Metal Academy Radio Playlist Suggestions - The Guardians Edition
Hi Xephyr, as promised, half an hour for August:
01 Seul - Blaspheme - Désir de vampyr [1985]
02 Shelob's Lair - Cirith Ungol - Half Past Human [2021]
03 Rising Force - Y.J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - Odyssey [1988]
04 Leyenda - Tierra Santa - Medieval [1997]
05 The Oath (of Magic and Fire) - Agatus - The Eternalist [2016]
06 Don't Turn Your Back - Angel Witch - Angel of Light [2019]
Anthem – “Fever Eyes” (from “No Smoke Without Fire”, 1990)
Here's my submission for the August Guardians playlist:
Jeris Johnson - "When the Darkness Comes" (from When the Darkness Comes, 2023)
Annihilator - "Bats in the Belfry" (from "Set The World On Fire", 1993)
Here's my submission for the September Guardians playlist:
Trail of Tears - "No Colors Left" (from Winds of Disdain, 2024)
01 D'ailleurs - Sortilège - Métamorphose [1984]
02 Frostwyrm Cavalry - Morgul Blade - Heavy Metal Wraiths [2024]
03 Of Sins and Shadows - Symphony X - The Divine Wings of Tragedy [1996]
04 Between the Worlds - The Night Eternal - Fatale [2023]
05 Hailstorm and Tempest - Attic - Return of the Witchfinder [2024]
06 Savage Oath - Savage Oath - Divine Battle [2024]
Thanks Xephyr
Edge of Sanity – “Blood of My Enemies” (from “The Spectral Sorrows”, 1993)
Hi Xephyr, for October:
Kat - Czas zemsty, from 666, 1986 (666 is not available on Spotify, but the track can be found on the Ballady compilation, 1993)
Ария - Игра с огнём, from Игра с огнём, 1989
Attick Demons - City of Golden Gates, from Atlantis, 2011
Iron Maiden - Public Enema Number One, from No Prayer for the Dying, 1990
Heir Apparent - Tear Down the Walls, from Graceful Inheritance, 1986
Rage - "The Icecold Hand of Destiny" (from "Black in Mind", 1995)
Here's my submission for the October Guardians playlist:
Unleash the Archers - "Blood Empress" (from Phantoma, 2024)
Edge of Sanity – “Blood of My Enemies” (from “The Spectral Sorrows”, 1993)
Looks like you switched the October & November nominations Xephyr so I’ll just go with this one for November please.
Here's my submission for the November Guardians playlist, and yes it sounds suitable there with its anthemic hard rock/glam/heavy metal sound:
Löded Diper - "Can You Smell Us Now" (from Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules Soundtrack, 2022)
Hi Xephyr, for November:
Tierra Santa - Drácula (from Legendario, 1999)
Rata Blanca - Los ojos del dragón (from Guerrero del arco iris, 1991)
Riot City - Beyond the Stars (from Electric Elite, 2022)
Blazon Rite - Troubadours of the Final Quarrel (from Wild Rites and Ancient Songs, 2023)
Cirith Ungol - Heaven Help Us (from Paradise Lost, 1991)
Black Sabbath - The Sabbath Stones (from Tyr, 1990)
Prowler – “Vengeance” (from “Blood & Honour” demo, 1985) [Can be found tacked onto the end of Taramis’ “Queen of Thieves” album on Spotify]
Here's my submission for the December Guardians playlist:
Wintersun - "One With the Shadows" (from Time II, 2024)
Dolmen Gate - "Rest in Flames" (from "Gateways of Eternity", 2024)
Satan - "Sacramental Rites" (from "Songs in Crimson", 2024)
Sacral Night - "L'archange aux yeux de feu" (from "Le diadème d'argent", 2022)
Venom - "Possessed" (from "Possessed", 1985)
Challenger - "Victims of War" (from "Force of Nature", 2024)
Forgotten Tales - "Keepers of the Field" (from "We Shall See the Light", 2010)
Conception – “Silent Crying” (from “Parallel Minds”, 1993)
Here's my submission for the January Guardians playlist:
Nightwish - "Ghost Love Score" (from Once, 2004)
Capilla Ardiente - “The Hands of Fate Around My Neck” (from “Where Gods Live and Men Die”, 2024)
Manilla Road - “Into the Courts of Chaos” (from “The Courts of Chaos”, 1990)
Accept - “Metal Heart” (from “Metal Heart”, 1985)
Throne of Iron - “Past the Doors of Death” (from “Adventure One”, 2020)