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PCTD Episode 352: DREAM THEATER 40th Anniversary Tour, 3/22/2025, Washington, DC | Concert Review

Posted on April 1, 2025

Reviewing DREAM THEATER’s performance at The Anthem in Washington, DC on March 22, 2025! Plus: a prog band that we hate.#dreamtheater #theanthem #metalpodcast #washingtondc #progmetal #metal #johnpetrucci #mikeportnoy #jameslabrie #johnmyung #jordanrudessPODCAST THEM…

PCTD Episode 351: Metal Archives vs. AI Music

Posted on March 24, 2025

Recorded in May 2024, we discuss Metal Archives’s then-new AI music policy.

PCTD Episode 350: JUDAS PRIEST’s Stained Class | Discography Review

Posted on March 17, 2025

Continuing our review of JUDAS PRIEST’s entire discography with Stained Class! [Recorded May 2024.] Dream Deceivers Documentary – The Story Behind James Vance vs. Judas Priest 1992: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGeNjfRWzXI

PCTD Episode 349: DREAM THEATER – Parasomnia | Album Reviews

Posted on March 10, 2025

Reviewing DREAM THEATER’s Parasomnia album, discussing the return of Mike Portnoy, and analyzing the definitely AI-generated album cover. podcast

PCTD Episode 348: The Metalness of African Flags, Finale | Metal Vexillology

Posted on March 4, 2025

Finale: How metal are the flags of Africa?

PCTD Episode 347: WAR MAGIC, PREDATOR, SCULFORGE, PUBLIC GRAVE | Metal Promo Review

Posted on February 24, 2025

WAR MAGIC [Death Metal; Sweden] – https://open.spotify.com/artist/5LihV1EzMdh5A3CJJBUWKk PREDATOR [Heavy/Speed Metal; California, USA] – https://open.spotify.com/artist/25rzvztyUFoy2yhBMvBL0o SCULFORGE [Power Metal; Germany] – https://sculforge.bandcamp.com/ PUBLIC GRAVE [Death Metal; Munich, Germany] – https://publicgrave.bandcamp.com/

PCTD Episode 346: The Metalness of African Flags, Pt. 2 | Metal Vexillology

Posted on February 18, 2025

Continued: How metal are the flags of Africa?

PCTD Episode 345: The Metalness of African Flags, Pt. 1 | Metal Vexillology

Posted on February 10, 2025

How metal are the flags of Africa?

PCTD Episode 344: VEIL OF THE SERPENT, THE IRONFIST, NIVIANE, AEVUM | Metal Promo Review

Posted on February 3, 2025

VEIL OF THE SERPENT [Power/Groove Metal, Germany/USA] – https://veiloftheserpent.bandcamp.com/ THE IRONFIST [Black/Thrash Metal, Singapore] – https://theironfistsingahell.bandcamp.com/ NIVIANE [Power Metal; Sacramento, CA, USA] – https://niviane.bandcamp.com/ AEVUM [Symphonic Metal; Turin, Italy] – https://open.spotify.com/album/04QeCUwQlduSX0v6EDuEQr