That's Not Metal

September's Album Clubs see Anthrax making the Big 4 with Among the Living, Taking Back Sunday's Louder Now explosion, one of hardcore's most underloved albums in Gallows' self-titled, and ahead of deploying it at Damnation Festival Pig Destroyer's psychotic masterpiece Prowler in the Yard. This episode was originally published September 2022 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

Hyperblasts weighs in on the calls for Brixton Academy's license to be permanently revoked, the Trophy Eyes moshing debate, and a stinky Beartooth track, as well as a jubilant trip to Paramore's UK leg of the This is Way tour. Releases: Enforced - War Remains Cradle of Filth - Trouble and Their Double Lives Dangerface - Be Damned! The Damned - Darkadelic Crown the Empire - Dogma Vamachara - No Ros...

We're joined by one man speed metal machine James McBain of Hellripper for an Album Roulette talking through his early thrash metal loves, nuclear post-punk, iconic Maiden live albums, and why the Red Hot Chili Peppers are kvlt. Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Whose Buying! Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magick Cannibal Corpse - Evisceration Plague Beastmil...

It's time for us to undertake our hour deep dive review into the brand new Metallica record 72 Seasons, on top of the new Every Time I Escape Plan music, Foo Fighters & others, a talk about the increase of festival cancellations in the UK, and a glut of Metallica-themed questions to seal the deal. Releases: Poison Ruin - Harvest Overkill - Scorched Smoulder - Violent Creed of Vengeance VoidCer...

If you're not all on Metallica... Toasting Balance and Composure's return, and reviews debate Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow, Grave Pleasures, a hardcore gauntlet of Jesus Piece, Enforced, & The Hirs Collective, and black metal opuses from Lamp of Murmuur and Dødheimsgard. Enter Shikari 20:32 Bury Tomorrow 43:27 Grave Pleasures 1:09:07 Jesus Piece 1:29:24 Enforced 1:40:53 The Hirs Collective 1:4...

Hyperblasts reviews new EPs from Scowl, Tribulation, and the split from Fit for an Autopsy, Thy Art is Murder, and Malevolence, and takes in news of Motley Crue's lawsuit, petty KISS drama, and Josh Klinghoffer's sky high self-confidence. Releases: Scowl - Psychic Dance Routine Tribulation - Hamartia Fit for an Autopsy/Thy Art is Murder/Malevolence - The Aggression Sessions Powerwolf - Interludium...

We've got a double review on Hyperblasts with the verdict on Fall Out Boy's supposed return to form So Much (for) Stardust and Depeche Mode's poignant Memento Mori, along with new music from Empire State Bastard and Portrayal of Guilt among others and totally topical hot button questions. Releases: Lamp of Murmuur - Saturnian Bloodstorm OHHMS - Rot Bury Tomorrow - The Seventh Sun Gel - Only Consta...

The State of Unrest Tour with Lamb of God and Kreator finally gets done and dusted, as well as an arena show for Beartooth and a 40th anniversary blast for W.A.S.P., hip-hop delivers two very different takes on heavy metal, and we talk the worst festivals we've been to. Releases: Night Demon - Outsider Kruelty - Untopia Skourge - Torrential Torment Foretoken - Triumphs Verminous Serpent - The Mali...

We're at August Album Clubs with an early 2010s selection of The Gaslight Anthem's derided Get Hurt, Sylosis' thrash ambition on Edge of the Earth, Trap Them defining Entombedcore on Darker Handcraft, and assessing the impact of Infant Annihilator's meme deathcore The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution. This episode was originally published August 2022 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

Avenged Sevenfold finally break their musical silence, we dissect Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Metal Songs list, and reviews tackle Babymetal, Zulu, Periphery, Suicide Silence, Judiciary, Dawn Ray'd, and OHHMS. Babymetal 49:48 Zulu 1:07:24 Periphery 1:28:08 Suicide Silence 1:48:51 Judiciary 2:11:13 Dawn Ray'd 2:22:30 OHHMS 2:39:13

The electronicore scene is fractured by Blessed by a Broken Heart dramatically returning to the scene calling out Electric Callboy for supposedly stealing their sound. Who will prevail?! We also saw Napalm Death with Barney (slightly) consigned to a chair, talk our dalliances with the slam scene, and about Funeral for a Friend doing a Casually Dressed tour, again. Releases: Majesties - Vast Reache...

New music from Svalbard and Cradle of Filth, Avenged Sevenfold teasing through social media "hacks", a trip to Obituary and Conjurer's London show, and trying to pick four of the deathcore new breed. Releases: Can’t Swim - Thanks But No Thanks Zulu - A New Tomorrow Enslaved - Heimdal Haken - Fauna Full of Hell & Primitive Man - Suffocating Hallucination Viscera - Carcinogenesis Entheos - Time...

Architects call for a band strike on venue merch cuts, Frozen Soul release their first Matt Heafy-produced cut, and a lengthy report on Gojira's arena tour with Alien Weaponry and Employed to Serve and theorising on how far they might go. Releases: Avatar - Dance Devil Dance Graphic Nature - A Man Waiting to Die Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Land of Sleeper Man Must Die - The Pain Behind It...

July Album Clubs look at the victory of one of heavy metal's patron saints Dio's Holy Diver, the most ripped off pop punk album of the decade Under Soil and Dirt by The Story So Far, the psychological horror metalcore splurge of Norma Jean's Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child, and examines bluegrass and worker's solidarity in black metal with Panopticon's Kentucky. This episode was originally pub...

The superb new Paramore record tops February reviews with In Flames, Hellripper, Sanguisugabogg, Narrow Head, Naut, Host, and Going Off in tow, as well as Unto Others b-sides, lost Linkin Park songs, and Code Orange's ARG remix album. Paramore 37:30 In Flames 59:54 Hellripper 1:16:12 Sanguisugabogg 1:27:06 Narrow Head 1:41:38 Naut 1:51:52 Host 2:00:02 Going Off 2:11:16

The results of the 2023 Grammys are discussed with a particularly poor showing for Rock & Metal, with the problems of treating categories like lifetime achievement awards and valueing genre tourism over homegrown acts, and we pay respects to one of our favourite alt punk bands Camp Cope. Releases: Paramore - This is Why You Me At Six - Truth Decay Pierce the Veil - The Jaws of Life Narrow Head...

The Prince of Darkness announces his touring retirement, Slipknot and Year of the Knife surprise drop new music on us, Zara Larsson pulls an oopsie! with her choice of questionable band merch, and we try to drill into the intrinsic appeal of a skeleton. Releases: In Flames - Foregone Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy Memoriam - Rise to Power Fvnerals - Let the Earth Be Silent Calderum - Lord Cram...

News absolutely boots off with discussion of Pantera being removed from various festival lineups in Europe, Panic! At the Disco calling it quits, and a barrage of bizarre and questionable new music arrives from The Xcerts, Ghost ft Joe Elliot, power metallers dropping diss tracks, and... David Ellefson and Violent J covering Faith No More. Give us strength. Releases: Maneskin - Rush New Found Glor...

Summer arrives and we go into some classic Album Club territory with Sum 41's moodier metal turn Chuck, Blind Guardian's Nightfall In Middle Earth, Your Demise upset the windbreakers on The Golden Age, and Cattle Decapitation's boundary-crossing look into a dark future The Anthropocene Extinction. This episode was originally published June 2022 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

2023's first TNM reviews come from VV, Katatonia, Obituary, Twilight Force, Fireworks, Swiss Army Wife, Ahab, & Grief Symposium, Fall Out Boy do the unthinkable and write a rock song again, and we debate Trivium setlists after their long awaited UK tour. VV 35:10 Katatonia 51:38 Obituary 1:04:03 Twilight Force 1:16:06 Fireworks 1:25:32 Swiss Army Wife 1:36:19 Ahab 1:43:17 Grief Symposium 2:00:...

Hyperblasts returns for 2023 bringing the first round of early news including new music from Sleep Token, Periphery, and Enter Shikari, Till Lindeman's statue getting nicked, and our quick little look ahead at the albums and shows we're looking forward to this year. Releases: Iggy Pop - Every Loser Anti-Flag - Lies They Tell Our Children HellPoison - Ultra Outbreak of Hell The Canyon Observer - Fi...

It's the last dance of the year with the TNM Awards, as the gang assemble to anoint the greats and truly take to task the bull: 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 Wors...

AOTY season continues at TNM with lists from 2022's fresh contributors Mark & Elliot, and most importantly the results of the listener album of the year poll are revealed and given the magnifying glass.

Start up the fanfare cause the Albums of the Year 2022 are here, celebrating another 12 months of great records with lists from Perran, Sam, & Alec.

Metallica are back with an absolute trad metal joy, we predict the albums of the year from metal's major outlets, and we open the official TNM Listener Album of the Year 2022 poll. Releases: Elder - Innate Passage Jamie Lenman - The Atheist In the Woods… - Diversum Judicator - The Majesty of Decay Trhä - endlh​ë​d​ë​haj q​á​shm​ë​na ëlh vim innivte Tchornobog / Abyssal - Split NOFX - Double Album...