A Heavy Metal Podcast - The Mighty Decibel

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"