{"title":"30 Essential Listens","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"korn-korn-vinyl","title":"KORN 'KORN' LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: Music on Vinyl\u003cbr\u003eVINYL RELEASE DATE: 2014\u003cbr\u003eORIGINAL RELEASE DATE: 1994\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: Black Vinyl LP\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLimited double 180 gm vinyl LP pressing with six page insert. \u003c\/span\u003eImport.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e30 years on, Korn’s self-titled debut still sounds revolutionary. The fact remains that no one was quite ready for the bounce-driven, seven-string bombast the quintet served up on their Ross Robinson-produced first album, with its opening “Blind” redefining the way metalheads grooved for decades to come. Jonathan Davis’ pit-of-darkness lyricism and vulnerable screams remain just as visceral as they did in ‘94, while Korn’s mix of low-rider cruising grooves and dizzying riffs made it clear that a new kind of heaviness brewing up in Bakersfield — a nu-metal, if you will. 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Their \u003ci\u003ePony\u003c\/i\u003e trots, gallops and canters through a conscious-expanding voyage of heavy shoegazing, rap-rock brashness and cloud-bound texturing. Sporting big hits (“Change (In the House of Flies”) and esoteric collabs (the Maynard James Keenan-assisted “Passenger”), Deftones’ Grammy-winning \u003ci\u003eWhite Pony\u003c\/i\u003e is spread out across two slabs of black wax.\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WARNER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47531410194650,"sku":"DEFTONES-WHITE-PONY-2LP-4667","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/1685256.jpg?v=1769212390"},{"product_id":"motley-crue-dr-feelgood-lp","title":"MOTLEY CRUE 'DR. 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From the wing-beating fury of “Angel of Death” to the apocalyptic quasi-title-track, “Raining Blood,” Slayer’s third (and widely considered best) LP is unquestionably one of the greatest thrash records ever — not to mention an essential piece of source material for death metal, black metal and heavy hardcore alike. Every metalhead needs to own it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eReign in Blood - Out of print in the U.S.! For nearly 25 years, Slayer have remained the most important and influential Speed Metal band in history. Reign In Blood is their 1986 mind-numbing opus featuring 10 tracks including 'Angle Of Death', 'Necrophobic', 'Altar Of Sacrifice' and more. 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The deluxe edition includes the 2012 remaster of the original album along with a second disc of outtakes that are previously unreleased in North America. Black Sabbath is the eponymous debut studio album by Ozzy and the boys. 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The band had become bigger than life, and nowhere in their catalogue is that more apparent than 1984’s \u003ci\u003ePowerslave\u003c\/i\u003e. All-energy anthems like “Two Minutes to Midnight” and “Aces High” find the band firing on all cylinders, while the nearly 14-minute “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” is an epic and moody heavy metal masterpiece. A truly worship-worthy release from Maiden, remastered in 2015 and presented on classic black wax.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Universal","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47532552421594,"sku":"IRON-MAIDEN-POWERSLAVE-2015-REMASTER-LP-6400","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/4709\/4490\/files\/418456082921_500.webp?v=1769250283"},{"product_id":"slipknot-slipknot-2lp-25th-anniversary-edition-jade-vinyl","title":"SLIPKNOT 'SLIPKNOT' 2LP (25th Anniversary Edition, Jade Vinyl))","description":"\u003cp\u003eLABEL: Roadrunner Records\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRELEASE DATE: 09\/05\/25\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVARIANT: 2LP Jade Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e25th Anniversary Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough it was recorded in sunny Malibu, California alongside nu-metal producer Ross Robinson, the darkest recesses of the Iowa plains are what bleed out of Slipknot’s eternally heavy self-titled debut. 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