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Got Sean Richmond in the chat. 00:05:10.620 --> 00:05:15.920 We've got, let's see, Brad Dahl and Ed Ferguson. 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.600 And we've got Jeremy Weltman joining me as well 00:05:20.600 --> 00:05:24.360 on camera. This is a super fun episode. It was 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:29.860 to recap all these great albums. I'm not going 00:05:29.860 --> 00:05:32.839 to give away too many things. I think for most, 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:37.360 this was a surprise winner. Hang out all the 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:39.480 way until the end and let me know what you think. 00:05:40.360 --> 00:05:43.779 Let me know if it's a surprise or it may have 00:05:43.779 --> 00:05:46.699 been your number one for the year. And for people 00:05:46.699 --> 00:05:49.240 that say that there's no good music coming out 00:05:49.240 --> 00:06:14.189 in 2025, 2026, here's proof. There is. Welcome 00:06:14.189 --> 00:06:20.449 to the 2025 Countdown, Albums Countdown here 00:06:20.449 --> 00:06:25.170 on Signals from Mars. We're joined by Jeremy 00:06:25.170 --> 00:06:32.470 Weltman in the UK, Ed Ferguson in Kentucky, and 00:06:32.470 --> 00:06:39.089 Dr. Poison, president of Yard Metal in Idaho. 00:06:39.149 --> 00:06:44.089 Also joined in the chat by... Edgar Winterson 00:06:44.089 --> 00:06:49.610 and Tony Espin. And there may be a few others 00:06:49.610 --> 00:06:52.629 that may pronounce themselves throughout the 00:06:52.629 --> 00:06:56.990 show. So cool. Glad to have those guys in the 00:06:56.990 --> 00:07:01.310 chat. That's cool. There's Sean Richmond. Cool. 00:07:01.410 --> 00:07:08.290 So we, I've compiled a list of albums that people 00:07:08.290 --> 00:07:11.779 have voted on. They've sent me their, 10 favorites 00:07:11.779 --> 00:07:16.379 of 2025. And for those of you that are new to 00:07:16.379 --> 00:07:21.480 this and joining us, what I do is for everyone's 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:24.980 number one album, that gets assigned 10 points. 00:07:25.779 --> 00:07:30.839 Number two gets assigned nine points and it goes 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:34.339 all the way down to number one or number 10, 00:07:34.379 --> 00:07:39.300 excuse me, which gets one point. 80 total albums 00:07:39.300 --> 00:07:46.500 were voted on. So there's a lot of good stuff 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:49.819 that came out this year. As I like to say all 00:07:49.819 --> 00:07:56.459 the time, we help kind of fuel the fire for you 00:07:56.459 --> 00:08:00.579 guys to check out new music from new bands, old 00:08:00.579 --> 00:08:04.660 bands that maybe you lost track of, other bands 00:08:04.660 --> 00:08:06.180 that have come along the way that maybe you've 00:08:06.180 --> 00:08:09.639 never heard of, that may be just new to you, 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:12.930 but they're not necessarily new. But anyway, 00:08:13.009 --> 00:08:18.889 we're going to go over the top 10 here. And this 00:08:18.889 --> 00:08:22.370 should be an interesting discussion. I'm trying 00:08:22.370 --> 00:08:26.230 to think if everyone that's here got an album 00:08:26.230 --> 00:08:30.850 in the top 10. Let me see. I hope so. I was going 00:08:30.850 --> 00:08:33.269 to say it's been good talking to you guys because 00:08:33.269 --> 00:08:37.750 usually all of mine are at the bottom. So I'm 00:08:37.750 --> 00:08:41.350 a spectator most of the time. Maybe Testament 00:08:41.350 --> 00:08:47.230 will get me in there somewhere. Surely. But if 00:08:47.230 --> 00:08:49.190 not, I'll catch up with you guys at the end of 00:08:49.190 --> 00:08:53.529 the show. I'm sure there are other albums that 00:08:53.529 --> 00:08:56.129 you got a chance to listen to that maybe you 00:08:56.129 --> 00:08:59.169 could comment on. There's some of these that 00:08:59.169 --> 00:09:03.889 I've listened to the majority of the top 10. 00:09:07.340 --> 00:09:09.899 I've listened to the majority of the top 10. 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:14.879 I can't say that all of them made my top 10. 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:17.960 There are some that were nowhere near consideration 00:09:17.960 --> 00:09:21.740 for me. And there's one that I didn't really 00:09:21.740 --> 00:09:33.720 get a chance to check out. But anyway. Yeah, 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:38.059 that's true. Yeah, yeah. Shots fired across the 00:09:38.059 --> 00:09:45.360 bow there. All right. Let's, oh, shit. I'm missing 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:52.019 an important component here. This is what happens 00:09:52.019 --> 00:09:55.580 when you're rushing to try to get things done. 00:09:56.100 --> 00:10:00.340 You forget things. So bear with me one second, 00:10:00.460 --> 00:10:10.340 folks. I knew I was missing something. All right, 00:10:10.379 --> 00:10:21.799 there we go. So, all right. So this is an exciting 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:24.940 part of the show where I am uploading graphics. 00:10:26.179 --> 00:10:31.879 Anyway, Brad, what do you think the number one 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:40.649 is? Ooh, wow. I don't know. I don't know. I'm 00:10:40.649 --> 00:10:42.330 not ready for this question. I'm going to go. 00:10:43.350 --> 00:10:45.669 I feel like Testament's very strong with this 00:10:45.669 --> 00:10:48.049 group. So I'm going to I'm going to I'm going 00:10:48.049 --> 00:10:55.110 to go Testament. OK, Ed, what do you think? Remind 00:10:55.110 --> 00:10:57.110 me, did Ghost have an album this year or was 00:10:57.110 --> 00:10:59.169 it Sleep Token? I can't. It's one of those bands. 00:10:59.610 --> 00:11:05.149 All right. Well, then I'll I'll say Ghost. OK, 00:11:05.269 --> 00:11:08.980 they they they won the last time they had. Fair 00:11:08.980 --> 00:11:15.240 point. Jeremy, what do you think? I was going 00:11:15.240 --> 00:11:18.320 to pick one or two of those two. It's going to 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.500 be an old ghost because I thought, yeah, likely 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:23.799 that most of us have voted for them in our top 00:11:23.799 --> 00:11:26.740 ten. So I'll just give you an outside bet then 00:11:26.740 --> 00:11:31.440 as just a bit of fun. I'll say Fury. All right. 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:36.519 Okay. People love that. I don't think it will 00:11:36.519 --> 00:11:41.000 be, but you never know. Would it surprise anyone 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:46.600 if one of the bands that you guys just mentioned 00:11:46.600 --> 00:11:51.840 didn't make the top 10? Yes. Yes. That would 00:11:51.840 --> 00:11:57.879 surprise me. Yeah. Yeah. Very much so. I think 00:11:57.879 --> 00:12:01.080 there are. I know who's going to be number one. 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:10.019 No, you've already said it. Who? Don Airy. It's 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:12.480 a good album. That Don Erie album isn't bad, 00:12:12.639 --> 00:12:15.620 all right? It's better than bad. It's good. It's 00:12:15.620 --> 00:12:17.879 really good. There's some great stuff on there. 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:21.139 It's heavier than anything that Deep Purple has 00:12:21.139 --> 00:12:26.480 released in ages. I'll say that. Who's the singer 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:29.179 on that, Jeremy? Do you know? No, I don't. I 00:12:29.179 --> 00:12:32.000 can't remember. It's been quite a while since 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:36.789 that was released, yeah. The singer on that album 00:12:36.789 --> 00:12:45.789 is Jimmy Souvlaki. Jimmy Souvlaki? I like Souvlaki. 00:12:46.110 --> 00:12:49.690 Very tasty Greek dish. That's why. That's the 00:12:49.690 --> 00:12:51.950 first thing that popped into my mind. All right. 00:12:51.990 --> 00:12:55.669 I am now ready to commence. I apologize. All 00:12:55.669 --> 00:13:02.019 right. So here we go. Number 10. All right. This 00:13:02.019 --> 00:13:06.899 album was released in September. September 26th 00:13:06.899 --> 00:13:15.799 of 2025. It had guest appearances from... I can 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.820 never pronounce his name correctly. It is Michael 00:13:18.820 --> 00:13:25.179 Achenfeld from Opeth. Is that how you pronounce 00:13:25.179 --> 00:13:33.460 his name? Yep. The name... of the album is portals 00:13:33.460 --> 00:13:43.759 and it is the vintage caravan so this is one 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.919 that i did not check out this is one that obviously 00:13:46.919 --> 00:13:53.399 i need to check out um did anyone listen to this 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:56.960 and anyone have any thoughts on it brad you listen 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.250 to it yeah this uh this Was right there at my 00:14:00.250 --> 00:14:03.049 top 10. This was going to be in the middle of 00:14:03.049 --> 00:14:07.590 it. I don't know. Well, other things pushed it 00:14:07.590 --> 00:14:10.129 out. I really like this album a lot. It's a good 00:14:10.129 --> 00:14:12.809 sounding album. It's just, it's not the same 00:14:12.809 --> 00:14:16.049 old stuff that, you know, anybody else is doing. 00:14:17.889 --> 00:14:21.250 Yeah. And Ackfeld, whatever his name is, I don't 00:14:21.250 --> 00:14:22.870 know that his contribution was that great to 00:14:22.870 --> 00:14:27.909 the album, but I think it's fantastic. So well 00:14:27.909 --> 00:14:31.740 done. Well done, lads. Jeremy, did you get a 00:14:31.740 --> 00:14:33.360 chance to listen to this one? Yeah, I did. And 00:14:33.360 --> 00:14:35.720 I think when we did our regular monthly reviews, 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:37.799 I think I gave it a good review at the time. 00:14:37.820 --> 00:14:40.320 I'm not sure whether it was actually my album 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.519 of the week or anything, because it's quite a 00:14:42.519 --> 00:14:45.220 while back. But yeah, I really enjoyed the album. 00:14:45.419 --> 00:14:47.240 And in fact, if you remember, Victor, I sent 00:14:47.240 --> 00:14:49.460 you my top 10, but I also sent you sort of three 00:14:49.460 --> 00:14:51.559 that were trailing behind that. And it was one 00:14:51.559 --> 00:14:53.779 of those. So it was there, you know, it was on 00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:56.379 the cusp of my top 10, really. And it was only 00:14:56.379 --> 00:14:58.220 because there was just so many albums and it 00:14:58.220 --> 00:15:01.100 just had to push out of the top 10. So, yeah, 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:05.159 really good music, very well produced. They've 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:08.419 got like a nice, unique sound to it. And, yeah, 00:15:08.539 --> 00:15:13.460 really enjoyable. Okay. Yeah. Excellent. I highly 00:15:13.460 --> 00:15:16.419 recommend it. And the boys are from Iceland. 00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:20.289 How about that? I don't know if they really work 00:15:20.289 --> 00:15:22.210 out of Iceland or if they've moved their headquarters 00:15:22.210 --> 00:15:25.950 somewhere else. But yeah, really, really nice 00:15:25.950 --> 00:15:28.450 stuff. They deserve to be heard. And one thing 00:15:28.450 --> 00:15:30.309 I like about them as compared to some of the 00:15:30.309 --> 00:15:32.870 other albums that I like that came out last year, 00:15:32.909 --> 00:15:35.470 this is a real band. These guys actually go out 00:15:35.470 --> 00:15:38.529 and play. And they're the real deal. Their live 00:15:38.529 --> 00:15:40.450 album that came out, I think, two years ago, 00:15:40.629 --> 00:15:46.360 Monuments Tour Live. Get that, okay? Listen to 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:49.419 that. That is some serious live music and just 00:15:49.419 --> 00:15:53.059 fantastic. These guys can play. They can rock. 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:58.759 Okay. Ed, anything to say about Vintage Caravan? 00:15:59.580 --> 00:16:04.039 No, I've not heard this one. Tell me what they 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:07.820 sound like real quickly. Wow. What would you 00:16:07.820 --> 00:16:11.870 compare them to? Because I've not heard it. That's 00:16:11.870 --> 00:16:15.190 a really, man. Is it hard rock or does it cross 00:16:15.190 --> 00:16:20.350 on over to metal? Yeah. It's kind of, I'm going 00:16:20.350 --> 00:16:28.370 to say, got a 70s vibe to it. Yeah. But it's 00:16:28.370 --> 00:16:32.129 rock. I would say it's like 70s hard rock is 00:16:32.129 --> 00:16:35.509 where I would place it. I don't have a band that 00:16:35.509 --> 00:16:37.169 I would say, Oh, these guys sound just like these 00:16:37.169 --> 00:16:40.190 guys. That does it. I get what you're saying. 00:16:40.330 --> 00:16:43.330 Yeah. Yeah. I'd love, I'd love to chat with them 00:16:43.330 --> 00:16:45.269 now and find out what their influences are. And 00:16:45.269 --> 00:16:48.429 I mean, I think they're youngish guys, but not 00:16:48.429 --> 00:16:50.649 even sure of that. I think this is the fourth 00:16:50.649 --> 00:16:59.210 or fifth album. I'm not sure. Let me see. This 00:16:59.210 --> 00:17:02.879 is their. I mean, it says their influences are 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:05.460 Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple and those sort of 00:17:05.460 --> 00:17:07.420 bands, so you can get the feel of what, you know. 00:17:07.500 --> 00:17:13.380 Yeah, okay. Yeah. Yeah, I would say Deep Purple 00:17:13.380 --> 00:17:17.220 as far as the live stuff, because there's a fair 00:17:17.220 --> 00:17:19.059 amount of just jam in there where they're just 00:17:19.059 --> 00:17:23.000 blowing off each other. It's really good stuff. 00:17:23.619 --> 00:17:26.720 I play a fair amount of their music on Yard Metal. 00:17:27.870 --> 00:17:31.089 Victor, make sure later on this week that you 00:17:31.089 --> 00:17:34.849 post our list on Patreon so that I can remember 00:17:34.849 --> 00:17:38.450 to go back and check that out. Yeah, yeah. When 00:17:38.450 --> 00:17:42.210 I post this episode, which should be next Friday, 00:17:42.349 --> 00:17:45.509 I'll post the entire All 80 albums that were 00:17:45.509 --> 00:17:54.960 voted on. All right. Number nine. Number nine 00:17:54.960 --> 00:18:02.339 was released on August 8th, was recorded at Georgia 00:18:02.339 --> 00:18:06.720 May Studios and the Dark Garden. Clock's in at 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:10.460 48 minutes, 31 seconds. The label is Atlantic, 00:18:10.839 --> 00:18:17.259 produced by David Cobb or Dave Cobb. It is the 00:18:17.259 --> 00:18:21.619 sixth studio album by this band. Singles that 00:18:21.619 --> 00:18:29.119 came out. off of this album. Like a Woman Can, 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:33.400 Rain Your Blood on Me, Darkness Always Wins, 00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:40.960 and the title track, which is Everest. This is 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:46.359 Hailstorm. Oh, wow. Quite a few people voted 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:52.019 for this one. I have to say, I'm not a fan of 00:18:52.019 --> 00:18:54.619 this album. This is like the first Hailstorm 00:18:54.619 --> 00:19:01.019 album in a few releases that just did nothing 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:04.920 for me. There's two songs that I like off of 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:10.059 it. And listen, if this is your thing, then what 00:19:10.059 --> 00:19:14.660 the hell do I know? Enjoy it. But this album 00:19:14.660 --> 00:19:18.579 just kind of did nothing for me. Anyone want 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:23.539 to discuss it? Yeah, I didn't have it in my top 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:26.420 10, but it was, again, another one that was very 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:29.599 close. I listened to it again quite recently, 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:32.380 thinking I might put it in the top 10. I really 00:19:32.380 --> 00:19:35.039 enjoy it. I think it's good. I really enjoyed 00:19:35.039 --> 00:19:37.960 them playing at the Black Sabbath show, you know, 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:41.279 for Ozzy. I thought Lizzy Hale was really good 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:43.920 there. There's some real good rockers on here 00:19:43.920 --> 00:19:46.839 and some really good sort of choruses and melodies 00:19:46.839 --> 00:19:51.849 that she's doing. Yeah, it's a good album, a 00:19:51.849 --> 00:19:53.809 good rocker, and I can see why it's in the top 00:19:53.809 --> 00:19:59.950 ten. Okay. Anyone else? It's interesting to hear 00:19:59.950 --> 00:20:03.769 the two of you, one who doesn't quite like it 00:20:03.769 --> 00:20:05.950 and the other who thought it was really good. 00:20:06.930 --> 00:20:10.470 You see how every album hits people differently, 00:20:10.589 --> 00:20:13.190 doesn't it? Yeah. And I haven't heard it, so 00:20:13.190 --> 00:20:15.970 I can't comment on it. But now that Jeremy said 00:20:15.970 --> 00:20:17.950 he likes it, I feel like I should listen to it. 00:20:18.650 --> 00:20:21.990 I listen to Jeremy. He's like the EF Hutton of 00:20:21.990 --> 00:20:27.390 music. He speaks. I listen. He's like EF Hutton 00:20:27.390 --> 00:20:32.710 to you? Yeah. Were you telling everybody to sell 00:20:32.710 --> 00:20:40.049 silver today, Jeremy? Telling everyone to get 00:20:40.049 --> 00:20:47.029 a haircut today. All right. I'm going to listen 00:20:47.029 --> 00:20:49.269 to that album, though. I will listen to it. Yeah. 00:20:51.509 --> 00:20:55.710 Did Edgar Wenderson just send us some Venom logos 00:20:55.710 --> 00:20:59.369 there? What is that? It's so tiny, I can't tell 00:20:59.369 --> 00:21:03.430 what it is. Let's see. It doesn't translate when 00:21:03.430 --> 00:21:06.190 it pops up on the screen. From back here, it 00:21:06.190 --> 00:21:08.250 looks like snowflakes, and from up here, it looks 00:21:08.250 --> 00:21:11.990 like the Venom logo. Yeah, could be. What the 00:21:11.990 --> 00:21:19.569 goat said. Yeah. All right, so at number eight, 00:21:19.710 --> 00:21:26.150 this is the 17th studio album by this band, released 00:21:26.150 --> 00:21:33.569 on August 29th, recorded between 2024 and 2025. 00:21:35.730 --> 00:21:39.829 This was recorded all over the place. It was 00:21:39.829 --> 00:21:43.529 recorded in Spain. It was recorded in Germany. 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:50.900 Comes in at 50 minutes, 35 seconds. The label 00:21:50.900 --> 00:21:59.279 is reigning Phoenix producers, Charlie. I can't 00:21:59.279 --> 00:22:03.839 pronounce this last name. And Dennis Ward of 00:22:03.839 --> 00:22:12.559 69. Yeah. And when I say these singles. I know 00:22:12.559 --> 00:22:14.900 one of you is going to recognize this if they 00:22:14.900 --> 00:22:19.839 haven't already. But the singles in June, they 00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:24.539 released This Is Tokyo. And in July, they released 00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:36.440 Universe. This is Halloween with giants and monsters. 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:42.359 Jeremy? Yes. You've been on a Halloween kick. 00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:45.619 I have. I have. I didn't like Halloween until 00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:48.660 very, very recently, I must admit. I never really 00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:51.380 got into the music. I even saw them once at Download 00:22:51.380 --> 00:22:53.940 Festival for about five minutes and walked away. 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:57.900 But then I heard this album, and this album is 00:22:57.900 --> 00:23:01.559 monumental. It was just incredible. I just loved 00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:03.400 it. I loved every bit of it. I thought every 00:23:03.400 --> 00:23:05.680 song on it was amazing. I give it a 9 out of 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:10.160 10. It was my number one. I then went back and 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:12.619 listened to the previous album and I like that 00:23:12.619 --> 00:23:15.980 just as much. But anyway, on this one, it just 00:23:15.980 --> 00:23:19.200 starts off with, you know, with a great track 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:21.259 and it just ends with a great track. It's got 00:23:21.259 --> 00:23:23.960 a song called Majestic on it, which is incredible. 00:23:24.279 --> 00:23:26.799 Sounds like exactly the name that it's been given. 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:30.759 The playing is fantastic. The singing is fantastic. 00:23:30.819 --> 00:23:33.460 And it's a very varied album. You know, there's 00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:36.160 some very commercial tracks on there, but there's 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.500 also some sort of... you know, more power metal 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:41.400 rockers. But they just know how to create a song. 00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:43.880 They are one of the greatest power metal bands 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:46.720 because they, you know, listening to their music, 00:23:46.799 --> 00:23:51.180 they play the great songs of power metal. And 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:53.539 that's all I'm going to say about it. It's fantastic. 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:58.160 Did you buy that album? I did, yeah. I bought 00:23:58.160 --> 00:24:01.000 it on vinyl. And yeah, I'm really glad I did 00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:03.640 because it's a cherished one in my collection. 00:24:04.019 --> 00:24:07.119 Yeah, it sounds like it. Black and Yellow Swirl, 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:10.619 if I'm not mistaken. Yes, that's right. I've 00:24:10.619 --> 00:24:16.099 seen it on social media. Yeah, yeah. I will say 00:24:16.099 --> 00:24:21.099 that I enjoy this album a lot more than the previous 00:24:21.099 --> 00:24:24.920 album. Like the previous album, it felt like 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:27.460 they were trying too hard to make a Halloween 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:29.900 album where I think this album is a lot more 00:24:29.900 --> 00:24:33.539 varied, as you said, Jeremy. And I appreciate 00:24:33.539 --> 00:24:36.700 that. I like that. There are elements that are 00:24:36.700 --> 00:24:40.319 classic Halloween from different parts of their 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:45.019 career, but that they've also tried different 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:50.740 things here where, you know, I feel that before 00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:55.099 they put this lineup together, they had become 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:57.519 a Halloween tribute band. And for as much as 00:24:57.519 --> 00:25:00.660 people will say with other bands, oh. Judas Priest, 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:02.779 they've only got two original members. No, but 00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:04.799 Priest is still putting out really good music. 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:09.700 You know, Halloween, in my opinion, wasn't. For 00:25:09.700 --> 00:25:13.940 a good stretch of albums there, they put out 00:25:13.940 --> 00:25:18.720 a bunch of boring albums. In my opinion, that 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:27.119 was just them copying themselves. So I appreciate 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:30.000 this album. I like it a lot more. than what i 00:25:30.000 --> 00:25:35.460 expected i would have um it was in my top 10. 00:25:35.980 --> 00:25:39.720 i don't remember where i put it but i listened 00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:43.180 to it these last few days to try to get the ranking 00:25:43.180 --> 00:25:50.599 um and and i enjoyed it so a pink bubbles goes 00:25:50.599 --> 00:25:54.599 ape has has some pretty good songs on there so 00:25:54.599 --> 00:26:03.240 don't know um all right Let's move on here. Number 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:09.980 seven. Number seven. All right, this is the ninth 00:26:09.980 --> 00:26:13.779 studio album by this band. It was released on 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:18.700 June 6th, was recorded between October to November 00:26:18.700 --> 00:26:24.680 of 2024. Clock's in at 44 minutes and 10 seconds. 00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:29.569 Released on Vertigo. Republic and Universal, 00:26:29.950 --> 00:26:35.609 produced by Jacob Hansen and Michael Polson. 00:26:36.849 --> 00:26:41.910 The singles off of this include By a Monster's 00:26:41.910 --> 00:26:45.730 Hand, In the Barn of the Goat Giving Birth to 00:26:45.730 --> 00:26:50.829 Satan's Spawn in a Dying World of Doom, and Time 00:26:50.829 --> 00:26:56.319 Will Heal. Wow. Can we have that? that song title 00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:59.799 again i just want to hear what that in the barn 00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:04.420 yes in the barn of the goat giving birth to satan's 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:08.160 spawn in a dying world of doom that must be the 00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:10.960 most metal song title i've ever heard in my life 00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:16.640 yeah um this album is this the peter chris's 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:23.299 album hey the peter chris album made this list 00:27:25.130 --> 00:27:28.549 So I'm not going to say where. Wow. Multiple 00:27:28.549 --> 00:27:31.690 people voted for it. I've yet to listen to it. 00:27:33.029 --> 00:27:35.009 All right. You don't want to spend the money. 00:27:35.930 --> 00:27:49.009 So it is Gods of Angels Trust or Goat by Volbeat. 00:27:50.150 --> 00:27:52.890 This is a band that I was supposed to see last 00:27:52.890 --> 00:27:57.980 summer before. Um, everything that took place, 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:02.880 um, while we were on vacation took place. Uh, 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.200 it is a band whose, whose early career I thoroughly 00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:10.079 enjoyed. And then they lost me for a few releases 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:14.259 and the last two they've kind of right ship again. 00:28:14.960 --> 00:28:19.039 Um, this is in my top 10. This I think is my 00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:24.309 number three, if I'm not mistaken. Yeah, it is. 00:28:25.589 --> 00:28:30.829 I had to listen to this several times again this 00:28:30.829 --> 00:28:35.470 week just to solidify its place within my top 00:28:35.470 --> 00:28:37.509 10 to say, did I really like it that much? Did 00:28:37.509 --> 00:28:40.690 it really have, you know, the amount of songs 00:28:40.690 --> 00:28:44.089 that I really like? I thought that I liked off 00:28:44.089 --> 00:28:50.910 of this and it did. So for anyone that hasn't 00:28:50.910 --> 00:28:57.099 listened to Volbeat, Uh, they're accused of sounding 00:28:57.099 --> 00:29:00.400 like Metallica at times. They're accused of sounding 00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:05.980 like misfits at times. Um, they're a mix of a 00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:09.119 lot of different things and I can see why people 00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:16.640 would say those things, but, um, yeah. Uh, Sean 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:21.730 Richmond is saying it's it, uh, first, First 00:29:21.730 --> 00:29:24.829 one on the list that I've listened to and also 00:29:24.829 --> 00:29:30.829 voted on, I believe. So, yeah. Anyone else listen 00:29:30.829 --> 00:29:36.210 to this album or just me? No. All right. Just 00:29:36.210 --> 00:29:39.230 you. You and Sean. Sean, get on here and tell 00:29:39.230 --> 00:29:40.670 us what you think about this album since you 00:29:40.670 --> 00:29:45.890 voted for it. Come on. All right. We have yet 00:29:45.890 --> 00:29:56.480 to meet you, Sean. Come on. All right. Goodbye, 00:29:56.880 --> 00:30:08.119 citywide whatever. Number six. Great. This is 00:30:08.119 --> 00:30:12.119 the 10th studio album by this band, released 00:30:12.119 --> 00:30:19.910 the 14th of February, 2025. Recorded between 00:30:19.910 --> 00:30:28.009 April and July of 2024. Recorded at Spun Studios. 00:30:28.609 --> 00:30:34.009 Clock's in at 46 minutes, 41 seconds. Label is 00:30:34.009 --> 00:30:41.630 Century Media. Producer is Marco Cotti Delanti. 00:30:42.190 --> 00:30:46.319 Six singles off of this album. They started, 00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:49.480 yeah, so their songs that they started releasing 00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:54.960 before the full album started to be recorded. 00:30:55.200 --> 00:30:59.019 So Never Dawn was released 15th of June, 2023. 00:30:59.579 --> 00:31:05.299 In the meantime, 18th of April, 2024. Hosting 00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:11.019 the Shadows, 31st of July, 2024. Oxygen, October 00:31:11.019 --> 00:31:15.390 2nd, 2024. Then Gravity. January 9th of this 00:31:15.390 --> 00:31:18.509 year, and I Wish You Were Dead, February 10th 00:31:18.509 --> 00:31:24.809 of this year. There's a bunch of guest appearances 00:31:24.809 --> 00:31:27.869 on this album. You've got Randy Blythe from Lamb 00:31:27.869 --> 00:31:31.150 of God, and you've got Ash Costello from New 00:31:31.150 --> 00:31:37.829 Year's Day. This was my number two, actually. 00:31:37.950 --> 00:31:40.509 This was number one for a good part of the year. 00:31:41.210 --> 00:31:46.170 Until I went away on vacation last summer. So 00:31:46.170 --> 00:31:52.309 this is Lacuna Coil and Sleepless Empire. Not 00:31:52.309 --> 00:31:56.670 sure if I'm the only one that's listened to this 00:31:56.670 --> 00:32:00.890 one or not, but I'm a huge fan of the band. Their 00:32:00.890 --> 00:32:04.970 last few albums have always been within my top 00:32:04.970 --> 00:32:13.599 three with these lists. album felt kind of cold 00:32:13.599 --> 00:32:17.240 to me initially and then i started listening 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:21.299 to it and then certain songs started to pop out 00:32:21.299 --> 00:32:24.460 to me and again much like everything else in 00:32:24.460 --> 00:32:27.599 my top 10 i gave it a few whirls the last few 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:34.259 um days week and decided that it would be my 00:32:34.259 --> 00:32:38.839 number two so if you're into their style of music 00:32:38.839 --> 00:32:44.650 i Recommend you checking it out. All right. So. 00:32:45.009 --> 00:32:50.529 Number six. Right. This is the 10th album by 00:32:50.529 --> 00:32:55.529 this band released on May 30th and recorded at 00:32:55.529 --> 00:33:03.170 Studio Bose in Sweden. Clocks in at 40 minutes, 00:33:03.329 --> 00:33:06.670 25 seconds. The label is Century Media produced 00:33:06.670 --> 00:33:13.859 by Jens. And they released two singles off of 00:33:13.859 --> 00:33:17.559 this. Both videos I posted on Patreon. On March 00:33:17.559 --> 00:33:21.559 21st, they released Warhead. And on April 30th, 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:34.079 they released In Fire, Reborn. I'm laughing because 00:33:34.079 --> 00:33:44.460 of Sean's message. So anyway, all right. So this 00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:49.039 one, I don't know that anyone here listened to 00:33:49.039 --> 00:33:51.299 it. Ed, you may have given this one a listen. 00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:56.660 This is The Haunted with Songs of Last Resort. 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:02.599 I recognize that, and I'm pretty sure I did, 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:05.750 but I can't remember it now. And also. Repeat, 00:34:05.869 --> 00:34:07.950 what number did you say that was? I felt like 00:34:07.950 --> 00:34:12.130 you said six twice. Okay, so my mistake. Am I 00:34:12.130 --> 00:34:20.809 right? Number five. It is five. Wow. Yeah, quite 00:34:20.809 --> 00:34:23.510 a few people voted for this one. Yeah, remind 00:34:23.510 --> 00:34:27.969 me what it sounds like. Oh, they're categorized 00:34:27.969 --> 00:34:31.269 as thrash metal, melodic death metal, groove 00:34:31.269 --> 00:34:34.289 metal. This is the band that Ola Englund is currently 00:34:34.289 --> 00:34:37.099 in. Yeah, so I bet you it's probably still in 00:34:37.099 --> 00:34:39.380 my iTunes. You know, the problem with doing that 00:34:39.380 --> 00:34:42.260 monthly albums thing is I keep listening to the 00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:46.019 new stuff and I'm not getting to sink into the 00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.920 stuff I've been listening to along the way as 00:34:47.920 --> 00:34:50.860 much. So I can tend to forget something here 00:34:50.860 --> 00:34:55.179 and there. So glad we're reviewing it here. So 00:34:55.179 --> 00:34:59.079 that's what I tend to do is I have, outside of 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.940 what you're mentioning, I have a 2025 playlist 00:35:01.940 --> 00:35:05.099 where I just start. throwing things that stood 00:35:05.099 --> 00:35:08.400 out to me so that when I go back and review, 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:11.179 it's there. And that's how I kind of came up 00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:13.900 with my top 10. I was like, okay, well, what 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:17.079 albums had the most amount of songs that I dumped 00:35:17.079 --> 00:35:19.920 into this playlist? And then I started going 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:23.659 by that and then remembering which of those really 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:29.079 just stood out to me. I like Ola. I like watching 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:32.510 his YouTube channel. He's great. Yeah, he's got 00:35:32.510 --> 00:35:35.449 lots of interesting content. And he's a very 00:35:35.449 --> 00:35:39.050 good player. And he's got his own guitars. Yeah, 00:35:39.070 --> 00:35:43.590 he does. Yeah, he's been very successful. Yeah. 00:35:43.750 --> 00:35:48.550 If anyone's ever checked out, see that? Sean 00:35:48.550 --> 00:35:51.750 Richmond is saying that was his number one. Yeah. 00:35:53.909 --> 00:35:59.590 So, yeah. I just lost my train of thought. Anyway. 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:03.239 So Ola Englund is all over the place. He's a 00:36:03.239 --> 00:36:06.440 fantastic player. He's in The Haunted and he's 00:36:06.440 --> 00:36:12.599 in a few other bands. Their music to me is either 00:36:12.599 --> 00:36:14.920 hit or miss. I either really like it or just 00:36:14.920 --> 00:36:21.099 kind of not into it. But I get that there's a 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:26.139 lot of people that are into the band. All right. 00:36:27.849 --> 00:36:35.190 So moving on here. Number four. This one was 00:36:35.190 --> 00:36:43.070 released on September 5th, 2025. There are two 00:36:43.070 --> 00:36:46.449 versions released on vinyl, two different colors, 00:36:46.570 --> 00:36:54.730 and it was limited to 500 copies each. This will 00:36:54.730 --> 00:37:02.860 either. Make people happy or make them say, why 00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:06.699 didn't this get up higher? But I think a lot 00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:09.219 of people will just be happy that it's on the 00:37:09.219 --> 00:37:12.440 list. I don't know. I know there's a diehard 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:16.139 that will enjoy seeing them on here. I'm happy 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.820 it's on the list. I don't even know what it is. 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:30.329 It is fear. Interceptor. Jeremy? Yeah. Anything 00:37:30.329 --> 00:37:34.510 to say about? Yes, it was on my list. It was 00:37:34.510 --> 00:37:37.670 in my top 10. I think they're a very, very solid 00:37:37.670 --> 00:37:42.110 band, play quite fast and furious hard rock, 00:37:42.170 --> 00:37:44.650 I'd say, rather than just metal, although they 00:37:44.650 --> 00:37:46.610 cross over to sort of metal -y stuff. I think 00:37:46.610 --> 00:37:48.809 they like to call themselves a heavy metal band. 00:37:49.690 --> 00:37:53.010 They write good songs. They have a good sound 00:37:53.010 --> 00:37:58.039 to them, good vocal. Of course. I'd love to see 00:37:58.039 --> 00:38:01.360 them live at some point. It was a really good 00:38:01.360 --> 00:38:03.360 album because some of these bands, when they 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:07.000 release one or two albums and then they get to... 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:09.280 Is this the third one? Maybe the third one, I 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:13.760 think. Good question. Let me see here. At least 00:38:13.760 --> 00:38:16.639 three, maybe four. Yeah, three or four, I think. 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:20.320 This might be four. But I think they're keeping 00:38:20.320 --> 00:38:22.960 the quality up. That's the thing about them. 00:38:23.309 --> 00:38:25.170 And they've got their unique sound to them as 00:38:25.170 --> 00:38:27.670 well because of the vocal and the pace of the 00:38:27.670 --> 00:38:31.329 songs that they play. It's kind of a unique thing 00:38:31.329 --> 00:38:33.869 for them within that sort of new wave of classic 00:38:33.869 --> 00:38:38.269 rock sound. So, yeah, they deserve to be in the 00:38:38.269 --> 00:38:42.190 top 10. They're flying the flag for the new rock 00:38:42.190 --> 00:38:44.110 and metal, really, and getting other young ones 00:38:44.110 --> 00:38:47.849 into it as well, which is great. So this is album 00:38:47.849 --> 00:38:51.869 number... Oh, it's five, is it? Right, okay. 00:38:52.030 --> 00:38:58.050 The first album I have by them is The Lightning 00:38:58.050 --> 00:39:02.449 Dream, which is 2014. Okay. They've been around 00:39:02.449 --> 00:39:05.349 for a while. Holy crap. Yeah, it's been a long 00:39:05.349 --> 00:39:08.269 time. Yeah, that's their first album. So they 00:39:08.269 --> 00:39:11.389 released The Lightning Dream in 2014, Lost in 00:39:11.389 --> 00:39:17.369 Space 2016, The Grand Prize 2020. Then they released 00:39:17.369 --> 00:39:22.909 a live album. A year later. And then I interviewed 00:39:22.909 --> 00:39:25.750 them when they released Born to Sin, which was 00:39:25.750 --> 00:39:30.329 2022. That was a great album. Four years ago 00:39:30.329 --> 00:39:34.829 at this point. Yeah. Brad, you also voted for 00:39:34.829 --> 00:39:38.309 this. So your thoughts on this album? Yeah. I 00:39:38.309 --> 00:39:41.269 mean, they've certainly developed their sound 00:39:41.269 --> 00:39:43.630 over the years. I mean, where they were pretty 00:39:43.630 --> 00:39:46.619 much a straight up metal band. to start with. 00:39:46.820 --> 00:39:50.659 And now I'd say the, they're bringing in more 00:39:50.659 --> 00:39:56.179 accessible, you know, songs that I think could 00:39:56.179 --> 00:39:58.599 cross over to, to other people that aren't just, 00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:02.019 you know, heavy metal. I mean, you know, they've 00:40:02.019 --> 00:40:06.019 added, I think the, the woman who's singing quite 00:40:06.019 --> 00:40:07.960 a bit on this album, I think she's been around 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:10.780 for, for quite a while, but never as much as 00:40:10.780 --> 00:40:14.389 on this album. Right. you know she she's she 00:40:14.389 --> 00:40:17.409 does a lot of the singing so it's very polished 00:40:17.409 --> 00:40:21.469 um yeah it's it's a good listen and there's nothing 00:40:21.469 --> 00:40:23.550 i mean there's a couple of songs on there i'm 00:40:23.550 --> 00:40:26.989 kind of like yeah on but my problem is i can't 00:40:26.989 --> 00:40:29.489 get the album because they've got a problem with 00:40:29.489 --> 00:40:33.429 the us and getting that getting that over here 00:40:33.429 --> 00:40:36.389 so i can't even download it i'm still looking 00:40:36.389 --> 00:40:40.960 for a place to download it from wow So come on, 00:40:41.059 --> 00:40:44.800 U .S., be better. Let these people get their 00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:48.699 music into our country. We need more good music 00:40:48.699 --> 00:40:54.639 in the U .S. Have you tried on eBay? Ooh, no, 00:40:54.699 --> 00:40:58.900 I haven't tried eBay. Is that still around? It 00:40:58.900 --> 00:41:03.019 actually is. Newsflash, breaking news here on 00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:05.179 Signals from Mars, eBay, it's still a thing. 00:41:07.669 --> 00:41:12.469 Uh, if not, maybe, uh, I can take it to the States 00:41:12.469 --> 00:41:15.929 and mail it to you. If there's a way of, that 00:41:15.929 --> 00:41:18.070 sounds like a lot of work. You got an, you got 00:41:18.070 --> 00:41:19.690 enough, just getting your family over here. You 00:41:19.690 --> 00:41:21.909 don't have to worry about a CD for me. I think, 00:41:21.909 --> 00:41:23.909 uh, I think I might have to just go visit Jeremy 00:41:23.909 --> 00:41:25.510 and then we'll go buy it in the shops there. 00:41:26.369 --> 00:41:32.090 There you go. Can you actually like go buy this 00:41:32.090 --> 00:41:34.150 CD? Do you think in a, in a, in a store there 00:41:34.150 --> 00:41:37.760 in the. Well, that's a good question. In a specialist 00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:41.219 rock store, I guess, yeah. But, you know, if 00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.800 you were over here, obviously we could order 00:41:42.800 --> 00:41:46.840 it online and it would arrive the next day. Ooh, 00:41:46.920 --> 00:41:55.760 there you go. How can I pronounce this without 00:41:55.760 --> 00:42:01.239 having Jeremy reprimand me? Go on. I'm waiting 00:42:01.239 --> 00:42:08.329 for this one. Me too. Worcester, West Midland. 00:42:08.829 --> 00:42:14.769 Worcester. Worcester. Worcester. Worcester. Worcester. 00:42:14.929 --> 00:42:19.210 So it's said exactly like in Massachusetts then. 00:42:19.349 --> 00:42:25.690 Worcester. Worcester. Worcester. All right. Yeah, 00:42:25.730 --> 00:42:29.250 I like how, you know, New England, Jeremy, has 00:42:29.250 --> 00:42:31.869 pretty much every place there is named after 00:42:31.869 --> 00:42:35.599 something in England. The East Coast, the entire 00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:37.659 East Coast. That's how creative the people who 00:42:37.659 --> 00:42:41.400 left England to come here were. What shall we 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:51.400 name this place? Then again, you've got Mechanicsville 00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:57.360 and Intercourse, Pennsylvania. Well, Pennsylvania 00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:00.059 is a totally different thing. That doesn't fit. 00:43:00.599 --> 00:43:06.900 That's not any kind of England. All right. So 00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:14.800 we're getting into the top three here. Are we 00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:18.860 still betting for the same bands at number one? 00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:24.860 Jeremy, what did you say? I said it was going 00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:28.340 to be between Testament and Ghost. Obviously, 00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:30.440 I said an outsider I was just going to go for 00:43:30.440 --> 00:43:33.690 was Fury, and we've gone past Fury now. Okay. 00:43:33.690 --> 00:43:35.909 You got top four. That's good. It's better than 00:43:35.909 --> 00:43:39.849 probably my guess. No. Ed said ghost. And Brad, 00:43:39.929 --> 00:43:43.889 what did you say? Testament. Testament. Okay. 00:43:44.050 --> 00:43:46.110 That's what I'm crossing my fingers for. Yeah. 00:43:46.110 --> 00:43:48.769 After listening to, which by the way, if you're 00:43:48.769 --> 00:43:51.050 watching this or listening to this and you haven't 00:43:51.050 --> 00:43:55.070 listened to the monthly new album review that, 00:43:55.070 --> 00:43:58.510 that these three guys do, it's, it's the best 00:43:58.510 --> 00:44:01.409 thing on the internet. I'm saying that right 00:44:01.409 --> 00:44:05.699 now. But after hearing these guys rave, all three 00:44:05.699 --> 00:44:07.860 of these guys raving about this Testament album, 00:44:08.019 --> 00:44:10.559 and I did listen to it. We did. I did listen 00:44:10.559 --> 00:44:14.000 to it. Yeah, you can't deny that it's a great 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:18.199 album. So there. So there you go. Voted number 00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:24.280 one. The number one voted album review show. 00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:29.639 So there you go. That's the time that everybody 00:44:29.639 --> 00:44:34.170 picked the same album. Well, I mean, I realize 00:44:34.170 --> 00:44:35.690 Ed hasn't been there for the whole time, but 00:44:35.690 --> 00:44:38.429 it's probably the only time it will happen. I'm 00:44:38.429 --> 00:44:42.650 going to say that. No, I mean, there are times 00:44:42.650 --> 00:44:49.710 where we overlap, but I mean, I think we try 00:44:49.710 --> 00:44:53.329 to give everyone different flavors so that, you 00:44:53.329 --> 00:44:56.070 know, there's more music to talk about. So that's 00:44:56.070 --> 00:44:57.650 what I think. That's another reason why this 00:44:57.650 --> 00:45:02.420 show is so great. Signals from Mars, everybody. 00:45:02.519 --> 00:45:04.659 I know you're watching, so I'm speaking to the 00:45:04.659 --> 00:45:07.800 choir here, but tell your friends, tell your 00:45:07.800 --> 00:45:13.340 neighbors, tell people you don't like. Number 00:45:13.340 --> 00:45:18.199 three. All right. Number three is the sixth studio 00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:24.980 album by this band, released on the 25th of April, 00:45:25.199 --> 00:45:31.150 clocking in at 46 minutes, 43 seconds. Saying 00:45:31.150 --> 00:45:33.809 the label may give this away, but it's on Loma 00:45:33.809 --> 00:45:40.789 Vista. It was produced by Gene Walker. These 00:45:40.789 --> 00:45:45.010 singles off of this, on March 5th, they released 00:45:45.010 --> 00:45:54.869 Satanized. April 11th, Lacrima. And April 22nd 00:45:54.869 --> 00:45:59.869 was Peacefield. Jeremy is nodding his head yes. 00:46:00.690 --> 00:46:06.329 At number three, it is Ghost with Skeleta. I'm 00:46:06.329 --> 00:46:12.730 surprised that it's that far down the list. So 00:46:12.730 --> 00:46:17.570 for me, when I started reviewing the albums, 00:46:17.909 --> 00:46:22.429 my initial thought was I remember not liking 00:46:22.429 --> 00:46:27.190 this album as much as the last few. And then 00:46:27.190 --> 00:46:30.130 thinking, okay, let me listen to it first. So 00:46:30.130 --> 00:46:35.130 it was one of the first albums that I checked 00:46:35.130 --> 00:46:40.510 out when I started doing my review. And it was 00:46:40.510 --> 00:46:43.730 at the top of my list. And then little by little, 00:46:43.829 --> 00:46:49.030 it kept getting pushed down. So for me personally, 00:46:49.250 --> 00:46:58.159 this is my number nine album. It's got good songs 00:46:58.159 --> 00:47:01.539 on it, in my opinion, but it just isn't as strong 00:47:01.539 --> 00:47:05.519 as the last two. The last two had songs that 00:47:05.519 --> 00:47:12.559 were, I think, a little bit more diverse. You 00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:19.440 had some straight -ahead 80s hard rock riffs 00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:23.679 in some of those tracks. that really made the 00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:27.400 songs stand out, the lyrics as well. And not 00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:31.159 that this album is bad, but it just seemed like 00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:35.380 this one wasn't as good. I don't know if the 00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:40.739 album was rushed. I don't know if he just didn't 00:47:40.739 --> 00:47:43.820 have the same themes in mind when, well, the 00:47:43.820 --> 00:47:48.840 themes are the same, but maybe he just didn't 00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:51.780 have, you know, the same luck with the music 00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:54.760 he was composing. I don't know. But a lot of 00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:56.980 people voted for this. It didn't end up at number 00:47:56.980 --> 00:48:01.719 one. It ended up at number three. So anyone else 00:48:01.719 --> 00:48:09.179 want to talk about Skeletor? I will. I actually 00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:10.900 thought when this album first came out, I thought, 00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:13.199 well, this is going to be my number one for the 00:48:13.199 --> 00:48:18.260 year. And then I've been listening to so many 00:48:18.260 --> 00:48:20.880 other things after it came out, and I thought, 00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:22.960 well, I better, as the year was getting to an 00:48:22.960 --> 00:48:26.320 end, I better go listen to that again. And I 00:48:26.320 --> 00:48:27.800 listened to it again, and I was kind of like, 00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:31.519 eh, I don't know. It doesn't feel number one 00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:35.820 to me anymore. But I listened to it just yesterday 00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:40.059 again, and I really enjoy it. I think it's a 00:48:40.059 --> 00:48:45.000 very, very good album. I really don't have much 00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:47.139 to say negative about it other than I think Victor's 00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:51.079 right. It doesn't have like that, you know, songs 00:48:51.079 --> 00:48:55.480 that just grab you. And, you know, I think, I 00:48:55.480 --> 00:48:57.300 think the overall sound of it is a little bit 00:48:57.300 --> 00:49:01.260 just kind of, it's the same thing through the 00:49:01.260 --> 00:49:04.480 whole album, especially the drums. I have a real 00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:07.960 beef with drums nowadays that people don't, you 00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:12.170 know, take everything sounds too sterile. and 00:49:12.170 --> 00:49:14.550 just like, it'd be like, now this is the same 00:49:14.550 --> 00:49:16.889 drum sound I heard on this album and this album 00:49:16.889 --> 00:49:19.750 and this album. Come on guys, bring some real 00:49:19.750 --> 00:49:22.530 drums into the studio and get some real drum 00:49:22.530 --> 00:49:24.869 sounds. Spend some time on the drums. That's 00:49:24.869 --> 00:49:29.010 just me. I got off on a tangent there, but it's 00:49:29.010 --> 00:49:30.590 a great, I think it's a really good album. Very 00:49:30.590 --> 00:49:33.230 strong. Deserves to be, deserves to be in the 00:49:33.230 --> 00:49:41.659 top 10. And I'm seeing that, What's their last 00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:45.579 album? Their last album is Empira, previous to 00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:48.960 this. Yeah, I think Empira was a peak for the 00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:50.880 band, really. I think that it was an amazing 00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:54.539 album. It's a little bit like ACDC when Back 00:49:54.539 --> 00:49:57.199 in Black comes out and it's a peak for ACDC. 00:49:57.380 --> 00:49:59.079 And then what was it for those about to rock? 00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:02.219 There was the next one. And for those about to 00:50:02.219 --> 00:50:04.340 rock, it's a very listenable album, but it's 00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:06.739 just not there. And I just feel it's a bit similar 00:50:06.739 --> 00:50:09.480 with this Ghost album. It's got songs on it that 00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:12.280 are great. But overall, it just doesn't have 00:50:12.280 --> 00:50:15.679 that appeal that Impera had. Impera had a great 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:18.039 theme going through about the fall of empires 00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:19.980 and that sort of thing, rather than just purely 00:50:19.980 --> 00:50:24.099 discussing ghosts and Satan and various things 00:50:24.099 --> 00:50:28.460 like that. It had a real theme to it. And really 00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:31.300 great songs on the previous one. This one, yeah, 00:50:31.360 --> 00:50:35.440 three or four. Great listen. It's like Brad said, 00:50:35.539 --> 00:50:37.619 it's a good album. There's nothing wrong with 00:50:37.619 --> 00:50:42.250 it. It's just not... you know up there was the 00:50:42.250 --> 00:50:47.550 greatest yeah and i even think uh the prequel 00:50:47.550 --> 00:50:50.289 album or however you pronounce that i think that 00:50:50.289 --> 00:50:53.610 had some really really good tracks as well that 00:50:53.610 --> 00:50:59.250 puts it above this this one but yeah number three 00:50:59.250 --> 00:51:10.309 so all right um number two All right, so this 00:51:10.309 --> 00:51:16.150 band's 14th studio album was released October 00:51:16.150 --> 00:51:23.269 10th, was recorded May to December 2024. Wow, 00:51:23.449 --> 00:51:27.289 this was recorded all over the place. Trident, 00:51:27.409 --> 00:51:35.090 Dragon Lair, Skull, Classic Recordings is 50 00:51:35.090 --> 00:51:39.199 minutes, 24 seconds. Released by Nuclear Blast. 00:51:40.719 --> 00:51:42.820 Once I say the producers, you're going to know 00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:45.599 exactly who it is. I already know exactly who 00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:52.380 it is. All right, so anyway. Produced by Chuck 00:51:52.380 --> 00:52:00.679 Billy and Eric Peterson. Singles were... Wow, 00:52:00.900 --> 00:52:06.800 I can't pronounce that. Infanticide AI? Infanticide. 00:52:08.720 --> 00:52:17.119 Infanticide AI. And then shadow people. As we 00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:23.280 all know at this point, it is Parabellum by Testament. 00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:32.460 Yeah, I'm not surprised. They deserve it. What 00:52:32.460 --> 00:52:36.119 made this album stand out to you above? other 00:52:36.119 --> 00:52:38.980 albums i mean we just recently we discussed this 00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:42.840 as recently as as last month actually but yeah 00:52:42.840 --> 00:52:48.320 what made this album stand out to you ed the 00:52:48.320 --> 00:52:53.559 added metal influences um especially the black 00:52:53.559 --> 00:52:57.380 metal influence was just super interesting and 00:52:57.380 --> 00:52:59.619 you know it's the kind of thing to where if someone 00:52:59.619 --> 00:53:02.420 tells you that they've done that before you hear 00:53:02.420 --> 00:53:06.179 it you're gonna feel you're going to wonder how 00:53:06.179 --> 00:53:08.119 that's going to play out. But when you hear it, 00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:11.440 they did a wonderful job. Chuck Billy, as always, 00:53:11.579 --> 00:53:15.059 he can handle vocals of almost any genre, I feel 00:53:15.059 --> 00:53:18.300 like. I've never heard him do a style that I 00:53:18.300 --> 00:53:20.599 don't like, except I just don't care much for 00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:27.820 the slow ballady stuff he does. We discussed 00:53:27.820 --> 00:53:30.119 how they have a new drummer, and that might be 00:53:30.119 --> 00:53:33.159 adding some new influence. I know that Eric... 00:53:33.360 --> 00:53:35.659 peterson says that he spent time listening to 00:53:35.659 --> 00:53:39.800 some black metal bands in the last few years 00:53:39.800 --> 00:53:42.739 so i think that's influenced it too but don't 00:53:42.739 --> 00:53:46.079 be scared by that description of black metal 00:53:46.079 --> 00:53:48.780 there's not so much there that it's not testament 00:53:48.780 --> 00:53:52.320 it's still very much testament they just in some 00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:55.079 of the songs they just add some extra spice and 00:53:55.079 --> 00:53:58.500 flavor and just uh and they keep they keep it 00:53:58.500 --> 00:54:00.760 interesting and and they do it in a way that's 00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:04.039 it's not cheesy or or You know, it's not like 00:54:04.039 --> 00:54:06.119 they're trying to copy what the kids are doing. 00:54:07.539 --> 00:54:14.159 They really set a bar with this album. And yeah, 00:54:14.260 --> 00:54:17.440 I think we had a really great discussion about 00:54:17.440 --> 00:54:21.179 that one on that October show. Yeah. So everybody 00:54:21.179 --> 00:54:23.300 should play that one if they haven't heard it 00:54:23.300 --> 00:54:27.480 already. Anyone else want to add anything about 00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:30.590 the Testament album? Yeah, I think it was a really 00:54:30.590 --> 00:54:33.710 varied album, which is quite unusual because 00:54:33.710 --> 00:54:39.030 the last few, going back a few albums, I find 00:54:39.030 --> 00:54:40.989 the last three or four songs on the album are 00:54:40.989 --> 00:54:42.929 kind of just thrown on at the end and they're 00:54:42.929 --> 00:54:46.820 a little bit sort of directionless. sort of very 00:54:46.820 --> 00:54:49.840 thrashy without any real underlying melody to 00:54:49.840 --> 00:54:52.500 them. Whereas on this album, I think it gets 00:54:52.500 --> 00:54:54.079 stronger and stronger. For me personally, it 00:54:54.079 --> 00:54:56.260 gets stronger and stronger as it goes on. So 00:54:56.260 --> 00:54:58.340 I really like the second half of the album, which 00:54:58.340 --> 00:55:01.159 is very unusual for a Testament album. I do love 00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:04.360 the ballad on it. The ballad for me is amazing, 00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:07.599 but it also adds that texture and tone to the 00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:10.440 Testament album where you've got something for 00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:12.820 everyone and it's kind of like it's a much more 00:55:12.820 --> 00:55:16.940 balanced output than they've done. in you know 00:55:16.940 --> 00:55:19.619 many previous albums so that i think they've 00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:22.199 raised the bar and and to keep going at you know 00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:25.179 their kind of ages and their stage of their career 00:55:25.179 --> 00:55:28.199 and pull out something out the bag like this 00:55:28.199 --> 00:55:30.420 i think it's really good because it because it 00:55:30.420 --> 00:55:32.340 you know it's it's a really good listener all 00:55:32.340 --> 00:55:36.559 the way through and you have to brag again about 00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:40.860 alex and his guitar solos he just gets better 00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:45.739 every time and Yeah, he adds a whole other level 00:55:45.739 --> 00:55:47.900 of greatness to every song on here, especially 00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:51.960 that last track, Parabellum. Just amazing stuff. 00:55:53.900 --> 00:56:02.820 Excellent. So let me recap 10 through 2. So none 00:56:02.820 --> 00:56:08.940 of us got number one. Oh, one of you guys got 00:56:08.940 --> 00:56:14.500 number one. Oh, whoopsie. Number one, and I'll 00:56:14.500 --> 00:56:20.599 get to that in a second. So let's see here. Let 00:56:20.599 --> 00:56:23.840 me go back. So at 10, we had the Vintage Caravan. 00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:36.119 Nine, Hailstorm. Eight, Halloween. Seven, Volbeat. 00:56:38.900 --> 00:56:44.099 Six, Lacuna Coil. I like the white noise in between 00:56:44.099 --> 00:56:49.320 albums. Five, The Haunted. Not sure where that's 00:56:49.320 --> 00:57:06.519 coming from. Four, Fury. Three, Ghost. Two, Testament. 00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:14.019 And that's where that white noise is coming from. 00:57:16.800 --> 00:57:29.539 I think it's me. That's easy. That wasn't me. 00:57:33.760 --> 00:57:36.579 I think it's Edgar. Somebody better check in 00:57:36.579 --> 00:57:41.199 on Edgar. I think he's kind of gone. I don't 00:57:41.199 --> 00:57:47.400 know what's happening in the chat. It's Ed. Ed, 00:57:47.500 --> 00:57:54.920 you've got the white noise going on. I do? Yeah. 00:57:55.900 --> 00:57:59.800 Yeah, when I muted you, it went away. But, I 00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:02.659 mean, it's not really noticeable. I'm hearing 00:58:02.659 --> 00:58:06.980 the fan rev up in my notebook. It could be that. 00:58:07.280 --> 00:58:08.820 You think you're hearing something like that? 00:58:11.989 --> 00:58:14.769 Yeah, but that would be the fan. It must be heating 00:58:14.769 --> 00:58:20.889 up. I might have to disconnect it. Can you just 00:58:20.889 --> 00:58:22.769 mute me for a bit while you continue on with 00:58:22.769 --> 00:58:24.769 your numbers? Yeah, I mean, it's not noticeable. 00:58:26.650 --> 00:58:32.960 Yeah, so anyway. So this is the 18th studio album 00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:36.320 by this band. This was a runaway number one. 00:58:36.380 --> 00:58:40.199 I did not expect this. Okay. This was not in 00:58:40.199 --> 00:58:45.539 my top 10. It's only on one of our top 10s. Any 00:58:45.539 --> 00:58:53.480 guessing? Is it Alice Cooper? Brad? Well, you 00:58:53.480 --> 00:58:56.079 said one of us got this. I'm trying to think. 00:58:56.519 --> 00:58:59.079 Got it. It's on one of our top titles. Oh, it's 00:58:59.079 --> 00:59:01.980 on one of our lists? Yeah. You know, it's funny, 00:59:02.079 --> 00:59:03.559 Jeremy, because I thought, oh, yeah, everybody 00:59:03.559 --> 00:59:05.420 just because it's Alice Cooper are going to vote 00:59:05.420 --> 00:59:10.420 for that album. He's the most recognizable person 00:59:10.420 --> 00:59:14.039 on here. Oh, Peter Criss. Oh, wait. You said 00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:18.500 Peter Criss was on this list. I did. There's 00:59:18.500 --> 00:59:23.820 no way he could be number one. No way. Inconceivable. 00:59:24.280 --> 00:59:30.699 He is. Who knows? He needs to come on the show. 00:59:30.820 --> 00:59:33.260 If he's going to be number one on Signals from 00:59:33.260 --> 00:59:35.519 Mars, you have to come on the show. I think that's 00:59:35.519 --> 00:59:40.039 a legal binding. Yeah. If you get number one, 00:59:40.099 --> 00:59:42.760 you've got to be on the show. Ed, so who do you 00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:47.340 think might be number one? So you said Sleep 00:59:47.340 --> 00:59:50.760 Token had an album this year, right? Yes. So, 00:59:50.800 --> 00:59:53.800 yeah, that was my second. None of us voted for 00:59:53.800 --> 00:59:57.360 Sleep Token. No way. It's definitely not on my 00:59:57.360 --> 01:00:00.039 list. I don't think I've heard you all talk about 01:00:00.039 --> 01:00:04.920 it that much either. So this was released July 01:00:04.920 --> 01:00:11.880 25th. It's not Peter. Recorded in 2024. Recorded 01:00:11.880 --> 01:00:15.360 all over the place. In Stanford, Connecticut, 01:00:15.579 --> 01:00:19.039 in Nashville, in Toronto, in West Los Angeles, 01:00:19.219 --> 01:00:23.900 in Phoenix, in Glendale, in Hollywood. Clocking 01:00:23.900 --> 01:00:28.059 in at 54 minutes, 20 seconds. Released on Ear 01:00:28.059 --> 01:00:36.900 Music. Produced by Bob Ezrin. The singles include 01:00:36.900 --> 01:00:43.659 Black Mamba, Wild West, Up All Night. And the 01:00:43.659 --> 01:00:46.940 only one out of us to vote for this was Jeremy. 01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:54.019 It is The Revenge of Alice Cooper. Wow. Nice. 01:00:55.699 --> 01:00:58.739 Wow. Jeremy? Yeah, I knew it had to be, by the 01:00:58.739 --> 01:01:00.400 way, because I think you said it was his 18th 01:01:00.400 --> 01:01:02.900 album. So how many people have got 18 albums? 01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:05.460 Right. And that's one of the things, as I was 01:01:05.460 --> 01:01:07.900 saying, that I'm like... Oh, I missed that. Yeah. 01:01:10.119 --> 01:01:13.440 Let's see how I'm giving this away by mentioning 01:01:13.440 --> 01:01:16.449 how many albums by each band. But go ahead. Do 01:01:16.449 --> 01:01:18.730 you know what? I mean, I voted for it as my fifth 01:01:18.730 --> 01:01:21.190 album, but I'm kind of glad it's number one because 01:01:21.190 --> 01:01:23.409 Alice is, you know, he's old in the tooth now 01:01:23.409 --> 01:01:25.389 and he's done so much for rock and roll over 01:01:25.389 --> 01:01:28.449 the years. So it's nice to have him at number 01:01:28.449 --> 01:01:30.269 one because he's never going to be number one 01:01:30.269 --> 01:01:35.210 for us again. So this is it. And it was a really, 01:01:35.269 --> 01:01:37.190 really good album. If you listen to the tracks, 01:01:37.369 --> 01:01:42.010 it's proper old school 70s Alice Cooper. There's 01:01:42.010 --> 01:01:45.329 a lot of stuff on there that, you know, is just... 01:01:46.119 --> 01:01:48.880 put it on a vinyl, you stick it on your turntable, 01:01:49.039 --> 01:01:52.000 you get yourself a beverage of whatever you like 01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:54.260 to drink, and you just sit there and listen to 01:01:54.260 --> 01:01:56.420 it on a Saturday evening. And it's just one of 01:01:56.420 --> 01:02:00.280 those albums that takes you back. You know, they've 01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:02.960 got good songwriting ability on it. It's just 01:02:02.960 --> 01:02:06.760 a load of old guys doing something well. And 01:02:06.760 --> 01:02:08.760 I can see why a lot of people put it in their 01:02:08.760 --> 01:02:11.019 top 10, because, you know, there's a good quality 01:02:11.019 --> 01:02:13.679 about it. And I think it got good reviews as 01:02:13.679 --> 01:02:16.800 well through the year, you know, in the magazines 01:02:16.800 --> 01:02:19.780 and what have you. And it's very well produced. 01:02:21.400 --> 01:02:25.579 And that's all I've got to say about it. Oh, 01:02:25.579 --> 01:02:30.179 wait a second. Swarmy46 is saying, hey, homie, 01:02:30.199 --> 01:02:33.360 I can share your stream in a Kik community to 01:02:33.360 --> 01:02:37.460 help you hit 200 followers and earn $1 ,000. 01:02:37.719 --> 01:02:45.099 Wow. That's awesome, dude. You're blocked. Yeah, 01:02:45.099 --> 01:02:53.980 and this brings the original Alice Cooper band 01:02:53.980 --> 01:02:58.480 together, all of the members that are still alive. 01:02:58.500 --> 01:03:04.340 Obviously, Glenn Buxton died back in 1997, but 01:03:04.340 --> 01:03:08.280 his guitar work is featured on three different 01:03:08.280 --> 01:03:12.400 tracks. This is an album that I enjoyed more 01:03:12.400 --> 01:03:16.639 than I thought I would. It isn't in my top 10, 01:03:16.800 --> 01:03:21.579 would probably be somewhere between 11 to 15, 01:03:21.699 --> 01:03:27.000 maybe 15 to 20 at the lowest, but still a good 01:03:27.000 --> 01:03:31.599 album. If you're a fan of the old 70s Alice Cooper 01:03:31.599 --> 01:03:35.019 band, this is definitely an album that I think 01:03:35.019 --> 01:03:41.909 a lot of fans of that band We're chomping at 01:03:41.909 --> 01:03:45.250 the bit. Or champing at the bit, depending on 01:03:45.250 --> 01:03:49.110 how you say it. We'll check out and get these 01:03:49.110 --> 01:03:55.550 guys back together again. Brad, did you get a 01:03:55.550 --> 01:03:57.250 chance to listen to this album by any chance? 01:03:57.750 --> 01:03:59.530 Oh, yeah. Yeah, I've listened to it more than 01:03:59.530 --> 01:04:02.829 a few times. I thought it was good. I didn't 01:04:02.829 --> 01:04:04.829 quite have the same love for it, obviously, that 01:04:04.829 --> 01:04:08.820 Jeremy has. I'm not saying he's, he's wrong by 01:04:08.820 --> 01:04:11.619 any means. It's a good album and I enjoyed it, 01:04:11.639 --> 01:04:15.059 but I just, I don't know. It didn't get me as 01:04:15.059 --> 01:04:17.719 excited as some of the other things I listened 01:04:17.719 --> 01:04:21.579 to. I mean, it's, it's, it's on my list, but 01:04:21.579 --> 01:04:26.900 that's a big list. It's a lot out. A lot of albums. 01:04:27.900 --> 01:04:33.230 Yeah. And I'm going to say I enjoyed the Days 01:04:33.230 --> 01:04:35.610 of Jupiter album more than this Alice Cooper 01:04:35.610 --> 01:04:39.449 album. Okay. They didn't make my top 10 either, 01:04:39.510 --> 01:04:42.429 but it's a good album, people. Go listen to that. 01:04:43.590 --> 01:04:51.250 Well, I think at the end of it all, we've gotten 01:04:51.250 --> 01:04:53.550 a chance to talk about some really good music. 01:04:53.730 --> 01:04:58.599 Is there anything that sticks out? that you're 01:04:58.599 --> 01:05:00.880 going to check out that maybe you hadn't checked 01:05:00.880 --> 01:05:04.840 out or didn't give it as much of a chance previously. 01:05:06.059 --> 01:05:08.960 Jeremy, anything that sticks out to you right 01:05:08.960 --> 01:05:11.139 away? Yeah, I mean, I want to listen to the Vintage 01:05:11.139 --> 01:05:14.099 Caravan again because it's quite a while since 01:05:14.099 --> 01:05:16.280 I listened to that. I'm going to give Volbeat 01:05:16.280 --> 01:05:18.960 a go because you always mention Volbeat and I 01:05:18.960 --> 01:05:20.800 always say, you know, I'm not so keen on them. 01:05:20.860 --> 01:05:22.760 So I'm going to give that a go. Probably The 01:05:22.760 --> 01:05:24.679 Haunted as well because that's an album I... 01:05:24.889 --> 01:05:28.329 just didn't listen to at all so yeah give that 01:05:28.329 --> 01:05:31.889 give that one again okay ed anything you're gonna 01:05:31.889 --> 01:05:37.530 listen to after uh the show yeah that alice cooper 01:05:37.530 --> 01:05:41.349 i need to hear that for the first time okay i 01:05:41.349 --> 01:05:44.869 somehow missed that and then also that man you 01:05:44.869 --> 01:05:48.110 talked about at number 10. the vintage caravan 01:05:48.110 --> 01:05:51.250 yeah yeah i think you'll like them listen listen 01:05:51.250 --> 01:05:55.070 to their live album okay Yeah, but you've got 01:05:55.070 --> 01:05:57.489 to listen to this one, too. It's great stuff. 01:05:59.150 --> 01:06:05.230 Brad, any potential new songs that you're going 01:06:05.230 --> 01:06:09.429 to be adding to Yarg Metal after this? Anything 01:06:09.429 --> 01:06:11.269 that you think you'll check out that you hadn't 01:06:11.269 --> 01:06:15.730 listened to before? Absolutely. Yeah, Hellstorm, 01:06:15.889 --> 01:06:19.730 I'm going to listen to that. Volbeat, I'm going 01:06:19.730 --> 01:06:23.909 to listen to that. Lacuna Coil and The Haunted. 01:06:24.289 --> 01:06:28.110 So those are the ones that I haven't listened 01:06:28.110 --> 01:06:33.289 to that made our top 10. So good job, everybody 01:06:33.289 --> 01:06:35.989 who voted for these. I'm impressed. It's not 01:06:35.989 --> 01:06:41.809 the lazy listener top 10. No, not at all. There's 01:06:41.809 --> 01:06:46.889 a mix of everything. And I hope that this serves. 01:06:47.769 --> 01:06:52.710 Wait, 21 pilots didn't make our top 10? 21 pilots 01:06:52.710 --> 01:06:55.690 did not get voted on. There's a lot of other 01:06:55.690 --> 01:06:58.469 things that got voted for. Turnstile didn't make 01:06:58.469 --> 01:07:02.050 the top 10? Turnstile is on here, just not top 01:07:02.050 --> 01:07:06.099 10. Oh, my goodness. Okay. There were 80 albums 01:07:06.099 --> 01:07:09.380 that were voted for. That's the most impressive 01:07:09.380 --> 01:07:12.760 thing there, that we've selected 80 albums as 01:07:12.760 --> 01:07:16.940 our favorite albums of 2025. And I have to say, 01:07:17.000 --> 01:07:20.719 I keep just getting hit over the head with 2025 01:07:20.719 --> 01:07:22.760 albums that I'm listening to. It's like, holy 01:07:22.760 --> 01:07:25.500 crap, this is really good music. This might be 01:07:25.500 --> 01:07:28.659 overall my favorite year out of the last 10 as 01:07:28.659 --> 01:07:32.239 far as new music. Really, really solid stuff 01:07:32.239 --> 01:07:36.300 people are doing. It was a good year. Yeah, people 01:07:36.300 --> 01:07:40.400 need to listen to this stuff. I'd like to do 01:07:40.400 --> 01:07:47.360 an honorary reminder of that song that Ozzy left 01:07:47.360 --> 01:07:51.380 us with last year, which is now on an album to 01:07:51.380 --> 01:07:56.099 buy. I'm sorry I forgot to mention that on our 01:07:56.099 --> 01:07:59.840 show that we did last time, reminiscing on some 01:07:59.840 --> 01:08:02.539 things from last year. I was reminded of it when 01:08:02.539 --> 01:08:07.239 I saw Mark Striegel do a video on the album that 01:08:07.239 --> 01:08:09.760 he found, which now I've got to find that and 01:08:09.760 --> 01:08:12.739 buy that, too. That would be good to have in 01:08:12.739 --> 01:08:15.139 the collection. And it's got the Gods of Rock 01:08:15.139 --> 01:08:18.640 and Roll song, I think, too. The original and 01:08:18.640 --> 01:08:21.279 maybe another version of it. I can't quite remember. 01:08:22.060 --> 01:08:25.399 But that song was marvelous. It wasn't just any 01:08:25.399 --> 01:08:32.229 song. hits you hard being one of the last songs 01:08:32.229 --> 01:08:34.529 that he left us with. I don't know. He may have 01:08:34.529 --> 01:08:39.069 had one other song after that, but that was, 01:08:39.090 --> 01:08:42.270 that was, uh, yeah, last year was heavy losing 01:08:42.270 --> 01:08:46.350 him. And, but it was neat to have that song left 01:08:46.350 --> 01:08:50.970 behind. Yeah. Agreed. We'll be interesting to 01:08:50.970 --> 01:08:55.489 see if we get any, um, any other Aussie music 01:08:55.489 --> 01:09:00.079 moving forward. Any unreleased stuff or anything 01:09:00.079 --> 01:09:03.060 that he had worked with Andrew Watt on before 01:09:03.060 --> 01:09:10.380 passing away or any unreleased material. There 01:09:10.380 --> 01:09:16.659 was also talk of him signing over the ability 01:09:16.659 --> 01:09:23.039 of them training AI on his voice. So maybe there's 01:09:23.039 --> 01:09:27.079 a possibility that we will have. new Aussie music 01:09:27.079 --> 01:09:32.880 in the future, but having AI, you know, stand 01:09:32.880 --> 01:09:38.560 in for his voice. Yeah. I don't know. That'll 01:09:38.560 --> 01:09:42.220 be a conversation for another podcast. That is 01:09:42.220 --> 01:09:44.840 a whole other topic. I'll have to get the whiskey 01:09:44.840 --> 01:09:51.140 out for that one. There you go. All right. So 01:09:51.140 --> 01:09:54.930 on that note, I do want to thank everyone. who 01:09:54.930 --> 01:09:59.369 joined us tonight, Brad, Jeremy, and Ed. I want 01:09:59.369 --> 01:10:01.869 to thank everyone that joined us in the chat, 01:10:02.130 --> 01:10:08.090 Sean Richman, Tony Espin, Edgar Winterson, and 01:10:08.090 --> 01:10:13.390 a few other scammers out there that joined us 01:10:13.390 --> 01:10:19.810 from various platforms. Hey, Sean, tell your 01:10:19.810 --> 01:10:27.430 wife we said hi. Yeah. 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