That's Not Metal

It's time for us to undertake our hour deep dive review into the brand new Metallica record 72 Seasons, on top of the new Every Time I Escape Plan music, Foo Fighters & others, a talk about the increase of festival cancellations in the UK, and a glut of Metallica-themed questions to seal the deal.Releases:Poison Ruin - HarvestOverkill - ScorchedSmoulder - Violent Creed of VengeanceVoidCeremony - Threads of UnknowingSól Án Varma - Sól Án VarmaThe Infinity Ring - Nemesis & NativityEnter Shikari - A Kiss for the Whole WorldGrave Pleasures - PlagueboysBell Witch - Future’s Shadow Part 1: The Clandestine GatePortrayal of Guilt - Devil MusicThe Smashing Pumpkins - Atum: Act ThreeThe St. Pierre Snake Invasion - GaloreAngus McSix - Angus McSix and the Sword of PowerDorthia Cortrell - Death Folk CountryTanith - VoyageSign Language - Madison & FloralOath of Cranes - The Unsung MantrasDawn of Ouroboros - Velvet IncandescencePredatory Void - Seven Keys to the Discomfort of BeingBirdflesh - Sickness in the NorthAs Everything Unfolds - UltravioletBrand of Sacrifice - Between Death and Dreams

If you're not all on Metallica... Toasting Balance and Composure's return, and reviews debate Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow, Grave Pleasures, a hardcore gauntlet of Jesus Piece, Enforced, & The Hirs Collective, and black metal opuses from Lamp of Murmuur and Dødheimsgard.Enter Shikari 20:32Bury Tomorrow 43:27Grave Pleasures 1:09:07Jesus Piece 1:29:24Enforced 1:40:53The Hirs Collective 1:49:57Lamp of Murmuur 2:07:59Dødheimsgard 2:24:08

Hyperblasts reviews new EPs from Scowl, Tribulation, and the split from Fit for an Autopsy, Thy Art is Murder, and Malevolence, and takes in news of Motley Crue's lawsuit, petty KISS drama, and Josh Klinghoffer's sky high self-confidence.Releases:Scowl - Psychic Dance RoutineTribulation - HamartiaFit for an Autopsy/Thy Art is Murder/Malevolence - The Aggression SessionsPowerwolf - InterludiumRise of the Northstar - ShowdownThe Nightmares - SéanceMudhoney - Plastic EternityWorriers - Warm Blankethealthyliving - Songs of Abundance, Psalms of GriefUnderstand - Real Food At LastAnthropophagous - Abuse of a CorpseMidnight Betrothed - Death…My Faithful BrideSunrot - The Unfailing RopeLo! - The Gleaners

We've got a double review on Hyperblasts with the verdict on Fall Out Boy's supposed return to form So Much (for) Stardust and Depeche Mode's poignant Memento Mori, along with new music from Empire State Bastard and Portrayal of Guilt among others and totally topical hot button questions.Releases:Lamp of Murmuur - Saturnian BloodstormOHHMS - RotBury Tomorrow - The Seventh SunGel - Only ConstantLordi - Screem Writers GuildCity and Colour - The Love Still Held Me NearFoxteeth - Through the BlueSamiam - StowawayThe Ongoing Concept - AgainKingsmen - Bones Don’t LieDead Lakes - DaydreamerThe Last In Line - JerichoDemonstealer - The Propaganda MachineRotten Sound - ApocalypseAllfather - A Violent TruthSpirit Possession - Of the Sign…Kommand - Death AgeVredensdal - Sonic Devotion to DarknessAara - Triade III: NyxAttack Attack! - Dark Waves

The State of Unrest Tour with Lamb of God and Kreator finally gets done and dusted, as well as an arena show for Beartooth and a 40th anniversary blast for W.A.S.P., hip-hop delivers two very different takes on heavy metal, and we talk the worst festivals we've been to.Releases:Night Demon - OutsiderKruelty - UntopiaSkourge - Torrential TormentForetoken - TriumphsVerminous Serpent - The Malign CovenantHyperdontia - DerangedDownfall of Gaia - Silhouettes of DisgustKamelot - The AwakeningBabymetal - The Other OneDawn Ray’d - To Know the LightFall Out Boy - So Much (for) StardustDepeche Mode - Memento MoriAugust Burns Red - Death BelowOv Sulfur - The Burden ov FaithThe Bouncing Souls - Ten Stories HighThe Hirs Collective - We’re Still HereGatekeeper - From Western ShoresSaxon - More InspirationsAcid King - Beyond VisionLiturgy - 93696Ne Obliviscaris - ExulKeep of Kalessin - KatharsisMork - DypetShores of Null - The Loss of BeautyCruachan - The Living and the DeadIhsahn - Fascination Street SessionsSoftcult - See You in the Dark

We're at August Album Clubs with an early 2010s selection of The Gaslight Anthem's derided Get Hurt, Sylosis' thrash ambition on Edge of the Earth, Trap Them defining Entombedcore on Darker Handcraft, and assessing the impact of Infant Annihilator's meme deathcore The Palpable Leprosy of Pollution.This episode was originally published August 2022 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

Avenged Sevenfold finally break their musical silence, we dissect Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Metal Songs list, and reviews tackle Babymetal, Zulu, Periphery, Suicide Silence, Judiciary, Dawn Ray'd, and OHHMS.Babymetal 49:48Zulu 1:07:24Periphery 1:28:08Suicide Silence 1:48:51Judiciary 2:11:13Dawn Ray'd 2:22:30OHHMS 2:39:13

The electronicore scene is fractured by Blessed by a Broken Heart dramatically returning to the scene calling out Electric Callboy for supposedly stealing their sound. Who will prevail?! We also saw Napalm Death with Barney (slightly) consigned to a chair, talk our dalliances with the slam scene, and about Funeral for a Friend doing a Casually Dressed tour, again.Releases:Majesties - Vast Reaches UnclaimedPeriphery - Periphery V: Djent is Not a GenreSuicide Silence - Remember… You Must DieJudiciary - Flesh + BloodMeet Me @ The Altar - Past // Present // FutureManchester Orchestra - The Valley of VisionStory of the Year - Tear Me to PiecesNanowar of Steel - Dislike to False MetalGorod - The OrbFluisteraars - De Kronieken van het Verdwenen Kasteel - I - Harslo

New music from Svalbard and Cradle of Filth, Avenged Sevenfold teasing through social media "hacks", a trip to Obituary and Conjurer's London show, and trying to pick four of the deathcore new breed.Releases:Can’t Swim - Thanks But No ThanksZulu - A New TomorrowEnslaved - HeimdalHaken - FaunaFull of Hell & Primitive Man - Suffocating HallucinationViscera - CarcinogenesisEntheos - Time Will Take Us AllNecropanther - BetrayalSortilège - ApocalypsoFake Names - Expendables.gif from god - Digital Red

Architects call for a band strike on venue merch cuts, Frozen Soul release their first Matt Heafy-produced cut, and a lengthy report on Gojira's arena tour with Alien Weaponry and Employed to Serve and theorising on how far they might go.Releases:Avatar - Dance Devil DanceGraphic Nature - A Man Waiting to DiePigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs - Land of SleeperMan Must Die - The Pain Behind It AllUlthar - Anthronomicon / HelionomiconCult of Fire - Om Kali Maha KaliHost - IXNaut - HuntGoing Off - What Makes You Tick?Hundred Reasons - Glorious SunsetGodsmack - Lighting Up the SkyDope - LovesongSteel Panther - On the ProwlInsomnium - Anno 1696Lovebites - Judgement DayMegaton Sword - Might & PowerBig|Brave - Nature MorteDeath Pill - Death PillVenomous Concept - The Good Ship Lollipop