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X Factor was originally released on clear vinyl I believe, not picture disc. I played my picture disc of Dance of Death and it sounded better than remembered so have cancelled my orders. I may buy if the price comes down but they're too expensive right now.

Ooh, ooh. Definites- The Final Frontier. A favourite and my pic disc doesn't play well. Dance of Death. A special/personal record to me and, again, my pic disc is poor. Brave New World. Never had the vinyl before. Excited for this. Maybes- Matter of Life and Death. My pic disc plays quite...

I've got all the studios now. They've a working class charm that lets them get away with standard rockers. It's Biff's vocals that win me over. I enjoy the new stuff, but admittedly there are dry spells. Battering Ram is patchy. Sacrifice is strong overall. Call To Arms is one of their best, up...

Such is life. Sad but true. It's like a rocket firework. The initial 5 albums are hugely exciting as the rocket rises at considerable speed(Ooh!) culminating in an agreeable explosion(Ahh!) with PS-7th. Then the fall begins and disappointment sets in, but we still have strong directional...

An exciting time that was. I was stinking up the official bb (free!) loving BNW. I've enjoyed all of the reunion stuff bar the absolute garbage that is TBOS. Life's too short. It's fun watching the jumbo on YouTube though.

Their initial releases of ep's and the first two lp's were based on traditional ghost stories and the third lp was a new story of their own, again about ghoulies. But This is no Fairytale , as the title suggests, is about the horror of child abuse, told from the victims perspective. Hence the...

You'd never believe me. I like all of Metallica's albums. Top tier, I can happily listen to every track - Justice, Death Magnetic and Lulu. Middle group are records I used to fully enjoy but over familiarity and my ageing has taken the shine off a bit. Undeniable classics though - 1st 3 and...

I have a theory about the track order, but it's best left unsaid. Otherwise it could be down to lengths of songs and getting them to fit nicely on the vinyl. Dream is 6'29'', Savage 6'30'' so nothing in it there, but side D inherits lengthy Revenge(7'17'') from side C which fits better with...

Now I've got vinyl in hand I must say it sounds and looks great. I'm not sure where to rank it as I'm very fond of all their releases, but this is high. Much higher than I originally thought after the leak. The track order on the vinyl is better than the cd; Savage 5th on disk 1 instead of Dream...

I like Atlas, but all the tracks sound very generic to me. How many riffs did they have? Minus Kirk's phone obviously...mmm. It's looking like their worst effort with no new interesting stuff. (BOS pt2 ;) ) Metallicheese.

Metallica had them on the ropes once I'd heard 'Ride the Lightning' in '85 just before LAD came out. I'm not a huge fan of live albums anyway, and the lightning theme seemed a spooky coincidence in a changing of the guard sort of way. By '86 we got Puppets plus Slayer's Reign in Blood, DLR's...

I've always been welded to a record player. Late '60's - old 78's by various and my Puff the Magic Dragon lp. 70's - T.Rex, Genesis, Who, Black Sabbath, Stevie Wonder, Hawkwind, Beatles, Beach Boys, Jam, Pistols, Stranglers, Floyd, Motorhead, Saxon... 80's - Maiden, Van Halen, Priest, Zep...

Moth sounds like Disposable Heroes by Green Day, complete with a nasal whiney chorus like all those US bands do nowadays. Kirk's solo and rif underneath is my fave bit, but that's saying nowt.

I'm undecided about Kirk. Agreed on the go-to stock pattern thing but sometimes he does manage to create interesting detailing over busy riffage. More like garnish. I think that's a skill. A fancy, full-on melodic player wouldn't fit. Shortest Straw's a good un.

Empire's very ordinary with a bit of piano. It's certainly long but not really progressive. Just my view. Fans seem to love it, the same with Hardwired and Moth but they're leaving me cold. Not totally, but mostly.

No way is this DM pt2. This time last time we had 'The Day That Never Comes', an intricate, well written song with a classy vid. 'Moth' is a basic E groove. Nothing wrong with that, but it's not setting my pants on fire. I'm bored of 'Hardwired' already. People say it's punky but Metallica can't...

I hadn't seen your post prior to posting mine. Nicko possibly added stuff, I wouldn't know for sure.

I'm sure I read Satellite 15 was, apart from Bruce, entirely Adrian's work. No Steve, no Nico, no one else, or did I read that wrong? I believe it was Adrian's demo and it was pretty much left alone. I'm very fond of TFF but the intro's a pain. I remember buying the cd, sticking it in the car...

I like the track. It's sounding like another 'template album' á la Book of Souls.

They don't just perform rock songs, they create sound sculptures. St. Anger is their depth record. Down-tuned, everyone 'dead' bar bass. Death Magnetic is a time machine, right down to the DeLorean logo. Kill-Justice are height, Black-S&M width.