A criminally underrated banda, Tank is Motörhead’s cousin. Long live Algy Ward 🙏!!!

Join The Mighty Decibel for our specially curated look (listen?) of the best in extreme metal for the year. Listen to the best thrash, black and death metal (along with its many incestuous variants!) of the year.

Thrash or be thrashed!!!

Side 1
(0:00) "Sorcery Rites": KRUSHHAMMER - Blood, Violence & Blasphemy  
(2:11) "666 Dead Angels": SAVAGE NECROMANCY - Feathers Fall To Flames
(4:14) "Spite Is My Scepter, Blood Is My Crown":  OPPRESSIVE DESCENT - Spite Is My Scepter, Blood Is My Crown
(8:50) "Sepulchral Flames": SEPULCHRAL - From Beyond The Burial Ground
(13:02) "Transylvanian Whore": TERRORHAMMER - Gateways To Hades
(16:58) "Of Molded Bread and Rotten Wine": ULTRA SILVAM - The Sanctity of Death
 
Side 2
(22:18) "Beast Inside": ELIZABETH - Elizabeth
(24:55) "Summon The Angels": BLACK BEAST - Arctic Darkness
(30:12) "Worship The Degenerate": AL-NAMROOD - Worship The Degenerate
(33:06) "The Uplands of Awrystli": OFFERWINTRAN - It Often Befalls Those ...
(38:19) "Evil Majestic Vengeance": WARKVLT - Le666ion of Nusantara
(42:16) "Lethal Injection": KRYPT - Ripe With Sin

2022 THE YEAR IN EXTREME METAL - In 40 Minutes

2022 : THE YEAR IN EXTREME METAL - In 40 Minutes

Entering at the tail end of the NWOBHM, Algy Ward and his Tank outfit made a rumbling racket with the oustanding Filth Hounds of Hades debut. One of the best albums of the whole NWOBHM she-bang it says here, this was a tough record that was pushing Motorhead levels of intensity and sonics. 

The sophomore Power of the Hunter is praised in many a punter's circle, but I always saw this is a huge disappointment, the song writing watered down and production weak compared to the debut. 

The British unit changed tack on This Means War in 1983, taking a more traditional metal stance with war infatuated lyrics. Definately an improvement over the previous release. They followed that up a year later with the similarly themed and musically equivalent Honour and Blood, an album in my lonely opinion I perceive was even better than its predecessor.

Regardless, let's celebrate the first four years of the legendary Tank with a 40 minute playlist of its best material during their heyday.

Get ready for the shellshock!!!


Filth Hounds Of Hades (1982)
(0:00) Shellshock
(3:11) Struck By Lightning
(6:20) Turn Your Head Around
(9:41) Filth Hounds of Hades
Power of the Hunter (1982)
(13:35) Pure Hatred
This Means War (1983)
(17:30) This Means War

Side 2
(22:49) Echoes of a Distant Battle
Honour and Blood (1984)
(27:50) Honour & Blood 
(34:22) Too Tired To Wait For Love

TANK (82-84) - In 40 Minutes

Welcome back for episode 2 of the Box Lacrosse Beat where we rant and rave about the fastest sport on two feet. This episode we talk about the Mann Cup, Presidents Cup, Minto Cup and Ontario Masters Provincials.

See you on the floor!!!

BOX LACROSSE BEAT - September 2023

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Supernaughty - Apocalypso - 02 - Black Witch Mountain

The amount of new bands coming out from Brazil nowadays surpass in large numbers the best expectations ever made. AÇOITE is another fine example of that and their death thrash will raise hell in the underground scene for sure. Açoite is their seminal self titled album exclusively released by Helldprod Records in Europe in cassette format.
Their influences range between early Sodom, Kreator and Sepultura so prepare yourself to face the fury and aggression of these eight deadly tracks that are set to unrest your deepest inner self. Without a doubt this is violent and intense release that demands a severe head banging from all metal maniacs out there. Be sure to feel their whiplash!

Açoite - Império Do Terror - MC (2019)

Stockholm Syndrome

We continue with our Hidden Gems series where we bring light to albums that haven't been given appropriate levels of fame and attention. 

On this edition we focus on albums from the 2010s.

(1:31) HIGH SPIRITS - Another Night (Bandcamp)
(5:58) NADIWRATH - Nihilistic Stench (Moribund)
(11:14) PENNYWISE - All Or Nothing (Epitaph)
(18:28) FALKENBACH - Asa (Prophecy)
(23:20) DARKTHRONE - The Underground Resistance (Peaceville)
(27:43) TED NUGENT - Shut Up & Jam (Frontiers)
(31:39) HOGJAW - Way Down Yonder (Snakefarm)
(39:52) SEPTIC TANK - Rotting Civilization (Rise Above)
(41:50) SOLSTICE - White Horse Hill (Bandcamp)
(45:27) CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL - Everbody's Going To Die (Bandcamp)

Podcast #89

HIDDEN GEMS: Albums of the 2010s

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Our New Release Mondays podcasts include our Extreme Metal, Doom Metal, Hardcore Punk and Hard'N'Heavy series. Tuesdays we post our In 40 Minutes series where we curate the best 40 minutes of an artist/genre. Meanwhile, our Thursday podcasts revisit music from the past through our Best Of, Hidden Gems, Discography and ... For Metalheads series.

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