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 2024 releases. Horns up!

(00:00) "Bathory"

VIPERWITCH - Witch Hunt : Road To Vengeance

Witch Hunt: Road to Vengeance | Vipërwitch

(03:43) "Dominion"

DAEDRIC SHRYNE - S/T

Daedric Shryne | Daedric Shryne

(7:03) "The Clock Tower"

GLOOMY REFLECTIONS - Oath of the Paladins

Oath of the Paladins | Gloomy Reflections | Crypt of the Wizard

(12:05) "Death Dealer"

SKULLOVICH - The Age of Steel

The Age of Steel | Skullovich

(15:37) Black Roses"

LUND - Ancient Steel

Ancient Steel | LÜND

(20:26) "Punx in the Streets

REIFER MADNESS - Destroy Authority

Reifer Madness - Destroy Authority | Root Records

(23:22) "Venom"

ICE WAR - Venom

Venom | ICE WAR

(27:43) "Master of the Games"

DEMON BITCH - Master of the Games

Master of the Games | Demon Bitch

(31:23) "Living Dead"

THE CIRCULATORS - Insufficient Fun

Insufficient Fun | The Circulators

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) "Forget It": MEAN MISTREATER - Razor Wire

(3:10) "Light of a Black Sun, Pt 2": LORD GOBLIN - Lord Goblin

(7:36) "Awaken the NIght": VULGAR DEVILS - Witches Wheel

(12:04) "The Exit Garden": THE WIZARDS - The Exit Garden

(18:59) "Find a Way Back Home": THE OUTCAST CREW - Rovin' Again

(22:21) "The Serpent and the King": JUDAS PRIEST - Invincible Shield

Side 2

(26:40) "Mata Hari": AVALON - Tower of Babel

(29:31) "Point Blank": KILLER KIN - single

(32:55) "The Grape & the Grain": THEIGNS & THRALLS - The Keep & The Spire

(36:45) "Ride With the Devil": SPEEDRUSH - Division Mortality

(41:07) Round the Bend": THE ZEALOUS CHIEFTAINS - Cosmic 12 Gauge

(45:10) "Cut Down By the Chainsaw": STEEL INFERNO - Rush of Power

The Mighty Decibel names its fave hardcore punk/d-beat/grindcore/metal punk releases of 2024 ... all of which garnered at least a 9 out of 10 on our scoring scale.

12. TEIGNE - Show Me Your Pain

11. GET A GRIP - Destiny

10. VENGANZA - Damnatio Memoriae

9. MOB 47 - Tills Du Dor

8. RUINED VIRTUE - Demo

7. TERROR ATTACK - S/T

6. GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR - Total Demonstration

5. ULTIMATE DISASTER - Demo 2024

4. ERASER - Harmony Dies

3. DARK HARVEST COMMANDOS - S/T

2. SOOKS - Moral Decay

1. DISCIPLE B.C. - Blood, Power, Sacrifice

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) "NFT": SOOKS - Moral Decay

(2:11) "Testify": DISCIPLE B.C. - Blood, Power, Sacrifice

(4:20) "Live In Peace / Turn the Tide": DARK HARVEST COMMANDOS - Dark Harvest Commandos

(6:56) "Sarin Attack / Nuclearize All Weapons": ERASER - Harmony Dies

(9:08) "Ruination / Never Ending Slaughter": ULTIMATE DISASTER - Demo 2024

(11:14) "In the Ghetto": TERROR ATTACK - Terror Attack

(13:08) "Violent Settlements": GLOBAL THERMONUCLEAR WAR - Total Demonstration

(14:38 "Mind Scabbed Over": YELLOWCAKE - A Fragmented Truth

(17:49) "Moder Jord": MOB 47 - Tills Du Dor

(19:00) "The Eunuch": RUINED VIRTUE - Demo

(21:31) "Make No Mistake": GET A GRIP - Destiny

Side 2

(23:29) "Noise": TEIGNE - Show Me Your Pain

(25:06) "Zaragoza Fecal": VENGANZA - Damnatio Memoriae

(27:17) "Left Behind": STILL PIST! - Our Life, Our Fight!

(29:34) "Grit": SUSPEX - Technically Deficient

(31:46) "100 Degree Celsius": FRENZEE - What's Wrong With Me

(34:00) "Ragged Trousers": REVIVAL - Revival

(35:34) "A Different World": MAXXPOWER - Split w/COMPLETED EXPOSITION

(36:29) "Moral Decay": BLASTARD - Demo 2024

(39:22) "Jesus Freaks": THREE FUCKING IMPERS - Ready To Rumble

(40:25) "If This is Punk I Am Not": CRIPPLED FOX - Fast Thrashing

(41:20) "Wankers": SUFFOCATING MADNESS - Unrelenting Forced Psychosis

Welcome to Hardcore Punk Week here at The Mighty Decibel. Later this week we'll be posting a curated playlist of the best hardcore punk tracks of the year and we'll be closing off the week by naming our fave hardcore punk releases of 2024.

But first, it's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from November and December 2024.

Grind 'til death!!

(0:00) "Noise" + "More"

TEIGNE - Show Me Your Pain

Show me your pain | TEIGNE

(4:36) "Moral Decay"

BLASTARD - Demo 2024

Demo 2024 | Blastard

(7:39) "Dying In Trenches"

VOLTAGE - Mania

Mania | VOLTAGE

(10:12) "Persedillas" + "Fuera"

DISPUTA - Maldito Sistema Demo

MALDITO SISTEMA DEMO [TSOPR-028] | DISPUTA | The Seats Of Piss

(12:49) "Maldiciones perfidas" + "Aberraciones morbidas"

CANNIBAL FEROX - Rituales de Transmutacion

Rituales de Transmutación | Cannibal Ferox

(17:46) "Atomic Sorcery"

UNHOLY NIGHT - Atomic Sorcery

Unholy Night - Atomic Sorcery | Unholy Night | Motorpunk Records

(21:18) "Old Man" + "Girl"

ROGER'S PORN COLLECTION - S/T

ROGER`S PORN COLLECTION-s/t LP | ROGER`S PORN COLLECTION | JUST 4 FUN RECORDS

(25:38) "Thiokol" + "Bombarded"

DESTRUCT - To Stop the Conflict

LiFE / DESTRUCT - TO STOP THE CONFLICT | LiFE / DESTRUCT | Desolate Records

(28:42) "Motorcity Madhouse"

NUKE - Metal Punk Vol. 1

Metal Punk, Vol. I | Motorpunk Records

Welcome to the end of Stoner Doom Metal Week here at The Mighty Decibel where we've been celebrating the year in doom.

Today we'll be capping off the week by naming our fave doom releases of 2024. After preparing monthly decibel drenched New Release Mondays of harrowing doom for your bleeding ears, we believe we are properly placed to name the cream of the doom crop for the year.

We're all doomed!!!!

Join The Mighty Decibel as we name our fave albums of November 2024 across four categories: extreme metal, stoner doom, hardcore punk and hard'n'heavy.

Hail!!!

We continue on with our Stoner Doom Metal Week here at The Mighty Decibel with a specially curated playlist of harrowing doom.

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, psych and sludge). Listen along and have all your hopes and dreams, along with your skull, crushed!

We're all doomed!!!

Side 1

(0:00) "High Noon in Sword City": 10,000 YEARS - All Quiet on the Final Frontier

(3:48) "The Black Lake": GRAND MAGUS - Sunraven

(9:20) "Winter Sun": TYPHUZZ - Typhuzz

(12:10) "Let Them Burn": BOTTOMLESS - The Banishing

(16:48) "Fallen Angel": LUCIFER - V

(19:57) "Inquisitor": ODA - Bloodstained

Side 2

(25:36) "Countess Hell": LUST RITUAL - Forbidden Rites

(31:26) "Walpurgis": EARLY MOODS - A Sinners Past

(36:43) "Sold My Soul To Satan": ANCIENT VVISDOM - Master of the Stone

(40:45) "Burning World": THE WATCHER - Out of the Dark

(44:31) "Independent Terror": DEAF LIZARD - The Last Odyssey

Welcome to Stoner Doom Metal Week here at The Mighty Decibel where we kick off proceedings with a New Release Monday episode ... stoner doom style.

This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from November and December 2024 in stoner doom metal, along with a smattering of death doom, psych and sludge, of course.

We're all doomed!

(0:00) "The Weight of a Feather"

10,000 YEARS - All Quiet on the Final Frontier

All Quiet On The Final Frontier | 10,000 Years

(5:18) "Burning World"

THE WATCHER - Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark | The Watcher

(9:22) "Independent Terror"

DEAF LIZARD - The Last Odyssey

Deaf Lizard - The Last Odyssey | Electric Valley Records

(13:39) "Laid To Waste"

STONE DISCIPLE - Stoner Thrash

Stoner Thrash | STONE DISCIPLE

(17:00) "Gallows Raised"

HELIOPHAGE - A Cult of Weird, Horrible People

A Cult of Weird, Horrible People | Heliophage

(21:21) "Monsters Reign"

EIGHT FOOT MANCHILD - Do Spirits Return?

Do Spirits Return? - EP | Eight Foot Manchild

(26:07) "King Crow"

DAWNRIDER - Five Signs of Malice

Five Signs Of Malice | DAWNRIDER

(30:58) "Sativa Bomb"

GRAVE NEXT DOOR - Sorry No Candy

Sorry No Candy | Grave Next Door

(33:15) "Horizon"

OBERON - Cosmic Wanderlust

Cosmic Wanderlust | Oberon

Van Halen were unquestionnably the kings of metal in the late 70s/early 80s, filling concert halls throughout North America year after year, the buzz being big every time they came to town. Their first four records will forever be held in high esteem by metalheads around the world ... and justifiably so.

So, here The Mighty Decibel puts together its fave tracks from those first four releases for a blistering 40 minute listening session.

Light it up!!

Side One

Van Halen (1978)

(0:00) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

(3:46) Atomic Punk

(6:45) On Fire

II (1979)

(9:41) Somebody Get Me A Doctor

(12:33) Light Up the Sky

(15:43) Bottom's Up!

Side 2

Women and Children First (1980)

(18:50) Everybody Wants Some!

(23:57) Loss of Control

(26:35) In A Simple Rhyme

Fair Warning (1981)

(31:12) Mean Street

(36:08) Sinner's Swing!

(38:32) Unchained