Check out the previous vinyl journals here:
Some of my vinyl collection
More vinyl porn
Another descent into vinyl madness
And the vinyl rolls on
Not more vinyl FFS
Oh the sweet vinyl
My old 80s Metal Vinyl

A big picfest this time - 50 photos! This is a few months worth of vinyl, all smashed together in an orgy of vinyl insanity that I hope you all enjoy. So, let's get on with it!

Boris with Merzbow: 3 beautiful LPs on red w/black&white streaks. A mighty fine live collab here and a very nice package from Southern Lord…

So the time has come - another vinyl overdose arriveth! It has been a while and I've kind of gone berserk of recent times so I reckon there might be another 2 or 3 vinyl journals in the next couple of weeks :o

Check out the previous vinyl journals here:
Some of my vinyl collection
More vinyl porn
Another descent into vinyl madness
And the vinyl rolls on
Not more vinyl FFS
My old 80s Metal Vinyl

OK, so down to business:
Normally I would save this for the end but I figure you have to start with style. The…

Stronghold
Rating: 4.25/5

Summoning are a bit of an enigma in the extreme metal world — their epic keyboard-laden movie score cum Black Metal sound is one of a kind amid a morass of Tolkien-themed Black Metal bands of more traditional sound. Stronghold was the start of a somewhat new direction for Summoning; it has a more epic sound to their earlier masterpieces, more cinematic, yet at the same time it is also their heaviest work, and no doubt also easier to listen to (than Dol Guldur in particular). It is the work that tends to separate the old fans…

Memoria Vetusta I: Father of the Icy Age
Rating: 5/5

Following up a classic debut is a tall order, and one that many bands are not really up to. On occasion though, a band will out do the lofty heights of a near flawless debut and surpass it in a manner that leaves them almost nowhere else to go. That's what Blut Aus Nord did with Memoria Vetusta 1: Fathers of the Icy Age – they took the amazing foundation of Ultima Thulée and expanded upon it to create near perfection. There are many out there who consider The Work…

Ultima Thulée
Rating: 4.75/5

Blut Aus Nord are an enigma in the realms of Black Metal (if you need convincing of this, you need simply to check out their mind boggling web site), and the avant-garde offering of their debut album Ultima Thulée cemented that air from the very beginning in a manner that has not been effectively emulated since.

After the musical and thematic ideas have been cemented in place by album opener "The Son of Hoarfrost", a slightly disconcerting keyboard sections opens "The Plain of Ida", very melancholic and cold, it gives the feeling…

Rauhnacht
Rating: 4/5

Originality — it's a nice thing to have, but far from mandatory. Some bands take their inspiration from the greats and pay homage in a memorable and skillful manner. Some bands take it a step further and add their own special ingredient, and here we have an example of such a thing. Germany's Thorngoth take the foundation laid down by the greats and then add their own spark to give life to deliver a solid slab of Black Metal with occasional epic qualities.

This is not raw Black Metal; the production on Rauhnacht is good, and well…

Grim Arts of Melancholy
Rating: 4/5

Finland is the home of quite a few seriously hateful Black Metal bands. Maybe it's something in the water but the Finnish style is, in general, furious satanic black art, devoid of anything but hate and disgust for mankind. Riding the undercurrent of that wave of pestilence is Baptism, the one-man band of Kommander Lord Sargofagian, who has spread his wings wide in the Finnish scene, doing some session work for Horna and Satanic Warmaster among other lesser known acts. This should serve to illustrate exactly what Baptism has in store for you…

View the previous gratuitous display of vinyl journals here, here, here, and here

OK, let the extreme vinyl eroticism begin!

Isis - Wavering Radiant. I really thought I had ordered the yellow vinyl of this but meh. Sounds just fucking awesome on my stereo, one of the best production jobs I've ever heard.
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Moonsorrow - Suden Uni on white
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Brutal Truth - Need to Control on "pot plant brown" lol
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Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom. This is an original press that I picked up on eBay ages ago still in the…

Went through and catalogued all my old vinyl which is mostly Thrash with a bit of heavy and doom mixed in. Years listed are pressing year not album release years.

oh the old school shit! Turns out I have a heap of old first presses (none of which are worth anything, but meh).

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Motörhead - Orgasmatron, 1986, GWR Records, GWR1
Motörhead - Iron Fist, 1987, Castle Communications, CLALP123
Motörhead - No Remorse, 1984, Bronze Records/PRO Records, PROLP5
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys - Part I, 1987, Noise/RCA Victor, 6399-1-R
Helloween - Keeper Of The Seven Keys -…

Here we go again…previous vinyl show cases can be found here, here,and here

Nadja - Thaumogenesis on shecksi purple
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Nadja-Atavist split on some funky hazy green/cream
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Year of No Light - Ausserwelt on very lightly marbled cream
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Ocean - Pantheon of the Lesser on marbled orange
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Altar of Plagues - Sol on black
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Altar of Plagues - Tides on gold
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Ulver - Nattens Madrigal special edition box w/ t-shirt and CD
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pg.lost - It's not me, it's you! on white
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Eksi Ekso - I am Your Bastard…