Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt 107

ARTIST:  Slayer
ORIGIN:  Huntington Park, CA (United States)
TITLE:  Seasons in the Abyss
LABEL:  Def American
YEAR:  1990
GENRE:  Thrash Metal
FAVORITE SONG:  "Seasons in the Abyss"
NOTES:  This was my first Slayer album.  I figured I was about due at this point and I chose this one because I already had the title track on a compilation album.  And I liked it quite a bit.  I don't think I was prepared for how different Slayer's typical songs were.  Slayer is all about speed.  And that definitely shows on this album.  It took a little while, but it really grew on me.

Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt. 72

ARTIST:  Danzig
ORIGIN:  Lodi, NJ (United States)
TITLE:  Danzig II: Lucifuge
LABEL:  Def American
YEAR:  1990
GENRE:  Heavy Metal
FAVORITE SONG:  "Her Black Wings"
NOTES:  My second full-length album by Danzig and my third overall release.  This is still quite possibly my favorite Danzig album.  At this point, I was really big into his solo band and my interest in his prior projects was starting to increase as well.  He just has a knack for writing dark, catchy songs.

Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt. 44

ARTIST:  Danzig
ORIGIN:  Lodi, NJ (United States)
TITLE:  Thrall-Demonsweatlive
LABEL:  Def American
YEAR:  1993
GENRE:  Heavy Metal
FAVORITE SONG:  "It's Coming Down"
NOTES:  My first exposure to Danzig was the live version of "Mother" off of this EP in 1993.  My older brother originally had this one and he gave it to me when he grew out of it.  This features three new songs, including the incredible "It's Coming Down" and four live tracks, and then a re-recording of "Mother".  This is far from an essential release, but it has some good stuff on it.

Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt. 28

ARTIST:  Danzig
ORIGIN:  Lodi, NJ (United States)
TITLE:  How the Gods Kill
LABEL:  Def American
YEAR:  1992
GENRE:  Heavy Metal
FAVORITE SONG:  "Left Hand Black"
NOTES:  Danzig is another band that I was familiar with due to my older brother.  He had the Thrall-Demonsweatlive EP and the live version of "Mother" was all over MTV for a while.  I picked this one up as my first album by the band mostly on the strength of "Dirty Black Summer".  I had also heard a live version of "Sistinas" on the aforementioned EP.  I love the H.R. Giger artwork, he is one of my favorite artists.