Thread: To those who own Midnight Syndicate's CD's...

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I have a quick question for you. I love Midnight Syndicate's music but haven't been able to purchase any of their CD's yet. The first one I planned to get was Vampyre, so I happened to look it up on Amazon and noticed that the entire album (14 tracks) can be downloaded in MP3 format for only $8.99. So now I'm just wondering what else comes in the liner notes that might make it worth buying the physical CD for $5 extra. Can someone who owns their CD's tell me what features, if any, are in the liner notes? Normally I strongly prefer physical CD's because I want to have the album art, lyrics, photos of the band and any other information/features that may be in there. Of course lyrics aren't going to happen with Midnight Syndicate, so what else is in there and how many pages is the booklet? Thanks in advance to anyone who can and will answer this for me.

Edited to add: The same goes for Nox Arcana, if someone would like to share that too/instead.

I have 3 of their cd, and vampire is the best (I didn`t listen to the new one yet). I highly recommend it to get the cd. I myself never buy downloads, due at seeing people buying lots of music on line just to loose it all when their ipod dies and so on...

I buy the CDs, and I don't like the downloads. But, I usually get the CDs in the Halloween stores after Halloween for $5.00.
I have also bought some off Ebay cheap. I love their music and use it in my haunt.

Yes I've always preferred the CDs over downloads as well.

I would be burning the songs to CD so I wouldn't lose them. I don't even own an MP3 player, just my computer and CD's. I'd love to find them for $5 after Halloween! But the only store that sells them is Spirit, and it always works out so that their one day of post-Halloween clearance (they need to stay open longer!) is a day I can't make it to the store. But I'll be crossing my fingers that this year I will be able to. Maybe now since I've thought of it in advance I can arrange it even if I wouldn't be able to otherwise. Thanks for the idea, darkmaster! There is something special about going to an actual store and buying an actual CD. I can't do it most of the time because the bands I usually listen to aren't well-known or sold in this country, so they have to be bought online.

You can also find their CDs on eBay for $.99 all the time.
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It seems every time I want something on eBay, the price suddenly goes up really high, so I normally just stick with Amazon to make sure I'm getting things that are in good shape. But I'll keep that in mind anyway, thanks Front Yard Fright.

It's worth buying Midnight Syndicate's CD's for the cover artwork and the designs on the discs themselves, I think. The only one I would suggest to steer clear of is the soundtrack to "The Rage" (barely recognizable as the work of MS, in my opinion), and I'm not sure about the "Dungeons & Dragons" one, since I don't own it. Otherwise, they're great.

As for Nox Arcana's, for sure, BUY THEM!! Vargo's art is amazing and is featured throughout the booklet for each, and the CD's look very cool, too (to see what I'm talking about, check out http://www.noxarcana.com/music.html, then click on an album and move your cursor over the cover to get a peek at the CD itself). I passed on "Blood of the Dragon" and any collaborations ("Blood of Angels" and "Zombie Influx"), but, other than "Necronomicon" (which is just okay, as far as I'm concerned), I LOVE them.

These are among the only groups that I will actually buy albums from, rather than downloading them. Also, going by my experiences, if you do decide to order directly from the artists, both are pleasures to deal with and sometimes they'll throw in extra goodies. Just an FYI.

Thanks for that info Garthgoyle. For some reason, it never really even occurred to me that I could buy them from the artists' official websites. They look pretty reasonably priced (especially Nox Arcana's) and the possibility of free extra goodies definitely sounds great. That will probably be the way I end up going.

Glad to be of service, spiderqueen You've got great musical taste If you sign up for the bands' e-mails (usually a few each year), you'll be kept up-to-date on the latest news; might be worth considering.