A Heavy Metal Podcast - The Mighty Decibel

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

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