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Missed Opportunity With Singer Songwriter Matt Engle From Torchlight Parade · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: It really is about having fun, exploring, and finding things
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  Speaker 1: out that you didn't know so you can say, oh, wow,
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  Speaker 1: your exploration. Yeah, what's going on? My name is Arrow.
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  Speaker 1: This is Missed Opportunity. I love sharing conversations. Now, hosting
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  Speaker 1: them requires a lot of show prep. My podcast platforms
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  Speaker 1: feature thousands of guests, and what you don't have access
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  Speaker 1: to are my missed opportunities. They are the shows that
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  Speaker 1: I prepped for, but the conversation didn't happen. Missed opportunity
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  Speaker 1: is a lost piece of history. It's like a message
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  Speaker 1: in a bottle that's been tossed out to sea. I
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  Speaker 1: hope to locate a destination. This week, we're putting focus
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  Speaker 1: on my missed opportunity with singer-songwriter Matt Engel from the
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  Speaker 1: band Torchlight Parade. band Torchlight Parade, a bone-rattling blend of
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  Speaker 1: hard-hitting riffs, theatrical spectacles, cutting, chilling expectations, death, and everything
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  Speaker 1: beyond the grave. Oh my God, this sounds exciting. Why
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't I want to have a talk with this guy?
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  Speaker 1: The band has been featured in numerous outlet magazines, which
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  Speaker 1: has included a large number of charity performances for Toys
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  Speaker 1: for Tots as well as the St. Baldrick's Foundation. Torchlight
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  Speaker 1: Parade is more than just a band. They're called a
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  Speaker 1: horror-fueled experience. I mean, they're live shows. Man, they transform
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  Speaker 1: the stage into an immersive world of where actors roam
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  Speaker 1: in character costumes, including a werewolf. Mike Myers from Halloween, Frankenstein,
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  Speaker 1: every performance that is unforgettable. Man, it is so Alice
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  Speaker 1: Cooper meets Kiss meets David Bowie. I mean, the thing
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  Speaker 1: is just, this is why I want to have a conversation.
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  Speaker 1: The invitation to share that conversation with Matt Engel from
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  Speaker 1: Torchlight Parade came on August 29th, 2025. Adding darkness to
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  Speaker 1: the band's presence is how it really does feature a
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  Speaker 1: licensed embalmer in the band. We selected September 22nd, 2025
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  Speaker 1: to be the day of facing the beasts of metal music.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, everything was set. This St. Louis bass band
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  Speaker 1: and I were going to dig into the songs and
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  Speaker 1: really get into that performance on that live stage. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they are known for blending funeral homes, family, and rock
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  Speaker 1: and roll together, which has included tours with Striper, tantric
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  Speaker 1: la guns faster pussycat and even black oak arkansas the
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  Speaker 1: day with torchlight parade became a missed opportunity that's okay
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  Speaker 1: because coming up next i've got the questions and the
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  Speaker 1: statements without their answers this is missed opportunity Hey, thanks
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  Speaker 1: for coming back to Missed Opportunity. This week, we're talking
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  Speaker 1: with Matt Engel from the group Torchlight Parade. I say
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  Speaker 1: we're talking with. No, it's a missed opportunity. Here are
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  Speaker 1: the questions. The band is a real family act. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: this is some genuine stuff here on that live stage.
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  Speaker 1: For you guys, it is life on stage and the afterlife.
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  Speaker 1: That makes it scary as hell, dude. The album Children
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  Speaker 1: of the Night, which was inspired by classic monster movies.
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  Speaker 1: Which ones we talking about here there, Matt? Being theatrical
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  Speaker 1: with your music, how do you take it to a
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  Speaker 1: live performance? I mean, the light show has got to
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  Speaker 1: be spot on or everything behind the scenes is seen.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, you guys bring a really big show into
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  Speaker 1: every one of your performances. Are you a roadie at all?
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  Speaker 1: Or did you ever play that role? The live shows
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  Speaker 1: feature scary figures like werewolves, Mike Myers, Halloween, Frankenstein. Be
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  Speaker 1: honest with me. How are you getting away with this
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  Speaker 1: without signing your life away? I mean, aren't there laws
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  Speaker 1: to protect this? I love how you guys say that
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  Speaker 1: Torchlight Parade is more than a band. It's an experience.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, the last time that I heard someone say that,
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  Speaker 1: Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons of Kiss, you've got to come
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  Speaker 1: for the experience. Coming from St. Louis, I mean, the
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  Speaker 1: center of the country. I mean, when it comes to
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  Speaker 1: a band like this, I mean, I'm not thinking of
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  Speaker 1: that town. It's usually like London, New York, or even
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco. But St. Louis, come on, put your dot
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  Speaker 1: on the map. Now, be honest with me. Did your
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  Speaker 1: family own this funeral home or did you have to
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  Speaker 1: become the embalmer first and then grow outward from there?
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  Speaker 1: Thank God you guys have got good guitar riffs. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they are so fresh. I mean, I like to pull
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  Speaker 1: out my air guitar and this is one of those
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  Speaker 1: where I've got to learn the notes so I can
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  Speaker 1: play right along with you. All right, let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: these 10 tracks. Frankenstein of Death, the narrator in this.
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  Speaker 1: Who is that? Howlin' Wolf, how did you guys even
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  Speaker 1: determine the speed and the tempo of this song? I
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  Speaker 1: have to laugh at the song I'm Not Dead Yet,
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  Speaker 1: because here comes the drums and the harmony you pulled
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  Speaker 1: my ass in. The song Children of the Night, you
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  Speaker 1: waste absolutely no time getting to those guitar riffs. Nice,
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  Speaker 1: long intro. We as listeners, we need that. Morticians never cry.
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  Speaker 1: Oh my God. We never think about that, but you
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  Speaker 1: put it into a song and it's dark as well.
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  Speaker 1: I love the cover of the children of the night.
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  Speaker 1: I just love what you guys are doing with your
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  Speaker 1: artwork because it creates the fantasy, the illusion. And now
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  Speaker 1: we come to see you live for the experience. All right,
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  Speaker 1: there you have it. That's only part of my questions
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  Speaker 1: with Matt Engel from Torchlight Parade. It is a lost
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  Speaker 1: piece of history. You now know the questions, so let's
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  Speaker 1: get some freaking answers here. The door is always going
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  Speaker 1: to be open. If you are Matt Engel of Torchlight Parade,
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  Speaker 1: or if you know him, please make sure that he
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  Speaker 1: reaches out to me, arrowc at gmail.com. That's A-R-R-O-E-C at gmail.com.
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  Speaker 1: And as always, be brilliant.