Ep56 - Into the Ashcraftverse (Feat. Jason Ashcraft)

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This time we have Jason Ashcraft to talk about the new Helion Prime and his other project's future, as well as exchange stories from the Blind Guardian World Tour and some quick album reviews.

For the impatient:

00:00:00 Pre-roll

00:00:52 Sup Nerds

00:03:12 Into the Ashcraftverse

00:05:55 Jason's Top 4 Power Metal Bands

00:09:51 Helion Prime and Vocalists

00:14:49 Pandaemonium - The new HP Single

00:16:41 What Jason Ashcraft's Helion Prime brings to the table

00:23:11 Why not bring everyone together

00:24:43 International bands are hard

00:30:40 There's no bad blood or drama

00:32:59 The "I miss Heather" people

00:33:37 The frontperson effect is unavoidable

00:35:47 The Pain of checking Reddit threads

00:37:55 But the positives are there too

00:39:22 Rotating vocalists as the cast on a musical

00:45:15 A tease of what's to come

00:46:03 The Pandaemonium Video

00:49:30 The Sozos Tangent part 1

00:53:50 Helion Prime works with both male and female vocals

00:54:16 Don't force lyrical themes

00:55:50 Non Power Metal influences

00:58:22 The clunkiest segway in the podcast's history

00:59:09 The Blind Guardian World Tour

01:02:25 Blind Guardian still got it

01:03:47 Bard's Song is a magical moment

01:05:17 Kyle's and Jason's first metal shows

01:07:29 The "new guy" syndrome in bands

01:09:24 BG swapping out some songs night to night

01:10:20 Judicator getting a special opening slot

01:10:46 But kinda wasted the chance

01:12:07 Tobi the goodest boi (slightly doxxing Kyle)

01:13:06 Kyle and Jason keep being at the same shows

01:14:07 Night Demon, the opener for the US leg of the tour

01:15:16 The BA show had the best setlist

01:18:50 The songs Jason wants to see live

01:19:51 Kyle's dream BG setlist and requesting songs

01:21:39 The value of experience and continuous practice

01:22:43 Perspective on what a great performance is

01:24:57 The Sozos Tangent part 2

01:26:58 Changes to Planeswalker lineup and being the worst musician in the room

01:30:39 Songwriting dynamics

01:32:15 Album Reviews

01:32:48 Unleash the Archers

01:45:00 Kyle's Lore Dump

01:48:20 Kyle's Lore Dumps IRL

01:48:41 Keeping up with what everyone is doing is hard

01:51:09 Freedom Call

01:53:22 Listening to an album with friends is the best

01:58:40 Tyr

02:01:36 Nocturna (and Frozen Crown)

02:06:23 Bear McCreary

02:11:55 Wrapping up

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Music by Fernando Rey
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