Episode 36 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New Levin Minnemann Rudess, Operation: Mindcrime, and Pain Of Salvation, plus I advocate for more violence in The Olympics and explain the tragedy of being a broke audiophile.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...sode-36-882016
Episode 37 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: The Ghost commits suicide on-air.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-37-8292016
Tune in live tonight at my new time: 10pm to 1am EST for a new edition of The ProgPower Station on 90.3 WMSC.
Live-stream on iHeartRadio:
http://www.iheart.com/live/wmsc-7091/
Episode 38 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: We return with a "new" host, new music by Opeth, DGM, Periphery, Ideology, and Kayo Dot, and I read the contents of the WMSC Shout Out Bucket on-air and upset everyone involved.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-38-9122016
Show Breakdown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Relaunch]
- Dream Theater: “Pull Me Under”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (8:51)
Block 2 (11:06)
- Andromeda: “The Words Unspoken”
- Frost*: “Numbers”
Block 3 (24:10)
- Spheric Universe Experience: “Now Or Never”
- Rush: “Red Barchetta”
Block 4 (38:00)
- Caligula’s Horse: “Daughter Of The Mountain”
- Genesis: “Squonk”
{Concert Updates} (55:03)
Block 5 (56:58)
- The Mars Volta: “Cicatriz E.S.P.”
Block 6 (1:10:26)
- Karnivool: “Lifelike”
- DGM: “Ghosts Of Insanity (Feat. Tom Englund)”
- Vinnie Moore: “Lifeforce”
{On this Post-9/11 Special...} (1:24:42)
Block 7 (1:30:30)
- Opeth: “Will O The Wisp”
- Ideology: “Exhale (Patefacation)”
Block 8 (1:41:46)
- King Crimson: “One More Red Nightmare”
- Mastodon: “Curl Of The Burl”
{The Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:54:06)
Block 9 (1:58:29)
- Enchant: “Mae Dae / At Death’s Door”
- Kayo Dot: “Amalia’s Theme”
Block 10 (2:17:57)
- Seventh Wonder: “Not An Angel”
- Spock’s Beard: “Devil’s Got My Throat”
- Gavin Harrison & 05Ric: “Scar”
Block 11 (2:39:08)
- Periphery: “Absolomb”
{A Reading from the Shout-Out Bucket} (2:47:47)
Block 12 (2:56:56)
- Conception: “The Promiser”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (3:00:06)
Block 13 (3:02:51)
- Muse: “Knights Of Cydonia”
[End Transmission]
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Episode 39 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: An interview with the Minnesota prog-metal band Ideology, plus new music by Devin Townsend Project and DGM, and I warn the dangers of human-on-robot sex.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-39-9192016
Show Breakdown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- The Mars Volta: “Son Et Lumiere / Inertiatic E.S.P.”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (6:20)
Block 2 (8:00)
- Dir En Grey: “Vinushka”
{Robot Sex: Yay or Nay?} (17:32)
Block 3 (21:44)
- Pain Of Salvation: “Ending Theme (Remix)”
- Opeth: “Sorceress”
Block 4 (35:00)
- Dream Theater: “Moment Of Betrayal”
- Symphony X: “The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm”
- Mystery: “Sailing On A Wing”
Block 5 (50:54)
- Strawbs: “Hero And Heroine”
{Ideology Spotlight} (55:08)
Block 6 (56:25)
- Ideology: “Oxygen (Feat. Hedras Ramos)”
- Ideology: “Inhale”
(((Ideology Interview))) [1:15:58]
Block 7 (1:28:50)
- Ideology: “Eyes Up!”
Block 8 (1:36:58)
- Tomorrow’s Eve: “The Years Ahead”
- Thought Chamber: “Transmigration Of Souls”
- Steve Hackett: “Clocks - The Angel Of Mons”
{The Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:53:45)
Block 9 (1:56:45)
- Coheed & Cambria: “Apollo I: The Writing Writer”
- Radiohead: “Burn The Witch”
- Frost*: “Signs”
Block 10 (2:13:15)
- Seventh Wonder: “Hide And Seek”
- Sieges Even: “Behind Closed Doors”
Block 11 (2:29:20)
- DGM: “Fallen”
- Devin Townsend Project: “Truth”
- Scar Symmetry: “Prism And Gate”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:43:35)
Block 12 (2:49:21)
- U.K: “Mental Medication”
[End Transmission]
Episode 40 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New Seventh Wonder, Cry Of Dawn, Marillion, and Opeth, plus a sewer person sits in as guest and I do an awful Rick Sanchez impression.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-40-9262016
Show Breakdown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Circus Maximus: “Sin”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (6:12)
Block 2 (11:45)
- Ghost: “Con Clavi Con Dio”
- James LaBrie: “Statued”
{A Conversation with a Sewer Person, Pt. 1} (19:13)
Block 3 (22:52)
- Wobbler: “In Orbit”
- Strawbs: “Lemon Pie”
Block 4 (42:46)
- Cry Of Dawn: “Chance”
- Coheed & Cambria: “The Running Free”
{A Conversation with a Sewer Person, Pt. 2} (50:35)
Block 5 (1:00:19)
- Dali’s Dilemma: “Miracles In Yesteryear”
- Seventh Wonder: “Taint The Sky (Live)”
- Porcupine Tree: “Halo”
{A Conversation with a Sewer Person, Pt. 3} (1:18:43)
Block 6 (1:27:48)
- Rush: “Analog Kid”
- Beardfish: “They Whisper”
Block 7 (1:41:16)
- Muse: “Stockholm Syndrome”
- Gojira: “Pray”
{Sewer Person Conversation, Pt. 4 [The Dark Corner]} (1:51:16)
Block 8 (2:00:39)
- Marillion: “The New Kings”
{A Conversation with a Sewer Person, Pt. 5} (2:17:09)
Block 9 (2:34:05)
- Opeth: “The Wilde Flowers”
- Redemption: “Thirty Silver”
- The Mars Volta: “Molochwalker”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:50:30)
Block 10 (2:55:48)
- Le Orme: “Ritorno Al Nulla”
[End Transmission]
Episode 41 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New Ghost and Seventh Wonder, plus I reflect on how Mondays don't actually exist and my lack of knowledge on Jewish holidays.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-41-1032016
Show Breakdown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Conception: “Water Confines”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (4:33)
Block 2 (7:10)
- Seventh Wonder: “Inner Enemy (Studio Version)”
- Animals As Leaders: “Earth Departure”
- TesseracT: “Of Reality – Eclipse”
Block 3 (23:46)
- Kansas: “Journey From Mariabronn”
- Jethro Tull: “Fires At Midnight”
- Iamthemorning: “The Howler”
{Local 5K Retrospective} (38:03)
Block 4 (45:37)
- Sieges Even: “What’s Up God?”
- Ghost: “Square Hammer”
{Concert Updates} (55:01)
Block 5 (1:00:53)
- Dream Theater: “A Change Of Seasons”
Block 6 (1:26:54)
- Between The Buried & Me: “The Coma Machine”
- Shumaun: “A New Revolution”
Block 7 (1:41:46)
- Enchant: “Fade 2 Grey”
- Zombi: “Metaverse”
{Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:54:54)
Block 8 (1:58:00)
- Marillion: “Heart Of Lothian – I. Wide Boy / Curtain Call”
- Frost* - “Black Light Machine”
Block 9 (2:14:52)
- Don Caballero: “Bears See Things Pretty Much The Way They Are”
- Born Of Osiris: “The Other Half Of Me”
- Karnivool: “Themata”
{Why are Jewish holidays so dark?} (2:29:03)
Block 10 (2:34:50)
- Iron Maiden: “Caught Somewhere In Time”
- Genesis: “Cul-de-sac”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:47:57)
Block 11 (2:52:15)
- Riverside: “I Believe”
[End Transmission]
Episode 42 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: A Columbus Day special featuring Mets-induced nihilism, as well Double-Shots of every artist including new Opeth, Evergrey, and Twelve Foot Ninja.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-42-10102016
Show Rundown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Jorn: “Something Real”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (5:43)
Block 2 (7:57)
- Jorn: “I Know There’s Something Going On”
- Opeth: “Bleak”
- Opeth: “Chrysalis”
{Christmas Commercials in October} (30:30)
Block 3 (33:17)
- Dream Theater: “Surrounded”
- Dream Theater: “Scene Seven: I. The Dance Of Eternity / II. One Last Time”
Block 4 (51:10)
- Evergrey: “The Masterplan”
{Concert Giveaways and Presidential Clown Shows} (56:04)
Block 5 (1:05:52)
- Evergrey: “Paranoid”
Block 6 (1:11:54)
- Genesis: “Watcher Of The Skies”
- Genesis: “Return Of The Giant Hogweed”
Block 7 (1:29:20)
- Kansas: “The Spider”
- Kansas: “It’s You”
- Spock’s Beard: “In The Mouth Of Madness”
- Flying Colors: “Bombs Away (Live)”
{Hanging Diplomas} (1:44:57)
Block 8 (1:47:08)
- Twelve Foot Ninja: “One Hand Killing”
- Twelve Foot Ninja: “Invincible”
{Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:55:12)
Block 9 (1:59:20)
- Riverside: “Hyperactive”
- Riverside: “Beyond The Eyelids”
Block 10 (2:14:35)
- Iron Maiden: “The Phantom Of The Opera”
- Iron Maiden: “The Clairvoyant”
Block 11 (2:26:46)
- Nightwish: “Wish I Had An Angel”
- Nightwish: “Feel For You”
Block 12 (2:36:26)
- King Crimson: “Elephant Talk”
- King Crimson: “The Night Watch”
- Between The Buried & Me: “Dim Ignition”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:48:47)
Block 13 (2:51:35)
- Between The Buried & Me: “Viridian / White Walls”
[End Transmission]
Episode 43 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New Opeth, Seventh Wonder, Cry Of Dawn, Twelve Foot Ninja, and The Dillinger Escape Plan, plus I enter a monologue on the inevitability of death.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-43-10172016
Show Rundown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Symphony X: “Set The World On Fire (The Lie Of Lies)”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (6:03)
Block 2 (8:18)
- Chimp Spanner: “Dark Age Of Technology”
- Karnivool: “The Only Way”
Block 3 (18:25)
- Seventh Wonder: “Unbreakable (Live)”
- Messenger: “Balearic Blue”
{"Dead Prog Society" Announcement} (33:31)
Block 4 (34:45)
- Jethro Tull: “Minstrel In The Gallery”
- Cry Of Dawn: “Listen To Me”
{Phil Collins & Paul McCartney Feud / Concert Updates} (46:49)
Block 5 (55:38)
- Dream Theater: “The Killing Hand”
- Ghost: “Mummy Dust”
{Dream Theater vs. Future of The United States} (1:08:20)
Block 6 (1:10:47)
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer: “Jerusalem”
- Porcupine Tree: “Lips Of Ashes”
- Chon: “Knot”
Block 7 (1:24:59)
- Gojira: “Stranded” [Magma]
- TesseracT: “Perfection - Concealing Fate: Part Four”
- Leprous: “Rewind”
Block 8 (1:41:26)
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: “Low Feels Blvd”
- Twelve Foot Ninja: “Point Of You”
{Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:49:18)
Block 9 (1:54:31)
- Spock’s Beard: “Hiding Out”
- Rick Wakeman: “Anne Of Cleves”
Block 10 (2:10:50)
- The Tea Club: “The Magnet”
- Iron Maiden: “The Prisoner”
Block 11 (2:28:38)
- Cynic: “Carbon-Based Anatomy”
- Fates Warning: “A Pleasant Shade Of Gray - Part IV”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:40:56)
Block 12 (2:43:54)
- Opeth: “Era / Persephone (Slight Return)”
[End Transmission]
Episode 44 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New Orphaned Land, Seventh Wonder, Epica, and The Dillinger Escape Plan, plus I compare watching The Walking Dead to Stockholm Syndrome and vomit over the idea of cooking with semen.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-44-10242016
Show Rundown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Kamelot: “Solitaire / Rule The World”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (4:55)
Block 2 (7:43)
- Mastodon: “The Wolf Is Loose”
- Royal Hunt: “River Of Pain / Tearing Down The World”
Block 3 (26:33)
- Fates Warning: “Fata Morgana”
- Battles: “Wall Street”
{Politics Suck} (37:43)
Block 4 (39:38)
- Karnivool: “Nachash”
- Anthony Phillips: “Um & Aargh”
{Cubs Winning World Series = Apocalypse?} (53:10)
Block 5 (56:17)
- Seventh Wonder: “The Promise”
- Brian Eno: “St. Elmo’s Fire”
- Big Big Train: “Summoned By Bells”
{Concert Updates} (1:17:54)
Block 6 (1:26:05)
- Orphaned Land & Amaseffer: “Akeda”
- Anakdota: “The Girl Next Door”
Block 7 (1:36:06)
- Twelve Foot Ninja: “Coming For You”
- Peter Gabriel: “San Jacinto”
- Pagan’s Mind: “Follow Your Way”
Block 8 (1:51:16)
- James LaBrie: “Jekyll Or Hyde”
{Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:55:00)
Block 9 (2:00:34)
- Iron Maiden: “Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son”
- Epica: “A Phantasmic Parade”
Block 10 (2:16:59)
- Periphery: “Far Out”
- Saga: “Don’t Be Late (Live)”
- Sound Of Contact: “Omega Point”
Block 11 (2:36:59)
- Opeth: “Karma”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:45:05)
Block 12 (2:49:45)
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: “Dissociation”
[End Transmission]
The Halloween Metal Massacre and Dead Prog Society specials are now up on Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-45-10312016
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ociety-1142016
Tune in live at 10pm to 1am EST tonight for a pre-election / Apocalypse edition of The ProgPower Station on 90.3 WMSC.
Live-stream on iHeartRadio and wmscradio.com
Episode 46 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: A Pre-Election / Apocalypse special featuring new music by Animals As Leaders and Twelve Foot Ninja, as well as a last minute campaign for the dark lord Cthulhu.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-46-1172016
Show Rundown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Muse: “Sunburn”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (4:13)
Block 2 (5:58)
- Animals As Leaders: “Inner Assassins”
- Redemption: “Path Of The Whirlwind”
{WMSC Election Coverage Announcements} (17:35)
Block 3 (19:11)
- Coheed & Cambria: “The Crowing”
- Cairo: “Between The Lines”
Block 4 (38:43)
- Dream Theater: “Blind Faith”
- Marillion: “He Knows You Know”
{Concert Updates} (54:23)
Block 5 (58:50)
- Rush: “Xanadu”
- Between The Buried & Me: “Informal Gluttony”
- Haken: “Initiate”
{Xanadu Dies... Again} (1:21:12)
Block 6 (1:26:14)
- Suspyre: “Chaser”
- Battles: “Leyendecker”
- Frost*: “Towerblock”
Block 7 (1:40:24)
- Anekdoten: “If It All Comes Down To You”
- Twelve Foot Ninja: “Oxygen”
- The Mars Volta: “Ouroborous”
{Dave The Robot reports from Inauguration Day 2017} (1:57:36)
Block 8 (2:00:08)
-Nektar: “Recycled [Side One]”
Block 9 (2:19:33)
- Genesis: “Burning Rope”
- Steven Wilson: “No Part Of Me”
- Andromeda: “Star Shooter Supreme”
Block 10 (2:41:14)
- Sigur Rós: “Gobbledigook”
- 3: “Where’s Max”
- Symphony X: “Masquerade”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:53:06)
Block 11 (2:58:55)
- Conception: “Would It Be The Same”
[End Transmission]
Episode 47 now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New David Bowie, Animals As Leaders, and The Dillinger Escape Plan, plus I try to re-unite a Cold War II America.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-47-11142016
Show Rundown
Block 1 (0:00)
[Disclaimer]
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra: “Beethoven”
{Intro by R⊕ldan} (3:12)
Block 2 (6:21)
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra: “Madness Of Men”
- Pain Of Salvation: “Lilium Cruentus”
- Pain Of Salvation: “Ashes”
Block 3 (24:47)
- Seventh Wonder: “King Of Whitewater”
- Seventh Wonder: “A Day Away”
Block 4 (37:07)
- Strawbs: “Autumn: Heroine's Theme / Deep Summer Sleep / The Winter Long”
- Strawbs: “Heartbreaker”
{Concert Updates} (50:57)
Block 5 (58:45)
- David Bowie: “Killing A Little Time”
- David Bowie: “Sunday”
Block 6 (1:09:57)
- Animals As Leaders: “Arithmophobia”
- Animals As Leaders: “Soraya”
Block 7 (1:21:06)
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: “Limerent Death”
- The Dillinger Escape Plan: “Fugue”
Block 8 (1:33:02)
- Spock’s Beard: “Tides Of Time”
- Spock’s Beard: “Something Very Strange”
{Ghost News Network [GNN]} (1:49:26)
Block 9 (1:53:30)
- Fates Warning: “Eye To Eye”
- Fates Warning: “Static Acts”
Block 10 (2:03:24)
- Pink Floyd: “Careful With That Axe, Eugene (Live)”
- Pink Floyd: “Run Like Hell”
Block 11 (2:19:01)
- Gazpacho: “Desert Flight”
- Gazpacho: “Mary Celeste”
Block 12 (2:34:53)
- Kamelot: “Ghost Opera”
- Kamelot: “We Are Not Separate”
- Threshold: “Ground Control”
{Wrap-Up / Paying Dues} (2:50:02)
Block 13 (2:53:31)
- Threshold: “Paradox”
[End Transmission]
11/21's edition of The ProgPower Station now on Soundcloud.
This week: We pre-game Thanksgiving with new Pain Of Salvation, John Wesley, and all 45 minutes of "Thick As A Brick."
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-48-11212016
11/28's edition of The ProgPower Station now on Soundcloud.
This week: We celebrate the death of a tyrant, plus new music by Animals As Leaders, Seventh Wonder, and The Dillinger Escape Plan. I also question the correlation between democracy, cultural expansion, and whenever the hell Anima Mundi and Sintesis stop being the only existing Cuban prog-rock bands.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...an-prog-crisis
12/5's program now on Soundcloud.
This week: An Animals As Leaders concert review, plus my body fails me in every way possible.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-50-1252016
12/12's program now on Soundcloud.
This week: An "In Memoriam" to Greg Lake. Plus...it's Double-Shots Week, my throat slowly deteriorates throughout the course of the broadcast as I contract the Black Plague, and I discuss the healing properties of Cuban coffee.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...de-51-12122016
12/19's program now on Soundcloud.
Celebrate this Three Kings' Day by listening to The ProgPower Station's Christmas / New Year's special.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...-years-special
New edition of The ProgPower Station now up on Soundcloud.
This week: A "Best Of" special featuring the best Prog of 2016, Celebrity Death Pools, alternate universe Lovecraftian inaugurations, and Trojan Horse cakes.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...-worst-of-2016
1/30/17's edition of The ProgPower Station now up on Soundcloud.
This week: An interview with the Nashville prog-rock band Evership, plus I run a failed contest and implore Tom Brady to commit seppuku.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ship-interview
Wow. Interesting to see this. I went to MSC (now MSU of course) and was on the radio in 1988-89. Good luck Anthony and 3RDegree would love to come on later this year when we put out our new album.
Absolutely! Looking forward to it.Originally Posted by 3RDegree_Robert
2/6/17's program now up on Soundcloud.
This week: An In Memorium to John Wetton as we spend the program paying tribute to his work, plus new Pain Of Salvation and I suffer from crippling post-Super Bowl depression.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...wetton-special
2/13/17's program now up on Soundcloud.
This week: It's DOUBLE SHOTS week with new Firewind and Mastodon, plus I rant on the illegitimacy of award shows and boycott Hallmark holidays.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-56-2132017
2/20/17's edition of The ProgPower Station now up on Soundcloud.
This week: New Pain Of Salvation and Mastodon, plus I get cranky over protesters blocking traffic and meditate by watching tsunami and flood footage.
https://soundcloud.com/theprogpowers...ode-57-2202017
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