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Steve Blease

Umm... So, Steve Blease... Does he really exist? Why is there no photo of him? Is he just a computer virus that replaces melodic prog in our database with Opeth? Who knows? Who cares? Does anybody read these things?

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Heavy Elements Special (Opeth Playlist)

December 3, 2024

A special Heavy Elements Opeth playlist is now available as a podcast. Playlist: Opeth – §4Opeth – The GarroterOpeth – The Wilde FlowersOpeth – Cusp of EternityOpeth – The Devil’s OrchardOpeth – BurdenOpeth – Reverie / Harlequin ForestOpeth – ClosureOpeth – DeliveranceOpeth – BleakOpeth – Serenity Painted DeathOpeth – Demon Of The FallOpeth – To […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #390 (Les Uns Très Grand Français)

December 2, 2024

Edition 390 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Nil – Quarante jours sur le Sinaï (Act I) (from Quarante jours sur le Sinaï)Nemo – Barbares (parties I à VII) (from Barbares)Jean-Paul Prat – Masal (from Masal)Versailles – Une Saint-Barthélémy dévote (from Le trésor de Valliesres)Spleen Arcana – Memento Mori […]

Heavy Elements 405

November 26, 2024

Edition 405 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: Teramaze – Bullet to a PharoahLabyrinth – Welcome TwilightEmpire Springs – HollowSight of Theia – Children of the UpliftAlberto Rigoni – Blade of DespairNow To Then: KloneThe UnseenBystanderThe Great OblivionNebulousInto the VoidRite of PassageAll Seeing EyeNever SurrenderAnubis Gate – World in a […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #389

November 23, 2024

Edition 389 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Journey – The Journey (Revelation) (from Revelation)Dream Theater – The Dance Of Eternity (from Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes From a Memory)Ghost – Miasma (from Prequelle)Vola – I Don’t Know How We Got Here (from Friend of a Phantom)Von Hertzen Brothers – […]

Heavy Elements 404

November 23, 2024

Edition 404 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: Mother of Millions – FeralStranger Vision – Nothing Really MattersPainted As Monsters – MarianaBlood Incantation – The Stargate (Tablets I-III)Now To Then: VolaBleed OutHead Mounted SidewaysWhalerStarburnI Am Not HereGiantsQueensrÿche – Promised LandNevermore – The LearningTheocracy – Ghost ShipOdd Logic – Of the […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #388 (Armistice Day special)

November 16, 2024

Edition 388 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Marillion – Forgotten Sons (from Script for a Jester’s Tear)Faith No More – War Pigs (from The Real Thing)Sammy Hagar – Remember The Heroes (from Three Lock Box)Asia – Remembrance Day (from Aria)Freedom To Glide – Peace Without Victory (from The […]

Heavy Elements 403 (Forty Years of Prog Metal – part four)

November 16, 2024

Edition 403 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: 1994: Atomic Opera – New Dreams1993: Conception – Soliloquy1992: Dream Theater – Metropolis, Pt. 1: The Miracle And The Sleeper1991: Galactic Cowboys – Speak To Me1990: Mekong Delta – Dances of Death1989: Heir Apparent – One Small Voice1988: Fates Warning – The […]

Heavy Elements 402 (Forty Years of Prog Metal – part three)

November 16, 2024

Edition 402 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: 2004: Orphaned Land – Birth Of The Three (The Unification)2003: Deadsoul Tribe – In A Garden Made Of Stones2002: Threshold – Critical Mass (Part 1-3)2001: Evergrey – The Masterplan2000: Green Carnation – My Dark Reflections Of Life And Death1999: Tomorrow’s Eve – […]

Heavy Elements 401 (Forty Years of Prog Metal – part two)

November 16, 2024

Edition 401 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: 2014: Need – Orvam2013: Leprous – Foe2012: Ne Obliviscaris – Forget Not2011: Arch/Matheos – Stained Glass Sky2010: Vanden Plas – On My Way To Jerusalem2009: Amorphis – Sampo2008: Soul Secret – Tears of Kalliroe2007: Dreamscape – 5th Season2006: Tool – Vicarious2005: Opeth […]

Heavy Elements 400 (Forty Years of Prog Metal – part one)

November 16, 2024

Edition 400 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: 2024: Haishen – Goddess in the Machine2023: Nospūn – The Death of Simpson2022: Persefone – Consciousness (Pt.3)2021: Wheel – Hyperion2020: The Progressive Souls Collective – Destiny Inc.2019: Wilderun – When the Fire and the Rose Were One2018: Temples on Mars – Dining […]