Record Store Day 2015 is coming up! You know what that means! Websites and blogs telling you what exclusives to check out! Here’s 5 heavy metal RSD releases I’ll be drooling over in participating stores on April 18th.

5. Venom, ‘From the Very Depths’ 12″

The first three of these releases are all thrash veterans. Firstly Venom’s From The Very Depths is one of my favourite heavy metal albums of the year so far and it’s being released on Vinyl, it’s old school thrash done by the masters. The artwork will be killer on a 12’ cover too.

4. Slayer, ‘When the Stillness Comes’ 7″

Slayer are really getting behind RSD here by realising this brand new track on this sick looking picture vinyl. Oh and it has Black Magic from the Show No Mercy album live at Bloodstock on the b side! Awesome! New Slayer is always exciting even though ‘Implode’ was a bit of a dud, ‘When The Stillness Comes’ is definitely gonna be worth checking out.

3. Metallica, ‘No Life Til Leather’ Cassette

Fancy owning a reissue cassette of the biggest metal band in the world’s 1982 debut demo? Despite how uncool they normally act, I think Metallica have done well here, this would be cool as fuck to own, even if tape’s quality is questionable. That’s three exciting thrash releases all coming out on one day, phew!

2. At the Gates, ‘Gardens of Grief’ 12”

The last two are sweet death metal reissues. The first, At The Gates, a band I’m trying to check out more of, I’ve been so busy getting into other Scandinavian death and melo-death that I’ve kind of skimmed over them. I like what I’ve heard and this reissue of their first EP could be a great further introductory point.

1. Carcass, ‘Choice Cuts’ 12”

Finally the album I’m most excited to check out is this this excellent Carcass compilation on vinyl. Also the goofy old school death album cover is going to look awesome over 12′. The recently reformed English death metal legends who changed the genre forever hail their roots by releasing this excellent selection for Record Store Day.

Hit up your local stores on April 18th and get your hands on some of these beauties.

Find out more info about Record Store Day here

Jack Richard King

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