Neglect: Four Years of Hate (Long Island Hardcore)

This is a German release of some of Neglect's material. Its double vinyl with some demos and live stuff etc.. Its nice to have, but not very easy to listen to as some of the material is very raw.

The inner sleeve has some old show flyers that are really cool to look at. Kind of a cross-section of the scene at the time.

Harm's Way: No Gods, No Masters 7"

This is a great 7" from Good Fight records.

Harm's Way: No Gods, No Masters printed on clear vinyl with yellow and black splatter!

Great deal on eBay!

Prosthetic Records order.. Lamb of God: As the Palaces Burn; Before and After!!

So, I purchased As the Palaces Burn from Prosthetic Records on eBay.

When I received this, it was absolutely astounding how mangled it was.

I have never seen a record in such bad shape. It makes me curious what the post office could have possibly done to get it so broken.



Amazing right?!!

It took forever to get in touch with them as they were moving offices but they finally said they were sending a new one out.



Much better!

In the meanwhile, I went to the estore they have and found a few more records..

Some I really wanted and others were really cheap so I got them just to see what they sounded/looked like.

The 4 that I was experimenting with are Himsa: Hail Horror, Through the Eyes of the Dead: Bloodlust, Unholy: New Life Behind Closed Eyes and Crematoruim: The Process of Endtime



Next, I purchased Beneath the Massacre: Dystopia.

This is a fantastic record from these guys and this is printed on very light blue, transparent vinyl.



I was interested in one of the new Testament represses that they had for sale and as a bonus, they threw in the The Gathering due to the long wait!

So, I now have a copy of Demonic and The Gathering. These are both printed on heavy vinyl are double LPs and the last side is etched. Very interesting presentation for these.

Testament: Demonic


Testament: The Gathering



I am a huge Gojira fan and The Way of All Flesh is one of my favorite metal albums released recently. I have a copy of it on purple vinyl, but it was on sale... very cheap.. so I bought another copy. This one turned out to be on purple as well, so I am stoked with 2 copies of this.... you know.. in case the first one .. gets lost .. or .. ok, I don't really need 2.



That's it for the Prosthetic order!! It was a fun one

Trapped Under Ice: Secrets of the World 2nd Press

When I purchased the Terror record from Reaper, I picked this up. I have been waiting to get it for a while and the 2nd press is so much better looking than the first and they had it in stock at Reaper.

This is printed on a matte, gatefold cover with great artwork.

The vinyl is transparent with black splatter and it matches the cover well, much better than the 1st press.

Terror: Keepers of the Faith 1st Press/Blue

The new Terror record on Reaper records. This is the first press on limited blue vinyl.

I got this straight from Reaper to fill out my Terror collection. Its a good record overall and I think that Terror succeeded in creating a new branch of hardcore.

They have always remained consistent and its great to see that they are still pushing the bar.






That makes it 4 out of 5 12" from Terror, just missing The Damned, The Shamed.

Metallica: Master of Puppets Audiophile edition

Finally! When I was putting together a blog post for the Metallica records, I somehow missed this one. I had just assumed that I had a copy of Master of Puppets, but apparently not.

This is a great copy as its on 2 12" and is cut at 45rpm. It sounds a bit better than the original version. The only thing is that there are only 2 songs per side, so its a bit cumbersome to listen to!



This.... now, actually rounds out the collection!!

Bane: The Note -- Pink and Black Swirl

This was one of the first Straight Edge records that I ever really got into. At least of this generation. It taught me a lot about that scene and it just felt like a necessity to pick up. I am not sure how much I will really listen to it, but its a great record for what it is.

This copy, is really interesting looking. It is something of a dark pink mixed into the black. Each side has a distinctly different pattern.

Lovely presentation in my opinion.