Metal Nerdery Podcast

“WE’RE GONNA DO A NUMBER NOW. . .”

For anyone who has ever heard OZZY OSBOURNE perform live in concert, you already KNOW!  And in the unfortunate event you do NOT already know, let’s just say you’v…

“Look inside of yourself, you might see someone you don’t know…” – DIO. 

Anytime someone utters the name “Ronnie James Dio”, almost immediately one is transported to another dimension ruled by magi…

Okay, lead guitar players, gun slingers, virtuosos, et al, LISTEN UP!!!  This is YOUR episode!!  

When you have a podcast about Metal Nerdery and 66% of the Metal Nerdery staff are guitar players (…

There’s a saying that “the best revenge is living well”.  

Well, someone forgot to give Dave Mustaine that memo.  Because as far as we can tell, Dave’s “best revenge” was to form Megadeth, a band a…

As you will recall, we wrapped up 2020 with a trip back to 1985.  Of the MANY masterpieces that were released that year, Anthrax’s SPREADING THE DISEASE (or “S.T.D.” for short. Don’t deny the power o…

There’s an old proverb that says: “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”.  

No matter which realm of Metal it refers to, that’s music to our ears!  Because (supposably), to quote David Lee Rot…

1986. The Highlander.  The Challenger.  Reign in Blood.  One of THE most critically important years in Thrash history (and honestly, I would argue that for ALL Metal, but as Russell would say:  I dig…

JOIN US for a look back at 2020 as we discuss some of the more memorable moments in Metal that are actually worth remembering and otherwise bid a (NOT) fond farewell to the year that can only be desc…

Please enjoy some Metal Nerdery Outtakes and Nonsense from prior shows.

This wont be the last one of these as we have accumulated many snippets of gold over the last 70 shows.

We have a ton of fun wi…

There’s something downright mysterious about DOWN II.  Something about the vibe of the album sounds like it was recorded and produced by Roger Bain in some haunted, abandoned church in an alternate d…

I awoke on December 8th and felt a little “off”.  It felt heavy.  Oppressive.  Like a spiritual hangover.   And then I remembered why…

16 years before was the day that we would forever mourn the loss…

Back in the day, there were certain criteria on the back of every cassette and compact disc that were critical to ensure that the piece of thrashtastical goodness you were about to consume was WORTHY…

Sometimes you have to be reminded of history to understand bolth where you come from and why things are the way they are today. Thanks to Brian Slagel and Metal Blade Records various Metal Massacre c…

We did it again; we kept it loose (which was, like, totally awesome, but whatever…).  We had initially intended on targeting 1985 Thrash Metal but as it turns out, there was an absolute abundance of …

So, we apologize in advance for lying.  We were “planning” to pick our respective Top 6 Favorite Fucking Slayer Tracks.  One problem:  it’s REALLY hard for us to nail down our personal “Final Six” Fa…

Akka Dakka.  If you’re from Australia, then you already know what this means (and are probably shocked that more people don’t know what this means).  If you’re NOT from Australia, then you know them …

One thing this merry band of Metal Nerderers will agree on: we LOVE us some Black Sabbath! And with fall being the quintessentially ideal season for Sabbath (and with Witches Night right around the c…

TRICK OR TREAT!!! It’s the Halloween Horror Metal episode of Metal Nerdery!! Go through your kids’ candy, take out all of that “good” candy and JOIN US as we discuss the diabolical and the macabre th…

We here at Metal Nerdery live by a few “rules”:  Our Trust is in Black Sabbath and Slayer, Pantera was the Metallica of the 90’s and some songs, albums AND/OR bands simply CAN’T BE LOUD ENOUGH!! (sor…

“Where were YOU when you heard the news…?”

No one will EVER forget the day that Eddie Van Halen left this world. And the reason we will never forget is because Eddie Van Halen CHANGED this world in s…