A Heavy Metal Podcast - The Mighty Decibel

Hold onto your ear muffs, it's time for some earth-shatteringly heavy sludge on our next 'In 40 Minutes" session. Today let us wallow in the heaviosity that is Sweden's 10,000 Years with a best-of playlist from their first three releases. Housing a conceptual trilogy tracking the comings and goings of the good ship Albatross as it goes forward in time to Earth's future where the Green King reigns...

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in January and February 2024. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Go For the Throat" CHAINSAW - Satan Satan | Chainsaw (bandcamp.com)                                         (4:36) "Sovereign In Shadows" FUNERAL WINDS - 333 333 | FUNERAL WINDS | Osmose Produ...

Many a hard rocker have turned their backs to Ritchie Blackmore when he hung up his electric guitar in the late 90s to entertain his interest in Renaissance music by creating Blackmore's Night with his vocalist and soon to be wife, Candace Night. Sure, Deep Purple and Rainbow fanatics will not find power chords in this venture, but dammit what beautiful sounds you'll encounter if you open your ear...

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 January and February 2024 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Awaken the Night" VULGAR DEVILS - Witches Wheel Witches Wheel | Vulgar Devi...

This week we return to our "Deep Album Tracks" series where we focus on songs never/rarely played by a well known band despite the tracks being more than worthy. This edition we look into the vault for some AC/DC songs that deserved the live treatment and could have easily displaced a number of other regularly played songs by the Aussies ("The Jack", "TNT", "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" and the li...

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from January and February 2024. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Ruination" + "Eternal Tomb/Madness & Despair" ULTIMATE DISASTER - Demo 2024 DEMO 2024 | Ultimate Disaster (bandcamp.com) (4:12) "Scammer" HACKER - Psy-Wi hackerhq[dot]bigcarte[dot]com Hacker EP - Psy Wifi EP | HACKER (bandcamp.com) (6:36) "Hellfir...

Join The Mighty Decibel as we name our fave releases from January 2024 across four heavy genres: Extreme Metal Stoner Doom Hardcore Punk Hard'N'Heavy Hail!!!!

Time to celebrate some old school power thrash from legendary American outfit Destructor. Saddle up to the bar and take in the best material from the band's six albums scanning between 1985's Maximum Destruction and last year's Blood, Bone and Fire triumph. Take command of your next 40 minutes and let the boys hammer some steel!!! Side One Maximum Destruction (1985) (0:00) Take Command (4:03) Poun...

It's Monday so it's time for 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) "Sold My Soul To Satan" ANCIENT VVISDOM - Master of Stone (2) Facebook (4:33) "Megamouth" THE CLAMPS - Megamouth THE CLAMPS - Megamouth | HEAVY PS...

We continue with our 'The Year In Metal" series by proceeding to 1989, a year where thrash metal continued to dominate the heavy scene (check out our previous episodes!). Other extreme sub-genres are represented as well, as hardcore, death metal, crossover and black metal also make appearances. But fear not you non-extremists out there, a hard rock reference has been added as a pallette cleanser,...

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in December 2023 and January 2024. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Old Death Ripper" ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND - Visions of Blood and Gore Visions of Blood and Gore | ONSLAUGHT KOMMAND | 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔷 𝔒𝔳 𝔚𝔞𝔯 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 (bandcamp.com) (4:36) "The Twelfth Lunar Month" AMO...

We here at The Mighty Decibel cauliflower our ears with metal/punk beatings on a regular basis, so it's good to listen to some wimphem the odd time to rest our nerves and earholes. And one of the wimpiest artists we listen to has to be Hartmann who are led by ex At-Vance guitarist/vocalist Oliver Hartmann. His breathy vocals remind me of David Coverdale of Deep Purple/Whitesnake fame, while the mu...

Welcome back to another episode in our Discography Review series (check out our previous episodes too!). This time out we pontificate and wax poetic regarding the greatest folk metal band of all time ... the mighty Falkenbach!! Grab an ale, sit back and let us narrate the story of Markus Toomers (aka Vratyas Vakyas) and his one man venture into all things Viking. Hail!!!

Time to celebrate the recording history of what I consider to be the greatest unknown melodic metal outfit on the planet ... High Spirits. The first three albums are absolute classics of the genre, haymakers littering the albums just waiting for people to discover. The next two weren't quite as stacked in depth, but highlights are easy to spot. Then this year's latest upped the ante finding the ba...

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 December 2023 & January 2024 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Now and Forever" THE RODS - Rattle the Cage (3) Facebook (04:02) "Son of...

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...

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 MI...

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": DO...

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 (ban...

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. Re...

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...

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" SENTI...

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 Ligh...