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Jeff Taylor

@jtncrocks.bsky.social

I love many kinds of music but especially hard rock, heavy metal, progressive rock/metal, all eras of country and Americana. Discovering new music and artists through like-minded people is why I’m here.

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In the event it went unnoticed ...™️
#NowPlaying
EXVAMON Odyssey of Fate (7/11/2025)
Excellent debut full-length studio effort by the Visalia, California metallers! Fast and furious power metal. FFO: DragonForce, Cellador, Crimson Shadows.
Stream: open.spotify.com/album/2EOpbw...

09.11.2025 02:24 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Michael Romeo | Symphony X. “Sea of Lies.” 1996. Avoid if you hate neo-classical guitar shred.

#metalsky #prog #classical #guitar

08.11.2025 18:16 — 👍 30    🔁 2    💬 4    📌 0
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣8⃣4⃣👑

Submission: VAIN - No Respect 🇺🇸 (1989)

A swaggering blast of late 80s Glam Metal grit, NR blends killer riffs, streetwise hooks, and raw charisma that sets it apart from the era’s glossier acts. Has there ever been a more apt record title? #MK184👑

12.10.2025 09:08 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Bristol - Under 100 tickets left to see the mighty Saxon playing at the Bristol Beacon on November 13 for what promises to be a very special night as the band perform Wheels of Steel in full for the last time plus other fan favourites 🔥⚔️🤘
Grab the last few tickets fast: www.saxon747.com/tourdates

12.10.2025 20:03 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Now spinning at Skylab:

Emerald City Council - Motion Carries
#NowPlaying #EmeraldCityCouncil #vinyl #MusicSky

03.10.2025 15:20 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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TORNADO OF SOULS: 💠 🌪️ 💠2025

Edition #38, darkness invisible...

#FFFSep26 bleeds the wicked at 8am 🇦🇺OZ time 💠

Metal will flow every 8 minutes until we reach 52 + dumps of Lava! 💠

Tell the world! Have Riffs...Have Metal!💠

#TornadoofSouls #Lava #Edition38 #FFFSep26 #KMäN

24.09.2025 19:30 — 👍 17    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣7⃣3⃣👑

Submission: C.O.C - Deliverance 🇺🇸 (1994)

Blending sludgy Southern riffs with a newfound groove and Pepper Keenan’s gritty vocals, this album marked a bold reinvention for C.O.C. Paved the way for groove-lade Southern Metal heaviness! #MK173👑

21.09.2025 19:38 — 👍 16    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣7⃣4⃣👑

Submission: ACCEPT - Restless and Wild 🇩🇪 (1982)

Kicking down the door with speed and fury, R & W is Accept at their most primal and hungry. A trailblazing signpost for Heavy and Speed Metal, it also lit the fuse for the Thrash and Power Metal!#MK174👑

21.09.2025 20:04 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0
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Prog Around the World 🎶🌏🤘
KALI - Germany

We head over to Bavaria, more precisely to the beautiful city of Regensburg, and sit down with Prog band Kali, who'll release their amazing debut "Samsara" in October. Welcome to learn more here:
mostly-metal.net/Kali

21.09.2025 15:08 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1
Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E57) – Temptress | Rich & Turbo’s Heavy Half Hour (S2E57) – Temptress On this episode of the Rich & Turbo Heavy Half Hour (S2E57), we talk to Christian Wright from the recently signed to Blues Funeral band, Temptress! Christian was a great guest ...

🚨 New Episode 🚨

Rich & Turbo HHH (S2E57), we talk to Christian Wright from the recently signed to Blues Funeral band, Temptress!

Audio Only: Octopuscaveman.podbean.com/e/rich-turbo...

youtu.be/Sm3Hzr1_srs

09.09.2025 21:52 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣6⃣1⃣👑

Submission: IRON MAIDEN - Powerslave 🇬🇧 (1984)

5 albums in and Dicko in full flight, PS found IM at their most grand and ambitious - Egyptian-themed imagery became iconic, while the tour behind it pushed live Metal production to new heights. #MK161👑

07.09.2025 19:56 — 👍 18    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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R.I.P🕯️⚰️🕯️

BRENT HINDS 🇺🇸 51

Sorry to hear of the sudden and tragic loss of the former Mastodon member. Sadly, it's not fake news!

Responsible for the emergence of modern Progressive Sludge/Alt Metal in the early 2000's, Hinds was the torchbearer. #BrentHinds #RIP #KMäN

21.08.2025 19:56 — 👍 66    🔁 10    💬 5    📌 1
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣4⃣2⃣👑

Submission: KING'S X - Gretchen Goes to Nebraska 🇺🇸 (1989)

GGTN deepened King’s X’s fusion of heavy riffs, intricate harmonies, and spiritual lyricism. Hailed as their creative peak, it became a touchstone for ’90s Prog and Alt Metal bands! #MK142👑

10.08.2025 10:55 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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1984. A vintage year so fine, the diversity in styles & sounds really started to splinter off — and one could even argue that several of these bands actually peaked right here, including some of the debut albums.

#metalsky

08.08.2025 14:06 — 👍 32    🔁 3    💬 6    📌 0

The scumbag that hacked the original account is still up to his bullshit scamming antics. The DMs are not from me. Look for this current avatar and you'll know the difference! Apologies to all who are being hassled. Block. Report. Not that any of will help. Fuck. Sake.

07.08.2025 21:35 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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1982. Metal takes flight. Number of the Beast defines ‘traditional’ metal as we know it today, Mercyful Fate worship at satan’s altar, Accept lay the groundwork for speed metal, Twisted Sister pay homage to old Priest while new Priest scream for vengeance, and Manowar put USPM on the map.

#metalsky

06.08.2025 14:37 — 👍 16    🔁 3    💬 5    📌 1
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DISCIPLES OF THE WATCH:💠⏱️ 💠

Ozzy's shadow loomed large over the month of July. Reflection and reckoning. As the month turns, so must we...💠

Here's August's select 50. Add to your lists!✍️

Have Riffs, Have Metal: Get on The Watch! 💠

#DisciplesofTheWatch #DOTW #August2025 #KMäN

28.07.2025 07:36 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣3⃣6⃣👑

Submission: RAZOR - Evil Invaders 🇨🇦(1985)

A blistering speed/thrash assault that helped define Canada's early Metal scene. Its influence echoes in countless Thrash and Speed Metal bands that followed. Also, the inimitable 'Sheepdog' on vocals!#MK136👑

28.07.2025 10:02 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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R.I.P🕯️⚰️🕯️

OZZY OSBOURNE 🇬🇧76

Mere days after BTTB, The Prince of Darkness has taken his final bow-leaving behind a legacy that reshaped the very soul of Heavy Metal. The world grew louder, darker, and more alive because of him. Long live the Madman!

@OzzyOsbourne #RIP #KMäN

22.07.2025 19:41 — 👍 48    🔁 10    💬 3    📌 0

So many great songs but I listened to The Ultimate Sin on repeat while driving home from work after hearing about Ozzy today.

23.07.2025 00:21 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ozzy Osbourne dies just weeks after farewell show The heavy metal star reunited with his Black Sabbath bandmates on stage at Villa Park earlier in July.

Ozzy’s gone. The timing of his final appearance with Black Sabbath is remarkable. A true legend. Will be thinking about this a lot… he was my gateway into metal. Bark at the Moon was one of the first albums I ever bought.

#ozzy #rip 🕊️

news.sky.com/story/ozzy-o...

22.07.2025 18:25 — 👍 127    🔁 15    💬 7    📌 1
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Metal Musician
(melodius volumeus maximus)
Flourished mid 1970 - early 2000

“Almost entirely wiped out by an outbreak of censorship and an environment of hostile government intervention.

Let’s hope it never comes to this”

@alexskolnick.bsky.social

15.07.2025 02:41 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣2⃣9⃣👑

Submission: LIFE OF AGONY - River Runs Red 🇺🇸 (1993)

A dark and gripping debut, RRR channels personal anguish through heavy riffs and melodic despair. A brutally honest fusion of Hardcore, Metal, and emotional storytelling that still hits hard.#MK129👑

08.07.2025 09:25 — 👍 19    🔁 3    💬 5    📌 0
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FULL FORCE FRIDAY:🆕June 27th 4⃣4⃣🎧

CRYSTAL VIPER - The Live Quest 🇵🇱💠

9 Track Live album from Katowice, Polish Heavy/Power Metal outfit💠

BC➡️listenable-records.bandcamp.com/album/the-li...💠

#crystalviper #TheLiveQuest #Listenable #HeavyPowerMetal #FFFJun27 #KMäN

27.06.2025 03:24 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1
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Now spinning at Skylab:

Cosmic Cathedral - Deep Water
#NowPlaying #CosmicCathedral #vinyl #NewMusic #NewMusic2025 #MusicSky

27.06.2025 13:03 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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👑MOUNTAIN KINGS 1⃣1⃣9⃣👑

Submission: WARRIOR - Fighting For The Earth 🇺🇸 (1985)

Worship this! FFTE is a fierce blend of sci-fi themes, power metal flair, and razor-sharp riffing; an overlooked gem of U.S. Heavy Metal with arena-sized ambition and street-level cool! #MK119👑

24.06.2025 21:04 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Overkill - Elimination Live 2002
YouTube video by Punk/All The World/Smash Divisions Overkill - Elimination Live 2002

Current Mood

#Overkill #MetalSky #ThrashMeta

youtu.be/88zwqoZ99xA?...

19.06.2025 14:13 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Bloodstock: Twenty Years Outdoors - Part 2 Bloodstock: Twenty Years Outdoors - Part 2 : The Razor's Edge : Bloodstock Festival - a retrospective of twenty years outdoors!

🔥 Our Bloodstock Festival retrospective on twenty years of the festival outdoors continues in part two, deep diving into the second decade of outdoor action - 2015 - 2024!

therazorsedge.rocks/2025-06-bloo...

18.06.2025 14:04 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🔥🔥 NEW WHAT'S HOT?! 🔥🔥
Already updated Monday night, our new What's Hot?! Playlist feels particularly epic. What do you think?

Listen & subscribe right here:
theprogspace.com/wh-playlist

18.06.2025 10:44 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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2⃣0⃣2⃣5⃣: THE UPCOMING TERROR ⚔️
➡️August 29th, 2025 ⬅️

HELLOWEEN - Giants & Monsters 🇩🇪💠

17th album from Hamburg, German Power/Heavy Metal outfit💠

YT➡️'This is Tokyo' youtu.be/88Nn7CIpmWQ...💠

#helloweenorg #GiantsandMonsters #PowerMetal #RPMROAR #TheUpcomingTerror25 #KMäN

16.06.2025 19:55 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

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