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Released on November 3, 2009, and produced by Greg Fidelman & executive produced by Rick Rubin, WORLD PAINTED BLOOD is the 11th studio album by SLAYER and would become the final album to feature the original lineup of the band prior to Dave Lombardo’s departure and Jeff Hanneman’s untimely death. In addition, WORLD PAINTED BLOOD represents the final collaboration between the band, Rick Rubin, and Rubin’s label, American Recordings, which began twenty-three years earlier in 1986 with Reign In Blood.   As one would expect, all of the requisite components of classic SLAYER content are present and accounted for, with numerous tracks that would sound right at home on Reign In Blood, South Of Heaven, and Seasons In The Abyss.    Get ready to learn which song from this album has allegedly (and mistakenly) been ranked as “the worst Slayer song ever”, find out where you never ever want to “get chafed”, and never forget that “he’s the color commentary and I’m the straight man” when you JOIN US as we celebrate seventeen years of WORLD PAINTED BLOOD.   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 & Time Stamps:   (00:01): “Stop and get something else…” / “It’s Friday night…” “The King has the best #ASMR …”/ The joy and challenges of THC beverages. “She actually likes it better than booze…”/ “A lot of gas stations have them now…” “I don’t want it if it tastes like Guinness…”/ #THCNitro #FloatHouse #CyclingFrog #Wyld “I’m a social drinker…I’m an alcoholic…” (05:27): *WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *  #RussellsReflectionsEncoreEdition ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** *Go check out our High School Reunion episodes for a macro dose of the ‘Mas!* (08:20): *PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast * “If you get a shirt, most likely…you’re probably gonna make somebody come…” “I’ve never listened to the Hog Story…don’t ever get chaffed on your ding dong…” #markthetime ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram & #TikTok  ***EMAIL US at [email protected] (10:40): ***VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!! A voicemail from Jem regarding our 1976 & Technical Ecstasy episodes “His ’76 might have been like our ’86…or ’84 or ’83…” “We can deny it all we want…we would have been listening to it…” (15:02): “Before we begin…he’s the color commentary, I’m the straight man…” “I’m the black guy, apparently…” “Out of the 3 of us, by far, Bill is the funniest mother fucker in this room…” #comedytiming /  “We’re absolutely NOT fisting…you can’t fist after something like that…” (17:40): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  SLAYER – WORLD PAINTED BLOOD!!! #Slayer #WorldPaintedBlood “It’s been since August 7, 2025, since we’ve done a Slayer episode (which was the Christ Illusion episode) …” The last official Slayer album featuring the original line-up prior to Jeff Hanneman’s passing. “A lot of people called this the re-boot of Reign In Blood on a worldwide level…” Released November 3, 2009 (“Seventeen years ago…”) A few other albums that were released in 2009 “You know what? When we do our progressive metal month…we’ll have to start with OSI’s Blood…” (23:06): WORLD PAINTED BLOOD “It does take a minute to get off the ground, but it’s so good…” “Sounds evil, doesn’t it?” “Kind of a different flavor of Slayer…” “Like a disease, spreading death, erasing your existence…” “Every time I hear that part…you know that meme with the big dude screaming “SLAYER!?!? Every time that part happens…I’m like that dude…” (27:59): UNIT 731 “Japanese Nazis…they may have actually been worse than the Nazis…” “That sounds like Reign In Blood…” “That one was just balls out…like Piece by Piece is…” (29:29): “Here you go, Russ…” Equipment rundown (for the album) #GearBoner “The JCM800 2203 is one of the most used amp heads in metal & thrash…and wildly, they all sound different, somehow…” “To be fair, they’re still channeling the early Slayer guitar sounds…” “So, you’re never happy is what you’re saying…” (33:20): SNUFF “That’s a rad riff…” “See, this is old school Slayer…that could have been on Reign…South…Seasons…” “Okay, so here’s the gear on South of Heaven…” World Painted Blood was produced by Greg Fidelman (“That dude is a dude!”) (36:22): BEAUTY THROUGH ORDER “This one’s got a particularly creepy factor to it…” “Your screams tell me that you’re not prepared to DIE!” / #usethoseheadphones “This is old school Slayer, at its best…” Tom Araya’s double-tracked vocals are similar to Tony Iommi’s double-tracked guitar solos. (39:52): HATE WORLDWIDE “That’s how you get rid of racism…just hate everybody!” “This is straight up, balls to the face Slayer…” “See that sounds like it could be on Reign In Blood, right? (Easy…)” (41:20): “This next one is perfect for Election Season…” PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DISMEMBERMENT “Get ready for blast beats… (Dave Lombardo) is a machine!” “Individual pain is a strong incentive…” “You know what…we’re gonna China the China…” (44:04): HUMAN STRAIN “(The middle part) That’s creepy…that’s brand new for them…very creepy…” “A little creepier strain of Slayer…” “Before we play the next one, I’ve gotta check something real quick…” “This next song, to me…is the ‘Reborn’ of this album…” (47:43): AMERICON “The music’s cool…it just seems kinda weird…” “It doesn’t sound like Slayer to me…I mean THAT does…this sounds like Rob Zombie…” “To be fair…the next one gets my nips hard, dude…” (49:49): PSYCHOPATHY RED “I just love hearing him scream like that…that’s classic Tom.” “Apparently Loudwire said this (next song) was the worst Slayer song ever…the worst Slayer song of Slayer songs…” “Well, wait a minute…what’s the worst Slayer song?” / #AskTheMetalhead “I would probably say the original version of ‘Aggressive Perfector’…” (54:17): PLAYING WITH DOLLS “This reminds me of AC/DC for some reason…” “It sounds like there’s a piano coming up…when the bass kicks in…it sounds like piano…doesn’t it?” “I like this song better than a couple of the other songs on this record…it has more to it…” “It’s not your typical Slayer song…but it still sounds like Slayer…” “Yeah, I don’t know what Loudwire has got a problem with…” “All alone in my funeral home, playing in blood, there’s just got to be something wrong with me…” (57:33): NOT OF THIS GOD “There’s a middle part that’ll knock your socks off…it’s like a half-time thing…” “It’s a different song…completely.” “Blastbeats and everything…and Kerry King’s total hatred for religion…” “What do y’all think relative to the older stuff? Or even relative to Christ Illusion?” “This album, front to back, sounds like classic Slayer except for a few moments…” “Fast…and balls…fast balls…” / “I had to make it stupid…to dismount properly…” “Let’s make a pledge: no more album dives for a minute… (but to be fair) these made sense…” THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! #untilthenext #outroreel  

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 like an incredibly long time ago. But to give that span of time just a bit more perspective and weight, Omega Wave was released a mere sixteen days after Instagram was launched (which was on October 6, 2010).    Fast forward sixteen years plus a day later to Friday, October 23, 2026, when FORBIDDEN unleashes their eponymous 6th album, FORBIDDEN, their first new album since 2010’s Omega Wave and also the first to feature new frontman Norman Skinner assuming vocal duties for original vocalist Russ Anderson.   In short, FORBIDDEN has all of the elements that fans of the Bay Area progressive thrash masters have come to expect, including some mind-boggling surprises that we absolutely did not see coming. If you enjoy having your mind completely blown by one of, if not THE most, technically proficient thrash metal bands of all time, then you are absolutely going to love this album.   Go ahead and slip into your “yoga pants” and JOIN US as we immerse ourselves into the multilayered complexity of the top contender for “thrash metal comeback album of the year” with the latest album from San Francisco technical thrash titans, FORBIDDEN.   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 & Time Stamps: (00:01): “In the middle of the night…” / “There is…a house…in New Orleans…” / #GhostManor “Skynet strikes again…” / “For those of you who can’t see the video…which is everybody…”/ “Wait wait…you can tell they’re girl skeletons?”/ #SkeletonTits #BoneInTits “That’s an Ozzy song, right?” / #RussellsReflectionsHalloweenEdition /  #From #CrystalLake / “I always liked Velma…you know Velma’s doing the freaky shit…”/ #InTheMiddleOfTheNight / “That’s some ASMR right there, dude…”   (08:34): *WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *  “If they hear it late on Thursday night, super late, it could be ... (in the middle of the night)” *WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!* *PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast * “We’ve got yoga pyuhnts…hode own…” /  *Purchase your Metal Nerdery gear at metalnerdery.com/merch * *EMAIL US at [email protected] * *SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram & #TikTok   (12:12): *VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!* #guitarslide / #TripSix / #MetalNerdist “I think I know the part he’s talking about, specifically, that he’s talking about in The Four Horsemen…”/ “Hold on, I’ve got it if you’re ready…” #Metallica THE FOUR HORSEMEN (Kill ‘Em All – 1983) “That’s a pick slide (pick scratch) …” “I never noticed…the bass is doing it too…” / #divebomb “There’s the slide…and the scrape…and then there’s the dive…” #Slayer WAR ENSEMBLE (Seasons In The Abyss – 1990) “The slide gives it that live feel…as a guitarist, that’s one of the first things we learn how to do…”/ “It’s kinda like a hand to the ass…I can’t slap my own ass while I’m jerking off…” #futureepisodeidea #pickscratch #pickscrape #neckslide #fretslide The joys of learning how to play guitar.   (21:00): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: FORBIDDEN’S BRAND SPANK, SELF-TITLED NEW ALBUM!!! Released 10/23/2026, the first new album from #Forbidden since 2010’s Omega Wave (which was the last album to feature original vocalist Russ Anderson on vocals) Produced by Zack Ohren / “10/23 is a great day for album releases…” “Let’s check out the gear…” / “Brann from Mastodon is on this…”/ #BlackDog /  “They’re tuned to E standard…when #Metallica did Death Magnetic, (Rick) Rubin had them tune up to E standard…”/ “I like the label, too…BLKIIBLK…is there a ‘B’ Roman Numeral?” (26:26): SINGLE POINT FAILURE “That’s a strong opener…sounds like old school thrash…sounds like Russ (Anderson)…” “It’s got the elements of the Russ (era) sound…” “The weedly woos…they were weedling and woodling…” (30:30): BURNING THE LUNGS OF EARTH “He’s got the notes of the Russ voice…the projection…” “I swear this has an 80’s movie cadence…like on Top Gun…there’s a song there, I don’t know what it is…” “It’s like a more angry sounding Russ…it’s like Russ Plus…” “I don’t know how much they’d like to hear this podcast and hear his name mentioned that many times …” / “The voice (of Norman Skinner) fits Forbidden…” “I hear moments that tell me, when you go see them live, they’ll be able to do classic (Forbidden) and kill it…and there’s also a new element…(Skinner) has got his own sound…”   (34:20): DIVIDED BY ZERO The first single, released over a year ago!!! “I feel like I’m in high school again and we’re putting (Forbidden Evil) on…” “That’s Forbidden…all day!” “That chorus will be a killer sing-along at the show…” “Sharpening knives to cut through the smoke…” “Wait a minute…we’ve gotta hit that middle part…” “If you had to guess, what do you think, in Roman Numerals, track 4 is?” (37:43): DCLXVI “Kinda creepy…darker…kinda reminds me of Suicide Note Pt. 1 by Pantera…” “That’s slow, grindy Forbidden…” “Is that Latin back there?” / “Ooooooh…they’re SPELLING it!” (43:18): PSYCLOPS “Listen to that bass, dude…that’s meaty!” “That is guitars, not keyboards…pick scratch!” “This kinda has the Coroner (Dissonance Theory) sound to it…the production…the sound of the guitar…” “I like the bends they do…” “Eventually there’s gonna be no more riffs…NOPE!” “When somebody comes out with a new album, I think this is the first time we all need to listen to it, at this podcast…it’s so much better right here…” “Today we broke the seal…other than the singles that we’ve already heard…it is so much more fun to do it this way…” “I almost wish they wouldn’t (release the singles ahead of the album release) …just to have that Christmas Day…where you unwrap all the presents at one time…” “Forbidden have come back after a 16-year absence…you’ve got to build a buzz…or a bus.” (49:30): JISEI “This sounds creepy…” “This is weird and I like it…it’s very dark…” The meaning & context of the Japanese word Jisei “I’d like to hear the very end of that before it goes into the next song…” (53:27): MUTUALLY ASSURED DYSFUNCTION “Single number 2…released last year…” “That’s classic (Forbidden) riffs right there…” “There’s so many layers to this thing…” “That sounds like the first two (albums: Forbidden Evil & Twisted Into Form) …that’s the classic Forbidden sound…” “This thing’s got layers…it’s probably gonna take several listens…” “An album is supposed to be a presentation of work that fits together like a book…I like albums…” (57:10): SYCOPHANTASY “I love me some double bass…” “That’s Brann (Dailor, from Mastodon) I think (on guest vocals) …ah ha! Yep, Brann IS on there!” (59:16): THE BURDEN “Ooooh, that’s ugly…that was like Psycroptic …” “Come on! How!? I wanna hear one more…” / “Wow! That’s nuts!” “So, they’re ‘kinda’ good…sounds like they’ve played instruments before…” /  “That’s like video game metal…” (1:02:38): SOL GRAVE “Sol means ‘sun’…or ‘peace’…” “Hear those squeakies back there!? Squeak pinch harmonics…” “There’s so much uncomfortable shit going on…those pinch squeakies are great!” “That’s like progressive thrash is what that is…it’s distressed, it makes you uncomfortable.” “It’s like pinch squealies…perfect…they’re harmonizing the squealies!” “Let’s make the most difficult song in history the next to the last song on the album…”   (1:08:10): “See, THAT is why they need to open for Dream Theater…they’ve got a 9-minute song…” FLOWER OF LIFE (CHAOS BY DESIGN) “I don’t think Forbidden has ever had a 9-minute song…” “Me likey…” / “Those pinches (pinch harmonics) are crazy!” “Piano!? They’re opening for Dream Theater, dude…” “Rimshot!? Holy shit! I like it though… it’s a different kind of Forbidden.” “I think it’s gonna come back hard…is that strings!? Wow!” “Alright, make it ugly…” “It’s gonna build back like a motherfucker…I think this is going to be extremely ugly…” “I almost don’t know what to say…” / #usethoseheadphones / “Okay, let it ring out…” #standingovation “That’s like a 28-layer casserole lasagna…” “I think I found my favorite metal album for 2026…” “At some point, I bet they open for Dream Theater.” THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! #untilthenext #outroreel

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 from the band following No Prayer For The Dying and Fear Of The Dark and is also the first album to feature the band as a sextet (or sixsome, if you prefer).   While the concept of three guitarists (Janick Gers, Dave Murray, & Adrian Smith) seems like a dream come true for fans obsessed with the legendary dual guitar harmonies of their 80’s output, BRAVE NEW WORLD features a more cinematic & progressive sound that is not so much a departure from their core sound as it is a bold step forward beyond the old school IRON MAIDEN palette into new sonic territory.   Prepare your relaxers of choice, be “brave”, and brace yourself for the most controversial IRON MAIDEN opinion ever uttered on this podcast when you JOIN US as we dive into their twelfth studio album: BRAVE NEW WORLD. 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 & Time Stamps: (00:01): “It’s always good to be here…down here in Bunkerpoon Central…” “I don’t know if I’d use that as a mickey… #markthetime *WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised * WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!! “We’re on the outer cusps of Hurricane Isaias…” “Chimpanzees are in the hurricane…” (3:02): PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast  “Apparently, it’s called ‘dead name’…we’ll save that for June…” **SOCIAL MEDIA US AT #metalnerderypodcast ON #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram & #TikTok EMAIL US at [email protected] & VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!** #ZZTop MESCALERO (Mescalero – 2003) “Didn’t Jack Beard just die?” (NOTE: That’s Frank, not Jack) / “(ZZ Top) were the longest running original band members…” “There’s a documentary about them…” (The Little Ol’ Band From Texas – 2019) #markthetime “I think they pronounce it Connec-ti-cut…” (12:05): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: IRON MAIDEN – BRAVE NEW WORLD (Released May 29, 2000) The Piece of Mind era lineup PLUS The No Prayer For The Dying era lineup “There can never be too many guitar players…” NOTE: Technically it’s BOLTH Megadeth & Anthrax supporting Maiden on the latest tour, depending on the show. (15:42): THE WICKER MAN “Sounds like old school Maiden…with modern production…” “You’ve gotta give them credit: coming out in 2000, it does not sound anything like what came out in 2000…it sounds like Maiden.” A different vocalist/singer determines which type of venues you can play… (Re: The Blaze Bayley vs Bruce Dickinson lineups of Iron Maiden) (20:48): GHOST OF THE NAVIGATOR “That’s what a lot of #IronMaiden is (triumph metal) …you have to be in the mood for it…” “That’s a live sound…that production.” “Very epic-y…this could have been the album after Somewhere In Time…this would have been perfect even after Seventh Son of a Seventh Son…” “What do you think about the cover…is it fitting (relative) to the other (Iron Maiden) covers?” “If you took the Eddie face out, would it look like an Iron Maiden cover?” #markthetime / “There’s just not enough Eddie in it…” (25:41): BRAVE NEW WORLD “You hear the keyboards back there?” / #NotMyMaiden “I know, it’s a lot of melody, dude…I didn’t know if you’d be able to handle it…” “The biggest buildup of the song…get on with it…” “How far in is it?” “They could have shortened that beginning part a little bit…” “Are you ON the mic?” (29:54): BLOOD BROTHERS “It’s the bass line from Orion…kinda, it’s very close…” / “It’s a waltz (3/4 time)…” “This is also ‘Not MY Maiden’… (here we go…)” “I swear, that’s either strings or keyboards in the background…” “It sounds like it could be on a Disney movie…” / #DisneyMaiden “Have you ever seen the movie Brave?” “I just have to be in the mood for Maiden…otherwise, it doesn’t hit right…” (32:57): THE MERCENARY “That could be on the first album…” “I’m kinda noticing a repeating theme…the way they’ve structured each of the songs…they have the same layout…”   (34:27): DREAM OF MIRRORS “Here’s a shorty…” “Definitely a mellower Maiden…” “You have to be in the mood for Maiden…” “Okay, go to 3 ½ …” / #LOL “See, THAT’s Maiden…a chase scene with the horses…that sounds like classic Maiden…” “I understand the riff…but sometimes, you could shave 4 minutes of repetition out of all that and tighten it up…” “In fairness, (Maiden) have always been a progressive metal band…with longer songs…” (39:31): THE FALLEN ANGEL “That sounds like it could be on the first album…” “That’s a different bass sound for Maiden…I think they’re tuned down a bit…maybe not…” “Does this sound more like classic (Maiden) than not?”   (41:37): THE NOMAD “This has a very middle eastern vibe to it…” “Odd sound for Maiden…that’s weird…” “He said it (desert) twice…THREE TIMES!” “I was waiting for this part…”/ “That’s not on the boat…” “Their music is definitely cinematic …I kinda hear the Disney thing…” “It does sound symphonic…it could be one dude on a keyboard…”   (47:04): OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET “Sounds like a noisy planet to me… (you were just waiting to say that, weren’t you?)” “It’s keyhorns…” “That’s a different flavor of Maiden…” “When did this album come out? Was it May or June?” “It’s almost anthem-y…it’s just not the rockin’, metal songs of the early 80’s…” “Let’s see how it ends…”   (49:16): THE THIN LINE BETWEEN LOVE & HATE “Sounds very suspenseful…” “It’s definitely different than the 80’s Maiden…” “I think there’s a cool part coming up…right after the solo…” “It’s very Floyd-y…” “Oh shit, that’s Planet Caravan!” / “The thin line between Pantera & Black Sabbath…” NOTE: Listen to the last 30-40 seconds of the song for something funny from Nicko… “There’s a few riffs and a few moments in these songs that are so old school…” “I’m listening to this differently now than I was in 2000 when I got it…” “I wanna know from Bill what it is…is it that it doesn’t sound like 80’s Maiden? There are moments that do and a lot of moments that don’t…” “The album art looks like a futuristic Disney city…” NOTE: The most recent Maiden album is Senjutsu, released September 3, 2021 THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! #untilthenext #outroreel

“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 the recent release of INTO OBLIVION, the 16th and final album from the godfathers of extreme metal and undoubtedly the most well produced and best sounding album in the band’s discography.   Released May 1, 2026, and featuring all of the signature elements that VENOM fans would expect, INTO OBLIVION sounds modern without sounding dated and maintains the themes & imagery of darkness and evil that have been the band’s calling card for nearly half a century.    Prepare to hear us butcher the name of Hurricane Isaias, get ready to brush up on your Latin skills, and find out why your VENOM friends were always scarier (and much cooler) than your other friends when you JOIN US as we celebrate the legacy of Cronos and dive deep INTO OBLIVION. 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 & Time Stamps: (00:01): “In the middle of the night…” “It is a windy rainy Saturday…it’s very gloomy & doomy & Halloweeny…” “Remnants of Hurricane Isaias…” “That ain’t right…that ain’t what they said on The Weather Channel…” (NOTE: Isaias means “Yahweh is salvation…God saves…” #BibleStudyASMR) “We were blessed by not getting blown…away…” “A lot of high-pitched talking around here…” / #markthetime “Riff Lifter might be my new favorite band concept / band name…” “Can’t we just start the Sabbath Fuzzy Sabbath?” #SabbathFuzzySabbath #SmaugMountain #RiffLifters #AndAssociates ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised*** “Did you just crack your knuckles?” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST*** “Very excited that we have a new button…” / #NewButtonAlert   (04:30): ***PATREON US at www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** “Wait a minute…he said ‘we’ve got Phil’…we’ve got a new Phil…that’s not even Phil, that’s Phillip…man…” / “Speaking of Norvyn, I’ve got a good video that he sent…” ***EMAIL US at [email protected] *** #InhumanCondition GODZILLA (Panic Prayer – 2023)  #musicvideo #BlueOysterCult  / “What is that, a T-Rex? It’s GODZILLA…with a mustache.” ***VOICEMAIL US at 980-666-8182!!!***  “Unless you’ve got Saudi money…” “It’s gonna get to the point that we’re gonna have to do a whole voicemail episode…”   (12:30): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: VENOM – INTO OBLIVION “Russ didn’t know that Cronos (recently) passed away…” #Venom #Cronos #ConradCronosLant #RestInPeace #RestInPower #RIP (NOTE: The Venom - Inside the Metal episode was released in October 2025) Into Oblivion is Venom’s 16th album and was released May 1, 2026. “The Venom friends were always scarier…and they can smoke in their room, too.” #RussellsReflectionsVenomEdition #TheGate “I’m hoping that this is like the latest Pentagram record (in terms of the songs and the production) …”   (19:04): INTO OBLIVION “That’s some good produced double bass…that’s what Witching Hour needs…” “That’s actually a perfect mix…its good, and it sounds like Venom…” “Imagine giving Black Metal this (production) treatment…” “It sounds modern, it doesn’t sound dated…” NOTE: It’s NOT 2023…it’s 2026! (“Why did I say 2023?”)   (21:47): LAY DOWN YOUR SOUL “If their older records sounded like this…oh man!” “Callback to Witching Hour…it’s almost like a reboot of Witching Hour…” “That’s a pretty rad solo…” Cronos – Bass, Rage – Guitars, Dante – Drums  “It’s a good mix but it still sounds like a Venom recording…”   (25:19): NEVERMORE “Ahhh…Edgar Allan Poe…” / #TheRaven “It’s like dark victory metal…” “Cowbell? I thought I heard a cowbell…” “His voice is so fucking metal…it’s not pretty, but you like hearing it…it just fits.” “So far, this is not disappointing me at all…this might be my 2nd new favorite discovery of 2026…after Psycroptic…”   (27:54): MAN & BEAST “That sounds like Viking metal…” / “I hear ‘S-T’…” “What are they tuned to? That’s gotta be tuned down something fierce…” “I want to look up the tuning for that…it’s a basic chug…it sounds dark and menacing and…metal.”   (29:43): DEATH THE LEVELLER “It’s very Motorhead-y…very early Venom, too…” “They’ve been around so long they’ve influenced themselves…” (45+ years since the release of Black Metal) “That’s the best guitar player they’ve ever had…” “Was that a whistle…like a Molly Hatchet (Flirtin’ With Disaster) whistle!?” “We’re 5 tracks into this thing…what was (Venom’s) last album before this one (with Cronos)?” “We are so wrong…” /  CORRECTION: Tony Dolan (Demolition Man) is very much alive and very much NOT dead. “Here’s the tuning…C# Standard…this ain’t no dropping the E string…” NOTE: It’s tuned a whole step down from E♭…it’s tuned 1.5 steps down (from standard pitch) … “Wow, that was fucking boring!” #THCOCD “It’s on track to being…it’s on the fast track to getting the #Coroner treatment…if you’re gonna start with Venom, I’d almost suggest starting here and then going directly to Black Metal…” “All that to say…this is fast tracking into the Coroner Dissonance Theory territory…in terms of production…”   (36:25): AS ABOVE SO BELOW “Now THAT’s fucking Venom…” “Venom is never gonna be Coroner…based on the production, I think I would start here…” “Daemon Est Deus Inversus…” #Latin   (39:03): Track 7 KICKED OUTTA HELL “He sounds possessed…that’s what I like about him…” “It sounds like 1989…I can hear it on WREKage…” “That little Latin sounding part in the chorus…is a Latin aphorism meaning: ‘The devil is God inverted’… “You just learned Latin…”   (41:24): LEGEND “Nice squealies…it gives it a nice creepiness…it enhances the creepiness…” “The production makes the riffs sound WAY bigger & bulked out…” “That almost sounds a little like Tom G. (Warrior - Celtic Frost) right there…” “Track 10…that’s what we should name the podcast…”   (44:02): LIVE LOUD “Got some Tommy Victor (Prong) going on there with the pinch harmonics…” “They’ve gotta have the double bass, always, it’s gotta be there…” “(Live Loud) is the closest you’ll ever get to a Venom pop song.” “I think the whole sound (the production) is what made them campy sounding…the production was almost…laughable…”   (46:56): METAL BLOODY METAL “This is White Zombie…” “It sounds modern without sounding dated…it’s still dark and serious…” The guitar player’s name is Stuart “Rage” Dixon: 2007 to present. NOTE: There was a remix of the Black Metal track in 2005.   (49:46): DOGS OF WAR “It’s noisy…” “If you tuned all that up to E it would be kinda ‘meh’…it wouldn’t have the evil darkness and the heaviness to it…”   (51:21): DEATHWITCH “Listen to that tone, dude…those are some live sounding drums…I was about to say: they’re in the room…” “I’d say they struck guitar player gold with (Rage)…he’s got all the things, and he can do all the stuff…” “There’s a lot of layers…there’s 3 members in that band and I just heard 4 guitar players…”   (54:16): UNHOLY MOTHER “Do I sense a progressive type song? Melodic?” “Cronos will figure out a way to ugly it up…in a good way.” “Kinda reminds me of a Danzig tone…or Slayer even…or Sabbath …” “He kinda almost sounds like Blackie Lawless for a minute…” “That guitar player can do it…he’s badass!” / “Bass!? It’s a bass solo…” “I’m glad we heard that last little part…that really wraps it up.” “It sucks that (Cronos) is gone, but what a legacy!” NOTE: Regarding The Ultimate Revenge (it was released in 1985): Combat Tour Live -  Slayer, Exodus, & Venom “You can watch these videos on YouTube…uncut.” “It kinda feels like you shouldn’t be listening to it…” “What a great legacy to leave behind…” / RIP Conrad “Cronos” Lant “(Cronos) had some cool boots…” THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel  

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 Knievel who successfully jumped 7 Greyhound Buses at the Kingdome in Seattle, and Bruce Jenner who took home the gold in the men’s decathlon at the Summer Olympics in Montreal.    1976 was all about being “on the train to Bangkok” and getting “super Asian” (so to speak) in your buddy’s Trans Am before catching The Song Remains The Same at the Midnight Movies. It was the year that brought us Kansas’ progressive “pre-metal” breakthrough masterpiece, Leftoverture, the year of not one but two (count ‘em, TWO!)  KISS releases in the same year, and also the year that brought us perhaps the strangest and most misunderstood Black Sabbath album of the 1970’s.    Fast forward fifty years to 2026. America is now a quarter of a millennium old, and since 1976, we’ve gone from albums to 8-tracks…to cassettes…to compact discs…to streaming…and now BACK to albums, cassettes, and CD’s again, with music consumers and die-hard music fans enjoying a bit of a renaissance as they rediscover the joy of purchasing physical media and reading the lyric sheet & taking in the vibe of the album art all while listening to the music and being simultaneously transported to a completely different time and dimension…specifically, 1976.   Get ready for the weirdest question EVER from the world’s biggest KISS fan, understand why front AND back album art is so important, find out who James Hetfield’s long lost uncle probably might be, discover the endless joy of finding a “project band” (regardless if you’re from “Lebanon…Libya…or Lisbon”), and prepare for the most gloriously orchestrated “palette cleanser” you’ve ever experienced when you JOIN US as we go back to the 70’s and revisit the hard rock and pre-metal glory days of the CLASS OF 1976. 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 & Time Stamps (00:01): “And we’re back…the biggest bailout in all of Metal Nerdery history…”/  “So, we just found out a neat little bit of history here…” The mystery regarding the back album cover of AC/DC’s Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (Basically, the people are redacted on the back album cover but the eyeball redaction black bars from the front album cover are still in the same place as the people were on the front.) NOTE: Technical Ecstasy is the 7th Black Sabbath album, NOT their 6th album…their sixth album is Sabotage. ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** “Everything is different than everything…” ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST LOCATED IN THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast  “Who’s Lee?”   (08:02): METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  1976 – YEAR IN METAL “It’s ½ a century of metal…and rock (pre-metal) …metal wasn’t really a thing in 1976…not like it was in the 80’s…” /  “During the year of America’s bicentennial…now we’re a quarter of a millennium years old…” “It’s kind of a rewind episode…” / “I’m googling I’m not looking at porn on my phone…” “If you put your ’76 hat on, what’s the top Billboard (song)…the Billboard Top 100?” #Billboard “Wait…did you say Eric Cartman?”/ #allbymyself / “You’ve gotta admit, Slow Ride is a bad ass song!”/ “That’s kinda pretty close to what I said…” (14:25): “What about Wheeler’s song?”  #ACDC SQUEALER (Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap – 1976) “This sounds like stripper music to me...” “Sorry, I had to swallow…I love this part…” “She said she’d never been…never been balled before…and I don’t think…she’ll ever ball no more…fixed her good…” “You can’t listen to that and be sad…” (18:42): “That’s probably one of THE heaviest Aerosmith songs I think…” “Testament would have KILLED Back In The Saddle…” #Aerosmith BACK IN THE SADDLE (Rocks – 1976) “That just sounds kind of ominous…this might be one of my favorite Aerosmith songs…” “Listen to that bass, dude…that’s gnarly!” / “Suki…” “It’s the chorus and that bass for me, that’s what gets it…” “This is Guns ‘N’ Roses before Guns ‘N’ Roses…” “Southern metal is the next iteration of your Molly Hatchets and your Lynyrd Skynyrd…it’s just heavier…” (23:05): “Hot take:  off of Presence, what’s your fave tune?”  / “Achilles Last Stand is the most metal thing on there…” #LedZeppelin ACHILLES LAST STAND (Presence – 1976) “What a way to open…ALL the cokelines, too…”/  “That is such a wild little fill…that riff is kinda crazy…” “That climb is really cool, too…it’s very prog rock.”/ “The Runaways (debut album) came out in ’76…” #LitaFord / “She was not from Lebanon…or Libya…or Lisbon, Portugal…” (27:15): “How about a little Rainbow?”  #Rainbow A LIGHT IN THE BLACK (Rising – 1976) “Oh, that’s metal as hell…” “That man’s voice…is gold…” / #RJD “That’s metal before metal was metal…70’s style…that’s definitely more metal than rock, for sure…”   (29:30): “How about a little punk? How about some Ramones first album?” “14 songs…29 minutes long…” #Ramones BEAT ON THE BRAT (Ramones – 1976) “It’s almost like Devo…kinda…it’s like punk Devo…”   (31:30): “How about Billy engages with a little MC Tentacle…?” “Not a black horse, a dark horse…” / #ohyeah   “If you look at Ted Nugent back then, tell me he does not look like (James) Hetfield…circa 1991ish…” #TedNugent WRITING ON THE WALL (feat. Meatloaf) – (Free For All – 1976) “Cat Scratch Free For All?/ “Stranglehold…all day long…”   (34:06): “How about some RUSH?”/ “We’re all about relaxers down here…” #RUSH A PASSAGE TO BANGKOK (2112 – 1976) “It’s ALL about drugs, man…” / “That makes me wanna smoke opium…I’ve never smoked opium…” “They’re one of my project bands…all I listened to was RUSH…” / #projectband “For a long time it was #DOWN … I could not listen to anything but DOWN…” “I just call that ‘Project Band’…normally if I get into a mood to listen to one band and one band only, it’ll be Led Zeppelin…” / #TheSongRemainsTheSame “I have memories of being super Asian at Billiam’s house watching that movie…”   (39:11): “Speaking of California…” “Is there something better (else) on that album than THAT song?” “This will be the song that gets us kicked off the podcast…”   (40:09): “How about a little Priest? Some Sad Wings (of Destiny)?” #JudasPriest THE RIPPER (Sad Wings of Destiny – 1976) / #usethoseheadphones  “Stranglehold again…/ “They got the vocals right up front…” “So it IS about Jack the Ripper…”   (42:33): “You know what…I’ve gotta tell yall…what did you think about the first Boston record?” #Boston ROCK AND ROLL BAND (Boston – 1976) “Add a little more distortion and that’s a Pantera riff…” “They all had afros…”   (45:10): #BlueOysterCult E.T.I. (EXTRA TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE) / (DON’T FEAR) THE REAPER (Agents of Fortune – 1976) “Guys, I need a little bit of cowbell…” / “It’s 70’s all day…” #cowbell #WillFerrell #BruceDickinson #ChristopherWalken #SNL   (46:55): “Alright, what else…?”  “We can do a Chronicles Death Match for (bands releasing two albums in) the same year?” “How about Emerald? Mastodon actually covered (Thin Lizzy) a while back…” #ThinLizzy EMERALD (Jailbreak – 1976) “I can see why Mastodon did this…” “It’s got a Maiden vibe to it…” “I can definitely hear that Maiden was influenced by them…”   (51:03): “Here’s a KISS song, off of Rock and Roll Over…it’s a Gene song obviously because it’s all about sex…”/ “That’s a badass album cover…for 1976…”/ “Are there ANY songs we’ve ever heard of? (which is a really weird question coming from the world’s biggest KISS fan)” #KISS LOVE ‘EM AND LEAVE ‘EM (Rock And Roll Over – 1976) “As a kid I loved this song, but this may not translate well to 54-year-old me…”   (53:33): “We don’t have to end on that…I fully understand your need to palette cleanse after that…we can’t play 2 KISS songs in a row…alright, palette cleanser…” #Pantera PALETTE CLEANSER (Reinventing the Vulgar Display of Power Metal Projects, Far Beyond the Southern Steel Trendkill Jungle from Hell) “The winner…the winner of 1976…” “Cannot EVER be loud enough…” / #CantBeLoudEnough “If you want more 1976, go back and listen to the episode BEFORE this one…we did a whole ass 1976 album dive…which we didn’t even mention on this one…” THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!  #untilthenext #outroreel