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Metal Nerdery Podcast#296 DOWN III: OVER THE UNDER Album Review“One’s a dude, right? I want the one that’s NOT the dude…”
DOWN III: OVER THE UNDER, the 3rd studio offering from southern fried doom lords DOWN, has a very 70’s centric feel from start to finish. From the songs and the production to the album cover, OVER THE UNDER might just be the most 70’s influenced and 70’s sounding DOWN album ever recorded.
Time to fire up the “bowrider” and begin preparations for “The Dockside Sessions” coming later this summer. Discover why knowing the difference between a succubus and an incubus is critical...2025-04-171h 15Metal Nerdery Podcast#294 WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR BON SCOTTWE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR BON SCOTT (a continuation of our AC/DC Side 1: The Bon Scott Years episode from way back in 2020) is OUR greatest hits package from the iconic Bon Scott Years of AC/DC. And because we couldn’t include ALL of the tracks from this legendary era, there were quite a few that unfortunately got “Shot Down In Flames”. Having said that, we still managed to include everything we felt SHOULD be included which best represents the classic Bon era of AC/DC.
Find out how tasting the “after-tang” from “snooch smooching” is...2025-04-031h 28Metal Nerdery Podcast#285 Women In MetalFor the longest time, metal has been predominantly a “dude game”, dominated by men. Thankfully, more and more female fronted metal bands (particularly over the last couple of decades) have been expanding their presence and growing into a formidable force throughout the metal community, covering a variety of styles and a multitude of subgenres from all across the metal spectrum.
Get ready to find out which metal drummer “makes Taylor Swift sound palatable” and remember that “sometimes you’ve gotta jam it in” and JOIN US as we get into a “double header” with a whole lot of modern...2025-01-301h 12Metal Nerdery Podcast#282 - Deep Cuts of the First Four from The Big Four Part 1“I wanna talk about DOWNTIME…”
Many moons ago during the B.R. era (Before Russ), back in the early days of this podcast with Adam, we took on The 1st Four of The Big 4, taking a look at each of the debut albums from Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer, respectively.
To take that episode a step further (and to add a slight twist to the original premise), we thought it might be fun (and a bit of a challenge) to attempt to identify which tracks would be considered the DEEP CUTS from The...2025-01-091h 15Metal Nerdery Podcast#281 - Ozzy Diary of a Madman Album ReviewDIARY OF A MADMAN, the 2nd album from OZZY OSBOURNE (and his band, BLIZZARD OF OZZ) is a perfect example of how an artist’s follow-up album often eclipses their debut outing. With a heftier mix and heavier riffs, darker lyrical themes & eerie gothic metal elements, and of course the disturbingly graphic album artwork, DIARY represents a quantum leap forward for “The Prince Of Darkness”, combining each of the aforementioned components into one of the darkest and heaviest metal albums ever to have emerged from 1981.
Get ready to “call the lawyers” and prepare to be bathed “in a huge sp...2025-01-021h 25Metal Nerdery Podcast#279 - HAIR METALJust to be 100% TRANSparent, this is NOT an officially sanctioned “Chronicles” episode. However, it is the time of year for the TRANS-Siberian Orchestra (featuring the “Savatage Brothers”) and we felt compelled by the power of the holiday season to delve into the realm of HAIR METAL and reflect back on one of the least desirable (yet often most satisfying) subgenres of metal alongside memories of poon from the days of yore with the kinds of girls you would “meet once at a party and never talk to again”. Really, the entire objective of hair metal was to give actual metal heads...2024-12-191h 40Metal Nerdery Podcast#278 DIO Last In Line Album Review“I’m sorry, what was that? What was the last thing you said?”
Forty years ago this year (specifically, July 2, 1984), DIO (the man and the band) released THE LAST IN LINE, the follow up to their 1983 debut and the first album to feature full time keyboardist Claude Schnell. Forty years later, it still maintains its relevance throughout the realms of metal, especially when compared (relatively speaking) with music from 40 years prior to 1984!
Think about the music from 40 years before 1984. There is absolutely NO WAY anyone was listening to Bing Crosby ANYWHERE in 1984...2024-12-121h 23Metal Nerdery Podcast#276 TOOL Ænima Album ReviewAENIMA, the 1996 album from progressive metal shamans TOOL, is a progressive, heavy, and atmospheric album loaded with layers and layers of sonic texture that should be enjoyed with headphones to ensure the ideal experience. In short, if Tool is the metal community’s Pink Floyd, then AENIMA is most definitely their Dark Side Of The Moon. And as with any prog album of such incredible quality, you must listen to it “front to back”, in its entirety because it’s truly a “start to finish” experience.
You may recall that we did an album dive of this many...2024-11-281h 51Metal Nerdery Podcast#275 - 1992 THE YEAR OF OUR RIFF LORD“You were all pro-bass during the Biden years…”
The year was 1992, way back when a gallon of gas cost just over a dollar, compact discs had finally outsold cassette tapes, progressive metal masters Dream Theater released their highly anticipated 2nd album, Images & Words, and everybody got a brief glimpse of Sharon Stone’s glorious “downstairs” in Basic Instinct.
Prepare yourself for the most “thick and full” compilation of on-mic burps ever to appear on any podcast anywhere in the history of podcasting. Get ready to “grow your nails out and play with your hair”, go fix...2024-11-211h 47Metal Nerdery Podcast#274 - CORROSION OF CONFORMITY’s 1994 masterpiece, DELIVERANCE“It’s an actual word, dude, I’d appreciate it if you’d recognize it as such…”
CORROSION OF CONFORMITY’s 1994 masterpiece, DELIVERANCE, delivers the sonic equivalent of “Skynyrd Fried Sabbath” covered in ZZ Top gravy that instantly evokes visions of wood paneling, shag carpeting, weed, and November. In short, DELIVERANCE is the perfect soundtrack to fall.
Discover the significance of “The Preamble” and understand why its importance desperately needs to be revisited. Get ready to “make it bigger” and go “busking in New York and/or Helsinki” because it’s high time we end all the world’s probl...2024-11-141h 34Metal Nerdery Podcast#273 CONCERT REVIEW - KING DIAMOND & OVERKILLOn Friday, October 25th, 2024, we traveled to The Eastern in Atlanta, Georgia for the Saint Lucifer’s Hospital 1920 Tour to see KING DIAMOND & OVERKILL (LIVE!) in concert, and it was everything we wanted and expected it to be: A perfect venue without a bad spot in the house, incredibly killer bands with album perfect production and sound, and absolutely ZERO traces of “party gravy” to be found anywhere on the premises.
Regrettably, we missed show opener NIGHT DEMON because we had to drive “from South Carolina” through Atlanta traffic to get to the venue and the start t...2024-11-071h 08Metal Nerdery Podcast#272 TYPE-O-NEGATIVE: INSIDE THE METAL“Dude, you know you can donate plasm…”
Because of the obvious “Halloween tingle” wafting through the Bunkerpoon, we decided to finish out “the month of Halloween” with a rrrrrevisitation of the grrrrreen tinted, goth infused, Sabbath inspired doom metal druids hailing from Brooklyn, New York known as TYPE-O-NEGATIVE.
To be fair, “technically” we have already done an INSIDE THE METAL featuring TYPE-O, but that’s been (approximately) 3 years and 10 days ago, and A LOT has changed since then, not only with regard to the world at large but also with the quality of this podcast as well...2024-10-312h 04Metal Nerdery Podcast#271 - KING DIAMOND Metal Master of the Macabre“Are you comparing King Diamond to KISS!?”
KING DIAMOND is the undisputed champion of all things dark & creepy that scarify & terrify throughout the metal multiverse. In our humble opinion, The King should be deemed the official ambassador of Halloween.
Through the use of the creative forces granted unto him by his Scandinavian homeland (and perhaps with a little supernatural assistance for added evilocity), The KING has been unleashing terrifying tales of gothic horror backed by a progressive power metal soundtrack that have been scaring the Hell out of audiences for nearly four decades (even...2024-10-242h 04Metal Nerdery Podcast#270 GHOST - INSIDE THE METAL“They’re the Toto of metal…”
In keeping with the Halloween centric theme of October, obviously we’ve got to talk about “devil music”, and what better band to represent “the devil stuff” than GHOST, who’s not at all bashful about their utilization of Satan for inspiration.
Imagine the mysteriousness of Blue Oyster Cult, but “kinda more metal, and sorta satanic a little bit”. While not overtly hateful or evil per se (as far as “devil music” goes), there is certainly a dark, otherworldly, and strangely hypnotic aesthetic to GHOST. With music containing powerful melodies & catchy hooks and...2024-10-171h 36Metal Nerdery Podcast#269 - HALLOWEEN 2024 SUPER SPECIALUpon descending deep down into the dank, cavernous darkness of the Bunkerpoon Dungeon, there’s a mysterious change in atmosphere that instantly transforms the entire month of October into Halloween, with all of the usual suspects present and accounted for: witches and wizards, ghosts and goblins, vampires, werewolves, reapers, reptiles, and even a little bit of good natured “Halloween themed psychic fisting” thrown in for good measure to make everything as authentically creepy as possible.
Halloween season conjures thoughts of misty mornings, the enjoyment of fresh greenery, and visions of vast landscapes filled with leafless, haunted...2024-10-102h 02Metal Nerdery Podcast#268 STONER DOOM METAL VOL. 7: THE SEARCH FOR DOOM“It’s all the same…only the names will change…”
Sometimes, just like with “identical” twins, identifying the differences between subgenres can be difficult. Sure, they may seem the same, but there are subtle differences between the two that make them unique as individuals. Similarly, as with the “speed metal vs thrash metal” debate which has persisted since the 80’s, so continues the everlasting debate between Stoner and Doom metal:
Are they the same? Or are they different?
And if they ARE different, then WHAT is the difference?
In short, both...2024-10-031h 35Metal Nerdery Podcast#267 - Alice Cooper Rob Zombie and Shock Rock“That’s NOT how you eat a chili dog…”
The allure of SHOCK ROCK is, has been, and always will be the LIVE component of it; being at the show and viscerally experiencing all of the sights and sounds, in the flesh and in the moment. While many artists do also have lyrical subject matter which might make them eligible for placement in the SHOCK ROCK subgenre (see also “devil stuff”), the primary component to ensure proper “shock rock” cred is the LIVE concert experience, the actual SHOW!
Whether it’s spitting blood, breat...2024-09-261h 23Metal Nerdery Podcast#266 - CAN’T BE LOUD ENOUGH VOL. IIIIt’s time to learn about the healthiest, most productive way to release “all of your aggressions” fueled by “road rage” and crank the volume all the way up to LOUD to indulge in metal that comes shrink wrapped “pre-LOUD” from the factory.
Remember that sometimes “it’s a little gamey and a little tangy” which is why it’s always a good idea to “dip ‘em in the egg wash” first. Find out what it means to “dig some schnitzel” and why the strategic ambiguity of “vaguebooking” is extremely off-putting, irresponsible, exhausting, and frankly, tiresome.
Grab a bag...2024-09-191h 46Metal Nerdery Podcast#264 TITLE TRACKS“I’m just letting you know; I was holding back…it may get worse…”
TITLE TRACKS are not always the ultra-obvious, one trick pony they’d seem to be.
Sometimes it IS ultra-obvious and is smack dab in the middle of the chorus where it belongs, sometimes only one of the words might be included in the chorus, and still other times “the chorus is not explicitly mentioned” anywhere within the title track at all.
As you can tell, the rules regarding TITLE TRACKS are often “unburdened by what has been” particularl...2024-09-051h 39Metal Nerdery Podcast#263 NWOOSTM Vol. IV: THRASHING LIKE A MANIAC“You can take something so pretty and make it so ugly…”
It’s been a while since we discussed any NWOOSTM, so we figured we’d check out one of the NWOOSTM playlist recommendations from “Mr. PB&J” himself. (NOTE: that’s New Wave Of Old School Thrash Metal in case you’re not into acronyms). THRASHING LIKE A MANIAC (which you can find on Amazon music), has a wide variety of NWOOSTM bands with newer, old school, classic thrash sounds.
Discover the height of intimacy involved when you “finish each other’s sandwiches” and under...2024-08-291h 24Metal Nerdery Podcast#262 IRON MAIDEN SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON - Album Dive“If Bruce Dickinson wants more cowbell, we should probably give him more cowbell…”
You’ve heard of movies based on books, but what about albums based on books? IRON MAIDEN’s seventh studio album, SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON, released on April 11, 1988, is inspired by Orson Scott Card’s 1987 novel “Seventh Son” and is their first official “keyboard” album, confirming IRON MAIDEN’s progressive metal mastery as one of the finest progressive metal albums of all time.
Get ready to take on an army of “Roided up Roos” who are “boxing the trees” and always r...2024-08-221h 10Metal Nerdery Podcast#260 EXODUS - The KILLER Openers“Do you know how many burps I edit out?”
EXODUS have been blessed with the almost uncanny gift of delivering absolutely devastating opening tracks on every album they’ve ever done.* There’s simply nothing like the “violently articulate” manifestations of Gary Holt’s riff wizardry to fuel the intensity of how blisteringly killer the opener (not to mention, the rest of the album) will be, which is why we’re BUILDING THE PERFECT ALBUM OF KILLER OPENERS to convey the critical importance of “setting the tone”, right out of the gate.
Discover the powerfu...2024-08-151h 26Metal Nerdery Podcast#259 SLAYER Diabolus In Musica Album DiveHopefully by now, everyone is familiar with those first three notes from the first Black Sabbath album. During The Middle Ages, this was referred to as DIABOLOUS IN MUSICA (which is Latin, meaning “The Devil In Music”). While also known as “The Devil’s Interval”, or in musical parlance simply as the tritone, SLAYER fans recognize DIABOLOUS IN MUSICA as the band’s 8th album of sonic evilocity and darkness, and the 2nd with Paul Bostaph on the drums.
Even though it was released on June 9, 1998, as the nu-metal era was peaking, DIABOLOUS IN MUSICA is most defini...2024-08-081h 20Metal Nerdery Podcast#257 - TESTAMENT Souls of Black: Album DiveOften in life you have to “strike while the iron is hot” because more often than not, the “First Strike Is Deadly” and not striking may result in lost opportunity and success. And while TESTAMENT were riding the wave of success from their first three albums and the subsequent tours that followed, their fourth album within three and a half years, SOULS OF BLACK, might have been a step too far.
Granted, the October 9, 1990 release of SOULS OF BLACK was a prerequisite for the band’s inclusion on the European leg of the Clash of the Titans t...2024-07-251h 13Metal Nerdery Podcast#256 1991 METAL and THRASH Albums1991 was a year unlike any other. KFC changed their name to avoid paying royalties to the “trademarked” commonwealth for which they were named (whereas K-Y Jelly could not be reached for comment), Terminator 2: Judgment Day was blowing up the box office as the number one movie in America, the first ever “world wide web” website was introduced to the world by Tim Berners-Lee, and just 6 days after that, on August 12th, 1991, Coroner’s fourth album (Mental Vortex) AND Metallica’s self-titled fifth album were BOLTH released on the EXACT same day.
It's time to get in the time mac...2024-07-181h 37Metal Nerdery Podcast#255 KERRY KING - FROM HELL I RISE Album DiveMay 17, 2024, marks the day that KERRY KING released the diabolically brutal debut, FROM HELL I RISE, forging a new chapter in thrash metal. And before you get all “skeptical” about it and start in with some snide remark like “Oh, this is just diet Slayer…”, understand that this is definitely NOT Slayer (although, it kinda is…even though it’s “allegedly” not).
Make no mistake, KERRY KING is not just that bald, tattooed dude from Slayer with some random backup band. In fact, KERRY KING is a legitimate thrash super group with an all-star line-up featuring members of...2024-07-111h 22Metal Nerdery Podcast#254 - M.O.D. (METHOD OF DESTRUCTION) INSIDE THE METALNot only is BILLY MILANO a blessing and “a bold, courageous man”, he’s also the mastermind behind M.O.D. (METHOD OF DESTRUCTION), the crossover thrash patriots that emerged following the end of S.O.D. with a similar sense of politically incorrect humor, biting social commentary, and a more hardcore infused thrash sound than S.O.D. (Stormtroopers of Death).
As with S.O.D., M.O.D. was “designed to piss people off” (and “if you’re not doing that, what are you doing with your life?”). So, it is with extreme irony (and tremend...2024-07-041h 22Metal Nerdery Podcast#253 QUEENSRYCHE OPERATION: MINDCRIME - Album DiveMay 3, 1988, may just be the biggest, red-letter, landmark date in all of progressive metal, as it marks the release of QUEENSRYCHE’s 3rd studio album OPERATION: MINDCRIME, one of the finest concept albums in all of metal. It’s very much a “Pink Floyd meets heavy metal” style and vibe, and is quite a departure from their two previous albums (The Warning & Rage For Order), with a very “in your face” mix, some power metal overtones, and perhaps the most aggressive bass sound on a metal album EVER, which is weirdly ironic considering that QUEENSRYCHE was the weirdest opening band choice...2024-06-271h 16Metal Nerdery Podcast#252 AC/DC FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK - Album DiveSummary:
AC/DC’s follow-up to Back In Black, 1981’s FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK (WE SALUTE YOU), seems to have a heavier, darker, and doomier vibe than its legendary, multi-platinum predecessor. FTATR (WSY) is all about dynamics, as Robert John “Mutt” Lange’s production masterfully blends the sounds of Highway To Hell & Back In Black with just a touch of the old school Bon era, resulting in an album that’s louder, crispier, crunchier, and overall, pure FIRE! (Not to mention, it’s got frickin’ cannons on it!). And similarly, as with Back In Black, there is almost an int...2024-06-201h 23Metal Nerdery Podcast#251 Side 2 - DEATH MATCH - MASTER OF PUPPETS vs REIGN IN BLOODWe’ve already tackled Side One of our ’86 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH featuring MOP & RIB (“Puppets & Blood”), and now it’s time to go through Side Two in order to reach our final verdict. As usual, there were difficult decisions to be made, and the deliberation was not easy, but we did it, and the only thing we can really say that will make any sense at all is that it’s really hard to compare two such incomparable albums that are as equally incredible yet vastly unique as tacos and spaghetti.
Get ready to find out how “left...2024-06-131h 28Metal Nerdery Podcast#250 DEATH MATCH - MASTER OF PUPPETS vs REIGN IN BLOODFor those who haven’t been following the bouncing ball(s), we’ve been discussing the ’86 DEATH MATCH since we did our ’88 Death Match a few episodes back (which was a complete bloodbath all on its own!) so we decided “What better way to commemorate our 5th anniversary as ‘The Number 2 Podcast Ever’ (behind Rogan) than to pit the two finest albums in the totality of thrash metal history against each other…to the death!?”
If you thought our ’88 Death Match between …And Justice For All and South Of Heaven was brutal, you’d better take a “get ready pill”, b...2024-06-061h 52Metal Nerdery Podcast#249 - NEW YORK HARDCOREDefinitely “angsty” and undisputedly heavier, more aggressive, and focused than punk, NEW YORK HARDCORE (NYHC) emerged at a time when punk was on its way out and thrash was on its way into the heavy music scene, ultimately becoming a “de facto” bridge between the thrash and punk scenes and eventually bringing them both together to bless the metal world with the new genre known as crossover (insert “shameless” United Forces reference here).
It’s time to learn the best way to “lift weights” in the weight training community and discover how to avoid an unwelcome “updraft w...2024-05-301h 33Metal Nerdery Podcast#248 SABBATH MOB RULES - Album Dive“Is this the GOOD Sabbath or the BAD Sabbath?”
We know what you’re thinking: “Wait, didn’t they skip a few albums in there somewhere? Did they put them all on Patreon or…what happened?” Rest assured, nothing has been skipped, however, we did jump ahead a little bit because “some of us” have been jonesing to fast forward through the BLACK SABBATH catalog by 3 albums or so and time travel straight to 1981 and the release of MOB RULES, the final studio album (at the time) from the legendary Ronnie James Dio era of the band.
Ther...2024-05-231h 23Metal Nerdery Podcast#246 - Metallica CoversAfter catching Damage Inc. live in concert a few weeks back, we felt inspired to investigate the vast conglomeration of artists who have performed their own cover versions of songs originally written by the biggest cover band to have ever blessed heavy metal, the mighty METALLICA.
Even though METALLICA have come a long way from their old school “dirty thrash” sound, modern artists continue to create their own interpretations of songs from throughout METALLICA’s vast catalog. Whether it’s completely reimagined with an entirely different arrangement or a faithful, note perfect rendition of the original...2024-05-091h 37Metal Nerdery Podcast#245 - SLEEP - Inside The MetalBefore OM and High On Fire, there was the marijuana infused, Sabbath worshipping, stoner metal power trio hailing from San Jose, California known as SLEEP. Just saying the name transports you to a land filled with THC infused riffs, the sweet aroma of sinsemilla, and enough smoke to indicate that the pyramid sized bong is fully loaded and ready to transport you to another dimension of audio stonerdom.
Imagine Black Sabbath (circa Master of Reality) time traveling to SLEEP’s jam room in the early 90’s and bestowing upon them the knowledge of “the riff filled l...2024-05-021h 35Metal Nerdery Podcast#244 - 1994 Metal and Thrash AlbumsAhhh, the joys of 1994 and the youthful days of yore. Y’know, there was a time when 1994 actually seemed relatively “recent”, like maybe a couple of decades ago, but we’re actually 30 years beyond 1994, the year when Jeff Bezos founded Amazon in his garage, Quentin Tarantino released an ultra-vulgar display of cinema with “Pulp Fiction”, Sony forever changed the gaming landscape with the PlayStation, Slayer returned with a new drummer and a newly “manscaped” look (for some), and Pantera released their most extreme album to date that went to Number 1 on Billboard and forever changed the mainstream perception of metal.
2024-04-251h 10Metal Nerdery Podcast#243 Lights Camera Revolution SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Album DiveIt’s safe to say that 1990 represented the absolute zenith of thrash metal greatness. All you have to do is thumb through everything released that year and you’ll have irrefutable proof. Thrash was at its peak when SUICIDAL TENDENCIES unleashed their 5th studio album, LIGHTS…CAMERA…REVOLUTION! their first to feature “future Metallica bassist” Robert Trujillo and also their first album to be sonically dominated more so by pure thrash than their earlier punk based, crossover sound.
Even with all of the other epic albums released back in 1990, THIS one has the perfect guitar tone. With crystal clear...2024-04-181h 02Metal Nerdery Podcast#242 CIRITH UNGOL - INSIDE THE METALAlthough they formed in Ventura, California in the early 70’s just a few short years after Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, CIRITH UNGOL (which, if you know anything about J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings lore, translates to mean “Spider’s Cleft”) sound like a band “out of time”. Whether they’re releasing 70’s sounding albums in the 80’s or releasing 80’s sounding albums in the 90’s, it should be noted that CIRITH UNGOL are one of the first ever doom metal bands, with a sound containing a unique blend of both doom and power metal elements, as wel...2024-04-111h 09Metal Nerdery Podcast#241 MEGADETH Rust In Peace - Album DiveWith the release of their 4th album (a.k.a. one of the finest albums in thrash metal history), MEGADETH conquered new levels of greatness with their progressive thrash masterpiece RUST IN PEACE, featuring Marty Friedman on guitars and Nick Menza behind the drum kit who, along with founding members David Ellefson and Dave Mustaine, would become known as “the classic lineup” of the legendary band.
Jam packed with crushing riffs, majestic guitar solos, and vivid lyrical imagery, RUST IN PEACE might very well be MEGADETH’s “Master of Justice…And Puppets for All” in terms of shee...2024-04-041h 25Metal Nerdery Podcast#240 SOUNDGRADEN - Inside The MetalAfter hair metal all but destroyed heavy metal in the late 80’s and early 90’s, things were a bit grim. Grim in the same sort of way that Birmingham, England was grim in the late 60’s. Perhaps one of the silver linings to emerge out of the make-up and hairspray laden aftermath of glam was the down to earth, retro metal infused sounds emerging out of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, specifically, the “Seattle scene” which brought us an entirely new genre of metal (aka “grunge”) that served as a desperately needed palette cleanser and helped to breathe new...2024-03-281h 32
Metal Nerdery Podcast#239 Bootleg Edition - Album Dive - KillersWelcome to the inaugural episode of the Metal Nerdery Podcast “Bootleg Edition” series, recorded deep within the echoey underground confines of The Bunkerpoon, direct from The Bunkerpoon video feed. While we strive to be “The Black Album of Podcasts” (in terms of sheer production quality), we decided to see what it might sound like if Bob Rock produced the podcast equivalent of St. Anger (which is still Bob Rock btw…just sayin’). Think of this episode as “the raw demo” edition of Metal Nerdery Podcast before Rock & Rubin come in to transform it into the Black Album of the Reign in Blood o...2024-03-211h 23Metal Nerdery Podcast#237 SEPULTURA – ARISE Album DiveSpring, 1991. Thrash had hit its apex as a genre and was beginning the transition into what would become “the next wave” of thrash with a sound and identify located somewhere between the thrash, groove, and death metal genres. With SEPULTURA’s 4th album, ARISE, emerging a mere 2 years after their 1989 thrash masterpiece, Beneath The Remains, the Brazilian metal shamans continued to refine and intensify the evolution of their sound, creating a veritable cocktail of extreme metal with new dimensions of heaviness, including tons of crushing riffs, creepy soft intros, and eerily dark harmonies.
It’s time to di...2024-03-071h 19Metal Nerdery Podcast#236 1984 – YEAR IN METAL1984 was the year that saw the introduction of the Apple Macintosh, the launch of the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference, and the year the world learned of the terrifyingly destructive potential of A.I. courtesy of Skynet and The Terminator.
1984 is more than just the title of George Orwell’s cautionary, dystopian novel or Van Halen’s wildly successful 6th album. 1984 is the year that heavy metal began to intensify exponentially, including the continued evolution of thrash and black metal, as well as the release of “the ultimate anthem” that resulted in one of the greatest music vid...2024-02-291h 30Metal Nerdery Podcast#235 METAL CHURCH - INSIDE THE METALOriginally formed in the thrash metal mecca known as The Bay Area a year before Metallica was even a thing (shortly before relocating to the Tri-County, metropolitan Seattle, Washington realm), METAL CHURCH continues to bless congregations of faithful metal fans with their own unique brand of thrash infused progressive power metal which has relentlessly persisted and triumphed for more than four decades. While we acknowledge “we can’t judge entire albums” by just a sample of songs from each one, there’s no denying the consistent sonic salvation found throughout the entire METAL CHURCH discography.
Find out...2024-02-221h 40Metal Nerdery Podcast#234 DEATH MATCH - Vol 2 South of Heaven vs ...And Justice For All“And in THIS corner…”
Already knowing (going in) that our 1988 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH was gonna be “bigger than China”, the Bunkerpoon oversight committee made the executive decision to break this “hog” of an episode into a two-part cliffhanger dangler.
At this point, we’ve covered side 1 and now we’re tackling side 2 of Metallica’s …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL and Slayer’s SOUTH OF HEAVEN. And let’s just say that since “the upstairs and downstairs no longer match” you’re gonna wanna “get you some popcorn” and brace yourselves for multiple “hockey soccer” moments because this one was a bloodbath to the...2024-02-151h 29Metal Nerdery Podcast#233 DEATH MATCH - Vol 1 South of Heaven vs ...And Justice For All“In THIS corner…”
Throughout the thrash community, there’s always been a battle line drawn between the progressive, harmony laden sensibilities of METALLICA and the darker, eviler shades of SLAYER. For many of us, the two albums from these two thrash titans that are most synonymous with summertime and high school are Metallica’s …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL and Slayer’s SOUTH OF HEAVEN, two undisputed thrash classics released in the Year of our Riff Lord, 1988.
Discover why the only thing more “off-putting, irresponsible, and exhausting” than hearing your friend say: “your mom was hot” is hearing them say: “I...2024-02-081h 14Metal Nerdery Podcast#232 STUCK MOJO Inside The MetalBack in the early 90’s (along with hometown thrash titans Ghost Story, Akathesia, and Nihilist) one of the most unique bands to have dominated the local metal scene and trailblazed the path for rap metal before it was even a genre was Atlanta cross-over, groove metal pioneers, STUCK MOJO.
Armed with the aural onslaught of Rich Ward’s behemoth guitar sound and the “no bones about it” ferocity of Bonz’s rhymes, STUCK MOJO were definitely THE band to experience live, with one of their most memorable shows transpiring when “The Duke of Metal” and company performe...2024-02-011h 28Metal Nerdery Podcast#231 BACK IN BLACK Album DiveEleven years before Metallica released “The Black Album”, AC/DC released “The FIRST Black Album”, BACK IN BLACK, their seventh studio album overall and their first album featuring new vocalist Brian Johnson following the tragic and untimely passing of former frontman Bon Scott.
While AC/DC always had an aggressively intense, hard rock sound throughout the 70’s on their rise to glory during the Bon era, BACK IN BLACK is arguably the first “official” heavy metal album that AC/DC ever released, a perfectly produced classic from front to back and arguably one of the few albums in h...2024-01-251h 20Metal Nerdery Podcast#229 EXODUS STEVE “ZETRO” SOUZA ERAAs of this episode, we will have covered each and every era of every EXODUS vocalist, from Paul Baloff to STEVE “ZETRO” SOUZA to Rob Dukes (and back again) to ZETRO. As the 2nd vocalist for EXODUS, STEVE SOUZA’s voice gave the band a distinct sonic ferocity which set them apart from their “Big Five” counterparts, spewing forth some of the most brutally savage lyrical imagery in all of thrash. While we’ve already touched on a couple of ZETRO era albums in earlier episodes (which you can locate in the “sizably girthy” Metal Nerdery Archives), we thought a brief refreshe...2024-01-111h 20Metal Nerdery Podcast#227 OZZY BARK AT THE MOON - Album DiveNovember 18, 1983
Put your ’83 hat on and travel back to the days of yore when OZZY OSBOURNE was still a relatively new solo artist struggling to bounce back after enduring the tragic and untimely demise of guitarist Randy Rhoads following The Ozzman’s first 2 legendary albums, Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman.
Enter Jake E. Lee, Rhoads’ successor, and the debut of his shred skills on Ozzy’s 3rd studio release, BARK AT THE MOON. While perhaps a departure from those first 2 records with Rhoads, BARK AT THE MOON has a more keyboard...2023-12-281h 10Metal Nerdery Podcast#226 VAN HALEN I Album DiveNot only were VAN HALEN effectively “the Black Sabbath of shred” but they ultimately paved the way for the L.A. hair metal shred scene that exploded during the 80’s. Not only is this episode an ALBUM DIVE into the first VAN HALEN album (by none other than the mighty VAN HALEN), but If you’re into “reading books with your ears” then check out the audiobook “Van Halen Rising” as it provides some interesting insights into the origin story of the legendary band, including their rise to power, their earliest musical influences, and how Edward Van Halen’s signature brand of...2023-12-211h 21Metal Nerdery Podcast#223 SLAYER Live Undead Album DiveAfter 39 years, LIVE UNDEAD may still be one of the finest recorded moments in SLAYER’s budding thrash legacy, capturing a “kinda live” re-recording of the best parts of their hugely successful Metal Blade debut (SHOW NO MERCY) and their follow-up EP (HAUNTING THE CHAPEL) in a room full of rowdy, surly, and occasionally unruly, die-hard SLAYER fans with the objective of capturing the “live” performance & energy of a band forged & tempered by dates on the road with an improved sound and just the slightest tweak of production sorcery.
It’s time to uncover “the biggest scam on...2023-11-3056 minMetal Nerdery Podcast#212 PANTERA PRE-GAME“Awww mannn…”
As of the recording of this episode, we were hyping ourselves into a frenzy to get fired up and ready for the upcoming PANTERA show (with King Parrot and Lamb of God opening) at the Ameris Amphitheater in Alpharetta, Georgia on September 12th, 2023.
And as of the publishing of this episode, we will have already borne witness to the awesome display of power which made PANTERA the quintessential metal band of the 90’s (more on that later…), and for that, we give “bigly tremendous” thanks and our utmost respect to both Charlie Benante...2023-09-141h 17Metal Nerdery Podcast#192 AC/DC POWERAGE Album DiveAC/DC’s 1978 banger, POWERAGE (pronounced like voltage, amperage, and sausage; NOT like volt-AGE, amper-AGE, or saus-AGE) is undoubtedly one of “the most 1978 sounding” albums that has ever been released in rock and metal. And after giving it a listen, you’ll undoubtedly agree.
It’s the first album to feature Cliff Williams on bass, the first album to not have a title track and (perhaps most importantly) it’s the favorite AC/DC album of both Keith Richards and Edward Van Halen. Relative to the rest of their catalog, POWERAGE is quite simply an album beyond comp...2023-04-271h 12
General Nerdery#105: Morbin' Time! Morbius (2022) (General Nerdery x Newb Island)It's Crossover Time! This week General Nerdery smashes into Newb Island and Zac, Tyler and Mac watch Morbius!
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Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com2023-03-221h 37General Nerdery#104: Juggling Thunder - Blade: Trinity (2004) (General Nerdery x Newb Island)It's Crossover Time! This week General Nerdery smashes into Newb Island and Zac, Tyler and Mac watch Blade: Trinity.
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Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com2023-03-151h 51General Nerdery#103: Joining the Bloodpack - Blade II (2002) (General Nerdery x Newb Island)It's Crossover Time! This week General Nerdery smashes into Newb Island and Zac, Tyler and Mac watch Blade II.
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Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com2023-02-221h 32General Nerdery#102: Ice Skating Uphill - Blade (1998) (General Nerdery x Newb Island)It's Crossover Time! This week General Nerdery smashes into Newb Island and Zac, Tyler and Mac watch Blade.
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Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com2023-02-141h 38General NerderyThe Munsters! (2022) (General Nerdery x Fried Squirms)Crossover time! General Nerdery and the Fried Squirms team up to examine the Munsters. Both some old, and some of what Rob Zombie just brought us.
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Email us at generalnerderypod@gmail.com2022-10-281h 47Metal Nerdery Podcast166: Halloween Metal and Movies“How could The Exorcist be your LEAST favorite scary movie?”
Gratuitous thunderclaps, ominous church bells ringing in the chapel, creepy haunted castles, ghosts & poltergeists, witches & werewolves, paranormal and supernatural activity, candy…
That’s right: candy!!! And with any luck, hopefully some fortunate trick-or-treaters will be blessed with some of that “good candy” on their door-to-door quest to satiate their sugar fix. All overly concerned parents are encouraged to send any suspect candy you may find to our 33rd Floor I.U.B.P. Laboratory for further testing, confirmation, and (potential) enjoyment (by us). Because it’s HALLOWEEN: the...2022-10-271h 16Metal Nerdery Podcast163: SLAYER Head to Head DEATH MATCH - Show No Mercy vs Hell Awaits“Yeah, yeah…”
For SLAYER fans, their merciless 1983 debut SHOW NO MERCY and their even darker, more progressive 1985 follow up HELL AWAITS both possess a somewhat more sinister sound and atmosphere relative to the totality of their catalog. These first two records mark the beginning of their development into the fiercest, darkest, and evilest of The Big Four of thrash, featuring a virtually continuous “all-you-can-eat” onslaught of death, Hell, and Satan.
Now, imagine what would happen if you were to pit SHOW NO MERCY and HELL AWAITS against each other? What if both albums had to get in the...2022-10-061h 27Metal Nerdery Podcast155: PANTERA OFFICIAL LIVE: 101 PROOFWith the upcoming PANTERA reunion in the works, we felt it would be reprehensibly “irresponsible” of us to NOT touch on one of the greatest live albums by one of the greatest live bands to have dominated metal during the 90’s: Pantera’s OFFICIAL LIVE: 101 PROOF.
Not only does it span the era of their catalog from “Cowboys” to “Trendkill”, but it also comes with a generous helping of between song stage banter that’s some of the best in the business, and finishes with a couple of previously unreleased, newly recorded studio tracks.
Prepare for a reading of our...2022-08-111h 33Metal Nerdery Podcast153: Just Talking Shit-tah Vol.1 - PANTERA MEGADETH OZZY S.O.D.“Why can’t you just enjoy it? Why do you gotta complain about it?”
People worldwide have been asking these EXACT same questions forever (OR, at a minimum, at least the last couple of years). Whether it’s with regard to hijacking someone else’s pleasure, enjoying some over-done meat drapes, or debating whether a band is its brand (or vice versa), these questions (along with countless others) persist and cannot be ignored or denied. And given that this episode might be a bit of a departure from our “normal” format, it might get a little weird for some of yo...2022-07-281h 03Metal Nerdery Podcast151: 1982 Year In MetalA time of momentous change in the world. The Weather Channel premiered on cable television, Sony introduced the first compact disc player, “E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial” was released in theaters and Metallica released their “No Life ‘Til Leather” demo. (And that’s not even “everything” that happened in 1982!)
1982 METAL was morphing into something louder, faster, and heavier, helping to lay the foundation and pave the way for future generations of metalheads, ensuring that the rest of the 80’s (at least from a metal perspective) would become “the best decade ever”.
It's time to “put your ’82 hat on” and enjoy a little “armpit rom...2022-07-141h 24Metal Nerdery Podcast145: INDUSTRIAL METALIt’s time to embrace the sound…of Skynet! Obviously, “Skynet Core” isn’t a thing (yet), but INDUSTRIAL METAL certainly IS!
Nothing else in the heavy metal multiverse sounds quite like this ultra-modern, mechanical subgenre of metal which most closely resembles a symphony of machine sex augmented with synthesizers, sequencers, sampling and (obviously) a ton of tambourine!
Prepare to check-in to the Metal Nerdery Industrial Metal Complex and behold “some of the best South American adult entertainment you’ve ever heard”, including a fantastic “Johnny Depp impression”, a brand new “handy” technique, and some exhausting & off-putting “...2022-06-021h 51Metal Nerdery Podcast116: Knotfest & Inside the Prog MetalThink of this episode as Metal Nerdery Podcast’s “double-concept-EP-hidden-bonus-split-album” podcast, with “double the content” (kind of…) of any of our prior episodes (I mean, not really…but also, definitely kind of…).
Not only will you get the Metal Nerdery Concert Report featuring a review of the boys’ recent KNOTFEST experience in Atlanta, but you’ll also get, for a limited time* (again, kind of, but not really…but also again, …definitely kind of…) the latest installment of “Inside the Metal” as Metal Nerdery explores the deep layers of musical virtuosity, showmanship and complexity that fuels The PROG-METAL
2021-11-111h 34Metal Nerdery Podcast103: Metallica The Black AlbumIt would seem that the hour (and a half or so…) is upon us. As of the date of the release of this episode, we here at Metal Nerdery HQ 33rd Floor I.B.P. Studios (and really, EVERYONE in the greater metropolitan multiverse) will be “officially” unofficially (or “unofficially” officially) celebrating the 30th Birthday of METALLICA, METALLICA’s eponymous 5th studio album affectionately known here at Metal Nerdery HQ (and EVERYWHERE throughout the world and other dimensions) as “THE BLACK ALBUM”.
Go ahead and call in your to-go orders for Ron’s limited edition marinated Wolf Steak*, fly your Ga...2021-08-121h 38Metal Nerdery Podcast101: NWOOSTM Vol. II - New Wave Of Old School Thrash Metal - Volume 2In the spirit of continuing our ascension into (and subsequent celebration of) achieving “Triple-Digit” status, we’ve added yet another special guest to come in and discuss Metal Nerdery 101 (that’s “Episode” 101, NOT to be confused with “How to Metal Nerdery, 101”; because if you’ve already got access to relaxers and Metal, then you already know how it’s done)!!!
JOIN US for some more brand spank, modern day, old-school Thrash.
Let’s go NWOOSTM’ing: Vol. II.
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Leave us a Voicemail to be pla...2021-07-2954 minMetal Nerdery Podcast096: Top 10 Thrash Albums of 1989For the year that gave us dial-up internet, Global Positioning System satellites, and "Seinfeld", 1989 gave us an equally legendary year in Thrash (and that's including Metallica's absurd Grammy "loss" to Jethro Tull. Insert retroactively-effective kancel-kulture tantrum-sigh here.)
JOIN US and behold the painstaking craftsmanship and delicately balanced relaxer levels required to manifest such a totally subjective, potentially speculative, and muchly suspective lysticle as METAL NERDERY PODCAST'S TOP 10 THRASH ALBUMS OF 1989.
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Leave us a Voicemail to be pla...2021-06-241h 31Metal Nerdery Podcast083: Covers Vol. II - Metal and Thrash Cover Songs Volume IIIt feels like being back in the basement, rehearsing a set for an upcoming gig. For anyone who’s ever been in a band, one of the first things you learn is how to play someone else’s songs. Covers. There is not a Metal band in existence that has NEVER played cover songs by their favorite artists at some point in their careers. The awesome thing about covers is the “interpretation”, much in the same way a chef may “interpret” a particular dish (let’s say fried chicken; wow that actually sounds delicious, doesn’t it? Or maybe a fried chicken burr...2021-03-251h 15Metal Nerdery Podcast079: Ozzy Vol. 1: 1980’s solo career of OZZY OSBOURNE“WE’RE GONNA DO A NUMBER NOW. . .”
For anyone who has ever heard OZZY OSBOURNE perform live in concert, you already KNOW! And in the unfortunate event you do NOT already know, let’s just say you’ve come to the right place. Welcome to the Metal Nerdery Concierge.
“DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE OLD FILLMORE EAST???”
After leaving Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy embarked on a legendary solo career that would further expand the audience, fan base, and genre that the “Prince of Darkness” had helped to co-create and build during the 70’s w...2021-02-251h 28Metal Nerdery Podcast077: Top Guitar ShreddersOkay, lead guitar players, gun slingers, virtuosos, et al, LISTEN UP!!! This is YOUR episode!!
When you have a podcast about Metal Nerdery and 66% of the Metal Nerdery staff are guitar players (that’s 2/3 if you can Math good) and the guitarists decide to go down the rabbit hole regarding the art of shredding and overall lead guitar wizardry & sheer solo shreddery, you KNOW things are going to go off the rails in the most shred-tactical way possible.
You’re going to want to double your normal relaxer regimen as we went kinda...2021-02-111h 30Metal Nerdery Podcast056: Stoner Metal Doom Metal Vol. IIIt’s Vol. 2 of our 4 Vol. Metal Nerdery Stoner Doom Metal Sampler Series. We found some more incredible Stoner Doom Metal tunes “after the smoke cleared” from our last Stoner Doom Sampler Vol. 1 episode and of course “we wanted to share” with you the “bounty of our harvest”, because everything is better shared between “a couple of buds”.
Clear your calendar for an hour or so, turn on the black lights and the lava lamps, roll another bowl of your favorite relaxer and JOIN US as we “collectively” squint and cough our way through to enlightenment “together” and revisit some classics...2020-09-1743 min
Podioslave PodcastEpisode 26: ‘Nerdery Grab Bag’ segment, corporate takeover of independent venues, and more!Episode 26 is a special one for us, as the 3 of us are recording from the same location for the first time since the pod started. Nate is back visiting the east coast, so we take full advantage of it. For the main segment we dig into 25 years of Nate’s music nerdery collection (merch, promo items, posters, autographs, etc). We’re talking two 35 gallon bins filled with the most obscure and rare music nerdery. We blindly pull items from the bins and react to them. Other setlist items include: Papa roach live streaming their album recording process - good idea...2020-09-041h 30Metal Nerdery Podcast051: Metallica Ride The Lightning Album DiveAny metalhead who hears the phrase “80’s era Metallica” will IMMEDIATELY conjure visions of James, Lars, Kirk and Cliff (R.I.P.) and be transported back to the days of yore, back before Metallica was a household name, back before they were part of The Big Four of Thrash Metal Royalty, back before Master of Puppets was even a “thought”. Back to 1984 and the badassness of Ride The Lightning.
Ride The Lightning, Metallica’s 2nd album is, without a doubt, one of THE most glorious sophomore SLAMS (not slumps) in Metal history (like right up there with Paranoid and...2020-08-1359 minMetal Nerdery Podcast049: Getting to know your hosts Metal Nerdery Top Fans Shout Outs and moreGetting to know a fellow Metalhead is a lot like dating: you have to ask the right questions to see if THEIR Metal is in alignment with YOUR Metal.
So, we decided it’d be fun to give everyone a more intimate view of what drives the Metal Nerdery magic by addressing some basic “Getting to Know You” style questions.
For example:
What’s the word about the Metal Nerdery nerds?
What is their backstory as it relates to Metal?
And for the love of Tony Iommi and all things Metal, WTF are ‘...2020-07-301h 24Metal Nerdery Podcast048: Top Metal and Thrash Opening TracksSet and Setting are super important. Especially when it comes to “setting the tone” for an entire album.
You’ll want to double up on your favorite relaxer, shut out the world for a bit longer than you usually would (maybe even take a trip) and JOIN US as we go through some of our favorite opening tracks and intros (and maybe even a #softintro or two…) from some of our favorite metal albums all over the Metal spectrum.
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1985. This was a time in history where Thrash Metal was quickly taking over the musical landscape and proving that things were about to get a whole lot darker, faster and heavier (and EVILER of course, much to the chagrin of the PMRC!).
Slayer’s 2nd album, ‘Hell Awaits’, had ALL of the necessary ingredients to make the quantum leap forward with their increasingly darker lyrical imagery and apocalyptic sonic palette.
So fix your favorite relaxer, turn off the outside world for an hour or so and JOIN US (o...2020-07-0958 minMetal Nerdery Podcast044: 30 Years of Metal Part 3 - Albums Turning 30 in 2020On this episode we conclude our 3 part series on 1990: 30 Years of Metal, starting with the O’s. We went down the rabbit hole on a few topics and reminisced about some old show stories and other assorted flashbackery that activated the METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL and sent us back to our high school dimension. It’s been determined that for Generation X’ers, the 90’s was essentially OUR 70’s; especially as it relates to metal!!
Each decade, metal continues to get bigger and more badass, growing in power and intensity and evolving forward into realms of darkness and heavin...2020-06-251h 03Metal Nerdery Podcast043: 30 Years of Metal part 2 - Albums Turning 30 in 2020Continuing with our 3 Part Series on 1990: 30 Years of Metal (Part 2 of 3), we get further into the list, starting with the F’s.***
1990 was a tremendous year for metal, including some of THE greatest Metal Albums of ALL TIME (Forbidden, Megadeth, Slayer…ummmm, YES PLEASE!!). The tidal wave of thrash everyone thought had crested and peaked in the late 1980’s actually plowed on through into the 1990’s, effectively forging a re-engineering of 80’s thrash metal to be even MORE brutally brutal and heavier than EVER in the 90’s.
And it TOTALLY fucking was!!
Visit www.metalner...2020-06-181h 10Metal Nerdery Podcast041: Album Dive: SOD Speak English or DieThe one thing that great thrash and great comedy have in common is great timing!! Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.) came around at the perfect time in the 80’s thrash metal scene and were the perfect blend of hilarity, angst, and ultra thrashy, punky hard-core goodness to help remind us all that we could still HAVE FUN, especially with Metal!!
So come, JOIN US as we dive into ‘Speak English or Die’, the debut album from S.O.D. Also, a few characters we haven’t heard from in a bit stop by to weigh in and give...2020-05-211h 17General Nerdery#024: General Nerdery vs. The Valiant UniverseThe Big 2 are out of the way, but that doesn't mean there isn't loads more cool comic book characters to talk about. Luckily for us a big crossover was recently put up on Youtube featuring some lesser known heroes that hold a place in our heart. Ninjak vs. the Valiant Universe mashes together some of the biggest stars from Valiant's history. So who are these heroes? Also with news from the Mandalorian and lots of talk about the Seven Soldiers of Victory and Rom the Space Knight!
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Metal Nerdery Podcast039: 20 Years of Metal - Albums turning 20 in 2020Hard to believe that the turn of the millennium was 20 years ago!! On this episode of the Metal Nerdery Quarantine Sessions, we talk about albums turning 20 in 2020. It's our first ever virtual session, so if it appears strange, it's because it is. ALL of this shit is strange, but aren't you so happy you found us! Because like you, we too, are also strange. Praise be to metal and to strangeness.
So pour yourself a professional beverage and indulge in the happiness of your choice and JOIN US as we go down the list of albums...2020-04-0937 minMetal Nerdery Podcast037: Album Dive: Helmet MeantimeWhat happens when you blend hard core, jazz and metal? You get Helmet’s major label debut “Meantime”, that’s what!
JOIN US as we walk through the album, the tracks and the unique style that brought a new kind of groove to 90’s metal.
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and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on the iTunes/Apple Podcasts - Spotify or you...2020-03-2648 minGeneral Nerdery#016: Pokemon: The First Movie: General Nerdery Strikes Back (w/ Will)In 1999 Pokemon: The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back was released, helping to fan the flames of the Pokemania that was already sweeping the nation. Your Generals were merely little Privates back then and were just as caught up in the phenomenon, Now, over 20 years later they return, with help from a friend, to catch all the memories and battle their adult logic against the craziness of the film! Also with news from Helstrom, Guardians of the Galaxy, and more!
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Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www...2020-03-231h 54Metal Nerdery Podcast036: March Metal Madness 2020This is definitely a March like no other: It’s our first ever March Metal Nerdery Madness episode!
During our Desert Island Discs episode, we discussed a Facebook post made on the Metal Nerdery Podcast page regarding favorite albums (Favorite Album and…GO!). Clearly, 1 is simply NOT enough, there just needs to be MORE METAL! So we took all of the albums referenced in that social media post (check out the resulting Metal nerdery episode: metalnerdery.com/podcast), put them in our uber mega ultra-randomizer to shuffle them and came up with the bracket template for what woul...2020-03-1921 minGeneral Nerdery#014: The Nerdery of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (w/ Sean)A game for the ages, that spans across multiple ages, and is the crossroads even more ages to come. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a landmark in gaming history. So this week the Generals once again bring in some help to try to tackle the majesty of this game and the enduring Zelda franchise. Also with news about Jurassic World, The Witcher, and more!
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Check out all earVVyrm podcasts at www.earvvyrm.com2020-03-092h 05Metal Nerdery Podcast035: Top 6 Desert Island Albums“Favorite Metal Album…and GO!” That was the original post we posted on our Facebook Page and the response and input we received made us realize that not only was 1 just NOT enough and/or possible!
So we expanded it to a discussion of our Top 6 Desert Island Albums.
JOIN US as we discuss our own personal favorites and also several other amazing ones that were mentioned in our original Facebook post. If you’d like to join the discussion, hit us up on any of the socials with YOUR Top 6 or shoot us an email at...2020-03-0525 minMetal Nerdery Podcast033: Wrathchild America Souls At ZeroWrathchild America. Souls At Zero. Two Incredible bands in one, or as we lovingly refer to them: WRATHSAZ!! Easily two of THE most (criminally) underrated Thrash Metal bands of recorded history and also one of Metal Nerdery’s absolute favorites. JOIN US for a walk down memory lane into the late 80’s and early 90’s of thrash metal with the pioneer(s) of modern progressive thrash metal. Your life will be dramatically improved because of this episode, because of Matt’s weird rooster noises and most importantly, because of the splendorious wonderment that can only be recognized as the phenomen...2020-02-2049 minMetal Nerdery Podcast032: Megaforce RecordsMegaforce Records. The Zazulas. Anyone who knows their thrash knows who Megaforce Records and Jonny and Marsha Z are and how critically important they are to the birth of thrash metal.
JOIN US as we discuss the lore of Megaforce Records and some of the most important thrash bands and albums released on the Megaforce roster that makes it THE most important record label in all of thrash metal.
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JOIN US as we pay homage and give Neil Peart, Sean Reinert and Reed Mullin our sincerest Metal Nerdery kudos and commendments (and condiments) for helping to transform the world of metal drumming.
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JOIN US as we talk about “the gift” of Iron Maiden, including the various lineup changes over the years, the other bands that belong to the Iron Maiden family tree and of course some deep, Metal Nerdery “nerding” that take us down the glorious rabbit hole of Iron Maiden’s history.
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JOIN US for a look back on the history of the darkest, evilest thrash metal band of all time as Metal Nerdery pays tribute to the Mighty and Powerful FUCKING SLAYER!!!
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Instagr...2019-12-121h 10Metal Nerdery Podcast024: Album Dive: Testament The New OrderThere are some albums in the annals of Thrash metal history that are considered “art”: timeless, heavy, classic and almost perfect. Testament released one of those pieces of art and it is known as “The New Order”; one of THE finest thrash releases of one of THE finest years of thrash: 1988!!!
JOIN US as we get into the “eerie” space in thrash that Testament inhabits with The New Order. We’ll go deep down into the mystical shamanistical rabbit hole that gave us (and again, we really can’t stress this enough) one of THE finest moments of thrash metal...2019-12-0555 min
Metal Nerdery Podcast023: 100 Metal Facts: Do You Know Your MetalAs metal nerds, we don’t just listen to the music; we dig. Forever digging: always searching for intriguing new information about our favorite metal bands (like the kinda stuff you might see on Metal Jeopardy if it were a thing).
On this Metal Nerdery Listicle (yes, you read that correctically), we run down some of UltimateClassicRock.com’s (UCR) “100 Metal facts you might not have known”. (NOTE: there were several that we already knew but many that we just learned about today that were completely fascinating.)
JOIN US as we bounce around and talk about UC...2019-11-281h 20Metal Nerdery Podcast022: Album Dive: Testament The LegacyTestament. Every thrash enthusiast is already very familiar with the band and their groundbreaking catalog. If you’re unfamiliar with Testament, think of it this way: If there were a Big 5, Testament would be part of it! JOIN US as we dive into their first (not so burnt) offering, “The Legacy” and discuss the artwork, the production and the “eerie inhabitants” on this record that gives it the perfect amount of “spooky”. Plus we get into the tracks and some nerdtastical Nuggets of Nerdery (along with our usual brand of hysterious ludicrosity)
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In...2019-11-211h 06Metal Nerdery Podcast021: Album Dive: Pantera Vulgar Display of PowerThe perfect THRASH-GROOVE metal album; a piece of art from start to finish, Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power is quite possibly one of THE most important albums in the 90’s chapter of The Book of Metal and is certainly a unanimous Metal Nerdery favorite. There will never be another band with as much power and precision as Pantera, and there will never be another album as powerfully precise as Vulgar Display of Power. JOIN US as we dive into the tracks, the production, and the power that was vulgarly displayed in such an incredibly metal way on one of t...2019-11-141h 20Metal Nerdery Podcast020: 1st 4 of the BIG 4The Big 4: That’s really ALL that needs to be said. On this episode, we get into The First 4 of The Big 4 and talk about the 4 albums that birthed a new movement that would change metal forever: THRASH METAL!!! We cover some of the lore with each of the albums, along with some other neat information and factoids about each one, our respective first Big 4 experiences, the tracks, some shared Anthrax commonalities among the Metal Nerdery and the upcoming Billy Milano side project that’s tied to all of this in a Big 4 kinda way.
Metal...2019-11-061h 14Metal Nerdery Podcast018: Metal Massacre I Compilation ReviewGoing back to a time of growth and change in metal (thanks to one Brian Slagel!), we get into the Metal Massacre I Compilation courtesy of Metal Blade Records. (NOTE: This is definitely the most metal sentence you will read today). JOIN US as we review the Metal Blade Metal Massacre I compilation and get deep into some metal history, some Metal Nerdery (and most DEFINITELY some metal silliness and ridiculousnessness!)
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