When Prog and Power Unite
It’s Friday. Not only does it herald the coming of the weekend, but it’s also my favorite day for music. Metal Messiah Radio has a show on Fridays that I look forward to during the week.
The show is called When Prog and Power Unite, and it’s an apt description of the music it offers. It’s a healthy mixing of energetic power metal and the heavier side of prog rock. It’s like a musical molotov cocktail, except that when it explodes, it brings awesomeness instead of destruction.
Okay, not a very good simile. Anyway, I enjoy listening because the show brings me a pretty good balance of stuff I already know and stuff I haven’t heard before. I get to hear some of my favorites mixed in with similar sounds that I might be interested in. The show also has a couple clever little special features, such as the Obligatory Ballad and the Essential Epic. The Ballad is a quick melodic breather that pays homage to the fact that even the most frenetic power metal bands like to kick back for a few minutes and deliver a slower, calmer performance. The Epic is kind of the opposite. It’s a nod to progressive bands’ prediliction for penning deliciously bombastic songs of monstrous proportions.
When Prog and Power Unite is streamed from Metal Messiah Radio on Fridays from 6 to 9 PM EST.
For previous setlists, reviews, requests, and more information, check out WPAPU’s website.