A show where we listen to a heavy metal album, and then argue about it.
The podcast THRASH IT OUT is created by Antony Johnston & Brian LeTendre. The podcast and the artwork on this page are embedded on this page using the public podcast feed (RSS).
Fear is your only reason
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The Making of Alpha on YouTube
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Leave me with my demons to wrestle
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'Curse of Existence' on wikipedia
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Ryan Neff on the Good Noise Podcast
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Listener choice: 'Alpha' by Sevendust
You killed me face down dead
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GearGods tour of the Gojira studio
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Nobody cares, nobody gives a damn
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Metallica @ Civic Center, Hartford, CT 1989
Bucks Fizz version of 'Talking in Your Sleep'
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Listener and Patreon supporter Mike McKinney joins Brian and Antony to talk about Slayer's album 'Seasons in the Abyss'.
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'Seasons in the Abyss' on wikipedia
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You get me closer to God
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'The Downward Spiral' on wikipedia
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To me it's just monkey business
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'Slave to the Grind' on wikipedia
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Decibel Geek TV on 'Slave to the Grind'
Rachel Bolan interview on Different Stages Radio
"First and second best" thread on our Facebook group
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Somewhere between the sacred silence and sleep
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'The Oral History of Toxicity' at The Ringer
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I spread my wings, and like the midnight sun I will be rising
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And for one second, I wished that you were dead
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The ‘Icon’ episode of Thrash it Out
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And another journey starts
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‘Imaginations from the Other Side’ on wikipedia
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Antony's book ‘The Dog Sitter Detective’
‘Silent Hill Ascension’ trailer
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Listener and Patreon supporter John Mason joins Brian and Antony to talk about Van Halen's 1980 album ‘Women and Children First’
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John’s cider business, Cedar Draw Cider: Website, Instagram
‘Women and Children First’ on wikipedia
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Evil, in league with Satan
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‘Welcome to Hell’ on wikipedia
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Let them know we tried
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Ben Eller's video breakdown of the solo from ‘Wait’
Videos from the 1988 Ritz show:
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Things worked out better than we had planned
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Und wird nie vom Himmel fallen
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Behind the Scenes of a Rammstein show
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Some say we're born into the grave
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‘Nucleosynthesis’ by Epoch of Chirality
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Look in envy at the dead
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‘In the Court of the Dragon’ on wikipedia
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Jack Brookmyre’s ‘Rough Guide to Metal Subgenres’ on YouTube
‘The Phalanx’ video featuring… Elder Scrolls?!
‘The King in Yellow’ on Standard Ebooks
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Listener and Patreon supporter Torunn Grønbekk joins Brian and Antony to talk about A Perfect Circle's album ‘Mer de Noms’.
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'A Perect Circle' on wikipedia
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My loving heart, lost in the dark
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Nightwish perform 'Walking in the Air' in 2003
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Out on the streets, that's where we'll meet
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'Out of the Cellar' on wikipedia
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Resident Evil Village wins a DICE award
Brian is a top 100 influencer!
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Born in the fire of hell, sensitive to light
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'Stronger Than Heaven' by Stormwitch
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Antony's new SILENCAEON album 'Ritualis Obscura'
'Raven Night' by Hagalaz' Runedance (RIP Andrea Nebel)
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Drag the waters some more
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'The Great Southern Trendkill' by Pantera
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Guitar World interview with Dimebag
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Wait and see ;-)
Hear me now, words I vow
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'Through the Ashes of Empires' by Machine Head
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'Through the Ashes of Empires' 17th anniversary playthrough
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Under the boot of great oppression we slither and crawl
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'Manifest Decimation' by Power Trip
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Listener and Patreon supporter Pinky joins Brian and Antony to talk about life, music, and what Skunk Anansie's PARANOID & SUNBURNT means to them.
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'Paranoid & Sunburnt' on wikipedia
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I got no more goddamn regrets
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'Demanufacture' by Fear Factory
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Yes, we aspire to a higher rate of fire
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'Weapons of Tomorrow' by Warbringer
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The Science of Thrash documentary on YouTube
Carlos Cruz 'Crushed Beneath the Tracks' playthrough on YouTube
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Send in the dogs of death and disease
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Beastwars' Discography on Bandcamp
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I tried so hard to keep the demons in me
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Pulse of the Maggots online festival
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Listener Choice: ‘Beastwars' by Beastwars
Into the pit!
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Alex Skolnick talks ‘The New Order’
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Listener and Patreon supporter Ramon Esquivel joins Brian and Antony to talk about life, music, and what Rage Against The Machine's BATTLE OF LOS ANGELES means to him.
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Ramon's band Dogcatcher on Bandcamp
'Battle of Los Angeles' on wikipedia
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I'm so fucking tough, I'm so fucking tough, that's right
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Antony's short film CROSSOVER POINT
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Even in the darkness, there is no shade
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Gatecreeper live at The Well in Brooklyn, Dec 2019
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Resistance must rise when freedom has died
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'Gods of Violence' on wikipedia
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'Take Control of Working From Home Temporarily' free ebook
Antony's new show 'Writing And Breathing'
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I am hell, a miracle overloading
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'Astro-Creep: 2000' on wikipedia
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You won't feel the steel till it's hanging out your back
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'Highway to Hell' on wikipedia
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Mick Wall on the making of 'Highway to Hell'
Daniel Rettberg Peter explains why Cliff Williams is such a great bassist
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Maybe I don't like it, but I have no choice
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John Scalzi's 'An Evening with Iron Maiden' post
'Making of Youthanasia' part one
Megadeth live in New York City 1994
Louie Shelton's guitar solo on 'Hello'
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Never trust a junkie
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'Burning Inside' from the 'In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up' video
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Will the sun rise when it's over?
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'Under Lock and Key' on wikipedia
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Rolling Stone's '50 Greatest Hair Metal Albums' list
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Listener and Patreon supporter Dan Summers joins Brian and Antony to talk about his life in metal, and love of VIOLET by The Birthday Massacre.
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We who are not as others
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Discharge's THE NIGHTMARE CONTINUES, featuring early D-beat
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Come worship at the metal church, let your voices rise as one
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Hell perform BLASPHEMY AND THE MASTER at Rock Hard Festival 2012
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It spins you round, takes you for a ride
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Don Cardenas' COMICS COFFEE METAL podcast
[Darin Gleaton's ginormous THRASH IT OUT playlist on Spotify] (http://tinyurl.com/y3cx6h47 )
Prince's Super Bowl halftime show
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A dive back into the TIO vaults, and our first ever Christmas bonus show!
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'Christmas Eve and Other Stories' on wikipedia
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'Christmas Eve Sarajevo 12/24' on Youtube
Brian's blog post about 'Old City Bar'
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Here's the reason, it's the way that you are
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Open season on the underworked and overpaid
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'Prince of the Poverty Line' on wikipedia
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Tom's Guide on the best podcast players in 2018
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So come now, children of the beast
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'Shout at the Devil' on wikipedia
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The Mötley Crüe book THE DIRT on Amazon
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Fools gather round to watch me bleed
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'Wolverine Blues' on wikipedia
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The book "Swedish Death Metal" by Daniel Ekeroth
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Listener and Patreon supporter Justin Stanton joins Brian and Antony to talk about his life in metal, courtesy Iron Maiden's classic album SOMEWHERE IN TIME!
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'Somewhere in Time' on wikipedia
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Gotta keep moving, gotta keep getting it right
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'The Grinding Wheel' on wikipedia
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Antony's SILENCAEON album DEAD CHANNEL
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Why? They do not know
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'Ride the Lightning' on wikipedia
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'For Whom the Bell Tolls' live from 'Cliff 'Em All'
'Lars is a Great Drummer' at Metalsucks
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Our universe will breed
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'Through Silver in Blood' by Neurosis
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Don Cardenas' PACKS OF THE LOW COUNTRY soundtrack
Antony on the Incomparable discussing Ursula K Le Guin
Dreamland: the Retroblasting podcast
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It's our first 'Backstage Pass' episode! TiO Patron CJ Lines is our guest, as he tells us why 'Slaughter of the Soul' by At The Gates is important to him.
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'Slaughter of the Soul' on wikipedia
Metal Evolution documentary on the album
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My hands are painted red / My podcast's painted black
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'VII: Sturm und Drang' on wikipedia
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"Let him who hath understanding reckon the podcast of the Beast..."
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'The Number of the Beast' on wikipedia
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RUNNING FREE live on Top of the Pops
Team Rock article on recording THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST
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Kill the heretic, and let the witches in...
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Brian's new music podcast, POWER CHORDS
Antony's new book, THE EXPHORIA CODE
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Fuck it all! Fuck this world! Fuck everything that you stand for!
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Mick Thomson on the cover of Total Guitar
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Time for this year's Patreon Listener Choice Album Nomination Poll Thing!
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A new level of confidence and podcasting
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'Vulgar Display of Power' by Pantera
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All abooooaaaaaarrrrrrd!
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'Blizzard of Ozz' on wikipedia
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We're back! Like lightning in the daaah-ark!
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'Atomic Blonde trailer (NSFW!)'
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Suuurpriiiiise!
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'Blackwater Park' on wikipedia
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It is here in human form!
Happy holidays, everyone — have some Death on us.
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'Individual Thought Patterns' on wikipedia
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Sshhhh! It's a secret!
This is our podcast! We are one and the same! Our enemies' woe! Metal our name!
(Also: short discussion of a new album by some young upstarts called Metallica.)
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Throw the first key into the sea of hate!
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'Keeper of the Seven Keys' on wikipedia
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None More Thrash.
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'Blood In Blood Out' on wikipedia )
'Blood In Blood Out' on Amazon
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Tom Hunting and Jack Gibson Yamaha demo
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Don't mistake lack of talent for genius.
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Are you an S.M.F.?
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Interviews with Sister Sin about their breakup
Goldmine interview with Jay Jay French
Twisted Sister on 'The Tube', 1982
'We're Not Gonna Take It' music video
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Our first ever snappily-titled Patreon Patron Listener Poll Album Choice Listener Nomination Thing!
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Antony will fight anyone who says this album isn't metal. So there.
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Prince's guitar solo at that Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame show
Metal Injection piece on why there's so much great metal being released right now
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What the hell is going on around here?
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'Lights... Camera... Revolution!' on wikipedia
'Lights... Camera... Revolution!' on Amazon
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The Jaco Pastorius documentary produced by Robert Trujillo
Steve Albini's infamous essay "The Problem With Music"...
(...But he seems to think things are better now)
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Motörhead is dead. Long live Motörhead.
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Lemmy obituary in the Guardian
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We're back! And what better way to get Volume 2 of THRASH IT OUT going than with some full-on proto-glam? Well, that's what Brian said, anyway...
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Tour of Rick Allen's drum kit, from DL's later music
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'The Silent Force' on wikipedia
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Brian's post on the Saxon/Armored Saint gig
The Killswitch Engage 'Holy Diver' cover version video
The batshit insane 'Holy Diver' videogame...
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'Turn Loose the Swans' on wikipedia
'Turn Loose the Swans' on Amazon
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Aaron's interview at Steel for Brains
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'Now and Forever' on wikipedia
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Brian's post about the Mayhem festival
Frozen Summer's very kind write-up of THRASH IT OUT
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The Defiled play on an iceberg
'The Resurrectionists' music video
'Five Minutes' re-recorded version
'The Infected' lego music video
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What a concept! Antony makes his first visit to Dr X, as Brian commits the ultimate Mindcrime...
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'Operation: Mindcrime' on wikipedia
'Operation: Mindcrime' on Amazon
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Chris DeGarmo's track-by-track of the album
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It's all doom, gloom, and pick scrapes as Antony attempts to convert Brian to the kings of gothic metal!
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Brian's write-up of the Mayhem Festival
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Antony and Brian talk solos, covers, and spider chords, as they rattle their way through Megadeth's classic album!
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'So Far, So Good... So What!' on wikipedia
'So Far, So Good... So What!' on Amazon
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'Unjustly Maligned' episode 9: "Risk" by Megadeth, with Brian LeTendre
Brian's 'Gears of War' particle board
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This is the first of our bonus video hangout episodes, where we shoot the shit and answer questions from our patrons.
Antony and Brian discuss first albums, first (and best) gigs, recommend new music, and more!
Want to ask us questions? Become a patron! patreon.com/thrashitout
Antony and Brian talk raw riffs and vicious vocals on Anthrax's forgotten classic!
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Dan Spitz, master watchmaker. No, seriously.
'Metalhead to Head' -- Charlie Benante & Ray Luzier
'Unjustly Maligned' episode 9: "Risk" by Megadeth, with Brian LeTendre
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Antony and Brian talk double-kicks and chaotic solos with Slayer's classic album!
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'South of Heaven' on wikipedia
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Jeff Hanneman obituary in The Guardian
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Yes, it's our very first episode! And what better way to kick off a metal show than by debating Metallica's most controversial album...
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The 'Some Kind of Monster' documentary
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En liten tjänst av I'm With Friends. Finns även på engelska.