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Episode 299: Iced Earth, Unleash the Archers 2017 Album Reviews, Sunburst 2016 Album Review, The Erkonauts Preview & Sevendust, He Is Legend, and more Live Review

Feel the Power

When something is described as “Extreme Metal”, you probably think of grinding, brutal, violent Metal.  If that is one extreme, though, that means there is another.  That other is likely some form of Power Metal – epic, symphonic, and fantasy-driven. We don’t quite go to the far end of this extreme, but we wander down that path to bring you this week’s album reviews.

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Reviews:
Iced Earth – Incorruptible (Century Media)
Unleash the Archers – Apex (Napalm)
Sunburst – Fragments of Creation (Inner Wound)

First Impression:
The Erkonauts – “Seven Macaw” single from Indie Recordings

Live Review:
Sevendust 20th Anniversary show w/ He Is Legend, Never Your Zero, and New Theory at Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ on June 22, 2017

Episode 169: Listapalooza Day 1

As promised, this week’s show is about our supplemental lists.  A prelude, if you will, to the top albums of the year.  We trimmed the fat this year, so we only have six categories (yeah, there was more), including Best EP, Most Disappointing, and Best Art.  As in years past, the latter is done with a guest appearance from our good friend and kinda-in-house artist Mike Clancey.  Feel free to share your picks – or argue with ours – in the comments!

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(Just a reminder: For those of you doing your last minute Christmas shopping on Amazon – which we know some of you are doing – please go there through one of the album links on the side.  That simple click-through will help keep this podcast up and running.  Thanks!)

Episode 136: Lock, Schlock, and Two Non-Smoking Barrels

May the 4th Be With You!! Han and Chewie (you can decide who is who) guide you through four star destroyers, five tie fighters and  through one trench run to bring an action-packed show.  It’s gonna take a little more time than a Kessel Run but this hunk-of-junk podcast has it where it counts and we get you through safely.

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Reviews: Aborted – The Necrotic Manifesto (Century Media); Devil You Know – The Beauty of Destruction (Nuclear Blast); Floor – Oblation (Season of Mist); Insomnium – Shadows of the Dying Sun (Century Media)

First Impressions:
Misery Index – “The Killing Gods” from The Killing Gods out May 27th on Season of Mist
Tombs – “Edge of Darkness” from Savage Gold out June 10th on Relapse
Circle of Contempt – “Filth” from forthcoming album
Machine Head – “Killers & Kings (demo)” from forthcoming album on Nuclear Blast Entertainment
Slayer – “Implode” from forthcoming album on Nuclear Blast

Live Review: “Worldwide Plagues Tour” featuring ReVamp, Sabaton, and Iced Earth on April 18, 2014 at Best Buy Theater in New York, NY

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Episode 122: Everyday I’m Shufflin’

Alternate titles for this episode: Do the Shuffle; Truffle Shuffle; Sideshow Shufflé; The Sideshow Podcast AD; The Sideshow Podcast BC; Ten Ton Lawsuit; In Which We Find Nick Still Doesn’t Like “Brocore”; Funny How Song Writing Makes All the Difference

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Reviews: Iced Earth – Plagues of Babylon (Century Media); The Kennedy Veil – Trinity of Falsehood (Unique Leader); Tempel – On the Steps of the Temple (Prosthetic); Throwdown – Intolerance (eOne)

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Episode 25: You’re Never Too Old for a ‘Your Mom’ Joke

Last week, we stepped up our game a bit, keeping things on task and, well, for lack of a better word, “intelligent.”  This week, we try to continue in a similar vein. In addition to reviewing some more of Metal Month’s new releases, we also see the  return of the “Sh!t We Missed” segment, where we take a look at a few releases that, for one reason or another, we just didn’t get to when they came out.  Actually, it’s during that segment when Brian takes a shot one of his fellow hosts’ mothers and brings the classiness down a notch or two…right about to your mom’s level.

Reviews: Barren Earth – The Devil’s Resolve; Primitive Weapons – The Shadow Gallery; Spawn of Possesison – Incurso

Sh!t We Missed: Alcest – Les Voyages de l’Âme; Iced Earth – Dystopia; Megadeth – Th1rt3en

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