Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Mercyful Fate

Mercyful Fate - The Beginning - 1982/1983
Mercyful Fate - Melissa - 1983
Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath - 1984
Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows - 1993
Mercyful Fate - Time - 1994
Mercyful Fate - Into The Unknown - 1996
Mercyful Fate - Dead Again - 1998
Mercyful Fate - 9 - 1999
01. Mercyful Fate - The Beginning, 1982/1983 CD Compilation Remastered
     Roadrunner Records - RR 349603
     Reissue from 1987 - 1-4: 1st EP, 5-7: BBC session, 8: Black Funeral 12'' B side
02. Mercyful Fate - Melissa, 1983 CD Album
     Roadrunner Records, Roadrunner Records - RR 349898, RR 34 9898
     Reissue from 1988
03. Mercyful Fate - Don't Break The Oath, 1984 CD Album Remastered
     Metal Mind Productions - CLAS CD 0086
     Reissue from 2001
04. Mercyful Fate - In The Shadows, 1993 CD Album
     Metal Blade Records - WPCP-5498
05. Mercyful Fate - Time, 1994 CD Album
     Metal Blade Records - 3984-17028-2
06. Mercyful Fate - Into The Unknown, 1996 CD Album
     Metal Blade Records, Priority Records - PHCR-1458, PHCR-1458
07. Mercyful Fate - Dead Again, 1998 CD Album
     Metal Blade Records - 3984-14159-2
08. Mercyful Fate - 9, 1999 CD Album
     Metal Blade Records, Attic - 398414242-2, 398414242-2
Today is the 35th anniversary of the release of Melissa! I figured it would be the ideal occasion to celebrate this unique, legendary, iconic band who, along with other heroes like Satan or Raven, upgraded the standards of heavy metal in the early 80s. MF were one reason I lost interest in Dickinson era-Iron Maiden. MF provided perfect riffs, higher energy, viciously non-washable melodic seduction, over the top vocals, top notch musicianship and satanic imagery all over the place, why would the wild and financially-limited teenager still bother with the post-Killers bedside stories from the gentle maiden? That first EP (on the The Beginning reissue) and then the immense Melissa reoriented headbangers priorities. Even Venom fans fell for it, we had to. And since there is no bad MF album - there is not even a mediocre MF album, they are all shining diamonds of classic and epic heavy metal - MF is to be considered the black star of classic metal until the end of the metalliverse! The Church of Mercyful Fate lives on forever because we can almost touch perfection and it is a warm feeling. Bang that head and bash it against the cross!
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Sunday, October 28, 2018

Howls Of Ebb

Howls Of Ebb - Vigils Of The 3rd Eye - 2014
Howls Of Ebb - The Marrow Veil - 2015
Howls Of Ebb - Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows - 2016
Howls Of Ebb, Khthoniik Cerviiks - With Gangrene Edges / Voiidwarp - 2017
01. Howls Of Ebb - Vigils Of The 3rd Eye, 2014 CD Album Limited Edition
     I, Voidhanger Records - IVR029
02. Howls Of Ebb - The Marrow Veil, 2015 File FLAC Mini-Album x 3
     I, Voidhanger Records - IVR043
     Visit http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com
03. Howls Of Ebb - Cursus Impasse: The Pendlomic Vows, 2016 CD Album
     I, Voidhanger Records - IVR058
     Visit http://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com
04. Howls Of Ebb, Khthoniik Cerviiks - With Gangrene Edges / Voiidwarp, 2017 CD
     I, Voidhanger Records - IVR083 , Compilation
     Contains 8 songs by: Howls Of Ebb, Khthoniik Cerviiks
75% reload. Having just received their swansong release, that marvelous split CD with the equally brilliant Khthoniik Ceviiks, and in order to mourn the demise of this short-lived purveyor of avant-garde metal greatness, let us celebrate and relive with all available decibels this orgy of unparalleled riffs since Eisenvater. Ugly and beautiful, dark and energizing, rusty and innovative, fast and disgusted, HOB sound like nobody and nobody sounds like HOB. Howls Of Ebb will remain forever in league with the most original purveyors of death of this decade. Howls Of Ebb howling forever in the deepest caverns of the triplazering deathiverse!
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Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep - Uriah Heep - 1970
Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself - 1971
Uriah Heep - Salisbury - 1971
Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards - 1972
Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday - 1972
Uriah Heep - Uriah Heep Live - 1973
Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom - 1973
Uriah Heep - Wonderworld - 1974
Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy - 1975
Uriah Heep - High And Mighty - 1976
Uriah Heep - Firefly - 1977
Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim - 1977
Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel - 1978
Uriah Heep - Conquest - 1980
Uriah Heep - Abominog - 1982
Uriah Heep - Head First - 1983
Uriah Heep - Equator - 1985
Uriah Heep - Live In Europe 1979 - 1986
Uriah Heep - Raging Silence - 1989
Uriah Heep - Different World - 1991
Uriah Heep - Sea Of Light - 1995
Uriah Heep - Spellbinder - 1996
Uriah Heep - Sonic Origami - 1998
Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper - 2008
Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume II - Live At Budapest Hungary 2010 - 2010
Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume II - Live At Budapest Hungary 2010 - 2010
Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Three: Live In Kawasaki Japan 2010 - 2011
Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Three: Live In Kawasaki Japan 2010 - 2011
Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Four - Live In Brisbane Australia 2011 - 2011
Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Four - Live In Brisbane Australia 2011 - 2011
Uriah Heep - Into The Wild - 2011
Uriah Heep - Outsider - 2014
Uriah Heep - Live At Koko - 2015
Uriah Heep - Live At Koko - 2015
Uriah Heep - Living The Dream - 2018
01. Uriah Heep - Uriah Heep, 1970 Vinyl LP Album
     Mercury - SR-61294
02. Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself, 1971 Vinyl LP Album
     Island Records - 6396 007
03. Uriah Heep - Salisbury, 1971 Vinyl LP Album
     Vertigo, Vertigo - 6360 028, 6360028
04. Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards, 1972 Vinyl LP Album
     Mercury - SRM 1 630
05. Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday, 1972 Vinyl LP Album Stereo
     Mercury, Bronze - SRM 1-652, SRM.1.652
06. Uriah Heep - Uriah Heep Live, 1973 Vinyl LP Album x 2
     Mercury - SRM-2-7503
07. Uriah Heep - Sweet Freedom, 1973 Vinyl LP Album
     Bronze, Warner Bros. Records - BS 2724, BS 2724
08. Uriah Heep - Wonderworld, 1974 Vinyl LP Album
     Warner Bros. Records - W 2800
09. Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy, 1975 Vinyl LP Album
     Warner Bros. Records, Bronze - BS 2869, BS 2869
10. Uriah Heep - High And Mighty, 1976 Vinyl LP Album
     Warner Bros. Records, Bronze - BS 2949, BS 2949
11. Uriah Heep - Firefly, 1977 Vinyl LP Album
     Warner Bros. Records - BS 3013
12. Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim, 1977 Vinyl LP Album
     Warner Bros. Records, Bronze - BSK 3145, BSK 3145
13. Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel, 1978 Vinyl LP Album
     Chrysalis - CHR 1204
14. Uriah Heep - Conquest, 1980 CD Album Deluxe Edition Reissue Remastered
     Sanctuary Midline - SMRCD112
     Reissue from 2004 -
15. Uriah Heep - Abominog, 1982 Vinyl LP Album
     Mercury, Bronze - SRM-1-4057, SRM-1-4057
16. Uriah Heep - Head First, 1983 Vinyl LP Album
     Mercury, Bronze - SRM-1-4073, SRM-1-4073
17. Uriah Heep - Equator, 1985 CD Album Reissue
     Columbia - 493339 2
     Reissue from 1999
18. Uriah Heep - Live In Europe 1979, 1986 CD Album
     Castle Communications - RAWCD030
19. Uriah Heep - Raging Silence, 1989 CD Album
     Enigma Records - 7 73574-2
     Reissue from 1990
20. Uriah Heep - Different World, 1991 CD Album Reissue Remastered
     Essential, Castle Communications - ESMCD 614, GAS0000614ESM
     Reissue from 1998
21. Uriah Heep - Sea Of Light, 1995 CD Album
     Steamhammer, CBH Records - SPV 085-76952, SPV 085-76952
22. Uriah Heep - Spellbinder, 1996 CD Album
     Steamhammer - SPV 085-76992 CD
23. Uriah Heep - Sonic Origami, 1998 CD Album
     Spitfire Records - 6-70211-5032-2
24. Uriah Heep - Wake The Sleeper, 2008 CD Album
     Sanctuary Records, Noise Records - 1767027, 1767027
25. Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume II - Live At Budapest Hungary 2010, 2010 CD x 2
     Ear Music - 0205778ERE
26. Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume II - Live At Budapest Hungary 2010, 2010 CD x 2
     Ear Music - 0205778ERE
27. Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Three: Live In Kawasaki Japan 2010, 2011 CD x 2
     Ear Music - 0206470ERE
28. Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Three: Live In Kawasaki Japan 2010, 2011 CD x 2
     Ear Music - 0206470ERE
29. Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Four - Live In Brisbane Australia 2011, 2011 CD x 2
     Ear Music - 0207029ERE
30. Uriah Heep - Official Bootleg Volume Four - Live In Brisbane Australia 2011, 2011 CD x 2
     Ear Music - 0207029ERE
31. Uriah Heep - Into The Wild, 2011 CD Album Enhanced
     Frontiers Records - FR CD 512
32. Uriah Heep - Outsider, 2014 CD Album
     Frontiers Records - FR CD 650
33. Uriah Heep - Live At Koko, 2015 CD Album x 2, DVD DVD-Video NTSC, All Media Deluxe Edition
     Frontiers Music SRL - FR CDVD 681
34. Uriah Heep - Live At Koko, 2015 CD Album x 2, DVD DVD-Video NTSC, All Media Deluxe Edition
     Frontiers Music SRL - FR CDVD 681
35. Uriah Heep - Living The Dream, 2018 CD Album
     Irond - IROND CD 18-1938
UH! An excursion on classic hard rock planet is always fun. Basically, if you don't like Deep Purple or the sound of the 70s, don't bother. I am a super fan of all the early records, a wise alliance of heavy riffs with prog extensions, infectious choruses and general excellence & variations in the song writing, from basic radio-friendly architectures to epic constructions, always rocking. The 80s segment in their discography is less brilliant, offering good albums (Abominog, Raging Silence) alternating with hard to swallow pieces of whoredom (Conquest, Head First: much too diabetic). The 90s start with the meh Different World, another entry that can be bypassed for the amount of cheese that surrounds the good songs, but from then on it is only gold and silver. The excellent Sea Of Light and the classic Sonic Origami announce the next decade of brilliance - since Sea Of Light, no bad song, just solid rocking energy and general greatness. Not only are the studio albums since Wake The Sleeper just amazing and addictive, but the numerous live releases are also top class classic heavy rock that displaces anything Deep Purple have done since 1980 to the bottom of the barrel (I am a DP fan). The newest Living The Dream is just an incredible goldmine of dangerously catchy songs. Once inside, can't extract then from the neuron. Such longevity is worthy of praise, but such longevity while still being constantly relevant and maintaining the level of amazing is a Gold Medal of Zer. Loooooooooooooooong live Uriah Heep until the end of the rockiverse!
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Monday, October 22, 2018

Reload: The Execute

The Execute - Spend Your Money - 1983
The Execute, Inferno - Split - 1986
The Execute - The Antagonistic Shadow - 1988
01. The Execute - Spend Your Money, 1983 Vinyl LP Compilation Unofficial Release
     Not On Label - none
     Reissue from 2003 - 1-10: 1st Flexi 7'', 11-14: Hard Core Temptation 7'', 15-17: Criminal Flowers 7'', 18-19: Great Punk Hits comp, 20: Peace/War comp
02. The Execute, Inferno - Split, 1986 Vinyl LP
     Pusmort - PUSMORT 0012-06 , Compilation
     Contains 8 songs by: Inferno, Execute, The - Contains 8 songs by: The Execute, Inferno
03. The Execute - The Antagonistic Shadow, 1988 Vinyl LP Album
     13 Grave Release, XXX Records - Grave 3301, XXX 12001
Requested: rezerred. For the compilation appearances (A farewell to arms etc.), see the compilation mega post.
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!ZER The Execute ZER!

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