{"id":5218,"date":"2026-02-04T01:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/?p=5218"},"modified":"2026-02-04T01:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T01:36:15","slug":"radioactive-metal-868-the-real-slaughter-damitt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiningwizardsnetwork.com\/episodes\/2026\/02\/04\/radioactive-metal-868-the-real-slaughter-damitt\/","title":{"rendered":"Radioactive Metal 868: The Real Slaughter, Damitt!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>1,2 F You! The crushing debut from the Canadian thrashers Slaughter is an all fave around the RAM office. &#8220;Strappado&#8221; is also the one of the most influential albums in the Death Metal underground. And, this platter of splatter is celebrating its fourth decade (!) of existence this year. So this week we&#8217;re featuring it in our &#8220;40th Anniversary Album Spotlight Series&#8221;. We do a track by track deep dive. 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