The Powerful crew celebrate the new year by looking back at some of their favorite power metal albums of 2025. With long awaited returns and fresh surprises, you're bound to find something you love. The lads also get wild and discuss some favorite movies, TV shows, and video games to wrap things up.

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For the impatient:
00:00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Sup Nerds

00:03:22 Crimson Shadows - Whispers of War

00:07:12 Eons Enthroned - At the End of Hope

00:14:03 Hagane - Top of the Tower

00:20:04 Jaeger - The Wild Hunt

00:24:58 Master Sword - Toying with Time

00:28:44 Moron Police - Pachinko

00:31:12 Panthalassan - From the Shallows of the Mantle

00:35:34 Scimitar - Scimitarium I

00:38:21 The 7th Guild - Triumviro

00:43:14 Unlucky Morpheus - Gate of Heaven

00:46:38 Good Power Metal is out there!

00:51:32 Other cool albums from 2025

00:54:43 Live Shows we attended

00:55:20 Epic Fest 2025

00:59:09 South America gets the best shows

01:00:30 Avantasia live is the best

01:02:08 Not just Music

01:03:06 Psycho (1960)

01:03:27 Casablanca (1942)

01:05:07 Kyle still goes to the movies

01:05:23 Kyle's top movies

01:06:16 F1 (Fer actually follows F1)

01:08:02 Anime in theatres

01:09:02 Ne Zha 2

01:09:52 KPop Demon Hunters

01:10:51 Wicked for Good is not good

01:12:38 Kyle met the Corridor guys at the BG show

01:13:27 American Psycho

01:14:21 Andor S2

01:15:11 The Pitt

01:16:18 Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man

01:16:53 Souso no Frieren (actually from 2024)

01:17:35 Pluribus

01:18:01 Videogames

01:18:07 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

01:20:10 Silksong actually came out

01:21:41 Despelote - indie Latam simulator

01:24:11 Wrapping up

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