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  • #373 Venom Into Oblivion Album Review: A Fitting Farewell to Cronos

    #373 Venom Into Oblivion Album Review: A Fitting Farewell to Cronos
    2026/10/15
    “It sucks that he’s gone, but what a legacy!” The recent passing of VENOM bassist & frontman Conrad “Cronos” Lant came as an unexpected shock, especially given the recent release of INTO OBLIVION, the 16th and final album from the godfathers of extreme metal and undoubtedly the most well produced and best sounding album in the band’s discography. Released May 1, 2026, and featuring all of the signature elements that VENOM fans would expect, INTO OBLIVION sounds modern without sounding dated and maintains the themes & imagery of darkness and evil that have been the band’s calling card for nearly half a century. Prepare to hear us butcher the name of Hurricane Isaias, get ready to brush up on your Latin skills, and find out why your VENOM friends were always scarier (and much cooler) than your other friends when you JOIN US as we celebrate the legacy of Cronos and dive deep INTO OBLIVION. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “In the middle of the night…” “It is a windy rainy Saturday…it’s very gloomy & doomy & Halloweeny…” “Remnants of Hurricane Isaias…” “That ain’t right…that ain’t what they said on The Weather Channel…” (NOTE: Isaias means “Yahweh is salvation…God saves…” #BibleStudyASMR) “We were blessed by not getting blown…away…” “A lot of high-pitched talking around here…” / #markthetime “Riff Lifter might be my new favorite band concept / band name…” “Can’t we just start the Sabbath Fuzzy Sabbath?” #SabbathFuzzySabbath #SmaugMountain #RiffLifters #AndAssociates ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised*** “Did you just crack your knuckles?” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST*** “Very excited that we have a new button…” / #NewButtonAlert (04:30): ***PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** “Wait a minute…he said ‘we’ve got Phil’…we’ve got a new Phil…that’s not even Phil, that’s Phillip…man…” / “Speaking of Norvyn, I’ve got a good video that he sent…” ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** #InhumanCondition GODZILLA (Panic Prayer – 2023) #musicvideo #BlueOysterCult / “What is that, a T-Rex? It’s GODZILLA…with a mustache.” ***VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** “Unless you’ve got Saudi money…” “It’s gonna get to the point that we’re gonna have to do a whole voicemail episode…” (12:30): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: VENOM – INTO OBLIVION “Russ didn’t know that Cronos (recently) passed away…” #Venom #Cronos #ConradCronosLant #RestInPeace #RestInPower #RIP (NOTE: The Venom - Inside the Metal episode was released in October 2025) Into Oblivion is Venom’s 16th album and was released May 1, 2026. “The Venom friends were always scarier…and they can smoke in their room, too.” #RussellsReflectionsVenomEdition #TheGate “I’m hoping that this is like the latest Pentagram record (in terms of the songs and the production) …” (19:04): INTO OBLIVION “That’s some good produced double bass…that’s what Witching Hour needs…” “That’s actually a perfect mix…its good, and it sounds like Venom…” “Imagine giving Black Metal this (production) treatment…” “It sounds modern, it doesn’t sound dated…” NOTE: It’s NOT 2023…it’s 2026! (“Why did I say 2023?”) (21:47): LAY DOWN YOUR SOUL “If their older records sounded like this…oh man!” “Callback to Witching Hour…it’s almost like a reboot of Witching Hour…” “That’s a pretty rad solo…” Cronos – Bass, Rage – Guitars, Dante – Drums “It’s a good mix but it still sounds like a Venom recording…” (25:19): NEVERMORE “Ahhh…Edgar Allan Poe…” / #TheRaven “It’s like dark victory metal…” “Cowbell? I thought I heard a cowbell…” “His voice is so fucking metal…it’s not pretty, but you like hearing it…it just fits.” “So far, this is not disappointing me at all…this might be my 2nd new favorite discovery of 2026…after Psycroptic…” (27:54): MAN & BEAST “That sounds like Viking metal…” / “I hear ‘S-T’…” “What are they tuned to? That’s gotta be tuned down something fierce…” “I want to look up the tuning for that…it’s a basic chug…it sounds dark and menacing and…metal.” (29:43): DEATH THE LEVELLER “It’s very Motorhead-y…very early Venom, too…” “They’ve been around so long ...
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  • #372 1976: Year in Metal (50 Years Later) — AC/DC, Rush, KISS, Judas Priest & More

    #372 1976: Year in Metal (50 Years Later) — AC/DC, Rush, KISS, Judas Priest & More
    2026/10/08
    1976. The year of the American Bicentennial. The year that brought us “The Tale of Two Steves” (Jobs & Wozniak) who created the Apple Computer Company, Evel Knievel who successfully jumped 7 Greyhound Buses at the Kingdome in Seattle, and Bruce Jenner who took home the gold in the men’s decathlon at the Summer Olympics in Montreal. 1976 was all about being “on the train to Bangkok” and getting “super Asian” (so to speak) in your buddy’s Trans Am before catching The Song Remains The Same at the Midnight Movies. It was the year that brought us Kansas’ progressive “pre-metal” breakthrough masterpiece, Leftoverture, the year of not one but two (count ‘em, TWO!) KISS releases in the same year, and also the year that brought us perhaps the strangest and most misunderstood Black Sabbath album of the 1970’s. Fast forward fifty years to 2026. America is now a quarter of a millennium old, and since 1976, we’ve gone from albums to 8-tracks…to cassettes…to compact discs…to streaming…and now BACK to albums, cassettes, and CD’s again, with music consumers and die-hard music fans enjoying a bit of a renaissance as they rediscover the joy of purchasing physical media and reading the lyric sheet & taking in the vibe of the album art all while listening to the music and being simultaneously transported to a completely different time and dimension…specifically, 1976. Get ready for the weirdest question EVER from the world’s biggest KISS fan, understand why front AND back album art is so important, find out who James Hetfield’s long lost uncle probably might be, discover the endless joy of finding a “project band” (regardless if you’re from “Lebanon…Libya…or Lisbon”), and prepare for the most gloriously orchestrated “palette cleanser” you’ve ever experienced when you JOIN US as we go back to the 70’s and revisit the hard rock and pre-metal glory days of the CLASS OF 1976. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes & Time Stamps (00:01): “And we’re back…the biggest bailout in all of Metal Nerdery history…”/ “So, we just found out a neat little bit of history here…” The mystery regarding the back album cover of AC/DC’s Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Basically, the people are redacted on the back album cover but the eyeball redaction black bars from the front album cover are still in the same place as the people were on the front.) NOTE: Technical Ecstasy is the 7th Black Sabbath album, NOT their 6th album…their sixth album is Sabotage. ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** “Everything is different than everything…” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST LOCATED IN THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast “Who’s Lee?” (08:02): METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: 1976 – YEAR IN METAL “It’s ½ a century of metal…and rock (pre-metal) …metal wasn’t really a thing in 1976…not like it was in the 80’s…” / “During the year of America’s bicentennial…now we’re a quarter of a millennium years old…” “It’s kind of a rewind episode…” / “I’m googling I’m not looking at porn on my phone…” “If you put your ’76 hat on, what’s the top Billboard (song)…the Billboard Top 100?” #Billboard “Wait…did you say Eric Cartman?”/ #allbymyself / “You’ve gotta admit, Slow Ride is a bad ass song!”/ “That’s kinda pretty close to what I said…” (14:25): “What about Wheeler’s song?” #ACDC SQUEALER (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – 1976) “This sounds like stripper music to me...” “Sorry, I had to swallow…I love this part…” “She said she’d never been…never been balled before…and I don’t think…she’ll ever ball no more…fixed her good…” “You can’t listen to that and be sad…” (18:42): “That’s probably one of THE heaviest Aerosmith songs I think…” “Testament would have KILLED Back In The Saddle…” #Aerosmith BACK IN THE SADDLE (Rocks – 1976) “That just sounds kind of ominous…this might be one of my favorite Aerosmith songs…” “Listen to that bass, dude…that’s gnarly!” / “Suki…” “It’s the chorus and that bass for me, that’s what gets it…” “This is Guns ‘N’ Roses before Guns ‘N’ Roses…” “Southern metal is the next iteration of your Molly Hatchets and your Lynyrd Skynyrd…it’s just heavier…” (23:05): “Hot take...
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  • #371 Black Sabbath — Technical Ecstasy Album Review: 50 Years of the Most Divisive Sabbath Record

    #371 Black Sabbath — Technical Ecstasy Album Review: 50 Years of the Most Divisive Sabbath Record
    2026/10/01
    “Was it as good as The First Six? No…” Released on September 25, 1976 (exactly 4 years to the day after the release of Vol. 4), TECHNICAL ECSTASY, the 7th album by the mighty BLACK SABBATH, is one of the most mysterious, polarizing, and perhaps confusing albums from the legendary Ozzy Osbourne era of the band. First of all, the album cover depicts two robots having a fling and exchanging “lubricants” with each other on an escalator; a pretty massive departure from the darker album art featured on any of The First Six albums. And then there’s the track listing, which is almost as bizarre and mysterious as the album art. Depending on which version of the album you have, Side 2 might actually be Side 1…or it might not be. So, if this feels like a Mandela Effect moment to you, then you’re not wrong. “Does it need to be part of the Sabbath canon? Yes.” Sonically, TECHNICAL ECSTASY is a far more experimental and rock and roll version of Sabbath than any other album in their discography, and yet somehow seems strangely out of sequence relative to The First Six. In fact, the more experimental, progressive sound found on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (which, in and of itself, is quite a departure from the darker, heavier sound of The First Four) almost seems like a more natural predecessor to TECHNICAL ECSTASY than Sabotage. Either way, it IS part of Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne history and given the 50th anniversary of its release (and, ironically, the 5th anniversary of the Steven Wilson Remix which was released on October 1, 2021), we felt it necessary to give this album another spin and see if we could figure out what we’ve been missing all these years. “That’s a perfect name for that song…they could have called it “It’s Not Bad” …” Get ready for a spicy “hot take” that we did not see coming, understand what’s about to happen whenever you hear the “kung fu flute” from out of nowhere, remember to “write it down, so it’s in writing”, and just know that “when he says ‘I mean, come on’…you know” it’s time to JOIN US as we revisit BLACK SABBATH’s enigmatic 7th album: TECHNICAL ECSTASY. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “You know what time of year it is, right? It’s my horror movie season…” #RussellsReflections #moviereview #HouseOf1000Corpses #RobZombie (“Doctor Satan?”) / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** “Gotta case of the shaky leg over there?” “I would love to have Elvis Presley on this podcast…” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST AND THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** “Fun fact: I saw some crazy story where a guy…coughed up a blood clot from his lungs that was intact…it looked like the innards of his lungs, and he just coughed it up…”/ “There’s a serial killer in Austin…they call him ‘The Riverside’…something…” (“The Riverside Grinder…?”) “I wonder if Grindr got the idea from Judas Priest’s “Grinder” …” / #right #tobefair (06:45): ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** “They’re both unisex names…or are they polyamorous names? Or trans names?” #onmicburp / “There’s gonna be a burp master remix…a club mix…”/ ***VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182 ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram & #TikTok *** “I remember that from Henry Rollins…” (10:10): “If you want to send us your shit-tah, you can email it to us and WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-TAH!!!” #Suspended BEAST WITHIN (Hollowed Minds – 2015) / “That does NOT match the album we’re gonna talk about today…” “He likes his snuff porn…” / #authenticity (13:33): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PRESENTS: BLACK SABBATH – TECHNICAL ECSTASY “There’s a LOT of cokelines on this one…almost all the cokelines for almost all the songs…” “I think it might sound more like Sabbath Bloody Sabbath than we think…SBS has got some elements of this…mixed into some of the songs…” “Sometimes I just like to be told I’m right…” “You could never find (Technical Ecstasy) at the record store…” / #tobefair “Did you do that on purpose?” (re: first Sabbath purchases…in order) “You’ve seen American Psycho, right? Then don’t talk shit about Huey Lewis…” / Released on September 25, 1976 (released 4 years to the ...
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  • #370 Anthrax — Cursum Perficio Album Review: The Decade-Long Wait Is Over

    #370 Anthrax — Cursum Perficio Album Review: The Decade-Long Wait Is Over
    2026/09/24
    A lot can happen in a decade… If you go back to 2016 and mention the terms “TikTok” or “AI Slop” in casual conversation, nobody will have any idea what you’re talking about, mainly because TikTok had just launched and the AI Slop that we’ve all come to know and loathe was still a few years away from becoming a nightmarish reality. Released September 18, 2026, CURSUM PERFICIO, the 12th studio album by New York thrash veterans ANTHRAX, represents the band’s first new music since 2016’s For All Kings and a return to the world of metal with easily the most unusual album title and bizarre album artwork of their entire catalog. To be fair, one shan’t judge an album by its name or its artwork alone. CURSUM PERFICIO has a nice variety of old school “ThrashThrax” moments mixed in with darker, heavier tracks that would sound right at home on Persistence of Time or Among The Living. And just to make your brain numb with wonder, there’s one track with such complex time signature changes that it literally sounds as mind boggling as imagining “if math was a color”. Overall, it’s a grower, and while it does contain elements from their entire back catalog in terms of sound, there is a unique sonic quality present that properly defines ANTHRAX here and now, in the mid 2020’s. The songs have a deceptively streamlined flow to them that are lean on riffs yet potent in their arrangement and delivery. Basically, if you’re an Anthrax fan, you’re going to enjoy this album. And if CURSUM PERFICIO is your very first Anthrax experience, then you have a long, enjoyable journey ahead of you to go back through their entire discography to see how everything fits into the content and context of this album. Hear one of the most appreciated listener appreciation voicemails we’ve ever received, discover our pick for “album of the decade”, find out how “gray haired loads” can instantly transform any casual conversation into something altogether disgusting, discover our new “Patreon After Dark” that’s exclusively available “in the middle of the night”, and just know that Mike Tyson’s pronunciation of this album is the proper way to say it when you JOIN US in the Bunkerpoon Center For Metal Excellence as we give a listen to CURSUM PERFICIO. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “I’ll try one more Elvis…” / “Why does my side always look…like I’ve pee’d in formation?” / “It’s like fingerpainting…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** This Episode’s Clinky of the Episode, brought to us by Elvis Midnight Snack: peanut, banana, bacon flavored whiskey ***PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** “That’s extra…that’s the Patreon After Dark…that’s $20 a month AND a happy ending…” “For $20 a month I meet even show my butthole…in the middle of the night…”/ “We’ve gotten so much mileage out of that…”/ “There will be a button next time…” (04:11): ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok *** ***CALL US & VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** #AppreciationCall #ThankYou #BlessYou #CanadianJason / “To be fair…”/ “This is why the Bunkerpoon Center for Metal Excellence is the place to be…it lifts the spirits…” “He lives right in the middle of Letterkennyville…are the women THAT hot!? Is that real or is that fabricated?” / #StrangeBrew #SCTV #TakeOff NOTE: Hoser means “a foolish or uncultivated person” (11:30): METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: ANTHRAX – CURSUM PERFICIO Latin for “I complete the course” or “I finish the journey” “That’s old timey morn right there…” / “(#MarilynMonroe) was a WOMAN, dude…”/ “Isn’t “Persistence of Memory” a Salvador Dali painting?” (NOTE: It is, in fact, a Salvador Dali painting) “It’s kinda reminiscent of Persistence of Time…” (15:00): PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY / THE LONG GOODBYE “Very classic metal…I’m getting like an Iron Maiden vibe…” “That’s a cool opener…somehow (The Long Goodbye) has more Track 2 energy…” “You think (Mike) spells (his last name) with a ‘TH’?” (19:12): IT’S FOR THE KIDS “See, THAT should have been the opener, right? It’s got more of an opening vibe to it…” “On the last (song) and this one, I was getting the Among The Living sound…” (21...
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  • #369 Pantera — Death Match: Vulgar Display of Power vs Far Beyond Driven

    #369 Pantera — Death Match: Vulgar Display of Power vs Far Beyond Driven
    2026/09/17
    It’s DEATH MATCH season again, and it’s time to take two of the very best PANTERA albums and make them battle it out in the Bunkerpoon Octagon, featuring 1992’s multi-platinum VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER against the 1994 Billboard Number 1 follow-up, FAR BEYOND DRIVEN. VULGAR was under construction throughout the band’s relentless tour for Cowboys From Hell in the states and following their legendary performance at the Monsters of Rock show in Moscow at Tushino airfield in 1991 in front of more than a million people after the fall of the Soviet Union. Possessing a far heavier, angrier, and potent sound than its predecessor, VULGAR had just raised the bar for metal and perfected the power groove metal sound that began on Cowboys. DRIVEN, much like VULGAR, progressed forward in the same fashion, with a much more aggressive production quality and a sound that is effectively the hairier, darker, and uglier follow up to Vulgar with just as much of a beautifully brutal assault on the senses, not to mention an exponentially more intense album cover (NO, not THAT one! The OTHER one…but also…definitely THAT one, for sure!) It’s time to throw down the gauntlet and unleash hell in the Bunkerpoon Octagon, because the time has come to pass judgment and “there can be only one” to reign victorious. So “take your shoes off if you need to” and “get your Book of Sevens out” before you JOIN US to find out THE WINNER of this PANTERA HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH, featuring two of the finest back-to-back Terry Date produced albums in metal history: VULGAR DISPLAY OF POWER & FAR BEYOND DRIVEN. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “That’s the noise I make…” / “Have y’all seen the Chick-Fil-A Chicken & Waffle thing?” / “I love The Lord’s chicken…but their biscuits aren’t good… / #ChickFilA “As long as we’re talking shit about fast food…”/ #BK #chickennuggets “Cats, Rats, & Bats Value Menu…” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** “That was Bill…about 35 years ago…” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE AND THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “I did get the spicy (sandwich)…that’s the move…” (05:20): ***PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** “This episode is gonna feature some SHITTAH sent to us by the band…this band is called Maidenhead…” #EPK #bandcamp “I saw that name and immediately thought of an Iron Maiden cover band…” “Matthew promised he’d be totally respectful…maybe not ‘totally’ respectful…” #Maidenhead KILL OR BE KILLED - feat. Chris Poland (Maximum Clonage – 2026) “It’s gotta be after the breakdown…solos kinda go after a breakdown…” “(Chris Poland’s) sound is very distinct…”/ “All of our followers in Bangladesh are gonna love this…it’s like our 2nd biggest market…” “Australia likes eccentric stuff…eccentric is a fancier way of saying stupid and sophomoric…” (13:40): ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com ***GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** “Dude, that’s fistworthy…let’s do it.” / “Sorry, 4th wall, dude…” NOTE: Big Hairy Elephant (aka Mastodon) actually played a surprise “secret show” at The Earl in Atlanta, Georgia on 09/11/2026 (17:43): “Take your get ready pills…NOW…He’s ready…he’s primed.” METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS THE PANTERA HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH – Vulgar VS Driven #PanterA #VulgarDisplayOfPower #FarBeyondDriven #DeathMatch “Let’s start with the (album) covers…” “Who is getting punched in the face there?” (“It looks like Geoff Tate from Queensryche…”) “Here’s my vocal addendum about Far Beyond Driven…the original cover is WAY more graphic…look at THAT! That’s like Metal Up Your Ass times a thousand!” “It’s still the pooper…are they holding the cheeks apart?” What’s YOUR vote for the best cover? / Both albums produced by Terry Date / Vulgar – released in 1992, Driven – released in 1994 / “So…before we start: which album do you like better?” / #markthetime “(Vulgar) sounds classic…to us.” / “As we say this…just thinking about it…I have a feeling…” (27:15): MOUTH FOR WAR “(The guitar) sounds like a fucking saw…it’s always sounded like a saw, to me…that slide…”...
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  • #368 Mastodon — Marrow Deep Album Review: Atlanta's Own Returns

    #368 Mastodon — Marrow Deep Album Review: Atlanta's Own Returns
    2026/09/10
    Very few bands in the history of recorded music have managed to maintain the same lineup for as long as Atlanta, Georgia’s own progressive metal titans, MASTODON. After Brent Hinds’ departure from the band in 2025 and the tragic permanence of his untimely demise which followed just a few months later, it seemed that after 25 years the band which Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders had launched with Hinds was finished. Thankfully, the remaining three were able to transmute their tragedy into a new era for the band by introducing two new members (Nick Johnston on guitar & João Nogueira on keyboards) and crafting one of the most powerful comeback albums of all time with MARROW DEEP, the band’s 9th studio album and perhaps one of their most well rounded and progressive albums to date. There are so many layers to this album that it’s nigh impossible to digest it all in one single listen. With familiar sonic textures, elements, and themes that span all the way through the band’s catalog (from Remission to Hushed and Grim) combined with the contributions of Nick Johnston and João Nogueira, MARROW DEEP possesses an almost darker, 70’s flavored progressive quality, making the album a mountaintop moment for “Mastodon 2.0” and resulting in one of the finest and most sophisticated albums of the band’s career. Buckle up and get ready to find out which disgusting sounding form of hydration is actually “closer to broth”, always remember that releasing an album on 9/11 will ensure that you “never forget”, and prepare for a reading from “The Book of Sevens” when you JOIN US as we dive into what may very well be a contender for Album of the Year with MARROW DEEP from MASTODON. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes & Time Stamps: (00:01): “Which do you think is grosser? Boiled egg water…OR…hot dog water?”/ “It’s closer to broth…” / #inthemiddleofthenight / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** “I have a new problem…gunt sweat…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST IN THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** (05:04): “Can I speak upon the Zombie shirt?” #RussellsReflections #RobZombie / “I’m gonna give you guys a quick review…” #RobZombie #MarilynManson #Orgy / “He sounded good…his voice was great…I mean it was never good, but…you know what I mean?” #FreaksOnParade (14:14): ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram & #TikTok (“Where everything is going vaginal…”) *** ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com or GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #inthemiddleofthenight with #AmericanDave (17:22): ***WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-TAH!!!*** #TheFierceAndTheDead (Regional Theater – September 11, 2026) / #NeverForget / SHAKE HANDS AND EXIT / “That’s a great time to release an album, too, because people NEVER forget when they get something on September the 11th…” (21:20): ***METAL NERDERY PRESENTS: MASTODON – MARROW DEEP*** #Mastodon #MarrowDeep / “It doesn’t suck, you just grew out of it, it’s not your thing, or they moved on without you…” / “It still sounds like Mastodon, but it’s got some 70’s/retro vibes…”/ “If you like Mastodon, you’ll like this. This is Mastodon 2.0…”/ New members: Nick Johnston (guitar) João Noguiera (keyboards) Some special guests: Neil Fallon, Josh Homme, Geezer Butler, Joe Duplantier Produced by Kurt Ballou (Converge) and Patrik Berger (24:42): BARBARIANS BLOOD “The lyrics…(are) a lot about loss…and tragedy…” (28:16): “The next one opens with a clip from The River’s Edge…”/ POISONOUS WEAPONS “And I felt so FUCKING ALIVE!!!”/ “It’s progressive but it has a 70’s vibe to it…”/ “All hail the weakest link!”/ “I love the midrange guitars…without the scoop…”/ #inyourface (31:11): “What’s with The Book of Sevens?”/ #Wheelerglyphics / ***If you’re wondering where the 7’s reference comes from, go check out our Instrumentals episode…*** / #imgonnasendyouafile “This was the first single…” / YOUR GHOST AGAIN / “Constantly reminded how good I’m not…how do they come up with that?”/ “They’re riff shamans…”/ “(Mastodon) have been the same lineup for 20 plus years…” (34:10): “How about some SNAKES FOR DINNER? This one has some (Mr.) Josh Homme ...
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  • #367 S.O.D. — Speak English or Die: The Crossover Thrash Album That Started It All

    #367 S.O.D. — Speak English or Die: The Crossover Thrash Album That Started It All
    2026/09/03
    In early July 1985, ¾ (or 75%) of the “Fistful of Metal” era of Anthrax (Charlie Benante, Scott Ian, and Dan Lilker) joined Billy Milano in the studio to form the legendary crossover thrash band S.O.D. (aka STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH) and in less than one week, recorded and mixed one of the most notoriously hilarious thrash albums of all time, SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE. In the highly unlikely event that you’re thinking “I don’t think I’ve ever heard of S.O.D…”, just think back to the good old days of Headbangers Ball in the late 80’s, with all of the vintage black and white film footage of trains slamming into each other head on, rodeos gone wrong, cars crashing, and failed BMX stunts. The bumper music that was the soundtrack to all of that visual chaos was actually from SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE. If you’re going to Rocklahoma this year, please be sure to stop by Camp Corruption and say “High” for us, get fully and properly relaxed, and then prepare to “blast ABBA in the middle of the night” before you JOIN US for a walk down metal memory lane as we celebrate one of the finest, rawest, and funniest albums in thrash metal history as we attempt to SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE talking about STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast (00:01): “Pepper cream gravy…it’s perfect (on a steak).” / “A little salt, a little pepper, a little garlic (on a steak) …”/ “You can take the garlic and shove it in the steak before you grill it…”/ “I love food…I think food is my new porn…the other day I had a weird craving for mashed potatoes and gravy…brown gravy.”/ “Let’s do halfsies…in the interest of health…”/ #onmicburp / “That was wet…that might have had a little gravy in there…” / “Speaking of which, we didn’t see any party gravy the other night at the show…that’s a big difference from the old days…”/ Remember to keep your pregaming to a minimum before the show so you can actually enjoy (and remember) the show the next day. ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** (03:45): “You know what I’d like to do? I’d like to talk about cocaine enemas and blasting #ABBA in the middle of the night…” Big thanks to American Dave for the soundbite of the year!!! / #inthemiddleofthenight ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST IN THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** “It’s a Friday night…we’re all dressed up appropriately for a metal Friday…it’s like a combination of Headbanger’s Ball and Friday Night Videos wrapped into one, but it’s a podcast.” JOIN US on any and/or all of the following platforms and/or modes of social media and communication: ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Instagram #Facebook & #TikTok *** ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com *** ***VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** “Hey metal motherfuckers!” Marty Fucking Moose is headed to #Rocklahoma so be sure to be on the lookout for him there at Camp Corruption!!! #CampCorruption at #Rocklahoma “We need y’all to help us out and send Russell, Billiam, and Matthew to Rocklahoma so we can put pasties on breastesses…” ***Check out our Metallica Covers episode…*** (May 10, 2024) “Did you guys know there’s a Fight Fire With Fire by Kansas? Obviously, it’s NOT the same one…”/ #Vader FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE (Necropolis – 2009) (14:30): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH (S.O.D.) – SPEAK ENGLISH OR DIE #SOD #StormtroopersOfDeath #SpeakEnglishOrDie / “To be fair, American Dave was referring to an older episode that we did (and we recommend highly that you DO NOT go back and listen to it!) …it was during COVID, it was before Russ…Adam was remote and we were watching him on a screen…it was very surreal.”/ “The funniest thing about this record…other than everything…”/ Recorded July 2-5, 1985 / “It’s Spreading The Disease but less produced…that’s what Speak English or Die is…”/ “We were reading the lyrics, real time, as we were listening to the songs (on the prior S.O.D. episode) …” “(Sargent D): Like Captain America…but way better.” “(Sargent D) was like the dude in Full Metal Jacket but with a cigar in his mouth…or a blunt…or bolth.” “We said it at the same time…let’s fist bump, dude…it’s like two towers at the same time…”/ #alwaysremember #neverforget / ...
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  • #366 Down Helmet STRAP IT DOWN TOUR Concert Review

    #366 Down Helmet STRAP IT DOWN TOUR Concert Review
    2026/08/27
    “On a scale of 1 to 5 Honks, how many Honks would you give it…for their performance at the show?” The STRAP IT DOWN TOUR (featuring Spirit In The Room, Helmet, and Down) kicked off in relentlessly heavy fashion on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at The Eastern in Atlanta, Georgia, and we made our way down into the heart of the city to experience opening night firsthand, in the flesh. “I don’t wanna say anything off-putting…” The turnout was incredible, the venue was awesome, and the whole vibe of the entire evening was perfectly dialed in, with merch lines resembling what one might see at an amusement park and well-rehearsed, tight performances from each of the bands that were delivered loud and crystal clear (yet “not necessacelery” so loud that we were all “screaming at each other and not listening”), with the final crescendo of the evening being a massive jam that can only be described as “controlled chaos” as EVERYONE in the first two bands took the stage and proceeded to jam with Down on the outro to “Bury Me In Smoke” until the riffs and the grooves left everyone with a contact high. “Man, I hate those things!” Get ready for a taste of the brand-new DOWN tune, Blood Oath, remember why you should NEVER put your concert shirts in the dryer after you wash them, discover why being ultra “relaxed” is the only way to EVER travel in a Waymo, and get ready for some BONUS concert reflections worth its weight in Honks when you JOIN US as we share our post-game wrap-up of the first night of the STRAP IT DOWN TOUR! Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: metalnerdery@gmail.com Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast (00:01): “Getting more exercise in one night than I’ve had in 5 years…”/ #TheEastern / “Dude, I was really, really concerned…bro turned so red…” / #HailTheLeaf / “The cop and the Waymo thing was probably my favorite part of the night…” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “That is dericious…” / “We are 6 days after…almost a week to the day…” / “Hey…note where the letters start and stop…these are my nips…perfectly engineered shirt…that’s what we’re talking about today…” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST IN THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** “Someone saw this shirt and thought it said ‘Doom’…and I’m like ‘Well you’re not wrong…’…” / “I think I have too many hats…but hats are a good thing to have…”/ #snapback / “I asked for both of them in 2XL…” / #dontdryconcertshirts / “It’s not the washing, it’s the drying…” / “That (Down) long sleeve…that thing’s roomy…”/ “We don’t do the beer of the episode much anymore...but this is the Allagash Haunted House Hoppy Dark Ale, 6.6%ABV and there’s a 6-pack of cans in there… #666 (06:43): ***PATREON US AT patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Or they get sick of you talking about June…”/ “I’d like to stuff June Cleaver’s beaver…”/ “Bring the hair back…we miss it.” / #TheScience / ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #Facebook #TikTok #Instagram & #YouTube / EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com and VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** (12:00): “In the spirit of this show, this particular episode…” / “It’s tuned down to C standard…” / #Down #VolumeV #DownV BLOOD OATH (Volume V – 2026) / “You know that rehearsal space is LOUD!”/ “There’s one part there, right before the chorus…it reminded me of ‘The Small Hours’…” (from Garage Days Re-Revisited) (18:51): #TheDocket / STRAP IT DOWN TOUR – (First show of the Tour) in Atlanta, Georgia on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at The Eastern (Spirit In The Room, Helmet, & DOWN) / “We did get a lot of goodness…basically we got the first album…and then Lyrsergik and Ghosts Along The Mississippi…”/ “To kick off a tour, that’s not a bad way to warm up…since that’s where it all started… (with NOLA)” / The rooftop bar and stage TV & viewing area at #TheEastern / “It’s like super ultra surround sound…”/ “We were upstairs initially when #SpiritInTheRoom started…”/ “I don’t wanna say anything off-putting…”/ “Okay, well then maybe it was a dude with tits…that’s totally fine.”/ “Uh, dude, I don’t know if you’ve noticed…we ALL have tits, dude…women just have the best ones…”/ “I think (Spirit In The Room) were playing through Helmet’s rigs…”/ #FryetteAmps #VHT / “It’...
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