#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 from OZZY OSBOURNE (and the 2nd & final album to feature Jake E. Lee on guitar) is definitely one of the heaviest albums of Ozzy’s 80’s output.    “I’ve got the magic!”   With heavier riffs, crazier guitar pyrotechnics, and darker lyrical themes like nuclear annihilation, THE ULTIMATE SIN blends in just the right amount of glam while still maintaining the essential heaviness that is a prerequisite for any classic OZZY album. While perhaps a bit “more Blizzard than Diary”, it’s a dramatic improvement from Bark At The Moon and is overall heavier and more focused.   “Oh yeah, the ‘dunniguhh’? Yeah…I remember that one.”   Get ready for some metal news and current events, understand that “most people, if they have a mustache” can only look like one of three different people (or a combination of all three), and accept the fact that “the bur-duh-dur is what got ‘em”.    Be sure to check out our 2 brand-new embedded podcasts within this one and realize “I’ve lost my magic…ever since you moved me over here…” when you JOIN US as we head back to the mid-80’s with OZZY OSBOURNE and THE ULTIMATE SIN. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast   Show Notes: (00:01): “Date night sausage…isn’t EVERY sausage a date night sausage?” / “We’re keeping with the ‘O’ themes…” / “I’ve lost my magic…ever since you moved me over here…”/ #markthetime / “This is great radio…”/ “This is why we have 6 listeners…”/ “Let’s hold ‘em high and suck ‘em down…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ “It’s delicious and sticky…here in Bunkerpoon, Georgia…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “That’s 2 in a row…”   (04:04): “I think the government is actually changing the time…and that shit the airplanes are spitting out…”/ #MetalNews and #MetalHappenings / #pictorial (“A spread?”) / #ArchEnemy / #GunsNRosesWorldTour / “How much are tickets gonna be?”/ #CastleRat and #HighOnFire / “Could be #ThunderAtlanta if it was raining and it was the 80’s…”/ #EmberingEffigy / #Slayer #HellAwaits / “If they did remix it…”/ #RIBMix / “R.I.B’d for our pleasure…” / #Megadeth and the final tour   (9:47): ***SOCIAL MEDIA US AT #TikTok #YouTube #InstaGram and #Facebook at #metalnerderypodcast, EMAIL US at [email protected] , VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182, and/or PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / ***Check out our wide variety of merchandise options for the holidays at metalnerdery.com/merch *** /  “We’re working through some things right now…” / “We’re all gonna look just like Bill…”/ “We could do…an embedded podcast within a podcast…” / #AngryMattPodcast and #RussellsLoveTips   (13:39): “WHADDYA WANNA HEAR!?” / #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: OZZY OSBOURNE – THE ULTIMATE SIN / “Have you guys seen the documentary?” / #OzzyNoEscapeFromNow #OzzyOsbourne / “This will be the #conspiracytheorypodcast …”/ “45 or 50?” / 4th studio album / Released January 24, 1986 / “Wait a minute…what was that?” / “There were 2 years of my life that I was dead certain I was gonna be a breakdancer…”/ “Dude, I did it!”/ “Mega 80’s” / “I know what your breakdancer name would be…WAGE WAX…” / “It’s gonna be better than Bark At The Moon…fingers crossed…”/ “Remember the video for The Ultimate Sin?” / Produced by  Ron Nevison / THE ULTIMATE SIN / Go check out the #musicvideo for this!!! / “Oh yeah, where he looks like Boss Hogg?”/ “I bet she does backdoor stuff, man…look at her eyes.”   (28:00): SECRET LOSER / “That sounds like the 80’s, for sure…”/ “It’s a better mix than #BarkAtTheMoon for sure…”/ “I’ve got the magic!”/ NEVER KNOW WHY / “You can’t say that! That’s Dio’s song…” / #WeRock #IWannaRock / “That’s an #IronMaiden tune…the drums…what song is it?” Women in Uniform?”/ “Oh yeah, the ‘dunniguhh’? Yeah…I remember that one.”   (35:40): THANK GOD FOR THE BOMB / “This is not the one I was thinking of…I was thinking of ‘Killer of Giants’…” / “Nuke you, nuke you…” / NEVER / “You can definitely feel the 80’s in this…”/ “It’s way riffier than Bark At The Moon…”/ #placekeyboardnoiserighthere / “That song is so good but the rest of the album…”   (41:26): Side 2 / LIGHTNING STRIKES / “There’s your hook, Russ…” / #veryhooky / “This is so much more Blizzard than Diary…” / “Let’s be honest…most of Ozzy’s stuff is pop…He’s the pop of metal…”/ “The 2nd (and also last) album with Jake E. Lee…” / KILLER OF GIANTS / “No Kerslake?” / #Sailing / #RoyClark and #JerryReed / “It was another Burt Reynolds movie…”/ “Most people, if they have a mustache, they look like either a fireman, a gay porn star, a pedophile, or a combination of all three…” (50:43): FOOL LIKE YOU / “Awww, listen to that!” / “That’s gotta be harmonics…”/ “It’s my thing now…”/ “He’s got some tasty riffs and tasty licks…hey, that should be the name of the podcast…”/ #metallicks / “Do you think the beginning of Fool Like You is like the beginning of Surfacing?” / “It reminded us of that…”/ “Dude, we should do a #Nickelback Inside The Metal…maybe a #Chronicles (episode)…”/ “Which is worse: Nickelback or #KISS?” / “Not 3, but three…”/ #IlluminatiThree / “I guess you do gotta do more finger acrobatics…”/ SHOT IN THE DARK / #thekillercloser #thebighitsingle / “That’s a terrible closer…” / “Records? Who am I kidding…the more I listen to streams I really like…”/ “Remember the 80’s pants?”/ #momjeans / “This is our front butt gunt…” / #frontbutt #frontgunt #frontbuttgunt / “You know who she reminds me of a whole lot!?” / “She had that ‘why’…”/ “That’s 2 things she’ll never forget…or always remember…”/ “It’s the first album cover to feature artwork…”/  “The bur-duh-dur is what got ‘em…” / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel

“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 Abigail, Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime, and Dream Theater’s Scenes From A Memory, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT, the latest offering from OPETH, is one of the finest examples of storytelling ever captured in audio form and is their first proper “concept album” to date.    “They cram so much into such a small space…”   Chronicling the reading of the will of a wealthy patriarch (and featuring Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull as the patriarch in question), THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT perfectly represents the culmination of the various components that have established OPETH as a progressive metal force to be reckoned with for more than 30 years.    “I realize this is not y’all’s favorite flavor of the month…”   With a seamless blending of their early progressive and melodic death metal period through their more eclectic, 70’s prog rock infused progressive metal period of the 2010’s, OPETH is akin to a “haunted house version of Dream Theater”, loaded with a wide  variety of sonic textures, top tier instrumental prowess, and vivid lyrical imagery, all of which are covered in a thin drapery of darkness.    “Have they ever done anything ‘hooky’?”   JOIN US as we take on what is arguably one of the finest progressive metal concept albums in existence (and most certainly a top contender for “Album Of The Year”) and quite possibly the greatest OPETH album of all time, THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.   Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes: (00:01): “I would like to take this moment to say…AND…” / #GeorgiaBulldogs / “Dangole sports ball dawgs…” / #Natty / “Speaking of Athens…my only thought was…R.E.M. must have written this song…”/ #WeBuiltThisCityASMR / “That’s when they dropped the Jefferson…”/ “As long as there’s a bend in the wrist, you’re fine…”/ #markthetime / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / #waitforit #markthetime / “And I screamed like a little girl…not one footstep did I hear…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #strangerinthetub #jackoffhand / “Like a chimpanzee?”    (06:06): PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast  / “Who knows? Santa might bring a shirt…” / MERCH US at www.metalnerdery.com/merch / SOCIAL MEDIA US at #FaceBook #InstaGram #YouTube #TikTok at #metalnerderypodcast / EMAIL US at [email protected] / VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!! / CASTLE RAT –WIZARD (The Bestiary – 2025) / “It’s like Pat Benatar in a stoner band…she’s got swords dude!” / “That dude’s hard to look at…his mouth is weird…”/ #markthetime / “That’ll be the shittah not that other shittah…”   (12:50): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: OPETH – THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT / “It’s an oopsie that’s a fun oopsie…”/ #educationalpodcast / #Opeth #TheLastWillAndTestament / “It’s their very first concept album…” / “I like to think of them like haunted house #DreamTheater …”/ “The first album with the return of the death growl vocals (aka ‘screams’) in 13 years…”/ “I’ve got room now, dude…”/ Released November 22, 2024 / “This is cool because it’s new and it’s old at the same time…”/ Featuring Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull / “Subsection…not SS…in case you’re wondering…”   (17:00): §1 / “Is this good with relaxers?” / “Draped in death…the howl of lore…” / “Let’s do backroads…maybe some dirt roads…” / §2 / “Isn’t that a creepy, haunted sound?”/ “Until his return…” / #useyourheadphones / “It’s kinda not necessarily all over the place but it’s all over the place…”/ “It’s got a weird, haunted 70’s feel to it for the modern age…”/ “Every album is different but they’re all uniquely different…”/ #Oldpeth / “Have they ever done anything ‘hooky’?”   (26:47): §3 / “Reminds me of #Rush …”/ #onmicburp / “He’s looking for the big hit single…” / “He’s talking about…the hook…”/ §4 / “No! No! No!” / #harpsolo / “This is music nerd music…” / §5 / “He does that one vocal part that sounds like #Forbidden to me…”/ “It’s all head…”/ #markthetime / “Where’d that come from?”/  Death growls vs Screams / “I realize this is probably not y’all’s favorite flavor of the month…this is right up there with #Coroner for #AOTY …”/ “They cram so much into such a small space…” / “There’s tons of coke lines…”   (39:17): §6 / “He’s an octopus genius…” / #drumvirtuoso / “This is like #Rainbow on steroids…70’s prog…” / “It’s almost comical it’s so awesome…”/ “Is this one all in 7’s?” / #towardsthelater / §7 / “I like the flute, I do…I never thought I’d say that…”/ “They should get the guy who made #HeavyMetal (the movie) …animate this album…like a concept album movie…but with a lot of tits” / “It’s hereditary ropes, bruh…”/ A STORY NEVER TOLD / “This is the most consistent…”/ “Bless y’all for at least giving it a shot…”/ #urgent / #moodmusic / “I got into them when the #Damnation album came out (2003)…you might like that…it’s more like #PinkFloyd …”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel 

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 naptime. It’s THANKSGIVING, and while most folks are gearing up for the coming holiday season (which will start promptly in the pre-dawn hours of Black Friday), we realize that we’ve NEVER taken any time off during the holidays and that perhaps it’s time we enjoy a little holiday breather.    With that in mind, we’ve put together a veritable cornucopia of clips from our 2025 collection that we hope you enjoy. Our only real cautionary advisory would be that you listen to this prior to enjoying your Turkey Day feast in order to avoid the very real possibility of laughing until you vomit.   Happy Thanksgiving to all!!! Enjoy your Thanksgiving Day feast, prep carefully if you’re deep frying a turkey, be thankful and gracious for the lack of giblets in your gravy, and enjoy an abundance of relaxers before dinner with the family when you JOIN US for the most off-putting, irresponsible, and exhausting VACATION TAPES you’ve ever heard. Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): SHARON!!! / #oldefaece / “He came in for the tur…”/ #whatsitcalled / “Whatever happened to #JuiceNewton …? / #juicebox / #DownTime / “Let’s not make it gross…”/ “She sounds like #PeterSteele…”    (02:43): #AI / “She stopped sucking me today…”/ #ConwayTwitty / “The power was in his hair…”/ “Ladies and gentlemen…Conway Twitty…”/ #BramStroker / “…slash handjob…”/ “What am I saying? I’m fixed…”/ #vasectomyawareness    (07:02): “I just don’t give a shit anymore…I’m not gonna bring the A game…”/ “Nobody ever wants to go first…I set the bar ultra-low…”/ #mealprep / “Sometimes Dracula likes to go camping…”/ #vampirejerky / “I thought you were gonna go the frozen tampon route…”/ “If it looks like #liquidsneeze / #GospelBand / “This is extraordinary news…”/ #carnivore    (11:05): “The #fuckbag review!?” / #redemption / “I was having a bad day…I changed the review to 5 stars…”/ “Okay let’s not do that…”/ #shittalkuh / “Yours is by far one of my FAVORITE podcasts…”/ #offputting and #exhausting / “The #superfuckbag review is still out there…”/ “Could have been a ‘Them’…”/ #TransAms    (14:56): “That’s a fantastic band name!” / #coathangerabortion / “Our house is haunted, btw…”/ #maryreilly / #GhostStoryASMR / “The original owners died in that house…”/ “The headphones, man…”/ #Megatron / #Transformers  (17:58): “This is from the mighty Mixon…since we’re on the way…”/ “Conan…the Barbarian Destroyer?” / “I would have done it from the balls…from my balls to you…”/ #OMG / #DJTASMR / #vagmetal / “Really? You’re gonna go there…”/ #DOGEASMR / #batvagina / “Nutrition is a lie…”/ #saltwater / “Butter is good for you…”/ #nutritionadvice / “Does Santa Claus come up from the septic tank now!?” / #markallthetimes  (22:16): “Tattered and torn…or shaven and shorn?”/ #footfetishporn / “There was a moment when we needed money…”/ “I’m always looking right at the snooch…”/ #toethumbs / “Apparently people think she’s a dude…wait, don’t women have Adam’s Apples though?” / “Which do you think would be more risky?”/ “I got a kiss on the cheek from my first stripper…”/ “I usually put it in the G-string…”/ #manintheboat  (27:39): “Every time I see sports highlights…in slow motion…” / #slowmotionporn / “What was that voice you just did?” / “It was #KattWilliams…”/ #KingOfComedy / “That’s a better Katt Williams impression…”/ “Not since Tuesday…”/ “I sit back and wait…”/ #shockvalue / “It was odd…”/ “I don’t want to no more…”/ “How does it reattach?” / “That sounded almost like #RichardPryor a little bit…” (32:20): “And the verdict…”/ “I gotta back snooch…you wanna see my balloon knot?” / “It was in the dark…if I do it in the dark my dick will seem bigger…”/ “The yurt, as it ‘twere…”/ “That’s the pre-hole, right?” / “I think ‘fuck off’ is a full sentence…”/ “I’ll fix that in post…”/ “Y’all know what snails look like, right?” / “No, no, no, these were slugs…”/ #whatareyouwatching / #sexualdeviance / #snoochguard / “I like that word, dude…” / “It’s the snooch & gooch…”/ “Paws…” (38:19): “Sooooo…last week…” / “Wait a minute…this is #Sleep…this is #Dopesmoker…”/ #bestfridayever / “For those 35 minutes…it was the best Friday ever…”/ #MAGMA / “Is that one of them Trump supporters?” / #guitarclass / “That was his fuck-off hour…”/ “We came up with this song…”/ “I left it in there just for you…”   (43:11): “You should have got the burger…”/ #mediumrarechickentenders / “You get into that Gran Ma…”/ “You could stop drinking…”/ “If you’re doing a ride share…you owe it to yourself to be hammered at least on one end of the journey…”/ #shitfaced / “It was awesome…”/ “You know that pre-hangover hangover that you get?” / #markthetime / #UberEats / “So you paid $38 for $8 Chinese food…” (48:14): “That’s one of the things I did like about #TheBlackAlbum…”/ “Bill needs a segment…”/ #tonechasing / “In my non-guitarist ears…he’s a singer, he hears things differently…”/ “What about #Pantera?” / “The mix is completely different…” (52:41): “It’s not overbearing, but it’s definitely there…”/ “I’m gonna be that guy…”/ “But you didn’t have ‘Stairway To Heaven 2’…”/ “I forgot the after twang that Jager’s got…”/ #snoochsmooching / “Snooch smooching alright!” / “There IS no metal without #ACDC…”/ #Era / “Australasia…where is New Zealand?” / “I got some quality handies…”/ “Lube is a different game, bro…”/ #RussellsPornShopReflections / #markthetime / #ReverseOreo / “It was a toy of some form…”/ “I’m not gonna do it the way she said it…”/ “You think they get paid by the hour or by the load?” (1:01:38): “Wouldn’t it be interesting…if #Spiderman was more scientifically accurate?” / #EmberingEffigy and #comedy at #SweetwaterLive / “So on the way home…”/ #blindedbythelight / #spotlight / “The light still works…it was just really, really dim…”/ Tag Light Visible – 50 ft / “I have no idea what he looked like…if you get pulled over, pull into a populated place…” / #DivineIntervention / “Wear your sunglasses at night…” (1:08:12): “Incubus and succubus…what’s the difference?” / “Sleepfucker alright!” / “You know what’s almost equally offensive?” / “It’s fun if a 10 year old says cunt…”/ #recordscratch #IrishCarBombs / “Starts with an N, ends with an R…”/ “I had a dream that we were hanging out with the #Metallica guys…”/ #TridentChallenge / #PlanetCaravan / “I don’t know where they could have put it where I would have liked it…”/ #LMAO / “I’m laughing at him…” (1:14:24): “Every time I listen to that song I think about the first time I finger blasted a girl…”/ “I know who you’re talking about…”/ “That’s a triple…you got slimy fingers…”/ “Third base is windshield wiper…”/ “Dude, I just scored…”/ #HotPocket / “It’s that from now on…”/ “It’s MG Approved…from the heart…”/ “Occasionally Matt comes up with some shit that fucking works…”  (1:18:52): “Here’s the rules…if you wanna make a show on #HBO…”/ #flacciddicks / “I could put so much…right there…”/ “Why are you such a dick?” / “Last night while I was in slumber…Satan came into my room…and he had his way with my forehead…”/ “You’re not supposed to swallow it…”/ #LOL / #onmicburp / “You know what that sounds like?”  (1:22:40): “We’ve got coyotes…”/ “Here’s what makes a lot of noise…”/ “Fuuuuuuck…”/ “Is it gay…?” / #fleshlight / “Yep!” / “Okay…follow up question…”/ #RequiemForADream #GAF #AssScissoring / #TheFourthHole / “I’m tripping balls by the way…”/ “This is not a microdose…”/ “This is what you sent me!?” / “What does that even mean?” / “When you said you were sending him a file…”/ “If anything, it’s three 7’s, and one of them has a line in the middle…”/ “Hold on…don’t tell me…”/ “Arnold by Enwuego…”/ “There’s Moby Dick…there’s um ‘I’m thinking’…”/ #HappyThanksgiving from all of us at #MetalNerderyPodcast and #BunkerpoonInternational

“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 bit trickier, because the math doesn’t sync up perfectly track for track. But not to worry, because we worked out all the math to try and keep things as “Even Steven” as possible.   “You go to the peak of your ability…that’s what Justice was…it was their Hemispheres…”   As we noted previously on the SIDE 1 episode, PUPPETS represents the end of the Cliff Burton era, and JUSTICE represents the beginning of the Jason Newsted era. On SIDE 2, we got deeper into the weeds, particularly with regard to the lyrical subject matter, the style and structure of the songs, and the personal impact and perspective of the instrumentals. We’re not saying that this was a complete blowout, and we’re not saying that the outcome was predictable by any means, but what we ARE saying is that the final verdict was actually a bit more shocking than we originally anticipated.   “What are they saying, dude?”   Stick around until the very end of the episode to discover the power of “frontmasking” after you JOIN US for the nail-biting conclusion to our PUPPETS VS JUSTICE HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH as we take on SIDE 2. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast   More METALLICA Episodes https://www.metalnerdery.com/metallica CHECK OUT METALLICA ON THE INTERWEBS https://www.metallica.com/tour/   Show Notes:   (00:01): “Kiss my FIRE…” / The pointlessness of DST…we can just stop, right? / “We’re never gonna win this argument…”/ “Why do you gotta bitch about it?”/ “That was for you, Phil…”/ “You just fingered me, I wanted to be fisted…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “We left y’all on a cliffhanger…”/ “I mean…I mean…I mean…”/ PATREON US AT patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast / #PatreonShoutout / ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #TikTok #InstaGram #FaceBook / ***EMAIL US at [email protected] ***/ Some early concert memories…/ ***VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / Our sincerest apologies to #EmberingEffigy for the mistaken identity… / New Embering Effigy album OUT NOW… / #BehindTheMetal / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/    (08:23):  #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: SIDE 2 OF THE MOP VS AJFA HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH!!! / “Side 2 is gonna be harder than when I was 15…”/  “Those are the good times…I could cut a mirror with this thing…”/ “My move is…I grab the butt…”/ “You’re not Little Bo Peep and I’m not Zorro…”/    (11:27): DISPOSABLE HEROES (Master Of Puppets – 1986) / “I was born for dying…”/  “Dismount, perfect…10/10…”/ The differences between #MOP and #AJFA / THE SHORTEST STRAW (…And Justice For All – 1988) / “I’m sorry…it already wins…”/ “You can kinda hear the bass on this part too…a little bit…”/ “By far, Lars’ best album…”/ “I wonder if that was a mistake…”/ #happyaccidents / #TheVerdict / “It’s kinda almost like when she jams a finger up your butt and you’re kinda like ‘I don’t know what I think about it…I kinda like it’…”   (24:42): HARVESTER OF SORROW / “Creamy…that’s the word of the episode…again…twice…”/ #MesaBoogie / “Lars is chewing gum and playing drums at the same time…”/ “I had to do that, because he does that live…”/ LEPER MESSIAH / “I always thought that was James saying that…”/ “It’s more heavy metal than thrash…”/ “This is where it changes…now it’s a different song…”/ “If you blend Harvester and Frayed together…”/ “Do you think Harvester would have fit on The Black Album?”/ “If you were gonna yank one right off The Black Album and replace it with Harvester…”/ “Maybe…the traveling song…”/  THE FRAYED ENDS OF SANITY / “And the China boy…the China boy makes it…”/ #China /  “I come almost every time when I hear that part…even now…”/ “You can just listen in, Bill, if you want to…”/ “Young, angry…and unhinged…”/ “The Justice album is what made them huge…”/ “What did #Rush do after Hemispheres? They did Permanent Waves…Hemispheres was their most progressive album…”/ “You max out…” / “The Black Album is closer to Puppets than AJFA…”/ “You go to the peak of your ability…that’s what Justice was…it was their Hemispheres…”/ #Rushtallica / #TheVerdict / “That’s a clear blowout…”   (51:23): “It’s the James solo part…that’s what you’ve gotta do for both…”/ TO LIVE IS TO DIE / “We gotta hear the James solo…because that’s what makes it…”/ “The drums get frustrated…you can hear it…”/ “I think we’ve gotta hear the spoken word part…It’s right here, so we may as well grab it…”/ “Really? Why!?”/ ORION / “That riff…is nothing but sack…” / “That’s heavy metal, dude…”/ #TheVerdict / #NoDraws   (1:09:44): DAMAGE INC. / “It’s about to get thrashy up in here…”/ “I never understood when my parents did that when I was younger…now I get it…”/ #CarnivalCruise / “I think Kerry King said this was his favorite #Metallica song…”/ DYERS EVE / “Surgical…precise…clinical…”/ “That one is personal…VERY personal…”/ “Those guys are parents to 2 babies…and we’re fighting over which baby’s cuter…” / #TheVerdict / “So here’s the tally…for #bolth Side 1 and Side 2…” / “It was kind of a draw…in a way…”/ “For the future, we should do a Side 2 better than Side 1 podcast…” / ***What do YOU think!? EMAIL US at [email protected] and let us know!!!*** / #outroreel / #untilthenext / #backmaskingASMR / “…and then play it backwards…the whole thing…”/ “It’d be like reverse backmasking…front masking…foremasking…” / “What are they saying, dude?” / “Edud, gniyas yeht era tahw?”

“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, one of the finest moments in the band’s catalog and the final studio album of “The First Three” to feature Cliff Burton on bass.   “I don’t care if there’s no bass…I’m sorry…”   We’ve also all heard (especially since the release of The Black Album) that METALLICA’s “last great album” was 1988’s progressive thrash metal tour de force, …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL, the fourth METALLICA studio album overall and the first (of four) to feature Jason Newsted on bass (according to the liner notes, anyway).   “The bass is the LAST thing I listen to…”   Having said that, BOTH are outstanding and powerful albums for very different reasons, with PUPPETS marking the haunting, final chapter of Cliff Burton’s legacy with what many fans consider to be the classic, legendary era of the band, and JUSTICE beginning a brand new chapter for the band with Jason Newsted, launching METALLICA into a new era that would ultimately result in their meteoric rise to success and glory as the biggest and most popular heavy metal band on planet earth.   “Y’all are gonna abuse me for using this word…”   JOIN US for a HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH that promises to be absolutely “creamy” and chock full of 80’s metal nostalgia and loads of heated commentary as we take on SIDE ONE with 1986’s MASTER OF PUPPETS & 1988’s …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.   Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast   Show Notes: (00:01): “Listen to the B-roll stuff…that’s the gold…” / #LOL / “Let’s get right in the paint…” /  Delicious homemade beer, courtesy of Russell…/ #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode / #Pinter / “Produc?” / #BlueDog #BrewDog / “You take the package, and you put it in the thing…”/  “Blue package?” / Appalachian Tropical IPA / “The first few were all head…” / #markthetime / “An Irish Persian…”/ #RussellsHomebrewReflections   (5:55): “Let’s raw dog it…” / ***PATREON US on the Patreon at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Sorry, I was mid-swallow dude…” /  Potential upcoming #Doomsicle goodness… / #cupping / “Sorry, I almost ran out of gas…” / “I cupped right when I thought I was losing it…”/ “I got an idea for that…”/ #genre / #Skynet   (08:43): SOCIAL MEDIA US at #YouTube #Facebook #TikTok #Instagram at #metalnerderypodcast / EMAIL US at [email protected] / “I wanna see one, dude…I wanna see a real one…” / ***GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #PissingPostASMR / “He’s building…anticipation…antica-pation…” /  Antissa Payshun and Justin Case / “THIS is why…”/ “This is my son, Hourly Wages…my son Low…here’s my son Drained…” / #JustinCase  (13:33): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  MASTER OF PUPPETS (1986) VS …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (1988) – HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH: SIDE 1 / “We’ve done an ’88 and an ’86 Death Match with #Metallica and #Slayer, but now it’s gonna be ’86 and ’88, Metallica Style!!!” / “This might affect our friendship…” / “Not a shitty album…shittily produced album…”/ “No, here’s the reason…I know y’all know this…” / #GarageDaysRevisited #VeryUnproduced / “Where’s the guy you just hired to replace the guy who just died?” / NOTE: Garage Days was noted as being “Not Very Produced” / “It’s a dry mix dude, it’s a super dry mix…the drums are WAY up front…” / #AstonMartin / “That looks like a Camaro, dude…” (20:42): BATTERY / “You hear that in the background?” / “The bass is the LAST thing I listen to…” / “Here’s a weird question…” / “If I could only pick one of the two, it would be…” / #nostalgia / “That’s like their #Hemispheres…”/ “It’s gonna be a 2-hour episode unless we…” / BLACKENED / “Have you heard the ‘unbackwardized’ version of the intro?” / “I don’t care if there’s no bass, I’m sorry…”/ “His balls dropped…” / “There’s no mids…the mids are his voice, that’s the only mids you get…”/ “Y’all are gonna abuse me for using this word…”/ #creamy / “Isn’t this when he was using the quarters?” / “It’s creamy…”/ “Justice definitely has a dryer mix…M.O.P. is more reverby…”/ #TheVerdict / “Here’s douchebag Matt coming out…” / “I looked past it…” / “You too, then…that was my first tape…” / #progressivemetal (35:36): “Tittlees…on both sides, right?” / …AND JUSTICE FOR ALL / “Oooh, I heard it…”/ “I always loved that riff…it’s weird, but I liked it…”/ #timesignatures / “It’s the word of the episode…”/ “Ohhh, listen to it…”/ “I’m gonna say it…you can hear the essence back there…it’s very subtle…” / “My wife just said you have to quit doing this…”/ MASTER OF PUPPETS / “The #StrangerThings crowd loves it…”/ “You can hear Cliff back there just growling in the background…”/ #heavymetal / “I’m 14 again every time I hear this…”/ “I gotta hear that one part on the guitar solo…”/ #happyaccident / “That’s the cool thing about #progmetal…”/ #TheVerdict / “Song by song, it’s gonna be difficult…I think that’s gonna be a blowout…”/ #AngryJames / “I almost wanna do a draw…”/ #NoDraws   (50:43): “How about we let the producer produce?” / THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE / “That’s like scary Metallica…”/ #EvilHeavyMetal / #stankface / “It’s like he’s yelling at you…”/ “The day that I got the tape…that was the favorite…before I even made it to Side 2…”/ EYE OF THE BEHOLDER / #readthoselyrics / “Freedom…with their exception…”/ “A #Rocky montage but an Evil Rocky…”/ #TheVerdict / “Side 2 is gonna be a different story…”   (1:01:43): ONE / “They had to buy that movie so they could do that video…”/ “You can hear the bass in there…it’s creamy…”/ #PreBlackAlbum / “It’s just so fucking angry…”/ “It’s not as overplayed as Enter Sandman…”/ #hitsingle / “That’s why y’all give me the big bonuses every year…AND I get the Christmas hams and the blowjobs from the hookers…”/ WELCOME HOME (SANITARIUM) / “You hear that bass line back there?” / “Oooh, big word…”/ #TheVerdict / “I don’t mean to be overdramatic…”/ “Out of curiosity…the three albums…Fade To Black, Sanitarium, One…?” / #TrackFour / “There’s no losers here…”/ “The verdict for side 1…” / #cupping / “Sorry, I cupped at the last minute, dude…”/ ***COME BACK NEXT WEEK FOR SIDE 2…IT’S GONNA BE A BLOODBATH!!!*** / #untilthenext #outroreel / Puppets? Or Justice? Let us know… EMAIL US at [email protected] or VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!

“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 effectively a quarter of a century, and while that sounds like a pretty vast swath of time, in reality it is merely a tiny speck in the grand scheme of the endless universe. To put it another way, as of the date of this episode in 2025, it has been the same amount of time (24 years) since 2001, which included the launch of Wikipedia, the September 11th attacks, and the very first iPod by Apple.   In keeping with the relativity of time, NATIVITY IN BLACK: A TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH was released way back in 1994, a whopping 24 years after the groundbreaking eponymous debut from Birmingham’s founding fathers of metal. At that time, in the early 90’s, it seemed as if eons of time had elapsed from the release of Sabbath’s debut until the release of this tribute honoring the classic Ozzy era of Sabbath from the 1970’s and their collective contributions to the heavy metal canon.    To take the concept of time just a step further, Black Sabbath recently played their final concert (Back To The Beginning) 55 years after the release of their debut album, and it has now been 31 years (as of the date of this episode, in 2025) since the NATIVITY IN BLACK compilation was unleashed upon the metal world, featuring some real bangers from metal bands spanning a variety of subgenres that still holds up to this day.   Discover the proper pronunciation of names which you have been saying the wrong way you’re entire life, including “Schuldiner, Peart, and chimpanzee”, hear our latest movie pitch for Rob Zombie, and remember the reason for feeling uneasy when you are unable to “touch bottom” after you JOIN US as we dive in to the first compilation of Black Sabbath covers that was cheekily named after Bill Ward’s beard with NATIVITY IN BLACK: A TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “It’s Good Buddy Day (10-4) …” / #onthisday / “I have no problem with Dream Theater…” / “I’m not gonna give you a but…”/ “It’s not bad, dude…it’s a little salty…”/  “The thunder in October…”/ “Here’s what October is to me…it’s football, barbecue, chili…”/  “Leaf Death…that’s a name for a stoner band!” / #MetalNerderyPlaylist / “Firewood…is that better than logs?”/ “There’s something about deep vagina that’s weird…I can’t touch bottom…”/ “Do we wanna try and do the hybrid?” / “The Dirty Monkey…The Dirty Black…The Dirty Black Monkey…” / “Y’all don’t have to make everything about everything…” ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** (07:07): “THAT, is Christmas…I see a future #TikTok…”/ Dirty Monkey Peanut Butter Banana Whiskey and Mr. Black coffee liqueur / “A what?” / Chimpinzee? Chimpanzee? Chimp’n’zee? / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST*** / PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast / “That’s better…”/ “My body my choice, and I choose yes…”/ “If you remember it, just Tourette’s it out…” / “You saw him…he cupped the microphone…” / “We’ve been pronouncing it wrong the whole time… / “I’m sorry, what?” / #HeySiri / #Chimpanzee #ChuckSchuldiner #NeilPeart / ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram #TikTok at #MetalNerderyPodcast , you can EMAIL US at [email protected] and you can VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!*** (14:11): “I was going to community college at this point…”/ #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: NATIVITY IN BLACK – A TRIBUTE TO BLACK SABBATH /  Released 10/04/1994 as a tribute to the classic #OzzyOsbourne era of #BlackSabbath during the 70’s… / #GoodBuddyDay / “I like melody…”/ “Usually when you say Black Sabbath to people, most people think Ozzy…” (18:50): “What’s the deal with Black Sabbath?” / #Biohazard AFTER FOREVER (Master Of Reality – 1971) / “#Friends was influenced by Black Sabbath…”/ “This one you can’t cut off so quick…”/ #Yeah / #WhiteZombie CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE (Master Of Reality – 1971) / “Movie remake idea for #RobZombie…”/ #Nosferatoe / “Nosfera-WHO?” / “Too not toe…”/  “You ever been to Timbuktoe? Kathmandoe?” (26:46): #Megadeth PARANOID (Paranoid – 1970) / The beginning of being able to listen to modern metal bands do covers of Sabbath / #AlJourgensen #1000HomoDJs SUPERNAUT (Vol. 4 – 1972) / “In fairness, it would be like if someone did a cover of Ride The Lightning and sang ‘Ride The Lightning’…” / “Maybe that was aimed…at the record business…”/ #Therapy? And #OzzyOsbourne IRON MAN (Paranoid – 1970)  (34:23): “This was more like Deliverance…”/ #CorrosionOfConformity LORD OF THIS WORLD (Master of Reality – 1971) / “That’s exactly how ‘Master of Reality’ should be remixed…” / “How come more bands don’t do that?” (re: covering an entire album) / “Why? Do we need it?” / #Train WHAT IS AND WHAT SHOULD NEVER BE / RAMBLE ON (Led Zeppelin II – 1969) / “Conducking?”/ “It’s pretty close…here’s what it is…the Zeppelin version is like full bush…”   (41:23): “This sounds like cavemen recorded this…South American thrash cavemen…”/  “Hold on…it’s not on the version I’m on…”/ #Sepultura SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE (Sabotage – 1975) / “Spread some of that on your breakfast toast…”/ #BullringBrummies #GeezerButler #RobHalford THE WIZARD (Black Sabbath – 1970) / The duet between Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne doing War Pigs (recently released, proceeds going to charity) / “If I ever move to Birmingham, Alabama, I’m just going to tell people I’m from Birmingh’m”/ #BruceDickinson #Godspeed SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH (Sabbath Bloody Sabbath – 1973) (51:52): “This might have been a skipper…the world’s not fair…”/ #UglyKidJoe N.I.B. (Black Sabbath – 1970) / “He sounds like somebody else…”/ “Oh jeh…”/ #LiveInBrixton /  “Oh, you wanna hear the one on the album? That’s fine…the live one’s so much more fun…”/ “I feel like that’s next to Narnia…is that even a place?” / #FaithNoMore WAR PIGS (Paranoid – 1970) / #OneLawnChair #OhLordYeah / “And now he goes Mr. Bungle…” / #TypeONegative BLACK SABBATH (Black Sabbath – 1970) / “I turn ‘round (slowly)…and start (to walk) …”/ “Octobruh…” / “There’s really 13 months…28 days each…” / “Everest is like right there…”/ #TheIceWall / #untilthenext #outroreel / “NO! Do not tell children…nope!”

“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 cheap and equally delicious, horror movies were genuinely scary and often boasted incredibly “special” special effects, and terrified parents everywhere were completely “freaking the motherfrickin’ frick out” over heavy metal and the ensuing “Satanic Panic” that followed. (Remember, we’re talking about the 80’s here…)   “I kinda feel like Satan probably listens to Air Supply nonstop…or Gino Vanelli…”   Not to worry though, because Tipper Gore was on the case, going out of her way to ensure that the future prosperity of heavy metal would be secure forever with the PMRC seal of approval (PARENTAL ADVISORY – EXPLICIT CONTENT) plastered on the cover of everything that would be deemed essential listening.   Thanks to the diligent efforts and painstaking research of Tipper Gore and her Parents Music Resource Center, the PMRC lovingly crafted “The Filthy Fifteen” for American parents to ensure that their children would only be exposed to the finest audio artistry the heavy metal genre (and somehow, also Satan) had to offer.  One of the bands included on that fateful list were the founders of black metal, VENOM (ironically, rated “O” … for “Obviously” …as in “Obviously, your kids should be listening to this!”).    Hailing from probably the fanciest, most upper crust sounding city in all of England, Newcastle upon Tyne’s 3-piece of evil VENOM came blasting out of the gates of hell with what would become the foundation for the black metal genre that would begin its ascent into heavy metal culture around the same time as thrash metal in the early 80’s, with a sound combining the rawness of Motorhead, the darkness of Sabbath, and the speed of thrash with an imagery reminiscent of KISS if they were actually satanists.    If Black Sabbath are ground zero for the formation of heavy metal as we know it, then VENOM is no doubt the Black Sabbath of the black metal genre. With a dark, detached creepiness that sounds like something recorded in an underground mausoleum, VENOM are the originators of extreme metal and were out in front, scaring the hell out of parents everywhere and delighting young and impressionable metalheads the world over.   Happy Halloween everyone!!! It’s time to celebrate spooky season the way we did back in the 80’s, by going through your kids trick-or-treat plunder and picking out all of that “good candy”. Prepare yourself for the latest outtake from The Angry Matt Podcast regarding the abolition of Daylight Savings Time, discover why “fist bumps and fisting are basically the same thing”, learn what “post mortis” actually means, and JOIN US for an “exploratory learning journey” as we go INSIDE THE METAL and review THE 80’s output of black metal pioneers VENOM. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “It’s not a girl drink…” (Apperall spritz?) / #buttocks / “How about the J and then the PB?”/ “That’s ‘Spirit in the Sky’ isn’t it?” / #thatdudeisadude / “It’s like a reverse sixty-nine, dude…don’t make it weird…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ “That way is better…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #LikeShareSubscribe / “It’s approaching dusk at 4:30 in the afternoon on a Saturday… when can we just not do Daylight Savings Time anymore?” / #AngryMattPodcast / ***You SOCIAL MEDIA US at #YouTube #TikTok #Facebook #Instagram at #metalnerderypodcast, EMAIL US at [email protected], PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast for exclusive video only content.*** / #PatreonShoutout / ***YOU CAN PURCH SOME MERCH AT www.metalnerdery.com/merch ***  (7:26): #TheDocket / METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: VENOM – INSIDE THE METAL (THE 80’S) / “Since it’s #Halloween season…”/ One of the biggest influences on thrash metal, especially #TheBigFour / Everyone was freaking out, the Satanic Panic / #RussellsCassetteReflections / #attache / “See? Everybody’s got a blessing to share…even if they’re a shitty person…”/ “How was it silly?” / “There’s a certain weird, dark, creepy, bizarreness…it’s like the feeling of being buried (alive)…” / #stereobreathing / Fist bumps and fisting are the same thing… / #SlayerOfTheEpisode / #Slayer WITCHING HOUR / “Oh, Robb Flynn’s singing…” (from #MachineHead) /  (13:45): “What Venom means to me…” / #RussellsVenomReflections / #EpisodeIdea /  “Their logo is creepy…I don’t know why it’s creepy…” / “Do you remember the movie:  The Gate? (1987)” / #backmasking (“I don’t know if it was a #Venom record…)  (17:11): Welcome To Hell (1981) / “He’s kinda the sound…(of Venom)” / #Cronos /  “That’s the French gay Baphomet…” / 1981…other big albums from that time relative to Venom / “We’re on an exploratory learning journey here…”/ #Cockopolis / #killeropener / #postmortis / “Dude, you created a new word…”/ SONS OF SATAN / “The #Motorhead of black metal…” / WELCOME TO HELL (see also #MotleyCrue and ‘Looks That Kill’) / “How can we sound like Motorhead but rawer?”/ WITCHING HOUR / “The rain sounds creepy…”/ “Listen to that through headphones because that is really, really strange…”/ IN LEAGUE WITH SATAN / “This is the epitome of bad production…”/ “Backmasking is for the weak…”/ #backmaskingASMR / “I wanna know what that says now, backwards…”    (28:26): Black Metal (1982) / “If #BlackSabbath are the founders of metal, then Venom are the Black Sabbath of black metal…”/ ***Check out our other Halloween specials…***/  BLACK METAL / “Sounds like soundcheck at The Masquerade…the Old Masquerade…”/  BURIED ALIVE / “It sounds familiar for a different reason…” / #fakenews / “Have you ever seen Hostel 2?” / #ElizabethBathory / “I had to watch it 3 or 4 times to finally get there…” /  COUNTESS BATHORY / “Hey, I got a chorus pedal man…check it out!”/ “I just had a realization…I can kinda hear how Cronos influenced Mustaine’s singing style…” / DON’T BURN THE WITCH / “It’s like they’re recording underground, in a mausoleum or something…” / “This album probably costs hundreds of dollars to produce…” / “So far that might be their most complex riff…” (37:51): At War With Satan (1984) / “I kinda feel like Satan probably listens to Air Supply nonstop…oooh, Gino Vannelli…” / Backstory regarding the epic title track / “This is like their Hemispheres basically…or their 2112…” / AT WAR WITH SATAN  / “The production’s better…they probably spent $800 on this one…” / “I can hear the Mustaine now…kinda like ‘The Conjuring’ in a way…” / “Let’s skip to the middle…” / CRY WOLF / AAAAAARRGHH /  “What the fuck is that? Hey Alex…”/ #LOL / “This is the Venom version of ‘What’s That Noise?’…” / “Is that piano?” / “This might be my favorite Venom song ever…” (46:19): Possessed (1985) / Released April Fools Day, 1985 / “Of course it’s gonna piss off the #PMRC…” / “Sorry, I cupped on that one…”/ “There’s a lot of #cokelines…”/ POWERDRIVE / “Sounds like #TheAccused…” / “That reminds me of WREKage…” / BURN THIS PLACE (TO THE GROUND) / “This one might have cost $900…” / “They’re no longer the influential band…now they’re competing with the bands they basically influenced…” /  POSSESSED / “Keyboards…oooh, chimes!” / “I can literally see them playing at #Sweetwater to 5 people…”/ “Their whole thing was all about shock, obviously…”/ “If you don’t have the talent, you have to have the show…kinda like the #KISS analogy…” (54:40): Calm Before The Storm (1987) / NOTE:  this is STILL with Cronos… #ConradIsCronos #CronosIsConrad / “Abaddon is like the John Wick of Hell…”/ BLACK XMAS / “Way better production!” / “They might have spent an actual $1000 on this…”/ “That’s definitely the best produced album thus far…less Satan…”/ METAL PUNK / “Is that a drum machine or actually bass drums?” / KRACKIN’ UP (with a ‘K’) / “They got away from the Satan thing…”  (59:55): Prime Evil (1989) / First album with Tony Dolan (aka Demolition Man) / “Oooh, 2 producers…I’ll bet they spent $1200 on this…”/ PRIME EVIL / “They might have spent $2000 on this, dude…”/ “It’s almost like early heavy metal…but it’s way too late…” / “Oh boy…buckle up…”/ MEGALOMANIA (***See also Sabotage***) / “Sting me…”  (1:05:00): “For fun, can we play the #Probot song?” / Probot (2004) / CENTURIES OF SIN (featuring Cronos) / “It’s amazing what a little production will do…”/ “Now is the time to ask questions of faith…”/ “Whaddya mean? He’s ’95 to Present…”/ #recordscratch / “I just wanted to know where the “Venom Inc.” lore came from…” / “It’s like #Queensryche…”/ #spinoff / “It’s like if #Metallica had their logo in bubble letters…” / “Go out there, get all that special candy that your kids get that you’re scared for them to have…send it to US!” / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!  / #creepylaugh / #untilthenext #outroreel 

“You can understand everything he says…he’s much more pronunced.”   With Diego Rapacchietti, the “Swisstalian” timekeeper who replaced original drummer Marky “Marquis” Edelmann behind the kit, both Ron Broder (Ron Royce) and Tommy Vetterli (Tommy T. Baron), known collectively as Swiss thrash kings CORONER, have returned with DISSONANCE THEORY, the first new studio album featuring brand new material from the progressive thrash trio in over 30 years and the album which already has thrash fans worldwide shouting proclamations of Album of the Year.   Released on 10/17/2025, DISSONANCE THEORY is easily the finest thrash album in decades and may quite easily take the crown as CORONER’s magnum opus, a master work of progressive, technical thrash tempered with unmatched riffs, majestic solos, and a brilliantly engineered sonic vengeance where the drums, bass, and guitars each sit perfectly within the mix. It’s one of those albums that continues to impress exponentially with each subsequent listen and is, without question, a masterpiece, and an absolute joy to listen to.   “Just when you think all the riffs have been written…NOPE!”  Remember that the word for this episode is “texture” and JOIN US as we celebrate CORONER’s crowning achievement in thrash greatness with the unpredictably precise complexity of tech prog thrash genius, DISSONANCE THEORY. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes: (00:01): “There needs to be a heart healthy origami diet…the key is bumps, not lines…”/  “They’re changing…”/ “Are they gonna call it O’Shazzy’s?” / “Why don’t they just call it Lines?” / #PBJ / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ “We went a little hard last night, me and the wife…”/ #markthetime / #Oktoberfest / “She had a Reuban, I had a schnitzel…”/ #HelenGeorgia / #AlpineVillage / ***WELCOME BACK TO METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #RockCity / “I’ll let her know that you approve, sir…”   (07:03): PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast / “The shirt brings…the sexy back…” / #PatreonShoutout / ***If YOU know the Patreon drum fill, TELL US…and you might just get a surprise…*** / “I think I just learned something…”/ #EmberingEffigy / #SweetwaterLive / ***You can SOCIAL MEDIA US at #YouTube #TikTok #Instagram #Facebook at #metalnerderypodcast***You can give us a call and VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!! / #PissingPost #Shittah #Exodus / “If it’s the song I think it is…it’s an old school #Scorpions cover…” / HE’S A WOMAN SHE’S A MAN (feat. Mark Osgueda from #DeathAngel and #KerryKing ) / “You know what they should rename this song…the ballad of Caitlyn and Chaz…” / “You mean I don’t have to TRANSplain it?” / “Nope!”   (15:26): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  CORONER – DISSONANCE THEORY / Released 10/17/2025 / #Coroner #DissonanceTheory / “If #DreamTheater were a thrash metal band, that’s this…”/ “People are saying #AlbumOfTheYear …”/ Produced by Tommy Vetterli (aka Tommy T Baron) / OXYMORON (creepy intro whispers…) / CONSEQUENCE / “That dude’s still going!” / “Talk about a killer opener…”/ #sorry / “He cupped the microphone…to make it louder…”    (24:24): SACRIFICIAL LAMB / “The mix is (almost) perfect…”/ “Fear not, little flock…the kingdom is yours until I will come…”/ “It sounds like it has space and layers…it’s crisp and its upfront…”/ #raisingthebar / “Everything has its space…it has a very good texture to it…”/ “I think that’s your new word…texture…”/ CRISIUM BOUND / The word for this episode is ‘texture’… / The unpredictability factor of CORONER’s riffs and chords… / “Just when you think…all the riffs have been written… (“NOPE!”) / SYMMETRY (“Iste ego sum…”) #Swisstalian / “How do you make it more bad ass? We’re gonna put an ancient language in there…” / “I am this…”   (33:40): THE LAW “I am the law…for what I am, but I am the law…” / “Somebody’s playing piano…I hear guitar and piano…there’s some piano in there…” / “I think now they’re just there for show…they’re there for texture…” / TRANSPARENT EYE / “This one has a weird walkdown…”/ #fuckingsick / “That’s what I miss about ‘back in the day’…HOW!?”/ “This brings back that feeling…”   (40:28): TRINITY / “It’s like weird metal jazz…”/ “That bass tone is growling…it’s like a presence…and…it’s got texture…” / #wordoftheepisode / RENEWAL (this was the first single (in over 30 years), btw…) / “A little bit of Blackened in there…”/ “He’s Swisstalian btw…”/ “What I like about Ron’s voice: you can understand everything he says…but he’s much more pronunced.”   (48:06): PROLONGING / “Sounds like #Opeth, old #DeepPurple…or #Sabbath …”/ “I wonder who’s playing the organ…” / #whisperASMR / “Show us something we’ve NEVER heard before…”/ #SolarGuitars / Like, Subscribe, and Share / “Fourth walls just don’t matter in this room, do they?” / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel

“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 the month of Halloween.    Released August 20, 1996, OCTOBER RUST, their 4th studio album (or 3rd if you count “Origin of the Feces” as a “live” album, which we actually do, even though it’s technically not) is much more gothy, textured, and atmospheric than previous TYPE-O albums while still maintaining the same gothic, heavy, doom laden aesthetic of their previous albums, making it the perfect sonic representation of all things Halloween: vampires, werewolves, haunted houses, haunted relationships, hot bisexual goth girls who are into threesomes, bottles of red wine, and lonely forests bathed in the colorful, seasonal transformation that is autumn.   It's time to imagine Molly Ringwald dressed as a goth girl for Halloween as you feast your ears on the creepiest, evilest sounding keyboards in metal while summoning Bacchus (the god of wine and revelry and/or tits) to help prepare for this season’s “fistivities”.   Discover the actual definition of “zoanthropic paranoia”, find out what happens when you make a goth girl squirt, and learn about Peter Steele’s lesser known “nickname” when you JOIN US as we rrrrrrroll our R’s rrrrrrright on through creepy season with OCTOBER RUST. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “I can smell all of that…over here.” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / #BlazingAppleFireball / “Sometimes there’s after tang on apple…”/ “Something with bubbles…”/ #nerd / #RussellsFoodReflections / “I need that tool…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #alltheholes / #upcomingmetalshows / #markthetime / “Mmmkay…” / ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #Instagram #Facebook #YouTube and #TikTok at #MetalNerderyPodcast & EMAIL US at [email protected] & VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!***  (08:44): ***PATREON SHOUTOUTS!!!*** / ***You can PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast ***/ “Wait a minute, this is where you fucked yourself before…” / #All7s / #RussellsMovieReflections #TheNakedGun #Code3 / “Wait, you mean they do it because that’s what their passion is?” / “I’m gonna take a guess here…” / PIECE BY PIECE (Reign In Blood – 1986) / #SlayerOfTheEpisode (16:43): #TheDocket / “October is the month of Halloween…it’s the whole month.” / METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  TYPE-O-NEGATIVE OCTOBER RUST / NOTE: It’s actually their 4th studio album: Origin of the Feces was actually “not” a live album / “If a girl ever invites you up to her bedroom…”/ #SuicideGirls / #GothMollyRingwald / “Gothic and doom are kinda close…right?” / #PeterSteeleASMR / ***IF YOU HAVEN’T ALREADY, BE SURE TO GO CHECK OUT OUR TYPE-O-NEGATIVE INSIDE THE METAL EPISODES!!!*** (23:39): “Let it ring out…”/ BAD GROUND/UNTITLED (Intro) / LOVE YOU TO DEATH / #creepykeyboards / The evolution of #Carnivore to #TypeONegative / “It’s very sonic…”/  BE MY DRUIDESS / “He might roll his R’s, dude…”/ “I’ll do anything to make you come…”/  Find out what happens when you make a goth girl squirt… / “It’s plasm, dude…” (30:30): “It might be green…”/ GREEN MAN / #RollYourRs / RED WATER (CHRISTMAS MOURNING) / “I think I read that they’re going to do a tribute tour…”/ “His name’s ‘Kickstand’…”/ #COD / “Let’s bring it back up…perfect, the next one’s about…goth lesbians…” / MY GIRLFRIEND’S GIRLFRIEND / “Just wait, he rolls plenty of R’s on this one…”/ “That sounds like # Halloween right there…”/ “Balls jangle…WOW!”/ “The only thing that scares me about 3-somes and drugs…”/ #allthepoon (41:20): DIE WITH ME / “I guess this is like their #powerballad sort of…”/ There’s a lot of breathing on this album…” / BURNT FLOWERS FALLEN / “God I think she’s falling out of (love)…”/ “The next one is about the god of wine…and revelry…or ‘wine and tits’…the god of wine and revelry and/or tits…”/ “Lively and noisy #fistivities …”/ IN PRAISE OF BACCHUS /  “It’s almost like stoner gothic…”/ #DoomBeatles    (50:10): “Did she have red hair?”/ CINNAMON GIRL (Neil Young cover) / #PeterSteeleASMR / “The next one is just fun to say…”/ #instrumental / #readingisfundamental /  THE GLORIOUS LIBERATION OF THE PEOPLE’S TECHNOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VINNLAND BY THE COMBINED FORCES OF THE UNITED TERRITORIES OF EUROPA / “I don’t know what zoanthropic means…”/ WOLF MOON (INCLUDING ZOANTHROPIC PARANOIA) / “The definition of zoanthropic paranoia…and/or cannibalism…” / #Druids / “That just sounds like fall…”/ “As a matter of fucking fact…”/ HAUNTED / “I hate the morning…”/ #spokenword #interlude #creepypoetryASMR / UNTITLED (outro) /  BLACK SABBATH (FROM THE SATANIC PERSPECTIVE) / “On this one it is…”/ #bonustrack #BoneUs / “That dude is Dracula, man…” / “That’s the most evil sounding a piano has ever sounded…”/ “We should do that…an album dive of that album…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel 

“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 chocolate). But the biggest hole Switzerland is known for (other than CERN) is the seemingly endless void between the last CORONER studio album (“Grin” in 1993) and their upcoming 2025 release “Dissonance Theory”, which makes the gap between Tool albums look like a couple of weeks by comparison.    As one of the most technically progressive, avant-garde thrash bands in the entirety of Metal, CORONER are the kings of odd time signatures, unusual chord shapes, and mathematically challenging riffs that set them apart from the rest of the pack, and we’re so glad they’re finally back!   Often called “the Rush of thrash metal”, most likely due to the incredible depth, musical complexity, and texture of music that a 3-piece band of their stature can deliver, CORONER doesn’t sound like anyone else in the thrash metal canon.    Discover the potentially dark traits shared by those with middle names who write in notebooks, understand the line of distinction between “a millionaire and a billionaire”, and find out why sex on Christmas Day ensures you’ll be celebrating birthdays “on the same day as Russell” when you JOIN US as we go INSIDE THE METAL with the best roadies Celtic Frost ever had, featuring Switzerland’s masters of techno thrash sorcery, CORONER. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes: (00:01): “Okayyyy…Gurrrrl…” /  “I saw something interesting in your refrigerator…”/ “#English is a stupid language…”/ #StewieASMR / “I thought I was the #guineapig…”/ “Blackberry and peanut butter…”/ #PBandJ / “Hold on…I’m not ready…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “It’s got a little after brr…”/ “Great big tongs on the end of it…”/ “Tomorrow night I’m working with the ‘special forces’…” / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “That’s why they pay you18 figures a year…”/ #seniordiscounts / “Does that guy got a boat?”/ “You pulling down some good numbers?”/  “He’s the one that spoke in class today…” / #dadjokesASMR / “Did y’all see my chalice?” / “Shout out to Chelsea…”/ #FronteraMexicanKitchen / “I guess everybody fucks on Christmas…and then everybody’s born on the same day as Russell…”/ #CharlieBrownChristmas #HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas / “I’ll talk to you on Boxing Day, how about that?”/ “Thailand? They’ve got ladyboys here, dude…”   (10:23): “Apparently #serialkillers do a lot of #notebooking …”/ “That’s a girls name…”/ Find out who’s stage name initials are “AH”…” / ***PATREON SHOUTOUT!!!*** / ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / ***WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHITTAH!!!*** / #Ravager / FROM US WITH HATE (from Tim) / EMAIL US at [email protected], SOCIAL MEDIA US at #YouTube, #Facebook, #Instagram and #TikTok / Find out how you know you’re rich…/ “That sounds like #Death…”/ “Darius, if you’re still out there…”/ ***VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / “A couple of new listeners…two new recruits” “It might have been the Post and Post Jr…”/ #throatboxing   (20:20):  #TheDocket / ***METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  CORONER – INSIDE THE METAL *** / “How crazy can the riffs be?”/ #Coroner / SYMMETRY (Dissonance Theory – 2025) / “It’s got Latin in it…”/ “Iste ego sum”/ “He said ‘peek-a-boo’…”/ “They are kinda like the #RUSH of thrash…”/ “If you want a Swiss bank account, call these guys…”   (26:34): R.I.P. (1987) / “Look at the logo, dude…”/ “Since they’re a 3 piece…it’s not like the singer has to go off the stage…”/ REBORN THROUGH HATE / “He’s not playing with his dick!?”/ SPIRAL DREAM (lyrics by Tom G. Warrior) / #oough    (30:48): Punishment For Decadence (1988) / “They’ve streamlined their album covers…”/  MASKED JACKAL / “The vocals just disappear on this one…”/ THE NEW BREED / “It got the #Newsted treatment…”/ #LarsASMR / “Let’s fist, c’mon…” / “We’re fisting, it’s fine…don’t make it weird…”/ PURPLE HAZE (Jimi Hendrix Experience) / “The ugly vocals…”   (35:40): No More Color (1989) / “This is like when we all go back to black and white…”/ DIE BY MY HAND / “Hopefully they brought the vocals ‘back to the front’…”/ “That’s Switzerland’s contribution to the thrash canon…”/ READ MY SCARS / #TheClassicLineup / “Sounds like…a superhero with a cape…”   (42:04): Mental Vortex (1991) / ***Check out our #Covers episode…”/ SEMTEX REVOLUTION / “They DO NOT sound like #Whitesnake…”/ #OoohMama /  DIVINE STEP (CONSPECTU MORTIS) / #Latin for “In the face of death…”/ “Those riffs don’t sound like anybody else…”/ “Coroner always had the weird chords like ‘what can your fingers do?’… / “I didn’t do #stinkfinger until sophomore year I think…”/ #BlackDog / “You’re looking at me longingly, and I don’t like it…”/ I WANT YOU (SHE’S SO HEAVY) / #TheBeatles / “Do you miss it, dude?”   (50:50): Grin (1993) / “This is even darker than the other ones…”/ #Aliens / INTERNAL CONFLICTS / “We’ve talked about this briefly…and it’s only with CD’s…the intro…if it’s under 2 minutes, just make it part of the song…(On tapes it didn’t really matter…)”/ “Their cheese has holes in it…their chocolate too, I think it has holes in it…Swiss chocolate doesn’t have holes in it…if you get Swiss meat does it have holes in it?” / #differentcows / THE LETHARGIC AGE / “Got it…”/ GRIN (NAILS HURT) / “It’s almost kind of industrial…”/ “They don’t have it…” / #FuckingAmazon / “Do you think bands should do that?”/ “It’s like a mish-mash quilt of music…”/ #DissonanceTheory / ***Let us know what YOU think about CORONER!!!*** / THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel