best records from the record fair

Necros- Conquest for Death
This has long been a favorite of mine, so I was stoked to pick up the original, since I already have two bootlegs of it (an LP and a CD). This band is perhaps most famous for the extremely rare "Sex Drive" EP (limited to 100?), which you will recall was the name of my last band. But Conquest for Death is the album I think kids should hear before the Minor Threat LP, because it is not totally mind-melting like Negative Approach, but still captures hardcore in a melodic mode without being wishy-washy.

Led Zeppelin- iii
Uh...so, I like Zeppelin's hard rock stuff, but this record is mainly devoid of that (although "Immigrant Song" has to be one of their toughest), and is totally cool bluesy folk that is played really fast, with aggressive strumming (see "Gallows Pole") and one torch-song ("Since I've Been Loving You"). I dunno, I think normally the acoustic Zeppelin songs (on side B of IV, for example) are throwaways, but maybe because they were basically writing an entire record of non-heavy songs, they still found a way to make these songs punchy and diverse because of the narrowed range.

David Bowie- Man who Sold the World
This is another totally weird record-- it is half a weird psychy-folk record like Tyrannosaurus Rex, and half a metal album-- kind of the missing link between "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" and "Sad Wings of Destiny". As with all (good) Bowie, the hooks are there, but here they are spread out among weirder and weirder arrangements. The first listen, I just tried to find the hooks, but once you know when they are coming, you can sort of settle into the uneasy blend of hard-rock, prog, and strange folk that I'm sure is extremely "in" right now, but I don't know what else sounds like this. Recommendations, please!

King Diamond- Conspiracy
The fourth King Diamond record is, I believe, a sequel to "Them", and I actually like it a bit more. "Them", as far as things go, was a fairly normal King Diamond record (whatever that means), whereas the first song here is nine minutes long! The other noticeable element is an overwhelming amount of "spooky" riffs, or at times even the "riff" to the WEDDING SONG. Also, there are a few Frankenstein-ish mosh parts (just imagine Frankenstein's monster moshing and a chunky riff), and times where the vocals are completely out of control and theatrical, having no relation to any melody/rhythm and just throwing the whole thing off balance. Then there are the obligatory Euro-metal solos, and lyrics like "you'd better stop kissing her! the doctor is the devil!" sung in three different voices. This has to be up there with The Birthday Party and Rudimentary Peni in the "I hope they sought therapy" genre.