1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:06,360 Welcome one and all to episode 404 of Signals from Mars. I'm your host Victor. 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:12,720 And for this episode we are back with another albums review. This is for the 3 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:20,720 month of November 2024. Yeah I know we're in January. We're about to record the 4 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:26,760 best of 2024 in a few days. And due to technical difficulties this is coming 5 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:33,520 off today. I'm ready. Let's do it. 6 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:03,920 All right so yeah so this is an episode a few weeks in the making just due to 7 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:09,120 various technical difficulties that I was dealing with from an IT side of 8 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:14,280 things. I have not been able to record this episode until now. I do appreciate 9 00:01:14,280 --> 00:01:19,920 your patience and waiting for it to come out because I know that the millions and 10 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:28,200 the millions out there clamoring for this fucking episode all right. No 11 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:33,440 delusions on my end here. Listen I appreciate those that listen to this 12 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:44,400 podcast all these years later 2025. Been doing it since 2009 so whoever's here 13 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:50,720 listening whoever's still out there thank you. I do want to say thank you to my 14 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:57,800 patrons who have been following and supporting all this time. And I haven't 15 00:01:57,800 --> 00:02:03,920 done one of these rundowns of all the patrons in some time. So you know I know 16 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:06,400 that in the past everyone people say well you don't have to do it every 17 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:11,640 episode. Well yeah sometimes I feel obligated to send the shout out to those 18 00:02:11,640 --> 00:02:18,360 that support that keep supporting and I'm and I'm not on I don't only mean 19 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:25,680 from a monetary standpoint because a lot of these people also support on other 20 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:34,520 fronts share on social media so on and so forth. And just real quickly here so 21 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:40,280 we'll go from newest to oldest. Pasquale Shoemaker or Pascal Shoemaker 22 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:47,920 excuse me. Shoemaker and I'm sorry if I'm fumbling that. Sean Richmond, Chris 23 00:02:47,920 --> 00:02:56,320 Zinzak, Tony Espin, Anthony Mackie, Ed Ferguson, Johann Edistrom, Metal Dan, 24 00:02:56,320 --> 00:03:05,120 Jose Ruiz, Chris Vaglio, Gabriel Ruiz, Brad Dahl, Mr. Yargmetall himself, Mike 25 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:11,680 Jones, Jeremy Weltman, Steve Hoker, and Steven Saylor. 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So yeah we're gonna be 37 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:19,280 doing our countdown of our favorites of 2024 and that will take place this 38 00:04:19,280 --> 00:04:26,160 Friday you still have time to vote if you want to vote you could hit me up via 39 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:31,240 any of the social media sites where you usually contact me on or you could just 40 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:36,360 send me an email signals from Mars at signals from Mars.com and on that note 41 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:40,880 again thank you for listening to this episode thank you for dealing with my 42 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:45,080 nonsense all these years and I realize there are a million and one shows out 43 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:50,480 there and I appreciate that you still come here to want to listen to me and 44 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:55,680 listen to my guests and listen to what we have going on on this show it means 45 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:02,240 the world to me thanks again and let's get on with the episode 46 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,760 welcome on and on to the latest edition of signals from Mars 47 00:05:24,760 --> 00:05:29,240 I'm your host Victor and joining me today is mr. Jeremy Weltman how are you 48 00:05:29,240 --> 00:05:34,920 Jeremy? Yeah hi Victor doing well been a tiring week actually I've had one or two 49 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:40,880 things going on but here we are and hoping to review lots of great albums as 50 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:47,320 usual. How are you doing? Awesome I'm doing good tired as well a lot of 51 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:54,480 different things going on still preparing for the weekend and figuring 52 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,480 out I'm gonna schedule in a bunch of different basketball games but that's a 53 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:03,000 different conversation we're here to talk about albums that were released in 54 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:11,600 November of 2024 to help you guys when it comes to your year-end polls here 55 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:20,560 year-end lists that you guys can start to send me our 2024 show will be done 56 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:26,200 on January 10th at this point just due to scheduling and and that way we can 57 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,280 get through the month of December although December doesn't really have 58 00:06:29,280 --> 00:06:36,520 much there's a bunch of reissues and a few things here and there but the kind 59 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:45,440 of meat and potatoes ends in November so we're gonna discuss that anyway this 60 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:50,160 month had a lot of good stuff so much so that there are some weeks that I checked 61 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:55,240 out left stuff or I forgot to check out some stuff due to the fact that some of 62 00:06:55,240 --> 00:07:00,680 the stuff that did come out was really really good anyway so on November the 63 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:07,840 1st we had new albums from Brothers of Metal, Vola, Bumbus, Breadfish, Dead 64 00:07:07,840 --> 00:07:19,720 Icarus, Electric Frankenstein, Life Sick, Power Flow, Skillet, Slower, Tribulation 65 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:30,640 Arctis, Black Denim Rage, and an EP from Assassin so Jeremy what did you listen 66 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:36,960 to this week? Yeah so I started the month out with sort of brief listens to a few 67 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:43,000 albums I started off with the Skillet album Revolution it's not really the sort 68 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,280 of type of band that truly excites me if I'm honest there's a lot of generic 69 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:52,960 stuff on this one but yeah I had a sort of full-on production they do it well I 70 00:07:52,960 --> 00:08:00,160 guess so it was okay similarly the debut album from Arctis had a brief listen to 71 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:04,960 that one and if you want sort of own reconstructed old-style amateurish 72 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:11,000 thrash then Chaos of War by Black Denim Rage might be your bag it was that was 73 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,800 okay you know nothing special but I did come upon something a little different 74 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:21,840 it was the album that you mentioned called Your Blood by Bumbus a metal band 75 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:27,320 that is from guess where Sweden of course isn't every band from Sweden now 76 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:33,480 and again quite unlike any other Swedish band though really I've not heard much 77 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:39,320 of them before if I'm honest maybe in passing though obviously they've been 78 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,840 going quite a while now since 2010 and this is studio album number five they 79 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:49,160 fleshed out you know a bit of a unique sound really there's plenty of synths on 80 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:54,200 there but to good effect and the the vocalist has got a sort of very gravelly 81 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,920 voice there are some sort of 80s goth tones some Nirvana traditional rock and 82 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:03,680 roll beats and doses of sort of post-punk as well really some some great 83 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:08,040 melodies as you know to cap it all off I mean it made for a sort of you know a 84 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:11,680 really interesting listen and and you know for the first week of the month 85 00:09:11,680 --> 00:09:19,920 gets me off on a good note and that's my pick okay so I got to listen to a bunch 86 00:09:19,920 --> 00:09:28,480 of different things I listened to loved by none hated by all by life sick got to 87 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:34,840 listen to power flows new album guerrilla warfare power flow has members of bio 88 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:42,640 hazard and Cypress Hill and former members of fear factory as well and it's 89 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:50,160 what you would expect from this band it's a new metal onslaught isn't bad I 90 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:59,800 listened to some mix between psych and stoner ish music from slower wasn't bad 91 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:07,400 either but my pick of the week is also a Swedish band and as I'm listening to 92 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:12,040 this I couldn't help but think of our good friend Johan and how he's been on a 93 00:10:12,040 --> 00:10:18,120 cemetery skyline trip as of late if you're into cemetery skyline if you're 94 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:28,320 into typo negative sentenced sisters of mercy bands of this ilk gothic metal 95 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:39,160 per se my pick is tribulation with sub rosa in a tree a tree num 96 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:47,520 let's see if I pronounce this in Spanish it's a train okay rosa in a train okay 97 00:10:47,520 --> 00:10:52,720 so what it means is more or less eternally under the Rose basically I 98 00:10:52,720 --> 00:10:58,520 listened to an interview that Chris Aiken just did with one of their members and 99 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:07,320 really cool interview and basically in Latin it means like everything stays 100 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:11,760 hidden more or less everything stays under the Rose forever so that's what it 101 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:19,440 meant again goth rock some black metal overtones at time and yeah I think it's 102 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:23,280 an enjoyable listen again if you listen if you like that cemetery skyline album 103 00:11:23,280 --> 00:11:26,800 or stuff like that I would definitely check this out 104 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:36,000 November the 8th we saw releases from defenses impel a Terry earthburner 105 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:46,000 Neil Morris we get the full name in here one of Neil Morris's million projects 106 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:51,760 damn so on there we go new Morris and the Renaissance 107 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,760 paragon 108 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:06,000 soul stuff here seventh crystal tungsten EP is from Delaine and seven kingdoms 109 00:12:06,000 --> 00:12:11,560 reissues from 2000 stab wounds and rivers of nil and a compilation from 110 00:12:11,560 --> 00:12:17,800 miracle of sound Jeremy what did you listen to on the 111 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:22,720 week of the eighth yeah the second week of the month I tried out obviously 112 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,800 entity by seventh crystal on the frontiers label don't I always listen to 113 00:12:26,800 --> 00:12:31,600 all the frontier stuff it's a band that hails of course from Gothenburg in of 114 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,880 all places Sweden again so you know you're gonna get a vocalist who can 115 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,680 sing they've been going they've been going now since 2019 actually they've 116 00:12:40,680 --> 00:12:45,840 been playing so perfectly listenable if very somewhat uninspiring a or there's a 117 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:51,200 sort of similar mix here it's sort of faster tempo melodic numbers softer sort 118 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:56,480 of piano based endeavors on there nothing special but nothing disastrous 119 00:12:56,480 --> 00:13:03,160 either better perhaps was the the grand inferno by yet another Swedish band 120 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:08,800 this time the power metal outfit called tungsten look I mean if you like power 121 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:13,840 metal as you know I do and and you don't mind smatterings of night wish with some 122 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,680 sort of great vocals thrown into the mix but you know there's plenty that will 123 00:13:17,680 --> 00:13:22,280 appeal here the title track is certainly a really good example of these sort of 124 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:26,480 pomp and bombast that will have the list of wielding a blow-up axe and 125 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:32,200 searching out their Swedish heritage on ancestry.com I mean there's a there's a 126 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:36,920 cute little melodic solo in that song you know so it's a song that really 127 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:41,360 works for me it was great that there are other tracks on there with a listen 128 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:46,840 including the album closer angel eyes but overall just probably not enough 129 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:52,040 really to you know select it as album of the week for me album of the week is 130 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:57,920 that is war machine by in pelotary it's the the band's 12th full studio release 131 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:03,400 since he formed in the I think the late 80s I think I mean it's a band that's 132 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,200 had you know as you know so many members but it but I think they're still 133 00:14:07,200 --> 00:14:11,760 delivering the goods the opening title track really sets the tone for me on this 134 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:17,120 one you know you're treated to very sort of classic metal heavy fast-paced riffs 135 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:21,840 great vocals it's a sort of album I would really actively seek out you know 136 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,080 if I if I didn't know the band that it's the music I really like it's ballpark 137 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:31,240 metal it's sort of appeals to a broad cross section of fans it's very well 138 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:36,320 produced and in many ways it's the kind of music that sort of epitomizes the 139 00:14:36,320 --> 00:14:39,880 mainstream heavy metal genre you know built with sort of on layers of 140 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,440 influences I'd say you know it works very well obviously it's a path well 141 00:14:44,440 --> 00:14:53,360 trodden but for me it's easily album of the week okay so I listened to some of 142 00:14:53,360 --> 00:15:00,720 the death metal leanings of earthburner and their album permanent dawn I also 143 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:10,200 listened to medallation from paragon and I would recommend checking that out 144 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:14,160 especially if you're into the whole power metal thing I think there's some 145 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:22,280 good stuff there I would say it's kind of a mix of priest with some other stuff 146 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:27,320 I mean nothing new there but entertaining at times but my album of 147 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:32,320 the week is war machine by impelatary as well I've been a fan of theirs stand in 148 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:40,800 line and this is a really good solid album beginning to end yeah again 149 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,280 nothing new being traversed here but there doesn't have to be anything new 150 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:51,320 it's just good it just sounds good and it's great beginning to end so yeah 151 00:15:51,320 --> 00:16:02,680 great yeah okay so we have the 14th or no the 15th of November we had new 152 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:10,360 albums from zebrahead voodoo circle as I lie dying Empire of Eden less than Jake 153 00:16:10,360 --> 00:16:19,240 Lincoln Park Lionville Lionville or Loinville I think the Lionville would 154 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:25,680 probably make more sense but I think I miss belted here poppy and star chaser 155 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:36,480 reissues from Steel Panther iron maiden power slave which is right there that is 156 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:44,040 the reissue Sodom and trapeze and we have a live album from John Whetton from 157 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:51,280 Asia fame and compilations from wasted youth was also released all right 158 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:56,920 Jeremy how about you for this month or for this one yeah so my album of the 159 00:16:56,920 --> 00:17:01,880 week is power slave and that's all I'm gonna say no I was joking I was joking 160 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:06,840 obviously we can't we can't pick that one it's it's an old one but a favorite 161 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:10,400 of ours I started out actually listening to the 162 00:17:10,400 --> 00:17:16,480 multiple artists project empires of Eden with the album title guardians of time I 163 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:20,760 didn't realize they've now done five studio albums and as you kind of might 164 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:25,680 expect is a sort of you know a good mix of fairly well written songs had sort 165 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:29,960 of different angles to it there's various players and vocalists on here 166 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:33,480 and overall I'd say it was you know it's a pleasant surprise there was some sort 167 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:39,460 of great melodic metal it spans you know a few genres as well even though 168 00:17:39,460 --> 00:17:44,160 it's kind of grounded in power metal the tracks that you know that are a bit so 169 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:50,560 so or you know a fairly few than the you know than the listenable ones there's a 170 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:54,080 slight downside for me though the production is so powerful and in your 171 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:59,080 face that the vocals have been a little bit pushed too far forward it suffers 172 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:02,240 slightly from that and it gives you the impression the band weren't in the same 173 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:08,600 room recording it which I'm assuming was the case that's a shame because if it 174 00:18:08,600 --> 00:18:12,520 had been recorded in one studio or even live and sort of slimmed down maybe from 175 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:17,160 12 songs to 8 it would be you know a real treat of an album I then sort of 176 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:20,640 quickly found my album of the week so I'm only going to mention two in this 177 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:26,160 particular week and it's hail the king by the German band Voodoo Circle I guess 178 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:30,160 it's I guess it's up for you know it's close to a new Whitesnake album as you 179 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:34,440 ever gonna get you've got that sort of David Coverdale S vocals of David 180 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:39,640 Friedman you know he's a Lancashire lab from Burnley not far from me really he's 181 00:18:39,640 --> 00:18:44,760 featured in Tank as you know and Pink Cream 69 and Adagio among all his other 182 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:50,760 ventures he's a good singer this is good mainstream metal rock you know 183 00:18:50,760 --> 00:18:54,880 he's got those sort of soaring Whitesnake melodies buttress by some you 184 00:18:54,880 --> 00:18:59,680 know sort of chunky sizzling guitar playing John Sykes style Joel Hoogstra 185 00:18:59,680 --> 00:19:04,800 style all that sort of stuff's there I mean they ain't inventing the wheel but 186 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:08,400 you know we say that a lot about a lot of albums now obviously because you know 187 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:12,360 we're hearing a lot of a lot of stuff over the years but they are producing 188 00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:16,960 really enjoyable music and and if you if you like me and you're partial to a 189 00:19:16,960 --> 00:19:21,880 little bit of Coverdale a little bit of Whitesnake it's clutch clutching pumped 190 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:29,660 power metal and I liked it it's my album of the week all right awesome okay so I 191 00:19:29,660 --> 00:19:36,240 started listening to the new album from zebrahead it's a little of everything 192 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:41,840 there were a few tracks back in the day that I enjoyed it there's probably the 193 00:19:41,840 --> 00:19:49,640 their most famous song is a cover of real life's send me an angel I listened 194 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:55,720 to the new Linkin Park album from zero and I have to say it's better than what 195 00:19:55,720 --> 00:20:00,880 I expected because the last few albums by the band with Chester in the lineup 196 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:07,400 just didn't do a whole lot for me I wasn't really expecting much from it and 197 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:17,720 was surprised yeah there's some poppy commercial type music on here but it's 198 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:22,200 heavier than what I expected it's got some catchy melodies so I enjoyed it 199 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:29,240 speaking of poppy poppy's negative spaces is my album of the week a huge 200 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:36,040 fan of hers I think that she offers up a great mix of a lot of different genres 201 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:43,960 from straight-up rock to straight-up metal to 202 00:20:43,960 --> 00:20:49,760 screamy stuff within metal to just full-on pop so she gets away with a lot 203 00:20:49,760 --> 00:20:56,960 of stuff and she tends to do it fairly well so my album of the week is poppy 204 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:05,640 with negative spaces all right let's move on to November 22nd we had new 205 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:14,200 albums from Marilyn Manson opeth crossbones scully distant Sunstorm 206 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:22,560 srirachi 100 or excuse me 10,000 years die for my sins 207 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:31,840 mer body count and EPs from Zandria Zandria I guess that's pronounced 208 00:21:31,840 --> 00:21:36,360 reissues from Judas Priest their rock and roll a 50th anniversary 209 00:21:36,360 --> 00:21:41,960 Marillion the strange engine nothing more with nothing more 10th anniversary 210 00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:48,560 edition Tigers of Pantang with animal instinct so Jeremy outside of those 211 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:55,080 reissues what did you listen to well I you know I started the week listening to 212 00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,320 something on the ripple music label I used to listen to a lot of stuff and 213 00:21:58,320 --> 00:22:02,200 I've bought quite a bit on that label haven't listened to anything for some 214 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:07,720 time so I listened to all quiet on the final frontier by 10,000 years which is 215 00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:14,400 a band actually from guess where Sweden this is this is actually better than I 216 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:19,040 was anticipating it's all sort of fast-paced donor with some great rhythmic 217 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,680 riffing on it the song high noon in sword city in particular has a sort of 218 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,400 cult style groove which I liked it doesn't overstay its welcome either 219 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:32,120 there's just eight songs on the album it's a very worthy 34 minutes of my life 220 00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:37,640 spent proving to I might add that Sweden does every type of rock and roll really 221 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:42,200 well as we've kind of proved tonight even by mentioning Sweden so many times 222 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:47,920 and finally a little mention too for their mighty fine arty album cover so 223 00:22:47,920 --> 00:22:52,760 yeah gets all the thumbs up for me that one I moved on to the comfortable bed 224 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,800 fellow of classic hard rock with former croaker singer Marks to Rachie's album 225 00:22:56,800 --> 00:23:01,720 crossfire the Maltese born Swiss frontman you would think might branch out 226 00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:07,080 a bit by now but no it's another AC DC style effort that made his band famous 227 00:23:07,080 --> 00:23:12,200 but hey who doesn't like an AC DC style wrong we all do don't we the song love 228 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:17,640 things dealer is so AC DC and not just the title you'd be really forgiven for 229 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:24,040 thinking it's it's not a new song by the band really it's so AC DC but you know 230 00:23:24,040 --> 00:23:28,320 as we said I think before if it's good enough for Airborne it's good enough for 231 00:23:28,320 --> 00:23:33,200 Starachi or any other band that tries to copy them and this isn't really an 232 00:23:33,200 --> 00:23:37,840 album that's going to be defined by over analysis it's you know it's just punchy 233 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:42,840 the production is full you can hear every word he sings I mean let's be 234 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:47,680 honest we're reinventing the wheel on this one as we aren't on many others but 235 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:52,760 it's a perfect listen on a long road trip it's a decent decent hard rock stuff 236 00:23:52,760 --> 00:24:01,280 there the third one is next up sorry is a is a an album called scream by a band 237 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:07,200 called die for my sins fairly new band I think founded by Fabio and Nicholas 238 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:13,920 Caluori of Heimdall it it also has Ralph Sheepers on this sharing vocals with Ian 239 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:20,520 Parry so I think it's worth a listen for most most of the listeners out there and 240 00:24:20,520 --> 00:24:26,480 you know it's got the real balance of melody and heaviness on this album it's 241 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:31,720 it does sound a little bit like primal fear you know with those sort of Judas 242 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:37,840 Priest overtones but it's a nice listen overall and I'm kind of in between here 243 00:24:37,840 --> 00:24:42,560 but I probably plump this you know the star archie one maybe is this album of 244 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:49,160 the week okay so similar to the star archie album you have the crossbone 245 00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:55,200 scully album featuring Tommy Hendrickson who is best known for his work with 246 00:24:55,200 --> 00:25:04,520 Alice Cooper although he was in warlock many many years ago full-on AC DC I mean 247 00:25:04,520 --> 00:25:11,240 beginning to end I listened to the new opeth the last will and testament and 248 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:15,440 I've never been a huge opeth fan there's some songs of theirs that I really like 249 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:22,000 for the most part I just don't get them it's an okay album I know that some 250 00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,600 people are shaking their fists at me right now but just kind of didn't grab 251 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,480 my attention I also listened to the 10,000 years album I thought that was 252 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:36,440 pretty good I was different than what I had expected listened to the new body 253 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:41,200 count merciless and I have to say I was disappointed with that one I'm a huge 254 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:47,600 body count fan their last few albums have been really really really good and 255 00:25:47,600 --> 00:25:58,560 this one kind of falls short I think the lyrics also kind of just tend to be kind 256 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:03,320 of over-the-top horror type lyrics and they kind of lose me a little bit 257 00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:08,600 whereas the stuff that kind of grabs me from body count is sort of the more 258 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:17,160 rebellious you know angst against the system type deal but anyway my 259 00:26:17,160 --> 00:26:28,920 album of the week is Marilyn Manson's one assassination under God chapter one 260 00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:37,680 for everyone that is saying oh this is Manson's return to you know return to 261 00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:42,280 form it's their best album since Antichrist Superstar people I know 262 00:26:42,280 --> 00:26:48,280 people that have been saying that with every single Manson release since it is 263 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:55,360 a very good album that is strong I I really I really like it and I've liked it 264 00:26:55,360 --> 00:27:03,680 since the first few singles that I heard off of the album and to be honest with 265 00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:16,120 you I thought it I had ordered this on vinyl and this week as I was scanning 266 00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:21,560 albums into my discogs I noticed that the Manson album that I picked up and I 267 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:28,760 thought oh I've got a limited edition copy of the new album and as I'm 268 00:27:28,760 --> 00:27:34,600 scanning it into discogs I realized that it's actually the 269 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:41,800 Pale Emperor so this is a reissue from an album from 2015 and the shopper I 270 00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:47,600 bought it ordered the reissue instead of the new album so kind of my mess-up as 271 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,960 well where I should have noticed it in the store but anyway if you're remotely 272 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:59,280 a Marilyn Manson fan check this album out it is it is really good so the final 273 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:07,760 week in November November 29th now just so you guys know this is Thanksgiving 274 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:15,520 holiday and as I mentioned before a lot of a lot of companies stop releasing 275 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:21,560 music they'll release compilations live albums greatest hits stuff like that 276 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:26,240 just because that's what a lot of people buy for the holidays if they buy 277 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:31,040 anything at all so there's a short list of releases here whereas the 22nd had a 278 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:37,800 lot of new stuff so we have new albums from fire action the gates of slumber 279 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:47,320 shining the watcher demon bitch and hellfire 76 we have an EP from I don't 280 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:58,120 know if this is pronounced sag or if it's you know SA HG how exactly this is 281 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:05,160 pronounced but anyway they released in a an EP called more of nothing what did 282 00:29:05,160 --> 00:29:10,640 you listen to this week Jeremy yeah so just a couple for you I tried out master 283 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:14,560 of the games by demon bitch which was you know a fairly balanced offering 284 00:29:14,560 --> 00:29:21,680 between the sort of genuinely enjoyable and the outright ridiculous it's all 285 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:25,200 sort of old-school fun from the Detroit Michigan band that's you know they play 286 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:30,160 sort of new op and speed metal styles and fairly cool measure this sort of very 287 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:35,320 trouser tightening high-pitched vocals the sort of thing I guess that my teenage 288 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:40,660 self enjoyed back in the day but just a just a touch amateurish and dramatic to 289 00:29:40,660 --> 00:29:47,120 be a must-listen and say okay I mean moving on I moved on to rags to rage by 290 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:52,680 hellfire 76 a band from Charlotte that sort of kind of combines a lot of 291 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:58,440 elements really some stoner some doom southern rock and roll you know bits of 292 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:03,560 metal you know there's some deep and heavy riffing on this it's a great tempo 293 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:08,480 it's their first full-length record by the way it's not you know it's not the 294 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:12,920 most fantastic music but it does remind me a little bit of clutch okay it 295 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:17,200 certainly has a few tracks on there that were turning up and I think it could 296 00:30:17,200 --> 00:30:21,760 also be you know a bit of a grower so that's the one I that's what I'm going 297 00:30:21,760 --> 00:30:29,120 for okay cool so I got to listen to the hard rock leanings of fire action and 298 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:37,400 their album until the heat dies this is on steamhammer SPV this could easily be 299 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:44,320 on frontiers to be honest with you not terrible but not sure that it's 300 00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:50,800 something that I would reach for in the future listen to out of the dark from 301 00:30:50,800 --> 00:30:58,680 the watcher which is on Cruz del Sur Cruz del Sur the southern cross 302 00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:05,680 basically again stoner leanings not bad don't read doom have you want to look at 303 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:14,240 it not bad not anything new but the one that got me is the EP more of nothing 304 00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:20,680 from sag again this is a band that's consistently put out entertaining heavy 305 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:26,560 metal there's always something on each one of their releases that I enjoy and 306 00:31:26,560 --> 00:31:32,720 this album or this EP is no different out of given all the choices this is 307 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:40,880 what I'm going with here so just to recap here let's see you went with 308 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:51,320 bombas for the first week I went with tribulation second week of November we 309 00:31:51,320 --> 00:32:03,160 both went with impel a Terry the third week of November you went with voodoo 310 00:32:03,160 --> 00:32:15,000 circle and I went with copy the what is this one two three the fourth week you 311 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:22,720 went with the starachy I went with the Marilyn Manson and for the final week of 312 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:32,720 releases in November you went with hellfire 76 and I went with sag album 313 00:32:32,720 --> 00:32:40,160 cool so folks look back at all of the episodes that we've done Jeremy and I 314 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:46,040 throughout the year if you're not sure as to what music to check out or what may 315 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:52,220 make your top 10 list for the year you've got almost a month before we do 316 00:32:52,220 --> 00:32:59,080 the countdown you've got about three weeks to submit your lists and I know 317 00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:08,360 somebody who's on the show outside of me who's already submitted their list but 318 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:17,600 anyway let's let's talk about some other points that some other interesting 319 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:22,400 topics that we've been going back and forth with the last week the last few 320 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:32,160 days and alright so probably the biggest news for could be this could be 321 00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:37,520 considered the biggest metal news of the year I mean we've waited all the way 322 00:33:37,520 --> 00:33:43,280 till the end of the year for this to happen but farewell to Nicko McBrain who 323 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:50,000 is leaving Iron Maiden now well he's leaving the touring side of things so 324 00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:55,200 that the way that they've kind of described it is kind of interesting 325 00:33:55,200 --> 00:33:59,680 because there's there's two things that I want to bring up one you saw them last 326 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:04,480 year with Nicko and you mentioned that you already sense that something was 327 00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:10,920 wrong that he wasn't playing the parts as he had in the past that's one thing 328 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:20,360 the second thing is does this mean Nicko will continue to record with them will 329 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:27,040 he you know record a track or two maybe with the band and their new drummer who 330 00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:36,840 you know I should be better prepared here I don't have his name but he's got 331 00:34:36,840 --> 00:34:41,640 all types of credentials you know he played with the outfield for a very long 332 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:48,760 time which is a pop rock band he's played in a band you know in a in the 333 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:54,880 90s he was in a full-on metal band he's played in a bunch of different bands 334 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:57,480 over the years 335 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:03,400 and he's in Steve Harris's band Steve Harris and which is when this first came 336 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:09,120 up I meant and they're either picking him without knowing his name so his name 337 00:35:09,120 --> 00:35:15,480 is Simon Dawson and I said it's either gonna be him or somebody who's been in 338 00:35:15,480 --> 00:35:22,680 one of Steve's kids bands no the interesting thing is they're showing him 339 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:29,320 with a six-piece kit which I'm assuming that for Iron Maiden he will expand that 340 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:34,040 to be able to play some of these songs at least you would think you would hope 341 00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:37,680 that he would follow the kind of aesthetics that the band is known for 342 00:35:37,680 --> 00:35:45,080 with both Clive and Nicko haven't seen a bad thing about Nicko from anyone and 343 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:49,680 interesting how coming out of the woodworks have been a lot of different 344 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:55,320 musicians from different genres of rock music praising Nicko and for how nice he 345 00:35:55,320 --> 00:36:02,800 is and stuff like that so it's always very cool to see yeah but what's your 346 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:08,700 take on this and what's your take on Simon Dawson replacing him yeah well 347 00:36:08,700 --> 00:36:12,180 initially I was a little bit saddened by it because obviously you know he's been 348 00:36:12,180 --> 00:36:16,440 in the band for so long I've only really known him as a drummer for you know 349 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:21,320 since the early very early days he's been on every album hasn't he since 350 00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:27,560 number of the beast onwards or whatever so peace of mind yeah sorry yeah peace 351 00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:32,400 of mind so yeah yeah exactly yeah came in then and then since then he's been on 352 00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:39,000 every album well I mean what can you say you know he's forged a great rhythm 353 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:45,200 section with Steve over those years he's added a bit of fun you know he's 354 00:36:45,200 --> 00:36:49,160 does seem like a fun character in the band so he's gonna be sorely missed but 355 00:36:49,160 --> 00:36:53,960 as you say you know I saw them last year and I noticed I mean I didn't know at 356 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:57,600 the time that he'd been ill and I noticed that his playing was very very 357 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:02,080 limited it looked like he wasn't performing I mean I'm not a drummer 358 00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:06,880 either you know I'm not a real drumming guy I'm going to guitars but you can 359 00:37:06,880 --> 00:37:11,000 tell when someone's not right you know he was surrounded by all this sort of 360 00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,200 perspex so we could hear everything properly you sort of shielded from the 361 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:19,920 rest of the band and he wasn't really doing much which you know normally you 362 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:25,400 know he's quite he's quite expressive let's say on the drums so yeah I mean 363 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:29,000 you know he's the oldest member of Iron Maiden so it's to be expected he's been 364 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:34,160 ill he's had the stroke he can't do it to answer your question earlier will he 365 00:37:34,160 --> 00:37:40,280 do some will he record with them yeah I think that's possibly you know he's open 366 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:44,080 to him to do that maybe he won't do everything but a bit a little bit like 367 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:51,760 Judas Priest with with Glenn right you know he may well contribute stuff and 368 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:56,080 say what needs to be done and he may well be able to do it in private rather 369 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,640 than doing it in the live situation because he can go over and over what 370 00:37:59,640 --> 00:38:05,000 he's doing and make it more perfect so yeah I think you know listen at the end 371 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,080 of the day that they've made the right he's made the right decision because 372 00:38:08,080 --> 00:38:12,360 you can't go on forever none of these bands are gonna go on forever and rather 373 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,480 than rather than the band folding you know they've decided to go on without 374 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:20,760 him as for the choice of you know new drummer Steve's working with someone 375 00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:25,400 he's happy with he's he's already working with him and as you know we 376 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,320 know bassists and drummers have to work together and so if he's happy we're 377 00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:33,640 working with this guy he wants to do it with him you know in maiden and feels 378 00:38:33,640 --> 00:38:37,240 that he can you know meet the challenge of doing maiden which will be a bit more 379 00:38:37,240 --> 00:38:43,280 of a challenge I guess yeah yeah the other thing you brought up Glenn Tipton 380 00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:50,720 yeah so they're saying that Nicko is stepping away from the touring side of 381 00:38:50,720 --> 00:38:55,880 things again does it mean that he's gonna record stuff with them does it 382 00:38:55,880 --> 00:39:02,360 mean that he could show up at some festival and play with them you've raised 383 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:07,400 you've raised something there yeah that's similar to Glenn yeah yeah yeah 384 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,240 yeah because being that it's the 50th anniversary of the band they're gonna be 385 00:39:11,240 --> 00:39:16,800 playing music from a lot of those albums that he was on you know so all the way 386 00:39:16,800 --> 00:39:21,640 they're gonna be playing from the first album up to Seventh Son you know could 387 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:28,280 he show up at a well they're not playing download but you know could he show up 388 00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:35,000 at some you know big event in the UK something big in the States you know 389 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:45,280 where he turns up and I don't even know if they could announce hey you know with 390 00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:51,560 with Nicko on drums you know for this show or you know I don't know with I 391 00:39:51,560 --> 00:39:56,480 would assume that that may draw some people to say hey you know this is gonna 392 00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:01,640 be our last time where we're gonna see him let's check him out I don't know 393 00:40:01,640 --> 00:40:05,920 yeah or whether we might play with with the new drumming you know they might 394 00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:09,520 have two people on stage at once doing a little bit of drumming during one of the 395 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:16,440 tracks or something I don't know I don't know it seems to me as if he wants to 396 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:21,560 sort cut ties completely in terms of live performances and you can understand 397 00:40:21,560 --> 00:40:25,560 it you know he's had an illness that makes it probably harder to drum than 398 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:31,080 it does to play Living After Midnight you know living you know what mean mean 399 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:34,680 you can play Living After Midnight and I'm I'm not a great guitarist but you 400 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:38,840 know I can play a few chords and you know I can do that on stage and that's 401 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:43,200 easy for Glenn because it's it's in his DNA and you know he doesn't have you know 402 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:47,180 even with his Parkinson's disease he can actually play those few chords and he's 403 00:40:47,180 --> 00:40:50,320 playing with two other guitarists and so they could easily turn him down if he 404 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,600 wanted to with a drummer it's a bit different I think you know especially if 405 00:40:54,600 --> 00:41:00,520 he's doing it on his own right so yeah I don't know I think we're just gonna have 406 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:05,400 to say if he does come out it's great you know it will be fantastic to see him 407 00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:09,720 again if not he's gonna be a drum he's gonna be doing tours with as a drum 408 00:41:09,720 --> 00:41:14,800 technician you know selling is himself as you know a drum instructor and you 409 00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,800 know go into these drum shows and all that sort of stuff and it'd be nice to 410 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:23,280 see him around to that yeah okay he doesn't know anyone anything yeah yeah 411 00:41:23,280 --> 00:41:28,760 no absolutely doesn't all right Jeff Tate on the heels of our Queen Drake 412 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:33,280 discussion a few weeks back Jeff Tate will release a single at a time over the 413 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:40,880 next two years yeah so this is kind of interesting because this is what 414 00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:45,960 Smashing Pumpkins did not with their latest release but with the album that 415 00:41:45,960 --> 00:41:50,200 they put out before and they abandoned the concept completely for this new 416 00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:59,720 album and interestingly enough I've been posting a lot of videos to patreon for 417 00:41:59,720 --> 00:42:05,560 this week for this coming week and a lot of it a lot of my comments were hey this 418 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:09,840 is a standalone single hey this is standalone single I don't know when a 419 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:18,920 new album is coming out there's no news on any full-length coming out so yeah 420 00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:24,640 it'll be interesting to see I mean I get it why he would do something like that 421 00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:29,240 and there are some bands that I think should only sell things in this fashion 422 00:42:29,240 --> 00:42:35,360 or release things in this fashion but what do you think yeah it's a little bit 423 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:38,160 strange in a way because I think he mentioned recently he was going to 424 00:42:38,160 --> 00:42:46,360 record the new Mindcrime album didn't he? Mindcrime 3 as well so I don't know 425 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:51,040 what he's planning to do really are these tracks off that particular album 426 00:42:51,040 --> 00:42:57,680 are they something different? I don't like it in terms of I like to I mean we 427 00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:02,720 have a show here which is about albums of the week you know we listen to albums 428 00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:07,760 still we're a little bit old school we like to hear a whole album and judge 429 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:12,440 the best songs ourselves and hear them from front to back and I don't like it 430 00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:16,600 when these bands sort of release you know the odd song here or there or even one 431 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:21,000 after the other now and again I want to hear the whole thing right but I get it 432 00:43:21,000 --> 00:43:26,200 it's a different way of doing it it might be yeah it might be good if they're 433 00:43:26,200 --> 00:43:30,680 if they're great songs because you're gonna look forward to them on the other 434 00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:34,000 hand what happens if he releases a dud one and you've got to wait another month 435 00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:43,200 for the you know the one you really want to hear right I don't know I'm holding 436 00:43:43,200 --> 00:43:47,360 out judgment on it I'm not I'm not entirely sure what what I think of it 437 00:43:47,360 --> 00:43:51,240 until he releases it starts releasing them really but it's not it's not my 438 00:43:51,240 --> 00:43:56,160 cup of tea it's not not what I want to hear from a band or a recording artist 439 00:43:56,160 --> 00:44:04,960 okay so next up I'm trying to figure out dates here 440 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:21,640 all right so okay I guess there aren't official dates but anyway all right so 441 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:29,840 there's been a new festival announced Boardwalk Rock which is May 17th and 442 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:36,520 18th in Ocean City Maryland which is fairly close to where M3 is taking 443 00:44:36,520 --> 00:44:45,560 place every year so the Saturday lineup is Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Hailstorm, 444 00:44:45,560 --> 00:44:55,600 Bush, Chevelle, Flyleaf with Lacey Sturm, The Struts, Extreme, Everclear, Puddle of 445 00:44:55,600 --> 00:45:06,080 Mud, Trapped, Kat Von D, and Royal Lynn. Sunday is Nickelback, Shinedown, Three 446 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:16,720 Days Grace, Alice Cooper, Three Doors Down, Bread Michael's, Candlebox, Night Ranger, Crossfade, 447 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:25,360 Dorothy, Blackstone Cherry, Fuel, Saliva, and Tim Montana. 448 00:45:27,640 --> 00:45:35,280 M3 hasn't announced dates yet and they haven't announced who's gonna be playing 449 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:48,480 either. My whole thing here is because M3 is usually in May I'm not mistaken 450 00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:58,800 my whole thing is is this gonna detract from M3 having this festival being the 451 00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:07,200 same month same state fairly close I mean M3 takes place at 452 00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:13,840 man I can't find it now 453 00:46:18,320 --> 00:46:24,560 anyway it also takes place in Maryland as I'm saying. 454 00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:35,600 Mary Weather Post Pavilion in Columbia Maryland and this is in Ocean City Maryland. 455 00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,240 So I wonder let's see on Google Maps here. 456 00:46:46,960 --> 00:46:51,280 Yes folks this is the most exciting part of the show as we research stuff. 457 00:46:51,280 --> 00:46:54,560 I can sing a tune but but I can't. 458 00:46:57,680 --> 00:46:59,680 Columbia Maryland. 459 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,880 So these shows are going to be a similar time you're saying. Yes. Well as being in 460 00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:14,400 the same venue yeah yeah. That's an interesting one isn't it they've obviously gone for 461 00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:22,320 direct competition which is strange if not you know a kind of American way of doing things but 462 00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:31,280 why would they do that and they kind of dilute the fan bases for M3 which 463 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:36,320 is quite a well-established festival I think isn't it. Yeah certainly one that we know one or two of 464 00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:43,840 your patrons go to regularly friends and patrons go to M3 and they're going to be 465 00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:51,040 a bit weird. They've obviously gone for some decent scheduling there as well you know there's some 466 00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:59,040 great bands on right so it's definitely attractive you know we've bemoaned Def Leppard on here on in 467 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:05,280 terms of their studio stuff but you know Live Act fantastic. Who doesn't want to see Def Leppard live 468 00:48:06,560 --> 00:48:13,120 and many other bands that you've mentioned there and I think that's a really interesting 469 00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:19,280 very attractive thing to go to. I'd be interested to know in the in the cost as well how they whether 470 00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:26,640 they're very competitive on the prices because that will make a you know will have a bearing to 471 00:48:26,640 --> 00:48:32,640 the rock fan who wants to go there will be some who want to go to both of course. Oh wow. If they can. 472 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:40,960 Yeah. Yikes two days yeah two days general admission starting at 473 00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:47,200 $240. Right yeah yeah. 474 00:48:47,200 --> 00:49:00,800 Yeah. One day tickets $165. Yeah. Have we got any feeling? Yeah go on. No I was going to say which is what 475 00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:12,240 a two-day festival usually costs in Europe. Yeah. $165. Yeah have you got any feeling for M3 prices 476 00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:22,880 compared and compare? I think they're cheaper. Cheaper yeah yeah. I don't know it sucks to me. 477 00:49:22,880 --> 00:49:29,120 I've seen so many festivals fall apart because similar things to this have happened where 478 00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:35,520 somebody comes in sets up same demographic few hours away. I mean there's basically a two and 479 00:49:35,520 --> 00:49:43,600 a half hour difference from one place to the other one is close to I guess it's in between 480 00:49:43,600 --> 00:49:48,400 Washington and Baltimore and the other one is Ocean City which is on the coast. 481 00:49:52,880 --> 00:50:02,000 But yeah schedule it a different time I would say but you know. Well it's what is it's definitely 482 00:50:02,000 --> 00:50:07,760 one to monitor next year and see what happens really in terms of you know who goes and what 483 00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:15,440 they think about it. Yeah yeah absolutely. Here's one that you sent to me. Your eye heap to play 484 00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:20,800 shows after a farewell tour. So this is kind of like what I mentioned about Nico. Well he's 485 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:26,880 going to stop touring. Well your eye heap is doing their farewell tour but they're not going to stop 486 00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:31,680 playing shows. So it looks like they're going to continue to do one-offs here and there maybe a 487 00:50:31,680 --> 00:50:40,240 festival date here and there. At least they're upfront about it. That said they shouldn't label 488 00:50:40,240 --> 00:50:46,080 this a farewell tour. Yes I get it they're saying goodbye to touring but at the same time they're 489 00:50:46,080 --> 00:50:50,960 still going to be playing shows and in the greater scheme of things you know I think that 490 00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:59,120 they'll trick more than one person into going to see them as a result. Yeah yeah I mean this has 491 00:50:59,120 --> 00:51:03,840 happened so many times. I mean I've been on the Motley Crue farewell tour, I've been to the Kiss 492 00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:09,120 farewell tour, I've been to the Scorpions farewell tour, I've been to the Thunder farewell tour 493 00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:16,400 and every one of these bands has then gone back out on the road and I've bought the t-shirt, I've 494 00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:22,480 been to the farewell show because I wanted to see them one last time and it's becoming annoying. 495 00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:27,120 I mean I like your eye heap and I like the guys in it. I think they're you know they're nice guys, 496 00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:32,080 they play genuine music, they want you to go and have a good time, they don't overcharge you, 497 00:51:32,080 --> 00:51:38,080 they've been going since the year DOT you know so they've built up a fan base and they're very 498 00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:42,880 enjoyable music but I don't know it's probably not them, it's probably their promoters you know 499 00:51:42,880 --> 00:51:49,200 the promoters do it on purpose to get people to go bums on seats and then they turn around and 500 00:51:49,200 --> 00:51:55,680 saying oh no no we're not finishing it's just you know it's a farewell tour. It's just daft, 501 00:51:55,680 --> 00:52:01,280 it's daft but it's marketing and we ain't going to see the end of it, there's going to be more 502 00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:07,600 bands that are going to do it after them. I just wish they'd stop it and just tell us if it is the 503 00:52:07,600 --> 00:52:22,000 very last tour. Yes, I agree with you. Category seven, band made up of Phil Demel formerly of 504 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:30,720 Machine Head and Violence, adrenaline mob guitarist Michael Orlando, Jason Bittner of Shadows Fall who 505 00:52:30,720 --> 00:52:38,080 just left Overkill and Jack Gibson who is known for his work in Exodus and oh yeah their lead singer 506 00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:52,080 is John Bush formerly of Anthrax and currently Armored Saint has cancelled their spring tour. 507 00:52:52,080 --> 00:53:01,120 Interesting because there was going to be support from bands that I've interviewed. So for example 508 00:53:01,120 --> 00:53:10,400 Dead by Wednesday, Opus and Engineered Society Project who I've had Krista Singer on the show 509 00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:15,520 several times over the last few years. So that kind of bums me out. 510 00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:23,760 And I have the category seven album right here. Anyway, 511 00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:31,280 yeah so what's annoying to me about this is that for years people are clamoring to hear John Bush 512 00:53:31,280 --> 00:53:43,280 revisit his Anthrax material. This is a project where he was going to be doing that and no more. 513 00:53:43,280 --> 00:53:50,880 It's interesting to see what category seven will do now because obviously they haven't, 514 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:57,200 you know, no one's selling lots of copies of anything now unless you're Taylor Swift. 515 00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:04,240 And they're saying that you know ticket sales were so poor that they weren't, 516 00:54:04,240 --> 00:54:05,920 they were going to barely break even. 517 00:54:05,920 --> 00:54:13,280 Right. Can I chip in and ask when were these shows about to be going live? When were they going live? 518 00:54:15,040 --> 00:54:18,000 March 5th through the whole month of March. 519 00:54:18,000 --> 00:54:25,360 Right, right. So yeah my immediate thought about that is that a lot of 520 00:54:26,400 --> 00:54:32,320 people are saying that they're going to be going live. So I'm not going to be going live. 521 00:54:32,320 --> 00:54:39,680 My immediate thought about that is that a lot of punters now are buying tickets late for shows. 522 00:54:39,680 --> 00:54:44,080 I think a lot of promoters say that as well. So I think the promoters don't want to stick their 523 00:54:44,080 --> 00:54:51,280 necks out because they think well if they haven't sold a certain amount that they need to sell at 524 00:54:51,280 --> 00:54:56,400 this stage then that's when they cancel it. But I've heard that this is happening a lot with, 525 00:54:56,400 --> 00:55:02,240 because there's so many concerts now especially for next year. I think 2025 is quite a cramp, 526 00:55:02,240 --> 00:55:08,000 very cramped with concerts all the way through the first half of the year. 527 00:55:08,880 --> 00:55:13,040 So it doesn't surprise me. I mean I don't know how much the tickets were and 528 00:55:14,480 --> 00:55:17,440 there's so much competition. So much. 529 00:55:18,480 --> 00:55:20,960 Yeah I'm not sure how much the tickets were either. 530 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:27,040 Yeah and people are delaying stuff. He's getting to Christmas as well. 531 00:55:27,040 --> 00:55:27,540 Right. 532 00:55:27,540 --> 00:55:32,820 And you know that's the sort of show that people would start to buy in January, February I think. 533 00:55:34,020 --> 00:55:37,940 But they're not willing to hold out. You know they're not willing to hold out and think well 534 00:55:37,940 --> 00:55:43,140 they'll be half full. They need to have some ticket sales up front don't they? 535 00:55:44,020 --> 00:55:48,420 Yeah and that's kind of the argument where I've seen from some people saying hey you know this is 536 00:55:48,420 --> 00:55:54,660 proof that you need to buy tickets ahead of time. You can just rely on walk-up. But 537 00:55:54,660 --> 00:56:03,860 speaking of cramped, 184 bands have been announced for Hellfest 2025 538 00:56:04,820 --> 00:56:08,020 taking place between the 19th and 22nd of June. 539 00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:17,620 And let me go over some of these bands. So on the main stage for Thursday will be Korn, 540 00:56:17,620 --> 00:56:25,700 Ramstein, lead singer Till Lindemann, Airborne, Apocalyptica and Skindred. Stage two, 541 00:56:26,900 --> 00:56:34,260 Electric Callboy, Kim Dracula, seven hours after Violet which is Shavo from System of the Downs 542 00:56:34,260 --> 00:56:41,460 new band. You have Helicopters and Turbo Negro on another stage. Then you have 543 00:56:41,460 --> 00:56:52,420 Orange Goblin, Monkey 3 on another. Yet on another stage is Ginger White Chapel, Fit for an Autopsy. 544 00:56:53,940 --> 00:57:01,460 Then finally on the Temple stage you have Alcest, Sunno and Eshaan amongst other bands. 545 00:57:01,460 --> 00:57:12,020 Friday June 20th main stage is Muse, The Who, The Cult, The Warning. Stage two, Within Temptation, 546 00:57:12,020 --> 00:57:24,020 Epica, Spirit Box, Kitty, Charlotte Wessels and Sun. Warzone stage, Sex Pistols with Frank Carter, 547 00:57:24,020 --> 00:57:38,820 The Damned. Valley stage, Masters of Reality, Pentagram, Russian Circles is the headliner. 548 00:57:38,820 --> 00:57:44,900 Alter stage, Exodus, Sacred Rite, Tankard, Three Inches of Blood, Nervosa, Burning Witches. 549 00:57:44,900 --> 00:57:54,740 That's an interesting lineup there. Temple stage, I guess in Extremo is the only one that I kind of 550 00:57:54,740 --> 00:58:05,540 know. Main stage is Scorpions and another combo that I was going to discuss, Satriani and Steve Vai. 551 00:58:05,540 --> 00:58:13,460 Black Country Communion, Miles Kennedy, Tremonti. That's interesting. They're playing 552 00:58:13,460 --> 00:58:19,060 by themselves one after the other. I wonder if they do any Alter Bridge songs together. 553 00:58:22,580 --> 00:58:30,100 Main stage two, Judas Priest, Dream Theater, Savatage, 554 00:58:30,100 --> 00:58:42,420 Ross the Boss, Warzone stage, Turnstile, Tear, Stick to Your Guns, Nasty, Valley stage, 555 00:58:44,340 --> 00:58:51,220 Conan is the only band that I know off of this. Alter stage, Haken, Voila, 556 00:58:51,220 --> 00:59:04,740 Persephone. Those are all progressive metal bands. Temple stage, yeah, this is all extreme metal. 557 00:59:06,660 --> 00:59:11,860 Then Sunday, June 22nd, Lincoln Park, main stage one, Lincoln Park, Cypress Hill, 558 00:59:11,860 --> 00:59:22,420 Refused, Eagles of Death Metal, Dead Poets Society, main stage two, Falling in Reverse, Data Remember, 559 00:59:22,420 --> 00:59:28,260 Motionless and White, Lorna Shore, Poppy, Warzone stage, Knocked Loose, Walls of Jericho, Gorilla 560 00:59:28,260 --> 00:59:32,420 Biscuits, Valley stage, Jerry Cantrell, 561 00:59:32,420 --> 00:59:40,260 Kailisa, Prayers, which is actually Kat Von D's husband's band, Alter stage, Death Clock, Cattle 562 00:59:40,260 --> 00:59:50,020 Decapitation, and the Temple stage. On to others, 563 00:59:50,020 --> 01:00:03,620 Priest, and that's about it that I know on that. So 184 bands, there's a lot more that I didn't 564 01:00:03,620 --> 01:00:15,620 mention. Speaking of cramped, as I said, I'm not going to go into that. 565 01:00:15,620 --> 01:00:27,380 Yeah, as I was going to mention that Steve Vai and Joe Satriani will launch a band called 566 01:00:27,380 --> 01:00:33,620 Satchvai Band, announcing the Surfing with the Hydra European Tour, where for the first time, 567 01:00:33,620 --> 01:00:37,300 they will share a band and they will be flip-flopping songs back and forth. 568 01:00:39,780 --> 01:00:41,380 That'll be a guitargasm. 569 01:00:41,380 --> 01:00:51,620 Absolutely. Does Hellfest or even that Vine Satriani package interest you? 570 01:00:52,980 --> 01:00:58,420 There's a Victor. If that Hellfest doesn't interest you, this is not the show for you, 571 01:00:59,060 --> 01:01:06,900 because there's so many bands on there for everyone. There's big name bands, there's a 572 01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:12,500 load of small bands we've not heard and we'd love to check them out. There's so much stuff on there. 573 01:01:13,060 --> 01:01:18,580 I don't care how much that costs. It could be within a range. There's obviously so much 574 01:01:18,580 --> 01:01:24,740 you're willing to pay, but it's fantastic. It's really fantastic what they're doing. 575 01:01:25,540 --> 01:01:30,180 There's so much good stuff. The only thing you can hope for is good weather and it's not going to be 576 01:01:30,180 --> 01:01:38,340 an absolute downpour that puts you off. You mentioned bands like The Damned and The Cult 577 01:01:38,340 --> 01:01:47,460 and Judas Priest and Scorpions and a whole host of others. It's just fantastic. It's great to see all 578 01:01:47,460 --> 01:01:55,540 that super music all on in the one venue day after day. It's a dream and unfortunately, 579 01:01:55,540 --> 01:02:01,700 I guess it sold out pretty quick. Yeah, it's already sold out. It's sold out right after we last. 580 01:02:02,900 --> 01:02:09,380 Yeah. I mean, the organizers of Hellfest should invite me and you free of charge because we will 581 01:02:09,380 --> 01:02:18,420 give them a two-hour show live on that Friday night, live from the show. I'm putting it out 582 01:02:18,420 --> 01:02:22,980 there now. If they want to do that, send us the tickets. We will come. We're very polite. 583 01:02:22,980 --> 01:02:30,340 We won't diss any of the bands. We'll just give it a nice review and two-hour show. What do you 584 01:02:30,340 --> 01:02:35,540 reckon, Victor? You can do that, can't you? You can set all that up. Yeah. 585 01:02:35,540 --> 01:02:44,900 Yeah. Yeah. Sure. Interesting here though, is that Scorpions gets billing over Priest. 586 01:02:44,900 --> 01:02:51,300 Yeah. I don't know why that would be, especially with Judas Priest releasing a fairly decent album 587 01:02:51,300 --> 01:02:55,780 this year. I don't want to go over the top too much because we've got our end year review of the 588 01:02:55,780 --> 01:03:02,500 albums coming up and we don't know where it's going to end up. But yeah, that is a bit weird. 589 01:03:02,500 --> 01:03:05,460 But Scorpions are very popular in Europe. True. 590 01:03:06,500 --> 01:03:08,980 Where is Hellfest? Is it Germany? It's France. 591 01:03:08,980 --> 01:03:11,700 It's France, right. Okay. So it's only next door. 592 01:03:11,700 --> 01:03:12,500 It's in the south. 593 01:03:12,500 --> 01:03:18,980 Yeah, it's next door. So maybe, they're probably very, very popular there. 594 01:03:18,980 --> 01:03:19,780 Next door to both. 595 01:03:21,220 --> 01:03:31,380 True. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. Well, I don't know why that is. Normally for these sort of things, 596 01:03:31,380 --> 01:03:36,900 they do it on album sales or they do it on what they've done in shows. They've got some 597 01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:44,740 data behind it. I know they do that at Download. And I'm sure they do the same thing here. This is 598 01:03:44,740 --> 01:03:50,660 a much heavier lineup than Download, even though... Yeah. Yeah. It's more old school. It's more old 599 01:03:50,660 --> 01:03:55,780 school, isn't it? It's a little bit more old school because there are bands there which aren't 600 01:03:55,780 --> 01:04:02,500 playing now at Download. Because... Yeah. And besides that, I mean, like you said, there's 601 01:04:02,500 --> 01:04:08,020 a little of everything because on Sunday the 22nd, you do have Linkin Park and Cypress Hill, 602 01:04:08,020 --> 01:04:17,620 for example. But Download had Sleep Token, Green Day, and I don't remember who the third 603 01:04:17,620 --> 01:04:24,340 headliner was. I don't. Off the top of my head. But I mean, you look at the headliners here. 604 01:04:26,420 --> 01:04:31,380 Pretty much all of them are heavier than those three. But anyway. 605 01:04:31,380 --> 01:04:39,780 Yeah. Yeah. Real quickly before wrapping up here and talking about some anticipated tours and albums, 606 01:04:40,820 --> 01:04:45,060 the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame has announced their inductees this year, 607 01:04:46,260 --> 01:04:52,420 which include Dimebag Darrell, 20th anniversary of Life Celebration Induction, 608 01:04:52,420 --> 01:05:03,460 Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy, Doyle Wolfgang, Ivan Frankenstein with the Misfits. Yeah, those 609 01:05:03,460 --> 01:05:09,940 two are a pair. They're dating. They have been for years. Ricky Rocket, excuse me, of Poison, 610 01:05:10,660 --> 01:05:19,780 KNAC, Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory, Dangerous Toys, if you haven't checked out my latest 611 01:05:19,780 --> 01:05:28,100 interview with Jason McMaster, the audio version is up now. And finally, Jeff Young of Megadeth 612 01:05:28,100 --> 01:05:36,100 and Kings of Thrash. Jeremy, what do you think of the Heavy Metal Hall of Fame and that lineup 613 01:05:36,100 --> 01:05:43,140 that they're inducting this year? Yeah. What do I think of it? I think of it probably what 614 01:05:43,140 --> 01:05:52,420 some of the artists have said of it over the years. These sort of things, they're good in 615 01:05:52,420 --> 01:06:00,420 some ways because they highlight bands or artists that are good in that genre and that should be 616 01:06:00,420 --> 01:06:09,380 awarded and talked about. But on the other hand, it kind of passes me by. I mean, I don't really 617 01:06:09,380 --> 01:06:14,660 take much interest in it really, apart from the fact that it might make me listen to a little bit 618 01:06:14,660 --> 01:06:21,140 of the music. I listened probably about a year or so ago to Dangerous Toys. And now you've mentioned 619 01:06:21,140 --> 01:06:26,900 them again. I might sort of go away and listen to them because they're a great band. I don't know 620 01:06:26,900 --> 01:06:32,980 who else is in there. I can't remember who else has been inducted before. I can't remember who 621 01:06:32,980 --> 01:06:38,340 hasn't been inducted. I just know that list that you've just given me for this year. And I think 622 01:06:38,340 --> 01:06:44,900 well, I'm happy for them, but it doesn't really affect me. It's not something that I think about 623 01:06:44,900 --> 01:06:51,700 from day to day. I'd rather just listen to the music. Okay. All right. So let's wrap things up 624 01:06:51,700 --> 01:07:01,460 here talking about anticipated tours and albums for 2025. Any tours or albums that you are looking 625 01:07:01,460 --> 01:07:06,820 forward to? Yeah. Well, we've mentioned your right heap. I'm going to see that one. I'm going to 626 01:07:06,820 --> 01:07:11,300 see that one. I thought it was going to be the final tour, but still looking forward to seeing 627 01:07:11,300 --> 01:07:17,780 them live. I've got tickets for that. I've got tickets for Iron Maiden. It'd be lovely to see 628 01:07:17,780 --> 01:07:26,020 them again next year. They're going to do a big show for their anniversary. I've actually got a 629 01:07:26,020 --> 01:07:32,260 ticket for Saxon later in the year. So all the old school bands are playing. Might even get to see 630 01:07:32,260 --> 01:07:37,380 Judas Priest again, but I think they're only doing two dates in the UK next year on the sort of 631 01:07:37,380 --> 01:07:43,460 doing a lot of Painkiller. So there's lots of stuff happening live, loads of stuff that I 632 01:07:43,460 --> 01:07:49,860 haven't mentioned. In terms of albums, one in particular I'll point out, I'm looking forward 633 01:07:49,860 --> 01:07:55,540 to a New Testament album. Okay. Because I've heard good reports about it, as you would do from 634 01:07:55,540 --> 01:08:00,820 within the band itself, that they sound as if they're doing a much heavier album. Having said 635 01:08:00,820 --> 01:08:07,380 that, aren't all Testament albums pretty heavy? They're a heavy thrash band, but it'd be interesting 636 01:08:07,380 --> 01:08:14,340 to hear what it's like. Is it going to be along the lines of The Gathering? Are they going to get 637 01:08:15,220 --> 01:08:20,580 their shit together now and really do a full album of great songs? Because the last few albums I 638 01:08:20,580 --> 01:08:28,420 find four or five songs are absolutely tip top, and then it sort of fades a bit for me. So I'm 639 01:08:28,420 --> 01:08:32,820 holding out hope that they're going to release something that I'll listen to all the way through. 640 01:08:34,500 --> 01:08:38,660 I think Europe might be issuing an album next year. As you know, I'm a big fan of Europe and 641 01:08:38,660 --> 01:08:45,700 they've been doing some really good rock stuff in the last few. Who else might be releasing stuff? 642 01:08:45,700 --> 01:08:50,260 I haven't really heard a lot about what's definitely coming out. You hear a lot of 643 01:08:50,260 --> 01:08:57,300 rumors, don't you? But those are the main ones for me. Okay. For me, I'm definitely looking 644 01:08:57,300 --> 01:09:05,380 forward to a new Anthrax album, which is supposed to be coming out. Joe Holmes just released a single 645 01:09:06,180 --> 01:09:12,580 and that features Mike Borden of Faith No More and Robert Trujillo of Metallica, which, oh yeah, 646 01:09:12,580 --> 01:09:17,220 by the way, the three of those guys played together in Ozzy's band for some years. 647 01:09:17,220 --> 01:09:28,580 And I think Joe's a very underrated guitarist and this track, I've scheduled the song, it's called 648 01:09:28,580 --> 01:09:38,980 Crosshide Stare to come out on Patreon this week. The soloing is just ridiculous. Is it on par with 649 01:09:38,980 --> 01:09:48,260 the Nuno Bettencourt solo that we were all in awe of a year ago when it came out? I wouldn't say it's 650 01:09:49,220 --> 01:09:54,660 that over the top, but I think you're going to listen to it and you're going to be like, 651 01:09:55,300 --> 01:10:03,460 damn, that's good. It's some good soloing. Listen to a new track from the Wild Hearts. They're 652 01:10:03,460 --> 01:10:11,460 releasing an album called Satanic Rites of the Wild Hearts, which Wild Hearts have always been 653 01:10:12,260 --> 01:10:18,180 either absolutely love or just don't get. And I think that's how Ginger's music is in general for 654 01:10:18,180 --> 01:10:34,100 me. What else? Shadows Fall released a new single from their comeback album. Looking forward to that. 655 01:10:34,100 --> 01:10:44,260 Trying to see if there's anything else here that kind of sticks out to me. Yeah, I guess that's it 656 01:10:44,260 --> 01:10:54,500 for now. Just a couple of rumors, by the way. Thin Lizzy might be playing live with Scott Coram. He's 657 01:10:54,500 --> 01:11:02,500 looking to reform a band from some older members. That might be quite interesting if it comes off 658 01:11:02,500 --> 01:11:08,900 next year. The rumor, obviously, that Ozzy might be trying to get a formulation of Black Sabbath and 659 01:11:08,900 --> 01:11:17,780 Ozzy members together and playing live. It was a rumor for this year, but it's also a rumor for 660 01:11:17,780 --> 01:11:23,700 next year. That would be exciting if that really came up. Just a couple of things that would 661 01:11:23,700 --> 01:11:30,740 excite me if it happened. Yeah, that sounds cool. And actually Black Label, I think, is supposed to 662 01:11:30,740 --> 01:11:39,940 be releasing an album in 2025. That interests me. Testament interests me as well. I'm trying to think 663 01:11:39,940 --> 01:11:53,620 of who else. I already have a 2025 playlist going. We're going to have fun from month to month, 664 01:11:53,620 --> 01:11:58,180 I think, as we always do. We always think the next year can't be as good as the previous year. 665 01:11:58,180 --> 01:12:01,860 Yeah. And there's always surprises that come along. 666 01:12:01,860 --> 01:12:06,100 Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. All right. So there's a new album from Lacuna Coil that I'm looking 667 01:12:06,100 --> 01:12:15,540 forward to. Arch Enemy, Dream Theater, The Halo Effect, Smith Cotson, Kill Switch and Gage, 668 01:12:15,540 --> 01:12:29,220 Spirit Box, Ginger. Those are the ones that stick out right now where they've actually released 669 01:12:29,220 --> 01:12:39,140 singles already. So, yeah, excellent. Jeremy, I want to thank you for joining me tonight. 670 01:12:39,140 --> 01:12:47,460 A lot of fun, as always. Hope the episode was formal or informational for you guys. 671 01:12:47,460 --> 01:12:56,340 Informational. Is that the right way of saying it? Informative. It helps you with your year end lists. 672 01:12:57,540 --> 01:13:03,540 Always a pleasure, sir. And thank everyone for their support, for watching. And 673 01:13:03,540 --> 01:13:08,900 let's see, we've got somebody in the chat all of a sudden as we're trying to say goodbye here. 674 01:13:08,900 --> 01:13:16,020 Edgar Winterson, thanks for joining us a few minutes back. I hope you go back and 675 01:13:16,020 --> 01:13:20,900 check out the entire episode. Maybe we look forward to having Edgar Winterson on Patreon 676 01:13:20,900 --> 01:13:26,340 at some point this year. But anyway, all right, guys. So thank you so much for listening. Thank 677 01:13:26,340 --> 01:13:32,180 you for watching. Thank you for all your support. And we will see you next time right here on 678 01:13:32,180 --> 01:13:35,300 Signals from Mars. See you, folks.