That's Not Metal

We take a trip to 2024's Slam Dunk event, and Nile come out with the song title of the year.Releases:Rotting Christ - Pro XristouSpiter - Enter the Gates of Fucking HellThou - UmbilicalCHVE - KalvarieFour Stroke Baron - Data DiamondThe Hope Conspiracy - Tools of Oppression / Rule by DeceptionRhapsody of Fire - Challenge the WindSaltatio Mortis - FinsterwachtCloven Hoof - Heathen CrossBad Nerves - Still NervousBad Breeding - ContemptHellbutcher - HellbutcherTroops of Doom - A Mass to the GrotesqueShrapnel - In GravityHouse by the Cemetery - The Mortuary HauntingsHaunted Plasma - IWhoredom Rife - Den Vrede MaktWormwood - The StarGraywave - Dancing in the DustExodus - British Disaster: The Battle of ‘89 (Live at the Astoria)Black Sabbath - Anno Domini 1989-1995

Def Leppard signal the dawn of the pop metal age with Pyromania, we evaluate if Fightstar's Grand Unification holds up, Comeback Kid make a modern hardcore classic Wake the Dead, and Autopsy set a bar for freakish death metal Mental Funeral.This episode was originally published April 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.

May brings some of the biggest event releases in metal as we review Knocked Loose, Kerry King, Gatecreeper, Pallbearer, Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, One Step Closer, Folterkammer, & Antichrist Siege Machine.27:35 Knocked Loose58:48 Kerry King1:21:36 Gatecreeper1:41:10 Pallbearer2:00:36 Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats2:24:26 One Step Closer2:39:41 Folterkammer3:06:16 Antichrist Siege Machine

Live trips to Sick of It All and Green Lung, big new additions to Outbreak and Damnation's schedules, reactions to news of a certain controversial label signing, and more Steve Albini worship.Releases:Missiles - Weaponize TomorrowMarkgraf - HohenbadenKerry King - From Hell I RiseGatecreeper - Darker SuperstitionJasta - …And Jasta for AllPallbearer - Mind Burns AliveShellac - To All TrainsOne Step Closer - All You EmbraceRope Sect - EstrangementNocturnus A.D. - UnicursalPathology - Unholy DescentTzompantli - Beating the Drums of Ancestral ForceBat - Under the Crooked ClawGoden - Vale of the FallenUfomammut - HiddenBotanist - PaleobotanySoftcult - HeavenCivil Elegies - No Life

Today's episode is dedicated to Steve Albini, the patron saint of alternative music, architect of the 90s, engineer of some of our greatest works of art across five different decades, and one of TNM's true heroes.Releases:Knocked Loose - You Won’t Go Before You’re Supposed ToLike Moths to Flames - The Cycles of Trying to CopePowerman 5000 - Abandon ShipKill II This - VariantHot Water Music - VowsIndoor Pets - Pathetic ApatheticUncle Acid & the Deadbeats - Nell’ Ora BluUnleash the Archers - PhantomaFreedom Call - Silver RomanceAnette Olzon - RaptureSebastian Bach - Child Within the ManArab Strap - I’m totally fine with it 👍 don’t give a fuck anymore 👍Riot V - Mean StreetsFlamekeeper - FlamekeeperTake Offense - T.O.talitySix Feet Under - Killing for RevengeNecrophagia - Moribundis GrimRed Rot - Borders of Mania

April releases went absolutely crazy, and so this time on TNM we reviews albums from Pearl Jam, The Ghost Inside, Inter Arma, SeeYouSpaceCowboy, Dool, Castle Rat, High On Fire, & Dvne, as well as singles from Motley Crue and Unto Others, and live trips to Pupil Slicer and Underdark/Devil Master.36:49 Pearl Jam55:25 The Ghost Inside1:14:48 Inter Arma1:47:10 SeeYouSpaceCowboy...2:05:26 Dool2:25:13 Castle Rat2:39:12 High On Fire2:57:07 Dvne

Excitement brews as letlive. prepares for a return, while Thursday celebrates their first new song in 13 years. Live performances spark nostalgia and laughter, revealing the chaotic nature of the metal scene. A thrilling death metal cover by Frozen Soul brings a fresh twist to a classic. Latest releases from bands like Pearl Jam and My Dying Bride highlight genre diversity, while the buzz around upcoming concerts keeps fans on their toes. The hosts reflect on the vibrant evolution of metal, concluding with a nod to the rich underground culture.

Architects release a new single in collaboration with Jordan Fish, but there is also an elephant in the room we have to discuss. Elsewhere Bloodywood get a big movie moment, music from Century Media's new signing Sonja, and questions on negative review pushback and our favourite foot in mouth band moments.Releases:Blue Öyster Cult - Ghost StoriesCastle Rat - Into the RealmTýr - Battle BalladsRiot V - Mean StreetsVulture - SentinelsHeavy Temple - Garden of HeathensTarot - Glimpse of the DawnAaron West and the Roaring Twenties - In Lieu of FlowersHeavenly Blue - We Have the AnswerWhores. - War.Love Sex Machine - TrveNecrot - Lifeless BirthBenighted - EkbomExist - Hijacking the ZeitgeistReplicant - Infinite MortalityHeresiarch - EdificeNorthlane - Mirror’s Edge

We polish off March's releases with a bonus review ep covering While She Sleeps' continued bizarre choices of experimentation in Self Hell and Sum 41's parting note of a double album Heaven :x: Hell.Releases:Bob Vylan - Humble as the SunFeeder - Black/RedAlpha Wolf - Half Living ThingsERRA - CureFilth - Southern HostilityStrung Out - Dead RebellionBayside - There are Worse Things Than Being AliveCock Sparrer - Hand On HeartKorpiklaani - RankarumpuIngested - The Tide of Death and Fractured DreamsHour of Penance - DevotionIron Monkey - Spleen & GoadFriends of Hell - God Damned You to HellDestroyer of Light - Degradation YearsHorndal - Head Hammer ManAttic - Return of the WitchfinderWitch Vomit - Funeral SanctumFuneral Leech - The Illusion of TimeDiabolic Oath - Oracular HexationsLocrian - End TerrainAustere - Beneath the ThresholdThe Good The Bad and the Zugly - Decade of RegressionDreamcar - Dream

Album Club toasts 20 years of AFI's goth punk masterpiece Sing the Sorrow, revisits one of the last big supergroups and the era it ended with Axewound's Vultures, and celebrates two underground punk and grind gems with Fall of Efrafa's Owsla and Genghis Tron's Dead Mountain Mouth.This episode was originally published March 2023 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.