That's Not Metal

UK metal upstarts Vexed, The Devil Wears Prada's Zombie II and Jess & the Ancient Ones are reviewed, there's new Green Day and discussion of how music livestreams might persevere, and an extended edition Album Club goes into Entombed's debut classic Left Hand Path.

Reviews plug into the scene with SeeYouSpaceCowboy and If I Die First's split, Manchester Orchestra and Bala, questions on affectionate blind spots for insufferable artists, and Album Club is Slash's rock jukebox with his first solo album.

TNM glams up for a review of the legend Van Weezer, plus Salem II and Evile, questions hair metal's legacy in rock's mainstream credibility and what it means to be dated, and examines another insane glam genre crossover with Blessed by a Broken Heart's Pedal to the Metal.

The long-awaited return of Gojira is here, along with reviews of Royal Blood and Capra, Album Club is swallowed up by Neurosis' legendary Through Silver In Blood, and minds are lost at Darkthrone calling an album "Eternal Hails......"

It's a bumper reviews week hitting every emotion, tackling Greta van Fleet, The Offspring, a sonic revolt from The Armed and a stirring swansong from Bodom After Midnight, Mudvayne reunite, and Weezer play their orchestral OK Human show.

The week's reviews are While She Sleeps, Holding Absence and Amigo the Devil, there's new Salem and a consideration of the news that Faust will be performing with Emperor again, Album Club is Cobalt's drunken Americana rage with Gin, and Dave Grohl helps out the elderly.

Cannibal Corpse continue to blow our minds with Violence Unimagined, fellow reviews are for Devil Sold His Soul and GHLOW, it's a packed questions week, and Album Club recognises 10 years of the Foo Fighters' Wasting Light.

Architects get orchestral, releases from Citizen, Wode and Godspeed You! Black Emperor get reviewed, and Album Club weighs up where .5: The Gray Chapter fits into Slipknot's sound in a post-WANYK world.

New tracks from Beartooth, The Bronx & more, Evanescence top reviews with their first album of original material in ten years backed by Sanguisugabogg and Dollar Signs, and Album Club is Testament's victorious thrash watershed The Formation of Damnation.

It's Awards Season as we look at the outcome of the 2021 Grammys, reviews highlight a bunch of the best hardcore and crossover releases of the past couple weeks, and Album Club gives a peek at our in-depth Rammstein special available on Patreon with their masterpiece Mutter.

Rob Zombie has another album with a stupid name we have to say out loud in reviews alongside Nick Cave & Warren Ellis and Eyehategod, Album Club looks at Thursday's 20 year old post-hardcore landmark Full Collapse, we discuss positive representation of rock fans in mainstream media, and pay tribute to Entombed's LG Petrov. Plus a big announcement about our upcoming specials.

It's another hotly contested week with the arrival of A Day To Remember's new album You're Welcome, Brand of Sacrifice and NOFX getting reviews, Amen's 2000 major label punk rock We Have Come For Your Parents is Album Club, and questions descend to the gutter with some of the worst rock and metal pseudonyms of all time.

Architects' new album gets the level-headed review in a bumper episode featuring Epica, Void, members of Code Orange getting emo with Adventures' Supersonic Home in Album Club, and a sombre discussion in news about the proposed lifting of lockdown measures date in the UK and how safe summer might really look.

TNM weighs up just how much live music is missing from our lives, Teenage Wrist, Love and Death, and Harakiri for the Sky get reviewed, Album Club positions Parkway Drive's Ire as a modern classic, and Gojira making a storming return to news with their new single Born for One Thing.

It's an eclectic week of surprise drops as Hayley Williams' second solo release and Loathe's experimental ambient project are put under the microscope along with UK punks Drones, it's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominee Time, and Album Club turns to Nile's Annihilation of the Wicked for an ancient Egyptian masterclass.

It's a massive show as Foo Fighters top the album reviews along with Cult of Luna and The Ruins of Beverast, Album Club ponders whether Mindless Self Indulgence are the godfathers of crunkcore, we address the Marilyn Manson abuse allegations story along with happier news elsewhere, and the new That's Not Metal Patreon is launched and outlined at patreon.com/thatsnotmetal. This show has always and...

Weezer's OK Human arrives in album reviews along with praise for Tribulation and Portrayal of Guilt, we book an imagined returning Ghostfest, and Album Club explores the greater depth and dexterity of Evanescence's overlooked second album The Open Door.

TNM weighs up what the cancellation of Glastonbury 2021 might mean for the UK festival calendar, Frank Iero and the Future Violence, Asphyx, and Bloody Hammers are up in reviews, and Album Club looks at pop punk superstars' moment of maturity with Blink-182's untitled record.

It's the first reviews week of 2021. Power metal bands are in open rebellion against the US government. The Dirty Nil, Frozen Soul, and You Me At Six are up in reviews, there are new AFI singles to talk about, and Album Club explores what made Alexi Laiho such a one-off with Children of Bodom's Hatebreeder.

We close our 2021 preview with the metal, tackling: Architects While She Sleeps Gojira Mastodon Iron Maiden System of a Down Cradle of Filth At the Gates Cannibal Corpse Carcass Deafheaven Cult of Luna Employed to Serve Conjurer Venom Prison Vein Spiritbox Bleeding Through Rammstein Fear Factory Megadeth Kreator Rob Zombie King Diamond/Mercyful Fate Jinjer Converge Machine Head Nails & more

We look forward to 2021 with the first part of our rock & metal preview, discussing some of the following bands: Ghost A Day to Remember Every Time I Die Foo Fighters Weezer Against Me! Greta Van Fleet Turnstile Red Hot Chili Peppers AFI Nine Inch Nails Evanescence Papa Roach Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes Beartooth Black Veil Brides Halestorm Billy Talent Rise Against The Interrupters Marmozets...

It's Christmas, so Perran, Sam & Alec take a sit back for a more casual episode running through your questions, festive, musical, or comical.

The TNM Awards are back for 2020 with: Most Improved Band Song of the Year Worst Song of the Year Hero of the Year Villain of the Year Best New Band Most Disappointing Album Gig of the Year / Livestream 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...

The Album of the Year celebrations roll on as Perran is joined by two new That's Not Metal co-hosts.

That's Not Metal is back with the Top 20 Albums of 2020 from Perran and special guests Beez and Ryan De Freitas back to give their lists. Numbers 10-1 in Part 2.