Benjamin Linzy

Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal

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Tracey is a sentient prog metal algorithm composed of chicken blood and spreadsheets (@KloakaMetal), Ben is an oldhead with a penchant for nihilism, sludge, and bourbon (@BenDangerously), Dr. David Pizzo (@pizzohistorian) is a world-traveling scholar who bleeds thrash, and Dr. Gabriel Cooper (@lividlunch) when not reveling in a metalcore breakdown brings a plethora of death from the cavernous depths of his murder basement. Together they are just four metalheads giving their thoughts on bands and albums across the metallic spectrum.

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Benjamin Linzy

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Latest episode

Jul 9, 2026

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Episodes

Megaton Sword, "Might & Power," (2/24/2023), Review 20.04.2023

Metalheads!! Be this thrash or be it neo-NWOBHW? Listen to us discuss Tracey's pick for an album released in February. Episode one of a 4/20 triple puff!

Grab Bag 018: "Perfect" Non-Metal Albums for Metalheads, Vol. 1 13.04.2023

Metalheads!! We decided to change things up for this grab bag and look outside the church for albums from other genres we think Metalheads will enjoy. Ben picked Jason Isbell's "Southeastern;" David picked Chvrches' "Screen Violence;" Tracey selected Clement Belio's "Patience;" and Gabe picked Discharge's "Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing.&quo...

Dope, "Blood Money, Part 0," (2/24/2023), Review 07.04.2023

Metalheads!! David's pick for an album released in February is here, the latest from Edsel and the boys, Blood Money, Part 0.

Discography Blast 034: Sybreed 31.03.2023

Metalheads!! David pulls some Swiss industrial metal for this month's discography blast. We spin their four studio albums in our own irreverent style.

Venomous Concept, "The Good Ship Lollipop," (2/24/2023), Review 30.03.2023

Metalheads!! Ben's pick for an album released in February is the fifth studio album by the side project Venomous Concept.

Conjureth, "The Parasitic Chambers," (1/23/2023), Review 23.03.2023

Metalheads!! New Year, New Month, new death metal, all the elements necessary for Gabe's pick for January: Conjureth. 

Ashen Horde, "Antimony," (1/27/2023), Review 16.03.2023

Metalheads!! Tracey found an unsolved crime-turned-progressive black metal album for his January pick. Ashen Horde's "Antimony."

Katatonia, "Sky Void of Stars," (1/20/2023), Review 09.03.2023

Metalheads!! David's pick for an album released in January is the thirteenth studio album by Swedish sadness merchants Katatonia, "Sky Void of Stars." 

Obituary, "Dying of Everything," (1/13/2023), Review 02.03.2023

Metalheads!! Ben has selected his pick for an album released in January, the latest by death metal legends Obituary.

Grab Bag 018: Female/Femme Fronted Bands 01.03.2023

Metalheads!! March has returned, and we have again decided to bring you a grab bag filled with female metal! Ben selected Faetooth, David Nervosa, Tracey Rolo Tomassi, and Gabe Castrator! 

Crestfallen Dusk, "Crestfallen Dusk," (7/22/22), Review 23.02.2023

Metalheads! Gabe picked up his oil lantern and a mason jar of shine and spun Crestfallen Dusk's self-titled debut for us. Can you say Appalachian black metal?

Discography Blast 033: Sentenced, 1993-1998 20.02.2023

Metalheads! Tracey was away, so Ben decided to subject David and Gabe to a discography blast of Finnish proportions. With four mid-90s Sentenced albums. Enjoy. 

Lorna Shore, "Pain Remains," (10/14/2022), Review 16.02.2023

Metalheads!! Tracey unleashes deathcore on the group with an album that made his top 25 albums list for 2022. Lorna Shore's "Pain Remains."

Grab Bag 017: World Metal 14.02.2023

Metalheads!! Tracey challenged us to gather a grab bag of albums from non "western" places. Check it out. We chose Confess, Myrath, Blackbraid, and Wrust. 

Meshuggah, "Chaosphere," (11/9/1998), Review 11.02.2023

Metalheads!! We are a bit late this week with David's pick Meshuggah's third studio album, "Chaosphere" due to Ben fighting off the chaos of an upper respiratory infection. Prepare for the pummeling. 

Monster Magnet, "Powertrip," (6/16/1998), Review 02.02.2023

Metalheads!! From 25 years and a hotel room off of the Las Vegas strip comes this late 90s stoner rock classic. 

Jamie Saft, "Black Shabbis," (2009) Review 26.01.2023

Metalheads! Gabe has brought forth an album that is not our typical fare but one you should listen to if you are unfamiliar. 

Haken, "Affinity," (4/29/2016), Review 19.01.2023

Metalheads! Tracey sets the time machine to bring forth an album of 80's inflected prog metal.....or is it jazz? Tune in to hear the discussion. 

Discography Blast 032: Megadeth 2004-2011 14.01.2023

Metalheads!! We gather our magic and listen to the studio albums released by Megadeth from 2004 to 2011.

Gwar, "The New Dark Ages," (6/3/2022), Review 12.01.2023

Metalheads!! We are back with a David pick, the second Gwar album released since the passing of Oderus Urungus (Dave Brockie). 

Thunderdome's Top Ten Metal Albums of 2022 09.01.2023

Metalheads! An album a year in the making, first, you get Ben, David, Tracey, & Gabe's individual top 25 albums released in 2022, then the aggregate top ten for us as a collective. Delivered with all the professionalism you have come to expect from our merry band. 

Conan, "Evidence of Immortality" (8/19/2022), Review 05.01.2023

Metalheads! Ben was out for this week's recordings, but he still managed to inflict the fifth studio album of sludge doom by Conan. How will the rest of the crew respond to this brew?

Viande, "L'abime dévore les âmes," (4/15/2022), Review 02.01.2023

Metalheads!! Gabe brings more French metal for us to listen to with this debut album. 

Grab Bag 016: Big Four Albums we Haven't Reviewed Yet 31.12.2022

Metalheads!! For our last drop of 2022, we decided to give you a grab bag of albums from the big four of thrash we hadn't reviewed. Metallica's "...And Justice for All," (1988) & "St. Anger," (2003); Megadeth, "The World Needs a Hero," (2001); and Slayer, "Hell Awaits," (1985). Happy New Years!!

Tómarúm, "Ash in Realms of Stone Icons," (5/6/2022), Review 29.12.2022

Metalheads!! Progressive black metal, you say? Well, Tracey needed us to hear this debut from the Atlanta band Tómarúm.

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