The lists abound!  Quarter 4 tops of the list are here to stay!

ALEX - 1 - Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 2 - IOTUNN - Kinship 3 - Gaerea - Coma 4 - Undeath - More Insane 5 - Vola - Friend of a Phantom HM - Klone - The Unseen HM - Ulver - Liminal Animals HM - Mork Gryning - Fasornas Tid HM - Crippled Black Phoenix - The Wolf Changes Its Fur But Not Its Nature AND Horrific Honorifics Number Two  HM - Opeth - The Last Will and Testament  HM - Ensiferum - Winter Storm PHIL - 1 - Blood incantation - Absolute Elsewhere 2 - IOTUNN - Kinship 3 - Opeth - The Last Will and Testament 4 - Ensiferum - Winter Storm 5 - VOLA - Friend of a Phantom

HM - Devenial Verdict - Blessing of Despair HM - Tribulation - Sub Rosa in Aeternum HM - Night in Gale - Shadowreaper HM - Cardinal Noir - Vitriol

It's list time baby!!!!!  And we might be a little late for Q3 of 2024 - but get over it - there is a LOT of great stuff you should be checking out!

PHIL's list:

HM - Aeons - Ghosts

HM - Fleshgod Apocolypse - Opera

HM - Kalandra - A Frame of Mind

5 - Unto Others - Never, Neverland 4 - Amiensus - Reclamation Part 2 3 - Nile - The Underwold Awaits Us All 2 - Black Sites - The Promised Land? 1 - Kanonenfieber - Die Urkatastrophe

ALEX's list:

1 - Summoning the Lich - Under the Reviled Throne 2 - Dark Tranquility - Endtime Signals 3 - Orden Ogan - The Order Of Fear 4 - Mork - Syv 5 - Wintersun - Time II HM - Leprous - Melodies of Atonement

Da boyz, da boyz, da boyz da boyz da boyz!!!!!

A little belated but the boyz reunite nonetheless to talk all things 2024 70,000 tons of metal post-cruise wrap up AND now it's a combo episode because we take a sneak peak into the upcoming 2025 70k cruise!

We can't wait and we hope to see you on board! 

Well if you like list episodes then you are in for a treat because, this is a big one!  In the 100th ever episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast Alex and Phil rank the top five of all the 26 albums each has referred to the other to review since the inception of the show.  

Can you guess which albums are going to make the top five for Alex and the top five for Phil?

What are your top five?  Email us your list at [email protected]

We are back at it!  In this episode take a listen to our reviews of King Goat - Conduit and Mithras - On Strange Loops.  Do you agree with Alex's take on the latter?  Two UK bands with 2016 releases and very different sounds!

Be sure to support these excellent bands! - https://kinggoat.bandcamp.com/album/debt-of-aeons

https://mithrasuk.bandcamp.com/ 

BE SURE to join us for our next episode - our 100th episode! - where we go through and rank our top-five of the releases we have previously exchanged with each other.  It's been a fun ride and we look forward to you joining us for our 100th!

This is it!  This is the BIG one!  What an INCREDIBLE experience!  Thank you to Arjen and ALL of the incredible performers at the first ever Peterson in person Ayreaon show!!  We traveled quite a long way and it was worth EVERY MILE!

Some gems from the 'fest' were Within Me, Horse Grenade, and Homily.

Check 'em out and support these guys - https://horsegrenade.bandcamp.com/

Within Me's Single - All the Same - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntb4rdLqFL0

Live version - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIB7BRH3cDQ

Homily - https://homily.bandcamp.com/

BOOM!  Here it is!  The best GREAT and HEAVY albums from April, May and June 2024 for you to explore and enjoy.  Time is money so feel free to snag the list below and start enjoying the music!

Alex's list:

5 - ACOD - Versets Noir 4 - DVNE - Voidkind 3 - Bayside - There are Worse Things Than Being Alive 2 - Wormwood - The Star 1 - Fuerschwanz - Warriors Honorable Mentions - Sgaile - Traverse the Bealeach Unleash the Archers - Phantoma Kvaen - The Formless Fires In Vain - Solemn Sig:Ar:Tyr - Citadel of Stars Cistvaen - At light's demise Seven Spires - A Fortress Called Home Huntsmen - The Dry Land Phil's List: 5 - Unleash the Archers - Phantoma 4 - Vredehammer - God Slayer 3 - Kvaen - The Formless Fire 2 - Hell:ON - Shaman 1 - Alcest - Les Chants de L'aurore

Honorable Mentions - 

Seven Spires - A Fortress Called Home DVNE - Voidkind My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding

The boys review the 2013 Theory of Everything by metal legend Ayren Lucassen.  

This album boasts an AMAZING lineup of singers:

JB (Grand Magus) as The Teacher Sara Squadrani (Ancient Bards) as The Girl Michael Mills (Toehider) as The Father Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil) as The Mother Tommy Karevik (Kamelot, Seventh Wonder) as The Prodigy Marco Hietala (Nightwish, Tarot) as The Rival John Wetton (Asia, King Crimson) as The Psychiatrist

If this is your first experience with the theory of everything - get ready to enjoy!

At the amazing Pier 17 in New York City Alex got to see the punk LEGENDS Bad Religion!

If you don't know these fellows you've been living under a rock! - https://badreligion.com/

Check them out and shout out to the prop-up band Shred Flinstone that tore it down outside of the venue after the show - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3y9kkuojs

and - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykYOpfm42Rk

Show those guys some love!