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Thursday Jan 30, 2020
Thursday Jan 30, 2020
This is NOT your normal Iron Maiden History; this is Maiden, Metal Nerdery Style.
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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(00:00): Intro (to Nerd Pleasure)/Iron Maiden 101: Metal Nerdery style
(03:51): A Very Merry Christmas (1975)/Steve and Dave’s tenure/The commitment of Iron Maiden fans
(06:03): Steve Harris IS Iron Maiden/Influence- Gypsy’s Kiss - Smiler (NOT Exciter!)/What’s in a name? (#antiporn)/British Lion/The Raven Age (a Maiden family connection)
(10:10): Dave Murray: the 2 nd longest member (wait, WHAT!?)/ Stone Free- (incl. Adrian Smith) - Electric Gas - The Secret (#electricgash #imjusttellinya)
(12:22): Dennis Wilcock/Urchin (Adrian Smith)/Steve Harris’ high praise and kudos and commendments to Dave Murray/the hilarity of Nicko McBrain/#werestars/Psycho Motel
(16:40): Yo Adrian (Smith) - Evil Ways (incl. Dave Murray) - Urchin - (Jimi - Dave - Adrian) Iron Maiden (Remember A.S.A.P.? Another Adrian project…)/Primal Rock Rebellion (Sikth…like Djent, #coolscandinavianbabynames)/Bruce…wait, Bruce…BRUCE!?!?/#noevidenceofthe90s
(21:22): Bruce Dickinson - Samson (#airraidsiren)/One of the busiest front men in Metal (piloting, fencing, metaling)/tangentionally off topic (#whaddyamean?)…NOW with mustaches!
(27:40): Nicko McBrain (the most interesting character in Iron Maiden)/ Piece of Mind forward…production quality Quality/The Holy Trinity of Maiden Albums: Beast, Piece and Powerslave/ Nicko’s early bands: The 18 th Fairfield Walk - Peyton Bond - Wells Street Blues Band - The Axe - Billy Day - Pat Travers - Trust / (sigh) it’s called “backshadowing” / Fear of the Dark: Gordon Giltrap (look at the logo, and just keep saying his name)/David Bowie: The Man Who Fell to Earth (#hookersandblow)/Clive and Nicko exchange: From Maiden to Trust and Trust to Maiden/eating RockandRollRibs in your brand new jag-u-wah whilst driving to the Jag War #rockandrollribs #jagwar/Drum One/The recording and subsequent release of “The argument”
(38:53): Janick Gers 1990 forward/ White Spirit - Gillan (Ian Gillan from Deep Purple) – GOGMAGOG (also fun to say)/ #fuckthatstring
(43:00): Doug Samson (where’s the brutal brutality?)/also in SMILER / Paul Di’Anno and every possible iteration of Paul Di’Anno to ensure that people remember Paul Di’Anno as the first singer for Iron Maiden (and NOT Exciter!!)/ #lifer/Dennis Stratton: Harvest - Wedgewood - Remus do what!? Paul’s severance package
(50:03): Clive Burr - Stratus - Praying Mantis - (R.I.P.) / Clive’s drumming influence is GIRNOMOUS in Metal!!!/ Blaze Bayley and the multiple iterations of his time with different bands (sadly, NOT including Exciter!)/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE GLOBAL WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!!!!
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
Tuesday Jan 21, 2020
On this episode, we take a look at what’s coming in Metal in 2020 in terms of upcoming albums, tours and other metal events which require your attention and support.
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- 00:00: Intro/This is (still, sorta, kinda, mostly…) Metal Nerdery
- 03:23: New Metal up and coming for 2020/Apocolyptica/Behemoth/Rage (technical progginess?)/British Lion (Steve Harris’ side project)
- 07:11: Mark Morton (Lamb of God) acoustic project/Sons of Apollo/Victorious (Space Ninjas from Hell)/Annihilator (wasn’t Randy Rampage the Slim Jim wrestling dude?)
- 09:34: re-releases: Blue Oyster Cult/Kirk Windstein solo record/Clint Lowery (Sevendust) solo record/Heathen re-releasing The Evolution of Chaos/Paul D’ianno (Prowler)
- 12:05: Theory of a Deadman/Sepultura: Isolation (from “Quadra”…it hit all of Adam’s “boxes”)
- 14:12: Ye Banished Privateers/Anvil (early 80’s style): lyrical topic mismatch
- 17:00: Diabolus in Musica (they MUST dig Slayer!)/Kreator: London Apocolypticon (live album)/Necrowretch
- 19:22: Dio Studio album collection (1996-2004)/Intronaut/5FDP/Body Count/Devin Townsend Box Set
- 21:45: Blayze Bailey/Accept/Ace Frehley/Anthrax/Arch Enemy/Armored Saint (should have been bigger!)/Athiest (#abacusmetal)/Cannibal Corpse & Carcass/Cradle of Filth/D.R.I.
- 24:00: Danzig sings Elvis (hmmm…)/Dark Angel/Deep Purple/The final, actual, really it’s the last one KISS Farewell tour/Enslaved/Exodus/Faith No More
- 27:00: Fates Warning (!)/Firewind/Flotsam & Jetsam (shout out to Decibel Geek Podcast)/Fozzy (ATL Shout out: Rich Ward)/Great White/Hatebreed (HAIL to Jamey Josta!)/Helloween/NEW IRON MAIDEN(!?!?)
- 29:13: James Labrie solo record/Killer Be Killed/King Diamond/L:A: Guns/Lamb of God/Last In Line/Lita Ford/MASTODON (YES!!!!!!)/Megadeth (whaddya mean!?)
- 30:57: Meshuggah (Hell yes!)/Metal Allegiance/Metal Church (w/ Mike Howe)/Metallica/Mick Mars solo record
- 32:18: Napalm Death/Mushroomhead/Overkill (workhorses of metal: the AC/DC of Thrash)/Ratt/Rob Zombie/Sanctuary
- 34:26: Scorpions (now with Mikkey Dee)/Sevendust/Skid Row/Sodom/Stryper/TESTAMENT/12 Foot Ninja
- 36:59: Vixen/Wino (from St: Vitus & The Obsessed)
- 37:59: Tours in 2020: Metallica/Aerosmith(#getyourwings)/KISS (no really, this is the last tour)/Guns N Roses/Rammstein/Iron Maiden/Def Leppard, Poison, Motley Crue, Joan Jett/Slipknot/Scorpions/System of a Down (are they back!?) and the Incubus show back in the 90’s in ATL
- 40:13: Korn still on tour for their latest/Ozzy/Whitesnake/Foreigner/The Who (they’re not dead yet!)/Lynyrd Skynyrd/Alice Cooper/Judas Priest/Ted Nugent (The NUGE!)
- 42:30: Tesla/In Flames/Anthrax/Cheap Trick/Queensryche/Killswitch Engage/Accept/Testament/OPETH (we WILL see Opeth on tour!!!)/Sepultura/Soulfly
- 44:26: Tenacious D on tour!!!/Iggy Pop (can’t believe he’s not dead yet either!)/Resurgence of Hair Metal bands/Hatebreed/Faith No More/Blackstone Cherry
- 46:10: The Iron Maidens (all female Maiden cover band)/KREATOR/Airborne/C:O:C: still on tour/Graveyard/Exodus
- 48:09: Flotsam & Jetsam/Truckfighters (Kyuss-like)
- 48:58: Metal Hall of Fame (hosted by Eddie Trunk; coming out on Amazon Prime): Metal for a great cause!! Not enough money and not enough hours in the day for all of the metal coming in 2020!!
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
Wednesday Jan 15, 2020
JOIN US as we stroll through some Metal News and Metal Albums of 2019.
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- 0:00 Intro
- 1:08 Victory Metal? Wizard Metal? Curtesy of Glory Hammer
- 5:05 Super-Secret Adam in Alaska hunting wolverines
- 6:23 One percent of Finland to Metallica / math lesson
- 7:55 Blasted Metallica scares off cougar
- 8:23 Metal makes you happy - Don't deny the power of Metal / MegaDave / Keator / Cromags
- 9:57 "What do you mean" you want all my guitars
- 10:53 Priest and Maiden tour - yes please
- 12:05 Diamond Head royalties / Exodus and Death Angel / don’t call me Shirley / Sam Illiot
- 13:31 Best Metal Albums of 2019 / Korn The Nothing / Matts favorite album of 2019 - Opeth
- 18:32 Metal Moments of 2019 - Wayne’s World? Bongzilla
- 22:15 Slayer the Movie - yes Matt / Mike Matt Mike
- 23:58 Kiss played for Great White Sharks - wait what? / Slayer and Nascar
- 26:44 Wacken for how long?
- 28:25 Nigel Nigelson and Obvious Osborne make an appearance
- 30:05 Matt swallows the mic
- 30:38 Doctor Rock PhD / no more Trump Crazy Train / SNM2 #softintro / The Dark arts of Hasselhoff / Original Maiden reunites in a pub / Mercyful Fate / Magic o Metal
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
“Because. It’s fucking Slayer.”
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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- 00.00: Intro/Metal Nerdery PSA/FUCKING SLAYER!!! EVIL has no boundaries!! Firemarshall Tom/ALL HAIL FUCKING SLAYER on “The Final Campaign”
- 04.11: Metal Nerdery celebrates FUCKING SLAYER!/Old School player/Neo digital?/define “recently”: (3 years ago): October 2016: Anthrax, Death Angel, and FUCKING SLAYER!!/proper FUCKING SLAYER listening etiquette
- 9.27: FUCKING SLAYER at the Atlanta Civic Center ’88-89 (chairs? Nahhhh!)/August 2018 at Lakewood (Lamb of God, Anthrax, and Testament)/The Melding of the Metal Minds /FUCKING SLAYER brings joy
- 13.32: FUCKING SLAYER’S staying power and continued touring success: going out on top/#eviler/the dark lyrical and musical imagery and intensity: NOBODY did it like FUCKING SLAYER)/The Mastodon Thanksgiving FUCKING SLAYER show (#backshadowing)
- 19.35: The Final World Tour (REJOICE IN FUCKING SLAYER!!!)Octopus tour and setlists/final appearance in Chile (first time members of the Big 4 shared the stage with members of the Teutonic 4: HAIL KREATOR!
- 24.30: Metal Hammer’s list of 10 things we will miss about FUCKING SLAYER (HAIL!!)/Tour memory: FUCKING SLAYER AND GODDAMN PANTERA /#sneezegate/lore about the “speed” of Reign in Blood (see also Aggressive Perfector) /#softintro/#tags/#bags/#hashbags
- 30.22: This Frosting Break brought to you by: Necrophiliac (Hell Awaits) 34.12: Live Undead EP/Haunting the Chapel/A bloody Chuck Billy and FUCKING SLAYER story/Tom Araya’s on stage persona
- 39.28: FUCKING SLAYER take me away!!/The Lakewood Show and the “evil” speaker cabinet configuration/ Jeff Hanneman’s passing/farewell Live album 2019/No…Depends
- 44.26: Payback (God Hates Us All): Lyrical GENIUS and perfect timing/#metalocalypse (it’s awesome, GO WATCH IT!)/ Alter of Sacrifice/Jesus Saves (Reign in Blood)/that riff…
- 52.21: the later catalog vs the earlier catalog and “the 90’s” (Divine Intervention and Diabolus in Musica)/Undisputed Attitude/Darkness of Christ and God Hates Us All tour memories/METAL NERDERY GIVES A HAIL and SALUTE TO FUCKING SLAYER!!!!! Raining Blood (Reign in Blood)
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Thursday Dec 26, 2019
Ever wonder what “Southern Fried Skynyrd Sabbath with a side of gravy” SOUNDS LIKE!? If you’ve ever heard DOWN’s debut album, NOLA (for New Orleans, LouisianA), you know exactly what this phrase means!
JOIN US as we talk about the album, the band/side project main band dichotomy with DOWN and it’s members and the ultra awesometastically heavy riffs (which surely caused Tony Iommi to shed a tear) and delve into the tracks (and suicide paneling) that makes up one of the most TIMELESS albums in the history of metal. If you do not own NOLA, you need to make a change in your life!!
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00.00: Intro/Suicide Paneling Part 2 (Wait WHAT?): The DOWN (NOLA) Album Dive (#SkynyrdFriedSabbath): Mix Corrosion of Conformity, Black Sabbath, Crowbar and Pantera to make a rifflicious Riff Casserole/Sludge Metal (Swamp Metal sounds more metal; #swampmetal): a modernized take on Black Sabbath
04.44: 09/19/1995 (aka Jimmy Bowers’ birthday)/The True Hell Hounds/PostSkynyrdFriedSabbathCore (WAY more accurate than “sludge” metal)/Marketing GENIUS!!!
08.52: Singles: Lifer, Stone the Crow, Temptation’s Wings (see also Saint Vitus “Ice Monkey”) and Bury Me in Smoke/Upcoming DOWN Festival Shows in Europe (Please provide feedback and photos if you go!)/Album Artwork/Clarence John Laughlin/Southern Skynyrd Fried Sabbath (+ a side of gravy)/Milley’s carb advisory (Qreator4Evah), and a long overdue explanation
14.44: Personnel/The Importance of Jimmy Bower in Metal (The Godfather of Southern Metal)/Swamp Metal Loincloth Design phase underway; check back at metalnerdery.com/merch for updates
19.50: Charted at #57 (Impressive!)/13 date tour/Down II (#foreshadowing)
22.40: The Tracks: (Rifftaculous Goodness) Temptation’s Wings (Crowbar’s heavy and C.O.C.’s melody blended to perfection)/A more soulful Phil Anslemo (Blind Dog Pterodactyl)
28.11: Lifer (later dedicated to Dimebag Darrell R.I.P.)/Can’t be loud enough Pt. 2/”Timeless” Riffs and Sound (just like Sabbath)
31.52: Pillars of Eternity (crawwwwwwlllllll): Hail to Tony Iommi!/Natural sound (like you’re really “there”…in the jam room)
36.02: Rehab: one of the signs of a classic album (listening with new ears)
38.38: Hail the Leaf (so I just…)/metal bong solo (so riffilicious!)
41.36: Underneath Everything (what’d he say?)
43.54: Eyes of the South (sold!)/With growing raunchiness and growing buildup in the air!!!!/Phil needs to say something… /Corrosion of Sabbath swagger
46.46: Jail (definitely a Planet Caravan nod, HAIL! Or rather: JAIL!)/Metal Nerdery Disclaimer regarding the underwater recording of vocals on this album/The Down ambiance and the “visual” component of their sound
49.59: Losing All (Fucking. Bad. Ass. Period)/Phil’s vocal range on this album (Metal Nerdery kudos and commendments… and condiments)/#powerjerk/losing all (composure)
53.19: Stone the Crow: The HIT Single!! (SkynyrdFried with a lighter Sabbathy crust)
55.08: a little ditty (Pray for the Locust): Black Sabbath feel (HAIL!)/Swan Song/#rifftaculous/nuanced vocals (Thanks. –No, Thank YOU!)/Phil Anselmo’s school of psychological counseling
59.45: The Closer: Bury me in Smoke (check Down live at Download!)/The Riff God (Tony Iommi) has blessed Down with the Power of Ultra Awesome Riffy Heavy Goodness (HAIL and RESPECT!)/Do you smell…something?/The outro (that RIFF, that SWAGGER!) and withstanding the test of time/The sign of a classic album: finding new things in the old (anachronicstic: devoid of time? Same but different?)/Support DOWN!!/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY AND EVEN FEEL FREE TO DROP US SOME WORDERY!
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
So many incredible guitarists in the world of rock and metal: where to begin? And are they all related (even if only tangentionally?). JOIN US for a METAL NERDERY Lystical Review as we discuss “Loudwire.com’s The 66 Best Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists of All Time” and go down the rabbit hole to talk in depth about some of our favorite players from that list, some excellent moments in the rock and metal guitariverse and also some fun show stories, memories and some Recommended (Required) Metal Nerdery Endorsed listening selections.
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00.00: Intro/MNPSA/A word from Sam Illiot/kudos and commendments for everyone/Loudwire.com’s 66 Best Hard Rock and Metal Guitar Players of All time (we shall see…)/A Metal Nerdery Salute to the Modern Day Riff Lord: Dimebag Darrell (A Good Omen)
03.20 Buckethead (the Swiss Army guitarist)/Wait, HOW many!? /” How to pull off when you have high action”/Chris DeGarmo (and to clarify…) and also, a word from Geeoff T8…
07.14: Mike McCready and Matt’s unpopular opinion (wait, WHAT!?)/Pearl Jam and Temple of the Dog/Paul Waggoner and Between the Buried and Me (Metal’s Floyd?)/Brent Hinds and Mastodon (ATL! HAIL!): Leviathan (#foreshadowing) and Best (most metal!) Thanksgiving show memory (with SLAYER, MASTODON and KILLSWITCH ENGAGE: 2004?)
11.36: Hetfield’s “ranking” among the 66…(he should be top 10, not bottom 10)/Gorguts/Jeff Loomis (go listen to Nevermore)/John 5 (#swissarmyguitarist)/Jake E. Lee (will Loudwire redeem themselves? Who’s near the top of the list?) and Adam’s unpopular opinion (check out Red Dragon Cartel)
17.12: Mick Mars/Matt Pike (High on Fire and Sleep-BOLTH!)/Cynic (soundchecks in 12/8)/Kerry King (HAIL SLAYER!)/#Sneezegate/Andy LaRocque (King Diamond)/K.K. Downing and Judas Priest (#backshadowing: the early hours)/Trey Azagthoth and Morbid Angel/System of a Down stand alone
24.12: Dave Murray (he should be higher)/Vivian Campbell/George Lynch/Marty “Weird Al” Freidman (Megadeth, Cacophony), Gary Holt (Exodus, SLAYER)/Children of Bodom/Mikael AKCH! Akerfeldt, Opeth and Phlegmy Snotmaster/Opeth and Down comparison (it makes sense…tangentionally speaking): METAL NERDERY RECOMMENDATION: The 3 most recent Opeth albums/Vernon Reid and Living Colour
30.20: Jerry Cantrell and Alice in Chains and “the haircut story”/you like what you like…and you don’t what you don’t/Adam Jones and Tool/Kim Thayil and Adam’s Soundgarden REcommendments/ (yawn)…who? (Still yawning…) Nevermind…)/check out the Melvin’s version of Smells Like Teen
Spirit/My Sister’s Machine (go check them out! 2 albums of awesomeness!)
36.06: Satch (can you hear the crickets?)/…from the elbows up/the master shredder wizard and rolling those dice!/Adrian Smith and Hearin’ Aid/Ace Frehley and the cool, unconventional riffs and memorable solos (including …“tapping”!?)/Paul Gilbert (Racer X, Mr. Big)/Glenn Tipton (Judas Priest)/Alex Lifeson’s solos and “filling space”
41.37: The Ramones and punk/Michael Schenker’s black and white (cookie) guitars/Zakk Wylde/Chuck Schuldiner and Death (Progressive Death Metal)/Alex Skolnick/Steve Vai/Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine/Audioslave)/Jeff Hanneman: thank you for the creepy riffy awesomeness! (RIP)/Joe Perry (Pre- Permanent vacation Aerosmith): Metallica vs Aerosmith
47.19: Angus Young and the “color” of his sound (according to Dave Mustaine)/John Petrucci (Dream Theater/Liquid Tension Experiment) **check out Distance Over time**/Kirk Hammett/John Petrucci and The David Gilmour Challenge (Metal Nerdery Salutes David Gilmour and Pink Floyd!)
51.53: Pete Townshend (The Who)/ Yngwie Malmsteen (you cannot deny the power of Yngwie) and the solo on “Live in Leningrad”/Slash (Guns ‘N’ Roses)/ (Dr.) Brian May (Queen)
55.38: Top 10 Countdown: Whaddya mean!? (Victory for Dave Mustaine!)/Jeff Beck/Randy Rhoads (Ozzy Osbourne): What ‘could’ have been???/Eric Clapton (Cream, Blind Faith): the unified Metal Nerdery unpopular opinion
1.00.00: Ritchie Blackmore and his very unique style (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore’s Night)/Dime made the top 5 (#redemption)/EVH (**check out EVH’s US Festival guitar solo from 1983**)/Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin)/Tony Iommi (“…the New Number 2!”)/JIMI HENDRIX (Jimi Hendrix Experience/Band of Gypsies): how could he NOT be #1!?
Loudwire…66 Best Hard Rock and Metal Guitar Players of All Time.
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
There 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 EVER!!
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00.00: Intro/All the listening excitement of a yawning sloth/Caffeine, Slayer and proper Slayer listening etiquette/It’s all in the air…
04.13: 1988: Testament’s The New Order/#softintroreprise #savageadam/ The “eerie”ness that inhabits the mighty Testament sound and album art/Milley gets emotional when touched on his shakra
08.47: Same technical personnel as The Legacy: Alex Perialas (aka Alex Paralysis), Johnny and Marsha Zazula, Tom Coyne and the rest of the Magical Wizard People of the Liger, Robert Hunter (drummer from Raven!)/Andy Meyn (photographer) /Bill Benson (the Derek Riggs of Testament)/Testament chart positions and notable points
14.54: The New Order tour with Megadeth, Sanctuary, Flotsam and Jetsam, Nuclear Assault, Vio-Lence, Forbidden, Voivod, Sanctionary, Destruction, Carnivore, Death Angel, Athiest/the word is Wizardery/Monsters of Rock European tour
18.07: The Recording process and the fine print “minimum”/Testament’s multiple tour stops in ATL
21.17: The Tracks: Eerie inhabitants (the perfect ominous opener)/Chuck Billy IS #shamanmetal/The shredtastical awesomeness of Alex Skolnick /Accentuation: a pricey word (and a bargain word to follow it)
26.45: The New Order (more magically eerie Testament creepiness)/Maiden influence/C.O.T.L.O.S.
30.13: Trial by Fire (still more eerie riffy goodness)/And now, a word from Nigel Nigelson…
34.12: Into the Pit (Flangie)/Another graduate of the Joe Satriani school of shredtastical awesomeness!!/ The 1st instrumental: the eerie shreddy witchiness of Hypnosis
38.17: Disciples of the Watch (Track 1, Side 2)/Killer intro and Killer riffs/Overall more depth in the Production/Definite Iron Maiden influence (kudos and commendments)/Low End Movement and The Diarrhea Resistance
42.34: The Preacher (the Pre-Pterodactyl scream)/Who’s fault was it? (Nobody’s Fault…Aerosmith)/ #getyourwings/tangentionally tangential comment regarding Testament’s cover of The Scorpions’ Sails of Charon (#magicalmetal)
47.48: Day of Reckoning (the archetype of the thrash metal sound), Metal Nerdery tracking analysis of Side 2 and the Reshuffled tracklisting (The Anals and The Buttholes)
51.28: The 2nd instrumental - Musical Death (A Dirge): a dedication to Cliff Burton (RIP)/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY/Drop us a line, write us a letter, give us some kudos and commendments (and condiments, if you like), purchase some swag (we might have a loincloth/pasta partnership in the works…stay tuned), and help grow the GLOBAL Metal Nerdery Syndicate!!! metalnerdery.com/merch
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
Thursday Nov 28, 2019
As 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 UCR’s “100 Metal Facts You Might Not Have Known” list and chew the fat, as well as discuss some of our own personal metal factoids that weren’t on the list and (as always) indulge in some general Metal Nerdery hysterious hilarity that will leave you feeling just like you would at the end of a Pantera show: satiated and happy.
Be sure to check out UltimateClassicRock.com’s “100 Metal facts you might not have known”
https://ultimateclassicrock.com/metal-facts/
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00.00: Intro/Announcements, Plagiarism, RE-commendments and RE-condiments/ Metal Nerdery Listicle Review: UltimateClassicRock.com 100 Metal facts you might not have known
04.17: YES!/Black Sabbath’s first album cover (which is eviler?)/Metal Massacre mistake (#backshadowing)/Black Sabbath, gangs, Dio and SHARON!!/Dime, BMX, and “RAD!”/#softintro
10.41: Encoded Iron Maiden album art/breeder of WHAT!?/The word is herpetologist (WHAT!?) / Best In Show/#facelocks and Show Snakes/Black Label Society and Zakk Wylde
14.27: Cliff Burton interestingness/Whaddya mean “Raising Awareness…”?/Judas Priest and American Idol/Dana Strum, Ozzy and KISS/the word is: afthand/The Legendary Lore of Lemmy
19.14: Cannibal Corpse and a yardful of holes and traps/System of a Down and Slayer (EXTREME kudos and commendments to System of a Down (S.O.A.D).…and of course, also to Slayer because…DUH! (FUCKING SLAYER!!!)/Rob Zombie vs White Zombie and the phases of artistry/Thrash Metal love triangle/ ultimateclassicrock.com/metal-facts /Whaddya mean!?!?/Phil Anselmo and Anton Crowley
24.53: Testament, Deftones and family ties/back to backshadowing?/EARLY Iron Maiden (which one is Ace?)/Olde Faece/Ozzy and the kid on the cover of “Diary of a Madman”
29.10: Tool, Mantra and “squeezing”/This Is Spinal Tap: 11 out of 10 stars/Wait! GWAR and…Circuit City?/some Ghost lore/how do you forget about breaking your neck!?/The Black Sabbath of MMA/Marty “Weird Al” Friedman (?) and the world of Japanese Television Hostmanship/S.O.A.D. and Vartan the badass
37.03: Avenged Sevenfold and Overkill mascot “debate”/ Schnitzel and Kreator (HAIL!)/Fear Factory and Nirvana connection/Meshuggah/Wait, WHAT!?/The life of a roadie
43.15: Morbid Angel, letters and math…and now NEW letters: Wait, how do you spell…?/Dream Theater and thrash band Meanstreak (ladies of thrash!)
46.30: Dimebag’s “David Allan Coe meets Elvis Presley meets Conway Twitty outta control and turned up to 11” 1969 helmet hair combover tribute (WTF!?)/ The New face of Metal Nerdery/Adam Jones, modern cinema and a brief tangential update about the new Terminator flick
50.10: Max Cavalera’s other “other” side project (Death Roar)/Metallica and Exodus and Kirk Hammett and riffs/Randy Blythe and “The Graves”/Glen Benton, Deicide and his “commitment issues”/Cannibal Corpse and School of Rock /Sleep’s Dopesmoker (aka Jerusalem) #foreshadowing/Geeoff T8 and Pantera
56.26: GWAR and Joan Rivers/Something tangentionally tangential: News Radio, Anthrax, Pantra?/Dan Spitz, Watch making and Switzerland/information about Bill Ward we didn’t need/Napalm Death and children
1.01.13: Anthrax State of Euphoria and MAD Magazine/Iron Maiden and Monty Python (fascinating!)/Chuck Schuldiner and taco stands/Conrad and Blackmetal Body Building/Judas Priest and The Simpsons/Sepultura and Motorhead tangentionally tangential/Napalm Death and The Guinness Book of World Records (get to the point FASTER!!)
1.05.25: Flotsam and Jetsam and J.R.R. Tolkien/Probot and Voivod artwork/a Metal Nerdery salute to George Lynch and guitar soloing and active volcanoes/Manowar and the Sacred Loincloths of Malta (which we will (hopefully) have a limited edition version of soon, which, when we get them, we’ll have them available at metalnerdery.com/merch)/Judas Priest and Sparkomatic/Black Sabbath’s trips to Number 1 (EXTREME kudos, commendments and condiments to Black Sabbath because BLACK SABBATH!!!!)/Milton Berle and RATT
1.10.23: W.A.S.P. and Spinal Tap/Behemoth and Nergel (#backshadow, #thenewsoftintro)/Manowar vs Twisted Sister (loincloths and mascara)/Black Sabbath and “Stonehenge”/Nicko McBrain and Number of the Beast video
1.15.15: Mercyful Fate and “Melissa”/Ozzy vs Dio/make a note: go back and listen to the Beast Album Dive for this next part/James Murphy and The Gathering (!?)…just listen as Sam Illiot announces technical difficulties/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!!
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Testament. 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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00.00: Intro/MNPSA/Testament: The Legacy (the beginning of the 2nd wave of The Big 4)/The eerie factor
05.55: The album cover and the story of the name change to Testament/Testament classic lineup
11.27: Alex Perialas (aka Alex Paralysis)/The album cover and production create the mystical badassery that is Testament
15.00: 04/21/1987: Atlantic Records (WEA)/ more from Alex Paralysis (solid thrash pedigree) including a band name that’s even more exciting than Exciter (Metal Nerdery Foreshadowing…)
18.37: Johnny and Marsha Zazula (HAIL!!! Kudos and commendments…and more Metal Nerdery foreshadowing…)/Tom Coyne’s masterful mastering mastery and the magic of “a different set of ears” (he also worked with Exciter!)
22.32: Metal Nerdery pop quiz moment that’s tangentionally tangential to Tom Coyne/The album artwork/ If there was a Big 5… #softintro
27.39: Chuck Billy: The Shaman of Metal (can you imagine…?)
30.38: The story of Testament’s label deal and Johnny Z
33.03: The Legacy track listing and Testament show memories
35.36: The technicality of the Testament sound and the progression of the next wave of The Big 4
38.26: The tracks: Over The Wall/a true Chuck Billy Shaman story/This episode brought to you by…
42.47: The Haunting (engage spooky factor)/going off on being tangentionally accentuated
45.55: Burnt Offerings (more evil evility)/glorious thrash perfection!/COTLOD (2.5 minutes of brutal brutality!)/A perfect John Carpenter movie title (Curse of the Legions of Death)
51.37: Moving to side 2 of the cassette and the tracking (tapes vs CD’s)/First Strike is Deadly/ foreshadowing pun and getting shutdown (by buttholes)
55.40: Do or Die (could that riff BE any faster!?)
58.55: Alone in the Dark (continuing with the creepy, mystical vibe)/The Loincloth of “Destiny Unknown” (coming soon at www.metalnerdery.com/merch)
01.01.31: Apocalyptic City/Texodustament/Kudos and Condiments/a Sauce, or a rub?
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Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
The 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 the most incredibly important metal albums of all time.
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00.00: Intro/ (Yes, we agree) Metal Nerdery Album Dive: Pantera’s Vulgar Display of Power and the tour lead up to the album’s release/Master of Puppets of the 90’s
05.37: 02/25/1992: a New Level of Awesomeness!!!/Vinnie Paul’s drum production and the interplay of Vinnie and Dime/ (It’s moving…)/Accentuate
10.56: Singles from Vulgar Display of Power/Pantera’s Roadhouse Blues
13.40: 09/28/1991: GO WATCH PANTERA LIVE IN MOSCOW!! (Domination and Primal Concrete Sledge)/Making a quantum leap in almost every way
16.02: Origin of the album title and the punch in the face/The Pantera Home Videos
20.02: Leading up to the release of Vulgar and the video for Mouth For War/the proliferation of Walk and Dime’s message of Metal/Dime just threw something out in 12/8 time (huh!?)/Foreshadowing…/More foreshadowing…
25.12: Piss (04/12/2012) and “What’s in a Riff Casserole?”/Who DID Pantera NOT get along and/or tour with!?/Pantera with White Zombie opening and the treatment of opening bands
32.32: Double Platinum! (Also Platinum in Austria!)/ Not enough anesthesia…/Best Heavy Metal album of 1992 (and a multitude of other listicles)
36.09: Mouth for War and Pantera’s epical album openers! /The first “True” Pantera album of the Pantera Era
39.45: A New Level/The Nuances between riffs
42.42: Walk (in 12/8): Dime is a genius: easily The Rifflord of The 90’s/ (future Metal Nerdery foreshadowing)
46.18: 1, 2, 3, 4… (FUCKING HOSTILE!!!!)/There’s something to a very clearly articulated message (Thank you for that, Phil!)
49.12: This Love (those riffs…)/Pantera’s epicus/the 2nd side of VDoP (deeper cuts…do you hear that?)/tour memories
55.50: Cue up the Celtic Frost, get a refill and RISE!!/A Pantera show: it’s organic; it moves as one!!/Metal Nerdery gives many gracious thanks to Pantera for coming to Atlanta so many times back in the 90’s!!!!/and we also give thanks and commendments to Dorothy/The guys listen to RISE while Matt was “Celtic Frosting”
59.53: No Good Attack the Radical (Pantera Prerequisite #1)/the magic of Dime/Milley’s new pasta recipe for the fall
1.03.03: Live in a Hole, Dime and The Cringe Chord (aka Stinky)
1.05.27: Regular People (Conceit) and Rex’s Big Beefy Bassy Bottom end/Reinventing the Steel Tour Memories
1.08.58: Adam’s exception to the 10 song rule/By Demons Be Driven and The Mule Riff/Dime: Riff Lord AND Riff Virtuoso
1.11.21: Hollow and an Extreme Pantera-ized version of Light and Shade/Summon the Thimble Master!
1.17.30: Pantera’s use of dynamics to build crushing riffs/Metal Nerdery Salutes Pantera (More Metal Nerdery Foreshadowing…a Pantera Megasode!!)/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT THE METAL NERDERY!!!/(The Metal Nerdery Loincloths are still in the design phase; go to www.metalnerdery.com/merch for more modern alternatives to loincloths.)