Wow, what are the odds of finding all 3 of those Vio-Lence releases separately and in first press?

At my record shops I frequent, that Eternal Nightmare probably would've been the 2005 reissue and any copies of Oppressing the Masses would just be the reissue with the Torture Tactics EP added on. Any separate first press stuff would get swiped up immediately, probably before I even knew it was ever there lol.

I bought a few of my favorite albums on vinyl the past weekend. Metallic's ...Justice and Depeche Mode's Violator. Pretty pleased with myself!

By "second disc" do you mean audio or video? I was a bit pissed off because the US ltd version only came with a DVD, so I had to get the German digibook for the Blu-ray, and I wanted the US version's cover art

Oh yeah, recently ordered/purchased/received:

Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden - Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
Iron Maiden - Best of the Best (original 2CD digibook)
Moonsorrow - Suden Uni (CD/DVD reissue)
Moonsorrow - Kivenkantaja
Nokturnal Mortum - The Taste of Victory
Sigh - In Somniphobia

So that's me doubled-up on all the old Maiden stuff aside from Live After Death and the other live ones. I don't see any point getting the original Live After Death CD since a) it's only 3/4s of the album and b) the remaster is nowhere near as brickwalled as, say, Number of the Beast or Somewhere In Time. In fact, it has the highest DR of any of the remasters, only a couple of DB lower than the original release.

At first all I saw was Torture Tactics. The others were in the bottom of the box laying flat. I've gotten lucky at this place before with some first presses of some Overkill. He had a couple copies of Testament's The New Order, but I already own it.

I know this probably isn't everybody's cup of tea on metal archives but man I fucking love Meat Loaf, especially Bat Out of Hell I & II. I've become pretty obsessed with picking up other albums that Jim Steinman worked on, like Bonnie Tyler's Faster Than the Speed of Night (includes "Total Eclipse of the Heart") and Pandora's Box (the first band to record "It's All Coming Back to Me Now"). All of that stuff is worth a look if you're a fan of the Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf collabs.

Haha, I'll look a bit into them. I love Meat Loaf. It's where my musical journey started. I went from Meat Loaf to AC/DC, to Guns N Roses, to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest etc, etc.
At the same record fair I got these, I also saw Jim Steinman's Bad For Good. But I thought it was a bit pricey so thought I would think about it but instead I forgot about it....

In the last 7 days I've bought the new Pallbearer, new Mastodon, new Pillorian and new Creeper records.

I love all of them as well so this is just like the best week ever.

Need to get the latest Pallbearer myself soon!
Big fan of the two first albums.


My score this week:


Kêres - Book of Desire
Krolok - At the End of a New Age

New shit...

Parusie - ...In Silence
Gravestone - Rotten Kill
Earth - Hex; Or Printing In The Infernal Method
Earth - Primitive And Deadly
Vastum - Carnal Law
Blood Incantation - Starspawn
Kreator - Gods Of Violence (CD & DVD)
Memoriam - For The Fallen (Autographed)

Just ordered:

Astharoth - Gloomy Experiments
Domine - Ancient Spirit Rising

Anata - The Infernal Depths of Hatred
Silencer - Death Pierce Me

Both used on CD at a record shop in Reno while I was on vacation.

Preordered: Ulver - The Assassination of Julius Caesar

Darkthrone - Hate Them
Spawn Of Possession - Noctambulant
Neoandertals - Neanderthals were Master Butchers
Impetigo - Ultimo Mondo Cannibale
The Locust - New Erections, Plague Soundscapes
Psychofagist - The Optician
Antigama - Warning, Meteor, Nyia Split
Inhume - In for the Kill, Decomposing from the Inside
Duran Duran - Greatest
Antigama/Third Degree/Herman Rarebell - The World Will Fall Soon And We All Will Die
Pulmonary Fibrosis - Interstitial Lung Diseases
Hemdale - Rad Jackson
Rise Above - I Love to Relax
Facada - Nadir, O Joio
Viscera Infest/Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis – Gastroduodenalulcerfollicularadenoma Fuliminanthepatitishydrocefacialspammyxomatosis/Viscosas Voces Desde la Necroorgia
Fecalizer/Paracoccidioidomicosisproctitissarcomucosis – The House of the Dead/Coito Emetico por Ingestion Adiposa y Fecal
Rottrevore/Repulsion/Monstrosity/Incantation - Single Series Vol. 3
Pankreatite Necro Hemorragica/Boneache/Insepsy/Fetal Deformity - 4Ways Methods of Illegal Pathology
Infected Society/Anal Penetration/Vaginal Penetration of an Amelus with a Musty Carrot - Snuff Fetish Infection
Brain Drill - Apocalyptic Feasting
Circle of Dead Children - Psalm of the Grand Destroyer
Six Feet Under - Commandment
Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69
Butcher ABC - Butchered At Birth Day
Disgust - War Deterrent
Last Days Of Humanity - The Sound of Rancid Juices Sloshing around your Coffin
Kill the Client - Escalation of Hostility
Sete Star Sept/Gorgonized Dorks/Head Splash/Grossty – Gen-Noise-Cide
Ion Dissonance - Breathing is Irrelevant
Sete Star Sept - Vinyl Collection 2010-12
Six Brew Bantha - Six Brew Bantha

latest scores:

armagedda - the final war approaching CD
cultus - gezeteld in zegeruinen CD
demoncy - joined in darkness CD
forest - forest CD
grausamkeit/khaomega - anfahrt liegend kranke CD
nunslaughter - hate your god CD
pantheon - thangorodrim MC
priestermord - vernichtungsfeldzug MLP

Bad for Good is a pretty decent album, it's basically a Meat Loaf record with a less talented singer hahaha but it definitely has its charms.

Over the past two weeks or so :
Leaves' Eyes - Lovelorn
Leaves' Eyes - Vinland Saga
Pallbearer - Heartless
Slagmaur - Svin
Slagmaur - Thill Smitts Terror
Theatre of Tragedy - Aégis
All on CD.

Got these this past week:



Absu - The Third Storm of Cythraul
Ancient - Svartalvheim
Blasphemophager - ...for Chaos, Obscurity And Desolation...
Kerasphorus - Cloven Hooves at the Holocaust Dawn
Various Artists - Unholy Thrashing Savage



From the Deiphago gig. I ran out of sizes for their shirt.

Deiphago - Anthology
Amaranhig - Bagong Katay
Goatsnake - Flower of Disease
Mass Hypnosia - Vicious Entity EP
Abvulabashy - Live in Manila 2016

Bought Obscura's Akroasis. Best tech death album since Epitaph

Judas Priest - The Complete Albums Collection

I haven't picked up too much recently but I did do a small record store run a few weeks ago.

Riot: Fire Down Under (12" LP, First Press)
Black Sabbath: Never Say Die (CD)
Dark Funeral: Vobiscum Satanas (CD)

@immortal666 nice scores dude! That Blasphemophager album is killer! Took me ages to find all three.

Finally got these in the mail yesterday! I now own all of their albums on vinyl.
The Gates of Slumber - The Awakening
The Gates of Slumber - Suffer No Guilt



Pallbearer - Heartless
M.S.W - Cloud

GORGOROTH: Destroyer, or About How to Philosophize with the Hammer
ISENGARD: Vinterskugge
ISENGARD: Høstmørke (includes bónus commentary disc)
BURZUM: Umskiptar

Picked up these from an old school CD shop like it goddamn well should be done. Fireball is awesome - just earthy, hard rocking blues with a larger than life twist. What a great fucking band.

Got the one on the right today, still need one more Owsla (no, literally!). Anyone care to help?!

Thanks, man. I'm enjoying blasting that CD now!

Hell yeah! Im blasting Macabre Omen atm.

Whats the Phillipines metal scene like? Recommend any bands?

Sigh - Infidel Art and In Somniphobia
Windir - Arntor
Tiamat - Clouds
Anaal Nathrakh - The Whole of the Law

3 packages today:

Tape haul from Hells Headbangers:
Agatus - The Eternalist
Black Hole - Land of Mystery
Deathman - 3 Track Heavy Metal Tape
Domains - Sinister Ceremonies
One Master - Live in the Castle of Quiet
Mausoleum Gate - s/t
Stone Dagger - The Siege of Jerusalem
Raate - Menetyksen Tie
Zodiac - Stone Command

From Profound Lore:
Pallbearer - Heartless CD


From SubPop
Sleater-Kinney - remastered CDs
-Dig Me Out
-Call the Doctor
-All Hands on the Bad One
-The Hot Rock
-One Beat
I got some cute SubPop dice with this order!

Went to a local record store and was able to pick up:

Infernal War - Axiom
Mistur - In Memoriam
Baptism - Grim Arts of Melancholy
Galloglass - Heavenseeker

Really glad I found about this store, they had a great selection.

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Panikk - Discarded Existence

Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden - Killers
The Doors - The Doors

Just grabbing some I should have grabbed ages ago.

Just got the album "Defying Gravity" by the band Desdinova. Excellent thrash metal that is rather tame and melodic.

I suggest the song "Faster Than Light."

New score:


Taake - Stridens hus
Taake - Kulde
Satanize - Apocalyptic Impious Command
Order of Darkness - Vrej


Cave Ritual - Cave Ritual
Void Prayer - Stillbirth from the Psychotic Void
Deathlike Silence - Deathlike Silence


Kalmankantaja - Musta lampi
Kalmankantaja - Muinainen
I Shalt Become - Requiem
Mz.412 - Burning the Temple of God


North - Thorns on the Black Rose
North - From the Dark Past
Skogen - Eld (Double coloured Lp)


Mörk Gryning - Tusen år har gått... (Coloured Lp)
Panopticon - Revisions of the Past (Double coloured Lp)


Afsprengi Satans - Seidgall
Wormlust - MMVI
Skaphe - Untitled
Arkhtinn - IV


Countess - Into Battle
Bašmu - Compilation Tape
Worship Black Twilight

Norther - Mirror of Madness
Stratovarius - Infinite
Stratovarius - Intermission

I'm so pumped that I found Mirror of Madness.

And talking about Stratovarius...

Stratovarius - Nemesis

Super happy with the new member of the Strato-Family

One Beat is a great album.

Gathering Split by Amiensus and Oak Pantheon
Astral Blood by Astral Blood
Reek of Putrefaction by Carcass
Endo by Endo
Malignant Universe by Invidiosus
Nihilist (1987-1989) by Nihilist
Insomnia by Pandemonium
On My Shield by West Wall

Renascent - Praise of the Lord God Almighty

Neat to have this. It's unbelievably good.

Nice! It seems like Minnesota has a decent number of symphonic black metal bands. Are there any more you would recommend? (I also like False, and Idolum is pretty solid.)

EDIT: also, Pestifere is pretty good, though they're more melo-black I guess

I think the Philippines metal scene is becoming more active with more bands releasing more material.
One of these days, I'll create a thread to discuss the Philippine metal scene more thoroughly. But for now I'll recommend these bands. Look them up on Youtube:

1) Mass Hypnosia - violent death/thrash metal band in the '80s Kreator/Demolition Hammer vein. Just released their 2nd album "Toxiferous Cyanide" on Germany's Ragnarok label.

2) Pathogen - old school '90s styled death metal with doomy passages. Already has 3 albums under their belt the most recent of which was 2012's "Forged in the Crucible of Death".

3) Down From the Wound - brutal death metal band whose albums were released by Sevared and Comatose records respectively. T

4) Paganfire - thrashing metal militants who have been ripping it up since the early '00s. They are one of the more prolific bands in the scene as they have been releasing material year after year. Their most recent output was their split with Sabbat (Jpn).

5) Toxemia - doomy death metal who's most recent release was 2015's "Ancient Demons".

Hopefully I'll have the time to create that thread soon.