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Thursday Dec 24, 2020

070: Down II Album Dive

Thursday Dec 24, 2020

There’s something downright mysterious about DOWN II. Something about the vibe of the album sounds like it was recorded and produced by Roger Bain in some haunted, abandoned church in an alternate dimension during the early 1970’s and then teleported back to 2002 for a boost in production value and loudness thanks to the generous spell of a wizard who loves Metal.

But that’s not what happened.

No, there was something else that amplified and enhancified the mystique presented on DOWN’s sophomore effort DOWN II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow. Something more organic, more natural, and even more mystical and powerful than interdimensional teleportation and wizards:

The swamplands of Louisiana, home to NODFERATU’S LAIR!

JOIN US (in an alternate dimension. Yeah, you’re gonna need a LOT of relaxers…) as we dive into the 2^nd DOWN album and marvel at their uncanny ability to create the most delicious Skynyrd Fried Sabbath Crunch Casserole (with Riff Gravy) platter you’ve EVER experienced in your life.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) – A spring release with an autumn vibe: DOWN II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow (#paradise & #gold) / #blackalbumreference / BUY OUR SHIT: www.metalnerdery.com/merch / Check out our shit: world.wide.web.metalnerdery.com / Come find us on the socials / #stretchmarks / Production credits / The producer’s role and the artist’s role / #relaxers in abundance (most probably, yes!) #itsDOWN

(06:21) – DOWN II: The “flow” and feel of this one vs NOLA / What were YOU into in 2002?/#riffcasseroll (with an extra crispy DOWN crust) / #broadstroke / Jamming with some dudes and getting hammered…for 28 days! #goodtimes #redcirclemagic

(13:48) – The personnel of DOWN / The “Roxy” and a shameless #blackalbumreference / The Tracks: Lysergik Funeral Procession (#alberthofmann) and the sound of a modernized Black Sabbath / There’s Something On My Side (it’s called Stoner Skynyrd gravy to go with your Southern Fried Sabbath) / www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for a little “something extra” to tickle your brain / #relaxers

(21:54) – The Man that Follows Hell (is probably out of relaxers) / Stained Glass Cross (Southern Fried Sabbath with a side of Hammond organ #70sVibe / Ghosts Along The Mississippi (#readthoselyrics) DOWN (Now with a full ½ of Pantera) / Learn From This Mistake #nightnighttime

(29:16) – The Beautifully Depressed #iwillsaythis / Where I’m going (check out the Interview with Phil Anselmo at Loyola University in NOLA for context #justsayno #dontdenythepowerof ) #rollanotherbowl with Ron and head on DOWN to the Doobinterlude (and HAIL to Jimmy Bower! Master of VIBE!)

(35:53) – New Orleans is a Dying Whore (#crunchyballriffs now with extra #balls) / ***THE POWER OF THE RIFF COMPELLS ME!!!*** The Seed #rollanotherbowl / The “style” of a left turn in Canahhdahh / #cancerboogers / Lies, I don’t know what they say but… (#idiot #welldeserved) DOWN II is definitely a “relaxer” album / Did DOWN Time Travel back to the 70’s to record DOWN II? / Flambeaux’s jamming with St. Aug (#ridiculous consumption of multiple #relaxers) and theories as to the song’s title / Dog Tired

(46:11) – Landing on the Mountains of Meggido (***check out also En Minor, which is tangentionally related***) #metalnerderyASMR and Careless Whispering and that Black Dog / Coming to the Main Stage, it’s Tympani!! / What’s in the future realm for DOWN? / #butbutbut / DOWN IV: Parts 3&4? / ***MERRY CHRIST MASS*** #dontdenythepowerof #Christmas #krampus and French Satan #nuts #neverforget

Thursday Dec 17, 2020

069: Tribute to Dime

Thursday Dec 17, 2020

I awoke on December 8th and felt a little “off”. It felt heavy. Oppressive. Like a spiritual hangover. And then I remembered why…

16 years before was the day that we would forever mourn the loss of one of THE G.O.A.T.’s of Metal’s current generation: our modern-day Riff Lord that we know and love (and HAIL!) as Dimebag (Diamond) Darrell, or simply: DIME!

DIME was a force to be reckoned with in Metal, he could do it ALL! Killer intros, killer riffs, killer solos…what’s NOT to LIKE!?

ALL Killer, NO Filler! It’s the ONLY way that dude rolled.

So tell your boss you’ll be “meditating” for the next hour or so (technically that’s true), fix yourself a Black Tooth Grin (or eight; whatever feels right for you), slice & dice & roll another bowl of your favorite relaxer (because why wouldn’t you?) and JOIN US for this edition of Metal Nerdery’s Memorable Moments in Metal with DIME as we listen back to some of the highlights from his career with Pantera and discuss some of our favorite moments of “Power Metal Magic” (sorry. Okay, I’ll turn it off now…) from our favorite thrashtastical power groove shredder from Texas.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) – Black tooth grins and pre-drunken tangentionally related rambling / Wait…WHAT!? / December 8^th (R.I.P.) Dimebag Darrell Abbott (#DIME): The Swiss Army knife of Metal / How could you have a 2^nd guitarist when you’ve got DIME? / Check us out on FaceGram

(13:00) – And NOW, Metal Nerdery’s Memorable Moments in Metal with DIME / Domination and #rocksoldiers (hahahaha!) / ***Go procure the Pantera 3 Vulgar Videos from Hell!!!*** / Van Tera and Thrash Halen / The Dime Contest / Power Metal (pre-CFH) & Metal Magic (pre-Power Metal), the Big Budget Intro and Sexy Magic Panther / The evolution of Dime’s riffs and chops over time (aka “Finding one’s creative voice”) and the evolution and development of their style and voice until they BECAME Pantera / #dontdenythepowerof #DIME

(31:31) – The Swing of Sabbath, the aggression of 80’s thrash and the fun of Van Halen / Cemetery Gates and the #mariahcarey harmonics of #metal / The Art of Shredding (#bulky) and “rules” that Russell is making up on the fly (e.g. #thefrostrule) #cantbeloudenough and what a killer closer!

(42:12) – By Demons Be Driven (such incredible tightness!) / Rise (#cantbefastenough #hammerdown) Hollow (#crunchyballriffs) / Capri Suns and Helmet / Message in Blood & The Sleep / I’m Broken (every time after I eat at Karl’z Juniour)

Thursday Dec 10, 2020

068: Combat Records

Thursday Dec 10, 2020

Back in the day, there were certain criteria on the back of every cassette and compact disc that were critical to ensure that the piece of thrashtastical goodness you were about to consume was WORTHY of your entertainment dollar.

One of the most important criteria to look for was the record label.

Back then, the independent record labels were what really helped to launch the entire Thrash Metal movement and community, thanks in large part to the power of networking (we’re talking pre-internet, pre-Black album kinda networking here).

You would know within a fraction of a second if the album was of quality or not. If it said COMBAT Records anywhere on it, there was no question: it was DEFINITELY quality, and DEFINITELY worthy of your investment.

So go back through your old cassette tape and compact disc collection, put on one of your old black tour shirts from high school, roll another bowl of your favorite relaxer and JOIN US as we talk about COMBAT Records, their recent rebirth, and go through some of the COMBAT roster from back in the glory days of Thrash (as well as check out some of the new COMBAT artists).

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Show Notes:

(00:00): Sound Czechs and afterlife options / COMBAT Records and #LarzGumASMR / Our THANKS to our listeners for listening and giving us kudos and commendments, and for that, we give you OUR thanks (as well as our kudos and commendments) / The Jeopardy #ooooh (the Alex Trebek seal of disapproval and wrongness) #itstaysup #metalpriapism / ***PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND SOME COMMENTS!!!*** / 45 Star Rating!!! / This week’s custom #hashtag: #metalballs

(07:50): The Tangentionalality of RockNPod, COMBAT Records and Junior (and another brush with Metal Greatness) check out our RockNPod Trip Summary / A word from the chainsaw roadie / The early COMBAT Days #okayturnitoffnow / The escalating intensity of the various thrash label names / #dontdenythepowerof COMBAT Records (or The Mighty Megadeth, or to the David Ellefson for RESURRECTING COMBAT Records!) www.combatrecs.com / FTL #blacksachbak #nwot

(19:17): The COMBAT label in the context of 80’s Thrash Metal / Metal Nerdery presents COMBAT Artists from back in the day (at some point we will do a full Accueauxed Overveaux) / #savatagebrothers

(23:27): Blind Illusion: Blood Shower (Technically, it’s Primus before Primus was actually Primus) Listen closely for Mr. Les Claypool #slappindahbassmon / #sportsball What’s the equivalent in Metal of blowing a 28-3 lead? / The Crumbsuckers / Dark Angel-Darkness Descends (and more #sportsballspeak and lesser yet amply moderate sized #balls…and NO, that intro was NOT Dark Angel)/ #moreabsorbent #cuethecrickets / Still Dark Angel, Darkness Descends (take DOS!) / Still MORE Dark Angel (Leave Scars) / Chuck Schuldiner’s philosophy on #metal (#metalismetal) / #ehhhhhhhh the Metal Nerdery #hairmetal episode (with absolutely ZERO anesthesia…***COMING SOON***)

(37:19): Death (Denial of Life) / ***Be sure to try #crunchyballriffs for breakfast (now with marshmallows!)*** / #alwaysdugthedeath / Pull the Plug (how had Ultimate Revenge) and HAIL to old school #WREKage / Pull the Plug is like the perfect #riffcasseroll of Metal #allkillernofiller / Exodus (Open Season) /#meatcandy delivered courtesy of #Doro (#porkbellies) #MetalNerderyASMR #AtherosclerosisASMR #bigdaddysbbqpit (The small ones melt in your mouth)

(47:58): Forbidden (As Good As Dead) #CBLE (check out our Forbidden Dive; like episode5 or so) / The Heroin of Food, the Truffle of Meat (WHERE does it melt!?) / Ludichrist (Powertrip) and the tangentionalalityism with Scatterbrain / A mouthful of meat…/ Megadeth (Devil’s Island)

(57:12): Mercyful Fate (The Oath) #bigbudgetintro #listenwithheadphones #readthoselyrics / The weird “baby opossum” incident #dontdenythepowerof #satanpossums / #blessed

(1:02:14): Nuclear Assault: Sin (Elker, the Lodger) / #metalnerderyXLR / Powermad (Terminator) #noteven / Savatage (The Dungeons Are Calling) Early Prog-Thrash D&DMetal / #mybuggy (***should contain Metal Nerdery MERCH!!***) / Carcass Reek of Putrefaction (#albumcover) / Pig Destroyer’s Jennifer/Cheerleader Corpses was definitely NOT a hit for the Russell (or the Mrs. Russell) / #BBQ #ASMR

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Thursday Dec 03, 2020

067: Metal Massacre II

Thursday Dec 03, 2020

Sometimes you have to be reminded of history to understand bolth where you come from and why things are the way they are today. Thanks to Brian Slagel and Metal Blade Records various Metal Massacre compilations, we’re able to gain a greater glimpse of the Metal landscape as it was at that time; a sound that was slowly transitioning from hard rock into what we know and love as heavy metal.

JOIN US as we turn off the Coleco Vision and pour another bowl of our favorite relaxers and time travel back to the early 80’s and peruse through Metal Blade’s Metal Massacre II.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) – Wait…WHAT!? / #HAIL2TheDuke / A word Laryngitis Oldrich / A Metal History Lesson: Metal Blade’s Metal Massacre II / NOT “our” Overkill

(07:17) – Wait, WHO wore the loincloths!? Armored Saint or Manowar!? Codpieces vs Loinclothes and #cosplaymetal

(11.11) – The Tracks: Lesson Well Learned (Armored Saint) / 3^rd Stage (Mind Invader) #D&DMetal #dungeons&dragons and early prog metal (similar to the early work of the Savatage Brothers)

(17:57) – Surgical Steel (Rivit Head) sounds like a KILLER Judas Priest cover band with just a drop of Motorhead and Mercyful Fate for good measure / #anythingbroccoli / Obsession (Shadows of Steel; more Priest influence in the riffage)

(24:42) – Savage Grace (Scepters of Deceit aka Magic Stiq of Deceipt) / Who needs the BIGGEST scepter? King Halford or Rob Diamond? / Overkill (No Holds Barred; not No Holes Barred); definitely NOT the Jersey version (#ehhhhhhh) #noteven close / Warlord (Lucifer’s Hammer, and the never ending #cowbell) / And then we go off the rails into a conversation about KISS and the lesser known characters from KISS) / #kitty #beak #beaq

(35:05) – Trauma (Such a Shame), #foreshadowing of the future #thrashlegend #cliffburton Pre-Metallica) Heavy Hasselhoff? Dietrich (It’s Alright) / #davidleehasselroth / Molten Leather (Inversion) #heavyHendrix

(42:04) – Hyksos (and the meaning of the name, as read by Russell (The Kings)) Mercyful Fate meets Rush #dontdenythepowerof #metalnerderyASMR / Aloha (Heavy Metal Virgin), pre-Cacophony pre-Megadeth Marty Friedman / #smartness / #dontdenythepowerof #judaspriest coming up on a #future #episode

Thursday Nov 26, 2020

066: 1985 Year In Metal

Thursday Nov 26, 2020

We did it again; we kept it loose (which was, like, totally awesome, but whatever…). We had initially intended on targeting 1985 Thrash Metal but as it turns out, there was an absolute abundance of killer metal albums from all across the metal continuum released during 1985 that went beyond Thrash, so we decided to include those as part of the discussion as well.

So go roll another bowl of your favorite relaxer, pretend your laptop and cell phone don’t exist for the next hour, fire up the DeLorean and JOIN US for a look back at Metal from the Year of our Riff Lord, 1985.

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Show Notes:

(00:00): 1985 (listen to how strangely people used to speakify back in 1985) / Thrash before #theblackalbum/A stroll through various 1985 thrash metal releases and lysticles / Can weeeee? / #rushisthrash? / Remember the Savatage Brothers? ***Check out our Metal Massacre I episode (#18) *** / A lot of these bands were not “thrash”, but they are metal...

(07:38): More quality 1985 metal albums (#sideboob) / Iron Angel (#artisticsideboob) / Artillery (Fear of Tomorrow) / Vanilla flavored Beaver Buttholes / Manilla Road (Open the Gates)

(17:01): Dio (The King of Rock & Roll) #becausedragons #dragonselfie #HAIL to Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P. #RJD) / The Killerness of Kreator’s album covers (Endless Pain) Pre-Pasta Milley

(24:24): ***Check out our S.O.D. Album Dive episode (#41)*** / #timetofrost / (OY! That would be “What is The Years of Decay!?” for $100, Russell!) / Anthrax (Madhouse) / ***Check out our Hell Awaits Album Dive episode (#46)*** / If you know, then you know. Wait, #thissoundsfamiliar Celtic Frost (Usurper) #oooh #hey

(32:12): Celtic Frost (Juices Like Wine): Tangentionally related and definitely #not #1985 / #ilovecaprisuns (Builds callouses…) / A biting review of Celtic Frost / Corrosion of Conformity (C.O.C.-Mad World from Animosity: definitely NOT like “Blind” through the Southern Fried Sabbath era of C.O.C. with Pepper) / #gnarly and #tubular

(38:38): Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.- Couch Slouch & I’d Rather Be Sleeping) Totally 80’s style #skatethrash #yousuck / Carnivore (Jack Daniels & Pizza/Angry Neurotic Catholics) ***Check out our Top Metal and Thrash Opening Tracks Episode (#48)***

(44:11): The sound of “Mayo” / Some NON-Metal and NON-Thrash albums that came out in 1985 / #akkadakka / White Lion and Russell’s Rant regarding Headbanger’s Ball’s NON Headbanger videos and a tangentionally related rant regarding WKLS 96 “Rock” #frickinradio / The greatest opening to the greatest live album in Metal (ESPECIALLY in 1985!!): Iron Maiden (Churchill’s Speech/Aces High)

(56:30): #metalnerderyASMR and moonshine: Headbanger’s Ball “Bumper Music”: Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.-United Forces) / Things we are #Thankful for here at #MetalNerdery (such as #Thanksgiving #EasterEggs)

Thursday Nov 19, 2020

065: Top 6 Slayer Songs

Thursday Nov 19, 2020

So, we apologize in advance for lying. We were “planning” to pick our respective Top 6 Favorite Fucking Slayer Tracks. One problem: it’s REALLY hard for us to nail down our personal “Final Six” Favorite Fucking Slayer tracks, because quite frankly, it’s Fucking Slayer. Which means that we could do this episode in a million different ways in a million different multiverses across a million different dimensions and they would ALL be unique. And they would ALL be awesome. Because they would ALL have one thing in common: (you already know…) FUCKING SLAYER!!

Having said that, we DID try to nail down what we’ll call the “rough draft” of our respective Top “Final Six” favorite FUCKING SLAYER tracks. As usual, anytime we’re talking about FUCKING SLAYER, you KNOW it’s gonna be a good time. We did actually get into the logic that would ultimately drive our Top Favorite Final Six, but if we’re being honest, it kinda turned into an orgy of Fucking Slayer. (I know, right? Guess what? There’s absolutely NOTHING wrong with that. Ever! In ANY dimension or multiverse!! Especially THIS one!).

So turn on your “out of office” notification (technically, that’s NOT lying), roll another bowl of your favorite relaxer (“work/life balance requires more life and less work”), maybe throw in a few shots of fun (just for fun, and just because) and JOIN US as we try our gosh darndest to construct our list of our Top “Final Six” Favorite Fucking Slayer tracks.

PLUS, enjoy the complete left turn we took later in the show that still managed to tie everything together and stay 100% within the acceptable realm of relative tangentionalalityismness as it relates to bolth this particular episode ass swell as The Mighty and Powerful Fucking Slayer.

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Show Notes:

(00:00): #favoritos/#FUCKINGSLAYER/The “business” #turnitoffnow/Our attempt to pick our personal Top 6 Favorite FUCKING SLAYER Songs* (*=Reign in Blood, the album, counts as 1 song) / Liquor Trivia and our alcohol co-stars / #middleages / #alextrebek (R.I.P.) is tangentionally related to Metal, thanks to #austinrogers who is also #transcengentionally related to #bolthree #Jeopardy #Metal and #FUCKINGSLAYER

(08:28): Reign in Blood and the transition & evolution of FUCKING SLAYER’S musical and lyrical palette / The “range” of where the Top 6 are in the catalog

(14:20): Evil Has No Boundaries (and Russell has no context) / Black Magic (#readthoselyrics to fully receive the full #evilocity)

(20:50): Non-album FUCKING SLAYER Tracks & “Live Undead” / Die by The Sword (FUCKING SLAYER brought to you by a Live (undead) studio audience) / Captor of Sin (#gold)

(25:55): Altar of Sacrifice (#woe2you) / #dontdenythepowerof midrange / Jesus Saves (the #AJFA of FUCKING SLAYER) / The Final Command (See also #rigormortis) / The FUCKING SLAYER All Request Line: Kill Again

(36:36): Live Undead #cantbeloudenough (that ending…) / And then…Behind the Crooked Cross (and, again, #CBLE) / The gradual change from Reign in Blood to South of Heaven (and the evolution of the heavier side of FUCKING SLAYER’S sound) / Spill the Blood (that clean guitar part is #bolth #creepyasfuck and #eviler)

(51:28): Reign in Blood + South of Heaven = Seasons in the Abyss (#theblackalbum and #magicgum) / Mr. KING? Or Mr. GEIN? / War Ensemble #killeropener (can you hear the marching?)

(57:27): Tower Records and the FUCKING SLAYER In-store for “Divine Intervention” / Killing Fields, now with even MORE #crunchyballriffs / Bitter Peace (#waitforit) / Love to Hate (FUCKING SLAYER’S fucking Technical Ecstasy!? Wait, what?) / In the Name of God

(1:08:58): Disciple (we will #neverforget the #releasedate of #GodHatesUsAll) / Jihad / Less than Zero, FUCKING SLAYER, Crossroads and Jami Gertz are ALL tangentionally related with a high degree of tangentionalalityismness / I learned the #factsoflife with #whatshername / We need #originalrecipe #cocacola for the #apocalypse so let’s #recocacocacola #fivecocas #praiseHim #GODlistenstoFUCKINGSLAYER

Thursday Nov 12, 2020

064: ACDC Side 1 - Bon Scott Years

Thursday Nov 12, 2020

Akka Dakka. If you’re from Australia, then you already know what this means (and are probably shocked that more people don’t know what this means). If you’re NOT from Australia, then you know them by their non-Aussie moniker: AC/DC (and now, through the magic of reading, you know the meaning of BOLTH!).

On this episode, we’re discussing Side 1 of AC/DC: The Bon Scott side. The beginnings of a band that would forever change the landscape of Rock and Metal with high-energy, killer riffs, face melting guitar solos and Angus Young’s nearly perpetual headbanging (which is enough proof to confirm that AC/DC is, without a doubt, METAL!!).

Prepare your favorite relaxer, “Power Up” (Sorry, I couldn’t help meself) and JOIN US as we talk about the band from “Down Under” that brought a new kind of swagger, sleaze, and BALLS (Big ones too!) to the pantheon of Heavy Metal.

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Show Notes:

(00:00): #english / ACDC (#ackadacka #accadacca #akkadakka) ***PWRUP OUT 11/13/2020***/A word from Selma May #woe2you #praisehim / #fuckingbrilliant or just #brilliant? / #wetterpodcost / Hurricane Identification Problems

(04:54): #ACDCISMETAL/The “recipe” for AC/DC/Remembering Jailbreak on FM Radio and the music video for Jailbreak / #columbiahouse memories (so many #cassettes for so little #money) / Ronald Belford Scott, R.I.P. 02/19/80 / #crickets Bon Johnson and Brian Scott; different versions of AC/DC

(11:33): #deathbymisadventure or frozen to death or heroin or alcohol poisoning / #bolth #irregardless and #moist are #words / Tracks: It’s a Long Way To the Top (If you Wanna Rock and Roll) / Favorite Bon AC/DC Album and/or/bolth Favorite Bon Song (T.N.T.)

(19:31): A #bustub = a #shitload: Power Rage, Power Age, or Powerage (like Average) #akkadakka in the High Volt Age/ She’s Got Balls / Favorite childhood AC/DC moment: Big Balls on the radio (#ilovethehelmet) / Love At First Feel and Squealer (Dirty Deeds) #balled

(30:10): Problem Child (check out Episode 9: Live Shows to see which Nerd saw ACDC live) / Go Down (Ruby Anne Murray?) and Let There Be Rock (#akkadakkaaggro and #anusyoung #cantbeloudenough) / Angus Young was truly a spectacle

(40:00): Jailbreak (“Gloria”) / “He said he'd seen his lady being fooled with by another man” / Down Payment Blues (PowerAge) and the “build-up” (Shitting in a Cadillac?) / Riff Raff (#thatriffraffrifftho #CBLE)

Thursday Nov 05, 2020

063: Black Sabbath Paranoid

Thursday Nov 05, 2020

One thing this merry band of Metal Nerderers will agree on: we LOVE us some Black Sabbath! And with fall being the quintessentially ideal season for Sabbath (and with Witches Night right around the corner), we felt it was the perfect time to jump deep into the ultra-creepy end and get into the brutally heavy modern day classic that really freaked people out a half a century ago in 1970 (!): Black Sabbath’s “Paranoid”.

Anytime we get to talk about Black Sabbath, it’s always a good time! It’s the fall, so take a get-ready pill, prepare your favorite relaxer, shut out the rest of the world for a while while you enjoy said relaxer and JOIN US as we head back to 1970, back to dark wood paneling and orange shag carpeting and back to a time when the darkest, heaviest metal band on earth was about to completely change the game with an album that would go down in history as one of the finest (if not also one of THE most critically important) moments in ALL of metal.

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Show Notes:

(00:00): Squeeze it…#noteven / Black Sabbath: Paranoid (check out our Deep Cuts Episode.Podcast)/ The perfect backdrop for a Black Sabbath Dive (#onmicburp)

(04:10): – The album cover (weirdest album cover ever???) / One half of a century of Black Sabbath’s Paranoid goodness / Blessed be the #sabbathjams / #Walpurgis (Wait, WHAT?) #woe2you / Various covers of War Pigs / #metalnerderyASMR / ***RANT ALERT*** #thehatetank

(13:47): – Iron Man and WrAstlin’ #twomohawks #dontworryaboutit / Implications involving Paranoid #dontdenythepowerof / Paranoid: more punchy and better songsmanship / #prenwobhmnwobhm / Metal Bane wishes to read your emails, EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com /Various releases from 1970 (and the Jethro Tull vs Metallica incident; check out our Black Sabbath Episode, to find out the tangentionalality of Jethro Tull to Black Sabbath)

(23:06): – A time machine to go to shows? YES PLEASE!! / War Pigs/Luke’s Wall (www.metalnerdery.com/podcast/) #cantbeloudenough #cble / The Evil Dead + Edibles (#ohlordyeah #readthoselyrics) / #theblackalbum gag will never die / Those moments of greatness you don’t realize you’re creating when you’re actually creating those moments of greatness

(31:00): – Paranoid (a song about depression): it’s the Primal Concrete Sledge of Paranoid the album / Planet Caravan (#rollanotherbowl of your favorite #relaxer) / Iron Man (#readthoselyrics): definitely NOT related to the comic book hero / Backstory regarding the story behind those lyrics

(38:00): – Side 2 (check out the Sabbath Deep Cuts episode) Electric Funeral (that middle part tho…): ½ a century later and it’s STILL creepy af/ Tracking and Sequencing changes and/or recommendations from our perspective (JOIN US on Facebook and let us know what YOUR tracking changes might be) / Hand of Doom (It has a very “70’s” sound and feel)

(46:51): – Rat Salad / Fairies Wear Boots (one of THE best Sabbath Tracks EVER!) #70sSound #alrightnow (Fairies wear boots and dancin’ with the dwarves…) probably one of the most delicious servings of #riffcasserole ever created/ #ALLRIGHTNOW!!!! #smokin and #trippin #yeah (Metallica tangentionalalitynessnessnesque) / #itsthere #fucking #brilliant / THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO METAL NERDERY (and NOT on behalf of all of us…WOOOOOOOO!!!!!!)

Thursday Oct 29, 2020

062: Horror Metal Halloween Metal

Thursday Oct 29, 2020

TRICK OR TREAT!!! It’s the Halloween Horror Metal episode of Metal Nerdery!! Go through your kids’ candy, take out all of that “good” candy and JOIN US as we discuss the diabolical and the macabre that makes Metal the perfect Halloween soundtrack.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) – Endorsements from Archie, Lars, Lars’ gum, and Milley / Horror Metal / Wait, the Tygers of WHAT!?

(04:52) - #keepingitloose / Alice Cooper and the Muppets / Have you SEEN Re-Animator? /

(07:37) – Loudersound Lysticle / Trick or Treat and Fastway / Cannibal Holocaust (Soulfly) and #snuff (If it’s really low budget and looks really realistic, you should be VERY afraid) #cantbeloudenough

(12:21) – Witchfinder General / Iron Maiden (The Wickerman) / Mortician #deathgrind is #toobrutal / Cathedral (The Carnival Bizarre) / Aborted (#listen to Wheeler #readthoselyrics) /

(17:34) – Municipal Waste (The Thing) #quickpinch of #skatethrash / WTF is a #hottopic band? / #wellseewhathappened / Dokken (Dream Warriors)

(22:42) – Bulletbelt (Deathgasm): check out the video! / Orange Goblin (The Fog) #getyousome #relaxer/ Rob Zombie (Living Dead Girl): Check out his take on the Halloween movies!! #spoiler

(29:22) – MetalInjection.net (10 scariest heavy metal albums of all time) / They quoted Ian Christe (check out his book: Sound of the Beast) / #10? Scariest not Best… Black Sabbath, by Black Sabbath from Black Sabbath (produced by Roger Bain and Exciter) / #woetoyou check out our Album Dives of Black Sabbath and Number of the Beast (Metal Nerdery’s Greatest Hits) / Slayer Hell Awaits and those first 2 Slayer albums

(32:45) – Necrosound (Black Vomit) / #6 and #warmetal / Blasphemy (Fallen Angel of Doom) / EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com and YELL AT US on the Facebook and the Instagram / #crunchyballriffs

(37:37) – (a Tie for #2) Darkthrone and Sunn O))) / #tobefair it’s committed / Burzum (25 minutes!?) How the FUCK is THIS “scary”? Make #10 #1!!!

(41:48) – Russ is having a Rigor Mortis withdrawal moment: Loudwire: 31 scariest metal album covers / Acid Bath (similar to Rigor Mortis kinda…?) / Are black metal bands trying to insert spells into their ununderstandable lyrics? / Anal Nathkrak (Codex Necro) / Autopsy / The model on the first Black Sabbath album (check out our Black Sabbath Album Dive) / Cattle Decapitation (Humanure) /

(48:25) – Where can we use THIS word? / Destruction (Release from Agony) / Heaven and Hell (The Devil You Know) and Forked Tentacle Tongues / KORN (uber creepy) / Lord Mantis: Pervertor (#thatsfuckedup) Almost #toodark to enjoy the #deathsnatch (do you speak Black Metalese?) / Pig Destroyer – Prowler in the Yard (Jennifer/Cheerleader Corpses): Pig Destroyer’s Reign in Blood

(56:36) – Samhain III (November Coming Fire): The buffer between The Misfits and Danzig (and a Dio related analogy) / It says, “WELCOME BACK!” / 10 Scariest Metal Songs (Consequence of Sound.net) / #metalnerderyASMR / Testament (Demonic Refusal): Satin, the softer side of Satan / Cannibal Corpse (Hammer Smashed Face) “’Scuse me, is Greg here!? Thank you!!” (go watch Ace Ventura: Pet Detective)

(1:03:45) – Re-Animator (Rigor Mortis) (***we will be doing a Rigor Mortis Artist Dive soon!!!***) / Sideshow weirdness: Freaks (Quit poking the bear!) / King Diamond (check out our Abigail Album Dive!)- Welcome Home (Them) / Type-O-Negative (The Glass Walls of Limbo-Dance Mix) and a tale of Halloween past / Halloween and Trick or Treating for ADULTS / #definitelyNOTmetal (The Lost Boys, and NO, this does NOT sound like Trent Reznor!) / Type-O-Negative (Kill You Tonight): Go check out “Origin of the Feces” …it’s like Type-O-Negative’s version of Slayer’s Live Undead. HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

#woe2you

Thursday Oct 22, 2020

061: Can't Be LOUD Enough Vol. II

Thursday Oct 22, 2020

We here at Metal Nerdery live by a few “rules”: Our Trust is in Black Sabbath and Slayer, Pantera was the Metallica of the 90’s and some songs, albums AND/OR bands simply CAN’T BE LOUD ENOUGH!! (sorry, that’s the text representation of turning everything up to 11 and SCREAMING IN CYBERSPACE!).

We were all over the road and had a lot of fun with this one and dug into all kinds of incredible tracks that need to be ‘LOUDER’ (isn’t it obvious?). We actually got into some really obscure, old school thrash stuff, some super obvious classics that CBLE and some newer stuff as well (and perhaps even stuff that, while not “overtly” Metal, most definitely belongs on the CBLE lysticle).

So, enjoy your favorite relaxers, put on your headphones, OR put in your earbuds, crank that volume to 101 and JOIN US for Volume 2 of Metal Nerdery’s Can’t Be Loud Enough series.

Listen on iTunes, Spotify, Podbean, Google Play or wherever you get your Podcasts.

Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com

Show Notes:

(00:00): A word from Lars / #dontdenythepowerof the #hashtags, especially #cantbeloudenough / Can’t Be Loud Enough Volume 2 (check out episode #8 for #CBLE Vol1) / An update from Milley (and Butthole)

(04:00): A brief review of the Volume 1 lysticle / Black 13 (Exodus - Blood In Blood Out), a typical BADASS Exodus opener!! (check out our Killer Openers episode, Episode #48)

(07:57): Songs that, while not “explicitly” Metal, may also be tangentionally related to Metal and thusfore cannot be fucking loud enough! / #breaktheknob / The Accused: Bethany Home (and Psychomania) #oldschoolthrash filled to the fucking brim with #crunchyballriffs / Duff McKagan and his tangentionalalityness to The Accused / #applebeesmusic

(15:30): Today is the Day: Eyes of God (1/2 of Mastodon!!), BUT FIRST… #metalnerderyADHD / More from The Accused (***BRING BACK LIVE ENTERTAINMENT!!!!***) and #jams beachwear (which made them more metal) / #readthoselyrics

(19:19): Whole albums that can’t be loud enough… (#backshadowing regarding the “Reign” Dive) / Slayer – Altar of Sacrifice (Enter to the realm…Learn the sacred words…) #dontdenythepowerof / Slayer ALBUMS can’t be loud enough

(25:00): Iron Maiden - The Prisoner (YOU are Number 6!) / #ACDC – If you Want Blood (You’ve GOT IT!) #ACDCISMETAL / Iron Maiden – Prowler (#oldschool) / Lars rattles off all the NWOBHM bands that can’t be loud enough / Headstrong- Swing Harder (a more metal 311) #waitforit and then put it on your #motivationalmusic playlist (a lot like Filter: Hey Man, Nice Shot)

(35:53): A Perfect Circle – Judith / Rush – Tom Sawyer (check out Episode 31 A Salute to 3 Badass Drummers) / The Magic of album production in the 70’s and early 80’s

(40:30): DIO – Holy Diver (#keyboardsAREmetal #smellthebox #HAIL2DIO) / An appropriate track: Down-Mourn (Over The Under) / Soundgarden – Birth Ritual HAIL to Chris Cornell! / Alice in Chains – Them Bones (#seattlethrash) & Dam That River

(51:08): Flying High Again – Ozzy / Led Zeppelin (#noteven): Kashmir (from Physical Graffiti, NOT Led Zeppelin IV!!) / Black Country Woman

(58:11): Machine Head: Davidian (#motivationalmusic that Metal Bane approves of) / Meshuggah – Born in Dissonance (enjoy the #djent) / And now for some #backshadowing and #foreshadowing for Helmet – Wilma’s Rainbow) / #fortherecord #ilovethehelmet

(1:03:50): Corrosion of Conformity…BUT FIRST: Quiet Riot – Metal Health (BANG YOUR HEAD!), the next “jump” in Metal / And NOW, some C.O.C. (Producer’s Choice) – Albatross, which is fitting with the Fall, Sabbath vibe, suicide paneling, shag carpeting #southernfriedsabbath

(1:10:35): Rigor Mortis – Bodily Dismemberment / “Check out my brisket” / #metalnerderyASMR / Rigor Mortis factoids / One of Lars’ favorite bands: Pig Destroyer – Dark Train (HAIL to Scott Hull and the MIGHTY #pigdestroyer, GO BUY ‘Head Cage’) and Terminal Itch (That IS a REAL drummer!) “Excuse me, is Greg here!?” / Death Angel – Open Up (check out Frolic Through the Park…we will be doing a Dive on this one!): Honorable Mention: I’m Bored / Producer’s choice to close out: Pantera – Drag the Waters / THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!! CONTINUE TO SUPPORT METAL AND METAL NERDERY PODCAST (metalnerdery.com/merch) AND ANY AND ALL SONGS ALBUMS AND BANDS THAT CANT BE LOUD ENOUGH!!!