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Alexander Engström – King of the Horde | Metal

A very long time in the making, this epic progressive metal piece is based on the episode Dragon Quest, and clocks in at an astounding 17 minutes long! How’s that for progressive, eh? It consists of 6 movements, and is itself part of an upcoming concept album fro Alexander, gotta say I’m looking forward to that!

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[KM] Reverbrony – Mind Storm | Progressive Metal

Experimenting a bit more with clean guitar sounds than usual, Reverbrony made this progressive piece for the King Mars album. Still plenty of great heavy sounds in there later on too, it just makes a nice, long progression up to them to keep you suspended 😉

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/MLP/ Plays – >No Fun Allowed | Album | Multi-Genre


Brace yourselves everypony, because you’re about to get surprised in the most amazing ways, as we present to you the result of two years of collaborative effort from musicians of the 4chan /mlp/ board, a massive 51-tracks album of stunning quality. Featuring a wide variety of genres (even including some very unusual ones), perhaps even more variety than in the P@D or LDB albums, this heartfelt compilation of sophisticated tunes will surprise and delight as you experience its many wonders, such as the very mellow and enthralling RarityRF (#7), the emotional and surprising you-would-never-guess pony vocals from Flut (#8), the incredible vocal chops from Protocat’s remix of I’ll Fly (#11), the masterful collaboration work in To Anon Too Late (#15), one of the best and most epic remixes of Luna’s Future (#21), Feral FurE’s wonderful remix of Better Than Ever (#26), some more feels from the Out On My Own remix (#29), the original Derpy-centered Surf Rock track Surfin’ Derp (#30), the blissful piano melodies from Tree of Harmony (#32), the heartfelt realtalk combined with quality instrumental in Waifu Blues (#33), the mighty rock spirit from Eclipses (#48), or the massive party track The Club Pony Party Palace (#50) that I will feature as a solo post next. I guess the expression “Do not judge a book by its cover” works here, and you won’t be disappointed if you decide to go give the full album a proper listen (and if you would consider donating, note that all proceeds will go to charity). This music lover, for one, is blown away.

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Quicksilver – Close Again | Pop-Punk

It’s always a delight to find a song by Quicksilver in my subscriptions box, and Close Again was no exception! Not only is great to hear some glorious pop-punk (I’m currently re-living my teenage phase of taste in music), but also to have a song about Sunburst with such excellently written lyrics. Go take a listen to this, you won’t regret it.

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Spectra & Liquid Harmony – Apple Farm Blues (feat. Flak, Dragonal, & Zephysonas) | Blues

Well here we are! The resident ‘mega collab’ from the recent LDB album is a phenomenal work of blues music (something we don’t get too often in the fandom) from Spectra and Liquid Harmony, featuring Flak on vocals, Dragonal on lead guitar and Zephysonas on saxophone. This track is something a bit different from Spectra especially, but he’s tried on many different hats, and they all seem to fit just as well. Definitely one of my personal favourites from the album, make sure to check it out!

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[LDB] Sasha Lace – Love and Admiration (feat. Andante Skie) [covering SGaP] | Soft Rock

Taking on one of the songs by the legendary SoGreatAndPowerful, we have Sasha Lace and Andante Skie’s contribution to the new Lycan Dese Beats album. This soft rock cover features some wonderful lead guitar work and puts a rather different spin on the original version while keeping plenty of the original feel of it.

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Daniel Ingram – Luna’s Future (Frozen Night Remix) | Symphonic Metal

Perhaps more of a new arrangement than a remix, but still definitely pretty cool, this version of Luna’s Future by Frozen Night is a 3-phase symphonic metal track. Small phases, but still with tempo changes and the sense of different levels of pace between them, interesting stuff!

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StealingShad3Z – Hasbro Claimed Rights To This Song Title (feat. Francis Vace) | Pop-Punk

It’s one thing to make a parody of a particular song, another to parody stereotypical lyrics of a genre itself and write a tongue in cheek song about an issue the entire fandom will encounter from time to time. Catch this pop-punk track about Shady’s love/hate relationship with Hasbro, featuring Francis Vace on additional vox!

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[LDB] Francis Vace – Behind Those Eyes / Acouste Wholenote & SlightlyAmiss – So Far Away | Soft Rock

Continuing the LDB train with some grouped posts, we have a cover from Francis Vace of one of the songs on the first LDB album! This soft rock version puts a whole new spin on Behind Those Eyes like no remix could ever do, and those high notes are glorious!


And now we return to the 90s/early 00s again for a soft/alt rock song from Acouste and SlightlyAmiss. Filled aplenty with acoustic and clean electric guitars, and a good old bit of suggested shipping give this song a downbeat but emotional vibe. All the feels.