Tomahawk - vinyl box set from RSD
Steven Wilson - live album from RSD

nice! i can't really handle anonymous though, how much did you get it for?

Deicide's 'The Stench of Redemption'.

It's fantastic! If you like other Skagos I'm sure you'll like this as well, maybe even more so, although I have yet to hear Ast from start to finish in its entirety (just ordered it as well) so I can't rightfully compare them. There are currently three very favorable reviews for it which I recommend checking out that say it better than I can in this post.

Another item has been added to my least of items that are on their way!

Elysian Fields - Adelain

All used for £5.00 each,

Metallica - kill em all
Metallica - ride the lightning
Iron maiden - killers
Iron maiden - seventh son of a seventh son
Iron maiden - brave new world

Nice starting point bnjamman! All essential albums!

Nice . Get the second one as well; that's also good and easier to find!

Some new stuff today:


Venom - Welcome to Hell ( Double Lp)
Venom - Black Metal ( Double Lp)
I finally have these on physical format...!

And a 7'' Ep:


Celestial Bloodshed - The Serpent's Kiss

Bought the first two Morbid Angel albums, in very clean and mint condition for $5 each. Very good and even had a few DVD's inside of the cases.

Practice what you preach

The sleeve one. Apparently it's a "mini lp" re-release through Caroline back in 2008.
Never really listened to Exodus so this was my first album purchase from them and I really liked it!

pre-ordered three albums recently.

Be'Lakor - Of Breath and Bone (autographed limited edtion)
Ahab - The Giant
Carach Angren - Where The Corpses Sink Forever

Mercyful Fate - In the Shadows

Storm Corrosion-S/T

I had pre-ordered the limited edition collector's bundle, which includes the 2LP, CD, and 5.1 Blu-Ray versions of the album, as well as two posters (with one of them singed by Akerfeldt & Wilson). I only cared about the LP and Blu-Ray (CDs are largely useless for me these days), and this bundle was a cost effective means of getting both (the CD and posters are "bonus" items for me). Yesterday, I got an email from Roadrunner saying there would be a delay in shipping the bundle-something to do with the signed poster-and they were giving a digital version as a compensatory measure with the physical versions shipping next week. So I downloaded the album for my iPod while waiting for the vinyl bundle to ship. This morning I got a shipment notice for my physical version, so I think this counts for the purpose of this thread.

Adelain is one of my favorites, but I must admit that I have not payed that much attention to the later albums. I've listened to all of them and the debut is the one that stood out. Last time I listened to the others was on shitty dubbed tapes though, so I might be wrong on this one

Flame - March Into Firelands, Hell's Headbangers test pressing #4/5.

I love this album! A great atmosphere on it.

Yes it truly sounds great! This is actually my first Mercyful Fate album. I'll buy more for sure.

...Oh wow. I mean I like In the Shadows, probably more than most Mercyful Fate fans, but it still doesn't hold the shadow of a candle to Melissa or Don't Break the Oath. You owe it to yourself to get those as soon as possible. The Old Oak is my favorite song from In The Shadows by far...

Must have been a MIGGHTTYY GAAWWD, to deserve the GIFT OF LI-EE-YIFE

Bal-Sagoth - A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria
Impiety - Skullfucking Armageddon (red LP)
Sarcófago - I.N.R.I.
Trench Hell - Southern Cross Ripper

Mostly filling some holes in the collection. I now have all of Bal-Sagoth's full-lengths, and FINALLY own a copy of I.N.R.I..

Excellent! You'll definitely have much fun with Bal-Sagoth, it's great that you have all their albums. Sarcofago...I don't need to say anything else.

Yeah, I actually recently listened to the B-S album for the first time, and it's definitely one of their best, despite being rather different in style. My favorite has always been either Starfire... or Battle Magic, but the debut might become the next best IMO after some more listens.

Just picked up 2 albums at the store today...

Necrophobic - Hrimthursum
Samael - Ceremony of Opposites

Latest haul came in the mail today. Fucking pumped!

New CDs:

Ulcerate - Of Fracture and Failure
Ulcerate - Everything is Fire
The Meads of Asphodel - The Murder of Jesus the Jew
Mitochondrion - Archaeaeon
Portal - Outre'
Akercocke - Words That GO Unspoken, Deeds That Go Undone
Akercocke - Antichrist

And three albums I recently lost in my travails and needed to replace (because not having them physically in my collection made me feel like crying):

Immolation - Close to a World Below
Om - God is Good
Bathory - Twilight of the Gods

I have many excellent hours of listening ahead. Can't fucking wait!

Trend & pop arrived to me. From german Century Media http://www.cmdistro.de and german distro http://www.blackscaped.de.





Paradise Lost "Tragic Idol" 2012 (Century Media) 2 CD Limited Edition Box, 2 Bonus Tracks
Borknagar "Urd" 2012 (Century Media) Limited Edition Digipak, 2 Bonus Tracks
Alcest "Les Voyages De L'Âme" 2012 (Prophecy) Limited Edition Digipak
Les Discrets "Ariettes Oubliées..." 2012 (Prophecy) Limited Edition Digibook
Gorgoroth "Under The Sign Of Hell 2011" 2011 (Regain) Rerecorded Black Metal Masterpiece
Peccatum "Oh... My Regrets" EP 2000 (Candlelight)
+ Century Media compilation 2012

New stuff from the last days.



Unfortunately "Dark Space III" has a scratch and skips on the last couple of minutes of the last track. Still uncertain if I'll return it or try some polish, it was cheap anyway. The scratch doesn't seem deep but I never tried polishing a black disc and previous tries had mixed results, well, it only gets better with practice. Brings to mind this same CD that someone on the forum, in another I thread I don't recall, bought and arrived completely scratched but still played, go guess

Is that the first press of the Rigor Mortis debut?

Son. Of a fucking. Bitch.

Nope, it's the 2004 reissue.

Phew. I was about to have a heart attack. That's still quite a nice find, though.

Me too when I saw it on the 5 euros bin. It ended up being the reissue, cheap and as new, nice as I didn't have it anyway.

please let me know how you get on with this, i too am a 'polisher' and also haven't tried a black/red disc.
try it in your computer, the laser is different, i can play almost totally fucked discs in mine without any skips.

How does it sound? I've only listened to the video track and it wasn't my cup of tea. I thought the video was excellent, but as a standalone song I didn't think I could enjoy it. Is the rest of the album consistent with the vibe of that track, or does it deviate?

It's odd. I've listened 3 times thus far and I can't quite grasp it, but I have a feeling that it also needs a lot of listens before it fully sinks in. I think the 5.1 is gonna assist with that as well

As for how it sounds relating to the "Drag Ropes" pre-release video, I would say that it is both very and not very consistent with that tune, if that makes any sense. There's like one 1 minute part where it could be remotely described as "rocking" throughout the entire runtime, and there's maybe three sections where there is actual drumming. The vast majority of this record is vocal/acoustic guitar/mellotron/strings driven, with some sparse clean electrics guitars/piano/light percussion. It's so fucking hard to describe . I'd say mellower 70s Crimson (stuff like "I Talk To The Wind" or "Moonchild"-including the esoteric vibraphone bits) are also good references (makes sense given SW's involvement in the remix/reissue campaign).

I'd say definitely try before you buy. My first impressions are a confused favorable, but I have a feeling it will be astounding once I absorb all the layers.

Ea - Ea
Septic Mind - The True Call
Reido - -11

Arkaik - Reflections Within Dissonance

Powerwolf - Return in Bloodred
Powerwolf - Lupus Dei

Latest Aquisitions:-

Paradise Lost - Tragic Idol 2CD (Signed by the band)
Alan Davey - Cyber Tooth CD (Also signed)
Gaye Bykers On Acid – Stewed To The Gills... CD
Revenge – Triumph.Genocide.Antichrist CD
Innsmouth/Mongrel's Cross 7" Split
Mongrel's Cross - The Sins of Aquarius CD

Waiting for:-

Deathhammer - Onward to the Pits CD
Hawkwind - Onwards 2CD
Satan's Satyrs - Weird Beyond Belief! LP