’86 DEATH MATCH
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For those who haven’t been following the bouncing ball(s), we’ve been discussing the ’86 DEATH MATCH since we did our ’88 Death Match a few episodes back (which was a complete bloodbath all on its own!) so we decided “What better way to commemorate our 5th anniversary as ‘The Number 2 Podcast Ever’ (behind Rogan) than to pit the two finest albums in the totality of thrash metal history against each other…to the death!?”
If you thought our ’88 Death Match between …And Justice For All and South Of Heaven was brutal, you’d better take a “get ready pill”, because you ain’t seen nothing yet. As with each matchup in our HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH series, the stakes are raised ever higher & the carnage escalates exponentially, and our ’86 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH featuring Metallica’s MASTER OF PUPPETS and Slayer’s REIGN IN BLOOD is undoubtedly no exception. This was certainly not an easy task. In truth, it was quite “hard…rigid…difficult…” and given the sheer enormity of the task at hand, it was also downright “girthy”. From the most unbelievably legendary album openers (and closers) to the most haunting album art of any albums in thrash history, one thing remains clear with both of these ferocious audio offerings: “the bar is set”.
Get ready to “mark ALL the times” and remember, even though this episode might be a tough pill to take for some, whatever you do, “don’t spit it out, just swallow it”. Prepare to “flatten the herd” and brace yourself for “moments of assholism” as we discuss “an eternal force that goes on forever” when you JOIN US for a day of celebration as we commemorate 5 years of Metal Nerdery madness with some “special guesteses” in The Bunkerpoon and go deep inside the octagon with our 1986 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH featuring “the most powerfully majestic” metal of MASTER OF PUPPETS and the “Picasso devil” infused, thrash evilocity of REIGN IN BLOOD.
Show Notes:
(00:01): “We’ve got…” / “This is a #celebrationday fellas…” / #fiveyearanniversary of #metalnerderypodcast / “There’s a reason you got an invite…”/ “You’re supposed to save ‘em…”/ “This episode will air on 6/6/24…”/ #specialguesteses / “Am I supposed to hear myself in this?”/ “Which one’s bigger?” / #itsdefinitelynotyours / #growershower / “It’s the same…”/ #markthetime / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ “It’s so awesome…it’s weird, right?” / “It’s where the power comes from dude…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST, FIFTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION!!!*** / #pipes / “I’m usually the #deepvoiceguy …” / #markthetime / #BarryWhiteASMR / “I’ve got your #bigness buddy…”/ “You have allergies?” / #tangentional / “that’s a much better, superior word…”/ “Your usage was spot on…”/ #fromthetits / #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode / “Went simple today…” / #RedStripe #fourpointsevenABV / “Are they like the #Budweiser of #Jamaica you think?” / “They’re selling #pastis on the beach, mon…”/ #twentyyearsago
(6:01): “You can hit us up on the socials…” / ***IF YOU WANNA SKIP TO #THEDOCKET YOU TOTALLY CAN…***/ “Drop acid…foreplay…” / #instavag #instatits #instagram #instagood #facebook #youboobs #youtube / “The definition of a #zaddy …” / “The thimbles were smokin’…”/ “We’re sponsored…sorta…kinda…”/ #Manscaped / “I’m a simple man…”/ #VoicemailSegment ***GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #BobFromOhio #MarkTheCalendar / “I will buy you drinks if you’re there…”/ #GodBlessYouBob / “It’s October…”/ “Remember when we saw #Prong …with #FlotsamAndJetsam ?” / “I saw an #ActusReus video that I haven’t seen yet…”/ “It’s our only #BehindTheMetal …”/ ACTUS REUS #thenextgeneration #extrasack /
“We would have killed to have production like that…”/ “The music does not match the video…”/ “They were hilarious when they were here…” / #postBlackAlbum #postPuppetsHuge / “I feel like you’re saying that with a little too much pride, dude…”/ “#Nickelback is fucking good, dude…” / #nickelnight / “Let me see your nickels…”/ #AnimalFarm was so good…/ “Is that an Indian guy?” / #SkinDeep / #KennyLoggins (“Who wrote more movie songs than Kenny Loggins?”) / #uncorking / NOTE: that was #LindseyBuckingham / #nevermind / “I’m curious here…”/ #secondclinky / “If we’re gonna be curious…get ready to mark ALL the times…”/ “Remember when #thepandemic hit and EVERYONE had a podcast?” / #flattentheherd or #flattenthecurve or #flattentheherve #clinkosaurus (“NO!”) / “Don’t spit it out just #swallowit …”/ “Doesn’t that mean you’re about to throw up?” / “Not yet…there’s a first time for everything…”/ #betweenmylegs / #mentalimage
(19:33): “I had a reflection earlier…” / #RussellsReflectionsASMR / “He hit all the notes…”/ #RockForce / “They played #UncleTomsCabin …”/ “They do that to artists, they turn them into whores…”/ “She’s got the pipes…” / #LzzyHale & #SkidRow / #flattenthecurve / “I’ve still got A-cups…” / #innie and the #outie / “See also weirdest compliment ever…”/ #Penisd / “I owe you an apology, sir…I talked all over your #MobRulesEpisode …”/ #brandspankle / #pregamed / #upcloseprettyfront / #youreadick / “It’s like a palette of food…some people love #mayonnaise and those people are wrong…”/ “that’s what mustard does…”/ #PatreonShoutouts / ***Be Sure to JOIN US on #ThePatreon at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast ***/ “There’s a couple of comments in here…”/ You can email us at metalnerdery@gmail.com / #MOP and #RIB / “I don’t know what that means…(yeah you do?)” / “Did Russell turn Japanese on the #AriseEpisode ?” / #whatisprobrem
(27:02): “Whenever we do #Dokken it’ll be the #DokkenDocket …”/ #GeorgeLynchASMR / “Gives me goosebumps…” / “Before we get into #TheDocket I just have to ask one question…” / #pointedquestion / “Which band did you like playing bass in better?” / #nopressure / “Y’all were a more technical band…”/ “It has the thing because it was the first…”/ “It’s NOT because you were the shittiest guitar player…”/ #herewego / “That’s a good move…”/ “The knife’s not all the way in…”/ #bolth / “Your mic is hot as shit…his mic has #bigtits…”/ “Can you roll your R’s, dude?”/ #MarvinTheMarvin or #MarvinTheMartian / #TheDocketRevisited #tangentional / “It’s just impossible…”/ METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS… / “They were both considered #thrash in 1986…it’s gonna be tough…”/ “BTW we did do an ’88 #DeathMatch too…”/ “Since we’re here…”/ “I have moments of #assholism in my youth…”/ “We were in the #HUD …”/ “that’s where the hood is dude…”/ “Yes you are, sir…” / “Dude, they do #livepodcasts now…”/ #RockNPod / “We should probably try and go…”
(34:57): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST (STILL) PRESENTS: 1986 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH FEATURING METALLICA’S MASTER OF PUPPETS AND SLAYER’S REIGN IN BLOOD!!! / #MOP and #RIB #Metallica and #Slayer #MasterOfPuppets and #ReignInBlood / “The ’88 #DeathMatch was a #squeaker …”/ “Song by song…ooooh…”/ #tobefair #illsaythis / “The most unbelievable #opener and the most unbelievable #closer in #thrashhistory …”/ #nofiller / “Which did you hear first?” / #Purpets / “It came out in March; the other one came out in October…”/ “I was into #Anthrax before I heard #Metallica OR #Slayer …”/ “we happy?” / “They were dude…according to Bill…”/ #TheGate (“Y’all never seen ‘The Gate’?”) / #easy / #kiddish / “that’s what a nerd looks like when they get head…”/ #autosuck / “that’s my orgasm look…”/ “It’s Lydia…”/ Album Cover comparison and analysis / “Looking at #ReignInBlood is almost terrifying…” / #picassodevil / “The first official-ish #SlayerLogo …”/ “It’s missing the bottom…unlike the #MetalNerderyLogo …”/ “there’s 2 spots where we can combine 2 songs…”/ “Maybe the last 2?”
(43:10): #powerfullymajestic / “That was powerful and majestic…”/ “Just for reference…” / “What’s up with the lack of #cokelines?” / “That’s just a #dickmove…”/ “See? You learn something new every day…” / BATTERY (“This is Metallica?”) / “I could feel the tension…listen to how pretty this is…”/ #ShelbyHun / #anthem / “the fastest right hand in metal…”/ “the middle section?”/ “Kirk Hammett at his best, right here…”/ “Right here…”/ #cantbeloudenough / “Okay, this is what I’m gonna say…” / #Ilovegoblincock / “I left you an opening…”/ “Once you hear that, the bar is set…”/ “The biggest, most mainstream, underground thrash band…”/ “They opened for #Ozzy …”/ “When’s the first time you heard Metallica and how did you hear them?” / “This is actually THE first Metallica I ever bought…”/ “Oh this is it?” / #gameon / “Both hill, up ways in the snow…”/ #upcloseprettyfront / “He pulled this out…”/ #allthecokelines / “those are the prettiest ones…all the other ones are the humble looking sixes…” / “There’s a sink up there…just put some lemon juice and some ice cubes in there…”/ ANGEL OF DEATH (“The first Slayer song I heard…”) / #orgasmnoise / “Just let it go…”/ “Your timing is impeccable…”/ “It’s hard to turn this song off…”/ #youkindahaveto / “I’m glad I’m not the only one who thinks that…”/ “It’s not fair…we’ve gotta judge…”/ #nodresses / “Y’all going to have tea or something?” / “Do you remember the #graduationparty for your year?” / “I wasn’t there because I wasn’t invited…”/ #hunchpunch / “Did anybody get violated?” / #helicopterASMR / #BilliamsReflectionsASMR / “that’s a straight up movie moment…”/ “I was probably not getting laid working at #Kmart for sure…”/ “Who gets the point?”/ “there’s no wrong answer…” / #instantgratification / “It’s distilled down more…”/ “It’s got one of the baddest screams ever in metal…” / “It’s just a little bit more #eviler …”/ “I gave it away to somebody…”
(1:07:38): “The point for track 1…”/ “This is their #Stairway kinda…”/ “Moments of length and girth…” / MASTER OF PUPPETS (“How?”) / “To me, this is what separates Metallica from a lot of bands…”/ #progressivemetal / “They were in the pool…”/ “that’s what made them the #LedZeppelin of now…”/ “there’s a lot of parts to this song…”/ #triumphmetal #victorymetal / “Lars ain’t great, but he’s good…”/ #timeless / “that was a mistake…”/ “Except, not really…”/ “Music influences music…”/ #frickinairquotes / “You remember that, Matt?” / #JesusSaves #introriff / “Technically, it was a different riff…”/ #presentcompanyexcluded / “Speaking of peace…”/ PIECE BY PIECE / “And GO!” / “Oh, the next part…that’s just brutal.”/ “that’s what made that so vicious…”/ “I kinda think this isn’t fair…”/ #killercraftedriffs / “This is a little bit more fair than I thought it was gonna be…” / #thankyou / Metallica vs Slayer in concert / #markthetime / #emptynest #adulttimedotcom #theverdict (“It’s hard, it’s rigid, it’s difficult…it’s girthy…”) / “That’s the only way you can leave…”/ “I don’t want it to be a draw…”/ “Mixon is throwing shit right now…”
(1:24:00): “How does the draw count for #voting?” / “It’s a no brainer…”/ NOTE: check out #InTheMouthOfMadness for a good #HPLovecraft influenced movie / “I learned how to do that with porn…”/ THE THING THAT SHOULD NOT BE (“The most #evilest Metallica song ever…”) / #TheHeaviestMetallicaSong / “This is straight up metal…”/ “Can we real quick jump ahead to the solo? I read something about this…”/ #theyrelistening / “This is gonna be pretty easy for me…” / NECROPHOBIC (“It’s a #DeathMatch …”) / “I like #Necro a lot…”/ #markthetime / “This is the one where I jump ship…”/ “I can’t deny the chug…”/ “It’s a #blowout …”
(1:33:11): “To be fair…let us note…”/ #sideone / “That math will work out…”/ “Have any of y’all ever heard it referred to as ‘Welcome Home’?” / “We’re a metal band, not a pop band…”/ WELCOME HOME (SANITARIUM) / “Dark, creepy, atmospheric vibe…”/ #tremoloASMR #thebusiness / “The #Mastodon part…” / #uglynotes #Rush / “That’s straight up #progmetal …”/ “When I listen to this album, it takes me back to that time…when I listen to Reign In Blood, it’s like yesterday…”/ “It’s just an eternal force that goes on forever?” / #Amen / “So now we’re gonna double up…”/ ALTAR OF SACRIFICE #tableofshelb #dontdenythepowerof / “Wait, turn it back up real quick…”/ “This part is #tremendous …”/ JESUS SAVES (“Here’s the riff…it was not exactly like that though…”) / “One of the best chugs in metal right there…”/ #crispythin / “That’s so Slayer…”/ “It’s like going to a spa and a chiropractor all at the same time…”/ “It’s time to vote…” / #cliffhanger / #sexworkerhouse / “To recap, so far…”/ #blowout / “Right now we’ve basically got a tie…”/ ***THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND STAY TUNED FOR PART 2!!!*** / #untilthenext / #outroreel / #markthetime / #justswallowit / ***COME ON DOWN TO THE BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE AND GRAB ALL THE #METALNERDERYPODCASTMERCH YOU CAN HANDLE AT metalnerdery.com/merch ***