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That"s Not Metal

That"s Not Metal

Your favourite rock & metal podcast bringing you all the latest news, opinions, honest reviews and laughs every Friday. 100% passion, 100% honesty, 100% of the time. Join us.@notmetalpod on Twitter & Instagram. Come join the discussion with a likeminded community of music fans on the That"s Not Metal Facebook Focus Group www.facebook.com/groups/TNMFocus/.

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159:32

NeurIsis Lives

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2026/03/27

TNM March reviews bag just catches the most brain-breaking, beautiful return as Neurosis emerge with a whole new album, alongside another return from Poison the Well, Lamb of God, Gaerea, Hellripper, Aggressive Perfector, Mallavora, & Sweet Pill.Neurosis 11:30Poison the Well 56:10Lamb of God 1:17:13Gaerea 1:39:08Hellripper 1:59:30Aggressive Perfector 2:15:00Mallavora 2:25:00Sweet Pill 2:31:51

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51:47

Hyperblasts: Big Ass WOW!

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2026/03/20

Muse beam back down to us with their new album announcement, along with music from Black Veil Brides, Stormkeep, and Dropkick Murphys/Haywire, there's a live report from deathcore central with Bodysnatcher, Ingested, Psycho-Frame and Big Ass Truck, and we pay tribute to Motörhead's second-longest serving member Phil Campbell.Releases:Poison the Well - Peace In PlaceExodus - GoliathGaerea - LossFilth is Eternal - Impossible WorldGladie - No Need to Be LonelyStainless - Lady of Lust and SteelEgregore

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171:31

Album Club Pack March 2025

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2026/03/17

A curtain of biblical darkness falls upon Album Club in the unofficial Sabbath album The Devil You Know by Heaven & Hell, 16 Horsepower's dark country classic Sackcloth 'n' Ashes, Cave In's space rock leap Jupiter, and metalcore pioneers Integrity making their most no fucks given record Howling, for the Nightmare Shall Consume.This episode was originally published March 2025 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

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50:07

Hyperblasts: Eternal Synth Champions

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2026/03/13

New singles from the likes of Gouge Away, Drug Church, and Devin Townsend hit our ears, epic metal heroes Eternal Champion surprise drop a bold and ambitious new EP, and there's hardcore drama cause when is there not?Releases:Lamb of God - Into OblivionAngus McSix - Angus McSix and the All-Seeing Astral EyeSweet Pill - Still There’s a GlowShoreline - Is This the Low Point or the Moment After?UnityTX - Somewhere, In BetweenGong - Bright SpiritMonstrosity - Screams from Beneath the SurfaceNo/Más - No

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64:08

Hyperblasts: Godspeed, Godflesh

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2026/03/06

Basement, Blackbraid, and Portrayal of Guilt give us a diverse pack of new songs to chew in, questions on what is the greatest musical city and generationally phased out songs, and we respond to the news that industrial giants Godflesh are hanging up their live instruments for good.Releases:Rob Zombie - The Great SatanCarpenter Brut - Leather TempleThe Gloom in the Corner - Royal DiscordanceNothing - A Short History of DecayFinal Gasp - New Day SymptomsMatador - Above, Below and SoHarrowed - The

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159:35

Caped Cryptic Cosmic Adventure Rock

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2026/02/28

This month brings us one of the most daunting, monolithic, and outlandish reviews bags we've ever had, as we tackle Converge, Sylosis, Mayhem, Worm, Pony, Cryptic Shift, Hällas, and Killing Pace. Slap on your spacesuit, we're adventure rocking.Converge 27:36Sylosis 56:02Mayhem 1:12:56Worm 1:30:33Pony 1:43:00Cryptic Shift 1:52:40Hällas 2:12:10Killing Pace 2:30:20

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53:04

Hyperblasts: AFI Watch... Is Over?

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2026/02/20

Party time at TNM: the mythical drought comes to an end, alongside new tracks from the Foo Fighters and Don Broco/Nickelback and grand line-up unveilings from Arch Enemy and Nevermore.Releases:Sylosis - The New FleshNew Found Glory - Listen Up!Killing Pace - HCPMExhumed - Red AsphaltCoscradh - Carving the Causeway to the OtherworldThe Magus - DaemonosophiaLead Injector - Witching Attack

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69:58

Hyperblasts: The Fate of the Sleeps

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2026/02/13

Hyperblasts is back to cover what we missed from the Grammys, UK live shows from Home Front to Korpiklaani, Knocked Loose and Denzel Curry's collab single, and the discussion around While She Sleeps' video announcement for their stepping back from touring.Releases:Hällas - PanoramaSoftcult - When a Flower Doesn’t GrowKarnivool - In VesesPuscifer - Normal Isn’tTailgunner - Midnight BlitzTumour - Human SalvageUncultivates - This Will Become Clear Later, Like the French RevolutionMayhem - Liturgy of

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145:29

Explosion on Blue Planet

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2026/02/02

Looking back at the records January gave us we give an honest assessment of the final album from Megadeth, alongside Kreator, Urne, Møl, Joyce Manor, The Ruins of Beverast, and Backengrillen. Thanks for all the riffs, MegaDave.Megadeth 20:11Kreator 1:06:31Urne 1:22:47Møl 1:38:35Joyce Manor 1:49:44The Ruins of Beverast 2:02:15Backengrillen 2:14:11

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42:21

Hyperblasts: None So Vile as the Leppard

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2026/01/23

TNM talks bands we would have introduced to ourselves at an earlier age, a breadth of new tracks from Def Leppard, Exodus, Immolation and Haggard Cat, and Cryptopsy take to the UK with 200 Stab Wounds for 30 years of None So Vile.Releases:Megadeth - MegadethPoppy - Empty HandsCrystal Lake - The Weight of SoundTextures - GenotypeThe Damned - Not Like Everybody ElseBackengrillen - BackengrillenBarbarian - Reek of GodLigation - After Gods

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160:53

Album Club Pack January 2025

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2026/01/20

2025 Album Clubs come from the land where the mullet attacks: Sabaton's Swedish concept album Carolus Rex, Hatebreed's hardcore benchmark Satisfaction is the Death of Desire, Visigoth's dungeon-keeping The Revenant King, and Family Force 5 give us Business Up Front/Party in the Back.This episode was originally published January 2025 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

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46:04

Hyperblasts: Gorerotting the Well

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2026/01/16

New album singles from Poison the Well, Lamb of God, and Static Dress keep 2026 starting up, along with a killer first band announcement from Damnation Festival, and announcement of our first Patreon special for 2026.Releases:Kreator - Krushers of the WorldKid Kapichi - Fearless NatureGreywind - Severed Heart CityOv Sulfur - EndlessBlanket - True BlueSerpent Column - Aion of StrifeRifle - RiflePush - Plowing AheadCrush Your Soul - Ice WaterI Promised the World - I Promised the WorldLights Out - Fall

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39:28

Hyperblasts: 2026, Let's Cook

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2026/01/09

TNM usher in the new year with hopes, questions and predictions for 2026, and some familiar faces already poking their heads above the parapets for the year ahead.Releases:Ulver - NeverlandFuath - IIIWoe - Legacies of Human FrailtyPaleface Swiss - The Wilted EPAlter Bridge - Alter BridgeThe Ruins of Beverast - Tempelschlaf

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288:44

TNM Awards 2025

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2025/12/23

Right before Christmas our last bash for 2025 is TNM Awards looking back over the highs and lows, the stories, the icons, the presidents, and the circuses that made the year in rock music what it was:Most Improved BandSong of the YearWorst Song of the YearHero of the YearVillain of the YearBest New BandBiggest DisappointmentGig of the YearEP of the YearArtwork of the YearMovie of the YearComeback of the YearSurprise of the YearOutstanding AchievementWorst Band of the YearUnsung HeroesStory of the

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221:41

TNM Albums of the Year 2025: Round 2

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2025/12/16

Our second go of albums of the year for 2025 with Sam and Mark celebrating records from hair metal to hardcore, and your results for the TNM listener poll as we see who's bringing it home in a year filled with past winners and big dog contenders.

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190:55

TNM Albums of the Year 2025: Round 1

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2025/12/08

2025 Album of the Year time begins on That's Not Metal, with our first lists from Perran and Elliot celebrating everything from synth-punk to goth-doom, power-goregrind to jazz-death, post-metal to metalcore, legendary rock icons to grimy dungeon crust bands that this year gave us.

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45:21

Hyperblasts: A Blast of Bloody Valentine

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2025/11/28

This week we've got reports from My Bloody Valentine's first shows since 2018 as we see one of the loudest bands in the world, reaction to Alissa White-Gluz being out of Arch Enemy, and we tell you how to get involved in our 2025 end of year shows.Releases:The Algorithm - Recursive InfinityThe Pretty Wild - zero.point.genesisDanko Jones - Leo RisingGasket - GasketStryper - The Greatest Gift of AllSpeedclaw - StardustMorbikon - Lost Within the Astral CryptsTerror Corpse - Ash Eclipses FleshFlesher -

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157:16

Vamping at the Disco

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2025/11/22

2025's final reviews is a crazy bag of disco mania with Creeper's Sanguivore II, Pupil Slicer, Drain, Astronoid, Home Front, Lamp of Murmuur, and Master's Hammer, bid farewell to Svalbard on tour, a new single from Converge, and about half an hour before our record, doing cartwheels at the reunion of Black Breath.Creeper 31:51Pupil Slicer 1:09:19Drain 1:24:17Astronoid 1:35:08Home Front 1:47:29Lamp of Murmuur 1:59:08Master's Hammer 2:18:05

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193:09

Damnation Festival 2025 Review

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2025/11/14

The UK's biggest dedicated extreme music fest at Damnation Festival goes bigger than ever for its 20th anniversary with a bonkers two day line-up featuring Corrosion of Conformity, Napalm Death, Deafheaven, Perturbator, Anaal Nathrakh, Amenra, Warning, Wormrot, Castle Rat, and so many more to crack our skulls.Releases:Of Mice & Men - Another MiracleThe Devil Wears Prada - FlowersRise of the Northstar - CHAPTER 04: RED FALCON SUPER BATTLE! NEO PARIS WAR!!AVVT/PTTN - AVVT/PTTNLamp of Murmuur - The

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75:19

Hyperblasts: Monster Mashing Marmozets

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2025/11/07

It's that week in November where every big festival announces their lineup so we assess the bills of Download, Outbreak, 2000 Trees, & Slam Dunk 2026, Turnstile come through Ally Pally, and finally one of the UK's great rock bands Marmozets return with first new music in over 8 years.Releases:Drain - …Is Your FriendPupil Slicer - FleshworkAstronoid - StargodSet It Off - Set It OffAgnostic Front - Echoes In EternityCold Steel - Discipline & PunishThe Devil's Trade - Nincs Szennyezetlen

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