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The "Safe" Reunion Era is Dead—Why Goliath is the Violent Reset Metal Needs · Classic Metal Show

• 0:00
  SPEAKER_01: Hi, this is Russ Ballard and you're listening to CMS TV.
• 0:21
  SPEAKER_01: This is the CMS News exclusive with Alex and Alicia Iverson.
• 0:25
  SPEAKER_00: Fucking strap in,
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  SPEAKER_00: people,
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  because the biggest goddamn news of 2026 is about to hit you
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  like a freight train.
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_01: I am literally shaking right now.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_01: I'm so amped up.
• 0:36
  SPEAKER_01: If you thought Thrash was taking a nap, you are so fucking wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are talking about the kings, the god-tier Bay Area legends, Exodus.
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  SPEAKER_01: And let me be clear, this is not some bullshit nostalgia tour.
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  SPEAKER_01: This isn't, you know, oh, remember the 80s?
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  SPEAKER_01: No, this is a goddamn declaration of war.
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  SPEAKER_00: The report we got from CMS Insiders, holy shit, I had to read it twice.
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  SPEAKER_00: I thought my eyes were broken.
• 1:01
  SPEAKER_01: Just tell them.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_01: Tell the VIPs what's happening.
• 1:04
  SPEAKER_01: Spit it out.
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  SPEAKER_01: Rob Dukes is back on vocals.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_01: Rob fucking Dukes?
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  SPEAKER_01: Are you kidding me?
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  SPEAKER_01: I feel like I could run through a brick wall right now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Forget the last decade.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just erase it.
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  SPEAKER_00: That Zita reunion, it was fine, whatever.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: This?
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the real follow-up.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's the only logical next step from where they left off with Dukes.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's like the timeline finally corrected itself.
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  SPEAKER_00: The album is called Goliath.
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  SPEAKER_00: March 20th, 2026.
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  SPEAKER_00: Napalm Records.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it just, it just fucking destroys everything.
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  SPEAKER_01: Scrapes the paint off the walls.
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  SPEAKER_01: But okay, okay, we got to explain why this is such a big fucking deal.
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  SPEAKER_01: Because some people won't get it.
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  SPEAKER_00: No, they won't.
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  SPEAKER_00: They'll just say, oh, another singer change.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't understand the fucking gravity of this.
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  SPEAKER_00: So explain it to them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Go back to shovel-headed kill machine.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was 2005.
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  SPEAKER_00: That album was pure fucking hate.
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  SPEAKER_01: It sounded like a bar fight put on a CD.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the word from the insiders is that Dukes is even angrier now.
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  SPEAKER_01: How is that even possible?
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  SPEAKER_01: The guy was a fucking nuclear reactor of rage back then.
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  SPEAKER_00: They're saying this is the performance of his life.
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  SPEAKER_00: He sounds hungry.
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  SPEAKER_00: He sounds violent.
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  SPEAKER_01: Perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: He sounds absolutely perfect.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is the voice of Exodus.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not about being pretty.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's about spitting fucking venom.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yes.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's what's been missing.
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  SPEAKER_01: I'm so sick of these polished, clean metal singers.
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  I want a dude who sounds like he's about to jump through the
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  speakers and strangle me.
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  SPEAKER_00: Well, here he is.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Goliath.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's 10 tracks.
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  SPEAKER_00: CMS insiders call them anthemic emissions.
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  SPEAKER_01: Fancy words for songs that make you want to flip a car over.
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  SPEAKER_00: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's their 12th album.
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  And I'm telling you,
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  this just puts them back at the absolute top of the food chain.
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  SPEAKER_01: There is no food chain anymore.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's just Exodus and then a pile of bodies.
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  But you can't have that voice,
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  that rage,
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  and then have some clean,
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  polished production.
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  SPEAKER_00: It would ruin it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, don't you worry.
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  SPEAKER_01: The production sounds like a fucking buzzsaw.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thank God.
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  SPEAKER_01: The band produced it themselves.
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  SPEAKER_01: No suits, no label guys telling them to write a single.
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  SPEAKER_00: Good.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it was mixed by Mark Lewis, right?
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  SPEAKER_00: Yep.
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  The guy who knows how to make shit sound heavy as hell without
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  cleaning it up.
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  SPEAKER_01: The insider said it sounds thick and harsh.
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  SPEAKER_01: Thick and harsh, like a boot on your neck.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's the sound of Goliath.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means that the bass is going to vibrate your damn skeleton.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means the guitars are not polite.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nothing about this is polite.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's pure, explosive authenticity.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's get into the band.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because Dukes is the headline.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the fucking war machine behind him is just...
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  SPEAKER_00: Lethal.
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  SPEAKER_01: Gary Holt.
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  SPEAKER_01: The Godfather.
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  SPEAKER_01: The Riftmaster General.
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  SPEAKER_00: I swear to God, how does he keep doing it?
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  SPEAKER_00: Where do these rifts come from?
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  SPEAKER_01: The deepest, darkest parts of hell, probably.
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  SPEAKER_01: The insiders say his rifts on Goliath are more ferocious than ever.
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  SPEAKER_01: He is a monster.
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  SPEAKER_00: He doesn't get older, he just gets more pissed off.
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  SPEAKER_00: But he can't do it alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need that other guy.
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  SPEAKER_01: Lee Altus.
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  SPEAKER_00: An absolute fucking shredder.
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  SPEAKER_00: The perfect partner in crime for Holt.
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  SPEAKER_01: The CMS report described it as harmonic dual-axe acrobatics.
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  Which just means they're playing shit that should be physically
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  impossible.
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  SPEAKER_01: It means it's a tornado of guitars that will rip your face off.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's violent, beautiful art.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, guitars are covered, but you know me.
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  SPEAKER_00: I need to know about the engine room.
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  SPEAKER_01: The rhythm section.
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  SPEAKER_00: The low end.
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  SPEAKER_00: Talk to me about Tom Hunting.
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  SPEAKER_01: A beast.
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  SPEAKER_01: The man is a machine.
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  SPEAKER_01: The insiders just said, fierce as ever.
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  SPEAKER_00: So he's still hitting the drums like they personally insulted his mother?
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  SPEAKER_01: Absolutely.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's not just speed.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's power.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pure brute force.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Jack Gibson on the bass?
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  SPEAKER_00: Please tell me you can hear him.
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  SPEAKER_01: Oh, you can hear him.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's creating that thick, harsh backbone we were talking about.
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  SPEAKER_01: He's the goddamn anchor.
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  SPEAKER_00: You need that.
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  SPEAKER_00: With guitarists flying everywhere, you need that bass to just crush you.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's this one track,
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  SPEAKER_01: The Dirtiest of the Dozen,
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  SPEAKER_01: where the CMS insiders say he gets a whole section.
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  SPEAKER_01: A bass solo?
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  SPEAKER_01: In Exodus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not a solo.
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  SPEAKER_00: They called it an excursion.
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  The guitars drop out,
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  and it's just Jack Gibson's bass beating the shit out of you.
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  SPEAKER_01: I fucking love that.
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  SPEAKER_01: Let the big guy eat.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are showing off on this album, and you know what?
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  SPEAKER_00: They've earned the right to.
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  SPEAKER_01: So, the songs.
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  SPEAKER_01: The VIPs listening, they want to know.
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  SPEAKER_01: Is it fast?
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  SPEAKER_01: Does it make you want to break something?
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  SPEAKER_00: The answer is yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Holy shit, yes.
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  SPEAKER_00: The opener, 3-1-1-1.
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  SPEAKER_01: It starts all creepy, dissonant chords, just ugly, unsettling noise.
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  SPEAKER_01: Good.
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  SPEAKER_01: Fuck comfortable music.
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  SPEAKER_01: And right when you're getting uncomfortable, wham, it just explodes.
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  SPEAKER_01: Breakneck thrash.
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  SPEAKER_01: No warning.
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  SPEAKER_01: No countdown.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just zero to 100 in a split second.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's how you open a fucking album.
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  SPEAKER_01: You don't invite people in.
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  SPEAKER_01: You kick the goddamn door off the hinges.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sets the tone.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says, we're back and we are not fucking around.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then you have a track called Violence Works.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
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  SPEAKER_00: This one stood out in the report.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has a 90s tinged metallic charm.
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  SPEAKER_00: Charm.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's a weird word for this band.
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  SPEAKER_00: It means it has a groove, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: A stomp.
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  SPEAKER_00: You know, that Pantera kind of head-crushing stomp.
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  SPEAKER_00: Oh, I'm all about the stomp.
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  SPEAKER_00: But it's still pure rage.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's not slow.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just heavy, like a tank.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the title, violence works.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fuck logic.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's just a statement of fact.
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  SPEAKER_01: In the mosh pit, guess what?
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  SPEAKER_01: Violence works.
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  SPEAKER_01: This proves it.
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  SPEAKER_01: Then there's promise you this.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just the name sounds like a threat.
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  SPEAKER_00: The insiders use the phrase mosh pit treachery.
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  SPEAKER_01: Treachery.
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  SPEAKER_01: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_01: It means someone's going home with a black eye.
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  SPEAKER_01: I can just picture it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cyclonic rifts.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's what they said.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like a fucking Sharknado of guitars.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Holt's solos are just turbocharged.
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  SPEAKER_00: Just melting faces.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's relentless.
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  SPEAKER_00: No breaks, no ballads, just pure unfiltered hate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Speaking of which, we gotta pause for a second.
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  SPEAKER_00: This album is a masterclass in chaos.
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  SPEAKER_00: And don't forget,
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  if you aren't parked in front of the live broadcast this
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  Saturday night from 9pm to
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  SPEAKER_00: 3am Eastern,
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  SPEAKER_00: you're fucking up.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's Neely and Chris, live and uncensored.
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  SPEAKER_00: Six hours of absolute goddamn chaos.
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  SPEAKER_00: If you missed that live stream, your entire week is a waste of time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Be there.
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  SPEAKER_01: Seriously, don't fuck it up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Now, back to Goliath.
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  SPEAKER_01: We talked speed, but Exodus can do more than that.
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  SPEAKER_00: They can get epic.
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  SPEAKER_00: They can get atmospheric.
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  SPEAKER_00: And there's a track called The Changing Me.
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  SPEAKER_01: The report on this one was insane.
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  SPEAKER_01: The word they used was hair-raising.
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  SPEAKER_01: And it has a guest on it, right?
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  SPEAKER_01: Peter Tedgren?
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  SPEAKER_00: No fucking way.
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  SPEAKER_00: From hypocrisy?
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  SPEAKER_00: From pain?
• 8:00
  SPEAKER_00: The Swedish metal god?
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  SPEAKER_01: The one and only.
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  SPEAKER_01: He comes in with these melodic vocals that are just... menacing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoa.
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  SPEAKER_01: Whoa.
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  SPEAKER_01: Melodic?
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  SPEAKER_01: Like singing?
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but not happy singing.
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  It's this haunting,
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  evil-sounding melody that contrasts with Duke's raw screaming.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's genius.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, I can get down with that.
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  SPEAKER_00: If it's spooky.
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  SPEAKER_01: And the ending!
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  The insiders say the song ends with Rob and Peter just
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  screaming their fucking
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  SPEAKER_01: lungs out together.
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  SPEAKER_01: No words.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just screaming.
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  SPEAKER_01: Pure, raw chaos.
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  SPEAKER_01: Just two legends going absolutely berserk.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's what I want to hear.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's real emotion.
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  SPEAKER_01: Not some auto-tuned bullshit.
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  SPEAKER_01: And then the title track.
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  SPEAKER_01: Goliath.
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  SPEAKER_00: The big one.
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  SPEAKER_01: It slows down.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's this malevolent, stomping monster of a song.
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  SPEAKER_00: And it has strings on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The report said something about strings.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, a guest violinist, Katie Jacoby.
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  SPEAKER_01: But listen, don't get the wrong idea.
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  SPEAKER_00: I don't know, man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Violin's on a thrash record.
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  SPEAKER_01: No, no.
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  SPEAKER_01: Think horror movie.
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  SPEAKER_01: Think the shower scene in Psycho.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's not pretty.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's terrifying.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, if it's horror movie violence, I'm in.
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  SPEAKER_00: It makes it sound evil.
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  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
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  SPEAKER_01: It adds this whole other layer of demonic tension.
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  SPEAKER_01: It shows they're still pushing boundaries after 40 fucking years.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the big finale, the epic, Summon of the God Unknown.
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  SPEAKER_01: Almost eight minutes long.
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  SPEAKER_00: An eight-minute beatdown.
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  SPEAKER_00: The report said this one turns the danger dial to max capacity.
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  SPEAKER_01: Max capacity!
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  SPEAKER_00: It has a wicked intro.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then it just goes on this insane journey.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trudging riffs, heavy metal melody.
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  SPEAKER_00: It has everything.
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  SPEAKER_01: An eight-minute journey through hell, guided by Exodus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Let's talk lyrics because Dukes isn't just screaming random words.
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  SPEAKER_01: The man has something to say.
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  SPEAKER_01: There's this theme, hostess humani generis.
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  SPEAKER_00: Enemy of the human race.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's basically an ode to owning your own volatility.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which is something we know a little something about.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's our fucking motto.
• 10:00
  SPEAKER_01: Stop apologizing for being angry.
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  SPEAKER_01: Stop apologizing for being who you are.
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  SPEAKER_00: The world wants you to be quiet and safe.
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  SPEAKER_00: Exodus says go fuck yourself.
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  SPEAKER_01: And CMS Insider said Rob's delivery cuts like crystal on that track.
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  SPEAKER_00: I love that.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the whole band is in on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The report said this is their most collaborative record in 40 years.
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  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, everyone was writing.
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  SPEAKER_01: It wasn't just the Gary Holt show.
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  SPEAKER_01: You can feel it.
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  SPEAKER_01: It sounds like a gang.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the final verdict.
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  SPEAKER_00: I think we both know what it is.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's a fucking masterpiece.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_01: The Insiders are giving it a hard 9 out of 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: A nine.
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  SPEAKER_00: And fuck the number, really.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just means it's essential.
• 10:40
  SPEAKER_00: It's the best thing you're going to hear all goddamn year.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's the return of the king.
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  SPEAKER_01: It reinforces their place at the top.
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  SPEAKER_00: March 20th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Buy the goddamn album.
• 10:49
  SPEAKER_00: Don't settle for mediocre bullshit.
• 10:50
  SPEAKER_01: Do not settle for safety.
• 10:52
  SPEAKER_01: Get some real fucking violence in your diet.
• 10:55
  SPEAKER_01: Goliath.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm so hyped up, I'm about to go break something.
• 10:58
  SPEAKER_01: Me too.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_01: All right, VIPs know the drill.
• 11:01
  SPEAKER_01: Get the album, support Real Metal.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: We're out of here.
• 11:03
  SPEAKER_00: See you Saturday night at 9 p.m.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_00: Eastern for The Real Show.
• 11:06
  SPEAKER_00: Don't be a pussy.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_00: Watch it live on the Rumble, X, Locals, or Odyssey.
• 11:09
  SPEAKER_01: Hand job.