New Music Finds

This is a weekly series where I collect together all my recent new music finds and run through them hopefully turning you onto some new things along the way. Check back every Wednesday for brand new episodes!
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[@MetalFriscoDude79]

I got these for Christmas: Motley Crue- Motley Crue Fugazi- Repeater + 3 Songs Kiss- Revenge Aerosmith- Classics Live! Kyuss- Welcome To Sky Valley

[@Isacjacobmaleh]

Happy New Year Brendon!!!

[@chuckwitt6431]

3 hours in your car listening to your new CD’s sounds perfect

[@antonnee]

When I used to have a, small, record shop online years ago, the record lables/distributors would send promo copies of upcoming releases; crazy enough, I have all the ones you picked up. Still have tons of promos stashed in boxes somewhere.

[@TheMike28212]

Happy New Year, Brendon. What an amazing haul. Some really great finds. You always pick up stuff I was previously unaware of but end up loving after checking out the music.

[@Frankpford]

You look rested good on you x

[@ScogginsDiscGolf]

Great selection/scores! MEGA HAUL!

[@bobgorham5255]

i have almost 5000 cd's and shop as often as I can..... never entered my mind to shop by genre, and then to put a couple back because they didn't fit the groupings I had. Not that it's a bad thing! Thx for giving War Babies and Russell Allen (from Symphony X) some love.

[@MarcDurain]

42 ! Isn't that a record ? What an amazing way to celebrate the end of the year / and the beginning of a new year ! I wish you a happy new one. Keep on sharing your passion and, precisely, your happiness. It's inspiring. I've started my 2025 with the last Motörhead compilation, which works very well !

[@christopherbarker1048]

I've gotten 9 CDs in my last haul this past weekend. Best finds were Lita Ford - Stiletto A jewel case copy of Lamb of God - Wrath Therion - Symphony Masses (Ho Drakon, Ho Megas) Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite Necrot - The Labyrinth a compliation of the band's first 3 demos Skeletal Remains - The Entombment of Chaos Grave - Into the Grave includes Tremendous Pain 7" EP + Demos The other 2 finds were Fleshcrawl's latest album and an EP by a band from Shanghai China

[@KWSfan2000]

Happy New Year!!! Your vacation time was very productive 😊. Great finds. Didn't know about the Bon Jovi cd...just ordered. I learn something new all the time from new music finds!

[@midnightkiss2863]

Happy New year from Holland

[@RandarosMusicworld]

Waw that was many to get. Learn a lot of bands through your channel.

[@jasonpp1973]

Nice Cherry Pie tee, the red background is perfect for that one.

[@StephenHennessy-y8h]

Happy new year Brendon Synder from 🇦🇺

[@ivostoyanov4850]

Happy New Year 2025 !!! Massive CD pick up , Brendon happy for you

[@sueblue3523]

stamp collecting

[@bigdave9269]

Broooooooo…….: you found a CD version!!!! I still have not come across a CD version. I’ve seen the vinyl. I love this record. It made my #2 album of the year. The first record is absolutely fantastic and when I saw they dig into the Vault to give us the Vault, stoked beyond belief!!!!!!

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

I have been on vacation to and it's been great. I have been pulling out cds 💿 from collection vinyls and cassettes from my collection music vhs 📼 tapes been putting on dvd 📀 watching music dvds I have hit my favorite retro stores it's been awesome.

[@samhouston1979]

There’s a noticeable slice on the pie chart of cd sales in the NY/NJ area that is just Brendon’s purchases 😮😂

[@bigdave9269]

Alright just got through the video… still psyched that you got the War Babies. I reached out to Anthony a while back regarding that and at the time he wasn’t able to find one for me. Aside from the War Babies, a lot of cool stuff in this video. I swear you talked about Magellan before. You’ll like that record! Love the Helloween live record, I have the UK, Japan, and German released versions. Love the Scott Mosher stuff. I need to find Inferno still Too much to remember everything!!! Love the video, love the excitement as you’re talking about some of the stuff! Happy New Year!

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

I put all my old bon Jovi music vhs 📼 tapes and put them on dvds and I called it bon Jovi collection. Sounds like a awesome collection.

[@MetalGreggNY75]

Brendon, did you know Paul Stanley (of KISS) wrote two songs on that War Babies debut album-Hang me Up on the original release and on the reissue w/ 3 bonus tracks there’s a edit version of Hang Me Up & there are two versions of Cry Yourself To Sleep. Paul wrote Hang Me Up w/ guitarist Tommy McMullin & Paul co-wrote Cry Yourself To Sleep w/ lead vocalist Brad Sinsel.

[@fredrikjohnsson5203]

This l must check, and the band war babies,

[@kennethhardbargeriii2798]

That's three hours to jam out to your favorite car cds 💿

[@HaakonOdinsson]

Hey Brendon, great metal picks man! If you like Lande, check out the Allen/Lande album “The Great Divide”, awesome! You will love it. The song “Solid Ground” has it all, fantastic melodies, vocals, beautifully sung. I’ve mentioned this on another upload of yours, but I’ll repeat, sorry…regarding the Beyond Fear cd you picked up (I have it too, great album). Check out Spirits of Fire “Spirits of Fire” album, has Ripper on vocals, great album man, you will love it

[@Frankpford]

Thanx for this x

[@ElaineJones-w5e]

Happy new year Brendon from uk 🇬🇧 ❤

[@douglasgabriel2457]

I'm starting to realize why certain bands release compilations over and over again...some who already own all of the material represented on a given compilation will buy it just to hear the songs in a different order.

[@BrendonSnyder]

You got it! 👍

[@quolizzy1554]

But thats ridiculous today in the age of compiling your own cds or even playlist on streaming services. Why buy the same material over and over again?

[@georgeprice4212]

I picked up only one cd yesterday, and it was a replacement for a release I previously had: The Essential Earth, Wind And Fire. Didn’t know until I went to play it that the CD’s were mislabeled! Disc 2 is actually Disc 1…and vice versa.

[@aidanhynes5534]

Bonfire easy the best pick up there ...happy new year

[@robs425]

Hello Brendon, a slight tangent but about NWOBHM, RIP to Russ North from Cloven Hoof. I saw him singing live with the band about 15 years ago. I don't know if you don't know their stuff he was an amazing vocalist, they are well worth a listen.

[@peterokeeffe8307]

Happy New Year Brendon. Fair Warning are a brilliant band. If you like that you will love all of their releases. Their Debut from 92' is an absolute monster of an album. My favourite would be 'Four' though from 2000. They have seven albums of which the first 5 are their best - I think. Their singer Tommy Heart also put out a solo album (Japan only) that is excellent called 'Spirit of Time'. The music on that is on the softer side. Have fun delving into these guys :)

[@MarcDurain]

"Mutatis mutandis" is a latin phrase meaning "once the necessary changes have been made". We sometimes use it in French.

[@JPatroni-k8i]

Happy New Year!

[@michaelisbell9482]

Thanks for the rabbit holes, War Babies, Thunderhead and i had forgotten about Bonfire. Your in a Helloween vortex now, check out Gamma Ray

[@bigdave9269]

The entire Helloween family tree is spectacular!

[@richardhenle2650]

Happy New Year and great stuff, usually around this time and going into the new year as things slow down, I tend to think about some things and catalogs to look more into, some of the things you had on the last few videos/pick ups I recall as getting promos of when I first started working in a music store (my first job) War Babies and also that Private Life cd brought back memories because I remember the days of the "Promo box" in the Store managers office and always looking at them etc...back then labels always dropped off tons of stuff you'd never see that today obviously . Interesting Bon Jovi find, I looked it up on Amazon and they want 90 bucks for it and thats too much I understand its an imported universal Japan, but the reviews for it not too good on amazon, some saying they didn't even get the blu ray, and things like that. So its an interesting compilation of songs good to see "these days" get the love, that album usually does get love on any compilations from Japan and the uk or South America basically because that album was bigger there than America by far same with "Crush". They skipped over alot thought with "What About Now" I have no problem skipping that altogether.

[@lowdz68]

Got some bargains in the sales - Steven Wilson- The Raven That Refused To Sing, Harmony Codex Ritchie Kotzen - Nomad Mastodon - Hushed and Grim AC/DC - Live (had this on cassette but nice to have the double cd And I got the deluxe edition of Marillion's Brave to complete the deluxe edition collection (so far) for Christmas.

[@theglavine]

The Smiths comp is Louder Than Bombs which is the only thing I own by that band! Brian Eno said James 'Sometimes' was the most beautiful song ever. Their 1999 album Millionaires made me a fan. Great tracks like Crash, Just Like Fred Astaire and We;re Going to Miss You. Laid and Sit Down were the radio hits for James that most are likely to know!

[@LowNoiseJasonSkilz]

Oz sounds interesting to check out. Nice Loudness and Helloween! Smiths Louder than Bombs was a great comp back in thr day. Although my fave Smiths is Hatful of Hallow (all BBC recordings) Been thinkimg about that Love and Rockets box set. Great band. I would def think of Fates Warning too! Didnt know there was some Replacements related solo albums. Good stack man! Cheers

[@rblue6589]

Louder Than Bombs is a compilation, not really a comeback type release

[@spete5k]

I think it’s cool and interesting how you bring up your shopping tendencies by genre. When you listen to recent stuff taken in, do you try to play back chronologically by release? I ask because perhaps you get a good feel how a genre evolves over a span of years. I have watched your content for a while but I’d like to know how you catalog your collection. Excel…Discogs? What kinds of info do you include besides band/title? Last - What’s your ‘want list’ approach? Do you make a running list on your phone or other? Thanks.

[@IraSiegel]

Saw Paw open for Tesla in ‘96 Irving Plaza. Really dig their first two.

[@aabbbn]

Private Life they opened up for Van Halen in fall of '88 they have 2 albums out.

[@JukkaTirkkonen-xz9xy]

Oz ..ok🌠🎄🎸

[@MetalMan73100]

When that Fair Warning CD was help up in front of the camera I also read it as "Fates Warning". The mind does play tricks on us every now and again. A friend of mine once bought a CD he thought was by Firehouse, a band he loved at the time - early 1990s. When he got back home and played the CD it made no sense to him; turns out it was by the band Firehose, not Firehouse.

[@lowdz68]

Those Masterplan albums are excellent. I saw Preying Mantis a couple of years ago in a local pub/bar. They were excellent. Their Sanctuary album is the only thing I'd heard by them. I have that Alex Masi album on vinyl. It wasn't great as I recall. I enjoyed his Fire In The Rain album so was quite disappointed in this.

[@seekah1]

That lot should keep you busy for a while

[@trevensasstheautisticman]

I'm obsessed with Green Day's album American Idiot

[@darren7634]

You should check out James - Seven, album before Laid and my go to album from them. The recent orchestra album is good, plus they have a live album out later this month.

[@allchokedup7927]

You used that evil word a couple of times PURGE shame on you! Lol 😆

[@tapanim6576]

😎👍

[@lanelesh8490]

If you like Mark Boals , check out his band Shining Black. They have two albums. Fantastic stuff.

[@ericmiller1881]

Big star with the Posies are much better live albums than the older ones. Old ones are good but not great cause they only did 3 piece. Love James, been on a kick myself. I shop the same way. Grab a bunch then start to narrow down👍. I mentioned Golden smog once before. Weird Tales is another good one

[@josemanuelfelixdacosta5891]

Greetings from Portugal.

[@SaintMartins]

War Babies drummer Richard Stuverud became friends with Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam when they first met when War Babies played a couple of shows with Mother Love Bone in 89-90. Together they did a short lived side project Three Fish. (2 albums in 96 & 99)

[@BrendonSnyder]

Jeff Ament was a member of War Babies and played shows with them. 👍

[@quolizzy1554]

Hi Brendon, here's a question for your next Q&A. You mentioned you bought a live album even though you prefer not to collect live albums, yet you bought the Loudness live album Rise to glory Live in Tokyo, but you bought it based on the reason you might own everything else. That confuses me because if you hate live album's normally why buy them only based on you own everything else. No one is forcing you to buy a live or compilation album. So can you please explain that situation on your next Q&A? Thank you 👍

[@BrendonSnyder]

I never said I hate live albums. I said I’m not a fan generally but some live albums do click. As far as why I buy albums, I buy what I want and what I like. I don’t buy anything because I’m forced to.

[@quolizzy1554]

Ok thats fair enough mate, I was just confused why you said you bought it based on that you have all the other stuff. Maybe theres an eliment I am missing. Sorry I shouldn't say you hate live albums, but I would love a better explanation of why you don't like live albums, that I am struggling with myself. Sorry not trying to upset you. And Happy new year from the UK

[@BrendonSnyder]

I’ve covered this many times in other videos but, I don’t like crowd noise when it distracts from the music like people talking, whistling, hooting, and hollering. Large live shows where the crowd noise is more like background noise and the live performance is on fire with lots of energy is very good. I’m also not a fan of lots of talking between songs and I don’t care for guitar and drum solos. Those are my pet peeves about live albums but there are plenty that are good.

[@HoopCrowKrueger]

That shark looks neon to me lol

[@alexd6181]

Awesome video Brendon! some amazing scores there. You'll be at 14000 CDs in no time 😉

[@carlosmanuelrodriguezcente2515]

Happy New year 2025

[@dimitriosmetalos]

Thunderhead were from Germany but their singer is American. They were more into motorbike/The Almighty kind of hard rock. I have seen them live back in 1991 supporting Gamma Ray.

[@patriotpizzaman]

I've been searching for that Obsession EP and anything War Babies/TKO for years. I still have three TKO albums on vinyl but, I listen to most of my music at work and I have to use my iPod with discreetly placed in ear monitors in the compartment in the collar of my jacket that the hood stows away in. I just haven't been able to get anything on mp3🤦‍♂ Yngwie with Mark Boals is always great and Alchemy is on of my favorite albums. Mark is also on War to End All Wars but,that one is probably my least favorite album they did together. Do you own Fire and Ice? Another killer post classic period album. I consider everything from the first album to Odyssey & Trial By Fire (live). JLT was the man for the job. I wish Yngwie had done more to keep Joe in the band. The second phase of the band is also very strong but, I do find the work he's done since 2000 less appealing. I still got them all in the collection, I just find myself rarely going back to them. The font on that Fair Warning album is definitely intentionally similar to the early Fates Warning logo! I still thought you had stumbled upon some demos or rarities from Fates all the way up until you said it was "Fair" Warning! I had Masi's debut album Fire in the Rain when it came out but, never really followed him after that. I'll have to see if that neon shark album has more bite to it. That first one was a little offf the mark in the songwriting department. The soloing was pretty good. I started listening to mostly Progressive Metal for about ten to fifteen years there and lost track of some of those up and coming guitar heroes I had been into. Tony McAlpine is a guy I kept following throughout. I'm not sure if you are into him or not. Such a talented musician!

[@kwd-kwd]

a Ballad is supposed to be a song where the main character dies in the end of the song, at least that was the traditional meaning. it can be a heavy and fast paced song, but the person the song is about is supposed to die.

[@fredrikjohnsson5203]

Your Helloween is us , in Europe the namn is , live in uk. I have both on LP.

[@Fred-d1u3t]

Can you do a reaction to an Italian folk metal band called Elven king and can you do the song play of the leaves. Please they are a great band

[@rayparry6104]

Which site did u get the bon Jovi CDs from

[@BrendonSnyder]

I mentioned it in the video; Anthony from Sound Exchange brought it into his store where I bought it. But I know it’s also available from Amazon.

[@CharlesConnolley]

😮

[@keithwiebe1787]

Haven't heard of any of them. I have different tastes I guess.

[@BrendonSnyder]

Or you could look into some of these bands and see if they interest you. That’s the point of these videos, to help you discover new music. 👍

[@keithwiebe1787]

@BrendonSnyder And you could tell us what kind of music it is.

[@court4543]

Brendon I know you have a lot to listen to but go to KZbin, check out the local rock/metal band from Detroit Halloween their album Don't metal with evil. Check out the tune trick or treat

[@eggsbeeped]

i'm looking at your collection and lol i only have 7 cds... I'm jealous!! If there is anybody out there who could assist me with buying a cd player. Something that sounds good but not overly expensive. Right now i throw them in the 4k player with surround sound