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Unitron 
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 Posted: 27 May 2020 at 11:23am |
Creed - Human Clay?
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If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme
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adg211288
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 8:07am |
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Artist: Drudkh
Album: Blood in Our Wells Obtained From: Online, somewhere or other Times Previously Listened: 8 Old Rating: 5/5  Verdict: I didn't really need to re-listen to this one to know how I felt about it, but it had been a while. It's an excellent atmospheric/pagan black metal release. I've always found Drudkh's other work pretty solid, but this one had that something that's special yet undefinable. New Rating: No Change. Keeper? What do you think?
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adg211288
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 6:50am |
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Anyone care to nominate an album from my List Challenge to get the revisit treatment?
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 6:49am |
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Artist: Megadeth
Album: Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? Obtained From: Second Hand Shop Times Previously Listened: 2 Old Rating: 4/5  Verdict: I don't exactly make much of a secret that thrash metal and I aren't best friends or that I have some issue over the ongoing reverence afforded to the so called Big 4, but I do enjoy Megadeth somewhat. I've never been blown away by anything they've done, despite managing to accumulate five of their CDs (all second hand), but that's more than I can say for the other half of the Big 4 (hint the other half does not include Metallica). This re-listen to one of their most well known records didn't change my mind on them. It's solid to my ears, nothing more. I still have a nagging feeling that I've had for a while though that I should at least also own Rust in Peace, but I still haven't bothered to take the plunge on it. New Rating: No Change. Keeper? Yes.
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 5:36am |
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Artist: Wintersun
Album: Wintersun Obtained From: Cheap Ebay Win Times Previously Listened: 2 Old Rating: 4.5/5  Verdict: There are times when Wintersun has a great sound on this album. The opening belter Beyond the Dark Sun for instance. Unfortunately what makes for a great and punchy short track doesn't always work so well with their tendency toward longer tracks. In fact every track on here is longer than the last one (by design perhaps?). It's starting to outstay its welcome after nearly an hour. I also have serious issues with the way this band operates; they've long reached the point where it just seems like they're taking the piss and I can't imagine any circumstances where I'd want to buy another album they make. New Rating: Scrapes a 4/5. Keeper? Yeah.
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 4:01am |
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Artist: In Flames
Album: Colony Obtained From: Free gift for subscribing to Metal Hammer UK back in the day Times Previously Listened: Unknown (pre-Last.fm), got to be at least 3. Old Rating: 3.5/5  Verdict: Good news, it's not worse than I remember. Bad news, it's not any better either. In Flames remain one of those bands that I still don't get the hype for. I have a couple of other releases from them, one more from the same free gift as this and one from a second hand shop, but I recall liking this one the most so things look bleak for those two. New Rating: No Change Keeper? Just about.
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 3:54am |
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Artist: Iced Earth
Album: Iced Earth Obtained From: Second Hand Shop Times Previously Listened: 5 Old Rating: 4/5  Verdict: I actually spun this earlier in the month, along with a number of other Iced Earth releases. They aren't the kind of band I thought of when starting this project, being one of my favourites, but I thought this debut album deserved an entry, because this one really clicked a lot more with me this time around. Before I'd considered this to have great instrumentation in the USPM/thrash metal vein, but I couldn't get on with the vocals so much. Well, those finally clicked with me when I played this one again, which cements the era of their first three albums as my favourite by the group. New Rating: 4.5/5 Keeper? Hell yeah!
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Posted: 27 May 2020 at 3:05am |
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Artist: Theatre of Tragedy
Album: Theatre of Tragedy Obtained From: Second Hand Shop Times Previously Listened: 3 Old Rating: 4.5/5  Verdict: Gothic Death-Doom Metal in the 'beauty and the beast' formula. Works well and more death-doomy than many in this style. From what I recall it's my favourite of this band's albums, of which I have several more I'm less familiar with to go through. New Rating: No Change Keeper? Definitely.
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Posted: 26 May 2020 at 11:45am |
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Artist: Orange Goblin
Album: Frequencies From Planet Ten Obtained From: Ebay bargain Times Previously Listened: 3 Old Rating: 4.5/5  Verdict: This isn't my usual sort of metal, but it's very enjoyable. I could learn to like it and their genre more in time. New Rating: 4/5 Keeper? Yep.
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Posted: 25 May 2020 at 12:22pm |
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I didn't actually buy the Periphery for myself, just got lumbered with it. I have a mate who's into them and some time last year he told me he'd been unable to find that album. A couple of days later I saw a copy in a second hand shop. I was unable to get a hold of him on my phone from the shop to ask if he still wanted it so since it was only £4 I got it anyway. Turns out he went online and bought it that same day I saw him. Been stuck with the thing ever since.
The only others from my collection I currently have a mind to sell - providing they don't click when they're revisited as part of this project - are albums from the collection I bought that I didn't enjoy too much. Which is basically the Anathema ones after a certain point, two Avantasia ones (that I have the Gold Edition of anyway) and the Saviour Machine ones (I remember liking the debut only).
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Posted: 25 May 2020 at 12:15pm |
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Posted: 25 May 2020 at 4:55am |
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Artist: Haiduk
Album: Spellbook Obtained From: Gift From the Artist Times Previously Listened: 6 Old Rating: 4.5  Verdict: Apparently I haven't listened to this since 2013! This one man death/thrash metal act actually gave me this for free so I could review it, a proper retail copy and not a CD-R as some other bands have sent in the past. It's a damn fine little album that I'm surprised I left this long before picking up again. New Rating: No Change Keeper? Yep.
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Posted: 25 May 2020 at 4:14am |
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Artist: After Forever
Album: After Forever Obtained From: HMV Times Previously Listened: 3+ (pre-Last.fm) Old Rating: 3.5/5  Verdict: A pleasant surprise in that its a lot better than I seem to remember it being. I had a thing about After Forever when I was getting into symphonic metal but quickly lost interest as I became aware of Epica. I remember this album as being average. It's a lot better than that, and Floor Jansen certainly gets more opportunity to show her vocals off here than Nightwish seems to allow, though I still prefer ReVamp. New Rating: 4.5/5 Keeper? Yes!
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Posted: 25 May 2020 at 3:05am |
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Honestly I'd have to actively dislike something to sell it. I'm kidding myself that I could let anything else go.
Only album I've put on sale so far is the one I missed from the List Challenge, which is Periphery - Periphery II. Not really my thing at all.
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 4:34pm |
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A fun idea, I should do something similar myself though I can never bear to part with anything.
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 12:55pm |
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It's the Gold Edition of Avantasia's The Metal Opera Parts 1 & 2.
I also own the albums separately because of that job lot I bought. Really should have sold them at the time but one thing I always disliked about the Gold was that you didn't get the original artworks in any form.
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 12:40pm |
What's the tall one on the top shelf?
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 9:13am |
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Artist: Ageless Oblivion
Album: Penthos Obtained From: Ebay, cheap and near blind Times Previously Listened: 3 Old Rating: 4/5  Verdict: Not a ground-breaking tech death album that will be my first choice of the genre to play, but it's pretty solid, with some hints at greater potential to come. New Rating: No Change Keeper? Yes
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 8:17am |
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Artist: Darkology
Album: Altered Reflections Obtained From: Amazon, Full Price Times Previously Listened: 21, but most of them in 2010! Old Rating: 5/5  Verdict: There was never any doubt that this one was a keeper, but it had been a while since I listened to it and to my genuine surprise my Last.fm stats (in case you were wondering where I was getting such precise info on previous listens from) show that most of my listening to the album was done in 2010, with only two full listens logged since then. That's kind shame on me, because this is a meaty, riff driven prog metal gem that kicks as much arse in 2020 as it did in 2010. New Rating: No Change Keeper? Fuck yes!
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Posted: 24 May 2020 at 7:36am |
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Artist: Agalloch
Album: The Mantle Obtained From: Ebay Job Lot of Someone's Entire Collection Times Previously Listened: 4 Old Rating: 4.5/5  Verdict: While I don't think this will become an album I will listen to too often, when the mood strikes it hits the spot just right and is a rather unique entry in my collection. New Rating: No Change Keeper? Yes
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