A story-centered piece by SDreamExplorerS, this one tells a pony tale over a progression fitting the events, and it feels awesome to “live” that tale through music. With details explained in the description, this tale goes very epic and also ends with a beautiful message that definitely feels very MLP-ish. Grab this masterpiece as part of Lycan Dese Beats’ compilation album Beats Me 3!
Rock
[P@D] PrinceWhateverer – Reparation (feat. Sable Symphony) | Melodic Metalcore / Trancecore
PrinceWhateverer on Ponies At Dawn’s Anthology?! What a nice surprise! And with help from the talented Sable Symphony, both deliver a smashing and incredible track!
Trancecore and Metalcore elements mixed in a potion of clean and harsh vocals with chaotic and schizophrenic guitar riffs and electronics chords make this song one of the best from Anthology! It reminds me of chords from Constellations, another amazing track done by Whateverer. Reparation is an amazing headbanger for your weekend. Keep it up the awesome work, both of you, AJ and Sable!
[P@D] The Wasteland Wailers – Zebratown (feat. Haymaker) | Latin
Anthology brought us some amazing tracks from amazing artists and The Wasteland Wailers are on it! Haymaker’s vocals are really amazing and the lyrics really fit with the theme and the exotic instrumental! It reminds of old-school Rhythm & Blues songs with amazing guitar riffs and slow tempo beats and powerful vocal performances! The Wasteland Wailers always bring such rare genres to the fandom such as Vocal Jazz, Acoustic Blues, Blues Rock and even Contemporary Folk! All in sake of the Fallout: Equestria world! One of the most amazing and creative fanfictions!
Sable Symphony – I Am Not Perfection | Djent
What is it with you People making so much Celestia songs these last days? lmfao I love you guys man this is Cool. :p Here’s too another one guys! Sable gave us “I am Not Perfection” an awesome Metal song! It specificly reflects the dark thoughts of Celestia reminiscing her Decisions in the Past. The tunes definitly reflect those thoughts very well. I also think that the Grunts are very Cool! Its like Celestia is crying out for Inner Peace. Its extraordinary. Sable, Seriously… You’re awesome bro. 😀 Keep up the amazing work man, I love this. Everybody, Have a listen and support our fellow metalhead. ❤ \m/
[P@D] Frozen Night – Inner Light | Epic Orchestral / Rock
Being a Ruler is certainly a Task that asks alot of Patience, Self-Control, Courage, and Persistance. I can totally Imagine how its taking a Toll on Celestia. But despite the Suffering and Un-Imaginable decisions she has to take… Regardless of the struggle of fighting until your very last breath to defend and fight for the Kingdom and what it stands for… Despite how somber the Task and Duty can be, Her heart still shines as Bright as the Sun. As for her Intent, her Grace, and her Love. She both gives, and both deserves. I genuinly respect Celestia and you have my Word, Sword, and Faith when I say I would fight to defend the Crown. To defend those I care about and stand up for Justice. To defend My family, my cousins, and Fluttershy.
Tbh, despite me being a total Mentally unstable Fluttershy fan, I can easily say that THIS is so far One of my favourite tracks to have written for HMH. And offcourse, to have Listened too. I definitly think our friend Frozen deserves alot of Love for this work. So I Encourage everyone to give this track a listen and show some Love. 🙂 ❤ K
This track is available as part of Ponies at Dawn Anthology.
[P@D] SDreamExplorerS & Silver Note – Duty | Alternative Metal / Nu Metal
Alternative vibes from the 2000’s reminding of Drowning Pool and other Nu Metal acts that mixed heavy guitar riffs with alternative vibes and mixes between harsh and clean vocals, 2 Hard Rock and Metal Gods collide to create and send lyrical themes about mental health and helping others! That’s it’s a fresh horse tune coming from Anthology! And Silver Note and SDreamExplorerS came to rock your world!
We clearly listen to the alternative vibes that Silver put it on the song, warm and ethereal pads mixed with clean guitar riffs and angelical vocals, the Matt Bellamy of Pony Music also had help with the Anders Fridén of Pony Music aka SDreamExplorerS with his harsh and yet amazing vocals and with the harsh guitar riffs! Both did an awesome job on this track making this track the best from the album!
Elias Frost – In the Rain | Rock / Metal
A delightful treat, Elias Frost’s own response to Punk Rarity’s determination and beauty of the inside in S07E19 It Isn’t the Mane Thing About You is a Gothic-inspired rock piece with blissful riffs and fitting synths reflecting Rarity’s strength and passion as she shines from the inside out. The guitar solos are top-notch and overall In the Rain is quite the choon to jam and headbang to, giving homage to Rarity! Definitely a piece that she would listen to, to remind her of her fabulous self!
[P@D] Replacer – Paper Lady | Indie Pop / Hip-Hop
One of my top favorites from P@D Anthology, this new very unique track from Replacer has got quite an intricate and elaborate story set in the past Equestria, and it’s told through poetic lyrics and blissful vocals through an instrumental of many wonders. Acoustic guitar, synths that will remind you of some Classic Rock and Prog Rock goldies from the 70s, and even an Ambient part, this masterpiece of a track is quite the unique gem. Replacer even drew the cover art himself, representing the character from the story!
And The Rainfall – Skýjaglópur | Experimental Rock
Inspired by Austraeoh, a fanfiction written by Imploding Colon, And The Rainfall delivers an amazing experiment. Also, OH MY GOOOOD, And The Rainfall is back!!!!!!!!!!!1 Let’s celebrate with this write-up!
I cannot describe how happy and emotional I was when I saw the notification, it was soo surreal, but it was true, And The Rainfall, one of the best pony artists return and made a really experimental and ethereal track!
Skýjaglópur is one hell of track! Energetic vocals, noisy and lo-fi guitar solos and riffs, amazing drumming, great performance of the synths and keyboards and some really awesome lyric writing. I love it so much, and if you buy the track on bandcamp, all proceeds will go towards charities that are helping the people affected by the 3 big earthquakes of Mexico, ATR’s home state.
Welcome back And The Rainfall!!! Keep up the good work!
Ponies At Dawn – Anthology | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
It’s been a big year for Ponies At Dawn; January saw an ambitious project of an album composed entire of collabs, covers and remixes; June marked the release of Guardians, the biggest main album to date; now they’re back with something special.
Anthology isn’t like any of the other albums. The first half of the album is a collection of brand new tracks from P@D favourites such as DJT, UndreamedPanic, Silver Note, Frozen Night, Exiark and many more! The second half brings some of the best songs from all the past albums released by the collective, as chosen by the staff who put the albums together.
But that’s not all. Something that’s been requested for a long time by fans of the P@D albums is a physical release. Well merch fanatics, your wish has been granted!
This limited edition 3CD release features half of the new tracks (they couldn’t fit it all in!) on one disc and all the of the “golden oldies” on the other two. If you’re as big a fan of Ponies At Dawn as I am, don’t pass up the chance to get your hands on one of these!
Anthology is available to download for free on the Ponies At Dawn bandcamp page, and the CDs are available to purchase for $20, and are due to be shipped in early November.
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