You showed a lot of favourites from my collection Mike. Those " Destruction " albums bring home to me why I love Metal so much!. Yes, I do like " Cracked Brain ". I see nothing wrong with the " Under The Influence " artwork either, and I did watch that Channel 33 episode as well. " They Live " is one of my favourite John Carpenter films, very funny and original. Mosh-Tastic episode Sir!🤘
Love Demolition Hammer . Named a cocktail 'Infectious Hospital Waste' while on the piss one evening. It was pretty much the dregs of evening we had. I agree about the coloured vinyl suiting the artwork.
‘Release From Agony’ was my introduction to ‘Destruction’… & I discovered it coz I saw Chuck Billy… I think it was… wearing a shirt with the cover art on! I’ve always preferred that debut from ‘Demolition Hammer’! “Throw enough shit & some of it will stick”… lol! Some excellent albums & additions to the ever growing vinyl collection here Mike!🤘🏻
Preferred the debut eh. Clearly a man of culture 😂. I went back and tried the second again but no it's too different production wise so I'm sticking with the first. Hope you still have the energy to make some videos 🤘
Cool update ,Mike. I also have tge same Destruction double pack cd. I need to pick up sone of them High Roller reissues. Ive got an OG of the live one, and a reissue, by someone else of Release From Agony. I bought an OG ,Ride the Lightning off my mate Dave. Love that Blind Illusion album. Great stuff.
Goons hey … don’t be late for SCHOOLed ha ha! I’m with you on that ‘88 thin production, it has character! I saw Exodus on the Tempo Tour, I got to talk to Rick Hunolt for a few minutes, you’re right I don’t even know if he was actually breathing 😂
I have the 2020 pressing of Temple Of The Damned also and for me it’s my second favourite Exodus album after Fabulous Disaster. I still havnt heard any Demolition Hammer but it’s available at my local and was thinking of picking up the reissues. Kool og’s there too.😀🤘
I went back to check on the second Demolition Hammer album after making the video and it's a different production job so I'm going to stick with just the first. Fabulous Disaster was my favourite for years. It's still up there for me.
Hey Mike. Great video. See, I told ya I’m here watching all your videos. It’s funny how even though we all have different tastes, us guys of a certain age (you, me, Marty, Jurgen, etc) all have very similar stories of our history with this music. On a separate note - I bought all those Cryptic Slaughter reissues thanks to Marty reminding me how great they are. You rule sir. Keep up the great work. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Cheers dude thanks for the kinds words. I'm glad you can find something to enjoy on here, I'm certainly not as skilled as those guys at doing these videos or as knowledgeable for that matter 😂
Amazing showing of Moshterpieces! Highlight for me is that Exodus Tempo Of The Damned, that one is on my wish list. Possibly not hard to find but I always forget to look for it when I am shopping for new music. Great video.
Hey again Mickey, nice video and commentary again thank you. A lot of great albums in that bunch. Honestly I went away from thrash like many have for quite some time and only got back into it in the last few years so there's been a lot of discovery in the last while. Maybe why I don't spend much time with say the first 4 Metallica albums....yes I love them don't necessarily have to give them a regular spin either having heard them so much.....kind of ties into your last question in the video somewhat.....thanks again 🙂
@@glennandreasen3152 I went away from thrash Yoo but I'm all about it at the moment. I have 2 videos worth if thrash to upload once my 80s videos are done. Cheers for watching mate
Nice one Mike! Thrash in the 90´s went downhill when bands started to tune down more than a halfstep and boosterd up the drumsound. Maybe that´s just me though, hahaha... The Blind Illusion album is indeed produced by Hammet, I asked Mark Biederman about it and Andy Galeon confirmed it. "Tempo of the Damned" is indeed up there with the 80s records. It´s even better than some of those tbh. Btw, "They Live" is not fictional, it´s a documentary!
😂 Yes it's proving to be isn't it. I'll have a fair amount to bring up in the Testament stream on Friday about how the sound changed. Have a good weekend 🤘
Sweet collection update here mate! Exodus for me should of been so much bigger! The rob dukes era is exceptional! Didn’t think much of the last one tbh though. Destruction rule to stuff me old china plate 😉🤘🏻🍺
@@metalmickey furry muff he’s not everyone’s cup of tea. But musically just top notch! If you want rid of that tempo of the damnned hit me up 😉 looking good very svelt mate
I commend you and your memory mate, I have absolutely no recollection about how I felt, what was said and what I exactly did when I try to recall experiencing first listens to a certain record or tape back in the 80s. Only fuzzy memories of what might have happened 😂 awesome haul from Jürgen and some killer OG* bargains. I have sold off some records that I can’t listen to all the way through anymore as it’s just way to overplayed but I have kept the cd copies just in case I feel like listening to a few deep cuts and skipping the overplayed hits. Hope that answers your last question. Back in Black and Appetite for Destruction were the first to go.
I couldn't sell Appetite! That never lets me down I still love it. Back in Black isn't actually an album I've clocked up many plays of really. Probably less than 50. I do have a knack of remembering pointless sh1t 😂
I love Destruction, and their first releases put them among the heavyweights of Thrash Metal. They are also a strongly influential band for the second wave of Black Metal. I bought the re-released CD's to restore a little order to the chaos that was those early CD's, just like your Relase of Agony vinyl, they simply rock. Release of Agony ... I immediately thought of the strange creature from it's artwork when I watched the movie Labyrinth many years later. Tempo of the Damned is one of my favourite Exodus albums. Ride the Lightning is amazing, The Call of Ktulu, Creeping Death, and the title track are simply mind-blowing. Under the Influence is a great classic Overkill album. If I stop listening to an album that I've heard too much, it's never for a long time. Plus there are plenty more to listen too, it's never boring. Have a great Sunday Mickey! 😎🤘
Labyrinth I just got that through the week on dvd I've never seen it but they are 20 for a pound at the moment so I grab alsorts. Yeah Tempo is awesome. Have s good weekend 🤘
Great stuff Mike…Excellent pick ups from Jurgen…the Destruction reissues are great , I have a few of them but I wanna get the rest Always nice to see that Blind Illusion record, it’s one of my favorites Love that Exodus album, have that edition Omnitron, sounds like a Transformer lol An awesome update Mate
Demolition Hammer are one of my favourite bands, I fucking love em !!! Own both albums on cd, tape and vinyl - simply a must. Epidemic of violence rips !!!! I purposely picked BLUE vinyl for Tortured , because I get a fucking lob on when I see blue vinyl
I have the HRR reissues of the early Destruction albums , killer packaging - only ones I am bothered about - up to Cracked Brain. To be honest HRR do a cracking job on their reissues , got a few of them now. I actually think Release from Agony is my fav Destruction
Those dual album Destruction CDs sound horrendous, you'll be lucky to get shot of them... I was surprised just how much I liked that Blind Illusion album when I picked it up in the last year or so, instant favourite. I got my MFN RtL back in 2015 for 10.99 off Discogs, I probably baulked at the price back then as well lol. Absolute bargain on the Xentrix - great find!
I can't think of any albums I'd never listen to again from over listening. How can you even over listen to something, you'd give up before that stage if you'd had enough. Take a break, revisit in a number of years if you have to but I guarantee if you loved it then you'll love it now.
😂 do you like the albums though? I can't ever see RTL selling for £10.99 again. The remaining ones will probably take years to find at an affordable price. I've had a good run so far but the wells dry at the moment in my price range.
Tempo Of The Damned rules!!, Banging start to finish, just a great record. I've never gotten into Destruction, way too late to the party and I'm not big in those reissues with twobon one disc things either. Demolition . Hammer are murderous. The third album is a step down compared to the first two albums though. Great stuff Mick!!
Nice stack of vinyls there Mike. Glad you went back to Tempo of the Damned, great return to form for Exodus, shame that they didn't manage to keep the momentum running. Under the Influence is a killer album. Cheers. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yeah that's true, they put out too long albums these days. I love Overkill around that era. They overwhelm me with all the releases though. Cheers Roger 🤘enjoyed the harder thrash episode too
I remember as a kid being kinda creeped out by the artwork from 'Release from Agony'. Is 'Cracked Brain' bad? I've actually never heard it. Nice OG pick-ups! I like that Omnitron album, because it's kinda weird.
I don't suppose it's bad no it's more me having all I need by them and keeping things tidy 😂. I wasn't into the guys voice as much but I didn't give it much of a chance
Amazing stack here mate. That Demolition Hammer album is great but I do prefer Epidemic of Violence myself. Tempo of The Fanned us a beast and is better than some of their output from the 'classic ' era. I have those Steamhammer Destruction cds and like you say their a pain in the arse. Cheers Mike
That Exodus is a fine comeback album - not many bands can do it , but they did ! I am always unsure when a band 'is back' after a long hiatus as they mostly forget how to write songs and usually a massive let down, but Exodus did a banging job.
I had an original pressing of Ride The Lightning that I bought second hand for under a fiver. No longer have it because I donated a load of albums - all played to death - to sell to fund a rugby tour. My other memory of that album was when I took a dubbed copy and played Fight Fire with Fire during a music lesson in school - did not go down too well.
@@metalmickey From Swansea, so so being Welsh rugby is a big thing, though it is growing outside the UK and Europe, especially in the States, as I found out on that rugby tour to Amsterdam.
Hi Mike!!! great Destruction haul from Jurgen, are you going to get of their stuff?? back in the day german thrash was a little to extreme for my taste so i never got into them....... also not very familiar with UK thrash like Xentrix or other bands like Demolition Hammer, bands i discover only a couple of years ago and realize that i have missed great music..... The first Metallica soong i listen was "FFWF" and yes it was the heaviest thing i have ever heard back then and loved it and yes you're right it was the music, not just the guitar solo it was the whole package vocal+guitar+drums+bass..... Now i need to check Cryptic Slaughter and Blind Ilusion because i'm a big Primus fan...... cheers
Cheers Christian. I'll just be sticking with these Destruction ones I would think. I'm not usually someone who goes beyond a handful of albums with one band in most cases. Hope you like Blind Illusion. I don't think Cryptic Slaughter will be fine or you though
I paid £40 for my original Music for Nations Ride the lightning. But it doesnt have the merch sheet,thats when it goes higher. Im trying to get the Megaforce one and the Megaforce promo then youre looking at 3 figures.
It is specially for the collectors. I paid £270 for white Garage Inc box set for on white vinyl from 2012 on Warner Brothers a couple of months ago. They made 500 copies on black vinyl and in those 100 were printed white by mistake!. Will tune into the Testament stream got Practice What you Preach a month ago & got the legacy and Souls of black coming.
I have all the early Metallica on cd on MFN - had em years - also got em on Japan import too - never got around to buying the vinyls , dunno if I am bothered really - partly because I have heard em that much its nothing special - total classics, of course.
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You showed a lot of favourites from my collection Mike. Those " Destruction " albums bring home to me why I
love Metal so much!. Yes, I do like " Cracked Brain ".
I see nothing wrong with the " Under The Influence " artwork either, and I did watch that Channel 33 episode as well. " They Live " is one of my favourite John Carpenter films, very funny and original.
Mosh-Tastic episode Sir!🤘
Love Demolition Hammer . Named a cocktail 'Infectious Hospital Waste' while on the piss one evening. It was pretty much the dregs of evening we had. I agree about the coloured vinyl suiting the artwork.
😂 good one. Yeah colour looks good when it all matches
@@metalmickey Some coloured vinyl looks like Fisher Price kid's toys
‘Release From Agony’ was my introduction to ‘Destruction’… & I discovered it coz I saw Chuck Billy… I think it was… wearing a shirt with the cover art on! I’ve always preferred that debut from ‘Demolition Hammer’!
“Throw enough shit & some of it will stick”… lol! Some excellent albums & additions to the ever growing vinyl collection here Mike!🤘🏻
Preferred the debut eh. Clearly a man of culture 😂. I went back and tried the second again but no it's too different production wise so I'm sticking with the first. Hope you still have the energy to make some videos 🤘
@@metalmickey hehe… just about Mike… just about, lol!🤘🏻
Cool update ,Mike. I also have tge same Destruction double pack cd. I need to pick up sone of them High Roller reissues. Ive got an OG of the live one, and a reissue, by someone else of Release From Agony. I bought an OG ,Ride the Lightning off my mate Dave. Love that Blind Illusion album. Great stuff.
I had a bit of luck with this batch lately but there's nothing much out there at the moment. I suppose it gives my wallet chance to recover lol
Goons hey … don’t be late for SCHOOLed ha ha! I’m with you on that ‘88 thin production, it has character! I saw Exodus on the Tempo Tour, I got to talk to Rick Hunolt for a few minutes, you’re right I don’t even know if he was actually breathing 😂
Haha who were they touring with when you seen them? Nukes were immense. I got a chat with Dan Lilker that night
@@metalmickey They were opening for Megadeth on The System Has Failed Tour
@@darcysixstringsninelives3493 Ah ok I seen Megadeth on that tour but we got bloody Diamond Head 😂
I have the 2020 pressing of Temple Of The Damned also and for me it’s my second favourite Exodus album after Fabulous Disaster. I still havnt heard any Demolition Hammer but it’s available at my local and was thinking of picking up the reissues. Kool og’s there too.😀🤘
I went back to check on the second Demolition Hammer album after making the video and it's a different production job so I'm going to stick with just the first. Fabulous Disaster was my favourite for years. It's still up there for me.
Hey Mike. Great video. See, I told ya I’m here watching all your videos. It’s funny how even though we all have different tastes, us guys of a certain age (you, me, Marty, Jurgen, etc) all have very similar stories of our history with this music.
On a separate note - I bought all those Cryptic Slaughter reissues thanks to Marty reminding me how great they are.
You rule sir. Keep up the great work. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Cheers dude thanks for the kinds words. I'm glad you can find something to enjoy on here, I'm certainly not as skilled as those guys at doing these videos or as knowledgeable for that matter 😂
Have every single record you shown Mike and all great records .All Thrahtastic👍👍
Those destruction reissues are really nice.
I have the reissues of all 4 Cryptic Slaughter - all on lovely coloured wax
Amazing showing of Moshterpieces! Highlight for me is that Exodus Tempo Of The Damned, that one is on my wish list. Possibly not hard to find but I always forget to look for it when I am shopping for new music. Great video.
No it's not cheap these days though either. Cheers Steve
yeah man i love demo hammer, great lyrics too. glad you mentioned cannibal corpse, I always thought their guitar tones were similar.
Love the video, gave me some idea about exploring :)
Hey again Mickey, nice video and commentary again thank you. A lot of great albums in that bunch. Honestly I went away from thrash like many have for quite some time and only got back into it in the last few years so there's been a lot of discovery in the last while. Maybe why I don't spend much time with say the first 4 Metallica albums....yes I love them don't necessarily have to give them a regular spin either having heard them so much.....kind of ties into your last question in the video somewhat.....thanks again 🙂
@@glennandreasen3152 I went away from thrash Yoo but I'm all about it at the moment. I have 2 videos worth if thrash to upload once my 80s videos are done. Cheers for watching mate
Excellent thrash metal update, Mike! Good to see Demolition Hammer, Exodus, Destruction and Metallica.
Cheers Tony have a good weekend 🤘
Nice one Mike! Thrash in the 90´s went downhill when bands started to tune down more than a halfstep and boosterd up the drumsound. Maybe that´s just me though, hahaha...
The Blind Illusion album is indeed produced by Hammet, I asked Mark Biederman about it and Andy Galeon confirmed it.
"Tempo of the Damned" is indeed up there with the 80s records. It´s even better than some of those tbh.
Btw, "They Live" is not fictional, it´s a documentary!
😂 Yes it's proving to be isn't it. I'll have a fair amount to bring up in the Testament stream on Friday about how the sound changed. Have a good weekend 🤘
Sweet collection update here mate! Exodus for me should of been so much bigger! The rob dukes era is exceptional! Didn’t think much of the last one tbh though. Destruction rule to stuff me old china plate 😉🤘🏻🍺
I never tried them Dukes era, too shouty what I caught of it really. I'm going to knuckle down on these Destructions
@@metalmickey furry muff he’s not everyone’s cup of tea. But musically just top notch! If you want rid of that tempo of the damnned hit me up 😉 looking good very svelt mate
I commend you and your memory mate, I have absolutely no recollection about how I felt, what was said and what I exactly did when I try to recall experiencing first listens to a certain record or tape back in the 80s. Only fuzzy memories of what might have happened 😂 awesome haul from Jürgen and some killer OG* bargains. I have sold off some records that I can’t listen to all the way through anymore as it’s just way to overplayed but I have kept the cd copies just in case I feel like listening to a few deep cuts and skipping the overplayed hits. Hope that answers your last question. Back in Black and Appetite for Destruction were the first to go.
I couldn't sell Appetite! That never lets me down I still love it. Back in Black isn't actually an album I've clocked up many plays of really. Probably less than 50. I do have a knack of remembering pointless sh1t 😂
I love Destruction, and their first releases put them among the heavyweights of Thrash Metal. They are also a strongly influential band for the second wave of Black Metal. I bought the re-released CD's to restore a little order to the chaos that was those early CD's, just like your Relase of Agony vinyl, they simply rock.
Release of Agony ... I immediately thought of the strange creature from it's artwork when I watched the movie Labyrinth many years later.
Tempo of the Damned is one of my favourite Exodus albums.
Ride the Lightning is amazing, The Call of Ktulu, Creeping Death, and the title track are simply mind-blowing.
Under the Influence is a great classic Overkill album.
If I stop listening to an album that I've heard too much, it's never for a long time. Plus there are plenty more to listen too, it's never boring.
Have a great Sunday Mickey! 😎🤘
Labyrinth I just got that through the week on dvd I've never seen it but they are 20 for a pound at the moment so I grab alsorts. Yeah Tempo is awesome. Have s good weekend 🤘
Great stuff Mike…Excellent pick ups from Jurgen…the Destruction reissues are great , I have a few of them but I wanna get the rest
Always nice to see that Blind Illusion record, it’s one of my favorites
Love that Exodus album, have that edition
Omnitron, sounds like a Transformer lol
An awesome update Mate
Yeah I've had that Omnitron on again today and it gets no less weird 😂.
@@metalmickey 😂must check it out on TH-cam
Demolition Hammer are one of my favourite bands, I fucking love em !!! Own both albums on cd, tape and vinyl - simply a must. Epidemic of violence rips !!!! I purposely picked BLUE vinyl for Tortured , because I get a fucking lob on when I see blue vinyl
😂😂😂 That's such a weird colour to be attached to unless it reminds you of the Police of course 😂
@metalmickey dunno mate, it could well be haha
I have the HRR reissues of the early Destruction albums , killer packaging - only ones I am bothered about - up to Cracked Brain. To be honest HRR do a cracking job on their reissues , got a few of them now. I actually think Release from Agony is my fav Destruction
That one's Jürgens favourite too. I'll get stuck into them over the coming weeks. HRR definitely do a decent job.
Those dual album Destruction CDs sound horrendous, you'll be lucky to get shot of them... I was surprised just how much I liked that Blind Illusion album when I picked it up in the last year or so, instant favourite. I got my MFN RtL back in 2015 for 10.99 off Discogs, I probably baulked at the price back then as well lol. Absolute bargain on the Xentrix - great find!
I can't think of any albums I'd never listen to again from over listening. How can you even over listen to something, you'd give up before that stage if you'd had enough. Take a break, revisit in a number of years if you have to but I guarantee if you loved it then you'll love it now.
😂 do you like the albums though? I can't ever see RTL selling for £10.99 again. The remaining ones will probably take years to find at an affordable price. I've had a good run so far but the wells dry at the moment in my price range.
Tempo Of The Damned rules!!, Banging start to finish, just a great record.
I've never gotten into Destruction, way too late to the party and I'm not big in those reissues with twobon one disc things either.
Demolition . Hammer are murderous. The third album is a step down compared to the first two albums though.
Great stuff Mick!!
Cheers Dave. I tried that second Dem Ham after doing the video but I'm just going to stick with the first one.
@@metalmickey Killer band, I sae themblive a few years ago, met the singer. Great band like.
Nice stack of vinyls there Mike. Glad you went back to Tempo of the Damned, great return to form for Exodus, shame that they didn't manage to keep the momentum running. Under the Influence is a killer album. Cheers. 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Yeah that's true, they put out too long albums these days. I love Overkill around that era. They overwhelm me with all the releases though. Cheers Roger 🤘enjoyed the harder thrash episode too
@@metalmickey all their albums is good, they have one of the best discographies, not all are total great but I find enjoy to them all
I remember as a kid being kinda creeped out by the artwork from 'Release from Agony'. Is 'Cracked Brain' bad? I've actually never heard it. Nice OG pick-ups! I like that Omnitron album, because it's kinda weird.
I don't suppose it's bad no it's more me having all I need by them and keeping things tidy 😂. I wasn't into the guys voice as much but I didn't give it much of a chance
Amazing stack here mate. That Demolition Hammer album is great but I do prefer Epidemic of Violence myself. Tempo of The Fanned us a beast and is better than some of their output from the 'classic ' era. I have those Steamhammer Destruction cds and like you say their a pain in the arse. Cheers Mike
Yeah I don't often show that many but I was certainly glad to get them all. Cheers mate
Overkill - got the vinyl box set and all the others on cd - sold my early cds when I got the box set
That Exodus is a fine comeback album - not many bands can do it , but they did ! I am always unsure when a band 'is back' after a long hiatus as they mostly forget how to write songs and usually a massive let down, but Exodus did a banging job.
Yeah I agree. One of the best. I'm not as interested in the new stuff. Too much material on offer to keep my attention
I had an original pressing of Ride The Lightning that I bought second hand for under a fiver. No longer have it because I donated a load of albums - all played to death - to sell to fund a rugby tour. My other memory of that album was when I took a dubbed copy and played Fight Fire with Fire during a music lesson in school - did not go down too well.
Haha no I bet it never! Rugby eh. You must be from the UK are you? I always assumed most people are from overseas for some reason.
@@metalmickey From Swansea, so so being Welsh rugby is a big thing, though it is growing outside the UK and Europe, especially in the States, as I found out on that rugby tour to Amsterdam.
Hi Mike!!! great Destruction haul from Jurgen, are you going to get of their stuff?? back in the day german thrash was a little to extreme for my taste so i never got into them....... also not very familiar with UK thrash like Xentrix or other bands like Demolition Hammer, bands i discover only a couple of years ago and realize that i have missed great music..... The first Metallica soong i listen was "FFWF" and yes it was the heaviest thing i have ever heard back then and loved it and yes you're right it was the music, not just the guitar solo it was the whole package vocal+guitar+drums+bass..... Now i need to check Cryptic Slaughter and Blind Ilusion because i'm a big Primus fan...... cheers
Cheers Christian. I'll just be sticking with these Destruction ones I would think. I'm not usually someone who goes beyond a handful of albums with one band in most cases. Hope you like Blind Illusion. I don't think Cryptic Slaughter will be fine or you though
Xentrix, got all the reissues on vinyl - except Ghostbusters which is an original
I paid £40 for my original Music for Nations Ride the lightning. But it doesnt have the merch sheet,thats when it goes higher. Im trying to get the Megaforce one and the Megaforce promo then youre looking at 3 figures.
It's insane the Metallica prices. At 51 i have to factor in just how much use a Metallica album will actually get for the money.
It is specially for the collectors. I paid £270 for white Garage Inc box set for on white vinyl from 2012 on Warner Brothers a couple of months ago. They made 500 copies on black vinyl and in those 100 were printed white by mistake!.
Will tune into the Testament stream got Practice What you Preach a month ago & got the legacy and Souls of black coming.
@@adamsalem7050 Good one and you got some bangers there then 🤘
I have all the early Metallica on cd on MFN - had em years - also got em on Japan import too - never got around to buying the vinyls , dunno if I am bothered really - partly because I have heard em that much its nothing special - total classics, of course.
I understand that I'm only wanting them at the right price I've still got the CDs
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