Sneak peek - not a spoiler - seems like we have two A+'s on our hands this episode as Phil gave Alex the Skyforger masterpiece by Amorphis and Alex asked Phil to review Ayam by Disillusion.
Two radically different sounding albums but both so equally excellent in their own right!
Support Amorphis HERE
Support Disillusion HERE
Australian Prog Death Metallers Be'lakor, represented by Steve Merry (piano/keys), join the boys to chat about the band's remarkable 20-year career and give us a glimpse of what's to come in the future.
From where we sit this band can do NO WRONG!!!!! If you like GREAT heavy music, then you will love Be'lakor!
Visit belakorband.com - sign up for their newsletter - and a BIG TIME thank you to Steve for stopping by!
It's that beautiful time of year again - the air is crisp, we exchange presents, and thank GOD that it's time to go on the heavy metal cruise again!!!!! Join Alex, Phil, Slowskies, Mark, Gabe the babe and KP as they discuss this year's upcoming metal cruise aboard 70000 tons of metal!!!!
It's gonna be EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Year end list time ladies and gents and 2023 did NOT disappoint!
Alex's list is:
Albums of the Year -
1 - Kalmah - Kalmah
2 - Fires in the Distance - Air not Meant for Us
3 - Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle
4 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
5 - Isole - Aneisidora
Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the year -
1 - Crowne - Super Trooper off of Operation Phoenix
2 - BlackBraid - Moss Covered Bones on the Altar of the moon off of Blackbraid II
3 - Angus McSix - Master of the Universe off of Angus McSix and the Sword of Power
4 - UADA - Crepuscule Natura from the album by the same name
5 - Marduk - Shovel Beats Sceptre off the Memento Mori album
Honorable Mention: Vesuvian - Emergence
Phil's list is actually pretty good this year, surprisingly, and it is:
Albums of the Year -
1 - Kalmah - Kalmah
2 - Fires in the Distance - Air Not Meant for Us
3 - Scar Symmetry - The Singularity (Phase II - Xenotaph)
4 - Cattle Decapitation - Terrasite
5 - Krigsgrav - Fires in the Fall
Top five Songs of the Year that are NOT on the best albums of the year -
1 - Sermon - Wake the Silent off the album Of Golden Verse
2 - Sulphur Aeon - Hammer From the Howling Void off of Seven Crowns and Seven Seals
3 - Tomb Mold - Will of Whispers off of The Enduring Spirit
4 - Earthside - But What if We're Wrong off of Let the Truth Speak
5 - Theocracy - Liar, Fool, or Messiah off of Mosaic
Here they are, on the final day of the year - delivering to you sweet listener, the BEST heavy albums of the fourth quarter of 2023.
Alex's list is:
5 - Shylmagoghnar - Convergence
4 - Tales - Night Crowned
3 - Vanishing Kids - Miracle of Death
2 - Wayfarer - American Gothic
1 - *Moonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned Castle - *technically released on Sep 28, dont f'ing care.
HM - Helga - Wrapped in Mist
Phil's list is:
5 - Theocracy - Mosaic
4 - Earthside - Let the Truth Speak
3 - Xoth - Exogalactic
2 - SIGIR - Rainmaker
1 - Wayfarer - American Gothic
HM - Panopticon - The Rime of Memory
In this proper episode of the GREAT Heavy Music Podcast Alex and Phil take a listen to the 2008 stellar doom metal release by the Swedes; Draconian - Turning Season Within and the 2010 black metal release by fellow countrymen Istapp - Blekinge.
Which album do you prefer?
If you're a Draconian fan - support them HERE
And if you prefer Istapp - support them HERE
Another three months have come and gone and some DAMN fine heavy music has gone with it.
Alex and Phil pluck out their favorites are give them to you fine people FREE OF CHARGE!
Phil and Alex's Honorable Mentions:
Voyager - Fearless in Love
Mutoid Man - Mutants
Spirit Adrift - Ghost at the Gallows
Graveyard - 6
Aetherian - At Storm's Edge
Blut Aus Nord - Dishamonium - Nahab
Urne - A Feast on Sorrow
Primordial - How it ends
AND NOW - Alex's Top five - (you have to listen to find out the order)
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Marduk - Memento Mori
UADA - Crepuscule Natura
Soen - Memorial
Blackbraid - Blackbraid II
Fleshvessel - Yearning: Promethean Fates Sealed
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PHIL COLLINS' top five below
Outer Heaven - Infinite Psychic Depths
UADA - Crepuscule Natura
Baroness - STONE
Tomb Mold - The Enduring Spirit
Skalmold - Ydalir
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If we missed your favorite - write us at Thegreatheavymusicpodcast@gmail.com
Phil has Alex review "It Hates You" by American rockers He is Legend and Phil takes a deep dive into "The Judas Table" by UK prog metal/rock outfit by the legendary Mick Moss - Antimatter.
Next up - The Turning Season within by Draconian and Bleking by Istapp
Dynamic lead singer and guitarist Benjamin Gleason and outstanding drummer Justin Mirarck of the AWESOME prog metal band Source drop by the GREAT heavy music podcast to give us an update on their latest album, upcoming tour and all good things SOURCE!
Stay in touch and up to date with the band on www.listentosource.com
They can ( and SHOULD ) be followed on Facebook as well - https://www.facebook.com/listentosource/
And instagram - https://www.instagram.com/listentosource/?hl=en
The second and maybe better of the two 01011001 albums? Which track is the highlight for you? Tons of good stuff on this album and if you haven't heard it yet, MAKE A POINT to check it out as soon as possible!
The 2008 release "01011001" was a game-changing album for Arjen and Ayreon. In September of 2023 a live performance of the album will take place in the Netherlands and it is sure to be legendary! What do you think about this masterpiece?
We get it - you're busy!!! What can I say except you're welcome? Listen to the episode he ask? No! Just give us the lists!!!!!!!
Without further ado:
Alex's list (album - band):
Phil's list (aka the wrong list except Kalmah)
Nothing but love for these youngsters from the great white north!!! Get ready to pump your fists from the pit chanting I-RON-CROSS, I-RON-CROSS, I-RON-CROSS!!!!!
Check them out and support them at their socials on:
Instagram @irocrossband
No guts no glory TV - on instagram as well
Time for the boys to get back to their bread and butter! Phil had Alex review on Lonely Towers by Barren Earth and Alex asked Phil to take a dive into In Contact by Caligula's Horse.
Two GREAT heavy acts from across the seas.
Which album do you prefer? Post to the facebook page and the twitter page @greatheavymusic with your thoughts
Listen to learn what an experience it was to go see the AMAZING studs from Gemini Syndrome!
Is the back half of The Human Equation as good as the front? Tune in to find out!
Any chance you got to see Cold on their Year of the Spider twentieth anniversary tour? Well, if not, you can learn all about it on this BONUS episode of the GREAT heavy music podcast!
It's that time of the year again - 2023 is off to a roaring tear towards 2024 but the good news...a boat load of GREAT heavy music dropped so far this year. How does your favorite release of the year so far stack up on Phil and Alex's respective lists?
If you want the full spoiler - the lists are below
Alex (aka better list)
Honorable mentions: Condenados – El Camino de la Serpiente; Soothsayer orchestra - The Last Black Flower; Enisum - Forgotten Mountains; ...and Oceans - As in Gardens, So in Tombs; Sermon - Of Golden Verse
Phil (aka trash)
Honorable mentions: Bury Tomorrow - The Seventh Sun
The Human Equation by Ayreon marks the highest quality of rock opera standards and in our opinion is unmatched even almost 20 years later. Incredible muscianship and vocal performances make this album a 'best ever' claim that was (and is) completely reasonable. If you are listening to hear complaints or indicia that this album doesn't hold up - well, spoiler - you're not going to hear ANY of that. This album always was, and always will be, a masterpiece! Enjoy!
Join the FULL gang as Phil, Alex, Mark, Gabe the Babe, Slow Joey, and Katie the Beautiful breakdown the 2023 sailing experience aboard 70000k round 11! Who made it on the boat and not off? Who lost their cell phone due to a multi-day blackout? Who is lucky to be alive? Listen and find out!
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