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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

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00:24:31

Bathory, "Under the Sign of the Black Mark," (1987),...

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/19

Metalheads!! The trinity is joined by Buck Thornton of Thunderous Voices to discuss a foundational album of the black metal genre. Bathory's third, Under the Sign of the Black Mark. "Hold high our banner black, the three flames in red Brothers and sisters!"

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00:23:52

The Ocean Collective, "Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic,"...

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/16

Metalheads!! We continue our dig through our planet's back history and the Berliner outfit The Ocean Collective's work. The 2018 album Phanerozoic I: Palaeozoic. How did it compare to the 2020 release?

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00:17:44

Kill Devil Hill, "KIll Devil Hill," (2012), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/12

Metalheads!! We head to Dr. Pizzo's old stomping grounds of North Carolina to check out this supergroup. Get a bottle of brown liquor and settle in.

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00:58:14

Discography Blast 005: Fear Factory

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/11

Metalheads! The machines have arisen again and continued their assault against all things flesh. With our discography blast of the almighty Fear Factory. We spin 1998's Obsolete, 2001's Digimortal, 2010's Mechanize, & 2015's Genexus. Come for the face blasting metal stay for the opinions.

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00:30:56

Carcass, "Heartwork," (1993), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/09

Metalheads!! This week we got some Heartwork done by Doctor's orders! The first pick from Dr. Pizzo the 1993 fourth studio album by British Metallers Carcass. The origin point for melodic death metal. We also get an Eddie Van Halen story involving Fred Durst.

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00:30:05

Cannibal Corpse, "Eaten Back to Life," (1990), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/05

Metalheads!! We travel down to Tampa to listen to the Buffalo band Cannibal Corpse's first studio album, Eaten Back to Life. This is one of the albums that defined the early Death Metal movement. Opinions were strong on this one.

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00:21:32

The Ocean Collective, "Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic |...

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/11/02

Metalheads! It is time for us to dive into Tracey's pick for an album released in September. The ninth studio album from the Berlin outfit know as The Ocean Collective Phanerozoic II: Mesozoic | Cenozoic. Big History, big prog.

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00:19:56

Halloween Bonus: Paradise Lost, "Obsidian," (2020),...

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/31

Metalheads!! Happy Halloween! I know that the realities of COVID mean that most of us aren't doing what we thought we would be doing on a Saturday Halloween night. Still, The Church of Heavy Metal has you with the last of our Spooktacular look into the discography of Paradise Lost with our review of their 16th studio album, Obsidian.

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00:16:45

Paradise Lost, "The Plague Within," (2015), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/29

Metalheads!! We look within ourselves to find the fourteenth studio album by Paradise Lost, The Plague Within! We also reevaluate how we feel about the band with only one more spin left in our Spooktacular.

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00:16:55

Paradise Lost, "Tragic Idol," (2012), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/26

Metalheads!! The October Spooktacular continues with the 13th studio album by Paradise Lost, Tragic Idol. The evolution of the band's sound continues and we are here for it.

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00:20:52

Kataklysm, "Unconquered," (2020), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/22

Metalheads! From North of the border comes the Northern Hyperblast of Kataklysm's fourteenth studio album Unconquered, Ben's pick for an album released in September.

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01:09:00

Discography Blast 004: Scar Symmetry

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/21

Metalheads!! Tracey has sent Ben & David on a trip to Sweden for a tour through the sci-fi influenced melodic death metal of Scar Symmetry. Although, we had some technical issues and lost about 2 minutes off the front end, come hear what we think about Pitch Black Progress (2006), Holographic Universe (2008), Dark Matter Dimensions (2009), and The Singularity (2014).

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00:15:59

Paradise Lost, "Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us,"...

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/19

Metalheads! The October Spooktacular continues with another album by Paradise Lost, the band's twelfth studio effort Faith Divides Us – Death Unites Us.

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00:16:36

Paradise Lost, "In Requiem," (2007), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/19

Metal Heads!! Our tour of the haunting season continues with the eleventh studio album from Paradise Lost, In Requiem. Note, this is a re-upload without music so it can be shared across multiple platforms instead of just Spotify.

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00:20:59

Marilyn Manson, "We Are Chaos." (2020), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/12

Metalheads!! In this episode, we spin David's pick for an album released in September. The eleventh studio album by gothic elder statesmen Marilyn Manson and his producer Shooter Jennings, son of Country Music Legend Waylon Jennings. How does this shake out? Tune in and see.

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00:18:48

Paradise Lost, "Symbol of Life." (2002), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/08

Metalheads!! We jump forward 11 years in Paradise Lost's chronograph and check out their ninth studio album, Symbol of Life. Producer Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly fame sits down at the console and works his magic threading the needle between the band's gothic and electronic era's what emerges? Tune in and see.

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00:13:32

Paradise Lost, "Gothic," (1991), Review

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2020/10/05

Metalheads!! Our October Spooktacular rolls on, with Paradise Lost's second studio Album Gothic. This album also lives up to its name as we see the inclusion of some of the gothic elements that become a staple of the band's sound.

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01:08:11

Discography Blast 003: Pantera

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/02

Metalheads! October is here and it is time for another discography blast from the past. We head down to Texas to look at Pantera. A band that both Ben & David have a lot of history with. A band that rose to stardom then tragically ended. We look at Cowboys from Hell, Vulgar Display of Power, The Great Southern Trend Kill, & Reinventing the Steel.

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00:19:43

Paradise Lost, "Lost Paradise," (1990), Review

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/10/01

Metalheads!! It is October and time for our second annual Spooktacular! This year, we have decided to spin the wheel and walk randomly through the discography of British gothic metallers Paradise Lost. We open with their first album, the surprisingly death metal heavy Lost Paradise. The name sums up the listening experience rather well. Enjoy!

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00:21:49

Black Crown Initiate, "Violent Portraits of Doomed...

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal ·

2020/09/28

Metalheads!!! Tracey's pick for August emerges from the hills of Pennsylvania, in Black Crown Initiate's third album Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape. This proggy death album elicited strong reactions across the board, check it out!

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