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Hill and Beez treat you to a Premium length special on everything you need ahead of this year's Download Festival. We run through every band on the top 2 stages and our picks from the Avalanche and Dogtooth stages in your ultimate guide on who to see and avoid at this year's Download festival.TNM is powered by uDiscover. Check out the alternative, metal and prog genre sections at udiscovermusic.com for superb playlists, expert features and much more.Also, get 15% off of all of the latest merch at emp.co.uk by using the code THATSNOTMETAL.

It’s a massive week for Hill and Beez as the latter has a report from Metallica’s Worldwired tour, they chat about Chester Bennington’s threats of violence, Blink 182’s new ‘California 2.0’ album and the increased integration of Alkaline Trio’s Matt Skiba, Enter Shikari’s TNM sponsored arena tour, there’s a look at the new albums from Danzig, Malevolence and DragonForce, a report from Rock On The Range including chat on the new look Of Mice & Men, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Gojira, Amon Amarth and more, Employed To Serve and Periphery live in London and our Album Club goes deep into classic territory as we rant and rave about Slayer’s Reign In Blood.

In one of our most fun chats ever, Beez sits down with Wednesday 13 to discuss his new album, Condolences, there's chats on conspiracy theories, Star Wars, a disagreement on Get Out, the past, present and future of The Murderdolls, the state of rebellion in rock and roll in 2017 and the power of longevity through authenticity. Fang bang, motherfuckers!

Hill and Beez have an absolute field day with Linkin Park's new album, there's chat on Iron Maiden's absurd court case, Skindred for Eurovision, reviews for the new albums by Papa Roach, Employed To Serve and 3TEETH and our Album Club concentrate's on Neurosis' cult classic 'Times Of Grace'.

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Hill and Beez take a look at the new albums from Paramore, Dreamcar, Incubus and Ho99o9, we examine Chester Bennington's moan of the week, who are the best bands to have never headlined Download, there's live reports from Deftones and AFI in the UK and A Perfect Circle in the US and our Album Club comes from the criminally underrated 36 Crazyfists with A Snow Capped Romance.

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With a heavy heart, Hill and Beez try to come to terms with the news of letlive’s split. There’s better news with Napalm Death and Earache Records invading Glastonbury and Zakk Wylde’s return to Ozzy Osborne’s band, we discuss the returns of both Rancid and Pvris, there’s album reviews on the new releases from At The Drive-In, Motionless In White, Gnarwolves and Full Of Hell and our Album Club comes on Beartooth’s debut album, Disgusting.

Stephen Hill chats to Mina Caputo and Alan Robert of Life Of Agony about their incredible journey, both personal and musical, the stories behind that journey and an insight into one of the most criminally underrated bands of the past 25 years.

Hill and Beez go tropical on today’s episode and discuss the new songs from Stone Sour and Fall Out Boy and Ivan Moody leaves and returns to Five Finger Death Punch within 24 hours, there’s live reports from Mastodon and Rise Against, discussion on band set lists and more, album reviews on New Found Glory, Life Of Agony, Blood Command and Daisyhead and cover Muse’s Black Holes and Revelations in this week’s Album Club. All this and more laughs than you can shake a coconut bra at on today’s laugh a minute That’s Not Metal.

Hill & Beez discuss the festivals in depth and how things outside of just bands being booked can effect our festival going experience. Can the future of festivals be helped by more than just the bands being booked? A lot of intense discussion before we bring in the expert, Mr Clay Busch of Danny Wimmer Presents who works on some of America’s biggest festivals such as Rock On The Range, Chicago Open Air and more.

This is where we ask for your help. Donate to the podcast at thatsnotmetal.net/pages/donate to contribute to keeping TNM alive. On this week’s show, the most lolz we have had in forever as we review the new songs from Paramore and Rise Against, the new albums from While She Sleeps, Ghost Bath and Davey Suicide, there’s discussing about PPV gigs, seating at shows, rock bands going pop and there’s an Album Club on Dragonforce’s Sonic Firestorm. Support the things you love. Support That’s Not Metal.

Hill and Beez discuss Mark Morton from Lamb Of God's solo album, Korn's 12 year old bassist, our imaginary Netflix series starring Scott Stapp and Wes Scantlin, how the charts are impacted by streaming and play a WORLD EXCLUSIVE new track from Gnarwolves' forthcoming album, Outsiders. There are album reviews on some of the best releases we've missed this year including Within The Ruins, Vein, Royal Thunder and The Smith Street Band, live reports from Parkway Drive in the UK and Dreamcar, Thursday and When We Were Young festival and our Album Club is on Bring Me The Horizon's Sempiternal.That’s Not Metal is powered by Marshall. The world’s leading amps, effects pedals, headphones and more are available at shop.marshallamps.com #liveformusic

After releasing one of the most groundbreaking albums in the recent history of rock music, Beez sits down with Caro Tanghe of Oathbreaker to discuss their landmark album, Rheia, just how far a person is willing to push themselves physically and mentally for their art and how you difficult it is to take art that delves into the darkest parts of your emotions on the road and onto the stage. This is an interview not to be missed.That’s Not Metal is powered by Marshall. The world’s leading amps, effects pedals, headphones and more are available at shop.marshallamps.com #liveformusic

Hill and Beez laugh in the face of criticisms of this year's Bloodstock festival and the NME's Mastodon 'review', there are album reviews from Falling In Reverse, Jacob Bannon of Converge's Wear Your Wounds project and The Flatliners, a report from Creeper's TNM associated headline tour and our Album Club is on one of the 90s most decadent and brilliant albums, Monster Magnet's Power Trip.

Beez catches up with Bill and Brann from Mastodon to talk about their quite frankly incredible new album, Emperor Of Sand. The concepts, the inspirations and the full story behind one of the year's best albums. Dive right in.That’s Not Metal is powered by Marshall. The world’s leading amps, effects pedals, headphones and more are available at shop.marshallamps.com #liveformusic

It's a huge week with Hill and Beez reviewing the new Mastodon album, Ghost and Suicide Silence line in the UK, Biffy Clyro and Oathbreaker live in the US, more album reviews from Ice T's Body Count, Brutality Will Prevail and Sumo Cyco, our wrestling theme tunes and an Album Club on Alexisonfire's Old Crows/Young Cardinals. Oh and it turns out that cats quite like prawns.That’s Not Metal is powered by Marshall. The world’s leading amps, effects pedals, headphones and more are available at shop.marshallamps.com #liveformusic

Stephen Hill catches up with Nergal (you'll know him from Behemoth) and British songwriter John Porter to chat in-depth about their new project, Me And That Man. What do an extreme metal artist and a folk songwriter have in common? How did this project come to pass? How do they define their new album, Songs Of Love And Death? All of this plus a few tasty morsels about Behemoth's follow up to The Satanist, only on today's TNM Extra.That’s Not Metal is powered by Marshall. The world’s leading amps, effects pedals, headphones and more are available at shop.marshallamps.com #liveformusic

Hill and Beez have a bumper week where they reveal the launch of That's Not Metal Radio, discuss the controversial Warped Tour line-up for 2017, there's the review of Creeper's Eternity In Your Arms, Northlane's surprise album drop Mesmer and the new albums from Pallbearer and Nergal from Behemoth's new project, Me And That Man. Throw in a very special Album Club on Coheed & Cambria's Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness and a whole host of lols and you have one hell of a That's Not Metal.That’s Not Metal is powered by Marshall. The world’s leading amps, effects pedals, headphones and more are available at shop.marshallamps.com #liveformusic

We have no idea how many questions we asked (it’s just a good title) as Hill & Beez travel back in time to tackle one of those old school MySpace quizzes in what is one of the all-time greatest podcasts we’ve ever recorded. What’s their favourite chocolate bar? When was the last time they cried? Why are goats such massive pricks? This is one of those specials where you’re going to get funny looks when you start cracking up whether at home or in public. Hill & Beez on the form of their life. Enjoy, apologies about the Steel Panther interview but we are certain that you’ll agree that this more than makes up for it.