That's Not Metal

Having made Kate Bush the most popular artist on planet Earth, we talk about the Stranger Things train lifting Metallica's Master of Puppets to similar heights, as well as the best metalhead character in popular media in years. Releases: Wormrot - Hiss Vomit Forth - Seething Malevolence Altars - Ascetic Reflection Blind Channel - Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous The Machinist - All is Not Well T...

This week's Hyperblasts also sees a full review of last weekend's Outbreak Festival, where an arena-sized crowd signed mosh waivers to leap off stages for the likes of Turnstile, Knocked Loose, Deafheaven, & Vein.fm in what turned out to be a landmark year. Releases: Conjurer - Páthos Greg Puciato - Mirrorcell Blood Command - Praise Armageddonism Municipal Waste - Electrified Brain Shinedown - Pla...

Reports from the first Nine Inch Nails UK shows in 4 years as well as SeeYouSpaceCowboy..., the first new music in a decade from The Mars Volta, new Megadeth, and a surprise Spiritbox banger heading up a wealth of new music, and one of the most overwhelming release weeks of the year. Releases: Alexisonfire - Otherness Coheed & Cambria - Vaxis II: A Window of the Waking Mind Final Light - Final Lig...

Perran and Mark consider the news of a four day Download next year, the loss of The Pit/Lock Up stage at Reading & Leeds, the pros and cons of growling kids on talent shows, and a bunch of new tracks including a return to form In Flames and Steve Aoki putting his fingers in some rock music pies again. Releases: D.R.U.G.S. - Destroy Rebuild Lit - Tastes Like Gold Nova Twins - Supernova Civil War -...

Returning from Slam Dunk weekend, Alexisonfire's comeback album and another stormer from Kreator head up reviews with Bleed From Within, Coheed and Cambria, Joyce Manor, Final Light, Astronoid, & Nervus. Alexisonfire 22:31 Kreator 41:38 Bleed From Within 56:31 Coheed and Cambria 1:09:07 Joyce Manor 1:19:48 Final Light 1:30:01 Astronoid 1:41:17 Nervus 1:52:15

Perran's joined by guest Mark Sandison to talk about the feral action going down at Maryland Deathfest, Bring Me the Horizon's throwback Malta set, new tunes from Amon Amarth and Panic! At the Disco, but mainly the feral action going down at Maryland Deathfest. Good grief. Releases: The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow Kreator - Hate Uber Alles Bleed From Within - Shrine Astronoid - R...

Milton Keynes' transport network is sent into meltdown by a bunch of emos as My Chemical Romance, Mayhem, and Elton John (not on the same bill) saw a crazy Saturday night. With this episode though we salute Alec Chillingworth, who takes his leave from TNM. Cheers for your love everybody, one and all. Releases: Decapitated - Cancer Culture Def Leppard - Diamond Star Halos Tremonti - Tremonti Sings...

As My Chemical Romance surprise us with their first new song, there's more talk of deathcore bands sneaking in Euro-metal with Lorna Shore's new track, charlatans selling the wrong rock artists at the Eurovision Song Contest, attempts to dodge flying setlist spoilers, and a general weird gig trip to Oranssi Pazuzu. Releases: Pkew Pkew Pkew - Open Bar State Champs - Kings of the New Age Moon Tooth...

Some potential break-out records and long-awaited works populate May reviews with Ibaraki, Malevolence, Static Dress, Cave In, Puppy, Septicflesh, and Casket Feeder, but first, after the heartbreaking news we remember the wonderful Trevor Strnad. Ibaraki 26:53 Malevolence 58:15 Static Dress 1:13:28 Cave In 1:25:46 Puppy 1:42:36 Septicflesh 1:55:56 Casket Feeder 2:08:51

The mystery of Rammstein's possible fake tour dates has us scratching our heads, Suicide Silence make a blast return to their roots, and we talk about versatile vocalists, our personal most important hardcore bands, and question what it could take to knock some of the big league bands off the top, as well as live reports from Tool's Fear Inoculum tour and Helloween's returning run. Releases: Hales...

This week's Hyperblasts sees our review of Rammstein's dramatic and diverse new album Zeit swiftly coming through the pandemic with more actual music, along with all the usual news antics. Releases: Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain Devil Master - Ecstasies of Never Ending Night Mizmor & Thou - Myopia The Gathering - Beautiful Distortion Dälek - Precipice Helms Alee - Keep This Be the Way The...

Architects, While She Sleeps, The Wonder Years and Tribulation lead a barrage of tracks, and we cast our minds over ill-fitting collaborations. Releases: Darkher - The Buried Storm Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Prince Daddy & the Hyena Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Etc. Rope Sect - Metanoia Sessions The Troops of Doom - Antichrist Reborn These Arms are Snakes - Duct Tapes & Shivering Crows Greyhav...

Divisive picks and party tricks lead April's reviews on TNM of new Meshuggah, PUP, Watain, Carpenter Brut, Undeath, Devil Master, Cancer Bats, and The Good, The Bad and the Zugly, as well as a first trip to Ghost's Imperatour. Meshuggah 24:27 PUP 57:13 Watain 1:15:40 Carpenter Brut 1:43:26 Undeath 1:58:31 Devil Master 2:10:36 Cancer Bats 2:22:40 The Good, The Bad and the Zugly 2:34:43

The yearly Grammys sigh comes from bizarre decision of metal winner, Clutch hit us with the first taste of their next album (mystic), and Rammstein get misshapen in the Zick Zack video. Releases: Papa Roach - Ego Trip The Good, The Bad and the Zugly - Research and Destroy Health - Disco 4: Part II Destruction - Diabolical Hällas - Isle of Wisdom Mors Principium Est - Liberate the Unborn Inhumanity...

Returning by popular demand after last week's launch, our new news and questions show takes a moment to celebrate the life of Taylor Hawkins, before turning to The Gaslight Anthem returning as an active band and the potential of a remixed The Blackest Beautiful edition. Alec hears of Pen Pineapple Apple Pen for the first time. Releases: Meshuggah - Immutable PUP - THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND Red...

We debut our much-requested weekly news and questions show, dissecting Ghost's chart performance for Impera, the bands who've done best and worst during the pandemic, and lay out our first release calendar. RELEASES: Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems Camp Cope - Running With the Hurricane Helpless - Caged In Gold Dream Widow - Dream Widow Placebo - Never Let Me Go Abbath - Dread Reaver Sakis Tolis - Am...

We lead with a huge look at Ghost's Impera in our March reviews as Papa guns for the bigtime, with Vein.fm, some right jokes with Sabaton, Midnight, Camp Cope, Soul Glo, Helpless, and Véhémence, as well as Rammstein's return. Ghost 29:05 Vein.fm 1:05:17 Sabaton 1:27:02 Midnight 1:50:45 Camp Cope 2:01:24 Soul Glo 2:12:17 Helpless 2:24:39 Véhémence 2:33:01

TNM Does Horror turns a year old, so we're throwing a birthday bash for all listeners with the new Scream & Texas Chainsaw Massacre movies. It's a face-off of the re-quels, both spinning commentary on the idea, with some surprise disagreements on what's really going on in them.

An enormous month for expansive albums demands a big episode, as our February reviews hit huge records from Venom Prison, Zeal & Ardor, Korn, Cult of Luna, Rolo Tomassi, Gregor Barnett, Tuskar, and Immolation, and tries to turn over every bit of rock beef these weeks have thrown at us.

TNM returns with a new look as we lay out our new reviews schedule, and debut the format with Enterprise Earth, Shadow of Intent, Billy Talent, Wiegedood, Celeste, Slowbleed, Comeback Kid, and 40 Watt Sun. This episode features some lower than usual microphone quality, which we will be looking to remedy for the next show. Cheers for sticking with us and we hope you enjoy the new show format.

Perran, Sam & Alec return to the TNM Awards for 2021 with: Most Improved Band Song of the Year Worst Song of the Year Hero of the Year Villain of the Year Best New Band Biggest Disappointment Gig of the Year EP of the Year Artwork of the Year Movie of the Year Comeback of the Year Surprise of the Year Outstanding Achievement Worst Band of the Year Unsung Heroes Story of the Year Band of the Year

It's the album of the year show for 2021, with Perran, Alec & Sam presenting their top 20 albums of the year, along with TNM Listener Album of the Year results.

It's the last reviews episode of 2021 with records from Static Dress, Volbeat, and Voices dissected, and an Album Club on Bury Tomorrow's breakthrough medieval hit factory The Union of Crowns.

The fallout of Code Orange's new single and Brass Against's unexpected passion for public watersports are the big stories of the week, and reviews hit Khemmis, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Me and That Man, and at last Converge's almighty Bloodmoon.

There's a deluge of new singles from Slipknot, Korn, PUP & more, our last catch-up reviews for 2021 from tech death and swing to Gilbert Gottfried's favourite band, and we answer the big question: mask or cape?