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

Episodes

KMFDM, "HYËNA," (9/9/2022), Review 26.12.2022 23:49

Metalheads!! David's stay in Germany is quickly coming to an end, but not before he unleashes the latest by industrial legends KMFDM on our ears. 

Megadeth, "The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!" (9/2/2022), Review 22.12.2022 21:25

Metalheads!! Megadeth returned with a new lineup and a new record this year. Ben decided we needed it bounced off our dome. 

Strychnos, "A Mother's Curse," (11/4/2022), Review 19.12.2022 15:46

Metalheads!! Gabe unleashes an album 25 years in the making Strychnos' "A Mother's Curse." 

Devin Townsend, "Lightwork," (11/4/2022), Review 15.12.2022 15:00

Metalheads!! Devin Townsend released an album, Tracey heard the call in the dying cackle of a million chickens, and thus we must review it. 

Ingested, "Ashes Lie Still, (11/4/2022), Review 12.12.2022 16:23

Metalheads!! David brings us a slab of death metal from a long-time UK outfit we were unfamiliar with, Ingested. 

Discography Blast 031: Every Time I Die 10.12.2022 49:41

Metalheads! Are you ready? Gabe brings us a healthy slab of Buffalo metalcore with this discography breakdown of Every Time I Die. "Hot Damn!," (2003); "The Big Dirty," (2007); "From Parts Unknown," (2014); and "Low Teens," (2016).

Disturbed, "Divisive," (11/18/2022), Review 08.12.2022 30:50

Metalheads!! Ben takes the group down I-94 to Chicago to spin the latest from Disturbed. 

Ripped to Shreds, "劇變 (Jubian)," (10/14/22), Review 05.12.2022 18:37

Metalheads! Gabe drags another impressive slab of death metal from the graveyard to his murder basement. With his pick for an album released in October, the third release from Ripped to Shreds. 

Psychonaut, "Violate Consensus Reality," (10/28/22), Review 01.12.2022 14:55

Metalheads! If you know Tracey, you knew this was coming. A selection of psychedelic post-metal (whatever that is, we debate it in the pod) courtesy of the Antwerp-based band. 

Lamb of God, "Omens," (10/7/22), Review 28.11.2022 21:11

Metalheads! When the rumors of a new Lamb of God album began bubbling up from the soil of Richmond, it was only a matter of time until David picked it for his new release for us to review. Well, that day is here. Rejoice in "Omens."

Grab Bag: Female Metal 26.11.2022 50:03

Metalheads!! In this grab bag, we spin some albums by bands that are primarily comprised of women. L7, "Bricks are Heavy;" Drain STH, "Freaks of Nature;" Royal Thunder, "Wick;" and Derkéta, "In Death We Meet."

Goatwhore, "Angels Hung from the Arches of Heaven," (10/7/2022), Review 24.11.2022 16:53

Metalheads!! Ben returns to his spiritual home and selects the latest from Goatwhore for his October new release pick. 

Discography Blast 030: Oomph! 24.11.2022 1:00:19

Metalheads!! It is Thanksgiving here at your Church of Heavy Metal, and David serves up a heaping helping of Neue Deutsche Härte with an Oomph! Discography Blast. Spinning "Unrein," (1998); "Plastik," (1999); "Wahrheit oder Pflicht," (2004); and "Ritual," (2019).

Phobophilic, "Enveloping Absurdity," (9/16/2022), Review 21.11.2022 14:41

Metalheads!!  We are enveloped by absurdity with Gabe's pick for an album released in September, the first from Phobophilic. 

Gaerea, "Mirage," (9/23/2022), Review 17.11.2022 14:48

Metalheads!! Tracey's selection for an album released in September comes into view!

Clutch, "Sunrise on Slaughter Beach," (9/16/22), Review 14.11.2022 23:18

Metalheads!! David's September pick emerges from blood-dimmed tides on Slaughter Beach. 

Behemoth, "Opvs Contra Natvram," (9/16/2022), Review 10.11.2022 20:10

Metalheads!! It is time for our picks for an album(s) released in September. Ben has selected the latest by Behemoth!

Motorhead, "Inferno," (6/22/2004), Review 07.11.2022 17:03

Metalheads! We had so much fun with last episode's Motorhead album we decided to spin another. Cranking the seventeenth long play from these legends, "Inferno." 

Motorhead, "1916," (1/21/1991), Review 03.11.2022 19:32

Metalheads!! It is November, and we turn our attention back to Motorhead and their ninth album, "1916."

Ozzy Osbourne, "Ordinary Man," (2/21/2020), Review 31.10.2022 28:18

Metalheads!! Happy Halloween, our spooktacular run through Ozzy's discography has ended with his 2020 release, "Ordinary Man!" Check it out, and get your haunt on. 

Ozzy Osbourne, "Down to Earth," (10/16/2001), Review 27.10.2022 29:02

Metalheads!! We continue our October Spooktacular look at Ozzy's solo albums by spinning his first one from this century, "Down to Earth." 

Grab bag 014: Scandinavian Metal 22.10.2022 49:55

Metalheads!! In this episode, Gabe asked us to select an example of Scandinavian metal. See what we chose! Gorgoroth, Meshuggah, Dark Tranquillity, and Bloodbath. 

Ozzy Osbourne, "No More Tears," (9/17/1991), Review 20.10.2022 19:01

Metalheads!! As October continues, we continue to swim through Ozzy's discography. In this episode, we get to his first album from the 1990s. 

Ozzy Osbourne, "Ozzmosis," (10/23/1995), Review 20.10.2022 16:50

Metalheads!! It is time to spin the un-retirement album! 

Ozzy Osbourne, "No Rest for the Wicked," (9/28/1988), Review 17.10.2022 13:57

Metalheads!! Our wicked crew continues to review Ozzy's discography. 