WEBVTT 00:00:00.170 --> 00:00:04.730 Welcome one and all to episode 415 of Signals 00:00:04.730 --> 00:00:09.550 from Mars. Yes, since 2009, I'm your host, Victor. 00:00:09.650 --> 00:00:12.990 And for this episode, my good friend Jeremy Weltman 00:00:12.990 --> 00:00:16.530 is back to talk about new releases that came 00:00:16.530 --> 00:00:22.129 out in May of 2025. To keep things going, to 00:00:22.129 --> 00:00:25.329 help you lazy listeners out there, to help people 00:00:25.329 --> 00:00:30.809 continue to light the fire in music. I'm ready. 00:00:57.579 --> 00:01:00.140 Let me kick things off by thanking my patrons 00:01:00.140 --> 00:01:05.219 for being such awesome followers. Let's go. Oldest 00:01:05.219 --> 00:01:08.540 and newest. Stephen Saylor. Stephen Hoker. Jeremy 00:01:08.540 --> 00:01:12.239 Weltman. Mike Jones. Brad Dahl. Gabriel Ruiz. 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:18.400 Chris Vaglio. Metal Dan. Johan Edestrum. Ed Ferguson. 00:01:18.819 --> 00:01:25.780 Anthony Mackey. 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Hopefully 00:04:47.149 --> 00:04:51.509 this episode helps you check out a new album, 00:04:51.649 --> 00:04:55.110 a new track, helps expand that soundtrack of 00:04:55.110 --> 00:04:58.370 your life, and hope you guys enjoy it. Thanks 00:04:58.370 --> 00:05:15.730 so much for listening, and here we go. Welcome 00:05:15.730 --> 00:05:18.069 one and all to another episode of Signals from 00:05:18.069 --> 00:05:21.009 Mars. I'm your host, Victor. And for this episode, 00:05:21.129 --> 00:05:23.689 I welcome my good friend Jeremy Weltman back 00:05:23.689 --> 00:05:28.470 to discuss May 2025 new releases in hard rock 00:05:28.470 --> 00:05:33.649 and metal. Jeremy, how are you doing? Yeah, I'm 00:05:33.649 --> 00:05:36.589 doing well. Thanks, Victor. Yeah, it's actually 00:05:36.589 --> 00:05:39.990 still light here in the UK at this time. So obviously 00:05:39.990 --> 00:05:42.930 it's June and it's more of an... aor evening 00:05:42.930 --> 00:05:45.990 than a black metal evening i'd say how are you 00:05:45.990 --> 00:05:51.430 doing okay doing all right um the sun probably 00:05:51.430 --> 00:05:56.089 went down about an hour ago but um yeah for all 00:05:56.089 --> 00:05:59.670 you people on the east coast of the u .s the 00:05:59.670 --> 00:06:05.569 sun does stay up till 10 or 11 ish uh at night 00:06:05.569 --> 00:06:12.029 for us and for jeremy as he's saying And we don't 00:06:12.029 --> 00:06:21.610 have those. The 7 p .m. You know where the sun 00:06:21.610 --> 00:06:24.449 has gone, but then again, we also don't have 00:06:24.449 --> 00:06:26.689 the sun rising at quarter to four in the morning. 00:06:28.050 --> 00:06:31.790 So that kind of makes up for it is probably isn't 00:06:31.790 --> 00:06:35.769 sunlight here till about seven ish. So I don't 00:06:35.769 --> 00:06:39.629 know how it is, how. It is for you in the UK, 00:06:39.730 --> 00:06:41.569 which is a little farther up, but for us, it's 00:06:41.569 --> 00:06:51.149 that way here. So, all right. Jeremy and I are 00:06:51.149 --> 00:06:53.129 going to be talking about new releases that have 00:06:53.129 --> 00:06:58.069 come out in May of 2025. And we're also going 00:06:58.069 --> 00:07:02.170 to be touching upon some other hard rock and 00:07:02.170 --> 00:07:05.990 metal related things. So let's kick things off 00:07:05.990 --> 00:07:10.939 with May 2nd. We had new albums from Sky Joggers, 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:17.000 Paradise Slaves, Acres, Crematory, Maestric, 00:07:17.240 --> 00:07:21.939 The Crystal Teardrop, Scott Heppel and the Sun 00:07:21.939 --> 00:07:27.980 Band, Lux Interna, Leper Colony, Hate, The Flower 00:07:27.980 --> 00:07:32.560 Kings, Gypsy Pistoleros, Propagandi, Puddle of 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:38.350 Mud, Under Ruins, Falling from Grace. and Hangfire. 00:07:38.569 --> 00:07:44.850 We had live albums from Dune. And that's it for 00:07:44.850 --> 00:07:48.850 this week. Jeremy, what did you listen to this 00:07:48.850 --> 00:07:51.769 week? Yeah, so I started off the month listening 00:07:51.769 --> 00:07:54.350 to three albums. I started off with Age of the 00:07:54.350 --> 00:07:57.649 Void by Under Ruins, a band that was formed in 00:07:57.649 --> 00:08:02.129 2023 from members of them and Landfear. And it's 00:08:02.129 --> 00:08:05.000 actually their debut album. I guess you kind 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:07.480 of describe it as a sort of traditional or sort 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:10.699 of epic metal album. For the most part as well, 00:08:10.740 --> 00:08:12.639 I'd say it's a pretty fine effort. It had some 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:15.980 very strong riffs on there. It had sort of plenty 00:08:15.980 --> 00:08:19.759 of what I'd describe as ferocity, Nordic influences. 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.199 There's a little bit of Doomy influences on there. 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:25.819 It's also very melodic, and it had some really 00:08:25.819 --> 00:08:29.500 solid vocals from a chap called Nuno Miguel de 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:38.779 Barros Fernandez. even if there wasn't too much 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:42.059 variation on the album. So, yeah, I like that 00:08:42.059 --> 00:08:46.279 one. And then I listened to At The Edge by Grace. 00:08:47.360 --> 00:08:49.879 This one was a sort of fierce, sort of thrash 00:08:49.879 --> 00:08:52.860 groove metal band from Finland. Unfortunately, 00:08:53.059 --> 00:08:55.679 though, it had some sort of growly vocals, which 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:58.419 was a bit of a shame because there was really 00:08:58.419 --> 00:09:00.840 some sort of blistering fretwork on this album. 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:02.980 Kind of made me think, too, what it would be 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:05.200 like if sort of Ritchie Faulkner did thrash. 00:09:05.220 --> 00:09:07.759 And this is kind of the answer. That was what 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:10.879 I got from this one. There's a sort of a mix 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:12.919 of sort of the very heaviest priest with some 00:09:12.919 --> 00:09:15.659 sort of very sort of tight testament type music. 00:09:16.279 --> 00:09:18.860 And for that reason, it was for me personally, 00:09:18.899 --> 00:09:21.360 it was very listenable. Sort of melodic, groovy 00:09:21.360 --> 00:09:23.539 pummeling, you know, just sort of what metal 00:09:23.539 --> 00:09:25.620 is all about, really. But just a little bit sadly 00:09:25.620 --> 00:09:27.580 ruined by the growly vocals for me because I'm 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:30.909 not that keen on that. So I also listened to 00:09:30.909 --> 00:09:34.169 Burn by Hangfire. This one, you know, also had 00:09:34.169 --> 00:09:37.190 some sort of quite heavy guitar on it. It had 00:09:37.190 --> 00:09:39.750 a female singer as well, so it made it more listenable 00:09:39.750 --> 00:09:42.850 in terms of the vocals. It's another debut album. 00:09:43.190 --> 00:09:45.590 And this is a band that hails from Washington 00:09:45.590 --> 00:09:48.690 State, apparently. And what I like about this 00:09:48.690 --> 00:09:50.730 one is it sort of stays well clear of the pop 00:09:50.730 --> 00:09:53.370 or the generic metal sort of sound and keeps 00:09:53.370 --> 00:09:56.860 a nice hard edge to it. I'd say not every song 00:09:56.860 --> 00:09:59.759 is great, but there's a real decent amount of 00:09:59.759 --> 00:10:03.799 energy and enthusiasm on the 12 songs. So that 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.720 was a good listen as well. And I didn't in advance 00:10:07.720 --> 00:10:11.139 pick the one for the week, but looking at the 00:10:11.139 --> 00:10:14.860 three, I'd probably go for maybe Age of the Void 00:10:14.860 --> 00:10:17.440 by Under Ruins. I think that one probably just 00:10:17.440 --> 00:10:24.289 about tips it for me. Okay. I listened to a few 00:10:24.289 --> 00:10:28.470 different things. I listened to Hate, their new 00:10:28.470 --> 00:10:33.470 album, Bellum Radius, which is a full -on death 00:10:33.470 --> 00:10:38.509 metal album. The Flower King's Love, which is 00:10:38.509 --> 00:10:46.190 70s throwback prog rock. I mean, if you're into 00:10:46.190 --> 00:10:49.330 early Genesis, Peter Gabriel Genesis, that's 00:10:49.330 --> 00:10:52.320 probably right up your alley. Propaganda, the 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:57.740 Canadian band, came out with At Peace. There 00:10:57.740 --> 00:10:59.940 are aspects of the album that I really like, 00:11:00.059 --> 00:11:02.600 and there are aspects that just kind of don't 00:11:02.600 --> 00:11:06.220 do anything for me. And I had to check out the 00:11:06.220 --> 00:11:11.360 Puddle of Mud album, Kiss the Machine. I will 00:11:11.360 --> 00:11:13.720 always say this, that first Puddle of Mud album 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:19.240 is really good. It's incredible late 90s radio 00:11:19.240 --> 00:11:24.240 rock. and has a lot of good music on it. What 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:26.440 it is, it's one of the best albums of that time 00:11:26.440 --> 00:11:30.299 period, I think. But they've never done anything 00:11:30.299 --> 00:11:33.659 that's remotely close to it. And this album is 00:11:33.659 --> 00:11:37.820 not good. Anyway, I'm going to have to go with 00:11:37.820 --> 00:11:42.139 Gypsy Pistoleros with Welcome to the Church of 00:11:42.139 --> 00:11:44.919 the Pistoleros. It's a little mix of everything. 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:50.789 There is... Obviously, some pop music or not 00:11:50.789 --> 00:11:53.669 pop. Excuse me. There's punk. There's some metal 00:11:53.669 --> 00:11:57.429 music in there, some hard rock. And they cover 00:11:57.429 --> 00:12:01.929 an old Ricky Martin song, Living La Vida Loca, 00:12:02.110 --> 00:12:06.409 Living La Vida Loca, as it would be properly 00:12:06.409 --> 00:12:11.330 pronounced. And I'm listening to it and I was 00:12:11.330 --> 00:12:15.110 thinking, OK, interesting. Not my first choice 00:12:15.110 --> 00:12:23.039 of covers, but OK. Um, so, uh, that's, um, that's 00:12:23.039 --> 00:12:26.259 my album of the week. Uh, which one did you say, 00:12:26.360 --> 00:12:31.799 Jeremy? So Asia, the void by under ruins. I just 00:12:31.799 --> 00:12:35.879 want to make sure that I note that. All right. 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:41.259 So, uh, five, nine, um, March 9th, we had new 00:12:41.259 --> 00:12:49.950 albums from Edinson Tetra arch. Kantars, I guess 00:12:49.950 --> 00:12:52.309 that's how you pronounce it, Behemoth, Omnius 00:12:52.309 --> 00:12:59.549 Ruin, Liminal Spirit, La Cabra, Arcade Fire, 00:12:59.889 --> 00:13:09.909 Steve, Dadian, Black Map, Sleep Token, Statement, 00:13:09.909 --> 00:13:14.960 and Paralyzed. EP from Candlemas, which was a 00:13:14.960 --> 00:13:19.019 bunch of covers and two new tracks, if I'm not 00:13:19.019 --> 00:13:23.919 mistaken. And there was a live album from Håkon. 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:27.940 Jeremy, what did you listen to? Yeah, so I did 00:13:27.940 --> 00:13:31.879 give the Statement album, Sinister Thing, a listen. 00:13:32.100 --> 00:13:34.720 I believe it's studio album number five from 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:37.120 these Danish hard rockers. And, you know, it's 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.620 a perfectly satisfactory listen, really. It's 00:13:39.620 --> 00:13:42.340 kind of a... well -trodden path of sort of you 00:13:42.340 --> 00:13:45.100 know bang average heavy numbers with sort of 00:13:45.100 --> 00:13:47.679 hard -hitting guitars and vocals but you know 00:13:47.679 --> 00:13:49.480 all the songs are really played well they're 00:13:49.480 --> 00:13:52.000 produced well there's even the occasional sort 00:13:52.000 --> 00:13:54.679 of all beat harmonies on the album it's just 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:57.840 that there are sort of very few sort of the ear 00:13:57.840 --> 00:14:00.580 what i would describe as earworm melodies and 00:14:00.580 --> 00:14:03.000 unforgettable choruses that you know you really 00:14:03.000 --> 00:14:06.820 need on a on a better album So, yeah, it was 00:14:06.820 --> 00:14:09.100 okay, but it wasn't, you know, didn't really 00:14:09.100 --> 00:14:11.940 sort of float my boat too much. I did listen 00:14:11.940 --> 00:14:15.259 to Rumble and Roar by Paralyzed. This is a really 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:18.179 sort of good time, old style, sort of free Rolling 00:14:18.179 --> 00:14:21.980 Stones, Zep influenced album. It's on the Ripple 00:14:21.980 --> 00:14:25.580 label. And the singer is a little bit gruff, 00:14:25.620 --> 00:14:28.340 but it's very good. It has lots of contrast on 00:14:28.340 --> 00:14:32.500 the album. Railroad is a sort of 70s foot stomper. 00:14:33.230 --> 00:14:35.549 There's, you know, the light acoustic interlude 00:14:35.549 --> 00:14:38.769 of the myth of love. And I think you can really 00:14:38.769 --> 00:14:41.129 imagine what the song Heavy Blues sounds like. 00:14:41.350 --> 00:14:44.769 It's all a little loose and it sounds as if it's 00:14:44.769 --> 00:14:46.730 live in the studio as well, which is sort of 00:14:46.730 --> 00:14:49.710 typical of many Ripple releases. And that isn't 00:14:49.710 --> 00:14:51.950 a bad thing. You know, I enjoyed it. It was good. 00:14:52.629 --> 00:14:56.669 So I have the thumbs up. And finally for that 00:14:56.669 --> 00:15:00.049 week, I did listen to the Black Star EP by Candlemas. 00:15:01.080 --> 00:15:03.500 Just four tracks, as you mentioned. Clues the 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:05.740 cover of Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, which I actually 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:09.340 liked. I thought it was a good cover. The second 00:15:09.340 --> 00:15:11.240 track, an instrumental I wanted to point out, 00:15:11.340 --> 00:15:13.460 called Corridors of Chaos, had a really sort 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:18.139 of meaty IOMI -influenced riff. Not a band, actually, 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:20.120 that I've given much time to in the past, but 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:22.419 I did like them. I did like this. I thought it 00:15:22.419 --> 00:15:24.860 was good. Even though it was only four songs. 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:28.960 So I guess I can't pick that as my album of the 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.480 week because it wasn't an album. It's an EP. 00:15:30.679 --> 00:15:32.960 So I will go for the Paralyzed album, Rumble 00:15:32.960 --> 00:15:36.559 of Roar. You know, we make our own rules here. 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:38.799 So if you want to make that your album of the 00:15:38.799 --> 00:15:40.759 week, you can make that your album of the week. 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:45.320 That's true. I could do. But no, I've said it. 00:15:45.399 --> 00:15:47.580 The boys from Paralyzed are going to be very 00:15:47.580 --> 00:15:51.019 disappointed if I change my mind. Okay. All right. 00:15:53.440 --> 00:16:01.419 So, okay. So I listened to, did I mention this? 00:16:01.460 --> 00:16:04.840 I mentioned Sleep Token. I'm forgetting here 00:16:04.840 --> 00:16:06.879 that, you know, what I just read. But anyway, 00:16:07.039 --> 00:16:11.679 Sleep Token, even in Arcadia, I mentioned, I 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:14.620 talked about them in the last episode. I did 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:22.440 give the album a listen. It's not as bad as I 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:26.220 was expecting. I like the first track, actually. 00:16:27.879 --> 00:16:32.879 But it's too repetitive for me. A lot of piano, 00:16:33.139 --> 00:16:39.440 a lot of mellow vocals, and you get harsh vocals 00:16:39.440 --> 00:16:42.139 from time to time, and you get some down -tune 00:16:42.139 --> 00:16:44.559 heaviness and double bass from time to time. 00:16:44.879 --> 00:16:48.860 And if that's your thing... And so be it. I know 00:16:48.860 --> 00:16:52.299 that a lot of people are really into them right 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:58.279 now. I was trying to draw a comparison because 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:02.759 I really like Poppy. And obviously it's in her 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:06.700 name. She's very poppy at times, but very heavy 00:17:06.700 --> 00:17:09.279 as well with a lot of guttural vocals, but with 00:17:09.279 --> 00:17:11.880 a lot of melodies. And what the difference is 00:17:11.880 --> 00:17:17.529 between Poppy and Sleep Token. I think what Poppy's 00:17:17.529 --> 00:17:19.470 doing is a lot more exciting to me than what 00:17:19.470 --> 00:17:21.509 Sleep Token is doing, personally. That's just 00:17:21.509 --> 00:17:26.829 my personal opinion. If you like Sleep, check 00:17:26.829 --> 00:17:30.390 the album out. Arcade Fire, for example, was 00:17:30.390 --> 00:17:33.390 on one of the metal sites. Arcade Fire is a huge 00:17:33.390 --> 00:17:36.230 band, and no one's going to confuse them with 00:17:36.230 --> 00:17:39.390 a hard rock or a metal band. This was straight 00:17:39.390 --> 00:17:45.109 up pop. You know, where Sleep Token, I think 00:17:45.109 --> 00:17:46.470 a lot of people are trying to say, oh, well, 00:17:46.509 --> 00:17:49.009 they're the newest evolution of metal. This is 00:17:49.009 --> 00:17:52.710 where metal is going. And I just don't see it. 00:17:53.490 --> 00:17:57.710 I mean, if I throw heavy distorted guitars on 00:17:57.710 --> 00:18:00.289 Depeche Mode, are they metal all of a sudden? 00:18:00.369 --> 00:18:04.049 I would say no. You know, even though they're 00:18:04.049 --> 00:18:06.349 drummers playing double bass in concert and stuff 00:18:06.349 --> 00:18:08.890 like that, it's still Depeche Mode. It's still, 00:18:08.910 --> 00:18:14.609 you know, pop. My album of the week is going 00:18:14.609 --> 00:18:18.829 to be Tetraarch with The Ugly Side of Me. I really 00:18:18.829 --> 00:18:20.849 love this band, really love what they're doing. 00:18:21.069 --> 00:18:26.089 Yes, this is regurgitated 90s new metal. Still 00:18:26.089 --> 00:18:29.289 poppy, still heavy, still melodic is what I should 00:18:29.289 --> 00:18:31.630 say instead of poppy. It's got a lot of really 00:18:31.630 --> 00:18:35.109 cool melodies to it and a lot more hooks than 00:18:35.109 --> 00:18:38.990 their previous album. And I really like it. So 00:18:38.990 --> 00:18:46.240 that is... My pick for this week. All right. 00:18:47.000 --> 00:18:49.220 Let's see who we have here in the chat. Edgar 00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:57.299 Winterson. Jeremy put 50 pence, I guess, 50p 00:18:57.299 --> 00:19:01.940 in the meter. And he says, if you need sleep 00:19:01.940 --> 00:19:05.900 token, you need help. Well, the UK press and 00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:08.099 Andy Copping are the ones that are really behind 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:13.730 them. And what Edgar is probably alluding to 00:19:13.730 --> 00:19:16.849 is that, Jeremy, I didn't want to say anything 00:19:16.849 --> 00:19:19.970 just for the fluidity of the show, is that your 00:19:19.970 --> 00:19:24.730 camera is completely black. It stuttered there 00:19:24.730 --> 00:19:28.009 for a second and everything. You became the spinal 00:19:28.009 --> 00:19:33.029 tap and or Metallica self -titled and or back 00:19:33.029 --> 00:19:36.529 in black. Oh, so am I still blanked out? Is that 00:19:36.529 --> 00:19:39.410 what I want? Yeah. Yeah. I am. So I should really 00:19:39.410 --> 00:19:42.269 leave and rejoin. So you're going to read out 00:19:42.269 --> 00:19:44.450 the next albums. I'm going to quickly, shall 00:19:44.450 --> 00:19:47.670 I quickly go back in? Yeah. Yeah. We did that 00:19:47.670 --> 00:19:49.750 last time and it worked. Yeah. I'll give it a 00:19:49.750 --> 00:19:55.289 go. Give it a go. So, um, May 16th, we had new 00:19:55.289 --> 00:20:11.880 albums from patchwork giant rocket. You're still 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:15.000 actually in black, Jeremy. Oh, no, I don't believe 00:20:15.000 --> 00:20:25.200 it. Yeah. Larcenia Rowe. Droth. Anthropomorphia. 00:20:26.940 --> 00:20:31.380 Nightland. Novelist. Buried Tomorrow. Wounded 00:20:31.380 --> 00:20:39.640 Touch. Tarja. Executionist. Eleventh Ray. Arms 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:46.019 Length. Death Before Disorder. Waltari and Magic 00:20:46.019 --> 00:20:52.440 Pie. So there we go. We can see you again. Yeah. 00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:58.200 There are reissues from Art Nation. Three from 00:20:58.200 --> 00:21:02.470 Hex House. And Linkin Park is released from Zero 00:21:02.470 --> 00:21:08.130 Deluxe Edition. And there's a compilation from 00:21:08.130 --> 00:21:13.789 Metalville, a Paul D 'Anno in memory of. All 00:21:13.789 --> 00:21:16.549 right. So what did you listen to this week, Jeremy? 00:21:16.950 --> 00:21:18.890 Yeah, this is weird because I can hear you. It's 00:21:18.890 --> 00:21:21.650 like we've got a new stylus. It's just so clear 00:21:21.650 --> 00:21:24.869 and it's just great through the stereo headphones 00:21:24.869 --> 00:21:27.690 there. Yeah, so I listened to Stand and Deliver 00:21:27.690 --> 00:21:32.720 by Giant. This was, this is obviously the US 00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:35.299 melodic hard rock band. At the back, you know, 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:37.000 with the sort of the 80s influenced brand of 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:40.019 melodic stuff that they do. Sixth studio album, 00:21:40.220 --> 00:21:42.380 only the third apparently since returning in 00:21:42.380 --> 00:21:45.640 2010. And obviously, you know, there's a lot 00:21:45.640 --> 00:21:47.819 I like about this really. It's my kind of thing. 00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:50.380 There's Kent Hilley for one thing, gives it, 00:21:50.400 --> 00:21:53.680 you know, the Coverdale -esque vocals. Then there's 00:21:53.680 --> 00:21:55.740 the choruses and the sort of general heavy sort 00:21:55.740 --> 00:21:58.900 of AOR feel to it. At times, I think they remind 00:21:58.900 --> 00:22:00.640 me of that band. Do you remember a band called 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:02.940 Only Child from the 80s? I think they released 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:06.319 an album called Only Child, which I think I bought 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.359 as well. I think I've got it in my collection 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:10.940 somewhere. So they do remind me a little bit 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:13.759 of that. They've got some nice riffs. They've 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:16.880 got lots of Saurian guitar solos, really for 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:19.099 fans of Europe, Journey, all those sort of bands 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:21.839 in between. And, you know, I like that sort of 00:22:21.839 --> 00:22:24.220 stuff, as you know. So for me, it was good. It 00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:26.640 wasn't brilliant, but it was good. And that's 00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:31.019 fine. I listened to Bad Choices by Rockets. This 00:22:31.019 --> 00:22:33.559 is a sort of great uptempo rock and roll album. 00:22:33.779 --> 00:22:36.259 Touches of Buck Cherry on there. It's got bits 00:22:36.259 --> 00:22:38.259 of Volbeat on there. It's got little bits of 00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:41.720 ACDC, I guess, all welded together with sprinklings 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:45.380 of New Wobham. So, you know, it's good for me. 00:22:45.500 --> 00:22:49.069 It's a five -piece band from Finland. I know 00:22:49.069 --> 00:22:51.549 very little about them. I've not come across 00:22:51.549 --> 00:22:54.210 them before, but it's album number three as it 00:22:54.210 --> 00:22:57.410 happens. And all three, I went back and listened 00:22:57.410 --> 00:23:00.250 to the other two. All three have a very different 00:23:00.250 --> 00:23:03.450 production sound. So, you know, that was interesting. 00:23:03.750 --> 00:23:05.890 But this one's a really enjoyable listen, so 00:23:05.890 --> 00:23:09.710 I like that. My album of the week, though, was 00:23:09.710 --> 00:23:13.109 very clear this week. It was a surprise as well 00:23:13.109 --> 00:23:15.970 because I knew nothing much about this band and 00:23:15.970 --> 00:23:17.450 not really listened to them. They're off the 00:23:17.450 --> 00:23:22.619 radar. maestro by magic pie real surprising delight 00:23:22.619 --> 00:23:27.200 this album real eclectic mix of songs um real 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:29.579 sort of unique sounds you know they are touches 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:33.160 of sort of modern deep purple it turns out they're 00:23:33.160 --> 00:23:35.599 a norwegian progressive rock band i didn't know 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:37.660 because i you know don't follow progressive rock 00:23:37.660 --> 00:23:40.980 that much Very interesting, very well produced, 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:44.339 very rewarding. So sometimes you just have to 00:23:44.339 --> 00:23:46.759 pick up an album and it can really reward you 00:23:46.759 --> 00:23:51.539 for that time. And apparently they did back to 00:23:51.539 --> 00:23:55.119 2001 and it's album number five. So I need to 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.380 go back and listen to a lot more. But I really 00:23:57.380 --> 00:24:00.640 liked it. Really good songs on there. And if 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.079 you like, even if you don't really like progressive 00:24:03.079 --> 00:24:05.700 rock, if you like a bit of deep purple, you're 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:08.039 going to like this. And so I'm going to pick 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:13.240 my show by Magic Pie. Okay. I only got a chance 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:16.259 to listen to two albums this week. I got a chance 00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:19.680 to listen to Nowhere Bound from Death Before 00:24:19.680 --> 00:24:24.740 Disorder and Nations Neurosis from Waltari. Two 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:28.619 completely different albums. And Death Before 00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:32.599 Disorder is a hardcore band. They're not reinventing 00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:35.259 the wheel here, if you've heard. Death Before 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:42.619 Disorder Before, and you're a hardcore fan, check 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:44.559 this album out because you'll probably enjoy 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:49.220 it. And The Waltari, they're a Finnish band, 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:51.079 if I'm not mistaken. They're big in Finland. 00:24:52.220 --> 00:24:56.740 I found out about them two or three albums ago 00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:59.000 where there were a few tracks by them that I 00:24:59.000 --> 00:25:03.759 really enjoyed. I need to give this a further 00:25:03.759 --> 00:25:07.859 listen, to be honest with you. It's got a little 00:25:07.859 --> 00:25:10.460 of everything. It's got hard rock. It's got some 00:25:10.460 --> 00:25:15.720 more modern stuff on there. There's a track called 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:18.960 Diversity, which mixes a lot of different styles 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:24.660 of music. And because of that, that's going to 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.799 be my album of the week. It's going to be the 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:30.970 Waltari album. Like I said, the Death Before 00:25:30.970 --> 00:25:33.289 Dishonor, if you're a hardcore fan, check that 00:25:33.289 --> 00:25:38.990 one out. Moving on to the 23rd, we had new albums 00:25:38.990 --> 00:25:49.250 from Chapang, Skunk and Antsy, Ceresian Volat, 00:25:49.309 --> 00:25:56.930 More Than John, Senna, Year of No Light, Unmerciful. 00:25:58.669 --> 00:26:06.210 Ossuary. Your camera just went black again. Onslaught. 00:26:07.089 --> 00:26:14.589 Moonlight haze. Holler. Midnight. Crystal spiders. 00:26:14.910 --> 00:26:20.710 You're back again. The devil wears Prada. Head 00:26:20.710 --> 00:26:29.690 P. Or head P. Sweet. Cream, live from Ronnie 00:26:29.690 --> 00:26:34.349 Romero, and a compilation from Don Felder, The 00:26:34.349 --> 00:26:38.029 Vault, 50 Years of Music. Jeremy, what did you 00:26:38.029 --> 00:26:42.069 listen to this week? Yeah, this one I listened 00:26:42.069 --> 00:26:45.890 to Steel, Rust, and Disgust by Midnight, the 00:26:45.890 --> 00:26:49.049 band from Cleveland, actually set up originally 00:26:49.049 --> 00:26:51.730 as a side project by Athanar of the band Boulder. 00:26:52.250 --> 00:26:55.519 There's been a few albums released to date. And 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:58.279 I'd say this is really sort of solid speed stroke, 00:26:58.359 --> 00:27:02.140 sort of black metal with a sort of a Venom -like 00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:05.579 vocal, you know, a bit more melodic than Venom. 00:27:06.599 --> 00:27:08.960 And it's, you know, to be honest, it sort of 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:13.099 works in a peculiarly, if I can say peculiarly, 00:27:13.099 --> 00:27:16.420 spectacular way. Yeah, it's a little bit more 00:27:16.420 --> 00:27:21.180 sort of rock and roll than the, you know, sort 00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:24.829 of Venom are. So, yeah, that's interesting. They 00:27:24.829 --> 00:27:27.009 sort of write sort of old -style, black, sort 00:27:27.009 --> 00:27:29.470 of Sodom -type metal songs with sort of new album 00:27:29.470 --> 00:27:33.009 influences that you'd expect from the sort of 00:27:33.009 --> 00:27:36.269 Venom influence there. So it's not entirely unique, 00:27:36.430 --> 00:27:38.690 but it's sort of strangely compelling, I'd say. 00:27:38.809 --> 00:27:41.890 It's got very short, punchy, punky songs to it. 00:27:42.109 --> 00:27:45.109 So, yeah, it was an interesting lesson. I quite 00:27:45.109 --> 00:27:49.009 enjoyed it. Sinister Seduction by Crematorium, 00:27:49.410 --> 00:27:52.250 a sort of traditional thrash band from Croatia. 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:55.900 A little problematic for me, really, because 00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:58.640 the vocalist has a sort of heavy accent and not 00:27:58.640 --> 00:28:01.240 quite the power required for that kind of album, 00:28:01.380 --> 00:28:04.319 I'd say. So, you know, it's full of tight thrashing 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:06.759 rhythms, some strong riffs to get your teeth 00:28:06.759 --> 00:28:10.740 into. But there's something a little bit missing 00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:12.880 from it. But anyway, it's the band's second album. 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:16.039 It's, you know, there's some fun bits to it. 00:28:16.359 --> 00:28:18.839 It's just the sort of lyrical qualities a bit 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:21.119 lacking, which, you know, you get with some bands. 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.759 Not quite up there. And finally, I listened to 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:30.460 Live at Rock Imperium Festival by Ronnie Romero. 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:34.460 Ronnie appears, as we know, on absolutely everything. 00:28:34.819 --> 00:28:37.240 But there's three things I like about Ronnie. 00:28:37.319 --> 00:28:39.920 One is I like him in Elegant Weapons. I think 00:28:39.920 --> 00:28:43.500 he does a really good job on that album. I like 00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:46.099 him in Lords of Black because I like him when 00:28:46.099 --> 00:28:49.859 he does it heavy. And I like him on this because, 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:53.319 again, he's doing... mostly his own songs he 00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:56.480 does a cover of dio's rainbow in the dark and 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.019 it's pretty good because he really you know he's 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:02.480 got a really good guitarist playing here but 00:29:02.480 --> 00:29:05.140 so you know adds a lot of bite uh he's got a 00:29:05.140 --> 00:29:08.000 good song selection he's leaning on the latest 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:10.400 album which was his best solo album too many 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:12.359 lies too many masters because before that he 00:29:12.359 --> 00:29:14.960 was doing sort of covers and being quite soft 00:29:14.960 --> 00:29:18.160 and you know that wasn't so good so and i went 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:21.099 back and listened to that studio album and I 00:29:21.099 --> 00:29:23.880 really like it. I forgot, you know, we sort of 00:29:23.880 --> 00:29:26.940 covered it in a week, and I thought, yeah, it's 00:29:26.940 --> 00:29:29.299 actually stood the test of time. It's a good 00:29:29.299 --> 00:29:32.200 album. So, yeah, I think overall I'm going to 00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:34.799 give it to Ronnie for doing a really decent live 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:37.799 set and, you know, hyping up the crowd, and he 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:42.680 hyped me up. Okay. So there we go. Excellent. 00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:46.660 So I listened to The Painful Truth by Skunk and 00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:50.539 Ansi. And this is a band that I've followed for 00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:57.099 over 30 years at this point. And their first 00:29:57.099 --> 00:29:58.960 two albums are probably their heaviest. Their 00:29:58.960 --> 00:30:01.619 second album, Stoosh, is probably my favorite. 00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:08.319 This album is probably their most complete album 00:30:08.319 --> 00:30:11.799 since Stoosh, at least for me, because there's 00:30:11.799 --> 00:30:16.049 a lot of... There's a little of everything on 00:30:16.049 --> 00:30:18.349 here. I was going to say it's probably more rocking, 00:30:18.470 --> 00:30:23.109 but there's some poppy type things on here as 00:30:23.109 --> 00:30:26.950 well that sound good. Skin has a great voice. 00:30:27.029 --> 00:30:30.569 The rest of the band is great as always. So if 00:30:30.569 --> 00:30:32.710 you're a fan of the band, check this one out. 00:30:34.069 --> 00:30:37.869 But I'm going to give my album of the week to 00:30:37.869 --> 00:30:43.599 the band that says that... But they're the forerunners 00:30:43.599 --> 00:30:49.980 in the subgenre of rotten roll, which you already 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:52.940 described before. It is still rust and disgust 00:30:52.940 --> 00:31:00.039 by midnight. It's funny because I think you described 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:02.940 it perfectly. Every time they put out a new album, 00:31:03.099 --> 00:31:05.839 I think, oh, I think we've heard everything that 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:08.720 they've done before. And then you listen to the 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:10.759 album, you're like, yeah, but it's still catchy. 00:31:10.880 --> 00:31:13.180 There's still cool stuff to it that makes you 00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:16.220 want to listen to the songs over and over again. 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:19.599 So I'm going to give it to Midnight for this 00:31:19.599 --> 00:31:24.079 week. All right, so let's get into the last week 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:30.039 of May was the 30th. We had new albums from The 00:31:30.039 --> 00:31:36.200 Speaker Wars, Wolves at the Gate, Gridiron, Doobie. 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:43.660 Deathrattle. Something and Finish. Graceless. 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:57.440 Cariga. Lord Vigo. Horrenda. Low Before the Breeze. 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:02.799 Rivers of Nil. Catone. The Dead Daisies, who 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:07.380 put out a blues album. The Haunted. An Obsidian 00:32:07.380 --> 00:32:14.200 Tongue. An EP from Vader. A reissue. The reissue 00:32:14.200 --> 00:32:18.759 everyone was waiting for from Skid Row. Revolutions 00:32:18.759 --> 00:32:29.779 Per Minute. And a live opera album from La Suspendida 00:32:29.779 --> 00:32:33.920 is the name. How do you pronounce it in Spanish? 00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:39.960 It's The Suspended. So anyway, what'd you listen 00:32:39.960 --> 00:32:43.240 to this week, Jeremy? Yeah, this, this particular 00:32:43.240 --> 00:32:45.240 week I thought was one of the worst that we've 00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:48.480 had. Um, you know, it's kind of like the week 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:51.740 before Christmas where there's hardly any, anything 00:32:51.740 --> 00:32:54.039 out that we want to listen to. I mean, I did 00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:56.779 listen to the dead daisies album because, you 00:32:56.779 --> 00:32:58.900 know, as you know, I, I am a bit of a fan of 00:32:58.900 --> 00:33:01.559 the dead daisies probably more than anyone in 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:05.960 the, in your patron group. And, um, Yeah, I thought 00:33:05.960 --> 00:33:08.420 it was okay. You know, I thought they covered 00:33:08.420 --> 00:33:11.460 all the traditional blues numbers that you'd 00:33:11.460 --> 00:33:14.039 expect to hear on a blues album. But I thought 00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:16.359 they did some of them quite well. They did them 00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:18.660 in the sort of, they got a bit of an Aerosmith 00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:21.960 -y tone to them. So yeah, I thought it was okay. 00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:25.660 It was listenable and it was fine. But I didn't 00:33:25.660 --> 00:33:27.960 go, I did listen to one or two other albums beyond 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:31.119 that, but I didn't get anywhere near selecting 00:33:31.119 --> 00:33:34.529 any that I thought I really enjoyed. There just 00:33:34.529 --> 00:33:36.670 wasn't anything out there that particular week. 00:33:36.809 --> 00:33:38.970 And it was a bit of a disappointment really, 00:33:39.009 --> 00:33:41.490 because we're only in June and I expected, you 00:33:41.490 --> 00:33:44.430 know, to have something better for that week. 00:33:44.470 --> 00:33:46.390 So I'm going to have to pick the dead daisies 00:33:46.390 --> 00:33:54.150 for, for that particular week. Okay. I think 00:33:54.150 --> 00:34:02.769 after having a few really strong months, April 00:34:02.769 --> 00:34:06.529 and may have been kind of weak months for, for 00:34:06.529 --> 00:34:14.530 releases there. I mean, don't get me wrong. There 00:34:14.530 --> 00:34:17.809 were some good things that came out in April. 00:34:17.849 --> 00:34:22.969 For example, if, if I look back, you know, I 00:34:22.969 --> 00:34:24.869 have been listening to the sick and beautiful 00:34:24.869 --> 00:34:27.070 a lot. I have been listening to the ghost quite 00:34:27.070 --> 00:34:33.469 a bit. The Wednesday 13 album as well. But then 00:34:33.469 --> 00:34:37.909 I get to May and time picking out. I listened 00:34:37.909 --> 00:34:45.090 to the haunted songs of last resort. And again, 00:34:45.670 --> 00:34:48.590 if you're into what the haunted is, has done, 00:34:48.670 --> 00:34:50.670 especially after they've gotten back together 00:34:50.670 --> 00:34:53.690 again and their earlier releases, this is going 00:34:53.690 --> 00:34:58.909 to be right up your alley. It is, is them doing 00:34:58.909 --> 00:35:04.639 their brand of thrash. And it is that there really 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:06.800 wasn't anything else that stood out to me this 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.460 week. And that's why for me, it's going to be 00:35:10.460 --> 00:35:16.559 the haunted songs of the last resort. So let's 00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:19.940 go over this again. Let's see for the first week 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:26.239 for, for May 2nd, Jeremy picked, is this falling 00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:29.519 from grace at the edge? No. You picked Under 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:36.000 Ruins. That's right. Age of the Void. I picked 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:39.360 Gypsy Pistoleros. Welcome to the Church of the 00:35:39.360 --> 00:35:44.639 Pistoleros. On the 9th, you picked Paralyzed, 00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:49.840 Rumble, and Roar from, yeah, by Paralyzed. I 00:35:49.840 --> 00:35:56.719 picked The Ugly Side of Me from Tetraarch. For 00:35:56.719 --> 00:36:01.559 the 16th, you picked Magic Pie with Maestro. 00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:08.340 I picked Waltari with Nations Neurosis. On the 00:36:08.340 --> 00:36:12.480 23rd, you picked Ronnie Romero live at Rock Imperium 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:16.460 Festival. And I picked Midnight, Steel, Rust, 00:36:16.579 --> 00:36:21.400 and Disgust. And for the last week in May, the 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:25.940 30th, you picked... Looking for trouble by the 00:36:25.940 --> 00:36:29.260 Dead Daisies, and I picked Songs of Last Resort 00:36:29.260 --> 00:36:38.579 from The Haunted. So, cool. Let's... It's stuck. 00:36:38.800 --> 00:36:53.469 Play. Those are our picks for May 2025. And, 00:36:53.469 --> 00:36:56.809 uh, we're going to get into some other topics 00:36:56.809 --> 00:37:00.469 here. Uh, Jeremy, did you get a chance to listen 00:37:00.469 --> 00:37:04.730 to episode, uh, 414, which was released this 00:37:04.730 --> 00:37:09.909 morning in audio? Yeah. Yeah. Okay. So I want 00:37:09.909 --> 00:37:17.349 to hear your take on my take of the, um, Iron 00:37:17.349 --> 00:37:20.500 Maiden set list. Yeah, yeah, I thought you were 00:37:20.500 --> 00:37:24.519 going to ask that question. Yeah, I mean, let's 00:37:24.519 --> 00:37:27.219 just sort of summarize what your take was on 00:37:27.219 --> 00:37:30.500 it. Your take was that it was a decent list, 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:33.440 but there wasn't enough deep cuts, and you were 00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:36.500 a bit disappointed by it. Is that a resume of 00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:42.300 it? Yes, I would say it's a good set list, but 00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:45.340 after them saying, oh, we're going to... play 00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:47.719 songs we've never played live before, which is 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:51.840 already false. We're going to play songs that 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:56.780 we haven't played in a long time. There really 00:37:56.780 --> 00:37:59.260 isn't anything that they haven't played since 00:37:59.260 --> 00:38:02.800 Bruce and Adrian has come back. The closest thing 00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:04.679 to that is they played killers for the first 00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:08.539 time since 99. But again, they played it when 00:38:08.539 --> 00:38:11.960 Bruce and Adrian just first came back. Yeah. 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:16.909 So. As cool as that is, as cool as a lot of those 00:38:16.909 --> 00:38:21.650 songs are, and as much as I appreciate the Clairvoyant 00:38:21.650 --> 00:38:24.630 and Killers and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 00:38:24.769 --> 00:38:34.050 not exactly Drifter or Only the Good Die Young 00:38:34.050 --> 00:38:42.400 or Sea of Madness or... twilight zone or purgatory 00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:46.860 or flash of the blade for that matter you know 00:38:46.860 --> 00:38:52.280 there wasn't that oh shit moment to say oh my 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:56.400 god they're playing this one now you know it's 00:38:56.400 --> 00:39:00.719 just okay cool yeah so you've dug this song out 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:04.360 after 10 years after previously playing it on 00:39:04.360 --> 00:39:09.480 the previous five tours yeah yeah And the crucial 00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:12.039 issue was really what you pointed out in your 00:39:12.039 --> 00:39:15.480 podcast, was that they'd actually flagged this 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:18.239 beforehand. They sort of said, or they intimated, 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:21.739 that they were going to play some deep cuts, 00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:23.800 they were going to retire songs, and they were 00:39:23.800 --> 00:39:26.199 going to sort of shake it up a bit, basically. 00:39:26.280 --> 00:39:30.039 That's what they were hinting at. And we look 00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:33.219 at this set list and we think, well, yeah, we 00:39:33.219 --> 00:39:35.480 can see one or two there. We can see three or 00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:38.489 four there. but it's not quite what we were expecting. 00:39:38.650 --> 00:39:41.690 I think we were kind of expecting, well, maybe 00:39:41.690 --> 00:39:44.090 at least half the set list would be songs that 00:39:44.090 --> 00:39:47.369 either have never been played or haven't been 00:39:47.369 --> 00:39:50.090 played for a long, long time. Obviously, you 00:39:50.090 --> 00:39:52.949 expect the three encores to be, you know, the 00:39:52.949 --> 00:39:55.369 favourites. I was expecting actually Number of 00:39:55.369 --> 00:40:00.550 the Beast to be, you know, an encore with maybe 00:40:00.550 --> 00:40:03.650 Running Free or, you know, The Trooper, those 00:40:03.650 --> 00:40:07.940 sort of songs. But, yeah, I agree to a large 00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:11.519 extent with you because I think we were all sold 00:40:11.519 --> 00:40:16.059 a little pop and, you know, we were sold the 00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:19.599 fact that get tickets for the tour because you're 00:40:19.599 --> 00:40:22.260 going to hear different songs on it. And it's 00:40:22.260 --> 00:40:25.980 not quite that way, but I'm sort of thinking, 00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:30.460 just dialing it back a bit, I'm thinking from 00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:33.179 their point of view, these are old guys now. 00:40:33.760 --> 00:40:36.460 They want to play a lot of familiar songs. They 00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.860 don't want to play too many new ones. They've 00:40:38.860 --> 00:40:42.119 also got a new drummer on board who, you know, 00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:48.460 may be familiar with some of the big songs that 00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:50.739 Iron Maiden are known for because he sort of 00:40:50.739 --> 00:40:53.920 plays them anyway and didn't want to sort of 00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:58.150 play stuff that, you know. is a bit less, a bit 00:40:58.150 --> 00:41:00.690 out there, shall we say. So I'm just being devil's 00:41:00.690 --> 00:41:03.469 advocate and sort of thinking it through. As 00:41:03.469 --> 00:41:05.190 you know, I'm going to go and see them on this 00:41:05.190 --> 00:41:07.849 tour. I'm going in a couple of weeks in Manchester. 00:41:08.530 --> 00:41:10.869 And, you know, I'm going to be quite happy listening 00:41:10.869 --> 00:41:14.489 to all of that, obviously, because, you know, 00:41:14.530 --> 00:41:17.150 there's some songs there I've never heard them 00:41:17.150 --> 00:41:19.510 play because I, you know, they haven't played 00:41:19.510 --> 00:41:21.130 them for a long time, but I didn't actually hear 00:41:21.130 --> 00:41:24.769 them myself at that time. So, yeah, you know. 00:41:26.030 --> 00:41:28.210 I am blaming the drummer for the set list, yeah. 00:41:28.329 --> 00:41:33.690 A little bit. A little bit. So, yeah, I mean, 00:41:33.829 --> 00:41:37.289 yeah, I guess on one hand, I'm a bit disappointed. 00:41:38.429 --> 00:41:40.989 And on the other hand, listen, Iron Maiden is 00:41:40.989 --> 00:41:46.650 still going. And that's a great thing. Yeah. 00:41:48.010 --> 00:41:53.449 My thing with that, I mean, you're bringing Simon 00:41:53.449 --> 00:41:57.670 Dawson in. Wouldn't you have already said, all 00:41:57.670 --> 00:42:00.349 right, listen, Simon, you've got to learn these 00:42:00.349 --> 00:42:06.070 20 songs. So, I mean, he's obviously an employee. 00:42:06.429 --> 00:42:11.349 Based on how they set things up, Nico still seems 00:42:11.349 --> 00:42:15.329 to be on the payroll somehow. Nico just isn't 00:42:15.329 --> 00:42:17.829 going to tour anymore. So does that mean we're 00:42:17.829 --> 00:42:20.750 going to get Nico on an upcoming album? Does 00:42:20.750 --> 00:42:22.849 it mean Simon's going to be the one playing on 00:42:22.849 --> 00:42:28.260 the next album? And it's just funny seeing people 00:42:28.260 --> 00:42:31.199 criticize him and saying, I mentioned this last 00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:35.079 week, the size of his drum set. And then it's, 00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:37.579 oh, well, he plays Nico's songs differently. 00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:40.019 Well, no shit. He's going to play songs differently. 00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:45.320 He's not Nico. For as much as I practice and 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:50.510 try to play the Nico songs like Nico. There's 00:42:50.510 --> 00:42:52.690 still going to be my flavor to it. So it's not 00:42:52.690 --> 00:42:55.550 going to sound exactly alike. And the same thing's 00:42:55.550 --> 00:42:58.010 going to happen with him. And listen, maybe the 00:42:58.010 --> 00:43:00.230 band doesn't want the songs to sound exactly 00:43:00.230 --> 00:43:02.710 like Nico or Clive playing. Maybe it's the band 00:43:02.710 --> 00:43:06.389 saying, you know what? We want you to have your 00:43:06.389 --> 00:43:12.510 own identity. So there you go. Edgar Winterson 00:43:12.510 --> 00:43:17.230 breaking some news here. Nico told me he's still 00:43:17.230 --> 00:43:24.840 a studio drummer. Well, let's hope if that's 00:43:24.840 --> 00:43:30.920 the case, they can make Kevin Shirley the studio 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:37.760 gopher as opposed to the engineer producer. So, 00:43:37.860 --> 00:43:42.719 yeah, I mean, you're going to enjoy the show. 00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:46.760 My other thing is, oh, we don't do greatest hits 00:43:46.760 --> 00:43:50.840 shows. This looks a lot like a greatest hits 00:43:50.840 --> 00:43:54.519 to me. Yeah. Yeah, it does. It does really. Yeah. 00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:57.619 I mean, what are you missing? Can I play with 00:43:57.619 --> 00:44:02.539 Matt? Can I play with madness? I mean, what, 00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:06.320 what else are flight of Icarus? I mean, there's 00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:08.840 a few singles they haven't included, but for 00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:11.119 the most part, these are all singles that were 00:44:11.119 --> 00:44:16.090 released at one point or another. Yeah, I guess 00:44:16.090 --> 00:44:19.269 they're a band now with a huge catalogue. They've 00:44:19.269 --> 00:44:21.869 decided to do just a certain amount of albums 00:44:21.869 --> 00:44:25.030 on this, the early albums. And they're going 00:44:25.030 --> 00:44:26.829 to be damned if they do, damned if they don't. 00:44:26.849 --> 00:44:29.369 They also probably do have to think about an 00:44:29.369 --> 00:44:34.329 audience. We're the kind of guys who like to 00:44:34.329 --> 00:44:37.469 see deep cuts because we like to listen to lots 00:44:37.469 --> 00:44:40.269 of stuff. But there's lots of fans out there 00:44:40.269 --> 00:44:43.010 who really just do want the hits, if we're honest 00:44:43.010 --> 00:44:45.880 about it. There's people buying tickets out there, 00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:47.719 and I wouldn't be surprised if at least half 00:44:47.719 --> 00:44:50.480 the audience, maybe more, just want to hear all 00:44:50.480 --> 00:44:53.559 the hits. They might have only seen Iron Maiden 00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:58.500 twice, and that's what they're going for. Yeah, 00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:04.280 could be. So you brought up another point, which 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:08.940 is seeing bands, putting bands back together 00:45:08.940 --> 00:45:14.119 that we either haven't seen before. or haven't 00:45:14.119 --> 00:45:17.840 seen in a long time. I'm assuming this is something 00:45:17.840 --> 00:45:21.780 that you've been thinking about for quite some 00:45:21.780 --> 00:45:26.119 time. Well, yeah, but it was also what jigged 00:45:26.119 --> 00:45:31.820 my memory was the Triumph sort of get -together 00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:34.820 very recently. It's on Blabbermouth about it. 00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:37.599 Then they're playing just a one -off three sort 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:43.349 of track gig at some live sports event. And that 00:45:43.349 --> 00:45:46.010 is one band that I would like to see live. They 00:45:46.010 --> 00:45:48.730 didn't really play a lot in the UK, but I used 00:45:48.730 --> 00:45:50.570 to like them. And then that got me thinking about 00:45:50.570 --> 00:45:53.869 another Canadian band, which Johan is going to 00:45:53.869 --> 00:45:56.030 be very pleased I mentioned, because obviously 00:45:56.030 --> 00:45:58.530 I'd really like to see Rush together. I know 00:45:58.530 --> 00:46:02.710 it's only the two of them, but that would be 00:46:02.710 --> 00:46:07.650 nice to see some sort of Rush reunion. But yeah, 00:46:07.730 --> 00:46:10.190 I suppose there are a few bands out there that 00:46:10.190 --> 00:46:13.360 I would like to see. come back and play. I would 00:46:13.360 --> 00:46:16.519 also like to see Whitesnake do a little bit more. 00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:21.239 I believe David Coverdale can't do it anymore. 00:46:22.260 --> 00:46:25.059 So that's obviously the reason. And the rest 00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:27.280 of the band, they've got together and they're 00:46:27.280 --> 00:46:30.440 also playing some Whitesnake stuff as a one -off. 00:46:31.139 --> 00:46:34.059 um because we discussed this so a while ago i 00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:35.880 think and we were sort of saying whether white 00:46:35.880 --> 00:46:38.039 state would come back as a you know the name 00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:40.619 only without david and i sort of said no it wouldn't 00:46:40.619 --> 00:46:43.400 happen well i guess you were kind of right because 00:46:43.400 --> 00:46:45.659 they have come back and they are going to do 00:46:45.659 --> 00:46:48.300 this one off but i think that's all it is uh 00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:51.500 just you know i think it's a guitar festival 00:46:51.500 --> 00:46:54.440 actually so uh yeah there's a few bands out there 00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:57.500 that would like to see reform and do it and i 00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:59.579 guess kiss is another you know i'd like to see 00:46:59.579 --> 00:47:02.909 kiss continue and do some more stuff. But obviously 00:47:02.909 --> 00:47:05.010 I realized that, you know, guys in the seventies 00:47:05.010 --> 00:47:07.530 can't put on their boots and the, all the, you 00:47:07.530 --> 00:47:10.789 know, all the stuff and play it live. But yeah, 00:47:10.869 --> 00:47:13.170 there's one or two out there. What about you? 00:47:14.010 --> 00:47:16.469 Who's, who's the guitarist for Whitesnake? It's 00:47:16.469 --> 00:47:18.489 Joel Hulkster. And who's the second one? Yeah. 00:47:19.230 --> 00:47:22.789 Is it Red Beach? It's not Red Beach. No, he's 00:47:22.789 --> 00:47:26.289 gone, isn't he? Who's in there now? Can't remember 00:47:26.289 --> 00:47:28.500 who's in there now. They have so many guitarists, 00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:29.800 don't they? They go in and out all the time. 00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:37.000 I know Joel Hoekstra is definitely... Let's see. 00:47:38.079 --> 00:47:40.980 Can't remember who was last in it. Doug Aldridge. 00:47:42.699 --> 00:47:47.480 Well, Doug's a while ago. No, but he's... Because 00:47:47.480 --> 00:47:49.320 he's gone off to dead days. He's been in dead 00:47:49.320 --> 00:47:52.019 days as well. He's definitely... Oh, you mean... 00:47:52.019 --> 00:47:56.849 You mean for this one -off? There's one off. 00:47:59.289 --> 00:48:03.809 Yeah, so it's Marco Mendoza, Dino Jeralicic. 00:48:04.329 --> 00:48:12.809 Yeah. I pronounced that wrong. Jalusic, okay. 00:48:13.130 --> 00:48:20.570 Yeah. All right, so they're going to have Tommy 00:48:20.570 --> 00:48:25.570 Aldridge, Joel Hoekstra, Marco Mendoza. And the 00:48:25.570 --> 00:48:30.630 keyboard is Michelle Lupe. Okay, so they've only 00:48:30.630 --> 00:48:36.570 listed one guitarist. Right, right. That's interesting 00:48:36.570 --> 00:48:39.170 because, I mean, for the most part, they've always 00:48:39.170 --> 00:48:42.809 been a two -guitar band. Yeah. I mean, outside 00:48:42.809 --> 00:48:45.789 of when John Sykes was in there, I think is probably 00:48:45.789 --> 00:48:50.289 the only time they were a one -guitarist band, 00:48:50.429 --> 00:48:52.929 but I don't know. Did they have a second guitarist? 00:48:53.239 --> 00:49:00.039 During his tenure? I can't remember now. Yeah, 00:49:00.320 --> 00:49:06.119 I can't remember. Okay. Yeah. But so many guitarists 00:49:06.119 --> 00:49:08.179 that come in and out of that pen, though. Right. 00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:10.840 Because obviously Vandenberg was in for a while, 00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:15.260 wasn't he, as well? Yes. So to answer your question, 00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:18.639 we would have to resurrect the dead to make this 00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:26.349 happen. Oh, yeah. Black Sabbath with Dio. With 00:49:26.349 --> 00:49:34.710 Dio, yeah. Yeah, you can't argue with that. I've 00:49:34.710 --> 00:49:38.510 seen Dio. I've never seen Black Sabbath, and 00:49:38.510 --> 00:49:42.170 I've never seen Black Sabbath with Dio. Right, 00:49:42.349 --> 00:49:46.230 I have. You have seen Black Sabbath with Dio. 00:49:46.409 --> 00:49:51.510 Yeah, they were heaven and hell. Yeah. So, yeah, 00:49:51.590 --> 00:49:56.429 I've seen Black Sabbath twice. I've seen Dio 00:49:56.429 --> 00:50:00.829 twice. And I've seen Black Sabbath with Dio once. 00:50:01.489 --> 00:50:06.949 Okay. So you've seen Sabbath with Ozzy twice 00:50:06.949 --> 00:50:12.329 or it was once with Ozzy? No, twice with Ozzy. 00:50:12.329 --> 00:50:14.730 I saw them on the farewell tour and I saw them 00:50:14.730 --> 00:50:19.239 at Download Festival headlining. And I saw Dio 00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:22.000 twice on his own when, you know, he's in his 00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:25.019 heyday, when he released Holy Diver and then 00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:31.059 the album after that. And I've also seen Heaven 00:50:31.059 --> 00:50:35.900 and Hell, which would be sort of not far before 00:50:35.900 --> 00:50:38.880 he died, really, I suppose. Right. And that was 00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:42.679 a really loud concert. I think they were supported 00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.840 by Lamb of God. I've got a feeling Lamb of God 00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:48.219 was supporting them. And I walked into the arena 00:50:48.219 --> 00:50:51.619 and it was so noisy when I walked in because 00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:54.940 I wasn't sort of warmed up to the music. So I 00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:58.019 didn't like Lamb of God so much, but yeah, Heaven 00:50:58.019 --> 00:51:00.300 and Hell. And they were really noisy as well. 00:51:00.380 --> 00:51:02.800 I mean, they were loud, to say loud, but very 00:51:02.800 --> 00:51:09.900 melodic, obviously. Yeah, I saw Dio on his final 00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:15.280 solo tour where he wasn't playing any Black Sabbath 00:51:15.280 --> 00:51:19.949 as a result. Because he was going back to heaven 00:51:19.949 --> 00:51:24.010 and hell. Yeah. So, all right. So here's another 00:51:24.010 --> 00:51:29.030 thing now that we're on the Sabbath topic. You 00:51:29.030 --> 00:51:32.369 can now purchase pay -per -view of the concert? 00:51:32.809 --> 00:51:36.369 Yeah, I saw that today. Yeah, that's interesting. 00:51:36.969 --> 00:51:40.570 So how much is it? Do we know? Yeah, it's 27 00:51:40.570 --> 00:51:45.920 euros. 27 euros, right. That's not bad. It's 00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:48.619 not bad. Yeah. And so what will that be? That'll 00:51:48.619 --> 00:51:51.079 be the whole day. You can just watch the whole 00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:54.519 stuff. Yeah. It's saying live access to watch 00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:57.280 the entire, the entire back to the beginning 00:51:57.280 --> 00:52:00.980 event, starting July 5th at 3 PM British standard 00:52:00.980 --> 00:52:07.579 time, Eastern standard time and 7 AM Pacific 00:52:07.579 --> 00:52:11.900 standard time. VOD replay access to rewatch the 00:52:11.900 --> 00:52:15.820 entire event. VOD available from July 5th, shortly 00:52:15.820 --> 00:52:20.579 after event conclusion until July 7th at 3 p 00:52:20.579 --> 00:52:24.420 .m. British Standard Time, 10 a .m., so on and 00:52:24.420 --> 00:52:31.179 so forth. Well, I guess I'm very tempted to pay 00:52:31.179 --> 00:52:37.980 that. It's £25 roughly, UK. the same as you'd 00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:41.440 pay for, uh, you know, a day out anywhere else. 00:52:41.539 --> 00:52:45.460 Uh, so yeah. Um, if it's from three o 'clock 00:52:45.460 --> 00:52:47.199 in the afternoon, you could just sit down and 00:52:47.199 --> 00:52:49.699 watch the whole thing from the comfort of your 00:52:49.699 --> 00:52:52.420 living room, make sure you got plenty of food 00:52:52.420 --> 00:52:56.420 on hand. And, uh, yeah, I think that'd be, that'd 00:52:56.420 --> 00:53:01.000 be quite fun. Um, I'm hoping that this is released 00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:06.570 somehow on DVD at some point. Because I can't 00:53:06.570 --> 00:53:11.289 watch it, unfortunately. Right, right. I would 00:53:11.289 --> 00:53:13.269 guess it will be. I've got a feeling that this 00:53:13.269 --> 00:53:17.929 is going to be sold forever. And yeah, there's 00:53:17.929 --> 00:53:21.429 going to be ways of seeing this somehow. I wouldn't 00:53:21.429 --> 00:53:23.789 be surprised if it actually comes up as a repeat 00:53:23.789 --> 00:53:27.190 some other way in the future, you know, on a 00:53:27.190 --> 00:53:30.210 music channel or, you know, some other way where 00:53:30.210 --> 00:53:32.110 you'd be able to watch it for free eventually. 00:53:33.409 --> 00:53:37.019 Yeah, so. So they have it billed as Black Sabbath, 00:53:37.199 --> 00:53:39.960 House of Osborne, Metallica, Guns N' Roses, Slayer, 00:53:40.139 --> 00:53:44.820 Tool, Pantera, Gojira, Hailstorm, Alice in Chains, 00:53:45.119 --> 00:53:49.059 Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon, and Rival Sons, 00:53:49.079 --> 00:53:52.659 and many more. It's kind of like a metal live 00:53:52.659 --> 00:53:55.780 aid because the proceeds are going to charity 00:53:55.780 --> 00:54:02.019 as well. Yeah, so there you go. Edgar Winterson 00:54:02.019 --> 00:54:07.219 is saying he'll wait. For the bootleg. If they're 00:54:07.219 --> 00:54:14.019 streaming this, it'll be online somewhere. All 00:54:14.019 --> 00:54:16.659 right. And the last thing that you brought up 00:54:16.659 --> 00:54:19.059 was the last three things that you had purchased. 00:54:21.159 --> 00:54:23.920 Yeah, not quite that. The question was not quite 00:54:23.920 --> 00:54:27.539 that. It was three albums that kind of like put 00:54:27.539 --> 00:54:29.320 your money where your mouth is. I was trying 00:54:29.320 --> 00:54:31.480 to sort of say, you know, we do all these reviews 00:54:31.480 --> 00:54:34.769 over the years. And obviously we go out and actually 00:54:34.769 --> 00:54:37.329 purchase albums as well. We actually do purchase 00:54:37.329 --> 00:54:40.110 the stuff. So just sort of thinking any three 00:54:40.110 --> 00:54:41.969 that you want. I mean, if it's the three last 00:54:41.969 --> 00:54:45.030 albums, that's fine. It doesn't matter. It can 00:54:45.030 --> 00:54:48.090 be three. I picked like the last album I purchased, 00:54:48.130 --> 00:54:51.309 but also two over, you know, several years back, 00:54:51.489 --> 00:54:53.309 over the last sort of three years or whatever. 00:54:53.710 --> 00:54:56.630 And yeah, I just wanted to pinpoint a few that 00:54:56.630 --> 00:54:59.539 I purchased. um and i've actually got them here 00:54:59.539 --> 00:55:02.099 so i can i can maybe do one at a time maybe we 00:55:02.099 --> 00:55:05.900 can do one each and then yeah um yeah so uh the 00:55:05.900 --> 00:55:09.099 very last album that i purchased was this album 00:55:09.099 --> 00:55:11.860 which i reviewed i think only a week ago and 00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:14.440 it's the heat welcome to the future album okay 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:18.480 there it is uh quite melodic album as i mentioned 00:55:18.480 --> 00:55:21.940 really into it really like heat the band seen 00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:24.760 them once live at download festival thought they 00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:27.260 were good Missed them on this tour, which is 00:55:27.260 --> 00:55:29.519 a bit of a shame. But I like this album, and 00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:32.139 I like the particular, like, Children of the 00:55:32.139 --> 00:55:34.320 Storm, which if you read a lot of the reviews 00:55:34.320 --> 00:55:36.440 of this album as well, they all mention that 00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:39.039 particular song. Really good song, which probably 00:55:39.039 --> 00:55:41.960 Europe would have loved to have released. It's 00:55:41.960 --> 00:55:45.360 in that vein. So, yeah, great. They always keep 00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:48.480 the quality up, and it's that type of music I 00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:54.579 like. Okay. All right. For me, I'm going to go 00:55:54.579 --> 00:55:57.900 with right over here, Jerry Cantrell, I Want 00:55:57.900 --> 00:56:02.659 Blood. Love the title track. I love a lot of 00:56:02.659 --> 00:56:05.300 the aspects of this album. It was my album of 00:56:05.300 --> 00:56:09.239 the week when this came out last year and an 00:56:09.239 --> 00:56:13.039 album that I still listen to all the time and 00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:15.780 just posted the new video for the title track 00:56:15.780 --> 00:56:20.650 on Patreon. Go ahead. What's your next one? Yeah, 00:56:20.750 --> 00:56:23.170 yeah. So the next one is the Victory album. This 00:56:23.170 --> 00:56:25.170 is not the latest album. It's the one before 00:56:25.170 --> 00:56:30.190 it, which is Gods of Tomorrow, which I really 00:56:30.190 --> 00:56:32.610 like this album. I think it's great. It's got 00:56:32.610 --> 00:56:36.269 a real tempo to it. There's some really, really 00:56:36.269 --> 00:56:38.469 good rocking songs on here. And I think it was 00:56:38.469 --> 00:56:40.269 a really good production. And I think at the 00:56:40.269 --> 00:56:42.429 time, if I remember rightly, because it's a few 00:56:42.429 --> 00:56:45.710 years old now, but I gave it a good review at 00:56:45.710 --> 00:56:49.210 the time. And I do remember hearing it. um, originally 00:56:49.210 --> 00:56:52.650 on young metal, which, uh, as we know, one of 00:56:52.650 --> 00:56:55.909 our friends does that Brad. So, um, yeah, he, 00:56:56.030 --> 00:56:57.969 he got me into victory really. I listened to 00:56:57.969 --> 00:56:59.829 it on there and I thought, yeah, I like this 00:56:59.829 --> 00:57:02.670 band. This is real sort of typical hard rock, 00:57:02.849 --> 00:57:06.630 which, um, you know, I like, so yeah, I play 00:57:06.630 --> 00:57:09.530 that a lot. And, uh, there it is. Victory. Great. 00:57:11.289 --> 00:57:15.789 Cool. Uh, my next choice is leave a scar. Oh 00:57:15.789 --> 00:57:22.380 yeah. Great, great album. Makes me wonder why 00:57:22.380 --> 00:57:25.199 he doesn't want to release any more new music. 00:57:25.260 --> 00:57:28.400 I get it. It doesn't sell. It takes up too much 00:57:28.400 --> 00:57:32.579 time. So on and so forth. But I think fans would 00:57:32.579 --> 00:57:35.099 love to continue to receive albums just like 00:57:35.099 --> 00:57:37.980 this one. It's a great album. Again, this came 00:57:37.980 --> 00:57:43.239 out in 2021. It's four years old at this point. 00:57:43.900 --> 00:57:48.530 And I still listen to it. Yeah. So that was number 00:57:48.530 --> 00:57:51.289 two. Yeah. That's the thing about us buying albums, 00:57:51.389 --> 00:57:53.650 isn't it? Because they're the stuff that we really 00:57:53.650 --> 00:57:55.989 like and we are going to listen to them. And 00:57:55.989 --> 00:57:58.349 that's the great thing about having vinyl, having 00:57:58.349 --> 00:58:01.329 CDs, having physical music. You know, you're 00:58:01.329 --> 00:58:03.530 going to put it on and you can feel it. You can 00:58:03.530 --> 00:58:06.550 touch it. You can read the liner notes, all that 00:58:06.550 --> 00:58:08.570 sort of stuff. So, yeah, my next one is from 00:58:08.570 --> 00:58:12.429 2023. It was another one that we recommended. 00:58:12.570 --> 00:58:17.750 It is Night Demon with Outsider. This is a band 00:58:17.750 --> 00:58:21.230 which I think I reviewed favorably at the time. 00:58:21.269 --> 00:58:22.789 I must have done because I bought the album. 00:58:23.269 --> 00:58:27.750 And it's also a band which I saw live. They supported 00:58:27.750 --> 00:58:30.730 Michael Schenker Group, not this latest time, 00:58:30.849 --> 00:58:34.409 but the time before I saw him. And they were 00:58:34.409 --> 00:58:37.130 really good live. We all enjoyed it. I went there 00:58:37.130 --> 00:58:39.210 with a couple of friends and we all thought they 00:58:39.210 --> 00:58:41.489 were really good live. They played three or four 00:58:41.489 --> 00:58:44.309 tracks from this album. There's only eight tracks 00:58:44.309 --> 00:58:48.500 on here. They're a good rocking band and they 00:58:48.500 --> 00:58:51.440 deserve support. So I bought Night Demon with 00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:58.179 Outsider. All right. So the next one here, this 00:58:58.179 --> 00:59:05.760 came out in 2019. I don't remember if we go this 00:59:05.760 --> 00:59:08.920 far back with doing these monthly album reviews 00:59:08.920 --> 00:59:12.800 or not, but I know that this was a video of the 00:59:12.800 --> 00:59:16.719 week. When I was doing them on Patreon, it is 00:59:16.719 --> 00:59:21.880 Anesthetic by Mark Morton, the Lamb of God guitarist. 00:59:22.440 --> 00:59:25.659 This has a lot of different types of hard rock 00:59:25.659 --> 00:59:30.300 and metal on it. And it's just designed just 00:59:30.300 --> 00:59:35.280 really neat. These are tarot cards, actually, 00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:39.460 that they designed. So it's really neat. And 00:59:39.460 --> 00:59:44.420 they're all based on each of the songs. I'm also 00:59:44.420 --> 00:59:48.179 going to give you a bonus here because this is 00:59:48.179 --> 00:59:51.199 from an interview that I did years ago, 2021. 00:59:51.400 --> 00:59:56.019 So this is newer. It is Armageddon by the band 00:59:56.019 --> 00:59:58.920 Manimal. Oh, yeah, I remember that one. That's 00:59:58.920 --> 01:00:02.719 a great album. This is a really strong album. 01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:07.820 It is really good. If you're really into Judas 01:00:07.820 --> 01:00:11.579 Priest and Queensryche. This is going to be right 01:00:11.579 --> 01:00:15.739 up your alley. I mean, when I interviewed the 01:00:15.739 --> 01:00:17.619 singer, there was no shame at all with him saying 01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:20.440 that those were his two biggest influences. So 01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:26.320 that's kind of what you get on here. So anything 01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:29.159 else you want to bring up? As far as purchases 01:00:29.159 --> 01:00:31.300 like that? No, I haven't got access to any more 01:00:31.300 --> 01:00:34.059 next to me. So I think everyone's going to have 01:00:34.059 --> 01:00:35.659 to wait till next time. So I think we might have 01:00:35.659 --> 01:00:37.480 to revisit this again. This is a good little 01:00:37.480 --> 01:00:39.699 feature, I think, where we're showing off all 01:00:39.699 --> 01:00:44.539 our albums. Now that I understand what you're 01:00:44.539 --> 01:00:48.900 going for, I'll be ready next time for our little 01:00:48.900 --> 01:00:55.510 version of show and tell here. Yeah. Anyway, 01:00:55.570 --> 01:00:58.369 so I do want to thank everyone who is watching 01:00:58.369 --> 01:01:01.690 this live. Edgar Winterson in the chat. I want 01:01:01.690 --> 01:01:04.309 to thank anyone who's listening to or watching 01:01:04.309 --> 01:01:07.829 the replay of this. We're helping all you folks 01:01:07.829 --> 01:01:10.630 out with albums to check out and new music that's 01:01:10.630 --> 01:01:17.989 coming out. Not every month is definitely a home 01:01:17.989 --> 01:01:20.610 run, but we try to help out in any way that we 01:01:20.610 --> 01:01:25.679 can. Edgar Winterson is telling us that his pick 01:01:25.679 --> 01:01:29.099 is fallen angel of doom by fallen angel of doom. 01:01:29.219 --> 01:01:33.460 All right. There you go. Awesome. On that note, 01:01:33.519 --> 01:01:37.139 we will end today's show. 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