Metal Geeks Episode 276: End of Year Geekery wraps up the year with Cary the Metal Geek alongside special guests Justin the Metal Detector from the Harsh Vocals podcast and Metal Mike Lawrence for an all-encompassing dive into metal, movies, TV, comics, and games. At the top of the show, the crew pays tribute to Rob Reiner, talks about Spinal Tap 2 heading to HBO Max, recaps live shows from Death Angel and Vio-lence, as well as Omnium Gatherum with Aether Realm and Hinayana, discusses Battle Beast and their new singer, and breaks down why rock and metal albums are dominating vinyl collectors lists, with nearly half of the most-collected releases on Discogs coming from the genre.

In What We’re Watching, the Geeks cover Stranger Things Season 5, The Running Man, Fallout Season 2, Tournament of Champions: Christmas Edition, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Movie, Zootopia 2, and The Beatles Anthology Remastered, followed by What We Reading, What We Star Wars, and What We Marvel with Aliens vs. Avengers. On the gaming side, the episode dives into Meta Quest 3, Deadpool VR, Alien VR, Metroid Prime 4, Terminator 2: No Fate, Skate Story, Marvel Cosmic Invasion, Dispatch, and Keeper, plus a full recap of The Game Awards 2025, including reveals like Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, Resident Evil: Requiem, and Tomb Raider Catalyst. George lets loose in George Hates Metal, targeting Abduction’s Truth Is as Sharp a Sword as Vengeance (Existentialismus) and Orbis de Ignis’ Golden Snake (Ancestral Strides), before the episode closes with What We Jammin.

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