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    Queensrÿche, Silent Lucidity: 1 Hit WONDERful No. 39 (2025) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Capitol; Antoni Shkraba, KoolShooters, Pavel Danilyuk, Photo By: Kaboompics.com, RDNE Stock project from Pexels; AcatXIo, OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay]
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    Queensrÿche, Silent Lucidity | 1 Hit WONDERful

    In the 39th edition of 1 Hit WONDERful (2025), we highlight “Silent Lucidity” performed by Queensrÿche.

    By the musical hype, 2 monthsOctober 7, 2025 ago
    Voice: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 48 (2023) [📷: Brent Faulkner/The Musical Hype; Emmanuel Ikwuegbu on Unsplash]
    3 to 5 BOPS

    Voice | 3 to 5 BOPS

    Voice: 3 to 5 BOPS No. 48 (2023), features musical BOPS courtesy of Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Rhythm Street Band, Jake Shears, Khalid, Lil Baby & Lil Durk.

    By the musical hype, 2 yearsJune 15, 2023 ago
    Getting to Know… Divinex: Interview No. 351 [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Divinex; Tumisu via Pixabay]
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    Getting to Know… Divinex | Interview 🎤

    In the 351st Q&A in our Getting to Know… series, we get the inside scoop from Rochester, NY instrumental progressive metal band, Divinex.

    By the musical hype, 3 yearsApril 24, 2023 ago
    🎧 50 Best Songs of 2021 [📷: Aftermath, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Darkroom, Geffen, Interscope, Kemosabe, The Musical Hype, Pexels, RCA, RUPAM DUTTA on Unsplash, Taylor Swift, Vishnu R Nair]
    Evergreen

    Best Songs of 2021: Top 20 | Playlist 🎧

    🎧 Best Songs of 2021 features songs courtesy of Adele, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Jazmine Sullivan, Lil Nas X, and Taylor Swift.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 30, 2021 ago
    🎧 50 Best Songs of 2021 [📷: Aftermath, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Darkroom, Geffen, Interscope, Kemosabe, The Musical Hype, Pexels, RCA, RUPAM DUTTA on Unsplash, Taylor Swift, Vishnu R Nair]
    Evergreen

    Best Songs of 2021: 35-21 | Playlist 🎧

    🎧 Best Songs of 2021 features songs courtesy of Adele, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Jazmine Sullivan, Lil Nas X, and Taylor Swift.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 29, 2021 ago
    🎧 50 Best Songs of 2021 [📷: Aftermath, Atlantic, Brent Faulkner, Columbia, Darkroom, Geffen, Interscope, Kemosabe, The Musical Hype, Pexels, RCA, RUPAM DUTTA on Unsplash, Taylor Swift, Vishnu R Nair]
    Evergreen

    Best Songs of 2021: 50-36 | Playlist

    🎧Best Songs of 2021 features songs courtesy of Adele, Billie Eilish, Doja Cat, Jazmine Sullivan, Lil Nas X, and Taylor Swift.

    By the musical hype, 4 yearsDecember 28, 2021 ago
    Getting to Know...Joviac: Interview #131 [📷 : Carolin Büttner, Joviac, Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype]
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    Getting to Know… Joviac | Interview 🎤

    For the 131st interview on The Musical Hype, we get the scoop from progressive Finnish metal band, Joviac.

    By the musical hype, 5 yearsOctober 20, 2020 ago
    Getting to Know... Halogram: Interview #58 [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Halogram]
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    Getting to Know… Halogram | Interview 🎤

    On Interview #58, Brent Faulkner gets some awesome insight from Javier Iglesias, the guitarist for instrumental prog rock band, Halogram.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsMarch 11, 2020 ago
    TOOL, Fear Inoculum: The Musical Hype album review [Photo Credit: TOOL]
    Album 💿

    TOOL, Fear Inoculum | Album Review 💿

    After a 13-year hiatus, alternative metal collective TOOL returns with their highly anticipated, well-rounded, fifth LP, Fear Inoculum.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsSeptember 17, 2019 ago
    Evergreen

    13 Awesome Songs That Reference Going Down | Playlist 🎧

    13 Awesome Songs That Reference Going Down features songs courtesy of Alec Benjamin, Jorja Smith, Normani, Taylor Swift, and TOOL.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsSeptember 16, 2019 ago
    TOOL, "Fear Inoculum": The Musical Hype Track Review [Photo Credit: TOOL]
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    TOOL, Fear Inoculum | Track Review

    After a 13-year hiatus, alt-metal collective TOOL returns with “Fear Inoculum,” the promo single from the highly-anticipated fifth LP of the same name.

    By the musical hype, 6 yearsAugust 12, 2019 ago

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