#349 - The First and The Last

“You like to hear how they have progressed or digressed…or either…or gressed…”

This episode is a lot like looking at pictures of family when everyone is much younger and then looking at recent pictures of family and realizing that after enough time, a LOT changes.

Just as people grow and age and (hopefully) evolve over time, no artist should currently be EXACTLY as they were when they first started, as there should be an obvious evolution and progression of their style and sound over multiple albums and decades, from their very FIRST to their very LAST.

“I’m liking how this is going…we could do this for hours…”

Prepare yourself for THE FIRST AND THE LAST, a snapshot in time from the killer opener on the very first album to the killer closer on the very last (or in some cases, most recent) album; basically it’s the very first from the very first paired with the very last from the very last.

“The word of the episode, ladies and gentlemen, is…”

By the time you’ve finished this episode, you will no doubt have “the word of the episode” carved deep into your subconscious, so much so that you’ll wonder where you put that lock blade buck knife your cousin gave you for Christmas.

Realize that “sometimes you gotta check your oil” and a large majority of us “don’t think John Cougar knows how to eat a chili dog”. Get ready for another round of ASK THE METALHEAD, because “we’re doing things…and stuff…” down in The Bunkerpoon (including using fancy words and phrases like “comeuppance”) which is exactly why you should JOIN US for a retrospective comparing “now & then” with THE FIRST AND THE LAST: THRASH EDITION – VOL. 1.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “And now, a word from the Whittler…”/ “Percocet? No, prednisone…”/ #whittling and #whittlers / “He’s looking for freedom…”/ “What are they made of? The same stuff the #WTC was made of?” / #eaglesnest / “I could be Wheeler the Whittler…”/

***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “Smog Mountain and The Whittlers…”/ “That might be the word of the podcast…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!***/ “Sixteen…I’m counting…”/ #whittlerometer / “What do you think are the most common curse words that we use?” #flapjack

(06:17): ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Sometimes you gotta check your oil…”/ ***GIVE US A CALL AND VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #greatradioASMR / “I could eat two hot dogs right now…”/ #markthetime / “I don’t think John Cougar knows fucking AT ALL how to eat a chili dog…”/ #chilidogkink / ***EMAIL US at metalnerdery@gmail.com & SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #Instagram and #TikTok *** / #viralaf / “For us, it’s huge!” / “Dude, you could be Smog Mountain and we’ll be The Whittlers…”/ #stonerrockabilly / “The chick with the…”/

#TheReverendHortonHeat ONE TIME FOR ME / #Rockabilly / “New #COC …” #GoodGodBaadMan / “It’s different…”/ “Did you ever hear #NoCrossNoCrown (the last album)?” / “The word of the episode, ladies and gentlemen is…”/ “That’s 21…”

(17:17): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: THE FIRST AND THE LAST VOL. I– THRASH EDITION / “Okay…’splain…”/ “The very first song from the very first, and the very last song from the very last (or most recent, in some cases…)”/ #TheFirstAndTheLast / “Let’s make it easy to start with…”/ #Metallica HIT THE LIGHTS (Kill ‘Em All – 1983) / “Did you notice the sound change?” / “That’s 52…”/ “Remember how The Loads were kinda stonery?” / INAMORATA (72 Seasons – 2023) / “That sounds like #Sleep could have done that…”/

(25:18): “Also to keep it simple…”/ “Show me mercy?”/ #Slayer EVIL HAS NO BOUNDARIES (Show No Mercy – 1983) / “Two albums on 9/11…just like the two towers…”/ “Kinda like Die Hard: it’s technically a #Christmas video…”/ “That’s the last on the last…”/ PRIDE IN PREJUDICE (Repentless – 2015) / #WTFMusic / “That’s special effects I think…I think maybe that’s added for extra texture…”/ #killology / “Every time I watch that video, I kinda get a little bit hard…it’s like 9 o’clock…” / #comeuppance / “Sometimes we got bangers, dude…and sometimes we have whittlers…”/ “We’re all wordsmiths of sorts…”

(34:00): #Megadeth LAST RITES/LOVED TO DETH (Killing Is My Business…and Business Is Good! – 1985) / NOTE: Megadeath = the death of 1 million people caused by nuclear holocaust / #tippingpoint / THE LAST NOTE (Megadeth – 2026) / “Killer openers on the first to the killer closers on the last…”/ #killeropeners & #killerclosers

(39:30): “The new Anthrax is coming out in September…maybe it’s their last album?”/

#Anthrax DEATHRIDER (Fistful of Metal – 1984) / “That’s VERY close to ‘Hit The Lights’…”/

ZERO TOLERANCE (For All Kings – 2016) / “It’s a great cover, but that does not count…”/ “Is that with an X or Z?” / #waitforit / “That sounds like 80’s Anthrax…late 80’s…”

(44:20): “We gotta do some Exodus…”/ “Wouldn’t you love to hear Rob Dukes do that?”/ #Exodus BONDED BY BLOOD (Bonded By Blood – 1985) & THE DIRTIEST OF THE DOZEN (Goliath – 2026) / “That sounds like something…what does that sound like?”/ “I’m liking how this is going…we could do this for hours…”/ #derp / “I like how we can see the progression…how much they’ve changed…”

(53:03): #Testament OVER THE WALL (The Legacy – 1987) / “We should just do another dive of this again at some point…a refresher…”/ #ChuckBillyASMR / #EnvyLife / “Lord, Bless ya!” / “I appreciate that…about you…”/ PARA BELLUM (Para Bellum – 2025) / “Thirteen albums later…”

(58:10): “See what they did there?” / #TheEastern / “It’s called ‘necromancy’ btw, if you’re looking for the proper term…”/ “Nothing was great in the 80’s…except cocaine and hookers…”/ #Overkill RAISE THE DEAD (Feel The Fire – 1985) / “Do demons giggle? I’m not sure they do…”/ “…back then they actually had to have twiddlers and whittlers…”/

BAG O’ BONES (Scorched – 2023) / “Nineteen albums later…”

(1:06:25): “I got a good one…you got it cocked and loaded down there in the holster…”/ “I’m gonna spit it out, I’m not gonna swallow…”/ #StormtroopersOfDeath #SOD MARCH OF THE S.O.D. (Speak English Or Die – 1985) / “The ballad of Nirvana…what is it, just a shotgun noise?” / JAVA AMIGO / BALLAD OF NIRVANA (Rise of the Infidels – 2007) / #youredead / “I think we’ve known about that for 30 years…”

(1:11:00): #Forbidden CHALICE OF BLOOD (Forbidden Evil – 1988) / “That might be the best album ever…”/ “That’s an episode: best debuts…” / “I like the word Poony…”/ OMEGA WAVE (Omega Wave – 2010) / “Crunchy scrunchy…”/ “Mr. Anderson…”/ “They got a new album coming…don’t know when…”/ “We’re doing things…and stuff…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!

(1:16:30): “Oh, wait! We’ve got some questions…”/ ASK THE METALHEAD… /

“Who was the first metal band from another country?”/ “Are we counting Britain, or no?” /

“Who was the first metal drummer that used double bass drums?” / “There’s a bit of trivia there…”/ “First death metal group?” / #blackdeath / “Alright…one more…”/ “What metal vocalist can scream the highest?”/ “No way he gets higher than King…”/ #untilthenext #bloopers #outroreel / “The word of the episode, ladies and gentlemen, is…”