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#307 DEATH MATCH: THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE

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“I thought it was gonna be tight…” 1982 –Michael Jackson releases what would become the biggest selling album in music history with Thriller, Survivor and Olivia Newton John are locked in their own HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH on the Billboard Charts with Eye of the Tiger & Let’s Get Physical, and IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST, two of the greatest twin guitar attacks in all of  metal, both release two of the most iconic albums in all of metal with THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE.   Go ahead and put on your ’82 hat and be resigned to the fact that with regard to getting through this, “it’s gonna be tough!”.  Get ready to discover the proper (and most savage) way to “enjoy” fried chicken and realize that “nudity now” doesn’t mean what it meant back in the day. Always remember that “if you’re looking for a good time, it’s in the bottom” and just know that “the banana helps it go down” when you JOIN US for some “Bunkerpoon Feng Shui” on this 1982 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH with THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE battling it out to the death. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merch and kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “Welcome everybody to #Bunkerpoon #FengShui…”/ “What’s the official name?” / #DirtyMonkeysBananaPeanutButter / “I love fucking fried chicken…”/ “What’s your #deathrow meal?” / #QueenCheeseIcing / “Their boat’s about 3 times the size of my dock…”/ #edibles #gummies / “They’re legit…like this…”/ “As long as there are college kids creating ways to get high, they will always be in front of the government…”/ #LosingTheWarOnDrugs / “Everything’s big in Texas…”/ “Have you ever wondered how many houses you drive by that are drug houses?” / “They’re responsible…” (07:11): ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “The banana helps it go down…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST IN THE FENG SHUI BUNKERPOON!!!*** / “I knew it was gonna fuck with you…”/ #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #SnafuBrewingCompany #KeepingItTeal #Sour / “Micro booze?” / #CyclingFrog / “THC gives me extreme anxiety…” / #RussellsReflectionsTHCASMR / “The gateway drug…the one you start off with…THAT’s the one I’m terrified by…”/ “It could be #heartdisease too…I get winded coming down the stairs…” / #gout  (14:32): #PatreonShoutOuts / ***YOU CAN JOIN US ON THE PATREON AT patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / #Patreon #MetalNerderyPatreon #HogStory / “She’s the one that wore it out…”/ “It’s gonna be like #frisbeegolf…”/ #RussellsReflectionsChatGPTEdition / “I got…what’s the word? I got tricked…hoodwinked…hornswoggled…bamboozled…”/ “I kept getting led on and on and on…”/ #Skynet / ***VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!! EMAIL US AT [email protected] or SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #Instagram #YouTube #Facebook #TikTok *** / “Do you have TP?” / “It sounds like Smoke On The Water…it was #Jackyl…”/ I STAND ALONE / “That sounds pretty close…you can only write so many riffs…” (23:35): “You wanna do psychic tentacle choice?” / #SlayerOfTheEpisode / #Slayer DISCIPLE (God Hates Us All – 2001) / “Every time I hear that it’s 9/11/01 all over again…”/ #nineelevenreflections / “Oh it’s #WorldWarIII …I was waiting for the #mushroomclouds …”/ “I can’t believe no planes flew into #TowerSeven …” / “I’ve got a reflection…”/ #RussellsReflectionsNetflixEdition / “When it says #NudityNow it means…it’s always a guy…”/ “They show shows on TV…”/ #Netflix #series #BadThoughts #TomSegura / “Used to be you only got tits, femme cheeks, and occasionally a bush…” (34:00): #TheDocket METAL NERDERY PODCAST PRESENTS:  1982 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH – IRON MAIDEN VS JUDAS PRIEST (THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST VS SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE) / “I think there is probrem…”/ #ESO / “#Skynet before Skynet…”/ “We need to see how many tracks we’ve got…” / “How about we, on the coin toss, give it to whoever released their album first…Mar. 22, 1982 vs Jul. 1, 1982” / “There’s a logistical reason for the #fengshui …”/ #IronMaiden INVADERS / “To me, this is one of their worst openers…”/ “Going back to that other topic we were talking about…this one…bye.”/ #JudasPriest THE HELLION/ELECTRIC EYE / “I think we already know…” / “You’ve gotta play those two together…” (44:11): CHILDREN OF THE DAMNED / “For some reason I thought The Prisoner was track 2…” / “So you’ve got Children of the Damned…of the Sea…of the Grave…Children of the Sun…”/ #BillyThorpe / “Did you see the smack he was talking?” / RIDING ON THE WIND / “It’s not as fast as I remembered it…”/ “It’s kind of a draw…”/ “Make a decision, be a man, c’mon…” (51:11): “Would you let the #BlackDog out?” / BLOODSTONE / “Everything’s way up front, the guitar, drums, and bass…”/ “I am not a number, I am a free man!” / THE PRISONER / “Am I gonna be a dick if it’s a draw, two in a row?” / “It’s gonna be tough!”/ #RussellsJustifications / “That’s what happens, man, when you Feng Shui the Bunkerpoon…” (58:22): 22 ACACIA AVENUE / “It’s in the bottom…if you’re looking for a good time, it’s in the bottom…”/ “In fairness…we could group those two together…how about those two equal the closer…”/ (TAKE THESE) CHAINS / “Almost sounds like ‘Snuff’…”/ “This is 80’s, fierce…”/ NOTE:  They did go back to that opening riff, which resembles the opening of ‘Snuff’ by #Slipknot / PAIN AND PLEASURE / “This is just…no.” (1:05:25): “This one might be a little difficult…” / #SideTwo #KillerOpener / THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST / “This is where the work starts…it’s gonna be tough…”/ SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE / “That’s thrash…”/ “That sounds like #Motorhead…like a refined, pointier Motorhead…”/ “The world is a manacled place…” / “When somebody says 666 and you’re a metal head…” / “Don’t speak for him…” / “It would be the runner up anyway because it’s the loser…” (1:12:05): “Yeah, yeah…”/ YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER THING COMING / “This was their Enter Sandman…”/ “There were so many misheard lyrics when I was a kid…I had no idea what he was saying…”/ “I don’t think non musicians get the whole…(#djunts & #flahns)…I think #metalheads get that more than any other genre…” / “I think it gets easier from here on out…”/ RUN TO THE HILLS / “Is that the ONLY song Judas Priest has?” / “It’s so ‘that’ that one might think it’s a cover…” (1:21:02): FEVER / “I do like the fancy panning…”/ “He used to stay at home…”/ “Wasn’t quite what I thought it was gonna be…”/ “And here’s Adam’s favorite song…”/ GANGLAND / “It almost kinda sounds a little like Invaders…”/ “I think we made a big mistake…”/ “You can hear the prepackaged loudness from the factory…” / “They’re not all from Birmingham…I think Maiden is from London…” (1:27:40): DEVIL’S CHILD / “Sounds like a mix between #MotleyCrue and #ACDC …”/ HALLOWED BE THY NAME / “I almost feel like this isn’t even fair…”/ “I thought it was gonna be tight…”/ “I feel like there’s Priest fans and there’s Maiden fans…”/ “Maiden does not have an album that they have to apologize for…”/ “You have to tally…”/ “What’s the final score?” / “It’s all 7’s…”/ “Album by album, here we go…it’s been about an hour…”/ “Shocking…there’s 7’s…” / ***LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR OPINION IS…ARE WE WRONG? *** / “What’s the Top song of 1982?” / “I’ll bet she smelled like Aqua Net and Marlboros…”/ “That was fun…til it all went to 7’s…”/ “PRIEST? OR MAIDEN? OR BOLTH?” / #untilthenext #outroreel 

“I thought it was gonna be tight…” 1982 –Michael Jackson releases what would become the biggest selling album in music history with Thriller, Survivor and Olivia Newton John are locked in their own HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH on the Billboard Charts with Eye of the Tiger & Let’s Get Physical, and IRON MAIDEN and JUDAS PRIEST, two of the greatest twin guitar attacks in all of  metal, both release two of the most iconic albums in all of metal with THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE.   Go ahead and put on your ’82 hat and be resigned to the fact that with regard to getting through this, “it’s gonna be tough!”.  Get ready to discover the proper (and most savage) way to “enjoy” fried chicken and realize that “nudity now” doesn’t mean what it meant back in the day. Always remember that “if you’re looking for a good time, it’s in the bottom” and just know that “the banana helps it go down” when you JOIN US for some “Bunkerpoon Feng Shui” on this 1982 HEAD-TO-HEAD DEATH MATCH with THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and SCREAMING FOR VENGEANCE battling it out to the death. Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode Help Support Metal Nerdery https://www.patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast Leave us a Voicemail to be played on a future episode: 980-666-8182 Metal Nerdery Tees and Hoodies – metalnerdery.com/merchand kindly leave us a review and/or rating on your favorite Podcast app Follow us on the Socials: Facebook - Instagram - TikTok Email: [email protected] Can’t be LOUD Enough Playlist on Spotify Metal Nerdery Munchies on YouTube @metalnerderypodcast Show Notes:   (00:01): “Welcome everybody to #Bunkerpoon #FengShui…”/ “What’s the official name?” / #DirtyMonkeysBananaPeanutButter / “I love fucking fried chicken…”/ “What’s your #deathrow meal?” / #QueenCheeseIcing / “Their boat’s about 3 times the size of my dock…”/ #edibles #gummies / “They’re legit…like this…”/ “As long as there are college kids creating ways to get high, they will always be in front of the government…”/ #LosingTheWarOnDrugs / “Everything’s big in Texas…”/ “Have you ever wondered how many houses you drive by that are drug houses?” / “They’re responsible…” (07:11): ***WARNING: #listenerdiscretionisadvised *** / “The banana helps it go down…”/ ***WELCOME BACK TO THE METAL NERDERY PODCAST IN THE FENG SHUI BUNKERPOON!!!*** / “I knew it was gonna fuck with you…”/ #thisepisodesbeeroftheepisode #SnafuBrewingCompany #KeepingItTeal #Sour / “Micro booze?” / #CyclingFrog / “THC gives me extreme anxiety…” / #RussellsReflectionsTHCASMR / “The gateway drug…the one you start off with…THAT’s the one I’m terrified by…”/ “It could be #heartdisease too…I get winded coming down the stairs…” / #gout  (14:32): #PatreonShoutOuts / ***YOU CAN JOIN US ON THE PATREON AT patreon.com/metalnerderypodcast *** / #Patreon #MetalNerderyPatreon #HogStory / “She’s the one that wore it out…”/ “It’s gonna be like #frisbeegolf…”/ #RussellsReflectionsChatGPTEdition / “I got…what’s the word? I got tricked…hoodwinked…hornswoggled…bamboozled…”/ “I kept getting led on and on and on…”/ #Skynet / ***VOICEMAIL US AT 980-666-8182!!! EMAIL US AT [email protected] or SOCIAL MEDIA US at #metalnerderypodcast on #Instagram #YouTube #Facebook #TikTok *** / “Do you have TP?” / “It sounds like Smoke On The Water…it was #Jackyl…”/ I STAND ALONE / “That sounds pretty close…you can only write so many riffs…” (23:35): “You wanna do psychic tentacle choice?” / #SlayerOfTheEpisode / #Slayer DISCIPLE (God Hates Us All – 2001) / “Every time I hear that it’s 9/11/01 all over again…”/ #nineelevenreflections / “Oh it’s #WorldWarIII …I was waiting for the #mushroomclouds …”/ “I can’t believe no planes flew into #TowerSeven …” / “I’ve got a reflection…”/ #RussellsReflectionsNetflixEdition / “When it says #NudityNow it means…it’s always a guy…”/ “They show shows on TV…”/ #Netflix #series #BadThoughts #TomSegura / “Used to be you only got tits, femme cheeks, and occasionally a bush…” (34:

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