That's Not Metal

Gojira make history with their absolutely insane Olympics performance, there's a massive stream of singles from Undeath, Better Lovers, High Vis, Jinjer, Oranssi Pazuzu, Jerry Cantrell, & more, and Sam talks about Bruce Springsteen again.Releases:The Smashing Pumpkins - Aghori Mori MeiAnberlin - VegaBlues Pills - BirthdayBarbarian Hermit - Mean SugarShadow Knell - Shadow KnellBlind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond RevisitedFootballhead - Before I DiePoison Ruin - ConfrereCalderum - Desecration of the Bastille

We are joined by drummer and vocalist Alasdair Dunn of experimental black metallers Ashenspire to blow the doors open with one of our most eclectic Album Roulettes with dance-noise, abstract hip-hop, discussion of the true ethos of post-black metal, and tips on getting into jazz as a metal fan.Ed Scissor & Lamplighter - Tell Them It's WinterCIVIL ELEGIES - CombatAltar of Plagues - Teethed Glory & InjuryModel/Actriz - DogsbodyEx Eye - Ex EyeDoomCannon - Renaissance

A hyperspeed Hyperblast with Rou Reynolds joining the War of the Worlds cast, and the first returning track from the original Jane's Addiction line-up.Releases:Orange Goblin - Science, Not FictionDeep Purple - =1Paul Di’Anno’s Warhorse - Paul Di’Anno’s WarhorseUprising - IIIPowerwolf - Wake Up the WickedDream Evil - Metal GodsHarvestmen - Triptych: Part TwoState Faults - Children of the MoonWormwitch - WormwitchColdCell - Age of UnreasonMayhemic - TobaVoid Witch - Horripilating PresenceKaonashi - A Second Chance at Forever: The Brilliant Lies from Casey DiamondGhost - Rite Here Rite Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The week Tenacious D implode in the least predictable circumstances, TNM reviews and gives judgement on albums from Scene Queen, Speed, Crossfaith, 200 Stab Wounds, Ulcerate, Crypt Sermon, & Blind Girls.Scene Queen 18:55Speed 51:00Crossfaith 1:03:30200 Stab Wounds 1:22:57Ulcerate 1:41:53Crypt Sermon 2:03:52Blind Girls 2:15:14

AC/DC hit Wembley Stadium, Palm Reader bid farewell, while also giving us new music from new band Vower. We get one of the year's more questionable covers, and get misty-eyed over closed venues from years past.Releases:Speed - Only One ModeGraphic Nature - Who Are You When No One is Watching?In Hearts Wake - IncarnationThe Home Team - The Crucible of LifeMr. Big - TenWebbed Wing - Vol. IIIWerewolves - Die for UsSissy Spacek - DiaphonousSeth - La France des mauditsForgotten Tomb - NightfloatingTotengott - Beyond the VeilSkelethal - Within Corrosive ContinuumsKing 810 - Under the Black Rainbow

Outbreak Festival goes outdoors for an even bigger event, with sets from Have Heart, Basement, American Football, Thursday, Balance and Composure, The Hotelier, Poison the Well, & more.Releases:Scene Queen - Hot Singles In Your AreaCrossfaith - ARK200 Stab Wounds - Manual Manic ProceduresAnvil - One and OnlyWraith - Fueled by FearLove Letter - Everyone Wants Something BeautifulPijn - On Low Beams of HopeLimbonic Art - Opus DaemoniacalEnter Shikari - Dancing on the FrontlineVisions of Atlantis - Pirates II - ArmadaOrden Ogan - The Order of FearWormed - OmegonVulvodynia - EntabeniKrallice - Inorganic RitesXasthur - Disharmonic Variations

We catch up to give our take on Bring Me the Horizon's Post Human: Nex Gen, albums from The Story So Far, Joey Valance & Brae, Candy, Umbra Vitae, Rotting Christ, & Julie Christmas, and take a trip to the movies for Ghost's Rite Here Rite Now film.Ghost 1:59Bring Me the Horizon 31:08The Story So Far 1:15:50Joey Valance & Brae 1:29:47Candy 1:43:00Umbra Vitae 1:53:47Rotting Christ 2:05:56Julie Christmas 2:20:37

A huge live music summer continues with gigs galore but also the reports of drama, mismanagement, and poisoning coming out of Download Festival 2024.Releases:The Story So Far - I Want to DisappearWage War - StigmaKittie - FireAlcest - Les Chants De l’Auroreearthtone9 - In Resonance NexusForeign Hands - What’s Left UnsaidCalcine - Common Love Common NauseaThe Dangerous Summer - GravitySumac - The HealerPortrait - The HostHyperdontia - Harvest of MalevolenceSarke - Endo FeightKvaen - The Formless FiresCavalera Conspiracy - SchizophreniaBlack Veil Brides - Bleeders

The season of the big rock shows begins with Paramore supporting at The Eras Tour, double Metallica, Weezer + Pumpkins, as well as tonnes of new singles including big returns for Nails and The Black Dahlia Murder, and discussion of the Barclay's Boycott at Download Festival.Releases:Black Country Communion - VThe Early November - Self-TitledFu Manchu - The Return of TomorrowJulie Christmas - Ridiculous and Full of BloodCrypt Sermon - The Stygian RoseLucifer’s Hammer - Be and ExistRezn - BurdenUlcerate - Cutting the Throat of GodDownfall of Mankind - PurgatoryMalignancy - …DiscontinuedEmbryonic Autopsy - Origins of the DeformedGroin - Paid In FleshFellwarden - Legend: Forged In Defiance

After last week's trip to Slam Dunk, we hop to the other side of the UK festival spectrum to the upcoming black metal event Fortress Festival, headlined by Triptykon and Wolves in the Throne Room and setting black metal at the beach.Releases:Bon Jovi - ForeverRoyal Republic - LoveCopApocalyptica - Apocalyptica Plays Metallica Vol. 2Evergrey - Theories of EmptinessJoey Valance & Brae - No HandsSect - Plagues Upon PlaguesCandy - It’s Inside YouUmbra Vitae - Light of DeathSevere Torture - Torn from the Jaws of DeathTorturers’ Lobby - Deadened NervesDysrhythmia - Coffin of ConvictionHippotraktor - StasisGurt - Satan EtcErnte - Weltenzerstorer