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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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Sounds That Can Be Made #227

January 28, 2020

Edition 227 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Rush – The Spirit of Radio (from Permanent Waves) Sons Of Apollo – Desolate July (from MMXX) Magnum – Where Are You Eden? (from The Serpent Rings) Major Parkinson – Jonah (from Jonah) Stabbing Westward – Cold (from Dead and Gone) Frost* […]

Heavy Elements #219 (2019 Top Twenty – part two)

January 10, 2020

Edition 219 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: 10. Myrath – Shehili (played You’ve Lost Yourself) 9. Avandra – Descender (played Adder’s Bite) 8. Periphery – Periphery IV: Hail Stan (played Reptile) 7. The Offering – Home (played Home) 6. Opeth – In Cauda Venenum (played Heart in Hand) 5. Tool […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #226 (A Decade of Prog)

January 10, 2020

Edition 226 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: 2010: Anathema – A Simple Mistake (from We’re Here Because We’re Here) 2011: Steven Wilson – Raider II (from Grace For Drowning) 2012: Änglagård – Ur Vilande (from Viljans Öga) 2013: Haken – Falling Back To Earth (from The Mountain) 2014: IQ […]

Heavy Elements #218 (2019 Top Twenty – part one)

January 1, 2020

Edition 218 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: 20. Dream Theater – Distance Over Time (played At Wit’s End) 19. Disillusion – The Liberation (played Wintertide) 18. Cellar Darling – The Spell (played Death/Death Pt.II) 17. Parallel Minds – Every Hour Wounds… The Last One Kills (played Syria) 16. Obsidian Tide […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #225 (2019 Retrospective)

January 1, 2020

Edition 225 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Marillion – Fantastic Place (from With Friends From The Orchestra) Mindspeak – When Giants Cry (from Eclipse Chaser) Exploring Birdsong – The Downpour (from The Thing With Feathers) Mappe Of – Unkno (from The Isle of Ailynn) Paul K – Memory Two […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #224 (Cover Special V)

December 31, 2019

Edition 224 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Yngwie Malmsteen – Carry On Wayward Son (Kansas cover) Magenta – Wonderous Stories (Yes cover) Nick Beggs – Midnight Cowboy (John Barry cover) Eivør – Hounds of Love (Kate Bush cover) Tarja – Poison (Alice Cooper cover) Transatlantic – In Held (‘Twas) […]

Heavy Elements #217

December 31, 2019

Edition 217 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: Hedfuzy – Broken Mirrors Cellar Darling – Pain Psychotic Waltz – Devils and Angels Obsidian Tide – Pillars of Creation In Mourning – Magenta Ritual That Was The Year That Prog: 1988 Crimson Glory – Lady of Winter Sieges Even – David Fates […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #223

December 31, 2019

Edition 223 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Now In Colour – Foregone Conclusion (from Now In Colour) Cellar Noise – Her (from Nautilus) Dirt Poor Robins – The Saints II (from Dead Horse, Alaska (Gold)) Flying Colors – More (from Third Degree) Blame Zeus – Déjà Vu (from Seethe) […]

Sounds That Can Be Made #222

December 31, 2019

Edition 222 of Sounds That Can Be Made is now available as a podcast! Playlist: Magnum – Not Forgiven (The Serpent Rings) Thaikkudam Bridge – Inside My Head (feat. Marco Minnemann) (from Namah) Franck Carducci – Slave To Rock’n’Roll (from The Answer) Crea – Walk Into Bright Lights (from Dwarves & Penguins) Freedom To Glide – Escape […]

Heavy Elements #216

December 31, 2019

Edition 216 of Steve Blease’s Heavy Elements is now available as a podcast. Playlist: Dream Theater – This Dying Soul Teramaze – Orwellian Times Parallel Minds – On Your Own Apotheus – Under a New Cloud Sky Sermon – The Descend That Was The Year That Prog: 2013 Fates Warning – One Thousand Fires Votum – Deadringer […]