Hyperblasts: Quizzing with Megadave

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Oathbreaker, thought to be done, will perform 'Raya' for its 10th anniversary at Roadburn 2026, a monumental surprise for fans.

Hyperblast comes back after two weeks away. Perrin Hayesh and Sam Dignon note that the break has left the news feeling unusually packed. They have been out at live shows, including the Parkway Drive tour and the Blood Incantation tour. The episode folds those nights into a run through reunions and show announcements. It also brings two weeks of releases into the same conversation. That backlog is why the hosts frame the news as a gauntlet, with the final release section keeping the pace up even as the list keeps growing. The discussion turns to Trivium's first show with Grayson on drums. Grayson is described as young and seriously capable behind the kit. The hosts connect his arrival to Sepultura's ongoing farewell period. They are unsure when that farewell will actually end, and that uncertainty becomes part of the conversation around what happens next. Trivium already have a cover of Sepultura's Slave New World. They play it at the first show with Grayson, giving the link between the two bands a clear onstage moment. The episode spends time with those connections because metal scenes are full of bands moving through one another's orbit, covering songs, and carrying threads between lineups. The news moves quickly after that. Reunion stories, announcements, gigs, and records keep taking their place in the queue. The hosts still come back to the week's live experiences, especially when those experiences make a piece of news feel more immediate. They close with more releases before pointing ahead to another Hyperblast and later reviews that will include AFI. The episode turns a two-week backlog into a lively map of how current metal news connects live shows, lineups, covers, and releases.

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A busy metal catch-up that turns gigs, lineups, covers, and release news into scene context.

That's Not Metal comes back from a two-week break in full Hyperblast mode, with Perrin Hayesh and Sam Dignon treating the pause less like downtime than a backlog to clear.

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Want two weeks of metal news, live-gig catch-up, and a Trivium-Sepultura thread in one sitting?

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