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Kyle once again ventured to Atlanta, Georgia for ProgPower USA! Join him and friend of the show Alis of  RageBadgerGaming  as they recount the epic tale of the battle of Prog and Power. 

Timestamps for the impatient: 

00:00:00 Cold Open 

00:00:49 Sup Nerds 

00:03:21 Day 1 Darkwater 

00:08:10 Victorius 

00:10:26 Dream Evil 

00:13:12 Circus Maximus 

00:16:06 Angra 

00:18:49 Fabio signed the chart!! 

00:19:59 Day 1 overall 

00:21:27 Kyle's most popular shirt 

00:22:37 Day 2 - Nospun 

00:26:57 Termperance 

00:31:16 Earthside/Dinner 

00:33:26 Twilight Force 

00:43:36 Leprous 

00:47:06 Dark Tranquility 

00:50:03 Day 2 overall 

00:50:37 Day 3 striker 

00:52:49 Fifth Angel 

00:53:50 Elegy/dinner 

00:54:16 Soen 

00:56:38 Lovebites 

01:02:14 Amorphis 

01:07:14 day 3 end 

01:09:13 Party 

01:12:36 Day 4 - Frozen Crown 

01:16:37 Disillusion 

01:18:31 Illumishade 

01:20:52 Damian Wilson 

01:26:45 Winger 

01:30:35 Pagan's Mind 

01:35:09 Our fest favorites 

01:36:37 Bands for 2025 

01:54:33 Wrapping up 

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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-roll

00:00:43 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!

https://www.glyphmetal.com/tour

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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 up

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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 Up

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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 Up

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