Post Your Haul....

[powermetal2000]

Ok, it's time to see what we all spent our hard earned cash on.

Here goes...
A Tribute To Accept Vol.1
Brainstorm-Metus Mortis
Doctor Butcher
Megadeth-The System has Failed
Crystal Ball-Hellvetia
Nightwish-From Wishes To Eternity
Mesmerize-Tales Of Wonder
Metal Church-The Weight Of The World
Crystal Ball-Virtual Empire
Canvas Solaris-Sublimination
DoomSword-Let Battle Commence
Cea Serin-Where Memories Combine
Ion Vein-Reigning Memories
Tyrant Eyes-The Darkest Hour
Prototype-Cloned
Prototype-Trinity
Scared Steel-Iron Blessings
Division-Trinity
The Storyteller-Tales Of A Holy Quest
Mercenary-11 Dreams
Sun Caged-ST

Of course, the PPUSA promo disc

Miles Beyond demo
Timeline demo...thanks Eric
Blind Guardian-Imaginations Through The Looking Glass DVD
Monsters Of Metal Vol. 2 DVD

Edguy-Hellfire Club shirt

 

[SinsAndShadows]

Paragon - Law of the Blade
Pain of Salvation - BE
Chris Caffery - Faces/God Damn War
Brainstorm - Ambiguity
Symphorce - Twice Second
Magistral - I am
Blind Guardian - Imaginations DVD

Edguy - North American tour t-shirt
Kamelot - baby t
ProgPower V t-shirt
WMD/Savatage t-shirt

Not as many CDs as I would have liked. They were sold out of the Tad Morose I wanted, and they didn't have any Twisted Tower Dire or Mago De Oz CDs (though I did see the Finisterra DVD for $19.00)... Guess I'll order those in a few weeks, when I have money again.

 

[Yippee38]

Ayreon - The Human Equation
Evergrey - The Inner Circle
Dreamscape free sample that they were flinging out
PPV Promo disk
Threshold - Reflect
Wuthering Heights - Within
Wuthering Heights - To Travel Forevermore
Wuthering Heights - Far From the Madding Crowd (my wife really liked them <G>)
CM Distro sampler
Power from the Underground Vol 2. sampler
Circle II Circle
Aesma Daeva demo
and my personal find truimph......
The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller (Woot!)

I wanted to buy some Tad Morose too, but apparently, a few people were impressed with their performance and bought up all their CDs.

 

[UNRESTRAINED!]

To all:

I had a blast in Atlanta at Progpower and I will return next year. As for my haul....

CDs
******
AMON DUUL II - The UA Years 1969-74
ASH RA TEMPEL - Join Inn
ASH RA TEMPEL - Schwingungen
ATOMIC ROOSTER - Atomic Ro-o-oster
BRAINTICKET - Celestial Ocean
EUROPE - Start From The Dark
HAWKWIND - This Is Hawkwind, Do Not Panic
PAIN OF SALVATION - One Hour By The Concrete Lake
PAIN OF SALVATION - The Perfect Element
PAIN OF SALVATION - Remdy Lane
PAIN OF SALVATION - 12:5
PAIN OF SALVATION - Be
PSYCHOTIC WALTZ - (both reissues)
SAVATAGE - Hall of The Mountain King reissue
SAVATAGE - Fight For The Rock reissue
SAVATAGE - Power Of The Night reissue
SAVATAGE - Streets reissue
SAVATAGE - Handful Of Rain reissue
SAVATAGE - Edge of Thorns reissue
SAVATAGE - Dead Winter Dead reissue
SAVATAGE - Wake Of Magellen reissue
SAVATAGE - Poets And Madmen
V/A - Progpower V
WHITE WILLOW - Storm Season
WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Within
WUTHERING HEIGHTS - To Travel For Evermore
WUTHERING HEIGHTS - Far From The Madding Sound

VINYL
*******
BLIND VENGEANCE - s/t (pre-Harem Scarem)
CHATEAUX - Firepower
CHATEAUX - Highly Strung
THE GREAT SOCIETY (w. Grace Slick) - Conspicious Only In Absence
JEFFERSON AIRPLANE - Surrealistic Pillow
QUICK CHANGE - Circus of death
STEELOVER - Glove Me

 

[MetalAges]

Ayreon - The Human Equation (Limited Edition Special Packaging)
Riverside - Out of Myself
Icycore - Wetwired
Iced Earth - The Glorious Burden (2 CD)
Adagio - Underworld
Brave - Passages
Brainstorm - Soul Temptation
DVD: G3 Live in Denver
DVD: Primal Fear - The History of Fear
Various demos/samplers

 

[The Fiddler]

Not much bought, but was hoping to be surprised with the new LEVIATHAN CD, "Mastadon" and was quite disappointed (this isn't the proggy Leviathan from Colorado). The sticker on the wrapper claimed that "Mastadon" is a mix of old Metallica and Rush. I think they are smoking something from Midnight's stash. I never remember Metallica or Rush using 100% throat vocals. What this CD has in common with Rush, I will never know.

Martin Popoff of BWBK gave this a 9 of 10 if I remember and I guess I shouldn't have been surprised at that rating given his fondness of nu-metal. I do agree with him however that the packaging is quite nice (not enough to justify the purchase or keeping it, IMO).

If you're a fan of thrash metal and gruff vocals, then this is probably something you'd like. If you like clean vocals (e.g. Tad Morose, Kamelot, Brainstorm, Edguy), then steer clear from this CD.

 

[caex]

Ayreon-Day 11: Love
Ayreon-Loser
Dead Soul Tribe-The January Tree
Edguy-King of Fools
Edguy-Lavatory Love Machine
Edguy-Vain Glory Opera
Psychotic Waltz-Social Grace/Mosquito
Candlemass-Nightfall
Time Requiem-S/T
Nightwish-Nemo-4 and 3 song versions
Nightingale-Alive Again: the breathing shadow part IV
Nightwish-Over The Hills And Far Away
Nightwish-Bless The Child
Nightwish-Sleeping Sun
Pain of Salvation-BE
Enertia-Force
Bathory-Nordland I & II Vinyl
Doro-Fur Immer DVD
Blind Guardian-Imaginations Through The Looking Glass
Edguy-Hellfire Tour T-shirt
Blind Guardian-Forgotten Tales T-shirt
ProgPower V Shirt
Shirts for Halcyon Way, Prototype and Enertia

 

[MaxX]

Clothes
PoS - T-shirt
PPV - t-shirt

CDS
Ayreon - The Human Equation
Ayreon - Universalo Migrator
Pain of Salvation - BE
Psychotic Waltz - Box Set (bought this on a recommendation)
Shadows Fall - The War Within =p
Sun Caged - Sun Caged

DVDs
Opeth - Lamentations
Dark Tranquillity - Live Damage

of the cds and dvds I owned most of them illegally previously but I felt like I should give back to the artists that kick ass

 

[guardian26]

Pain of Salvation - BE
MERCENARY - 11 DREAMS (OH MY GOD!!)
Mangiance - Signe de Vie
Vanishing Point - In Thought (finally!)
Theocracy - Theocracy (Good call Big Ben!)
PPV Sampler
Dreamscape promo (which one of you jerks bought my copy of Very?! haha)
P.O.S. t-shirt
Dreamscape t-shirt
PPV t-shirt

 

[Pellaz]

Okay, heeere we go...

CDs:

Miles Beyond, s/t free demo
Adagio, Underworld
Lilitu, The Delores Lesion
Dreamscape, End of Silence promo sampler free
Jorn, Out To Every Nation
Guardians of Time, Machines of Mental Design
Conception, In Your Multitude
Cradle of Filth, The Principle of Evil Made Flesh
Shadow's Fall, The War Within
Magistral, I Am
Halcyon Way, Deliver the Suffering free promo for WREKage
Various Artists, ProgPower USA V Showcase Sampler
Amon Amarth, Fate of Norns
Ayreon, Day Eleven: Love
Nightwish, Once
Pain of Salvation, Be
Dead Soul Tribe, The January Tree
Wuthering Heights, To Travel For Evermore
Agathodaimon, Serpent's Embrace
Dreamscape, End of Silence
Gordian Knot, Emergent
Riverside, Out of Myself
Colleen Gray, Shades of Gran
Perpetual, Horizons free demo
Prototype, Trinity
Mercenary, 11 Dreams


DVDs:

Dream Theater, Double Feature (LiT/5YiaL)
Monsters of Metal Vol. 2 (second copy ever sold in the US; my friend Justin bought the first)


T-shirts:

Brainstorm x2
Adagio
Into Eternity (a rare XXL)
PPUSA V
Solitude Aeturnus
Evergrey



Umm, wow.

 

[AngraRULES]

CD's :

Pain of Salvation - Be
Pain of Salvation - 12:5
Nightwish - Over the Hills and Far Away
Amon Amarth - Fate of Norns
The Gathering - Souvenirs
Genius - Rock Opera 2
Enertia - Force

I think this is it...

DVD's

Blind Guardian - Imaginations Throught the Looking Glass

Shirts

Kamelot - Babydoll (for my girl)
PP V
Pain of Salvation
Adagio

 

[SinsAndShadows]

The Lord Weird Slough Feg - Traveller (Woot!)

You already had Twilight of the Idols, right? *wink, wink* IMO of the two I have, Idols is far superior. Traveller was...'meh.' However, new album should be out soonish

I still need to get Deadmen and the s/t...badly.

 

[BABS]

I had to keep my spending in check this year, but here's what I wound up with:

Dead Soul Tribe - The January Tree
Pain of Salvation - BE
Megadeth - The System Has Failed
Mine

 

[Thor Intrepid]

CDs:
Stratovarius - Elements 1 & 2
Nightwish - Once (I'll buy the US release too for the extra tracks)
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Adagio - Underworld

DVDs:
Star One - Live On Earth (Love the Space Metal CD being a big Sci Fi geek and all, cannot wait to watch this)
Various Artists - Monsters of Metal Volume 2 (Have Vol. 1, great videos from a bunch of great bands!)

Purchasing soon: Dreamscape, Tad Morose, Brainstorm

-- edit --
I forgot to mention that I picked up the Theocracy CD too!

 

[JonnyD]

Blaze - Silicon Messiah
Blaze - Tenth Dimension
Raven - Nothing Exceeds like Excess
Edguy - The Savage Poetry
Tad Morose - Leaving the Past Behind
Mastodon - Leviathan
Finntroll - Visor om Slutet
Circle II Circle - Watching in Silence
Wuthering Hieghts - Far from the Madding Crowd
Into Eternity - Buried in Oblivian
Edguy - Hellfire Club T-Shirt
and a Whole Mess of Free cds all in all it was one of the best weekends I have ever had!

 

[Riceloft]

CDs:
Pain of Salvation - BE
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Wuthering Heights - Far From The Madding Crowd
Blackfield - Blackfield
Adagio - Sanctus Ignis
Jerry Gaskill - Come Somewhere
Within Temptation - Mother Earth
Dead Soul Tribe - The January Tree
Dreamscape - End of Silence
After Forever - Invisible Circles
PPV Sampler
1 or 2 compilation discs
2 free CDs

Shirts:
2 Pain of Salvation shirts
1 Kamelot Epica shirt
1 Edguy Mysteria shirt
1 Dreamscape shortsleve shirt
1 Adagio shirt
1 PPV shirt

 

[Metalmilitia2000]

Not much bought, but was hoping to be surprised with the new LEVIATHAN CD, "Mastadon" and was quite disappointed (this isn't the proggy Leviathan from Colorado). The sticker on the wrapper claimed that "Mastadon" is a mix of old Metallica and Rush. I think they are smoking something from Midnight's stash. I never remember Metallica or Rush using 100% throat vocals. What this CD has in common with Rush, I will never know.

Martin Popoff of BWBK gave this a 9 of 10 if I remember and I guess I shouldn't have been surprised at that rating given his fondness of nu-metal. I do agree with him however that the packaging is quite nice (not enough to justify the purchase or keeping it, IMO).

If you're a fan of thrash metal and gruff vocals, then this is probably something you'd like. If you like clean vocals (e.g. Tad Morose, Kamelot, Brainstorm, Edguy), then steer clear from this CD.

The name of the band is Mastodon and the name of their cd is Leviathan. Their first cd is Remission. They are from atlanta.

Brent

 

[Ravynn]

here's my haul:
Blind Guardain-Imaginations through the looking glass DVD
a demons&wizards shirt

Lacuna Coil-in a reverie
Evergrey-Recreation Day
Vanden Plas-AcCult
Evergrey-the inner circle
Epica-the phantom agony
circle II Circle- watching in silence
after forever-invisible circles
masterplan
tad morose-Modus Vivendi (the last copy of it)

 

[Daybreaker]

Suprisingly, I only bought three cds this year. I did come with about 200 less bucks than usual however I did score 7 shirts. Theocracy! Wuthering Heights, two Edguy (kinda annoyed I bought the one with Euro dates and then the next day saw the same shirt but with the North Amercan shows on the back), Avantasia long sleeve, Dream Evil, Sonatas Takatalvi.

The cds were Once, two Platitude and Teddy gave me his Loch Voztok to review.

Woo, I got a new wardrobe now.
Ben

 

[Metalmilitia2000]

CDs -

Halcyon Way - Demo
Magistral - Demo
Enertia - 2003 Demo
Progpower Sampler
Miles Beyond - Demo
Lacuna Coil - Comalies Ozzfest Edition Sampler
CM Distro - Sampler
Enertia - Momentum
Nevermore - Nevermore
Pyramaze - Meloncholy Beast
Therion - Sirius B/Lumeria (Special Edition)
Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Lilitu - Memorial
Lilitu - The Delores Lesion
Prototype - Trinity

DVD -

Green Carnation - Alive and Well... In Krakow

Shirts -

Annihilator - My Precious Lunatic Asylum (2002 european tour dates on back)
Iced Earth - Alive in Athens (setlist on back)
Progpower 5
Progpower 2 (won it in gold badge raffle)
Weapons of Mass Destruction

Brent