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Apr 28, 2023 · 55 min
Hyperblasts: Out of the Biting Zone
Hyperblasts weighs in on the calls for Brixton Academy's license to be permanently revoked, the Trophy Eyes moshing debate, and a stinky Beartooth track, as well as a jubilant trip to Paramore's UK leg of the This is Way tour. Releases: Enforced -...
Apr 24, 2023 · 2 hr 10 min
Hellripper Album Roulette
We're joined by one man speed metal machine James McBain of Hellripper for an Album Roulette talking through his early thrash metal loves, nuclear post-punk, iconic Maiden live albums, and why the Red Hot Chili Peppers are kvlt. Toxic Holocaust -...
Apr 20, 2023 · 2 hr 9 min
Hyperblasts: Metallica 72 Seasons Review
It's time for us to undertake our hour deep dive review into the brand new Metallica record 72 Seasons, on top of the new Every Time I Escape Plan music, Foo Fighters & others, a talk about the increase of festival cancellations in the UK, and a...
Apr 14, 2023 · 2 hr 45 min
Hyperpop Charity Single
If you're not all on Metallica... Toasting Balance and Composure's return, and reviews debate Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow, Grave Pleasures, a hardcore gauntlet of Jesus Piece, Enforced, & The Hirs Collective, and black metal opuses from Lamp of...
Apr 7, 2023 · 40 min
Hyperblasts: Paul Stanley's Prank Call
Hyperblasts reviews new EPs from Scowl, Tribulation, and the split from Fit for an Autopsy, Thy Art is Murder, and Malevolence, and takes in news of Motley Crue's lawsuit, petty KISS drama, and Josh Klinghoffer's sky high self-confidence. Releases:...
Mar 31, 2023 · 1 hr 38 min
Hyperblasts: Fall Out Boy and Depeche Mode Reviews
We've got a double review on Hyperblasts with the verdict on Fall Out Boy's supposed return to form So Much (for) Stardust and Depeche Mode's poignant Memento Mori, along with new music from Empire State Bastard and Portrayal of Guilt among others and...
Mar 24, 2023 · 1 hr 11 min
Hyperblasts: The State of Unrest Episode
The State of Unrest Tour with Lamb of God and Kreator finally gets done and dusted, as well as an arena show for Beartooth and a 40th anniversary blast for W.A.S.P., hip-hop delivers two very different takes on heavy metal, and we talk the worst...
Mar 21, 2023 · 1 hr 58 min
Album Club Pack August 2022
We're at August Album Clubs with an early 2010s selection of The Gaslight Anthem's derided Get Hurt, Sylosis' thrash ambition on Edge of the Earth, Trap Them defining Entombedcore on Darker Handcraft, and assessing the impact of Infant Annihilator's...
Mar 17, 2023 · 2 hr 50 min
Hardcore Hostage Duel
Avenged Sevenfold finally break their musical silence, we dissect Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Metal Songs list, and reviews tackle Babymetal, Zulu, Periphery, Suicide Silence, Judiciary, Dawn Ray'd, and OHHMS. Babymetal 49:48 Zulu 1:07:24 Periphery...
Mar 10, 2023 · 51 min
Hyperblasts: Clash of Titans
The electronicore scene is fractured by Blessed by a Broken Heart dramatically returning to the scene calling out Electric Callboy for supposedly stealing their sound. Who will prevail?! We also saw Napalm Death with Barney (slightly) consigned to a...
Mar 3, 2023 · 49 min
Hyperblasts: Big Beat Bad Man
New music from Svalbard and Cradle of Filth, Avenged Sevenfold teasing through social media "hacks", a trip to Obituary and Conjurer's London show, and trying to pick four of the deathcore new breed. Releases: Can’t Swim - Thanks But No Thanks Zulu -...
Feb 24, 2023 · 1 hr
Hyperblasts: The Panther-Gojira Pipeline
Architects call for a band strike on venue merch cuts, Frozen Soul release their first Matt Heafy-produced cut, and a lengthy report on Gojira's arena tour with Alien Weaponry and Employed to Serve and theorising on how far they might go. Releases:...
Feb 21, 2023 · 1 hr 49 min
Album Club Pack July 2022
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...
Feb 17, 2023 · 2 hr 17 min
Silly Walk Riffs
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...
Feb 10, 2023 · 41 min
Hyperblasts: Wah Wah Wahmmys
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...
Feb 3, 2023 · 45 min
Hyperblasts: Skull or Skeleton?
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...
Jan 27, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Hyperblasts: 100 Gexcerts
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...
Jan 24, 2023 · 2 hr 6 min
Album Club Pack June 2022
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...
Jan 20, 2023 · 2 hr 10 min
Get Some Nautilus In You
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...
Jan 13, 2023 · 47 min
Hyperblasts: Spam Head
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...