I must be freed or I will die before the harvest moon, my friend.
I do not have another year in me, you've gotta set me free.
The dream is alive, I can run up the hills every night,
Go around and see another side of the tree.
Freedom has a meaning for me, howl with me.”
--Sonata Arctica from The Cage, from the LP Winterheart’s Guild, 2003.
Not to highlight a band this week, I thought I would explain a slight advantage of AOL.
No, really.
Many of you have heard me rail against corporate America (Time/Warner owns AOL) on my major blog site (see below’s link list).
Not this time, though.
AOL Radio has some XM sites and a few of their own. In fact, AOL has the most comprehensive metal stations available. My favorite, when searching the net, is to play Power Metal. In the space that it is taken me to type this and this morning while surfing, I have heard Manowar’s Odin’s; Iced Earth Star Spangled Banner; Stratovarius’s Kiss of Judah; Avantasia’s Chalice of Agony; Blind Guardian’s Myth; Rhapsody’s Erian’s Mystical Rhyme; Hammerfall’s Heeding The Call; something from Elvinking I do not recall; Stratovarius’ Black Diamond; A live track from Sonata Arctica; Sonata Arctica’s The Cage; Dragonforce’s Pound and Ground; Edguy’s Super Heroes; Kamelot’s Karma and more.
This shows a great mix of various incantations of power metal.
I usually will find a group I have not heard of previously by playing this channel. For example, Wuthering Heights—a great band—was found on this station. I am not sure of the cut, but they played one from The Shadow Cabinet. I immediately ordered it from Den at Sentinel Steel (also see the Links List below) at a great discount.
So if you have AOL Radio, the commercials at a minimal, they know their metal—take a chance.
There is a Classic Metal Station; Liquid Metal Metalcore; Metal Moshpit; Hair Metal Death Metal; Black Metal; All Slayer; and All Metallica stations.
Now if I could only download it at work, my life would be more complete.
No, really.
Many of you have heard me rail against corporate America (Time/Warner owns AOL) on my major blog site (see below’s link list).
Not this time, though.
AOL Radio has some XM sites and a few of their own. In fact, AOL has the most comprehensive metal stations available. My favorite, when searching the net, is to play Power Metal. In the space that it is taken me to type this and this morning while surfing, I have heard Manowar’s Odin’s; Iced Earth Star Spangled Banner; Stratovarius’s Kiss of Judah; Avantasia’s Chalice of Agony; Blind Guardian’s Myth; Rhapsody’s Erian’s Mystical Rhyme; Hammerfall’s Heeding The Call; something from Elvinking I do not recall; Stratovarius’ Black Diamond; A live track from Sonata Arctica; Sonata Arctica’s The Cage; Dragonforce’s Pound and Ground; Edguy’s Super Heroes; Kamelot’s Karma and more.
This shows a great mix of various incantations of power metal.
I usually will find a group I have not heard of previously by playing this channel. For example, Wuthering Heights—a great band—was found on this station. I am not sure of the cut, but they played one from The Shadow Cabinet. I immediately ordered it from Den at Sentinel Steel (also see the Links List below) at a great discount.
So if you have AOL Radio, the commercials at a minimal, they know their metal—take a chance.
There is a Classic Metal Station; Liquid Metal Metalcore; Metal Moshpit; Hair Metal Death Metal; Black Metal; All Slayer; and All Metallica stations.
Now if I could only download it at work, my life would be more complete.
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