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32 minutes ago, Requiem said:

Gosh, I'm not sure what to do. I can take or leave the patch, but the barbed wire and symbols thing intrigues me. If the CD cases/CDs are not the regular standard editions then it might be worth getting.

Does the booklet have any particular liner notes of interest - like background to the recordings or anything like that? Anything different from the standard editions is what I'm looking for. 

No, the booklet is only lyrics and credits for the songs.

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7 hours ago, Balor said:

No, the booklet is only lyrics and credits for the songs.

Oh ok, thanks for letting me know. It's a pity because I think if they're going to do something tricky like put three (random) albums in one package then they might as well give us something that people who already have the albums would care about.

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8 hours ago, Requiem said:

Oh ok, thanks for letting me know. It's a pity because I think if they're going to do something tricky like put three (random) albums in one package then they might as well give us something that people who already have the albums would care about.

Well, from what it looks like, the albums in the set are not completely random.  I think it was meant to be a collection of their work after the year 2000 (excluding Esoteric Warfare).  As to the market value of that plan, I have no idea.

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I actually went ahead about bought 'Got Your Six' by Five Finger Death Punch.

Admittedly it was only about 12 bucks, but this is still a big move on my part. I'd never heard the band's music until very recently - they were one of those bands that I ignored, like all of those modern so called 'metal' bands American kids these days are into. But I was really impressed with the track 'I Apologise' when I checked it out to see if this controversial singer is any good and to find out why their albums keep debuting at number two on the Billboard charts. I thought the song and video for 'I Apologise' were amazing to be honest. 

I can't say this is going to be still getting much rotation in a week or so, but for now I'm not entirely hating Five Finger Death Punch. I'll look back on this post in a fortnight's time and spit. 

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18 hours ago, Requiem said:

I actually went ahead about bought 'Got Your Six' by Five Finger Death Punch.

Admittedly it was only about 12 bucks, but this is still a big move on my part. I'd never heard the band's music until very recently - they were one of those bands that I ignored, like all of those modern so called 'metal' bands American kids these days are into. But I was really impressed with the track 'I Apologise' when I checked it out to see if this controversial singer is any good and to find out why their albums keep debuting at number two on the Billboard charts. I thought the song and video for 'I Apologise' were amazing to be honest. 

I can't say this is going to be still getting much rotation in a week or so, but for now I'm not entirely hating Five Finger Death Punch. I'll look back on this post in a fortnight's time and spit. 

I'm already spitting. My hand is gripping the ban hammer, tread carefully. ?

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7 hours ago, BlutAusNerd said:

I'm already spitting. My hand is gripping the ban hammer, tread carefully. ?

I'll admit it's a pretty left field experiment. We'll see how it goes. It's in my car and to be honest I've already lost interest in the two or three days I've had it. I'll give it a few more spins.

It's pretty interesting sonically. It's like a cross between Pantera and Coal Chamber or something with a foolishly synthetic Kevin Churko production. I seriously don't understand how Churko has a career, but all his albums seem to sell. He made Ozzy sound like a robot on 'Scream' and the singer in 5FDP has a lot of his aggressive potential smothered in computer fuzz. Everything sounds so goddamn synthetic. 

I'm currently listening to Sentenced - 'North From Here' if that makes you feel any better...

EDIT: I just realised I don't own 'Shadows of the Past', Sentenced's first album. What the hell?? Travesty. 

6 hours ago, FatherAlabaster said:

"Go on, judge! Shit on him!" :D

I wouldn't want to belong to a forum that would have me as a member....

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I actually went ahead about bought 'Got Your Six' by Five Finger Death Punch.

Admittedly it was only about 12 bucks, but this is still a big move on my part. I'd never heard the band's music until very recently - they were one of those bands that I ignored, like all of those modern so called 'metal' bands American kids these days are into. But I was really impressed with the track 'I Apologise' when I checked it out to see if this controversial singer is any good and to find out why their albums keep debuting at number two on the Billboard charts. I thought the song and video for 'I Apologise' were amazing to be honest. 

I can't say this is going to be still getting much rotation in a week or so, but for now I'm not entirely hating Five Finger Death Punch. I'll look back on this post in a fortnight's time and spit. 

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16 hours ago, Requiem said:

I'll admit it's a pretty left field experiment. We'll see how it goes. It's in my car and to be honest I've already lost interest in the two or three days I've had it. I'll give it a few more spins.

It's pretty interesting sonically. It's like a cross between Pantera and Coal Chamber or something with a foolishly synthetic Kevin Churko production. I seriously don't understand how Churko has a career, but all his albums seem to sell. He made Ozzy sound like a robot on 'Scream' and the singer in 5FDP has a lot of his aggressive potential smothered in computer fuzz. Everything sounds so goddamn synthetic. 

I'm currently listening to Sentenced - 'North From Here' if that makes you feel any better...

EDIT: I just realised I don't own 'Shadows of the Past', Sentenced's first album. What the hell?? Travesty. 

I wouldn't want to belong to a forum that would have me as a member....

You don't have Shadows of the Last? That's one of the two Sentenced albums worth owning! WTF?

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You don't have Shadows of the Last? That's one of the two Sentenced albums worth owning! WTF?

It's the only album of theirs that I don't have. Their later albums are some of my favourite of all time (I know where you stand on them), but even so, I'm not sure how 'Shadows of the Past' slipped past me. I hate having one release of a discography missing, whether it's great or not. 

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I actually went ahead about bought 'Got Your Six' by Five Finger Death Punch.

Admittedly it was only about 12 bucks, but this is still a big move on my part. I'd never heard the band's music until very recently - they were one of those bands that I ignored, like all of those modern so called 'metal' bands American kids these days are into. But I was really impressed with the track 'I Apologise' when I checked it out to see if this controversial singer is any good and to find out why their albums keep debuting at number two on the Billboard charts. I thought the song and video for 'I Apologise' were amazing to be honest. 

I can't say this is going to be still getting much rotation in a week or so, but for now I'm not entirely hating Five Finger Death Punch. I'll look back on this post in a fortnight's time and spit. 

Why tho? 

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If anyone is interested my Five Finger Death Punch phase is over. Barely used CD going cheap. 

Recently arrived in mail:

Devilment - 'II Mephisto Waltzes'. This is so much fun, even more so than their first album. 'Hitchcock Blonde' is the feel good anthem of the year. The CD booklet is a complete screw up though, with no fewer than about five pages repeated and probably the same number missing. I hope heads rolled at Nuclear Blast for that. I'm going to write to them and see if they will send me a new, correct, booklet. In over 25 years of CD purchasing I've never seen a booklet format mistake anywhere near it.

Blind Guardian - 'Live Beyond the Spheres' 3 CD digipak. All your favourite Blind Guardian songs performed live with worse vocals. Yay....

 

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If anyone is interested my Five Finger Death Punch phase is over. Barely used CD going cheap. 

Recently arrived in mail:

Devilment - 'II Mephisto Waltzes'. This is so much fun, even more so than their first album. 'Hitchcock Blonde' is the feel good anthem of the year. The CD booklet is a complete screw up though, with no fewer than about five pages repeated and probably the same number missing. I hope heads rolled at Nuclear Blast for that. I'm going to write to them and see if they will send me a new, correct, booklet. In over 25 years of CD purchasing I've never seen a booklet format mistake anywhere near it.

Blind Guardian - 'Live Beyond the Spheres' 3 CD digipak. All your favourite Blind Guardian songs performed live with worse vocals. Yay....

 

What does Devilment sound like? I only know the name from the Dani Filth connection.

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