Well, even Diabolical Summoning sometimes sells for 10-15 Euros (more often around 30 Euros but with patience and luck you should be able to get it definitely for 15 Euro). A realistic price for "Hate" should be between 5 and 10 Euro, above that it is totally overpriced in my opinion.

Another small purchase. And probably the last one for a while.

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley
Type O Negative - The Least Worst of...

Late night order of barely recognizable death metal:

Diskord - Oscillations
Obliteration - Black Death Horizon

Abominatrix has been recommending Obliteration for awhile now and I just checked them out tonight. The title track killed, looking forward to hearing the rest. Obliteration is a little more recognizably death metal than most of this stuff I've been looking for, but the off-kilterness is there I believe. Diskord was mentioned by a friend awhile back when we were discussing stuff like Tribulation/Morbus Chron/Emptiness. A little more spazzy and less thoughtful but I enjoy something about the punky standoffishness and organic sound. I figured a 25 minute EP is a great vehicle for this sort of thing.

Edit: If anyone else knows of stuff like this I'm all ears. The "holy grail" for me would be something that sounds very near to The Formulas of Death but with a shorter run time. I still worship that album, just don't often have the time or motivation to sit through the whole thing. Can't wait to find out what the new one sounds like. I'm expecting softer.

Edit edit: Well hello there, Howls of Ebb...

Obliteration, Aura Noir and Faustcoven all have a similar kind of vibe/feel for me, all 3 bands are wicked and get the repeat play treatment here for sure

I had Cruachan - Blood for the Blood God in the mail a few days ago. A pity it wasn't released earlier in 2014, it would have ranked high in my List of the Year.

Seconding these recs, maybe aside from Faustcoven. What Faustcoven does should work in theory. Problem is that the end result is supremely boring.

On topic:

A few days ago I visited my local record store again. I did what I usually do and look through the used vinyl bin. So I scored:

* Hellion - The Black Book
* Axe Witch - Hooked on High Heels
* Demon - The Unexpected Guest
* Savage Grace - The Dominatress

All of which were reasonably priced.

They also had Evil Invaders and Executioner's Song by Razor. But those were really expensive, so my economy didn't allow me to get them.

Other than general "wickedness" I'm not sure what similar thread is running between those three bands. I'm already a Faustcoven fan though, have their last two albums. To me they just sound like Sabbath dressed up as a black metal band. That probably sounds negative but I think it kind of rules. I wish the most recent album had a few more uptempo bits though. They rule at those. Barbarian Assault for example.

Why the fuck don't I own any Aura Noir though? I used to be a black/thrash obsessive. I'm gonna revisit them and see what's what.

That's a solid haul Cry! That Savage Grace EP isn't quite as good as the full length, but what is, really? Speed metal fucking bliss. I dig that the EP has a little more nwobhm swagger though.

Nocturnal Rites - Shadowland
Nocturnal Rites - New World Messiah
Runemagick - Invocation of Magick
Runemagick - Envenom

New job and some new albums.

Nest - Fabled Lore demo
Nest - Trail of the Unwary
Nest - Fabled Lore / Hidden Stream

Perfect! Do you have Woodsmoke already? It's my favourite probably.

Not yet, but I'll be looking for it. Good stuff!

Yeah. Savage Grace is something else entirely.

I've seen both full lengths of Savage Grace in the same store as well in the past. After the Fall from Grace i bought, but Master of Disguise was way too expensive. The Dominatress however, was available for a reasonable price.

That record store has a way to always keep me coming back next month when I get paid. There's always something there that I keep being bummed out by because I couldn't get it last month. So I always come back to see if it's still there.

Sometimes it is, but there's always more stuff among the used vinyls that wasn't there last time. A lot of the times I find something else and don't even get what I actually came back for. This time I came back to see if the Axe Witch LP I ignored the month before was still there. I ended up actually getting it this time though.

Next month though, I have a feeling I'll have to go back and see if these two are still there:
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Ra ... r_One/3042
http://www.metal-archives.com/albums/Ra ... _Hard/3045

Ah I was a fan of All for One once, but I hardly ever return to it anymore. It's a really "solid" album if you know what I mean. They don't do anything wrong, but it's just not as untamed and wild as the two before it. I need my Raven to sound like they're teetering on the brink of collapsing in on themselves! Luckily for them, they always wrote killer midpaced riffs too. I just don't want a whole album of it.

Well yeah I understand your point. My personal favourite Raven is probably Wiped Out, but that one I already have. Still think All For One is quality though. Definitely worth getting and reasonably priced.

Plus there's that certain feeling of browsing through a bin of used records, not knowing what you'll find. It's something Discogs just cannot replace. I'm willing to pay a small amount extra (as in, physical shops do set their prices slightly higher than sellers on discogs) just for that feeling.

Today I finally got something that I've wanted for a very long time:



(and no, it's not the cat)

Damn! Triple digits was it not?!

^ interesting, the lowest price paid on Discogs was $11 and there is one listed for $299

mega haul part 3, odds and sods + traders... I'm 2/3 done now I think, then a few tapes and some vinyl

Adversarial - All Idols Fall Before The Hammer [US]
Aldebaran - Embracing The Lightless Depths [US, Digipak]
A.M.S.G. - The Principle Of Evil Becomes The Ideal Of The Promethean [GER]
Arkhon Infaustus - Perdition Insanabilis [Promo, cardboard sleeve]
Armour - Sonichouse Tape Siamese Invasion [THAI, comp]
Bestial Warlust - Blood & Valour [AUS/NZ, original with matte/stippled booklet]
Bölzer - Roman Acupuncture [SWI/NZ CDr, ltd ed hand numbered] *not in the photo, woops
Brighter Death Now - Innerwar [US, RLP matrix]
Deiphago - Satanik Eon [CAN, ltd ed 712/1000]
Demoniac - Prepare For War [GER, original]
Disciples Of Mockery - Prelude To Apocalypse [US, original]
Genocide Shrines - Devanation Monumentemples [IND]
Gospel Of The Horns - A Call To Arms [IRE, Saturn Ireland matrix]
Grave Miasma - Exalted Emanation [GER, Digipak]
Immolation - Dawn Of Possession [US, original]
Martire - Martire [US, 2007 reissue]
Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas [NOR, repress]
Merzbow - Merzbox Sampler [AUS, cardboard sleeve]
Necrovomit - Demo 1 [ITA, CDr ltd ed]
Ouroboros - Circling The Coils Of Chaos [US, CDr]
Ouroboros - Spear Of Destiny [GER]
Possessed - Seven Churches [US, Relativity 1999 reissue/repress, DIDX matrix]
Rotting Christ - Passage To Arcturo [US, Unruly reissue]
The Puritan - Lithium Gates [FIN, promo comp]
Various - Darkness Hath No Boundaries [Southern Lord sampler]
Various - Mystical Music Magazine Sampler #15 [CDr]
Various - Pre Electric Wizard 1989-1994 [US, 2006, Digipak]
Various - Zero Tolerance Audio 037 [UK, magazine comp]
Vasaeleth - Crypt Born & Tethered To Ruin [CAN, builtbyicon matrix]
Witchmaster - Masochistic Devil Worship [POL, ltd ed]

picked up my second copy of Mercilesses - The Awakening.. Always good to have something in spare...

Sadly that's hardly an unusual practice. There are fuckers who do that as a lifestyle...

I just picked up the début Emergence album.

Behemoth - Xiądz (picture disc)



Behemoth - And the Forests Dream Eternally

Ha! No, this only cost me $15. Quite a steal, I'd say.

Blut aus Nord - Memoria Vetusta III
Aosoth - IV: An Arrow in Heart



Moonblood - Blut und Krieg. This is the recent DLP bootleg on white vinyl. It was only twelve bucks shipped from HHR so I figured what the hell.

aaarrggh, dude you killed the forum

Ah! Sorry! I fixed it.

It was! Congrats!

some tapes as part of the mega haul

Aethyrvorous - Aethyrvorous [AUS, ltd ed]
Antediluvian - Prehistorik Khaos [CAN]
Antediluvian - Under Wing Of Asael [CAN]
Apocalypse Command - Demo 2007 [2006 Invictus / Warfare Noise]
Blasphemophagher - Nuclear Hell Live - Destroying Rome [ITA, ltd ed]
Bolzer - Roman Acupuncture [SWI, ltd ed] x2
Cruciamentum - Convocation Of Crawling Chaos [UK, black tape, red text]
Ignivomous - Path Of Attrition [AUS, red tape, black text]
Mefitic - Devouring Torment [FRA, numbered] x2
Nuclear Winter - Abomination Virginborn [GRE, ltd ed + sticker]
Proclamation - Imperious Jaws Of Ire [SPA, 9 track promo not the adv tape, ltd ed #253]
Profaner - Baptised In Vomit [AUS, ltd ed]
Warfare Noise - Chakal / Mutilator / Sarcófa go / Holocausto [bootleg, gold printing]

Latest arrivals:


Faint in Pain - 悶絶元年 [EP]
Balflare - Thousands of Winters of Flames
Dragon Guardian - Dragonvarius [1st pressing]
Unveil Raze - Ignition [EP]
DEATH☆LAND - 新世紀創造伝
DEATH☆LAND - Doll Plant [single]
Skyclad - Prince of the Poverty Line [Japanese pressing]
Blind Guardian - Nightfall in Middle Earth [Japanese pressing]
Blind Guardian - Forgotten Tales [Japanese pressing]
Blind Guardian - Tokyo Tales [Japanese pressing]
Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond [Japanese pressing]
Blind Guardian - Tales from the Twilight World [Japanese pressing]
Blind Guardian - Battalions of Fear [Japanese pressing]

@dreadmeat

I didn't know of that version of Discples Of Mockery cause I have the Necroharmonic one. Although a darkness masterpiece!!!

you mean the one with the gas mask guys on the cover? the original one came with a red jewel case, this one must have been re-cased at some point.
I also have a red one and the reissue too

https://dreadmeat.wordpress.com/2013/03/01/todays-scores-13/

You're the man

The Crown - Death Is Not Dead (limited edition with bonus tracks). This one has some great songs and a few more mediocre songs. The production could have been beefier but it's really growing on me. The cover art is atrocious however.

Mysticum - Planet Satan (mediabook). This cover however is awesome! And the album is great, especially Lucifer in the Skies with Demons.

This is my final haul before moving into my new apartment.

Napalm Death - Apex Predator - Easy Meat CD Mediabook

IMMORTAL: Diabolical Fullmoon Mysticism
IMMORTAL: Pure Holocaust

Recently ordered:

Pagan Altar - Mythical and Magical DLP
Sacriphyx / StarGazer - split 7"

Bolt Thrower - Mercenary

Yay!

Nice! Mercenary is usually considered as the least awesome BT album, but it is one of my favourites.




Swedish Death Metal 5 LP boxset
Grave - Endless Procession of Souls cd boxset.

^ so great Jasper

Got some classical music by composers that start with B. Everyone knows those are the best ones.

Thanks! The SDM box is awesome. Haven't listened to all of it yet but it contains some really awesome stuff of which I've never heard before.
Now I need to find the book haha.