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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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00:31:42

Onslaught, "Generation Antichrist," (2020), Review

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2020/09/24

Metal Heads!! It is time for some UK thrash to unleash upon your ears! With the 7th studio album by Onslaught, Generation Antichrist! This was Ben's pick for an album released in August. Does it deliver on the promise of its name? Tune in and find out.

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00:22:07

Haken, "Virus," (2020), Review

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2020/09/21

Metalheads!! Tracey is back with his pick for an album released in July, The London outfit Haken's sixth studio album, Virus. This is another one from the Prog-files. What will the oldhead and the Doctor think? Tune in and see!

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00:24:40

Medicated, "Descension." (2020), Review

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2020/09/17

Metal Heads! We travel to Finland to give Tracey's pick for an album released in June a listen. The debut album by death-thrashers Medicated, Descension. What did our heroes think of this Entombed-esque ripper? Listen in and find out!

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00:28:03

Static X, "Project Regeneration, Vol. 1," (2020), Review

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2020/09/14

Metal Heads!! Ben's pick for July is this cyber-zombie album by techno-metal veterans, Static X. This album, the bands 7th overall, is a love letter to the former frontman Wayne Static who passed in 2014. Using a combination of demos and other unreleased materials found on Wayne's DA 88 the band, with the mysterious Xer0, Frankensteined an album together. Does it live up to the band's legacy? We have opinions.

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00:17:42

Mudvayne, "L.D. 50," (2000), Review

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2020/09/10

Metal Heads! Ben & Tracey take a lethal dose of Terance McKenna and wind up back in 2000 to review the major-label debut of Mudvayne, L.D. 50. This strange amalgamation of death, prog, and nu-metal was considered groundbreaking at the time. How does it hold up? Tune in, Turn on, and Drop tune.

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00:17:04

Valis Ablaze, "Render," (2019), Review

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2020/09/07

Metal Heads!! Welcome to the Prog Files on Thunderdome Metal Reviews! We have another Tracey-special with the sophomore album by Valis Ablaze 2019's Render. What will the Old Head think of this? Relax your mind and join us, in the Prog zone.

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00:26:52

Lamb of God, "Lamb of God," (2020) Review

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2020/09/06

Metal Heads! After doing a discography blast on these guys you knew we were coming back soon to look at their self-titled release from 2020. So here it is, the Church's review of the lastest from Lamb of God!

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00:59:45

Discography Blast 002: Lamb Of God

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2020/09/03

NOW YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO POD FOR!! We roll into our second Discography Blast with Richmond, Virginia's Lamb of God! Spinning Ashes of the Wake (2004), Sacrament (2006), Wrath (2009), and Sturm und Drung (2015). Aside from Slayer, this is the band David, Ben, and Tracey have seen the most times. Despite this, the discography was something Ben wasn't all that familiar with. That changes now. Check it out!!

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00:19:55

DevilDriver, "Outlaws 'Til the End, Vol. 1," (2018)...

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2020/08/31

Metal Heads!! This episode, we look at a covers album, one that seeks to take classic outlaw country songs and turn them into metal. Ben keeps a foot in both worlds while Tracey is only powered by prog. What will they think?

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00:16:53

Scar Symmetry, "The Unseen Empire," (2011) Review

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2020/08/27

Metal Heads!! The Kloaka Metal Hammer strikes with one of Tracey's favorite band, Scar Symmetry. These mad Swedes come in with their 5th studio album, The Unseen Empire! An album or reptilian overlords and other David Icke fever dreams. The questions, as always, are, is it heavy and does it rock? One of us certainly thinks so, what about the other?

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00:17:05

Hammerfall, "Legacy of Kings," (1998) Review

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2020/08/24

Metal Heads!! Tracey and Ben suit up in their most excellent plate mail and follow the sign of the hammer to Sweden to experience the power metal glory that is Hammerfall's second album Legacy of Kings. Is the legacy worthy, or is it mere bluster? Raise your horns high and find out!

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00:25:37

Caligula's Horse, "Rise Radiant," (2020) Review

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2020/08/20

Metal Heads!!!!! Tracey's pick for an album released in May of this year emerges. The fifth studio album by Australian progressive band Caligula's Horse, Rise Radiant. You might say opinions diverged on this incredibly well played and produced the album.

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01:12:56

Discography Blast 001: Danzig

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2020/08/19

Metal Heads!!!! Glenn Danzig knows no shame and neither do we here at Thunderdome Metal Reviews! Thus, we have started a new service here in the Church of Heavy Metal, discography blasts. These episodes will follow the format we used for the special Max Cavalera & Slayer episodes. We take an artist and review four albums to see the growth and change of the artist over time. In this episode, we look at Danzig (1988), Danzig III: How the God's Kill (1992), Danzig: 4P (1994), and Danzig 5:

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00:34:45

Black Sabbath, "Paranoid," (1970) Review and our...

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2020/08/17

Metal Heads! It is our 100th album review! The second studio album from the godfathers of metal Black Sabbath, Paranoid. We discuss this album, look back at our first year, and discuss things to come. We want to thank all of our listeners and all the bands whose albums we have spun over the last year. Without them, we wouldn't have this music that keeps our heads banging. So thank you to them, and you for listening along. With apologies to AC/DC for those who continue to rock, we salute you!

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00:25:26

Megadeth, "Rust In Peace," (1990) Review

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2020/08/14

Metal Heads!! We are back to discuss Megadeth's fourth studio album and the first with Nick Menza and Marty Friedman, Rust In Peace. This album is widely regarded as one of the best metal albums of all time. Will Ben, Tracey and David concur, or will they be taken away by the "Tornado of Souls." Get your horns up and find out!

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00:21:42

Gojira, "From Mars to Sirius" (2005) Review

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2020/08/13

Metalleux!! Ben & Tracey head to Southwest France to check out the now legendary outfit Gojira. This 2005 album, the bands 3rd, has become a seminal album for metal fandom. Ben & Tracey square up with it and give you their thoughts.

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00:18:38

Ihsahn, "Àmr" (2018) Review

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2020/08/10

Metal Heads!! This episode we spin one of the solo albums by Emperor frontman Ihsahn, Àmr. This is certainly a departure from the symphonic black metal of his main band. Tracey and Ben discuss this slice of progressive ambiance.

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00:20:34

Prong, "X - No Absolutes" (2016) Review

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2020/08/06

Metal Heads!! This episode we spin the 2016 effort by Prong. Our second outing with this band this year. How did the sound change in the intervening 22 years since Cleansing? Tune in and find out.

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00:22:12

Brandon Small's Galaktikon, "Galaktikon" (2012) Review

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2020/08/03

Metal Heads!! The mind behind Metalocalypse Brandon Small's had a kerfuffle with Comedy Central about the making of a Metalocalypse album. This is the result. One of us loved it, one of us didn't. Can you guess which was which? Tune in and find out.

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00:20:15

. . . And Oceans, "Cosmic World Mother" (2020), Review

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2020/07/30

Metal Heads! This episode we look at Ben's pick for an album that came out in May. The first one under the . . . And Oceans moniker in eighteen years. What will the boys think? Get your horns up and find out. \m/

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