Best Pop Metal
young,ypung,johnson.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great album!"
"Love this album."
"Gets 10 stars in my book....R.I.P Malcolm Young!"
"The sound is tighter and fuller, and the songs seem more enjoyable and free of the dirty joke garge band sound from their early days. This is to say that ACDC still sound like ACDC only somehow better and refreshed You can probabaly even recognize the chords they are usning."
"Excellent collection of ac/DC songs!"
"Aside from the fact that it's AC/DC (which already makes it awesome) the presentation of this record excellent."
Rather like Metallica circa ...And Justice for All, the sound is focused heavily on texture, with vocals and guitars layered one atop the other, and heart-pounding drums underlying everything.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I missed this one."
"Love this CD, would rank it right with 10,000 days and Lateralus."
"all perfecft."
"Great CD. 10/10. Can't stream Tool's music anywhere, so I had to buy it."
"Was a birthday present for my husband."
"Needed to replace my old disc."
"I have a CD.. now what Amazon?"
Everything about Tool's fourth album (2001) is an experience, starting with the packaging, which consists of liner credits printed on a translucent plastic sleeve over the CD and a booklet that layers anatomical representations atop one another--the first page pictures musculature and blood vessels; the next, bones; the third, internal organs; and so on. While it remains in the Tool tradition of trance-inducing progressive metal, Lateralus is tighter, clearer, crisper, and all around a notch above their admirable previous releases. Everything about Tool's fourth album is an experience, starting with the packaging, which consists of liner credits printed on a translucent plastic sleeve over the CD and a booklet that layers anatomical representations atop one another--the first page pictures musculature and blood vessels; the next, bones; the third, internal organs; and so on.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The vinyl arrived in great condition with no scuffs, scratches, or other flaws."
"There is some surface hiss and a couple of pops throughout, but if you play it loud enough the hiss is indiscernible. I'm spinning on a AT-LP120 with a classic stanton stylus/cartridge which is fairly high quality, so if you're spinning on, say, a Crosley you'll get questionable results."
"This is a great album. “Disposition” is track 10 on the CD and is track 8 (LP:1, side:2, track:3) on the picture disc version."
"Great purchase, a great item for my collection!!!"
"The most chilling part of the entire album, for me, was the very end of Faaip de Oiad, where the sounds slowly converge to a close.. the surface noise always associated with records added to that just made my hair stand."
"My original CD was beat and wanted a replacement before they quit making them."
"The artwork is incredible."
"What am I supposed to do with this CD Amazon?"
Best Death Metal
SLAYER - SEASONS IN THE ABYSS (SPECIAL EDITION/180G) [ADVISORY] - VINYL.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Although Reign in Blood is generally regarded as Slayer's magnum opus, for me personally Seasons In the Abyss is definitely of their musical and lyrical prowess. The album largely turned away from the lyrical themes of Slayer’s previous works to focus on more earthly pursuits – war, murder, corruption, and greed."
"After opening some other records I bought on Amazon and being disappointed ( but not surprised ) by them being warped, scratched, scuffed, having spindle holes that are drilled too small, all the usual nonsense that comes from buying records on Amazon, I opened the Slayer to find a nicely pressed, very flat record."
"Classic Slayer, I actually got this album when it came out when I was in the 8th grade and the songs are still going strong."
"A very consistant and refined Slayer LP and the last featuring the great Dave Lombardo on drums (probably the best metal drummer of all time)."
"Original metal at its best."
"Classic metal album."
Best Swiss Music
Back from a 15 year hiatus, Celtic Frost return with Monotheist, their brand new studio album.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Clearly visionaries Warrior and Ain have being studying their contemporary metal as there are shades of Sunn 0))) here. Monotheist sounds like everything up until "Into the Pandemonium" pulled together, and because of this the mood shifts from aggressive to avant-garde. And lastly, I absolutely dig the last track "winter", it's the perfect ending song to celebrate the death of one of greatest metal bands ever to live."
"Celtic Frost have come back in an amazing way with this awesome album."
"The atmosphere is darker, heavier, and slower than any of their other albums."
"Some people will argue it's not really CF without Reed St. Mark or what have you, Sesa is awesome on the drums by the way at least in my opinion. Hats off to Tom for always being creative and knowing when to move on, it's not Frost without Martin or Tom and Tom has his next project allready going."
"So, the long and short of it is, fourteen whole years after what was supposed to be their initial swansong came out ("Parched With Thirst Am I And Dying" was released in the early Nineties), Celtic Frost finally blasted back onto the scene with "Monotheist" in 2006. Still armed with huge instrumental chops, the rest of the band employ the perfect amount of propulsive drumming (including just the right number of blasts and thrash beats), and augment it with memorably heavy, darkly sludgy/doomy riffs, musclebound rhythms, and a handful of emphatic guitar solos, to boot. The set begins with "Progeny," which blasts out of the starting gate with thundering, churning power chords anchored by double-kick drumming and iced by really memorable vocals any lyrics. "Ground" brings back that eminently memorable lyricism (in the form of an anthemic chorus, where Fischer belts out "Oh God, why have you forsaken me?! "A Dying God Coming Into Human Flesh" begins with a melodic guitar and bass intro before taking a turn for the heavy side by filtering in some huge, booming riffage. The curiously-named "Os Abysmi Vei Daath," with its crunchy, churning power chords and punching rhythms, and the succeeding "Temple Of Depression," which boasts some ultra-chunky riffage, both work similarly. Then, following a bouncy little introductory drum solo, the seven-minute-long epic, aptly-entitled "Obscured" adopts a heavy doom metal vibe, and one with another truly unforgettable performance from "Warrior." The first part of it, "Totengott," is a positively bone-chilling piece that evokes vintage Sunn O))) (and, subsequently, Black Sabbath); and is sure to get the tiny little hairs on the back of your neck to stand up."
Best Metal
The vinyl edition of Nirvanas hit album, NEVERMIND, which helped usher in the Grunge era of the 1990s.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"What can I say about Nirvana's Never mind CD?"
"Grew up with Nirvana and GLAD to get my hand on this Deluxe Edition Duel CD!!!"
"Im not sure the remastered version sounds any better than the original but it does sound good."
"My album collection is purely for my enjoyment, I don't worry at all about potential resale value."
"Bought for my Daughter...Big Nirvana fan!"
"Great rock band, great music!"
"Sigh."
"Packaging and arrival of product were great."
Best Alternative Metal
The materials used to create picture discs and color vinyl are not the same as traditional vinyl.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The vinyl arrived in great condition with no scuffs, scratches, or other flaws."
"There is some surface hiss and a couple of pops throughout, but if you play it loud enough the hiss is indiscernible. I'm spinning on a AT-LP120 with a classic stanton stylus/cartridge which is fairly high quality, so if you're spinning on, say, a Crosley you'll get questionable results."
"This is a great album. “Disposition” is track 10 on the CD and is track 8 (LP:1, side:2, track:3) on the picture disc version."
"Great purchase, a great item for my collection!!!"
"The most chilling part of the entire album, for me, was the very end of Faaip de Oiad, where the sounds slowly converge to a close.. the surface noise always associated with records added to that just made my hair stand."
"My original CD was beat and wanted a replacement before they quit making them."
"The artwork is incredible."
"What am I supposed to do with this CD Amazon?"
Best Scottish Music
This Scottish band rocked hard on this 1975 LP, but it was Love Hurts -the original power ballad-that finally brought them stateside fame.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Genuing hard-rock classic of all times, just listen to "Miss Misery", "Hair of the Dog", Beggars Day", "Love Hurts", "Please Don't Judas Me"... and I am risking to name all the album's tracks."
"From Love Hurts to Hair of the Dog, Nazareth is one of those bands that can slow it down to a ballad or rock it like a god."
"The songs for each record are listed only on the B-side label, so you have to pay attention to play the album in the intended order."
"Get into Nazereth`s early tunes, soo many great songs and gotta love Dan`s raspy Scottish bagpipes...ahh, voice..."
"Probably the most famous of their catalog."
"I got this album for my 16th birthday, 1981."
"Deep Purple's Roger Glover had been the producer since that but when guitarist Manuel Charlton decided to take the job on 'Hair Of The Dog', he really hit that bit higher, by adding more power and giving it more punch while keeping the rawness required for this hard rock bonanza."
"Remastered sound is a clear improvement over old CD."
Best Blues Rock
Led Zeppelin’s debut album, newly remastered, and including an additional CD and double LP featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France. Super Deluxe Edition Box Set Includes: CD1: Original album newly remastered in vinyl replica sleeve CD2: Companion audio featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France in a new sleeve Vinyl 1: Original album newly remastered in single sleeve replicating the original album on 180 gram vinyl Vinyl 2/3: Companion audio on two LPs (180 gram vinyl) in a new sleeve featuring negative artwork based on the original album artwork, and featuring a previously unreleased October 1969 concert from Paris, France HD Download card with the original album @ 96/24 and the live concert from Paris @ 48/24 LP sized, individually numbered, high quality print of the original album cover Album-size hardback book (72 pages) Replica of original Atlantic press kit".
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Much of this music evolved from Jimmy Page's Yardbirds period. I own the Complete Studio Recordings CD Box Set from the early 1990's, mixed by Jimmy Page himself. As a electrical engineer knowledgable about the evolution of audio equipment, and particularly Analog to Digital Converters, it is my opinion that this recently pressed Japan SHM CD is the best sound of this recording to date."
"For our listening pleasure, Jimmy Page has decided to remaster the Led Zeppelin catalog, beginning here in 2014 with the first three albums, all being released today, June 3rd. For many years, audio of Zeppelin's 1969 show in Paris has been floating around, and was considered a treasured chronicle of the band in its early days. The remaster for Zeppelin II and III both have studio rough cuts, backing tracks, and alternate takes, which are great for the rabid Zeppelin fanatic, but the average fan will probably appreciate this deluxe edition the most, with the classic debut album and a brilliant live show from a young, hungry Zep from '69."
"Very few albums I feel this way about, one of the others would be Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" Albums such as these never grow old but stand the test of time. These are the same albums in the box sets, but you will have to make up your own minds to see if all the extra goodies from the deluxe box sets are worth it. As for me, I see myself possibly getting "Physical Graffiti" when it's released & possibly "Houses of the Holy" but I'm going to have to let most of these (sadly) go by the wayside."
"Just the other day I noticed ,while zep l was playing in my computer that only disc 2 of this edition displays the words deluxe edition. Both cd disc 1 and disc 2 on led zep lll display the word deluxe edition, which is what I would think is correct cause that`s what I payed for."
Best Austrian Music
Take the remix skills of these two chefs de musique ; add a dash of fresh electronic ingredients, including Roni Size, Rockers Hi-Fi, David Holmes, Alex Reece, and others; run it through a beats processor; and you have one sumptuous and definitely not calorie-free meal.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Sounds great and very quite."
"Feel free to dance, make dinner, clean up the house, or sink into the couch."
"I think that I've have three copies of this double CD session."
"Along with Kid Loco's A Grand Love Story it's probably my favorite DJ album from the very early noughties."
"Compulsively listenable, forming an excellent compendium of long-distance cruising music, K&D Sessions is a must-have for any modern music listener."
"Enjoy the beats, the flow, the development of the music."
"The CD was visually scratched and once I was halfway through playing it was indeed unable to play the rest of the album."