Back in the day, there were certain criteria on the back of every cassette and compact disc that were critical to ensure that the piece of thrashtastical goodness you were about to consume was WORTHY of your entertainment dollar.

One of the most important criteria to look for was the record label.

Back then, the independent record labels were what really helped to launch the entire Thrash Metal movement and community, thanks in large part to the power of networking (we’re talking pre-internet, pre-Black album kinda networking here).

You would know within a fraction of a second if the album was of quality or not. If it said COMBAT Records anywhere on it, there was no question: it was DEFINITELY quality, and DEFINITELY worthy of your investment.

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Notable Combat Factoids:

Combat Records was the record label for Important Record Distributors; Important was also affiliated with Megaforce Records
Tangentionally affiliated with the production of Metallica’s Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning
Megadeth signed to Combat (Combat Records has a high degree of tangentionalalityism to The Big 4)
Taken over by Relativity Records, killed by Sony Records and reborn by David Ellefson and Thom Hazaert

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Notable Combat artists & Tracks:

(NOTE: While many of these artists have more than one album across multiple labels, the focus here was on only on albums and songs released through COMBAT, as opposed to things released through Relativity, which, while technically being tangentionally correct, is NOT what we’re talking about here! We’re talking about COMBAT Records and their impact on Thrash and any and all other metal which may possess a varying degree of tangentionalalityismness.).

Check out the bands!!!

Blind Illusion (tangentionally related to bolth Primus and Metallica) – Blood Shower

Crumbsuckers – Super Tuesday

Dark Angel – Darkness Descends

Death

Exodus – Open Season

Faith or Fear – Darkside

Forbidden – As Good as Dead

Forced Entry – Bludgeon

Heathen – Open the Grave (#werestars)

Ludichrist – Powertrip

Megadeth – Devil’s Island

Mercyful Fate

– The Oath (If Black Sabbath scared the #fvq out of people in 1970, then surely The Oath freaked the absolute #fvq out of people everywhere in 1984. Listen to that first line of vocals when the music kicks in after they blew half their production budget on the intro (which, is #fvqng badass as #fvq!). Not sure if he’s changed or not, but The King was at one point a practicing Satanist, so it adds an extra level of seriousness to the power behind King Diamond’s vocals. We’ll have Selma May bless this part of the show.)

Nuclear Assault – Sin

Powermad – Terminator

Savatage – The Dungeons Are Calling

Carcass – Genital Grinder/Regurgitation of Giblets (‘scuse me, is Greg here? Thank you! Be sure to check out that album artwork. And also, be sure to check out the Pig Destroyer cover.

So go back through your old cassette tape and compact disc collection, put on one of your old black tour shirts from high school, roll another bowl of your favorite relaxer and JOIN US as we talk about COMBAT Records, their recent rebirth, and go through some of the COMBAT roster from back in the glory days of Thrash (as well as check out some of the new COMBAT artists).

Show Notes:

(00:00): Sound Czechs and afterlife options / COMBAT Records and #LarzGumASMR / Our THANKS to our listeners for listening and giving us kudos and commendments, and for that, we give you OUR thanks (as well as our kudos and commendments) / The Jeopardy #ooooh (the Alex Trebek seal of disapproval and wrongness) #itstaysup #metalpriapism / ***PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING AND SOME COMMENTS!!!*** / 45 Star Rating!!! / This week’s custom #hashtag: #metalballs

(07:50): The Tangentionalality of RockNPod, COMBAT Records and Junior (and another brush with Metal Greatness) check out our RockNPod Trip Summary / A word from the chainsaw roadie / The early COMBAT Days #okayturnitoffnow / The escalating intensity of the various thrash label names / #dontdenythepowerof COMBAT Records (or The Mighty Megadeth, or to the David Ellefson for RESURRECTING COMBAT Records!) www.combatrecs.com / FTL #blacksachbak #nwot

(19:17): The COMBAT label in the context of 80’s Thrash Metal / Metal Nerdery presents COMBAT Artists from back in the day (at some point we will do a full Accueauxed Overveaux) / #savatagebrothers

(23:27): Blind Illusion: Blood Shower (Technically, it’s Primus before Primus was actually Primus) Listen closely for Mr. Les Claypool #slappindahbassmon / #sportsball What’s the equivalent in Metal of blowing a 28-3 lead? / The Crumbsuckers / Dark Angel-Darkness Descends (and more #sportsballspeak and lesser yet amply moderate sized #balls…and NO, that intro was NOT Dark Angel)/ #moreabsorbent #cuethecrickets / Still Dark Angel, Darkness Descends (take DOS!) / Still MORE Dark Angel (Leave Scars) / Chuck Schuldiner’s philosophy on #metal (#metalismetal) / #ehhhhhhhh the Metal Nerdery #hairmetal episode (with absolutely ZERO anesthesia…***COMING SOON***)

(37:19): Death (Denial of Life) / ***Be sure to try #crunchyballriffs for breakfast (now with marshmallows!)*** / #alwaysdugthedeath / Pull the Plug (how had Ultimate Revenge) and HAIL to old school #WREKage / Pull the Plug is like the perfect #riffcasseroll of Metal #allkillernofiller / Exodus (Open Season) /#meatcandy delivered courtesy of #Doro (#porkbellies) #MetalNerderyASMR #AtherosclerosisASMR #bigdaddysbbqpit (The small ones melt in your mouth)

(47:58): Forbidden (As Good As Dead) #CBLE (check out our Forbidden Dive; like episode5 or so) / The Heroin of Food, the Truffle of Meat (WHERE does it melt!?) / Ludichrist (Powertrip) and the tangentionalalityism with Scatterbrain / A mouthful of meat…/ Megadeth (Devil’s Island)

(57:12): Mercyful Fate (The Oath) #bigbudgetintro #listenwithheadphones #readthoselyrics / The weird “baby opossum” incident #dontdenythepowerof #satanpossums / #blessed

(1:02:14): Nuclear Assault: Sin (Elker, the Lodger) / #metalnerderyXLR / Powermad (Terminator) #noteven / Savatage (The Dungeons Are Calling) Early Prog-Thrash D&DMetal / #mybuggy (***should contain Metal Nerdery MERCH!!***) / Carcass Reek of Putrefaction (#albumcover) / Pig Destroyer’s Jennifer/Cheerleader Corpses was definitely NOT a hit for the Russell (or the Mrs. Russell) / #BBQ #ASMR

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