NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 5 July 2018.
There’s definitely been a bit of a resurgence of awesome metal stuff in the fandom lately, and Blackened is one of the newer people helping with that. This new track from him is a kickass metal instrumental tune with heavy riffs and some nice variety to the intensity.
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 5 July 2018.
Elias Frost has another cover of a track from Legend Of Everfree, which means he’s covered most of them by now with only a couple more that he’ll doubtless get to in future. This one’s got a great uplifting feel in keeping with the original, but a bit more metal to it of course.
The depths of the ocean are scary and eternal, our ancestors before sailing the seas had fear of the mighty beasts that the oceans may hide. I guess that’s what fellow metal artist Reverbrony thought in making this song. 7 minutes of pure ethereal and atmospheric guitar riffs that put you inside the deep ocean, praying for your life. The “sludgyness” of the track plus with the various textures make this song really outstanding from the others that Reverbrony has produced. Is the Kraken real in Equestria? Did fellow sailorponies fear the depths of the sea? That will be a question for another episode. I recommend this track for fans of Post-Metal or any type of Doom/Sludge Metal. But everyone should listen to this! Keep up the good work Reverbrony!
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 22 June 2018.
The first part of Ponysphere’s land of harmony series came out some time ago, but the wait for this second part is evidently well worth the wait! With exceptional clean vocals from Secret Metal and some work on the instrumental portion of the song from Shurrikane and Osoch, this big collaborative work led by Ponysphere is full of amazing metal and orchestral stuff.
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 12 June 2018.
Elias has another awesome Equestria Girls cover with an aggressive interpretation of Rainbow Rocks’ Friendship Through The Ages. Some interesting different types of vocals combine with his usual ones, as well as some great guitar and other instrumentation.
Here is another exciting collaboration featured in the most recent chart topping Ponies at Dawn album, Rebirth. Æthereality combines the amazing house–style music of EM120X with the phenomenal guitar shredding of SDreamExplorerS, featuring both SDream and Daria Intoxicated as vocalists. The track immediately catches your attention with the excellent synth and drums before making the bold and creative choice to introduce dueling metal guitars.A rare mashup of styles and great performance for all, be sure to check out this amazing addition to the Rebirth album!
Wow! Here is an awesome metal track about Sweetie Bot of all things! Prince Whateverer puts his trademark, driving, metal sound to great use with some added vocal assistance from CGScrambles & Brittney Ackerman. Destabilize is intense throughout with an awesome breakdown which uses a mechanical-like synth to really bring a cool dynamic to the heavy track. This is another excellent PW track and well worth checking out!
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 9 June 2018.
SDreamExplorerS and Velvet Wings always make for an awesome combination of collaborators, with Velvet’s operatic vocals and DreamExplorer’s harsher ones combining with an epic metal instrumental to deliver a powerful tale of the windigos.
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 30 May 2018.
Frozen Night’s works are always lovely to listen to and this beautiful piece is no different. The instrumentation throughout the track evolves in an especially gratifying way and there’s some pretty epic progressions as well. As is often the case with Frozen’s works, there’s a nice touch of metal guitar meshed together with the powerful strings and percussion.
Blackened Blue is really beginning to gain some ground, especially with tracks like this one! The Rising Sun starts out with a great, almost misleadingly soft guitar intro before taking the built-up tension and exploding into an incredible metal instrumental. The guitar work in this piece is top notch with excellent dual harmonies and syncopation, and are further supported with the great composition and mix. With a tempo and a beat that really bring out the Daybreaker levels of intensity, Blackened Blue gives us a phenomenal track!
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