Except for the fact that the last half of the album is pretty mediocre. A lot of bands have fallen into the "Put all your good songs on the first half of the album and fill the rest with filler and hope nobody notices" trap, but Pantera like to live in there.

Somebody needs to grow you a new set of ears.

Fuckin A, one of the best metal albums ever.

Don't get me wrong, I like Pantera, I've just sorta grown out of them. They were a gateway metal band for me.

+1

Yeah, I am in the same boat to be honest. I think Pantera is actually dreadful.. but I still like that song and the majority of the album it is from.

But 99% of their output does not appeal to me anymore.

f*ck double posting, i'm putting it all here:-

Hammerfall - Glory to the Brave (Deluxe), Threshold, No Sacrifice No Victory and Infected
Stratovarius - s/t
Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant
Soilwork - A Predator's Portrait

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bought the CD/DVD release today, one of the essentials in the genre, so figured I would buy it.

I haven't done it yet but I'm on the verge of purchasing Botanist's double album:
The Suicide Tree/A Rose From the Dead

I keep listening to it so I guess I like it and I'm a sucker for beautiful artwork on metal album covers.

http://ektrorecords.com/shop/images/...uiciderose.jpg

Botanist is the only one making black metal completely focused on plants. I have to salute him for that.

http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...n_u7DnxyCIfm4L
Agalloch - The Mantle. Had to import it from the U.S though but only cost £7.00 with free P&P. Happy days.

no f*cking metal in Taiwan

probably getting some Amorphis and Sodom soon

Sodom - Agent Orange and Code Red are highly recommended.

Amorphis - I prefer their later stuff. Skyforger is excellent.

already have Agent Orange

will check out the others

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2267/...fb97ceef25.jpg

bought the 2 CD version that was released in 2004.

What cd cover is this?

Amorphis are a band of many musical faces, I think it really depends on which style you first want to get into.

i want to know what cover is that as well

any style would be fine, as long as it's good

I thought it was Stormtroopers of Death but it really could be any extreme metal band. It also reminded me of the 1980s 2000AD artwork, I say that, because I've just started buying the Judge Dredd Complete Case Files to read:finger: it it reminded me of that style.

War and Pain

big 2000AD fan here meself

though I only like the pre-90s stuff with Strontium Dog, Zenith, Nemesis the Warlock and Rogue Trooper

picked up some new issues recently and not liked it much

Voivod—War and Pain

Only Voivod album I own, and for the longest time it made me avoid Voivod like the plague. It sounds like someone asked themselves "I wonder what Motorhead would sound like if they couldn't hold a tune in a bucket?" I've given it chance after chance, and it never ceases to blow.

Yeah, not my favorite Voivod album by any means (that would be Dimension Hatross), but when I see something good at HMV, I have to get it, lol.

They had this as well, was thinking of picking it up, but they wanted $21.99 and I can get it on the ALternative Tentacles website for only $12.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ffSX6onNHA...ation%2529.jpg

^^^

I gotta say, the only good thing about early Voivod is the artwork. But it's some awesome artwork. :laughing:

I don't understand it myself, but I have been on somewhat of an extreme kick lately.
Recent purchases include: Asphyx: Deathhammer and Death the Brutal Way
Grave: Burial Ground, Fiendish Regression and Hating Life
Sabbath: Sabatage
Obiturary: Frozen in Time and Return of the Executioner
Vallenfyre: Fragile King
Entombed: Inferno and Serpant Saints

some great ones there... though I remember that Obituary records (Return of...) being pretty mediocre.

Picked these up today at second hand store:

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http://moole.ru/uploads/posts/2009-0...29-25_1069.jpg
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/2/4/0/9/2409.jpg

I can not complement you enough for picking up Order from Chaos. Wonderful band, and as many good bands have come out of it, notably Ares Kingdom & Angelcorpse, I think OfC is superior.

In regards to Vital Remains; the only album I've of them is Dechristianize, which is both very silly and very fun. How does that album compare?

meh, that Vital Remains album is not that great. Has a few alright moments here and there, but I would say it is for completists only.

Kinda fits into the same trap as much of their early stuff, long songs... which can be good, if the ideas you present are progressive enough to keep the song going for so long... but I find with them, it just kinda goes and goes without much of a pay off.

Albums I've bought over the past few weeks:

Rhapsody Of Fire - The Cold Embrace Of Fear
Stratovarius - Elysium (I heard Under Flaming Skies but that was pretty much it, I was surprised by the rest of the album. Loved it.
Saxon - A Collection Of Metal (This was good, though the lack of Heavy Metal Thunder made me sad. :P)
Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (This is the first Black Sabbath album I've bought, I hadn't really listened to any of their songs ((except Iron Man)), but this has made compelled to get more of their albums.)

^^^

**** yeah on everything you bought!

And we need more people to talk about Saxon. One of the bands that got me into heavy metal. I feel you on "Heavy Metal Thunder". Easily one of their best songs. Strong Arm of the Law was a beast of an album.

Totally agreeing with you about Saxon, they're a great band but quite underrated. :/

I'm currently awaiting orders for:
Frozen Shadows - Empires de Glace demo tape
Kristallnacht - Creation Through Destruction demo tpae

Evil - Hammerstorm cd
Wehrhammer - Wir Ziehen in den Krieg cd
Mortuary Drape - Secret Sudaria cd
Hadez - Aquelarre cd
The True Werewolf - Battlemoon 7"

I can hardly wait, it's been a while since I've got any new goodies in the mail.

got most of the stuff in the recent Metal Wars war

already posted them in the general acquisition thread so i shan't repeat myself

though who are interested ought to know what they are

Just ordered some Satanic Warmaster stuff from Hell's Headbangers:

Of the Night.. mcd
Opferblut cd
Black Metal Kommando / Gas Chamber cd
Revelation LP

Paranoid - Black Sabbath

Only just finished listening to it, absolutely blown away.

Deconstruction - Devin Townsend.

Quite a good album, though some parts of it caught me off guard.

NORTH - Na polach bitew cd
NORTH - Czekając na sztorm cd

Very underrated Polish bm.

DER STURMER - 'Europa Erwache!' demo tape

Fantastic album. One of my favorite metal releases by Townsend.

I guess you're a youngster not already knowing that album!