I would've updated this over a month ago when I picked up the new album Siren Charms, but as it turns out, the entire first pressing of the deluxe edition was defective. after a few weeks of waiting, the record label finally offered people corrected replacement discs about a week ago. I received mine in the mail just yesterday. at one point in the past these guys were my favorite band, and this collection is quite possibly the most complete that I own, just slightly ahead of Katatonia - betwee
(shout-out to Jedi Master J. for gifting this game to me) story time: I was utterly obsessed with Harvest Moon when I was younger. it was one of the games I played on my brothers' Nintendo 64 a lot as a kid, and then when I got older I had the DS version and was so addicted to it that my parents had to take my DS away from me sometimes just to get me to sleep and eat. so after seeing Stardew Valley touted by multiple sites and people whose opinions I generally trust as being "like Harvest Mo
(L-R: Somewhere Far Beyond, Imaginations from the Other Side, and Nightfall in Middle-Earth) about 10 days ago I dropped $24 on a set of three classic Blind Guardian CDs from Japan, and to my surprise, they arrived today. they’re all the original Japanese pressings with bonus tracks and booklets in both English and Japanese, although Nightfall in Middle-Earth is missing the obi strip which is slightly disappointing but not surprising. really nice to finally own these albums, especially copies
just sort-of completed my Converge collection. top to bottom: - Petitioning the Empty Sky (1998 Equal Vision edition) - When Forever Comes Crashing - Jane Doe - You Fail Me - No Heroes - Axe to Fall - All We Love We Leave Behind I say it's "sort-of" completed because A. Petitioning the Empty Sky is defective and has to be replaced and B. I don't have Halo in a Haystack, their long-out-of-print debut. I'd like to get the two rarities/early material compilations, Caring and Killing and Unlov
bit of a small discography this time as the band only has three full-length albums (so far; they're recording a new one currently). yet another band that went from a casual interest to an overall favorite of mine. these guys have had an interesting stylistic progression - from heavy sludge/stoner metal on Red Album to a more progressive/alternative rock sound on Yellow & Green, with Blue Record somewhere in between. all of it is really good, though, which is not something that can be said
