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It's a festival week of madness as TNM discusses the Download, Reading & Leeds and Slam Dunk additions, guitar hero battles, a look at the new albums from Can't Swim, Daughters and King Nine and a hilarious delve into the world of Manor on this week's Album Club.

It's an insane TNM this week as we discuss the new albums from Architects, Smashing Pumpkins, Laura Jane Grace, Old Wounds and the slab of absolute ridiculousness that is the new Muse album. There's discussion on Threatin, new tunes from The Fever and Angel Dust, what Slayer song would work best at a wedding and Album Club is on the Beastie Boys' 1992 opus, Check Your Head.

Beez and Ryan discuss the potential Creeper split, Jonathan Davis questioning the popularity of rock & metal, why holograms are a rubbish idea, what bands they'd raise from the dead and a whole bunch more in this week's That's Not Metal, powered by uDiscover.

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The TNM gang go in depth on the first Download 2019 announcement including Def Leppard, Slipknot, Tool, Die Antwoord and more, there's chat about the new Bring Me The Horizon and BABYMETAL tracks, are Greta Van Fleet the new Nickelback and the team pick 6 albums that have flown under the radar this year including breakout US phenomenon Polyphia.

TNM delve into the many uses for David Draiman's (now defunct) chin piercings, there's reviews of the new albums from Greta Van Fleet, Disturbed, Soulfly and Atreyu, looks at the return of Gallows, Slam Dunk and Scorpions chat for Bloodstock 2019 and Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes 'Blossom' is the subject of this week's Album Club.

TNM recap a ludicrous week where Weezer went Latin, one of Insane Clown Posse tried dropkicking Fred Durst and Kid Rock visited the White House, albums from Basement, Ghostemane, Tom Morello and Hangman's Chair are reviewed and Nine Inch nails' The Fragile is the subject of this week's Album Club.

It's one of the best week's of music this year as Behemoth, Black Peaks, Coheed & Cambria and High On Fire's new albums are reviewed, there's further chat on Machine Head, Korn are to produce Koffee, we suspect Jim Root of telling lies and Album Club is on The Distillers' Coral Fang.

Perran and Beez discuss the show news about Machine Head's 'Farewell Tour' and the news that Phil Demmel and Dave McClain are to leave the band.

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