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July Album Clubs look at the victory of one of heavy metal's patron saints Dio's Holy Diver, the most ripped off pop punk album of the decade Under Soil and Dirt by The Story So Far, the psychological horror metalcore splurge of Norma Jean's Bless the Martyr and Kiss the Child, and examines bluegrass and worker's solidarity in black metal with Panopticon's Kentucky.
This episode was originally published July 2022 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
The superb new Paramore record tops February reviews with In Flames, Hellripper, Sanguisugabogg, Narrow Head, Naut, Host, and Going Off in tow, as well as Unto Others b-sides, lost Linkin Park songs, and Code Orange's ARG remix album.
Paramore 37:30
In Flames 59:54
Hellripper 1:16:12
Sanguisugabogg 1:27:06
Narrow Head 1:41:38
Naut 1:51:52
Host 2:00:02
Going Off 2:11:16
The results of the 2023 Grammys are discussed with a particularly poor showing for Rock & Metal, with the problems of treating categories like lifetime achievement awards and valueing genre tourism over homegrown acts, and we pay respects to one of our favourite alt punk bands Camp Cope.
Releases:
Paramore - This is Why
You Me At Six - Truth Decay
Pierce the Veil - The Jaws of Life
Narrow Head - Moments of Clarity
Delain - Dark Waters
Klone - Meanwhile
Stormo - Endocannibalismo
Frozen Dawn - The Decline of the Enlightened Gods
Oak - Disintegrate
The Prince of Darkness announces his touring retirement, Slipknot and Year of the Knife surprise drop new music on us, Zara Larsson pulls an oopsie! with her choice of questionable band merch, and we try to drill into the intrinsic appeal of a skeleton.
Releases:
In Flames - Foregone
Sanguisugabogg - Homicidal Ecstasy
Memoriam - Rise to Power
Fvnerals - Let the Earth Be Silent
Calderum - Lord Cramridor
Torso - A Crash Course In Terror
News absolutely boots off with discussion of Pantera being removed from various festival lineups in Europe, Panic! At the Disco calling it quits, and a barrage of bizarre and questionable new music arrives from The Xcerts, Ghost ft Joe Elliot, power metallers dropping diss tracks, and... David Ellefson and Violent J covering Faith No More. Give us strength.
Releases:
Maneskin - Rush
New Found Glory - Make the Most of It
Riverside - ID.Entity
Tidal Wave - The Lord Knows
Imperium Dekadenz - Into Sorrow Evermore
Nothingness - Supraliminal
Deiquisitor - Apotheosis
Tribunal - The Weight of Remembrance
Dryad - The Abyssal Plain
Grief Symposium - …In the Absence of Light
Fucked Up - One Day
White Reaper - Asking for a Ride
Sightless Pit - Lockstep Bloodwar
Oozing Wound - We Cater to Cowards
…And Oceans - As in Gardens, So in Tombs
Bizarrekvlt - Den Tatpe Krigen
Trastorned - Into the Void
Freeroad - Do What You Feel!
The Lucid - Saddle Up and Ride
Summer arrives and we go into some classic Album Club territory with Sum 41's moodier metal turn Chuck, Blind Guardian's Nightfall In Middle Earth, Your Demise upset the windbreakers on The Golden Age, and Cattle Decapitation's boundary-crossing look into a dark future The Anthropocene Extinction.
This episode was originally published June 2022 on patreon.com/thatsnotmetal.
2023's first TNM reviews come from VV, Katatonia, Obituary, Twilight Force, Fireworks, Swiss Army Wife, Ahab, & Grief Symposium, Fall Out Boy do the unthinkable and write a rock song again, and we debate Trivium setlists after their long awaited UK tour.
VV 35:10
Katatonia 51:38
Obituary 1:04:03
Twilight Force 1:16:06
Fireworks 1:25:32
Swiss Army Wife 1:36:19
Ahab 1:43:17
Grief Symposium 2:00:40
Hyperblasts returns for 2023 bringing the first round of early news including new music from Sleep Token, Periphery, and Enter Shikari, Till Lindeman's statue getting nicked, and our quick little look ahead at the albums and shows we're looking forward to this year.
Releases:
Iggy Pop - Every Loser
Anti-Flag - Lies They Tell Our Children
HellPoison - Ultra Outbreak of Hell
The Canyon Observer - Figura
VV - Neon Noir
Obituary - Dying of Everything
Ahab - The Coral Tombs
Polar - Everywhere, Everything
It's the last dance of the year with the TNM Awards, as the gang assemble to anoint the greats and truly take to task the bull:
Most Improved Band
Song of the Year
Worst Song of the Year
Hero of the Year
Villain of the Year
Best New Band
Biggest Disappointment
Gig of the Year
EP of the Year
Artwork of the Year
Movie of the Year
Comeback of the Year
Surprise of the Year
Outstanding Achievement
Worst Band of the Year
Unsung Heroes
Story of the Year
Band of the Year
AOTY season continues at TNM with lists from 2022's fresh contributors Mark & Elliot, and most importantly the results of the listener album of the year poll are revealed and given the magnifying glass.
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