134: Death Angel - Inside The Metal

It should come as no surprise that we’re releasing an episode celebrating one of the finest (and also, one of the youngest!) bands ever to emerge from the thrash metal mecca known as “The Bay Area” (located near the fabled “Emerald Triangle”) on Saint Patrick’s Day, a day when NOT wearing green will get you pinched by that Lucky Charms dude (and/or that drunk chick at the bar that needed your help “drowning the shamrock”).

Not only did DEATH ANGEL have the power of youth on their side, forming when they were practically children, and releasing their debut album when they were just teenagers, but they also had the incredibly fortunate blessing to be coming of age right smack dab in the middle of the burgeoning Bay Area thrash scene of the early to mid-1980’s.

Time to find out what happens when the “ground hong” doesn’t see its shadow, whilst embracing the splendor of our incredibly “crispy bois” and gazing lovingly at the adorable “hellhound Viking puppies” “The Kurgan” picked up at the animal shelter on his way home from pillaging. It’s time you finally found out the difference between “a jar” and “a gape” before you and your loaded leprechaun friends JOIN US as we delve deep Inside The Metal with the “young whippersnappers” of the Bay Area thrash scene, DEATH ANGEL.

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(00:01): #crispibois of the #groundhong #unscrewingASMR ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** with #zeroanesthesia and 100% #totalbullshit #taketwo #lostsession #Twist / #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #doubleclinky #CaptainMorgan #OrangeVanillaTwist #babyaspirinmuch / #blackdoginnuendo #wheresmyhand / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #IngeniusBrewingCompany out of #HumbleTexas Booberry Fluff (or #BooberryFluff from a #hashtagperspective) / #WTF is #CrispiBoisBedsheets #sixpointeightabv (***Wait, is that Wood or Would?***) #crispywood #fuckwood #crispibwah #connectingthedots / #rightuphisalley #swoleaf #swoleasfuck #onmicbeerburp

(08:00): A #newsegue into a #newsegment (***but first, a comment regarding the #fartspray video from our last episode***) that is #bolth #tangentional to #TheVoiceMailSegment (CALL NOW: 980-666-8182!!!) and also a #promotionaltool for bands wanting to promote their music on our platform and get the feedback of our listeners / #TheUnending ***go find them on #Instagram!!!*** THE POWER OF ONE (***Is #Metalcore modern #Thrash?***) #BringOnTheBreakdown ***GO BUY THEIR SHIT!!!*** #moderndaythrashmetal #jalapenocheesepastaASMR #gooddayeh

(15:23): The Docket: It took us almost 3 years to get to #SacredReich, and as such, it has taken us almost 3 years to get to #DeathAngel (***We might have touched on Death Angel during the 1988 episode…or even our Obscure Thrash episode***) / #mathmaticalkarma / ***Time to #PulpFictionize this #episode a smidge with the #titlee from their latest “Humanicide” (2019)*** HUMANICIDE (a Death Angel #GrammyNomination) #oldschool #rad #vocalmaturity #oldefaecevoyce #fanbone #veggie

(21:35): Now let’s go back to the beginning of Death Angel…back when they were #children / #BayAreaThrash ***go check out the “Death Angel: A Thrashumentary” documentary on You-Tube*** / #bannedonfacebook / The old-school punky, hard-core sounding edge to Death Angel’s music / #markthetime (and some #tangentionalality to seeing #Prong) and a quick tour update regarding #SacredReich and #Sepultura and #Crowbar / Early Death Angel days and the #MetallicaConnection #dontdenythepowerof #networking (#tapetrading and #innovation)

(29:10): “The Ultra-Violence” (1987) I.P.F.S. (*you’ve gotta love those #cryptic #acronym song titles back in the day. #hahahaha*) #thefirstnewalbum MISTRESS OF PAIN (all band members under 20 years of age as of the release of #TheUltraViolence) / “Frolic Through The Park” (1988) ***The “Bastard” album and how bands use different musical genres and styles to enhance, expand and #innovate their own sound*** #howthefuckdoyourememberthat #incrediblememory / #GeorgiaTech #WREK (the #collegeradiostation) and #WREKage and remembering playing in the WREK studios and the #RodneyKingRiots #iwanttosayheytomygirlfriend #whichone #RussShitstirrer is no match for #investigativereporter #DickTaintler / OPEN UP (#stride and #pride) #thatsnotthrash and 3RD FLOOR #killeropener #thatsthrash

(40:50): And now, their #majorlabeldebut album: “Act III” (1990) ***What do you call multiple #hiatuses? #hiati? *** / Their first album with some #acoustic #unplugged sounding songs (and the last album until 2004) #killeropener SEEMINGLY ENDLESS TIME #timeforaswim #cantbeloudenough / #killerdrumintro (can you play it?) DISCONTINUED (and the perfect blend of thrashy, heavy and funky) #swallowitall #beercum

(49:00): #ajar and #agape / ***During the #hiatus, some of the band members formed #TheOrganization and put out “The Organization” and “Savor The Flavor”*** and some interestingly tangentional stories regarding #AliceInChains, the #ClashOfTheTitansTour, and Death Angel / #FastForward 14 years to 2004… and “The Art of Dying” (2004) #stayontrack on #yourownuniquepath / #PhysicalTherapists are the worst #personaltrainers #therapynoises / #killeropener THROWN TO THE WOLVES (odd #softintro, note that the burp was #notontheboat and also #notonthetrack) and the difference between their #oldsound and their #newsound / LAND OF BLOOD (with Dennis Pepa on #thevocals) and the reason why bands sometimes have different singers on certain songs. / #SteelPanther in the #champagneroom / #agerestrictions on #livingfast and #hookersandblow / #tweetbattles #myhonk #GroundHonkDay #recordscratch

(1:02:03): #BlackDogLove and #Wacken (not #Whacking) “Killing Season” (2008) SONIC BEATDOWN #balls #oldschoolthrash / Another potential #newsegment: #futureshowideas and picking a song based on the #songtitle #nameonly #MCTentacleChoice GOD VS GOD (***kinda #numetalish***) #crispibois / “Relentless Retribution” (2010) with some new #personnel #killeropener RELENTLESS REVOLUTION #wallofsound #alltheballs DEATH OF THE MEEK / Starting with this album, they’ve got #HellhoundWolfVikings on their #albumcovers, like if #TheKurgan (from #TheHighlander) had #puppies #markthetime

(1:15:06): “The Dream Calls For Blood” (2013) #justgrabone #reachinthereandgrabit SUCCUBUS #everythingfitsbetter #itsmarked (***thinking back to the #fuckingglorious show in 2016 with Death Angel, #Anthrax and #Slayer at #TheTabernacle***) / “The Evil Divide” (2016) #executivedecision #trackseven #kissnoises #knobslobbinASMR / HATRED UNITED\UNITED HATE (feat. Andreas Kisser from #Sepultura) #killerbreakdownASMR / “Humanicide” (2019) OF RATS AND MEN #killercloser (***The correct answer was #ChildrenOfBodom***). / #HFS Apparently Death Angel has their own #beer!!!! #AbsenceOfLight #ImperialStout deathangel.us/beer / #tenincher #untilthenext THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!!!! GO SUPPORT DEATH ANGEL AND BUY THEIR SHIT!!! And don’t forget to check out #TheUnending and leave us your feedback for their track at 980-666-8182!!! ***And the last word is…*** #grazedbytheballs of #crispibois #donutholes