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Metallica ‎– Ride The Lightning
Title: Metallica – Ride the LightningYear/Genre: 1984, MetalCondition: New Cultural Facts: Writ...
Title: Metallica – Ride the LightningYear/Genre: 1984, MetalCondition: New Cultural Facts: Written after the band’s gear was stolen in Boston in 1984, forcing them to borrow equipment and push through a rough early touring grind. The title and electric chair theme were inspired by a Stephen King novel the band passed around in their tour van. Recorded in Copenhagen, reflecting Metallica’s early pattern of working far from home and outside the Hollywood/LA industry orbit. 1/20/25KG 3/2...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Deftones – Around the FurYear/Genre: 1997, Alternative Metal / Nu MetalCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Cut with Terry Date in a high-pressure label window—late nights, fast decisions, and “keep the take” momentum. Album Art: The cover model was a non-professional from their orbit, photographed spontaneously at a pool party rather than staged like a metal promo. Band Drama: Written while...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! @Title: System of a Down – ToxicityYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2001, Rock, Alternative Metal, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Political Science: Armenian-American members folded genocide memory and diaspora politics into a mainstream rock spotlight that rarely made room for it. Media Narrative: Released right before 9/11; songs were briefly pulled from some radio rotation as U.S. culture got hypersen...
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Mayhem – The Dawn Of The Black Hearts (RARE Sui...
Year/Genre: 1995 Black MetalMatrix #: DIE 678Condition: MINT (EURO IMPORT) Description:This 1990 ...
Year/Genre: 1995 Black MetalMatrix #: DIE 678Condition: MINT (EURO IMPORT) Description:This 1990 live recording captures Mayhem during the most infamous era of Norwegian black metal—a movement born in Oslo that violently rejected modern society, Christianity, and capitalism. Vocalist Dead's disturbing stage presence and self-harm rituals reflected a scene obsessed with authenticity and extremity. By the early 1990s, members of Mayhem and their circle were linked to a wave of church burnings a...
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Metallica - Metal Up Your Ass! (OG Cover RARE!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Metallica – Metal Up Your Ass!Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1982, Metal, Thrash Metal, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Public Scandal: Planned as the debut title/cover (a dagger-hand coming out of a toilet). Megaforce balked, so the band’s clapback title became “Kill ’Em All.” Band Drama: Dave Mustaine-era material lives here; he was fired right before the first album run, then recycled parts of...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Korn – Follow The LeaderYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1998, Metal, Nu Metal, Bakersfield, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded with Steve Thompson and Toby Wright while the band was touring nonstop—sessions were fragmented, built around exhaustion and schedule chaos. Public Scandal: Korn leaned into moral-panic attention, then got hit with real backlash as school-violence debates and c...
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Samhain – November-Coming-Fire (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Samhain – November-Coming-FireYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1986, Rock, Deathrock, Lodi, NJCondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Danzig treated Samhain as the bridge out of the Misfits—same mythos, more control, and a deliberate step toward his next band identity. Legal Trouble: The catalog’s rights/ownership history has been messy for decades, with reissues often tied up in who controls the masters and ...
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NIN & PETER MURPHY!- Where Darkness Doubles (Co...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Peter Murphy & Trent Reznor – Where Darkness Doubles, Where Light Pours InYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2026, Rock, Gothic Rock, Northampton, England / Cleveland, OhioCondition: New Cultural Facts: Scene Ecology: A rare bridge between two separate worlds—’80s UK goth infrastructure and ’90s U.S. industrial—built by overlapping fanbases rather than radio formats. Studio Lore: Framed as a true duet, not a “...
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CHEVELLE – Wonder What's Next (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Chevelle - Wonder What's NextYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2002, Alternative, Alternative Metal, Grayslake, Illinois 5/26Condition: New (BC) | Members: Pete L (76' - Alive), Sam L (74' - Alive), Joe L (73' - Alive)Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Chevelle’s early identity was built around three brothers working through pressure, faith-adjacent expectations, and the grind of post-grunge touring. Band Drama: J...
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Pantera – Power Metal (88' Glam Era Staff Pick!...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Pantera – Power MetalYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1988, Metal, Heavy Metal, Arlington, TXCondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: First album with Phil Anselmo after the Terry Glaze era—an early lineup pivot that reset the band’s trajectory. Media Narrative: Pantera later treated the glam-era catalog as “pre-history,” and it stayed hard to access officially, turning it into collector lore. Scene Ecology:...
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Primus-1986-1988 Studio Cuts (Color)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Primus – 1986–1988 Studio CutsYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1988, Rock, Alternative Metal, San Francisco Bay Area, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Band Drama: Early Primus was defined by constant lineup churn—especially behind the kit—before the “classic” era stabilized. Scene Ecology: They grew out of the late-’80s Bay Area club circuit where metal, funk, punk, and art-rock overlapped in the same rooms. N...
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Danzig – Danzig RARE (Staff Pick!)
Title: Danzig – DanzigYear/Genre: 1988, Heavy MetalMatrix #: DEF 24208Condition: New Cultural Fac...
Title: Danzig – DanzigYear/Genre: 1988, Heavy MetalMatrix #: DEF 24208Condition: New Cultural Facts: Produced by Rick Rubin, who encouraged Glenn Danzig to strip back speed-punk aggression for a darker, blues-metal tone. Features future Queens of the Stone Age drummer Chuck Biscuits, formerly of Black Flag and D.O.A. The song “Mother” became a hit years later after MTV banned its original video, giving it cult resurgence in the ’90s. +1 5/9/25 - EK  Sold 11/24/25
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