The Big 4: That’s really ALL that needs to be said. On this episode, we get into The First 4 of The Big 4 and talk about the 4 albums that birthed a new movement that would change metal forever: THRASH METAL!!! We cover some of the lore with each of the albums, along with some other neat information and factoids about each one, our respective first Big 4 experiences, the tracks, some shared Anthrax commonalities among the Metal Nerdery and the upcoming Billy Milano side project that’s tied to all of this in a Big 4 kinda way.

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00.01: Intro (how’s that pronounced?)/The Big 4: Anthrax, Megadeth, Metallica and Slayer, and oh by the way…The First albums of The Big 4/Human Resources issue

05.05: Our first Big 4 experiences/ F.O.D. (The D-Sides)

06.56: Kill ‘em All (07/25/1983): The Total package (from BOTH ends!), including an epical Track listing!

13.22: The Mind-blowingness of Metal Militia/NWOBHM influence on Metallica’s songwriting style

17.27: L.A. to S.F./No Life til Leather/The original title of the album was WAY too metal to be sold in stores!!/The Power of the Cliff compels me (you never know)

21.21: Metal Nerdery sound fx/The influence of Kill ‘em All among the rest of the Big 4 (save for MegaDave)

24.39: Show No Mercy (12/03/1983)/Evil Has No Boundaries/Swords and Pentagrams: the most Slaytanic!/Tracklisting/More Eviler/Slayer, Maiden and Brian Slagel/The weird drum lore around Show No Mercy…”next, on Metal Dude’s Know Best”

30.28: Highest selling release for Metal Blade/”The beginning of death metal…”/The jump from Show No Mercy to Hell Awaits/Tangentionally related “ism”/Matt and Adam’s favorite movie to ruin for everyone

34.22: Fistful of Metal (Jan. 1984)/Deathrider/kudos and condiments to Neil Turbin/awesome song track titles/Metal Nerdery Loincloths: COMING SOON to metalnerdery.com/merch/ Dan Lilker and the Soldiers of Metal/Anthrax and The Howling Furies/Metal Thrashing Mad

43.07: Killing is my Business…and Business is good (06/12/1985)/The initial lineup (the Di’Anno version of Megadeth)/Rattlehead (and the one after the next one…)/Mechanix aka Four Horsemen with Mour Horsepower

51.46: One second…/Going off the rails, Metal Nerdery style/Airplane ”…explain to me the feeling while sitting in the chair…”/Megadeth with a different singer?/Production budget, the end-result and the Drug Tracker/ metalnerdery.com/episodes /Album cover snafu

57.41: The Big 10 from The Big 4: Spreading the Disease, …And Justice for All, Persistence of Time, Seasons in the Abyss (who’s editing this?), Among the Living (the 2nd Metal Nerdery Anthrax commonality)/A.D.I. (whaddya mean?)The Horror of it all (Ohhh, NOW I know whaddya mean!)/Arabian Douchebag Intro/ Peace Sells (but who’s buying?)/RockNPod3 flashback/Rust In Peace (It’s hard!)/Master of Puppets (Masters of Songcraft)/Ride the Lightning (rifftastical cornucopia)/REIGN IN BLOOD (thrash perfection!)/”You got any Slayer, man?”/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!