WEBVTT 00:01:08.750 --> 00:01:10.989 Welcome one and all to the latest episode of 00:01:10.989 --> 00:01:14.409 Signals from Mars. I'm your host, Victor. And 00:01:14.409 --> 00:01:16.769 for this episode, we welcome back Mr. Jeremy 00:01:16.769 --> 00:01:19.689 Weltman. Jeremy, how are you? Yeah, doing well. 00:01:19.750 --> 00:01:22.549 Thanks, Victor. Really hot day here in the UK 00:01:22.549 --> 00:01:26.810 as we're recording this, a hot evening. And I'm 00:01:26.810 --> 00:01:30.450 raring to go with all the June releases. Looking 00:01:30.450 --> 00:01:36.650 forward to this. How are you? Yeah. Hot here 00:01:36.650 --> 00:01:40.950 as well, although we're dealing with thunderstorms 00:01:40.950 --> 00:01:45.849 tonight. And the music is still hot and heavy, 00:01:45.909 --> 00:01:49.329 though, so that's the direction we're going in. 00:01:49.430 --> 00:01:53.909 A lot of good music was released in June of 2025. 00:01:55.170 --> 00:01:59.450 There have been some months where I think it's 00:01:59.450 --> 00:02:02.010 either been really good or kind of lean, and 00:02:02.010 --> 00:02:05.209 I think this month has a lot of... Really good 00:02:05.209 --> 00:02:09.409 stuff where it's kind of left me wondering if 00:02:09.409 --> 00:02:12.430 I was going to have ties for some of these weeks. 00:02:13.069 --> 00:02:22.330 So let's kick things off here with June 6th. 00:02:22.330 --> 00:02:26.009 We had new releases from Gruesome, Inglourious, 00:02:26.229 --> 00:02:31.870 Volbeat, Bear Mace, Turian, and the first stumbling 00:02:31.870 --> 00:02:38.169 block here. I can't even say block right. I guess 00:02:38.169 --> 00:02:45.009 this is Gosta, Bearing Saga, Mystic Circle, Austere, 00:02:45.210 --> 00:02:50.669 A to Z, Holy Roller, Catatonia, King Parrot, 00:02:50.990 --> 00:02:57.229 Orthodox, Turnstile, Reissues from Edge of Sanity, 00:02:57.370 --> 00:03:00.030 and Nightingale. And there was a compilation. 00:03:02.729 --> 00:03:06.449 Ramones Redux, depending on how you pronounce 00:03:06.449 --> 00:03:09.349 that, if you pronounce it in French or not. Continuing 00:03:09.349 --> 00:03:14.030 the series of reissues that have come out on 00:03:14.030 --> 00:03:16.889 Magnetic Eye, where they've done some interesting 00:03:16.889 --> 00:03:20.590 covers in the past. That's one of these that 00:03:20.590 --> 00:03:21.969 I really wanted to check out. I haven't done 00:03:21.969 --> 00:03:27.189 so yet. And as we are saying this, I'm noting 00:03:27.189 --> 00:03:31.120 that I want to check it out. Anyway. There was 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:35.800 also a Magic Power All -Star Tribute to Triumph 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:41.099 also was released. So, Jeremy, what did you listen 00:03:41.099 --> 00:03:44.960 to on June the 6th? I did actually listen to 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.639 that Magic. power tribute stuff and wasn't so 00:03:48.639 --> 00:03:51.520 impressed by it. But the things I was impressed 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:55.979 by, I listened to A to Z squared by A to Z, as 00:03:55.979 --> 00:03:58.580 you would say, but I would say A to Z squared 00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:03.300 by A to Z. Obviously, the Proggy Hard Rock Supergroup, 00:04:03.379 --> 00:04:06.400 they're back with a second album. And as you 00:04:06.400 --> 00:04:08.620 might expect from a band that features members 00:04:08.620 --> 00:04:11.439 of Fates Warning and other bands, and they do 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:13.780 have Jimmy Waldo of Alcatraz in there as well. 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.279 There's clearly some very good musicianship on 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:22.100 the album, which is to be expected. It does take 00:04:22.100 --> 00:04:26.379 a little bit of time, I guess, to hit home with 00:04:26.379 --> 00:04:29.519 these songs. It highlights the fact, really, 00:04:29.620 --> 00:04:32.660 that the band's not a straightforward hard rock 00:04:32.660 --> 00:04:36.579 outfit, I would say. So the songs need a few 00:04:36.579 --> 00:04:40.980 listens, which I try to give time to. At times, 00:04:40.980 --> 00:04:42.720 I think they could have done with a really good 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.439 songwriter to sort of come in and change some 00:04:45.439 --> 00:04:47.560 of the arrangements and improve the harmonies 00:04:47.560 --> 00:04:52.000 as well. I guess it's why I'm not that keen on 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:55.579 Dream Theater as well, to be honest. But I would 00:04:55.579 --> 00:04:58.259 say Song 5, Reaching Out, is one that I really 00:04:58.259 --> 00:05:01.180 liked. And there was something on there for anyone 00:05:01.180 --> 00:05:04.779 who likes this kind of music. So that was the 00:05:04.779 --> 00:05:08.079 first one. Nightmares as Extensions of the Waking 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:12.420 State by Catatonia. Not a band I would say that 00:05:12.420 --> 00:05:14.959 I'm that enamored by, so I haven't listened to 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.720 a lot of their music in the past, but it is very 00:05:17.720 --> 00:05:20.199 genuine. It is well -performed. I'd say it's 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:22.000 a bit different from the standard Swedish rock 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:27.279 band. What you would say is it's kind of, I guess 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:29.139 you'd describe it as progressive, melodic death 00:05:29.139 --> 00:05:32.040 metal. There's some sort of nifty guitar work 00:05:32.040 --> 00:05:35.000 on there. The vocals work well. I've sort of 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:38.579 quite enjoyed it, and I think... If I'm not mistaken, 00:05:38.620 --> 00:05:40.500 you're going to probably review it further a 00:05:40.500 --> 00:05:44.680 little bit later. So I'll move on to V by or 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:48.519 five by Inglorious. Nathan James back singing 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.519 his heart out again after a hiatus. A largely 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:54.540 sort of new band is sort of beefed up with the 00:05:54.540 --> 00:05:56.899 guitar exploits of the former Cradle of Filth 00:05:56.899 --> 00:06:00.300 ax man, Richard Shaw. And it really shows it 00:06:00.300 --> 00:06:03.259 has a harder edge than the previous four albums. 00:06:03.660 --> 00:06:05.980 Still has that trademark sort of classic rock 00:06:05.980 --> 00:06:08.699 melody, which I like. And if you're into hard 00:06:08.699 --> 00:06:11.300 rock with a guy who can clearly sing, then it's 00:06:11.300 --> 00:06:14.220 hard not to like this one. And, you know, in 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:18.079 a week where I sort of listen to a varied bit 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.220 of music, I would pick that probably as my... 00:06:20.779 --> 00:06:25.180 tip of the week all right cool uh this to me 00:06:25.180 --> 00:06:28.019 is is a very strong week it's one of the strongest 00:06:28.019 --> 00:06:33.660 weeks uh from this year because of how many new 00:06:33.660 --> 00:06:36.379 albums that were actually pretty good that came 00:06:36.379 --> 00:06:39.040 out i listened to uh turnstiles never enough 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:42.860 this really surprised me if you're looking for 00:06:42.860 --> 00:06:46.860 something that's a throwback to the 80s you know 00:06:46.860 --> 00:06:51.500 i was i was looking for something in the way 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:55.279 of punk or hardcore coming from turnstile, which 00:06:55.279 --> 00:07:00.360 is what they're known for. I don't want to say 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:04.279 this sounds like The Cure, but it's kind of in 00:07:04.279 --> 00:07:06.800 that vein of things that you would have categorized 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:15.120 with 80s alternative rock. Not Bad just wasn't 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:18.399 what I was looking for. I listened to King Parrot. 00:07:18.779 --> 00:07:21.240 a young person's guide to King Parrot because 00:07:21.240 --> 00:07:24.660 there was the possibility of seeing them open 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:28.300 up for Pantera this summer. And this is straight 00:07:28.300 --> 00:07:31.060 up death metal. King Parrot is from Australia. 00:07:32.399 --> 00:07:35.379 This is something that Ed would probably be a 00:07:35.379 --> 00:07:43.339 better person to judge what they're doing because 00:07:43.339 --> 00:07:47.720 it's just not up my alley personally. The Catatonia. 00:07:48.269 --> 00:07:53.250 I liked the first few songs, but it just kind 00:07:53.250 --> 00:07:56.610 of got monotonous to me after that. It just all 00:07:56.610 --> 00:07:58.930 kind of sounded the same. It sounded like one 00:07:58.930 --> 00:08:01.649 long song to me. I was hoping for a little bit 00:08:01.649 --> 00:08:08.410 more variety. I listened to Rat King by Holy 00:08:08.410 --> 00:08:12.709 Roller. It was all right. I really liked The 00:08:12.709 --> 00:08:15.389 Inglourious. See, there's the three that I haven't 00:08:15.389 --> 00:08:18.009 mentioned yet. I really like all three of them. 00:08:20.009 --> 00:08:24.029 Inglourious Beer 5, definitely the heaviest thing 00:08:24.029 --> 00:08:28.389 that they've released. And it's probably the 00:08:28.389 --> 00:08:30.649 most intricate thing that they've released as 00:08:30.649 --> 00:08:35.950 well because there's a song towards the end of 00:08:35.950 --> 00:08:38.049 the album, and I should have the title written 00:08:38.049 --> 00:08:41.549 down, but it starts out kind of slow, sounds 00:08:41.549 --> 00:08:44.009 like it's going to be a ballad. And then, boom, 00:08:44.090 --> 00:08:46.570 it just kicks into something completely different. 00:08:46.690 --> 00:08:48.889 And I was like, oh, wow, I was not expecting 00:08:48.889 --> 00:08:53.909 that. Because up until now, Inglourious has kind 00:08:53.909 --> 00:08:57.909 of been paint by numbers with what they do. And 00:08:57.909 --> 00:09:01.830 their last two albums have probably been their 00:09:01.830 --> 00:09:07.149 two heaviest, for lack of a better term. But 00:09:07.149 --> 00:09:09.529 this is definitely heavier than anything that 00:09:09.529 --> 00:09:12.240 they've done. I didn't know about the... the 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:16.159 members switch, but it, it makes sense. Outside 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:19.659 of Nathan James, this, this is honestly a revolving 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:22.980 door after, after their first album, they've 00:09:22.980 --> 00:09:25.639 switched people up continuously and he's been 00:09:25.639 --> 00:09:30.460 the focal point of this band anyway. So good 00:09:30.460 --> 00:09:33.919 on him for finding a good mix of talent for this 00:09:33.919 --> 00:09:36.320 album. Let's hope that they can stick together 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:40.440 and release more things. It reminded me closer. 00:09:42.220 --> 00:09:45.179 to what maybe a rival sons is doing and not saying 00:09:45.179 --> 00:09:48.179 that it sounds like, uh, like the Zeppelin influence, 00:09:48.340 --> 00:09:51.179 because I think that inglorious has always been 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:55.919 more towards. And the band that I'm going to 00:09:55.919 --> 00:09:58.200 mention is heavily influenced by Zeppelin. Anyway, 00:09:58.259 --> 00:10:02.039 they sounded more like a white snake due to his 00:10:02.039 --> 00:10:05.980 vocals, but this album is the first album that 00:10:05.980 --> 00:10:10.350 doesn't sound full on like white snake. So it 00:10:10.350 --> 00:10:14.870 sounds like something different. A to Z, A to 00:10:14.870 --> 00:10:20.330 Zed, A to Z squared. I really like this album 00:10:20.330 --> 00:10:24.210 from the first listened. And what I, the first 00:10:24.210 --> 00:10:28.370 thing that came to mind was it wasn't as proggy 00:10:28.370 --> 00:10:32.610 as I expected. So it's, it's funny how. We've 00:10:32.610 --> 00:10:35.110 got two different takes on, on the same album 00:10:35.110 --> 00:10:37.549 and that's completely fine. And that's why we 00:10:37.549 --> 00:10:40.090 do this because there are things that we listen 00:10:40.090 --> 00:10:41.789 to that we're going to interpret a different 00:10:41.789 --> 00:10:43.570 way. And there are people that are going to listen 00:10:43.570 --> 00:10:46.929 to this show in this episode and say, what the 00:10:46.929 --> 00:10:51.730 hell are these two guys talking about? Uh, that 00:10:51.730 --> 00:10:55.289 album is great. How are they panning that? But, 00:10:55.330 --> 00:11:01.399 um, to me, uh, my album of the week, And this 00:11:01.399 --> 00:11:04.340 was hard because this could have easily been 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:07.480 a tie. But because I secured tickets this morning 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:14.240 to go see Hailstorm and Volbeat, my album of 00:11:14.240 --> 00:11:20.580 the week is going to be Volbeat with Goat. Listen, 00:11:20.899 --> 00:11:27.179 Volbeat is a band that their second album really 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:29.909 captivated me. Their second and third album, 00:11:29.990 --> 00:11:33.169 I think, are great. They lost me for like two 00:11:33.169 --> 00:11:37.370 albums. And interestingly enough, it kind of 00:11:37.370 --> 00:11:40.590 coincided with Rob Caggiano leaving Anthrax and 00:11:40.590 --> 00:11:44.169 joining them. They kind of went, I don't want 00:11:44.169 --> 00:11:46.769 to say poppier, but they kind of went a little 00:11:46.769 --> 00:11:51.789 friendlier with radio friendly with some of their 00:11:51.789 --> 00:11:56.169 music. And it kind of turned me off to them. 00:11:57.440 --> 00:12:02.039 for for like two albums and they had a song here 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:05.059 there that i liked and then their previous album 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:07.139 they came back and i'm like okay this is what 00:12:07.139 --> 00:12:10.120 i wanted from them this is exactly what i expected 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:13.340 from them uh volby is a band that draws heavily 00:12:13.340 --> 00:12:17.500 from metallica from misfits from rockabilly music 00:12:17.500 --> 00:12:23.179 um there's even stuff that yeah i guess rockabilly 00:12:23.179 --> 00:12:25.730 is the the best way of of putting it because 00:12:25.730 --> 00:12:28.870 I mean, there are things that are more geared 00:12:28.870 --> 00:12:32.649 towards like Johnny Cochran type music or, or 00:12:32.649 --> 00:12:34.909 Eddie Cochran. I'm sorry, not Johnny Cochran. 00:12:34.970 --> 00:12:39.649 Johnny Cochran was a lawyer. Um, Eddie Cochran, 00:12:39.850 --> 00:12:44.409 um, some like early Elvis type stuff as well, 00:12:44.549 --> 00:12:48.409 which is there in the voice also, but I think 00:12:48.409 --> 00:12:50.529 the album is great. It slots in a lot of the 00:12:50.529 --> 00:12:54.799 songs slot in well with my, uh, Volbeat. So I'm 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:58.679 going to go with, um, ball beat is my album of 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:01.919 the week. And Jeremy has gone with inglorious. 00:13:01.940 --> 00:13:08.279 Cool. So let's move on to the 13th or, uh, since 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:12.200 you said it is ed, uh, if I want to go with a 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.759 heavy, um, New Jersey accent, I can see that 00:13:15.759 --> 00:13:21.120 I can say the 13th. Um, All right. So on the 00:13:21.120 --> 00:13:25.700 13th, we had new releases from Dolvin, Byzantine, 00:13:26.159 --> 00:13:33.559 Buck Cherry, Hollow Leg. Not to be confused with 00:13:33.559 --> 00:13:38.039 the old Trivia Tuesday question with Glue Leg 00:13:38.039 --> 00:13:42.240 having opened up for KISS. New albums from Pelugia, 00:13:42.399 --> 00:13:56.559 Psy, Hex Vessel, Nightmare. Malvada. Ocarist, 00:13:56.580 --> 00:14:03.799 I guess. Fairyland. We had a new live album from 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:09.340 Saxon, Eagles Over Hellfest Live. And we had 00:14:09.340 --> 00:14:12.120 two reissues. One of them is actually behind 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:15.690 me. I was contemplating if I was going to go 00:14:15.690 --> 00:14:21.090 the Jeremy route and picking a reissue this week, 00:14:21.129 --> 00:14:23.330 but I didn't. Oh, and there's a compilation. 00:14:23.629 --> 00:14:27.230 Chris Caffery with 20 years of the music man, 00:14:27.389 --> 00:14:32.350 Chris Caffery of Sabotage fame. Jeremy, what 00:14:32.350 --> 00:14:34.649 did you pick for this week? Yeah, I thought this 00:14:34.649 --> 00:14:37.330 was a pretty good week, but it was a Friday the 00:14:37.330 --> 00:14:39.750 13th, which is a very metal day, as you would 00:14:39.750 --> 00:14:42.940 expect. So this week I started off listening 00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:45.960 to Harbingers by Byzantine on the Metal Blade 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:49.799 label. And I thought this was pretty great, actually. 00:14:50.039 --> 00:14:52.559 It's their seventh studio album, but only the 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:55.940 second on this actual label. It's progressive 00:14:55.940 --> 00:14:59.120 thrash. It's very well delivered. Although I 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:01.360 would say there are two vocalists coming in together 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:03.360 at times and there could have been a little bit 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.000 of better tweaking in the mix. But, you know, 00:15:06.019 --> 00:15:10.299 there's a little minor. minor quibbles. It'll 00:15:10.299 --> 00:15:12.879 probably appeal to fans of Sons of the Apollo, 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.580 I guess. And although it's not all great, when 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:19.360 they get the guitars and the rhythm section together, 00:15:19.539 --> 00:15:22.980 it's very tight. And for the most part, it's 00:15:22.980 --> 00:15:26.220 a really interesting listen. So I did like that 00:15:26.220 --> 00:15:30.159 album quite a bit. I then moved on to a live 00:15:30.159 --> 00:15:32.299 album, actually, The Eagles Over Hellfest by 00:15:32.299 --> 00:15:35.220 Saxon, which you'd expect me to do, being obviously 00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:39.549 a big Saxon fan. The UK's irrepressible old school 00:15:39.549 --> 00:15:42.590 metal band are on tour at the moment. And, you 00:15:42.590 --> 00:15:45.090 know, where better to record another live album 00:15:45.090 --> 00:15:47.850 than Hellfest? This one, of course, is with Diamondhead 00:15:47.850 --> 00:15:52.269 guitarist Brian Tatler on board now. And while 00:15:52.269 --> 00:15:54.750 he said, you know, that his original band isn't 00:15:54.750 --> 00:15:56.470 finished, I guess, you know, we should start 00:15:56.470 --> 00:15:59.370 calling him a permanent Saxon member now because 00:15:59.370 --> 00:16:03.460 that's what he is. Just two new songs, I think, 00:16:03.480 --> 00:16:06.539 on this album. There's 14 songs on the set list. 00:16:07.340 --> 00:16:10.240 So they do Hellfire and Damnation and Madame 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:14.340 Guillotine from the latest studio album. But 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:15.840 there's all the usual numbers on there. Wheels 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:17.720 of Steel, Princess of the Knives, Heavy Metal 00:16:17.720 --> 00:16:20.980 Thunder. You can almost pick out what would be 00:16:20.980 --> 00:16:23.879 on there. It's very familiar. It's a heavy metal 00:16:23.879 --> 00:16:27.600 comfort blanket. And, you know, if you don't 00:16:27.600 --> 00:16:28.940 know what I'm talking about, you've either been 00:16:28.940 --> 00:16:32.539 living on Mars or you're 12 years old. And, you 00:16:32.539 --> 00:16:36.159 know, it does what it says on the tin. So, you 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:39.080 know, thumbs up to Saxon. Hope Biff recovers 00:16:39.080 --> 00:16:42.019 as well. He's ill at the moment. I then moved 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:46.080 on to Malvada, obviously a debut album by a band 00:16:46.080 --> 00:16:48.399 called Malvada. I think that's how you pronounce 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:51.759 it. It's an all -girl band on Frontiers. So I 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:53.980 actually thought it'd be fairly soft, melodic 00:16:53.980 --> 00:16:57.460 rock. But no, although it's melodic for sure, 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:59.779 there's a lot of very heavy guitar going on on 00:16:59.779 --> 00:17:02.620 this one. And while I'd say there's probably 00:17:02.620 --> 00:17:05.599 a few generic bits thrown in, it's amazingly 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:09.240 good, really good. It's very tight. It's rhythmic. 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:12.519 There's a great vocalist called Indira Castillo 00:17:12.519 --> 00:17:15.420 who actually sings. She doesn't shout. She doesn't 00:17:15.420 --> 00:17:19.220 squeal. She actually sings properly. A little 00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:21.099 bit of background, the band formed during the 00:17:21.099 --> 00:17:23.880 pandemic in 2020, but it's their debut album, 00:17:23.980 --> 00:17:27.420 as I said. And it's a four -piece and they hail 00:17:27.420 --> 00:17:30.200 from Brazil, where they've apparently played 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:32.759 live at a lot of festivals. And the songs are 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:35.259 a sort of a mix of English and Portuguese lyrics. 00:17:36.250 --> 00:17:38.410 I think Steve Hochul will be in his element in 00:17:38.410 --> 00:17:40.829 this one. I think he'll really like it. But to 00:17:40.829 --> 00:17:44.089 be honest, so am I. And I really, really like 00:17:44.089 --> 00:17:46.470 this album. It was a real surprise, which is 00:17:46.470 --> 00:17:48.710 why we do this show, because, you know, it turns 00:17:48.710 --> 00:17:52.250 up surprises. And so for that reason, I'm going 00:17:52.250 --> 00:17:56.150 to pick Malvada as my album of the week. Excellent. 00:17:56.609 --> 00:17:58.789 And by the way, if the meaning is the same in 00:17:58.789 --> 00:18:01.910 Portuguese as it is in Spanish, it means damned. 00:18:02.529 --> 00:18:09.700 Okay. Probably does. Yeah. All right. So I listened 00:18:09.700 --> 00:18:15.859 to Roar Like Thunder from Buck Cherry. I've really 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:18.380 liked the last few Buck Cherry releases. And 00:18:18.380 --> 00:18:21.200 I think this one kind of falls short of that 00:18:21.200 --> 00:18:25.099 one like really song that grabs you. I think 00:18:25.099 --> 00:18:28.000 that's what they've been fantastic with is that 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:31.460 with the last few albums, they've had two, three, 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:37.480 four songs that that. really grabbed me in that 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.680 you'd think of the band being around this long 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:42.680 and saying yeah when are they going to slow down 00:18:42.680 --> 00:18:45.940 you know it's uncharacteristic for a band to 00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:51.259 continue to release that number of you know good 00:18:51.259 --> 00:18:57.180 good material uh over the years and i think this 00:18:57.180 --> 00:18:59.759 one is kind of a notch below some of the more 00:18:59.759 --> 00:19:03.400 recent albums unfortunately Not a bad album by 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:05.420 any stretch of the imagination. It's just not 00:19:05.420 --> 00:19:10.440 as strong as what they've released. My album 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:12.900 of the week, you actually touched upon it already. 00:19:14.140 --> 00:19:21.480 Byzantine, Harbingers. This band, I've been following 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:25.119 them for the last three releases, if I'm not 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:32.390 mistaken. they have the right amount of guttural 00:19:32.390 --> 00:19:35.650 vocals. They have the right amount of clean vocals. 00:19:36.170 --> 00:19:38.549 There's a thrashiness to them. There's a straight 00:19:38.549 --> 00:19:41.490 up hard rock to them. They're pointing times 00:19:41.490 --> 00:19:44.630 where you get blast beats and it gets closer 00:19:44.630 --> 00:19:52.430 to even, you know, metal core at times. But the 00:19:52.430 --> 00:19:55.829 band has always surprised me with how varied 00:19:55.829 --> 00:20:01.230 their music is. They could easily just have, 00:20:01.250 --> 00:20:05.029 you know, polka beats throughout or blast beats 00:20:05.029 --> 00:20:07.970 throughout and they choose not to. They really 00:20:07.970 --> 00:20:10.509 mix things up, which is something that I greatly 00:20:10.509 --> 00:20:15.730 appreciate. So for me, Byzantine's Harbingers 00:20:15.730 --> 00:20:23.849 is my album of the week. All right, so let's 00:20:23.849 --> 00:20:36.839 move on to. The 20th here of June. And just adjusting 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:43.400 the list here. One second, folks. All right, 00:20:43.420 --> 00:20:50.720 here we go. The ever so popular Aelstorm with 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:53.619 the Thunderfist Chronicles. So for those of you 00:20:53.619 --> 00:20:56.599 that don't know. There are two forms of metal 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:59.500 that I've been asked not to post on Patreon. 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:06.640 One is pirate metal and one is folk metal. Symphonic 00:21:06.640 --> 00:21:11.079 metal is kind of on the edge there because every 00:21:11.079 --> 00:21:13.319 now and then there's a surprise here or there 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:18.160 with where they left the harpsichord unplugged 00:21:18.160 --> 00:21:26.160 and people will say it's passable. Um, but yeah, 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:29.160 so Aelstorm falls in that pirate metal. Sorry, 00:21:29.240 --> 00:21:37.180 folks. All right. Uh, um, we had new albums from 00:21:37.180 --> 00:21:45.059 Hero, I guess it's pronounced. Patristic, Rotgut. 00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:48.480 Oh, wow. This is, this is the week of, of me 00:21:48.480 --> 00:21:56.900 fumbling over names. Ema. Tarikat. Mugshot. Black 00:21:56.900 --> 00:22:07.119 Mastery. Cryptop. Cryptopsy. Cryptopsy. All right. 00:22:09.000 --> 00:22:15.259 Malevolence. Nad. Nad Sylvain. And Leverage. 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:19.019 We also got a compilation from Sweet. Not The 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:22.390 Sweet, but Sweet. level headed alternative mixes 00:22:22.390 --> 00:22:30.230 and demos. Um, yeah, I've, I've, I kind of made 00:22:30.230 --> 00:22:35.450 some annotations to some of these albums, so 00:22:35.450 --> 00:22:38.109 I wouldn't forget what I'd listened to. But, 00:22:38.170 --> 00:22:40.589 uh, Jeremy, what did you listen to this week? 00:22:41.450 --> 00:22:43.390 I think every metal band should actually send 00:22:43.390 --> 00:22:47.230 you their album titles and their name in their 00:22:47.230 --> 00:22:49.930 logo so that you have to read it out in their 00:22:49.930 --> 00:22:52.769 logo form. Because as you know, there's a lot 00:22:52.769 --> 00:22:54.309 of deaf metal bands out there that you can't 00:22:54.309 --> 00:22:58.609 even read the names. That would be amusing. Looks 00:22:58.609 --> 00:23:01.319 like tree branches and thorns. That's right. 00:23:02.500 --> 00:23:06.559 Yeah, and this week I found it a little bit more 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:10.319 difficult, but we do get that from time to time, 00:23:10.339 --> 00:23:13.380 and that's fine because we're picking out albums 00:23:13.380 --> 00:23:16.059 every single week in a month, and it's difficult. 00:23:16.460 --> 00:23:20.460 But I listened to Gravity by Leverage, a very 00:23:20.460 --> 00:23:24.359 interesting album on the Frontiers label, a band 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:27.920 I know very little about. It's a heavy rock sort 00:23:27.920 --> 00:23:30.579 of kind of almost epic power metal band from 00:23:30.579 --> 00:23:33.900 Finland. Music that I guess is rooted in, you 00:23:33.900 --> 00:23:36.200 know, some sort of traditional hard edge guitar, 00:23:36.279 --> 00:23:38.500 which, you know, for me makes it listenable. 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:41.599 Apparently, I found out that the band Singer 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:44.500 died in 2022, but they carried on with the new 00:23:44.500 --> 00:23:47.799 vocalist. And this is album number six in just 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:51.819 under two decades as well. I'd say it kind of 00:23:51.819 --> 00:23:54.559 stopped short of excelling completely, but how 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:58.119 many albums do we say that about? But it's a 00:23:58.119 --> 00:24:00.720 very enjoyable listen overall. It rounded out 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:05.700 with an epic eight -minute title track. If it 00:24:05.700 --> 00:24:08.660 was 80 minutes, we'd really be struggling, wouldn't 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:10.579 we? But it was an eight -minute title track at 00:24:10.579 --> 00:24:14.559 the end. So yeah, it was worthy of your time. 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.920 So go out there and listen to Gravity by Leverage. 00:24:16.980 --> 00:24:20.630 It was perfectly enjoyable. I also listened to 00:24:20.630 --> 00:24:24.210 Oceans of Black by Black Majesty, the Australian 00:24:24.210 --> 00:24:27.509 power metal band, keeping, I'd say, firmly within 00:24:27.509 --> 00:24:30.250 that genre, you know, sort of furious riffing, 00:24:30.289 --> 00:24:33.450 the songs about ravens, oceans of black, stones 00:24:33.450 --> 00:24:37.109 on fire, that sort of thing. It was, you know, 00:24:37.109 --> 00:24:39.410 they had an adequate but not entirely convincing 00:24:39.410 --> 00:24:43.089 singer, in my opinion. And I would say it was 00:24:43.089 --> 00:24:45.509 probably sort of fairly standard stuff. There 00:24:45.509 --> 00:24:49.430 was a generous dose of melody. I'd say the songs 00:24:49.430 --> 00:24:52.190 don't outstay their welcome. I'd say there was 00:24:52.190 --> 00:24:54.549 decent production quality on it, which helps. 00:24:54.970 --> 00:24:57.089 But it just didn't really stand out that much 00:24:57.089 --> 00:24:59.990 from the crowd, really. I welcomed their enthusiasm. 00:25:00.410 --> 00:25:03.130 I'm sure they'd be a very enjoyable support act, 00:25:03.230 --> 00:25:05.329 and I would certainly want to see them as a support 00:25:05.329 --> 00:25:08.710 act live. But it just didn't really sort of... 00:25:09.450 --> 00:25:11.950 sort of moved me. So I probably have to pick 00:25:11.950 --> 00:25:15.230 the Gravity album by Leverage as the album of 00:25:15.230 --> 00:25:20.950 the week. Okay. I listened to quite a few things 00:25:20.950 --> 00:25:28.750 this week. I listened to Wield by Hero. Very 00:25:28.750 --> 00:25:32.029 long prog rock, long songs, just not my thing. 00:25:33.000 --> 00:25:38.380 I listened to Mugshot and All the Devils Are 00:25:38.380 --> 00:25:42.819 Here, straight up death metal. I listened to 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:49.480 Black Magistry as well. And what else? I listened 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:55.019 to the Nad Sylvain and that's straight up 80s 00:25:55.019 --> 00:25:58.160 blues rock. But I'm going to go with Where Only 00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:02.700 the Truth is Spoken by Malevolence. I don't like 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:06.740 it as much as their previous album. It's good. 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:09.519 It's got some good tracks on it, but I don't 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:14.680 think it's as good to start to finish as their 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:19.099 previous album. This album is maybe missing the 00:26:19.099 --> 00:26:21.859 melodies that they had on the previous album 00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:25.940 with the back and forth vocals. And that's kind 00:26:25.940 --> 00:26:27.779 of what I missed here. I was really looking forward 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:29.960 to this album. It is still my album of the week. 00:26:31.579 --> 00:26:35.220 It's still not anywhere as close to what I was 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:40.500 looking for by the band. All right. Let's see. 00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:46.519 June 27th. We had new albums by Blood Vultures, 00:26:46.819 --> 00:26:53.319 TSS, Hot Milk, Heaven Shall Burn, King Witch, 00:26:53.779 --> 00:27:08.980 Warlord. putridity you yeah putridity okay nicholas 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:17.500 son sodom baby metal um i have venom here but 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:22.140 there was no venom album released robin lynn 00:27:22.140 --> 00:27:30.640 and tiffany kills ep from Deadlands reissue from 00:27:30.640 --> 00:27:34.640 Motorhead, their Manticore tapes, and a live 00:27:34.640 --> 00:27:41.619 album by Crystal Viper. Crystal Viper. Jeremy, 00:27:41.720 --> 00:27:43.630 what did you listen to this week? Yeah, I listened 00:27:43.630 --> 00:27:47.809 to a few. I started off just obviously sounding 00:27:47.809 --> 00:27:51.289 out the Manticore tapes by Motorhead. And why 00:27:51.289 --> 00:27:53.589 not? You know, all three original members, or 00:27:53.589 --> 00:27:56.150 I think the original members, weren't they? All 00:27:56.150 --> 00:27:59.930 dead now, unfortunately, passed away. And that's 00:27:59.930 --> 00:28:01.849 sad, isn't it? Because, you know, Motorhead was 00:28:01.849 --> 00:28:05.210 such an important part of our metal lives for 00:28:05.210 --> 00:28:08.609 so long. This is actually early recordings of 00:28:08.609 --> 00:28:10.369 the band, which you'd expect, you know, they 00:28:10.369 --> 00:28:13.250 were unreleased, very much with a sort of rock 00:28:13.250 --> 00:28:16.410 and roll and slightly punky edge than the sort 00:28:16.410 --> 00:28:18.670 of very loud heavy metal they kind of morphed 00:28:18.670 --> 00:28:21.410 into. There's three instrumentals, there's three 00:28:21.410 --> 00:28:24.230 alternative takes on here, and it's all got a 00:28:24.230 --> 00:28:26.390 really sort of very rough and ready soundcheck 00:28:26.390 --> 00:28:28.849 feel to it. I mean, it's obviously stuff that 00:28:28.849 --> 00:28:30.529 they didn't want to release at the time, and 00:28:30.529 --> 00:28:33.410 now they've gone, you know, they're sort of being 00:28:33.410 --> 00:28:36.759 put out there. I guess it's the sort of thing 00:28:36.759 --> 00:28:38.960 that usually gets bundled up with other, you 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:41.400 know, sort of superior albums. It's nothing that 00:28:41.400 --> 00:28:45.359 you would normally release on its own. So I guess 00:28:45.359 --> 00:28:48.359 you would describe this as one for the completists 00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:52.500 and the curious, but it's nothing more than that. 00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:55.359 It's definitely not a must buy. It's not a must 00:28:55.359 --> 00:28:59.059 listen. It was just interesting to hear it. That's 00:28:59.059 --> 00:29:02.579 all I would say about that. So I moved on to 00:29:02.579 --> 00:29:06.839 Electric Dreams by Niklas Sonne. this was a very 00:29:06.839 --> 00:29:09.119 listenable sort of heavy rock album that, you 00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:11.180 know, won't appeal to everyone given all the 00:29:11.180 --> 00:29:13.220 sort of technical assistance that gives it a 00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:15.640 rather sort of overproduced and generic sound. 00:29:15.900 --> 00:29:18.299 But, you know, this guy can really write a tune 00:29:18.299 --> 00:29:20.500 or two and it does contain, you know, the right 00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:23.720 amount of heaviness for me as on the track Shadows 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.099 in Between, which is a, you know, kind of I'd 00:29:26.099 --> 00:29:29.339 describe as Nickelback meets Metallica. sort 00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:32.160 of sound there's a really terrible ballad on 00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:34.660 here but you know and as you know as you know 00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:37.500 i like ballads generally but there are 12 songs 00:29:37.500 --> 00:29:39.819 on the album and it only lasts 42 minutes so 00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:42.880 i'd say nothing overstays its welcome and there's 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:45.579 no shortage of riffing as you know around the 00:29:45.579 --> 00:29:48.140 sort of high quality melodies that he does so 00:29:48.140 --> 00:29:51.569 um I'd say the previous, I went back and listened 00:29:51.569 --> 00:29:53.809 to the previous album Resonance and I'd say it 00:29:53.809 --> 00:29:56.390 was sort of more in your face in terms of production 00:29:56.390 --> 00:29:59.089 than this album. But, you know, it was a perfectly 00:29:59.089 --> 00:30:02.650 good listen for me particularly. So, yeah, it 00:30:02.650 --> 00:30:05.950 was fine. Then I moved on to World on Fire by 00:30:05.950 --> 00:30:10.660 Tiffany Kills. I guess should be dismissed out 00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:13.220 of hand for the inadequate mixing, but it does 00:30:13.220 --> 00:30:16.259 have a bit of an appeal all of its own. For one 00:30:16.259 --> 00:30:18.519 thing, I'd say it's old school hard rock with 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:21.180 some really great heavy riffs, courtesy of German 00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:25.200 ax man Matthias Dondiath. For another, the band 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:28.400 clearly have a set of really good tunes, so much 00:30:28.400 --> 00:30:31.480 so you'd really be happy listening to these guys 00:30:31.480 --> 00:30:35.279 live. I'd say there's good melodies on there, 00:30:35.339 --> 00:30:37.559 there's good choruses. Immediately thought of 00:30:37.559 --> 00:30:40.000 Demon, Praying Mantis. And what do you know? 00:30:40.079 --> 00:30:42.259 I found out the vocalist is actually Dutchman 00:30:42.259 --> 00:30:45.680 John Kuypers, who has actually fronted Praying 00:30:45.680 --> 00:30:48.400 Mantis since 2013. So there you go. I did recognize 00:30:48.400 --> 00:30:52.420 the voice. I don't know. In this week, I probably 00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:54.700 would pick that as my album of the week. It was 00:30:54.700 --> 00:30:57.460 more enjoyable than the other two. So yeah, there 00:30:57.460 --> 00:31:02.529 you go. That's the one I'll pick. Okay. For me, 00:31:02.529 --> 00:31:04.750 I listened to a bunch of things this week. I 00:31:04.750 --> 00:31:09.589 listened to Royal Lynn, Black Magic. This album 00:31:09.589 --> 00:31:17.309 came out on Epitaph. This is kind of a... I feel 00:31:17.309 --> 00:31:21.329 that we have a sudden push for people that are 00:31:21.329 --> 00:31:24.470 doing what Poppy has been doing these last few 00:31:24.470 --> 00:31:26.289 years. Listen, and what Poppy has been doing 00:31:26.289 --> 00:31:28.730 really isn't original, but she does it well. 00:31:29.289 --> 00:31:31.809 At least for me, she mixes the guttural with 00:31:31.809 --> 00:31:36.769 the pop nuances that she has really well. This 00:31:36.769 --> 00:31:41.750 Robin Lynn album, not bad, but we're starting 00:31:41.750 --> 00:31:47.170 to get to a wave where we're starting to see 00:31:47.170 --> 00:31:49.950 the copycats that are kind of starting to fall 00:31:49.950 --> 00:31:55.710 short. It's not bad, not terrible, but if I'm 00:31:55.710 --> 00:31:57.619 going to listen to this, I'm going to listen 00:31:57.619 --> 00:32:01.359 to other bands, just to be honest. Babymetal, 00:32:01.519 --> 00:32:05.619 Metal Fourth. This has a few tracks on it that 00:32:05.619 --> 00:32:09.180 I enjoyed. I usually enjoy a track or two off 00:32:09.180 --> 00:32:13.640 of each one of their albums, but they're relying 00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:16.640 a lot on collaborations this time around. I don't 00:32:16.640 --> 00:32:21.599 know if the well is starting to run dry, and 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:26.799 that's why. It's okay. Some of the songs are 00:32:26.799 --> 00:32:30.940 entertaining, but for the most part, it seems 00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:33.200 as if their albums are going down in quality 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:38.380 as the years go by. Listen to The Arsonist by 00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:42.079 Sodom. If you're looking for a Sodom album, it's 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.039 exactly what it sounds like. It's straight up 00:32:44.039 --> 00:32:52.720 thrash. There's no swerves on this at all. If 00:32:52.720 --> 00:32:55.180 you want to swerve, go with blood vultures and 00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:59.680 die close. This really surprised me because there 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:04.319 was word that the person behind this was Jordan, 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:07.920 the guy that's behind Two Minutes to Late Night, 00:33:08.019 --> 00:33:10.880 which is something that became very popular during 00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:16.380 the pandemic, where he would dress up as a vampire, 00:33:16.900 --> 00:33:20.000 per se. or I don't know what his character was. 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:24.700 And he would cover songs with other people. And 00:33:24.700 --> 00:33:27.980 a lot of the hip metal sites would, would post 00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:30.000 about it. And he was getting a lot of views. 00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:35.779 And at first I thought to myself, I'm like, yeah, 00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:40.519 you know, I don't know. I don't know that I want 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:43.599 to check this out or not, but the last song on 00:33:43.599 --> 00:33:46.539 the album, I want to point this out because the 00:33:46.539 --> 00:33:53.210 song. is what made me listen to the entire album. 00:33:53.490 --> 00:33:57.289 Blood Vulture. I was saying Blood Vultures. It's 00:33:57.289 --> 00:34:02.569 actually called Die Close Finale is the track. 00:34:03.970 --> 00:34:12.050 It takes you on a trip. It goes between some 00:34:12.050 --> 00:34:17.480 gothic metal to straight up hard rock. It's almost, 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:22.519 I don't want to say it's a 2025 rendition of 00:34:22.519 --> 00:34:26.440 Bohemian Rhapsody, but it's kind of like Bohemian 00:34:26.440 --> 00:34:28.280 Rhapsody in the sense that it's got different 00:34:28.280 --> 00:34:30.940 parts, different movements to it. It's pieced 00:34:30.940 --> 00:34:34.559 together really well. It sounds really cool. 00:34:34.760 --> 00:34:38.460 And if nothing else, check that song out. It's 00:34:38.460 --> 00:34:45.599 really good. But my album of the week. is going 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:49.519 to go to the British band King Witch, who I will 00:34:49.519 --> 00:34:53.900 be interviewing in the next few days. Their new 00:34:53.900 --> 00:34:57.559 album is called Simply Three. This is a band 00:34:57.559 --> 00:35:03.679 that I've been into for the last few years. I 00:35:03.679 --> 00:35:05.820 think this is their third album that I've really 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:13.340 paid attention to. And this reminds me of Sanhedrin 00:35:13.340 --> 00:35:18.170 to an extent. Because of the vocals, because 00:35:18.170 --> 00:35:23.489 it's a female singer, but. The vocals are really 00:35:23.489 --> 00:35:26.590 aggressive throughout this, like Ronnie James 00:35:26.590 --> 00:35:29.989 Dio type aggressive when Dio really did his his. 00:35:31.889 --> 00:35:37.329 Like take a song like Gypsy where Ronnie James 00:35:37.329 --> 00:35:41.269 Dio is going straight at it and it just gives 00:35:41.269 --> 00:35:47.389 off. a certain amount of, of swagger and power. 00:35:48.050 --> 00:35:50.829 That's what this album is chock full of. Uh, 00:35:50.929 --> 00:35:54.090 that's my, my best way of explaining it. Um, 00:35:54.389 --> 00:35:58.849 it's got hooks, it's got thick riffs. It is really 00:35:58.849 --> 00:36:02.449 good. Um, and I look forward to interviewing 00:36:02.449 --> 00:36:05.690 two members of the band this week, and that will 00:36:05.690 --> 00:36:08.730 be on signals from our shortly, hopefully so 00:36:08.730 --> 00:36:14.400 long as, uh, everything goes as, um, As planned, 00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:17.980 something I suggest you guys checking out. I 00:36:17.980 --> 00:36:22.539 think the album is really strong. But all right. 00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:25.900 So before wrapping this up, we're going to go 00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:31.880 over the albums we picked for June 6th. Jeremy 00:36:31.880 --> 00:36:36.039 picked V by Inglourious. I picked Goat by Volbeat. 00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:39.079 We had some honorable mentions there as well. 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:45.340 For June 13th, Jeremy went with the self -titled 00:36:45.340 --> 00:36:49.880 debut from Malvada. And I went with Harbingers 00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:58.699 from Byzantine. The 20th, Jeremy went with Gravity 00:36:58.699 --> 00:37:04.659 by Leverage. And I went with the new album from 00:37:04.659 --> 00:37:07.500 Malevolence, where only the truth is spoken. 00:37:08.429 --> 00:37:12.869 And on the 27th, Jeremy went with World on Fire 00:37:12.869 --> 00:37:17.650 by Tiffany Kills, and I went with Three by King 00:37:17.650 --> 00:37:21.730 Witch. Since we have some time here, and we usually 00:37:21.730 --> 00:37:25.309 do an episode set aside to the best of the first 00:37:25.309 --> 00:37:29.150 half of this year, we haven't set anything like 00:37:29.150 --> 00:37:31.710 that up yet. We may still do that, but I'm just 00:37:31.710 --> 00:37:33.889 going to run down some of the albums that we 00:37:33.889 --> 00:37:38.360 picked throughout the year. because I think it's 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:40.420 important to kind of touch on some of these. 00:37:40.960 --> 00:37:44.199 Interesting reminder. Yeah, it's a good reminder. 00:37:44.340 --> 00:37:47.539 And I don't think there's, remind me as we go 00:37:47.539 --> 00:37:50.980 along here, if there's a clean cut number one 00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:55.699 in your mind. I think last year Priest was clear 00:37:55.699 --> 00:37:57.860 cut. I think the year before that it was Rival 00:37:57.860 --> 00:38:02.099 Sons for the two of us as well. Yeah. I don't 00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:04.900 know that I have that this year yet. No. No, 00:38:04.960 --> 00:38:08.559 I don't think I have. Yeah, so let's go over 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:12.639 this real quick. In January, the albums that 00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:20.199 we picked were Sirens by Moon Wizard. For Jeremy, 00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:23.920 I picked March of the Unheard by The Halo Effect. 00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:31.579 Jeremy picked Time is the Fire by Tokyo Blade. 00:38:32.329 --> 00:38:37.610 I went with Land of the Blind by Dunes. Jeremy 00:38:37.610 --> 00:38:42.489 went with Higher Ground by Bonfire. I went with 00:38:42.489 --> 00:38:50.869 My God Has a Gun by Vukovic. For the final week 00:38:50.869 --> 00:38:54.969 in January, Jeremy went with Lightning in a Bottle 00:38:54.969 --> 00:38:58.750 by Pentagram. And I went with Anti -Fragile by 00:38:58.750 --> 00:39:06.519 All That Remains. February. First week, Jeremy 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:11.079 went with The World Was Never Enough by Days 00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:16.539 of Jupiter. I went with Lost in Flames by Saber. 00:39:17.840 --> 00:39:21.280 Jeremy went with Thrill of the Bite by Crazy 00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:25.380 Licks. I went with Sleepless Empire by Lacuna 00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:32.719 Coil. Let's see. Third week, Jeremy went with 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:39.099 Chapter 4 by Twins Crew. I went with The Consequence 00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:45.179 by Killswitch Engage. Then Jeremy went with Heart 00:39:45.179 --> 00:39:49.880 of a Lion by Perfect Plan. And I went with Plague 00:39:49.880 --> 00:39:53.980 of Rats by Brainstorm. Now, this month had three 00:39:53.980 --> 00:39:56.219 albums that I'm still listening to consistently. 00:39:57.900 --> 00:40:03.059 Looks like those are going to shape my end of 00:40:03.059 --> 00:40:08.260 the year list here. What happened here? Oh, okay. 00:40:08.320 --> 00:40:17.179 I see what happened. All right. For April. First 00:40:17.179 --> 00:40:19.800 week, Jeremy didn't have a pick. I went with 00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:26.340 Tsunami Sea by Spirit Box. Second week. Oh, no. 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:31.280 That's not true. Jeremy went with One Day Remains, 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:34.980 the 20th anniversary by Alter Bridge. Okay. It's 00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:39.699 farther down. The second week in April, Jeremy 00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:45.539 went with Heat Lightning by Sanhedrin. And I 00:40:45.539 --> 00:40:57.519 went with Stygian Waves by Envy of None. The 00:40:57.519 --> 00:41:00.320 following week, Jeremy went with Stereo Crush 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:06.340 from Goddard. And I went with New Delhi by Bloodywood. 00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:12.480 Then Jeremy went with Dark and Dangerous by Savage 00:41:12.480 --> 00:41:18.440 Master. And I went with Blood Dynasty from Arch 00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:29.949 Enemy. All right, April brought us... Let's see. 00:41:30.110 --> 00:41:34.090 Are We All Angels EP from Scal for you. I went 00:41:34.090 --> 00:41:39.469 with Get Well Soon from Low Pan. Second week, 00:41:39.489 --> 00:41:41.969 you went with Let's Call It Rock and Roll by 00:41:41.969 --> 00:41:50.090 Rock Out. I went with The Spin by Messa. The 00:41:50.090 --> 00:41:55.269 next week, you had two picks. You had Welcome 00:41:55.269 --> 00:42:00.019 to the Future by Heat. And Skeletor by Ghost. 00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:05.219 And it looks like I had two as well. I had the 00:42:05.219 --> 00:42:09.219 Ghost album and also had Mid -Death Crisis by 00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:15.480 Wednesday 13. Some quality music. What did I 00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:18.059 do? I started all the way at the end. Yeah, that 00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:22.239 was brilliant. So, no, I skipped over a week. 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:27.570 What did I do here? No, that's right. That's 00:42:27.570 --> 00:42:31.489 right. Did that. Okay. So I see. So on the 18th, 00:42:31.489 --> 00:42:36.730 um, there was just my pick. It was a horror vac. 00:42:36.829 --> 00:42:43.170 We from sick and beautiful in may. Uh, let's 00:42:43.170 --> 00:42:47.389 see. First week of may you went with age. Age 00:42:47.389 --> 00:42:51.750 of the Void by Under Ruins. And I went with Welcome 00:42:51.750 --> 00:42:54.829 to the Church of the Pistoleros by Gypsy Pistoleros. 00:42:55.769 --> 00:42:58.570 Second week, you went with Rumble and Roar from 00:42:58.570 --> 00:43:02.070 Paralyzed. I went with The Ugly Side of Me by 00:43:02.070 --> 00:43:09.610 Tetraarch. You went with Maestro from Magic Pie. 00:43:09.949 --> 00:43:14.550 And I went with Nations Neurosis by Waltari. 00:43:17.610 --> 00:43:21.889 Um, the following week you went with live at 00:43:21.889 --> 00:43:25.050 rock and period festival from Ronnie Romero. 00:43:25.050 --> 00:43:30.929 And I went with steel rust and disgust from midnight. 00:43:31.590 --> 00:43:37.409 And the last week in may had you with the dead 00:43:37.409 --> 00:43:40.510 daisies looking for trouble. And I went with 00:43:40.510 --> 00:43:44.469 songs of the last resort or songs of last resort 00:43:44.469 --> 00:43:49.179 from the haunted. And obviously we just did June. 00:43:50.320 --> 00:43:54.079 So you've got all that info there, folks. In 00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:58.679 any event, this is the end of our June albums 00:43:58.679 --> 00:44:01.539 recap and our quick mini recap of the first half 00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:05.079 of 2025. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Jeremy, thank 00:44:05.079 --> 00:44:09.039 you for joining me. And we will see you next 00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:12.800 time right here on Signals from Ours. See you, 00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:28.760 folks. You can watch the show live on YouTube, 00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:32.340 Facebook, Twitter, and Twitch. Or check out replays 00:44:32.340 --> 00:44:35.559 on YouTube. Go to signalsfrommars .com for more 00:44:35.559 --> 00:44:37.559 information. This concludes our show.