MUSIC HAUL (CD / VINYL / DVD Purchases) 2013

Today:

Apathy - A Silent Nowhere (Digital)
Apathy - Ghost Light (Digital EP)
Dream Theater - Live At The Marquee (EP w/"Another Day")
Fogalord - A Legend To Believe In
Hellacopters, The - Payin' The Dues (2CD)
Lost Weekend - New Religion
Lost Weekend - Presence Of Mind
Mindstorm - III
Rick Springfield - Venus In Overdrive
Tyler Bryant - My Radio (EP)
Without Warning - Making Time (Reissue w/Bonus Track)

Random Thrift Store pickup for a buck:
Cinder Road - Superhuman

CD:

Amorphis - Tales from the Thousand Lakes
Exterminance - The Seven Deadly Sins
Newsted - Metal
Psychosis - Lifeforce
Psychosis - By Our Hand

Vinyl:

A.N.S./Ramming Speed split (Green)
A.N.S. - Pressure Cracks
Asphyx - The Rack (Ibex Moon, blue)
Population Reduction - Each Birth a New Disaster (Freebee)
Razor - Armed and Dangerous
Jungle Rot - Skin The Living (Clear with black smoke)

Cassette:

Iron Reagan - Demo 2012
Obsessor - Sick Salvation
Obsessor - In Fear of the End
Obsessor - Mental Hell
Tridroid Records - Thrash Sells​.​.​.​But Who's Buying? Compilation

kyleblack wrote:

CD:

Psychosis - Lifeforce
Psychosis - By Our Hand

Nice!

Fat Freddy wrote:

Random Thrift Store pickup for a buck:
Cinder Road - Superhuman

Not diggin' this at all after a few spins. Too Goo Goo Dolls-y for me. On the trade list it goes.

Eyesore wrote:

Today:
Hellacopters, The - Payin' The Dues (2CD)

What's on that 2nd cd? Is that a re-issue or something, because the version I have is only a single disc.

Original cover

Rusted Brain - High Voltage Thrash
Vanlade - Iron Age
Kaiju - Unwilling Sacrifices
Reactory - Killed By Thrash (promo)
Mutilated Messiah - Total f*cking Slaughter

Mystery - The World is a Game

tohostudios wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

exact33 wrote:

from Amazon:

Riverside - Shrine of New Generation Slaves 2 CD
PC69 - Ceremonial
Holy Grail - Ride the Void
Cold Chisel - Chisel

Curious to hear what you think of that PC69. At first I thought it was a big step up from the last couple but I spun it again today and now I'm not so sure. It's still decent but I don't know if it's any better than any of their other recent output.

You called it an Album of the Year candidate. Haha.

Yeah well, at least I'm willing to morph my opinions beyond "killer!"
It's weird and I can't really explain it. Maybe it's because I went from listening to some more "challenging music" (for me anyway) like Von Grey and back to my "happy place" with PC69. But other than the songs that struck me the first time I listened to the album, this time the rest sounded like filler.

i have been through it a couple times and I enjoy it. I think it is a prime example of music being too loud these days though. The music just seems to bury the vocals at times.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

Today:
Hellacopters, The - Payin' The Dues (2CD)

What's on that 2nd cd? Is that a re-issue or something, because the version I have is only a single disc.

Yeah, I guess it's a reissue. Second disc is just a live set.

From a lil hole in the wall "SPCA" thrift store.....

Still sealed for 50 cents

Thunder-"Laughing On Judgement Day"


I remember the song "dirty love" (somewhat) from back when, listening to this as I type and diggin on the Whitesnake vibe.

Holy crap, I love this! It's got the catchy, powermetal choruses of early Freedom call but the vocalist sounds more like the guy in Astral Doors/Wuthering Heights. I also hear echoes of "Songs From The Wood"-era Tull. And there are bagpipes!

James B. wrote:

From a lil hole in the wall "SPCA" thrift store.....

Still sealed for 50 cents

Thunder-"Laughing On Judgement Day"


I remember the song "dirty love" (somewhat) from back when, listening to this as I type and diggin on the Whitesnake vibe.

I really dig that band. Took me a while to get into them, though. When they came out they were described as "the next Def Leppard." Took me a long time to get an album, but when I did...that f*cker sounded nothing like Def Leppard. I was bummed.

But I've grown to appreciate them. Great band.

I was patient and didn't try to hop on Ebay and end up paying more in shipping. It paid off!!! After putting in an app, I cruised down to Rare-Street Records and found:

Scorpions - Taken By Force on LP for about 6 bucks. That one has been really hard to find around here.

Now my Uli period of the Scorps is complete!

Today:

Steve Vai - Sound Theories Vol. I & II (2CD)
Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown - From The Sandcastle (EP)

chewie wrote:

I was patient and didn't try to hop on Ebay and end up paying more in shipping. It paid off!!! After putting in an app, I cruised down to Rare-Street Records and found:

Scorpions - Taken By Force on LP for about 6 bucks. That one has been really hard to find around here.

Now my Uli period of the Scorps is complete!

That album was hard as hell to find on CD for a long time too; it was a "holy grail" of mine for a long time. I finally scored it as a Japanese import several years ago. Of course, a few months later the damn thing was readily available in the US.

Eyesore wrote:

James B. wrote:

From a lil hole in the wall "SPCA" thrift store.....

Still sealed for 50 cents

Thunder-"Laughing On Judgement Day"


I remember the song "dirty love" (somewhat) from back when, listening to this as I type and diggin on the Whitesnake vibe.

I really dig that band. Took me a while to get into them, though. When they came out they were described as "the next Def Leppard." Took me a long time to get an album, but when I did...that f*cker sounded nothing like Def Leppard. I was bummed.

But I've grown to appreciate them. Great band.

My copy of "Behind Closed Doors" came today. That's now the 4th Thunder album I have and while I enjoy them all I'm convinced they will never top "Backstreet Symphony".

tohostudios wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

James B. wrote:

From a lil hole in the wall "SPCA" thrift store.....

Still sealed for 50 cents

Thunder-"Laughing On Judgement Day"


I remember the song "dirty love" (somewhat) from back when, listening to this as I type and diggin on the Whitesnake vibe.

I really dig that band. Took me a while to get into them, though. When they came out they were described as "the next Def Leppard." Took me a long time to get an album, but when I did...that f*cker sounded nothing like Def Leppard. I was bummed.

But I've grown to appreciate them. Great band.

My copy of "Behind Closed Doors" came today. That's now the 4th Thunder album I have and while I enjoy them all I'm convinced they will never top "Backstreet Symphony".

I just got that one the other day. Brand new, like $4.99.

They have a lot of albums. I only have Backstreet Symphony, Behind Closed Doors, Giving The Game Away, Laughing On Judgement Day, The Rare, The Raw And The Rest, and The Thrill Of It All.

Eyesore wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

Eyesore wrote:

James B. wrote:

From a lil hole in the wall "SPCA" thrift store.....

Still sealed for 50 cents

Thunder-"Laughing On Judgement Day"


I remember the song "dirty love" (somewhat) from back when, listening to this as I type and diggin on the Whitesnake vibe.

I really dig that band. Took me a while to get into them, though. When they came out they were described as "the next Def Leppard." Took me a long time to get an album, but when I did...that f*cker sounded nothing like Def Leppard. I was bummed.

But I've grown to appreciate them. Great band.

My copy of "Behind Closed Doors" came today. That's now the 4th Thunder album I have and while I enjoy them all I'm convinced they will never top "Backstreet Symphony".

I just got that one the other day. Brand new, like $4.99.

They have a lot of albums. I only have Backstreet Symphony, Behind Closed Doors, Giving The Game Away, Laughing On Judgement Day, The Rare, The Raw And The Rest, and The Thrill Of It All.

Backstreet Symphony is their best imho.

exact33 wrote:

Backstreet Symphony is their best imho.

Gonna get that cause I think the one I just got is great stuff. Especially being that it has like 14 songs on it.

UFO- Making Contact
UFO-Headstone: Live at Hammersmith 1983

James B. wrote:

exact33 wrote:

Backstreet Symphony is their best imho.

Gonna get that cause I think the one I just got is great stuff. Especially being that it has like 14 songs on it.

Thunder doesn't have a bad album...great singer too.

kyleblack wrote:

Iron Reagan - Demo 2012

Where did you grab that from?

I've been wanting to snag one. Tank Crimes' website only has it to stream, that I can tell. Listened to it several times and it rules.