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Topic: Anyone get any new CDs recently?
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Nuclear Vampire
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posted July 11, 2002 18:08
I think Turbo was a band decision. Priest have always done things their way. They defined the genre with albums like Sin After Sin and Stained Class, then kind of went NWOBHM with British Steel. Almost as if to say to all the young bands "No, THIS is how it's done". Point of Entry...I can't figure out. Maybe trying to crack America where Metal wasn't so big (yet). Don't get me wrong, I love that CD. To me It's a good, solid heavy Metal record but not a very strong follow up to the success of Britsh Steel. Screaming For Vengeance was sort of the "return to the roots" thing and boy, did it pay off. 1982 was the year Metal took off in North America. Defenders was simply following the same formula. Then came Turbo. They obviously wanted to be THE top Metal band, and thought this was the way to go. They saw that the L.A. scene was big so they touched on that with the look and cheese and figured they'd take it to a new level. Why, I guess we'll never really know. It sure was a big seller, but in the end a bad decision nonetheless. They sort of tried to redeem themselves with Ram It Down, while still trying to keep their new fans. By Painkiller they must have realized that hair bands were done, and the new wave was Megadeth, Slayer, Pantera, etc. Thrash metal. Then everything fell apart when Rob quit. Lately, they've sort of been trying to find their niche again. Jugulator was heavy as fuck and Demolition was an attempt at combining Jugulator with Screaming For Vengeance and all the new sounds Glenn and K.K. were experimenting with. Selling out to what's popular or letting their influences show in their own music? Hard to say. I still consider them my favorite band. Even after the fiasco of Turbo in '86 (I was an impressionable kid - I literally wept when I heard it! It was like total betrayal!) and the disappointments of late. For me the classics more than make up for it. That and as I've grown, I've learned to appreciate each album for what it is and find the good spots. Turbo gets played just as often as Sad Wings Of Destiny and Jugulator. Ram It Down just fuckin' sucks though.
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schroeder
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posted July 11, 2002 19:57
Nuc Vamp, Damn good summation of Priest's career!!! I've got to say my fav JP records are (no particular order, just depends on my mood): SAD WINGS OF DESTINY SIN AFTER SIN ROCKA ROLLA STAINED CLASS POINT OF ENTRYAll solid albums from beginning to end. I like Rocka Rolla just because it is so unique, the band is forming their own style but you can hear influences from that era of music coming thru. Point of Entry, for some reason has a special place for me, maybe it's one of the first metal albums I got into (along with Maiden), but I could listen to that album anytime and enjoy every song. One of my fav songs however would be THE SENTINEL from Defenders of the Faith...total head ripper!!! Maybe I'll have a JP listening marathon at work tomorrow. [ July 12, 2002: Message edited by: schroeder ]
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Slaytanic
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posted July 29, 2002 17:46
Some eeeeevil ones, recently:Mayhem - European legions - Great live performances (especially from Hellhammer, a monstruous drummer!) and surprisingly better pre-production versions of Grand Declaration Of War songs (Angel Rat, anyone?); Immortal - Sons Of Northern Darkness - Once again I grab a black metal album and realize the giant influence Piggy had/has on norwegian black metal riffing. High class metal! Darkthrone - Plaguewielder - Huge Celtic Frost influence, well produced (surprise!) and looong songs. The result is great, highly recomendable. Witchery - Symphony For The Devil - Nice retro-thrash project, from Jensen, "of The Haunted fame".
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Nuclear Vampire
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posted August 23, 2002 15:35
I just picked up a bunch of used CDs and I'm very happy with my picks:Scorpions - Love At First Sting Ministry - The Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Taste Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting Concrete Blonde - Free Sepultura - Roots I already had a couple on casette and used to have the rest on vinyl, but I got all 5 from my local shop (Planet Of Sound) for $45.00!
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Nuclear Vampire
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posted September 02, 2002 00:15
I just got another sweet haul! I went to HMV and they're having a 3/$33 sale on selected CDs! All the Iron Maiden '98 remasters are on the list! Except for Live After Death of course. So I bought:Piece Of Mind Killers Number Of The Beast Next week (providing I have cash left after getting the new Darkane, In Flames and Nile) I'm gonna get: Powerslave Somewhere In Time Fear Of The Dark (or maybe Venom - At War With Satan remaster) They also had all the Anthrax CDs on the list! I was very tempted to pick up Among The Living and Persistance Of Time, but Maiden won the coin toss. I need some fuckin' cash! So many CDs to buy...
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Skul
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posted September 02, 2002 10:04
Here's a few things that i got lately, and/or rediscovered, found used somewhere, whatever....:1. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales and Bombers (1975) This makes me wanna turn into a stoner again. I dont think 70's prog rock gets any better. 2. Razor - Custom Killing (1987) Generally loathed, but i like it. Lotsa great riffs. 3. Killswitch Engage - Alive or Just Breathing (2002) They sound like a bunch of other bands, and they borrow heavily from later day Carcass, but it rules. 4. Dead Kennedies - Plastic Surgery Disasters (1982) Three words: Moon Over Marin. 5. Thin Lizzy - Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979) Wall to wall greatness. Definately their best ever. ...Cant think of anything else right now.
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