Daniel and Jonathan get to experience a bunch of great new traditional Heavy Metal. Daniel has Jonathan do a little shameless self-promotion for the first single "Birth of the Crystal Armor" from his current project Lazer Throne https://lazerthrone.bandcamp.com. And they talk about some sweet book series featuring tales written by heavy metal musicians. This week they recommend: Jonathan's Pick: Final Light - Final Light (Perturbator) Daniel's Pick (he's getting thrown in metal jail for this one): Emperor - Anthems to the Welkin At Dusk Next, they review the albums picked by last episode’s The Ritual: Feiger - III, Ascension A surprise visit by the Metal Police gives us a new album, Winds of War by Iron Brigade.  Ironfame - Where Madness Dwells Consecration - Cinis The bands then face off in the Band Gladitorium. The Ritual is ran and three new albums are picked from a pool of new releases to review next episode. Contact Us with your album recommendations, comments, riffs, blasts, and pig squeals at http://metalquestpod.com/contact Find all things Lazer Throne at: https://lazerthrone.bandcamp.com Want to read some of the most metal stories? Look no further than https://dmrbooks.com/swords-of-steelheavy-metal