The Metal Pit Podcast

Going back to 1971 to one of the bands that pioneered Heavy Metal. Talking one of the greatest hard rock bands of all time LED ZEPPELIN.

Blake, Ken and Jim discuss their 4th album untitled but were calling it Led Zeppelin IV. They finish off the episode ranking all the Led Zeppelin albums.

Going back to 1990 and the classic album from Punk, crossover Thrash band SUICIDAL TENDENCIES and their album LIGHTS, CAMERA, REVOLUTION.

Jim, Billy and Blake discuss this album in detail and give their top 10 Metal albums of 1990.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Blake, Jason, Kim and Billy discuss the year in Heavy Metal 2023 and discuss some live shows/festivals attended this year.

Then we countdown THE METAL PIT's Top 15 Albums of 2023.

***Next Episode January 10th***

Merry Christmas. A few days late but our Christmas episode talking about the lightest album we have discussed on this podcast. Discussing Trans-Siberian Orchestra's 2nd Christmas album THE CHRISTMAS ATTIC. Released in 1998.

Blake and Billy discuss this album in detail and how of course it was created from the Metal band Savatage. They finish off the episode with something different and give their Top 10 Christmas Movies/TV shows of all time.

Last episode before Christmas so why not discuss Welcome To Hell?? The debut album from Venom released December 1981. So 42 year anniversary of this influential band and album.

Blake host with Jim and Venom expert Staicha. Listen to the end to hear their top 10 albums of 1981.

This week we discuss the 2nd solo album from Ozzy Osbourne - Diary of a Madman. The last album to feature guitar god Randy Rhoads. Jim, Ken and Blake discuss this album in detail and end the episode with their top 10 guitarists or guitar teams of all time.

Our 4th episode featuring Iron Maiden. This time we go back to 1981 and their 2nd studio album KILLERS. The 2nd and last album to feature Paul Di'Anno on vocals and the 1st to feature Adrian Smith on guitar.

Blake, Staicha and Jim discuss this album in detail and finish off the episode with their top 10 Iron Maiden Cover Artwork. Including Studio albums, Live albums and singles.

Going to back to 1990 and the third studio album from Death Metal legends DEATH and their album Spiritual Healing.

Billy, Ken and Jim discuss this album and the importance of Death and Chuck to the Death Metal scene. At the end they rank all the Death albums top to bottom.

This week we go back to 1988 and the 6th studio album from MANOWAR and their album claiming they are KINGS OF METAL.

Blake, Jim and Ken take a deep dive into this album and finish off with their top 10 Manowar tracks of all time.

This weeks episode we discuss the 1998 album from German power metal band BLIND GUARDIAN and their album NIGHTFALL IN MIDDLE EARTH.

Billy, Ken and Jim discuss this album in depth and at the end they rank the Blind Guardian albums.