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Episodes
April 24, 2025 • 61 mins
On the single biggest release week of the year we head down to Ghost kicking off the Skeletour here in the UK, Charli XCX officially declares it a Turnstile Summer, the original Alice Cooper band reunites after 52 years, and there's important updates about last week's Weezer movie announcement.
Releases:
Superheaven - Superheaven
Melvins - Thunderball
Lik - Necro
Ancient Death - Ego Dissolution
Tribunal - In Penitence and Ruin
Heaven’s Ga...
Releases:
Superheaven - Superheaven
Melvins - Thunderball
Lik - Necro
Ancient Death - Ego Dissolution
Tribunal - In Penitence and Ruin
Heaven’s Ga...
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April 20, 2025 • 139 mins
Reviews really hot up with some of the most hyped and acclaimed records of the year, some experiments from familiar faces, and some real underground crushers with Deafheaven, Scowl, Employed to Serve, Inhuman Nature, Messa, & Final Dose.
Deafheaven 25:41
Scowl 57:31
Employed to Serve 1:20:33
Inhuman Nature 1:43:08
Messa 1:52:32
Final Dose 2:07:53
Deafheaven 25:41
Scowl 57:31
Employed to Serve 1:20:33
Inhuman Nature 1:43:08
Messa 1:52:32
Final Dose 2:07:53
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April 19, 2025 • 172 mins
We cover some of the biggest, baddest, craziest Album Clubs there is: Thin Lizzy go studs and leather on Thunder and Lightning, Wintersun undergo an epic, farcical saga to create Time I, Palm Reader's raise UK hardcore's ambition on Beside the Ones We Love, and Agoraphobic Nosebleed's hellish 99 song chemical digi-grind Altered States of America.
This episode was originally published March 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
This episode was originally published March 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
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April 10, 2025 • 82 mins
The time comes to hold a funeral for one of our podcast's greatest villains You Me At Six as their reign of tyranny comes to an end assessing their end and legacy, Turnstile hit us with their first track of Never Enough, a bumper questions section talking the best metal solo artists and two album wonders, and announcing a particularly crunchy band special.
Releases:
Epica - Aspiral
Cabal - Everything Rots
Teen Mortgage - Devil Ultrason...
Releases:
Epica - Aspiral
Cabal - Everything Rots
Teen Mortgage - Devil Ultrason...
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April 3, 2025 • 41 mins
Linkin Park release a new single but downgrade shows, Evanescence release 2025's hottest AMV, Midnight write an anthem for Cleveland Metal, and Danzig's in hot water for far right dogwhistles on merch.
Releases:
Scowl - Are We All Angels
Bleed From Within - Zenith
Thornhill - Bodies
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Death Hilarious
Benediction - Ravage of Empires
Tómarúm - Beyond Obsidian Euphoria
Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens
Rotting Chr...
Releases:
Scowl - Are We All Angels
Bleed From Within - Zenith
Thornhill - Bodies
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Death Hilarious
Benediction - Ravage of Empires
Tómarúm - Beyond Obsidian Euphoria
Allegaeon - The Ossuary Lens
Rotting Chr...
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March 27, 2025 • 52 mins
Sam and Perran sit down to talk about Knocked Loose's recent massive headline tour in the UK bringing Basement, Harms Way, & Pest Control into massive Academy venues, as well as Powerwolf announcing a UK arena and Download booking the Vengaboys, and a mega end of month release round-up.
Releases:
Ophicvs - Steel Beast
Cradle of Filth - The Screaming of the Valkyries
Bloodywood - Nu Delhi
Lordi - Limited Deadition
Secret Cutter - ///
S...
Releases:
Ophicvs - Steel Beast
Cradle of Filth - The Screaming of the Valkyries
Bloodywood - Nu Delhi
Lordi - Limited Deadition
Secret Cutter - ///
S...
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March 20, 2025 • 204 mins
In our new reviews show we stop to take stock of the state of some of our most popular heavy bands with Architects, Spiritbox, & A Day to Remember, as well as Whitechapel, Spiritworld, Warbringer, Imperial Triumphant, & Rwake. More hardcore bands imploding over idiocy too.
Architects 27:10
Spiritbox 1:05:56
A Day to Remember 1:30:17
Whitechapel 1:46:14
Spiritworld 2:08:37
Warbringer 2:25:29
Imperial Triumphant 2:39:08
Rwake 3:03:49
Architects 27:10
Spiritbox 1:05:56
A Day to Remember 1:30:17
Whitechapel 1:46:14
Spiritworld 2:08:37
Warbringer 2:25:29
Imperial Triumphant 2:39:08
Rwake 3:03:49
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March 13, 2025 • 85 mins
Napalm Death's 2025 edition of the Campaign for Musical Destruction (Bollocks) rolls around, Tool are being sued by their fans over setlist controversy, and we give our take on the ground-shaking moment when a member of Mastodon departs the band.
Releases:
Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis - Act III: The Father of Make Believe
Steven Wilson - The Overview
clipping. - Dead Channel Sky
Warbringer - Wrath and Ruin
Nite - Cult of the Serpent Sun
Rwa...
Releases:
Coheed and Cambria - Vaxis - Act III: The Father of Make Believe
Steven Wilson - The Overview
clipping. - Dead Channel Sky
Warbringer - Wrath and Ruin
Nite - Cult of the Serpent Sun
Rwa...
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March 11, 2025 • 175 mins
We really cover ground on this one: prog goes pop on Rush's Power Windows, 2010s Britrock goes horribly wrong when The Blackout Start the Party, American Football reinvent emo on LP1, and black metal's most comforting album in Agalloch's The Mantle.
This episode was originally published February 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
This episode was originally published February 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
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March 6, 2025 • 52 mins
Ghost unveil all things Skeletá, Slayer add yet another mega-show onto the UK summer, and Bobby Liebling is being seen by more people than should ever see Bobby Liebling.
Releases:
Architects - The Sky, The Earth & All Between
Oversize - Vital Signs
Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table
Avantasia - Here Be Dragons
Dirkschneider - Balls to the Wall Reloaded
Stress Test - Stress Test
Havukruunu - Tavastland
Grima - Nightside
Effluence - ...
Releases:
Architects - The Sky, The Earth & All Between
Oversize - Vital Signs
Cloakroom - Last Leg of the Human Table
Avantasia - Here Be Dragons
Dirkschneider - Balls to the Wall Reloaded
Stress Test - Stress Test
Havukruunu - Tavastland
Grima - Nightside
Effluence - ...
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February 27, 2025 • 179 mins
We close out February with reviews of some of our boldest and sloppiest with Killswitch Engage, Bleeding Through, Winona Fighter, Pissgrave, Vacuous, & Gràb, Green Lung & Unto Others' recent Heathen Neverland trip across Europe, and yes, Sam finally reviews a Dream Theater album.
Killswitch Engage 40:37
Bleeding Through 1:06:01
Dream Theater 1:31:51
Winona Fighter 1:56:08
Pissgrave 2:10:38
Vacuous 2:31:42
Gràb 2:43:22
Killswitch Engage 40:37
Bleeding Through 1:06:01
Dream Theater 1:31:51
Winona Fighter 1:56:08
Pissgrave 2:10:38
Vacuous 2:31:42
Gràb 2:43:22
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February 20, 2025 • 50 mins
There's reports from High Vis and Tribulation both hitting headline tours around the UK, A Day to Remember bring news of their surprise album and its promised big ole volumes, and Parkway Drive stake a claim on the Sydney Opera House.
Releases:
Killswitch Engage - This Consequence
Silverstein - Antibloom
Anxious - Bambi
To Obey a Tyrant - Frigore Inferni
Wren - Black Rain Falls
Hirax - Faster Than Death
Morax - The Amulet
Pissgrave - Malign...
Releases:
Killswitch Engage - This Consequence
Silverstein - Antibloom
Anxious - Bambi
To Obey a Tyrant - Frigore Inferni
Wren - Black Rain Falls
Hirax - Faster Than Death
Morax - The Amulet
Pissgrave - Malign...
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February 13, 2025 • 53 mins
letlive. finally break the seal on their UK return dates, Death Grips seem to disband again, and there's questions on the misconceptions that surround some of rock's most underrated, misunderstood bands.
Releases:
Bleeding Through - Nine
Lacuna Coil - Sleepless Empire
Love is Noise - To live in a different way
Winona Fighter - My Apologies to the Chef
The Nightmares - Fire In Heaven
Hangman’s Chair - Saddiction
Pothamus - Abur
Mantar - Post...
Releases:
Bleeding Through - Nine
Lacuna Coil - Sleepless Empire
Love is Noise - To live in a different way
Winona Fighter - My Apologies to the Chef
The Nightmares - Fire In Heaven
Hangman’s Chair - Saddiction
Pothamus - Abur
Mantar - Post...
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February 6, 2025 • 82 mins
A bumper edition of Hyperblasts sees Trivium & Bullet for My Valentine embark on the Poisoned Ascendancy tour, Cattle Decapitation & Shadow of Intent also co-headline, Gojira win a Grammy, Courtney LaPlante wins the Grammys, and oh yeah Black Sabbath?! Lot to cover in this one.
Releases:
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
Jinjer - Duel
Marko Hietala - Roses from the Deep
Majestica - Power Train
Obscura - A Sonication
Phrenelith - Ashen Wo...
Releases:
Dream Theater - Parasomnia
Jinjer - Duel
Marko Hietala - Roses from the Deep
Majestica - Power Train
Obscura - A Sonication
Phrenelith - Ashen Wo...
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January 30, 2025 • 34 mins
Some of 2025's first heavy hitting singles arrive all at once from Deafheaven, Behemoth, Poison the Well, & also Bring Me the Horizon cover Wonderwall for some reason.
Releases:
Dax Riggs - 7 Songs for Spiders
Vukovi - My God Has Got a Gun
Century - Sign of the Storm
Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil and the Dead
Negative 13 - Recover What You Can
Harakiri for the Sky - Scorched Earth
Sunrot - Passages
The Night Flight Orchestra -...
Releases:
Dax Riggs - 7 Songs for Spiders
Vukovi - My God Has Got a Gun
Century - Sign of the Storm
Avatarium - Between You, God, The Devil and the Dead
Negative 13 - Recover What You Can
Harakiri for the Sky - Scorched Earth
Sunrot - Passages
The Night Flight Orchestra -...
Mark as Played
January 24, 2025 • 140 mins
Our first TNM reviews of 2025 hit the runway with The Night Flight Orchestra, Wardruna, The Halo Effect, The Great Old Ones, Trauma Bond, & Grief Ritual, and we pay tribute to one of the greatest left-field artists and dreamers of all time David Lynch.
The Night Flight Orchestra 45:00
Wardruna 1:07:53
The Halo Effect 1:28:45
The Great Old Ones 1:44:48
Trauma Bond 2:00:34
Grief Ritual 2:10:30
The Night Flight Orchestra 45:00
Wardruna 1:07:53
The Halo Effect 1:28:45
The Great Old Ones 1:44:48
Trauma Bond 2:00:34
Grief Ritual 2:10:30
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January 21, 2025 • 188 mins
Album Club returns to start 2024 after a few months away with a bumper episode, setting the record straight on Bring Me the Horizon's Post Human: Survival Horror, destroying orcs with 3 Inches of Blood's Advance and Vanquish, Joyce Manor's micro-classic Never Hungover Again, and Reign Supreme with #WhyNotDyingFetus
This episode was originally published January 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
This episode was originally published January 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
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January 16, 2025 • 24 mins
Hints of a Nine Inch Nails world tour, uncertainty in the SeeYouSpaceCowboy camp, Exodus swap their old singers again, and SpiritWorld go full cowboy.
Releases:
Eidola - Mend
Grave Digger - Bone Collector
Tokyo Blade - Time is the Fire
Trauma Bond - Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone.
Sarcator - Swarming Angels & Flies
Necrodeath - Arimortis
Necromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable
Onirophagus - Revelations from the Void
...
Releases:
Eidola - Mend
Grave Digger - Bone Collector
Tokyo Blade - Time is the Fire
Trauma Bond - Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone.
Sarcator - Swarming Angels & Flies
Necrodeath - Arimortis
Necromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites Abominable
Onirophagus - Revelations from the Void
...
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January 9, 2025 • 42 mins
We're back for 2025 looking to our hopes and goals for the year ahead, announce our first 2025 special, get a first batch of promising to stupid new singles, and yet another reunion.
Releases:
Patriarkh - Prophet Ilja
Paleface Swiss - Cursed
Mutagenic Host - The Diseased Machine
Ethel Cain - Perverts
Stick to Your Guns - Keep Planting Flowers
Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out
Tremonti - The End Will Show Us How
The Halo Effect - March o...
Releases:
Patriarkh - Prophet Ilja
Paleface Swiss - Cursed
Mutagenic Host - The Diseased Machine
Ethel Cain - Perverts
Stick to Your Guns - Keep Planting Flowers
Lambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs Out
Tremonti - The End Will Show Us How
The Halo Effect - March o...
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December 21, 2024 • 274 mins
For our last show before Christmas we arrive at the TNM Awards for 2024, as we gather to end the year with the successes, stories, downfalls and villain arcs that defined the year in heavy:
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 Ach...
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 Ach...
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