That's Not Metal

This week we review two new albums from bands who have changed the modern sonic make-up of hardcore in Harm's Way's industrial brutality Common Suffering, and Code Orange's latest (divisive as always) piece of their ongoing conceptual evolution as they go up into The Above.Releases:Svalbard - The Weight of the MaskOf Mice & Men - TetherCapra - ErrorsCarnifex - NecromanteumCitizen - Calling the DogsProng - State of EmergencyHeavy Load - Riders of the Ancient StormBlodet - Death MotherOctober Tide - The Cancer PledgeSpider God - Blackened: Pink

Our September Album Club Pack is a Damnation Fest special as we look at four diverse records from heavy history being showcased at this event: Leprous' prog majesty Coal, Unearth's Oncoming Storm, Deadguy's deranged Fixation on a Coworker, and Akercocke's sexy suit Choronzon.Album Club normally goes up at patreon.com/thatsnotmetal, but teaming up with Damnation Festival, this one's on us straight away. Enjoy!

Some weeks just get overrun by drama: Thy Art is Murder's quite unbelievable decision to replace the vocals on their album in a week has the extended discussion that such a subject warrants, Bloodstock complete their 2023 headliners, and there's an intriguing LiveNation merch cuts scheme. Simmering down, we talk Busted.Releases:Samurai Pizza Cats - You’re HellcomeHeart of a Coward - This Place Brings Only DeathGuilt Trip - Severance3TEETH - EndExKEN Mode - VoidKill Devil Hill - Seas of OblivionPkew Pkew Pkew - Siiick DaysSincere Engineer - Cheap GrillsProfanatica - Crux SimplexFinal Gasp - Mourning MoonSilence in the Snow - Ghost EyesMourning - Hive of ResentmentBlood Command - World DominationCode Orange - The AboveHarm’s Way - Common SufferingKoyo - Would You Miss It?Grove Street - The Path to RighteousnessPrimordial - How It EndsMaggot Heart - HungerBlack Stone Cherry - Screamin’ At the SkySteven Wilson - The Harmony CodexGunship - UnicornKK’s Priest - The Sinner Rides AgainGraveyard - 6Asinhell - Impii HoraNervosa - Jailbreak‘68 - Yes, and…Filth is Eternal - Find OutRuin Lust - DissimulantMoonlight Sorcery - Horned Lord of the Thorned CastleWoe - Legacies of FrailtyIskandr - Spiritus SylvestrisWolves in the Throne Room - Crypt of Ancestral Knowledge

In the busiest month of the year TNM reviews Corey Taylor, Baroness, Sylosis, Blood Command, Kvelertak, Empire State Bastard, Cannibal Corpse, & Hexvessel, toast the achievements of the departing Dawn Ray'd, and ask... WHO did Stef Carpenter tell about the new Deftones album?!Corey Taylor 38:00Baroness 1:06:37Sylosis 1:25:31Blood Command 1:43:35Kvelertak 2:06:11Empire State Bastard 2:21:57Cannibal Corpse 2:37:48Hexvessel 2:55:27

Nickelback and Massacre both draw conversational lines in the sand, and While She Sleeps release a new track that goes full... something.Releases:30 Seconds to Mars - It’s the End of the World But It’s a Beautiful DayCorey Taylor - CMF2Baroness - StoneTesseract - War of BeingAsh - Race the NightDanko Jones - Electric SoundsPain of Truth - Not Through BloodMagnitude - Of Days Renewed…Worriers - Trust Your GutNight Verses - Every Sound Has a Color in the Valley of NightExplosions in the Sky - EndTomb Mold - The Enduring SpiritBrujeria - Esto es BrujeriaGridlink - Coronet JupiterShining - ShiningAlkaloid - NumenFabricant - Drudge to the ThicketAltarage - Worst Case ScenarioBlood Incantation - Luminescent BridgeMayhem - Daemonic Rites

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.