The one thing that great thrash and great comedy have in common is great timing!! Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.) came around at the perfect time in the 80’s thrash metal scene and were the perfect blend of hilarity, angst, and ultra thrashy, punky hard-core goodness to help remind us all that we could still HAVE FUN, especially with Metal!!

So come, JOIN US as we dive into ‘Speak English or Die’, the debut album from S.O.D. Also, a few characters we haven’t heard from in a bit stop by to weigh in and give us their thoughts on this critically important landmark thrash metal album.

Fix your favorite relaxer and JOIN US for the Stormtroopers of Death: Speak English or Die Metal Nerdery Album Dive and prepare to smile, because EVERYONE remembers laughter!

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(00:00): Intro (Click it, lad!)/Hybrid Metal Nerdery/Updates from the Metal Nerdery Nerds/A recommendation to Mastodon/Gangsta Rap=Metal /#itsmetal/#touchynottouching/#feelingfeeling/#angerland (and Thin Lizzy)

(03:40): Stormtroopers of Death: Speak English or Die (#sarcasmcore)-We’re gonna go DEEPER LATER

#procrastitution/#nopostnocore/#prepostsarcasmcore/#Scatterbrain

(06:40): Tangentionally related item with Scatterbrain (from Down Under!)/More Updates/Tommy and The Whistlin’ Crickets/#wheezy - reprise (LOL!)

(10:07): S.O.D.: Speak English or Die/The Sargent D Character/GeeOff T8: screamfromtheballs#/Wait, HOW many tracks!? Crab Society North: The Box Set Buffet?/Recording MacGyverishness/#blipcore/And you thought Reign in Blood covered a lot of ground in a short time…(look up S.O.D. 6 songs in 9 seconds and/or Live at Budokhan on the UNRESTRICTED version of YouTube)/3 days to create something LEGENDARY!

(16:23): Matt’s thoughts on recording and production (and most importantly: PASSION!!! /The Magic of Recording and Producing a MAGICAL, LEGENDARY metal album!/#funinmetal

(20:02): Headbanger’s Ball theme music/Opened for Motorhead/Fire up the METAL NERDERY TIME TUNNEL!/USA for…wait, WHAT?/Mmmm, more Crab Society North (with a side of Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and M.O.D., please) /#alexparalysis/A word from Christopher Walking/The Dan Lilker Bass Gnarliness/#speakspanishordie

(26:36): Extra Hot Sauce: Taco of Death (T.O.D.)/NOT SOD/(you’ll look at it!)/Kill Yourself: The Movie (is it better than ‘Kill Yourself: the book’?/)#idareyou/#celticfrostedflakes/#ijustfrosted

(32:12): The Tracks: The March of the S.O.D. (#cantbeloudenough)/#danlilkerHAIL/ (READ the lyrics, LOL!)/The Perfect Power Foursome/#makemetalfunagain

(37:14): Kill Yourself (Now!)/#moshpart/SOD: The beginning of “Groove” metal?

(39:23): Can you DO…The Milano Mosh!? (Well… CAN you?)

(41:00): Speak English or Die/#triggeralert/HAIL to Billy Milano and S.O.D.

(43:21): United Forces/A new “relaxing” segment/Chromatic Death #itsnotlongenough/Headbanger’s Ball reference.

(46:56): Pi Alpha Nu (Where’s McMahon? And also, WHO is McMahon?)/ Anti Procrastination Song/What’s That Noise? (And what was the “FQ” for that song?) 20?

(53:10): Freddy Krueger/Milk (First “blast beat” recorded on an album?)

(58:51): Pre-Menstrual Princess Blues (Irving!?)/Lyrical geniusness #basketballs/S.O.D.: The Monty Python of Metal/ Pussywhipped

(1:03:12): Fistbanging Mania/No Turning Back

(1:06:16): Fuck the Middle East/Douche Crew (Tom Araya scream?)

(1:10:33): A few Blipcore tracks: Hey Gordy/The Ballad of Jimi Hendrix/Diamonds and Rust (Extended Version)/Archie uses a “Q”: Ram it Up! (Inferno cover) #qunt/1992 re-issue bonus track/Other “Ballads”/2000 Re-issue of Speak English or Die included ‘Identity’ and ‘Go’ as bonus tracks/Billy Milano: The Godfather of #PreSarcasmBlipPostCore/CONTINUE TO SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!!!!