Bonus tracks!

I love bonus tracks. Seriously, they’re great. And the freaking Japanese get them all. But living in Europe, it means I have access to at least some bonus track-equipped CDs, although they’re rarely the same as what Japan sees. (If that doesn’t encourage online file-sharing, I don’t know what does.) Check out this gem I found recently at an electronics store.

I want to rebuy this CD so hard, just for those sweet, sweet bonus tracks. Bastards! I recently rebought Death Cult Armageddon, because I was planning to see Dimmu in concert, and I was sick of the 192Kbps rip of the album I’ve had since it was released. I try not to rebuy too many CDs, but sometimes you just gotta bite the bullet and love the band until you die.

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Mors Principium Est – The Lust Called Knowledge

In the sky the angels’ defeat
In the clouds the winds so grey…

Now that’s a solo. It’s by far the sloppiest solo I’ve ever heard out of a Finnish band, so much so that it almost sounds amateur, but that adds to the passion of it, I think. But the runs are slick and the tapping is top-notch, layered to all hell. And to hear it remixed! Damn that sounds attractive.

Editing for that clip made me realize I’m still using the abysmal 192Kbps rip I’ve had since 2003 for this album, too. What a disgrace. I guess I’ll be rebuying it when the new stipend come through.