Exams (Stress) & Thanksgiving (Genocide)... No Thanks

Time	Artist	Song	Album
4:04 PM	Iron Maiden	Purgatory	Killers
4:09 PM	Edge of Sanity	Twilight	Purgatory Afterglow
4:12 PM	Pain of Salvation	Stress	Entropia
4:16 PM	Scar Symmetry	Deviate From the Form	Pitch Black Progress
4:30 PM	Textures	Millstone	Drawing Circles
4:31 PM	Twilightning	At the Forge	Delirium Veil
4:33 PM	Iced Earth	Stand Alone	Something Wicked This Way Comes
4:35 PM	Persefone	Train of Consequences	Core	rotation
4:37 PM	Steve Vai	Down Deep Into The Pain	Sex & Religion
4:46 PM	Iron Maiden	Run To the Hills	A Real Dead One	request
4:53 PM	Amon Amarth	Free Will Sacrifice	Twilight of the Thunder God
4:56 PM	Dream Evil	Into The Moonlight	The Book of Heavy Metal
4:56 PM	Nevermore	Dead Heart in a Dead World	Dead Heart in a Dead World
5:09 PM	Dimmu Borgir	Cataclysm Children	Death Cult Armageddon
5:17 PM	Pagan's Mind	Aegean Shores	Celestial Entrance
5:20 PM	Dream Evil	Tired	The Book of Heavy Metal
5:24 PM	Amoral	Nervasion	Reptile Ride
5:28 PM	Blind Guardian	Carry The Blessed Home	A Twist in the Myth

Audio Archives

Obamametal & Alex's Birthday!

No podcast this week, cause technology sucks.

Time	Artist	Song	Album
4:13 PM	Skyclad	War and Disorder	A Burnt Offering for the Bone Idol
4:13 PM	Slayer	Raining Blood	Reign in Blood
4:14 PM	Turisas	The Land of Hope and Glory	Battle Metal
4:24 PM	Ayreon	Day Seven: Hope	The Human Equation
4:25 PM	Shadow Gallery	Hope for Us	Prime Cuts
4:30 PM	Myrath	Hope	Hope
4:33 PM	Dethklok	Birthday Dethday	The Dethalbum
4:36 PM	Ensiferum	Victory Song	Victory Song
4:49 PM	Angra	Heroes of Sand	Rebirth
4:50 PM	Stratovarius	Seasons of Change	Episode
4:57 PM	Sonata Arctica	The Power of One	Silence
5:07 PM	Therion	Midgard	Secret of the Runes
5:12 PM	Nocturnal Rites	Warrior's Return	Tales of Mystery and Imagination
5:18 PM	Liquid Tension Experiment	Paradigm Shift	Liquid Tension Experiment II
5:28 PM	Symphony X	Rediscovery, Pt. 2: The New Mythology	V: The New Mythology	request

Audio Archives

Melting Point HALLOWEEEEN!

http://www.archive.org/details/meltingpoint_2008-11-03

Time	Artist	Song	Album
4:13 PM	King Diamond	Spare this Life	Abigail II - The Revenge
4:13 PM	King Diamond	Halloween	Deadly Lullabyes Live
4:14 PM	Halloween	Helloween	Keeper of the Seven Keys - The Legacy
4:31 PM	Opeth	The Grand Conjuration	Ghost Reveries
4:38 PM	Pagan's Mind	At The Graves (King Diamond)	Infinity Divine	rotation
4:55 PM	Helloween	Locomotive Breath (Jethro Tull)	Metal Jukebox	request
4:56 PM	Iced Earth	Damien	Horror Show	request
5:05 PM	Testament	Legions of the Dead	The Gathering
5:09 PM	Diablo String Quartet	Ballrog Boogie	The Butcher's Ballroom
5:10 PM	Fantomas	Spider Baby	The Director's Cut
5:17 PM	Iced Earth	Jack	Horror Show
5:17 PM	Steve Hackett	A Dark Night In Toytown	Wild Orchids
5:22 PM	Meshuggah	The Exquisite Machinery of Torture	Chaosphere
5:25 PM	Dimmu Borgir	Hybrid Stigmata - The Apostasy	Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia
5:33 PM	Ayreon	Back 2 Me	Come Back to Me EP	rotation request
5:36 PM	Demons & Wizards	The Fiddler on the Green	Demons & Wizards

Audio Archives

Shot Through the Ventricles... Melting Point does Breakup/Anti-Love Songs

Time	Artist	Song	Album
9:07 PM	Dimmu Borgir	The Serpentine Offering	In Sorte Diaboli	rotation
9:10 PM	Smashing Pumpkins	Love	Mellon Colly and the Infinite Sadness	request
9:11 PM	The Faceless	All Dark Graves	Akeldama	rotation
9:16 PM	Queensryche	I Don't Believe in Love	Operation: Mindcrime	rotation
9:20 PM	Abigor	Liberty Rises a Diagonal Flame	Fractal Possessions	rotation request
9:24 PM	Iron Maiden	The Thin Line Between Love and Hate	Brave New World	request
9:33 PM	Into Eternity	Spiraling into Depression	Buried in Oblivion	request
9:36 PM	Bon Jovi	Shot Through the Heart		request
9:39 PM	Brain Drill	Sadistic Abductive	Apocalyptic Feasting	request
9:45 PM	Edguy	Trinidad	Rocket Ride
9:47 PM	Hypocrisy	A Thousand Lies	Virus
9:52 PM	Lamb of God	Beating on Death's Door	Sacrament	request
10:03 PM	Avantasia	What Kind of Love	The Scarecrow	request
10:09 PM	Symphony of the Deceived	The Project Hate MCMXCIX	Armageddon March Eternal: Symphonies of Slit Wrists	request
10:14 PM	The Faceless	Coldly Calculated Design	Planetary Duality	new rotation request
10:17 PM	Diablo Swing Orchestra	Wedding March For a Bullet	The Butcher's Ballroom	request
10:21 PM	SikTh	As the Earth Spins Round	Death of a Dead Day	request
10:26 PM	Anthem (For the Children)	Dionysus	Sign of Truth	request

Audio Archives

Intro to Power Metal!

Time	Artist	Song	Album
9:13 PM	Rhapsody	Ira Tenax	Legendary Tales
9:13 PM	Iron Maiden	22 Acacia Avenue	Number of the Beast
9:25 PM	Helloween	I Want Out	Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II
9:31 PM	Gamma Ray	Valley of the Kings	Blast from the Past
9:31 PM	Stratovarius	Dreamspace	Dreamspace
9:36 PM	Angra	Carry On	Angels Cry
9:48 PM	Iron Maiden	Fear of the Dark	Fear of the Dark
9:49 PM	Blind Guardian	Theatre of Pain	Somewhere Far Beyond
9:54 PM	Helloween	Mission Motherland	The Time of the Oath
10:02 PM	Nightwish	Gethsemanne	Angels Fall First
10:11 PM	Rhapsody	Lord of the Thunder	Legendary Tales
10:16 PM	Freedom Call	Freedom Call	Crystal Empire
10:21 PM	Sonata Arctica	My Land	Ecliptica
10:26 PM	Beyond Twilight	Sleeping Beauty	Section X
10:27 PM	Bloodbath	Treasonous	The Fathomless Misery	new rotation

Audio Archives

Out on a Lim - Opinions

Out on a Lim - Opinions
Our first media coverage! Check it out!

Something eerie happened to me during the first few days of school. It was night and most appliances in my room were turned off, but I kept hearing really low strains of music. I attributed it to sensitive ears and somebody else's music. But it happened again, and determined that I was not losing my mind, finally found the source of the music. My speakers, which were hooked up to my computer, seemed to get the airwaves of WRMC so I could hear 91.1 FM whether I was actually tuned in or not, even if my computer was off as well. Because of this strange phenomenon, I now hear WRMC at nearly all times. Even with my own music on, I can hear echoes of another song in the background. Although avoidable if I cut the power to the speakers, this auditory invasion had become a minor source of frustration.

However, a couple of days ago, while attempting to do my homework, I heard two DJs talking about their show and introducing the songs. Their music of choice was metal, which is practically a galaxy away from the orbit of my musical taste. But their theme for the night was covers, so I heard metal bands playing songs anywhere from Phantom of the Opera to ABBA. It was surprisingly good and refreshing, and got me thinking about where and when I had developed this aversion to metal. I had no idea. It wasn't that I had an unpleasant experience with that genre per se, but that I enjoyed other types of music so much to the point where I had stopped exploring and appreciating.

YeeahhhH! He goes on to talk about economic theory and why people make sub-optimal choices. Hopefully, if you've found this site, you're already on your way to singularity (optimal choice) of music. \m/

Melting Point Radio: 10/6/08

Second show of the fall 2008 season of Melting Point Radio on WRMC, 91.1FM Middlebury, VT

Time	Artist	Song	Album
9:07 PM	Equilibrium	Blut im Auge	Sagas	new
9:10 PM	Nachtmystium	Ghosts of Grace	Assassins: Black Meddle Part I	new
9:21 PM	Dark Tranquillity	Zodjiackal Light	The Mind's I
9:21 PM	In Flames	The Inborn Lifeless	Lunar Straight/Subterranean
9:22 PM	Atheist	And the Psychic Saw	Unquestionable Presence
9:25 PM	At the Gates	Cold	Slaughter of the Soul
9:29 PM	Van Canto	Fear of the Dark	Hero	new
9:38 PM	Cynic	Integral Birth	Traced in Air	new
9:41 PM	Direwolf	1,000,000 Enemies Mercury's Disaster	Beyond the Lands of Human Existence	new
9:45 PM	Children of Bodom	Hellion	Follow the Reaper	request
9:55 PM	Zimmers Hole	1312	While You Were Shouting at the Devil... I Was in League...	new
9:59 PM	Haggard	Chapter I - Tales of Ithiria	Tales of Ithiria	new rotation
10:13 PM	In Flames	Moonshield	The Jester Race
10:14 PM	Night in Gales	Towards a Twilight Kiss	Towards the Twilight
10:15 PM	Omnium Gatherum	Song for December	The Redshift	new
10:16 PM	Children of Bodom	'Lil Blood-Red Riding Hood	Hatecrew Deathroll
10:17 PM	Raintime	Rolling Chances	Flies & Lies
10:18 PM	W.A.S.P.	Hellion	W.A.S.P.	request
10:27 PM	Iron Maiden	Rime of the Ancient Mariner	Powerslave

Melting Point METAL COVERS edition... Final semester kick off

*NOTE*: Due to technology sucking, the middle part of the show was omitted from the podcast. Including my amazing mixmasterology. Go figure.

This is the first show of the 2008-2009 season (Alex's last semester!!)
Our new time slot is Mondays, 9-10:30pm EST.

Now sit back, relax, and enjoy our first show of the year... COVERS!

Time	Artist	Song	Album
9:03 PM	Children of Bodom	Oops I Did it Again (Britney Spears)	Bodom Covers	rotation request
9:05 PM	Alex Stark and Replicant	Fear of the Dark	Powerslaves	request
9:11 PM	Norther	Final Countdown	Dreams of Endless War
9:17 PM	Freedom Call	Demons Dance	Dimensions
9:17 PM	Dimmu Borgir	Burn In Hell	Cover It Up Vol. 2	request
9:23 PM	Pagan's Mind	At The Graves	Infinity Divine	rotation request
9:32 PM	Nevermore	The Sound of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)	Cover It Up Vol. 1
9:38 PM	Van Canto	Kings Of Metal	Kings	new rotation request
9:42 PM	Labyrinth	Come Together (The Beatles)	6 Days To Nowhere	request
9:46 PM	Nightwish	Phantom of the Opera	Century Child
9:57 PM	Van Canto	The Bard's Song	Kings	new rotation request
9:59 PM	Synergy	Gimme Gimme Gimme (ABBA)	A Man After Midnight	request
10:03 PM	In Flames	Everything Counts	Cover It Up Vol. 2
10:11 PM	Children of Bodom	Aces High	Bodom Covers	request
10:18 PM	Alex Yule	Sounds of Silent Bloodbaths	Random?
10:18 PM	To/Die/For	In the Heat of the Night	Cover it up Vol.2
10:22 PM	Therion	Summernight City	Secret of the Runes	request
10:31 PM	Between the Buried and Me	Geek U.S.A. (Smashing Pumpkins)	The Anatomy Of	request
10:34 PM	Between the Buried and Me	Kickstart My Heart (Motley Crue)	The Anatomy Of	request
10:35 PM	Between the Buried and Me	Bicycle Race (Queen)	The Anatomy Of	request

Playlist Archive: Melting Point @ WRMC

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Lavaging Expectorate Of Lysergide Composition Lyrics

New Kamelot Video

FYI: Melting Point is on break for another semester, with the possibility of several select episodes being produced exclusively for podcast.

Kamelot released a video for their new album today. Both the video and the song, suck.

Kamelot - Rule The World from Kamelot Official Vimeo on Vimeo.

Two Reasons Why Avantasia Should (Collectively) DIE

Reason 1: Tobias Sammet does high kicks at the end of this song. Live. On stage. And seems to be enjoying it.

Reason 2: They made this video (and the song!! the soooong!)

I rest my case.

Update: In response to those who say this album (and video) are being panned solely for being "different" and "not heavy enough" I submit this as evidence: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ReRbSbBhTHQ&

A song from Avantasia's earlier days that is both "soft" and "awesome". As opposed to being "soft" and "pop bullshit" (see: The entire new album).

WELL, since WRMC is lame, there was a fucking schedule screwup. And it seems our slot was mixed up. So until (maybe) next week...

Enjoy...

The Glorious Fiery Return of Melting Point

Time	Artist	Song	Album
9:29 PM	Abigor	Warning	Fractal Possession
9:29 PM	Abigor	Cold Void Choir	Fractal Possession
9:48 PM	Noekk	Hong Long Is Ever	The Minstrel's Curse	new
9:49 PM	Ayreon	The Earth Extinction	01011001	new
9:51 PM	Turisas	Five Hundred and One	The Varangian Way
9:57 PM	Symphony X	Eve of Seduction	Paradise Lost
10:02 PM	Ensiferum	Wanderer	Victory Songs
10:08 PM	Food For Thought	Fortunes of War	Now That's What I Call 'kin' Music (Elektro Tribute to Iron Maiden)
10:11 PM	Raintime	Rolling Chances	Flies & Lies
10:16 PM	Xystus	Part 2: Make It Happen	Surreal
10:20 PM	Miseration	Seven Are The Sins	Your Demons - Your Angels
10:23 PM	Sonata Arctica	The Vice	Unia
10:27 PM	Nightrage	Encircle	A New Disease is Born
10:33 PM	Finntroll	Under tva runor	Ur Djordens Djup

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Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka, RIP

Drummer Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka of the Polish extreme metal band DECAPITATED passed away in a Russian hospital from injuries sustained in a recent road collision. He was 23 years old.

[From BLABBERMOUTH.NET - DECAPITATED Drummer Dead At 23]

This is such a tragedy for the metal community. I just found out today, as I was abroad in Mongolia since August. It's completely surreal reading the progressing news reports, first an accident... then surgery but recovering, then DEAD?! I don't even know what to say. My heart is with the families, and of course COVAN who should know the entire world of metalheads are pulling for his recovery. I'm wearing my Decapitated shirt in the honor of these incredible men and musicians. I sent a few dollars to the fund as well, hopefully it'll make this whole ordeal a little easier for everyone involved.

From the band:

Witold "Vitek" Kieltyka – our brother and dearest friend succumbed to head injuries sustained after a bad van accident while on tour in Russia. He was 23.

One of the youngest and most promising drummers in the genre, together with Decapitated he has consistently released albums both crushing and invigorating in their musicianship. Extremely talented – he has been involved in other side projects: Dies Irae, Panzer X.

He will be missed and can not be replaced. The metal scene will be much sorrier with his passing…

[From MySpace.com - DECAPITATED]

See their myspace site for more news and to support the families of both Vitek and vocalist Covan, (who is still in the hospital) through the Vitek and Covan Charity Fund.