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Better late than never, the podcast made it to Mad With Power Fest once more, with some surprises! Relive this amazing weekend with us in this annual tradition, with a twist!
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New Singles, New Albums, Old albums, and the hypest comebacks, surprising amount of Canadians carrying this episode with some cool power metal reviews.
For the impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll00:00:43 Sup Nerds
00:04:55 Demon BItch
00:10:47 Crimson Shadows
00:14:07 Planeswalker
00:18:16 Frogge
00:20:19 It was all for the back prints
00:24:33 Dragony
00:28:41 Old Machines
00:31:27 Cassettes tangent
00:32:50 Axxis
00:36:16 Order Ogan
00:38:14 Visions of Atlantis
00:40:34 Powerwolf
00:44:40 Traveler
00:48:39 Lutharo
00:52:10 Canada Mentioned
00:53:03 Noiselund
00:56:43 Vikas Kumar
01:00:01 Creative Tangent
01:01:12 Wrapping Up
01:01:43 Come to Mad With Power Fest!!
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Sup Nerds! Today we talk Twilight Force, Beast in Black, Seven Spires, Rhapsody of Fire, Sunburst, and the best tangents around! Also you should know Kyle finished the Elden Ring DLC the night after recording this episode. Git gud, and stay powerful.
For the impatient:
00:00:27 Sup Nerds
00:01:42 Twilight Force News
00:08:21 Beast in Black
00:08:51 The Eurobeat Tangent
00:11:13 Back to Beast in Black
00:16:22 Less Albums, more Singles!
00:17:18 Seven Spires
00:30:04 The Sonic Symphony Tangent
00:33:15 Back to Seven Spires
00:35:44 Boston Mentioned
00:37:26 Fer hates Intro Tracks
00:39:51 Back to Seven Spires again
00:45:24 Rhapsody of Fire
00:56:08 Sunburst
00:59:11 Bonus Leprous Mention
00:59:44 Albums that haven't come out
01:00:34 Wrapping Up
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This time we have Jason Ashcraft to talk about the new Helion Prime and his other project's future, as well as exchange stories from the Blind Guardian World Tour and some quick album reviews.
For the impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll
00:00:52 Sup Nerds
00:03:12 Into the Ashcraftverse
00:05:55 Jason's Top 4 Power Metal Bands
00:09:51 Helion Prime and Vocalists
00:14:49 Pandaemonium - The new HP Single
00:16:41 What Jason Ashcraft's Helion Prime brings to the table
00:23:11 Why not bring everyone together
00:24:43 International bands are hard
00:30:40 There's no bad blood or drama
00:32:59 The "I miss Heather" people
00:33:37 The frontperson effect is unavoidable
00:35:47 The Pain of checking Reddit threads
00:37:55 But the positives are there too
00:39:22 Rotating vocalists as the cast on a musical
00:45:15 A tease of what's to come
00:46:03 The Pandaemonium Video
00:49:30 The Sozos Tangent part 1
00:53:50 Helion Prime works with both male and female vocals
00:54:16 Don't force lyrical themes
00:55:50 Non Power Metal influences
00:58:22 The clunkiest segway in the podcast's history
00:59:09 The Blind Guardian World Tour
01:02:25 Blind Guardian still got it
01:03:47 Bard's Song is a magical moment
01:05:17 Kyle's and Jason's first metal shows
01:07:29 The "new guy" syndrome in bands
01:09:24 BG swapping out some songs night to night
01:10:20 Judicator getting a special opening slot
01:10:46 But kinda wasted the chance
01:12:07 Tobi the goodest boi (slightly doxxing Kyle)
01:13:06 Kyle and Jason keep being at the same shows
01:14:07 Night Demon, the opener for the US leg of the tour
01:15:16 The BA show had the best setlist
01:18:50 The songs Jason wants to see live
01:19:51 Kyle's dream BG setlist and requesting songs
01:21:39 The value of experience and continuous practice
01:22:43 Perspective on what a great performance is
01:24:57 The Sozos Tangent part 2
01:26:58 Changes to Planeswalker lineup and being the worst musician in the room
01:30:39 Songwriting dynamics
01:32:15 Album Reviews
01:32:48 Unleash the Archers
01:45:00 Kyle's Lore Dump
01:48:20 Kyle's Lore Dumps IRL
01:48:41 Keeping up with what everyone is doing is hard
01:51:09 Freedom Call
01:53:22 Listening to an album with friends is the best
01:58:40 Tyr
02:01:36 Nocturna (and Frozen Crown)
02:06:23 Bear McCreary
02:11:55 Wrapping up
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Wintersun, Dragonforce, Sonata Arctica, AI... are we so out of touch? No it's the children who are wrong. Join us in our rants, and some cool reviews of recent releases!
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For the Impatient:
00:00:00 Pre roll
00:01:28 Sup Nerds
00:01:55 Time II is upon us
00:13:24 Gloryhammer + Twilight Force Live Show
00:17:18 Album Reviews
00:17:32 Dragonforce - Warp Speed Warriors
00:37:07 Sonata Arctica - Cold Clear Beyond
00:47:26 Glyph - Honor, Power, Glory
00:53:44 Artificial Steel - Streaming For Vengeance
01:04:42 Kiuas - Samooja: Pyhiinvaellus
01:06:45 Myrath - Karma
01:07:46 Savage Oath - Divine Battle
01:09:03 Justicar - Outbound Flight
01:11:09 Dialith - Alter
01:12:37 Wrapping up
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Join us in this deep dive with Captain Voltaire and Chief Engineer Jeff Black on all things Glyph, going track by track on their upcoming album "Honor. Power. Glory.", available everywhere on March 29th 2024.
Don't miss them on tour right now!
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https://www.twitch.tv/ravoltaire
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For the impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll
00:00:58 Sup Nerds
00:02:33 Top 4 Power Metal Bands
00:05:16 The beginning at Mad With Power Fest
00:08:21 Glyph is a Supergroup
00:14:01 North American Tour with Alestorm
00:16:45 Accelerating all and plans
00:20:10 The Album
00:23:11 Writing lots of songs
00:25:03 The Fun Factor
00:31:58 Approach to Lore
00:37:26 Band Fanfiction
00:38:50 What's your favourite powerful ship?
00:40:04 Album deep dive, track by track
00:40:23 Honor, Power, Glory
00:43:41 March of the Northern Clan
00:47:53 A Storm of Crimson Fire
00:49:10 Videogame inspirations for the Music Video and artwork
00:53:11 When the World Was Young
00:58:04 Eldenfire
01:00:02 Rav being adorably cheesy
01:01:32 A Gazillion Ravs per Chorus
01:04:18 Working with Damien Rainaud
01:07:01 Guest Drummer Cody Anstey
01:10:21 Defy the Night
01:10:44 Rav does not know Eurobeat?!
01:14:03 Defy the Night (for real this time)
01:15:12 More songwriting details
01:17:07 More Lore
01:18:54 Sign of the Dragonlord
01:21:37 Sauna?
01:22:36 Time 2 Tangent
01:24:03 Glorious
01:25:37 You are not alone
01:27:57 Volarad
01:31:53 Potential Volarad Drink??
01:33:21 Volarad Music Video
01:34:13 Live video commentary!
01:40:29 The Classic Style of doing Music Videos
01:43:59 Wrapping upSupport us on Patreon!
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News and Reviews are back! Unleash the Archers released the first single for their upcoming album and the usage of AI tools on its music video while thematically related has brought a lot of discussions online. Alestorm have released a single featuring previous colaborator Patty Gurdy, and we go over some releases from the past 2 months.
For the impatient:
00:00 Intro
01:05 Sup Nerds
01:45 Power Metal News are back!
02:23 Unleash the Archers and AI
20:59 Alestorm Feat. Patty Gurdy
25:22 Don't let your memes be dreams
28:09 In Victory
30:38 Nekonomicon
32:36 Mega Colossus
36:12 Caligula's Horse
40:26 Albion
42:20 Elettra Storm
48:15 Wrapping UpSupport us on Patreon!
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Kyle and Fernando braved the frozen north to attend Epic Fest in Roskilde, Denmark. Join them on this perilous journey full of friends, fellows, and festivities.
Kyle's top bands from 2023: https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerMetal/comments/18ynkj4/zfs_albums_for_consideration_2023/
Bands discussed:
Memoir Sonata
Brothers of Metal
Megaton Sword
Gloryhammer
Beast in Black
Iron Fire
Alterium
Power Paladin
Twilight Force
Fellowship
Bloodbound
Orden Ogan
Skiltron
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Did you go to ProgPower USA this year? Kyle did! Join us with our friend Alis on this review of the fest and our musings on what next year will bring.
Timestamps
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:42 Sup Nerds
00:02:16 The Reticent
00:04:31 Elvenking
00:06:52 Cynic
00:08:02 Swallow the Sun
00:08:37 Doro
00:10:09 The Afterparty
00:10:59 Seven Kingdoms
00:13:06 Zero Hour
00:14:48 The Halo Effect
00:16:47 VOLA
00:19:03 Beast in Black
00:23:14 The Cryptex
00:26:43 Battle Beast
00:30:42 Ad Infinitum
00:33:01 Green Carnation
00:36:13 Caligula's Horse
00:39:58 Kamelot
00:41:43 Sound Issues
00:45:44 The Afterparty
00:48:17 Poverty's No Crime
00:48:36 The Food
00:49:34 PP vs MWP
00:51:00 The Small World of PM Fests
00:51:49 Evil Invaders
00:53:51 Visions of Atlantis
00:57:02 Delain
01:01:13 Unleash the Archers
01:04:30 Myrath
01:08:27 2024 Lineup Announcement
01:09:09 Day 1
01:10:43 Headliner Day 1 - Angra
01:12:09 Day 2
01:18:34 Headliner Day 2 - Dark Tranquility
01:19:25 Day 3
01:22:49 Going Nuts for Lovebites
01:25:21 Headliner Day 3 - Amorphis
01:27:28 Day 4
01:34:17 Headliner Day 4 - ...Winger?
01:39:19 Wrapping UpSupport us on Patreon!
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Kyle and Fernando are joined by special guest Rav of Ravenous as they discuss the 2023 edition of Mad With Power.
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:00:12 Sup Nerds
00:05:25 The Pre-Party
00:07:42 Shield of Wings
00:09:20 Greyhawk
00:13:28 Seeker Pearl
00:20:11 Wilderun
00:23:33 Powerglove
00:25:04 Rav takes an arrow to the knee
00:29:37 Seven Spires
00:36:55 The Afterparty
00:39:10 The Metal Cheese Curd Massacre
00:40:44 The Mixing
00:50:55 Of Romulus
00:56:17 Graveshadow
00:57:45 High Spirits
00:59:51 Songwriters Tangent
01:01:46 Birthday Cake
01:05:06 Seven Kingdoms
01:07:23 It only takes one little cable
01:08:49 Lords of the Trident
01:12:42 Unleash the Archers
01:14:55 North American Power Metal Scene is Strong
01:15:41 Glyph
01:20:32 Next Year's Lineup
01:29:01 Wrapping Up
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Fear not, Powerful is here to tell the world the Correct Opinions about the very best of power metal in 2022. We also dive into all the big name albums that finally came out towards the end of the year. Blind Guardian put out an album! Dragonland is back!
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Kyle tells us about Mad With Power Fest 2022, the conclusion to his North American Grand Slam of Power Metal for the year.
Look out for Mad With Power Fest VI in 2023!
Check the Live Stream for both dates if you missed the fest!
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1567771779
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1566895290Support us on Patreon!
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Sup Nerds, join us once again in a mega wholesome Conversation with Callum Tuffen and Matthew Corry from the brilliant newcomer Power Metal band Fellowship, where we chat about their much awaited full album The Saberlight Chronicles, the songs, the videos, the hardships, the good times, and of course, when album 2??
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https://open.spotify.com/album/52U9u5JGMUgPCTiOtS2Hro?si=InWY5W-hSEWeXzopRyu62g
For the Impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll
00:01:09 Sup nerds
00:03:51 Top 4 Power Metal Bands
00:10:12 Our Top 4 Power Metal Bands?!
00:16:11 From EP to Album - What changed in the approach?
00:20:31 Not chasing a formula
00:24:33 Cam songs and Sam songs
00:29:38 Oak and Ash and Glint's connection
00:33:06 Storytelling
00:35:45 Influences and vibe
00:39:19 Putting feeling into the vocals
00:40:42 The Ballad
00:44:06 The Long Song
00:48:05 Hardships of releasing the album
00:53:53 The Videos
00:57:27 Sam's mighty hair
00:58:30 You can't unsee the Pizza
01:00:49 DIY-ing a music video
01:05:21 Smoke, Confetti, and Choking
01:09:32 The Artwork
01:10:41 The Book - A Writing Tool for the Lyrics
01:16:14 Glint and ...Glimmer? Keeping each other in check
01:18:53 Live Shows
01:21:28 Favorite songs to play live
01:25:59 Getting new fans
01:27:52 When Album 2?!
01:29:25 Making an Album worthy
01:32:18 Seven Spires Tangent
01:34:17 But for reals, Album 2 when?!
01:35:21 "Like Fighting God" - Getting the Album out
01:38:13 What we are looking forward to in Power Metal
01:43:26 No Fade outs
01:45:10 Power Force
01:48:31 New Shirts!
01:48:50 Album 2 date?!!!!!!!!
01:49:27 Wrapping up
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Join us and our good friend Alice from Rage Badger Gaming to go over this year's ProgPower USA Fest, 4 Days of international and local bands, tasty food, good friends, magical moments, and "great" karaoke.
ProgPower USA 2023 Lineup: https://www.facebook.com/ProgPowerUSA/posts/10159913715237943
Check out Rage Badger Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/c/RageBadgerGaming
For the Impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll
00:01:51 Sup nerds
00:06:37 Day 1 - Mind Maze
00:07:49 Klone
00:08:31 Happy Karaoke and the Artmore
00:11:37 Day 2
00:15:28 Spectra
00:17:37 Seven Spires
00:27:36 Pain of Salvation
00:30:40 Stratovarius
00:38:01 Day 3
00:39:29 The Cyberiam
00:40:42 Aether Realm
00:45:55 Witherfall
00:48:54 Jason Bieler & the Baron Von Bielski Orchestra
00:50:17 Food
00:53:24 Jeff Scott Soto Performing Special Queen Tribute
00:56:42 Conception
01:05:34 Artmore Afterparty
01:10:12 Aether Real Mead
01:11:55 Day 4 - Arion
01:14:47 Thank You Scientist
01:16:18 Riot
01:17:44 Ray Alder
01:19:03 Ihsahn
01:21:54 Turili/Lione Rhapsody
01:34:45 The real Fest is the friends we made along the way
01:38:05 ProgPower 2023 Line Up
01:52:27 Favorite moments of the Fest
01:55:53 Fer caught eating
01:57:13 Wrapping upSupport us on Patreon!
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In this episode we finally catch up to many 2022 releases old and new, including a look into the long awaited Fellowhip album The Saberlight Chronicles, and the topic of the month, Blind Guardian's new single and Evangelion looking album art.
Battle Beast - Circus of Doom - 00:03:07Eternal Ascent - Reclamation - 00:10:27DoubleGeddon - Geddon Dangerous - 00:15:02Lords of the Trident - The Offering - 00:24:52Unlucky Morpheus - evolution - 00:31:51Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles - July 15 - 00:38:17
Power Metal AlbumsLess Power Metal
Amorphis - Halo - 01:00:35Pillaging Villagers - Pillaging Villagers - 01:04:09Nekonomicon - Nekonomicon - 01:06:18Cool Stuff coming soon
Blind Guardian - The God Machine - September - 01:10:54Secrets of the American GodsBlood of the Elves - 01:13:54Avantasia - A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society - Autumn - 01:32:36The Wicked Rule the NightAlestorm - Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum - June 24 - 01:36:06Magellan’s ExpeditionP.A.R.T.Y.Gloryhammer - Fly Away (close enough I guess) - 01:41:16Seventh Wonder - The Testament - June 10 - 01:44:58WarriorsThe LightKeldian - The Bloodwater Rebellion - June 10 - 01:49:31We are RebellionSupport us on Patreon!
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Join Kyle on reliving his little big metal adventure to 6 days of festivals and shows over lands far and skies high, as the floodgates of shows are open once again in this year of 2022
If they are near you, catch these fests next time!
Hyperspace Metal Festival - Vancouver, Brittish Columbia, Canada
Hell's Heroes Festival - Houston, Texas, USA
For the impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll
00:00:46 Sup Nerds
00:03:21 Hyperspace Day 1
00:07:08 Apprentice
00:08:16 Silver Talon
00:09:31 Iron Kingdom
00:11:10 Hyperspace Day 2
00:12:58 Ophelia Falling
00:13:22 Tzimani
00:16:33 Novareign
00:17:37 Planeswalker
00:26:55 Ravenous
00:30:42 Archon Legion
00:34:50 Witherfall
00:35:06 Hyperspace Day 3
00:38:02 Dire Peril
00:38:58 Helion Prime
00:42:44 Into Eternity
00:44:46 Dragonforce Tour - Seven Spires
00:46:46 Visions of Atlantis
00:49:03 Firewind
00:50:13 Dragonforce
00:51:21 Mary Zimmer surprise
00:52:42 More Dragonforce
00:56:17 Hell's Heroes
01:00:52 Hell's Heroes vs Hyperspace
01:02:38 Savage MAster
01:03:48 Solicitor
01:04:20 Secret Guest - Midnight
01:05:38 Having fun in Texas
01:07:27 Hell's Heroes day 2
01:07:36 Saber
01:08:15 Slough Feg
01:09:57 Medieval Steel
01:12:33 Eternal Champion
01:13:08 Traveler
01:14:35 Riot V
01:15:32 Hell's Heroes' great crowd
01:17:13 Cirith Ungol
01:17:36 Hell's Heroes is massive
01:18:45 Wrapping up
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Once again we look back at the year that ended, the albums that came out, the songs we loved, the news that went by, and look forward to what's yet to come in 2022.
Our Top Albums of 2021:
Edu Falaschi - Vera CruzRavenous E.H. - HubrisGalneryus - Union Gives StrengthSeven Spires - Gods of DebaucheryLovebites - Glory, Glory to the WorldDialith - AtrophyEphemerald - Between the Glimpses of HopeEons Enthroned - Into the ArcaneOur Top Songs of 2021:
Seven Spires - This God Is DeadFellowship - Glory DaysEdu Falaschi - The AncestryRavenous E.H. - BridgeburnerHelloween - Fear of the FallenLovebites - Glory to the WorldAephanemer - Panta RheiBlind Guardian - Deliver Us From EvilWhat we look forward to:
PlaneswalkerBlind GuardianFellowshipAscensionTimestamps:
0:00:00 Pre-roll
0:00:32 Sup Nerds
0:02:41 Blind Guardian News
0:05:02 Global Delays in Music Releases
0:09:04 Blind Guardian - Deliver us From Evil
0:14:02 Atomic Fire and the top Metal Labels
0:16:44 Fer can't say nuclear
0:17:14 Power Paladin
0:17:53 Another Music Industry Tangent
0:21:34 Gloryhammer's New Vocalist
0:28:34 "I can now understand the words!"
0:30:43 Planeswalker - Tales of Magic
0:38:34 Yet Another Music Industry Tangent
0:41:23 Daniel "Terror" Carpenter's Orchestration (Planeswalker)
0:45:12 Taylor Washington (Planeswalker is basically a powerful podcast guests reunion)
0:47:43 NorthTale - Eternal Flame
0:54:18 Tim Hansen is a baby
0:56:04 Beast in Black - Dark Connection
1:00:46 The weird Manowar Cover
1:04:20 Kyle pissing off a lot of people
1:05:07 Aephanemer - A Dream of Wilderness
1:11:50 Temperance - Diamanti
1:16:03 Fierce Deity - Power, Wisdom, Courage
1:21:28 Nocturna - Daughters of the Night
1:25:23 Lovebites - In the Beginning (Best of Compilation)
1:30:45 Our Top Albums off 2021 - Edu Falaschi - Vera Cruz
1:35:34 Ravenous E.H. - Hubris
1:36:55 Galneryus - Union Gives Strength
1:39:34 Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery
1:42:58 Lovebites - Glory, Glory to the World
1:44:16 Dialith - Atrophy
1:45:59 Ephemerald - Between the Glimpses of Hope
1:47:15 Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane
1:49:47 Our Top Songs of 2021
1:50:32 Seven Spires - This God is Dead
1:55:17 Fellowship - Glory Days
1:58:26 Edu Falaschi - The Ancestry
1:59:41 Ravenous E.H. - Bridgeburner
2:01:02 Helloween - Fear of the Fallen
2:03:03 Lovebites - Glory to the World
2:03:35 The Power Metal Church Tangent
2:05:42 Aephanemer - Panta Rhei
2:06:28 Planeswalker - Tales of Magic
2:07:37 Looking forward to 2022
2:12:46 Wrapping upSupport us on Patreon!
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Sup nerds! In this very special episode we have Jake Wright and R.A. Voltaire from Ravenous E.H. join the show to take a deep dive into their latest album, Hubris. Make sure to listen to it and get all the details on this detailed song by song extravaganza.
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Listen to Hubris:
https://open.spotify.com/album/0ryCoecphq8r2CVx5NHmgp?si=GkYSTunUQdWvlWN5JskdeQGet their Merch:
https://ravenouseternalhunger.bandcamp.com/merchCatch Rav’s Stream:
https://www.twitch.tv/ravoltaire
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For the Impatient:
00:00:00 Pre-roll
00:00:48 'Sup Nerds!
00:02:30 Rav's Top 4 Power Metal Bands
00:05:04 Jake's Top 4 Power Metal Bands
00:09:26 Writing an album lockdown
00:13:10 Production approach for the second album
00:17:02 Track by Track Deep Dive Start
00:17:53 Ravenous' Songwriting approach
00:19:13 Track 1 - Carnage in Carthage (the Sabaton angle)
00:22:26 Finding the album's theme
00:25:33 Meticulous Planning
00:26:40 Polarizing Tracks are good
00:29:36 Lyrics tailored to the Music
00:31:08 Jake and Rav being the perfect pair
00:32:26 The classical inspiration for Carthage
00:34:53 Track 2 - Astral Elixir (an external need)
00:36:50 Musical Genres and Lyrics
00:38:50 Lyrics relation to Hubris
00:42:05 Picking the Singles
00:53:46 Track 3 - Son of Storms (Ocarina of Time)
00:57:29 The Viathyn Connection
00:58:50 Baritone representation in Power Metal
01:01:46 Trying to not repeat song title structures
01:03:00 Song working titles
01:04:02 "This is our Shark Song!"
01:05:40 Songs that don't make it to the album
01:06:40 Seven Spires tangent
01:07:55 "don't be Jari"
01:09:11 Track 4 - Die 1,000 Deaths (Oldschool AMV love)
01:12:52 Song title and Translations
01:13:28 Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat
01:13:54 Songwriting - Music first, Lyrics second
01:15:00 Heinrich Yoshio's Guest Solo
01:15:21 Japanese Bonus Track
01:16:44 South Park tangent
01:17:41 Back to the song
01:18:19 Sampling and being too literal
01:20:03 The song about Fabio
01:21:13 Track 5 - Bridgeburner (Malazan)
01:26:16 Bad programmer humor
01:28:18 Daniel Carpenter's Orchestration
01:33:59 Guitar Solos Approach
01:35:49 Track 6 - The Alder Queen (the halfway point)
01:36:45 Rav's Sound Design
01:37:43 Nina Osegueda's Guest Vocals
01:39:00 The inspirations for Alder Queen
01:41:03 The deeper meaning
01:45:02 Stereo Splitted Vocals
01:46:05 Singable Solos
01:48:48 Track 7 - The March of Hunger (the late commer)
01:52:46 Developing the song
01:56:57 Everything has a reason
01:58:40 The D&D idea that didn't come to be
02:01:50 Ad?
02:02:02 Track 8 - The Claw is the Law (Collaborating with friends)
02:05:29 The Dreadnoughts
02:07:09 Technically Friends
02:07:37 Getting wasted on White Claws
02:09:11 Collaborating with The Dread Crew of Oddwood and identity of the band
02:14:43 The Tragedy of the Music Video
02:18:07 Performing live - Backing Tracks and putting on a Show
02:23:39 Making a Video with guest Vocalists
02:24:15 Amazing Segways
02:25:03 Track 9 - Onwards and Upwards (Mathias Blad is lovely)
02:27:09 Writing a Ballad for a Metal album
02:29:23 Mathias is still lovely
02:33:36 Mathias if you are listening you are invited to the show
02:34:00 Making Music and the power of asking
02:36:42 The missed Guests
02:40:26 Track 10 - ...Of Beasts and Faust (Sound Design is my Passion)
02:41:29 "It's a great time to be intolerant"
02:42:02 The meeting of two songs
02:44:07 Brotherly Wisdom
02:46:13 The inspirations
02:46:55 The Music
02:47:52 Rav's one guitar solo
02:50:11 Obligatory Sabaton mention
02:51:24 The Lyrics
02:52:57 External interpretations of the lyrics (Ceth's take on it)
02:55:37 "The Beast the Moon the Faust" (Aether Realm Jake is lovely)
02:56:54 Rav's secret revealed!!
02:57:51 Dan's Guitar Solo (and Xylophone)
02:58:40 Variety within Ravenous' identity
03:00:43 Bonus Track - Cakaw te Partiro
03:03:50 The Inspiration
03:06:38 Doubts and the Mindset while making the album
03:07:54 Wrapping Up
03:10:40 Live DVD !!
03:11:06 Our socialsSupport us on Patreon!
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Sup Nerds! We are back at it again! In this episode Kyle and Fer bask in the glorious light that is having live shows again and review some recent and also upcoming albums in the good old Power Metal sphere.
Timestamps for the Impatient:
0:01:17 Sup Nerds
0:02:27 Power Metal Drama
0:08:49 Miho leaves Lovebites
0:12:22 Mad with Power Fest 2021
0:14:53 MWP Day 1
0:19:46 MWP Day 2
0:22:09 Paladin mishaps
0:24:30 Dire Peril's Mystery Guest
0:25:44 Lords of the Trident
0:27:12 Immortal Guardian
0:29:43 Finding new bands live
0:31:20 Shoutout to Friends at MWP
0:32:30 Ty is great
0:33:43 UtA canceled shows and Benefit Livestream Concert
0:39:30 UtA + Seven Kingdoms + Aether Realm California Show
0:42:59 Basking in the return of Live Shows
0:46:34 Helion Prime - Question Everything Remix
0:53:05 Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane
0:56:31 Planeswalker tangent
0:58:48 Back to Eons
1:01:39 Into the Arcane's vs Glory Day's Artwork
1:02:41 Illusion Force - Illusion Paradise
1:07:23 Wizardthrone - Hypercube Necrodimensions
1:11:00 Getting into Harsh Vocals
1:13:02 Powerwolf - Call of the Wild
1:15:04 Artwork Pedantry
1:18:16 Sabaton - Steel Commanders
1:23:48 Sabaton becoming VTubers?
1:25:16 Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery
1:26:12 Seven Spires - Singles
1:26:43 This God is Dead SOTY
1:29:22 Opinions on Lady Lightbringer
1:32:51 The album as a whole
1:42:22 Blind Guardian tangent
1:43:34 Back to Seven Spires
1:46:37 Seven Spire's Lore
1:48:31 Fer's understanding of This God is Dead
1:52:53 Kyle's analysis thrown in the trash
1:53:44 Seven Spire's Lore Summary
1:58:11 Kinds of Concept Albums
2:00:42 Adrienne Cowan's Live Streams
2:04:50 Ravenous E.H. - Hubris
2:13:40 Ravenous' Guests
2:15:25 Fer enrages a bunch of people
2:19:22 Wrapping up
Links to stuff we talk about in this episode:
Lords of the Trident's Benefit Live Stream with Seven Kingdoms and Aether Realm
Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane
Illusion Force - Illusion Paradise
Wizardthrone - Hypercube Necrodimensions
Powerwolf - Call of the Wild
Fixed Powerwolf Artwork
Sabaton - Steel Commanders
Sabaton becoming VTubers?
Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery
Official Seven Spires Lore
Adrienne's Twitch Channel
Ravenous E.H. - Die 1,000 Deaths (Feat. Heinrich Yoshio)
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Sup nerds! After a brief hiatus, Kyle and our friend Alice from Rage Badger Gaming are here to dive into the best power metal released in the first half of 2021 and look optimistically towards the future.
Check out Rage Badger Gaming for awesome Gloomhaven content and Rage Badger Music for more musical shitposts.
https://www.youtube.com/c/RageBadgerGaming
https://www.youtube.com/user/DMkiirnodel
Timestamps:
00:00:00 Hey we are back
00:00:45 Sup Nerds
00:02:17 Edu Falaschi's Veracruz
00:15:02 The most obscurest of references
00:16:42 Totally not Power Metal Gatekeeping (and cat noises)
00:18:45 Helloween
00:27:34 Still Helloween (and cat noises)
00:35:42 A less obscure reference
00:39:01 Who else should pull a United?
00:42:53 Top Albums of the Year so far
00:45:16 Secret Sphere
00:45:52 Dinosaur Pee
00:49:00 Frozen Crown
00:51:01 Winterage
00:51:54 Lovebites
01:02:13 Phoenix Rising
01:04:38 Jonathan Young
01:06:09 Project Roenwolfe
01:11:46 Dragony
01:14:28 Ephemerald
01:20:18 Elderwind
01:20:30 Seven Spires
01:28:18 Missed and upcoming Tours
01:34:00 Stuff we look forward to
01:39:06 Fellowship
01:41:47 Ascension
01:43:05 Ravenous E.H.
01:45:32 Planeswalker
01:48:44 Powerwolf
01:52:48 Sabaton
01:55:32 Christmas Music
01:57:44 Aephanemer
02:01:25 Wrapping Up
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