Recent Purchases (Secular/Other)

I guess we never had a separate thread for recent secular purchases so here we go!

I just ordered directly from the band the entire catalog of full-length albums from Motorband.  They're a Czech heavy metal band with members who've also played in Kreyson and Signum Regis, to name a couple.  They've been around for a long time and are quite good!  As far as I know, they're not a Christian band by any means but the lyrics appear to be pretty benign and even some hint towards Christianity.

Ah, so I should have added that Edu Falaschi album here...

Yes but I won't hold it against you.

I pre-ordered the new Iron Maiden album. September 3rd can't come soon enough!

Nahtram - Forest of Eternal Dawn
Hades - Resisting Success
Dio - Holy Diver

Distant Past - Rise of the Fallen

Not all metal, but the hoard from August:

Nahtram - Forest of Eternal Dawn
Null - Hiraeth
Running Wild - Blazon Stone
Strawbs - Grave New World
A CD with music from Berich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak (bought it for the piece "Moldau")

Tales and Legends - Struggle of the Gods

I bought some guitar gear....a Boss Metal Zone MT-2 pedal, an Azor Classic Overdrive, and a Digitech Trio Plus Band Creator + Looper.  And a Blackstar Fly 3 practice amp.  All from Ebay.

Metallica: Reload
Grave Digger: The Living Dead

Marius Danielsen's Legend of Valley Doom - Legend of Valley Doom Part 3

Now I have enough releases to make a top 10 for this year. Most of them are either independent or on a small label.

Saigon Kick: The Atlantic Albums (digital purchase). 3 albums for $7.99? Yes please!

Thy Majestie - The Lasting Power

Now I have all albums, not sure if the Echoes of War EP is worth it...

Angra - Aqua
Shaman - Origins

That's cool you have the Thy Majestie stuff, good band.

Eloy - Ocean
Santiano - Bis Ans Ende der Welt

Both not metal but German so that should count for something... Also have a package from Brazil waiting for me at home but I have to check its contents on Thursday before I can tell you all; I don't want to lie in this thread.

Eloy are cool! I own Floating and definitely enjoy it.

I actually checked progarchives to see which one the "experts" liked best   Then I listened to Dawn and Ocean on youtube, and especially the latter was really something special.

Final haul of the year I expect:

Aquaria - Alethea
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Tuatha de Danann - Tingaralatingadun
Wizards - The Black Knight (promo CD that came with the order of Aquaria and Tuatha de Danann)

Candlemass - Tales of Creation
Candlemass - Live
Memento Mori - Rhymes of Lunacy
Memento Mori - Songs For the Apocalypse Vol. IV
Blackfinger - When Colors Fade Away
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
Winter - Into Darkness

Andreas89 wrote:Final haul of the year I expect:

Aquaria - Alethea
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Meat Loaf - Bat Out of Hell
Tuatha de Danann - Tingaralatingadun
Wizards - The Black Knight (promo CD that came with the order of Aquaria and Tuatha de Danann)

Which one did you get? There's a deluxe version with tons of unreleased demos (including House of Fire, later done by Alice Cooper, and Does Anyone Ever Fall in Love Anymore, later done by Cher).

Son of Nun wrote:Candlemass - Tales of Creation
Candlemass - Live
Memento Mori - Rhymes of Lunacy
Memento Mori - Songs For the Apocalypse Vol. IV
Blackfinger - When Colors Fade Away
My Dying Bride - Turn Loose the Swans
Winter - Into Darkness

That is a doom metallers delight.

The cover of "Lost Horizons" on Rhymes of Lunacy is great.

WildWorld wrote:Which one did you get? There's a deluxe version with tons of unreleased demos (including House of Fire, later done by Alice Cooper, and Does Anyone Ever Fall in Love Anymore, later done by Cher).

The regular version. Especially when it comes to "classic" albums I prefer to have the original album without (too many) bonus tracks. Could be worse though; some record labels thought it was a good idea to include audio interviews on CDs.

Andreas89 wrote:

WildWorld wrote:Which one did you get? There's a deluxe version with tons of unreleased demos (including House of Fire, later done by Alice Cooper, and Does Anyone Ever Fall in Love Anymore, later done by Cher).

The regular version. Especially when it comes to "classic" albums I prefer to have the original album without (too many) bonus tracks. Could be worse though; some record labels thought it was a good idea to include audio interviews on CDs.

I’m the same way.

Bolt Thrower -The IV Crusade
Gorguts - Considered Dead
Majestica- Above the Sky
Brainstorm - Wall of Skulls