Metal Prophecy states that TB4 (The Big 4) made a pact with TAI (The Almighty Iommi) to unite like some ginormous Voltronesque Thrash Beast for the furtherance and advancement of Thrash (and really, ALL Metal, but mostly, REALLY Thrash) to a new frontier (or perhaps even “a new level”, you might say…) of unheralded, unmatched power.  The prophecy required that each of TB4 release an album of their latest and finest work during the same designated Gregorian based calendar year:  1988.  

1988 was THE year of The Big 4 (are you (KK) kidding?  That’s “not even” (KK) up for debate!), THE rise of “the next wave” of Thrash (ummm (KK) Testament, (KK) Forbidden, (KK) Death Angel MUCH!?), and THE dawn of a “new” Pantera (that’s right…OUR (KK) PanterA!!!).

Subtract 3 decades to reach TAOTBA (The Age of The Black Album), subtract another 3 years to reach TAOTAMP (The Age of the Aforementioned Metal Prophecy) and then solve for the variable of WHY the words “Bon Jovi” were EVER uttered within our 33rd Floor Bunker P00n Inversion Studio airspaces before you JOIN US as we embrace the year of the audiogasm in Thrash (and also “other” Metal) and celebrate the YORL (Year of Our Riff Lord) in Metal that could only be 1988!!!

*KK=This post made proudly bland courtesy of Kancel Kulture and the wreckless censorship of mouth farts in print (aka “WORDS”).  Just kidding, it’s those kuss words (mouth farts) that hurt their feelers.  This is just dumb, passive-aggressive nonsense that has nothing to do with the original post, but we thank you for reading onward.  Please, Go Listen…Metal Nerdery Podcast is on ALL platforms wherever podcasts are available and its actually way funner than reading, although there are also show notes available that you can read along to, too, that are often mystical, hilarious, and even insightful (assuming you can read.  If not, find someone who can read to you for you.)  Yeah, we’ve planned for everything!!  (And you’re also welcome, btw.)  Oh yeah, THANK YOU for listening!!!  It means an awful bunch.  And if you could send us some relaxers through the gum app, we’d appreciate it.  #TallDenmarkian is the account.  Don’t worry, Lars already knows what’s up.  Thanks.  We hope you enjoy the show.

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Show Notes:

(00:00) - #drnotsoevil #domination #clinky accents and tests of #irishness (with 2 "K"s) and grammatical cancel culture / #covid compliant nudity and relative #pantslessness / #mathhurts #numbers (Russell was right) and using #theunnamedalbum as a yardstick to determine the passage of time #blackalbummath #sorrynotsorry / What were YOU doing in 1988?  #Phenomenalness (Because it was a #muchly #bigly year for #metal and #thrash) / #voicemails #staycool #growing #what ***CALL THE METAL NERDERY VOICEMAIL WARMLINE NOW AT 980-666-8182*** #yepyepthursday #tonebone #itwasntme #tabulature #Decimation #Ascension #him and/or #nothim 

(09:07) - #onmicopening and #SuicidalTendencies and their evolution through the spectrum from punk to thrash to metal (and a moment of #ST #tangentionalalityismness #halfadifficulty #noteightyeight SEND ME YOUR MONEY) Mike Muir's stage presence and “frontpersonness” and coming in at the end of...wait, what!?  (HOW WILL I LAUGH TOMORROW) #hard

(17:35) - The year of #thebigfour and the year that thrash came together like some #Voltron #ThrashBeast / Some other memories and highlights from 1988, #scolded for #moistASMR and Brian Johnson's vocal metamorphosis #ACDC (MEANSTREAK) #akkadakka / #AcidReign early #bitcoin #billionaire #lore (see also new #Quicksand tune “Missile Command”) and a moment of #tangentionalalityismness to #GorillaBiscuits /#Moshkinstein and that #tone (GODDESS) 

(25:18) - #Anthrax (BE ALL END ALL), the progression of Anthrax's sound and a #sneakattack from #AcidReign #ghostinthemachine (Yes, no, yes, no, #NOT) Remember back in the day when you could get cassettes for #onedollar? / #Bathory (the #BlackSabbath of #vikingmetal) ***go watch #metalgrasshopper, and its Dave HILL, NOT Hall, as in #thehillofthemountainking*** #bigbudgetsoftintro A FINE DAY TO DIE #extrememetal #blackmetal (no room for vocals after all those soft intros...) #bigbudget #softintro #vikingdoomstonercore and a moment of madness regarding  #BonJovi and that elusive #CelticFrost tune #iseewhatyoudidthere #yeah #moist.

(35:53) - #Coroner and an #onmicopening and #triggers and #drpimplepopper #zimpleimpaler #triggerwarning (ABSORBED #technicalprogthrash) / #Danzig (THE HUNTER  (and a loose tangentional connection to Led Zeppelin I) & POSSESSION (#supercreepy #notsosoftintro) #evil #darkcrooner / #zeroexpectations #DeathAngel (I'M BORED) ***PSA:  We here at #metalnerderypodcast are proud to say that we are #tentaclepositive*** and how to build a simple riff into a monstrosity of crushing thrashtactical devastation / #laughingmyballsoff and then #laughingmyballson and #lessonslearned #thedevilisinthedetails 

(47.:47) - #Destruction #tittlytrack (RELEASE FROM AGONY) #stopburpingASMR check out that #albumcover #donttinfoilme / Other memorable mentions for 1988... / #IronMaiden (MOONCHILD) #recordscratch #uhoh #tunedout #progmetal #cantbeloudenough #zerohate / #FatesWarning #nope #movingon  #dudehaveyouheardthis / The connectivity and #tangentionalityismness of #progmetal and #thrashmetal (ANARCHY DIVINE) #guitarporn and #moreriffs and #stopburping and a word regarding the upcoming show from the mind and mouth that brought you #screamfromtheballs

(59:22) - #Forbidden #derp #amiwrong #cble #cantbeloudenough (AS GOOD AS DEAD) #audiogasm / What would a female #Lemmy be like? / #itmoved #Pantera and a #tittlytrack (POWER METAL) #itnevergetsold #reinventingthemetal and the transition from the glammy to the thrashy and "what if" analysis / #KingDiamond and "Them" and #albumart and the #Abigail #graphicnovel / "If you pull it up, I can tell you..." #KingdomCome #alotofcome and #lessonslearnedreprise (WHAT LOVE CAN BE), and a sort of modern "reimagining" of Since I've Been Loving You by the mighty #LedZeppelin #slowdance / #closeted #hairmetalfans #whyblown / upcoming rollout for the #timetravelrelaxers and #metalnerdery #manowar #mancloth

(1:14:51) - #petty and #difficult / #Metallica (SHORTEST STRAW) and the story behind #Wrigleys sponsorship for Laryngitis' drum kit (and clearly also Jason's #ghostbass) / More various metal releasticals for 1988...#DavidLeeRoth embodied everything that was the 80's (***go check out our #shredders episode***) / #bassshredders #gagtrigger What did they 8? and the return of the #kuntykuntasaurus #yeahtheyregoodilikethosedudes / #Slayer #producerschoice (BEHIND THE CROOKED CROSS) and a #boneus track off of "Scrolls from the Elder" / #moist and the #softoutros that some people work #hardon #thankyouforthat  #softoutroASMR ***BUY OUR SHIT AT www.metalnerdery.com/merch***