That's Not Metal

Sleep Token have to call out impersonators and we call out "presidential bid" publicity stunts. Also a week of gig reports from Hot Mulligan/Spanish Love Songs, The Story So Far, Dawn Ray'd, and Full of Hell/Antichrist Siege Machine.Releases:Sylosis - A Sign of Things to ComeKvelertak - EndlingAngel Du$t - Brand New SoulUnityTX - FeralityDying Fetus - Make Them Beg for DeathMyrath - KarmaUada - Crepuscule NaturaCryptopsy - As Gomorrah BurnsSlomatics - Strontium FieldsFire Down Below - Low Desert Surf ClubDomkraft - Sonic MoonsNasty - Heartbreak CriminalsWith Honor - BoundlessCaptain Planet - Come On, CatExcarnated Entity - Mass Grave HorizonMonolord - It’s All the SameAcranius - Amoral

The Album Club Pack is back for a second year as we look at Linkin Park's experimental A Thousand Suns, Primus Sailing the Seas of Cheese, the sleeper crossover influence of Iron Age's The Sleeping Eye, and cower beneath the unreachable pinnacle of caveman horror death metal meatheadedness that is Mortician's Chainsaw Dismemberment.This episode was originally published January 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

Job for a Cowboy finally release new music, Trivium hit the UK for their second tour of the year highlighting cuts from Shogun, and we talk the completed Damnation Festival bill and the bands we'd pay the most for.Releases:Holding Absence - The Noble Art of Self DestructionThe Armed - Perfect SaviorsAsking Alexandria - Where Do We Go From Here?The Word Alive - Hard ResetHot Milk - A Call to the VoidOrbit Culture - DescentFiddlehead - Death is Nothing to UsDethklok - Dethalbum IVKnife - Heaven Into DustIncantation - Unholy DeificationGodthrymm - DistortionsBlut Aus Nord - Disharmonium - NahabUrfaust - UntergangDrab Majesty - An Object In MotionFull of Hell/Gasp - SplitRoyal Blood - Back to the Water BelowEmpire State Bastard - Rivers of HeresyPolaris - FatalismJeff Rosenstock - HellmodeTaking Meds - Dial M for MedsPrimal Fear - Code RedBio-Cancer - RevengeanceGrave Pilgrim - The Bigotry of PurposeUndergang - De syv stadier af fordaerv

Some of the leaders in alt rock top reviews with Spanish Love Songs, The Xcerts, and Teenage Wrist, as well as new Skindred, Urne, Spirit Adrift, Horrendous, Celestial Sanctuary, and a conversation addressing recent comments from CJ McMahon.Spanish Love Songs 37:20The Xcerts 1:01:51Teenage Wrist 1:22:55Skindred 1:34:21Urne 1:47:03Spirit Adrift 2:01:35Horrendous 2:12:22Celestial Sanctuary 2:27:20

At the 2023 Bloodstock Festival, sets from Killswitch Engage, Megadeth, Meshuggah, and more were discussed. The ups and downs of camping, the impact of weather on performances, and personal observations about the festival were shared. Praise for Frozen Soul's performance and a discussion on King 810's political messaging and authenticity were highlighted. There was a detailed review of various bands' performances, including Gate Creeper, Zetra, Sacred Reich, and Fit for an Autopsy. The overall festival experience, standout performances, missed bands, and the rise of Mongolian folk metal were discussed. The dark atmosphere of one band and the controversy surrounding Decapitated's inclusion at the festival were also touched upon.

We pore over the first Wacken announcement looking for festival clues for 2024, debate the worth of rock's various one hit wonders, and learn some mad stats about AC/DC's setlists.Releases:The Hives - The Death of Randy FitzsimmonsUrne - A Feast on SorrowCaskets - ReflectionsKataklysm - GoliathWerewolves - My Enemies Look and Sound Like MeSlugchild - Wounds Untold

Wacken caps its attendees early, Marmozets tease a return, Skindred announce their first Wembley show, and we poke the bands sitting on albums for too long. The return of Toolwatch?Releases:Teenage Wrist - Still LoveSkindred - SmileMammoth WVH - Mammoth IIHumanity’s Last Breath - AshenAn Autumn for Crippled Children - Closure

TNM's Barbenheimer musical double bill moments, Roger Waters re-records Dark Side of the Moon like a mumbling lunatic, and as the aliens are confirmed here we pick our albums to try to communicate with them.Releases:Greta van Fleet - StarcatcherAs December Falls - Join the ClubJames and the Cold Gun - James and the Cold GunOxbow - Love’s HolidayMizmor - ProsaicAgriculture - AgricultureThe Zenith Passage - DatalysiumYellowcard - Childhood EyesMutoid Man - MutantsThe Sun’s Journey Through the Night - WordlessSevendust - Truth KillerUncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Slaughter On First Avenue

We spotlight a bunch of underground acts and fresh faces as we review new albums from Blackbraid, Mutoid Man, Torture Rack, Outer Heaven, Calligram, The Sun's Journey Through the Night, Temple of Angels, and Home is Where.Apologies for the lower quality microphone recording as Elliot calls in, we'll be back to full capacity in no time.Blackbraid 32:21Mutoid Man 48:00Torture Rack 56:20Outer Heaven 1:05:06Calligram 1:13:14The Sun’s Journey Through the Night 1:20:53Temple of Angels 1:29:59Home is Where 1:40:55

The Ghost Inside make a stylistic shift and there's new album announcements from everybody, but it's all about the potential activity going on in the Creed camp as we wait with arms wide open.Releases:Voyager - Fearless In LoveEvile - The UnknownCavalera Conspiracy - Morbid Visions / Bestial DevastationEleine - We Shall RemainTemple of Angels - Endless PursuitCalligram - Position | MomentumChamber - A Love to Kill ForEnd Reign - The Way of All Flesh is DecayDeitus - Irreversible