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Welcome to the weekly show that delivers the loud! You'll hear the best new extreme metal, hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy releases and, this episode, we have a special segment on Switzerland's best export ... Krokus!! NEW RELEASE SEGMENT MELECHESH - Sentinels of Shamash DISCIPLE B.C. - The Homecoming HARROWED - The Eternal Hunger RAVENSPELL - Obsidian King GITTTS - The Truth PHANTOM DRUID - Illumination of the Death Mask FALLATH - Naikaiset aaveet PRAEFATOR - The First Call of Magick HEAD CRACK - Zero To Dust VENTHIAX - Rites of Ra BAND HIGHLIGHT SEGMENT - KROKUS Metal Rendezvous (1980) Hardware (1981) One Vice At a Time (1982) Headhunter (1983)

Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Hardcore Punk Show where monthly we'll be spinning the best new hardcore punk, d-beat, grindcore and metal punk releases. Rip it up! NECROTIZED MASS - Worm Infested MOTORDEATH - Strangled By Slavery SCHMUTZHUND - Split w/ZZ SLOP DISCIPLE B.C. - The Homecoming CRIPPLED FOX - Metal Recycle Forever BAJO CONTROL - Split w/COMPETE INCENDIARIA - Ocaso y barbarie FINAL GULP - Future Undone KAROSHI - Trabajo = Muerte FALSE NEGATIVE - All Over But the Shouting DISTHROAT - Split w/NECROPOLITICA BRAINWASHER - Empathy Lost DISFORIA - Split w/DISHONOR SCUMDOGS - Visiones De Muerte DISSOCIAL - Black Night BRAINBLEED - Sex Work Is Real Work (single) STRANGULATORIUS - Flies Don't Lie COMPETE - Split w/CONTROL LIFE EXPECTANCY - Sold LAST DAYZ - Promo LP THE SET - Self Evident Truth FUCKIN' WARHEADS - S/T VISION OF TERROR - Demo 2026 ST. MINCER - No Place For Humanity HOPE? - Hell On Planet Earth

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1984. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... CELTIC FROST - Morbid Tales MANOWAR - Hail To England EXCITER - Violence and Force DEEP PURPLE - Perfect Strangers AGNOSTIC FRONT - Victim In Pain IRON MAIDEN - Powerslave VOIVOD - War & Pain WAYSTED - The Good, The Bad, The Waysted TANK - Honour and Blood VENOM - At War With Satan WHITESNAKE - Slide It In RAZOR - Armed and Dangerous SCORPIONS - Love At First Sting MOTORHEAD - No Remorse

The best in new extreme metal, hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy releases: BARBARIC OATH - Sword, Sorcery, Vengeance ACHAKE - Split w/DARK HARVEST COMMANDOS POISON RUIN - Hymns From the Hills DESERT COLLIDER - Generation Ship:Endless Drift Through Infinity DARK HARVEST COMMANDO - Split w/ACHAKE ELECTROCUTIONER - Vampire's Kiss (single) STEPMOTHER - New World (single) COLLATERAL - Split w/BURNING LORD HEIR CORPSE ONE - Destination:Domination THE NERVOUS - 4 Songs EGREGORE - It Echoes In the Wild HERMANO - Clisson, France VOIDHAMMER - Noxious Emissions SONS OF HADES - Tombs of the Blind Dead SAVAGE SWORD - Demo 2026 FULLY CRAZED - Tales From the 'Rypt STRUP - Abyssurge EXTIRPATION - Insignificant Kingdom (single)

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1983. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... SLAYER - Show No Mercy RAVEN - All For One MOTORHEAD - Another Perfect Day AGNOSTIC FRONT - United Blood MERCYFUL FATE - Melissa BLACKFOOT - Siogo ANVIL - Forged In Fire KROKUS - Headhunter ACCEPT - Balls To the Wall THE RODS - In the Raw WITCHFINDER GENERAL - Friends of Hell RIOT - Born In America TANK - This Means War SAVAGE - Loose'N'Lethal NAZARETH - Sound Elixir MOTLEY CRUE - Shout At the Devil

This week's best new extreme metal, hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy releases. Additionally, a segment celebrating the best hardcore punk albums of the 2020s! NEW RELEASES VORAGO - Morulus HOPE? - Hell on Planet Earth SOD THE EARTH - Hardly Working Man SEIDHR - Wrong Way Rockers Compilation KERRIGAN - Wayfarer ST. MINCER - No Place For Humanity INVICTUS - Nocturnal Visions SEQUERA - Split w/FAUNA EXODUS - Goliath BEST HARDCORE PUNK ALBUMS OF THE 2020s DROPDEAD - Dropdead 2020 DISBRIGADE - Catastrofe Mundial (2020) HOPE? - Dead and Gone (2021) OSSACRUX - Complete Discography (2021) BOMBARDEMENT - Le Futur Et La (2022) M.V-11 - 6 Songs EP (2022) EMISSAIRIES OF SYN - The Core Assumptions (2023) SOOKS - Moral Decay (2024) DISCIPLE B.C. - Blood, Power, Sacrifice (2024) DARK HARVEST COMMANDOS - S/T (2024) WARBITCH - Summoned (2025) ULTIMATE DISASTER - For Progress ... (2025)

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1983. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... METALLICA - Kill 'Em All AC/DC - Flick of the Switch EXCITER - Heavy Metal Maniac ALCATRAZZ - No Parole for Rock'N'Roll THIN LIZZY - Thunder & Lightning IRON MAIDEN - Piece of Mind MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Built To Destroy MANOWAR - Into Glory Ride BLACK SABBATH - Born Again DIO - Holy Diver STATUS QUO - Back To Back SAXON - Power and the Glory ZZ TOP - Eliminator MOLLY HATCHET - No Guts, No Glory

NEW RELEASES BRAINWASHER - Empathy Lost OPPRESSIVE DESCENT - Timeless Passage CONDUCTOR - Spirits Rise NECROTIZED MASS - Worm Infested CONCRETE - Absent Morality ELECTRIC HYDRA - Scent of Blood (single) KAROSHI - Trabalo = Muerte WOLFNAUT - Wall of Sound (single) HERITAGE BANDS IN THE 2Ks - URIAH HEEP Wake the Sleeper (2008) Into the Wild (2011) The Outsider (2014) Living the Dream (2018) Chaos & Colour (2023)

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1982. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... ACCEPT - Restless and Wild MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Assault Attack WITCHFINDER GENERAL - Death Penalty DISCHARGE - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing SCORPIONS - Blackout UFO - Mechanix MANOWAR - Battle Hymns TANK - Filth Hounds of Hades ANVIL - Metal On Metal NAZARETH - 2XS JUDAS PRIEST - Screaming For Vengeance VENOM - Black Metal IRON MAIDEN - Number of the Beast MOTORHEAD - Iron Fist ROSE TATTOO - Scarred For Life TED NUGENT - Nugent RAINBOW - Straight Between the Eyes

NEW RELEASES MORBIUS - Malicious Rites MOTORDEATH - Strangled By Slavery RADIAN - Subterfuge CRIPPLED FOX - Metal Recycle Forever KATE'S ACID - Hellbender VORAGO - Raedem STONE - The Ghosts of Ghosts From Distant Times UNIDAD IDEOLOGICA - Choque Asimetrico RESURRECTED - Perpetual BAJO CONTROL - Capital Punishment split w/COMPETE BELZEBONG - The End Is Nigh NO/MAS - No Peace BAND SPOTLIGHT - FLOGGING MOLLY Swagger (2000) Drunken Lullabies (2002) Within A Mile of Home (2004) Float (2008)

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1981. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... VAN HALEN - Fair Warning MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - MSG ACCEPT - Breaker DEF LEPPARD - High'N'Dry ANVIL - Hard'N'Heavy SAXON - Denim & Leather RIOT - Fire Down Under OZZY OSBOURNE - Diary of a Madman STATUS QUO - Never Too Late TYGERS OF PAN TANG - Spellbound TRIUMPH - Allied Forces GIRLSCHOOL - Hit and Run ROSE TATTOO - Assault and Battery HOLOCAUST - The NIghtcomers AC/DC - For Those About To Rock RAMONES - Pleasant Dreams

Holy crap - the amount of high quality hardcore punk (incl d-beat, grind and metal punk) releases in the first month of January has been overwhelming. So much so we already have enough stuff to fill out a 40 minute playlist ... and the month isn't even done yet! "NECROTIZED MASS - (death grind) ""Zombie Hunger/ The Decapitarium"" !!! FALSE NEGATIVE ""Cryptic Times / Midwest Nam"" MOTORDEATH (death punk) ""Turbo Samurai"" !!!! DISFORIA (d-beat) ""Verso La Fine"" SCHMUTZHUND ""Welcome To SEattle / Backstabber"" FINAL GULP ""Mutual Aid"" + ""Dystopia Realized"" BAJO CONTROL ""No Somos Lo Mismo"" DISSOCIAL (d-beat) ""War Cry"" CRIPPLED FOX (fastcore) Metal Recycle Forever SCUMDOGS (metal punk) ""Enemigos"" BRAINBLEED ""Sex Work Is Real Work"" DISTHROAT (d-beat) ""Xenofobia/El Miedo (11)"" STRANGULATORIOUS (death grind) ""The Notes of the Deceased"" COMPETE ""The Bait"" LIFE EXPECTANCY (ultra raw crust) ""Accept + Canine""" "LAST DAYZ (deathcore) ""Coldburn"" THE S.E.T. (hc) ""TMT"" VISION OF TERROR (crustgrind) ""Tracked"" FUCKIN' WARHEADS ""Fight Back"""

NEW RELEASES “Parade of Violence” STRUCK A NERVE – S/T “Cryptic Times” + “Midwest Nam” FALSE NEGATIVE – All Over But the Shouting “Satan” MIDNATT – Skrackfylid fortjusning “Accept” LIFE EXPECTANCY – Sold “Trouble” STARGAZER – single “The Old Ways” CHAIN WOLF – Lamentations Turned Resentment “Echoes of Old Nightmares” OREYEON – The Grotesque Within “Krokodil” PHANTOM CORPORATION – Time and Tide “Tribut” VERHINDERER – single “The Notes of the Deceased” STRANGULATORIUS – Flies Don't Lie “Occluded” RITUAL ARCANA – S/T “Vengeance of the Inferno” BURNING DEATH – S/T UNDERRATED BAND SEGMENT - ZEKE “Slut” + “Holley 750” - Supersound Racing (1996) “Telepath Boy” + “Dogfight” + “Shout It Out Loud” – Kicked in the Teeth (1998) “Rip & Destroy” + “Punk Rock Records” + “Fucked Up City” – Dirty Sanchez (1999) “Crossroads” + “Evil Dead” + “Into the Night” – Death Alley (2001) “On Through the Night” + “The Hammer” + “Roller” – Til the Living End (2004) “Hellbender” + “Goin' Down” + “Redline” – Hellbender (2018)

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1981. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... VENOM - Welcome To Hell UFO - The Wild, The Willing and The Innocent PRAYING MANTIS - Time Tells No Lies BLACK SABBATH - Mob Rules RAVEN - Rock Until You Drop BLACKFOOT - Marauder IRON MAIDEN - Killers JUDAS PRIEST - Point of Entry VARDIS - The World's Insane FRANK MARINO - The Power of Rock'N'Roll RUSH - Moving Pictures KROKUS - Hardware TYGERS OF PAN TANG - Crazy Nights THIN LIZZY - Renegade THE JOE PERRY PROJECT - I've Got the Rock'N'Rolls Again

The Mighty Decibel Show on Wild Dogs Radio - January 17, 2026. NEW RELEASES LEAD INJECTOR - Witching Attack SCHMUTZHUND - Split w/ZZ SLOP DAWNRIDER - The Abyss Within BLINDEAD - I'm Decomposed NIGHTFEEDER - Split w/VERDICT ASARU - single SCUMDOGS - Visiones De Muerte EXXECUTOR - Into Hellish Domains MOTORDEATH - Strangled By Slavery MONASTERY DEAD - Seeds of Apostasy MELODIC PUNK ALBUMS FOR METALHEADS BAD RELIGION - The Gray Race PENNYWISE - All Or Nothing CJ RAMONE - The Holy Spell DEATH RIDGE BOYS - Too Much Bullshit TILT - Collect 'Em All BADTOWN BOYS - Another Fine Day BAD RELIGION - Recipe For Hate EIGHTY EIGHT FINGERS LOUIE - Back On the Streets

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The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1980. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. 1980 was such a great year that it warrants two epsiodes! Here's Part II ... SAXON - Strong Arm of the Law RUSH - Permanent Waves GIRLSCHOOL - Demolition THIN LIZZY - Chinatown DIAMOND HEAD - Lightning To the Nations TRIUMPH - Progressions of Power OZZY OSBOURNE - Blizzard of Ozz NAZARETH - Malice In Wonderland KROKUS - Metal Rendezvous THE RODS - Rock Hard YES - Drama SCORPIONS - Animal Magnetism RAMONES - End of the Century JOE PERRY PROJECT - Let the Music Do the Talking HEART - Bebe Le Strange

January 10, 2026 The MIghty Decibel Show which focuses on new extreme metal, hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy releases. This episode we also include am Underrated Band segment. NEW RELEASES NIGHT ATTACK - Necromancer FUCK IT - No Rest INTOXICATED - The Dome INDIGISAUR - Cosmic Censor FURI HELIUM - No Altar Stands Eternal CORRECTIVE MEASURE - If Only In This Moment GARDE - Harbinger of Revenge and War ANOTHER WAY - Az Ido Rovid MOURN THE LIGHT - Sorrow Feeds the Silence PUTRID - All That We Hate UNDERRATED BAND - CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL Is Satan Real? Science Fiction Everybody's Going To Die There Is No Time

The Mighty Decibel continues with its The Year In Metal series, turning the calendar to a new decade as we tackle what was going on in the world of heavy in 1980. From the New Wave of British Heavy Metal to established acts fighting back in the face of the youthful assault, you'll hear it all. Just press play and go back in time ... JUDAS PRIEST - British Steel TYGERS OF PAN TANG - Wild Cat BLACK SABBATH - Heaven and Hell MOTORHEAD - Ace of Spades UFO - No Place To Run SAXON - Wheels of Steel FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH - What's Next IRON MAIDEN - S/T VAN HALEN - Women & Children First VARDIS - 100 MPH AC/DC - Back In Black DEF LEPPARD - On Through the Night TED NUGENT - Scream Dream ANGEL WITCH - S/T BLACKFOOT - Tomcattin'

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the January 3rd, 2026 episode if you missed it, which includes an Up & Coming Band segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT WARKVLT - The Iblis (single) SPEEDCLAW - Stardust INVIERNO NUCLEAR - Satanic Fukk SHADOWS TALLER THAN SOULS - Ouroboros KARABINER - Censor Me (single) AXE DRAGGER - S/T GAMO GRIND - Jiudo Chetana NECROFIED - Ashes of Horror ACTIVE MINDS - Things That Cannot Be Unseen VENTHIAX - Rites of Ra BRAINWASHER - Split w/SICKRECY UP & COMING BANDS SEGMENT - BLAZON RITE Endless Halls of Golden Totem Wild Rites and Ancient Songs METAL CLASSIC JUDAS PRIEST - British Steel

The Mighty Decibel continues it's new series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST ... The Year In Metal! Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. This episode we tackle the goings on in 1979. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1979! VAN HALEN - II MOTORHEAD - Bomber NAZARETH - No Mean City AEROSMITH - Night in the Ruts SCORPIONS - Lovedrive MOLLY HATCHET - Flirtin' With Disaster TED NUGENT - State of Shock AC/DC - Highway To Hell REO SPEEDWAGON - Nine Lives THIN LIZZY - Black Rose RAINBOW - Down To Earth RIOT - Narita STATUS QUO - Whatever You Want ZZ TOP - Deguello BLACKFOOT - Strikes MOTORHEAD - Overkill

It's the end of 2025, so it's time to celebrate the year that was with a playlist containing the best extreme metal, hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy songs that wounded our ears over the last twelve months. Hail! (0:00) "Fight Back": WARBITCH - Summoned (1:27) "Incoming Mass Extinction": SACRIFICE - Volume Six (3:26) "Get Loud": ZIG ZAGS - Deadbeat At Dawn (7:04) "Mass Produced Hatred / Ruination": ULTIMATE DISASTER - For Progress ... (9:11) "Wrong Side of Desire": NIGHTHAWK - Six Three O (11:38) "L'Ere Du Calvere": BOMBARDEMENT - Dans La Fournaise (14:22) "What Lies Ahead": FRIGHTFUL - What Lies Ahead (19:16) "Even Though": HIGH MASTER - Road Man (22:53) "Resilience": SHATTER - DEny the Future (25:12) "Silencio": FUNERAL DAMAGE - Muerte (26:51) "Woven": WYTCH HAZEL - IV:Lamentations (31:37) "Need Is Greed": DEATH RATTLE - Otherworld (33:28) "Beyond the Thunder": TUMBA - Warfare Continues (35:33) "Hydra Cobra": THE GENERALS - The Devil You KNow (38:49) "Into the Abysmal Maw": NIVEOUS - Endless Snowfall (42:33) "nije zadnja": PLASTIKA - Sijamski Blizanac (44:12) "Kill the Idol": DESASTER - Kill All Idols (46:38) "Love Me Harder": RATTLESNAKES - Deeper Shades of Torment (51:10) "War System": INDUSTRIAL SUICIDE - Nepotism - Oligarchy of the Wealthy (51:56) "Deny, Defend, Depose": DISCOPS - The Choir of Bombs Sings Again (54:26)"Feral Dominion": VELMORTH - Feral Dominio

The Mighty Decibel continues it's new series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST ... The Year In Metal! Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. This episode we tackle the goings on in 1978. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1978! VAN HALEN - S/T JUDAS PRIEST - Hellbent For Leather AC/DC - Powerage RUSH - Hemispheres ROSE TATTOO - S/T MOLLY HATCHET - S/T UFO - Obsession TED NUGENT - Weekend Warriors RAMONES - Road To Ruin BLACK SABBATH - Never Say Die! REO SPEEDWAGON - You Can Tune A Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish JUDAS PRIEST - Stained Class THE ROLLING STONES - Some Girls RAINBOW - Long Live Rock'N'Roll CHEAP TRICK - Heaven Tonight STYX - Pieces of Eight

The Mighty Decibel names it's Top 10 Albums of 2025. Whether it be extreme metal, hardcore punk or hard'n'heavy, we've got you covered!! 10. THE GENERALS - The Devil You KNow 9. NIVEOUS - Endless Snowfall 8. SHATTER - Deny the Future 7. ZIG ZAGS - Deadbeat At Dawn 6. FRIGHFUL - What Lies Ahead 5. ULTIMATE DESASTER - For Progress ... 4. BOMBARDEMENT - Dand La Fournaise 3. SACRIFICE - Volume 6 2. WARBITCH - Summoned 1. NIGHTHAWK - Six Three

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the December 20th episode if you missed it, which was dedicated in full to the best hardcore punk releases of 2025! Wallow in the decibels!!! BEST HARDCORE PUNK RELEASES OF 2025 ULTIMATE DISASTER - ... For Progress SHATTER - Deny the Future WARBITCH - Summoned BOMBARDEMENT - Dans La Fournaise INDUSTRIAL SUICIDE - Nepotism - Oligarchy of the Wealthy PLASIKA - Sijamski Blizanac FUNERAL DAMAGE - Muerte DEATH RATTLE - Otherworld TUMBA - Warfare Continues ... DISCOPS - The Choir of Bombs Sing Again UHRIT - Miile, jotka jaivat kotin SHORT LEASH- S/T EN LA MUERTE - Anti Todo MALDITA - Un Mundo En Demencia MASSGRAV - Pizza Speciale MORTAR - Final Victim CONTRAST ATTITUDE - Discharge Your Noise CRIPPLED FOX FUCK IT - S/T WOLFBASTARD - single SCRUDA - Fury Among Ruins CHURCH CLOTHES - Moral Jerk RAWHEADS - S/T TOWER OF ONE - Invisible Fence SHELL SHOCK WOLFCHARGE - Visceral SCUMRAID - The End FARCE - Sights of War STRIKEFORCE - Demo '25 CULT MIND - Infected

The Mighty Decibel continues it's new series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST ... The Year In Metal! Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. This episode we tackle the goings on in 1977. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1977! AC/DC - Let There Be Rock JUDAS PRIEST - Sin After Sin SEX PISTOLS - Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols STYX - The Grand Illusion AEROSMITH - Draw the LIne RAMONES - Rocket To Russia RUSH - A Farewell To Kings TED NUGENT - Cat Scratch Fever GODDO - S/T RIOT - Rock City NAZARETH - Expect No Mercy STATUS QUO - Rockin' All Over the World UFO - Lights Out SCORPIONS - Taken By Force MOTORHEAD - S/T

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Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the December 13th episode if you missed it, which includes an Best Extreme Metal Tracks of 2025 segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT VELMORTH - Feral Dominion BYGONE - S/T ZERO - Demo II IRON VOID - Altar of Worship split w/ORODRUIN FOSGENE - Ancora tumulti ancora tempesta BEST EXTREME METAL TRACKS OF 2025 SACRIFICE - Volume Six DESASTER - Kill All Idols FRIGHFUL - What Lies Ahead ANTAGONIZOR - Edgelords From Hell NIVEOUS - Endless Snowfall IMPERIALIST - Prime URN - Demon Steel BRAIN DEAD - Satanic Penetration DRUNK THRASHER - Powercorpses

The Mighty Decibel continues it's new series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST ... The Year In Metal! Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. This episode we tackle the goings on in 1976. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1976! JUDAS PRIEST - Sad Wings of Destiny AEROSMITH - Rocks RAMONES - S/T TED NUGENT - Free For All RUSH - 2112 BOSTON - S/T UFO - No Heavy Petting RAINBOW - Rising STATUS QUO - Blue For You THIN LIZZY - Jailbreak BLACK SABBATH - Technical Ecstacy MAX WEBSTER - S/T SCORPIONS - Virgin Killer AC/DC - Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap KISS - Destroyer THE RUNAWAYS - S/T

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the December 6th episode if you missed it, which includes an Best Hard'N'Heavy tracks of 2025 segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT WHITE BARONESS - War Chariots WOLFBASTARD - Satanic Scum Punks PILEDRIVER - First Nations Rock CENTINEX - With GUts and Glory WOLFTOOTH - Wizard's Light THUMBSUCKER - Split w/ATOMK HELLSLAUGHT - Violent Iconclasm THE ZEALOUS CHIEFTANS - A Journey Through Crime & Space BEST OF HARD'N'HEAVY 2025 NIGHTHAWK - Six Three O WYTCH HAZEL - V:Lamentations HIGH MASTER - Road Man THE GENERALS - The Devil You Know SPOGELSE - II RATTLESNAKES - Deeper Shades of Torment ZIG ZAGS - Deadbeat At Dawn

As we enter into the month of December it's time for those Best Of Year End Lists to start being filling up your in-boxes. Here at The Mighty Decibel we will provide four best of 2025 lists, initiated by today's posting ... Top Hard'N'Heavy Albums of 2025. Hard'N'Heavy in our lexicon means anything heavy that doesn't fit into our two other categories - extreme metal and hardcore punk. So we're talkin' trad metal, hard rock, rock'n'roll, punk rock, prog rock, etc. Here are our five Top Hard'N'Heavy releases of 2025 at The Mighty Decibel ...

The Mighty Decibel continues it's new series ... The Year In Metal! Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. This episode we tackle the goings on in 1975. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1975! TED NUGENT - Ted Nugent AEROSMITH - Toys in the Attic RUSH - Fly By Night THIN LIZZY - Fighting NAZARETH - Hair of the Dog STATUS QUO - On the Level UFO - Force It BLACK SABBATH - Sabotage STYX - Equinox LED ZEPPELIN - Physical Grafitti ZZ TOP - Fantango FOGHAT - Fool For the City BLACKFOOT - No Reservations MAHOGANY RUSH - Strange Universe

What a fantastic year for hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore! Take a listen to Part Four of our Hardcore Punk Release of 2025 playlist and revel in the absolute mayhem. Play it loud and let 'em know who's runnin' riot!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Dimencia" and "Objeta": MALDITA - Un Mundo En Demencia (3:57) "Punk Competition" and "Friends of Mine": SWINDLE - Junk- Keys (7:02) "Horrors of War": WARBITCH - Horrors of War (9:20) "Looking Forward": ZERO - Demo II (11:02) "All Go No Slow" and "Terrible Head": SPOGELSE - II (14:14) "Fuck It": FUCK IT - No Rest (16:24) "Turn Up the Volume": AGNOSTIC FRONT - Echoes In Eternity (18:35) "The Hammer Comes Crashing Down": DISCIPLE B.C. - The Homecoming Side 2 (21:22) "La Cattive Maniere": PSICO GALERO - Memorie di Occhi Grigi (23:40) "Me": POINT BLANK - Back To Square One (26:05) "Prowl": DEADBOLT HC - Disillusion (27:30) "Dead End" and "Hell On Earth": TRAUMATIZER - Nuclear War Machine (31:27) "Pseudo Shit": POLYESTER - Demo (32:42) "Necesito Salir" and "Aniquilar": SOGA - Corrosion (35:26) "Wake Up Call": FULL STRIDE - Back 4 More (37:01) "Anarchy": EN LA MUERTE - Anti Todo (38:09) "No Heart Bleeds": WOLFBRIGADE - Kill To Live

The Mighty Decibel issues it's fifth episode of The Year In Metal series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST. Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. We're attacking this chronologically, so this episode focuses on the year in heavy that was 1974. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1974! DEEP PURPLE - Burn SCORPIONS - Fly To the Rainbow AEROSMITH - Get Your Wings JUDAS PRIEST - Rocka Rolla STATUS QUO - Quo RUSH - Rush KISS - Kiss FRANK MARINO & MAHOGANY RUSH - Child of Novelty UFO - Phenomenon THE ROLLING STONES - It's Only Rock'N'Roll THIN LIZZY - Night Life BUDGIE - In For the Kill STYX - Man of Miracles QUEEN - Sheer Heart Attack LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Second Helping

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the November 22nd episode if you missed it, which includes an 80s Crossover Thrash segment. Wallow in the decibels!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT CARNAL SAVAGERY - Crypt of Decay WARBITCH - Horrors of War TEMPTRESS - Molten Smoke EMBERING EFFIGY - Out of the Woods DISCIPLE B.C. - The Homecoming STARFORCE - Beyond the Eternal Nigh BURNING DEATH - S/T WOLFTOOTH - Wizard's Light PSICO GALERO - Memorie di Occhi Grigi 80s CROSSOVER THRASH SOD - Speak English Or Die COC - Animosity CRUMBSUCKERS - Life of Dreams THE ACCUSED - The Return of Martha Splatterhead CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER - Money Talks DRI - Crossover

The Mighty Decibel issues it's fourth episode of The Year In Metal series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST. Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. We're attacking this chronologically, so this episode focuses on the year in heavy that was 1973. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1973! MONTROSE - S/T AEROSMITH - S/T NAZARETH - Loud'N'Proud THE ROLLING STONES - Goats Head Soup ZZ TOP - Tres Hombres STATUS QUO - Hello! BLACK SABBATH - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath REO SPEEDWAGON - Ridin' the Storm Out LYNYRD SKYNYRD - pronounced leh-nerd-skin-nerd LED ZEPPELIN - Houses of the Holy IGGY & THE STOOGES - Raw Power NAZARETH - Razamanaz QUEEN - S/T

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the November 15th episode if you missed it, which includes an Underrated Band segment focused on U.S. metal act, Riot. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT OLD DIRTY BUZZARD - One Foot in the Grave SWINDLE - Junk-Keys SUMMONING HELLGATES - Spear of Conquest AGNOSTIC FRONT - Echoes Of Eternity OLYMP - Rising DEADBOLT HC - Disillusion PAGANIZER - As Mankind Rots BEAST EAGLE - Sorceress POINT BLANK - Back To Square One SUNCRAFT - Welcome To the Coven DET - Destructive Elite Terror UNDERRATED BAND - RIOT Rock City Narita Fire Down Under Restless Breed Born In America

The Mighty Decibel issues it's third episode of The Year In Metal series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST. Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. We're attacking this chronologically, so this episode focuses on the year in heavy that was 1972. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1972! BLACK SABBATH - Volume 4 DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head THE ROLLING STONES - Exile on Main Street ZZ TOP - Rio Grande Mud REO SPEEDWAGON - TWO STATUS QUO - Piledriver ALICE COOPER - School's Out URIAH HEEP - Demons & Wizards DAVID BOWIE - Ziggy Stardust & the Spiders From Mars ROD STEWART - Never a Dull Moment EDGAR WINTER - They Only Come Out At Night YES - Close to the Edge

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the November 8th episode if you missed it, which includes a Southern Rock For Metalheads segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT FUCK IT - No Rest PUTRID - All That We Hate SPOGELSE - II ANCIENT DAYS - The Devil I've seen single BASTARD CROSS - Crossrippe DISARRAY - The Darkening BLAZE - Out Through the Door SOGA - Corrosion NEW CRISES - Bad News Bureau HYDRA VEIN - Perpetual Violence Machine SOUTHERN ROCK FOR METALHEADS BLACKFOOT MOLLY HATCHET ZZ TOP BLOOD OF THE SUN HOGJAW

The Mighty Decibel issues it's second episode of The Year In Metal series on Home | Wild Dogs Radio every Wednesday at 2PM EST. Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. We're attacking this chronologically, so the second episode focuses on the year in heavy that was 1971. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1971! BLACK SABBATH - Master of Reality LED ZEPPELIN - IV THE ROLLING STONES - Sticky Fingers ZZ TOP - ZZ Top's First Album DEEP PURPLE - Fireball STATUS QUO - Dog of Two Head REO SPEEDWAGON - REO Speedwagon URIAH HEEP - Salisbury NAZARETH - Nazareth ALICE COOPER - Killer YES - The Yes Album FACES - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the November 1st episode if you missed it, which includes an UNDERRATED BLACK METAL ALBUMS OF THE 2Ks segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT HELLRIPPER - Kinchyle single OWLS WOODS GRAVES - Strix PHANTASMA - Phantasma ta2reeban - نانسي NECROBEAST - In Communion With Satan single SINTAGE - Unbound Triumph TRAUMATIZER - Nuclear War Machine REMAINING DAZE - Satellite single SCORCHING TOMB - Ossuary FULL STRIDE - Back 4 More UNDERRATED 2Ks BLACK METAL ALBUMS THY PRIMORDIAL - The Heresy Of An Age Of Reason AZAGHAL - Perkeleen Luoma BLACK BEAST - Nocturnal Bloodlust CRYPT DAGGER - From Below

The Mighty Decibel introduces it's new series - The Year In Metal! Every episode we'll talk about and listen to what was going on the world of heavy music in any given year. Our first episode starts at the beginning ... 1970 with the birth of heavy metal. Push play and hear what metalheads were listening to way back in 1970! BLACK SABBATH - Black Sabbath URIAH HEEP - Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble DEEP PURPLE - In Rock LED ZEPPELIN - III STATUS QUO - Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon MOUNTAIN - Climbing CHICAGO - Chicago CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL - Cosmo's Factory FREE - Fire and Water NEIL YOUNG - After the Gold Rush FACES - First Step BLACK SABBATH - Paranoid

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the October 25th episode if you missed it, which includes an Early Death Metal segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT GRAVERIPPER - From Welkin To Tundra MALDITA - Un Mundo En Dimencia FRANTIC AGGRESSOR - Extinction HOODED MENACE - Lchrymose Monuments of Obscuration DEMOLITION AXE - Fraudulent Victory BRAIN DEAD - Satanic Penetration MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP - Don't Sell Your Soul WOLFBRIGADE - Live At Wolfden Studio EARLY DEATH METAL ALBUMS POSSESSED - Seven Churches DEATH - Leprosy OBITUARY - Slowly We Rot BOLT THROWER - Realm of Chaos MORBID ANGEL - Altars of Madness ENTOMBED - Left Hand Path

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at 2PM EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the October 18th episode if you missed it, which includes an Underrated Thrash Metal Releases of the 2Ks segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT BASTARD CROSS - Crossripper BONE CHURCH - Deliverance DEATHWINDS - ... Towards Doom ... HOWLING GIANT - Crucible & Ruin CULT MEMBER - Gore NIGHT LORD - In the Hall of the Damned Shrine SUGAR VIRUS - Kill the Messenger LADEN HEADS - Steel For Fire SOOKS - Taste the Leather WHITE TOWER - single SUPERSUCKERS - Liquor, Women, Drugs & Killing UNDERRATED THRASH ALBUMS OF THE 2Ks TOXIK ATTACK - Assassinos Em Serie HORRID APPARITION - Evil Reigns SCHIZOGOAT - War, Pestilence and Sacrifice BLACK MASS - Feast at the Forbidden Tree SHAKMA - On Tenebrous Wings MORPHETIK - Proclamation of War

What a fantastic year for hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore! Take a listen to Part Three of our Hardcore Punk Release of 2025 playlist and revel in the absolute mayhem. Play it loud and let 'em know who's runnin' riot!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Life For Who?" and "War System": INDUSTRIAL SUICIDE - Nepotism - Oligarchy of the Wealthy (1:30) "Charlie Montanna", "Kung Fu Polio" and "Very Serious Headband": CRIPPLED FOX - Hermanos Thrashing Unidos (3:37) "Satanic Pandemonium": BASTARD CROSS - Crossripper (7:54) "Liars" and "Skull Energy": KONARI - Skull Energy (10:38) "Perdition Waits" and "Bomb the Scene": C4 - Payback's A Bitch (13:00) "Property": SOOKS - Taste the Leather (14:09) "I Make the Rules" and "Laughing Stock": INFILTRATORS - Infiltrators (15:51) "Bovver Blitz": JACKKNIFE JOHNNY - Trading Aces (19:04) "Die In Vain": AZIJNPISSER - Prisoner of Hate Side 2 (21:16) "Kill the Messenger": SUGAR VIRUS - Kill the Messenger (23:33) "Too Slow": ta2reeban - نانسي (25:45) "Fight Back": CONSTRICT - Kadavergehorsam (27:32) "Chopper Metal Punks From Hell": POISONCHARGE - Vintage (30:42) "Northern Terror": LAAGER - Total Paranoia (32:57) "Seamos Immorales": TRAIDORA - una mujer trans sin pais (34:11) "Intro/Cross Me": SNIPER'S NEST - Sniper's Nest (35:30) "Angiveri": SEX DWARF - Pahittad Varld (36:37) "Breathe": HELLSHOCK - XXV

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at noon EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the October 11th episode if you missed it, which includes a Essential Folk Metal Albums segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! NEW RELEASES SEGMENT CRIPPLED FOX - Hermanos Thrashing Unidos SELF EXECRATION - Summoning of My Diabolical Creation CARSON - When Gods Know Why KONARI - Skull Energy ROBOT DEATH MONKEY - Beer Machine single AZIJNPISSER - Prisoner of Hate CRUENTATION - Damned Fallen Angels INFILTRATORS - Infiltrators PANSOPHIC - Kingdom Come JACKKNIFE JOHNNY - Trading Aces SADISTIC FORCE - Morbid Odyssey ESSENTIAL FOLK METAL ALBUMS AMORPHIS - Tuonela PRIMORDIAL - To the Nameless Dead FALKENBACH - Ok Nefna Tysvar Ty KORPIKLAANI - Voice of the Wilderness CRUACHAN - Nine Years of Blood

You like your thrash old school? If you do, we've got a treat for you as this episode of In 40 Minutes we concentrate on the discography of Canadian thrash legends, Sacrifice. Terror strikes with the push of "Play"! Side 1 Torment In Fire (1986) (0:00) Decapitation Forward To Termination (1987) (1:40) Forward To Termination (2:43) Terror Strikes (6:08) Pyrokinesis Soldiers of Misfortune (1990) (8:13) Reanimation Apocalypse Inside (1993) (12:03) My Eyes See Red The Ones I Condemn (2009) (14:26) Hiroshima Side 2 (18:42) The Ones That I Condemn Volume Six (2025) (22:01) Comatose (25:23) Antidote of Poison (29:30) Missile (32:56) Incoming Mass Extinction

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at noon EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the October 4th episode if you missed it, which includes a First Wave Black Metal segment. Wallow in the decibels!!! New Releases Segment INDUSTRIAL SUICIDE - Nepotism - Oligarchy of the Wealthy SLOMATICS - Atomicult RAVAGER - From Us With Hate THE DREADNOUGHTS - Polka Pit C4 - Payback's A Bitch PHANTASMA - Phantasma KNOXIOUS - Delirium SADISTIC GOATMESSIAH - Overdose SVAVELDIOXID - Split w/DESTRUCT FIAT NOCTUM - Insinuant First Wave Black Metal Segment VENOM - Welcome To Hell MERCYFUL FATE - Melissa HELLHAMMER - Apocalyptic Raids BATHORY - Bathory CELTIC FROST - Morbid Tales CELTIC FROST - To Mega Therion

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at noon EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the September 27th episode if you missed it, which includes an Unheralded 2K Albums by Legacy Bands segment. Who let the dogs loose?!!! New Releases Segment DEATH RATTLE - Otherworld VIOLATOR - Unholy Retribution HIGH MASTER - Road Man TRENCH ROT - Drone CRUCIBLE - Redwing ORMSDOTTIR - Dry Land PRECIOUS BLOOD - Powers Inherit Sin SOLICITOR - Enemy In Mirrors SVAVELDIOXID - Split with DESTRUCT WARCOE - Upon Tall Thrones Unheralded 2K Albums By Legacy Bands URIAH HEEP - Wake the Sleeper STYX - Crash of the Crown TED NUGENT - Craveman CHEAP TRICK - Rockford THE RODS - Brotherhood of Metal THE RODS - Wild Dogs

Take in the latest episode of The Mighty Decibel on Wild Dogs Radio! We've taken over the Home | Wild Dogs Radio airwaves every Saturday at noon EST where we're playing the best in new underground metal and hardcore punk ... along with some select older material that'll get that head bangin'. Here's the September 20th episode if you missed it, which includes a History Of ... segment regarding early speed metal albums. Who let the dogs loose?!!! New Releases Segment CONTRAST ATTITUDE - "Resignation" + "Blind Chains" DESASTER - "Kill the Idol" FIRMAMENT - "Starbeast" IMPERIALIST - "Starstorm" CORPSE EATER - "Die Human Race" DURS COEURS - "Forces de L'Ordre" DOOM CVLT COMMANDO - "Geist Ist Allies" PIECE - "Rambler's Axe" URINE MASK - "Not Today" TORTURED CORPSE - "Corpse Grinder" History Of ... Early Speed Metal Segment RAVEN - "Crash Bang Wallop" EXCITER - "Cry of the Banshee" GRAVE DIGGER - "Headbanging Man" RUNNING WILD - "Adrian SOS" HELLOWEEN - "Metal Invaders"

What a fantastic year for hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore! Take a listen to Part Two of our Top Hardcore Punk Release of 2025 playlist and revel in the absolute mayhem. Play it loud and let 'em know who's runnin' riot!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Witch" + "Need Is Greed": DEATH RATTLE - Otherworld (3:41) "Feast" + "Shape": TRENCH ROT - Drone (7:09) "Leprajarvany": RETORSION - Rosszab mint a halal (9:24) "War Crimes": KNOXIOUS - Overdose (12:33) "Resignation" + "Blind Chains": CONTRAST ATTITUDE - Discharge Your Noise (17:25) "Runnin' Riot": AUGSEBOMBT - Split w/NAKAM Side 2 (20:30) "Rule of Thumb": BARRICADE - Demo 2025 (21:55) "Dodsgonblick": SVAVELDIOXID - Split w/DESTRUCT (23:55) "Not Today": URINE MASK - Eternal Pit (27:04) "Die Human Race": CORPSE EATER - Impending Death (28:00) "Sellouts": THE ALLIGATORS - Revelation of the Method (28:51) "Pure Abuse": URBAN SPRAWL - Blood Pact (30:03) "To the Grave": PTSD - EP 2025 (31:34) "Neandrethal": OPRAN MOZGAN - Neo Era (32:32) "Pulverized": TERROR CORPSE - Systems of the Apocalypse (34:18) "Pariah": DESTRUCT - Split w/SVAVELDIOXID (35:33) "Own Game": SELF ARREST - Demo 2 (37:27) "No Compromise": WOUNDED PAW - WW4