Here’s an amazing treat! Unless you’ve missed on some major pony music history, I’m pretty sure you all remember the classic Boooring! from Assertive Fluttershy that was included in the very first Balloon Party album, well rejoice because it has just been delivered in a epic Metal rearrangement from Brownie! As the emotion from the nostalgia and from rediscovering that classic in a rock music format arises, we get overwhelmed along the top-notch guitar and bass performance, the blissful sound, and the original melodies that lulled so many of our early brony days. Much thanks to Brownie for this emotional callback and masterpiece of a cover, keep rocking!
Metal
Velvet Wings & SDreamExplorerS – Forgotten Reality | Gothic Metal
Already delighting us with their Voyager masterpiece Little Feather and its Nightwish/Lacuna Coil/Within Temptation musical influences, the duo of many wonders composed of Velvet R. Wings and SDreamExplorerS is back with a much welcomed new release. Giving off a much enjoyable Gothic Metal vibe, the song displays Velvet’s almighty vocals that honor the genre very well, and for now we can only wonder about the meaning of the Russian lyrics, but judging by the amazing cover art I’m sure it’s pretty cool. SDreamExplorerS aka Soul Strings does an incredible job at the instrumental, perfectly accompanying the vocals and displaying much grace and force with both piano and guitar play.
[P@D] Elias Frost & Jyc Row – Windigos | Orchestral Metal
One of my personal top favorites from Amity, Windigos is a stunning blend of Metal and Orchestral, and incidentally or not, it is by masters of the genres Elias Frost and Jyc Row respectively. For this one, Elias composed an almighty instrumental using many instruments like the mandolin, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, and even flute, going all-out and delivering many emotional wonders over an incredible progression. The flute is especially one of my weaknesses here, and it really does amazing things throughout the soft yet powerful instrumental. Another of the elements I love the most about this masterpiece has got to be the vocals. Jyc Row‘s outstanding Metal vocals are proving once again to be insanely epic, and fill the song with a power full of the spirit of rock music and charisma. The backing vocals from Elias are also adding so much emotion to the song. In the last vocal part of the track in particular, the extended backing vocals blending with Jyc’s lead vocals in perfect unisson, has got to be the most emotional and intense part of the song for me, providing vocal melodic bliss and extra Folk vibes, for a masterful finale of divine power. I’m getting teary-eyed again while writing this, you guys are awesome, keep it up, I love you :’)
[P@D] Frozen Night – Crystal Tears (feat. ForeverFreest) | Orchestral Metal
Frozen Night, aka the master of emotional Orchestral Metal who made many gorgeous instrumental pieces, teamed up with fabulous vocalist ForeverFreest to create this masterpiece and token of Amity. Deep strings and piano, epic drums and guitar, beautiful and resonant vocals, and even choruses pile up in a lovely progression to tell a moving tale in a powerful musical format. An amazing job, and another proof that two in harmony surpasses one in perfection!
[P@D] bank pain & Thrasher – Searchlights Over Canterlot | Metal Neurofunk
Pendulum meets Noisia anyone? Or perhaps something straight from an album by The Qemists (thanks Sky Runner for reminding me about them!) This contribution to Amity comes from the producers of two of my favourite songs from the last P@D album. Thrasher’s used to combining metal guitars and electronic sounds, but this might be a first for bank – nonetheless the blend of metal and dnb is seamless. I hope we get to see more of this kind of thing from these two artists in the future!
MetalPony – Do Better | Metalcore
MetalPony has been on the rise for quite some time now, and this new song is quite the masterpiece! With a deep and meaningful inspiration and theme, it expresses much in pure Metal spirit with a heavy instrumental blessed by amazing drums, bass and guitar performance. The vocals have got to be my favorite aspect of this track though, and both the heavy and the soft vocal parts are a bliss. Keep it up, MetalPony!
Elias Frost – Winter Wrap Up (Covering Daniel Ingram) | Folk Metal
Elias Frost treats us with a new cover of a show song, and this time it’s Winter Wrap Up from S1, forever a classic! The very energetic nature of the song is blending well with this Folk Metal cover full of spirit, and the guitar performance sounds both kind and strong, while the awesome Finnish vocals pay much tribute to the original. A Russian instrument called the zhaleika was also expertly used to bring more Folk vibes, and it is the icing on the cake!
[P@D] SDreamExplorerS – Let The Sun Rise (Covering Morgsch & Itchigotchi) | Metal
A much welcome and awesome cover from SDreamExplorerS aka Soul Strings, this piece of Amity shines with force, as lovely guitar melodies and heavy riffs unfold for an amazing result. Itchigotchi’s original vocals are still present, and stand alongside SDreamExplorerS’ mighty Metal vocals for a delightful contrast.
Outside the Day – Chrysalis will Rise | Hardcore Punk
More badapple anthems incoming! Getting onto the Changeling Kingdom’s gig stage, Outside the Day performs a quite awesome Hardcore Punk song under Queen Chrysalis’ guidance to celebrate the execution of her malicious plan in the S6 finale. I can just imagine the audience of Changelings celebrating and cheering to the song along the mighty vocals!
Ponysphere – Blackened Heart | Trash Metal
A delightful treat for all the metal ponies out there, Ponysphere delivers in full force a Trash Metal track centered around the darkness of a Shadowbolt’s heart. It is adding much depth to both the obscure gang from S1 and Scootaloo as an alternative storyline unfolds along mighty vocals and a masterful instrumental, in the purest metal spirit. Keep rocking my brethren! |¯|
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