001: 80s Metal and Thrash

Join us as we take a walk through NME.com’s 20 best 80’s metal albums and have a few laughs while we are at it.
Going through NME.com’s 20 best 80’s metal albums - we run our mouths about everything from Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and Carcass to The Cult, Ministry and Mudhoney with a few side tangents thrown in for good measure.

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BANDS DISCUSSED

• Judas Priest
• AC/DC 
• MOTORHEAD 
• KILLING JOKE
• IRON MAIDEN
• VENOM
• METALLICA 
• EXODUS 
• CELTIC FROST (BATHROOM BREAK) 
• MEGADETH 
• SLAYER 
• THE CULT 
• BATHORY 
• NAPALM DEATH
• MUDHONEY
• DEATH
• MORBID ANGEL
• GODFLESH
• MINISTRY
• CARCASS

 

 

• Intro
• :24: Shaman Drummer
• :44: What are we talking about?
• 1:11: an explanation
• 1:31: The 20 best (?) Metal albums…
• 1:54: Modern metal and the 80’s
• 2:13: Priest!
• 3:05: AC/DC and the debate
• 4:18: Matt’s impression of Brian Johnson/Tom Keifer
• 4:36: Motorhead
• 5:16: Show memories
• 6:21: …and the list takes a turn…”what is metal?”
• 7:13: The Maiden’s Back in Black…(sort of)
• 7:50: Nicko and Clive, Jake and Yngwie
• 8:36: What’s that Jake?
• 8:53: The True voice of Maiden
• 10:26: Venom and production quality
• 11:49: Lightning, Puppets and the Two-Fecta
• 12:14: Exodus, the great grandfathers of Thrash Metal and The Little Four
• 13:49: Adam has doubts…
• 14:04: Texodus and Estament?
• 15:08: Celtic Frost, breaktime
• 16:00: Whaddya mean… there’s no drug tracker!?
• 17:52: REIGN IN BLOOD!!!
• 19:30: …and the follow up that can’t get loud enough!!
• 21:12: The Cult ain’t metal, stop it!
• 22:30: Bathory…or Blind Dog Quorthon
• 23:13: Napalm Death and really LONG Progressive grindcore songs
• 24:23: fun with song titles by Mudhoney
• 25:00: Death: progressive death metal
• 26:49: Trey Azogthoth and Morbid Angel
• 27:33: Godflesh accidentally invented WHAT!?
• 28:53: Carcass and Intellectual Inspiration
• 30:10: Questionable list…double or nothing…20 Best Thrash Metal albums of all time?
• 31:27: Overkill’s South of Heaven
• 32:40: John Connelly’s Theory of Nuclear Assault
• 34:10: Kreator and Mille Petrozza…
• 35:21: …and Milley Patrohzahh from Qreator (NOT to be confused with Mille Petrozza from Kreator)
• 35:48: The “Black Sabbath” of Thrash: Metallica and Kill ‘em All!!
• 38:11: Call Alex Jones: It’s The Riff Conspiracy
• 39:50: Voivod…and Piggy (and Milley…)
• 40:49: Justice for Jason’s bass mix on “Justice”…remix redemption
• 45:50: Good news for the future…kids who dig metal!
• 46:41: Sepultura Beneath the Remains : The next wave of metal
• 48:14: The Legacy and the fabled COTLOD:
• 50:03: Milley Patrohzahh …and Louie Clamente…on 96:4!
• 50:49: Louie and other Testament drummers
• 53:13: Among…the Anthrax
• 53:43: Bill was a fortunate child
• 54:03: Matt burps in a way that would make Manowar proud, and Anthrax goes through changes
• 56:19: Rob Caggiano and his strange departure from Anthrax
• 57:50: Peace Sells:::
• 59:49: Exodus and Rob Dukes…
• 1:01:38: Dark Angel / Gene Hoglan
• 1:02:29: Kreator (NOT Qreator)
• 1:04:14: Rust in Peace…a thrasterpiece! Vs Peace sells…
• 1:06:12: Just imagine what Megadeth COULD have sounded like!
• 1:07:53: Bill’s preferred remix of Peace Sells
• 1:08:22: The first Metallica purchase for all of us…required listening
• 1:10:33: Slayer Reign in Blood/poor tape trading decisions/leaving “The Rock Show”:
• 1:14:08: Outro