1984 was the year that saw the introduction of the Apple Macintosh, the launch of the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference, and the year the world learned of the terrifyingly destructive potential of A.I. courtesy of Skynet and The Terminator.

1984 is more than just the title of George Orwell’s cautionary, dystopian novel or Van Halen’s wildly successful 6th album. 1984 is the year that heavy metal began to intensify exponentially, including the continued evolution of thrash and black metal, as well as the release of “the ultimate anthem” that resulted in one of the greatest music videos in heavy metal history.

Prepare for some “great pod” and one of the most “brilliant” voicemails we’ve ever received, including our first ever “beer of the voicemail”.  Discover the identify of “the BIGGEST KISS fan” (courtesy of “Blind Dog Malmsteen”), learn what W.A.S.P. actually stands for, as opposed to what we thought it meant (which is actually way funnier), grab yourself some “Scoobitaboosh” in preparation for our Animalize album dive (available exclusively on Patreon), break out your “electric twanger” and JOIN US as we journey back in time to the Year In Metal: 1984.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Whee, whee…”/ “That was the father…”/ #chauffeuse (“I learned that from watching #Archer …”) / “It’s the guy who does #BobsBurgers …”/ #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #Luxardo #Espresso / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ “Out with the bad…in with the good.”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #MrCoffee #MrShades #MrStubble / “It’s that weird in between phase…like a homeless Sonny Crockett…”/ “Isn’t it illegal to make a U-Turn at an intersection?” / “I was just thinking to myself…and then immediately, 3 cars in a row made a U-Turn…”/ “You mean 18 and older…”/ #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #noABV / “I let her pick one out…”/ #FoederFruits #YazooBrewing #BoysenberryKeyLimeSourAle / “Oh shit, it’s foamy…”/ #theverdict (“Your wife’s never picking beer out again, bro…”/ “You could pickle okra in this…”/ #tobefair (“I’m not trying to be a dick…”)

(07:55): “It’s like Lars producing albums…”/ #onmicburp #markthetime #buttoninventory / “That’s gonna be meaty…and cheesy…”/ “That soap smells like #FantaGrape mixed with #GrapeNowAndLaters …”/ “Which is the better tasting #candywax ?” / #SlayerReunionNews / “It’s fake…”/ #deepfakememes #brutal / “The internet’s really starting to get to me now…”/ “I thought he played football…”/ #fakemovieposters / “Is it just trolls being trolls for the sake of being trolls?”/ “They’re the new #KISS they’re the new #MotleyCrue …”/ “You can’t like anything anymore…”/ “It’s the thrill of playing live…”/ #megaboner / “Tell us why you didn’t put more sugar in it…”/ “You gave her too much freedom…see what happens?”/ #suffrage vs #suffering

(16:41): If you’d like to leave us some correspondence you can email us at metalnerdery@gmail.com or hit us up on the socials at #metalnerderypodcast or YOU CAN LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!! / #whoareyou #Trip6 #thisvoicemailsbeerofthevoicemail #BrutalBrewsBrewery #sixpointnineABV (“Good morning drinking beer…”) / #ValentinesDayMassacre #supercut #shoutout (“That was great pod…”) / A work around for the upcoming 1986 Head-to-Head #DeathMatch / “That might be one of the voicemails we’ve ever gotten…#beerofthevoicemail …”/ #brilliant / #MIsForMartha / #TheAccused / #whateverthefuckingfuckdotcom (“That’s the domain name, bro…”)

(21:26): “I think it’s time / #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: 1984 – YEAR IN METAL / “That’s the year that everything changed…”/ “Where to start?” / What’s the first ’84 centric thing you heard? / “Looking back, that sounds like 1984…”/ #Queensryche CHILD OF FIRE (“Sounds kinda like #powermetal …”) / “That’s going to be the soundtrack album for my new book, #ScreamFromTheBalls …”/ #DIO THE LAST IN LINE / “That’s 1984 for sure…” / “That gives me so much bone, even now…”

(27:20): “Let’s do a little bit of #YngwieJMalmsteen …” / #Trilogy is not pronounced as #Triology / “Is it? Good.” / “I feel like that’s some #bassplayerhate towards singers…”/ “I think this one is mostly instrumentals though…” / ICARUS DREAM SUITE Op 4 (“That sounds like black metal…”) / “It’s got some weedly-woos in there, probably…”/ “This is one of those growers…”/ #recordscratch BLACK STAR (“This is the soundtrack to the dungeon…”) / #BlindDogMalmsteen #harmonicaASMR / “That’s where all that shred came from…”/ #superchoppers / “I think that would have scared the fuck out of me…”/ “You know it just means adversary, right?” / #thepiratesong #Venom WOMEN LEATHER AND HELL (“It’s almost like #Motorhead …”) / “Do we know why they’re called #VenomInc now?” / “Have we ever listened to #Bathory ?” / “You know who Bathory is named for, right?” / #bathtime / “Kinda like Hawaii? / “I feel like necromancy is Nancy’s gothic cousin…”/  HADES #allthecokelines (“Dude, it’s #GeneSimmonsFromKISS …look!”) / #firebreathing / “We might have caressed the underside of their ball sack…” / “How about some Animalize?”

(39:46): “How about some #Dokken then?” / TOOTH AND NAIL (“The way it finishes is awesome…”) / “OH, I’m sorry…”/ #Metallica RIDE THE LIGHTNING (“Wake up and ride the lightning dead…”) / “I cannot hear that riff without thinking about #Megadeth all the time…”/ “There were no yeahs on this album…”/ #MagicalMesaBoogie / “I wanna hear the #SteveRipleyStereoGuitar …”/ #VanHalen TOP JIMMY / “Every other string is left & right…”/ “I got 18 hands back here because I hung out at Chernobyl as a child…”/ #riblets / “You’d have to have the producer over there giving you a handy…”

(47:15): “I noticed #DeepPurple Perfect Strangers is down there…” / #thebuildup KNOCKING AT YOUR BACK DOOR #creepyvibe / “It reminds me of 1973 Deep Purple…”/ “If chicks are samurais do they have #manbuns or did men appropriate those from women?” / #chickbuns #itswherethemeatlives / “Let’s do something obscure…”/ “In the interest of #Slayer …” / HAUNTING THE CHAPEL / “It’s almost like their #GarageDays sort of…”/ “That’s a LOT of words…I think I’d have to have a teleprompter…”/ #IronMaiden POWERSLAVE #scoobitaboosh (“Tell me why…”) / “That sounds like one of the most joyous things ever…I guess maybe the laughter helps make up for that.” / “How about W.A.S.P.?” / “They might kinda go in the #dungeonmetal category…” / #WASP I WANNA BE SOMEBODY (“This is ’84 metal…all day.”) / “It’s like a more eviler #QuietRiot …” / “What did that stand for again?” / #weanticipatesexualpussy #wearesexualperverts (“It took a minute…”) / #LMAO #thankyouforthat / “Now THAT’s a fucking album cover right there…”/ #JRRTolkien #CirithUngol ATOM SMASHER #creepyintro (“That album cover is so badass…”) / “It’s like doomy rock and roll…”/ “It’s considered the first #doommetal …” / #badcallback

(1:01:44): “I think I even like that better than the ’87 self-titled release…” / #snaketits (“This song sounds great loud.”) #cantbeloudenough / #Whitesnake SLIDE IT IN (NOTE:  this is NOT the original US version…it’s the UK version…not with John Sykes) / “It’s similar but it’s NOT the same song.” / “Alright, we can stop now…”/ “Dude when I find it, I’m gonna bring it in and play it…”/ “That sounds metal…”/ “It sounds like video games, arcades, and skating rinks…”/ #GraveDigger HEADBANGING MAN #killeropener (“Yeah, that sounds like ’84…all day long.”) / “Dude, we slept on them…”/ “I’m curious to what they sound like now…”/ “This is 40 years after the fact…” / THE GRAVE IS YOURS / “Its like #dungeonmetal with Lemmy on vocals…”/ “I can’t believe Bill didn’t correct you…”/ “I think that’s the album…”/ “He’s got that room in his house where you pull the book out…”

(1:12:40): “What else is ’84?” / #JagPanzer sounds like a German porn name / #haveablessedday / “They gotta be like early #victorymetal …”/ “They’ve got a lot of coke lines…”/ #killeropener LICENSE TO KILL #powermetal / “Aww fuck yeah!” #ProjectsInTheJungle / #Pantera ALL OVER TONIGHT (“It’s almost like Joe Elliot, kinda…it’s almost like a heavier #DefLeppard …”) / “Can we skip to the guitar solo?” / “If they would have been in L.A., they would have been huge…and we wouldn’t have got OUR Pantera.” / “That was a big dill when that album came out…”/ “You wanna close on the ultimate anthem of 1984?” / “Music videos were so much fun back then…”/ #TwistedSister WE’RE NOT GONNA TAKE IT (“Not that one!”) / “Pass the carrots please…” / “What are they eating?”/ “Thick, repulsive, electric twanger…”/ #Transformers (“They’re trans…kinda.”) / “That was back when #musicvideos were fun…”/ Top songs of 1984 (“You talking about metal?”) / “Ghost butters?”/ “Is AI psychic?” / “That would have been weird…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR THIS TRIP BACK TO 1984!!! / #untilthenext (“You say it at the end…”) / ***COME ON DOWN TO THE BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE FOR ALL OF YOUR #MetalNerderyPodcast merchandise needs at metalnerdery.com/merch *** / #outroreel #skoobitaboosh