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Metal Nerdery Podcast
Heavy Metal podcast covering Thrash, Classic Metal, Album Reviews and Rankings. From SABBATH to SLAYER, Join Us as we Dive into all things Metal with an extra side of nonsense
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Metal Nerdery Podcast#375 FORBIDDEN – Forbidden Album Review (2026)
A lot can change in sixteen years… The last new FORBIDDEN album we were blessed with, Omega Wave, was released on October 22, 2010, which by any measure seems…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#374 Iron Maiden Brave New World Album Review
Released on May 29, 2000, BRAVE NEW WORLD is the first IRON MAIDEN album to feature the return of Adrian Smith & Bruce Dickinson since their respective exits…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#373 Venom Into Oblivion Album Review: A Fitting Farewell to Cronos
“It sucks that he’s gone, but what a legacy!” The recent passing of VENOM bassist & frontman Conrad “Cronos” Lant came as an unexpected shock, especially given…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#372 1976: Year in Metal (50 Years Later) — AC/DC, Rush, KISS, Judas Priest & More
1976. The year of the American Bicentennial. The year that brought us “The Tale of Two Steves” (Jobs & Wozniak) who created the Apple Computer Company, Evel…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#371 Black Sabbath — Technical Ecstasy Album Review: 50 Years of the Most Divisive Sabbath Record
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#370 Anthrax — Cursum Perficio Album Review: The Decade-Long Wait Is Over
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#369 Pantera — Death Match: Vulgar Display of Power vs Far Beyond Driven
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#368 Mastodon — Marrow Deep Album Review: Atlanta's Own Returns
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#367 S.O.D. — Speak English or Die: The Crossover Thrash Album That Started It All
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#366 Down Helmet STRAP IT DOWN TOUR Concert Review
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#365 Prong — Inside the 90s: Beg to Differ, The Cleansing & Rude Awakening
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#364 DOWN & Helmet — Strap It Down Tour Pre-Game: Atlanta 2026
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#363 PRIMUS Pork Soda Album Review
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#362 The Class of 1997: Metal Albums That Defined a Surreal Year
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#361 Psycroptic - Inside the Metal
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#360 Nuclear Blast Records
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#359 1989 Metal and Thrash Albums
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#358 Tributes to the Fallen: Celebrating the Lives of Those We've Lost in Metal
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#357 Stone Temple Pilots — Core: The Album That Critics Hated and Fans Made Platinum
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#356 - 1980: The Beginning of Modern Metal
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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#355 The Greatest Metal Anthems of All Time
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#354 Headbangers Ball: The Greatest Metal TV Show Ever Made
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#353- Death — Scream Bloody Gore: The Album That Created Death Metal
“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 Nerdery Podcast#352-The Ultimate Metal Ego Check: Bands That Named Songs After Themselves
“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…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#351 Metal Church 'Dead to Rights' Review - Metal Church Prove They're Not Dead Yet
“It took me like a hard 16 seconds…but I got it down…I swallowed all of it…” Released April 10, 2026, DEAD TO RIGHTS, the 14th studio album in 40+ years from…
Metal Nerdery Podcast#350 Was 1986 the Best Year in Metal? Master of Puppets, Reign in Blood, Peace Sells Turn 40
“If you were gonna be a stripper…what would your stage name be?” When you think about 1986, it’s almost hard to fathom that we are 40 years away from it. Four…
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#349 - The First and The Last
“You like to hear how they have progressed or digressed…or either…or gressed…” This episode is a lot like looking at pictures of family when everyone is much…
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#348 - Black Sabbath Heaven And Hell Album Review
“This is the 80’s before the 80’s was the 80’s…” Released April 18, 1980, HEAVEN AND HELL, the 9th studio album by BLACK SABBATH (and the first to feature…
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#347 - The POONYs THE NUMBER 1 HEAVY METAL ALBUM OF THE 1970’S
“If you’re gonna pick an album that’s supposed to be the album of the decade…” The Grammy’s have proven over and over to metal fans over the years that their…
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#346 - Exodus GOLIATH Album Review
Released March 20, 2026, GOLIATH, the newest behemoth to emerge from classic thrash masters EXODUS, feels a lot like 1989 but with some other added extras that…
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#345 LAMB OF GOD Into Oblivion Album Review
“It’s like we’re missing someone…” Released Friday, March 13, 2026, INTO OBLIVION, the latest offering from Richmond, Virginia’s LAMB OF GOD, features a new…
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#344 - EMBERING EFFIGY - OUT OF THE WOODS Album Review
“Let’s keep the dumb fuhqery to a minimum today…” EMBERING EFFIGY, the “Southern Fried Thrash Metal” threesome hailing from the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia…
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#343 - SIDE TWO VERSUS SIDE ONE
Ever since compact discs came out in the mid-1980s, the concept of SIDE 1 and SIDE 2 on an album sort of fell by the wayside. And with this new quantum leap in…
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#342 - Rob Zombie The Great Satan Album Review
“Wait a minute, is she your hall pass? Can we confirm that?” Many folks in certain parts of the world have been calling the United States “The Great Satan” for…
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#341 WRATHCHILD AMERICA - Climbin' The Walls
“He’s looking at me…” Released on August 22, 1989, CLIMBIN’ THE WALLS, the major label debut album from Martinsburg, West Virginia thrash metal savants…
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#340 ANTHRAX featuring JOHN BUSH, aka BUSHTHRAX
“If I hadn’t have known that was Anthrax, I would have guessed it was Alice In Chains…” The early 90’s was a strange time for metal, most notably due to the…
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#339 A TRILOGY OF PERFECT METAL ALBUMS
“That’s the buzz word: every time somebody says, ‘tipping point’, you must drink…” Whether it’s measured by a string of commercially successful albums or one’s…
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#338 MEGADETH Album Review
“You know what I’m hearing? This sounds like it could have been…the sidepiece…to The Black Album…” There’s almost a strange, sarcastic satisfaction in knowing…
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#337 AC/DC FLICK OF THE SWITCH Album Review
Once you reach a certain level, there is no ‘better’…it’s different.” Released on August 19, 1983, FLICK OF THE SWITCH (the 9th studio album by AC/DC and the…
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#336 Part 2 - HEAVY METAL HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
“Flat earth is just a troll thing, right? People don’t really believe that…” Picking up right where we left off on our previous HEAVY METAL HIGH SCHOOL REUNION…
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#335 HEAVY METAL HIGH SCHOOL REUNION
“Forbidden and Death Angel at the Center Stage was my 2nd thrash show…” Imagine learning about all of the latest and greatest metal bands without the help of…
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#334 METAL? or NOT METAL?
“Is it metal? Or is it NOT metal?” As metalheads, we’ve all heard some variation of this argument at least once in our lives, and the further down the rabbit…
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#333 – THE FIRST FOUR from the mighty PANTERA
“I wonder if we’ll get a cease and desist on this episode…” Generally speaking, whenever someone says “Slayer” or “Metallica”, you think of two veteran thrash…
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#332 ANTHRAX WORSHIP MUSIC Album Review
“I’m not Peter North shooting ropes across the room…” Released on September 12th (and in the U.S. on the 13th), 2011, WORSHIP MUSIC is the first ANTHRAX album…
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#331 THE YEAR IN METAL – 1996
“You can’t be funny if you’re happy all the time…” 1996 marked the time that The Super Bowl went Triple X, when Atlanta hosted the Summer Olympics, the United…
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#330 THE ULTIMATE SIN Album Review
“There were 2 years of my life that I was dead certain I was gonna be a breakdancer…” The release of THE ULTIMATE SIN on January 24, 1986, the 4th studio album…
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#329 Opeth THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Album Review
“I don’t think I’m smart enough to listen to this…” As with the many legendary concept albums that have come before, masterpieces such as King Diamond’s…
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#328 – Thanksgiving Vacation Tapes
It’s that time of year…time for some big tasty turkels, delicious side dishes, and a nice tryptophan induced nod after feasting yourself into fullness and…
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#327 DEATH MATCH: Puppets vs Justice Side 2
“Those guys are parents to 2 babies…and we’re fighting over which baby is cuter…” With SIDE 2 of our PUPPETS VS JUSTICE HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH, things are a…
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#326 DEATH MATCH: Puppets vs Justice Side 1
“How about we let the producer ‘produce’?” We’ve all heard that METALLICA’s “last great album” was 1986’s haunting thrash metal magnum opus, MASTER OF PUPPETS…
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#325 NATIVITY IN BLACK: A TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH
“Y’all don’t have to make everything about everything…” Time has a strange way of playing with the mind and blurring perceptions. For example, 24 years is…
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#324 VENOM - INSIDE THE METAL - THE 80’s
“I had to watch it 3 or 4 times to finally get there…” Ahhh, the 80’s. A time when people could actually afford to live, back when Taco Bell was both super…
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#323 CORONER DISSONANCE THEORY Album Review
“You can understand everything he says…he’s much more pronunced.” With Diego Rapacchietti, the “Swisstalian” timekeeper who replaced original drummer Marky…
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#322 TYPE-O-NEGATIVE OCTOBER RUST Album Review
“That dude is Dracula, man…” The entire month of October is Halloween. And you can’t do October without TYPE-O-NEGATIVE, as they are the official soundtrack to…
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#321 CORONER: Inside The METAL
“I didn’t do stink finger until sophomore year…” Switzerland is known for a few things with holes in them, most notably their cheese (and quite possibly their…
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#320 CORROSION OF CONFORMITY: WISEBLOOD Album Review
Released 10/15/1996, WISEBLOOD, the 5th studio album from CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, is the perfect soundtrack to October and everything that goes with it…
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#319 CHRONICLES II pt 2: CHECK YOUR HEAD by BEASTIE BOYS
“Is that Richard Pryor?” Released 04/21/1992, the 3rd official BEASTIE BOYS studio album, CHECK YOUR HEAD, is a genius title because this album is “all up in…
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#318 CHRONICLES II pt 1: KISS DESTROYER
“In fairness, I guess if they didn’t have the make-up, what would they have? A different career?” Released March 15, 1976, DESTROYER, the “iconic and…
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#317 GUNS N’ ROSES: APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION Album Review
“The look on his face is like a kid on Christmas morning getting everything that he never asked for from Santa…” July 21,1987 marked the beginning of the GUNS…
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#316 2025 New Metal Releasal Showcase
“This might be my favorite moment in music in 2025…” Just when you think “all the riffs have been done”, 2025 gives us the gift of BRAND-NEW METAL, including…