cradle of filth - vempire or dark faerytales in phallustein

had this one on the wantlist forever, it seems. now finally an affordable reissue fills the void. and such a great looking one, too. transparent orange w/ black marble vinyl out of 850 copies. darkness shall rise records under exclusive liscence by cacaphonous records. 1996/2025.

ozzy osbourne - the ultimate sin

the fourth records of ozzy's solo career is a triumph, plain and simple. songs like the title track, 'never' or 'fool like you' are pure 80's metal gold. 1986 european pressing on epic records.

ozzy osbourne - bark at the moon

the first ozzy album to feature guitarist jake e. lee. this album is packed with belters like the title track, 'forever (centre of eternity)' or 'waiting for darkness'. love the cover shot with ozz in full werewolf make up in particular.

this is an european pressing, which can be identified by the blue lettering on the cover instead of red. as far as my information goes, this is even a first press. epic records. 1983.

ozzy osbourne - diary of a madman

after ozzy passed away a few weeks ago, i set out to listen to his solo stuff more profoundly. i had 'blizzard of ozz' in the collection since the reissue from 2021, so i started with his 2nd album 'diary of a madman'.

bought this european repress from the early 80's via ebay. musically this surpasses the already fantastic debut. the back-up band around randy rhoads was a menace and ozzy's unique voice shines above it all. epic records. 1981.

death - individual thought patterns

always thought that these back on black pressings looked better than the sparkly foil print relapse copies these days. less is sometimes more.

musically this album is a wild, proggy death metal ride which never seizes to amaze me. in my opinion their 2nd best, right after 'human'. back on black. 2010.

cradle of filth - live at dynamo open air 1997

wacken open air is approaching and i'm in the mood for live recordings, cof stuff in particular it seems. this is a pretty cool document of a time when cradle of filth were still up and coming and the dynamo open air in the netherlands was the hottest festival in europe.

it's a short, intense fourty minutes set in an afternoon slot. already on mainstage, though. of the then line-up only dani filth remains today. crazy to think this was twenty eight years ago. 2023.

cradle of filth - trouble and their double lives

heard 'she is a fire' live last year and liked it, also i thought the set list for this record is quite cool. so finally i pulled the trigger and got this gold double lp out of 500 copies. napalm records. 2023.

integrity - harder they fall 7"

another classic hardcore re-issue. originally self-released on tape in 1989, backbite records from germany put out this 7" version thirty years later. nice pink vinyl out of 400 copies. they all come with this odd, small centre label and all three songs covered by psywarfare on the b-side. could have easily done without those. backbite records. 2019.

madball - droppin' many suckers 7"

this infamous early e.p. saw quite a few re-issues some years ago. i didn't fancy the 12" release because a 7" is the proper way to listen to those classics. released by the band's own label black 'n' blue and marketed through gsr music. 1992/2022.

atræ bilis - aumicide

i held off buying this album upon time of release, because i thought the orange retail version looked quite boring. so i said to myself to wait for a 2nd pressing which is usually just one but a crazier colour variant.

killing time on kleinanzeigen (a german 2nd hand platform), i came across this lovely first press 'koi pond' marble variant for a real good price. musically this is their best work in an already flawless discography. 20 buck spin. 2024.