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Episodes
- Hyperblasts: Incineration Festival 2026 Review
The That's Not Metal podcast reviews the Incineration Festival 2026, highlighting performances by Dragged Into Sunlight, Of Feather and Bone, Tomb Mold, and Scimitar. The episode also covers recent music releases from various artists.
- Hyperblasts: The Sangui-Tour
This episode covers Creeper's "Sangui-Tour," a UK tour focused on vampire themes. It also lists new music releases from artists like Foo Fighters, The Amity Affliction, and Sepultura.
- Last Ride At the Gates
This episode of That's Not Metal covers recent music news including viral microtonal aliens, surprise drops, and final bows from bands such as At the Gates, Enter Shikari, Corrosion of Conformity, Spirit Adrift, Angine de Poitrine, Portray…
- Album Club Pack April 2025
This episode covers the albums "Rust In Peace" by Megadeth, "Killing Joke 2003" by Killing Joke, "Diary" by Sunny Day Real Estate, and "Colored Sands" by Gorguts.
- Hyperblasts: Recount Your Blessings
This episode discusses Bring Me the Horizon's announcement of Count Your Blessings anniversary celebrations, Nine Inch Noize's performance at Coachella, and Evanescence's latest single. It also reviews new releases from various artists.
- Hyperblasts: 40 Squat Sun
This episode of That's Not Metal, titled 'Hyperblasts: 40 Squat Sun,' reviews new music from various artists including Warning, Holding Absence, and Health. It also previews upcoming releases and announces a major band special planned for…
- Hyperblasts: Krushing On Tour
This episode of That's Not Metal remembers notable figures in music while covering tour news, festival lineups, and recent album announcements. It also touches on a controversy within the hardcore scene and reviews numerous new music relea…
- NeurIsis Lives
This episode reviews the latest album from Neurosis, alongside new releases from several other bands including Poison the Well and Lamb of God. Timestamps for each band's review are provided.
- Hyperblasts: Big Ass WOW!
This episode discusses Muse's new album, features music from various bands including Black Veil Brides and Dropkick Murphys/Haywire, includes a report from deathcore central, and pays tribute to Phil Campbell.
- Album Club Pack March 2025
This episode of Album Club covers the March 2025 selections, including albums by Heaven & Hell, 16 Horsepower, Cave In, and Integrity.
- Hyperblasts: Eternal Synth Champions
This episode reviews new singles from artists like Gouge Away and Drug Church, features a surprise EP from Eternal Champion, and discusses hardcore drama. Several new releases are also covered.
- Hyperblasts: Godspeed, Godflesh
This episode of That's Not Metal discusses new music from Basement, Blackbraid, and Portrayal of Guilt. It also covers debates about musical cities and generational music, and the news of Godflesh retiring from live performances.
- Caped Cryptic Cosmic Adventure Rock
This episode reviews several bands including Converge, Sylosis, Mayhem, Worm, Pony, Cryptic Shift, Hällas, and Killing Pace, with timestamps provided for each segment.
- Hyperblasts: AFI Watch... Is Over?
This episode covers new music from Foo Fighters and Don Broco/Nickelback, lineup announcements from Arch Enemy and Nevermore, and reviews of recent releases from Sylosis, New Found Glory, Killing Pace, Exhumed, Coscradh, The Magus, and Lea…
- Hyperblasts: The Fate of the Sleeps
Hyperblasts discusses Grammy news, UK live shows by Home Front and Korpiklaani, Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry's new single, and the implications of While She Sleeps' touring announcement.
- Explosion on Blue Planet
This episode of That's Not Metal reviews Megadeth's final album and other January releases, including detailed segments on Kreator, Urne, Møl, Joyce Manor, The Ruins of Beverast, and Backengrillen.
- Hyperblasts: None So Vile as the Leppard
That's Not Metal reviews new music from Def Leppard, Exodus, Immolation, and Haggard Cat. They also discuss Cryptopsy's UK tour celebrating 30 years of 'None So Vile' and mention several new album releases.
- Album Club Pack January 2025
The January 2025 Album Club pack features Sabaton's Carolus Rex, Hatebreed's Satisfaction is the Death of Desire, Visigoth's The Revenant King, and Family Force 5's Business Up Front/Party in the Back. This episode was originally published…
- Hyperblasts: Gorerotting the Well
This episode features new singles from Poison the Well, Lamb of God, and Static Dress. It also includes the first band announcement for Damnation Festival and news about the show's first Patreon special.
- Hyperblasts: 2026, Let's Cook
The hosts of That's Not Metal discuss their expectations, questions, and predictions for the 2026 music scene. The episode also reviews recent releases from artists including Ulver, Fuath, Woe, Paleface Swiss, Alter Bridge, and The Ruins o…
- TNM Awards 2025
The TNM Awards 2025 look back at the year in rock music, celebrating achievements and acknowledging disappointments across various categories including Band of the Year and Song of the Year.
- TNM Albums of the Year 2025: Round 2
This episode features the second part of the 2025 Albums of the Year discussion, covering hair metal to hardcore genres. It also includes results from the TNM listener poll, highlighting top contenders and past winners.
- TNM Albums of the Year 2025: Round 1
The 2025 Album of the Year season starts on That's Not Metal with Perran and Elliot sharing their lists, featuring a wide array of genres including synth-punk, goth-doom, power-goregrind, jazz-death, post-metal, metalcore, and crust.
- Hyperblasts: A Blast of Bloody Valentine
This episode covers My Bloody Valentine's first live performances since 2018, Alissa White-Gluz's departure from Arch Enemy, and details on how listeners can get involved in the 2025 end-of-year shows. It also features an extensive list of…
- Vamping at the Disco
This episode of That's Not Metal reviews several 2025 albums, including Creeper's Sanguivore II, Pupil Slicer, Drain, Astronoid, Home Front, Lamp of Murmuur, and Master's Hammer. The show also touches on Svalbard's tour, a new Converge sin…
- Damnation Festival 2025 Review
This episode reviews the 20th anniversary of Damnation Festival, a major UK extreme music event. The festival featured a two-day lineup with numerous bands including Corrosion of Conformity, Napalm Death, and Deafheaven. The review also di…
- Hyperblasts: Monster Mashing Marmozets
The episode reviews festival lineups for Download, Outbreak, 2000 Trees, and Slam Dunk in 2026, covers Turnstile's performance at Ally Pally, and discusses the return of Marmozets with new music.
- Hyperblasts: Halloween Hagar Horror
This Halloween episode of That's Not Metal discusses horror movie topics including a pitch for Freddy vs Jason, band news about Dogma and Megadeth, and live experiences with Common Thread and Igorrr. It also features a segment on 'Hagar ho…
- Post-Black Mahna Mahna
This episode reviews new releases from AFI, Thrice, Militarie Gun, Conjurer, Perturbator, Sanguisugabogg, Tribal Gaze, and Agriculture, covering music released in October.
- Hyperblasts: Parkway Incantation Take the World
In this episode of That's Not Metal, hosts Perran and Mark discuss upcoming 2025 tours by Parkway Drive and Blood Incantation. The episode also mentions several new music releases from various artists.
- Hyperblasts: Quizzing with Megadave
The That's Not Metal podcast covers news including the return of Oathbreaker and Rush, Alex Bent leaving Trivium, and UK shows from Bleeding Through and Darkest Hour. It also discusses new songs from Lamb of God, Ice Nine Kills, and Megade…
- Album Club Pack October 2025: Damnation Special
This episode of That's Not Metal features Album Club reviewing albums from the Damnation Festival. They discuss Warning's Watching from a Distance, Wormrot's Dirge, Devil Sold His Soul's A Fragile Hope, and Code's Resplendent Grotesque.
- Hyperblasts: Biffy Clyro Futique and Dying Wish Flesh Stays Together Reviews
This episode reviews Biffy Clyro's album Futique and Dying Wish's Flesh Stays Together. It also covers Brighton's D.I.E. Fest, Watain's potential disbandment, and a wide range of new music releases.
- Under a Serpent Sun
This episode of That's Not Metal discusses albums by Lorna Shore, Fleshwater, Scorpion Milk, La Dispute, Modern Life is War, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, and Die Spitz. It also covers tours by Jupiter and The Opposite of December and includes a…
- Hyperblasts: Systems, Queens & Baths
This episode covers Turnover's 10th anniversary tour, a gothic cover of "Lady Marmalade," and System of a Down's stadium tour announcement. It also features a comprehensive list of new music releases across various artists and genres.
- 10 Years Of TNM, What Are The Chances
That's Not Metal marks its 10th anniversary by looking back at the albums that launched the podcast and tracking its decade-long journey through various bands. The episode expresses gratitude for listener support over the past 10 years.
- Private Music in the Drunken Dragon
This episode reviews new albums from Deftones, Dinosaur Pile-Up, The World is a Beautiful Place & I'm No Longer Afraid to Die, Pool Kids, Malthusian, Faced Out, and Feuerschwanz. The reviews cover music from late summer.
- Album Club Pack August 2024
This episode covers the August 2024 Album Clubs, featuring discussions on W.A.S.P.'s debut, The Distillers' Sing Sing Death House, Japandroids' Celebration Rock, and Watain's The Wild Hunt.
- Hyperblasts: The Last Baron
This episode features a report from a London fireworks show, discusses new music from Joyce Manor, Conjurer, and Gaerea, and mentions the death of Brent Hinds.
- Bloodstock Festival 2025 Review
TNM reviews the 2025 Bloodstock Festival, highlighting performances from prominent metal bands like Trivium, Machine Head, and Gojira.
- Hyperblasts: The Fabulous Gruffalo
This episode covers new music from AFI and Davey Havok, honors the late Erik Wunder of Cobalt, and reviews releases from Babymetal, Halestorm, Good Charlotte, Lord of the Lost, As December Falls, Firstborne, Attack Attack!, Blackbraid, Sin…
- Hyperblasts: The Drummer Transfer Window
This episode covers the drummer transfer window, featuring discussions on Dying Wish, Fleshwater, and Poisoned Ascendancy. It also reviews new releases from Alice Cooper, Post Animal, Kontusion, and several other artists.
- Goodbye to Romance
The episode reviews several bands including The Dirty Nil, Blood Vulture, Psycho-Frame, Blind Equation, Crown of Anguish, Stangarigel, and Nuvolascura. It also pays tribute to the passing of Ozzy Osbourne.
- Hyperblasts: 2000 Trees 2025 Review (& The Paul Ledney Glitterbomb)
That's Not Metal reviews the 2000 Trees Festival, covering bands like Alexisonfire and Coheed and Cambria, and discusses the Profanatica jar controversy. The episode also features a segment on new music releases.
- Hyperblasts: Back to the Beginning
This episode covers the Black Sabbath 'Back to the Beginning' compilation and Ozzy Osbourne's retirement party. It also reviews the return of Slayer in the UK and discusses several new music releases.
- Hyperblasts: Revenge of the Stoff
This episode covers a major week for live heavy music in the UK, featuring discussions on concerts by Deftones, Linkin Park, King Diamond, and Iron Maiden. It also addresses the consequences of Bob Vylan's presence at Glastonbury and subse…
- Hyperblasts: Outbreak Festival 2025 Review
This episode reviews the 2025 Outbreak Festival, highlighting performances by Turnstile, Sunny Day Real Estate, Speed, and Model/Actriz, with additional mentions of Deafheaven and God's Hate. It also covers recent music releases.
- Hot Hardcore Summer
That's Not Metal reviews several hardcore albums, including releases from Turnstile, Malevolence, and Stray from the Path. The episode also touches on Nine Inch Nails.
- Hyperblasts: Fortress & Mystic Festivals 2025
That's Not Metal covers the Fortress Festival in Yorkshire and Mystic Festival in Poland, reviewing numerous bands and releases.
- Album Club Pack May 2024
This episode of Album Club from That's Not Metal covers Mötley Crüe's Generation Swine, Crossfaith's Zion, Have Heart's Songs to Scream at the Sun, and Suffocation's Effigy of the Forgotten. The episode was originally published in May 2024.