Phil's EOY best of's

10 - Paradise Lost - Ascension

9 - Ghost - Skeleta

8 - Mors Principum Est - Darkness Invisible

7 - Turnstile - Never Enough

6 - An Abstract Illusion - The Sleeping City

5 - Coroner - Dissonance Theory

4 - Fallujah - Xenotaph

3 - Buried Realm - Dormant Darkness

2 - Labyrinthus Stellarum - Rift in Reality

1 - Moron Police - Pachinko

DEFINITELY support all these great bands and buy their work and pay to see them live!!!

Alex's EOY best of's

1 - Amorphis - Borderlands

2 - Alleageon - The Ossuary Lens

3 - Fuerschwanz - Knightclub

4 - Ghost - Skeleta

5 - In the Woods... - Otra

Best songs of the year - but not good enough to be albums of the year

HM - Species - Changelings - "Inspirit Creation"

HM - Three Days Grace - Alienation - "Kill Me Fast"

HM - The Hives - The Hives Forever Forever the Hives - "Bad Call"

HM - Glare - Sunset Funeral - "Saudade"

HM - Rivers of Nihil - Rivers of Nihil - "House of Light"

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Can't wait!!!!!! Another metal cruise is upon us!!! Thanks to 70k for a GREAT time in anticipation and if you see Phil or I aboard the cruise come say hi!

In this proper episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast Alex reviews The Art of Drowning by AFI and Phil reviews From Hell with Love by power metallers Beast in Black. Two truly great bands with great releases that positively needed to be positively reviewed!

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https://beastinblack.com/

https://afireinside.net/

Next up will be Northen by Sig:Ar:Tyr and Glow On by Turnstile

Dance Gavin Dance had a big time line up change and now we get to see how they're holding up!

A nice quick hitter here as Alex reviews his experience at the nine inch nails show in Tampa Florida in 2025.

Got the chance to see an EXCELLENT band, arguably not all that heavy but GREAT nonetheless in Ballyhoo! from Aberdeen, Maryland. Alex got the chance to check them out at the Ranch in Fort Myers, GREAT show!!!!

Support these guys!!! -- https://www.ballyhoorocks.com/

And if you are in the South Florida area - Catch a live show at the Ranch. https://theranchfortmyers.com/

On August 15th our very own Phil Collins took the treck into Philadelphia to see My Chemical Romance put on what seems to be one helluva a show!!!!

See if you can hop on this tour! - https://www.mychemicalromance.com/#tour

Mega-Anthem Arena Rockers Ghost are the subject of this latest concert review where Alex and Phil BOTH got to see these Swedish studs in person in Baltimore, Maryland in July 2025. What a GREAT show and a GREAT band!

Support these well known heavy legends; https://ghost-official.com/

A truly UNIQUE set of albums in this episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast with Alex reviewing Outbound by Keldian and Phil reviewing Destrier by Agent Fresco.

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Agent Fresco - https://www.agentfresco.is/