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Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal

Tracey is a sentient prog metal algorithm composed of chicken blood and spreadsheets (@KloakaMetal), Ben is an oldhead with a penchant for nihilism, sludge, and bourbon (@BenDangerously), Dr. David Pizzo (@pizzohistorian) is a world-traveling scholar who bleeds thrash, and Dr. Gabriel Cooper (@lividlunch) when not reveling in a metalcore breakdown brings a plethora of death from the cavernous depths of his murder basement. Together they are just four metalheads giving their thoughts on bands and

music music commentary

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00:20:20

Conan, "Evidence of Immortality" (8/19/2022), Review

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2023/01/05

Metalheads! Ben was out for this week's recordings, but he still managed to inflict the fifth studio album of sludge doom by Conan. How will the rest of the crew respond to this brew?

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00:14:39

Viande, "L'abime dévore les âmes," (4/15/2022), Review

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2023/01/02

Metalheads!! Gabe brings more French metal for us to listen to with this debut album.

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01:18:42

Grab Bag 016: Big Four Albums we Haven't Reviewed Yet

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2022/12/31

Metalheads!! For our last drop of 2022, we decided to give you a grab bag of albums from the big four of thrash we hadn't reviewed. Metallica's "...And Justice for All," (1988) & "St. Anger," (2003); Megadeth, "The World Needs a Hero," (2001); and Slayer, "Hell Awaits," (1985). Happy New Years!!

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00:18:45

Tómarúm, "Ash in Realms of Stone Icons," (5/6/2022),...

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2022/12/29

Metalheads!! Progressive black metal, you say? Well, Tracey needed us to hear this debut from the Atlanta band Tómarúm.

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00:23:49

KMFDM, "HYËNA," (9/9/2022), Review

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2022/12/26

Metalheads!! David's stay in Germany is quickly coming to an end, but not before he unleashes the latest by industrial legends KMFDM on our ears.

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00:21:25

Megadeth, "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!"...

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2022/12/22

Metalheads!! Megadeth returned with a new lineup and a new record this year. Ben decided we needed it bounced off our dome.

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00:15:46

Strychnos, "A Mother's Curse," (11/4/2022), Review

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2022/12/19

Metalheads!! Gabe unleashes an album 25 years in the making Strychnos' "A Mother's Curse."

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00:15:00

Devin Townsend, "Lightwork," (11/4/2022), Review

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2022/12/15

Metalheads!! Devin Townsend released an album, Tracey heard the call in the dying cackle of a million chickens, and thus we must review it.

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00:16:23

Ingested, "Ashes Lie Still, (11/4/2022), Review

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2022/12/12

Metalheads!! David brings us a slab of death metal from a long-time UK outfit we were unfamiliar with, Ingested.

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00:49:41

Discography Blast 031: Every Time I Die

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2022/12/10

Metalheads! Are you ready? Gabe brings us a healthy slab of Buffalo metalcore with this discography breakdown of Every Time I Die. "Hot Damn!," (2003); "The Big Dirty," (2007); "From Parts Unknown," (2014); and "Low Teens," (2016).

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00:30:50

Disturbed, "Divisive," (11/18/2022), Review

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2022/12/08

Metalheads!! Ben takes the group down I-94 to Chicago to spin the latest from Disturbed.

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00:18:37

Ripped to Shreds, "劇變 (Jubian)," (10/14/22), Review

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2022/12/05

Metalheads! Gabe drags another impressive slab of death metal from the graveyard to his murder basement. With his pick for an album released in October, the third release from Ripped to Shreds.

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00:14:55

Psychonaut, "Violate Consensus Reality," (10/28/22),...

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2022/12/01

Metalheads! If you know Tracey, you knew this was coming. A selection of psychedelic post-metal (whatever that is, we debate it in the pod) courtesy of the Antwerp-based band.

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00:21:11

Lamb of God, "Omens," (10/7/22), Review

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2022/11/28

Metalheads! When the rumors of a new Lamb of God album began bubbling up from the soil of Richmond, it was only a matter of time until David picked it for his new release for us to review. Well, that day is here. Rejoice in "Omens."

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00:50:03

Grab Bag: Female Metal

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2022/11/26

Metalheads!! In this grab bag, we spin some albums by bands that are primarily comprised of women. L7, "Bricks are Heavy;" Drain STH, "Freaks of Nature;" Royal Thunder, "Wick;" and Derkéta, "In Death We Meet."

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00:16:53

Goatwhore, "Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven,"...

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2022/11/24

Metalheads!! Ben returns to his spiritual home and selects the latest from Goatwhore for his October new release pick.

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01:00:19

Discography Blast 030: Oomph!

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2022/11/24

Metalheads!! It is Thanksgiving here at your Church of Heavy Metal, and David serves up a heaping helping of Neue Deutsche Härte with an Oomph! Discography Blast. Spinning "Unrein," (1998); "Plastik," (1999); "Wahrheit oder Pflicht," (2004); and "Ritual," (2019).

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00:14:41

Phobophilic, "Enveloping Absurdity," (9/16/2022), Review

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2022/11/21

Metalheads!! We are enveloped by absurdity with Gabe's pick for an album released in September, the first from Phobophilic.

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00:14:48

Gaerea, "Mirage," (9/23/2022), Review

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2022/11/17

Metalheads!! Tracey's selection for an album released in September comes into view!

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00:23:18

Clutch, "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach," (9/16/22), Review

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2022/11/14

Metalheads!! David's September pick emerges from blood-dimmed tides on Slaughter Beach.

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