$100 Gift Card + iTunes = What to Buy?

[WhiffleBallTony]

So, I've got $100 worth of iTunes gift cards to spend on iTunes. I don't really know exactly what I should get. I want some more obscure stuff that I won't be able to find elsewhere (in torrents...). I want to add to my collection of thrash/death/black metal primarily.

I figured you guys could help. Any ideas?

[afterstasis]

i've been meaning to tell you about jex thoth, so maybe listen to a few samples (http://www.myspace.com/totemdoom) and then see if itunes has anything.

it's got a few old friends who used to play in a psychedelic folk band called wooden wand & the vanishing voice...
jex thoth was originally called totem, but changed their name and got a lot better (and more unusual, by doom standards).

[WhiffleBallTony]

i've been meaning to tell you about jex thoth, so maybe listen to a few samples (http://www.myspace.com/totemdoom) and then see if itunes has anything.

it's got a few old friends who used to play in a psychedelic folk band called wooden wand & the vanishing voice...
jex thoth was originally called totem, but changed their name and got a lot better (and more unusual, by doom standards).

I like it. There's one album up on iTunes. I think I'll get it.

[bmcorrier]

Skeletonwitch. You will enjoy, I promise.

[WhiffleBallTony]

Skeletonwitch. You will enjoy, I promise.

I like that, too. Keep 'em coming.

[Hungryfreak]

Depends on the type you're looking for. If you like Skeletonwitch, I'll also recommend Toxic holocaust, on the thrash side.

The rest is tough since a lot of the stuff I want to recommend isn't on iTunes, haha.

[afterstasis]

a few black metal albums from this year that i think you'd really dig...

woe - a spell for the death of man - http://www.last.fm/label/Subvert+All+Media
trancelike void - destroying something beautiful - http://www.myspace.com/trancelikevoid
lascowiec - asgard mysteries - http://www.realmusic.ru/lascowiec

sorry if any of these aren't on itunes. i've never been on their web-site, so i have no clue what kind of a selection is available there.

feel free to let me know if there's anything else you need.

[WhiffleBallTony]

Depends on the type you're looking for. If you like Skeletonwitch, I'll also recommend Toxic holocaust, on the thrash side.

The rest is tough since a lot of the stuff I want to recommend isn't on iTunes, haha.

Yeah, that's an issue haha. I've heard of Toxic Holocaust, also. They opened for GWAR at the show that I wanted to see (but my damn parents wouldn't let me). I think they're on Relapse, too, right?

I'll go check 'em out. I bet I can find a torrent.

[WhiffleBallTony]

a few black metal albums from this year that i think you'd really dig...

woe - a spell for the death of man - http://www.last.fm/label/Subvert+All+Media
trancelike void - destroying something beautiful - http://www.myspace.com/trancelikevoid
lascowiec - asgard mysteries - http://www.realmusic.ru/lascowiec

sorry if any of these aren't on itunes. i've never been on their web-site, so i have no clue what kind of a selection is available there.

feel free to let me know if there's anything else you need.

Yeah, none of those are on iTunes. I'll go see if I can find any torrents, though.

[Hungryfreak]

Yeah, that's an issue haha. I've heard of Toxic Holocaust, also. They opened for GWAR at the show that I wanted to see (but my damn parents wouldn't let me). I think they're on Relapse, too, right?

I'll go check 'em out. I bet I can find a torrent.

Yeah, they're on Relapse. An Overdose of Death... is among my favorite albums of '08. Also, speaking of Relapse, if you're into sludge metal (which I imagine you are) check out Baroness. Get The Red Album (that is if you like their sound). I would check them out first, but they're pretty kickass.

Off of iTunes, along the lines of sludge/doom, I still recommend you get Kongh's album (if you haven't already). Also, Omega Massif has some pretty good sludge stuff. Geisterstadt's a pretty damn good album.