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    Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 2:51pm
Does anyone here ever actually buy those compilation cds like Kerrang The Album, Dad Rocks, The History Of Thrash Metal, Ultamite Electric Guitar 6, The Defnitive Heavy Metal Collection etc ?

Things that are various artists, sold in shops yet just like what magazines give away free, but aren't like covers/tribute albums or film soundtracks or anything.

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I used to when I was younger. I have a Speed Kills and an At Death�s Door compilation in my collection. Also a couple of compilation CDs that came free with a metal mag. I would never purchase such an album today.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Stooge Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 Jun 2012 at 4:27pm
I used to enjoy grabbing issues of Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles and Terrorizer for their sampler discs.  I still have a handful of them that I spin every once in a while to see if there's a good band I've forgotten about or didn't like at the time.  I also went through them once to find relevant bands that were missing from this site.
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I have that one Christmas album
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Before the internet-era, I sometimes bought cheap compilations to discover new bands. Today I don't buy compilations anymore.
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I wouldn't ever buy one of those. I'd love to get one for free, but back in the day I heard many of them and thought most of the groups weren't that good.

When Megadeth released Risk, it came with one for a short period of time. That one was pretty cool. And the only other one I liked was the tribute to Maiden from Kerrang, I listen to that quite often actually--the good tracks are GREAt, but the bad ones are really bad. Of course, you weren't asking about tribute cds, were you...sorry!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kingcrimsonprog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 6:31am
Its just I was in HMV and saw about 45 Various Artists metal albums, and thought 'I wonder if anyone buys these? Surely someone does or else they wouldn't stock them here.' 


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I get enough VA albums free with Metal Hammer, no need to ever buy any. The free ones are mostly kinda bad though, occasionally you get a good one though. I do find most of them are filled up with too much metalcore for my taste though. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wilytank Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 6:42am
Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

I get enough VA albums free with Metal Hammer, no need to ever buy any. The free ones are mostly kinda bad though, occasionally you get a good one though. I do find most of them are filled up with too much metalcore for my taste though. 

Same here.  Unfortunately, its with both parts of the statement.
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Originally posted by Bartje1979 Bartje1979 wrote:

Before the internet-era, I sometimes bought cheap compilations to discover new bands. Today I don't buy compilations anymore.


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Kingcrimsonprog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 12:30pm
Originally posted by adg211288 adg211288 wrote:

I get enough VA albums free with Metal Hammer, no need to ever buy any. The free ones are mostly kinda bad though, occasionally you get a good one though. I do find most of them are filled up with too much metalcore for my taste though. 


When I bought mags, Metalcore wasn't popular yet, and all the comps were filled up with Nu Metal


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