That's Not Metal

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 3:35Neck Deep 34:19Lord of the Lost 52:08Saxon 1:18:19Lucifer 1:41:15Upon Stone 1:55:35Rough Justice 2:13:36

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 - SaviorsNeck Deep - Neck DeepSaxon - Hell, Fire and DamnationUpon Stone - Dead Mother MoonLord Dying - Clandestine TranscendenceSlift - IlionKontact - Full ContactMaster - Saints DispelledResin Tomb - Cerebral PurgatoryVemod - The DeepeningSexual Perverts - Sex Maniac…ForeverHeavy Sentence - Warriors of Madness

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 - SoulSprints - Letter to SelfGray State - Under the Wheels of ProgressHaywire 617 - Conditioned for DemolitionRejoice - All of Heaven’s LuckCancer Christ - God is ViolenceSvdestada - CandelaCasey - How to DisappearRough Justice - Faith In VainRyujin - RyujinNeal Morse - The Restoration - Joseph: Part TwoAlluvial - Death is but a DoorLifesick - Love and Other LiesExtinction A.D. - Ruthless IntentEscuela Grind - DDEEAATTHHMMEETTAALL

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 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 YearBand of the Year

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.

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.

News show close for 2023 with acknowledgement of the passing of Killing Joke's Geordie Walker, before turning to more new music from ex-Black Peaks members and Video Nasties, and some very exciting Glenn Danzig news.Releases:Future Static - LiminalityCruciamentum - Obsidian RefractionsValdrin - Throne of the Lunar SoulMidnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 3 - A Fullmoon MadnessKvelgeyst - Blut, Milch und ThranenGnaw Their Tongues - The Cessation of SufferingPanopticon - The Rime of MemoryMouth Culture - Mishaps of My Mid TwentiesFull of Hell & Nothing - When No Birds SangBjorko - HeartrotVarathon - The Crimson TempleGoing Off - Kill ListHealth - Rat Wars

The final reviews bag of 2023 is a brilliant one, with loads of late year contenders: The Gaslight Anthem, Green Lung, Dying Wish, NOBRO, Autopsy, Wayfarer, Underdark, & Malokarpatan.The Gaslight Anthem 24:45Green Lung 50:42Dying Wish 1:11:20NOBRO 1:27:30Autopsy 1:42:46Wayfarer 2:02:52Underdark 2:22:46Malokarpatan 2:37:30

When We Were Young pulls an insane choice, Slipknot drummer rumours abound, and live reports from Creeper and future Download headliners Queens of the Stone Age among others.Releases:Dolly Parton - Rock StarHigh Spirits - Safe on the Other SideRacetraitor - Creation and the Timeless Order of ThingsC.L.S.M. - Infinity ShitPlaguemace - Reptilian WarlordsFoetal Juice - GrotesqueSadus - The Shadow InsideAeturnus - PhilosopherKing - Fury and DeathBewitcher - Deep Cuts & Shallow GravesEarthside - Let the Truth SpeakSoars - RepeaterCeleste - Epilogue(s)

We were fully back on the ground for this year's Damnation Festival (41:12) to see sets from Anaal Nathrakh, Electric Wizard, Enslaved, Akercocke, and many more of the best in underground and extreme. Bonus on Download and Grammys whinging.Releases:Tarja - Dark ChristmasLonely the Brave - What We Do to FeelHelmet - LeftMTVoid - Matter’s Knot, Pt. 1Gama Bomb - BatsMouthBreather - Self-TapeEx Everything - Slow Change Will Pull Us ApartShylamagoghnar - ConvergenceNight Crowned - TalesVastum - Inward to GethsemaneLeft Cross - Upon Desecrated AltarsAGLO - Build FearSodom - 1982Triumph of Death - Resurrection of the Flesh