Metal Nerdery Podcast

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#371 Black Sabbath — Technical Ecstasy Album Review:...

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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

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63:28

#370 Anthrax — Cursum Perficio Album Review: The...

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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

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#369 Pantera — Death Match: Vulgar Display of Power...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

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

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82:25

#368 Mastodon — Marrow Deep Album Review: Atlanta's...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

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

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#367 S.O.D. — Speak English or Die: The Crossover...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

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

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69:10

#366 Down Helmet STRAP IT DOWN TOUR Concert Review

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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

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76:56

#365 Prong — Inside the 90s: Beg to Differ, The...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/08/20

New York City. A place where the subways never close, you can hit any deli, diner, or pizzeria in town at all hours (“in the middle of the night”) for a bite to eat, and your soul will become properly calloused with a “G.F.Y.” mentality and attitude in the most hard core, New York way imaginable. And when it comes to infusing that kind of attitude into metal, NYC’s PRONG has quite literally turned that into an artform. Formed in “The City That Never Sleeps” in 1986, PRONG had two independent

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#364 DOWN & Helmet — Strap It Down Tour Pre-Game:...

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2026/08/13

“It’s been a while since we’ve been to a show together…”The STRAP IT DOWN Summer Tour kicks off on Saturday, August 15, 2026, at The Eastern in Atlanta, Georgia, featuring DOWN, HELMET, & SPIRIT IN THE ROOM, so naturally, we decided to engage in a little PRE-GAME preparation to get in the right headspace for the show. As you may recall, we last traveled to The Eastern back in 2024 when we saw King Diamond and Overkill, and the sound and layout of the venue made for one of the best concert

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#363 PRIMUS Pork Soda Album Review

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2026/08/06

“Chimpanzee, he said it…he said chimpanzee…”PRIMUS is always a fun stop on the road to Relaxerville (especially if you’ve got something to inhale), and PORK SODA (the band’s 3rd official studio long player) is the perfect soundtrack for just such an occasion. Released on April 20th, 1993, almost 50 years to the day after Albert Hofmann’s legendary trip on Bicycle Day, PORK SODA ups the dosage of weird that was previously experienced on Sailing the Seas of Cheese with a unique formulation that

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95:56

#362 The Class of 1997: Metal Albums That Defined a...

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2026/07/30

“How many people do you think go into a bar and say: ‘I’d like an Everclear on the rocks, please…’?”Looking back, 1997 seems utterly surreal… To put things in perspective, 1997 marked the debut of South Park on Comedy Central, the release of Radiohead’s breakthrough, third album, OK Computer, the beginning of the final season of Seinfeld, and (of course) the arrival of Metallica’s conclusion to The Loads with Reload. Perhaps one of the most surreal (and tragic) parts of 1997 was the time a

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#361 Psycroptic - Inside the Metal

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/07/23

“It’s the most readable death metal logo I’ve ever seen in my life…”Dave and Joe Haley. If you’re trying to understand the importance of this particular drum & guitar team, just think of some of the other legendary “band of brothers” in the metal community that come to mind who have gone on to elevate and transform modern music as we know it…brothers such as Alex & Eddie Van Halen and Vinnie & Darrell Abbott. Formed in 1999 (“the year of the Matrix”) and hailing from Hobart,

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#360 Nuclear Blast Records

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2026/07/16

Summary: “Have you ever been to a buffet where you literally try everything?” Sometimes the best way to find your new favorite things is to just sample a lot of different things until you find the things that you enjoy the most. As with a buffet…or even dating, you just “grab something” you think you might like and “give it a taste”. If you like it, you keep going back for more. And if it’s not your thing, you simply continue the process of sampling and tasting other things until you find

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57:56

#359 1989 Metal and Thrash Albums

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/07/09

“No sink or nothing, right? You’re just gonna go free ball it…” 1989 was the very first year EVER that The Recording Academy recognized hard rock and metal music with the “Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental”. And other than the completely insulting “slap in the face” by The Recording Academy to Metallica (think Will Smith & Chris Rock, but even more childish, petty, and completely unnecessary), there were no other Big Four albums or happenings in

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#358 Tributes to the Fallen: Celebrating the Lives of...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/07/02

Death. The word alone possesses the same tangible finality and permanence as the act itself. Death marks the end of one’s physical life & existence in this world and can come as a tragic, sudden, and untimely end, or as the sometimes “welcome” final resolution of life following a long, protracted period of illness and suffering. “We got to live on the same earth at the same time as all these dudes…” Regardless of how it presents, death impacts every single human on earth. Whether it’s the

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#357 Stone Temple Pilots — Core: The Album That...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/06/25

“I mean it’s June, so…” Released September 29, 1992, CORE, the debut album from San Diego, California’s own STONE TEMPLE PILOTS (or STP for short) is one of those albums that doesn’t really fit into the “grunge” category, nor does it fit into the traditional “heavy metal” box either. It’s certainly not grunge but is definitely “more metal than Pearl Jam”, and while there may be some subtle similarities here and there, they are as different as apples and apple sauce. “It’s June, man. Knock

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#356 - 1980: The Beginning of Modern Metal

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/06/18

The year is 1980. The U.S. National Debt is a paltry $900 Billion, the word “yuppie” appears for the first time in print, the Pac-Man videogame is released in arcades everywhere, Mount St. Helens explodes in Washington state, and Cable News Network (also known as CNN) becomes a thing.In the world of metal, Iron Maiden release their self-titled debut album, Black Sabbath reinvent themselves with new frontman Ronnie James Dio on vocals and release Heaven and Hell, and AC/DC regroup after the tragic

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#355 The Greatest Metal Anthems of All Time

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/06/11

“I wanna hear THAT at my grocery store, when I’m going for the meat section…”Whether it’s the song we all rise for at sports ball events, the first song on Rush’s “Fly By Night” album (not to mention the first song on Anthrax’s EP of classic rock covers), or the sing-along, encore at the end of a rock show, ANTHEMS represent a clarion call, a rallying cry that unites fans in unspeakable joy, unity, and celebration. It’s almost always the song that EVERYONE knows (even your grandmother) and is

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#354 Headbangers Ball: The Greatest Metal TV Show...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/06/04

“Today is all about 7’s…”We can’t believe it…it’s officially been SEVEN years since we began our podcasting journey, and as of this episode, we are celebrating SEVEN years of heavy metal podcasting excellence! And in the spirit of heavy metal greatness, what better way to celebrate and commemorate the completion of our SEVENTH year than a tribute to the best thing MTV ever did for metal heads that started way back in the late 80’s: HEADBANGERS BALL!!! “It was the novelty, because that was the

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#353- Death — Scream Bloody Gore: The Album That...

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2026/05/28

“Would it be fair to say that horror metal and death metal are kinda…symbiotic?”Released May 25, 1987, SCREAM BLOODY GORE, the debut album from Florida death metal pioneers DEATH, marks a dark and transformative turning point from thrash metal into something else…something with “thrash overtones” that “sounds like thrash” but also doesn’t. While it seemed to be the next logical evolutionary step for extreme metal, we weren’t exactly sure what it was. It was still thrashy, yet there was a much

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#352-The Ultimate Metal Ego Check: Bands That Named...

Metal Nerdery Podcast ·

2026/05/21

“I wonder how many modern bands still do it?”Maybe the song is named after the band and referenced in the chorus. Maybe the song is named after the band but there’s no reference to the band’s name anywhere in the lyrics. Or maybe it’s a song with a completely different title than the band name BUT the band name IS mentioned somewhere in the lyrics. “They mostly do it during their early years…” Whatever the case may be, A METAL BAND’S TITLE TRACK ultimately becomes the cornerstone of a band’s

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