A Heavy Metal Podcast - The Mighty Decibel – Details, episodes & analysis

1996 - a strange year in metal, as extreme metal took a back seat to other forms of heavy for the first time in the 90s. Lots of hard rock, trad metal, doom, and punk represented instead, making for an eclectic list this listening session. Don't resist the power!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Against Windows": AMORPHIS - Elegy (4:03) "10 In 2010": BAD RELIGION - The Grey Race (6:22) "Urko's Conquest": CATHEDRAL - Supernatural Birth Machine (10:23) "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover": DEEP PURPLE - Purpendicular (15:03) "The Power": MANOWAR - Louder Than Hell (19:12) "Gettin' Pretty Good At Barely Gettin' By": THE FOUR HORSEMEN - Gettin' Pretty Good At Barely Gettin' By Side 2 (23:16) "Disintegration/Free Money": SLAYER - Undisputed Attitude (24:57) "Wiseblood": COC - Wiseblood (27:56) "Down From The Mountain": MOLLY HATCHET - Devil's Canyon (32:35) "My Mommies Pot": TEENAGE HEAD - Head Disorder (34:50) "Roots Bloody Roots": SEPULTURA - Roots (38:21) "Don't": SACRED REICH - Heal

Our Hard'N'Heavy series of podcasts focuses on new traditional metal and hard rock releases ... along with the odd hard rock'n'roll and melodic punk outing. Basically anything that doesn't fit on our Extreme Metal, Hardcore Punk or Doom series! This edition we focus on October and November 2024 releases. (00:00) "Cut Down By the Chainsaw" STEEL INFERNO - Rush of Power Rush Of Power | Steel Inferno (03:49) "Sunraven" GRAND MAGUS - Sunraven Sunraven | Grand Magus (7:39) "Prime Time Terror" NITROGODS - Valley of the Gods Nitrogods — Official Home (11:21) "Riders of the Storm" WAR DOGS - Only the Stars Left Only The Stars Are Left | War Dogs (17:23) "It All Comes Down Hard" 100 WATT VIPERS - Backed By Blood Backed By Blood | 100 Watt Vipers (20:53) "Ruler of the Waves" BLADES OF STEEL - single Ruler Of The Waves | Blades Of Steel (24:59) "Mother Anarchy" THE 351's - No Replacement For Displacement No Replacement For Displacement (PILS-54) | The 351's | Pils Records / Pandemix Records (27:27) "Under the Skin" CHALLENGER - Force of Nature Force of Nature | Challenger | Dying Victims Productions (31:23) "Spears and Blades" BRIDGE CITY SINNERS - In the Age of Doubt In the Age of Doubt | Bridge City Sinners Horns up!

Our Hard'N'Heavy series of podcasts focuses on new traditional metal and hard rock releases ... along with the odd hard rock'n'roll and melodic punk outing. Basically anything that doesn't fit on our Extreme Metal, Hardcore Punk or Doom series! This edition we focus on September and October 2024 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Won't Do It Again" AMETHYST - Throw Down the Gauntlet Facebook (04:39) "The Mermaid Tavern" THEIGNS & THRALLS - The Keep & the Spire Facebook (8:14) "Tower 42" MECHANIC TYRANTS - St. Diemen Riots St. Diemen Riots | Mechanic Tyrants (bandcamp.com) (12:18) "Sunny Side of Heaven" PHIL MOGG - Mogg's Motel Mogg's Motel | Phil Mogg | UFO (bandcamp.com) (16:33) "Demolition Boy" GLORIOUS BANKROBBERS - Rock'N'Roll Church .... ¤¤¤¤ Official Glorious Bankrobbers homepage ¤¤¤¤ .... (19:35) "Speed Metal Samurai" BUTCHER - On Fowl of Tyrant Wing On Fowl Of Tyrant Wing | BÜTCHER | Osmose Productions (bandcamp.com) (24:40) "Danger Rules" THE MOTHERCROW - Foraneo Foráneo | The Mothercrow (bandcamp.com) (28:33) "Circle Gets the Square" + "Heaps" CATHEDRAL CEILINGS - La La La ... Whatever La La La...Whatever | Cathedral Ceilings | Dromedary Records (bandcamp.com) (31:33) "Lavish Desecration" BEWITCHER - Spell Shock Spell Shock (24-bit HD audio) | Bewitcher (bandcamp.com)

Time to support a criminally underrated guitarist/singer ... Eric Sardinas!! Master of the steel resonator guitar, hear the blues rocker deliver his unique sound over a 40+ minute playlist of his best material. Time for some full tilt mama!!!! Side One Treat Me Right (1999) (0:00) My Baby's Got Something (2:47) Rollin' & Tumblin' (5:50) Down In the Bottom Devil's Train (2001) (10:01) Country Mile (14:02) Down To Whiskey (17:00) Devil's Train Side 2 (19:58) Piece of Me Black Pearls (2003) (23:01) Big Red Line (25:45) Bittersweet (29:45) Old Smyrna Road Eric Sardinas and Big Motor (2008) (33:42) Find My Heart Sticks & Stones (2011) (37:51) Full Tilt Mama Midnight Junction (2023) (40:00) Tonight (43:07) Said & Done

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from December/23 and January/24. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Flaming Sword" + "How To Get Ahead" STRESS POSITIONS - Harsh Reality Harsh Reality | Stress Positions (bandcamp.com) (3:14) "State Perscription" + "Comparing Missile Strength" SECRETORS - Comparing Missile Strength Vol. 1 SECRETORS - COMPARING MISSILE SIZE VOL.1 | SECRETORS | RoachLeg Records (bandcamp.com) (6:34) "Shove It Up" + "The Rat Race" VERDICT - The Rat Race Verdict - The Rat Race LP | phobiarecords (bandcamp.com) (10:35) "Built To Fail" + "Live To Fight" BOZO - Demonstration 2023 Demonstration 2023 | BOZO (bandcamp.com) (13:53) "Jarjetonia Vihaa 2" + "Siivet Palaa" (blocked on You Tube) RATTUS - Rikki (5) Facebook (17:17) "Loss" + "Bloodthirst" DISCLAIM - The Impossibility of Peace Ever Heightened 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝙿𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙷𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚍 | 𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖑𝖆𝖎𝖒 (bandcamp.com) (21:01) "Gosteri Icin" DIE IN VAIN - Savage New Times Savage New Times | Die In Vain | LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS (bandcamp.com) (23:37) "Onward" + "Overcome By Pain" PHYSIQUE - Overcome By Pain OVERCOME BY PAIN | PHYSIQUE (bandcamp.com) (27:23) "No Rules" + "Upper Class" ABOLITION - Demo Demo | Abolition (bandcamp.com) (31:00) "Det Som Inte Far Handa" + "I Skuggen Av Kriget" SVAVELDIOXID - Varldselande Världselände LP 2023 | Svaveldioxid (bandcamp.com)

We close out 2023 with our annual playlist highlighting the best metal/hard rock/punk/rock'n'roll tracks of the year. Here's hoping for another great year in metal for 2024. Horns high!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Blood, Bone and Fire": DESTRUCTOR - Blood, Bone and Fire (4:07) "Torment": BODYFARM - Ultimate Abomination (7:35) "No One Wins": BLOOD STAR - First Sighting (10:11) "Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll": DOG ATTACK - Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll (12:15)  "Golden Light": URIAH HEEP - Chaos & Colour (17:22) "Uuden Ajan Tuhoon": VICTIMARUM - Demo 2023 (22:00) "Lolly Willows": BLOOD CEREMONY - The Old Ways Remain (25:32) "Shake This Feelin'": LOVE GANG - Meanstreak Side 2 (29:12) "Obsidian": BLESSED BLACK - Seasons: Vol. 1 (33:24) "End of Meaning": TYSTVAR - Tystvar (34:35) "Keep Drippin' Down": DIAMOND DOGS - About the Hardest Nut To Crack (37:34) "Gunnin' For You": DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Too Much Bullshit (39:38) "Angel of Light": WYTCH HAZEL - IV:Sacrament (44:29) "On Tenebrous Wings": SHAKMA - On Tenebrous Wings (49:21) "Salvage What You Can of the Night": BLAZON RITE - Wild Rites and Ancient Songs (53:59) "Hacked Humanity": EMISSARIES OF SYN - The Core Assumptions of Human Insecurity (55:20) "Maxine (Witch Queen)": GREEN LUNG - This Heathen Land (58:37) "Overpopulation": THE DOOMERS - Demo 2023

Welcome to another "New Release Monday". This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from December 2023 and January 2024 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of death doom and sludge, of course. We're all doomed! (0:00) "Black Magic Holea" TAXI CAVEMAN - Ugh! UGH! | Taxi Caveman (bandcamp.com) (4:43) "Wounds Too Deep To Heal" WARCOE - A Place For Demons A Place For Demons | warcoe (bandcamp.com) (8:31) "Age of Apocalypse" JAWLESS - The Wrath King The Wrath King | Jawless (bandcamp.com) (14:00) "IV" GARCEZ - Ancestral Power Ancestral Power | Garcez (bandcamp.com) (17:59) "Architects" SUPERTZAR - Epic Truths & Fantasies Epic Truths & Fantaisies | Supertzar (bandcamp.com) (25:49) "Holy Ghost" ROBOTS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD - 3737 3737 | Robots of the Ancient World (bandcamp.com)

So here we finally are. After naming our Top 10 doom, hardcore punk, hard'n'heavy and extreme metal albums of 2023 over the last four weeks, we finally come down to the big enchillada ... the best albums of 2023 regardless of genre. Leading the charge this year to these ears were the hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy categories with doom and extreme metal having relatively off years in my opinion. Regardless, you'll find representation of all four of the categories we cover here at The Mighty Decibel in our Top 10 of 2023. Long live metal!!!!

The Mighty Decibel provides you, our fearless listeners, with the soundtrack of extreme metal for 2023. From death defying death metal, to burnt-to-the-crisp black metal to speed obsessed thrash metal ... and beyond ... this playlist will challenge even the hardest of extremists ears. Are you heavy enough?! Side 1 (0:00) "Torment": BODYFARM - Ultimate Abomination (3:30) "On Tenbrous Wings": SHAKMA - On Tenebrous Wings (8:23) "Death Incarnate": MORPHETIK - Proclomation of War (10:37) "Uuden Ajan Tuhoon": VICTIMARUM - Demo 2023 (15:15) "Leaping Over Headstones": PUTRID EVIL - Exhumed ...From the Unhallowed Ground (16:03) "Asleep At the Wheel": ELECTROCUTIONER - False Idols (19:31) "Thunders of Darkness": IMMORTAL - War Against All (23:19) "Hunting Down the Living": ROTTEN CASKET - Zombicron Side 2 (27:20) "Bang Your Head For Satan": SLAUGHTERED PRIEST - Bang Your Head For Satan (31:18) "Ancient God of Earth": MORTUAL - Evil Incarnation (33:44) "A Dark Sun Rises": MALLEUS - The Fires of Heaven (37:56) "Uma Um Eles Cairao": CRANIAL CRUSHER - Ciclo da Degradacao (42:00) "Kingdom of Decadence": ABYSSAL WORM - Kingdom of Decadence (43:53) "Storm of Terror": NECROMANCER - Arrival of Death (45:55) "The Cult of Infinity": LUCIFUGE - Monoliths of Wrath (49:26) "Tromokrator": VASANIST - Deceptor (52:46) "ACAB": SATAN'S ELIXIR - Metal Punk For Satan

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in November and December 2023. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Ancient God of Earth" MORTUAL - Evil Incarnation Evil Incarnation | Mortual | Mörtual (bandcamp.com)                                             (3:06) "Avenge" + "The Snake Bites Back" SENTINEL - Age of Decay Sentinel II | Sentinel | Convulse Records (bandcamp.com) (6:59) "Night of the Witch" DAGAGH - Dungeon Lust Dagagh (Դագաղ)- Dungeon Lust | Blood Coloured Beast (bandcamp.com) (10:44) "Tromokrator" VASANIST - Deceptor Deceptor | Vasanist (bandcamp.com) (14:10) "Thrash Police" PUBLIC INTOXICATION - Last Brain Cell Last BrainCell | Public Intoxication (bandcamp.com) (16:34) "Purification Through Fire" SERPENT'S OATH - Revelation SERPENTS OATH - "Revelation" | Odium Records (bandcamp.com) (21:39) "Black Water" KRIEGSZITTERN - Flamethrower Flamethrower | Kriegszittern (bandcamp.com) (25:27) "Cannibal Catering" BAZOOKA TROOPAZ - Bombs, Babes and Bazookas Bombs, Babes and Bazookas | Bazooka Troopaz (bandcamp.com) (27:37) "Rotten Flesh Stew" FARSOTH - Morbid Symphonies Morbid Symphonies | Farsoth (bandcamp.com)