That's Not Metal
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Episodes
April 18, 2024 • 41 mins
Prayers are answered as news hits of letlive. returning to play a round of shows, Thursday release their first song in 13 years, Frank Turner attempts the impossible, and live reports from Blind Guardian and Midnight.
Releases:
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
The Ghost Inside - Searching for Solace
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Coup de Grace
NOFX - Half Album
Cloud Nothings - Final Summer
High On Fire - Cometh the Storm
My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding
Melv...
Releases:
Pearl Jam - Dark Matter
The Ghost Inside - Searching for Solace
SeeYouSpaceCowboy - Coup de Grace
NOFX - Half Album
Cloud Nothings - Final Summer
High On Fire - Cometh the Storm
My Dying Bride - A Mortal Binding
Melv...
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April 11, 2024 • 69 mins
Architects release a new single in collaboration with Jordan Fish, but there is also an elephant in the room we have to discuss. Elsewhere Bloodywood get a big movie moment, music from Century Media's new signing Sonja, and questions on negative review pushback and our favourite foot in mouth band moments.
Releases:
Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories
Castle Rat - Into the Realm
Týr - Battle Ballads
Riot V - Mean Streets
Vulture - Sentinels
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Releases:
Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost Stories
Castle Rat - Into the Realm
Týr - Battle Ballads
Riot V - Mean Streets
Vulture - Sentinels
...
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April 4, 2024 • 122 mins
We polish off March's releases with a bonus review ep covering While She Sleeps' continued bizarre choices of experimentation in Self Hell and Sum 41's parting note of a double album Heaven :x: Hell.
Releases:
Bob Vylan - Humble as the Sun
Feeder - Black/Red
Alpha Wolf - Half Living Things
ERRA - Cure
Filth - Southern Hostility
Strung Out - Dead Rebellion
Bayside - There are Worse Things Than Being Alive
Cock Sparrer - Hand On Heart
Korpikla...
Releases:
Bob Vylan - Humble as the Sun
Feeder - Black/Red
Alpha Wolf - Half Living Things
ERRA - Cure
Filth - Southern Hostility
Strung Out - Dead Rebellion
Bayside - There are Worse Things Than Being Alive
Cock Sparrer - Hand On Heart
Korpikla...
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April 2, 2024 • 146 mins
Album Club toasts 20 years of AFI's goth punk masterpiece Sing the Sorrow, revisits one of the last big supergroups and the era it ended with Axewound's Vultures, and celebrates two underground punk and grind gems with Fall of Efrafa's Owsla and Genghis Tron's Dead Mountain Mouth.
This episode was originally published March 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
This episode was originally published March 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
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March 29, 2024 • 63 mins
We scheme the best ways to survive being a member of Slipknot and FMK with baddiecore, as the Summer Slaughter is confirmed to return, and Botch's reunion/final shows hit the UK in mindblowing style.
Releases:
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night
Crushed By Waves - More to Life
Blanket - Ceremonia
Restorations - Restorations
Mastiff - Deprecipice
BRAT - Social Grace
Zombi - Di...
Releases:
The Jesus and Mary Chain - Glasgow Eyes
Night Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of Night
Crushed By Waves - More to Life
Blanket - Ceremonia
Restorations - Restorations
Mastiff - Deprecipice
BRAT - Social Grace
Zombi - Di...
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March 22, 2024 • 159 mins
That's Not Metal reviews for March are in absolute guitar heaven, and maybe hell, with Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Midnight, Gouge Away, Chapel of Disease, & Dödsrit.
Judas Priest 23:30
Bruce Dickinson 55:35
Midnight 1:24:56
Gouge Away 1:40:20
Chapel of Disease 1:58:20
Dödsrit 2:23:24
Judas Priest 23:30
Bruce Dickinson 55:35
Midnight 1:24:56
Gouge Away 1:40:20
Chapel of Disease 1:58:20
Dödsrit 2:23:24
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March 15, 2024 • 50 mins
One of the biggest weeks for heavy touring in the UK peaks with a podcast-wide trip to Napalm Death's Campaign for Musical Destruction with Pig Destroyer, Primitive Man, and Wormrot, coming with sadly some sombre news from the PD camp.
Releases:
Kid Kapichi - There Goes the Neighbourhood
Scott Stapp - Higher Power
The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards
Gouge Away - Deep Sage
Bleak - My Body is Not Where I Belong
DragonForce - Warp Speed Wa...
Releases:
Kid Kapichi - There Goes the Neighbourhood
Scott Stapp - Higher Power
The Black Crowes - Happiness Bastards
Gouge Away - Deep Sage
Bleak - My Body is Not Where I Belong
DragonForce - Warp Speed Wa...
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March 8, 2024 • 61 mins
Hyperblasts brings a report from London's Celestial Darkness Festival checking out rare bookings in the worlds of black, doom, & goth and sets from the likes of Primordial, Tribulation, & Ihsahn, and salute a formative band for TNM as Palm Reader announce their farewell.
Releases:
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond
Myrath - Karma
Kill the Lights - Death Melodies
Midnight - Hellish Expectations
Gost...
Releases:
Judas Priest - Invincible Shield
Sonata Arctica - Clear Cold Beyond
Myrath - Karma
Kill the Lights - Death Melodies
Midnight - Hellish Expectations
Gost...
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March 1, 2024 • 44 mins
The biggest piece of Slipknot drummer rumouring yet, some absolutely blistering tracks from Knocked Loose and Inter Arma, and probably the maddest band drama ever to unfold. We've all done it.
Releases:
Mick Mars - The Other Side of Mars
Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts
Amigo the Devil - Yours Until the War is Over
Amaranthe - The Catalyst
Glitterer - Rationale
Shoreline - To Figure Out
Timelost - Drained
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of the Last H...
Releases:
Mick Mars - The Other Side of Mars
Ace Frehley - 10,000 Volts
Amigo the Devil - Yours Until the War is Over
Amaranthe - The Catalyst
Glitterer - Rationale
Shoreline - To Figure Out
Timelost - Drained
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum - Of the Last H...
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February 26, 2024 • 128 mins
February Album Clubs look at Fall Out Boy's initial send-off Folie a Deux, Kreator's proto-extreme masterpiece Pleasure to Kill, the oft brushed over Songs to Fan the Flames of Discontent from Refused, and a decade of Beastmilk's last post-punk party at the end of the world Climax.
This episode was originally published February 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
This episode was originally published February 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
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February 23, 2024 • 202 mins
February reviews on TNM pop the hell off with Chelsea Wolfe, Alkaline Trio, Ihsahn, Job for a Cowboy, Darkest Hour, Spectral Voice, Hulder & Slope, and reactions to the bamboozling news of Slayer's return and Ascendancy + The Poison tours.
Chelsea Wolfe 57:00
Alkaline Trio 1:23:40
Ihsahn 1:39:18
Job for a Cowboy 2:01:12
Darkest Hour 2:19:57
Spectral Voice 2:35:21
Hulder 2:55:38
Slope 3:09:25
Chelsea Wolfe 57:00
Alkaline Trio 1:23:40
Ihsahn 1:39:18
Job for a Cowboy 2:01:12
Darkest Hour 2:19:57
Spectral Voice 2:35:21
Hulder 2:55:38
Slope 3:09:25
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February 16, 2024 • 52 mins
Hyperblasts checks out the new single from Pearl Jam, tours from Malevolence and The Menzingers, and very exciting headliner announcements from Outbreak and Damnation.
Releases:
Idles - Tangk
Blackberry Smoke - Be Right Here
Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head
Ihsahn - Ihsahn
Bokassa - All Out of Dreams
Profiler - A Digital Nowhere
Shooting Daggers - Love & Rage
GVLLOW - Twin Flames
The Obsessed - Gilded Sorrow
Praise the Plague - Suffocat...
Releases:
Idles - Tangk
Blackberry Smoke - Be Right Here
Laura Jane Grace - Hole In My Head
Ihsahn - Ihsahn
Bokassa - All Out of Dreams
Profiler - A Digital Nowhere
Shooting Daggers - Love & Rage
GVLLOW - Twin Flames
The Obsessed - Gilded Sorrow
Praise the Plague - Suffocat...
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February 9, 2024 • 33 mins
Kerry King is back on the scene with all of the details surrounding his first album since Slayer, as well as some spicy interview snippets, and there's huge tours on both sides of the Atlantic. The Grammys also exist.
Releases:
Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
Yellowcard + Hammock - A Hopeful Sign
The Chisel - What a F*cking Nightmare
The Pineapple Thief - It Leads to This
The Last Ten Seconds of Life - No Name G...
Releases:
Chelsea Wolfe - She Reaches Out to She Reaches Out to She
Yellowcard + Hammock - A Hopeful Sign
The Chisel - What a F*cking Nightmare
The Pineapple Thief - It Leads to This
The Last Ten Seconds of Life - No Name G...
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February 2, 2024 • 89 mins
A mega edition of Hyperblasts finds TNM conducting a critical reflection on the legacy of YMAS with the news of their impending farewell, a moment you either feared would come or never come. There's also crazy new music in the form of Kaonashi's new EP, and some crazy choices in the form of Download's stage splits.
Releases:
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - Dark Rainbow
Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
The Infernal Sea - ...
Releases:
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes - Dark Rainbow
Alkaline Trio - Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs
The Infernal Sea - ...
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January 26, 2024 • 143 mins
One of the most farcical yet often great review gauntlets opens TNM 2024, with efforts from Green Day, Neck Deep, Saxon, Lucifer, Upon Stone, Rough Justice... and Lord of the Lost's 90 minute cover album.
Green Day 3:35
Neck Deep 34:19
Lord of the Lost 52:08
Saxon 1:18:19
Lucifer 1:41:15
Upon Stone 1:55:35
Rough Justice 2:13:36
Green Day 3:35
Neck Deep 34:19
Lord of the Lost 52:08
Saxon 1:18:19
Lucifer 1:41:15
Upon Stone 1:55:35
Rough Justice 2:13:36
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January 19, 2024 • 53 mins
New Year Hyperblasts continue with an in-depth report from Bring Me the Horizon's Nex Gen tour with Bad Omens, Cassyette, and Static Dress, representing a state of the address at the start of 2024.
Releases:
Green Day - Saviors
Neck Deep - Neck Deep
Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation
Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon
Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
Slift - Ilion
Kontact - Full Contact
Master - Saints Dispelled
Resin Tomb - Cerebral Purgator...
Releases:
Green Day - Saviors
Neck Deep - Neck Deep
Saxon - Hell, Fire and Damnation
Upon Stone - Dead Mother Moon
Lord Dying - Clandestine Transcendence
Slift - Ilion
Kontact - Full Contact
Master - Saints Dispelled
Resin Tomb - Cerebral Purgator...
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January 12, 2024 • 58 mins
That's Not Metal is back for the first episode of 2024 covering the big news from the beginning of the year, announcement straight away of the year's first special, plus a big thank you.
Releases:
Peyton Parrish - Soul
Sprints - Letter to Self
Gray State - Under the Wheels of Progress
Haywire 617 - Conditioned for Demolition
Rejoice - All of Heaven’s Luck
Cancer Christ - God is Violence
Svdestada - Candela
Casey - How to Disappear
Rough Just...
Releases:
Peyton Parrish - Soul
Sprints - Letter to Self
Gray State - Under the Wheels of Progress
Haywire 617 - Conditioned for Demolition
Rejoice - All of Heaven’s Luck
Cancer Christ - God is Violence
Svdestada - Candela
Casey - How to Disappear
Rough Just...
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December 24, 2023 • 268 mins
Tis the night before Christmas, and all through the house... The TNM Awards hit back crowning the heroes and villains, menaces and marvels of 2023:
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 Heroe...
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 Heroe...
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December 18, 2023 • 210 mins
The second load of That's Not Metal Albums of the Year come from Mark and Sam, and crucially in a year of some of the most divisive albums we announce the results of the listener AOTY poll.
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December 10, 2023 • 195 mins
The end of the year at TNM is nigh; it's time to cut the ribbon and begin crowning our top 20 albums, as Perran and Elliot start off with all of the great musical colour and invention that has graced our ears in 2023.
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