Playlist for January 20

Back to the regular time slot this week.

AC/DC..................The Jack
AC/DC..................Girl's Got rhythm
Scorpions..............The Sails of Charon
Kamelot................Elizabeth
Pantera................Cemetery Gates
Judas Priest...........Diamonds and Rust
Judas Priest...........The Green Manalishi
Judas Priest...........Better By You, Better Than Me
Judas Priest...........Johnny B. Goode
Fates Warning..........Saints in Hell
Skyclad................Dreamer/Deceiver
Gamma Ray..............Victim of Changes
Judas Priest...........Desert Plains
Rush...................In The End
Rush...................The Trees
Rush...................Show Don't Tell
Rush...................Ghost of a Chance
Rush...................Analog Kid

This week was "Wheezer Appreciation Night" here on Tapping the Ether. Wheezer (aka "The Cincinnati Metal God") is one of my most loyal and support listeners--not to mention a helluva nice guy. So as a thank you to him I put together a special tribute to Judas Priest--featuring Priest doing covers of other artists, and artists doing covers of Priest. Wheeze and I also share a fondness for Rush (who once again got screwed over by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame), so I played a sampling of Rush throughout their career as a gesture of defiance to the schmucks at the HoF.

Playlist for January 13

As mentioned, part of the show was pre-empted for Hockey this week. Still, I was quite happy with some of the music I managed to get on:)

Led Zeppelin..............Since I've Been Loving You
Scorpions.................Sails of Charon
Scorpions.................The Zoo
Iron Maiden...............Stranger in a Strange Land
Triumph...................Stranger in a Strange Land
Fates Warning.............The Strand
Lee Aaron.................Sex With Love
TYR.......................Wings of Time
Kamelot...................Black Halo
Kamelot...................Soul Society
Kamelot...................The Edge of Paradise
Dream Evil.................Fire! Battle! In Metal!
Hammerfall................The Fire Burns Forever
To Mera...................Blood
HIM.......................Vampire Heart
Lacuna Coil...............Heaven's a Lie
Evergrey..................The Dark I Walk You Through
Martyr....................Havoc

I managed to slip in 3 bands I'd never played before: TYR, Dream Evil, and To Mera. All three were very impressive, although TYR probably made the biggest impression with their power metal/folk combo (much like the sadly departed Mithotyn).

It was the first time I've played the Scorpions original version of "Sails of Charon". What an amazing song! As good as Testament's cover is, it's not a patch on the original!

New Releases and Programming Note

The winter is usually a thin time for new releases at the station, but we did get two new releases of note this week.

The first is Kamelot's "One Cold Winter's Night", and the second is God Dethroned's "The Toxic Touch".

Kamelot has been steadily growing on me since the excellent "The Black Halo", which also got a great response on the show. This 2-CD live set will give the chance to see how the band delivers the goods in a live setting.

We haven't received anything from God Dethroned since their impressive "The Grand Grimoire", so I'm interested to see how they've evolved in the intervening years.

Thanks to SPV and Metal Blade for making this releases available to us!

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Programming Note:

Due to a live Hockey broadcast on CFRC, tonight's Tapping the Ether will start an hour later (at 9pm gmt-5) and will end at 11pm. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Things should be back to normal (or whatever passes for normal these days) next week.

Playlist for January 6

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This was the last of the scheduled 3 hour shows (nudge, nudge). The bonus hour contained a salute to KISS, and a short tribute to Canadian Thrash Metal.

AC/DC.....................Nervous Shakedown
Jethro Tull...............Occasional Demons
Spinal Tap................Majesty of Rock
Led Zeppelin..............Houses of the Holy
Rush......................Working Man
Rush......................Free Will
Ozzy Osbourne.............I Just Want You
Ozzy Osbourne.............Gets Me Through
Gamma Ray.................Heading for Tomorrow
James Labrie..............Freak
Enola Gay.................Heaven and Hell
Hammerfall................Raven Lord
Rhapsody..................Village of Dwarves
Lunatica..................Avalon
Primal Fear...............Angel in Black
Judas Priest..............Dying to Meet You
Judas Priest..............Thunder Road
Iron Maiden...............Powerslave

Bonus Hour:

Iron Maiden...............Fates Warning
Pagan's Mind..............The Celestine Prophecy
Kiss......................Cold Gin
Kiss......................King of the Nighttime World
Ace Frehley...............Rip It Out
Kiss......................2000 Man
Kiss......................I Love It Loud
Martyr....................Havoc
Heaven's Cry..............Gaia's Judgement
Heaven's Cry..............Faces
Voivod....................Ravenous Medicine