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81:15

Hyperblasts: Lay Down Your Soul to the Gods Rock 'n'...

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2026/10/01

It's real highs and lows in the news for rock music this week, with incredibly exciting reveals from Disfear and Repugnant, the 2027 line-up announcements from Slam Dunk and ArcTanGent, but also the news of Enter Shikari's incoming hiatus and the mountain-moving loss of Venom's Cronos, the forefather of extreme metal without whom our world is unthinkable.Releases:Amon Amarth - The Allfather AwakensTwin Atlantic - Separation from the AnimalsImminence - Axis MundiEscape the Fate - The Last GoodbyeMiss

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65:02

Hyperblasts: Justice for Glenn

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2026/09/24

There are surprising pivots towards our world from the pop sphere this time from Miley Cyrus and Chvrches alongside new singles from Bullet for My Valentine & several others, live trips to see Electric Wizard & more, there's a mindblowing milestone for Judas Priest's Ian Hill, a bizarre multi-pronged bust-up with Frankie Palmeri at the centre, and sadly another passing of a punk and hardcore legend with the loss of New Found Glory's Chad Gilbert.Releases:Holding Absence - Modern Life is

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198:17

Getting Down with the Organ

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2026/09/18

September gets us all sludgy as reviews pore over new Mastodon, Green Lung, Anthrax, Chat Pile, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Sleep, Devil Master, & Wrong Man, Evanescence playing the UK's biggest arena, and Tony Iommi being the boss yet again.Mastodon 38:10Green Lung 1:22:40Anthrax 1:48:34Chat Pile 2:07:25Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats 2:26:18Sleep 2:42:26Devil Master 2:52:30Wrong Man 3:10:13

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64:12

Hyperblasts: Gallows Cope (RIP Andy Williams)

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2026/09/11

First and foremost, we try to speak to the awful loss of Every Time I Die legend Andy Williams. From there we tackle new singles from Slipknot and Spiritbox, the hallucinatory hellscape stories related to Muse's Meta troubles and Breaking Benjamin's modder feud tirades, and put our tin foil hats to theorise that SURELY the Gallows teasing can't just be for vinyl reissues...Releases:Green Lung - NecropolitanBrian Fallon - Not Bad for New JerseyThe Meffs - BusinessWrong Man - Here’s That

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165:31

Hyperblasts: Big Goth Weekend (The Cure, AFI,...

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2026/09/03

This week we look back on a historic moment of live music for our podcast in our combined Big Goth Weekend with a run of shows from The Cure, Outbreak/All Points East with an epochal headlining set from Deftones, and our AFI watch finally being brought to an end with their first UK headline shows in 16 years.Releases:Mastodon - Marrow DeepBeartooth - Pure EcstasyIn This Moment - WitchDinosaur Jr. - There NearKamelot - Dark AsylumFlotsam and Jetsam - Rats in the TempleExumer - Death Mask MessiahNinth

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158:34

Mathcore Massage Therapy

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/08/28

Rivers Cuomo's QR code woes, some goth-pop flourish and questioning what even is an album lead the way for TNM reviews this time with Weezer's Gold Album, Chelsea Wolfe, Electric Callboy, Living Weapon, The Night Eternal, and Zorn going under the magnifying glass.Weezer 30:05Chelsea Wolfe 1:07:20Electric Callboy 1:34:27Living Weapon 1:58:41The Night Eternal 2:14:36Zorn 2:25:33

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66:55

Hyperblasts: Bleeding American In The Dark

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2026/08/21

Chelsea Wolfe's new album release show and Jimmy Eat World's Bleed American set arrive for a lucky few in the UK, there's new music from Haywire, God's Hate, and Down, the sad news of the passing of legendary ZZ Top drummer Frank Beard, extreme legend Justin Broadrick's appearance on the new Phoebe Bridgers album, and the craziest stadium support act announcement of all time.Releases:Weezer - Weezer (The Gold Album)Chelsea Wolfe - The DarkThe Night Eternal - Cold VelvetFen - Elemental Part One:

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53:04

Hyperblasts: Bloodstock's Electric Gamble

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2026/08/13

This week we discuss how Bloodstock's 2027 announcement doubles down on a new direction, and pull out some of the lesser discussed gems within the line-up.Releases:Various Artists - A Tribute to Smashing Pumpkins: Sending Hearts to All My DeariesDead Tired - Hornets of FallLiving Weapon - Death in the FamilySweeping Promises - You Say I RomanticizeInvocation Ritual - Altered RealityHolissstik - Chapter 1: This Endless Solitude

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71:59

Hyperblasts: Sorry, Who Commits Crime?

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2026/08/06

After a week of exasperating and confusing news we discuss the unconfirmed firing of Sid Wilson by Slipknot and Merauder's absolutely bizarre crashout, as well as big live announcements from Wacken, Megadeth, Mick Gordon, and the potential dungeon synth takeover of hardcore.Releases:Electric Callboy - TanzneidJohn Carpenter - CathedralCancer Bats - Give Me DirtCitizen - Halcyon BluesJamie Lenman - PukeCeremony - Tell Me Your DreamPublic Opinion - The Curse of Public OpinionNegative Frame - Break the

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76:35

Hyperblasts: Wading in at Offal Fest 2026

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2026/07/30

This humid summer gets that bit muckier as we check out the UK's growing slam, brutal death metal, and goregrind event at Offal Fest, as well as check in on Avenged Sevenfold's latest piece of craziness, and sadly speak to the passing of all time pillar of hardcore Lou Koller of Sick of It All.Releases:Waterparks - JinxNo Pressure - NP StyleThe Hu - HunMadball - Not Your KingdomREZN - Cycles in the Infinite DreamJordsjø - PestkrønikeneSallow Moth - Hydrophilous BroodLinnéa RK Olsson - Perfect

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164:27

Loathe to Say

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2026/07/23

At least one of the most anticipated heavy albums this decade hits our radars this month as Loathe, Muse, The Menzingers, The Xcerts, Fuming Mouth, No Cure, and Arise From Worms are reviewed, along with speculation about the seemingly imminent return of Gallows.Loathe 37:32Muse 1:09:13The Menzingers 1:31:55The Xcerts 1:49:20Fuming Mouth 2:11:10No Cure 2:24:04Arise From Worms 2:33:29

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95:30

Hyperblasts: Count Your Blessings Repented (Football...

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2026/07/16

It's the week where br00tal returned (and football season is over), as we make our way to Bring Me the Horizon's Count Your Blessings | Repented shows and into the re-recorded album for the biggest event in 2006 deathcore since... 2006.Releases:Final Resting Place - Third World TribunalLoathe - A Stranger to YouMotionless In White - DecadesBoundaries - Yearning: The unbeautiful afterProtest the Hero - WithinAs It Is - As It IsThe Menzingers - Everything I Ever SawQuicksand - Bring on the

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189:20

Album Club Pack July 2025

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/07/15

Sound the charge, into glory ride, as Album Clubs look at the maddening effect Twenty One Pilots' ragga-pop Blurryface had on rock, the most metal band of all Manowar's debut Battle Hymns, Turnover's mastering of emo dreampop on Peripheral Vision, and one of the 21st century's greatest and wickedest rock bands The Devil's Blood with The Time of Time No Evermore.This episode was originally published July 2025 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

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67:12

Hyperblasts: MCR and Metallica Stadium Extravaganza

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2026/07/09

Both Metallica's No Repeats weekend and My Chemical Romance's 20th anniversary Black Parade musical theatre reimagining hit UK stadiums, plus Damon Albarn beefs with an unlikely underground metal target.Releases:Bring Me the Horizon - Count Your Blessings | RepentedThe Plot In You - The Plot In YouThe Xcerts - i think i want to go home nowShow Me the Body - Alone TogetherDevilDriver - Strike and KillNo Cure - It Is Going to Get DarkDaydream Plus - Second Last Day of SummerIf These Trees Could Talk -

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197:41

Hyperblasts: Outbreak Festival 2026, and Acid Bath...

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2026/07/03

Two hard and heavy events hit the UK heat this week, as Outbreak Festival brings Hatebreed, Converge, Alexisonfire, Basement, & loads more, and Acid Bath's mad reunion brings the swamp to town their first ever UK appearance.Releases:Muse - The WOW! SignalThe Pretty Reckless - Dear GodButthole Surfers - After the AstronautThe Dead Pioneers - Wagon BurnerTruck Violence - The Weathervane is My BodyJunius - SoteraPhantom - Not Midnight YetSpeedslut - Cimbrian RitesNunslaughter - Satanic Chaos

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173:17

Kurt Ballou Déjà Vu

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/06/25

From twenty year waits to four month breaks, we mop up some of the biggest heavy records of the last few weeks reviewing Converge's second album of 2026, Marmozets, Static Dress, Turnover, Guilt Trip, Warning, Stormkeep, & Funebrarum.Converge 26:04Marmozets 48:34Static Dress 1:15:35Turnover 1:30:00Guilt Trip 1:41:39Warning 1:53:38Stormkeep 2:20:01Funebrarum 2:38:26

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58:39

Hyperblasts: Bloodaxe Ninja Flips

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/06/18

Sam returns from Asia (and through a robo-mic, sorry about that) to talk about Japanese hardcore hijinks at Bloodaxe Festival, Voivod and Midnight speed through the UK together, and we unpack the news no one saw coming that Faith No More are returning in 2027.Releases:Warning - Rituals of ShameThere Were Wires - VesselChainlacing - MessuageIron Kobra - Eternal DaggerSaidan - Fangdriller: Scars Beneath Memory’s WristMork - MonolittEinherjer - LifebloodLiminal Sky - All Tomorrow’s Darkness

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69:32

Hyperblasts: The Week Bananas Tore Hardcore Apart

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/06/11

On top of a stream of new music from across the heavy spectrum, we weigh in on the debate following End It's targeting of the man in a banana costume at their show, why the frustration and resentment towards meme behaviour and influencer culture exists at subcultural events, and whether this particular incident went too far.Releases:Sublime - Until the Sun ExplodesSleeping With Sirens - An Ending In ItselfPussy Riot - CYKAYes - AuroraTarja - Frisson NoirSwiss Army Wife - I Love You, But I Hate It

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137:32

Hyperblasts: Fortress Festival 2026 Review

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/06/04

Fortress Festival returns bringing worldwide black metal exclusives to the British seaside, with Gallowbraid, Old Man's Child, Dødheimsgard, Misþyrming, A Forest of Stars & more darkening the skies over the 2026 bill.Releases:Devin Townsend - The MothTurnover - Down on EarthStatic Dress - Injury EpisodeSparta - Cut a Silhouette‘68 - They Are SurvivedHealing Wound - Bodies of Heavenly ViolenceDeafkids - Cicatrizes do FuturoAll Them Witches - House of MirrorsElder - Through ZeroMonolord -

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139:44

Steady Away Boys! Poop Poop!

That"s Not Metal ·

2026/05/28

It's all about vaporwave prog, French oi, and choo choo train black metal as a whip round the underground picks up Basement, Frozen Soul, Haggard Cat, Fire-Toolz, Prisonnier du temps, A Forest of Stars, Panopticon, and Scimitar for the month's most blistering records.Basement 15:40Frozen Soul 33:44Haggard Cat 51:10Fire-Toolz 1:05:09Prisonnier du temps 1:15:41A Forest of Stars 1:25:27Panopticon 1:47:30Scimitar 2:02:45

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