Episodes

  • Sleep Token V: The Summoning
    Jul 25 2024

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    We are back with the last of our Sleep Token tunes, The Summoning. This is definitely the most popular song by this band that we have done to date and we are excited that this conjuring of a song has evoked many flavours for us. What does the mystery that is Sleep Token have for us…

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    27 mins
  • Sleep Token IV: Alkaline
    Jul 18 2024

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    We are back with the fourth instalment of our Sleep Token series. This week we explore the captivating track "Alkaline" from their Sophomore album, This place will become your tomb, and uncover its hidden meanings.

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    19 mins
  • Sleep Token III: The Offering
    Jul 9 2024

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    Welcome back to Mandatory Music as we continue our journey through the realm of Sleep Token. The Offering is the most listened to song off their first full length studio album, Sundowning. What dark choral worship music are we going to unlock on this episode as we walk with the deity of sleep through the lands of mystery and slumber?

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    31 mins
  • Sleep Token II: Granite
    Jul 2 2024

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    Mandatory Music has returned with another Sleep Token track, that may or may not be about rocks…Granite. Join us as we explore more of this the not-metal, not-pop band, not-alternative, not R&B…actually what is Sleep Token. Come help us fine out.

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    21 mins
  • Sleep Token I: Take Me Back to Eden
    Jun 25 2024

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    Michael and Sebastian are back after a little hiatus to bring you a real raw and blind reaction to a band that has haunted the reaction channels of everyone, Sleep Token. Sometimes beauty and magic come from the most mysterious and unknown places, so step into the garden with us as we unravel this enigmatic band. We do not have any notion of what to expect but our minds are open and our hearts beat with excitement.

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    34 mins
  • Episode 13: Luck.Runs.Out.
    Jun 6 2024

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    We are back with All Nightmare Long from Metallica’s super compressed album Death Magnetic. Do you like palm muting? Good, because this Lovecraft inspired song pulls from a short story called" The Hounds of Tindalos" and it takes us back to Metallica’s roots. The sound and thrash are back, this tune carries an aggression and power that has been missing from the band for many, many years.

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    41 mins
  • Episode 12: Inamorata
    May 29 2024

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    Mandatory Music is back with Metallica’s longest song from 72 seasons, Inamorata. A unique song that offers interesting and doom like flavors, this masterpiece of song writing takes James voice to places of tenderness and sorrow, of regret and pain. Come join us as we unravel the riffs and tones that make up what could very well be Metallica’s last song ever written….or is it.

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    55 mins
  • Episode 11: Hello Darkness
    May 25 2024

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    This week on Mandatory Music, Mike and Seb are doing the longest song off of the Hardwired album, Halo on Fire. We all go through life, ripe with situations full of temptations and bad decisions, some lead us to danger and darkness or to sorrow or sadness. We are all human in the end and we try to make the correct choice in our lives but sometimes those choices engulf us in our own flames of regret. Come explore this masterpiece of a song that tackles these themes.

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    24 mins