Today's single is another split release. It features two bands both well-known and heralded in metal's lexicon, though in different aspects. Both bands were labelmates with Century Media Records in 2015 and that is the likely reason for this single being in existence. (Both still are with CM, as far as I can tell). One …
Continue reading Voivod and At The Gates – We Are Connected/Language Of The Dead
Today I'm gonna dig out a single I've had since its release in 2009. So 13 years, if my math is right. It's one of those “fun” but totally unnecessary things that was put out as a “limited bonus.” I was very, very excited about the albums being released and so I went whole hog …
Continue reading Emperor – Thus Spake The Nightspirit/Inno A Satana
It's that time of the week to dig into another offering from my singles collection. Today it's the good old split single – two bands each offer a song, the vinyl gets pressed and here we are years later looking over the results. Split singles and even albums have been a consistent feature of the …
Continue reading Disfear and Doomriders – All Paths Lead To Nothing, There Is Only Death
I figured I would jump in with what a lot of other bloggers do and start going through my collection of music singles. It's a pretty easy way for me to add another post each week – just pick out something and talk a bit about it. For the first few months I'll go over …
I've written about this a few times now but it's time again to look at the price of vinyl. It's a massive topic in the world of music collecting (obviously) and it's been a thorn in the side of many a collector for the past while. I know I feel the pinch and have tightened …
Continue reading What Goes Up Must Come Down – Vinyl Prices In 2022
It is time to update the ongoing Tool Fear Inoculum vinyl saga. I have posted about it before, this was when I brought it up as part of a larger look at vinyl prices. While I want to cover that latter topic again, this Tool thing has grown legs of its own now and deserves …
I've done a few posts about money and prices of a few different things recently. I thought I'd do a few quick updates and also discuss the insane prices of a few records. But first, I'll provide two quick recaps of prices I covered awhile back. Megadeth cryptocurrency As I wrote in the original post, …
The price of vinyl records and the scant supply remains a hot button issue in the music world. Prices of records, even fairly recent reissues, are causing eyes to pop out of heads. Even a run through stuff I bought at retail prices last year is making me consider offloading some stuff at inflated secondary …
UPDATE 7-6-22: This whole post is essentially obsolete now. The limited box is hanging out at around $100 , and a new 3 LP version has also been announced. Here is a much more up to date post about the whole ordeal. UPDATE 2-25-22: Pre-orders for the Fear Inoculum 5 LP version are now live, …
One thing I've meant to write more about but haven't got to much of is the topic of collecting. Though the issue of collecting is not necessary to discuss music, it is an important part of music for me and many other people. Music collecting looked to be going the way of the dinosaur roughly …
The Crooked Wanderer 