Memento Mori - Rhymes of Lunacy [Japan Ver.][No OBI]
Usurper - Lords of the Permafrost
Penance - The Road Revisited
Asylum - 3-3-88 [Demo]
Veni Domine - Fall Babylon Fall [Japan Ver.][No OBI]
Count Raven - The Sixth Storm
Lord Mountain - The Oath [Digi]
Orodruin - Claw Tower ...and Other Tales of Terror [Comp.]
Wretched - Center Of The Universe [Digi]
Revelation - Salvation's Answer [Japan Ver. + bonus track]
Internal Void - Standing On The Sun
Lost Breed - Bow Down
Lost Breed - World of Power - The Lost 1989 Album
Iron Man - I Have Returned
Iron Man - South of the Earth [O-card]
Forsaken - Dominaeon
Forsaken - Pentateuch [Digi]
Mindrot - Forlorn [EP]
Mindrot - Soul
Dream Death - Journey Into Mystery [O-card + poster]
Dream Death - Somnium Excessum [Digi][Signed by Mike Smail]
Dream Death - Dissemination
Mael Mórdha - Cluain Tarḃ [2 bonus tracks]
Mael Mórdha - Gealtacht Mael Mórdha
Mael Mórdha - Manannán
Led Zeppelin - Coda (unremastered)

Skeletonwitch - Serpents Unleashed
Skeletonwitch - Devouring Radiant Light

These albums slap, we need a new one this year.

Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project.

Ordered the CD as this isn't something I'll spend the extra coin on for the vinyl.

CD
Abmut - Temphioth: Ignis Tremendae
Spania- Memorias Praeteritum

Skeletal Remains - Fragments of the Ageless LP

Kontact- Full Contact (Black Vinyl)

I'm really getting into this record. Its just so weird, and brilliant at the same time. Every time I listen to it, it sounds different. I'll figure it out.
I highly recommend this one, my friends.

Recent orders. Cheap cheap CDs mostly:

Darkthrone - Old Star
Darkthrone - Eternal Hails
Darkthrone - Astral Fortress
Tarot - Suffer Our Pleasures
Crimson Glory - Transcendence

Stopped by the local Goodwill and found on CD...

Dream Theater - Images and Words
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray
Queensryche - Condition Human
Sting - Fields of Gold (Best of 84-94)

under 4 bucks for the lot!

One of Nine- Eternal Sorcery LP (white)
I was finally able to track a copy of this down!
Thank you Lords.

In case anybody is interested, I purchased this year's mystery box from Season of Mist.
The promotion is 20 cds for $33.
This is what arrived:

Abbath- Dread Reaver
A Life Once Lost- Ecstatic Trance
Autarkh- Form In Motion
Bastardur- Satan's Loss Of Son
Black Cobra- Imperium Simulacra
The Casualties- Chaos Sound
The Casualties- Resistance
Crippled Black Phoenix- Bronze
Cynic- Ascension Codes
Deviant Process- Nurture
Erdve- Savigaila
Esben and the Witch-Older Terrors
Floor- Oblation
Goat Torment- Forked Tongues
Kylesa- Exhausting Fire
Nocturnal Graves- An Outlaw's Stand
River Black- S/T
Rotten Sound- Abuse To Suffer
Saint Vitus- Lillie: F-65
Vreid- Wild North West
Withered- Verloren

The Casualties was a 2 cd box, so 21 cds actually came.
No idea if all boxes are the same.
Good Luck.

Not a bad selection, some really good stuff in there imo. Buuut there's also quite a few I wouldn't want.

Been to see these bands in the last few weeks and picked these up at the shows

Cynic - Refocus
Enslaved - Heimdal
Cryptosis - Bionic Swarm, and The Silent Call ep
Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite

Yep, several keepers for sure.
Good thing I've got a couple of buddies who run distros, as I see some trades coming in their future.
Maybe a couple of birthday/Xmas presents for randos.
I'd love to see another post from someone who buys one, for comparison.

Aleister (FRA) - Nightmare (2023)Thrash Metal

Sacrifizer – Le Diamant de Lucifer (2022) Thrash Metal

Sortilège – Apocalypso (2023) Heavy Metal

Yortsed – Time For Anger (2022) Thrash Metal

Crionic - Different
Section Brain - No Anarchy/Hospital of Death

Grabbed the new Priest on CD. Just not going to spend 45 bucks on a vinyl for this record.

Bruce Dickinson - The Mandrake Project [Ltd Ed Deluxe Edition]
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield [Deluxe Hardcover + 3 bonus tracks]
Vltimas - Epic [Digi]
Midnight - Hellish Expectations
Integrity - All Death Is Mine: Total Domination [Comp]
Varathron - The Crimson Temple
Alchemist - Jar Of Kingdom [Re-Release 99 incl. Demo '91]
Alchemist - Lunasphere
Iron Man - The Passage [CD/DVD]
Iron Man - Dominance EP + Att hålla dig över EP [Comp]
Mindrot - Dawning
Ozzy Osbourne - No More Tears [4 song CDS]
Helmet - Unsung: The Best Of Helmet (1991-1997)[Comp]
Alice Cooper - Alice Cooper Goes To Hell

The best of the last few months...

CDs
Exorcist - voices From the Grave/After the North Winds
Genocide Organ - Death Zones 2xCD
Cryocene - Exclave
Form Hunter - Dread Harvest
Shredded Nerve - Third Sign
Asphyx - Deathhammer
Asphyx - Embrace the Death 2xCD

Tapes
Deathhammer - Phantom Knights
Decrepitorum - Foul Examination of Putrefied Remaisins
Deathwinds - ...Ripping Annihilation....
Tempest - Unending Torment
Swollen Organs - Resentment and Worthlessness

7"
UK Subs - Peel Sessions vol.3
Kjostad - Knuckle Gash
Gnawed - Torch Smoke and Rope

LP
Destruction - Infernal Overkill
Form Hunter - s/t
Departure Chandelier - Satan Soldier of Fortune
Departure Chandelier - Papal Dripping Blood
Asphyx - Incoming Death

And just yesterday vol.9 of Noxious Ruin and Poison Idea - Kings of Punk LP/DVD.

Physical purchases, Q1 of 2024.

Metal:

Civerous-Decrepit Flesh Relic LP, violet
Civerous-Maze Envy LP, clear/blue/purple galaxy
Slimelord-Chytridomycosis Relinquished LP, orange/blue galaxy
Apparition-Feel LP
Apparition-Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State LP, orange/black/silver mix
Cruciamentum-Obsidian Refractions LP

Non-Metal:

Glassjaw-The Playable Collection 5LP, white
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Calculating Infinity LP, orange, 2023 repress
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Miss Machine LP, yellow, 2023 repress
The Dillinger Escape Plan-Ire Works LP, blue, 2023 repress
Sleep Token-Take Me Back To Eden 2LP
The Corrs-Best Of 2LP, gold
Gost-Prophecy LP, “tiger’s eye” orange w/black smoke
Habitants-Alma LP, transparent blue

Death metal is very, very healthy in 2024.

CD
Force of darkness- Force of darkness
North - Thorns on the black rose

There's a name I haven't heard since I was like...Seven years old. Bizarre to run into it here of all places!

Most recent haul, all vinyl

Dissimulator - Lower Form Resistance
Iron Maiden - Powerslave
Mournful Congregation - The Book of Kings
Rotting Christ - Sanctus Diavolos
Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit

With non-metal entires

Kero Kero Bonito - Civilization
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip

Some orders made.

Judas Priest - Invincible Shield, 2CD
Diamond Head - Lightning to the Nations, 2CD
Bad Religion - Age of Unreason, CD
Bad Religion - New Maps of Hell, CD
Bad Religion - The Dissent of Man, CD
Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First, CD
Bad Religion - True North, CD

Hitting up used places.

Volbeat - Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil CD (some crunchy stuff on this one)
The Police - Live! CD (Just saw it and buying more live stuff lately)
The Doors - Strange Days CD (Needed this for all the studio albums)
Queen - Jazz CD (filling out the Queen collection)
Stone Temple Pilots - Stone Temple Pilots CD (this album with the latest singer is a strong one)

CDS!!!
Destroyer 666 - Unchain the Wolves
Goatmoon- Finnish steel storm
Goatmoon- Varjot
Satanic Warmaster- Black metal Kommando/Gas chamber
Vargrav- The nighthold
White death- Iconclast

Madder Mortem - Old Eyes, New Heart CD Jewel Case
Mike Patton - Mondo Cane CD Digipak
Porcupine Tree - Stars Die | The Delerium Years 1991 - 1997 2xCD Boxset
Sleepytime Gorilla Museam - Of The Last Human Being CD Digisleeve
Textures - Last Miles To The Moon Bluray Digisleeve

just purchased new Powerwolf "Wake up the wicked", this is out on july

Moonspell - Under the Moonspel 3-vinyl box set. It was a split purchase between my sister and I (both fans), and I haven't listened to them yet cause my sister is the one with the turn table. I don't have space for one.

Celestial Season - Mysterium III (new album + vinyl box set packaged with Mysterium I&II as well as a 7" "Orbis Mysterium"). It's a pre-order since Mysterium III hasn't been released yet. Can't wait for this one. I'm loving their return to doom metal. They've far surpassed their earlier works with the Mysterium albums, IMO.

Vincent Crowley - Beyond Acheron [Ltd Ed + 2 bonus tracks]
Necrophobic - In The Twilight Grey [Digibook Ltd Ed + 2 bonus tracks]
Tribunal - The Weight Of Rememberance
Static Abyss - Labyrinth Of Veins [O-card]
Saxon - Hell, Fire And Damnation [Digi]
Wings Of Steel - Wings Of Steel [EP]
Argus - From Fields of Fire
Warhammer - Towards The Chapter Of Chaos [Comp Digi Ltd Ed + bonus track]
Graveyard Rodeo - Sowing Discord In the Haunts of Man
Dystopia - The Aftermath [Comp]
Soilent Green - A Deleted Symphony For Beaten Down [Japan ver + bonus track][No OBI]
Soilent Green - Confrontation [Japan ver + bonus track][No OBI]
Claymorean - Unbroken
Claymorean - Sounds From A Dying World
Claymorean - By This Sword We Rule: A Decade of Steel [Comp]
Bolt Thrower - Realm Of Chaos (Slaves to Darkness) [unremastered][original artwork]
Grave - You'll Never See... [unremastered]
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin [unremastered]
Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengeance [unremastered]
V/A - Peace Till Death [2CD comp]

Latest arrivals here:


Destruction - Eternal Devastation HRR repress
Destruction - Infernal Overkill HRR repress


Destruction - Release From Agony HRR repress
Destruction - Mad Butcher ep HRR repress


Hour Of 13 - s/t
Tyranonaut - Marble Eye lp


Black Viper - Volcanic Lightning ep
Angel Dust - Into The Dark Past lp


Whiplash - Messages In Blood lp
Violent Force - Malevolent Assault Of Tomorrow HRR repress


Hypnosia - Extreme Hatred lp
Inculter - Fatal Visions lp


Darkness - Death Squad HRR repress
Darkthrone - Astral Fortress lp


Departure Chandelier - Antichrist Rise To Power lp
Malokarpatan - Vertumnus Ceasar lp


Minenwerfer - Feuerwalze lp
Destroyer 666 - Never Surrender lp


Dead Congregation - Promulgation Of The Fall lp
Excarnated Entity - Stillborn In Ash ep


Pale Swordsman - Kekht Arakh lp
Thunderbolt - Black Clouds Over Dark Majesty lp


Nokturnal Mortum - The Taste Of Victory ep
Nokturnal Mortum - Goat Horns dlp

Last week I got Lammendam and Death Came Through a Phantom Ship by Carach Angren on CD and Fear of the Dark by Iron Maiden on vinyl.

Orders from the last months arrived this week!


Inquisition - Veneration of Medieval Mysticism and Cosmological Violence
Varathron - The Crimson Temple
Abigor - Taphonomia Aeternitatis (Gesänge im Leichenlicht der Welt) (Coloured lp)


Kommodus - Wreath of Bleeding Snowfall
Grot - Beneath the Waves of Eternity
Trhä / Sanguine Wounds - Split


Klävitt, Klävitt... Skogen Evigt Eka - Demo#1 (Double lp)
Muvitium - I skogens karga dunkel
Secrets - Towards the Nightside
Hati Hróðvitnisson - Svart evig makt


Drakonhail - Vieille forêt (Double lp)
Drakonhail - Airs de Corbeaux
Wartödd - Pagan Pride
Ebony Pendant - Ebony Pendant (Double lp)


Wolftower - Crownless King of the Dismal Dark Empire
Wolftower - Throne of Nightfall's Wrath
Mistmoor - Through Endless Forests
Vrkolak - Carpathian Tyranny Returns


Judas Iscariot - Dethroned, Conquered and Forgotten (2024 Bootleg)
Judas Iscariot - To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding (2024 Bootleg)
Goatmoon - What Once Was… Shall Be Again (Coloured lp)
Hadak Ura - Honfoglalás (Coloured lp)


Old Nick - Haunted Loom!! // The Vanitous Specter
Old Nick - Witch Lymph / Flying Ointment
Old Nick / Hex Clock - Split (Coloured lp)


Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle
Ringarë - Of Momentous Endless Night (Coloured lp)
Véhémence - Ordalies (Double coloured lp)


Coffin Storm - Arcana Rising
Drowned - Procul His
Týr - Battle Ballads


Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses - Suspended in Dusk (Double coloured lp)
Type O Negative - Life Is Killing Me (Triple coloured lp)


Drevorod - Anthems of Soil and Stars


Hadak Ura - At the Precipice of Arcane Wisdom
Hagorun - March of the Storm

Rush - A Farewell to Kings LP (2015 remaster)
Power Trip - Live in Seattle LP

The Obsessed - Gilded Sorrow [Digi]
Entombed - Clandestine [Unremastered]
Green Lung - This Heathen Land
Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets
Willard - Steel Mill
Dystopia - Human = Garbage [Comp]
Stressball - Stressball
Graveyard Rodeo - On the Verge
Buzzov•en - Unwilling To Explain [EP incl. Wound EP]
Buzzov•en - Violence from the Vault [EP Digi]
Tungsten - 183.85
Tungsten - 74 LXXIV

CDs
Alcest - Spiritual Instinct
Annihilator - Alice in Hell
Asiana - Out on the Street
Blackhole - Miracle
Bolt Thrower - Realm of Chaos
Carnivore - Retaliation / Carnivore
Conception - Parallel Minds
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Deicide - Legion
DGM - Frame
Downhell - Karma
Downhell - 一切唯心
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones
Katatonia - Live Consternation (CD+DVD)
Katatonia - Dead Air (2 CD+DVD)
Katatonia - Mnemosynean (2 CD)
Lost Horizon - A Flame to the Ground Beneath
Methkamel - 20th Century
Moonspell - Irreligious
Sahara - The Seven Years of Drought
Shadow Gallery - Shadow Gallery
Shadow Gallery - Carved in Stone
Shadow Gallery - Tyranny
Suicidal Tendencies - Join the Army
Swallow the Sun - Moonflowers (2 CD)

Vinyl
Bathory - Twilight of the Gods