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Seeds of Kindness – A Change of Heart | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre

hsg7qvwNB: The following a press release from Bronies For Good. The full release can also be read at this link.

Today is Hearts and Hooves Day / Valentines Day.  It is traditionally speaking, a day for lovers, but it has the potential to be more. On Saturday, Bronies for Good’s seventh charity album, A Change of Heart, was released. The project was the result of months of work from talented musicians artists and organizers, and the release party raised over a thousand dollars in just a few hours!

The release party was just the beginning. It’s an ongoing fundraising effort. When you donate, you can download A Change of Heart, and all of Bronies for Good’s previous albums! Donate here, and you’ll be able to download this album, (and all past albums as well). Continue reading →

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The L-Train – Twi’s Light (feat. FenPony) | Symphonic Metal

Rejoice everypony, The L-Train is back with a new collaboration shining with the power of Friendship, and this one is about none other than our beloved Princess of Friendship herself! As we are graced by an amazing intrumental of many Metal and Orchestral progressive wonders the L-Train way, FenPony unleashes incredible vocals that are as great-sounding as they are catchy and cool. Choir vocals from The L-Train are also adding extra epicness to the song, which is definitely a masterpiece to come back to!

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Brownie – Boooring! (Covering Assertive Fluttershy) | Metal

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!

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The Shake Ups In Ponyville – All Aboard the Friend-ship! | Power Pop

Time for another YouTube release of a song from The Shake Ups’ latest album Rock Candy! (Which I would like to remind you is available as a physical CD on their cdbaby page, and in import, too! And it’s pretty slick, I grabbed it myself.) A Twilight-themed track and a favorite of the band, All Aboard the Friend-ship! conveys so well the unique traits of the signature pony Power Pop genre that the band is known for. The sweet and very MLP-ish lead vocals from “Twi-Fi Sparklecaster” Patrick O’Connor are melting the heart, while the friendly and just as Equestria-worthy instrumental contributes even further to make this track such a sugary condensed of pony-powered happiness in musical format. It just makes you smile so wide as the song unfolds. See this page for more details about the band, and let your cheering be heard everypony!

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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.

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[P@D] Luna Ticks – No Explanation | Punk Rock

Blissful bass, drums, and guitar play from Francis Vace merges with the best Punk Rock vocals from Quicksilver to create this delightful piece of Amity now coming with extra narky S1 Twilight greatness. Too often I feel like there is No Explanation for the otherworldly emotions that music can make you feel, and perhaps in the manner of Twilight at the end of Feeling Pinkie Keen, we should just seek solace in the reality of the fact, in this case letting the amazing vocals and top-notch instrumental enlighten the soul as our rock spirit takes us right in the middle of a gig in Equestria where this song is being played. Don’t forget to show your support to the musicians and thank them for this treat!

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[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 :’)

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[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!

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SlightlyAmiss & GuitarBrony13 – Mirage | Punk Rock

A rocking collaboration of shimmering wonders, SlightlyAmiss and GuitarBrony13 bring all the powerful riffs and the Punk vocals in this tribute to best pony from the EQG movies. Just imagine this being performed at some gig hall in Equestria! A mighty job and song from the musicians, be sure to show them your support!

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[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!