“Is this the GOOD Sabbath or the BAD Sabbath?”We know what you’re thinking: “Wait, didn’t they skip a few albums in there somewhere? Did they put them all on Patreon or…what happened?” Rest assured, nothing has been skipped, however, we did ju

#247 OUR DEFINING METAL MOMENTS

9 days ago 43m 19s

The “Bunkerpoon After Dark” is a bit different than the usual Metal Nerdery Podcast format. It’s stripped down, bare, naked, and not unlike “The Triangle”, it’s unredacted, unfiltered, and completely raw. There’s not a lot of production quality

#246 - Metallica Covers

16 days ago 1h 37m

After catching Damage Inc. live in concert a few weeks back, we felt inspired to investigate the vast conglomeration of artists who have performed their own cover versions of songs originally written by the biggest cover band to have ever bless

#245 - SLEEP - Inside The Metal

23 days ago 1h 35m

Before OM and High On Fire, there was the marijuana infused, Sabbath worshipping, stoner metal power trio hailing from San Jose, California known as SLEEP. Just saying the name transports you to a land filled with THC infused riffs, the sweet a

#244 - 1994 Metal and Thrash Albums

Apr 25th, 2024 1h 10m

Ahhh, the joys of 1994 and the youthful days of yore. Y’know, there was a time when 1994 actually seemed relatively “recent”, like maybe a couple of decades ago, but we’re actually 30 years beyond 1994, the year when Jeff Bezos founded Amazon i

#243 Lights Camera Revolution SUICIDAL TENDENCIES Album Dive

Apr 18th, 2024 1h 2m

It’s safe to say that 1990 represented the absolute zenith of thrash metal greatness. All you have to do is thumb through everything released that year and you’ll have irrefutable proof. Thrash was at its peak when SUICIDAL TENDENCIES unleashed

#242 CIRITH UNGOL - INSIDE THE METAL

Apr 11th, 2024 1h 9m

Although they formed in Ventura, California in the early 70’s just a few short years after Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, CIRITH UNGOL (which, if you know anything about J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings lore, translates to mean “Spider

#241 MEGADETH Rust In Peace - Album Dive

Apr 4th, 2024 1h 25m

With the release of their 4th album (a.k.a. one of the finest albums in thrash metal history), MEGADETH conquered new levels of greatness with their progressive thrash masterpiece RUST IN PEACE, featuring Marty Friedman on guitars and Nick Menz

#240 SOUNDGRADEN - Inside The Metal

Mar 28th, 2024 1h 32m

After hair metal all but destroyed heavy metal in the late 80’s and early 90’s, things were a bit grim. Grim in the same sort of way that Birmingham, England was grim in the late 60’s. Perhaps one of the silver linings to emerge out of the make

#239 Bootleg Edition - Album Dive - Killers

Mar 21st, 2024 1h 23m

Welcome to the inaugural episode of the Metal Nerdery Podcast “Bootleg Edition” series, recorded deep within the echoey underground confines of The Bunkerpoon, direct from The Bunkerpoon video feed. While we strive to be “The Black Album of Pod

#238 WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR SABBATH

Mar 14th, 2024 1h 11m

Given that it was produced and released without the band’s involvement (and likely lacking the front to back awesomeness it would have otherwise possessed), WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK ‘N’ ROLL was “technically” BLACK SABBATH’s 7th release; a gre

#237 SEPULTURA – ARISE Album Dive

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 19m

Spring, 1991. Thrash had hit its apex as a genre and was beginning the transition into what would become “the next wave” of thrash with a sound and identify located somewhere between the thrash, groove, and death metal genres. With SEPULTURA’s

#236 1984 – YEAR IN METAL

Feb 29th, 2024 1h 30m

1984 was the year that saw the introduction of the Apple Macintosh, the launch of the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference, and the year the world learned of the terrifyingly destructive potential of A.I. courtesy of Skynet and The Term

#235 METAL CHURCH - INSIDE THE METAL

Feb 22nd, 2024 1h 40m

Originally formed in the thrash metal mecca known as The Bay Area a year before Metallica was even a thing (shortly before relocating to the Tri-County, metropolitan Seattle, Washington realm), METAL CHURCH continues to bless congregations of f

#234 DEATH MATCH - Vol 2 South of Heaven vs ...And Justice For All

Feb 15th, 2024 1h 29m

“And in THIS corner…”Already knowing (going in) that our 1988 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH was gonna be “bigger than China”, the Bunkerpoon oversight committee made the executive decision to break this “hog” of an episode into a two-part cliffhang

Valentines Day Massacre Vol II

Feb 14th, 2024 3m 36s

The Bunkerpoon is all about passion and “Love Excretions”. Enjoy all the likes and the loves of this year’s Valentines Day Massacre and Happy Valentines Day to all!Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcastLeave

#233 DEATH MATCH - Vol 1 South of Heaven vs ...And Justice For All

Feb 8th, 2024 1h 14m

“In THIS corner…”Throughout the thrash community, there’s always been a battle line drawn between the progressive, harmony laden sensibilities of METALLICA and the darker, eviler shades of SLAYER. For many of us, the two albums from these two

#232 STUCK MOJO Inside The Metal

Feb 1st, 2024 1h 28m

Back in the early 90’s (along with hometown thrash titans Ghost Story, Akathesia, and Nihilist) one of the most unique bands to have dominated the local metal scene and trailblazed the path for rap metal before it was even a genre was Atlanta c

#231 BACK IN BLACK Album Dive

Jan 25th, 2024 1h 20m

Eleven years before Metallica released “The Black Album”, AC/DC released “The FIRST Black Album”, BACK IN BLACK, their seventh studio album overall and their first album featuring new vocalist Brian Johnson following the tragic and untimely pas

#230 - THRASH FAMILY TREE

Jan 18th, 2024 1h 20m

When addressing the concept of the THRASH FAMILY TREE, there should be a handful of bands and musicians which immediately come to mind. This week’s docket is a reflection on the vast interconnectedness of the THRASH FAMILY TREE, consisting of T

#229 EXODUS STEVE “ZETRO” SOUZA ERA

Jan 11th, 2024 1h 20m

As of this episode, we will have covered each and every era of every EXODUS vocalist, from Paul Baloff to STEVE “ZETRO” SOUZA to Rob Dukes (and back again) to ZETRO. As the 2nd vocalist for EXODUS, STEVE SOUZA’s voice gave the band a distinct s

#228 CLASSIC METAL

Jan 4th, 2024 1h 29m

If you thought this episode was going to be all about early Metallica, early Anthrax, or early Slayer, SURPRISE, it’s not! While the above bands do in fact belong under the same umbrella, CLASSIC METAL (relative to today’s heavy metal landscape

#227 OZZY BARK AT THE MOON - Album Dive

Dec 28th, 2023 1h 10m

November 18, 1983Put your ’83 hat on and travel back to the days of yore when OZZY OSBOURNE was still a relatively new solo artist struggling to bounce back after enduring the tragic and untimely demise of guitarist Randy Rhoads following The

#226 VAN HALEN I Album Dive

Dec 21st, 2023 1h 21m

Not only were VAN HALEN effectively “the Black Sabbath of shred” but they ultimately paved the way for the L.A. hair metal shred scene that exploded during the 80’s. Not only is this episode an ALBUM DIVE into the first VAN HALEN album (by none

#225 ANTHRAX: PERSISTENCE OF TIME Album Dive

Dec 14th, 2023 1h 45m

8/21/1990Relative to earlier ANTHRAX albums, PERSISTENCE OF TIME has a more aggro sound than any album before it. The darker mix and overall vibe represent a departure from their previous albums, with an infusion of S.O.D. along with more prog