King Diamond
[Above: Front]
Halloween
This shaped picture LP has two of my favorite songs by King Diamond -- Halloween and Sleepless Nights. Both songs are taken from the 2004 album 'Deadly Lullabyes Live'...
[Above: Back]
[Above: Metal Blade stickers that came with the album. Front.]
[Above: Back. These logos are getting pretty damn stupid. Is the goal these days to make band logos completely unreadable?!]
Iron Maiden
[Above: Front in sleeve with paper backing]
Baphomet
This shaped picture record has got to be the strangest I've ever seen from Maiden. At first I thought it had to be a bootleg, but no, it is official. There is a music video for the song 'From Here to Eternity' that has this baphomet in it (a still of it is on the back of the record).
[Above: Back of paper backing]
[Above: Here is the record itself]
[Above: Back of record]
[Above: Here is something strange that I've never seen before. It's called a 'plinth', which is a base. This basically folds into a holder for display. The whole 'Hell ain't a bad place - Hell is From Here To Eternity' is the chorus from the song.]
[Above: The back of the plinth.]
Metal Inferno
[Above: Front cover]
Baphomet
The 1985 legendary compilation 'Metal Inferno'. The first time I ever heard Venom was here! The anthem of Black Metal -- the track after the same name. It was also the first time I heard the incredible bands Widow and Witchfinder General. Cloven Hoof's Laying Down the Law and Demon's Don't Break the Circle are also great songs. There is also a cassette version of this.
[Above: Back of LP]
[Above: Record]
Judas Iscariot
[Above: Front cover]
Proclamations of Intolerance
This 2018 four 7" EP boxset was released by Ascension Monuments Media. There is some controversy regarding it -- it uses bootlegs and apparently the guy who released it ripped a number of people off. As you will see, it is limited to 200 copies. It also came with three patches, but oddly two of the same patch. Whether this was a mistake or what I'm not sure?
[Above: Back of boxset]
[Above: Spine of boxset]
[Above: Record sleeve the 7 inches come in. It is extremely cheap feeling.]
[Above: Arise... My Lord - Black Clouds Roll Under the Parapet of the Sky (unreleased version).]
[Above: Arise... My Lord - The Wind Stands Silent (unreleased version).]
[Above: Midnight Frost (To Rest With Eternity). Side A.]
[Above: Midnight Frost (To Rest With Eternity). Side B.]
[Above: March of the Apocalypse - Armageddon.]
[Above: March of the Apocalypse - Extinction.]
[Above: To The Coming Age of Intolerance - War (Burzum cover).]
[Above: Winterheart (Crimson Evenfall cover).]
[Above: Patch #1 An Ancient Starry Sky.]
[Above: Patch #2 Heaven In Flames.]
Pesky Gee!
[Above: Front cover]
Exclamation Mark
This band is the first iteration of what would become Black Widow, except this is really horrible. Not my taste at all, but interesting nonetheless. This CD is very rare and you can see why -- no one likes it! It's crazy how they would end up doing one of the coolest songs in metal -- Come to the Sabbat.
[Above: Close-up of cover art.]
[Above: Back of CD case.]
[Above: Inner tray art.]
[Above: CD.]
[Above: The cover folds out into a poster - front.]
[Above: The cover folds out into a poster - reverse.]
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[Metal Blade Records ©2017]
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[EMI ©1992]
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[Kastle Killers ©1985]
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[Ascension Monuments Media ©2018]
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[Castle Music ©1969/2001]
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