Tarby’s Everfree album is an underrated classic of pony music. The prog metal artists always manage to show just how creative and expressive this fandom can be. For its eleventh anniversary, Pathfinder Project took up Tarby’s mantle and covered one of its flagship songs. Settle in for 10 minutes of this one-man band performing his version of One Wish!
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Elias Frost – LORD OF CHAOS | Metal
MLP and metal music are a paradoxical but classic combination, and Elias Frost is one of the musicians who carries this unlikely torch. He has brought raw vocals, shredding guitars and banging drums for this track about your favourite draconequus menace.
Canto Acrylic – Shadows | Alternative Rock
Who is the edgiest pony? Stygian is probably one of the strongest contenders. Canto Acrylic used him as inspiration and wrote a sick song filled to the brim with angst and rage.
RavenFlight – Break the World | Metal
One of the newer musicians to the fandom, RavenFlight, has been pumping out metal bangers like “Break the World”, a fantastic song about Discord’s love for Fluttershy and how far he’s willing to go to protect her. It opens with dark and sinister ambience, accompanied with fun, edgy guitar riffs. It features screaming vocals which are well performed and perfectly match Discord’s character, and sprinkled throughout are chaotic electronic melodies and effects. Make sure to check it out; you certainly wouldn’t want to evoke Discord’s wrath.
Bloc Pony – Goodbye, Tank | Alternative Rock
If you have been to recent European pony conventions, you might have seen Bloc Pony (formerly BlocDrummer) supporting the likes of Blackened Blue and PrinceWhateverer, or as part of Equestrian Echoes. Goodbye, Tank is his first solo pony song: this emotional rock track is about the episode Tanks For The Memories—but reimagined, if the episode was actually about Tank’s passing. Show him your support, so that we may hear more music from Bloc Pony in the future!
SpinScissor – Three Friends Watching Stars Explode | Piano Rock
This song is a smoky yet graceful introspection with a solid backing beat, interweaving several timid yet hopeful anthems throughout. SpinScissor’s description of the song says it
“details the story of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, who, on one fateful night, decide to brave the unknown by venturing together deep into the Everfree Forest through the pitch black, and are rewarded greatly for it with a one-of-a-kind memory that they’ll surely never forget.”-SpinScissor
They go on to add a personal note, which says a lot about the tone of this piece-
“As an anxious person, I often struggle to take risks, and I tend to severely overthink even the most small and inconsequential decisions at times. This song serves as a reminder to myself, and to anyone else that may need it, that some risks, no matter how daunting they may seem in the moment, truly are worth taking.”-SpinScissor
All in all, it is well worth the listen, and we hope you enjoy it.
L-Train & RoCSMOr – Pillars Of Equestria Part Two | Symphonic Metal
L-Train and his Royal Canterlot Symphonic Metal Orchestra have finally returned for the long-awaited sequel to Pillars of Equestria. Part 1 told the tale of the seven legendary ponies, and how they were brought together; six years later, we listen to their exploits: the battle with the Sirens, the planting of the Seed of Harmony, the fall of Stygian, the rise of the Pony of Shadows, and their ultimate disappearance.
Part 2 is once again a grand collaboration, with 4EverfreeBrony, DaWillstanator, ShadowSprite, SkyBolt, and Aria Diamond returning for their roles as the Pillars, and Cyril the Wolf and Namii filling in for Francis Vace and Aramau. In addition, Celica Soldream provides a spectacular performance as the Sirens, and some additional instrumentals are provided by Pathfinder Project, Koron Korak, BlueBrony, Osoch, and Blackened Blue.
Be sure to listen to both parts, and give all the artists (especially L-Train) some love! Find L-Train on YouTube, Bluesky, and Bandcamp.
The Wonderbolts! – 10:1 | Rock Album
The Wonderbolts! Clockwise from bottom left: Whimsy, Captain Thrack, Musket, BlueBrony, Skribbles, theoneGalen, Mongo / Pappa Pie
The Wonderbolts! are a band like no other. For more than 10 years, this 7-headed group has been making heavy rock and blues pony music. They also make a splash at conventions, where other artists regularly join them. At the beginning of the year, they finally released an album with their greatest songs (which is nearly all of them). Keep reading for a quick overview of the track list!
Continue reading4EverfreeBrony – The Perfect Prison | Rock Album
After a long wait, 4EverfreeBrony is finally back with a new album! It’s been nearly 3 years since his last concept album, Lost & Found. On The Perfect Prison, 4EverfreeBrony explores themes of death, grief, and immortality. Dark topics like these are something he seems to have a special relation to: his first concept album was The Pink Side Of The Moon from 2014, about Pinkie Pie being alone on the moon and the resulting depression, and two years later he released Hoping, where Twilight copes with immortality (and which got a remaster just last year).
So we’re once again listening to Twilight and the burdens of her immortal alicornhood. Specifically, The Perfect Prison is about grief, with the songs representing different stages of grief, or the spectrum of emotions tied to it. Get a song by song breakdown after the break
Continue readingEl Nulevoe – Solidarity (covering PrinceWhateverer) | Metal
Almost 7 years since the release of the original, El Nuevo has picked up one of the most famous tracks of this fandom and gave it his very own sound! The cover is inspired by the style of Andrew W.K. and is infused with the sound of El Nulevoe (plus a quick stream clip from PrinceWhateverer), and the end result sounds fantastic! Definitely give this lovely cover a listen!
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