Ep56 - Into the Ashcraftverse (Feat. Jason Ashcraft)

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-roll00:00:52 Sup Nerds00:03:12 Into the Ashcraftverse00:05:55 Jason's Top 4 Power Metal Bands00:09:51 Helion Prime and Vocalists00:14:49 Pandaemonium - The new HP Single00:16:41 What Jason Ashcraft's Helion Prime brings to the table00:23:11 Why not bring everyone together00:24:43 International bands are hard00:30:40 There's no bad blood or drama00:32:59 The "I miss Heather" people00:33:37 The frontperson effect is unavoidable00:35:47 The Pain of checking Reddit threads00:37:55 But the positives are there too00:39:22 Rotating vocalists as the cast on a musical00:45:15 A tease of what's to come00:46:03 The Pandaemonium Video00:49:30 The Sozos Tangent part 100:53:50 Helion Prime works with both male and female vocals00:54:16 Don't force lyrical themes00:55:50 Non Power Metal influences00:58:22 The clunkiest segway in the podcast's history00:59:09 The Blind Guardian World Tour01:02:25 Blind Guardian still got it01:03:47 Bard's Song is a magical moment01:05:17 Kyle's and Jason's first metal shows01:07:29 The "new guy" syndrome in bands01:09:24 BG swapping out some songs night to night01:10:20 Judicator getting a special opening slot01:10:46 But kinda wasted the chance01:12:07 Tobi the goodest boi (slightly doxxing Kyle)01:13:06 Kyle and Jason keep being at the same shows01:14:07 Night Demon, the opener for the US leg of the tour01:15:16 The BA show had the best setlist01:18:50 The songs Jason wants to see live01:19:51 Kyle's dream BG setlist and requesting songs01:21:39 The value of experience and continuous practice01:22:43 Perspective on what a great performance is01:24:57 The Sozos Tangent part 201:26:58 Changes to Planeswalker lineup and being the worst musician in the room01:30:39 Songwriting dynamics01:32:15 Album Reviews01:32:48 Unleash the Archers01:45:00 Kyle's Lore Dump01:48:20 Kyle's Lore Dumps IRL01:48:41 Keeping up with what everyone is doing is hard01:51:09 Freedom Call01:53:22 Listening to an album with friends is the best01:58:40 Tyr02:01:36 Nocturna (and Frozen Crown)02:06:23 Bear McCreary02:11:55 Wrapping up  Support us on Patreon!https://www.patreon.com/powerfulpodcast Follow us! Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc - powerful. a power metal podcastFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/powerfulpodcastInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/powerfulpodcastTwitter - https://twitter.com/powerfulpm Music by Fernando ReyEdited by Fernando Rey