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)