{"id":24686,"date":"2015-04-14T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T20:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=24686"},"modified":"2015-04-14T23:12:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T04:12:38","slug":"record-store-day-2015-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/record-store-day-2015-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Store Day 2015: Every Punk & Metal Release Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The time is nigh for celebration, fellow odious record-collecting nerds! Record Store Day is this Saturday! Here is the definitive ranking for every punk, metal, and hardcore record being released.<\/p>\n

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Every year there is a giant shit pile of exclusive records set to be released. Most of them are unbearably lame but a few are worth the price of getting up early and nursing a hangover in a line with a bunch of other misanthropes. I looked over the full list of Record Store Day releases<\/a> and ranked most of the punk and metal (and some other stuff) records in order of Rad to Not Rad. Warning<\/strong>: Opinions below.<\/p>\n

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Metallica<\/strong> – No Life Til Leather<\/em> | Blackened<\/a>
\nEASILY the coolest release this year. You can get Metallica’s classic demo tape (featuring the OG lineup with Mustaine on ax and Ron McGovney slapping the bass) on cassette! In this rare instance, releasing an album on cassette makes sense as an aesthetic choice rather than an ironic move by some slapdick band of morons*.<\/p>\n

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V\/A<\/strong>: The Wrestling Album & PILEDRIVER: The Wrestling Album 2<\/em> | Legacy<\/a>
\nFUCK AND YES. In 1985 a butt-ton of wrestlers on the WWF roster put out The Wrestling Album, a collection of mostly wrestling theme songs from the likes of Captain Lou Albano and Roddy Piper. In 1987, we got a sequel with PILEDRIVER: The Wrestling Album 2. It’s more of the same, but if you’re a sucker for kitschy wrestling nostalgia, that’s not a bad thing (there’s even a song by Vince McMahon<\/a>!). This 2 LP collection has both albums and I must have it.<\/p>\n