Nice start bnjamman

thanks

I asked "deejaymbass" from youtube a.k.a Matt Bass, for some recommendations of some death/black/thrash metal and he sent me a big list of ones he recommended to start with.

very cool, interesting first death metal album though
my first DM was obituary - the end complete, i still have the tape [cassette] /nostalgia

The first DM album I ever bought was Nile's Those Whom the Gods Detest. I hated it.

Also, my copy of Disfiguring the Goddess's Sleeper arrived in the mail yesterday. It's pretty amazing.

My first Death Metal album was Possessed "Beyond the Gates", the gatefold 12", about the time it came out. It was followed by Autopsy "Severed Survival" or Morgoth "Resurrection Absurd", can't recall having passed more than 20 years.

Back on topic, recently ordered and waiting for: (mainly filling discography holes)

Grand Magus - "Hammer of the North"
Esoteric - "The Maniacal Vale"
Darkspace - "Dark Space III" (the regular edition as I'm not rich)
Immortal - "At the Heart of Winter"

It doesn't exist anymore; Marillion themselves don't even have it (they do have the one disc version). EMI took it out of print. I'm not sure what you consider a "reasonable price", but I got mine for around $28 via Amazon marketplace last year. Also, if you're not format specific, Amazon has the 2 disc version available digitally.

At any rate...

METAL:

Nightfire-Penumbra (CD; I got this when my band played with them over the weekend. Outstanding live band)

NON-METAL:

The Brian Jonestown Massavre-Aufbehen

Got two CDs recently:

Manilla Road - The Circus Maximus
Manilla Road - Playground of the Damned

Love 'em both

My first death metal album was God Dethroned's The Grand Grimoire, and it kills even to this day as for my recent purchases:

Accept-Metal Heart
Cathedral-Soul Sacrifice (1st pressing)
Rajam-Burning Antarctica

I'd kill for that Ophidian Wheel copy. Last time I checked it went for like 60 bucks used. How much did you pay for it, if you don't mind my asking?

EDIT: Nevermind, missed your answer.

Got My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans (2003 remaster with bonus tracks) for 8 bucks at a used store, pretty great find!

Hawkwind - Doremi Fasol Latido (LP)
Hellhammer - Satanic Rites (cassette tape)

Two amazing classics, albeit for very different genres.

Soulreaper - LifeErazer

and I got these for free:

Megadeth Countdown to Extinction and SFSGSW
Also, a random obituary CD is coming with it.

I need to pick up this album too. It's the only one missing from my Immortal collection.

Latest purchases:

Asphyx - Deathhammer
Dark Castle - Surrender To All Life Beyond Form
The Safety Fire - Grind The Ocean

Great. I love that album. The vibe of it is f-ing great

New CDs:

Atriarch "Forever the End" (killer blackened doom!)
Monolithe "Monolithe II"
Winter "Into Darkness/Eternal Frost"
Ahab "The Divinity of Oceans" (didn't like it as much as "Call of the Wretched Sea," but I'm gearing up for the new album)
High on Fire "De Vermis Mysteriis"
Ascension "Consolamentum" (damn good; love the track "Grant Me Light")
Dodecahedron's s/t debut (enjoying the DSO worship)

Ahab is awesome. Well done sir.

Do most of you guys purchase albums still ? for me there's no need to.

GrooveShark / YouTube etc is basically all I need.

I've been sampling song after song lately. just listened to a song by Iron Monkey, before that a couple by Corrosion of Conformity.

yeah, i don't buy empeethrees

Is my way of trying before I buy.

Exactly. I still love having a tangible product in exchange for my money. The artwork and lyrics are suppossed to accompany the music. It's a package deal.

Ummm, everyone here (in this thread) is a collector to some degree, so yes we do still purchase albums .

This arrived in the mail today. Peste Noire's new demo box. The sound quality is significantly better compared to Mors Orbis Terrarum on some songs.



Sorry for the flash, it's a bit dark here.

I only buy physical releases. Never bought or downloaded an mp3 in my life. mp3s seem to be great if you want to cherry pick, but I like to listen to an entire album, and I love to have the physical copy of the album. I'll use youtube occasionally to check something out, but most of the time if I develop an interest in a band/album (via the archives, reviews, word-of-mouth, etc), I'll just buy it. You pick up a dud sometimes, but that's ok. Oftentimes you'll find a hidden, previously unknown (to you) gem, and that's an incredible feeling. And I'm not rich by any stretch. But music is perhaps the most important and significant of the things I would classify as "others" or "luxury purchases" and is something that I greatly enjoy and appreciate, so I'm not afraid to pay money for it.

I find that sound quality on YouTube varies from mediocre to terrible. I don't understand how anyone could use that as music source other than for discovering new bands.

And as somebody else already pointed out, an album tends to be more than just a collection of sound files.

Exactly, I'll just start calling them empty-threes from now on. Can't live without my physical copies.

Just bought Dissection's The Somberlain 2-CD reissue along with a few shirts... Can't wait for it to come in the mail!

Opeth - Orchid
Opeth - Morningrise
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Opeth - Still Life
Opeth - Blackwater Park
Opeth - Deliverance
Opeth - Damnations
Opeth - Lamentations

Edge of Sanity - Crimson
Edge of Sanity - Crimson II

A Forest of Stars - The Corpse of Rebirth
A Forest of Stars - Opportunistic Thieves of Spring

Rotting Christ - Aealo

Are you serious?

Get The Storm Of Light's Bane reissue too. That way you will have all of the early demos/EP material as bonus track. Awesome.

Sacred Oath-A Crystal Vision
Byfist-Preserving The Past
Twisted Tower Dire-Crest of The Martyrs
Lizzy Borden-Love You To Pieces
Isen Torr-Mighty & Superior
Helstar-Remnants Of War
Helstar-Burning Star
Breaker-Get Tough
Wardog-Sound Beating
Seven Witches-Call Upon The Wicked
Stonehenge-Shadows
Fool's Game-Reality Divine
W.A.S.P.-The Crimson Idol
Phoenix Rizing-Eternal Crusade
Power's Court-Nine Kinds of Hell
Step Child-The Prayer
Tad Marose-Matters Of The Dark

Agreed. Get both reissues. There's so much material, and it's all good. The "Storm of the Light's Bane" one has an alternative mix of the album, too, as well as other bonus stuff. Perfect if you are a Dissection junkie.

Yeah the early stuff is great and well worth checking out.

I'm not sure about that a alternative mix. My ears must be getting fucked maybe.

Impressive! Makes me rather jealous since all of these are personal favourites and I only own 6 out of the 10 you posted. Oh well... Killer haul dude, enjoy the albums!

Forgotten Land:
Imbolc
Samhain
Beltane

Also, sort-of-recently got Neptunian Horizon's debut.

That Ketzer artwork is great! You can never go wrong with sword-wielding unchained goat demons. Fucking awesome.

Yeah, it came with a huge poster of the cover art....very cool.
Aside form the artwork this album RIPS!

Got this box too:



The sound quality is much better than expected from demo recordings. I've heard most of them before, but obviously they sounded worse considering they were low quality rips from the internet. Really didn't regret the purchase!
Also received Saint Vitus - Lillie: F-65 the same day.


I just ordered the selftitled and "Schatten des Gewitters" by Irrlycht. Just stumbled upon the band, but loved at first listen.



The Ketzer LP is killer by the way. I own the CD but the artwork in full size must look even better!

Damn, the only decent physical store from my area has knowlegeable stuff.

Went there looking for some cheap 2nd hand stuff and came with Testament "The Legacy" and Desaster "Angelwhore", 5€ each, not exactly a steal. But they also have the Emperor/Enslaved split, Kvist and Decayed "Conjuration of the Southern Circle", all first presses, for 20€ each.

I purchased a copy of Autumn Aurora by Drudkh in December 2011, first issue from 2004 as well! Weird thing is I bought it new and I was expecting the re-release by Season of Mist from 2009. Hell, was I surprised when I opened the parcel to find this! There certainly aren't many copies of it around these days. You can PM me if you want to know the shop I got it from, but I can't guarantee they still have the old one available.