red black splatter vinyl

Meh, not really. It doesn't sound like Asphyx, more like the precursor to Soulburn, but less interesting.

Am I the only one thinking Asphyx is just a mediocre and overrated band in the death metal scene?

No, there are many people who have incorrect ideas just like that.

Thanks for the highly philosophical explanation

Both are excellent. Great purchases.

Some recent ones:



Omnium Gatherum - The Redshift - CD DIGIPACK
Persefone - Shin-Ken - CD
Sinister - The Post-Apocalyptic Servant - DCD DIGIPACK
Winter of Sin - Violence Reigns Supreme - CD

AND

Amon Amarth - The Crusher (Remastered) - CD
Dying Fetus - Killing on adrenaline - CD
Ne Obliviscaris - Citadel - CD DIGIPACK
Rotting Christ - Passage to Arcturo + Non Serviam - DCD
Septicflesh - Mystic Places of Dawn - CD
Septicflesh - Esoptron - CD
Septicflesh - Ophidian Wheel (Reissue) - CD
Septicflesh - A Fallen Temple (Reissue) - CD
Severe Torture - Slaughtered - CD DIGIPACK

Nothing rare but definitely nice music

The latest purchase still in the mail is The Ugly - Slaves to the Decay. I'm debating on Dead Silent Slumber since I'm a Naglfar and Profundi fan.

Probably one of the few, to be honest. 'Last One on Earth' fucking crushes.

Ah probably explains why it never stood out to me, i own The Rack and Last One On Earth and both the newer releases, they all are crushing. Damn Van Drunan is a killer vocalist

Yep. Same for the self-titled, On The Wings Of Inferno and the monstrous Deathhammer.

Primordial - Where Greater Men Have Fallen digibook with the bonus DVD.

Bloody awesome! The Irish have a a few companies that know how to build data centers, bad whiskey, and Primordial. And that's pretty much it. But fortunately, Primordial rules, so it's not quite Albania.

a few cds I picked up this week

Minus the Bear: Highly Refined Pirates
Ken Mode: Entrench
Naked Whipper: Painstreaks

also for my black friday shopping:
Laney AOR Series Pro Tube Lead 100 watt Guitar Amplifier Head

I just picked up a nice load of stuff from Disc Replay in Hoffman Estates, I'll post pictures when I get home, they have 50% off all cds today for black Friday. The metal section doubled in size and the lady told me they may extend the sale for the whole of December. But today for sure 50% off all cds.

An original or a bootleg or what?

Black Friday was good to me this year! All this for around $50.

Manowar - Hail to England
Manowar - Into Glory Ride
Horrendous - The Chills
Encryptor - Encryption (1999-2006) (Compilation)
Napalm Death - Enemy of the Music Business
Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption
Therion - A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming
Oniricous - Ritos Diabolicos
Unfathomable Ruination - Unfathomable Ruination (self titled demo, nice!)
Estuary - The Craft of Contradiction
Evocation - Apocalyptic

Pick of the litter: Definitely the Horrendous debut, I've been meaning to pick up their stuff for a while now, especially with their new album out, so when I happened upon this (for $6 no less) I was pretty pleased.

Ugh, that's like the shittiest Therion album ever; please don't judge the band based off it. It's mostly b-sides and the keyboardist's symphonic side-project or something.

Ohh yeah I know what it is I just bought it for completion sake, that and it was cheap.

Old Therion kicks arse though

I do have some more new stuff to add but it'll have to wait till my day off

some new CDs, all together for 9 Euro + shipping:



Slayer - Decade of Aggression DCD
Morbid Angel - Covenant
Therion - Beyond Sanctorum
Motörhead - Snake bite Love (no front cover)

Small score this week, but not that bad:


Mysticum - Planet Satan
Vassafor - Obsidian Codex (Double Lp)
The name of this band always makes me think of this awesome sausage we have here in Norway:

And a Taake shirt

Latest arrivals:


Pain of Salvation - Remedy Lane [Japanese pressing]
Ark - Burn the Sun [Japanese pressing]
五人一首 (Gonin-ish) - 無礙の人 [Single]
Die Laughing - The Temptress [EP]


凜 - 蝶舞花 / 琥珀ノスタルジー [Single]
El.Mira - 辛辣トリコロール / a liberal view [Single]
Faintest Hope - An End, Another Life [EP]
Delgesu - Posed for Flight [Single]

Pick of the litter: considering Pain of Salvation "Remedy Lane" is one of my all-time favorite albums, I'll have to go with that. That Gonin-ish single is pretty rare and cool to have too.

Grave digger-return of the reaper
Holster-the wicked nest
Killer be killed
Obituary-inked in blood
Anvil-hope in hell
Blaze-entire catalog
Blaze bayley-entire catalog
Sacred gate-entire catalog
King of asgard-entire catalog

I got some others, but I can't remember the album titles... more grave digger and holster.

Props again to Ear Wax Records in Madison, WI for always having the sickest shit this side of Lake Michigan. 25% off everything today and tomorrow, if you're in the area you have to get there ASAP!

Incantation - Onwards to Golgotha
Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion
Wolves in the Throne Room - Two Hunters
Cyanosis - Methods (sick Wisco brutal death in the midwestern style! no posers or fakes!!!!)
Havok - Unnatural Selection
Sepultura - Beneath the Remains
Suffocation - Pierced from Within (only 12 bucks, great deal)

^ Some nice stuff there!

Original.

That ARK album was amazing, it's still a treat when I listen to it. Such a shame Tore Otsby didn't make more music... whatever happened with him? I loved Conception too but his pairing with Jorn Lande was brilliant.

Anyway, Burn The Sun is a stellar record.

nice, old Therion

ha ha when Brüno says "whatever" it sounds a bit like Vassafor too
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889583/
I need to get a copy of that, the band sold out of them ages ago, I have their old demo tape too

Odious Mortem - Cryptic Implosion is quite good, I have a copy here, did you already like them or did you get it because it was cheap?

wicked! I've wanted to replace my copy for ages, there are some stinky Greek bootlegs floating around though

Just bought tonight:

Ungod - 'Circle of the Seven Infernal Pacts' CD
Spiritual Decay - 'Closer to the Grave' CD
Church Bizarre - 'The Liberating Darkness' 7-inch