The Jesus and Mary Chain - Psychocandy (80's German pressing with poster in mint condition)
Motorhead - Bomber (First UK pressing in NM condition)
Motorhead - The Golden Years live EP
Judas Priest - Screaming for Vengeance (First UK pressing, promo copy in mint condition)
Dark Fortress - Venereal Dawn

And a few cheap ones in decent condition:
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (80's UK reissue)
Travelling Wilburys - Vol.1
Wall of Voodoo - Seven Days in Sammystown (First UK)

Basmu - Infernal Circles Of The Sabbat (vinyl)

I have a soft spot for raw misanthropic bm like ildjarn.


Nocturnal Depression - Four Seasons to a Depression (vinyl)

Though I like to think of myself as not being in a better headspace these days I had to get this album on vinyl as it one of my favorite dsbm eps

Master of Puppets - I mean if you don't know what Master if Puppets is, then... idk what to say

Enforced - War Remains
Misþyrming - Með Hamri
Bathory - Under the Sign of the Black Mark (Reissue)
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest (Reissue)
Darkthrone - Old Star
Death - Spiritual Healing (Reissue)
Eternal Champion - The Armour of Ire (Picture Disk)

Tool - Aenima
Metallica - Master of Puppets
They were birthday gifts

Aggalloch - Pale Folklore (vinyl re-issue)
Not much needs to be said about this one.

Bonjour Tristesse - Against Leviathan! (Vinyl)
Always liked this band especially this ep, felt like I should contribute some money. Great black metal with a depressive dystopian feel.

Trespasser - ἈΠΟΚΆΛΥΨΙΣ (vinyl)
Forget Dawn Rayd this is the best leftist bm out there atm. Furious blast beats with a mix of hard-core and mgla type vocals.

Ulcerate - Stare Into Death And Be Still (First Press) Bought it last year, sold it, missed it, bought it again.
Anciients - Voice Of The Void
Dio - Holy Diver (First Press)
Draconian - Under A Godless Veil
Unto Others - Strength (White vinyl)
Midnight - Satanic Royalty (Deluxe Edition, Reissue)

Deafheaven - Sunbather

I remember when this vinyl was kind of hard to get, just picked up a remaster for 50bux from the chain electronics retail store

Dark Tranquillity Atoma
Insomnium - One for Sorrow
Helloween - Walls of Jericho
Dream Theater - 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence
Dodheimsgard Kronet Til Konge
Bruce Dickinson Accident of Birth
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Arch Enemy Wages of Sin
Alice Cooper - Killer

All of above are bands I know and love/like but for some reason (well there are plenty but I leave it at that) I have not had those albums in my collection. Some of albums I know and love from internet (e.g. Wages of Sin, Black Sabbath etc) so it is about picking up physical copy, some of them will be my first crack at that particular album despite I know band quite well (Atoma, 6 Degrees of Inner Turbulence etc) and finally have bands discovered recently where I am catching up on them after I loved other album (One for Sorrow, Kronet Til Konge)

Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle (Purple vinyl, Second press)
The Cure - Greatest Hits (Reissue)
Depeche Mode - Some Great Reward (First UK press)
Depeche Mode - Music for the Masses (First Belgian press)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (Original UK press)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (Original UK press)
Neil Young - After the Goldrush (Original UK press)

Grinder - Dead End
Grinder - Dawn for Living

Good thing I had my alarm in place. These babies were just re-released few weeks ago, so naturally I pre-ordered them immediately when I got the notice and even saved some money.

Some classic albums on vinyl:

MESSIAH 'Choir of Horrors'
RAZOR 'Violent Restitution'
DESTRUCTION 'Release from Agony'
VARATHRON - His Majesty at the Swamp

late80's/early 90s - best time for extreme metal

It's been a while since I posted in here. All vinyl natch...

Depeche Mode - The Singles 81-85 (First UK)
Depeche Mode - Violator (First UK)
Visage - The Anvil (First UK)
Marillion - Clutching at Straws (First UK)
Iggy Pop - The Idiot (Early Repress)
Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon (First UK)
James - Laid (Reissue)
The Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always (First UK Gatefold)
Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers - Long After Dark (First UK)
Sleep - Sleep's Holy Mountain (2015 reissue)
Diamond Head - Am I Evil (First UK)
Kreator - Pleasure to Kill + Flag of Hate (Remastered, reissue)
Green Lung - This Heathen Land

I've slowed down, the past couple of months...

Ramones - Rocket to Russia (First UK)
Ramones - Subterranean Jungle (First European)
Cattle Decap - Anthropocene Extinction (First Press, Blue Marble Vinyl)
Necrowretch - Swords Of Dajjal (Transparent Yellow Vinyl)
Green Lung - This Heathen Land (Purple Vinyl)
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes (Signed 2xLP Red & Blue Vinyl)

I'm collecting mainly vinyls - it still surprises me how much better the sound quality can be. I have vintage music equipment (amp from late 70's, the rest is from 80's/90's) - I love it. Thanks to some adapters I am also ale to listen to the music from phone or computer so it's easy to compare sound from various formats.

My recently bought/received as gifts vinyls:
Fields of the Nephilim - Ceremonies (signed copy from official store), on its way from UK. Can't wait to hear this concert in good quality.
And as for a little guilty pleasure, I've recently got HIM - Razorblade Romance. That's quite a sentimental journey.
And from non-metal music, Ritual Howls - Turkish Leather LP. A very nice dark atmospheric post-punk from US.

Written by gavdann on 07.04.2024 at 11:56

I've slowed down, the past couple of months...

Wow, it's always so difficult

I see you have many first press releases in your collection, that's cool. I guess we have the same version od First and Last and Always of Sisters of Mercy.
You mainly but online or IN LP stores?

Written by vampira on 07.04.2024 at 16:06

I see you have many first press releases in your collection, that's cool. I guess we have the same version od First and Last and Always of Sisters of Mercy.
You mainly but online or IN LP stores?

Mainly online but I try to support the local second hand record shops as well. It's just quite difficult tracking down most of the stuff I'm after locally.

My version of FaLaA is the original gatefold UK press. Terrific album. I don't have loads of goth-rock (unless you class the Mary Chain as goth) but I've got the Nephilim's "Elizium", some Cure and a couple of Mission singles. I keep meaning to buy some more.

I've also recently got in to Type O Negative so I'm trying to find the cash to buy some of their vinyl. It's fairly expensive though!

I've just had a little spending spree on some new vinyl and gig tickets.

Human League - Dare (First UK press)
Metal Church - Metal Church (First UK press)
Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables (Unknown UK press on Cherry Red)
Green Lung - Woodland Rites (Remastered Finnish Press)

Paysage d'hiver - Kerker (vinyl)

Not his best album but definitely a standout.

Ulver - Kveldssanger (vinyl)

Dysthymia + Saeva Split
by Dysthymia (cassette)

Radsbm

Never thought much of this Dysthymia but this split is sick.

Type O Negative - Bloody Kisses: Suspended in Dusk (30th Anniversary 2xGreen vinyl)
Gatecreeper - Dark Superstition (Purple vinyl)
200 Stab Wounds - Slave to the Scalpel (Reissued 45RPM version on Muddy Brown vinyl)

Wolves in the Throne Room - Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge (vinyl)

This is just an ep but I think it's some of the best work they have done in evoking that pagan enchanted winter forest feel. Same with the amazing art work. Perfect coming into winter over here.

Agalloch - the Mantle (vinyl repress)

Another amazing atmospheric record.
So stoked the are repressing all these agalloch classics.

Alantic - Black Sands (cassette)
Really enjoyed this , reminds me atmo/ dsbm when it used to be good. Also only 30 tapes so I thought I better nab one.
Robes of Snow - Fall's Resplendence (cassette)
Panopticony atmo folky black metal all about nature, nothing unique but very nice, great before or after a hike.

Type O Negative - Dead Again (Recent repress 2xLP). Original Type O vinyl is way out of my budget range.
Fulci - Tropical Sun (2nd press on bone white vinyl). I've been after a copy for ages and I was so chuffed to find a reasonably priced one. In my opinion this is a death metal classic, and I'm hoping for exceptional things from their upcoming major label debut.

I bought two albums a few days ago.

1) Malpractice by Maladomini. It’s an amazing album. I’ve already expressed my overall thoughts on the album page, so I won’t expand on them here.

2) Confession by Toomas Vanem, who is one of the finest Estonian guitarists. Confession is much more to my liking compared to the previous album, which ventured too far into Djent wankery territory. Confession captures the same jazz and fusion goodness that made me fall in love with Vanem’s first album. Though his best work is his debut album, Confession is a return to form.

Picked up a couple of bits in the HMV sale for just £12.99 each which is cheap as chips.
Motorhead - Hammered (20th Anniversary Edition on gold & black splatter vinyl. Far from their best, but a solid entry in the Motorhead back catalogue.)
Voivod - Dimension Hatross (Splatter vinyl reissue with a nice album cover poster. I had the OG vinyl but temporary insanity caused me to sell it for next to nothing in the 00's. It's good to finally have it back).
And I also picked up Zombie Flesh Eaters on Blu-ray for £8.99 as there's a big Arrow film sale as well.

Pull Down the Sun - Of Valleys and Suns (vinyl) nice to support local, not my kind of metal genre but still impressive.

Earth - Primitive and Deadly (vinyl)
Nice drone

Sunn ((O)) - the white 2

Apart from the annoying talking on the first song this album can make feel stoned without touching weed.

Fulci - Duck Face Killings vinyl
Fulci - Morrisound Session vinyl
Akhlys - Melinoe vinyl
Dark Tranquility - Atoma vinyl
Amorphis - Under The Red Cloud vinyl

Xasthur leviathan split (CD)

Done the classic bought a CD thinking it was vinyl 😂

Written by no one on 27.08.2024 at 05:33

Done the classic bought a CD thinking it was vinyl 😂

Honestly don't think I've ever done that, but some websites make it really hard to tell.

Om - Advaitic Songs (vinyl)

Found it at my local why not?