Wherein Eric and John go to some truly dark places, exploring one of Eric's least favorite metal subgenres, progressive metal, but come out the other side stronger, wiser, and having talked about an assortment of amazing artists including the "big three": Fates Warning, Dream Theater, and Queensrÿche, as well as Eric's pick for THE SINGLE GREATEST HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF THE 1980s! opening poem: Music by Walter De La Mare Click on the links below for all the music listening breaks in this episode! Music listening break #1: Rush- "Anthem" from Fly By Night (1975) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9h2H5Sgzfw Music listening break #2: Fates Warning- "Guardian" from Awaken the Guardian (1986) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmDgdDXH944 Music listening break #3: Queensrÿche- "I Don't Believe in Love" (the music video!) from Operation: Mindcrime (1988) ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2c3g6tTYoxM Visit us at: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/heavymetal101podcast⁠ (you can leave us a voicemail if you're so inclined!) Contact us at: ⁠heavymetal101podcast@gmail.com⁠ Social media: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/HeavyMetal101Podcast⁠ ⁠https://twitter.com/heavy_101⁠ ⁠https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal101podcast/⁠ New episodes of Heavy Metal 101 are released monthly on the 3rd Monday of each month. See ya again soon!!! Episode underscore credits: "Labyrinth Of Lost Dreams" by Darren Curtis "Disco Medusae" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License "E Minor Power Metal Instrumental" (No Copyright Music) Music Provided by: No Copyright Library for Music "Snowfall" Soundcloud: / pekarot_161 Beatstars: https://bsta.rs/0d45b7116 traktrain: https://traktra.in/c/2s83mkkM3B Instagram: / prod.pekarot "Havoc" by PeriTune | http://peritune.com http://commons.nicovideo.jp/material/... Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... ｍｕｓｉｃ．ｓｋｕｌｌｏｆｓｋｉｌｌ．ｃｏｍ All songs, videos, and thumbnail art created by Richard Blake Hopes, Jr.. Music: Rights Free Sound Free Download : https://bit.ly/3crMVwr Music promoted by No Copyright: https://bit.ly/33JkJQc