Purchases and acquisitions

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Elder: Reflections of a Floating World -2LP (Sea Foam Green/EU version)
Klabautamann: Merkur -LP
Miles Davis: Freedom Jazz Dance (Bootleg Series Vol.5) -3CD

Klabautamann: Our Journey Through the Woods -CD
Klabautamann: Der Ort -CD
Klabautamann: Merkur -CD
Klabautamann: The Old Chamber -CD
Klabautamann: Smaragd -CD
I had never heard the band until a month ago and I bought their entire discography. I guess I was really impressed with Merkur!
It might be too soon, but Smaragd is very likely a contender for album of the year imo.

Klabautamann are excellent. Check out Valborg as well. Some of the same guys as Klabautamann, but a more Celtic Frost sort of vibe.

Any Valborg album in particular you recommend?

I really like them all, but maybe try their last 2 albums, "Enstrand" and "Romantik".

"Endstrand" is very heavy and aggressive, almost industrial. "Romantik" is atmospheric and gothic with lots of keyboards, so it depends on what you prefer of those two extremes.