Tonight: The Power Metal Fantasy Music Video Show! + A Posting Schedule Update

WELCOME BACK, POWER METAL WARRIORS!

Tonight at 7:30 PM - 1 AM Eastern Time, I'll be hosting a special edition of my Twitch show Power Metal Fantasy where I'll be playing all 65 music videos with power metal as primary genre on Rate Your Music! Tune in at twitch.tv/mickkarnage \m/

I'm starting early tonight, but usually, Power Metal Fantasy shows are 9 PM - 1 AM Eastern Time every Saturday. Soon after each show, I plan on posting playlists and download links to each episode! I started doing Power Metal Fantasy a few months before I began this blog, but I have the full episode archive available for download at https://heavymetalrarities.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=55511 \m/

In other news, I'll no longer be able to post reviews daily - at least temporarily, since I'll be working extra hours next week. Still, I'll do my best to update this blog as frequently as possible, and I can't wait to finish my review of Omen's The Curse and the thousands of other power metal gems that will follow!

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