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 July and August 2024 releases.

Horns up!

(00:00) "Point Blank"

KILLER KIN - single

POINT BLANK | KILLER KIN (bandcamp.com)

(03:56) "Soul Survivors"

IRONFLAME - Kingdom Torn Asunder

Kingdom Torn Asunder | IRONFLAME (bandcamp.com)

(8:49) "Give 'Em Hell"

AGAINST EVIL - Give 'Em Hell

Give 'Em Hell | Against Evil (bandcamp.com)

(12:01) "Nordschleife"

DEATH RACER - From Gravel To Grave

Nordschleife | Death Racer | Dying Victims Productions (bandcamp.com)

(15:42) "Fight!"

SKYEYE - New Horizons

Facebook

(20:06) "Age of Ape and Men"

BUCKET - Abandon Paradise

Abandon Paradise | Bucket (bandcamp.com)

(22:25) "Rock de un Hombre al Borde del Colapso"

GIRASOL BLUES - Girasol

GIRASOL | GIRASOL BLUES (bandcamp.com)

(25:21) "Go-Go Wah-Wah"

STABBING JABS - Stabbing Jabs

The Stabbing Jabs | The Stabbing Jabs (bandcamp.com)

(27:40) "Tumbling Through the Dark"

OCCULT WITCHES - Sorrow's Pyre

Sorrow's Pyre | Occult Witches (bandcamp.com)

Time to shine the light on another underrated band. This time we're focused laser-like on Italian epic/trad/stoner outfit The Wizards.

Four full length albums into their nine year recorded history, there's a ton of great material to pick from and here, my friends, is an impressive overview of the band's output. Hear how the band progresses from Danzig worshippers to writers of passionate trad metal with balls.

Saviours of old school trad metal? Take a listen and decide for yourselves ...

Side One

The Wizards (2015)

(0:00) Saviours

Full Moon In Scorpio (2017)

(2:43) Avidya

(7:35) Calliope (Cosmic Revelations)

Rise of the Serpent (2018)

(12:58) Apocalyptic Weapons

Side 2

(19:26) Strings Synchronize

The Exit Garden (2024)

(26:14) The Exit Garden

(33:08) Questions

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from July and July 2024.

Grind 'til death!!

(0:00) "NFT" + "Medicareless"

SOOKS - Moral Decay

Moral Decay | Sooks | SOOKS (bandcamp.com)

(4:18) "If This Is Punk I Am Not" + "You Only Talk

CRIPPLED FOX - Fast Thrashing

CRIPPLED FOX / CHARLIE TANGOS - Fast Thrashing split Ep | Crippled Fox (bandcamp.com)

(5:31) "Indoctrination" + "Genocide 2.0"

DEPOPULATION DEPARTMENT - Genocide

GENOCIDE | DEPOPULATION DEPARTMENT (bandcamp.com)

(9:09) "This Island Brexit Prison"

RETUS - Retsu

RETSU S/T LP | RETSU (bandcamp.com)

(11:55) "Viven de neustra sangre" + "No habra mas opportinidades"

STATE TERROR - Untitled

Untitled | STATE TERROR (bandcamp.com)

(14:04) "I Don't Care"

FUCKED UP MINDS - Don't Cross the Line

DON'T CROSS THE LINE | Fucked Up Minds (bandcamp.com)

(16:35) "Cuentos" + "Sacrifice"

VORAGINE - Lobotomia

LOBOTOMIA | VORÁGINE | Vorágine (bandcamp.com)

(20:27) "Negro y azul"

FIMOSIS - Requiem II

Requiem II | Fimosis (bandcamp.com)

(22:43) "Famine As a Weapon of War"

BARREN HELLSCAPE - Anti-Genocide

Anti-Genocide (Demo) | Barren Hellscape | Razored Raw (bandcamp.com)

(24:49) "All Balls No Brains" + "Five Million Lives"

NO SECTOR - Demo 1984 = 2024

Demo 1984=2024 | No Sector | Razored Raw (bandcamp.com)

(27:34) "Metal Punk Ironfist"

MILITARY SHADOW - Metal Punk Ironfist

MILITARY SHADOW - Metal Punk Ironfist | Black Konflik Records (bandcamp.com)

(31:54) "Heinasirkka" + "Osaako orpo purra?

IKIVIRHE - Taala haisee raha

Täällä haisee raha | Ikivirhe (bandcamp.com)

Join The Mighty Decibel as we name our fave albums of July 2024 across four categories:

Extreme Metal

Stoner Doom Metal

Hardcore Punk

Hard'N'Heavy

Grind 'til death!!!!

Time to revisit the discography of the mighty Status Quo. We've previously visited the 70s and 80s, so it's logical (and sequential!) that we now proceed to the 90s, an era that many fans of the rock'n'roll kings ignore. At their own peril as you'll soon hear.

Three albums were produced that decade, two of which are very good while the third has its peaks (and valleys unfortunately).

Time to boogie like a zombie!!!

Side One

Rock 'Til You Drop (1991)

(0:00) Like a Zombie

(4:59) One Man Band

(9:25) Can't Give You More

(13:48) No Problems

Thirsty Work (1994)

(18:32) I Didn't Mean It

Side 2

(21:53) Queenie

Under the Influence (1999)

(25:21) Under the Influence

(29:21) Shine On

(34:03) Blessed Are the Meek

(38:20) The Way It Goes

It's Monday so it's time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This episode we spotlight new and upcoming releases from July and August 2024 in stoner metal, along with a smattering of death doom, psych and sludge, of course.

We're all doomed!

(0:00) "Road Runner"

ASTRAL WIZARD - Cosmic Riders

Cosmic Riders - EP | Astral Wizard (bandcamp.com)

(3:10) "Phantasmagoria"

GRIM COLOSSUS - Descent Into Madness

Descent Into Madness | Grim Colossus (bandcamp.com)

(7:24) "Mystic River"

SUN MOON HOLY CULT - Sun Moon Holy Cult

Sun Moon Holy Cult | Sun Moon Holy Cult (bandcamp.com)

(14:50) "The Fallacy"

ALTAR OF OBLIVION - In the Cesspit of Divine Decay

In The Cesspit Of Divine Decay | Altar of Oblivion (bandcamp.com)

(20:48) "The Wheat"

BAHBOON - single

The Wheat | Bahboon (bandcamp.com)

(24:56) "Profane Smoke Ritual"

WEEDEVIL - Profane Smoke Ritual

Profane Smoke Ritual | Weedevil (bandcamp.com)

(29:51) "Hell On Earth"

DEATH CULT 69 - Hell On Earth

Hell On Earth | DEATH CULT 69 (bandcamp.com)

We continue our 'The Year In Heavy" series as move further into the 90s ... not a great decade for the fortunes of heavy metal.

However, 1993 was a particularly good year for black metal as you shall hear. But fear not ... death metal, grindcore, hard rock, melodic punk, doom and thrash are also represented. An eclectic mix of heaviness to be sure.

Things are gonna get out of hand!!!!

Side 1

(0:00) "Out of Hand": ENTOMBED - Wolverine Blues

(3:15) "Recipe For Hate": BAD RELIGION - Recipe For Hate

(5:16) "Sadhu Satana": IMPALED NAZARENE - Ugra Karma

(7:44) "A Twist In The Tail": DEEP PURPLE - The Battle Rages On

(11:55) "Burner": MOTORHEAD - Bastards

(14:47) "Democrator": COMECON - Converging Conspiracies

Side 2

(19:01) "Only": ANTHRAX - The Sound of White Noise

(23:58) "Ride": CATHEDRAL - The Etherial Mirror

(28:43) "No Love Lost": CARCASS - Heartwork

(32:05) "Unholy Black Metal": DARKTHRONE - Under A Funeral Moon

(35:26) "A Sign For The Norse Hordes To Ride": IMMORTAL - Pure Holocaust

(37:56) "Darkness Breeds Immortality": MARDUK - Those of the Unligh

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in June and July 2024. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued over the past two months. 

Let the mayhem begin!

(0:00) "Incinerate Eviscerate"

KRYPT - Great Spawn of Worms of the Earth

Music | Krypt (bandcamp.com)

(5:51) "Warbeasts"

BLOODCROSS - Gravebound

Gravebound | BLOODCROSS | Personal Records (bandcamp.com)

(11:09) "Spittle Flecked Rant"

WEREWOLVES - Die For Us

Die For Us | Werewolves (bandcamp.com)

(14:02) "Wind Blades"

ARMNATT - Mountains Summoning

Mountains Summoning | Armnatt (bandcamp.com)

(18:11) "Evil Spellcaster"

ZABBETH - Split w/VAULDERIE

Zabbeth / Vaulderie Split | ZABBETH / VAULDERIE | WITCHES BREW (bandcamp.com)

(20:35) "Revisions in Immaculate Flesh"

PESTILENT DEATH - Pathways to Infinite Malignity

Pathways to Infinite Malignity | Pestilent Death | Rotted Life (bandcamp.com)

(23:18) "Wolves of Carpathia"

BLASFEME - Black Legion

Black Legion | Blasfeme | Wulfhere Productions (bandcamp.com)

(26:10) "Lethal Bite"

MIASMIC SERUM - Infected Seed

MIASMIC SERUM "Infected Seed" | Night Terrors Records (bandcamp.com)

(29:46) "Ireful"

IREFUL - Agents of Doom

Agents of Doom | IREFUL | Xtreem Music (bandcamp.com)

After the demise of the mighty Ramones there was a huge hole left in the fun-punk sub-genre. However, youngest member CJ (this fans' second fave Ramones dude (after Johnny)) stepped up and provided starving punk rockers with some great material that would have easily fit on latter era Ramones albums.

So here we celebrate that material with 40 minutes of the best CJ Ramone solo material.

Gabba gabba, we accept you, we accept you, one of us!!!

Side One

Understand Me? (2014)

(0:00) Rise Above

Last Chance To Dance (2014)

(2:28) One More Chance

(4:17) Long Way To Go

(6:49) Last Chance To Dance

(10:05) Cluster Fuck

American Beauty (2017)

(10:58) Let's Go

(13:10) Yeah, Yeah, Yeah

(14:48) Girlfriend in a Graveyard

(17:14) Run Around

Side 2

Holy Spell (2019)

(19:49) One High One Low

(22:50) This Town

(25:13) Crawling From the Wreckage

(28:11) Waitin' On the Sun

(30:52) There Stands the Glass

(32:36) Movin' On

(35:06) Stand Up

(37:30) Hands of Mine

(00:00) "Aces & Eights"

DEATHWISH - The Fourth Horseman

Deathwish – The Fourth Horseman LP/CD | Beer City Records & Skateboards

(03:15) "Bring the Hammer Down"

MAULE - Kill 'Em Maule

Kill 'em MAULE | MAULE (bandcamp.com)

(9:09) "Eyes of the World"

THE OUTCAST CREW - Rovin' Again

(5) Facebook

(12:48) "Fall to the Spectre's Gaze"

KRYPTOS - Decimator

Decimator | Kryptos (bandcamp.com)

(16:44) "Real Nightmares"

LUCIFER'S HAMMER - Be and Exist

Be and Exist | Lucifer's Hammer | Dying Victims Productions (bandcamp.com)

(21:01) "All You Need To Know"

VERNI - Dreadful Company

Dreadful Company | Verni (bandcamp.com)

(25:30) "Somebody Spits on You"

BUS THE UNKNOWN SECRETARY - We Are the Night

We Are The Night | Bus the unknown secretary (bandcamp.com)

(28:20) "Impale the Sultan"

VOMITT - Impale the Sultan

Impale The Sultan | Vömitt (bandcamp.com)

(32:19) "Mr. Dynamite"

KILLER KIN - Killer Kin

KILLER KIN | KILLER KIN (bandcamp.com)