072: 2020 Year In Review

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 described as a diarrhea filled dumpster fire built like Mike Tyson that will not stop constantly hammering you right in the tenders.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) – seemingly tangentionally metal moments in cinema / #hasselhoff and impressions and #whatthefuck #michaelmcdonald #metalmcdonald / Gifted Child Musicians and Them Crooked Vultures / 2 minutes to late night and various #colloberrating opportunities during #lockdown / “Jumper cables to the tits of Metal”

(10:46) – New Years Eve 2021 #2020holdmyrelaxer / Dashed show plans in 2020 #ball2ball #tampans / NOW he does the business (sigh)…fucking Lars…BUY OUR SHIT: www.metalnerdery.com/merch

(14:00) – 2020: The Dumpster Fire of a Year in Review (NOT such a bad year for Metal though!!) / The Star Wars Metallica Fan Conundrum / S.O.D. & Mr. Bungle / Entertainment’s evolution (?) during “Lockdown” / The various live Metallica Shows and the return of the “Drive-In” shows

(21:37) – the year of “finding our voice” and discovering new (uncharted) facets of metal / Ozzy Osbourne (Under the Graveyard) / Pre or Post Malone Grunge Thrash Core? / No love for #Ohms

(28:37) – Testament (Titans of Creation) #tittens of creation (Children of the Next Level) / Cirith Ungol (Forever Black – The Call/Legions Arise) / Butcher & 666 Goats Carry My Chariot (#woe2you) and Iron Bitch #ironhalen / #nwoostm (New Wave Of Old School Thrash Metal) #oooohhh #Alexapproved

(37:49) – Mr. Bungle (Raping Your Mind) ***WATCH THIS VIDEO!!!*** / Anvil (Legal at Last) / Always on My Mind (Danzig doing Elvis) / Marilyn Manson and the rules of Absinthe / Pig Destroyer (The Octagonal Stairway) and #redemption for #jennifer as well as your daily dose of #crunchyballriffs

(48:00) – The impact of Celtic Frost(ing) and Tom G. Warrior(ing) on 2020(ing) / Stoner Doom Goodness in 2020, brought to you by Metal Nerdery ASMR / #thickerisbetter Orchid (Capricorn) and the proliferation of “Mini-Me” bands that are reflecting the power of their metal forefathers

(55:12) – Some R.I.P.’s in 2020 and the theory regarding “undisclosed reasons” / Albums RELEASED in 2020 / Code Orange (Underneath and Swallowing The Rabbit Whole) – INTERMISSION

(1:05:00) – AC/DC (#akkadakka Demon Fire from #PWRUP) / Other not so great things about 2020 that we shan’t discuss / #iliketool / The normalization of the #shitstorm that has been #2020 / Metallica’s cover of Alice In Chain’s “Would?”

(1:16:40) – The Assley Paradox (#crickets) / #heavyhasselhoff David Hasselhoff (Through The Night) / A great porn name / Shortest Straw (#turnitoffnow) / Napalm Death (Backlash Just Because) #pallettecleanser / HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR FELLOW METAL NERDERY METAL NERDERERS