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The yearly pilgrimage once again, Kyle goes over this end of an era ProgPower weekend, with our lovely friend and Conception #1 fan Alis ⚔️

Check out Alis' boardgame channel  ⁨Rage Badger Gaming⁩ ⚔️

Stay Powerful! ⚔️

For the impatient:
00:00:00 Intro

00:00:05 Sup Nerds

00:01:48 The Reticent

00:04:13 The "incident"

00:07:40 Noveria

00:11:05 The last minute cancelations

00:12:43 Conception

00:15:02 Threshold

00:17:25 Ensiferum

00:20:22 Day 1 wrapped

00:21:02 The Afterparty Day 1

00:21:47 Fires in the Distance

00:23:34 Scardust

00:25:51 Teramaze

00:27:05 Ensiferum again!

00:30:18 Firewind

00:32:58 Conception again!

00:36:52 DGM

00:38:41 Brainstorm

00:40:36 Crimson Glory

00:42:02 Ashes of Ares

00:45:01 Matt Dinniman was there

00:46:43 Hammerfall

00:50:02 Evergrey

00:53:47 Day 3 wrapped

00:57:11 Sunburst

01:00:14 Seven Spires

01:01:33 No Unmapped Darkness for Kyle for the 7th time =_)

01:04:15 Glenn's farewell speech

01:04:29 Roy Khan

01:08:59 Redemption

01:11:07 The Gathering feat. Anneke van Giersbergen

01:14:57 Voyager

01:20:10 What a great time

01:21:25 The 2027 lineup announcement

01:32:14 Wrapping Up

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The Boreal Summer brings a bunch of cool new albums, maybe even an AOTY contender, and some awesome updates from Mad With Power Fest and Epic Fest for 2027.

00:00:00 PreRoll

00:02:58 Sup Nerds

00:05:17 I've been pronouncing "Falaschi" wrong all this time

00:07:06 Elisa C. Martin announced for MWP 2027

00:10:53 Epic Fest 2027 Full Lineup announced

00:20:33 Hagane - Metal Quest

00:24:24 Galneryus - A Cry from the Sky Above

00:30:09 Novareign - Shifting the Axis of the World

00:34:40 Triosphere - Oceans Above, Stars Below

00:39:48 Edu Falaschi - Mi'raj

00:47:59 Jupiter - The Pantheon ~Age of Heroes~

00:52:29 Kamelot - Dark Asylum

00:55:11 GenAI images tangent

00:57:50 Back to Kamelot

00:59:48 Wrapping Up

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Kyle made his yearly pilgrimage to Mad With Power 2026, while Fer watched the live stream from the other side of the equator, come (re)live the wonderful bands and immaculate vibes with us! ⚔️

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For the impatient:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:12 Sup Nerds

00:03:52 Preparty

00:06:49 Day 1 - Hinayana

00:07:57 A Sound of Thunder

00:10:15 Helsátt

00:11:40 Dinner Break

00:13:33 Videogames

00:15:12 Ok Goodnight

00:18:13 Dragonland

00:22:46 Seven Spires

00:26:02 Mad With Power

00:28:05 Afterparty

00:29:08 Day 2 - Cheese Curd Massacre

00:32:13 Super Monster Party

00:34:24 Vintersea

00:36:08 Paladin

00:39:58 The Car Bar

00:41:08 Seven Kingdoms

00:43:34 Lord of the Trident

00:49:51 Twilight Force

01:00:02 General Thoughts

01:01:23 2027 Lineup

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We listened to a bunch of albums and went to a few shows and we are talking about it want it or not ⚔️

Stay Powerful! ⚔️

For the impatient:

00:00:00 Pre-roll

00:00:42 Sup Nerds

00:01:51 New Dragonforce Vocalist

00:06:44 Power Paladin

00:10:41 Mega Colossus

00:14:10 Dimhav

00:20:48 Vision Divine

00:26:07 Moonlight Haze

00:30:27 Eternal Champion

00:32:44 Scimitar

00:36:44 Triosphere

00:39:13 Albion

00:40:11 Galneryus

00:41:58 Live Shows we attended

00:42:14 Alestorm - Thunderfisting Latinamerica 2026

00:43:49 Seven Spires - South American Tour 2026

00:48:43 Fabio Lione - Argentina Tour 2026

00:56:04 Raven - Can't Take Away the Fire North America 2026 + Exvamon

00:58:17 It's Mad With Power time again!

00:59:20 The Tiberian Sons - Ace Combat: Three Aces

01:01:53 Wrapping Up

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While Kyle is away, we got together with the wonderful Adrienne Cowan from Seven Spires to chat about Power Metal, South American shows, the Berklee experience, and achieving a dream gig: getting to work with Roy Khan.

Stay Powerful ⚔️

For the impatient:

00:00:14 Sup Nerds

00:01:30 Top 4 Power Metal bands

00:01:56 Video works!

00:03:33 Being lumped in with Power Metal

00:07:08 Studying music at Berklee as a Metal enthusiast

00:13:17 First South American Tour

00:16:11 Contacting Roy Khan for the first time

00:19:19 Meeting Khan in Brasil

00:21:11 Becoming Khan's live band

00:23:27 Kyle's Curse

00:25:32 The South American crowds

00:28:57 Wrapping Up

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Somehow, we attended Epic Fest for a third time. Against all odds and common sense we descended upon the now familiar Roskilde in Denmark for a weekend of pure power metal fun with some incredible bands and the best people we can think of. Lets talk about it!

Playlist with all the songs performed at the fest by purejoyandhappiness

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4h1LiKU1fPTxiON4ZtYWgq?si=SuDg8LkWQqSC2mQIiP2VgA&pi=6knfggJ8SRyin

For the impatient:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Sup Nerds

00:06:08 We almost didn't get the guitar picks in time

00:10:29 Pre Fest - Roskilde Cathedral Organ Show

00:18:08 Epic Fest - Day 1 ------------------------

00:18:41 Miniature Painting and D&D Tables

00:23:12 Angus McSix

00:26:22 Top 4 Power Metal Bands? Manowar

00:26:57 Dragony

00:28:09 When a Fest has 2 Venues

00:29:32 Ipomonia

00:32:20 Sirenia

00:34:40 Trick or Treat

00:40:19 Sorry Mercenary

00:40:38 Lineup Clashes

00:41:05 Rhapsody of Fire (Staropoli)

00:48:36 Food break

00:49:35 Fairyland

00:53:38 Mob Rules

00:54:51 Merch at Epic Fest

00:56:42 Ensiferum

00:58:38 The Big Stage Area is Real Big

01:02:29 Masterplan

01:05:30 The Afterparty (preview)

01:07:03 Epic Fest - Day 2 ------------------------

01:07:48 Lost Dawning

01:10:28 Victorius

01:12:26 Sorry Fury

01:13:41 Twilight Force

01:22:47 Seven Spires

01:30:15 Sorry Moonlight Haze

01:31:00 Sonata Arctica 30th Anniversary

01:35:38 Dark Moor

01:38:44 Sorry Innerwish

01:40:01 Roy Khan - The Black Halo - aka Khanelot

01:50:53 Hagane

02:02:43 Afterparty

02:10:55 2027 Line Up so far ---------------------

02:19:33 Wrapping Up

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Sonata is back, Hagane has a new single, Lovebites delivers a new album, and Fer joins Kyle in the "Galneryus live more than once" club. Also Greyhawk, Induction, and other non power metal live shows and movies because we like those too.

For the Impatient:

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:14 Sup Nerds

00:03:27 Sonata Arctica - Freedom Concept

00:08:40 Hagane - Black Diamond

00:13:51 Lovebites - Outstanding Power

00:23:06 Greyhawk - Warriors of Greyhawk

00:25:06 Induction - Love Kills!

00:29:21 Castlesmash - Battle Mace

00:32:56 Supporting deep Bandcamp

00:35:43 Galneryus Live (again!) in Chile

00:40:56 The Ricardo Cruz JAM Project Tangent

00:42:06 Back to Galneryus in Chile

00:45:13 The mishaps

00:49:19 But it was the best show ever

00:59:14 Galneryus should be doing world tours

01:05:55 Savage Master Live

01:10:52 Other shows Fer went to

01:11:03 My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade 2026 Tour

01:16:04 Alesana - The Emptiness Live

01:18:50 Live music is the best

01:19:26 Silent Movies with Live Music

01:20:37 The Cabinet of Dr Caligari - 1920s German Expressionism

01:28:16 We are starved for the real

01:29:13 Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie

01:33:35 Wrapping Up

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Epic Fest 2026 is around the corner, so we got together with co-founder Lauge Kjærum once again for a chat on what's coming, what we liked last year, and an exclusive look at a to be anounced event!

Get your tickets here: https://gimle.dk/event/epic-fest-chapter-4-two-days/

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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.

Checkout Kyle's annual reddit post

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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Exciting Power Metal News with Lovebites announcing a new album, Galneryus playing outside of Asia, Rhapsody doing super special shows, Fabio leaving Angra, Angra doing a reunion show with Edu and Aquiles, crazy month really.

Also Fer released an album, go check it out! https://youtu.be/iQ1Neq-RaM4

And we review other albums we listened to lately, and a bunch of live shows we attended, get comfy because this is a long one.

Rata Blanca Starter Pack - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAtNwsNf88dk6_c3vVP09csN2jHd2DRYZ&si=eM8RD5QPSRvs5hed

For the impatient:

00:00:00 Pre-roll

00:01:41 Sup Nerds

00:02:35 Power Metal News

00:03:13 Lovebites New Album

00:04:35 Galneryus Latam Shows!!

00:08:12 Rhapsody with Choir and Orchestra Special Shows

00:09:45 The Rhapsody Chart keeps evolving

00:11:12 One of the dates already Sold Out

00:12:25 Fabio leaves Angra!!

00:13:33 Angra Reunion Show!!

00:18:48 Album Reviews

00:19:38 Eons Enthroned (Fer made and album!)

00:37:42 Aedan Sky

00:42:13 Terra Atlantica

00:50:17 Unlucky Morpheus

00:56:22 Moron Police (not PM but it's too good)

01:07:37 Aephanemer

01:12:27 Live Shows Reviews

01:13:14 Alestorm + Gloryhammer + Glyph

01:16:02 Gloryhammer first Argentina show

01:20:24 Final Fantasy - Distant Worlds

01:22:04 2025 vs 2013

01:28:27 Lovebites

01:32:32 Azeroth 25th Anniversary

01:34:57 Rata Blanca 35th Anniversary

01:40:27 Avantasia

01:48:56 Wrapping Up

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