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2. Wondering what could have been, or having more than you'll ever want?
01:07:09||Season 2, Ep. 2Phil and Ray discuss a wide range of bands that either maybe should have stopped, or they are grateful only had a brief period of being productive and grapple with the question, does not wanting more of a band you like make any sense? No, of course not. But we aren't always rational beings. Upcoming gigs that were mentionedHobart March 8 Pestilential Shadows, Permafog, Midnight Odyssey, Portcullis https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/a3feb1c4-9aec-4f6c-a347-6c63fa52042cMelbourne Dethfest March 9 https://tickets.cornerhotel.com/outlet/event/3db93de4-eab1-4c18-84fc-6f7821922a84Sydney April 12 Destruktor, Pestilential Shadows, AftermatH, Petrol https://allevents.in/marrickville/destruktor-%7C-factory-floor-sydney/200027790152024#Black Sabbath tickets on sale Feb 14 https://www.livenation.co.uk/show/1561056/back-to-the-beginning/birmingham/2025-07-05 Lots of other things mentioned, I'll try and get a playlist done when I can, but there is a lot covered in this one!
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1. Guest Episode: Stu McGill from Silent Knight
42:22||Season 2, Ep. 1Phil and Ray are back in 2025 chatting with Stu from Silent Knight, while they are in town as the national support on Hammerfall's Australian tour. Stu was crashing on Ray's floor while he was in town, so we thought we might as well record an episode. This episode did require significant editing as Ray and Stu are brothers, and apparently like to bicker at each other, which is no fun to listen to - just ask Phil.We cover Iron Saviour, Atlantean Kodex, Dragonland and more. Playlist for the episode is here https://open.spotify.com/playlist/02yzXsb4c2M6DMSnG04WbD?si=b8e2b0d14fe24c81 Check out Silent Knight https://silentknightband.bandcamp.com/10. 2024, an excellent year of heavy metal
01:10:52||Season 1, Ep. 10We cover a lot of things in this one. And it is quite a long episode. It has been a while between episodes and a fair bit has happened in between with Nicko's retirement, Paul Dianno's passing, Solstafir, Opeth and Tribulation all with new albums that have elicited a range of opinions. Ray mentions that Tarot are playing more shows as part of the album launch tour, but it appears that he may well have made that up. Follow Tarot on socials to stay in the loop though https://www.instagram.com/tarottasmania/ Episode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1WgRLFi1JQDGefBRW5fKWA?si=cbe4d317054349169. Jewels of the Crown Part 1: Halloween with Helloween
01:08:03||Season 1, Ep. 9Its Halloween next week so we thought we'd celebrate with some Helloween and Keep of the Seven Keys Part 1 and Part 2, as the first installment in what is becoming a series of first installments. This one we are calling Jewels of the Crown. Excellent heavy metal albums, that are probably appropriately rated, but we'll talk about them anyway because we love them.Also discussed:Austere - Beneath the Threshold and their upcoming Aus tour with Harakiri For the Sky courtesy of Your Mate Bookings https://www.yourmatebookings.com/uncategorized/3318/Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6N4rLtjPzH0Grand Magus - SunravenHalford - ResurrectionRay's experience at Essence FestivalPhil talks Glenn Hughes and Black Jesus (separate gigs)The playlist of things we've been listening to continues to grow and become more and more eclectic, so enjoy that here8. Steel Assassins!
46:24||Season 1, Ep. 8Steel Assassins is almost upon us again. The yearly heavy metal festival held in Sydney by Dave Balfour at Metal Evilution. Get your tickets and be there in Nov 8 and 9 at The Bridge in SydneyticketsEpisode playlist https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2HK4ImHg24QMEXbE1bbnTI?si=N3dYpGBcR7uROs-9ZBCs7g&pi=a-KvScuGkCT6OnAlso discussedThe quite heartwarming story of Phil's introduction to Deep Purple's Burn and the upcoming Glenn Hughes tourAnthrax's Fistful of Metal being a pretty good amount of metalThe 'big 4' having not great album covers for their first albumsBlacksound Records has a physical location coming siteSilent Knight and Valhalore (apologies for Ray mispronouncing that one, if you had to read his handwriting you'd know why) have been added as the supports for Hammerfall's upcoming Australian tourGrand Magus - pure heavy metal with a new album Sun Raven coming out Oct 187. Under the Radar Part 1
49:04||Season 1, Ep. 7Phil and Ray are back and talking about albums they like that they think other people maybe don't like quite enough... or at least don't seem to talk about. Are we wrong? Are people always talking about them and we just live in a bubble that. Or are they terrible albums that people don't talk about for a damn good reason? Black Sabbath - DehumanizerMercyful Fate - Dead AgainDissection - Reinkaos Type O Negative - Dead AgainAlso discussed Phil's Megadeth revisit begins with Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!Mood Lifters - the Rush tribute show was in Melbourne 40 Watt Sun - Little Weight is going to be occupying Ray's stereo for a while, giving Warning's Watching From a Distance some respiteWintersun - Time IIIron MaidenBulletbelt Melbourne DethFest https://www.facebook.com/melbournedethfest/ line up has been announced. March 9th at the Corner Hotel with Left To Die, Pestilential Shadows, Gutless, Werewolves, Pizza Death, Midnight Odyssey and more Emu playing in Melbourne Sep 26 at Shotkickers but also playing all across the east coast at the momentTarot album launch tour kicking off in December. Playing the Gaso Dec 6 in MelbourneBonus Episode: Iron Maiden
14:24|Phil and Ray go and see Iron Maiden in Melbourne on The Future Past Tour. Some nostalgic chat about Iron Maiden before we headed out and then some initial responses directly after the show - audio quality while we are outside the stadium is a bit rough, as I'm sure you'd expect Also, as a point of correction Nicko McBrain is actually 72 years old. The Wickerman radio edit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dfDkxHtT9I