MUSIC HAUL [NEW ADDITIONS 2011]

Got these on Saturday:

Grayson Manor - Back On The Rock (EP)
James Murphy - Convergence
Leaves' Eyes - Njord (Special Fan Edition w/Bonus Tracks & At Heaven's End CD)

Ancient Dome-Perceptions of this World

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus
Absu - S/T

Thanks martinsane!!!

Today:

Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter
Overlord - Back Into The Dragon's Lair (thanks, Shawn!)
W.A.S.P. - Babylon (thanks, Martin!)
When Day Descends - When Day Descends (thanks, Shawn!)

JOSH ROUSE- "Dressed up Like Nebraska"
JAS. MATHUS & HIS KNOCKDOWN SOCIETY- "Play Songs For Rosetta"
WILLIAMS S. BURROUGHS- "Spare Ass Annie & Other Tales"

Warrior - Ancient Future

nevermore wrote:

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus

Thanks martinsane!!!

For me, that was the death of this band. I think that album is awful.

Here's hoping you feel differently.

Eyesore wrote:

Today:

Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter

tohostudios wrote:

nevermore wrote:

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus

Thanks martinsane!!!

For me, that was the death of this band. I think that album is awful.

Here's hoping you feel differently.

Well the last really good Edguy album was Hellfire Club. I don't think Tobias' heart is into Edguy anymore - I think he's more focused on Avantasia.

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

nevermore wrote:

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus

Thanks martinsane!!!

For me, that was the death of this band. I think that album is awful.

Here's hoping you feel differently.

Well the last really good Edguy album was Hellfire Club. I don't think Tobias' heart is into Edguy anymore - I think he's more focused on Avantasia.

I don't think that at all. Like the rest of us, he's just gotten older and his style has evolved. Personally, I think Tobias started doing his best work from Hellfire Club on.

I know most will disagree with that, but I tend to like bands more when they finally find their own sound. And usually that first album is where most fans draw the line. Edguy with Hellfire Club; Soilwork with Natural Born Chaos; In Flames with Reroute to Remain.

It's like fans can sort of handle one album like that, but no more. Because the following album is the one fans claim to be the band's worst. People hated Rocket Ride. People hated Figure Number Five. People hated Soundtrack to Your Escape.

If a band plays a typical style played by a million other bands, it's okay with fans; they'll worship a band. But if that band changes, carves their own unique niche into the mirrored walls of power metal or melodic death metal or whatever, fans get angry. It's weird.

Arrived yesterday (thanks to Eyesore and martinsane):

Paradise Lost - Draconian Times
Armored Saint - Revelation
Judas Priest - Defenders Of The Faith (remaster)

Big score in today's mail...

Porcupine Tree - Signify (original single disc version)
Bruce Dickinson - The Chemical Wedding

And big thanks to martinsane for the trades:
Tim Owens - Play My Game
Overkill - Ironbound
White Wizzard - Over the Top
High On Fire - Surrounded By Thieves
Soundgarden - Ultramega OK

Got some Miracle Blade III replacement steak knives in the mail for the wife too. One must've got tossed out in the trash and she melted the handle of another.

Lookie what 20 bucks and change got me at the F.Y.E. fire sale...

New Eden - OBSCURE MASTER PLAN
Tesla - FOREVER MORE
Death Angel - THE ART OF DYING
White Zombie - LA SEXORCISTO: DEVIL MUSIC, VOL. I
GB Arts - THE LAKE
Black Sabbath - THE BEST OF
(cheap-o budget compilation of Tony Martin-era Sab, of which I own nothing, so I figured this would be a nice cheap starting point)

The FYE store's last day is this coming Friday, so this will probably be my last scrounge from there. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

Some nice "gets" there, bud.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Some nice "gets" there, bud.

Thanx. Listening to "GB Arts" now. The only reason I grabbed that was cuz I vaguely remembered seeing the (odd) band name in a 'zine years ago. Fortunately my memory didn't fail me, turns out it's pretty decent sounding (so far) German power/prog metal. Skimming thru the liner notes I see that Peavey Wagner, Victor Smolski and Mike Terrana of Rage all make guest appearances on this thing. And it was just a buck 99. Cool.

I had to look them up myself. Never heard of GB Arts. Not my cuppa soup, but cool for you. The Tesla album is awesome. Those guys never fail to deliver.

The only reason it jumped out at me was cuz of the silly name. They sound a lot like their fellow Germans Angel Dust, if that helps any.

Movin' on now to the Tony Martin era Sabbath comp that I picked up... not bad. I think I've only heard the songs "Devil and Daughter" and/or "Headless Cross" off of this one (on Headbanger's Ball years ago). Dude sounds a lot like RJD. Maybe I've been unfairly ignoring this version of Sab for all these years.

Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Album (Blackhearts Records version)
The La's - Breakloose : Lost La's 1984-1986

TNT - Engine (New CD and magazine)
Witchkiller - Day of the Saxons

THE VOICES- s/t

Thanks to FYE:

Twisted Sister-Live at Astoria
Dee Snider-Extended Versions

Eyesore wrote:

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

nevermore wrote:

Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus

Thanks martinsane!!!

For me, that was the death of this band. I think that album is awful.

Here's hoping you feel differently.

Well the last really good Edguy album was Hellfire Club. I don't think Tobias' heart is into Edguy anymore - I think he's more focused on Avantasia.

I don't think that at all. Like the rest of us, he's just gotten older and his style has evolved. Personally, I think Tobias started doing his best work from Hellfire Club on.

I know most will disagree with that, but I tend to like bands more when they finally find their own sound. And usually that first album is where most fans draw the line. Edguy with Hellfire Club; Soilwork with Natural Born Chaos; In Flames with Reroute to Remain.

It's like fans can sort of handle one album like that, but no more. Because the following album is the one fans claim to be the band's worst. People hated Rocket Ride. People hated Figure Number Five. People hated Soundtrack to Your Escape.

If a band plays a typical style played by a million other bands, it's okay with fans; they'll worship a band. But if that band changes, carves their own unique niche into the mirrored walls of power metal or melodic death metal or whatever, fans get angry. It's weird.

It matters not to me whether a band changes styles as long as I still like the music. The problem with that Edguy album for me is that I listened to it with an open mind but the music just didn't stick with me. Kamelot, Sentenced, Soilwork, and several others who have changed their style have not caused me to reject them though they have caused me to have second thoughts when they release an album that just doesn't stick with me. To be honest I haven't heard Rocket Ride so I would have to hear that first before I declare Edguy dead to me.

Today in the mail from another CD binge I should try to avoid:

Jag Panzer-The Age Of Mastery
Jag Panzer-Mechanized Warfare

2 down, 3 to go.

Today:

Anacrusis - Hindsight (2CD)

HEAVEN BENT- s/t