NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 19 March 2018.
What an awesome orchestral track we’ve got from The Balefire Symphony here! It’s a heavy orchestral/rock hybrid track about Red Eye, an antagonist from Fallout Equestria. There’s a great mix of guitar and strings, plus some solid percussion backing it up.
Take a trip back to the 90s with this catchy tribute to the top party pony! Like Pinkie Pie starts with a contagious electric guitar riff and turns into a bumpin’ hybrid pop-rock-dance track complete with a synth-dubstep break and chops of Ponk herself. It’s tough not to get absorbed into this song as Crusader! describes the ultimate party scene with his vocals, reminding us that no one parties like Pinkie Pie!
Here is a big time collaboration to be excited about! A very notable track off the new Ponies at Dawn album, Second Chances is a great display of the talents of several fandom favorite musicians! The piece begins with a beautiful orchestral opening that kicks into a full on rock song. Showcasing his always gorgeous melodies, 4everfreebrony sings of the difficulties Screwloose faces in learning to be normal. The rest of the crew provides the rock instrumentation, outstanding syncopation, and an insane guitar solo where each phrase was written and recorded by a different shredder. Rockin’Brony, PrinceWhateverer, StealingShad3z, Re:Make, GatoPaint, and The L-Train combine to help make Second Chances a song you absolutely do not want to miss!
Fresh from the newest Ponies at Dawn album, Soren Ember brings us the touching tribute to Rainbow Dash. The acoustic melody creates a happy, reflective theme as Ember’s emotional vocals describe how as long as Dash is flying, she is home. The track is beautiful and somber at the same time, a very satisfying piece for listening!
It’s a very welcome return for Black Electric as they release their first song in months, and first pony song in over a year! This piece is about Violet Rose, an OC created by PhoenixSwift, and while I unfortunately know absolutely nothing about the character, the genre certainly seems fitting for an epic bat pony warrior. Great job and welcome back Black Electric!
While it could do with a little polishing up, this is a really neat little indie track from Vivix, bringing back a genre we don’t see very often round here! But anyway, music production is a craft that takes a while to master, and the focus here should instead be on Vivix’s great guitar playing and the lyrics about everyone’s favourite villain redeemed spellcaster.
Spectra is back and as good as ever with his beautifully touching contribution to the newest Ponies at Dawn compilation album, Rebirth. A pleasant, acoustic tone with a somber electric guitar lead set the emotion of Falter. Spectra’s singing compliments the song perfectly with passionate desperation, yearning not to be left alone. The reminiscence and emotion in his voice combined with the gorgeous acoustic elements mix intensely to create an incredible, solastalgic track – perfect for a rainy day!
This treasure of a track written for the new Ponies at Dawn album is a showcase of Crusader!’s talent and expertise in multiple styles of rock music. Perfectly capturing the theme of MLP, Home is Where Your Friends Are describes how those closest to us are what brings us out of our troubles and hard times. Starting out soft and only acoustic, the track builds through a synth-infused poppy bridge that leads into an uptempo, punky section interchanging seamlessly to convey the energy that our friends truly bring to us. Emotional, uplifting, and well-crafted, Crusader! offers a one-of-a-kind track that everyone can enjoy!
In a trifecta of talent, the royal metal-head Prince Whateverer once again teams up with Sable Symphony and this time with orchestral mastermind Frozen Night to bring us this heavy jam, featured on the new compilation album Ponies at Dawn – Rebirth. Describing the harsh contrast of his own perfect, fantasy world and his less-than-perfect reality, Whateverer provides his top-notch vocals and guitar licks accompanied by Sable Symphony’s always on-point harmonies. In a great surprise, Frozen Night features in this track with his symphonic elements adding an incredible and epic twist on PW’s signature metal style.
Fresh from the hit new compilation album from Ponies at Dawn, Flittzy brings us this great rock track inspired by the Fallout Equestria universe. The standard rock instruments are on point and further accentuated by great symphonic strings to bring up the energy and tension. With always great vocals from Flittzy expressing the lyrical themes of self-doubt and determination, you can really feel the adversity facing the protagonist for what is a can’t-miss song on a need-to-have album!
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