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[Dustin]

Here are some of my Holliday purchases

Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant
Axel Rudi Pell - Diamonds Unlocked
Behemoth - The Apostasy
FM - Indescreet/Tough it Out
Helloween - Gambling with the Devil
Hyades - And the Worst is Yet to Come
Kingdome Come - Ain't Crying for the Moon
Malevolent Creation - Doomsday X
Mayhem - Ordo Ad Chao
Morgana Lefay - Aberrations of the Mind
Nightwish - Dark Passion Play
Nightingale - White Darkness
Paradox - Collison Course
Primal Fear - New Religion
Prong - Power of the Damager
Saga - 10,000 Days
Soilwork - Sworn to a Great divide (ltd. Ed. + bonus DVD)
Spheric Universe Experience - Anima
Volbeat - Rock the Rebel/Metal the Devil
Within Temptation - The Heart of Everything

[Orfanos]

My most recent CD purchases

Pagan's Mind - God's Equation
Leatherwolf - Street Ready
Saviour Machine - Saviour Machine
Toxik - World Circus

[Dustin]

Killer hual!

I keep forgeting that the new Pagans Mind is already out in Europe... I still thin it has anothe rweek befor eit is reelased here, but I can't wait to get that one! I have really enjoyed the last tow albums a lot.

Leatherwolf- Street Ready is a CLASSIC! I remember when I bought that long ago back when I was still in grade school. It is a bit more Hard-Rock than the other albums, but a great album still. The insturmental "Black Knight" totally rips!!! The guitar tone on this album was one of my favorites.

Toxik- World Circus is also another classic album, although I am a much bigger fan of the album after it, this album was technical U.S. speed metal at it's best! Josh is one of the most underated guitarists ever, he could have easily been the next Paul Gilbert or Marty Friedman, it is too bad he was so overooked.

[Pelata]

I got turned onto TOXIK about 6 years ago when the bass player in K-OCTAVE loaned me thier stuff...I never heard of them before that...needless to say, I loved them! Great stuff...

My recent pick up's:

Brazen Abbot - My Resurrection
Atomic Opera - For Madmen Only
Deliverance - River Disturbance (reissue w/ bonus tracks)
Hangar - Inside Your Soul
Wicked Sensation - Reflected
Brainstorm - Downburst (promo)

[Dustin]

Hey Shawn - good to see you here!

That Atomic Opera album is a real diamond in the rough, I've had that since I was in highschool... it got many o' spins at full volume. Many people wrote them off as another Sam Taylor gimmick and Galactice Cowboys/King's X clone, but they were so much more than that.

I just got River Distrubance a few months ago... great album! Me and Matt have been HUGE Deliverance fans for years and years. have you heard their latest album?

The new Brainstorm is on my list to buy... love those guys!

Haven't heard anything from Hanger or Wicked Sensation yet... what's your thoughts on those, would I dig em'?

[Pelata]

Hey Shawn - good to see you here!

Thanks Dustin!

That Atomic Opera album is a real diamond in the rough, I've had that since I was in highschool... it got many o' spins at full volume. Many people wrote them off as another Sam Taylor gimmick and Galactice Cowboys/King's X clone, but they were so much more than that.

I had it when it first came out...then I didn't for a long time...now I do again. Ha! Definitely not another Sam Taylor gimmick...they were different from both KX & GC, IMO. Tighter than GC (GC had this loose, aggressive vibe) & used more notes than KX (if that makes any sense). Their subsqeuent albums were also very good, albiet not as heavy.

I just got River Distrubance a few months ago... great album! Me and Matt have been HUGE Deliverance fans for years and years. have you heard their latest album?

River Disturbance is my favorite Deliverance record. I bought the debut album when I was in high school (1989) and have liked them ever since. I like all the twists & turns Jimmy Brown has taken with the band, musically. He's very much the "Dave Mustaine" of Deliverance. Love when he sings in his "Bowie voice". Yes, I've heard (have) "As Above, So Below" and it's VERY good...my favorite since 'River Disturbance' actually...although 'Camelot In Smithereens' and 'Assimilation' are both solid efforts.

Haven't heard anything from Hanger or Wicked Sensation yet... what's your thoughts on those, would I dig em'?

Hangar is Thrashy Power Metal, cool stuff. Wicked Sensation is like a cross between Whitesnake & PC 69...very cool!

[Orfanos]

My latest haul

Iron Maiden - Live After Death DVD
Heaven's Gate - Planet E.
Mercyful Fate - 9
Wicked Maraya - Cycles

[Dustin]

Originally Posted by Orfanos

Wicked Maraya - Cycles

Absolutly underated album! I still listen to this one quite often.
the fllowing albums they released after this were such a bummer to their career... many critics wrote them off as a cookie-cutter Crimson Glory clone, but they are much more than that, and had such great songwritting on that Cycles album, I thought they were going to really take off. It's too bad it didn't happen and they went off to compete in the overly saturated alterna-metal arena at that time.

[Orfanos]

Originally Posted by Dustin

It's too bad it didn't happen and they went off to compete in the overly saturated alterna-metal arena at that time.

So, you don't suggest me their latter albums? Alterna-metal?
This is the kind of music that mades me

But "Cycles" is wonderful indeed.

[Ruined Luna]

Originally Posted by Orfanos

Iron Maiden - Live After Death DVD

Need. To. Get.