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Autopsy-Morbidity Triumphant-like this also Ken Mode-Null Lord Mantis-Death Mask Siege/Drop Dead-30th Anniversary addition Dystopia/Humans=Garbage Joy Division/Unknown Pleasures-back in college when I was working with a fledgling Shakespeare troupe, my friend fellow Shakespearean cast member, Steve Barney (RIP) who was into alternative rock and punk and such lent me a Joy Division tape he thought I might like knowing I liked metal. I always knew this was an influential album but never really delved into the backstory. The CD I bought a few years ago has a second live CD with the same tracks for the most part and is very good, sonically. It's actually a good live rendering of the studeio tracks. I read the liner notes for the first time and it talks about how raw the band was live and how the producer was difficult to work with and treated the band like children. Some of the members hated the album's production initially even going so far as to say it made them sound like Pink Floyd (which it certainly does not). In retrospect, the the surviving members all seem to agree the production choices were a masterstroke despite him being a control freak. The band felt manipulated but the collaboration resulted in an iconic piece of music. Now, years later, I understand why Steve wanted me to listen to one of his favorite bands. Steve was a very intelligent and interesting character-lanky, quirky, fun loving, compassionate dude with long curly hair-he looked like a rock'n'roll Gollum. He waved his freak flag proud. We maintained our friendship when we both moved to the DC/Baltimore area. He got married, cut his hair and became a civic engineer. He was so creative, often writing scripts and producing theater and continued to perform until the end of his life whereas I moved on with my extra curriculars . He was a kind man who was loved by everyone he knew. Sadly, he passed from cancer a few years ago. Steve was one of of those unique and special individuals who touch your life and pass on through the unknowable looking glass, proving the good often die young. But he must have realized back in the 80's that the dark, slow burn, seething sounds of Unknown Pleasures, teetering on loss of control and madness was metal adjacent. The university of Google informs me it influenced diverse metal artists including Tom Warrior and Neurosis. It must have been an influence on post metal and sludge, metal genres that were years from being born. The companion disc catches the way the band must have sounded live, whereas the producer felt that a studio album shouldn't simply replicate the band in a live setting. One of the great rock albums of all time.

Was out with old forum-mate "Requiem" on Saturday, enjoying some of Kentucky's finest bourbon prior to Desecrator. As a result I'm on a bit of a Desecrator kick atm - np "Summoning".

Yeah I stopped looking for about 6 months because it just wasn't worth wasting my time.

That happens to me constantly too. I wear a large, and it's always the first size to go...it's either a medium or a fucking small left in stock

Dear label/distributor....it does me no good to get an email for merch that sells out before the email actually even arrives. Like, at least stagger that shit with a set "goes on sale" time or something

Septicflesh - Esoptron (1995)

Giger was a master visionary and his Air Brush skills were legendary. He was a massive influence on my own art.

Disclose - The Aspects of War, 1997 Japan Disclose - Tragedy, 1994 Japan Disclose - Yesterday's Fairytale, Tomorrow's Nightmare, 2003 Japan

Rush - Grace Under Pressure Live

Devin Townsend Project - Transcendance

LIK - Misanthropic Breed

Autopsy - Morbidity Triumphant - dig it.

New Riot City album is up for stream "Electric Elite"

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