Greg Clayman

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I've been sauna-ing every other day for the last month or so now and every single time I'm in there I'm singing Kiuas' 'Across The Snows' to myself as I stare at the lil sauna stove/kiuas: 🎵🎵 Yksinään hän vaeltaa mis varjot lankeaa Halki usvan ja roudan vain teräs seuranaan Sydämensä kylmä on kuin maa routainen Mutta silmissään viha polttava kuin kiuas tulinen 🎵🎵 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ocJWHs6qs

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Worked like 62ish hours this week with two new clients (Provable and Plume - we’re hiring a ton, so this is a /jobs crosspost!) so I wasn’t able to get to the gym at all (I hadn’t missed a day in months before this week). But it meant I got the pool all to myself around 7:00 PM on Friday night. Getting a little cold here, but swimming under the moon and stars made it all worth it

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This worked fairly well last time I posted on here (met arguably the best DevRel I've ever spoken to :-) so let's try this again: Currently hiring for a bunch of roles, mostly engineering (specifically Rust), but also a BD/sales position at an RWA company focused on institutional sales with neobanks. I know most of y'all are in Thailand or on your way there, but if you're interested in exploring new opportunities now/when you get back, DM me and I'll run things by you. US-based only though, can't sponsor Visas at the moment. SF and NYC or ability to relocate highly preferred.

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Joined the 2000 yoink club!

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I guess Savatage is back? I'd also predict there's a very, very good chance they end up being one of the ProgPower headliners for the last festival in 2026 based on this news.

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Welp, that was short lived. Hammerfall already dropped out.

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ProgPower 2025 Day 1 announcement video: https://vimeo.com/1021838560/f28703a949 tl;dw: * Aries Descendant * Secret Sphere * Eclipse * Green Carnation * Hammerfall Solid lineup! I'll be skipping Day 1 (have seen all these bands, less Aries Descendant, multiple times) because four days of this festival is too much time to take off, but this may be the best four-day lineup they've ever had.

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RIP Paul DiAnno

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Finally checking out TEMIC (they’re opening ProgPower next year) and not sure why I haven’t listened sooner. All my favorite musicians are in this project and I totally neglected it until now. Super solid album; all the good stuff from Haken and Maraton with some really nice grooves https://youtu.be/nS7Wx43HRYk?si=Hg2xMFlrLbMYFVc1

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Smooth experience buying ProgPower tickets this year. That may be a first. Ticketmaster fees were absolutely absurd though - $73 or something per ticket!

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ProgPower tickets go on sale tomorrow! Anyone else from /metal planning on going?

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I guess we get Moxie for sharing today. And I don’t have any Moxie, so this is exciting

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One of my favorite vocal performances. Ascendia released one absolutely killer album ~10 years ago and have been dicking around making terrible pop/metal lately. Haven't released a second album yet but based on some of the clips I've seen, I don't even know if it'd be listenable Ascendia - At The End Of It All: https://youtu.be/AAJu0JEazw8?feature=shared

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On /r/powermetal on Reddit, someone asked everyone’s favorite power metal albums from 2020-2023. This was my list. Pretty weak, to be honest. Though 2024 has been solid - Sonata Arctica and Myrath are both my new #1 and #2 for this decade on this list. Still a lot better prog and power metal-adjacent than pure power metal this decade though.

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New Dragony album dropped today and my first impression is that it's not terrible! Dragony - Dreamchasers https://youtu.be/KB1JY2a2LMY?feature=shared

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Ayreon announcing more live shows in September 2025! https://youtu.be/uxrPI9heYIM?si=rSZQKvGOiefYwdY9 I’ve done the VIP thing for two of the previous three but I think I’m likely skipping this one, unfortunately. Have ProgPower the week before (though in the past I’ve done both) and not having worked since June means a depleted bank account, wompwomp

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Been playing this every day but sharing for the first time. Not a movie buff at all (and haven’t even seen 95% of these movies) but I’ve one or two guessed all of them so far; haven’t missed yet!

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Getting crushed at the casino this week and this has become my go-to rage-in-the-car-on-the-drive-home song https://youtu.be/91mBYino-oU?si=WRmhst61N66iAb_0

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Veonity dropped their new lyric video for 'Carry On' today. At one time these guys were one of my favorite bands but the last two (or three? I lost count) albums have been soooo generic. Not much to see here either, but if you want straightforward power metal, here ya go: https://youtu.be/TgY45Mv-YLo?feature=shared

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Borealis released this album two years ago today. This track is one of my all-time favorite vocal performances. Matt Marinelli is the closest vocal comparison we have to Russell Allen, though there are times I prefer Matt’s tone even more (Russell has way better highs and vibrato though) https://youtu.be/eiA99ht0ffs?si=7i-oM2f4bRmAqElg

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