That's Not Metal

There's reports from High Vis and Tribulation both hitting headline tours around the UK, A Day to Remember bring news of their surprise album and its promised big ole volumes, and Parkway Drive stake a claim on the Sydney Opera House.Releases:Killswitch Engage - This ConsequenceSilverstein - AntibloomAnxious - BambiTo Obey a Tyrant - Frigore InferniWren - Black Rain FallsHirax - Faster Than DeathMorax - The AmuletPissgrave - Malignant WorthlessnessGràb - KremessAbduction - ExistentialismusGod Complex - He Watches In SilenceSpy - Seen Enough

letlive. finally break the seal on their UK return dates, Death Grips seem to disband again, and there's questions on the misconceptions that surround some of rock's most underrated, misunderstood bands.Releases:Bleeding Through - NineLacuna Coil - Sleepless EmpireLove is Noise - To live in a different wayWinona Fighter - My Apologies to the ChefThe Nightmares - Fire In HeavenHangman’s Chair - SaddictionPothamus - AburMantar - Post Apocalyptic DepressionSavage Lands - Army of the TreesFell Omen - Invaded by a Dark SpiritChurch Tongue - You’ll Know It Was MeFinal Resting Place - Bound by AfflictionLacerated - Lacerated

A bumper edition of Hyperblasts sees Trivium & Bullet for My Valentine embark on the Poisoned Ascendancy tour, Cattle Decapitation & Shadow of Intent also co-headline, Gojira win a Grammy, Courtney LaPlante wins the Grammys, and oh yeah Black Sabbath?! Lot to cover in this one.Releases:Dream Theater - ParasomniaJinjer - DuelMarko Hietala - Roses from the DeepMajestica - Power TrainObscura - A SonicationPhrenelith - Ashen Womb16 - Guides for the MisguidedMorast - FentanylSaor - Amidst the RuinsEreb Altor - HälsingemörkerUnreqvited - A Pathway to the Moon

Some of 2025's first heavy hitting singles arrive all at once from Deafheaven, Behemoth, Poison the Well, & also Bring Me the Horizon cover Wonderwall for some reason.Releases:Dax Riggs - 7 Songs for SpidersVukovi - My God Has Got a GunCentury - Sign of the StormAvatarium - Between You, God, The Devil and the DeadNegative 13 - Recover What You CanHarakiri for the Sky - Scorched EarthSunrot - PassagesThe Night Flight Orchestra - Give Us the MoonGrief Ritual - CollapseL.S. Dunes - VioletTayne - LoveGreat American Ghost - Tragedy of the CommonsThe Hellacopters - OverdriverPentagram - Lightning in a BottleJonathan Hultén - Eyes of the Living NightRevenge - Violation.Strife.AbominateScrüda - Fury Among Ruins

Our first TNM reviews of 2025 hit the runway with The Night Flight Orchestra, Wardruna, The Halo Effect, The Great Old Ones, Trauma Bond, & Grief Ritual, and we pay tribute to one of the greatest left-field artists and dreamers of all time David Lynch.The Night Flight Orchestra 45:00Wardruna 1:07:53The Halo Effect 1:28:45The Great Old Ones 1:44:48Trauma Bond 2:00:34Grief Ritual 2:10:30

Album Club returns to start 2024 after a few months away with a bumper episode, setting the record straight on Bring Me the Horizon's Post Human: Survival Horror, destroying orcs with 3 Inches of Blood's Advance and Vanquish, Joyce Manor's micro-classic Never Hungover Again, and Reign Supreme with #WhyNotDyingFetusThis episode was originally published January 2024 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

Hints of a Nine Inch Nails world tour, uncertainty in the SeeYouSpaceCowboy camp, Exodus swap their old singers again, and SpiritWorld go full cowboy.Releases:Eidola - MendGrave Digger - Bone CollectorTokyo Blade - Time is the FireTrauma Bond - Summer Ends. Some Are Long Gone.Sarcator - Swarming Angels & FliesNecrodeath - ArimortisNecromaniac - Sciomancy, Malediction & Rites AbominableOnirophagus - Revelations from the VoidHierarchies - HierarchiesDay By Day - Dust and AshesDark Fortress - Anthems From Beyond the Grave - Live In Europe 2023

We're back for 2025 looking to our hopes and goals for the year ahead, announce our first 2025 special, get a first batch of promising to stupid new singles, and yet another reunion.Releases:Patriarkh - Prophet IljaPaleface Swiss - CursedMutagenic Host - The Diseased MachineEthel Cain - PervertsStick to Your Guns - Keep Planting FlowersLambrini Girls - Who Let The Dogs OutTremonti - The End Will Show Us HowThe Halo Effect - March of the UnheardThe Cimmerian - An Age Undreamed OfHaunted Horses - DwellerEx Deo - Year of the Four EmperorsJota - Haven

For our last show before Christmas we arrive at the TNM Awards for 2024, as we gather to end the year with the successes, stories, downfalls and villain arcs that defined the year in heavy: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

We round off the best rock and metal albums of 2024 with lists from Sam and Mark, plus the all important and really incredibly great this year listener poll from all of you to really see who gets crowned.