Fast heavy music news with teeth.
That’s Not Metal tracks the week in rock, metal, hardcore, punk, and nearby heavy scenes with quick reactions and sharp comparisons. Its Hyperblasts episodes move fast, mixing new-release notes, tour talk, awards context, and sideways banter without sanding off the personality.
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That’s Not Metal is built for heavy music fans who want the week to be sorted by people with opinions, not merely listed back at them. Its Hyperblasts episodes work as fast-moving roundups of rock, metal, hardcore, punk, extreme metal, alternative rock, and the release calendar around them. The format is direct. News items arrive with context, quick jokes, side references, and then a more pointed question about what the story actually means for a band, a scene, or a generation of fans. A small week can become a sprint through new tracks, award chatter, tour announcements, and the strange spectacle of big names playing intimate rooms. A crowded week can become tonal whiplash, with awful news placed beside exciting records and absurd scene developments. The show does not pretend those shifts are neat. That looseness is part of its appeal. Discussions move from black braid, winter filleth, noctum, arch enemy, nevermore, machine head, killswitch, trivium, turnstile, knocked loose, denzel curry, AFI, godflesh, and man o’ war without flattening them into the same category. The speakers care about lineage: who still matters, who younger fans may be missing, and how older records survive or fade. They also care about scenes as living ecosystems, especially hardcore’s current accessibility and sense of community. The show can be funny about soreness from squats or distracted by awards discourse and wrestling. Then it can immediately turn serious when bad news hits close to the music world. Reviews and release talk lean on comparison more than grand verdicts. A song is judged by how it moves, where it belongs, and what nearby bands or scenes it calls to mind. The result is not neutral coverage. It is scene-literate, conversational criticism with a short fuse for dull framing and real excitement when something lands.
Made for: For rock, metal, hardcore, punk, and extreme music fans who follow new releases, tour news, lineup changes, and scene arguments closely. It especially suits listeners who like informed chatter more than polished industry coverage.
What sets it apart: The show combines weekly news speed with granular scene memory, moving from tiny venue economics to generational metal debates without losing its conversational snap. Its edge comes from specific comparisons, dry humor, and a willingness to let enthusiasm and frustration share the same room.
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Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Fast-moving rock and metal news becomes sharp conversation about musicianship, generational memory and the communities behind each headline.
That's Not Metal turns the heavy-music news cycle into an informed argument among Perrin Hayesh, Sam Dignon and Mark Sanderson. Its Hyperblast episodes move from announcements and releases to judgments about what those developments mean inside rock, metal and hardcore, with…
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