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In this episode we finally catch up to many 2022 releases old and new, including a look into the long awaited Fellowhip album The Saberlight Chronicles, and the topic of the month, Blind Guardian's new single and Evangelion looking album art.Power Metal Albums Battle Beast - Circus of Doom - 00:03:07 Eternal Ascent - Reclamation - 00:10:27 DoubleGeddon - Geddon Dangerous - 00:15:02 Lords of the Trident - The Offering - 00:24:52 Unlucky Morpheus - evolution - 00:31:51 Fellowship - The Saberlight Chronicles - July 15 - 00:38:17 Less Power Metal Amorphis - Halo - 01:00:35 Pillaging Villagers - Pillaging Villagers - 01:04:09 Nekonomicon - Nekonomicon - 01:06:18 Cool Stuff coming soon Blind Guardian - The God Machine - September - 01:10:54 Secrets of the American Gods Blood of the Elves - 01:13:54 Avantasia - A Paranormal Evening with the Moonflower Society - Autumn - 01:32:36 The Wicked Rule the Night Alestorm - Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum - June 24 - 01:36:06 Magellan’s Expedition P.A.R.T.Y. Gloryhammer - Fly Away (close enough I guess) - 01:41:16 Seventh Wonder - The Testament - June 10 - 01:44:58 Warriors The Light Keldian - The Bloodwater Rebellion - June 10 - 01:49:31 We are Rebellion

Join Kyle on reliving his little big metal adventure to 6 days of festivals and shows over lands far and skies high, as the floodgates of shows are open once again in this year of 2022 If they are near you, catch these fests next time! Hyperspace Metal Festival - Vancouver, Brittish Columbia, Canada Hell's Heroes Festival - Houston, Texas, USA For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:46 Sup Nerds 00:03:21 Hyperspace Day 1 00:07:08 Apprentice 00:08:16 Silver Talon 00:09:31 Iron Kingdom 00:11:10 Hyperspace Day 2 00:12:58 Ophelia Falling 00:13:22 Tzimani 00:16:33 Novareign 00:17:37 Planeswalker 00:26:55 Ravenous 00:30:42 Archon Legion 00:34:50 Witherfall 00:35:06 Hyperspace Day 3 00:38:02 Dire Peril 00:38:58 Helion Prime 00:42:44 Into Eternity 00:44:46 Dragonforce Tour - Seven Spires 00:46:46 Visions of Atlantis 00:49:03 Firewind 00:50:13 Dragonforce 00:51:21 Mary Zimmer surprise 00:52:42 More Dragonforce 00:56:17 Hell's Heroes 01:00:52 Hell's Heroes vs Hyperspace 01:02:38 Savage MAster 01:03:48 Solicitor 01:04:20 Secret Guest - Midnight 01:05:38 Having fun in Texas 01:07:27 Hell's Heroes day 2 01:07:36 Saber 01:08:15 Slough Feg 01:09:57 Medieval Steel 01:12:33 Eternal Champion 01:13:08 Traveler 01:14:35 Riot V 01:15:32 Hell's Heroes' great crowd 01:17:13 Cirith Ungol 01:17:36 Hell's Heroes is massive 01:18:45 Wrapping up

Once again we look back at the year that ended, the albums that came out, the songs we loved, the news that went by, and look forward to what's yet to come in 2022. Our Top Albums of 2021: Edu Falaschi - Vera Cruz Ravenous E.H. - Hubris Galneryus - Union Gives Strength Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery Lovebites - Glory, Glory to the World Dialith - Atrophy Ephemerald - Between the Glimpses of Hope Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane Our Top Songs of 2021: Seven Spires - This God Is Dead Fellowship - Glory Days Edu Falaschi - The Ancestry Ravenous E.H. - Bridgeburner Helloween - Fear of the Fallen Lovebites - Glory to the World Aephanemer - Panta Rhei Blind Guardian - Deliver Us From Evil What we look forward to: Planeswalker Blind Guardian Fellowship Ascension Timestamps:0:00:00 Pre-roll0:00:32 Sup Nerds0:02:41 Blind Guardian News0:05:02 Global Delays in Music Releases0:09:04 Blind Guardian - Deliver us From Evil0:14:02 Atomic Fire and the top Metal Labels0:16:44 Fer can't say nuclear0:17:14 Power Paladin0:17:53 Another Music Industry Tangent0:21:34 Gloryhammer's New Vocalist0:28:34 "I can now understand the words!"0:30:43 Planeswalker - Tales of Magic0:38:34 Yet Another Music Industry Tangent0:41:23 Daniel "Terror" Carpenter's Orchestration (Planeswalker)0:45:12 Taylor Washington (Planeswalker is basically a powerful podcast guests reunion)0:47:43 NorthTale - Eternal Flame0:54:18 Tim Hansen is a baby0:56:04 Beast in Black - Dark Connection1:00:46 The weird Manowar Cover1:04:20 Kyle pissing off a lot of people1:05:07 Aephanemer - A Dream of Wilderness1:11:50 Temperance - Diamanti1:16:03 Fierce Deity - Power, Wisdom, Courage1:21:28 Nocturna - Daughters of the Night1:25:23 Lovebites - In the Beginning (Best of Compilation)1:30:45 Our Top Albums off 2021 - Edu Falaschi - Vera Cruz1:35:34 Ravenous E.H. - Hubris1:36:55 Galneryus - Union Gives Strength1:39:34 Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery1:42:58 Lovebites - Glory, Glory to the World1:44:16 Dialith - Atrophy1:45:59 Ephemerald - Between the Glimpses of Hope1:47:15 Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane1:49:47 Our Top Songs of 20211:50:32 Seven Spires - This God is Dead1:55:17 Fellowship - Glory Days1:58:26 Edu Falaschi - The Ancestry1:59:41 Ravenous E.H. - Bridgeburner2:01:02 Helloween - Fear of the Fallen2:03:03 Lovebites - Glory to the World2:03:35 The Power Metal Church Tangent2:05:42 Aephanemer - Panta Rhei2:06:28 Planeswalker - Tales of Magic2:07:37 Looking forward to 20222:12:46 Wrapping up

Sup nerds! In this very special episode we have Jake Wright and R.A. Voltaire from Ravenous E.H. join the show to take a deep dive into their latest album, Hubris. Make sure to listen to it and get all the details on this detailed song by song extravaganza. --- Listen to Hubris:https://open.spotify.com/album/0ryCoecphq8r2CVx5NHmgp?si=GkYSTunUQdWvlWN5JskdeQ Get their Merch:https://ravenouseternalhunger.bandcamp.com/merch Catch Rav’s Stream: https://www.twitch.tv/ravoltaire Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast Follow us! iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher - powerful. a power metal podcast Website - https://www.powerful-podcast.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/powerfulpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/powerfulpodcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/powerfulpm Music by Fernando Rey Powered by La Casona Productions https://www.facebook.com/salacasona/ --- For the Impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll00:00:48 'Sup Nerds!00:02:30 Rav's Top 4 Power Metal Bands00:05:04 Jake's Top 4 Power Metal Bands00:09:26 Writing an album lockdown00:13:10 Production approach for the second album00:17:02 Track by Track Deep Dive Start00:17:53 Ravenous' Songwriting approach00:19:13 Track 1 - Carnage in Carthage (the Sabaton angle)00:22:26 Finding the album's theme00:25:33 Meticulous Planning00:26:40 Polarizing Tracks are good00:29:36 Lyrics tailored to the Music00:31:08 Jake and Rav being the perfect pair00:32:26 The classical inspiration for Carthage00:34:53 Track 2 - Astral Elixir (an external need)00:36:50 Musical Genres and Lyrics00:38:50 Lyrics relation to Hubris00:42:05 Picking the Singles00:53:46 Track 3 - Son of Storms (Ocarina of Time)00:57:29 The Viathyn Connection00:58:50 Baritone representation in Power Metal01:01:46 Trying to not repeat song title structures01:03:00 Song working titles01:04:02 "This is our Shark Song!"01:05:40 Songs that don't make it to the album01:06:40 Seven Spires tangent01:07:55 "don't be Jari"01:09:11 Track 4 - Die 1,000 Deaths (Oldschool AMV love)01:12:52 Song title and Translations01:13:28 Street Fighter vs Mortal Kombat01:13:54 Songwriting - Music first, Lyrics second01:15:00 Heinrich Yoshio's Guest Solo01:15:21 Japanese Bonus Track01:16:44 South Park tangent01:17:41 Back to the song01:18:19 Sampling and being too literal01:20:03 The song about Fabio01:21:13 Track 5 - Bridgeburner (Malazan)01:26:16 Bad programmer humor01:28:18 Daniel Carpenter's Orchestration01:33:59 Guitar Solos Approach01:35:49 Track 6 - The Alder Queen (the halfway point)01:36:45 Rav's Sound Design01:37:43 Nina Osegueda's Guest Vocals01:39:00 The inspirations for Alder Queen01:41:03 The deeper meaning01:45:02 Stereo Splitted Vocals01:46:05 Singable Solos01:48:48 Track 7 - The March of Hunger (the late commer)01:52:46 Developing the song01:56:57 Everything has a reason01:58:40 The D&D idea that didn't come to be02:01:50 Ad?02:02:02 Track 8 - The Claw is the Law (Collaborating with friends)02:05:29 The Dreadnoughts02:07:09 Technically Friends02:07:37 Getting wasted on White Claws02:09:11 Collaborating with The Dread Crew of Oddwood and identity of the band02:14:43 The Tragedy of the Music Video02:18:07 Performing live - Backing Tracks and putting on a Show02:23:39 Making a Video with guest Vocalists02:24:15 Amazing Segways02:25:03 Track 9 - Onwards and Upwards (Mathias Blad is lovely)02:27:09 Writing a Ballad for a Metal album02:29:23 Mathias is still lovely02:33:36 Mathias if you are listening you are invited to the show02:34:00 Making Music and the power of asking02:36:42 The missed Guests02:40:26 Track 10 - ...Of Beasts and Faust (Sound Design is my Passion)02:41:29 "It's a great time to be intolerant"02:42:02 The meeting of two songs02:44:07 Brotherly Wisdom02:46:13 The inspirations02:46:55 The Music02:47:52 Rav's one guitar solo02:50:11 Obligatory Sabaton mention02:51:24 The Lyrics02:52:57 External interpretations of the lyrics (Ceth's take on it)02:55:37 "The Beast the Moon the Faust" (Aether Realm Jake is lovely)02:56:54 Rav's secret revealed!!02:57:51 Dan's Guitar Solo (and Xylophone) 02:58:40 Variety within Ravenous' identity03:00:43 Bonus Track - Cakaw te Partiro03:03:50 The Inspiration03:06:38 Doubts and the Mindset while making the album03:07:54 Wrapping Up03:10:40 Live DVD !!03:11:06 Our socials

Sup Nerds! We are back at it again! In this episode Kyle and Fer bask in the glorious light that is having live shows again and review some recent and also upcoming albums in the good old Power Metal sphere. Timestamps for the Impatient: 0:01:17 Sup Nerds 0:02:27 Power Metal Drama 0:08:49 Miho leaves Lovebites 0:12:22 Mad with Power Fest 2021 0:14:53 MWP Day 1 0:19:46 MWP Day 2 0:22:09 Paladin mishaps 0:24:30 Dire Peril's Mystery Guest 0:25:44 Lords of the Trident 0:27:12 Immortal Guardian 0:29:43 Finding new bands live 0:31:20 Shoutout to Friends at MWP 0:32:30 Ty is great 0:33:43 UtA canceled shows and Benefit Livestream Concert 0:39:30 UtA + Seven Kingdoms + Aether Realm California Show 0:42:59 Basking in the return of Live Shows 0:46:34 Helion Prime - Question Everything Remix 0:53:05 Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane 0:56:31 Planeswalker tangent 0:58:48 Back to Eons 1:01:39 Into the Arcane's vs Glory Day's Artwork 1:02:41 Illusion Force - Illusion Paradise 1:07:23 Wizardthrone - Hypercube Necrodimensions 1:11:00 Getting into Harsh Vocals 1:13:02 Powerwolf - Call of the Wild 1:15:04 Artwork Pedantry 1:18:16 Sabaton - Steel Commanders 1:23:48 Sabaton becoming VTubers? 1:25:16 Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery 1:26:12 Seven Spires - Singles 1:26:43 This God is Dead SOTY 1:29:22 Opinions on Lady Lightbringer 1:32:51 The album as a whole 1:42:22 Blind Guardian tangent 1:43:34 Back to Seven Spires 1:46:37 Seven Spire's Lore 1:48:31 Fer's understanding of This God is Dead 1:52:53 Kyle's analysis thrown in the trash 1:53:44 Seven Spire's Lore Summary 1:58:11 Kinds of Concept Albums 2:00:42 Adrienne Cowan's Live Streams 2:04:50 Ravenous E.H. - Hubris 2:13:40 Ravenous' Guests 2:15:25 Fer enrages a bunch of people 2:19:22 Wrapping up Links to stuff we talk about in this episode: Lords of the Trident's Benefit Live Stream with Seven Kingdoms and Aether Realm Eons Enthroned - Into the Arcane Illusion Force - Illusion Paradise Wizardthrone - Hypercube Necrodimensions Powerwolf - Call of the Wild Fixed Powerwolf Artwork Sabaton - Steel Commanders Sabaton becoming VTubers? Seven Spires - Gods of Debauchery Official Seven Spires Lore Adrienne's Twitch Channel Ravenous E.H. - Die 1,000 Deaths (Feat. Heinrich Yoshio)    

Sup nerds! After a brief hiatus, Kyle and our friend Alice from Rage Badger Gaming are here to dive into the best power metal released in the first half of 2021 and look optimistically towards the future. Check out Rage Badger Gaming for awesome Gloomhaven content and Rage Badger Music for more musical shitposts. https://www.youtube.com/c/RageBadgerGaming https://www.youtube.com/user/DMkiirnodel Timestamps: 00:00:00 Hey we are back 00:00:45 Sup Nerds 00:02:17 Edu Falaschi's Veracruz 00:15:02 The most obscurest of references 00:16:42 Totally not Power Metal Gatekeeping (and cat noises) 00:18:45 Helloween 00:27:34 Still Helloween (and cat noises) 00:35:42 A less obscure reference 00:39:01 Who else should pull a United? 00:42:53 Top Albums of the Year so far 00:45:16 Secret Sphere 00:45:52 Dinosaur Pee 00:49:00 Frozen Crown 00:51:01 Winterage 00:51:54 Lovebites 01:02:13 Phoenix Rising 01:04:38 Jonathan Young 01:06:09 Project Roenwolfe 01:11:46 Dragony 01:14:28 Ephemerald 01:20:18 Elderwind 01:20:30 Seven Spires 01:28:18 Missed and upcoming Tours 01:34:00 Stuff we look forward to 01:39:06 Fellowship 01:41:47 Ascension 01:43:05 Ravenous E.H. 01:45:32 Planeswalker 01:48:44 Powerwolf 01:52:48 Sabaton 01:55:32 Christmas Music 01:57:44 Aephanemer 02:01:25 Wrapping Up   Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast   Follow us!   iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher - powerful. a power metal podcast Website - https://www.powerful-podcast.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/powerfulpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/powerfulpodcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/powerfulpm   Music by Fernando Rey   Powered by La Casona Productions https://www.facebook.com/salacasona/

Sup Nerds 0:00:31:19 Dark Tribe - Voici L’homme 0:03:52:17 Seven Spires - Emerald Seas 0:07:32:17 Nightwish - Human. :||: Nature. 0:12:19:03 Dark Forest - Oak, Ash & Thorn 0:16:39:05 Boisson Divine - La Halla 0:18:30:15 From the Depth - Moments 0:22:07:13 Falconer - From a Dying Ember 0:26:42:20 Fellowship - Fellowship 0:30:22:06 Lovebites - Electric Pentagram 0:34:35:22 Unlucky Morpeheus - Unfinished 0:39:14:13 Unleash the Archers - Abyss 0:43:38:00 Helion Prime - Question Everything 0:52:59:19 Our last shows 1:02:01:03 Perennial Quest - Perennial Quest 1:03:42:06 Online Show saves Power Metal (Blind Guardian debuts new song) 1:08:10:22 Interviewing ourselves - Eons Enthroned 1:17:01:17 Afterpain - The Endless Cycle 1:26:37:20 Sabadu 1:37:58:03 Looking forward to in 2021 1:50:08:09 Wrapping up 1:55:11:14

We've been away for a while, year's been not great for the podcast, but here's a very low effort revival episode! Our lil meme video became really popular, and the comments are quite something. Time to get into it!The Absolute State of Power Metal: https://youtu.be/JRb3G62s1a4 The Abolsute State of Power Metal (2020): https://youtu.be/KMBwbjrsSEs Sabadu  - Mighty Polish Tank: https://youtu.be/rvVKbwO89Bk Original bird art: https://falseknees.com/

Sup Nerds! On this ocassion we had the talented Baptiste Labenne from amazing Gascon French band Boisson Divine, a new favourite of us with their latest album La Halha. Join us on this nice talk about Gascon culture, how the band doubles as a Rugby team, and a small peek into the world of Winemaking!Make sure to check out Boisson Divine!https://boissondivine.bandcamp.com/ https://www.facebook.com/boissondivine.officiel/ https://www.instagram.com/boisson.divine/ Baptiste's wine label 

Join us in this jampacked stream with UK hobbit enthusiasts Fellowship, the whole band is here! We've never had so many guests at the same time, should be fun! Check out their stuff:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdiGFR5Wj6JGsyY8aaUMAag https://fellowshipmetal.bandcamp.com/album/fellowship https://open.spotify.com/album/1V7CWGRlr07F5xaS0X8Yyt?si=ZPtOJaycSwefyljCTvJURwhttps://www.instagram.com/fellowshipmetal/

Oh wow! We're on a streak of not-power metal in our quarantine cast series. Join powerful and special guest Chris Bowes of Alestorm as we discuss power metal, memes, and goats.Make sure to check out Alestorm's new album, Curse of the Crystal Coconut, with a voice over contribution from our own Fernando!  Also go check Chris' Twitch!https://www.twitch.tv/christopherbowes

We are back! Another Live Streamed episode, this time with Daniel Carpenter from Sympho band CELESTIVL, to talk about Nightwish and stuff. Enjoy!Follow Dan's multiple thingys:https://danieltcarpenter.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUuplXBkRGD8QzCxEWrKIWg https://www.instagram.com/danielcarpentermusician/ https://www.youtube.com/CELESTIVL https://www.facebook.com/CELESTIVLMusic

Another weekend, another QuarantineCast Live Episode! This time around Bill Hudson is joining us once again, enjoy the chat!Find Bill and NorthTale online: https://www.instagram.com/billhudsongtr/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa0uI1VeVXhgKdV38EoVMFQ https://www.instagram.com/northtaleofficial/ https://northtale.bigcartel.com/

Join us for another unedited live quarantine chat with Brittney Slayes, from Unleash the Archers! If you want to catch the live streams we are making in this time of quarantine, make sure to follow us on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/powerfulpodcast Follow UtA and support them in the following links: Brittney Slayes Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/brittneyslayesuta Andrew King Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/andrewkingsleyuta UTA Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/UnleashTheArchers UTA Discord: https://discord.gg/Vsr8P8 Posters: https://www.paypal.me/unleashthearchers

Join us for another unedited live quarantine chat with Jason Ashcraft, from Helion Prime, Dire Peril, and Planeswalker (busy lad!)If you want ot cath the live streams we are making in this times of quarantine, make sure to follow us on Twitch!https://www.twitch.tv/powerfulpodcast 

Sup Nerds! In these times of staying at home, we are trying to do live streamed episodes with guests from bands that are suddenly grounded too, to hang out and not let the boredom win. Join us with Jake Wright from Viatyhn and Ravenous E.H. in this first attemp at powerful streams!Live Streams will happne on Youtube and Twitch, go subscribe to get notified when they happen!But don't worry, all these special episodes will come out as unedited raw special audio episodes on the usual podcast services you are used to :D

In this times of home seclusion, you'll definitely have time to listen to them. Join us as we discuss the Longest Songs in Power Metal.What long songs do we like or dislike? What makes them so good or so bad? Why does fucking everyone make them? Are they worth it or cliche and self indulgent?News Falconer actually alive - https://www.facebook.com/metalbladerecords/photos/a.10150278471294886/10157985955704886/ Singles Conception - Waywardly Broken https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0c4bZexMQ Nightwish - Noise and Harvest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LczGSoibRe8 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy29T7LBM_I 10 Hours of The Longest Power and Prog Metal Songs:SpotifyYoutube

We're coming back at ya for part 2 of our huge 2010s decade retrospective. This part covers 2015-2019, more of our wonderful personal lives, reflection on the trends of the decade, and baseless speculation about the future! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast Follow us! iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher - powerful. a power metal podcast Website - https://www.powerful-podcast.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/powerfulpodcast Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/powerfulpodcast Twitter - https://twitter.com/powerfulpm   Music by Fernando Rey Powered by La Casona Productions https://www.facebook.com/salacasona/   2015 The big bands release some hotly contested new material Gloryhammer blows up in popularity Resurgence of traditional heavy metal Judicator releases a polished album, the beginning of a new style of North American power metal Blind Guardian - Beyond the Red Mirror Nightwish - Endless Forms Most Beautiful Kamelot - Haven Stratovarius - Eternal Gloryhammer - Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards Enforcer - From Beyond Judicator - At the Expense of Humanity Visigoth - The Revenant King Unleash the Archers - Time Stands Still Cain’s Offering - Stormcrow Rata Blanca - Tormenta Electrica RIP Christopher Lee 2016 Sabaton starts getting weird and derivative The beginning of discord. Youtube channels: NWOTHM full albums Shit has hit the fan for Sonata Arctica Avantasia becomes a touring band Lots and lots of NWOTHM Twilight force becomes more twinkle orchestra than power metal Sabaton - The Last Stand Sonata Arctica - The Ninth Hour Avantasia - Ghostlights Serenity - Codex Atlanticus Freedom Call - Masters of Light lol Eternal Champion - The Armor of Ire Ancient empire - other world  Helion Prime - Helion Prime Twilight Force - Heroes of Mighty Magic Theocracy - Ghost Ship Dark Forest - Beyond the Veil Thornbridge - What Will Prevail Sunburst - Fragments of Creation Also the /r/powermetal discord 2017 Dragonforce Lifestyle(™) gets weird  Unleash the archers gets good Wintersun crowdfunding campaign More NWOTHM Alestorm goes meme Battle Beast thinks we’re in the 80s Beast in Black is lit The birth of powerful. Dragonforce - Reaching Into Infinity Lovebites - Awakening From the Abyss Unleash The Archers - Apex Keldian - Darkness and Light Galderia - Return of the Cosmic Men Seven Kingdoms - Decennium  Wintersun - The Forest Seasons lol Satan's hallow self titled Yet another ancient empire album Don't drop the sword Striker Speed queen EP Any other nwothm? I feel like this shit got real popular 2016+ Lots of “gimmick” or pop/arena type stuff such as: Orden Ogan - Gunmen Bloodbound - War of Dragons Battle Beast - Bringer of Pain Alestorm - No Grave But The Sea For Dogs Brothers of Metal - Prophecy of Ragnarok Wind Rose - Stonehymn Beast in Black - Berserker And of course, powerful. a power metal podcast 2018 Riot V goes EUPM Kamelot is dead to us Dark moor gets real fucking weird Lione / Conti s/t Frozen Crown - The Fallen King debut Visigoth - Conqueror’s Oath Angra - OMNI NovaReign - Legends Kamelot - The Shadow Theory Riot V - Armor of Light Grailknights - Knightfall Powerwolf - The Sacrament of Sin Derdian - DNA Helion Prime - Terror of the Cybernetic Space Monster Dynazty - Firesign Dragony - Masters of the Multiverse Orion’s Reign - Scores of War Boys of Battle - Battle Boys* - didn’t this actually come out in 2012? Witherfall - A Prelude to Sorrow Nanowar of Steel - Stairway to Valhalla Warkings - Reborn Dark Moor - Origins Eternity’s End - Unyielding RIP Mark Shelton Reminder to link Eons Enthroned 2019 Whatever we talked about last time RIP Andre Matos G l o b a l i z a t i o n Pathfinder does not strike back Streaming/internet Fusion subgenres e.g. power/black metal Patreon and crowdfunding 80s revival is getting old

The decade is over, another arbitrary milestone has passed; what did it mean for Power Metal? Join us in this trip down memory lane, going over what has been, what didn't go on, what began, and where we were in this first part of a long long chat over the 2010s in Power Metal._______   Big/Good/Noteworthy Albums of Each Year 2010 Blind Guardian - At the Edge of Time Rhapsody of Fire - Frozen Tears of Angels Galneryus - Resurrection Avantasia - Angel of Babylon and The Wicked Symphony Angra - Aqua Sabaton - Coat of Arms Pathfinder - Beyond the Space, Beyond the Time Triosphere - the road less travelled RIP Dio 2011 Rhapsody of Fire - From Chaos to Eternity Theocracy - As the World Bleeds Nightwish - Imaginaerum Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner Alestorm - Back Through Time Symphony x - iconoclast X Japan - Jade (Single) 2012 Sabaton - Carolus Rex Kamelot - Silverthorn Galneryus - Angel of Salvation Dragonforce - The Power Within Wintersun - Time 1 lol Sonata Arctica - Stones Grow Her Name lol Orden Ogan - To The End Vision divine - destination set to nowhere 2013 Gloryhammer - Tales from the Kingdom of Fife Armory - Empyrean Realms Keldian - Outbound Avantasia - The Mystery of Time Powerwolf - Preachers of the Night Bane of Winterstorm - The Last Sons of Perylin 2014 Dragonforce - Maximum Overload Alestorm - Sunset on the Golden Age Triosphere - The Heart of the Matter Sonata Arctica - Pariah’s Child Elvenking - The Pagan Manifesto Freedom Call - Beyond Sabaton - Heroes Bloodbound - Stormborn Falconer - Black Moon Rising Twilight Force - Tales of Ancient Prophecies Viathyn - Cynosure Noble Beast - Noble Beast

Join us with our fabulous guest mr Joey Hockin, main organizer of Vancouver's Hyperspace Metal Festival, touching on some points about festivals you might not be familiar with, and getting pumped up for this year's edition of one of the current North American Power Metal music festivals you simply can't miss.Get your tickets via Eventbrite!!https://www.facebook.com/events/477660339652700/