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)

Come join The Mighty Decibel in celebrating the year in extreme metal music as we name our top 10 black, death and thrash metal releases of 2023. Thrash 'til death!!!!

Hey all you earth dogs and rivet heads - it's that time of year where we get to name our fave albums of 2023. This episode we're naming our favorite trad/power/speed/prog/folk metal, hard rock, rock'n'roll and punk rock releases of the year. If you don't watch - no one wins!!!

Behold the trad/speed metal / hard rock / punk / rock'n'roll soundtrack to the year that was. These bands came gunnin' for you!!! Side 1 (0:00) "No One Wins": BLOOD STAR - First Sighting (2:35) "Golden Light": URIAH HEEP - Chaos & Colour (7:42) "Shake This Feelin'": LOVE GANG - Meanstreak (11:23) "Salvage What You Can of the Night": BLAZON RITE - Wild Rites and Ancient Songs (16:02) "Angel of Light": WYTCH HAZEL - IV:Sacrament Side 2 (20:52) "Keep Drippin' Down": DIAMOND DOGS - About the Hardest Nut To Crack (23:52) "Blood, Bone and Fire": DESTRUCTOR - Blood, Bone and Fire (27:59) "Dragon's Dream": PHANTOM SPELL - Tales From the Black Spire (32:24) "One Day Closer": HIGH SPIRITS - Safe On the Other Side (36:46) "Gunnin' For You": DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Too Much Bullshit (38:50) "Call to Cernunnos": PRIMORDIAL - How It Ends (44:47) "Light It Up": LA CHINGA - Primal Forces

Nicke Anderson certainly has made an impact on the metal/hard rock scene with his forays into death metal with Entombed and heavy ass rock'n'roll with The Hellacopters, so it wasn't a surprise when he decided to dip his toes into doom metal (along with his wife) for the Lucifer outfit. Here The Mighty Decibel shines the light on the band's best tracks over its five release discography (to date) as it has evolved into a trad doom outfit. Catch the coffin fever! Side One Lucifer I (2015) (0:00) Abracadabra Lucifer II (2018) (5:52) California Son Lucifer III (2020) (9:17) Lucifer (13:12) Flanked By Snakes Lucifer IV (2021) (16:45) Bring Me His Head Side 2 (21:07) Phobos Lucifer V (2024) (25:23) Fallen Angel (3:09) (28:31) A Coffin Has No Silver Lining (32:54) At the Mortuary

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 November and December 2023 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Increased Chances" SCUMFUCKS - Scumfucks SCUMFUCKS - Scumfucks | Sliptrick Records (bandcamp.com) (03:11) "Rattle the Cage" THE RODS - Rattle the Cage The Rods Official (8:13) "Parasite" CHARIOTS OVERDRIVE - When the Wheels Start When the Wheels Start | Chariots Overdrive (bandcamp.com) (11:23) "See You In Hell" LIQUID SUPERCHARGE - The More I Know You, The More I Hate You The more I know you, The more I hate you | Liquid Supercharge (bandcamp.com) (13:54) "Return" SIEGE - Magicks Magicks | Siege Heavy Metal (bandcamp.com) (18:18) "Firing Line" MOLLY HATCHET - single MollyHatchet | Official Molly Hatchet Website (23:27) "Conquest" RASCAL - Lost Beyond Reason Lost Beyond Reason | Rascal (bandcamp.com) (27:22) "Afterglow" SATAN'S FALL - Destination Destruction Destination Destruction | Satan's Fall (bandcamp.com) (30:58) "Safe Supply" FORX - Forx ForX | ForX (bandcamp.com)

We cap off Hardcore Punk Week here at The Mighty Decibel by naming our TOP 10 HARDCORE PUNK ALBUMS OF 2023. Come celebrate another great year of hardcore punk/grindcore/d-beat/metal punk. Grind it up baby!!!

What a great year for hardcore punk, grindcore, d-beat and metal punk. Tons of great releases throughout the year blitzed our ears here at The Mighty Decibel Central, so coming up with a best-of-the-year playlist was quite the challenge. So here you go ... if you can handle it. Grind it up, baby!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Voice To Change": M.V-11 - 6 Songs EP (2:13) "Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll": DOG ATTACK - Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll (4:17) "Hacked Humanity": EMISSARIES OF SYN - The Core Assumptions of Human Insecurity (5:38) "Overpopulation": THE DOOMERS - Demo 2023 (6:53) "Faucheuse": Faucheuse - Faucheuse (9:50) "End of Meaning": TYSTVAR - Tystvar (11:01) "Trash Talk": STILL PIST! - Die This Way (13:07) "FIM 92"/"Industrial Genocide": CORPSEATER - World of Doom (15:12) "sat sudnjeg dana": PLASTIKA - Plastika (16:30) "Make Up Your MInd"/"It's Allright": CRIPPLED FOX - That's Just Life Now (18:20) "Kick the Habit"/"First To Die": INTENSIVE CARE UNIT - Sand & Gravel Side 2 (19:56) "Sangre por dinero": CONVULSIONS - Grindcore Not War (20:28) "Crime Scene": CRIME SCENE - Dark Tidings (23:34) "Corrupt": XIAO - Burn (25:21) "Вонючие мужики": FAST SEX - Demo (26:26) "Buggin' Out": PEST CONTROL - Don't Test the Pest (28:06) "Bitter Memory": FALSE NEGATIVE - No Fraternity (28:40) "We're All Gonna Die": DEFUND - American Nightmare (31:43) "Life Decays": AZJINPISSER - Cold Cuts (32:53) "Kicked In": SPIKEPIT - Spikepit (33:25) "Velocity": VELOCITY - Demo 2023 (34:52) "Disaster": DUMMY TOYS - War Is Nightmare (38:00) "40 Hour Check": INTIMIDATION - Total Aggression (40:09) "Fortress England Crumbles": STINGRAY - Fortress Britain

Welcome to Hardcore Punk Week here at The Mighty Decibel. We inituiate activities by looking into the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from November and December 2023. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Let's Go Kill Some Fascists" DEFUND - American Nightmare American Nightmare | Defund (bandcamp.com) (4:14) "I Hear You Knockin'" + "Waste Management" DEADBOLT HC - Deadbolt HC S/T | Deadbolt HC (bandcamp.com) (7:04) "Mental Block" NO TURNING BACK - Conquer Conquer | No Turning Back | Triple B Records (bandcamp.com) (9:59) "The Hubris of Mankind" + "Drowning" TRENCHRAID - War Mentality War Mentality | Trenchraid (bandcamp.com) (14:03) "Deceiver" + "Feel the Pain" AS WE STAND - Strange STRANGE | AS WE STAND (bandcamp.com) (17:29) "Escapilado" + "Victima de la Sociedad" VILMORT - Demo 1 DEMO I | Vilmort (bandcamp.com) (18:50) "Final Boss" + "Tired of Shit" COA - Trauma Dump Trauma Dump | COA | Triple B Records (bandcamp.com) (22:15) "Eutanasia" + "Consumidos" DISBRIGADE - No Existe el Futuro, No Existe el Futuro No Existe el Futuro, No Existe el Mañana | Disbrigade | PLUTERAS RECORDS (bandcamp.com) (24:32) "In and Out (of Jail)" SCARED EARTH - Death Comes Tumbling Down Scared Earth - Death Comes Tumbling Down LP | phobiarecords (bandcamp.com) (26:55) "Holy Shitballs" + "No Help Is Coming" HEALER OF BASTARDS - Simpler Times Healer of Bastards - Simpler Times? | Healer Of Bastards | Dead Invoices Records (bandcamp.com) (30:23) "War Will Never End?" + "Nuclear War Age" DISSOCIAL - 7 Track EP Dissocial - 7 track EP Tape | Dissocial | Broken Noise Records (bandcamp.com) (33:42) "Conflict Reality" + " "No Peace" PHANTASM - Conflict Reality Conflict Reality | Phantasm | Hardcore Victim (bandcamp.com)

Join The Mighty Decibel as we name our fave doom releases of 2023. Beware - we prefer the stoner side of the equation, so expect the list to be heavily weighted towards that end of the doom spectrum. We're all doomed!!!

Join The Mighty Decibel for our specially curated look (listen?) at the best in stoner doom metal for the year (along with some death doom and sludge). Listen along and have all your hopes and dreams, along with your skull, crushed! We're all doomed!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Padre Karras": DROGULA - Drogula (6:00) "Lolly Willows": BLOOD CEREMONY - The Old Ways Remain (9:35) "Obsidian": BLESSED BLACK - Seasons: Vol. 1 (13:02) "Maxine (Witch Queen)": GREEN LUNG - This Heathen Land (16:39) "High Priestess": KADABRA - Umbra (22:59) "Summoned From Moribund Delusions": ETERNAL ROT - Moribound Side 2 (27:22) "Murder In Slow Motion": HEX A.D. - Delightful Shary Edges (32:25) "Blood Meridian": SAINT KARLOFF - Paleolithic War Crimes (37:47) "Obsidian": BLESSED BLACK - Seasons: Vol. 1 (41:14) "Weary Traveler": FAERIE RING - Weary Traveler (46:19) "Warlock's Eye": SLOTH - Sloth (6:56) (53:14) "Sign of Disaster": FLASHBACK - The Draconic Oath

Welcome to Doom Metal Week here at The Mighty Decibel where we kick things off with another "New Release Monday" episode. This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from November and December 2023 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of death doom and sludge, of course. We're all doomed! (0:00) "Major Arcana" PURPLE KONG - Blood Lightning Blood Lightning | Purple Kong (bandcamp.com) (2:25) "Blood Offerings" EARLY MOODS - single Blood Offerings | Early Moods (bandcamp.com) (8:13) "Kingslayer" THRONEHAMMER - Kingslayer Ascension | Thronehammer Official (bandcamp.com) (13:55) "Last Bastions of Doom" CARDINALS FOLLY - Live By the Sword Live By The Sword | Cardinals Folly | Soulseller Records (bandcamp.com) (19:51) "Glass Future" HOWLING GIANT - Glass Future Glass Future | Howling Giant (bandcamp.com) (23:41) "Suffer Sister" MAX BOOGIE OVERDRIVE - Stoned Again Stoned Again | Max Boogie Overdrive (bandcamp.com) (26:53) "I Am Your Nightmare" ANCIENT DAYS - Devil's Night Devil’s Night | Ancient Days (bandcamp.com)

The Mighty Decibel names its fave albums of July 2023 across four categories: Extreme Metal (black/death/thrash) Stoner/Doom Metal (incl stoner, psych, death doom and sludge) Hardcore Punk (incl d-beat, metal punk and grindcore) Hard'N'Heavy (incl trad metal, hard rock, speed metal, punk rock and rock'n'roll) Raise hell!!!

Away we go to 1988 where extreme metal is still thriving ... lots of thrash, death and black metal representation here. However, crossover thrash makes an appearance, along with some melodic punk (gasp!) as well. So, c'mon - let's get shitfaced and taste the floor!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Taste The Floor": RAZOR - Violent Restitution (2:07) "Pull The Plug": DEATH - Leprosy (6:31) "Manifest Destiny": D.R.I. - 4 Of A Kind (9:10) "Pace Til Death": BATHORY - Blood, Fire, Death (12:49) "Silent Scream": SLAYER - South of Heaven (15:54) "Fuck My Shit Stinks": DAYGLO ABORTIONS - Here Today Guano Tomorrow (19:08) "If I Should Fall From The Grace of God": THE POGUES - If I Should Fall From The Grace of God Side 2 (21:28) "F#": NUCLEAR ASSAULT - Survive (23:54) "Land of Competition": BAD RELIGION - Suffer (25:56) 'The Bag Lady Song": THE ACCUSED - Martha Splatterhead's Maddest Stories Ever Told (27:57) "Tribal Convictions": VOIVOD - Dimension Hatross (32:45) "Maggot Colony": CARCAS - Reek of Putrefaction (34:20) "Shit Faced": TANKARD - The Morning After (38:22) "Mother": DANZIG - Danzig

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in October and November 2023. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Highly Contagious" HAZARDOUS - Highly Contagious HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS | Hazardous (bandcamp.com) (4:06) "A Mountain of Corpses" BARBARIAN SWORDS - Anti-Dogma Megaforce Anti-Dogma Megaforce | Barbarian Swords (bandcamp.com) (6:54) "Empire of Scum" OBRIJ - Empire of Scum Імперія бидла (Empire of Scum) | Обрій (Obrij) (bandcamp.com) (9:44) "Speedhammer" PHANTOM - Handed To Execution Handed to Execution | Phantom (bandcamp.com) (12:36) "Through Devil's Breath" AEGRUS - Invoking the Abysmal Night Invoking The Abysmal Night | AEGRUS | Osmose Productions (bandcamp.com) (16:29) "Speeding Black Leather Hell" SADISTIC FORCE - Midnight Assassin Midnight Assassin | Sadistic Force (bandcamp.com) (21:40) "Roadside Burial" THE PLAGUE - Erosian of Gods Erosion Of Gods | The Plague (bandcamp.com) (24:00) "Coffin" ERADIKATED - Descendants Descendants | Eradikated (bandcamp.com) (27:36) "Tempest (Dawn of the Possessed)" TEMPEST - Unending Torment Unending Torment | Tempest (bandcamp.com)

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from September and October 2024. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Pray" + "Testify" DISCIPLE B.C. - Blood, Power, Scrifice AG140 // DISCIPLE B.C. "Blood, Power, Sacrifice" | Agipunk Records (bandcamp.com) (5:01) "Mind Scabbed Over" YELLOWCAKE - A Fragmented Truth A Fragmented Truth | Yellowcake | Total Peace (bandcamp.com) (8:24) "Compulsion" + "Building" COMPULSION - Split w/WRONG WAR Split LP | Wrong War // Compulsion | Wrong War (bandcamp.com) (13:02) "When Ex-Members Attack" + "Eshay Wednesdays" DISPARO! - Split w/DOG SHOT DISPARO! Split | DOG SHOT (bandcamp.com) (14:16) "Once A Body, Now A Corpse" + "Plebs In Despair" VILE SPECIES - Disqualified As A Human Disqualified As a Human | Vile Species (bandcamp.com) (17:05) "Y2H8" + "Rock'n'Roll Toilet"" SHIT TAX - Rock'N'Roll Toilet Rock 'n' Roll Toilet | Shit Tax (bandcamp.com) (20:16) "Falseness" KRAYAT - За з​а​к​у​с​к​а п​а​р​а​н​о​я За в​е​ч​е​р​я к​а​к​в​o ? За закуска параноя За вечеря каквo ? | Krayat (bandcamp.com) (22:47) "Masquerade" + "Face Your Fate" MYSTIQUE - Face Your Fate Face Your Fate | Mystique | Quality Control HQ (bandcamp.com) (26:58) "Beyond Good & Evil" + "Carousel of Alliction" KILLING YIELD - Volatile Future Volatile Future | Killing Yield (bandcamp.com) (29:47) "Floricide" + "Charge of the Wolf" WOLFCHARGE - Invasive Species Invasive Species | Wolfcharge (bandcamp.com) (32:19) "Store Bought Bombs" + "Playground" WATCHLIST - Watchlist Watchlist – Cassette | Watchlist | Toxic State Records (bandcamp.com) (35:25) "Lights Go Out" BERTHOLD CITY - Where Di We Go Wrong? Where Did We Go Wrong? | BERTHOLD CITY (bandcamp.com)

Let's venture into the birth of black metal now, shall we. Specifically The Mighty Decibel celebrates the birth of the sub-genre by revisiting the first five classic albums of the Venom discography when Cronos was at the mic. Too loud for the crowd ... but not for the sons of Satan!!! Side One Welcome To Hell (1981) (0:00) Sons of Satan (3:40) Welcome To Hell (6:55) Live Like An Angel (10:55) Witching Hour Black Metal (1982) (15:40) Black Metal (19:22) Leave Me In Hell (22:55) Countess Bathory (26:40) Don't Burn the Witch At War With Satan (1984) (29:57) Rip Ride Side 2 Possessed (1985) (33:07) Satanachist (35:51) Too Loud For the Crowd Calm Before the Storm (1987) (38:53) Metal Punk

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 2023 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Blood, Bone and Fire" DESTRUCTOR - Blood, Bone and Fire Blood Bone and Fire | Destructor (bandcamp.com) (04:37) "In the Moonlight" HIGH SPIRITS - Safe on the Other Side Safe on the Other Side | High Spirits (bandcamp.com) (7:48) "Unite" RECEIVER - Whispers of Lore Whispers of Lore | Receiver (bandcamp.com) (13:07) "Kneel Before Gods" RECKLESS - Sharp Majik Steel Sharp Magik Steel | Reckless | Dying Victims Productions (bandcamp.com) (17:17) "Who's the Boss" BONAFIDE - Are You Listening? (5) Facebook (19:38) "Fire Eagle" STEELRATH - Prayers of War Prayers Of War | Alex Livás, Bruno Coimbra, André Ranhel e Jiúlio D. César | SteelRath (bandcamp.com) (24:22) "Annihillation" HELMS DEEP - Treachorous Ways Treacherous Ways | Helms Deep (bandcamp.com) (28:41) "Empress of the Emptiness" DUSK - Wheels of Twilight Wheels of Twilight | DUSK (bandcamp.com)

Time to don our battle armour in salute of Switzerland's answer to Manowar - Megaton Sword. After three releases of epic true metal, Megaton Sword's discography is hefty enough to warrant the In 40 Minute treatment here at The Mighty Decibel. Come enjoy the songs of victory - only cowards remain!!! Niralet (2019) (0:00) For Glory (4:51) Pristine War Blood Hails Steel - Steel Hails Fire (2020) (9:25) Blood Hails Steel, Steel Hails Fire (15:53) Wastrels Side 2 (19:31) Songs of Victory Might & Power (2023) (23:39) The Raving Light of Day (28:43) Cowards Remain (32:57) Might

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from October and November 2023. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Make Up Your Mind" + "You Are No Different" CRIPPLED FOX - That's Just Life Now THAT'S JUST LIFE NOW - Out on Oct.02. 2023. | Crippled Fox (bandcamp.com) (2:31) "Fortress Britain Crumbles" + "Burning Swine" STINGRAY - Fortress Britain Fortress Britain | Stingray | LA VIDA ES UN MUS DISCOS (bandcamp.com) (6:51) "Evil Sex on Halloween" BLACK KNIFE - Baby Eater Witch Baby Eater Witch | Black Knife (bandcamp.com) (9:39) "After Hell" + "Mood Decapitation" B.O.R.N. - Split with DRACULA Split W/ Dracula | B.O.R.N. (bandcamp.com) (12:49) "Loser" CAPRA - Errors Errors | CAPRA (bandcamp.com) (15:21) "Graphomania" STRANGULATORIUS - Death Grind Degenerates Death Grind Degenerates | Stranguliatorius (bandcamp.com) (17:49) "Tysta Skrik" PARASIT - Split with SVALVELDIOXID Parasit / Svaveldioxid 2023 | PARASIT (bandcamp.com) (19:58) "Come To the Light" + "Nothing Repeats the Same" LET GO - We Men we men | Let Go (bandcamp.com) (22:56) "Sanctuary" + "Year of Sundays" VOLTAGE - Claustrophobia CLAUSTROPHOBIA | VOLTAGE (bandcamp.com) (25:43) "Grin and Bear It" BLACKEST DAWN - Twisted Place Blackest Dawn - Twisted Place | UPSTATE RECORDS (bandcamp.com) (28:58) "Bez Pokory" + Wataha" PLAGA - Demo PLAGA - DEMO - YouTube (30:10) "Escravidao Auto Imposta" ESCALPO - Unnus Unnus | ESCALPO | Escalpo (bandcamp.com)

What's a "legacy band" you ask? It's a unit that made its commercial peak in the 70s/80s who continue to tour &/or issue new releases. This episode we will be focusing on legacy bands that have issued a great album(s) in the 2Ks ... but by-in-large escaped notice. At The Mighty Decibel, we say it's time to return to the altar. They may be grey, but that doesn't mean that they should be ignored. You young bucks up for some competition?!!! Side 1 (0:00) "White Lightning": MOLLY HATCHET - Kingdom of XII ('00) (3:50) "Change My Sex": TED NUGENT - Craveman ('02) (6:51) "Come On, Come On": CHEAP TRICK - Rockford ('06) (9:53) "Competition": MSG - In the Midst of Beauty ('08) (13:10) "Flying": ANVIL - Hope In Hell ('13) (17:58) "Birds of Prey": DEEP PURPLE - Infinite ('17) Side 2 (23:41) "Rising From the Ruins": JUDAS PRIEST - Firepower ('18) (29:01) "Tyrant King": THE RODS - Brotherhood of Metal ('19) (33:36) "Paper Flags": ALCATRAZZ - Born Innocent ('20) (37:38) "To Those": STYX - Crash of the Crown ('21) (40:36) "Golden Light": URIAH HEEP - Chaos and Colour ('23)

It's a new week, so time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from October and November 2023 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of death doom and sludge, of course. We're all doomed! (0:00) "Hunters in the Sky" GREEN LUNG - This Heathen Land This Heathen Land | GREEN LUNG (bandcamp.com) (5:13) "Padre Karras" DROGULA - DroguLa DrogulA | DrogulA | Herby Records (bandcamp.com) (11:26) "Warlock's Eye" SLOTH - Sloth SLOTH | SLOTH (bandcamp.com) (18:34) "High Priestess" KADABRA - Umbra KADABRA - Umbra | HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records (bandcamp.com) (25:01) "La Sorciere du Vegenand" WIZARDS OF WIZNANA - No Light Has No Shadow No Light has No Shadow | Wizards of Wiznan (bandcamp.com) (29:53) "Silurian" NEWSUN - single Portal Stone/Silurian | Nëwsün (bandcamp.com) (33:44) "Universe" KAL-EL - Moon People Moon People | Kal-El (bandcamp.com)

The Mighty Decibel names its fave albums of September 2023 across four categories: Extreme Metal (black/death/thrash) Stoner/Doom Metal (incl stoner, psych, death doom and sludge) Hardcore Punk (incl d-beat, metal punk and grindcore) Hard'N'Heavy (incl trad metal, hard rock, speed metal, punk rock and rock'n'roll) Raise hell!!!

Top flight folk metal for ya this episode as The Mighty Decibel shines a light on the first four crucial albums from Finland's Amorphis. The evolution of the band's sound over the 90s is startling ... and that progression continues to this day. From death metal to progressive folk metal ... let us show you the way!!!! Side One The Karelian Isthmus (1992) (0:00) Karelia (0:43) The Gathering (4:56) Grail's Mysteries Tales From the Thousand Lakes (1994) (7:59) Thousand Lakes (10:04) Into Hiding Elegy (1996) (13:45) Against Windows (17:47) On Rich and Poor Side 2 (23:03) My Kantele Tuonela (1999) (28:02) The Way (32:37) Morning Star (36:27) Tuonela (41:00) Divinity

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in September and October 2023. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Last Ones To Survive" RADUX - It's Going To Be a Great Day It's Going to Be a Great Day | Radux | Atomic Grass Productions (bandcamp.com) (2:38) "The Age of Pan" DOMINANCE - Slaughter of Human Offerings in the Age of Pan Slaughter of human offerings in the new age of Pan | Dominance (bandcamp.com) (6:12) "Malfomity" MALFORMED - Uncontrollable Malformity Uncontrollable Malformity | Malformed | Rotted Life (bandcamp.com) (9:07) "Revenger" ELECTROCUTIONER - False Idols False Idols | Electrocutioner (bandcamp.com) (12:02) "Light Eater" REBAELLIUN - Under the Sign of Rebellion Under The Sign Of Rebellion | Rebaelliun | Agonia Records (bandcamp.com) (16:00) "Mater Pest" THIRD STORM - The Locust Mantra The Locust Mantra | THIRD STORM | Chaos Records (bandcamp.com) (21:31) "Evil Cannibal" MAZE OF TERROR - The Night Where Evil Prevails The Night Where the Evil Prevails | Maze of Terror | Selvajaria Records (bandcamp.com) (25:01) "Uzurpator Niebianskiego Tronu" ACTUM INFERNI - Uzurpator Niebianskiego Tronu Uzurpator niebiańskiego tronu | Actum Inferni (bandcamp.com) (33:27) "Merciless Aggression" ABOMINATED - Traumatic Putrefaction Traumatic Putrefaction | ABOMINATED | 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔷 𝔒𝔳 𝔚𝔞𝔯 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 (bandcamp.com) (36:09) "Pounder" DEATHBLOW - Rotten Trajectory Rotten Trajectory | Deathblow (bandcamp.com) (39:04) "Obscure Awakening" KINGS ROT - At the Gates of Adverserial Darkness At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness | Kings Rot | Hypnotic Dirge Records (bandcamp.com)

War (or Total War as they were known later) was a short lived project in the late 90s (that included members of Necrophobic, Abruptum, In Aeturnum and Hypocrisy) that only issued one EP and one full length. So why do they deserve the In 40 Minutes treatment? Because here we have one of the best (THE best?) vicious black metal bands on this much maligned earth. Sure, Marduk has a more extensive discography, but I would put both of War's releases right up there with Panzer Division Marduk in the "Best Violent Black Metal Album of All Time" category. You are nothing - but worms!!!! Side One Total War (1997) (0:00) Satan (1:57) I Am Elite (4:28) Total War (7:19) The Sons of War (8:30) Satan's Millenium Side 2 We Are War (1999) (11:40) War (14:05) We Are War (17:02) Soldiers of Satan (19:13) Ave Satan (21:24) Kill God (24:05) 666 (26:17) Infernal (29:03) Bombenhagel (Sodom cover)

Time to celebrate the early years of speed metal innovators, athletic rockers and NWOBHM outfit Raven with a 40 minute playlist of their best stuff from the 80s. Crash, bang, wallop ... it goes on and on!!! Side One Rock Until You Drop (1981) (0:00) Don't Need Your Money Crash Bang Wallop (1982) (03:14) Crash Bang Wallop Wiped Out (1982) (06:13) Live At the Inferno All For One (1983) (10:04) Take Control (13:24) Run Silent, Run Dee Side 2 (18:59) Athletic Rock Stay Hard (1985) (23:36) Extract the Action (26:38) On and On Life's A Bitch (1987) (30:29) Pick Your Window Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (1988) (33:57) Lay Down the Law

It's time to celebrate the recording legacy of one Theodore Anthony Nugent ... the Motorcity Madman, Uncle Ted, the Nuge, Deadly Tedly, Terrible Ted. You may not agree with his politics, but there's no debating that the man can play the hell out of his Gibson Byrdland. His demand over feedback acoustics and energy levels are unquestionable and in a live setting there are no equals when it comes to guitar showmen. So come join The Mighty Decibel as we critically assess all 17 of Nugent's solo studio outings, lustily praising some works and outright condemning a few others. You got to live it up!!!

Metalheads should always remember that heavy metal was (partly) derived from rock'n'roll music. Heavy rock'n'roll provides the same visceral joys as our fave musical form, so, here, The Mighty Decibel shines the light on some of the best in heavy rock'n'roll from the 70s and 80s. Rip it up!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Stay With Me": FACES - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink ... To A Blind Horse ('71) (4:36) "Rip This Joint": THE ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street ('72) (7:00) "Suffragette City": DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust ('72) (10:25) "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting": ELTON JOHN - Yellow Brick Road ('73) (15:15) "Little Lady": STATUS QUO - On The Level ('74) (18:17) "High Class In Borrowed Shoes": MAX WEBSTER - High Class In Borrowed Shoes ('77) (2:32) Side 2 (22:16) "Hot Legs": ROD STEWART - Foot Loose and Fancy Free ('77) (4:24) (26:27) "Remedy": ROSE TATTOO - Rose Tattoo ('78) (2:59) (29:25) "It Wasn't Me": GEORGE THOROGOOD - Move It On Over ('78) (4:03) (33:28) "Take the Rap": NAZARETH - 2XS ('82) (2:40) (36:08) "If I Could Only Flag Her Down": ZZ TOP - Eliminator ('83) (3:40)

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 2023 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Light It Up" LA CHINGA - Primal Forces Primal Forces | La Chinga | Ripple Music (bandcamp.com) (04:23) "Call To Cernunnos" PRIMORDIAL - How It Ends (How It Ends | Primordial (bandcamp.com) (10:30) "Keep Drippin' Down" DIAMOND DOGS - About the Hardest Nut To Crack (4) Facebook (13:48) "After All" FRAISE - The Fifth Sun Part II Fraise Official homepage (18:13) "Guestlist" THE DIRTY DENIMS - single Guestlist | The Dirty Denims (bandcamp.com) (21:56) "I'll Be Calling" HOWLING BLACK SOUL - The Otherside The Otherside | Howling Black Soul (bandcamp.com) (25:35) "Fast Run" BUCKET - Split EP with AFEWYEARSLATER Split w/ afewyearslater | Bucket (bandcamp.com) (27:41) "Haulin' Ass" BURNER - Hittin' the Target Hittin´ The Target | Bürner (bandcamp.com) (30:57) "And Then I Heard About the Groove" ELECTRIC JIHAD - Dictator Ship Electric Jihad | Dictator Ship (bandcamp.com)

Time for the best Scottish Canadian melodic punk. It's time for a 50 minute playlist (I couldn't limit it to 40!) of The Real McKenzies. In one of those rare occasions where a band's discography improves as it goes on, here we have the best of the Vancouver back alley dwellers over their 10 studio releases. Remember - if it ain't (Canadian) Scottish ... it's crap!!!! Side One The Real McKenzies (1995) (0:00) Scots Wha' Ha'e Clash of the Tartans (1998) (2:53) Mainland Loch'd and Loaded (2001) (6:49) Lassie/Roamin' in the Gloamin (8:35) Pickled Oot and Aboot (2003) (9:27) Droppin' Like Flies (11:24) Get Lost (12:58) Lest We Forget 10,000 Shots (2005) (15:23) Will You Neh Come Back Again (17:22) Pour Decisions (19:57) Bugger Off Off the Leash (2008) (21:58) Chip Side 2 Westwinds (2012) (25:11) Fools Road (28:03) The Massacre of Glencoe Rats In The Burlap (2015) (30:42) Wha' Saw the 42nd (32:42) Up On A Motorbike (34:42) Who'd A Thought (37:43) Midnight Train To Moscow Two Devils Will Talk (2017) (40:20) Due West (42:06) Fuck The Real McKenzies Beer and Loathing (2020) (44:26) Overtoun Bridge (46:25) Big Foot Steps (49:58) Nary Do Gooder (52:03) A Seafarer's Return

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from September and October 2023. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Disaster" DUMMY TOYS - War Is Nightmare War Is Nightmare | Dummy Toys | Genjing Records (bandcamp.com) (3:43) "Hunted (On the Run)" + "40 Hour Check" INTIMIDATION - Total Aggression Total Aggression | Intimidation (bandcamp.com) (8:00) "Farce" + "Your Fault" HEAVY DISCIPLINE - Your Scapegoat PKR-084: Your Scapegoat | Heavy Discipline | Painkiller Records (bandcamp.com) (10:24) "Into Their Eyes" MATRAK ATTAKK - Herstory Told Herstory Untold, split LP 2023 with Persona Non Data | MatraK AttakK (bandcamp.com) (13:05) "From Hell She Came" SLICER - Stalking the Night STALKING THE NIGHT | SLICER (bandcamp.com) (15:43) "Disinformation" + "Unfit For Consumption" DEPOPULATION DEPARTMENT - Another War Victim DEPOPULATION DEPARTMENT "Another War Vicitm" Lp (CAF030) | Crust As Fuck Records (bandcamp.com) (18:50) "No Security" FUCK ON THE BEACH - Split EP with DOUBLE ME FUCK ON THE BEACH / DOUBLE ME split | FUCK ON THE BEACH / DOUBLE ME | Here And Now! Records (bandcamp.com) (20:41) "Attack" + "Acid Speech" GRITTED TEETH - Split with STERN LOOK Full Split | GRITTED TEETH / STERN LOOK | GRINDWAR RECORDS (bandcamp.com) (22:24) "Lloron" + "Magnicidio" MATARRATAS - Matarratas Matarratas EP | Matarratas | Arma Negra Records (bandcamp.com) (24:53) "Regrets" + "Lost Time" SOCIAL PRESSURE - Social Pressure Social Pressure Self Titled EP | Social Pressure | Damaged Brain Records (bandcamp.com) (27:22) "No Light" DUNGEON - Into the Ruins Into the Ruins | Dungeon (bandcamp.com) (30:15) "Rein a Secouer" + "J'ai l'doula" FACHE - Fache Fâché | Fâché (bandcamp.com)

The Mighty Decibel names its fave albums of September 2023 across four categories: Extreme Metal (black/death/thrash) Stoner/Doom Metal (incl stoner, psych, death doom and sludge) Hardcore Punk (incl d-beat, metal punk and grindcore) Hard'N'Heavy (incl trad metal, hard rock, speed metal, punk rock and rock'n'roll) Raise hell!!!

Onwards we go into 1987 where extreme metal still rules the world of heavy. Tons of thrash representation here, along with a smattering of early death metal, while crossover and hardcore each make an appearance as well. Fear not lovers of trad metal and hard rock, a track of each is also squeezed into our best-of-1987 playlist, adding some variation. Time for some electroviolence!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Blind Faith": KREATOR - Terrible Certainty (4:04) "Order of the Blackguards": VOIVOD - Killing Technology (8:32) "The Eyes of Horror": POSSESSED - The Eyes of Horror (11:48) "Outlaw": THE CULT - Electric (14:39) "Electrocution": SODOM - Persecution Mania (17:52) "Evil Dead": DEATH - Scream Bloody Gore Side 2 (20:50) "Tear It Down": D.R.I. - Crossover (24:26) "The Challenge": ARTILLERY - Terror Squad (28:36) "Crucified": AGNOSTIC FRONT - Liberty & Justice For ... (31:03) "Sacred Reich": SACRED REICH - Ignorance (34:17) "Born To Lose": BLACK SABBATH - The Eternal Idol (37:56) 'Electroviolence": OVERKILL - Taking Over (41:39) "Efilnikufesin (NFL)": ANTHRAX - Among The Living

It's a new week, so time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from September and October 2023 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of death doom and sludge, of course. We're all doomed! (0:00) "Obsidian" BLESSED BLACK - Sesons: Vol. 1 Seasons Vol. 1 | Blessed Black (bandcamp.com) (4:43) "Abjection" EXCARNATED ENTITY - Mass Grave Horizon Mass Grave Horizon | Excarnated Entity (bandcamp.com) (7:22) "Double Wide" VAN GROOVER - Back From the Shop Back From The Shop | Van Groover (bandcamp.com) (12:31) "Luciferian" CARDINALS FOLLY - Live By the Sword Live By The Sword | Cardinals Folly | Soulseller Records (bandcamp.com) (18:46) "Devil's Demon" METALLUS - Funeral of the Sun Funeral Of The Sun | Metallus (bandcamp.com) (25:40) "Dystopie" MENSCHENSTAUB - Split with NO SHELTER Menschenstaub x No Shelter. Split | Menschenstaub. (bandcamp.com) (28:47) "Like A Kind of Minatour" SLOMATICS - Strontium Fields Strontium Fields | Slomatics (bandcamp.com) (32:09) "Downpour" DOMKRAFT - Sonic Moons Sonic Moons | Domkraft (bandcamp.com) (36:32) "13 Cabras" HIRKUM - Hirkum Hirkum | Hirkum (bandcamp.com)

Proving that the black metal genre is in good hands, The Mighty Decibel amalgamates a playlist of some of the best output from bands born in the 2Ks. Raging and unrepentantly bleak in perspective, here you have 40 minutes of wailing black metal that'll satiate even the hardest of blackened ears out there. Bang your head for Satan!!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Fist of the Devil": BLACK BEAST - Nocturnal Bloodlust (3:52) "Blood For the Crypt Dagger": CRYPT DAGGER - From Below (6:36) "Alcoholic Blasphemy": SCHIZOGOAT - War, Pestilence and Sacrifice (9:22) "Beast Inside": ELIZABETH - Elizabeth (11:59) "The Wrath of Typhon": CRAVEN IDOL - Forked Tongues (15:54) "Panzer VI": WARKVLT - Deathymn (19:08) "Shadowed By a Veil of Scythian Arrows": HATE FOREST - Hour of the Centaur Side 2 (23:16) "Bang Your Head For Satan": SLAUGHTERED PRIEST - Bang Your Head For Satan (27:14) "Storming the Gates of Heaven": WINTER OF APOKALYPSE - Solitary Winter Night (31:21) "666 Dead Angels": SAVAGE NECROMANCY - Feathers Fall To Flames (33:24) "Blood Red Vision": SKUMSTRIKE - Deadly Intrusions (36:48) "A Dark Sun Rises": MALLEUS - The Fires of Heaven

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in August and September 2023. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Hunting Down the Last Living" ROTTEN CASKET - Zombicron Zombicron | Rotten Casket (bandcamp.com) (4:31) "Divide and Conquer" NECRO WEASEL - Feel the Speed Feel the Speed | Necroweasel (bandcamp.com) (8:33) "Human Caltrops" INVULTATION - Feral Legion Feral Legion | Invultation (bandcamp.com) (10:44) "Witchstorm" DEMONSLAUGHT 666 - single Witchstorm / Morbid Vendetta | Demonslaught 666 (bandcamp.com) (15:13) "Bring To Me the Kill" WEREWOLVES - My Enemies Look and Sound Like Me My Enemies Look And Sound Like Me | Werewolves (bandcamp.com) (18:25) "Only Coldness" GRAVERIPPER - Seasons Dreaming Death Seasons Dreaming Death | GraveRipper (bandcamp.com) (22:04) "Collector's Debt" ELECTROCUTIONER - False Idols (2) Facebook (25:01) "Beyond Acheron" TEMPLE OF DREAD - Beyond Acheron Temple Of Dread · Beyond Acheron | Temple Of Dread | Testimony Records (bandcamp.com) (30:07) "Death to the Human Race" KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - Built To Kill Built to Kill | KÖRGULL THE EXTERMINATOR | Xtreem Music (bandcamp.com)

It's Monday so it's time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from September and October 2024 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of death doom, psych and sludge, of course. We're all doomed! (0:00) "Black Spell" CASTLE - Evil Remains Evil Remains | Castle (bandcamp.com) (4:49) "Lightning in the Realms" BOTTOMLESS - Graveyard Thunder Graveyard Thunder | Bottomless/Witching Altar | Bottomless (bandcamp.com) (11:23) "Hammer To Fall" COKUS - An HOur of Lies An Hour of Lies | çöküş (bandcamp.com) (14:52) "The Sadness" WITCHING ALTAR - Graveyard Thunder Graveyard Thunder | Witching Altar/Bottomless | Witching Altar (bandcamp.com) (19:44) "Jasmine" PSYCHLONA - Warped Vision Warped Vision | Psychlona (bandcamp.com) (25:03) "Insecticide" LEGIONS OF DOOM - The Skull 3 (8) Facebook

Welcome back to our An Introduction To ... series which provides a playlist that we think is representative of the genre/sub-genre in question. This episode we're delving into the world of southern rock ... specifically of the heavier variety given that we here at The Mighty Decibel prefer our music to singe our ear hair! Take the journey with us from the 70s to current day and hear some of the rowdiest down-home southern cookin' that you'll ever imbibe. Hopefully, this will cause some of you out there to dip your toes further into the joys of the south. Gimme some of that chomp, chomp!!!! Side 1 (0:00) "I Ain't the One": LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Pronounced ley-nerd-skin-nerd ('73) (3:52) "Waitin' For the Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago": ZZ TOP - Tres Hombres ('73) (10:13) "Glitter Queen": HYDRA - Hydra ('74) (14:17) "Gator Country": MOLLY HATCHET - Molly Hatchet ('78) Side 2 (20:28) "Train, Train": BLACKFOOT - Strikes ('79) (24:02) "Edge of Sundown": DANNY JOE BROWN &THE DANNY JOE BROWN BAND - S/T ('81) (30:31) "Pearly": RAGING SLAB - Dynamite Monster Boogie Concert ('93) (34:04) "The South's Too Fat to Rise Again": NASHVILLE PUSSY - Up the Dosage ('14) (36:23) "Dark Horse": HOGJAW - Way Down Yonder ('17)

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 August and September 2023 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Robot Blues" + "Gunnin' For You" DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Too Much Bullshit Too Much Bullshit LP | Death Ridge Boys (bandcamp.com) (04:32) "Better Start To Run" U.D.O. - Touchdown (2) Facebook (8:55) "Sons of the Sea" SOMEWHERE IN NOWHERE - Rise of the Lost Souls Rise Of The Lost Souls | Somewhere In Nowhere (bandcamp.com) (14:04) "Settle Down" STEPMOTHER - Planet Brutalicon Planet Brutalicon | Stepmother (bandcamp.com) (16:27) "Aucun Homme, Aucun Dogme, Aucune Croix" MEURTRIERES - Ronde de Nuit RONDE DE NUIT | meurtrières (bandcamp.com) (20:56) "Brain Bucket" THE DEATH WHEELERS - Chaos and the Art of Motorcycle Madness Chaos and the Art of Motorcycle Madness | The Death Wheelers (bandcamp.com) (22:24) "Bad God" BLIND RIVER - Bones For the Skeleton Thief Bones For The Skeleton Thief | Blind River (bandcamp.com) (26:36) "Hanged Man's Revenge" SPIRIT ADRIFT - Ghost at the Gallows Ghost At The Gallows | Spirit Adrift (bandcamp.com) (31:32) "1979" MASHEENA - West Coast Hard Rock West Coast Hard Rock | Masheena (bandcamp.com)

The second Tuesday of every month we will be hosting a playlist of extreme metal curated by Futhark Records owner and founder, Claus Nader. In this latest episode, Claus provides us with a sountrack to the "Summer of Death"! Visit Claus at his shop (in the Danforth/Greenwood area of east Toronto) and tell him that The Mighty Decibel sent you!!! (4) Futhark Records | Toronto ON | Facebook SIDE 1 (0:00) Idle Ruin (Australia/Germany) Sycophant - The Fell Tyrant (Bitter Loss Records, 2022) https://idleruin.bandcamp.com/album/the-fell-tyrant (4:07) Coffin Mulch (Scotland) Into the Blood – Spectral Intercession (At War with False Noise, 2023) https://coffinmulch.bandcamp.com/album/spectral-intercession (8:05) Penny Coffin (Scotland) Predator - Conscripted Morality (At War with False Noise, 2023) https://pennycoffindeath.bandcamp.com/album/conscripted-morality (13:18) Dripping Decay (USA) Abundant Cadaveric Waste - Festering Grotesqueries (Satanik Royalty, 2023) https://drippingdecay.bandcamp.com/ (15:56) Incantation (USA) Chalice (Vessel Consanguineous) - Unholy Deification (Relapse Records, 2023) https://incantation666.bandcamp.com/album/unholy-deification (19:43) Bonesaw (Scotland) Granite Hell II - The Illicit Revue (At War with False Noise, 2013) https://bonesaw.bandcamp.com/album/the-illicit-revue-2 SIDE 2 (23:51) Cryophilic (Canada) Majesty - Damned and Decayed (CDN Records, 2023) https://cryophilic.bandcamp.com/album/damned-and-decayed (27:00) Outer Heaven (USA) Unspeakable Aura - Inifinite Psychic Depths (Relapse Records, 2023) https://outerheaven.bandcamp.com/album/infinite-psychic-depths (32:15) Necrophagist (Germany) Symbiotic in Theory - Epitaphe (Relapse Records, 2023) https://necrophagist.bandcamp.com/album/epitaph (36:46) Seep (USA) Gorging on the Gutpile - Hymns to the Gore (Extremely Rotten Productions, 2022) https://seepdeathdoom.bandcamp.com/album/hymns-to-the-gore