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Perran and Mark consider the news of a four day Download next year, the loss of The Pit/Lock Up stage at Reading & Leeds, the pros and cons of growling kids on talent shows, and a bunch of new tracks including a return to form In Flames and Steve Aoki putting his fingers in some rock music pies again.
Releases:
D.R.U.G.S. - Destroy Rebuild
Lit - Tastes Like Gold
Nova Twins - Supernova
Civil War - Invaders
Esoctrilihum - Consecration of the Spiritus Flesh
White Ward - False Light
Weezer - SZNS: Summer
Returning from Slam Dunk weekend, Alexisonfire's comeback album and another stormer from Kreator head up reviews with Bleed From Within, Coheed and Cambria, Joyce Manor, Final Light, Astronoid, & Nervus.
Alexisonfire 22:31
Kreator 41:38
Bleed From Within 56:31
Coheed and Cambria 1:09:07
Joyce Manor 1:19:48
Final Light 1:30:01
Astronoid 1:41:17
Nervus 1:52:15
Perran's joined by guest Mark Sandison to talk about the feral action going down at Maryland Deathfest, Bring Me the Horizon's throwback Malta set, new tunes from Amon Amarth and Panic! At the Disco, but mainly the feral action going down at Maryland Deathfest. Good grief.
Releases:
The Chasm - The Scars of a Lost Reflective Shadow
Kreator - Hate Uber Alles
Bleed From Within - Shrine
Astronoid - Radiant Bloom
Gwar - The New Dark Ages
The Algorithm - Data Renaissance
Artificial Brain - Artificial Brain
Origin - Chaosmos
Crobot - Feel This
Memphis May Fire - Remade In Misery
No Pressure - No Pressure
Temple of Void - Summoning the Slayer
Killswitch Engage - Live at the Palladium
Milton Keynes' transport network is sent into meltdown by a bunch of emos as My Chemical Romance, Mayhem, and Elton John (not on the same bill) saw a crazy Saturday night. With this episode though we salute Alec Chillingworth, who takes his leave from TNM. Cheers for your love everybody, one and all.
Releases:
Decapitated - Cancer Culture
Def Leppard - Diamond Star Halos
Tremonti - Tremonti Sings Sinatra
Liam Gallagher - C’mon You Know
bigLOVE - Crusaders of Joy
Besvärjelsen - Atlas
Lord Belial - Rapture
Sacrifizer - Le diamant de Lucifer
Black Void - Antithesis
Spiter - Bathe the Babe in Bat’s Blood
Mournful Congregation - The Exuviae of Gods Part I
Baest - Justitia
As My Chemical Romance surprise us with their first new song, there's more talk of deathcore bands sneaking in Euro-metal with Lorna Shore's new track, charlatans selling the wrong rock artists at the Eurovision Song Contest, attempts to dodge flying setlist spoilers, and a general weird gig trip to Oranssi Pazuzu.
Releases:
Pkew Pkew Pkew - Open Bar
State Champs - Kings of the New Age
Moon Tooth - Phototroph
Visions of Atlantis - Pirates
Misery Index - Complete Control
Jungle Rot - A Call to Arms
Primitive Man - Insurmountable
Famyne - II: The Ground Below
Malevolence - Malicious Intent
Static Dress - Rouge Carpet Disaster
Cave In - Heavy Pendulum
Septicflesh - Modern Primitive
Casket Feeder - Servants of Violence
Anvil - Impact is Imminent
James LaBrie - Beautiful Shade of Grey
Evergrey - A Heartless Portrait: The Orphean Testament
Blut Aus Nord - Disharmonium: Undreamable Abysses
Predatory Light - Death and the Twilight Hours
Luminous Vault - Animate the Emptiness
Come to Grief - When the World Dies
Unbowed - Colour the Soul
Be Well - Hello Sun
Some potential break-out records and long-awaited works populate May reviews with Ibaraki, Malevolence, Static Dress, Cave In, Puppy, Septicflesh, and Casket Feeder, but first, after the heartbreaking news we remember the wonderful Trevor Strnad.
Ibaraki 26:53
Malevolence 58:15
Static Dress 1:13:28
Cave In 1:25:46
Puppy 1:42:36
Septicflesh 1:55:56
Casket Feeder 2:08:51
The mystery of Rammstein's possible fake tour dates has us scratching our heads, Suicide Silence make a blast return to their roots, and we talk about versatile vocalists, our personal most important hardcore bands, and question what it could take to knock some of the big league bands off the top, as well as live reports from Tool's Fear Inoculum tour and Helloween's returning run.
Releases:
Halestorm - Back from the Dead
Fozzy - Boombox
Three Days Grace - Explosions
Silverstein - Misery Made Me
Simple Plan - Harder Than It Looks
Stand Atlantic - F.E.A.R.
Upon a Burning Body - Fury
Ibaraki - Rashomon
Terror - Pain Into Power
Puppy - Pure Evil
God Mother - Obeveklig
Chamber - Carved In Stone
Ufomammut - Fenice
Wo Fat - The Singularity
Cosmic Putrefaction - Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones
Tómarúm - Ash In Realms of Stone Icons
Haunter - Discarnate Alis
Malthusian / Suffering Hour - Time's Withering Shadow
Negative Plane - The Pact
This week's Hyperblasts sees our review of Rammstein's dramatic and diverse new album Zeit swiftly coming through the pandemic with more actual music, along with all the usual news antics.
Releases:
Watain - The Agony & Ecstasy of Watain
Devil Master - Ecstasies of Never Ending Night
Mizmor & Thou - Myopia
The Gathering - Beautiful Distortion
Dälek - Precipice
Helms Alee - Keep This Be the Way
The Lord - Forest Nocturne
Dischordia - Triptych
Al-Namrood - Worship the Degenerate
No/Más - Consume/Deny/Repent
Throwe - Forfald
Skull Fist - Paid In Full
Udo Dirkschneider - My Way
Beachdog - Beachdog
James and the Cold Gun - False Start
Heriot - Profound Morality
Rammstein - Zeit
Architects, While She Sleeps, The Wonder Years and Tribulation lead a barrage of tracks, and we cast our minds over ill-fitting collaborations.
Releases:
Darkher - The Buried Storm
Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Prince Daddy & the Hyena
Spanish Love Songs - Brave Faces Etc.
Rope Sect - Metanoia Sessions
The Troops of Doom - Antichrist Reborn
These Arms are Snakes - Duct Tapes & Shivering Crows
Greyhaven - This Bright and Beautiful World
Monuments - In Stasis
Analepsy - Quiescence
Egregore - The Word of His Law
Incandescence - Le Couer De L'Homme
Månegarm - Ynglingaättens öde
Undeath - It's Time... To Rise from the Grave
Bob Vylan - Bob Vylan Presents the Price of Life
Northlane - Obsidian
Ocean Grove - Up in the Air Forever
Bodysnatcher - Bleed-Abide
Primus - Conspiranoid
Audrey Horne - Devil's Bell
Amenra / Cave In / Marissa Nadler - Songs of Townes van Zandt Vol. III
Vanum - Legend
Corpsessed - Succumb to Rot
Archgoat - All Christianity Ends
Static Abyss - Labyrinth of Veins
Mirror - The Day Bastard Leaders Die
Caliban - Dystopia
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizzard - Omnium Gatherum
Tribulation - The Dhampir
Divisive picks and party tricks lead April's reviews on TNM of new Meshuggah, PUP, Watain, Carpenter Brut, Undeath, Devil Master, Cancer Bats, and The Good, The Bad and the Zugly, as well as a first trip to Ghost's Imperatour.
Meshuggah 24:27
PUP 57:13
Watain 1:15:40
Carpenter Brut 1:43:26
Undeath 1:58:31
Devil Master 2:10:36
Cancer Bats 2:22:40
The Good, The Bad and the Zugly 2:34:43
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