Album Haul, January 2019 Edition

More music to add (and restore) to the ol’ collection. Take a gander at the Portrait of an American Family icon-external-link-12x12 album art—it exemplifies how physical media can form a palpable connection to the music it adorns. “You cannot sedate all the things you hate.” A traditional release of this LP would (should?) absolutely survive in our current digital climate.

Life sucks sometimes, so this is at least the second time I have purchased this fucking album. Hopefully it’s the last time, but I would buy it again if I had to. I also finally picked up Holy Wood (In the Shadow of the Valley of Death) icon-external-link-12x12 ; I’m trying to keep the timeline intact here: I only listened to Mechanical Animals icon-external-link-12x12 in its entirety a couple years ago. I hear Mr. Manson lost quite a bit of his thunder as the music industry rocketed into the new millenium sans quality assurance safety belts.

It has been a while since a I have checked to see what Trent Reznor has been up to. Whaddaya know—three Nine Inch Nails icon-external-link-12x12 EPs were waiting for me! Normally I’m not so far behind, but it’s a strange world I live in these days.

Baroness icon-external-link-12x12 and Slipknot icon-external-link-12x12 also contribute to the mix. Never been much of a Slipknot fan, but they are growing on me slowly and surely. All this heavy metal is rounded out by inspirational slide guitar by Sonny Landreth icon-external-link-12x12 and acoustic guitar by Ralph Towner icon-external-link-12x12 , plus 90s Swedish rock from The Cardigans icon-external-link-12x12 .


Nine Inch Nails
→ Not the Actual Events
→ Add Violence
→ Bad Witch

Nine Inch Nails' "Bad Witch" album art. [Formatted]

Baroness
→ Red Album

Sonny Landreth
→ Elemental Journey

Marilyn Manson
→ Portrait of an American Family
→ Holy Wood

Marilyn Manson's "Portrait of an American Family" album art. [Formatted]

The Cardigans
→ Life

Slipknot
→ All Hope is Gone

Slipknot's "All Hope is Gone" album art. [Formatted]

Ralph Towner
→ Time Line