Speaker 1: Hello everyone, and welcome back to That's No Matter. We
are your weekly rock and heavy metal podcast, and welcome
to a rather quick edition of Hyperblast, which is our
weekly news show where we let you know what's going on,
what releases you want to hear, etc. I am just
here for a quick solo Hyperblast essentially because in just
a few hours time from when I am recording this,
we are, you know, collectively we are going to sit
down and record our Doo Black Sabbath Special. But I
have got to pop in very swiftly here to you know,
get this out there and let you know everybody again,
everybody wants to know what really are out there, the
very quick updates on what's going on in the news
and so on, so we are going to do that.
Thank you for sitting here and joining me. Let's get
underway with the beginning of the news. Very prominent news
that is exciting to my ears is there were essentially
some leaked tour announcements from nine inch Nails that then
they came out and confirmed is in fact happening a
world tour. I should specify I have not seen like
actual like date dates in terms of where they're going.
When this will happen, et cetera. But Nine Inch Nails
are confirmed to be undergoing a world tour later in
the year. The actual announcement that you know was leaked
and then kind of walked back, has been delayed due
to the the wildfires happening in California. They are I guess,
you know, waiting until that is a little bit more
and kind of under control to you know, announce these dates.
But the prospect of nine Inch Nails going back out
on tour again, I guess it's been three years. It'll
be you know, since the last time they did like
a proper tour everywhere. So I am very very excited
if you know there are to be multiple UK dates
or anything like that, very very exciting from my point
of view. Cannot wait to see. Now it's kind of like,
you know, appetite has been wetted when those actual dates
appear to you know, circle back to the more serious
side of that conversation. Obviously fair enough in terms of
the delay regarding the fires and everything that is, you know,
I sort of briefly mentioned it last week and here
we are a week later and it's still you know,
a major major issue. That's kind of unfolding. So there
have been a lot of you know, within our kind
of rock and metal world, a lot of like fund
raising attempts and so on contributing to shelters and things
like that. I guess prominently Eisneine Kills have contributed quite
a bit of money from a special T shirt sale
if you're looking for kind of you know, fund raising
and stuff like that. Obviously, if you are more you know,
for myself and us at being primarily UK based, it
is you know, somewhat removed in terms of how much
we can do. But obviously if you are in the
local area there will be absolutely things around you. I
know that again someone else, for example, Colin Young and
the hard Law guys, I've seen, you know, they've kind
of been rallying some stuff. So yeah, I mean, obviously
again continued well wishes to everyone who's kind of caught
up in that. But there are indeed, you know, fundraising
attempts and so on underway that are going over there.
But look into the future. Nine it is Now's World
tour announced at some point which I will be on
ten to Hooks until that happened. Part of the reason
again that I am kind of here by myself is
I was sort of waiting to see if we got
any further news in any actual concrete updates on this.
But a story has been ufolding over the last couple
of days, which is not so fun and kind of
frustrating to a degree, particularly again not having it resolved
right now. But see A Space Cowboy in rather kind
of public and indignant fashion. There seems to be something
unfolding over there, which started with a tour announcement that
C Space Cowboy were going to be supporting the band
Dance Gavin Dance on a US tour, Dance Gavion Dance.
I can't really comment on the situation how that has
unfolded there. They are a band who essentially a band
whose music I don't think is any good, so I've
largely you know, tuned everything to do with them out.
So regards to you know, who is in the band,
what they may or may not have done, I'm I
guess the wrong person to really kind of keep keep
tabs of that. But issues were raised that members of
Dance Gavin Dance have in the past been involved and
had certain allegations kind of leveled against them. Perhaps people
who are no longer in the band, but still you know,
suspicion cast, shall we say, over remaining members of the
band and how they may or may not have kind
of allowed, you know, that kind of those people to
exist within their their their space. So a band like
Sea Space Cowboy who has seen very much, as you know,
kind of being on the more socially aware end of
things when it comes to issues like that, people raised
disappointment with the idea that they were going to be
going on talk with with Dance Gavin Dance, And one
of those people who raised disappointment was in fact Connie Scarbosa,
vocalist of C Space Cowboy herself, who to social media
to essentially say, hey, I don't want anything to do
with this either, and then there was a follow up
post where she said I'm probably going to be leaving
Ceaspace Cowboys soon due to other issues that had been
occurring behind the scenes. I guess for however long, feeling
like she was not, I don't know, being heard in
regards to concerns those things. Again, that's as vague as
it was, so we don't know anything more about that.
But a rather public what seems to be a falling
apart of at the very least Cespace Cowboy, and you know,
their their vocalist, who is I think it's fair to
say the kind of the talisman of the band the
most prompt in person who you know, everybody associates that
you say, cowboy with Connie, so it'll be difficult to
imagine how that, you know, kind of continues. Again, it's
the use of the word probably in there for one thing.
You know, there are people who have cast a somewhat
cynical eye over these statement themselves. I mean again, I'm
reluctant to really kind of commit to anything until there
is something more concrete because i mean, you know, first
time these bands have everything compares. But god knows how
many times Ivan Moody said that, you know, he was
gonna be quitely five thing at that punch or whatever
like that. So yeah, so we can't even currently say
that Connie has less so U Space Cowboy over these things.
There's just the vague illusion in the air that that
might be happening, which is obviously it will be a
very shitty, a disappointing way for all of that to
kind of end. Considering again, this is another case where
just very recently. On the last shows of you Know
twenty twenty four last year, we were praising a lot
of what the Spoake Cowboy had had achieved over that year.
So yeah, I guess, you know, more to be reported
if more comes of it. Obviously you know the other
TNM host and so and we can get opinions there
if more does come of this, But yeah, just I'll
watch this space for now or something that could unfortunately
be kind of going down in a negative manner. While
we're on the subject of vocalists moving in and out
of bands, we got the news again quite surprising sudden
news Exodus announced that Steve Zetro SUSA has been I
guess they don't think they really clarified whether it was
he had been removed from the band or fired or
mutual agreement whatever, but Zetro is out, who has been
their vocalist for over ten years at this point in
terms of like, you know, a renewed stint Zetro obviously,
if you are a Lantinexas fan, you will recognize from
you know, much of their eighties material back in the
kind of you know, the heyday, but he had you know,
been in the band for basically the last decade or
so in a renewed stint, and he's been replaced by
none other than Rob Dukes, who is in fact the
guy who Zetro replaced when he came back to the band,
you know, in that kind of era in the twenty tens.
So there's a bit of a you know, a one
in one out situation here of exodus vocalists. I think
Exotus I guess, three primary known vocalists over the years,
as of course Paul Bailoff, who you know, performed on
the most famous classic ABM Bonded by Blood, but then
passed away. So the two remaining Zetro and Rob Dukes
seemed to be just kind of every ten years or so,
swapping in and out, I suppose. But yeah, interesting surprising news.
Can't cast anything over as to why, again, the Zetro
relationship might have come to a natural conclusion here, I guess.
All I can say is that Extus I think have
been in pretty fine health amongst their you know, tier
of thrash bands, particularly in the live environment. Whenever I've
seen them live, which has only been with Zetro, they
were really really great and really really on it. I
did get into Exodus, you know, during the initial Rob
Duke's era, I suppose, and I think there is a
vocal faction of people out there who are like, you know,
almost like the Anthrax John Bush kind of brigade, where
for some people, even though it's kind of the least
classic era of the band, there are people who are
like Rob Duke's era, Exeter is like the Exodus that
is my Exus, that is the best Exodus. I personally
would find that to be you know, a bit far
based on again, you got bonded by blood to deal
with before you even get onto you know, the the
classic Xetra records from the late eighties or whatever. But again,
I got into Exus during that Rob Duke's era shovel
headed kill Machine and the Trustee Exhibition records are very
very good indeed, so I guess in terms of, you know,
a positive assessment of what's going on here, I've never
seen Exodus with Rob in the band. It would be
cool to see them live maybe again if they lant
brought back some of that material that they did during
his run or whatever, I'm sure that it would be
pretty vicious. Again. With Zetra, they were great so Zetro
even they weren't playing with the goth post punky band
whatever you want to call them, But with Zetro, you know,
they were consistently really great live. I liked the albums
they made really more so the twenty fourteen one they
did Blood and Blood Out I think that was called
that one, that is great. Took quite a long a
lot time for them to follow up the one from
a few years ago that was also like pretty decent.
But yeah, just a very interesting swapping in and out
situation here with one era of Exodus that has sort
of been renewed coming to an end, and then another
older era kind of being revived here. Again, I'd be
curious to hear what more really was happening here, but yeah,
I mean, count me you certainly intrigued if it was
to come around here or whatever. We've then got Turnover
Who their Peripheral Vision tenth anniversary celebrations that are coming
up this year. They have massively expanded already had you know,
certain dates being announced and the scramble for tickets and
so on being pretty intense of the opening day and
so on. I in fact, am going to be going
to the London date of the Purple Vision Tour. But
I don't know why they didn't announce this all in
one go. They've announced a massive expansion of the tour.
Essentially there is now about thirty eight dates total that
they are going to be playing Peripheral Vision. I think
it's worth noting that I think I'm right in saying
about thirty seven of those are in America right now,
and that London date I mentioned is the you know,
the only kind of European or even just outside of
the US or Canada. Addition, but they have a shitload
of support acts as well. Again, not for the UK
date right now, but if you are interesting to seeing
them over in North America somewhere, you have the potential
ability to see them with Balance and Composure, with Citizen,
with Tiger's Jaw, Horse, Jumper of Love Keep. I'd be
really interesting to see if any of those turn up
on the London I don't know why they haven't announced that,
which does lead me to kind of guess it probably
won't be those bands. But you know, turn over with
Phunts of Composia, we're a pretty big deal if you're
a UK EMO, wouldn't it? But yeah, intrigued to see
what we get over here. But if you're over there,
big old you know, sort of mid twenty ten's run
for cover style bills coming around you for a big
celebration of all of that little bits of new music,
we have some new spirit World to go on. Spirit
World released an album a couple years ago called Death
Western that we reviewed on the shows, kind of a
sort of midpoint of like crossover thrash and hardcore, also
just like straight up Pantera y groove metal, all with
a like basically Texan cowboy western kind of a set it,
which is pretty cool. They have announced that they have
got a new record out which is going to be
called hell Dorado, which is a very very on brand,
isn't it very good? That's going to be out on
marth to twenty first, and there's a first track that's
been released from it called aber Lene Grime And this
is very rare, which indeed because they I guess, you know,
if you've got a look and a theme, I suppose
they're just gonna lean all into it because this is
not just again that aforementioned sort of mix of sounds
I was talking about, but Yeah, has gone full on
on the cowboy thing where this is a sort of
a two part track. I suppose it's about three minutes
long with clear you know, a third half and a
second half, and the first half is a full on,
like twangy sort of country bouncing acoustic guitar thing. Bizarrely,
it still has like hardcore vocals and gang shouts and
stuff like that. You know, maybe it's sort of angel
dust for texting cowboys, and then the second half leans
much more into that, you know, slayery hardcore metal core
type thing they are primarily known for. It's an interesting sound.
I have seen some quite negative responses to it, have
being like, I like Spiritba, but what the hell is this?
Do it once? I think it's at the very least
it put my ears up. It's kind of interesting. I
certainly you know how much of this will be cast
over whole record or whatever. I don't know, but I
quite like the I don't know the world that Spirit
World create. I'm somewhat drawn into, and this was an intriguing,
you know, individual kind of take on doing that. I'll
be very curious again if we come to review the
album or whatever. What you know, the other folks at
T and m or make of this, but it's a
very strange and interesting kind of thing, bizarre little mix
of sounds. Maybe you haven't heard something exactly like it,
but New Spirit World Hell Doorado is coming on March
twenty first. We also have Bratt have released a cover
of the Heart classic Barrakuda, which is basically, if you
are familiar with the band Brat, the just very loud, sludgy, noisy.
I don't know what you call it. They have this
sort of term bimbo violence that sort of flippantly thrown
around for them, but it's basically just sort of like
sludgy hardcore I suppose. But they've released, as said, a
cover of Barrakuda. Apparently they've been playing this live for
a while, which the main reason again I want to
shout this out is if you are going to the
Napalm Death campaign for Musical Destruction that's coming up this year,
Bratt are opening that bill over here. I think that's
their first ever UK dates, and if they'd be doing
this life for a while, sure why not. I probably
won't ever listen to the cover on its own again,
but I might see that live, who knows. And some
allusions to upcoming albums. I feel like, you know, I've
manifested this somewhat. But right after I on last week's
show and we were talking about albums that we would
like to see come in twenty twenty five, I was
talking about Electric Wizard being one of the ones I
would really like to see pop up their heads over
the parapets and put out something again because it's been
a while. There was news that they are in fact
going to be doing that, not a concrete album announcement
or anything just yet, but that they have said that
they are thoroughly underway on making a new record, that
they are at the very least looking to release one
this year. But there was also, you know, in the
very same interview, the idea kind of planted that this
could be their last album, and that you know, Justin
doesn't necessarily know how many what albums they would have
with them looking to make this a final Electoral Wizard album,
which doesn't necessarily surprise me a great deal because as
I've just kind of you know, alluded to, their output
has considerably slowed. If you are going to slow to
you know, seven eight years between every record, you would
naturally expect that kind of that end point to be coming,
I suppose, particularly for about like that realid who Are
you Know? This year twenty twenty five will be the
thirtieth anniversary of their their debut album, and they've been
doing heavy, spiteful, nihilistic music that that whole time, and
that would make it a quite neat ten albums studio
albums as well, if this was to be their last one.
I you know, I'm a I'm a huge, huge fan.
I don't necessarily want them to end anytime soon, but
there would be maybe some kind of poet to that.
But yeah, very much casting eyes over not just the
fact that I was wanting an Electric Wizard album, but
this could end up being a kind of swan song
for them, which please, if that doesn't live in the case,
let's have still plenty more live dates before you disappear,
because Electric Wizard Live is just such a wonderful thing
that I feel like has maybe been taking for granted
a little bit because they've been around for so long,
but they are so incredible. But yeah, interesting news about
potential the end coming for Electric Wizard and Mastodon have
also been speaking about their upcoming album not likely to
be their last one, happily. But Masterdon also looking to
have an album out, probably in twenty twenty five, and
Bran has been talking about leaning into a kind of spooky,
supernatural horror type concept for it, which could be fun.
I know that sounds very creepy, but that also maybe
sounds maybe a little bit more playful than Mastodon have
been of late, at least how I would kind of
immediately think of that. Obviously, a lot of the recent
Master Alarms have been quite heavy going in terms of
the you know, emotionality of them sonically. He does say
that it's going to lean into the heavier side of
what Mastered On is, which, you know, always the way
with the kind of quotes, does he mean like old
school heavy or does he mean you know heavy for
what their kind of current version of the band could be,
but leaning into something like that with a bit of
a spooky twist. I'm always excited for Mastered On. But yeah,
interesting and exciting news about their upcoming album. So, as
I mentioned earlier, the thing that we are going to
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era of Deo joining Black Sabbath and the music they made,
it is such a pleasure going into that time period
and just again a little snapshot where a band were
for just two or three years, but the legacy that
just that particular incarnation of the band managed to leave.
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thank you very very much for it. Going to end
this with some releases for the seventeenth of January twenty
twenty five. It's been quite a dry January, I thought.
I think we're going to see things pick up in
terms of real major releases probably about the final week
of January, then going forward into February. But just if
you are looking for what is out and about at
the moment, you can find, first of all, the band
a Dolar with a record called Mend which is this
what the kids called swan core? Is that still the
word that they use? Might be I don't know, but
that sort of realm of slightly newdly post hardcore stuff. Elsewhere,
we've got a couple of heavy metal oldies. The German
heavy metal slash power metal band Gravedigger have done one
of their non Scottish themed albums, Bone Collector is out.
And then you've also got some new over British heavy
metal traditionalist from that kind of era. Tokyo Blade are
back with Time is the Fire. If you want something
a little bit more contemporary, there is a band called
Trauma Bond who put out a record called Summer Ends
Some are Long Gone and this is kind of noisy,
slightly experimental, heavy hardcore fair I guess I believe Kurt
Balou has been involved in this in terms of contributing
actually some guest parts and so on to the record.
But it's that kind of head fucky heaviness and if
you're looking for someone like that early on in the year,
then this is one you can go to. Elsewhere, there
is a band called Sarktor sarka tour perhaps who put
a record called Swarming Angels and Flies, which this is
your kind of black thrash, black and heavy metal type. There,
I believe, somewhat freshly signed to Century Media. Going further underground,
the early kind of Italian extreme metal band necro Death
a back with a new record called Arii Mortis And
if necro Death was not enough to you, then perhaps
you are a necromaniac, which is out on Invictus. This
is your kind of early eighties style black extreme death metal.
Their record is called Siamancy Malediction and writes Abominable, which
is early early leader for some of the coolest album
titles of the year. If you want some death doom
from Spain, I believe there's a band called on Nero Fagus,
which would be an eter of something or another. I'm
quite sure, and a nero is in Latin. I have
to brush that one up, but a nearer phagus. I've
got a record called Revelations from the Void. And if
you want your death metal a bit more dissimant and
again or more on the head fucky kind of end
of things, there are a now called Hierarchy to put
out a safe titled record today an EP. If you
want some more backs of basics straight to the throat hardcore,
I believe this is out on Flat Spot Records. There's
a band called Day by Day who've put an EP
called Dust and Ashes, and finally a live album coming
from my beloved Dark Fortress who have released Anthem from
Beyond the Grave Live in Europe twenty twenty three, which
is a recording of their farewell tour that they undertook
in twenty twenty three. So, as someone who loves that
band and misses them a little bit, I'm definitely going
to go and spin that this weekend and reminisce about
when I saw them on that tour. So there you go.
That is hyperblast for us right now. Thank you very
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I believe next week should be our January review show,
where we are going to cherry pick some of the
best stuff that has come out in this again slightly slow,
slightly dry January, but there will be some stuff to
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