DEEP CUTS
OF THE FIRST FOUR
OF THE BIG FOUR
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Many moons ago during the B.R. era (Before Russ), back in the early days of this podcast with Adam, we took on The 1st Four of The Big 4, taking a look at each of the debut albums from Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer, respectively.
To take that episode a step further (and to add a slight twist to the original premise), we thought it might be fun (and a bit of a challenge) to attempt to identify which tracks would be considered the DEEP CUTS from The First Four albums of EACH of The Big Four thrash bands.
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Show Notes:
(00:01): “It’s time for DOWNTIME!!!” / #downtime / “Let’s not make it gross, because this is a family thing…”/ “She sounds like #PeterSteele …”/ “What’s that from?” / “Loud, obnoxious, offputting, and tiresome…”/ “How long does it take you to get used to writing the right year?” / #Happy2025 / ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “That’s like a slow motion Spicoli…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST UNDERGROUND BUNKERPOON TELETHON!!!*** / “Right ‘chere…”/ “Do you ever make resolutions?” / #nopromises / “I’m gonna be better…”/ “I think as a #NewYearResolution #Doomsicle should commit…”/ Upcoming Doomsicle tune ideas…/ “Maybe one original…I’ve got a full country album…” / “Wasn’t that a #ConwayTwitty song?” / “The power was in his hair…”/ “You can HEAR the size of his hair…”/ #FamilyGuyASMR / “He looks like Bobby Ewing…”/ #BramStroker / “That dude was a dude…”/ #HelloDarlin
(10:46): “If you want MORE good stuff, you could join the #Patreon…”/ ***CHECK OUT OUR NEW METAL NERDERY T-SHIRTS WITH THE WARNING ON THE BACK!!!*** metalnerdery.com/merch ***Go to TeePublic to pick up yours!!!*** / “What am I saying? I’m fixed…”/ #pregnancyworries #nobabies / “I don’t do it for less than $30, dude…”/ #slashhandjob / ***PATREON SHOUT OUT!!!*** / ***Go JOIN US on Patreon at patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / “Do we need a defibrillator?” / “And if you want me to send you an autographed…”/ #itsgonnahappen #splat / “Metal Nerdery at splat dot com slash handjob…”
(15:05): ***IF YOU WANNA LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL, GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / “I’ve gotta hit play…”/ #ILoveTheHelmet #DowntownJulieBrown / “Caramel colored…kind of erotic looking…”/ #weirdlyhot / “Do y’all remember Kennedy?” / #libertarian / “There’s a difference…” / ***NOTE: Refer to #TheNolanChart to see where you might land on the #politicalspectrum ***/ #laissezfaire / “Oh…got a new one…”/ #uhhhkay / “We can reflect a little…”/ “I’m always about setting the tone…”/ “Using the right consonant…”/ #mealprep / “Or trail mix if he adds pretzels and M&M’s…”/ “You won’t…that’s fine…it doesn’t even matter.” / “I never played doctor…” / #AtomicBlondeATL / “We got a smoking hot singer…”/ “Well you’re married but I’m not…”/ “I’ve had that done once…kinda hot…”/ #evidence / “Sorry, I can’t get there…”/ “It’s a call back to the #Dracula joke earlier…” / #TomwayPetty / “Do y’all ever hear music in your dreams?” / #HellsBells #ForWhomTheBellTolls / “The internet rules…”
(27:51): “Docket Thirty?” / #TheDocket / METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS: THE BACKSIDE OF THE FIRST FOUR OF THE BIG FOUR – DEEP CUTS / “Easy for you to say…”/ #Anthrax (Fistful of Metal – 1984) / “That’s Lilker, not Spitz…”/ “Doesn’t it seem odd that the opening track would be a deep cut?” / #thatsaquestion / DEATHRIDER / #Anthryche #Queenthrax / “Does the pope shit in the woods?” / DEATH FROM ABOVE / “What was that!?”/ “That’s definitely #powermetal…”
(34:58): “How about a little Mega Dave?” / “All of #TheFirstFourOfTheBigFour don’t sound anything like the rest of their catalog…”/ #Megadeth (Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good – 1985) / CHOSEN ONES / #supersneezeASMR / “Jimmy something…”/ NOTE: It was Lloyd Grant / LOOKING DOWN THE CROSS
Kill’em All
(40:57): “What would be the deep cuts on Kill ‘Em All?” / #Metallica (Kill ‘Em All – 1983) / “Probably the least played…AND it’s got keyboards on it…”/ #synthesizer / PHANTOM LORD (“Nope, that’s keyboard…”) / “Seventeen days!?” / “Nope, we’ve gotta date for at least 28 years before we get married…”/ “Everything on side 2 except Seek and Destroy…”/ JUMP IN THE FIRE / “There’s definitely not a modern Metallica riff that sounds like that…”/ “My fiery hole?”
Show No Mercy
(47:23): “I already know right out of the gate…”/ #Slayer (Show No Mercy – 1983) / “That doesn’t fit with anything else in the entire catalog…”/ METAL STORM/FACE THE SLAYER / “It’s kinda epic…”/ #JudasPriestASMR / “That sounds more like a Slayer song…”/ “You need one good Tom scream here and there to set things right…”/ CRIONICS #frozenrobots / “I’m still hearing Priest…”/ “That’s one of those things that comes with time…I wasn’t doing #VampireJerky jokes the first year I did comedy…”
(53:21): #Anthrax (Spreading The Disease – 1985) / THE ENEMY / “Looks like he’s got a great big vagina in his jeans…is that Charlie!?” / “Is this like #powermetal you think?” / AFTERSHOCK / “Thrash? Or Power Metal?” / “No bass at all…no low end…”
Peace Sells
(57:45): #Megadeth (Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? – 1986) / BAD OMEN / “It’s like a weird laugh…”/ “Ladies and gentlemen, Chris Poland…”/ “Sacrificing Froot Loops?”/ #chaos / “Is this the first technical thrash band?” / “They’re the #RUSH of thrash metal…”/ “His voice has a snarl that the other guys don’t have…”
Ride The Lightning
(1:02:40): “Did you ever skip Escape a lot back in the day?” / #Metallica (Ride The Lightning – 1984) / TRAPPED UNDER ICE / “That’s an Exodus move right there!”/ “But that might also be because you’re older…”/ ESCAPE / “This should have been on 96 Rock in the daytime for sure…”/ “It’s trying to be Maiden…it’s a good song though…”
Hell Awaits
(1:07:37): “I’m thinking maybe that, or…”/ #Slayer (Hell Awaits – 1985) / PRAISE OF DEATH / “Their formula wins…”/ CRYPTS OF ETERNITY / “The solos aren’t super, super evil…they’re getting there, but not quite…”/ “Think about it…high cholesterol… #atherosclerosis / Livid vs Lividity (“English is stupid…”) / “We made it through half…”/ “We did the first two of the backside of the first four of the big four…easy for you to say…”/ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / “If it looks like…liquid sneeze…”/ #untilthenext #outroreel