Debating Metal: The Podcast

Ep. 65 Metallica - ReLoaded

This week the guys take on two of Metallica's most controversial albums Load and ReLoad with Reloaded.  Kenneth Dean and Chris use the greatest hits format to choose their favorite 12 songs from Load and ReLoad to make one "best of" aptly named ReLoaded.  Kenneth Dean has another dose of Rusty Metal and Chris has a new slab of Freshly Forged metal for you as well.  And don't forget to stick around until the end to check out the guys picks of the BIG 4 Metallica Cover songs. With so many songs covered by Metallica over the years, this BIG 4 is quite the conversation.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.
Rusty Metal - King Diamond - Fatal Portrait (1986)
Freshly Forged - The Absence - Coffinized
 

Ep. 64 Whitesnake - Slide It In vs. Whitesnake (1987)

This week the guys go head-to-head with Whitesnake - Slide It In vs. Whitesnake (1987).  The 2 biggest albums of their career and we're pitting them against each other to see which one is better. We have more rusty metal and and new Online Pick of the Week. And stick around to the end to hear what the guys picked as their Big 4 Whitesnake songs. So sit back, relax and turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin...
Rusty Metal - Armored Saint - March of the Saint
Online Pick of the Week - Old Head YouTube Channel

Ep. 63 - Headlines

This week, the guys scour the internet for some of latest hard rock and heavy metal news and choose a few articles that are worthy of a good debate.  They're calling it HEADLINES and will be a new feature every month or so.  And as always, they'll have an old Rusty Metal pick for you and this week, a new Freshly Forged piece of molten metal for you to enjoy as well. And towards the end, they give you their BIG4 Metal Drummers. So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin...
Rusty Metal - Lizzy Borden - Love You To Pieces (1985)
Freshly Forged - Dee Snider - Leave a Scar
 

Ep. 62 - Def Leppard High 'n' Dry vs. Pyromania

The guys return this week with a new head-to-head matchup from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal legends Def Leppard with High 'n' Dry vs. Pyromania, 2 of the bands earliest albums. We also have some more Rusty Metal and Freshly Forged picks and at the end we give our take on the Big 4 Metal Drummers. So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin...
Rusty Metal - Lizzy Borden - Love You to Pieces (1985)
Freshly Forged - Dee Snider - Leave a Scar

Ep. 61 Slayer's Greatest Hits

This week the guys head south of Heaven and into the abyss with Slayer's Greatest Hits.  The guys each choose their 15 favorite Slayer songs, whichever songs are duplicated, automatically make the list, the rest are debated to see which ones make the cut.  Then they put the songs together in a form of a setlist and there you have it - Debating Metal's Slayer's Greatest Hits. We also have some more Rusty Metal and Freshly Forged picks and at the end Slayer's Big 4 Albums. So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin...
Rusty Metal - Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return EP (1985)
Freshly Forged - Hannes Grossmann - To Where the Light Retreats

Ep 60 - Anthrax's Greatest Hits

The boys are back with another exciting episode and this week it's Anthrax's Greatest Hits. Once again, the guys choose their favorite Anthrax songs, keep the duplicates and debate the remaining songs to see which once make the setlist. With so many songs to choose from the rules are broken this week.  Listen to what the guys did to break the rules...And as always, Kenneth Dean gives you his Rusty Metal and Chris offers his Freshly Forged Pick of the Week. We end the episode with the Big 4 Anthrax Albums. So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin!
Rusty Metal - Fight - War of Words (1993)
Freshly Forged - Obsidious - "Iconic" single

Ep. 59 - Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits

This week the guys go back to the beginning with their take on Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits.  They both chose their 15 favorite Sabbath songs, kept the crossover and then debated the final songs to compile their ultimate greatest hits album and put them in a setlist running order.  We also have some more Rusty Metal for you as well as another Freshly Forged Pick of the week. And stick around to the end to hear what the guys chose as their Big 4 Black Sabbath Albums. So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin...
Rusty Metal - Fastway - Fastway (1983)
Freshly Forged - KK's Priest - "Hellfire Thunderbolt" single from their upcoming debut album Sermons of the Sinner coming out August 20th, 2021.

Ep. 58 - Artists Living Off Their Legacy 2

This week, the guys revisit a topic they spoke about all the way back on episode 6 and that's artists living off their legacy.  This time we talk about Sebastian Bach, Tom Keifer, Geoff Tate, Udo Dirkschneider, Quiet Riot, Al Atkins and K.K. Downing.  We also have more Rusty Metal for you and another Freshly Forged pick.  So sit back, relax, turn it up to 11 and let the debate begin.
Rusty Metal - W.A.S.P. - W.A.S.P. (1984)
Freshly Forged - Marty Friedman - Tokyo Jukebox 3