The Mighty Decibel

Join us as The Mighty Decibel names and spins edited tracks from their fave albums of December, 2020 in four categories: Extreme Metal, Doom, Hardcore Punk and Hard'N'Heavy. Horns up!!! EXTREME METAL HATE FOREST - Hour of the Centaur https://osmoseproductions.bandcamp.com/album/hour-of-the-centaur CORRUPTED SAINT - Mutilated By The Masses https://corruptedsaint.bandcamp.com/album/mutilated-before-the-masses VALRAVN - Prey https://primitivereaction.bandcamp.com/album/prey DOOM

Release date September 18, 2020 (Steamhammer) A full 46 years since their 1974 formation, Newcastle, England speedsters Raven are back with their 14th full length album. Let's just say this straight up....if you are already a Raven fan, then just go and buy this album. You will not be disappointed as it contains all the usual Raven trademarks that you know and love. Bassist John Gallagher's vocals are as strong and wild as ever. His brother Mark's guitar work is stellar a

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For the conclusion to our "Extreme Metal Week" we share with you, our fearless readers, our top 25 extreme releases of 2020. Whether it be thrash, death, black ... or whatever sub/sub genre of extreme metal you like, we've got you covered! The listing is in reverse order (to add a bit of suspense you see!), and also includes links to music (and applicable review if available). Horns high!!! #25 HORNCROWNED - Rex Exterminii (Hand of the Oppressor) (black) https://horncrowned.b

Our 'New & Upcoming Releases' podcast series introduces new underground releases to our listeners. This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued November and December, 2020. Let the mayhem begin! PODCAST VIDEO (0:00) WARKVLT - Deathymn https://warkvlt.bandcamp.com/ (4:10) CORRUPTED SAINT - Mutilated Before The Saints (Raw Skull Recordz) https://corruptedsaint.bandcamp.com/album/mutilated-before-the-masses (7:17) HORNCROWNED - Rex Exterminii (The Hand of the Op

We kick off our "Extreme Metal Week" by naming our top 10 releases of 2020 from the genre (which in our lexicon includes black, death, thrash and all its different variants). Overall, I'd say it was an average year for this segment of the heavy universe, but the following ten albums are definitely worth checking out. Links to the band's music (and review where applicable) have been included underneath each entry. AUDIO (full tracks) VIDEO (edited tracks) SPOILER ALERT !!!!! #

Time to unveil the full list of The Mighty Decibel's top 25 hard'n'heavy albums of 2020. We're talkin' about traditional heavy metal, hard rock, prog rock/metal, punk rock and punk'n'roll. Anything heavy that doesn't fit onto our extreme metal, hardcore punk or doom series. Here's the full list, along with links to music and reviews where available. Drum roll please ... #25 NITE - Darkness Silence Mirror Frame https://nitemetal.bandcamp.com/album/darkness-silence-mirror-flame

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/December 2020 releases. Horns up! PODCAST VIDEO (00:00) POSSESSED STEEL - Aedris (Temple of Mystery) https://possessedsteel.bandcamp.com/album/aedris (5:08) GAMA BOMB - Sea Savage (Prosthetic) https://

Release date November 20, 2020 (Jolly Rogers Records) The Mighty Decibel's #9 ranked Hard'N'Heavy release of 2020!!! Yes, it's 2020, but if you aren't interested in rock that is about 45 or 50 years old, skip to the next review, because Italy's Witchwood have released the perfect album for a 1972 prog rock audience. This ten song, 63 minute English language effort is Witchwood's third full length, and it reminds me of the type of album that my oldest brother had in his record

We kick off our Hard'N'Heavy week by naming our top 10 releases of 2020 from the genre (which in our lexicon includes trad metal, hard rock, power metal, punk, speed metal, punk'n'roll and the like). Overall, I'd say it was an average year for this segment of the heavy universe, but the following ten albums are definitely worth checking out. Links to the band's music (and review where applicable) have been included underneath each entry. AUDIO (full tracks) VIDEO (edited trac