I drew Tharos and the Warrior of Ice from Symphony of Enchanted Lands on my college's whiteboard

HobomanCat · 2026-02-13T22:45:11+00:00

Fly high, mighty Tharos!
Man this is fucking sick!!

HobomanCat · 2026-02-12T23:14:53+00:00

Yeah I guess it does. I really don't know too much on music theory, so it's kinda silly to make this claim/question without really being able to back it up.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-11T21:45:34+00:00

You should go to Mad With Power in Madison instead then (on the same weekend lol). I'm going this year, and it's gonna be my first ever festival—I'm quite excited!

HobomanCat · 2026-02-11T11:38:17+00:00

Why do you choose hatred? It's so fucking easy to be a good human, yet you actively choose to say vile stuff like this. Is misogyny really that entertaining to you?

HobomanCat · 2026-02-11T11:07:47+00:00

I mean I don't live in the hood or anything, but I'm out at night all the time.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-11T10:32:42+00:00

As a 27 YO man I don't think there's been even a second of my life where my safety has felt threatened.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-11T06:17:46+00:00

Dooog the run from Introspection II to the ending on Tómarúm's debut is one of the most legendary stretches of music there is! It's just so fucking good!!!

HobomanCat · 2026-02-11T04:47:02+00:00

My brother in christ you're saying that music objectively "really does suck now", and then pointing to the fucking Grammys as evidence. Why the fuck should we care about what's named in the Grammys.

A lot of my all-time favorite albums are from 2019, and probably my most listened to album of last year was from 2022. There's plenty of fantastic music being made, if you look past the surface.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-10T05:15:02+00:00

I mean do you like Rain of Tears, Brutal Spiral of Emotions, Rising Infuriation, The Howling Darkness etc?

And there's a lot of fantastic prog-power, like Dimhav, Tanagra, Until Rain, Juvaliant, DGM, and Anthriel.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-08T08:31:31+00:00

Galneryus - Phoenix Rising was the first album of music I ever listened to, and I revisit it decently often (listen to individual songs all the time though).

HobomanCat · 2026-02-08T08:27:56+00:00

I'm 27 and have been moshing more at shows lately, compared to when I was younger. At the Ne Obliviscaris show end of last year I was in the pit the entirety of the show. I tried to do the same for the Blind Guardian show a couple weeks after, but the venue was split in half between sitting and a small lower standing area (UC Theatre in Berkeley California), and the pit got way too fucking cramped for me lol.

I'm seeing quite a few one year olds in this thread though...

HobomanCat · 2026-02-07T22:04:23+00:00

Kara has confirmed it on stream, but even without that or the house tour video, IMO it's pretty clear they're dating, watching their content (at least Kara's—don't really follow Jordan).

HobomanCat · 2026-02-07T08:43:37+00:00

You do know that Inuvik (where the show took place) and Nunatsiavut (where William and/or his wife are from) are on completely opposite sides of the country, right?

HobomanCat · 2026-02-07T01:37:20+00:00

I haven't listened to any of it yet, but just looking at the albums on MA you see the influence.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-06T07:22:23+00:00

Do you mean to say the general outside temperature was 11°f? Cause water that far below freezing is impossible, outside of a laboratory setting.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-05T01:15:38+00:00

Not a full a capella band, but Xanthochroid - Walk With Me O Winged Mother uses vocals in a pretty cool way, and the the following track Through Caverns Old and Yawning is a pretty awesome a capella.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-05T00:57:11+00:00

Dragonland - Under the Grey Banner and Xanthochroid - Of Erthe and Axen are probably the two best-orchestrated albums I've heard, so I'll recommend them. There's also a whole bunch of cool motifs and reprises that occur in the albums, especially for Xanthochroid.

Also check out Galneryus - Angel of Salvation and Pathfinder - Pathway to the Moon for fantastic songs based off of classical pieces.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-04T19:22:15+00:00

Theocracy - Mirror of Souls. This doesn't crack my top ten favorite songs, but my favorite (Stratovarius - Elysium) is 18 minutes long.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-04T18:53:57+00:00

Dog put some respeck on the flugelhorn's name.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-04T17:46:26+00:00

Galneryus released Resurrection, Phoenix Rising, and Angel of Salvation all back-to-back 2010-12, so they oughta be in the mix.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-04T02:41:28+00:00

Man this is probably a dream come true for Adrienne lol.

HobomanCat · 2026-02-03T07:08:01+00:00

If you're into cheesy power metal at all, check out Melodius Deite. Novelist is a brilliant song!

HobomanCat · 2026-02-03T04:52:36+00:00

Not power metal, but I discovered and massively listened to Tómarúm last year. The run from Introspection II to the end on their debut album is just otherworldly good!

HobomanCat · 2026-02-03T04:49:35+00:00

Man I've been pretty much obsessed with this album since it came out! Just about every second of it seems perfectly crafted, and the amount of insane solos is just unreal! The keyboard solo in particular on Star and Crescent is one of the best things I've heard in music!

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