Matt and Blake review Blood Incantation "Absolute Elsewhere" and Avantasia "Here Be Dragons".

One is good and one is bad. Can you guess which?

YOU CANNOT. Or you can. It doesn't matter.

Matt and Blake force themselves to listen to The Stars Over Eternity or The Skies Above Eternity or The Skies Over Insanity whatever the second Fellowship album is called. They've been described as "single handedly keeping power metal alive" which is possibly the saddest thing ever said about power metal. RIP power metal.

Jeff Loomis and Van Williams reunite to form Nevermore 2.0 (Warrel's dead and Jeff wasn't invited) and hold open internet auditions for a new singer and bass player.

Matt and Blake discuss what this could lead to and what the chances are it produces anything musically interesting. If nothing else it will definitely produce CONTENT.

Matt and Blake review Dream Theater's new album "Parasomnia" aka "Nocturnal Emissions" aka "Mike Portnoy's CPAP Machine".

Its a concept album exploring how quickly Dream Theater can put you to sleep by playing riffs they've recycled so many times you're not sure if its an intentional quote of their own work or if they're just still deeply out of ideas.

Fans (nobody) have been clamoring for an episode where we don't like the thing we listen to and we finally deliver... well, ok Blake kinda liked it? We have a lot to say. Just listen to the episode.

Matt is joined by Brooks Rocco to discuss their experience seeing BEAT - 80s King Crimson reunion / tribute featuring Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Zappa, Talking Heads) and Tony Levin (King Crimson, Peter Gabriel, Liquid Tension Experiment) as well as Danny Carey (Tool) and Steve Vai (Steve Vai).

Episode 88

Is Opeth BACK or is Mike just dumping his last good ideas? Do we love the album concept or are we annoyed that the song titles are a character I don't know how to type? Does this prog metal album achieve the jazz?

None of these questions and more on this episode of Your Music Is Bad ...And You Should Feel Bad.

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Matt - @theonetruematt.bsky.social

Blake - @buffalo70.bsky.social

Adrian Belew and Tony Levin of King Crimson enlist Danny Carey (Tool) and Steve Vai (Steve Vai) to play the 80s King Crimson albums "Discipline", "Beat" and "Three of a Perfect Pair"

Matt and Blake discuss this unique period of King Crimson's music and their first exposure to it

No funny title 'cause we didn't really think this album was very bad. What are we even doing here? Do you even want to listen to this podcast if we LIKE albums? Is there any point if we aren't hating on things? Why do I ask so many questions in the episode descriptions?

This album came out in June but you want to hear what we think of it NOW! Except we also recorded what we thought of it in June so none of this makes any sense. You should complain about it at us on Bluesky: @theonetruematt and @Buffalo70

Matt and Blake discuss the long awaited Time II by Wintersun.

They discuss the many rounds of crowdfunding, why there was a Time I in the first place and whether the album lives up to the hype.

But most importantly, could Jari have made this album without a sauna?

Matt tells Blake about his unexpected trip to see Sonic Symphony featuring Ty Christian of Lords of the Trident on vocals. Also why this occurred because of Threads, the Twitter of Facebook. A surprisingly positive episode. Apologies to our regular listeners, someone will definitely dislike something on the next one.