#225 ANTHRAX: PERSISTENCE OF TIME Album Dive

8/21/1990

Relative to earlier ANTHRAX albums, PERSISTENCE OF TIME has a more aggro sound than any album before it. The darker mix and overall vibe represent a departure from their previous albums, with an infusion of S.O.D. along with more progressive sounding elements. Perhaps the most memorable things that stand out about this album in the persistence of ANTHRAX’s history are their appearance on “Married…With Children” and Christopher Walken’s keen production advice resulting in a generous helping of “more cowbell”.

We usually advise our listeners to jump ahead about 20 minutes or so to get to “the meat of the episode” but for this one you’re gonna wanna double that number, as this episode was longer (and perhaps even girthier) than usual. Prepare to learn “the difference between pink & purple” and find out “the new name for Valentine’s Day” (because ”the goat wasn’t enough”). “Keep a 12 of High Life on board”, discover the name of “the next Pantera album dedicated to algebra”, get ready to hear some “super slap bass” done with “steak-umm labes” and JOIN US as we time travel 33 years into the past to arrive at the dawn of the 90’s with ANTHRAX and PERSISTENCE OF TIME.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): #lungbutter / “You know what’s gross…is it just me?” / “We were just talking about buttholes and #OnlyFans a little while ago…”/ #worstwoodyallenimpression / “Metal makes everything better…”/ “This should go well with this as well…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ “I think I’ve found my holiday drink…” / #thisepisodesclinkyoftheepisode #StGeorge #NOLA #CoffeeLiqueur / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode (“This is NOT #daydrinking …”) / ***To skip the nonsense and get #straighttothemeat of the episode, jump ahead about 40 minutes…***/ #DuClawBrewingCompany #SweetBabyJesus #ChocolatePeanutButterPorter (“This one’s gonna be thick…”) / “Hey man, you know what purple looks like?” / #RussellsReflectionsBeerEdition / “I kinda almost feel like that’s karma, dude…”/ “I don’t like that flavor unless it’s got #painkillers in it…”/ #RussellsReflectionsASMR / #downunder / “I didn’t realize that was about anal until much later…”/ PRIMUS – XANADU (as originally performed by #RUSH ) / “He’s not just a bass player!?” / “It’s Les but it’s not Les…It’s Les but with less Les…”/ #noteperfect / “I wanna hear him sing about honeydew…”/ #afarewelltokings

(14:41): ***IF YOU WANNA GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL YOU CAN DO SO AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #superfist / #TheVoicemailSegment / #BobFromOhio #chocolatestarfish #ahorseseyewinking (“Bunkerpoon must be amazing…I get good vibes from it.”) / #legalizedrelaxers (“That’s like a midwestern butthole…”) / “It kinda does…”/ #WHOA / #sidetittat (“Like a #steakumm that wasn’t quite done…”) / #titvag #antibutthole / #pissingpostASMR / “Was it Christmas or Boxing Day?” / #ChristmasEve / “People used to live 900 years and had babies in their 90’s…”/ #paganrapeday (“There’s a chance…”) / #Lupercalia (“The goat wasn’t enough…”) / “Let’s just call #ValentinesDay #FuckDay …”/ #DariusASMR #CollegeFootballWager #keepitthrashy / #tangentional / “Gimme a high tentacle…”/ #honorablemention #MauiWowieASMR (“The smell of that room…”) / “What’s the difference between pink and purple?” / #onelinerASMR #nymphysema / #burntrubber / “Usually it breaks first…”/ “Isn’t it sad what age does?”/ “Is it for all dudes?” / “It’s for hims and theys…”/ “Hims is for Dudes…”/ #Keeps / #HatsOffToHims / “I feel like I scare girls when I come…”/ “We went Squatch hunting…”/ #hugepubes (“I squatched over the weekend…”) / “It’s not just for buttholes anymore…” / #whateverthefuckingfuckdotcom / “Put us on their first…”/ “It gets more ludicrous as we go…”/ “I wanna see Russell as a TV preacher…”/ “It’s not usually a recommended part…of the diet.”/ The common denominator among #cultleaders / “You had me at the dressing and turkey…”/ “No it wasn’t a stinkbug…” / “It was when the smell hit me and suddenly I could taste it…”/ “You got any beer?”

(36:30): A recommendation from Darius…/ #AchooASMR (“One more…they always come in threes…”) / #Chaunch / #WarCurse SHADOW GODS (“You wear panties dude?”) / “That’s a changeup…” / ASYLUM (feat. Glen Alvelais, formerly of #Forbidden ) / #dudeband / “Does that make her better?” / “If she could do slap bass with her…steak umms?” / “Probably bots…”/ “I did that to my marriage too…”/ “They do stop growing…”/ “You’ve NEVER thought about that?” / #RedWhiteAndBlue / #TheDocket - METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: ANTHRAX – PERSISTENCE OF TIME / #HeadbangersBallTour / “They got the bronze…”/ #futureepisodeASMR / #deathmatchASMR / “It’s supposed to be #notfair …”/ Summer of 1990 (Released 08/21/1990) / “This is kinda their South of Heaven…it’s darker and more aggro…”/ #AllisonAnthrax / “It’s later…” / “Remember ‘Steppin’ Out’ in the 80’s?” / TIME (“Listen to this with headphones…”) / “Totally different than State of Euphoria…”/ “There’s no lack of bottom…”/ “Okay, I’ve got a question…”/ #toomuchbutt #superbutts (“I don’t got enough meat to get around the cheeks…”) / BLOOD (“The mix is darker…”) / #BrotherRon / “Is that stealing…in comedy?” / “Does he do drums AND comedy at the same time?”

(1:00:41): “It’s the heaviest song…” / #nocokelines / “It’s the darkhorse…”/ KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY #balls (“A little S.O.D. mosh feel to that…”) / “Thanks Ed for the inspiration…”/ “Kinda has a Sabbath feel to it…”/ “Before they were…setting pubes on fire.” / #chicksdigit / IN MY WORLD (Remember when #Anthrax was on #MarriedWithChildren ?) / “That’s the sound I want…”/ “I kept gettin’…”/ “I never really had a sophomore year…”/ #summerschool and #dumbness / “When have you ever used algebra in your life?” / #thenextpanteraalbum / “Solve for X…”/ “How does math have letters and shapes in it?”/ “I can’t help you…”/ “Math has numbers in it…when you have shapes and letters and sentences…it’s a logic problem.”/ #SouthParkASMR / #bluecollar vs #whitecollar (“Nobody knows how to do shit anymore…”) / “The word is #tradeschools kids…” / #magicalpieceofpaper / #pursueyourpassion / “This is the next level of education…”

(1:15:58): GRIDLOCK (“It’s a long time coming…”) / “I’ll bring you a pack of crackers…”/ “That’s almost as good as #alltheveins …”/ Side 2 (on #cassette) / INTRO TO REALITY / “I saw a picture the other day of Dan Spitz and Chris Holmes…”/ #ASMRASMR #WhisperFightASMR #ThatsWhatYouDoASMR #WTFIsGoingOnASMR (“Alex!”) / BELLY OF THE BEAST / “Unpopular opinion…”/ “It was their #BlackAlbum …”/ GOT THE TIME (Their version and the #JoeJackson version) / “That’s way more punk than Steppin’ Out…”/ “Do you ever feel weird for listening to pop songs?” / #newwave / “You know how much of a dumb ding-dong doofus I am?” / “Sounds like a sea shell song about a prostitute down by the beach…”/ H8 RED (“This could have almost been on State of Euphoria…”) / #RussellsReflectionsAnthraxEdition / The clean vocals and the #powermetal vs #thrashmetal argument / “We’re so stupid…/ ONE MAN STANDS (“Sounds like they’re hitting a piano string…hard.”) / “For the record…”/ “I was about to hit play and I decided not to…”/ Songs with hooks relative to other Anthrax albums and metal in general / #unpopularopinion (“Hook equals pop”) #hookermusic (“It…pulls you in…and forces you inside.”) #hookycatchy (“Technically they are…”) / #ballgame / DISCHARGE (“There’s some light hooky moments…) / “I get the whole point of the grab…”/ “You want a hook that looks like a U, not a J…” / #sportsrelated / “I feel like you’ve done that…”/ #funfact #redflag (“She was hot too…”) / “We’re never gonna get any female listeners…”/ #adultentertainment / “I mean…I gotta pee.”/ #untilthenext ***GO GET YOURSELF A #METALNERDERYPODCAST HOODIE FOR CHRISTMAS FROM METALNERDERY.COM/MERCH !!!*** / #BunkerpoonGiftIdeas / #outroreel #uhhhkay