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Kyle made his yearly pilgrimage to Mad With Power 2026, while Fer watched the live stream from the other side of the equator, come (re)live the wonderful bands and immaculate vibes with us! ⚔️ Stay Powerful! ⚔️   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:12 Sup Nerds 00:03:52 Preparty 00:06:49 Day 1 - Hinayana 00:07:57 A Sound of Thunder 00:10:15 Helsátt 00:11:40 Dinner Break 00:13:33 Videogames 00:...

We listened to a bunch of albums and went to a few shows and we are talking about it want it or not ⚔️ Stay Powerful! ⚔️ For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:42 Sup Nerds 00:01:51 New Dragonforce Vocalist 00:06:44 Power Paladin 00:10:41 Mega Colossus 00:14:10 Dimhav 00:20:48 Vision Divine 00:26:07 Moonlight Haze 00:30:27 Eternal Champion 00:32:44 Scimitar 00:36:44 Triosphere 00:39:13 Albion...

While Kyle is away, we got together with the wonderful Adrienne Cowan from Seven Spires to chat about Power Metal, South American shows, the Berklee experience, and achieving a dream gig: getting to work with Roy Khan. Stay Powerful ⚔️ For the impatient: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:14 Sup Nerds 00:01:30 Top 4 Power Metal bands 00:01:56 Video works! 00:03:33 Being lumped in with Power Metal 00:07:08 Study...

Somehow, we attended Epic Fest for a third time. Against all odds and common sense we descended upon the now familiar Roskilde in Denmark for a weekend of pure power metal fun with some incredible bands and the best people we can think of. Lets talk about it!   Playlist with all the songs performed at the fest by purejoyandhappiness https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4h1LiKU1fPTxiON4ZtYWgq?si=SuDg8...

Sonata is back, Hagane has a new single, Lovebites delivers a new album, and Fer joins Kyle in the "Galneryus live more than once" club. Also Greyhawk, Induction, and other non power metal live shows and movies because we like those too.   For the Impatient: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:14 Sup Nerds 00:03:27 Sonata Arctica - Freedom Concept 00:08:40 Hagane - Black Diamond 00:13:51 Lovebites - Outstanding...

Epic Fest 2026 is around the corner, so we got together with co-founder Lauge Kjærum once again for a chat on what's coming, what we liked last year, and an exclusive look at a to be anounced event! Get your tickets here: https://gimle.dk/event/epic-fest-chapter-4-two-days/ Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast   Follow us!   Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc - powerf...

The Powerful crew celebrate the new year by looking back at some of their favorite power metal albums of 2025. With long awaited returns and fresh surprises, you're bound to find something you love. The lads also get wild and discuss some favorite movies, TV shows, and video games to wrap things up. Checkout Kyle's annual reddit post For the impatient: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:14 Sup Nerds 00:03:22 Cr...

Exciting Power Metal News with Lovebites announcing a new album, Galneryus playing outside of Asia, Rhapsody doing super special shows, Fabio leaving Angra, Angra doing a reunion show with Edu and Aquiles, crazy month really. Also Fer released an album, go check it out! https://youtu.be/iQ1Neq-RaM4 And we review other albums we listened to lately, and a bunch of live shows we attended, get comfy b...

Kyle went again to good old ProgPower in Atlanta, GA, in a year of uncertainty but filled with hope for all the prog and power great times were had with the longstanding PP Crowd that gets together every year to live and brethe the music they love.   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:01:08 Sup Nerds 00:05:51 Aries Descendant 00:07:38 Secret Sphere 00:09:25 Eclipse 00:10:20 Green Carnation 00...

Kyle went to Mile High Power Fest in Denver, Colorado, USA, for some cool regional Power Metal and some familiar faces you just can't get tired of.   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:25 Sup Nerds 00:02:58 Signs of Tranquility 00:05:15 Viperwitch 00:07:58 Oak Ash and Thorn 00:12:01 The Festival 00:13:50 The Afterparty (that Kyle missed) 00:15:00 Back to Celestial Wizard 00:15:40 Greyhawk...

The powerful gang sits down for a chat with Jimi and Greg from Crimson Shadows, get to know them with us! Check out their new album: Whispers of War https://crimsonshadows.bandcamp.com/album/whispers-of-war  Support them by buying some merch! https://crimsonshadows.bigcartel.com/ For the Impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:35 Sup Nerds 00:01:48 Top 4 Power Metal Bands 00:07:27 What took so long for...

2025 is being an amazing year for Power Metal, specially for us with Crimson Shadows' long awaited new album, the surprise trad flavor of Exvamon, and the upcoming Helloween release, plus some prog mastery by the ever excellent Moron Police.   For the Impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:01:45 Sup Nerds 00:03:10 Crimson Shadows 00:16:55 Exvamon 00:24:27 Old Machines 00:30:20 Helloween 00:43:27 Moron Po...

Kyle attended Mad With Power Fest once more, hear everything about the bands, the friends, the good, the bad, and the uncertainty for the future, with a nice serving of cheesy cheese curds. For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:56 Sup Nerds 00:04:53 Day 1 00:05:01 Brian Koenig 00:07:53 Oryad 00:11:46 The Dinner Break (Country Music??) 00:14:31 The Dread Crew of Oddwood 00:17:04 Nanowar of Ste...

Catching up on albums from the past couple months, and some live shows Fer attended   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:02:08 Sup Nerds 00:04:05 Ancient Bards 00:06:35 Ancient Bards Lore 00:14:30 Hagane 00:22:56 Lycanthro 00:30:46 Tarja and Marko live show 00:39:53 Gloryammer's South American Tour got Canceled 00:41:43 Savatage live show (and Opeth) 00:47:34 Angra Temple of Shadows Anniversa...

Incredible but we did it again, we went to Epic Fest 2025 in Roskilde, Denmark, and it was incredibly powerful. Join us as we process some of the most packed couple days we've had, the epic highs, the bizarre lows, and the promise of what's yet to come.   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:43 Sup Nerds 00:07:15 Copenhagen again, but sunny! 00:11:33 Epic Fest 2025 00:13:19 Battle Born 00:15...

Explore with us the overall themes and a deep dive track by track commentary into the brand new Panthalassan album "From the Shallows of the Mantle", with creator and friend of the show Jake Wright (Viathyn, ex-Ravenous). Follow along after you've listened to the album for a deeper comprehension of this new Prog Power release and of Jake's own world and what it represents to him as a time capsule...

Some cool album reviews this month from Majestica, Labyrinth, Master Sword, Queen of Dreams, and one new cool EP by star drummer and cool friend Willian Amorim Don't miss The Elven Curse, out everywhere on February 28th!   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:31:12 Sup Nerds 01:54:23 Majestica 11:00:16 Labyrinth 16:07:01 Current events? In my Power Metal?? 17:20:17 Not quite politics tangent 22...

After the year is actually over, we go over Kyle's Albums for Consideration 2024 edition, and some other stuff to round up a very eventful year. https://www.reddit.com/r/PowerMetal/comments/1hs38gs/zfs_albums_for_consideration_2024/   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:36 Sup Nerds 00:04:44 Kyle's Albums for Consideration 2024 00:06:27 Albion 00:07:41 Curta'n Wall 00:11:33 Demon BItch 00:1...

We are back to a normal reviews episode, going over some albums (and a couple singles) of some varied styles, but mainly the two sides of the power coin: Fellowship and Demon Bitch.   For the Impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:01:18 Sup Nerds 00:02:55 Fellowship 00:13:47 Edit Point 00:20:37 Slam Dunk Tangent 00:23:06 More Fellowship 00:26:56 Demon Bitch 00:32:21 Edit Point 00:38:39 Stilverlight 00:41...

The organizer for Epic Fest listened to our review, and then got in touch to talk about the fest and what's coming for the bigger and better 2025 edition, join us on this lovely chat with Lauge Hede Kjærum about all things Epic, Danish, and Metal.   Get your tickets to the fest before they run out! https://gimle.dk/event/epic-fest-chapter-3-two-days/   Viking Ship live show - https://www.youtube.c...

Album reviews are back! It's been a minute but we are catching up on our backlog, and only juuuust 2 live show reviews.   For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:32 Sup Nerds 00:02:25 Wintersun 00:13:20 Vision Divine 00:16:46 Krilloan 00:18:41 Eons Enthroned shameless plug 00:20:29 Nightwish 00:24:55 The Dolby Atmos aspect 00:30:29 Galneryus 00:34:03 Are we on the upcoming Galneryus BluRay? 00:...

Kyle once again ventured to Atlanta, Georgia for ProgPower USA! Join him and friend of the show Alis of  RageBadgerGaming  as they recount the epic tale of the battle of Prog and Power.  Timestamps for the impatient:  00:00:00 Cold Open  00:00:49 Sup Nerds  00:03:21 Day 1 Darkwater  00:08:10 Victorius  00:10:26 Dream Evil  00:13:12 Circus Maximus  00:16:06 Angra  00:18:49 Fabio signed the chart!! ...

Better late than never, the podcast made it to Mad With Power Fest once more, with some surprises! Relive this amazing weekend with us in this annual tradition, with a twist! Support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast   Follow us!   Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc - powerful. a power metal podcast Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/powerfulpodcast Instagram - https://ww...

New Singles, New Albums, Old albums, and the hypest comebacks, surprising amount of Canadians carrying this episode with some cool power metal reviews. For the impatient: 00:00:00 Pre-roll 00:00:43 Sup Nerds 00:04:55 Demon BItch 00:10:47 Crimson Shadows 00:14:07 Planeswalker 00:18:16 Frogge 00:20:19 It was all for the back prints 00:24:33 Dragony 00:28:41 Old Machines 00:31:27 Cassettes tangent 00...

Sup Nerds! Today we talk Twilight Force, Beast in Black, Seven Spires, Rhapsody of Fire, Sunburst, and the best tangents around! Also you should know Kyle finished the Elden Ring DLC the night after recording this episode. Git gud, and stay powerful.   For the impatient: 00:00:27 Sup Nerds 00:01:42 Twilight Force News 00:08:21 Beast in Black 00:08:51 The Eurobeat Tangent 00:11:13 Back to Beast in...