The Annual Glorious PPUSA Haul Thread that is so epic it hurts.

[Mosquito]

I'm starting this specifically because I was joking with someone else about the inevitable haul thread. So I'm doing it before anyone else can! Take that!

CD's
-=-=-=-=-
Pestilence - Spheres
Jorn - The Duke
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies
Warmachine - The Beginning Of The End
Pyramaze - Melancholy Beast
(Morgana) Lefay - Symphony Of The Damned
Devin Townsend - Synchestra
Mundanus Imperium - The Spectral Spheres Coronation
Saviour Machine - S/T
Masterplan - Aeronautics
Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Voyager - Element V
Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven and Hell Pt. 1
Virgin Steele - The Marriage Of Heaven and Hell Pt. 2
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Mercenary - Retrospective
SpiRitual - Pulse
Devil Doll - Dies Irae
..and any sampler type stuff of course

DVD's
-=-=-=-=-
Arena - Smoke & Mirrors
Arcturus - Shipwrecked In Oslo
Therion - Celebrators Of Becoming

Shirts
-=-=-=-=-
Skyclad - Shield and Swords on it..
Sodom - Apparently I was the only one at the fest who bought this shirt from Ned's table...I cry =(
Symphony X - Just the logo on the front..but was saddened when I realized there were tourdates on the back
Evergrey - The PP special shirt

Posters
-=-=-=-=-
Evergrey - Both the MMA and Rec. Day posters...Was suppose to have a Rec day one years ago but stuff at the table got screwed and I didn't get one
Devin Townsend - Synchestra Poster
Sonata Arctica
Edguy
Candlemass
Into Eternity
...think thats all...I don't have them out right now..

Signed Stuff
-=-=-=-=-
Evergrey setlist
Drum thingy signed by Mercenary along with some nice drawings on it thanks to Mike Park.


All in all...a job well done....what do I win? There is a consolation prize right?
justin

 

[dcowboys311]

Shit, I can't get anywhere close to that. To be fair, I didn't have much money.

Mercenary - 11 Dreams
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Circus Maximus - The First Chapter
Pyramaze - Legend of the Bone Carver

Free magazines, free posters of Mercenary, Vanden Plas, and Enchant.

That's about it.

 

[mtndewqueen88]

DVDs:
Evergrey's A Night to Remember
Therion's Celebrators of Becoming
ProgPower USA V

CDs:
Mercenary's The Hours That Remain
Angra's "Temple of Shadows"
Edguy's "Theater of Salvation" (gift from Nathan)
Evergrey's "Solitude Dominane Tragedy"
Circus Maximus "The 1st Chapter"
Beyond Twilight's "For the Love of Art and the Making"
Blind Guardian's "A Twist in The Myth"

T-Shirts:
PP VII Girlie
Nightmare Records Tank (autographed by Lance King)
Epica Girlie
Therion Girlie

Plus that free Mercenary poster \m/

 

[AngraRULES]

Oh lord, this is one of the most fun threads on the forum and yet, the most painful. Here we go:

(Takes a deep breath)

CD's :

Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Into Eternity - The Scattering of Ashes
Symphony X - Twilight in Olympus
Carnivora - Re-Incarnal
Zero Hour - Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond
Manticora - The Black Circus
Levitation - Let it Be Known
James Labrie - Mullmuzzler 2
Jorn - Worldchanged
Vanden Plas - Christ 0 (Thanks Justin)
Silent Cry - Dance of Shadows
Mindflow - Mind Over Body
Suspyre - The Silvery Image
Lanfear - The Art Effect
Loch Vostok - Dark Logic

DVD's:

Vision Divine - Stage of Consciousness

T-Shirts:

Finland (present from Aki, thank you SO MUCH bro)
Angra - Holy Land (present from Pat, than you SO MUCH bro)
Jorn - girlie (for Paula)

Posters:

Dark Empire (many of them)

Other Things:

Drumstick used and signed by Jorn's drummer (the Pagan's Mind one, thanks Dave)
Michelle Luppi's guitar pick (what an awesome business card lol)

 

[KaptainKrude]

I attempted to stick to a pre-determined list this year, and for the most part succeeded. Had The End Records been there, I probably would have passed on a few titles listed here in favor of some things they surely would have had for sale, but as it stands I'm very pleased with this haul, where about 90% of my purchases were from Laser's Edge.

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Beyond Twilight - For Love and the Art of the Making
Evergrey - Solitude, Dominance, Tragedy (Special Edition)
Evergrey - Recreation Day (Limited Edition)
Fragile Vastness - A Tribute to Life
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (Remaster)
Green Carnation - A Blessing in Disguise
Indukti - S.U.S.A.R.
Masterplan - Masterplan (Limited Edition Digibook)
Masterplan - Masterplan II: Aeronautics (Limited Edition Digibook)
McGill, Manring, Stevens - Additon by Subtraction
McGill, Manring, Stevens - Controlled by Radar
McGill, Manring, Stevens - What We Do
Mercenary - Everblack
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Mindflow - Mind Over Body
Persuader - When Eden Burns
Scar Symmetry - Symmetric In Design
The Thought Industry - Songs For Insects
The Thought Industry - Black Umbrella
The Thought Industry - Recruited To Do Good Deeds For The Devil
The Thought Industry - Short Wave On A Cold Day
Twisted Into Form - Then Comes Affliction To Waken The Dreamer
Unexpect - In A Flesh Aquarium
Wastefall - Fallen Stars and Rising Scars
Wastefall - Soulrain 21
Wastefall - Self Exile

Looks like my 8th grade students are gonna be bombarded with even more music they've never heard of. But hey, if I'm not gonna help them realize there's more to music than DJ Fuckhead, who is?

 

[LunaTEKKE]

My favorite CD/DVD finds:
Leatherwolf – Leatherwolf (Woo hoo!! I had the original on vinyl, and haven’t been able to replace it on CD until now.)
Doctor Butcher – Doctor Butcher
Brazen Abbot – Live and Learn
Brazen Abbot – A Decade of Brazen Abbot DVD (with Joe Lynn Turner)
Pre-Ordered the PPVII CD/DVD Combo

CDs I *finally* decided to check out since they were only $10-12:
Red Circuit – Trance State
Angra – Angels Cry
Cloudscape – Cloudscape
Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage (I suspect I am the only poster on this forum who hasn’t heard this CD…)

Clothing:
An assortment of Symphony X t-shirts
PPVII t-shirt (I missed out on the girlies)

Stuff I *wish* I could have purchased, but couldn’t find:
Any article of clothing with the “Circus Maximus” logo
Dreamtone CD
“Babydoll” t-shirts – sizes M or L (I bought a couple of smalls, but by the time I get them out of the wash, I’ll probably have to donate them to my friend’s 3-year old…)

Stuff I’m now kicking my own ass for NOT buying:
Prior ProgPower DVDs

 

[Wyvern]

The haul from PPVII was astounding in terms of getting albums which are almost OOP or very expensive and I got them for incredible prices and without S&H charges, not only that the guy at CD Inzane gave me a discount

Tank - "Power Hunter"
Tank -"This Means War"
Tank -"Honour And Blood"
Tank -"Still At War"
(so I only need one album for thre whole collection now)

Tarot - "The Spell Of Iron" (remaster)
Tarot - "Stigmata" (remaster)

(I don't care about the prices online I'm going for the other three I need as soon as I can haul again)

Riot - "Narita" (reissue)

Camel - "Camel" (remaster)
Camel - "Moonmadness" (remaster)
Camel - "The Snow Goose" (remaster)
Camel - "Mirage" (remaster)

(fuck I missed "Raindances" I guess, not sure if I saw it)

Uriah Heep - "Very 'Umble, Very 'Eavy" (remaster)
Uriah Heep - "The Magician's Birthday" (remaster)
Uriah Heep - "Salisbury" (remaster)
Uriah Heep - "Look At Yourself" (remaster)

Leatherwolf - "Leatherwolf"
Leatherwolf - "Leatherwolf" (two different albums with the same name)
Leatherwolf - "Street Ready"
Leatherwolf - "World Asylum"

(these guys converted me absolutely, I love this pure metal outfit)

Blitzkrieg - "Absolute Power"
Gaskin - " Stand Or Fall"

(these two came on a 2x1 at a reduced price)

Pretty Maids - "Anything Worth Doing Is Worth Overdoing"
Chris Poland - "Rare Trax"
Sweet Savage - "Rune"

plus the PPVII sampler and a sampler (freebie) by a band Shock Opera which was handled at the entrance of The Loft. Those of you who got it please check it it worth it.

NP: Uriah Heep - 'Lucy Blues'

 

[JenniferLynn]

i got a lot of CDs - my faves so far

Both Vision Divine discs
Circus Maximus
Vanden Plas - Crist-o (given to me)

But i gotta admit, out of all the stuff I have yet to sort thru the greatest two things I got...

I literally took the shirt off someone's back (given I got it in a bag with another shirt the following day, but still... )

 

[ragingsaxmachine]

CD's:
Freak Kitchen - Move and s/t
Savage Circus - Dreamland Manor
At Vance - Only Human

DVD's:
Dream Theater - Score

Tees:
Jorn (turns out they gave me a baby doll when I asked a small. Bastards! It's going up on my wall)
PPVII shirt

Misc:
Signed Simone picture
Signed booklet by all of Epica

This, combined with food and transportation, was a 200 dollar affair. Pretty meager budget...next year I hope to bring about half a grand.

 

[Hajeka]

CDS/Special Stuff
Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Dreamscape - Trance Like State
Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings (Special LTD Edition)
Opeth - Morning Rise (Silver Circle Tin)
HammerFall - Crimson Thunder (Special Comic Edition)
Venom - MMV (4-CD Box Collection)
Epica - The Road To Paradiso (Book/"CD")
Katatonia - The Black Sessions (2 CD/& DVD)

DVDS
Within Temptation - The Silent Force Tour (w/Audio CD)
Vision Divine - Stage of Consciousness
Arcturnus - Shipwrecked in Oslo
ProgPower USA V DVD

Vinyl
Lacuna Coil - Our Truth (8" Single)
Lacuna Coil - Enjoy the Silence (8" Single)

Magazine
Explicity Intense #16 04 Magazine (only cause it had Rhapsody on the cover)

Free Stuff
Lots!! From Magazines, to demos and gifts
Thanks Sean!

I totally intended to buy more DVDs and CDs, I guess at times I was having too much fun to go back and buy anything! But I'm a few hundred dollars short than before..

 

[Mountain King]

came out pretty good this year, seems like I really saved most of this type of stuff for the festival, good to hear some discs that people have been talking about all year. It'll probably take me a while to get through listening and taking all these in...

Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth
Frameshift - An Absence of Empathy
Freak Kitchen - Appetizer
Freak Kitchen - Self Titled
Mercenary - First Breath
Mercenary - The Hours that Remain
Scar Symmetry - Symetric in Design
Scar Symmetry - Pitch Black Progress
Sonata Arctica - For the Sake of Revenge (cd/dvd)
Vanden Plas - Christ O
Wastefall - Fallen Stars and Rising Scars
Wastefall - Soulrain 21
Wastefall - Self Exile

 

[powermetal2000]

I didn't pick up as much as I have in previous years, but here's what I got.

CD's
Beautiful Sin - The Unexpected
Blind Guardian - A Twist In The Myth
Cloudscape - Cloudscape
Cloudscape - Crimson Skies
Dark Empire - Distant Tides
Images Of Eden - Sunlight Of The Spirit
Katagory V - A New Breed Of Rebellion
Katagory V - The Rising Anger
Laaz Rockit - Annihilation Principle
Manticora - The Black Circus Part 1
Mystic Circle - The Bloody Path Of God
Prymary - The Tragedy Of Innocence
Rosa Ignea - Ancient Eyes
Seventh Wonder - Waiting In The Wings
Tomorrow's Eve - Mirror Of Creation
Virgin Steele -Visions Of Eden

Shirts

Mystic Prophecy
ProgPower VII

 

[booB]

My pussy-ish little haul:

Beyond Fear - s/t
Dark Arena - Alien Factor
Mercenary - The Hours That Remain
Moonspell - Memoriam (leave it to me to ALWAYS pick up at least one death metal cd at ProgPower)
Jon Oliva's Pain - Maniacal Renderings
Persuader - When Eden Burns
Thunderstone - Tools of Destruction
Winter's Bane - Redivivus

Since my list is so small, I'll mention a few discs that I meant to pick up but didn't:

Adagio - Dominate and Astral Doors - Astralism... couldn't find these. Baffling, to say the least.

Leatherwolf - World Asylum... I was holding out until I saw them play, and then, later, I forgot to pick it up. Will add to my collection ASAP.

Virgin Steele - Visions of Eden... nineteen frickin' dollars??? I'll wait until the US version comes out. I have plenty to listen to until then.

Zero Hour - Specs... see Leatherwolf. They sound damn good with Chris on vox; I've heard some of the disc, and it slays the hell out of A Fragile Mind.

 

[jhallum]

I wasn't there, but my checkbook was (in the form of my wife):

Zero Hour -- Specs
Twisted into Form --
Beautiful Sin -- The Unexpected

From Ken the week before the fest:

Pure Reason Revolution --The Dark Third
Jon Oliva's Pain -- Manaical Renderings
Mercenary -- Hours that Remain

From Impulse Music on the way to the my bro's wedding:

Therion -- Theli
Rage -- Unity(used)
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest -- Lost Horizons
Warmen -- Unknown Soldier
Planet Alliance -- s/t
Benedictum -- Uncreation
Hubi Meisel -- EmOcean
Jorn -- Starfire
Venturia -- A New Kingdom (great prog metal)
Wastefall -- Self Exile
Nightwish End of an Era (2 CD)
Velvet Revolver (used)

Lots of stuff to listen to!

 

[Coldfire Mouse]

Vanden Plas - Crist-o (given to me)

Girlie! YOu so totally need The God Thing AND Beyond Daylight by Vanden Plas. WE'll make a VP fan girl out of you yet!

Hugs

C

 

[kittybeast]

CD Haul:
Mercenary- The Hours that Remain (signed at greet)
Thunderstone- Tools of Destruction (signed at greet)
Brainstorm- Unholy (Tin casing)
Scorpions- #1's compilation
Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny (import)
Iron Maiden- X Factor
Iron Maiden - Wildest Dreams (import)
Iron Maiden- Re. of Benjamin Breeg CD and Vinyl (Thanks Exploding Neds!)
CIIC- Middle of Nowhere
Masterplan- Aeronautics
Symphorce- Truth to Promises
Hellfueled- Born II Rock (tin casing)
Doug Aldrich- Alter Ego
Jon Oliva's Pain- Maniacal renderings (digipak)
Chris Caffery- Music Man
Conception - FLOW import (again thanks to CD Inzane for the win!)
Edguy- Vain Glory Opera
Savatage- Handful of Rain
Primal Fear- Black Sun
Jorn- Worldchanger
Jorn- Stargazer
Uli Jon Roth- metamorphosis

Tees:
PPVII small (thanks Wheezer!!)
Jorn

Signed:
Evergrey- MMA
Jorn- The Duke

 

[Bryan316]

Oh my god...


I cannot fathom the actual dollar totals some of you must've ran up!!!

 

[Jasonic]

Venom - MMV (4-CD Box Collection)
Katatonia - The Black Sessions (2 CD/& DVD)

How much was that VENOM box? I have been thinking about that as all the VENOM I have is on cassette!! (anyone old enough to remember those!)

I love that KATATONIA 2 disc / DVD set! One of my favorite releases from last year. The DVD is great.

 

[DGIRL]

Stuff I *wish* I could have purchased, but couldn’t find:
Dreamtone CD

You can purchase it here however...
The End Records

 

[MetalAges]

With comments, and quite a few of these replace MP3s I've had for a while now. OK here we go:

Luca Turilli - The Infiniate Wonders of Creation (eh)
Luca Turilli's Dreamquest - Lost Horizons (not bad)
Blind Guardian - A Twist in the Myth (eh)
Gamma Ray - Majestic (ok)
Black Steel - Hellhammer (not too bad)
Zero Hour - Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond (haven't opened yet)
Jorn - Out to Every Nation (cool!)
Jorn - Worldchanger (my fav from him)
Jorn - Starfire (cool)
Jorn - The Duke (awesome)
Cloudscape - S/T (finally, awesome stuff, the album Stratovarius should have made)
Stratovarius - S/T (ugh - see above)
Suspyre - The Silvery Image (killer group!)
Firewind - Allegiance (awesome!)
Cea Serin - ...where memories combine... (awesome)
Dragonforce - Inhuman Rampage (lots of whammy!)