#355 The Greatest Metal Anthems of All Time

“I wanna hear THAT at my grocery store, when I’m going for the meat section…”

Whether it’s the song we all rise for at sports ball events, the first song on Rush’s “Fly By Night” album (not to mention the first song on Anthrax’s EP of classic rock covers), or the sing-along, encore at the end of a rock show, ANTHEMS represent a clarion call, a rallying cry that unites fans in unspeakable joy, unity, and celebration. It’s almost always the song that EVERYONE knows (even your grandmother) and is very much NOT a deep cut.

“AC/DC’s kind of an anthem band…they have at least one on every album…”

In fact, ANTHEMS are those kinds of songs where, if you hear one in a public place: at a bar, a restaurant, the grocery store, or a friend’s party, you’re not going to NOT like it. Sure, it’s probably the most well-known, popular, played into the ground, mainstream “hit” that EVERYONE (again, probably even your grandmother) is familiar with, but no matter what song it is or where you might hear it, ANTHEMS are guaranteed to get you fired up, lift your spirit, and bring a smile to your face.

“I wanna do a little birthday squig…”

Find out what’s happening “THIS FRIDAY”, realize that birthdays are the anniversaries of life, and JOIN US for a Bunkerpoon birthday celebration full of cake, refreshments, and good cheer as we cuss and discuss the unifying power behind rock and metal ANTHEMS.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “I think I just turned it up…”/ “I’m upright and taking nourishment…”/

“I’ll give myself the bean…”/ “I’ll put it wherever you want…you want it on the inside or the outside?” / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / #keepitthrashy / “Maybe he just unlocked another dimension with his weed…”/ “Dr. Pepper, Captain Morgan, and PB&J’s…”/ #yeah / #McDonalds #DirtyDrPepper #Rim / “Was the rim the best part?” / “If you have foam down there, you should really go see your doctor…to have him finish you to completion…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST AND THE BUNKERPOON CENTER FOR METAL EXCELLENCE!!!*** / #happybirthday / #birthdayepisode / “I eat once a day…I’m the lightest I’ve been in 3 years…”/ “A handful of food, 5 times a day…”/ #cavemandiet / “Fasting is the way…”/ “Now they’re saying that sugar is WORSE than heroin…”/ “It’s all mental…”

(07:37): ***PATREON US at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / #SpiritInTheSky /

“I was looking at the name: I thought it said ‘My Boss’…”/ ***SOCIAL MEDIA US at #MetalNerderyPodcast on #YouTube #Facebook #InstaGram and #TikTok *** / #drysockets and #wisdomteeth #viralaf / #Pyscroptic GATHERING A VENOMOUS HERD / (The Pulse of Annihilation – 2026) / #technicaldeathmetal / #Tasmania #Australia #AussieMetal / “They got a Wiki page, that’s saying something…”/ Tasmania, Australia (“Yeah…”) / “How any albums do they have?” / “Let’s go through the album titles…”/

“You wanna watch a video?”/ #youwatchamovie / ARCHITECTS OF EXTINCTION /

“Those guys are re-tah-diculous!” / The reaction of laughter to unbelievable riffs and technical prowess

(18:18): “So here’s what we’ve got to contend with…I’m gonna ask you, right here in front of everybody…” / “You think God listens to this podcast, dude?”/ “I wanna do a little birthday squig in the beginning…”/ “This year marks the 25th anniversary of Pig Destroyer’s Prowler In The Yard, which is like the Reign In Blood of grindcore…”/ “I’ve got a kink now, where I can’t get off unless Stephen Hawking is watching…”/ “I hate this so bad…”/ “This is beautiful…this is art.” /

#PigDestroyer JENNIFER/CHEERLEADER CORPSES (Prowler In The Yard – 2001) /

#TwentyFifthAnniversary #ProwlerInTheYard / “Oh, I farted…”/ “A little bit of WHAT?” /

PISS ANGEL / “Is that better or worse?”/ “Should we start calling birthdays anniversaries instead of birthdays?”

(24:00): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: ANTHEMS / “It’s gotta be bolth…” / #rockanthems #heavymetalanthems / “What is an anthem? What do you think of when you hear the word ‘anthem’ (if it’s metal or rock)?”/ “Everybody knows it…it gets people fired up…”/ “When the band plays the song where you all become a part of the show…that’s the sing along…”/ “What is the first anthem you can think of?” /

“Everybody knows it…it’s the one that your grandmother has heard…it’s the non-deep cut…”/ “What would Van Halen’s anthem be?”/ #BetterOffDead /

“What would AC/DC’s anthem be?”/ “AC/DC’s kind of an anthem band…they have at least one on every album…”/ “Did we just unlock a new dimension here?”

(30:06): “What’s a Zeppelin anthem?” / “We’re all humans, who cares?”/ #markthetime /

“Anthems are one of those things…if you hear it at a public place like in a bar, a restaurant, or even at the grocery store…”/ “Cart…buggy…”/ “You can’t NOT like it…even if you’re a #Rush super deep cut fan…”/ #BlackSabbath WAR PIGS (Paranoid – 1970) /

“Now we’re smiling, all of a sudden…”/ “I don’t know if you’ve ever heard this before…about that song…those first few words…it almost has a country vibe to it…the vocal…”/

“They put the Eventide voice machines on him…”/ “All the guitar nerds will get that…”/

“What’s an Eventide? Is that like a dildo or something? What do you do with that?”/

“What about Ozzy anthems?”

(38:48): #Motorhead ACE OF SPADES (Ace Of Spades – 1980) / “This is one of the most metal parts, evah!”/ “If your doctor doesn’t recommend metal to you as a lifestyle improvement and a medical treatment, find a different doctor.”/ “Was the Van Hagar more anthem-y than the Roth era?” / “Yeah…you’ve got to, with the hairdryer and the whole thing…you don’t remember the video?” / #hairdryerASMR / “Soooo…for metal bands…”/

#IronMaiden THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST (The Number Of The Beast – 1982) / “Everybody in America is like: ‘You went to the pub and got pissed off? What’s wrong with you?’ / “I’ve got one…”/ #QuietRiot METAL HEALTH (Metal Health – 1983) / “Assgrinder?”/

“That’s a sing-along…”/ “Which do you think was bigger?” / “I think that’s what possibly killed Twisted Sister…”/ #TwistedSister I WANNA ROCK (Stay Hungry – 1984) / #No / “How much fun was that?” / “Every band probably has their own anthem…”/ “Testament, what would be theirs?” / “For the mainstream customer…but for their fans, it would be…”/

“It is a weird anthem…that’s probably one of their encores…”

(51:55): “Everybody knows the Pantera one…”/ “At a bar, at a party, at a friend’s house…if I hear it in a public place…I’m not complaining…I’m cool with that.”/ “It still feels like it belongs to you…”/ “Do you feel like they (Metallica) are almost in the AC/DC bucket?” / “Does your grandmother know Dyer’s Eve?” / “What’s Creed’s anthem?”/

#Pantera COWBOYS FROM HELL (Cowboys From Hell – 1990) / “I wanna hear THAT at my grocery store, when I’m going for the meat section…”/ #markthetime / “Fun and anthems kinda go together…”/ “I don’t NOT like ‘Walk’…”

(58:58): “I got another one for us metal heads…”/ #StormtroopersOfDeath MARCH OF THE S.O.D. (Speak English Or Die – 1985) / “Does #Anthrax have an anthem?” / “Okay, so how about Priest?” / #abigone / “Let me know if you think this is THEIR anthem…it’s gotta be…”/

“THIS FRIDAY!” / #keepitin / “That was awesome…”/ #KoRn BLIND (KoRn – 1994) / “That’s gotta be, right?” / “Are you ready!?” / “This Friday…are you ready?”

(1:04:00): “What is the most recent rock or metal anthem you can think of?” /

“Has everybody lost their ability to do anthems?”/ “The anthem is the call to arms…”/

“Here’s my answer to that question…in my opinion…”/ “See, I thought that was Cake…” / #TheWhiteStripes SEVEN NATION ARMY (Elephant – 2003) / “I’ll take the bottom off?” /

“What’s the band that everybody fucks with…everybody hates on them…?”/ “Nickelback has some anthems, for sure…now that you mention it, maybe not…”/ “That’s how I clap, by the way…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #untilthenext #outroreel