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 faithful metal fans with their own unique brand of thrash infused progressive power metal which has relentlessly persisted and triumphed for more than four decades. While we acknowledge “we can’t judge entire albums” by just a sample of songs from each one, there’s no denying the consistent sonic salvation found throughout the entire METAL CHURCH discography.

Find out which riff may have influenced the mighty Slayer and discover the reason why turning on the blacklights in the Bunkerpoon bears a striking resemblance to a planetarium. Get ready for a “homework assignment” (thanks to an elusively familiar riff which earwormed us into a fit of obsessed madness), behold “the ultimate insult” for “those of you who don’t know how to count in Roman” (or do math), be sure to NOT get your burger “bunless” (because “the meat lives between the buns”) and JOIN US as we go INSIDE THE METAL with Seattle’s saints of thrash infused progressive power metal, METAL CHURCH.

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Show Notes:

(00:01): “Let me ask you something…” / #herewego / #bunlessburger / “It seems like a homeless burger…/ “The meat lives between the buns…”/ “I just take the patty…”/ “I may or may have NOT…”/ ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised ***/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST!!!*** / “That would take me like 3 months…”/ #fatangrylesbian / #thicklyandquickly / “I kinda like the #SonnyCrockett you’re workin’…”/ #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode ***IF YOU WANNA SKIP THE NONSENSE…CHECK #THEDOCKET ***/ #Terrapin #WhiteChocolate #MooHoo #OlanMillsASMR #TheVerdict / “It’s good…dessert beer.” / #sixpointoneABV / #RussellsReflectionsASMR / “You take a sip, and you have a thought…”/ #Turducken / “It’s still got the funny moments…”/ #contactlensinsertion / “Mr. and Mrs. Russell…”/ #markthetime / “That’s a very #Dice kinda move…”/ #NWOTHM / “They do more than just horror, right?”/ “If you’re into #wrastling …”/ “I had a realization last night…” / #unpopularopinion #UFC / “Watching it, it almost looks like…a gay couple having aggressive foreplay…”/ “It’s a chess match…it’s kinda erotic…never got a bone.”/ “It was the cleanest…” / #markthetime / “I really like that guy…”/ #jackedandscary / “Is there a female UFC?”/ “They’re certainly NOT making out…”/ #strikers and #grapplers 

(13:57): You can email us at [email protected] or check us out on the #socialmedia at #metalnerderypodcast / *** #PATREONSHOUTOUT *** / #thefirst / Email regarding our #JudasPriest episodes from our #firstpatreon patron / #challengeaccepted / “Love the show and look forward to it every week…”/ #RockAndRollHallOfFame / “Much less making laws for the country…”/ “How about some voicemails?” / ***GIVE US A CALL AND LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL AT 980-666-8182!!!*** / #whoareyou #DariusFromPoundTown #ThrashFamilyTree #ObscureMetal #PrayRist #RoadTripMetalPlaylist on #Amazon #moreplease #thrashambassador #NWOOSTM (Modern day thrash metal…) / #ThePost #coughsolo (courtesy of #TonyIommi) / “I really dig it…”/ #KISS / “He kissed back…”/ THANK YOU for your feedback!!! / We got some SHIT-TAH!!! / “It was…Angela.”/ #metalcore #TheGraveDenial REVERIE (“They’re good…they’re covered.”) / “Screamy and then melodic…”/ “Let the record show, a LADY sent us some #shittah !!!”/ “You know what we should play?” / #weirdlysimilaralbumcovers #KerryKing IDLE HANDS / “Sounds like #Slayer …”/ NOTE: It's NOT Robb Flynn…it’s Phil Demmel… #twanglification #dingdongdoofus / #supergroup / “Don’t know why I made him Irish…”/ #tobefair #RepentlessASMR #ReRepentless / “Oooh, that’s gonna be meaty…”/ #Hellyeah / #dildowholesalewarehouse / #BlackStrap / “We don’t hang out on the weekends…”/ #AshesOfTheLeviathanTour #Mastodon #LambOfGod / “They’re not gonna be cheap…”/ #upcomingshows / “I remember the last time we saw #Helmet …”/ #TheOldMasquerade / #LEFT 

(30:43): “It’s 30 at #DocketThirty #TheDocket …”/ METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  METAL CHURCH – INSIDE THE METAL / “They formed in ’80…”/ “It was thrash infused #powermetal …”/ #genre / “They never get the mention…”/ “They just released a new album in 2023…”/ #MarcLopes (“It’s French…maybe.”) / 2023 – Congregation of Annihilation / ANOTHER JUDGEMENT DAY (“He sounds like a combination of #MikeHowe and #DavidWayne …”) / #thatsthedude / PICK A GOD AND PREY #hitsingle / “Judas Priest vibes…”/ “If you close your eyes, it almost sounds like #72Seasons a little bit…”/ “That’s the fuckin’ dude…

(37:44): “What’s that from?” / 1984 – Metal Church / BEYOND THE BLACK (“It’s just regular black, dude…”) / #swampthinglogo / “Almost has a #Savatage vibe a little bit…”/ “Very Slayerish…”/ NOTE:  Expendable Youth is the answer…which was 7 years later…/ “They were there first…” / #DavidWayne on vocals / “We’ll have to do a producers episode at some point…”

(42:44): 1986 – The Dark / #killeropener TON OF BRICKS (“This is kinda thrashy…”) / “Kind of a #Megadeth vibe…”/ PSYCHO (“check this shit out…”) / “Sounds like #TheAccused …”/ “They were right on the cusp of thrash…”/ “Let’s see…I think it’s pretty clear…if you know how to do math.”/ “We’ve heard so much stuff over the years…”/ #thehitsingle WATCH THE CHILDREN PRAY (“The video for this is kinda creepy…”) / “That shape has been in every thrash song that’s ever been made…” / #slowmotion / “That take you back to #HeadbangersBall ?”/ #bleedover / “That was some bleedin’ right there…

(49:49): All the metalheads were all over this one… / 1989 – Blessing In Disguise / “This might be my favorite #MetalChurch album…”/ #killeropener FAKE HEALER (#MikeHowe on vocals) / “He’s the only one that had #dayjobhair …”/ #uhhhkay #onmicburp / BADLANDS #clicktrack (“Let it ring out…”) / #yeahyoudo / “That’s #OperationMindcrime right there…”/ “That dude’s not the bass player of drummers…” / “That’s kind of a strange riff…”/ #hookyriff / “I think that one was bigger…” / #markthetime / “How many buttons do you have on there?” / #buttoninventory / “Dude, we’ll get Jamie…we’ll fly him out…”

(56:50): 1991- The Human Factor / “Track 2 has all the #cokelines …”/ HUMAN FACTOR (“Time to tune up…”) / “You know what’s sad?” / NOTE:  #Nevermind came out later than this…/ “Baby I made it big, I got my own button!”/ IN MOURNING (“apparently women are really horny while they’re in mourning…”) / #PreBlackAlbum

(1:02:16): “Is that a lady?” / 1993 – Hanging In The Balance / “They have a mohawk…it has a mohawk.” / #ohboy / “Trying to cover him up, I just can’t…”/ “It’s not on the list…”/ “albums disappear on #streamingservices …”/ “For the record…it’s the shittiest drug I’ve ever done…”/ GODS OF SECOND CHANCE (“that umbrella is not gonna stop your fall…not with tits like that.”) / #strangegroove / #whaddyamean / “Wait, WTF is that? It sounds familiar…”/ “Somebody give me some head…?”/ “I KNOW that riff…that’s gonna burn a hole in my skull…”/ #motown / “Not Motown but something other modern…”

(1:07:23): 1999 – Masterpeace / “Was there a #CelticFrost album with a female singer?”/ “Is there not a lotta #MetalChurch out there on the Zon?”/ SLEEPS WITH THUNDER #DavidWayne on vocals / #thundertits / “Almost sounds like Souza…”/ “You wanna hear this, don’t ya?” / TOYS IN THE ATTIC (Originally done by #Aerosmith from the album of the same name) / “It’s weird…it’s almost like #Dio doing Aerosmith…”/ “That riff is very #earlythrash …”/ “I got one…maybe we’ll save it to the next…going back to the #YEAH episode…” / #fuckingfuck

(1:13:53): 2004 – The Weight Of The World / #RonnyMunroe on vocals / “KITT was a car that talked in the 80’s to #DavidHasselhoff …”/ “Which was cooler?” / “That was #Airwolf dude…”/ “In the 70’s and the 80’s it was all about the car…”/ LEAVE THEM BEHIND / “Sounds like if Lemmy was a power metal singer…”/ “#WaffleHouse before a podcast…”/ #Culvers #NotBunless

(1:18:07): “There’s 5 more albums…”/ “I thought they had like 4 albums…”/ 2006 – A Light In The Dark / #RonnyMunroe is still on the vocals…/ Similar in name to #Rainbow “A Light In The Black”/ “A Porsche is a dressed up Volkswagen…”/ “We’re gonna have to stop this podcast in a minute…”/ #dildobutthole (“Dude, that’s the ultimate insult…”) / A LIGHT IN THE DARK / “Sounds like they did a single track of the vocals…”/ “They definitely win the consistency award…”

(1:22:04): 2008 – This Present Wasteland / #myspace was #facebook before #facebook was #facebook / #RonnyMunroe still on the vocals / THE COMPANY OF SORROW / “He was a smoker, maybe…”/ “I like that riff…”/ “I like it…”/ “There’s nothing I could be mad at…”/ “Dude, there was cum everywhere…” / “If you turn on the blacklight, it looks like a planetarium…”

(1:26:25): 2013 – Generation Nothing / Still #RonnyMunroe on vocals / #killeropener BULLETPROOF / “Uhh, one more?” / SCREAM (“that’s kinda thrashy…”) / “Its like Lars mixed the drums…”/ “Kinda reminds me if #Rainbow had a modern (heavier) sound…”

(1:30:10): “It’s 11 dude…”/ 2016 – XI (It’s #romannumeral 11 for those of you who don’t know how to count in #Roman) / #MikeHowe back on vocals / “Give these guys all the coke and whores they want…”/ RESET / “That’s pretty cool…”/ NEEDLE AND SUTURE (“I’m still thinking, shut up…”) / “A little #Pantera ish-ness there…”/ “I got to thinking…it might be #GunsNRoses …”

(1:34:51): 2018 – Damned If You Do / #PatreonMegaMix / #killeropener DAMNED IF YOU DO (“Still #MikeHowe on the vocals…”) / #vocallayers / “They kinda had a reverse #BellCurve …”/ “Restaurants need a complete #samplerplatter …like #onebite of the entire #entree …”/ “Girls like vegetables…they like getting their 5 a day.”/ THANK YOU FOR OUR PATREONS AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!!! / #linkinthedescription #Patreon #MetalNerderyPodcast / “Dude, that was tremendous…”/ “Now you know what it’s like when I overshare…talking about your hog.”/ #hogworthy / “I’ve never had such girth…”/ ***COME ON DOWN TO THE BUNKERPOON GIFT SHOPPE AND PICK UP YOUR METAL NERDERY PODCAST MERCH AT metalnerdery.com/merch ***/ #outroreel