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   Tim G (tg_esq@metalhead.club)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:14:24 JST Tim G

   • 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

   Up early and a two-hour drive this morning, so it's time to wake myself up with the power metal song I've had stuck in my head for the last two days - Beast in Black's Blind and Frozen.

   Castles, angst, snow, fair maiden, enigmatic jewellery, synchronised headbanging, it's all there in the video.

   Thanks to @HauntedOwlbear for the tip, but I had to see what "the incredibly camp power metal band with the wildly talented singer" was all about.

   https://song.link/au/i/1458611210

   #PowerMetal #metal

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:14:22 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @TG_Esq they're so good 🖤

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:41:21 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @TG_Esq

     I've been picking through more of their catalogue as they're playing a fest I'll be at.

     It's not all to my taste so far, but I appreciate the audacity of the Max Martin style pop hooks they use a lot of, as in Sweet True Lies, and the cybermetal/throwback europop synth sound in tracks like One Night in Tokyo of the most recent album.

     They've not topped Blind and Frozen though, IMO.

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     Tim G (tg_esq@metalhead.club)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 05:41:23 JST Tim G

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     @HauntedOwlbear I will have to listen to more. It was quite the stomp to wake up with at 4.30 this morning.

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     13 barn owls in a trenchcoat (hauntedowlbear@eldritch.cafe)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:06:44 JST 13 barn owls in a trenchcoat

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     @TG_Esq ah, yeah, they are not short of pop hooks, so you may be in for a good time 😁

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     Tim G (tg_esq@metalhead.club)'s status on Wednesday, 15-May-2024 06:06:46 JST Tim G

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     @HauntedOwlbear Thanks, that gives me a better idea what to expect.

     I normally enjoy power metal in smaller doses, but I'm a sucker for a good melody and pop hook (must be growing up on ABBA and Queen.) Over the top is good in that context too.