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Collection of Metal / Punk LPs I Bought from a Guy Going to Prison for 10K

Collection of Metal / Punk LPs I Bought from a Guy Going to Prison for 10K

In the video below, I showcase an extensive collection of grindcore, punk, and death metal that I picked up from a seller who was about to go to prison in 2 days.

I paid $10,000 for over 600 12″ LPs and 700 7″ singles and EPs. Most of the collection consisted of death metal, punk, and grindcore, although there were some outliers. About 60% of it was first-press stuff, and the rest consisted of various reissues and limited editions.

The Backstory To This Collection

The acquisition of this collection has an interesting backstory. In February 2024, the same seller hit me up about selling a collection of death metal and grindcore CDs. We did the deal by mail. He told me he had an insane collection of records he was thinking about selling. The seller didn’t want to part with them, but was facing legal trouble that could involve prison time. He would only sell them if he needed to.

Fast forward to September 2025. I got a call from him saying that he wanted to sell those records. He described to me what he had to sell. It was such a massive collection that it would be worth a trip from Los Angeles to just outside Phoenix, Arizona. I told him that I would try to make some time in the next few weeks. He said if I wanted to get these, I had better come right now because there’s a distinct possibility he could be in prison for 25 years come Friday. He didn’t say what he was in trouble for, but I’m assuming it was some significant drug offense.

The Deal

I left LA at 10 p.m., drove to Arizona, checked into a hotel at 3 a.m., and met the guy the following afternoon. Most of the collections I buy are by mail, and I never meet the actual seller in person. For transactions over 10K, I will frequently go to the seller’s location and pick it up myself. We agreed on a price of $10,000 via Zelle for the entire collection. Normally, I usually only do deals via PayPal, but since we were meeting in person, I could see everything was on the up and up. I didn’t bother haggling with him because the price was fair. It came out to about six dollars a unit when you divided it by everything.

I loaded up my truck and drove back to LA, and that was that.

Highlights

Here are some of the highlights from this awesome metal/punk collection.

Misfits – Halloween 7″ Single

Misfits - Halloween 7" Single 1981 Plan 9 – PL1017

Misfits – Halloween 7″ Single 1981 Plan 9 – PL1017 – This album is a true holy grail for punk collectors. Because of Glenn Danzig’s insistence on never reissuing anything (until now), this heavily bootlegged single is almost impossible to find.

VALUE = $1400

Misfits – Walk Among Us LP

Misfits – Walk Among Us LP 1982 Ruby Records – 1-25756

Misfits – Walk Among Us LP 1982 Ruby Records – 1-25756 – Although reissued several times, the first pressings are the ones you want. This copy is complete and includes the original inner sleeve and the Fiend Club flyer.

VALUE = $500

Impaled Nazarene ‎– Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz LP

Impaled Nazarene ‎– Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz LP 1993 Osmose ‎– OPLP010

Impaled Nazarene ‎– Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz LP 1993 Osmose ‎– OPLP010 – This album was the only black metal title in the entire collection. Fortunately, like all first pressings of Impaled Nazarene from the 90s, it’s worth a fortune.

VALUE = $370

Crossed Out / Man Is The Bastard – Split 7” EP

Crossed Out / Man Is The Bastard - Split 7” EP 1992 Slap A Ham - #14 VG+/VG+

Crossed Out / Man Is The Bastard – Split 7” EP 1992 Slap A Ham – #14 – I’m not even sure why this one is as expensive as it is.

VALUE = $300

Incantation ‎– Onward To Golgotha LP [RED]

Incantation ‎– Onward To Golgotha LP 1992 Relapse ‎– RR 6037 - 1 [RED]

Incantation ‎– Onward To Golgotha LP 1992 Relapse ‎– RR 6037 – 1 [RED] – “Onward” is the only Incantation album I give a crap about. The first pressing on red vinyl is very sought after by death metal heads and is worth a pretty penny.

VALUE = $300

Assuck – Anticapital LP

Assuck - Anticapital LP 1991 Sound Pollution Records – POLLUTE: 07 

Assuck – Anticapital LP 1991 Sound Pollution Records – POLLUTE: 07 – the price on this classic communist punk album will turn anyone into a capitalist real fast!

VALUE = $250

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Black/Death Metal Collection I Bought From A Guy Whose Brother Passed Away

The video below features a collection of approximately 1,200 CDs and over 400 vinyl albums that I recently purchased from a man in Pomona, whose brother had recently passed away.

The standout thing about this collection was its exceptional condition. Many of the records and CDs were brand new and still factory sealed. The records opened were NM/NM and placed in collector’s sleeves. The seller’s brother kept everything, from the download cards to the original hype stickers. He was clearly a man who was a serious collector and believed in keeping all his items in impeccable condition. Condition is essential to the value of records and CDs.

Additionally, another notable feature of this collection is that it contained almost no mainstream metal artists, such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, or Van Halen. It consisted almost exclusively of underground death and black metal. Most of the records were from 2016 and later. Some of the albums were duplicate copies of the same title, but with every color variant, which is pretty cool. The CDs began around 2005, with a few exceptions from the late 1990s, and continued up to releases from this year.

I met the seller in his garage in Pomona, where he had the records and CDs out in boxes. I spent about 45 minutes reviewing them and offered the man $ 7,000 for the collection. He gladly accepted. He was shocked at the amount of money I proposed. I could have provided less, but that was what it was worth. I’m not trying to take advantage of this delicate situation.

Heavy Metal Is Not A Passing Phase!

Unfortunately, I often find collections for sale from grieving family members and friends who have just inherited them. Because underground extreme metal is frequently misunderstood, trying to figure out what to do with a massive collection can be a complex and challenging process with a steep learning curve.

Many people’s parents may have told them when they were teenagers, “Heavy metal was just a passing phase”. Now that the music has been around for over 50 years, hardcore fans hold on to their collections for life and often take them to their graves.

If you would like more information about my process for purchasing a collection you may have inherited, I have created a special page that will answer all your questions here.

Standouts From This Collection

Here is a quick list of some of the best stuff from this haul.

Weakling – Dead As Dreams CD

Weakling - Dead As Dreams CD 2000 tUMULt – tm 17

Weakling – Dead As Dreams CD 1999 tUMULt – tm 17 – This CD is a rare “holy grail” for black metal collectors. “Dead As Dreams” was the only release from San Fransico’s Weakling before they disbanded in 2000.

Value = $250

Insomnium – Above the Weeping World LP

Insomnium - Above the Weeping World LP 2018 Candlelight - CANDLE753571 [Orange]

Insomnium – Above the Weeping World LP 2018 Candlelight – CANDLE753571 [Orange] – This is a limited run reissue of 2006’s “Above The Weeping World” is sold out and out-of-print. It’s already worth a bunch. What makes this more special, is it’s factory sealed!

Value = $200

Celtic Frost – Monotheist LP

Celtic Frost - Monotheist LP 2016 Century Media [1st Press LTD 500 2x WHITE] -

Celtic Frost – Monotheist LP 2016 Century Media [1st Press LTD 500 2x WHITE] – “Montheist” is perhaps the greatest heavy-metal comeback of all time. Pictured is a limited first, pressing on white vinyl, nearly impossible to find.

Value = $200

Panopticon – Autumn Eternal LP

Panopticon - Autumn Eternal LP 2016 Nordvis Produktion – NVP034LP

Panopticon – Autumn Eternal LP 2016 Nordvis Produktion – NVP034LP – An unlikely fusion of bluegrass and black metal combined with a limited run color scheme makes this album a rare and expensive find.

Value = $150

Machine Head – The Blackening LP

Machine Head - The Blackening LP 2024 Nuclear Blast [2x Ghostly Black] [New]

Machine Head – The Blackening LP 2024 Nuclear Blast [2x Ghostly Black] [New] – Originals of this album are so expensive, you may need to pawn vital organ to get one. What is worse, is the re-issues aren’t that much cheaper either.

Value = $150

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Why Trump’s Tariff Policies Will Make Metal Records & CD Unaffordable

Update 9/2/2025: Records, cassttes, and CDs are exepmt from new tariffs.
Read full post here.

Donald Trump was elected primarily on a platform to lower the cost of living, which increased during the Biden years. Instead of doing this, he turned to a bizarre trade war against the entire world. In contrast, some tariffs make sense in sectors where America’s getting the short end of the stick, such as in the auto industry. Blanket tariffs are a criminally stupid level of protectionism.

Not everything needs to be made in the United States, nor should it be. The point of global trade is that some countries do things better/cheaper than others, and in those cases, it makes sense to outsource the manufacturing. There will always be a trade deficit when America is the largest consumer.

How Tariffs Kill Underground Metal

Now, with physical music: Records, cassettes, and CDs. Anyone with even a basic understanding of the music business knows that record sales are no longer what they once were. thanks to streaming platforms like iTunes and Spotify. In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, when albums routinely went platinum, major labels often had regional pressing plants to distribute the records globally. Those days are long gone.

These days, a major label may only press 100,000 copies for even the biggest artist. However, when you delve into underground metal, the runs are much smaller. Many vinyl/CD pressings are initially limited to 1,000-2,500 copies. Some companies, such as Nuclear Blast and Candlelight, have both US pressings and EU pressings because their runs are larger. Every other label, such as Osmose Productions, Listenable Records, and Hammerheart, does not need to manufacture products anywhere except where they are closest.

The End Of The De Minimus Exemption

I buy from both American labels and European labels. For a period, you were able to circumvent the tariffs by ordering goods worth less than $800. Starting August 29th, 2025, the De Minimus exception is going away, and the justifications are ridiculous, see below:

“For decades, bad actors have taken advantage of America’s de minimis process by smuggling in deadly narcotics, harmful products, and other contraband in hidden products,” said Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin. “This loophole led to the death of thousands of Americans, fueled the opioid crisis, and harmed U.S. consumers. This decision to end de minimis will save American lives, increase revenue, and protect the American consumer and entrepreneur.”

The attempt to claim these tariffs will stop the flow of fentanyl is assinine. Fact is, it’s government greed, nothing less, nothing more. When you see right-wingers post about how Trump is sticking it to [insert country] with these tariffs. This is another place where people get it all wrong. Some faceless company does not pay these excessive tariffs in a foreign land. American business owners (who are the importers) pay them. I don’t care at all how much money the government has. They are just going to waste it pointlessly.

The UPS “Customs Brokers” Scam

Now, let’s examine the next piece of the puzzle. The tariffs are advertised as 15%, but as I am about to show you, they are actually much higher. Firstly, the tariffs are stuffed with a myriad of administrative fees that have nothing to do with the actual 15% you pay.

Next, and possibly more insulting, is the profiteering going on by companies like UPS. Here is an example of a tariff paid on a package valued at slightly over $800. The shipping companies have assumed the role of “customs broker” and charge insane arbitrary additional fees, which brings the actual tariff rate above 25%.

UPS CUSTOMS BROKER CHARGE
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You see Republicans bragging that the tariffs will not contribute to inflation; this is utter nonsense. It’s the same thing as when liberal states like California raised the minimum wage for fast food employees to $20. It drove the price of fast food in California to skyrocket.

There’s no way I can afford to have 25% added to my wholesale cost and not pass it along to the customer, especially with margins that are already razor-thin. The problem with this is that I cannot increase my price is 25% or people will stop buying physical media altogther

Hopefully, Donald Trump will wake up to the vast financial catastrophe he’s causing and return to free trade. If he does not, the Republicans will, and deserve to lose the midterms.

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I Bought London May’s CD Collection [Drums Samhain] – This Is What’s In It!

LONDON MAY DRUMS

This week, we have a celebrity update of sorts. The metal CD collection featured in this video was purchased from London May, who is the drummer for Samhain. He played on the last three Samhain albums, including the live album, as well as the Danzig demos, and for Tiger Army. In the video below, you can see a walk-through of the Collection, the first time I went through it.

I drove to Silver Lake to pick this up. I paid $2,000 for this collection, which I thought was a little high at the time, but after going through it, there was plenty of good stuff to justify the price tag. London was a super nice guy and we chatted about several topics, including some of the idiosyncrasies of Glenn Danzig. Glenn hates Erie von so much that he would rather lose millions to bootleggers than re-issue the albums he played on, which sounds pretty backward, but it is what it is.

The collection was a mix of death metal, a lot of hipster stuff from labels like Hydra Head, punk, some rap, and alternative. There were also some box sets in a bunch of 7” singles.

Top CD Title Rundown

Below are some of the standouts from the collection.

A.C. / Anal Cunt – It Just Gets Worse CD

A.C. / Anal Cunt – It Just Gets Worse CD


A.C. / Anal Cunt – It Just Gets Worse CD 1999 Earache – MOSH 195CD – The album that finally got the band dropped from the incredibly permissive Earache Records. With song titles like “Don’t Blame Me I Voted for Hitler” you can see why.

Value = $80

Leviathan – Verräter CD

Leviathan – Verräter CD

Leviathan – Verräter CD 2002 tUMULt – tm88 [2 Discs] – Repressed in 2006, the 2002 double disc version is quite a score.

Value = $70

Cattle Decapitation – Homovore CD

Cattle Decapitation - Homovore CD

Cattle Decapitation – Homovore CD 2000 Three One G – THREE ONE G #14 [Original] – The original indie Three One G release is pure death metal grindcore that predates the band’s long tenure on Metal’s Blade’s roster.

Value = $70

A.C./Anal Cunt – Defenders of the Hate CD

A.C./Anal Cunt - Defenders of the Hate CD

A.C./Anal Cunt – Defenders of the Hate CD 2007 Menace To Sobriety Records MTS017 – This album picks on the band’s world famous offensive lyrics where “I Just Gets Worse” left off. Check out “Even Though Your Culture Oppresses Women You Still Suck You Towelhead” if you don’t believe me.

Value = $70

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40K Collection of Rare Black Death Metal Stolen By An Employee & Returned

The video below features a massive $40,000 collection of rare black, death, and heavy metal CDs, tapes, and albums that were stolen from our store by a 3-year employee and subsequently returned.

While it is beneficial to recover some of the stolen merchandise, I need to determine how to obtain compensation for the additional $30,000 worth of merchandise that he sold on OfferUp and other platforms, which can’t be replaced. Over the past year, he has been taking about 1/3 of my inventory, intentionally targeting the most valuable and collectible items for resale.

This is the total amount we’ve added back to inventory so far. The value does not include over 120 items that have already been sold.

He did this by one of two methods: Either stealing the items as soon as they arrived before they were added to inventory, or he would delete the listings from my eBay store and then take them. He did this a little at a time, except for one occasion when I was out of town. I paid him to come over and feed my cats. It was during that time that he removed significant quantities of the albums.

When I asked him where all the other money went, noting that he had sold at least 600 albums worth roughly $50 each since December, he told me that he didn’t have any money left. I also asked if he could replace them with items from his own collection. All of a sudden, he didn’t own any albums except for the ones stolen from me.

How I Discovered The Theft

The theft occurred gradually over the last year and a half. I discovered this while editing this video. 

Usually, when I film videos for my YouTube channel, I do them in a single take. Most of the time, I don’t even review the footage. While filming this video, an issue arose with my camera, forcing me to complete the YouTube update in two sections and then edit them together. While I was looking for the edit point, I noticed that many of the most valuable CDs in the video weren’t in my eBay store inventory. 

I checked to ensure none of these items were on the shelves. Then, I began reviewing other videos, noticing the same pattern: featured items in videos that never made it to inventory.

When my employee arrived for work the next day, I confronted him with a list of the missing items and asked where they might be. He immediately became fidgety and nervous and began to look on the shelves, quickly leaving the store.

The next day, I called him, and he admitted that he had been stealing from me for a long time and that he would “make it right. The next day, at noon, boxes started to arrive outside my door, and he would text me to let me know that he had left items for me. The deliveries went on for over three weeks, and during that time, he returned almost 300 albums and 500 CDs, many very rare and valuable.”

Stolen Item Highlights 

Well, he did return a great deal of inventory, but I am still missing:

  • Over 600 of the most valuable albums from this collection I bought in Vegas. Several of the missing items were box sets worth over $200. When I purchased this collection, I hand-counted the records with the original owner, and the total number of items came to 1,985. By the time my employee finished with his theft, only 1,200 items made it to inventory. The discrepancy was so apparent that I called the original seller and asked if I had left some of the items in Vegas. I even suspected that he might have been the one who altered the deal.
  • I am also missing over 500 CDs from this collection, and I had noted in the original blog post that the amounts didn’t match up, although I didn’t know my employee was stealing at the time.
  • So many CDs were missing from the collection I bought locally that I lost money on the deal.
  • Over 100 CDs and LPs were missing from the collection I purchased in Greece.
  • Over 100 albums were stolen from this collection I purchased in Syracuse.
  • Countless cassettes were stolen from various collections over the years.
  • In many cases, the employees stole multiple copies of valuable items. Meaning he wasn’t keeping them for his collection. He was targeting them for resale, which he sold on OfferUp and to Amoeba Records.

If anyone has information or wants to help, please get in touch with me at 310-666-6996 or email jqmediala@gmail.com

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Top Selling Heavy Metal /Punk CDs & LPs of 2024 According To Thrash Metal IQ

We are late in publishing this list as we did our top-selling albums from last year. Based on the posts you see on this blog, you might think we only buy used heavy metal LP and CD collections. That is far from the truth. We buy brand-new CDs, LPs, and cassettes from a growing network of labels and distributors. We buy so much; brand-new music accounts for over 50% of our sales. These are our top-selling albums from 2024.

  • Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break The Oath CD 2020 Metal Blade – [Gatefold Digipak] 
  • NOFX – The Decline LP 1999 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT605-1 
  • Lifelover – Pulver LP 2023 Osmose Productions – OPLP213 [Red Marble] [New] *FR
  • Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back To Life CD 2017 Metal Blade 3984-14425-2  
  • Mercyful Fate – Melissa CD 2020 Metal Blade – 3984-15681-2 [Gatefold Digipak] 
  • Blasphemy – Fallen Angel Of Doom CD 2015 Nuclear War Now ANTI-GOTH 069 [Sealed] 
  • NOFX – The War On Errorism LP 2003 Fat Wreck Chords FAT657-1 [SEALED] 
  • Lifelover – Pulver CD 2021 Osmose Productions – OPCD213 [France] 
  • Nokturnal Mortum – The Voice Of Steel CD 2019 Osmose Productions – OPCD380 *FR 
  • Arghoslent – Incorrigible Bigotry CD 2022 Drakkar Productions – DKC230 [Digipak] 
  • Grand Belials Key – Kosherat CD 2023 Drakkar Productions – DKCD247 [Sealed] 
  • Goatmoon – Finnish Steel Storm CD 2018 Werewolf Records – EVIL009 [SEALED] *FN 
  • King Diamond – “Them” CD 2020 Metal Blade – 3984-15677-2 [Gatefold Digipak] 
  • NOFX – Wolves In Wolves’ Clothing LP 2006 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT711-1 1st Press
  • Imprecation – Theurgia Goetia Summa CD 2023 Nuclear War Now ANTI-GOTH 663 
  • Iced Earth – The Dark Saga LP 2022 Floga Records – FL301 [New] [Greece] 
  • Cannibal Corpse – Butchered at Birth CD 2024 Metal Blade – 3984-14072-2 [Sealed] 
  • The Songs Of Tony Sly: A Tribute LP 2013 Fat Wreck – FAT915-1 [Clear Vinyl] 
  • Blood Incantation – Interdimensional Extinction EP 2015 Dark Descent DDR133 
  • Marduk – Panzer Division Marduk LP 2020 Osmose – OPLP080 [New] [France] 
  • Slayer – Show No Mercy CD 2021 Metal Blade – 3984-15790-2 [Sealed] 
  • Mgla – Exercise In Futility CD 2018 Northern Heritage NH-089 [Sealed] [Finland] 
  • Destruction – Eternal Devastation CD 2018 High Roller HRR 547 CD [Slipcase] *DE 
  • Sacrifice – Torment In Fire CD 2022 Shadow Kingdom – SKR190CD [Sealed] 
  • Immortal – At The Heart Of Winter LP 2017 Osmose Productions OPLP079 [180G] *FR 
  • Gorguts – Considered Dead CD 2016 Listenable Records – POSH335 [Digipak] 
  • Opprobrium – Beyond The Unknown CD 2020 High Roller – HRR 732 *DE [SEALED] 
  • S.A. Slayer – Go For The Throat / Prepare To Die CD 2023b High Roller [Slipcase] 
  • Lifelover – Pulver LP 2023 Osmose Productions – OPLP213 [Black] [New] *FR
  • Blood Incantation – Starspawn LP 2016 Dark Descent – DDR157LP [Brand New]
  • King Diamond – Fatal Portrait CD 2020 Metal Blade 3984-156752 [Gatefold Digipak] 
  • King Diamond – Abigail CD 2020 Metal Blade – 3984-15676-2 [Gatefold Digisleeve] 
  • Destruction – Infernal Overkill CD 2018 High Roller – HHR 546 [Slipcase Germany] 
  • NOFX – The Decline Live At Red Rocks LP 2020 Fat Wreck Chords – Fat135-1 
  • Sacrifice – Forward To Termination CD 2022 Shadow Kingdom – SKR191CD [Sealed] 
  • Goatmoon – Death Before Dishonour CD 2017 Werewolf Records – EVIL-001 [SEALED] 
  • Blasphemy – Fallen Angel Of Doom LP 2023 Nuclear War Now! – ANTI-GOTH 069 [New] 
  • Dystopia – The Aftermath CD 2020 Tankcrimes – TC116 [Sealed] 
  • Dystopia – Dystopia CD 2023 Tankcrimes – TC 117 [Sealed] 
  • Suffocation – Breeding The Spawn CD 2021 Listenable – POSH563 [Digipak] 
  • Descendents – Cool To Be You CD 2004 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT672-2 [Sealed] 
  • Days N’ Daze – Show Me The Blueprints LP 2020 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT129-1 SEALED 
  • Face To Face – Face To Face LP 2016 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT 970-1 [SEALED] 
  • Behemoth – The Satanist LP 2021 Metal Blade 3984-15213-1 [LTD 2x Clear Vinyl] 
  • Minor Threat – Minor Threat LP 2022 Dischord – DISCHORD No. 12 [Silver Vinyl] 
  • Sinister – Cross The Styx CD 2020 Cosmic Key Creations – COS011 [Netherlands] 
  • Sacrifice – Soldiers Of Misfortune CD 2022 Shadow Kingdom – SKR192CD [Sealed] 
  • Mütiilation – Vampires Of Black Imperial Blood CD 2005 Osmose – OPCD372 NEW *FR 
  • Infernal Majesty – None Shall Defy LP 2022 High Roller– HRR 521 [Sealed] 
  • Morbid Saint – Spectrum Of Death CD 2019 High Roller – HRR 705 CD *DE [SLIPCASE] 

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Crazy Collection of Over 700 Metal Vinyl LPs I Bought From Texas

This video highlights a collection of heavy metal vinyl I bought from a guy in Texas.

90% of the records in this collection are newer reissues in NM/NM, about 70% came sealed, and the remaining 10% consisted of vintage pressings from the 1980s. A full list of everything included is in the spreadsheet embedded below.

The seller did a decent job packing the records for shipping, but not perfect. He used the box-in-box method, but he did not use enough packing materials, which caused some corner beads. Many albums were downgraded to “sealed but NM” due to the damage to the jackets.

The Highlights

While most of my readers and YouTube viewers get much more excited about some of the mega-rare vintage collections I buy, many rare/expensive albums are in the collection, mostly due to limited color variants, out-of-print status, or lack of availability.

Strapping Young Lad – The Complete Works LP Box Set

Strapping Young Lad – The Complete Works LP Box Set
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Strapping Young Lad – The Complete Works LP Box Set 2013 Blood Music [White] NM – This one is worth a top, mostly because it is out-of-print, massive, and contains every Strapping Young Lad release!

VALUE – $500

Dream Theater – Train of Thought LP

Dream Theater - Train of Thought LP

Dream Theater – Train of Thought LP 2014 Music On Vinyl MOVLP985 – This reissue of the band’s 2003 album is the first and only time on vinyl and has never been repressed.

VALUE – $250

Symphony X – The Odyssey LP

Symphony X - The Odyssey LP

Symphony X – The Odyssey LP 2012 Inside Out Music IOMLP 109 EX/EX *DE [2x 180G] – If you like your metal nerdy, you can’t do better than Symphony X, this 2012 reissue of their 2002 live album.

Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence LP

Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence LP

Devin Townsend Project – Transcendence LP Picture Disc 2016 Inside Out IOMLP 462 – This sealed first pressing of Devin Townsend’s 2016 smash album is worth a pretty!

Steel Panther – Feel the Steel LP

Steel Panther - Feel the Steel LP

Steel Panther – Feel the Steel LP 2009 Universal – B0012849-01 [Purple] – This debut album from Steel Panther is chock full of bangers, sold out as hell, and is yet to get repressed, making this sealed copy worth a ton.

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Insane Collection Of Rare Death Metal LPs & CDs from the UK

Insane Collection Of Mega Rare 1st Press Death Metal LPs & CDs I Just Got From The UK

Below is a quick tour of a collection I bought from a guy in the UK. I included a list of everything contained at the end of this post.

A collector contacted me a few months ago and sent me a list of everything they had for sale. To determine the price, they sent me a list of the titles and a few example photos that were somewhat deceptive to represent the grading of the CDs. I’m sharing more on this below.

Pricing / Shipping Method

We agreed on a price ($3200 + shipping costs) and had to figure out a shipping method from the UK. Typically, shipping from Europe via FedEx or UPS is the least expensive. DHL is the best choice for shipping from England, though prices have risen quite a bit for their already costly service. The value of the Euro to the dollar is less lopsided than it used to be, with the exchange rate hovering near 1 for 1 now, making it a buyer’s market if you are in the US.

I sent the money via PayPal, and the seller shipped the collection out the next day.

Issues

Sadly, when the collection arrived, it became clear that the example photos of the CDs did not represent the vast majority of the collection. 70% came covered in mold and quite scratched. I contacted the seller, but they seemed uninterested in fixing the problem. I considered disputing through PayPal because this sale is covered by buyer protection. Ultimately, I did not dispute it once it was put for sale because I saw I could make a decent return. Luckily, the record grading was better than described.

Highlights From This Collection

Listed below are some of the highlights from this collection.

Monstrosity – In Dark Purity LP

Monstrosity - In Dark Purity LP 1999 The Plague – plague011

Monstrosity – In Dark Purity LP 1999 The Plague – plague011 – The most expensive piece in this collection comes from Monstrosity and arrived in excellent condition. This album features Jason Avery on vocals, not Corpsegrider on vocals, but it is still very rare and sought after.

Value $400

Monstrosity – Imperial Doom LP

Monstrosity - Imperial Doom LP 1992 Nuclear Blast ‎– NB 055 VG+/VG+ [1ST PRESS]

Monstrosity – Imperial Doom LP 1992 Nuclear Blast ‎– NB 055 VG+/VG+ [1ST PRESS] – This is the first album from Monstrosity, featuring Corpsegrinder (Cannibal Corpse) on vocals. The CD of this release goes for over $100.

Value $250

Dying Fetus – Grotesque Impalement LP

Dying Fetus – Grotesque Impalement LP 2000 Revenge Productions RVP 6 VG+/EX *DE

Dying Fetus – Grotesque Impalement LP 2000 Revenge Productions RVP 6 VG+/EX *DE – Very rare numbered first pressing strictly limited to 1003 copies.

Value $230

Entombed – Clandestine LP

Entombed – Clandestine LP 1992 Earache – MOSH 37 [1st PRESS EMBOSSED] VG+/VG+ UK

Entombed – Clandestine LP 1992 Earache – MOSH 37 [1st PRESS EMBOSSED] VG+/VG+ UK – Limited embossed first pressing on Earache records, limited to 1000 copies and very rare.

Value $160

Dying Fetus – Destroy The Opposition LP

Dying Fetus - Destroy The Opposition LP 2000 Good Life – GL 075 [Blue] EX/EX *BE -

Dying Fetus – Destroy The Opposition LP 2000 Good Life – GL 075 [Blue] EX/EX *BE – This is a limited first pressing of Good Life Records, that later got pick up by Relapse Records.

Value $160

Motörhead ‎– No Remorse LP

Motörhead ‎– No Remorse LP 1984 Bronze ‎– 90236-1L [Leather Jacket] VG+/VG+ UK

Motörhead ‎– No Remorse LP 1984 Bronze ‎– 90236-1L [Leather Jacket] VG+/VG+ UK – Limited pressing of this classic Motorhead 2 LP compilation comes in excellent high-quality biker leather!

Value $150

Terrorizer – World Downfall LP

Terrorizer – World Downfall LP 1989 Earache – MOSH 16 VG+/VG+ UK

Terrorizer – World Downfall LP 1989 Earache – MOSH 16 VG+/VG+ UK – This proto-grindcore / death metal LP features half of the members of Morbid Angel and holds up to this day musically.

Value $150

Sintury – Disgorging The Dead CD

Sintury - Disgorging The Dead CD 1998 Corpse Gristle Records – CGR-001 [Rare]

Sintury – Disgorging The Dead CD 1998 Corpse Gristle Records – CGR-001 [Rare] – Very rare death metal on the now-defunct Corpse Gristle records.

Value $150

Devourment ‎– Molesting The Decapitated CD

Devourment ‎– Molesting The Decapitated CD 1999 United Guttural - UGR 005

Devourment ‎– Molesting The Decapitated CD 1999 United Guttural – UGR 005 – Limited to 1000 copies, first pressings of this CD is very sought after. I don’t think anything is unique about the music; most people probably want it for the cover.

Value $100

Have A Collection Like This To Sell?

I am always buying. No collection is too big or small; I buy from everywhere in the United States and worldwide.

Full List Of Titles From This Collection

This is the list sent to me from the seller that started this deal.

CD

324 – Rebelgrind – 2007
Abhorrence – Evoking the abomination – 2000
Abysmal Torment – Incised wound suicide – 2005
Abysmal Torment – Epoch of methodic carnage – 2006
Abysmal Torment – Omnicide – 2009
Amputated Genitals – Human meat gluttony – 2005
Anal Bleeding – Two cocks in the same hole – 2002
And Hell Followed With – Proprioception – 2010
Angel Corpse – The Inexorable – 1999 – Cardboard case
Angel Corpse – Of lucifer and lightning – 2007
Artery Eruption – Gouging out eyes of mutilated infants – 2005
At The Gates – The red in the sky is ours – 2003
Atheist – Unquestionable Presence – 1991
Autopsy – Severed survival – 2003
Autopsy – Mental Funeral – 2003
Beheaded – Perpetual Mockery – 1998
Beheaded – Resurgence of oblivion – 2000
Beheaded – Ominous Bloodline – 2005
Behemoth – Demonica – 2006 – Double cd and book
Behemoth – The apostasy – 2007
Behemoth – Zoskia Cultus – 2007 – Cardboard case
Bloodboil – The art of the flesh – 2005
Bloody Gore – Stench of your perversions – 1999
Bloody Gore – Blood driven vehemence – 2000
Brodequin – Instruments of torture – 2000
Brodequin – Festival of death – 2001
Brodequin – Methods of execution – 2004
Broken Hope – Swamped in gore – 1991 – Original artwork
Broken Hope – Swamped in gore – 1995
Broken Hope – The Bowels of Repugnance – 1993
Broken Hope – Repulsive Conception – 1995
Broken Hope – Loathing – 1997
Broken Hope – Grotesque Blessings – 1999
Brutal Truth – Extreme conditions demand extreme responses – 1992 Brutal Truth – Need to control – 1994
Brutal Truth – Sounds of the animal kingdom – 1997
Brutal Truth – Goodbye cruel world – 1999
Brutal Truth – Evolution through revolution – 2009
Brujeria – Brujerizmo – 2000
Brujeria – Mextremist Hits – 2001
Brutus – Slachtbeest – 2013
Cancer – Death shall rise – 1991

Cannabis Corpse – Tube of the resonated – 2008 Cannibal Corpse – Eaten back to life – 1990
Cannibal Corpse – Butchered at birth – 1994
Cannibal Corpse – Hammer smashed face – Single – 1993 Cannibal Corpse – Tomb of the mutilated – 1992

Cannibal Corpse – The bleeding – 1994
Cannibal Corpse – Vile – 1996
Cannibal Corpse – Gallery of suicide – 1998
Cannibal Corpse – Bloodthirst – 1999
Cannibal Corpse – Live cannibalism – 2000
Cannibal Corpse – Gore Obsessed – 2002
Cannibal Corpse – Worm infested – 2002 – Limited edition Cannibal Corpse – Kill – 2006 – With bonus DVD
Cannibal Corpse – Torture – 2012 – Cardboard case
Cannibal Corpse – A skeleton domain – 2014 – Cardboard case Carcass – Reek of Putrefaction – 2003

Carcass – Symphonies of sickness – 2003
Carcass – Necroticism descanting the insalubrious – 2004 – With bonus CD-ROM videos Carcass – Heartwork – 1993
Carcass – Surgical steel – 2013
Carnivore Diprosopus – Filled my stomach with a pregnants corpse – 2004
Cephalic Carnage – Exploiting dysfunction – 2000
Cinerary – Rituals of desecration – 2001
Coercion – Delete – 1998
Corpsefucking Art – The art of the fucking corpse – 2004
Corpsing – The stench of humanity – 2006
Criminal Element – Guilty as charged – 2008
Cryptopsy – None so vile – 1996
Cryptopsy – Whisper Supremacy – 1998
Cryptopsy – And then you’ll beg – 2000
Cryptopsy – Once was not – 2005
Damnable – Communication of sounds – 2002
Dead Infection – Surgical Disembowelment – 2001
Dead Infection – A chapter of accidents – 2002
Dead Infection – Brain corrosion – 2004
Deaden – Hymns of the sick – 1998
Deaden – Displaying the art of carnage – 2006
Death – Scream bloody gore – 1987
Death – Leprosy – 1988
Death – Spiritual healing – 1999
Death – Human – 1991
Death – Individual thought patterns – 1993
Death – Symbolic – 1995
Death – The sound of perseverance – 1998

Death – Live in L.A. – 2001
Death – The sound of perseverance – re-release double disc still sealed in plastic Debodified – Utopia in the eyes of a beast – 2003
Decrepit Birth – …And time begins – 2003
Decrepit Birth – Diminishing between worlds – 2008
Deeds Of Flesh – Gradually Melted – 1995 – Original artwork
Deeds Of Flesh – Trading Pieces – 2001
Deeds Of Flesh – Inbreeding the anthropophagi – 1998
Deeds Of Flesh – Path of the weakening – 1999 – Cardboard case
Deeds Of Flesh – Mark of the legion – 2001
Deeds Of Flesh – Reduced to ashes – 2003
Deeds Of Flesh – Crown of souls – 2005
Defeated Sanity – Prelude to the tragedy – 2004
Defeated Sanity – Psalms of the moribund – 2007
Defecation – Purity dilution – 1989
Dehumanized – Prophecies foretold – 1998
Deicide – Deicide – 1998
Deicide – Legion – 1992
Deicide – Once upon the cross – 1995
Deicide – Serpents of the light – 1997
Deicide – The stench of redemption – 2006 – In box with poster and band photos Deprecated – Deriding his creation – 1998 – Signed by A.J. Magana and sticker Deranged – Rated X – 1995
Deranged – High on blood – 1998
Deranged – Plainfield cemetery – 2002
Despise – Fragments of reprisal – 2007
Despised Icon – Day of mourning – 2009
Devil Driver – Devil Driver – 2003
Devil Driver – The fury of our makers hand – 2005
Devil Driver – The last kind words – 2007
Devourment – Molesting the decapitated – 1999
Devourment – 1.3.8 – 2000
Devourment – Butcher the weak – 2005
Devourment – Butcher the weak – 2006 – Re-recorded version cardboard case Devourment – Unleash the carnivore – 2009
Digested Flesh – The answer to infection – 2017
Disconformity – Depravation of stigma – 2005
Disgorge (mex) – Chronic corpora infest – 1998 – With sticker
Disgorge (CA) – Cranial Impalement – 1999
Disgorge (CA) – She lay gutted – 1999
Disgorge (CA) – Consume the forsaken – 2002
Disgorge (CA) – Parallels of infinite torture – 2005
Disgust – In aeternum – 2000
Dislimb – Bleeding anxiety – 2006

Dragonforce – Valley of the damned – 2003 Dragonforce – Sonic firestorm – 2004
Dragonforce – Inhuman Rampage – 2006 Dragonforce – Ultra beatdown special edition – 2008 Dying Fetus – Infatuation with malevolence – 1999 Dying Fetus – Purification through violence – 1997 Dying Fetus – Killing on adrenaline – 1998

Dying Fetus – Grotesque impalement – 2000
Dying Fetus – Destroy the opposition – 2000
Dying Fetus – Stop at nothing – 2003
Dyscrasia – Septical stomach pumped remnants – 2003 Eden Beast – Torturing the odd human mind – 2006 Embalmer – There was blood everywhere – 1997 Embalmer – 13 Faces of death – 2006

Emeth – Insidious – 2004
Enmity – Vomit forth intestinal excrement – 2002
Enmity – Illuminations of vile engorgement – 2005
Entombed – Serpent saints – 2007
Eternal Suffering – Drowning in tragedy – 1999
Eternal Suffering – Echo of lost words – 2010
Exhumed – Gore metal – 1998
Exhumed – Slaughtercult – 2000
Exhumed – Anatomy is destiny – 2003 – Limited edition 2 CD
Five Finger Death Punch – The way of the fist – 2006 – special UK version Fleshless – Abhorrence of cadaveric
Godless Truth – Burning Existence – 1999
Godless Truth – Arrogance of supreme power – 2004 – Signed
Goratory – Orgasm induced diarrhea – 2002
Goratory – Rice on suede – 2004
Goreality – Perverse depraved indifference – 2007
Goreopsy – Intentional disfiguration – 1999
Goreopsy – Co.-ed killer – 2003
Goreinhaled – Fetus in fetu – 2004
Goreinhaled – The art of sickness – 2007
Gorgasm – Stabwound intercourse – 1998
Gorgasm – Bleeding Profusely – 2001 – With sticker
Gorgasm – Masticate to dominate – 2003
Gorgasm – Orgy of murder – 2011
Gorguts – The erosion of sanity – 1993
Gorguts – Obscura – 1998
Grind Your Mind – A history o grindcore
Guttural Secrete – Artistic creation with cranial stumps – 2004
Hate Eternal – Conquering the throne – 1999
Hate Eternal – King of all kings – 2002

Hate Eternal – Fury and flames – 2008 Hateplow – Moshpit murder – 2004
Heinous Killings – Hung with barbwire – 2005 Hour of Penance – Pageantry for martyrs – 2005 Hour of Penance – The vile conception – 2007 Immolation – Here in after – 1996

Incantation – The forsaken mourning of angelic anguish – 1997 Incestuous – Brass knuckle abortion – 2000
Infecdead – Soul perforation – 2003
Infected Malignity – The malignity born from despair – 2005 Infernal Dominion – Salvation through infinite suffering – 2000 Infernal Torment – Mans true nature – 1995 – Uncensored Infernal Torment – Mans true nature – 1995 – Censored Infernal Torment – Birthrate zero – 1997

Infliction – Denouncing the flesh – 2004
Ingurgitate – Blackest origins – 2004
Ingurgitate – Bleeding his sacred kingship – 2005
Insidious Decrepancy – Decadent orgy of atrocious suffering – 2002 – Original artwork signed Insidious Decrepancy – Decadent orgy of atrocious suffering – 2004 – Re-release signed Insidious Decrepancy – The inerrancy of profanation – 2004 – Signed

Insidious Decrepancy – The inerrancy of profanation – 2007 – Re-release signed Insidious Decrepancy – Extirpating omniscient certitude – 2009
Internal Bleeding – Invocation of evil – 1992/3
Internal Bleeding – Perpetual degradation – 1994

Internal Bleeding – Voracious contempt – 1995
Internal Bleeding – The extinction of benevolence – 1997
Internal Bleeding – Driven to conquer – 1999
Internal Bleeding – Imperium – 2014
Internal Bleeding – Heritage of sickness – Cardboard case Internal Suffering – Supreme knowledge domain – 1999
Internal Suffering – Unmercyful extermination – 2001
Internal Suffering – Chaotic matrix – 2002
Internal Suffering – Choronzonic force domination – 2004
Internal Suffering – Awakening the rebel – 2006
Inveracity – Circle of perversion – 2003
Inveracity – Extermination of millions – 2007
Irate – 1134 – 2001
Irate – New york metal – 2005
Job For A Cowboy – Ruination – 2009
Job For A Cowboy – Sun eater – 2014
Krabathor – Lies – 1995 – Tin case
Kataklysm – Sorcery and the mystical gate of reincarnation – 1998 Kataklysm – Temple of knowledge – 2003
Kataklysm – Shadows and dust – 2002

Kataklysm – In the arms of devastation – 2006 – Limited edition with DVD Kataplexia – Catastrophic scenes – 2005
Krisiun – Apocalyptic revelation – 1998
Krisiun – Works of carnage – 2003

Krisiun – Assassination – 2006
Krisiun – Southern storm – 2008
Lamb Of God – As the palaces burn – 2003
Lamb Of God – Ashes of the wake – 2004
Lamb Of God – Sacrament – 2006 – Deluxe edition with DVD
Lamb Of God – Wrath – 2009 – Limited edition
Lamb Of God – Resolution – 2012 – Cardboard case
Last Days Of Humanity – The sound of rancid juices sloshing around your coffin – 1998 Last Days Of Humanity – Hymns of indigestible suppuration – 2000
Lividity – Used abused and left for dead – 2006
Lockup – Live in Japan – 2005
Lust Of Decay – Infesting the exhumed – 2002
Lust Of Decay – Kingdom of Corpses – 2004
Lust Of Decay – Purity Through Dismemberment – 2006
Machine Head – Burn my eyes – 1994
Machine Head – The blackening – 2007
Machine Head – The blackening – 2007 – Special edition 3 disc set
Machine Head – Bloodstone & diamonds – 2014 – Book version
Malamor – Dead to the world – 2004
Malevolent Creation – In cold blood – 1997
Malevolent Creation – Eternal
Malevolent Creation – Fine art of murder – 1998
Malevolent Creation – Manifestation – 2000 – 2 disc
Malevolent Creation – Doomsday X – 2007
Mindly Rotten – The most exquisite agonies – 2005
Misery Index – Discordia – 2006
Monstrosity – Millennium – 1996
Monstrosity – In dark purity – 1999 – Cardboard case
Monstrosity – Enslaving the masses – 2001 – 2 disc
Monstrosity – Rise to power – 2004 – signed
Morbid Angel – Altars of madness – 1989
Morbid Angel – Altars of madness – 2006 – Re-release with DVD
Morbid Angel – Blessed are the sick – 1991
Morbid Angel – Covenant – 1993
Morbid Angel – Domination – 1995
Morbid Angel – Entangled in chaos – 1996
Morbid Angel – Formulas fatal to the flesh – 1998
Morbid Angel – Love of lava – 1999
Morbid Angel – Gateways to annihilation – 2000
Morbid Angel – Heretic – 2003 – Limited edition double disc

Mortal Decay – Cadaver art – 2005
Mortician – Mortal massacre – 1993
Mortician – House by the cemetery – 1995 Mortician – Hacked up for barbecue – 1996 Mortician – Zombie apocalypse – 1998 Mortician – Chainsaw dismemberment – 1999 Mortician – Domain of death – 2001

Mortician – Darkest day of horror – 2002
Mortician – Final bloodbath sessions – 2002 Mortician – Re-animated dead flesh – 2004
Murder Corporation – Blood revolution 2050 – 1995 Napalm Death – Scum – 1994

Napalm Death – From enslavement to obliteration – 1994 Napalm Death – The peel sessions – 1993
Napalm Death – Words from the exit wound – 1998 Napalm Death – Leaders not followers – 1999

Napalm Death – Enemy of the music business – 2000
Napalm Death – The code is red long live the code – 2004 – Cardboard case Napalm Death – Order of the leech – 2002 – Cardboard case
Napalm Death – Smear campaign – 2006 – Cardboard case
Napalm Death – Apex predator – 2015 – With sticker
Nasum – Inhale/exhale – 1998
Nasum – Human 2.0 – 2000
Nasum – Helvete – 2003
Nasum – Shift – 2004
Necrotic Disgorgement – Suffocated in shrinkwrap – 2004
Necrophagist – Onset of putrefaction – 2004
Necrophagist – Epitaph – 2004
Necrosanct – Desolate – 1993
Nile – In the beginning – 2000
Nile – Black seeds of vengeance – 2000
Nile – In their darkened shrines – 2002
Obituary – Cause of death – Remaster
Obituary – The end complete – Remaster
Obituary – Dead – 1998
Obituary – Frozen in time – 2005
Obituary – Xecutioners return – 2007 – In box with poster
Obituary – Darkest day – 2009 – Special edition
Obituary – Inked in blood – 2014
Object – Object
Origin – Informis infinitas inhumanitas – 2002
Origin – Antithesis – 2008
Peshmerga – Murderous acts of cruelty – 2010
Pestilence – Testimony of the ancients – 1991

Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals – Walk through exits only – 2013 Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the yard – 2001
Prophecy – Foretold…foreseen – 1998
Prophecy – Our domain – 2002

Purgatory – Damage done by worms – 1996 Pustulated – Pathognomonic purulency – 2002 Pustulated – Inherited cryptorchidism – 2003 Pustulated – Haematoma – 2005

Putrefy – Putrefy – 2006
Putrid Pile – Collection of butchery – 2002
Putrid Pile – The pleasure in suffering – 2005
Putrid Pile – House of dementia – 2008
Putrilage – Devouring the gutted – 2000
Pyrexia – Sermon of mockery – 1993
Pyrexia – Hatred anger disgust – 1995
Pyrexia – System of the animal – 1997
Pyrexia – Cruelty beyond submission – 2004
Pyrexia – Age of the wicked – 2007
Regorge – Kingdoms of derision – 2002
Regurgitation – Tales of necrophilia – 1999
Regurgitation – Clitoraldectomy – 2011
Reincarnation – Seed of hate/void – 2003
Reinfection – They die for nothing – 1999
Repudilation – Repudilation
Retch – Reinsertion of aborted remnants – 2001
Retch – Ben wa baby heads – 2002
Rise Of The North Star – Welcame – 2014
Rotting – The forgotten – 2002
Sadus – Swallowed in black – 1990
Sadus – Elements of anger – 1997 – Limited edition
Samael – Blood Ritual – 1992
Sanitys Dawn – Mangled in the meatgrinder – 1998
Sarcolytic – Sarcolytic – 2004
Sarcolytic – The arcane progeny – 2010
Sarcosis – Sepsis sacral carna – 2006
Screaming Afterbirth – Puke pile – 2002
Screaming Afterbirth – Drunk on feces – 2003
Sect Of Execration – Baptized through blasphemy – 2002 Sepsism – Purulent decomposition – 1998
Sepultura – Beneath the remains – 1997
Sepultura – Arise – 1997
Severe Torture – Feasting on the blood – 2000 – Cardboard case Severe Torture – Butchery of the soul – 2002
Severe Torture – Misanthropic carnage – 2002

Severe Torture – Fall of the despise – 2005 Severed Saviour – Forced to bleed – 2001 Sikfuk – Gore delicious – 2002
Sikfuk – Teabagged at birth – 2006

Sinister – Creative killings – 2001
Sintury – Disgorging the dead – 1998
Skinless – Foreshadowing our demise – 2001
Skinless – Trample the weak hurdle the dead – 2006
Skinned – Spawn of insanity – 2005 – Signed
Slayer – Christ illusion – 2007 – with DVD
Slipknot – Slipknot – 1999
Slipknot – Iowa – 2001
Slipknot – Vol.3 (the subliminal verses) – 2004
Slipknot – All hope is gone – 2008 – special edition
Slipknot – Antennas to hell – 2012
Slipknot – The gray chapter – 2014 – double disc
Soils Of Fate – Sandstorm – 2001
Soils Of Fate – Crime syndicate – 2003
Soils Of Fate – Highest in the hierarchy of blasting sickness – 2005
Spawn of possession – Noctambulant – 2006
Squash Bowels – Tnyribal – 1999
Stratovarious – Elysium – 2011 – 2 CD with picture cards
Suffocation – Human waste – 1991
Suffocation – Effigy of the forgotten – 1991
Suffocation – Breeding the spawn – 1993
Suffocation – Pierced from within – 1995
Suffocation – Despise the sun – 1998
Tardy Brothers – Bloodline – 2009
Terrorizer – World Downfall – 1989
Testament – Days of darkness – 2004
The Black Dahlia Murder – Miasma – 2005
The Black Dahlia Murder – Nocturnal – 2007
Ton – Blind follower/Point of view
Ton – Plague – 2000
Torso Fuck – Erotic diarrhea fantasy – 2003
Total Rusak – Exploding the cranial – 2001
Uncleansed – Domination of the faithful – 2010
Uncreation – Death to humanity – 1995
Uncreation – Uncreation – 1997
Unhallowed – Punch fucking blasphemy – 1999
Vader – De profundis – Re-master includes album future of the past as bonus Vader – Black to the blind – Re-master includes album darkest age as bonus Vader – Live in Japan – Re-master contains tracks from sothis as bonus Vader – Impressions in blood – 2006

Vader – Tibi et igni – 2014 – Cardboard case
Venomous Concept – Poisoned apple – 2008
Vile – Depopulate – 2002
Vile – The new age of chaos – 2005 – Signed
Viral Load – Brutalized beyond belief – 1997 – Original artwork signed Viral Load – Brutalized beyond belief – Re-release signed

Viral Load – Practitioners of perversion – 2000 – Signed Viral Load – Practitioners of perversion – 2005 – Signed Viral Load – Backwoods bludgeoning – 2006 – Signed Viral Load – Hillbilly whore hackin revival – 2007 – Signed Visceral Bleeding – Remnants of deprivation – 2002 Visceral Bleeding – Transcend into ferocity – 2003

Vital Remains – Horrors of hell – 2006
Vital Remains – Into cold darkness – 2004 – Cardboard case Vital Remains – Let us pray – 1992
Vital Remains – Dawn of the apocalypse – 1999 – Signed Vital Remains – Icons of evil – 2007
Vomitory – Revelation nausea – 2000
Vomit Remnants – Supreme entity – 2001
Vomit Remnants – Indefensible vehemence – 2002
Vomit Remnants – Supreme vehemence – 2005 – Signed Wasteform – Crushing the reviled – 2003

Split CD
Lamb Splitter 2006 – Sect of execration/Godless truth/Sarcolytic/Devourment Infected Malignity/Unmerciful/Worms Inside/Corphagy – 2006
Viral Load/Putrid Pile – 2010
Clitorture/Goreality – 2006
Vomit Remnants/Godless Truth/Carnivorous – 2005
Structure Of Lies/Misery Index – 2002
Squash Bowels/Disgorge – 1998
Sikfuk/Kretan – 2003/2006
Rest In Gore/Maggttholamia
Dyscrasia/Putrid Pile – 2001/2003
Pustulated/Copremesis – 2004
Insision/Inveracity – 2001
Dysentery/Gutrot – 2004
Dislimb/Dyscrasia – 2002
Digested Flesh/Inhuman Dissiliency – 2006
Impetigo/Ingrowing

Promo CD
Brodequin – Prelude to execution – 2003 – 53/1000 Defeated Sanity – Promo 05

Incinerate – Promo – 2004
Internal Bleeding – Alien Breed – 2001 Severe Torture – Feasting on blood

CD Sampler
Corpse Gristle Southern uprising vol 1 SOD earache spring/summer 95
SOD century media #14
Relapse records sampler spring 1999

DVD
Behemoth – CRush.fUKK.CReate
Brutal Domination 2004 USA Tour – Internal Suffering/Incinerate/Stabwound/Emeth Wake Up And Smell The… Carcass
Deeds Of Flesh – Live in Montreal
Deicide – Doomsday L.A.
Deicide – When London Burns
Devourment – Official DVD
Immolation – Bringing down the world tour
Krisiun – Live Armageddon
Malevolent Creation – Created Live
Napalm Death – The DVD
Skinless – Skinflick
Vader – More vision and the voice
Vader – Night of the apocalypse

Cassette
Bloody Gore – Stench of your perversions – 1999 Damnable – Completely Devoted – 2002
Deicide – Once upon the cross – 1995
Disgorge – Chronic corpora infest – 1997
Exhumed – Grotesque Putrefied Brains – 1994
Internal Suffering – Supreme Knowledge Domain – 1999 Krisiun – Ageless Venomous – 2001
Malevolent Creation – Stillborn – 1991
Morbid Angel – Covenant
Napalm Death – Fear, emptiness, despair – 1994 Putrilage – Gorenography – 1999
Repudilation – Purging of impurity – 1996
Soils Of Fate – Blood Serology – 1996/98
Vital Remains – Excruciating Pain – 1990

LP
At Deaths Door – A collection of brutal death metal – 1990

Atheist – Piece of time – 1988
Bolt Thrower – Realms of chaos – 1989 – gatefold
Bolt Thrower – Cenotaph – 1991
Bolt Thrower – Warmaster – 1991 – gatefold
Carcass – The heartwork ep – 1994
Deranged – Rated X/Sculpture of the dead/Architects of perversions
Deranged – III
Dying Fetus – Grotesque Impalement – 2000 – 168/1000
Dying Fetus – Destroy the opposition – 2000 – strictly ltd edition 1 press only blue vinyl
Earache presents grind crusher – 1989
Entombed – Clandestine – 1991 – ltd edition embossed sleeve
Godflesh – Street cleaner – 1989
Inhume – In for the kill – 2003
Internal Suffering – Supreme knowledge domain – 2000
Megadeth – Peace sells… but whos buying? – 1986
Monstrosity – Imperial Doom – 1992
Monstrosity – In dark purity – 1999 – gatefold
Morbid Angel – Abominations of desolation
Motorhead – No remorse – 1984 – special leather edition double album
Napalm Death – The peel sessions – 1989
Napalm Death – Suffer the children – 1990
Obituary – Slowly we rot – 1989
Obituary – The end complete – 1992
Over kill – The years of decay – 1989
Pantera – Far beyond driven collectors edition – 1993 – ltd edition double vinyl exclusive artwork

Gatefold Pantera – Far beyond bootleg live from donington – 1994

Sinister – Creative killings – 2001
Slayer – Seasons in the abyss – 1991
Slayer – Reign of justice – 1987
Slipknot – The gray chapter – 2014 – gatefold Suffocation – Souls to deny – 2004
Terrorizer – World downfall – 1989

EP
Broken Hope – Hobo stew – 1993 – green vinyl Deranged
Embalmer – There was blood everywhere – 1995 General Surgery – Necrology – 1991
Incantation – Deliverance of horrific prophecies – 1991 Kataklysm – Vision the chaos – 1994
Misery Index – Hang em high – 2006
Napalm Death – Nazi punks fuck off

Split EP
Dying Fetus – Vengeance unleashed/Deep Red – The beating goes on
The Nasum/Warhate Campaign – 1999
Maledictive Pigs – Brainwashing – 385/1000/Skinless
Dead Infection /CSSO – 1997
Morgue/Last Days Of Humanity – 1999
Nasum – The black illusions/Abstain – Religion is war
Haemorrhage – Surgery for the dead/Groinchurn – I dont think so
Last Days Of Humanity/Vulgar Degenerate
Exhumed – Totally fucking dead/Nyctophobic – Sterility
Haemorrhage/Ingrowing – Creation of another future – blood splattered vinyl Prophecy/Perversist – colored vinyl
Tales of the Exhumed/Retaliation
Brodequin – Prelude to execution – 271/1000/Tears Of Decay – Stop the madness

Picture Discs
Body Count – Born dead – 1994
Bolt Thrower – Realm of chaos
Broken Hope – Grotesque Blessings – 1998 Cephalic Carnage – Exploiting Dysfunction
Deeds Of Flesh – Path of the weakening
Disgorge – She lay gutted
Dying Fetus – Purification through violence Exhumed – Gore metal
Lividity – Til only the sick remain
Morbid Angel – Heretic – ltd edition ltd to 1500 copies Napalm Death – From enslavement to obliteration Vader – Reborn in chaos

Boxset
Nile – Annihilation of the wicked – limited edition tin box with sticker, patch and necklace CD unopened

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Collection of First Press Thrash, Death, and Black Metal LPs From Germany

New Collection of Near Mint First Press Thrash, Death, and Black Metal LPs I Just Got From Germany

In the video below are some albums I acquired from a collector in Germany. While it consists of just 23 albums and is much smaller than the size of collections I typically buy, there are some rare gems inside, and thus is worthy of a quick blog post.

These albums were sent through DHL, arrived quickly, and were well-packed. All are original pressings in VG+ condition or better. I will highlight some of the better items below.

Collection Highlights

In no particular order…

The Shining (Original Soundtrack) LP

The Shining (Original Soundtrack) LP 1980 Warner Bros WB 56 827 [GERMANY] VG+/EX

The Shining (Original Soundtrack) LP 1980 Warner Bros WB 56 827 [GERMANY] VG+/EX – While this album is only metal-adjacent, it isn’t cheap. Despite its simple-looking 2-color art, this classic 1980 horror film soundtrack can easily fetch over $200.

Value $200- 250

Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence LP 

   Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence LP 1987 Enigma – ST-73253 VG+/EX [Original US] 

Death Angel – The Ultra-Violence LP 1987 Enigma – ST-73253 VG+/EX [Original US] – This album makes these lists a lot and is very sought after; for a 35-year-old album, this one was in excellent condition. 

Value $140

Destruction – Infernal Overkill LP

Destruction – Infernal Overkill LP 1985 Steamhammer – SH 0029 VG+ *DE w/ Poster

Destruction – Infernal Overkill LP 1985 Steamhammer – SH 0029 VG+ *DE w/ Poster – This classic Destruction album also makes these lists a lot. This copy is extra cool because this limited edition included the original intact poster.

Value $120

Bulldozer – The Day Of Wrath LP

Bulldozer – The Day Of Wrath LP 1985 Roadrunner Records – RR 9779

Bulldozer – The Day Of Wrath LP 1985 Roadrunner Records – RR 9779 – This album from a band hailed as the “Venom of Italy” is an absolute classic proto-thrash/black metal masterpiece and is highly underrated. 

Value $100

Septic Death – Attention LP 

Septic Death – Attention LP 1990 Pusmort – PUS0023-OID VG+/EX – In the 80s, if you wanted to sell copies of your album, you needed a cover drawn by Pushead. Skeptic Death is Pushead’s (born Brian Schroeder), and this release is tough to find. 

Value $100

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Top Selling New Metal Heavy Metal CDs and Albums 2023

Top Selling New Metal CDs and Albums 2023 at Thrash Metal IQ

While this blog usually focuses on rare metal collections I buy from around the world, as a music retailer, we sell many brand-new titles from various metal labels, including Metal Blade, Hells Headbangers, High Roller Records, and Osmose Productions. The following is a list of the top 50 titles, as ranked by number of sales for 2023.

Tops Sellers 2023

Mercyful Fate – Melissa CD 2020 Metal Blade – 3984-15681-2 [Gatefold Digipak]

Mercyful Fate – Don’t Break The Oath CD 2020 Metal Blade – [Gatefold Digipak]

Blood Incantation – Hidden History Of The Human Race CD Dark Descent – DDR 236

Cannibal Corpse – Tomb Of The Mutilated LP 2022 Metal Blade [Red/White Swirl]

Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back To Life CD 2017 Metal Blade 3984-14425-2 SEALED

King Diamond – “Them” CD 2020 Metal Blade – 3984-15677-2 [Gatefold Digipak]

Bathory – Bathory LP 2004 Black Mark Production – BMLP666-1 [180 Gram Sweden]

Goatmoon – Finnish Steel Storm CD 2018 Werewolf Records – EVIL009 [SEALED] *FN

Bathory – Under The Sign Of The Black Mark LP 2014 Black Mark BMLP66 Sweden 180G

King Diamond – Abigail CD 2020 Metal Blade – 3984-15676-2 [Gatefold Digisleeve]

Black Flag – My War LP 2020 SST Records – SST 023 [SEALED]

NOFX – The Decline LP 1999 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT605-1

Sacrifice – Torment In Fire CD 2022 Shadow Kingdom – SKR190CD [Sealed]

NOFX – The War On Errorism LP 2003 Fat Wreck Chords FAT657-1 [SEALED] 

Face To Face – Face To Face LP 2016 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT 970-1 [SEALED]

Pantera – The Great Southern Trendkill LP 2021 EastWest Records [Orange Marbled]

Powerwolf – The History Of Heresy I (2004-2008) CD 2014 Metal Blade [3 CD Box ]

Mgla – Exercise In Futility CD 2018 Northern Heritage NH-089 [Sealed] [Finland]

NOFX – I Heard They Suck Live!! LP 1995 Fat Wreck FAT 0528-1 [SEALED] 1ST PRESS

Propagandhi – How To Clean Everything LP 2013 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT911-1 SEALED

Cannibal Corpse – Butchered At Birth LP 2022 Metal Blade [Clear & Black Vinyl]

Gwar – Phallus In Wonderland DVD 2015 Metal Blade Records – 3984-34071-9

Cannibal Corpse – Eaten Back To Life LP 2021 Metal Blade

Sacrifice – Soldiers Of Misfortune CD 2022 Shadow Kingdom – SKR192CD [Sealed]

Goatmoon – What Once Was… Shall Be Again CD 2023 Werewolf Records – EVIL-097

Beherit – The Oath Of Black Blood CD 2020 Nuclear War Now ANTI-GOTH 500 [Sealed]

NOFX – Wolves In Wolves’ Clothing LP 2006 Fat Wreck Chords – FAT711-1

Blood Incantation – Starspawn CD 2016 Dark Descent – DDR157CD [SEALED]

Behemoth – The Satanist LP 2021 Metal Blade 3984-15213-1 [LTD 2x Clear Vinyl]

Rudimentary Peni Death Church LP 2022 Sealed Records – SEAL-014 [Brand New] UK

Grave – You’ll Never See… LP 2022 Cosmic Key – CKC069 [Oxblood Swirl] *NL NEW

Sacrifice – Forward To Termination CD 2022 Shadow Kingdom – SKR191CD [Sealed]

Beherit – Drawing Down the Moon CD 2023 Nuclear War Now – ANTI-GOTH 600 [Sealed]

X-Cops – You Have The Right To Remain Silent CD 2023 Brutal Planet – BPCD1611

Protector – A Shedding Of Skin CD 2020 High Roller – HRR 427 CD *DE [SLIPCASE]

Dystopia – Dystopia CD 2023 Tankcrimes – TC 117 [Sealed] (155723156403)

Angry Samoans – Back from Samoa CD 1992 Triple X Records – 51034-2 (155155539144)

Merauder – Master Killer LP 2021 Rebellion – RR246 [Brand New] [Netherlands]

Blood Incantation – Starspawn LP 2016 Dark Descent – DDR157LP [Brand New]

Turbonegro – Apocalypse Dudes LP 2019 Indie Recordings INDIE262LP [WHITE 140G]

Hallows Eve – Death & Insanity CD 2014 Metal Blade – 3984-14059-2 [SEALED]

Conspiracy by King Diamond CD 2021 Metal Blade [Gatefold Digisleeve]

Deliverance – Deliverance CD 2020 Retroactive – RRCD1564 [Gold Disc Edition]

White Zombie – La Sexorcisto: Devil Music Vol. 1 LP 2012 Music On Vinyl [180G]

Fates Warning – The Spectre Within CD 2002 Metal Blade – 3984-14430-2 SEALED

Death – Leprosy LP 2014 Relapse Records – RR7228 [SEALED w/ POSTER]

Fates Warning – Awaken The Guardian Live Blu-ray 2017 Metal Blade – 3984-34075-9

The Ocean – Pelagial CD 2013 Metal Blade – 3984-15420-2 [Digsleeve] [Germany]

Guardian – Fire And Love LP 2017 Retroactive Records – RR1414 [Sealed]

Satanic Warmaster – We Are The Worms CD 2022 Werewolf Records EVIL-044 [Sealed]

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