Picture LP

First release on Picture Disc of the debut full-length album by cult Finnish Melodic Black/Death Metal band.
The album presents a darker and generally more experimental sound than the one present in their later albums, and contributed most to the infamous genre controversy of their classification as a Death Metal or Black Metal band at the time. A fair helping of Black Metal was still present, due to Alexi Laiho's stint (as lead guitarist) in Impaled Nazarene and his self-professed "roots being in Black Metal".
This album was recorded under the moniker IneartheD. The band had to change its name to Children Of Bodom to get out of their rip-off record deal with a small Belgian label so Spinefarm could release "Something Wild".
The band's debut attracted much attention, as many listeners and critics marveled at the bandmembers' technical abilities. Ultimately, the Finnish band's success within the commercially limited confines of Progressive Black Metal quelled many naysayers, but not before the band received a few harsh reviews. With the huge amount of Metal being released in Europe and America and practically no radio outlets good critical response was essential for late-'90s artists like Children Of Bodom. And although some weren't impressed by the shifting arrangements and sparse keyboards of "Something Wild", others refused to deny the musical accomplishment of the debut. Later studio efforts benefited from superior production, but "Something Wild" contains plenty of essential material and performances.
"Something Wild" still contains more than its share of impressive Metal!
Limited edition of 2000 copies.
Spinefarm Records/Back On Black/PHD, 1997/2005 (BOBV012PD). Made in UK. First press on Picture Disc.


Tracklist:

Side 1 (other side):
1. Deadnight Warrior 
2. In The Shadow 
3. Red Light In My Eyes Pt.1 
4. Red Light In My Eyes Pt.2 

Side 2 (this side):
5. Lake Bodom 
6. The Nail 
7. Touch Like Angel Of Death

First re-release on Picture Disc of the third full-length studio album by the legendary Danish Heavy Metal band.
Following the incredible success of his second solo album, and first conceptual undertaking, "Abigail", King Diamond set to work almost immediately on his next extravagant adventure in gothic storytelling with "Them." This time, he inserts himself among the story's characters, which also includes his mother, little sister, a haunted house, and, more unexpectedly, a batty old grandmother whose return from a long stay at the insane asylum (famously announced by "Welcome Home" 's borderline hilarious opening shrieks of "Grandmaaaa!!!") precipitates the supernatural acts of possession, murder, and madness that move this tale forward.
It is the first of two fictional concept albums, the second of these being "Conspiracy".
Also worth noting are the new musical players who had joined the King Diamond band on this outing. After all, the replacement of guitarist Michael Denner and bassist Timi Hansen by Pete Blakk and Hal Patino, respectively, signaled the King's final break with his former band, Mercyful Fate. Tellingly, other than upping the overall camp factor just so, this development had no discernible effect on "Them" 's musical vision as compared to "Abigail", thereby confirming said vision as stemming from King Diamond himself.
Co-songwriter Andy LaRocque once again delivers distinctive, semi-Thrash riffs, majestic harmonies, and searing, inventive solo passages to standout moments like "The Invisible Guests", "Tea", and "Twilight Symphony", but it's small nuances such as the acoustic break in "A Broken Spell" and the oppressive synthesized clavichords heard on "The Accusation Chair" that lend "Them" 's story its satisfyingly complex personality. What's more, overly theatrical numbers like "Mother's Getting Weaker" and "Bye, Bye Missy" take a little more license with their arrangements when incorporating the key words, plot themes, and even distinct character voices necessary to advancing the story line, but usually do so with very little detriment to the musical flow, which is occasionally embellished further by short interludes such as the title cut's symphonic instrumental interlude, and the opening and closing vignettes, "Out from the Asylum" and "Coming Home". As for King Diamond, he takes full advantage of the story's various points of view to try on any number of vocal guises, but overall, he's employing spiraling vocal chorales built upon layers of his instantly recognizable shrill falsettos far more frequently than his lower-register growling style. Ultimately, pundits generally found "Them" just slightly lacking in the face of "Abigail" 's rarely challenged excellence, but consumers ultimately disagreed, buying more copies of "Them" that any other King Diamond album before or after. "Them" has sold over 200,000 copies in North America alone.
Strictly limited to 2000 copies Collector’s Edition 180 gram Picture Disc.
Metal Blade Records, 1988/2018 (3984-25056-1). Made in USA.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Out From the Asylum 1:45
2. Welcome Home 4:36
3. The Invisible Guests 5:05
4. Tea 5:15
5. Mother's Getting Weaker 4:02

Side B
6. Bye, Bye, Missy 5:09
7. A Broken Spell 4:08
8. The Accusation Chair 4:21
9. Them 1:57
10. Twilight Symphony 4:09
11. Coming Home 1:12

Total playing time: 41:39 min.

The third full-length studio album by the American Progressive/Sludge Metal band.
After springing into existence fully formed with the fantastic Progressive Post-Sludge "Remission", Mastodon injected more melody and ambition into its accomplished and worthy follow-up, "Leviathan". Their Proggy tendencies became even more prominent on "Blood Mountain". The band's emphasis on clean, melodic vocals instead of the harsher vocals that the band used on their early work continues to grow on this album.
Like Mastodon's previous studio work "Leviathan", "Blood Mountain" is a concept album. According to bassist Troy Sanders, "It's about climbing up a mountain and the different things that can happen to you when you're stranded on a mountain, in the woods, and you're lost. You're starving, hallucinating, running into strange creatures. You're being hunted. It's about that whole struggle." Guitarist Bill Kelliher considers this album to represent the earth element. At the time, bassist Troy Sanders called it "sonically the best album we have done".
The album includes guest appearances by Scott Kelly of Neurosis on "Crystal Skull", Josh Homme of Queens Of The Stone Age on "Colony of Birchmen", as well as keyboard player Isaiah "Ikey" Owens of The Mars Volta and singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala of At The Drive-In and The Mars Volta on "Pendulous Skin" and "Siberian Divide", respectively.
"Blood Mountain" voted the best album of 2006 in the UK Metal Hammer Magazine end-of year polls, as well as top in Total Guitar Magazine's top 50 albums of 2006. It was also rated the 17th Greatest Metal Album of All Time by a countdown recently carried out by gaming website IGN. "Blood Mountain" entered the Billboard 200 bestselling album charts at No. 32, with 24 000 sold copies, marking it the third highest debut in the band's career before "Crack The Skye" and "The Hunter". The album is also one of the band's highest selling effort to date. By December 2006, the album had sold more than 65 000 copies in the U.S. alone according to the band's website. By March 2009, the album had sold 150 000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen Soundscan, and by September 2010 it had sold 176 000 copies.
Over the last fifteen years, Mastodon has grown into one of the leading lights in contemporary Heavy Metal. As intelligent as they are massive, they took a significant step forward with their third album and major label debut.
Release Relapse Music (BMI)/Reprise Records, A Warner Music Group Company, 2006/2017 (561699-1). Made in Czech. First time on Picture Disc.


Tracklist:

Side 1
1. The Wolf Is Loose 3:34
2. Crystal Skull 3:27
3. Sleeping Giant 5:36
4. Capillarian Crest 4:25
5. Circle Of The Cysquatch 3:19
6. Bladecatcher 3:20

Side 2
7. Colony Of Birchmen 4:19
8. Hunters Of The Sky 3:52
9. Hand Of Stone 3:30
10. This Mortal Soil 5:00
11. Siberian Divide 5:32
12. Pendulous Skin 22:15

Total playing time: 68:09 min.

First re-release on Pic-Vinyl of the third full-length studio album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
A largely uninspired effort recorded with a new guitarist and drummer, "So Far, So Good...So What!" lacks the conceptual unity and musical bite of "Peace Sells...", which helps push much of its lyrical material into the realm of self-parody, as Mustaine rants about the PMRC, the apocalypse, ex-girlfriends, and other people he is angry with, while hinting at the depth of his substance abuse problem with "502", a paean to driving drunk. The album wants to sound threatening but mostly comes off as forced and somewhat juvenile; typical is the embarrassing cover of "Anarchy in the U.K.", which is played in Megadeth's tightly controlled riffing style and without the looseness of the original, making it sound stilted and stiff - and Mustaine doesn't even get the lyrics right. This one is for diehards only. 
It is the band's only album recorded with Chuck Behler and Jeff Young, who were fired immediately after the subsequent tour. This album features one of the first songs Dave Mustaine wrote for Megadeth, which was "Set The World Afire", being the first song he wrote after being fired from Metallica. He later admitted writing the lyrics during his journey home from the departure.
"So Far, So Good… So What!" sold 400000 copies one month after its release, becoming Megadeth's fastest selling album at that point. The record eventually went Platinum and indicated Megadeth's forthcoming emergence from the Underground scene.
Capitol Records, LLC/Universal International Music B.V., 1988/2014 (0602537976508). Made in Netherlands. 180 Gram Vinyl. Release includes a voucher to download MP3 version of the album.


Tracklist:

SIDE ONE:
1. Into The Lungs Of Hell 3:22
2. Set The World Afire 5:48
3. Anarchy In The U.K. 3:01
4. Mary Jane 4:24

SIDE TWO:
5. 502 3:29
6. In My Darkest Hour 6:26
7. Liar 3:20
8. Hook In Mouth 4:48

Total playing time: 34:38

The sixth full-length studio album by legendary American Funk/Soul/Pop singer.
It’s hard to believe now, but when Michael Jackson’s "Thriller" was released in the UK in time for Christmas 1982, there was an initial sense of misfire. In choosing the album's most lacklustre track, "The Girl Is Mine", as its lead single, the postcard delivered was mildly disappointing. The playful duet with Paul McCartney, chosen no doubt to emulate the success McCartney had had earlier the same year with Stevie Wonder on "Ebony And Ivory", was simply not what the listeners were expecting... It reached number eight on the UK chart, and the album sold well, but certainly not in the manner that the man who’d delivered "Off The Wall" should have done.
"Off The Wall" was a massive success, spawning four top ten hits (two of them number ones), but nothing could have prepared Michael Jackson for "Thriller". Nobody could have prepared anybody for the success of "Thriller", since the magnitude of its success was simply unimaginable - an album that sold 40 million copies in its initial chart run, with seven of its nine tracks reaching the Top Ten. This was a record that had something for everybody, building on the basic blueprint of "Off The Wall" by adding harder Funk, Hard Rock, softer ballads, and smoother Soul - expanding the approach to have something for every audience. That alone would have given the album a good shot at a huge audience, but it also arrived precisely when MTV was reaching its ascendancy, and Jackson helped the network by being not just its first superstar, but first black star as much as the network helped him. This all would have made it a success (and its success, in turn, served as a new standard for success), but it stayed on the charts, turning out singles, for nearly two years because it was really, really good!
By the following Christmas, "Thriller" had become the phenomenon it remains to this day. Singles kept dropping off the album like golden fruit from a platinum bough: the precision snap of that snare on UK number one "Billie Jean"; the raucous Eddie Van Halen guitar on "Beat It"; the groove-driven frenzy of "Wanna Be Startin' Something". It became apparent that this was a remarkable, ever-yielding Pop jukebox.
By 1984, the album got an extension on its lifecycle with the John Landis-directed video for "Thriller", which took the album from successful Pop record to cultural icon. Casting the then-clean cut, scandal-free singer as a werewolf in a 15-rated short film was a risk, but one that truly paid off! Soon enough "Thriller" had become a greatest hits package – seven of its nine tracks were issued as singles.
Love it or hate it, "Thriller" is Pop's great, immovable Everest. Marketing departments realised that more and more singles could be pulled from a record to prolong its shelf life, and Michael Jackson became the King of Pop with the whole of the recording industry at his investiture!!
Dedicated to the 60-year date after the Michael Jackson's birthday, 180-gram Picture Disc.
MJJ Productions Inc./Legacy Recordings/Epic Records, 1982/2008/2018 (1907586642111). Made in EU.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Wanna Be Starting' Somethin' 6:02
2. Baby Be Mine 4:20
3. The Girl Is Mine 3:42
4. Thriller 5:57

Side B
5. Beat It 4:17
6. Billie Jean 4:57
7. Human Nature 4:05
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) 3:58
9. The Lady In My Life 4:57

Total playing time: 42:15 min.

The second re-release on vinyl of the twelfth full-length studio album, also known as a “Death Or Glory”, by the legendary British Hard Rock/Heavy Metal band.
For fans who had been disappointed for earlier Motörhead releases, “Bastards” came as welcome return to the band’s roots in the loudest and hardest-driving kind of Rock’n’Roll.
Into the early 90’s, Motörhead’s influence had spread. Terms like “Speed Metal” were being used to describe not only Motörhead’s own style but also that of other bands playing in a similar vein. Thus “Bastards”, whose tracks are featured here, seemed too many to present to a return to hard-core form. By the time Motörhead began recording “Bastards”, the band was essentially a quartet, consisting in this case of Lemmy, Mikkey Dee, Phil Campbell and Michael Burston, who was known as Würzel.
“Bastards” mixed band’s characteristically angry and intense Hard Rock – songs like “On Your Feet”, “Burner”, “Born To Rise Hell” and “Liar” – with powerful, more acoustic ballads like “Lost In The Ozone” and the thoughtful and painful child-abuse number “Don’t Let Daddy Kiss Me”. Many fans have ranked “Bastards” among the best of Motörhead’s many albums.
In the many years since “Bastards” was released, Lemmy has kept up his relentless approach to touring and recording with various iterations of Motörhead. The tracks offered here provide the fine example of the band’s staying power and commitment to its founding ethos!
Golden Core/ZYX Music, 1993/2007 (GCR 20002-1). Made in Germany. 180 gram vinyl.


Tracklist:

SIDE A
1. On Your Feet Or On Your Knees 2:33 
2. Burner 2:52
3. Death Or Glory 4:50
4. I Am The Sword 4:28
5. Born To Raise Hell 4:57
6. Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me 4:05

SIDE B
7. Bad Woman 3:16 
8. Liar 4:10
9. Lost In The Ozone 3:26
10. I'm Your Man 3:46
11. We Bring The Shake 3:46
12. Devils 5:59

Total playing time: 48:58 min.