Thunderdome Metal Reviews: The Church of Heavy Metal

Metal Heads!! It is time for Ben's pick for an album released in March of 2020. He has chosen the 14th studio album by Doom legends My Dying Bride. The Ghost of Orion see what our heroes think of this disc. They also talk about their listening habits and the state of the metal year 3 months in. Check it out!!

Metal Heads! This episode is another in our tour of Kloaka Metal's 2018 best-of albums list.  For Ben, this will be the first time listening to Amorphis since 1996's Elegy. What will he think of Queen of Time's significant stylistic shift? Tune in and find out. Also, as a bonus, Tracey does his best Andre 3000. 

Metal Heads!! In this episode, we take another look back at Kloaka Metal's best of 2018 with Symphony X's guitarist Michael Romeo's second solo album War of the Worlds, Pt. 1. What will the resident Old Head think of this infusion of orchestral science fiction into traditional metal? Raise your horns and find out! 

Metal Heads, we look back to 1992 with our good friend Dr. David Pizzo, (@Pizzohistorian) looking back at the self-titled debut from rap-metal pioneers Rage Against the Machine. We talk about the politics and the music of this pioneering album. Bang your head to this! 

Metal Heads! We are back with Tracey's pick for his February 2020 album. German black-thrash outfit Dark Fortress's 8th studio album, Spectres from the Old World. This was both of our first time listening to this band. Put your horns safely in a socially distanced air and join us to see what we think of these stalwarts of Black Metal. \m/

On Friday, March 20th the streams were crossed. Tracey and I were joined by the cohosts of my other podcasts to discuss our top ten albums of all time. Join us, and see all the metal glory. You can find David and I on Whiskey & Woe at https://anchor.fm/s/13192194/podcast/rss you can find Buzz and I at Static Rage https://anchor.fm/s/12554e54/podcast/rss

Metal Heads!!! We return for another slice of New York Thrash with the sixth studio album by Anthrax, 1993's Sound of White Noise. This album sees John Bush replacing Joey Belladonna and continuing to mature away from their earlier sound. What will Ben and Tracey think, get your Hy Pro Glo on and find out!

Metal Heads, Ben & Tracey return by diving into the third studio album by progressive metal stalwarts Dream Theater. As long time listeners know Ben's relationship with prog is....challenging.  Will the cranky old head enjoy this album? Will resident Prog guy Tracey like an older vintage of Prog or will he find it antiquated? Tune in and find out on Thunderdome Metal Reviews!!

Metal Heads, Ben went to his first concert at one of the legendary Milwaukee venues on Thursday, March 12th to see Black Label Society, Obituary, and Lord Dying. Here his review of the show. Check out Lord Dying's Facebook page to see a panorama of the venue https://www.facebook.com/LordDying/photos/a.602254629821452/2934394549940770/?type=3&theater and special thanks to Emilio, Mark, and Jess...

Metal Heads!!! We are back with a legendary NWOBHM album that heavily influenced Metallica & Megadeth. Diamon Head's Lightning to the Nations! An album even the oldhead hadn't heard before now. Tune in and see what our heroes think!

Metal Heads!! In this episode, we have Ben's pick for an album that was released in February of 2020. The Spanish symphonic metal outfit, Diabulus in Musica's fifth studio album Euphoric Entropy. Not only is this the first symphonic metal band our heroes have listened to on the pod, but it is also their first time listening to this band. What will they think? Strap in and find out on Thunderdome M...

Metal Heads!! From the mind of Brandon 'Eski' Ortiz comes In Silent Agony's first full-length album, Scandalous. On this album, Eski plays all the instruments, wrote all the songs, and produced the recording. An album high on ambition, check out our review and give In Silent Agony a listen. 

Metal Heads!! We are back with Tracey's number one album from 2017 Mastodon's "Emperor of Sand." What will Ben think of this album from a band he hadn't paid attention to since 2006? Tune in and find out!! You can find us @kloakametal and @BenDangerously on Twitter. 

Buck Thornton of http://thunderousvoices.com/ joins us again this episode as we look at one of the classics of the metal genre. Judas Priest's sixth studio album, British Steel . An album from long enough ago that our resident old head Ben was only 4 when it came out. Strap on your leather and join us as we discuss these Metal Gods \m/

Metal Heads!! Ben & Tracey are joined by http://thunderousvoices.com 's Buck Thornton to discuss what would prove to be the last Anthrax album with Joey Belladonna for twenty years, 1990's Persistence of Time.  Join us as we triple-team this album. What will the two youngsters think of the old head's album pick? Tune in and find out. 

Metal Heads!!! Tracey(@kloakametal) and Ben (@bendangerously) are back in the church of metal to discuss Soulfly's tenth studio album, Archangel . Join us in the pit and let us know what you think of this slap of Cavalera metal!!

Metal Heads! We are back with the Kloaka Metal (@kloakmetal) pick for an album released in January. The third full-length from Haunt, Mind Freeze . Tracey placed their last two releases in his top 100 albums of the year for their respective years. Can Haunt maintain the streak? What will the old head Ben (@bendangerously) think of this particular slice of retro metal? Tune in and find out!

Metal Heads!!! Tracey (@kloakametal) and Ben (@bendangerously) return with a look at a supergroup that formed out of Pantera, Mudvayne, and Nothingface, Hellyeah! Specifically, their 2014 fourth studio album Blood for Blood.   What will our heroes think of this mid-2010s slice of American metal? Tune and get your pull. 

Metal Heads!! We kick off our new release reviews with Ben's (@bendangerously) pick for January of 2020. The Nuclear Blast debut album by Oceans, The Sun and the Cold. Do our heroes agree with those calling the album nu-metal or does something darker lay beneath the surface? Listen to Ben and Tracey (@kloakametal) discuss, and as always check the band out!!

Metal Heads! This week we take a trip down to New Orleans Louisiana to ingest some good old fashioned southern sludge! Served up by Kirk Windstein and the boys in Crowbar on their third studio album, Time Heals Nothing! This is the kind of albums that old head Ben (@bendangerously) grew up on so you know he is down for that bayou metal sound. What will Kloaka Hammer Metal Reviews' Tracey (@kloakam...

Metal Heads!! We return with a look at Tracey's (@KloakaMetal) number two album of the year for 2017, Mors Principium Est's Embers of a Dying World. Ben (@BenDangerously) has a visceral reaction to the albums opening track and the conversation goes on from there.  As you recover from your Super Bowl hangover, check out this album and listen to us discuss it. Horns up!!

Metal Heads!!! Tracey (@kloakametal) and Ben (@bendangerously) return for your second dose of metal this week. We conclude our look at the Big Four's "class of 86" albums with this late entry from Anthrax. 1987's Among the Living . Come get caught in a mosh with us as we discuss this slice of New York thrash!

Metal Heads!! Dr. David Pizzo (@pizzohistorian) joins us again this week to discuss the third major-label album from the legendary Pantera! The boys discuss what up until now is arguably the heaviest album we have reviewed, Far Beyond Driven. The boys also discuss the tragedy of Dimebag's murder and the place that Pantera holds for each of them. Stay tuned through the end of the episode for a spec...

Metal Heads!! Tracey (@kloakametal) and Ben(@Bendangerously) dive into the world of melodic death metal by looking back at 2005's Doomsday Machine the sixth studio album from the Swedish outfit Arch Enemy. What will they think of this particular slice of Swedish metal? Tune in and find out. As always, Horns up to our fellows!

Tracey reveals his top songs and albums of the year for 2019.  #25 Mania by Hell Fire #24 Periphery IV: HAIL STAN by Periphery #23 We Are Not You Kind by Slipknot #22 Mourn the Southern Skies by Exhorder #21 Shaped by Fire by As I Lay Dying #20 Divided by Darkness by Spirit Adrift #19 Love Exchange Failure by White Ward #18 The Language of Injury by Ithaca #17 Death Atlas by Cattle Decapitati...