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

Seems that us metalheads are inundated with all things Satan, so it's time for The Mighty Decibel to do its part and disseminate some white metal/hard rock to try to balance the playing field a bit.

And who better to turn to than UK Christian outfit Wytch Hazel for this task. For those who scoff at the idea of this type of fare, take a listen to this curated playlist of their best material over their four full lengths to date (including their masterpiece, III : Pentecost). Excellent old school hard rock/metal with references to Thin Lizzy in the dual guitar department and magnificent vocal melodies to sing along to.

Show us the way!!!

Side One
Prelude (2016)
(0:00) Wytch Hazel
(4:32) Fight
II : Sojourn(2018)
(8:29) The Devil Is Here
(12:12) Still We Fight
(16:52) Choral

Side 2
II : Pentecost (2020)
(19:44) He Is the Fight
(23:25) Spirit and Fire 
(27:56) I Am Redeemed 
IV : Sacrament (2023)
(31:45) A Thousand Years 
(36:24) Future Is Gold 
(40:05) Digging Deeper

WYTCH HAZEL - 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

"I'd like to share a revelation that I've had during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species and I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed and the only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You're a plague...."

The speech excerpt used in the intro track was taken from the movie "The Matrix".
The illustration used: “Betrayal” by Mario Sánchez Nevado

VirusH

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)

This month we bring an interview with Dallas' Imperial Slaughter!
Forgive Cole's mic, it's haunted by a poltergeist.
Support these bands!
In order of appearance.

Imperial Slaughter interview (00:04:27)
Imperial Slaughter - "Death to Yuppies" - Imperial Slaughter
https://imperialslaughter.bandcamp.com/album/imperial-slaughter  
https://www.facebook.com/ImperialSlaughterTx/

End Times - "Shroud of Eyes" - Promo
https://endtimes.bandcamp.com/album/s-t-promo
https://www.facebook.com/endtimestx/

Tyrannosorceress - "The Call of Chaos" - Shattering Light's Creation
https://tyrannosorceress.com/album/shattering-lights-creation-2
https://www.facebook.com/Tyrannosorceress/

Abrahma - "Lucidly Adrift" - In Time for the Last Rays of Light
https://abrahma.bandcamp.com/album/in-time-for-the-last-rays-of-light
https://www.facebook.com/ABRAHMAMUSIC/

Cardinals Folly - "Sworn Through Odin's & Satan's Blood" - Cardinals Folly/Lucifer's Fall Split
https://www.facebook.com/cardinalsfolly/
Lucifers Fall - "Die Witch Die" - Cardinals Folly/Lucifer's Fall Split
https://www.facebook.com/LucifersFallDoom
https://cruzdelsurmusic.bandcamp.com/album/cardinals-folly-lucifers-fall-split

Skeletor - "The Hammer" - Cyber Metal
https://trueskelator.bandcamp.com/album/cyber-metal

Disowning - "The Storm Before the Storm" - Human Cattle 
https://xenokorp.bandcamp.com/album/human-cattle
https://www.facebook.com/disowning/

Ossuary - "Supreme Degradation" - Supreme Degradation
https://ossuary-death.bandcamp.com/album/supreme-degradation
https://www.facebook.com/ossuarydeath/

Superstition - "Unholy Transformation Pt. 1" & "Highly Attuned Beasts Of The Dark" - Anatomy of Unholy Transformation 
https://listen.20buckspin.com/album/the-anatomy-of-unholy-transformation
https://www.facebook.com/Superstition.Death/

Ep 18: Death to Yuppies

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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