On this episode, we take a look at what’s coming in Metal in 2020 in terms of upcoming albums, tours and other metal events which require your attention and support.

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• 00:00: Intro/This is (still, sorta, kinda, mostly…) Metal Nerdery

• 03:23:  New Metal up and coming for 2020/Apocolyptica/Behemoth/Rage (technical progginess?)/British Lion (Steve Harris’ side project)

• 07:11:  Mark Morton (Lamb of God) acoustic project/Sons of Apollo/Victorious (Space Ninjas from Hell)/Annihilator (wasn’t Randy Rampage the Slim Jim wrestling dude?)

• 09:34:  re-releases:  Blue Oyster Cult/Kirk Windstein solo record/Clint Lowery (Sevendust) solo record/Heathen re-releasing The Evolution of Chaos/Paul D’ianno (Prowler)

• 12:05:  Theory of a Deadman/Sepultura:  Isolation (from “Quadra”…it hit all of Adam’s “boxes”)

• 14:12:  Ye Banished Privateers/Anvil (early 80’s style):  lyrical topic mismatch

• 17:00:  Diabolus in Musica (they MUST dig Slayer!)/Kreator:  London Apocolypticon (live album)/Necrowretch

• 19:22:  Dio Studio album collection (1996-2004)/Intronaut/5FDP/Body Count/Devin Townsend Box Set

• 21:45:  Blayze Bailey/Accept/Ace Frehley/Anthrax/Arch Enemy/Armored Saint (should have been bigger!)/Athiest (#abacusmetal)/Cannibal Corpse & Carcass/Cradle of Filth/D.R.I.

• 24:00:  Danzig sings Elvis (hmmm…)/Dark Angel/Deep Purple/The final, actual, really it’s the last one KISS Farewell tour/Enslaved/Exodus/Faith No More

• 27:00:  Fates Warning (!)/Firewind/Flotsam & Jetsam (shout out to Decibel Geek Podcast)/Fozzy (ATL Shout out:  Rich Ward)/Great White/Hatebreed (HAIL to Jamey Josta!)/Helloween/NEW IRON MAIDEN(!?!?)

• 30:57:  Meshuggah (Hell yes!)/Metal Allegiance/Metal Church (w/ Mike Howe)/Metallica/Mick Mars solo record

• 32:18:  Napalm Death/Mushroomhead/Overkill (workhorses of metal:  the AC/DC of Thrash)/Ratt/Rob Zombie/Sanctuary

• 34:26:  Scorpions (now with Mikkey Dee)/Sevendust/Skid Row/Sodom/Stryper/TESTAMENT/12 Foot Ninja

• 36:59:  Vixen/Wino (from St: Vitus & The Obsessed)

• 37:59:  Tours in 2020:  Metallica/Aerosmith(#getyourwings)/KISS (no really, this is the last tour)/Guns N Roses/Rammstein/Iron Maiden/Def Leppard, Poison, Motley Crue, Joan Jett/Slipknot/Scorpions/System of a Down (are they back!?) and the Incubus show back in the 90’s in ATL

• 40:13:  Korn still on tour for their latest/Ozzy/Whitesnake/Foreigner/The Who (they’re not dead yet!)/Lynyrd Skynyrd/Alice Cooper/Judas Priest/Ted Nugent (The NUGE!)

• 42:30:  Tesla/In Flames/Anthrax/Cheap Trick/Queensryche/Killswitch Engage/Accept/Testament/OPETH (we WILL see Opeth on tour!!!)/Sepultura/Soulfly

• 44:26:  Tenacious D on tour!!!/Iggy Pop (can’t believe he’s not dead yet either!)/Resurgence of Hair Metal bands/Hatebreed/Faith No More/Blackstone Cherry

• 46:10:  The Iron Maidens (all female Maiden cover band)/KREATOR/Airborne/C:O:C: still on tour/Graveyard/Exodus

• 48:09:  Flotsam & Jetsam/Truckfighters (Kyuss-like)

• 48:58:  Metal Hall of Fame (hosted by Eddie Trunk; coming out on Amazon Prime):  Metal for a great cause!! Not enough money and not enough hours in the day for all of the metal coming in 2020!!