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Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Thursday Aug 06, 2020
Humor Metal. It’s like our 2 favorite things rolled into one. What could be more awesome than killer riffs combined with killer punchlines? A Metal Nerdery episode about those two things.
So fix your favorite relaxer, tune out the outside world long enough to laugh from the balls and JOIN US as we discuss the origins of humor metal, some of the key bands and tunes that just tickled us right in the cockles and some “surprise” honorable mentions as well.
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Show Notes
(00:00): A message from Ron/METAL NERDERY EPISODE 50: Humor Metal/ Check out Grandpa Metal from Brian Posehn/The Metal Grannies Two Rockin Grannies (#firstquestion)/Pasta Grannies
(05:53): Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.): The Black Sabbath of Humor Metal/M.O.D.: The Ballad of Dio #lookout/Hate Tank/Ode to Harry/Get a Real Job/Billy Milano’s Bubble Butt Mosh
(11:00): Anal Cunt (tangentionally related to Pantera, Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Pig Destroyer)/#thatsfunnyasfuck/ Napoleon Nails it/#songtitles/GWAR: Scumdogs of the Universe (check out the Joan Rivers episode with GWAR/GWAR on Joan)/Maggots
(20:25): Austrian Death Machine: Get to the Chopper/Who is your Daddy and What does he do? / #sayitwithme/Carnivore: Jack Daniels and Pizza/Angry Neurotic Catholics (#killeropener)
(29:09): Infectious Grooves: Monster Skank (#huevos)/Psychostick: Death Burger/Girl Directions (#joyfulnoise)/CAFFEINE
(36:06): Green Jelly (and their tangentionalality to Tool, Gwar and Marilyn Manson): Little Pig Little Pig/Scatterbrain: Down with the Ship (Slight Return)/Drunken Milkman and the definition of Jazz/Don’t Call me Dude
(46:00): Steel Panther (aka Metal Shop and/or Metal Skool)/The Burden of Being Wonderful (check out Ginger’s incredible Hair Solo)/S.O.D. Skool Bus/Celtic Frosted Flakes/King at the King and Evil is In/Hey Gordy/Anti-Procrastination Song/Chromatic Death/The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix
(52:06): Tenacious D: The Ballad of Dio/Tribute and the Led Zeppelin vibe/The Presidents of the United States of America: Little Dune Buggy/Bo Weevil
(59:48: Steel Panther (revisited): Death to all but Metal (and the hilarity of a Steel Panther interview)/#chunks/11 minutes…
(1:05:48): Notable mentions: Primus, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Spinal Tap, GG Allin, Lawnmower Deth, Dayglo Abortions/Nanowar of Steel/Tragedy: It’s Raining Men/Raining Blood (CHECK OUT THE VIDEO!!!)
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Thursday Jul 30, 2020
Getting 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 ‘fart ghosts’?
So prepare (and enjoy) your favorite relaxer, tune out the outside world (maybe schedule a “lunch meeting” to block out your calendar) and JOIN US as we address the burning questions that EVERY Metalhead should be asking EVERY OTHER Metalhead across the entire planet!
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(00:00): A message from Selma Maye Brewstir/#dontdenythepowerof/Wise advisementude from Nigel Nigelson regarding relaxers and the Greater Metropolitan Metalverse (and some killer post production work courtesy of Billy!)/#notsquealer/ #manifestyourdestiny/ ***SHOUT OUTS to our TOP FANS on the Metal Nerdery Podcast FaceBook and InstaGram pages (#theygetcondiments) and their tangentionality relative to Metal Nerdery***/The fastest way to Matt’s heart/#wetandready #gross
(04:18): Recent HUGE Album anniversaries (specifically: Back in Black and Kill ‘Em All)//AC/DC: The Bridge between Hard Rock and Metal/#sameconcept/#whaddyawannahear/Shake a Leg (Do you “hear” the “electrocution?”)-AC/DC)/#cantbeloudenough/The Young Brothers (HAIL!! Malcom and Angus!!!)/#rifflords
(10:10): The critical importance of bands like Motorhead and AC/DC to the development of Metal/Charlie Daniels Band and the spirit of Metal/#eltoreador/***CHECK OUT THE METAL NERDERY FACEBOOK PAGE***/EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com
(12:35): Getting to Know You (Metal Nerdery style)/#HALLELUJAH/: First 5 Metal Albums “acquired”/#hashbags/Mentions: Vinnie Vincent Invasion, Master of Puppets, Black Sabbath Vol. 4, Born Again and Seventh Star, Quiet Riot (Metal Health), Number of the Beast, Sabbath (DUH!) #thefirst5youcanremember, #turtlesrecordsandtapes, Judas Priest Screaming for Vengeance, Michael Jackson (wait, WHAT!?) and a tangentionally relative conversation topical, Pink Floyd (The Wall): Also tangentionally related, Beastie Boys, Doug E Fresh, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys,
(***NO! You haven’t dropped into an alternate bizarro Metalverse!!! Anyway, thanks to the magic of #hashtags you’ve found us. We’re glad you found us. Peace and Metal On!!***)
Def Leppard’s Pyromania (#preblackalbumblackalbum), The greater grindiness of Metal Health and the segue into Metal/Diary of a Madman, Bark at The Moon
(22:22): The Joy of Hitting the #metallottery/The good old days of going through the Metal section in the record stores and the thrill of the hunt/First Live Metal Concert: Cinderella and AC/DC, Argonne Forest and The Metroplex (aka: The Original Mecca of Atlanta Metal)/Guns and Roses w/ Motley Crue at The Omni (Night 2) 1987/#includingtits
(30:00): Most Mind-blowing Metal Album or Track- Forbidden: Forbidden Evil (#smile)/Ozzy Osbourne: Diary of a Madman (#readthoselyrics)/Metallica: Battery (And the modern miracle of how to learn to play as fast as Hetfield)/#masturbationshapes
(38:11): Favorite Live Metal Band: Metallica is definitely #somethingtobehold, Slayer, Pantera (aka The Van Halen of Thrash)/Pantera is our generation’s Led Zeppelin/The last Maiden Show in Atlanta/The CFH Tour w/ new Vulgar tunes and the White Zombie show/Celtic Frost (for when we ‘Frost’ and/or get more beers)/#mexicanradio/Favorite Live LOCAL Metal Bands from back in the day: Ghost Story, Akathesia, Nihilist, Kinetic Dissent, Stuck Mojo (#richwardtherifflord) and their In-store appearance at Gwinnett Place Mall
(49:05): Favorite Genre of Metal: Thrash (#duhr), Speed, Progressive Metal, Alternative Metal, #postcore/Mr. Bungle (Psycho Metal? Seems fitting…)/#allmetalismetal/Favorite Live Concert (see our Previous episode on Live Shows): Pantera and White Zombie, Volbeat, Avenged Sevenfold and Metallica/#dong/Pantera and Wrathchild America, Pantera and Slayer
(57:21): Moments of Greatness Tangentionally related to Metal: Russ talks about meeting Peter Steele from Type-O-Negative at the WREKage Benefit/Bill talks about running into Phil Anselmo at The Old Masquerade on the Pantera CFH tour (#thankyou)
(1:01:01): Metal guilty pleasure: power ballads, The Darkness (AC/DC meets Queen), When the Children Cry and White Lion/Sabbath, Zeppelin and Floyd/Hair band redemption (Steel Dragon vs Steel Panther: We All Die Young) #werestars/Most Underrated Metal band (EMAIL US YOURS: metalnerdery@gmail.com) / Handsome, Forbidden, The Accused, Rigor Mortis (#horrormetal)/Most Overrated Metal band (and NO, Metallica is NOT overrated; they’re a BLESSING!)/Most CRIMINALLY underrated metal band: EXODUS (Deranged)/Take a “get ready pill” for the New Exodus album and Tour
(1:10:30): What’s a metal band you know little about, but you’d want to know more about? D.R.I., The Accused, Death, Mayhem: Album art and really “getting the shot”/D.R.I. (#skatethrash) Thrash Zone/Stoner and Doom metal/Chuck Schuldiner and Death
(1:19:00): A moment in metal that changed your life: The Number of the Beast music video (on “local” television)/Iron Maiden: The Killers album, Reign in Blood (the album), the first time hearing ANY Black Sabbath album/ ***SEND US YOUR ANSWERS!!!***/A Last Minute IMPORTANT word from Archie!!!!
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Set 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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(00:00): A “quiet” word from Archie/Welcome Back to the Metal Nerdery #metalverse/#hotasballs/#athletesdick and #freshballs Intros and Openers: setting the “tone” and the different types of Intros on Metal albums
(04:20): Black Sabbath 1st Album (#dontdenythepowerofintros): 50 years later: STILL the EVILEST riff in all of Metal/Neon Knights (Live Evil version and Heaven and Hell Version: #bolth)/Really The First 6 Songs on the First 6 Sabbath Albums should ALL be included!!! #futureshowidea/EMAIL US: METALNERDERY@GMAIL.COM or ping us on the Gram or the Book with your favorite Opening Tracks.
(13:35): 1985/Thrasher’s Abattoir (Carcass)/C.O.C.: Heaven’s Not Overflowing (Break out the Suicide Paneling and Shag Carpet) and King of the Rotten (#setandsetting)/Dio: Stand up and Shout (YES! HAIL to Ronnie James Dio (R.I.P.))/Killing the Dragon (#DioImagery)
(21:10): Down: Temptations Wings (The NOLA Dive is Metal Nerdery Episode 26)/Down II: Lysergik Funeral Procession (That riff!)/A Tangentionally related moment: Phil performing “Would?” with Alice In Chains/Exodus: Deranged (BEST intro EVAH!) #batshitcrazy The Last Act of Defiance and The “H” Team (and #thisfuckingriff) GO!
(29:42): Fear Factory: Demanufacture/Forbidden (*A METAL NERDERY FAVORITE*): Chalice of Blood (#fountainofyouth) / Distortion/ Forsaken at The Gates (GO BUY THIS AND ALL FORBIDDEN ALBUMS!!!!)/#cantbefastenough
(36:07): Iron Maiden: Aces High (Live After Death version)/ See Also Favorite Live Metal Albums: Episode 14/Where Eagles Dare (Piece of Mind)/#harmonyburps/Prowler (tangentionally tangentional item: also check out Prowler ’88 w/ Bruce singing)/Leatherwolf: Stand or Fall (#guitarboners) The “all in one” late 80’s Intro
(46:37): Mastodon: Crusher Destroyer (Remission): #atlmetal: No Post, No Core, Just METAL/ Blood and Thunder (Leviathan) Remembering the Thanksgiving show w/ Mastodon, Killswitch Engage and Slayer/Megadeth: Wake Up Dead (#nowarning #thebestmetal) and Holy Wars…The Punishment Due / Metallica: the 2 most important openers in Metal during the 80’s/Fight Fire with Fire (how the fuck do they play THAT fast!?!?)/The Underratedness of Ride the Lightning / Battery (#thegoodness of #juicenewtons) Wait, WHAT?/10 guitars!/Helpless (Garage Days)
(1:03:45): Motley Crue: Live Wire (Too Fast for Love): #audiocoke/ In the Beginning and Shout at the Devil (YES, they used to play BOLTH of these on the radio!!!)/#eviler/#riffswagger
(1:09:20): Motorhead: Ace of Spades (and Russ’s “Final Wishes”) #lemmywithnochaser/Ozzy: I Don’t Know (#isntitobvious)/Over the Mountain (#thedrums)/#postmalonecore/#partofthedill/*A MESSAGE OF METAL NERDERY POSITIVITY*/Ultimate Sin (Did Jake E. Lee get the Newsted treatment?)
(1:18:37): Pantera: Strength Beyond Strength (and “special” effects)/Riffs and The Laughter Test/The Great Southern Trendkill (#vomitingmetal)/#letmemakesureitsup/Hellbound (KILLER fucking opener LIVE!!)/Some relatively tangentionally tangentional tangentials #panteratribute
(1:25:38): Sacred Reich: Surf Nicaragua (#GO!)/Blue Suit, Brown Shirt (Heal)/Sabbat: The Beginning of the End (#waitWHAT!?) (Definitely Late 80’s thrash). From the Dreamweaver album/FUCKING SLAYER: Angel of Death #bestopeningtrackEVER /#cantbeLOUDenough): the clarity of the vocals on Reign in Blood vs Hell Awaits (#filetofslayer)/ Killing Fields (and the Tower Records in Store visit story).
(1:35:38): ALL FUCKING SLAYER Opening tracks are Awesome (see also Sabbath Opening Tracks comment referenced above): Darkness of Christ/Disciple (#dontdenythepowerofSLAYER)/*RE-UP ON YOUR RELAXER IF NEEDEDEDED*/Testament: Practice What You Preach and their glorious eerie rifftacular goodness/D.N.R. (feat. Dave Lombardo on drums) #waitforit (you’re smiling now aren’t you!?): GO PURCHASE TESTAMENT ‘THE GATHERING’ and ‘TITANS OF CREATION’/Tool: Stinkfist and Vicarious (and the PROPER way to listen to Tool).
(1:45:10): Van Halen: Mean Street (and the incredible wonderment of everything Eddie Van Halen)/*Check out Van Halen at the US Festival from 1983*/Korn: Blind (A “good” left turn in Metal; Episode 12 Album Dive)/The Sword (Celestial Crown): Russ has homework to do (and if you’re not familiar with The Sword, so do you!)/#metalsmoothie/Helmet: In the Meantime (check out Episode 37: Meantime Album Dive)
(1:53:00): Death: Living Monstrosity (Matt has homework to do, too)/HAIL to Chuck Schuldiner!!/S.O.D.: March of the S.O.D. (Episode 41 Album Dive)/Sepultura: Roots Bloody Roots and Isolation (#takeagetreadypill) (*Check out the video for Isolation….GO BUY QUADRA*)/#futurevolumes
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
1989. Brazil. Thrash Metal. Magic.
Sepultura’s “Beneath the Remains” is STILL a force to be reckoned with in the thrash metal community and really, the metal community at large. It is fast, heavy, thrashy and also, GROOVY! (That’s right. GROOVY!). Sepultura “raised the bar” with this album, bringing BOLTH groove and melody together with those amazing riffs, the breakneck speed and the incredibly complex, technical thrash choreography that PROVES this is the band’s “Master of Puppets” album moment.
So, go fix your favorite relaxer, turn off the outside world for an hour or so and JOIN US as we go through the BTR track list and talk about yet another GLORIOUS moment of “magical genius” in thrash metal.
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(00:00): Wait, WHAT!?/Sepultura: Beneath the Remains (and the “buzz” in the halls of school and metal)/ assthrashing/ Availability of underground metal music for purchase in the 1980’s/Sepultura’s “Puppets” (vs their “Justice”)
(04:47): Released 04/07/1989/The Sepultura “Tribal” Metal sound/Cover Art (#lookdeeply)/” Nightmare in Red”/Lineup changes
(08:18): 1989 Metal/The budget for the album/#curiousaboutbrazil/#excellentcrunch #precrunched/Beneath the Remains (BTR) (standard 80’s metal intro) and GO!/The Sepultura “Groove” (and the rifftacularly riffy goodness)/ Who can play the fastest AND the heaviest?/BTR: Definition of Thrash Metal/Speed Metal vs Thrash Metal (interesting tangentionally related tangentionality conversation topic)/I KNOW IT I KNOW IT I KNOW IT!!!!!/#ultimaterevenge #combatrecords/additional tangentionally related tangentionalality that’s almost beyond tangentionalalityness) #forbidden #darkangel #faithorfear #raven
(18:52): Inner Self (check out the video)/Stronger Than Hate (GO!) Sepultura: A more Melodic Slayer? #faster/Old Masquerade memories/Mass Hypnosis (The fucking RIFFS!!!!)
(27:09): Sarcastic Existence (#personalmantra #tattoospellcheck)/Death and More tangentionalness/Slaves of Pain (*Listen on Headphones for MAXIMUM enjoyment*)/Another great example of Technical Thrash Metal/Lobotomy (more delicious #riffcasserole)
(38:48): Hungry (#readthoselyrics)/That Puppets “feel” #bigness #roudness/A “bonus” bonus (BONE US!) #laxer/Primitive Future (GO!) #cardiometal/The “Essence” of Sepultura/International Charts (#tots)/#itsnegative/CONTINUE spreading the wordery about Metal Nerdery!!
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
“There’s just something about those first 2 Slayer records…”
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 (or rather, SU NIOJ) as we dive into the album, the tracks, and of course any and all tangentionally related ‘Hell Awaits’ and Slayer factoids; including some which blew our hair back and some that were just fucking hysterious.
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(00:00): Tangentionally Related Metal Nerdery Item/Adam’s still on the Pasta of Souls World Tour with Milley/#pastatacos/Special Guest Co-Host! Mr. Eric Mixon/ Metal Nerdery Album Dive: SLAYER- Hell Awaits (and the Sophomore Jump from ‘Show No Mercy’)
(04:20): Hell Awaits vs God Hates Us All/Ways to make an album sound #eviler/How NOT to record drums/Released March 1985/37:11 in Length (and Width)/The “Secret” Hell Awaits Backwards Message (JOIN US!)/Sdrawkcab Stiawa Lleh/SU NIOJ!!
(08:36): The Slayer “imagery” (lyrically and musically darker and eviler)/#sophomorejump/The Most “Progressive” Slayer album Wait, WHAT!?/ www.thrashmetaliq.com (Hell Awaits factoids)/The “Magic” Albums/”My hair…”/JOIN US/Do you have the new Hell Awaits EIGHT TRACK?
(16:02): Production of Hell Awaits vs God Hates Us All/Matt’s last Slayer show (2016), w/ Death Angel and Anthrax at the Tabernacle/Eric’s last Slayer show (2018)/#dontdenythepowerofslayer
(21:12): The Tracks: Hell Awaits (#readthoselyrics #SlayerImagery #ItAwaitsBro)/The clarity of the lyrics on Reign in Blood vs Hell Awaits #itmakesthehellbetter #damnated
(28:06): Kill Again (and the progression towards “The Slayer Sound”)/At Dawn They Sleep (#EvilerThanTwilight)/*Haunting the Chapel (#BoneUs) *
(35:47): Praise of Death (more and more of that “Slayer Sound”) Now with #evilersolos (shhhhh)
(38:56): Necrophiliac (#norubberneeded)
(42:40): Crypts of Eternity (perhaps the most progressive Slayer song ever) and the evolution of their sound, from the first 2 albums through to the 3 “Magic” albums (and beyond)
(53:25): Hardening of the Arteries/Hell Awaits (Outro) #backshadowing/Metal Nerdery Patreon is ON!!! Patreon.com/MetalNerderyPodcast/ For episode info, go to metalnerdery.com/podcast/
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
King Diamond.
Just seeing the name conjures all kinds of dark, creepy, diabolical imagery.
‘Abigail’ (which is King Diamond’s second solo album) is the first King Diamond album that truly captured his master horror storytelling craft, spinning tales of “living” haunted houses, betrayal and evil murderous zombie demon babies. It is by far one of THE most important concept albums EVER in the history of metal (and most certainly one of THE BEST horror stories ever told!).
So fix your favorite relaxer, block out an hour or so of your day and JOIN US as we dive into King Diamond’s ‘Abigail’ and go through the plot of the story, the various characters, the tracks and some of the eerie and “haunting” factoids about what very well may be one of the finest moments in the horror metal genre.
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(00:00): A word from Selma May and an importanter word from Archie/Welcome to our special guest host (The Eric Mixon)/King Diamond “Abigail”: Like Judas Priest, but…Wait, WHAT?/an #eviler sounding Bee Gees/An outside perspective on King Diamond/ Mercyful Fate
(07:22): Abigail: The First of its kind (for King)/The INCREDIBLE album cover!!!Kudos, Commendments AND Condiments/ #sidenotesunday/tape collections as a gauge of someone’s greatness as a person/Matt’s Metal Dream: Abigail-The MOVIE(!?)
(10:44): Su Nioj/Released Jun 15, 1987/#snuffcountry Dec-1986 to Feb-1987/Plot: Present Day (1845), Flashback (1777)/Useful analogies and comparisons/Billboard.com: 7 things you didn’t know about ‘Abigail’/#titular/#horrormetal/Alice Cooper and Concept Albums? (Looks like YES: Welcome to my Nightmare and From the Inside)/the “editing” process in the olden days/#6: OH DAMN! #familyghost/Have you seen the video for ‘The Family Ghost’? /***SURPRISE: King Diamond and Pantera***/#kingtera
(20:20): The Tracks: Funeral (From the End, to the Beginning)/Arrival (Seven?)/A Mansion in Darkness/The Family Ghost (#thatnote)/” Oh Damn!” (A creepy as fuck blessing in disguise)
(32:23): King Diamond’s last show in Atlanta/The 7 th Day of July 1777 (or 1977, or whatever…)/the “movement” in the music relative to the story
(39:30): Omens/The OLD Masquerade (in Atlanta) #blessed/Eric’s tangentionally related show story re: Limp Bizkit and Faith No More/The Masquerade Experience/The Possession/The Middle of the Middle/*Abigail, Black Horsemen and Shrine*/Give us YOUR feedback: EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
Thursday Jun 25, 2020
On 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 heaviness the likes of which should shake the very foundations of this world! Dare I say it: BALLTASTICALLY metal!!! Like with an extra infusion of balls: Super Scrotum Metal. (Okay, that’s kinda silly…). And even new genres that, at the time, we didn’t really consider (e.g. #punmetal, #beachmetal), but all that to say, the 90’s showed a next level evolution of metal that our Almighty Riff God Tony Iommi and the host of Riff Lords who shred among us have blessed us with. Don’t deny the power of…
So, JOIN US, prepare a bit of your favorite relaxer, settle into the METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL and come with us to 1990 for our final segment on 30 years in Metal.
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(00:00): Intro/#backshadowing a missed band from 1990-Part I: The Accused (Grinning Like an Undertaker) and show memories/NOTE: The Accused wasn’t on our original list, but Billiam felt compelled to include it as it IS in fact tangentionally related…and also fucking awesome!
(05:52): Time to #powerthru The O’s: 1990-30 Years of Metal: Obituary/???/(and then…)/Pantera: Cowboys from Hell (#thrashmetalgamechanger #moneyriff)/(***BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE METAL NERDERY PANTERA ALBUM DIVE EPISODE***)Primal Concrete Sledge, Phil’s social smoothening power and the Moscow performance of P.C.S.
(12:23): Paradise Lost/Poison (Flesh and Blood): when hair metal got “grungy”/Praying Mantis-Live at Last (Paul Di’anno and Dennis Stratton)/Primus was a platymingohuahuapusflachi (John The Fisherman)/Primus and the association with Possessed
(16:16): Prong (Beg to Differ)/#dontbeabugger/Psychotic Loss/Pungent Stench (Archie’s new Autobiography)/ Queensryche (Empire): Honestly, where do you go after Operation Mindcrime?
(22:35): Quicksand (Tool-ish? Or a grittier Helmet? Yay or Nay? Email us and TELL Us)/Quoirboys (A Bit of what you fancy)/Rage (Reflections of a Shadow)/Ratt (Detonator) Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
(25:52): Realm (Suiciety) and Matt’s Curse (#backshadowing)/Recon/Reverend (Metal Church tangentionality)/Rhino Bucket (S/T)/Riot (Privilege of Power)/River Dogs/Sacred Reich (American Way)***TANGENTIONALLY RELATED SACRED REICH SIDE NOTE: METAL NERDERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDS ‘AWAKENING’)***
(33:13): Sadus (Swallowed in Black)/Salty Dog (#thatsaspread) and Christopher Walking’s production history/Sanctuary (Into the Mirror Black): A heavier Darker Queensryche/Scatterbrain (#beachmetal #springbreakmetal) #futureepisode/ Scorpions (Crazy World)/Slaughter (After Laughter)
(38:28): FUCKING SLAYER!! (Seasons in the Abyss): How can FUCKING SLAYER NOT make you fucking happy!?/ Sodom/Spread Eagle (Wait, WHAT!?)/Steelheart (and tangentionally related movie history) 41.46: Steve Vai (Passion and Warfare) #perfectart/ColoUrs/Stryper (Against the Law) and a local story/Suicidal Tendencies (Lights, Camera, Revolution) #killerintro #rockygeorge #badass
(46:38): Sweet F.A. (?)/Talisman/Tankard/Tesla (Five Man Acoustical Jam)/Testament (Souls of Black): Testament’s Black album? (If you’d like to send us some hatemail (or lovemail), send it to metalnerdery@gmail.com )/Producers, Artists and Formulas
(52:220: Trixter/Trouble (a tentacle in the Doom metal pond)/UDO/V2-Out to Launch (#punmetal)***METAL NERDERY GIVES A SHOUT OUT TO RIDICULOUS METAL!***/Vader/Vio-Lence (Oppressing the Masses), the International Ballroom WREKage Show (w/ Type-O-Negative) and Russ shares a story from that show.
(56:46): Warrant (Cherry Pie) and Matt’s detest for shitty record executive #greedwhores/#trampstampofmetal/Warrior Soul/Winger (In the Heart of the Young)/WWIII and a tangentional connection with George Lynch/Xentrix (For Whose Advantage) #yeah/Y&T (Yesterday and Today) and Matt’s misunderstanding/Zebra (Live)/New Metal Nerdery Merch concepts/
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND SUPPORTING METAL AND FOR CONTINUING TO SPREAD THE GLOBAL WORDERY ABOUT THE METAL NERDERY!!! #kudoscommendmentscondiments4all)
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Thursday Jun 18, 2020
Continuing 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!!
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(00:00): Metal Nerdery Intro (with No Lubesthesia)/MN Updates (with our #specialguesthost Russ)
(02:02): Part 2 of our special 3 Part Metal Nerdery 1990-30 Years in Metal Edition Episode core/The F’s:
Fastway in a Fast Way (go check out the Trick or Treat soundtrack; the movie stars Ozzy Osbourne and Gene Simmons from KISS)/#whaddyawannahear? Matt’s mystery song #thisisit (Hold on to the Night)
(07:57): Backmasking #woetoyou/Flotsam and Jetsam: When the Storm Comes Down (#greedwhores cashing in on the brilliance of Jason Newsted)/Forbidden: Twisted into Form (A METAL NERDERY FAVORITE!!! Check out the Metal Nerdery Forbidden Double Dive episode)/Matt’s past life and Record Label fantasy to make Forbidden as big and as widely loved as Metallica/Twisted into Form is Forbidden’s Ride the Lightning (#bolth)/Infinite/#BRINGFORBIDDENBACK
(15:36): Firehouse (#chickcore)/Michael Lee Firkins (and the “shredders” of the late 80’s and early 90’s)/#guitarporn /quick plug from Ron (courtesy of the Rib Lounge on COTLOD Blvd)/Grinder (The 1 st EP)
(19:07): Harter Attack (Human Hell) and making sure your album art syncs up with your music (e.g. like Slayer)/Heaven’s Edge/Heaven’s Gate (Not the cult)/Hellion (The Black Book)/Speed metal vs Power metal vs Thrash metal
(23:29): Helmet (Strap it On)/Hairicane Alice and Metal Gangs/Hex (Watery Graves EP)/#lowbudgetstryper/House of Lords and Kingdom of Come/Iced Earth and Russ’ concern memory/Impetigo/Iron Maiden (No Prayer for the Dying)/ Tailgunner (#happyriffs)
(33:33): Intrinsic (Distortion of Perspective)/Janes Addiction/Jersey Dogs/Thrash Ranch (yes please)/Judas Priest: Painkiller (#killeropeningtrack)
(38:46): Killing Joke/King Diamond (The Eye): Mercyful Fate vs King Diamond (like Ozzy Sabbath vs Ozzy’s Solo stuff)/King’s X: Faith, Hope, Love (#godmetal #dontbeanasshole) Musical GIANTS! HAIL!! /The sound of a 12-string bass/The evolution of our thrash metal values via other metal/The difference between a musician liking something vs a non-musician/#metoo
(43:44): Randy Rhoads as a Drag Queen (WHAT?)/Ritchie Kotzen (Fever Dream)/KREATOR-HAIL! (Coma of Souls)/People of the Lie: “The Pasta Tenderizerizer”
(47:02): Krokus (Stampede)/Kyuss (Sons of Kyuss), they are tangentionally related to Queens of the Stone Age/ #stonermetal FUTURE STONER METAL EPISODE COMING SOON!!!/Legs Diamond: Town Bad
Girl/Little Caesar (dontdenythepowerofmusicORpizza)/Living Color #dayglo #noteven/ Vernon Reid:
Frenetic Jazzy Shred
(52:28): London and Nikki Six/Decline of Western Civilization, Pt. 2: The Metal Years/IMPORTANT MESSAGE
DON’T LISTEN!/Lost Boys/Lost and Found/Love Hate (Blackout in the Redroom): #happyslayerartwork? Lynch Mob: Wicked Sensation/Tony MacAlpine: Eyes of the World/Watching Tony MacAlpine shred is a glorious thing to behold!!!
(57:26): Frank Marino (Milley’s alter ego) #thesauceguy/Master (1990 thrash) /Yngwie Malmsteen (Eclipse)/Alex Masi (Vertical Invader/Megadeth: Rust in Peace (A METAL NERDERY FAVORITE!!!) and the “Classic Lineup” #killeropener #dontdenythepowerofmustaine/Best of 1990/2010 Show Memory
(1:04:44): Meliah Rage (Solitary Solitude)/Monster Magnet/Morgana Lafey (Symphony of the Damned) / More Goth (or Less Goth?)/#thenerderyoftherings/Mystic Force (Take Command) #drawnin89/Napalm Death (THAT Masquerade Show #legendaryshows)/Neurosis (The Word as Law)
(1:08:10): A list that went too fast to type/What if Slayer Opened AND Closed with Angel of Death and/or Raining Blood? /Part 3 will be coming soon…
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
Thursday Jun 11, 2020
30 years ago. 3 DECADES OF METAL!!!!! The tsunami of metal that crested in the late 80’s proceeded to plow right into the 90’s, slamming right into a decade that produced some of THE most important albums in Metal History.
So fix your favorite relaxer and JOIN US for Part 1 of our 3 Part review (and ensuing discussion) of Metal Albums turning 30 this year with our FIRST EVER guest host!!! PLUS Milley stops by with updates from the Qreator-Own-Pasta of Souls North American Tour.
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(00:00): Intro (#crankyarchie)/Nigel Nigelson’s PSA and Metal Nerdery tangentionally related news items (including the introduction of our FIRST special guest!!)/#precore/#togetherwithmetal
(03:16): Albums turning 30 in 2020/Russ’s tangentionally tangential affiliation with Metal Nerdery/24-7 Spyz (Gumbo Millennium)/#wreckingscrote/ ACDC (Razor’s Edge), Thunderstruck and other “Stadium songs” (How about a METAL band at the halftime show!?)
(08:34): Alice in Chains (Facelift) and the introduction of AIC to “Metal” crowds/Current AIC singer/ #dontdenythepowerofgeorgia
(11:46): Sources of Metal available to us in 1990/Angkorwat/Annihilator/Show memory/a lot of talking for something not even tangentionally related/Anthem (No Smoke without Fire)/Anthrax (Persistence of Time) and the “darkening” of Anthrax (Neon Christ and a word from Geeoff T8).
(17:00): Alexa doesn’t know Metal/Atrocity/Atrophy (Violent by Nature) and the “glut” of thrash bands during the 80’s and going into the 90’s/Shout out and HAIL to @ridiculousmetal/The Bang Gang/Barren Cross (Hotter than Hell-LIVE!)/Bathory (and the story behind the name)/Believer (Sanity Obscure) HAIL!
(22:29): Benediction (Subconscious Terror)/EMAIL US AT metalnerdery@gmail.com/ Biohazard (Judgment Night soundtrack)/Bitter End (Harsh Realities)/Black Crowes (summer show postponed) #dontdenythepowerofhippiechicks/ Black Sabbath (Tyr): 80’s Era Sabbath with Tony Martin
(28:08): Blind Guardian #ringcore/Blue Cheer/Jon Bon Jovi/Cancer/Cannibal Corpse (Eaten back to Life)/ #somuchdeathmetal/Carnage (Dark Recollections)/Celtic Frost (Vanity Nemesis): Trying to recall Celtic Frost tunes (Mexican Radio)
(34:20): Cinderella (Heartbreak Station)/Cold Sweat and the “theory” about Album Covers/Damn Yankees/Danzig II (Lucifuge)/Danzig Sings Elvis
(38:11): Deliverance (Weapons of our Warfare)/Demolition Hammer/#pastatacos/Death (Spiritual Healing) and the articulation of Chuck Schuldiner’s vocals
(41:33): Death Angel (Act III): One of the finest moments EVER in Thrash/(go to www.metalnerdery.com to enjoy your daily dose of Metal Nostalgia)/Murder in the Front Row
(44:42): Deicide/Destruction (Cracked Brain)/Bruce Dickinson (Tattooed Millionaire)/Dio (Lock up the Wolves) and Matt makes a RIDICULOUS mistake whilst naming the “all-star line-up”; specifically, the guitar player: Mr. Bean?
(49:41): Don Dokken (Up from the Ashes)/Earthshaker (Pretty Good)/Entombed/Exhorder (Slaughter in the Vatican) and the album cover/Extreme (Pornograffiti): for guitar nerds who love hookers and blow/Exodus (Impact is Imminent): TANGENTIONALLY TANGENTIAL ALERT: Exodus has AWESOME openers!/The Godfather of Thrash (!?)/Eyehategod and Sludge Metal and #swampcore #swampmetalcore/Approaching an intermission point…/A positive parting word from Archie/SPECIAL THANKS, Kudos, Commendments and Condiments to Russ for joining us at Metal Nerdery HQ and guest hosting while Adam continues providing road support for Milley’s Qreator-Own-Pasta All Around the World Tour.
Thursday May 21, 2020
Thursday May 21, 2020
The 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 us their thoughts on this critically important landmark thrash metal album.
Fix your favorite relaxer and JOIN US for the Stormtroopers of Death: Speak English or Die Metal Nerdery Album Dive and prepare to smile, because EVERYONE remembers laughter!
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(00:00): Intro (Click it, lad!)/Hybrid Metal Nerdery/Updates from the Metal Nerdery Nerds/A recommendation to Mastodon/Gangsta Rap=Metal /#itsmetal/#touchynottouching/#feelingfeeling/#angerland (and Thin Lizzy)
(03:40): Stormtroopers of Death: Speak English or Die (#sarcasmcore)-We’re gonna go DEEPER LATER
#procrastitution/#nopostnocore/#prepostsarcasmcore/#Scatterbrain
(06:40): Tangentionally related item with Scatterbrain (from Down Under!)/More Updates/Tommy and The Whistlin’ Crickets/#wheezy - reprise (LOL!)
(10:07): S.O.D.: Speak English or Die/The Sargent D Character/GeeOff T8: screamfromtheballs#/Wait, HOW many tracks!? Crab Society North: The Box Set Buffet?/Recording MacGyverishness/#blipcore/And you thought Reign in Blood covered a lot of ground in a short time…(look up S.O.D. 6 songs in 9 seconds and/or Live at Budokhan on the UNRESTRICTED version of YouTube)/3 days to create something LEGENDARY!
(16:23): Matt’s thoughts on recording and production (and most importantly: PASSION!!! /The Magic of Recording and Producing a MAGICAL, LEGENDARY metal album!/#funinmetal
(20:02): Headbanger’s Ball theme music/Opened for Motorhead/Fire up the METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL!/USA for…wait, WHAT?/Mmmm, more Crab Society North (with a side of Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and M.O.D., please) /#alexparalysis/A word from Christopher Walking/The Dan Lilker Bass Gnarliness/#speakspanishordie
(26:36): Extra Hot Sauce: Taco of Death (T.O.D.)/NOT SOD/(you’ll look at it!)/Kill Yourself: The Movie (is it better than ‘Kill Yourself: the book’?/)#idareyou/#celticfrostedflakes/#ijustfrosted
(32:12): The Tracks: The March of the S.O.D. (#cantbeloudenough)/#danlilkerHAIL/ (READ the lyrics, LOL!)/The Perfect Power Foursome/#makemetalfunagain
(37:14): Kill Yourself (Now!)/#moshpart/SOD: The beginning of “Groove” metal?
(39:23): Can you DO…The Milano Mosh!? (Well… CAN you?)
(41:00): Speak English or Die/#triggeralert/HAIL to Billy Milano and S.O.D.
(43:21): United Forces/A new “relaxing” segment/Chromatic Death #itsnotlongenough/Headbanger’s Ball reference.
(46:56): Pi Alpha Nu (Where’s McMahon? And also, WHO is McMahon?)/ Anti Procrastination Song/What’s That Noise? (And what was the “FQ” for that song?) 20?
(53:10): Freddy Krueger/Milk (First “blast beat” recorded on an album?)
(58:51): Pre-Menstrual Princess Blues (Irving!?)/Lyrical geniusness #basketballs/S.O.D.: The Monty Python of Metal/ Pussywhipped
(1:03:12): Fistbanging Mania/No Turning Back
(1:06:16): Fuck the Middle East/Douche Crew (Tom Araya scream?)
(1:10:33): A few Blipcore tracks: Hey Gordy/The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix/Diamonds and Rust (Extended Version)/Archie uses a “Q”: Ram it Up! (Inferno cover) #qunt/1992 re-issue bonus track/Other “Ballads”/2000 Re-issue of Speak English or Die included ‘Identity’ and ‘Go’ as bonus tracks/Billy Milano: The Godfather of #PreSarcasmBlipPostCore/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!!!!