The Mighty Decibel

Man, oh man, what a great year for hardcore punk releases. Easily eclipsing the other heavy genres/sub-genres in terms of quality albums in 2020, The Mighty Decibel names its top 31 hardcore punk albums of the year. Why 31 you ask? Because there were 31 albums that ranked as 8 out of 10 or higher on our scale, so all of 'em needed to be included on our year end list! Oh yeah, by the way, in our lexicon we include d-beat, grind, power violence, hardcore etc. under the hardcore

Welcome to Hardcore Punk New Releases where this episode we'll be focusing in on November and December 2020 releases. The stream of quality d-beat, grind, crust, powerviolence, etc. discs this year begged for its own podcast series ... so here we are. Grind it up! Note: This will allow our Extreme Metal series to focus exclusively on the thrash, death and black metal sub-genres going forward. AUDIO VIDEO (0:00) PERDITION SECT - End Times https://perditionsect.bandcamp.com/alb

We kick off our Hardcore Punk week by naming our top 13 releases of 2020 from the genre (which in our lexicon includes grind, d-beat, power violence and hardcore). It was a great year for hardcore punk ... so much so that we had to name our top 13 (instead of 10) albums of the year, given that all of these rated an 8.5 or higher on our scoring scale! Links to the band's music (and review where applicable) have been included underneath each entry. AUDIO (with unedited tracks)

For the conclusion to our "Doom Metal" week we share with you, our fearless readers, our top 25 doom releases of 2020. Whether it be trad doom, sludge doom, stoner, death doom ... or whatever sub/sub genre of doom 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). We're all doomed!!! #25 VOLCANOVA - Radical Waves (The Sign Records) https://volcanova.bandca

It's not Monday, but it's still time for our NEW RELEASE MONDAYS podcast series. This edition we're focusing on Doom Metal where we spotlight new and upcoming releases in doom metal/rock, including stoner of course. This episode we look at November and December 2020 releases. We're all doomed! AUDIO VIDEO (0:00) SWAMP THIEF -I (Bandcamp) https://swampthief.bandcamp.com/album/i (4:08) LITTLE HOLE FILLED - And The Ants Still March On (Bandcamp) https://littleholefilled.bandcamp