The Scrounger's ReportMay 11, 1999Damn, I need to win the lottery....*sigh*I went out and did my CD shopping. Oy. Entirely too many CDs and not enough money. The shoppe had even more than I thought they would: Riot - whole bunches. Nightbreaker, Bretheren, Fire Down Under, Live in Japan, Narita Blind Guardian - Imaginations from the Otehr Side, Tales from the Twilight World, Nightfall in Middle Earth Gamma Ray - damned near everything (when does "Power Plant" get released in the U.S.?) Stratovarius - again, damned near everything. Nocturnal Rites - Sacred Talisman and Tales of Mystery & Imagination. Steel Prophet - Dark Hallucinations Therion - Theli, Vovin, Luc'@#@*$%&whadjamacallit and a few more I've forgotten. I had only planned to buy 2 discs....NOT. Much teeth-gnashing and anguish was involved in making my decsion. I decided on the following 4 CDs: (only cursory listens so far) Steel Prophet - Dark Hallucinations. This may have been a mistake. I went by the track I had heard on the Iron Maiden tribute "A Call to Irons". Vocally very similar to Iron Maiden, but add the "power-drumming" of many death- and black-metal bands. Riot - Nightbreaker. Sounds good at first listen. Blind Guardian - Imaginations From the Other Side. I don't think this band is capable of turning out a bad album. Nocturnal Rites - Sacred Talisman. I've only heard the first 2 tracks, but if they're any indication, the band has one-upped "Tales of Mystery and Imagination" which was a great album in its own right. Does anyone have "In a Time of Blood and Fire" that they feel like trading away? Anyhoo, I could have spent $300-400 without even thinking hard. It's such an unusual experience these days. Most of the time, when I go into a retail CD store, I have to hunt for even 1 or 2 CDs I want to buy. This little indy shoppe always has bunched of stuff I absolutely must have. *sigh* -Dan |
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