#202 EXODUS - Baloff’s BONDED BY BLOOD & Souza’s PLEASURES OF THE FLESH

This episode is dedicated to one of a handful of times in thrash metal history where the first two albums have two totally different singers, giving the illusion of two totally different “first new albums”. And since this is an episode of firsts, we felt that diving into BONDED BY BLOOD (the first album with Paul Baloff on vocals) and PLEASURES OF THE FLESH (the first album with Steve “Zetro” Souza on vocals) together would be an excellent way to compare and contrast the mighty thrash power of Big Five Thrash Masters EXODUS and offer the perfect opportunity to hear the evolution of the band’s sound (from first to first, as it were) and get a better feel for the profound stylistic progression between these two uniquely distinctive debuts (with Baloff & Souza, respectively).

It's time to understand what happens when you’re “hangin’ your dangle” off the boat to “air dry” while simultaneously adjusting your “shutter speed” and aperture. Hopefully “the sheilas” and the djentlemen are both listening so they can behold the “gummified” horror that unfolds “when the bag of syrup is almost out” and JOIN US for this double dive of EXODUS firsts, with Baloff’s BONDED BY BLOOD & Souza’s PLEASURES OF THE FLESH.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Oh wait, we’re rolling!” / #airdrythewang after a #coldshower #thekraken / #Noyist / “I wanna see all the #deadlyanimals” #chamberofcommerce / #thesheilas ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / #gummified / “My bathroom is #hauntedagain” (It’s #ghoststorytime) #paranormalASMR #hauntedtoilet #markallthosetimes / #orbs / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #Schofferhofer Grapefruit Hefeweizen 2.5 / #mixedmessages (“More alcoholic goodness? Or less?”) / “The bag of syrup is almost out?” / “Usually…” / “I don’t know how to feel about it…” / “That’s what I’m gonna call my balls from now on…” / “I never got the whole #sparklingwatertrend man…” / “It’s missing the bag of syrup.” / #waterflavorizer / “Unsweet tea?” / *** IF YOU’D LIKE TO GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL YOU CAN GIVE US A CALL AT 980-666-8182*** / #voicemailsegment #thetripsix #gday #metalconspiracyASMR #jameshetfieldvocalASMR (“What two bands would you like merged together?”) #Beatallica SGT. HETFIELD’S MOTORBREATH PUB BAND / GARAGE DAYS NIGHT / #TheBurningQuestion #metalmashups / #RockSugar DON’T STOP THE SANDMAN #softintro (“We’ll get through it…”) / #waitforit #JourneyMetallicaMashupASMR #StevePerryASMR #yeah / “This is terrible…” / “That’s all he does is say ‘yeah’!” / #No / ***WE GOT A #FACEBOOKRECOMMENDATION FOR #METALNERDERYPODCAST!!!*** #ThankYouForThat / #happybelated (an #email from The Darius: you can email us at metalnerdery@gmail.com if you’ve got questions, inquiries, or feedbacks) / “Does it let you slip through the spiritual atmosphere a little easier?” #astralglide / #Evile REAP WHAT YOU SOW (“Riff wise, it’s almost like a modern sounding combination of Slayer & Metallica…”) / “Fuck, I forgot to do #thejingle” / WE’LL PLAY YOUR SHIT-TAH!!!

(22:22): “We went and sat through 2 and a half hours of #TheCure” / “That’s a box set!” / #offmicburp / “If you’d like to be sad…” / “No!” / “So, it wasn’t a show…” / #RussellsRecommendations #movieedition #basedonatruestory / Creepy, RI & Haunted, HI / “Cockfeelers?” (“I bet there is.”)

(27:20): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PRESENTS: THE FIRST TWO FIRST NEW ALBUMS WITH THE FIRST TWO FRONTMEN OF EXODUS: ALBUM DIVE DOUBLE-HEADER!!! BONDED BY BLOOD & PLEASURES OF THE FLESH / #doubledive / “They released their first album the latest of #thebigfour / “I do remember they used to play this on #WREKage” / “You cannot unhear that.” / #1985echo / “Aren’t they all kinda ugly?” / #theshirts (“I don’t know if their tits are out or not…”) / BONDED BY BLOOD #tittlee #killeropener #timemachine #backto1985 #allthecokelines (“Sounds a little like Four Horsemen…”) / “It’s their #ExciterMoment” / EXODUS (“It’s kinda tragic that it didn’t come out sooner…”) / “But then, he’s Ozzy…” / Reflecting on #heavymetalculture and the various #thrashbandscenes across the country, including our own personal experiences

(37:26): AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (“That echo is so weird…”) / “Wow, I did not know that…” / “They didn’t do anything in the 90’s…” / “No…” / #mouthfarts / A LESSON IN VIOLENCE (“This might be one of the fastest ones yet…”) / “If this came out in ’83, I believe #TheBigFour would be shaped very differently…” / #killercloser #sideuno METAL COMMAND / “It sounds like 1985…” / #backingvocals #dontdenythepowerof

(46:16): #killeropener #sidedos PIRANHA (“That’s a cool riff…”) / “That was an #eviler sounding laugh…” / #diarrheareflectionsASMR #facingyourfears / NO LOVE (#softintro) / “Sounds like love to me…” / They were what a lot of people would call #mavericks / “It was raw…” / DELIVER US TO EVIL (“No bro, one song. That’s it.”) / #RussellsClarifications #JohnTravoltaImpression and #AndrewDiceClay / “The ‘away’ part is pretty important…” / STRIKE OF THE BEAST / #killercloser / Words, stuff, things, and whatnots…

(56:58): One of my favorite moments in all of metal! #killeropener

2nd Exodus album, 2nd Exodus Singer, first new album with the first new singer (Pleasures of the Flesh: 1987): The transition from Paul Baloff to Steve “Zetro” Souza / “Have you ever wondered what we taste like?” / “He had a pretty good marblin’ to him…we raised that boy #wagyu” / DERANGED (#bestintroever) #killeropener #killerriff / It’s as big a jump as Kill ‘em All to Ride the Lightning / ‘TIL DEATH DO US PART (“Sounds a little #TestamentIsh” / #seealsoLegacy / PARASITE (“That sounds like a blend…”) / “Was that an edit? Or is that how it is?”

(1:05:50): BRAIN DEAD (#allthecokelines #yeahyeah) / “It’s very them…” / FASTER THAN YOU’LL EVER LIVE TO BE #killercloser #sideone / “The riffs have definitely stepped up…” / #uglychords / PLEASURES OF THE FLESH (“What ‘they’ said…#bumblebeetuna”) / #guitarharmonies (the riff is reminiscent of Deathamphetamine) / 30 SECONDS (“When your butthole had more power…”) #shudderspeed #LMAOASMR #wrongpipeASMR / SEEDS OF HATE (That almost sounded a little like “Scrum” from Slayer…interesting) / Rob Halford vibes / CHEMI-KILL (#flahns) “I don’t remember that riff being that busy…” / “Gotta be careful with that one, though…” / CHOOSE YOUR WEAPON #killercloser (“Is that 4/4?”) / “Even for a bass player…” / “He was an ally…” / “Remember all the horror shows with #piranhas in them?” / “It’s like hangin’ your dangle off the boat…” / “I can’t say that anymore…” / “Diven?” / #untilthenext #thelastword #ghostofthebunkerpoon #No ***Stop by #MetalNerderyPodcast #BunkerpoonOutfitters located next to the #BunkerpoonGiftShoppe at metalnerdery.com/merch *** #outroreel #goodone (“A huge what?”)