Rage\Black In Mind - 20th Anniversary
Didn't even know this was coming. It has all of the bonus tracks that were originally scattered over two or three different versions of the disc, plus a bonus disc of demos for the album, including a handful of songs never otherwise recorded (one of which is a Spandau Ballet cover!!!) BiM is not my fave Rage, but it's aged fairly well, and it's nice to have all those bonus tracks in one place, as they're uncommonly good as bonus tracks go, especially the japanese exclusive, "Chase"

My favorite Rage album, and I have the version with "My Rage" and "Tie the Rope."

E.S.T.\Live in the Outskirts of Moscow
This was a big dumb skull that I reviewed, and I bought it more or less for the cover, which is astounding:

This is when they opened for Metallica and AC/DC. I far prefer the later EST, with "Rise!" (2005) being one of my favorite Russian metal albums of all time. Sadly several years later the band's leader Zhan Sagadeev was found dead under suspicious circumstances. The band release a posthumous album "The Black Guard" (2011), featuring Zhan's vocals "from beyond the grave," and it's pretty good, but a little... well, lifeless.

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