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Join The Mighty Decibel as we name our top extreme metal, doom metal, hardcore punk and heard'n'heavy releases of January 2023. Horns high!! Extreme Metal MALLEUS - The Fires of Heaven The Fires of Heaven | Malleus (bandcamp.com) PRIMORDIAL SERPENT Adversary of God | Primordial Serpent (bandcamp.com) CRANIAL CRUSHER - Ciclo de Degradacao Ciclo da Degradação | Cranial Crusher (bandcamp.com) ABYSSAL WORM - Kingdon of Decadence Kingdom Of Decadence | Abyssal Worm (bandcamp.com) Doom Metal MAMA YOUTH - Mama Youth MAMA YOUTH | MAMA YOUTH (bandcamp.com) Hardcore Punk DOG ATTACK - Sonic Rites of Rock'N'Roll Sonic Rites of Rock and Roll | Dog Attack (bandcamp.com) Hard'N'Heavy LOVE GANG - Meanstreak LOVE GANG - Meanstreak | HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records (bandcamp.com)

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

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in January 2023. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued this month. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "A Dark Sun Rises" MALLEUS - The Fires of Heaven The Fires of Heaven | Malleus (bandcamp.com) (4:50) "Supreme Antochrist" ABYSSAL WORM - Kingdom of Decadence Kingdom Of Decadence | Abyssal Worm (bandcamp.com) (6:30) "Trite Puti" CONCRETE AGE - Bardo Thodol Bardo Thodol | Concrete Age (bandcamp.com) (8:40) "From Ceremonies Past" CONJURETH - The Parasitic Chambers Bardo Thodol | Concrete Age (bandcamp.com) (11:22) "Howling" ASAKTA - The Abyss of Existence The Abyss of Existence | Asakta (bandcamp.com) (16:17) "Malformity" MALFORMED - Uncontrollable Malformity Uncontrollable Malformity | Malformed | Rotted Life (bandcamp.com) (19:10) "Metal Violence" TRASTORNED - Into The Void Trastorned - Into the Void | Dying Victims Productions (bandcamp.com) (22:25) "... Of Broken Dreams" NEGATIVE VORTEX - Tomb Absolute Tomb Absolute | NEGATIVE VORTEX | Sentient Ruin Laboratories (bandcamp.com) (27:35) "Envenomancer" ENVENOMED - Manifest of the Primordial Essence Manifest of the Primordial Essence | Envenomed | Burning Coffin Recs (bandcamp.com) (31:30) "Radiate the Masses" ERUPTION - Sonic Poison Eruption | Sonic Poison | Me Saco Un Ojo Records (bandcamp.com) (32:52) "Death Prevails" BURYFICATION - Leviathan Leviathan | Buryfication (bandcamp.com) (35:41) "Ominous" OBSERVER - Demo EP Demo EP | Observer. (bandcamp.com) (37:47) "Vampyric Inbreeding" ROTHEADS - Slither In Slime Slither In Slime | Rotheads (bandcamp.com)

Boston's Aerosmith ruled the outdoor stadiums in the 70s fueled by a series of hit songs that received endless radio airplay ("Walk This Way", "Dream On", "Sweet Emotion", "Back In The Saddle", etc.). Today we celebrate the deep album tracks from Aerosmith's 70s albums, undoubtedly the band's best period of its lengthy discography. No more, no more radio hits!!! Aerosmith (1973) (0:00) Make It (3:41) Walkin' The Dog Get Your Wings (1974) (6:54) S.O.S (Too Bad) Toys In The Attic (1975) (9:46) Adam's Apple (14:21) No More, No More Side 2 Rocks (1976) (19:57) Nobody's Fault (24:17) Get The Lead Out Draw The Line (1977) (27:59) The Hand That Feeds (32:23) Sight For Sore Eyes Night In The Ruts (1979) (36:20) Chiquita (30:40) Cheese Cake

Are you one of those metalheads who worships at the altar of extreme metal? If so, strap yourself in for a podcast episode where we wax eloquent about our fave black, thrash and death metal records between 2000 and 2009. We'll add snippets of tracks as well, to provide aural proof of each album's greatness. Bang that head that doesn't bang!!! SPOILER ALERT!!!!!! VADER - Litany KRISIUN - Conquerors of Armededdon THY PRIMORDIAL - The Heresay of an Age of Reason MELECHESH - Djinn NAGELFAR - Virus West THY INFERNAL - Warlords of Hell WOODS OF YPRES - Against The Seasons AZAGHAL - Perkeleen Iouma MALEVOLENT CREATION - Envenomed PRIMORDIAL - To The Nameless Dead

Let's go back in time when heavy metal was just beginning to find its legs (after its birth in 1970 with BLACK SABBATH's self-titled debut). Back then hard rock and metal were terms used interchangeably, so don't be surprised to see both represented in this 40-minute curated set of the best hard music made that year. And you might just stumble into some good, old fashioned, hard rock'n'roll too!!! A big salute to 1971 ... she was a mean girl!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Rock'N'Roll" - LED ZEPPELIN - IV (3:42) "After Forever": BLACK SABBATH - Master of Reality (11:08) "Brown Sugar": ZZ TOP - ZZ Top's First Album (16:33) "Bitch": ROLLING STONES - Sticky Fingers Side 2 (20:12) "Fireball": DEEP PURPLE - Fireball (23:36) "Mean Girl": STATUS QUO - Dog Of Two Heads (27:31) "157 Riverside Avenue": REO SPEEDWAGON - REO Speedwagon (31:31) "Dear John": NAZARETH - Nazareth (35:11) "Bird of Prey": URIAH HEEP - Salisbury

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 December 2022 and January 2023 releases. Horns up! (00:00) "Shake This Feelin'" LOVE GANG - Meanstreak Love Gang | Meanstreak - LP - Rock / Hard Rock / Glam | Season of Mist (season-of-mist.com) (04:12) "The Darkest Dungeon" HEXEN - Wild Hunt Wild Hunt | Hexen (bandcamp.com) (8:21) "(No) Control" LIQUID SUPERCHARGE - Left For Dead, Full Speed Ahead Left for Dead, Full Speed Ahead | Liquid Supercharge (bandcamp.com) (12:09) "Save Me Tonight" URIAH HEEP - Chaos & Colour The Official Website Of Uriah Heep (uriah-heep.com) (15:47) "Burn It Down" SCREAMER - Kingmaker Kingmaker | Screamer (bandcamp.com) (19:17) "Vengeance (It's What They Deserve)" RUNNING MAIDEN - Running Maiden Running Maiden | Running Maiden (bandcamp.com) (24:06) "Get Out" DEAD LOW - Not For Sale Not For Sale | Dead Low (bandcamp.com)

The Mighty Decibel is proud to announce an alliance with Toronto's best extreme metal vinyl store ... Futhark Records!! The second Tuesday of every month we will be hosting a playlist of extreme metal curated by Futhark Records owner and founder, Claus Nader. In this inaugural episode, Claus focuses solely on death metal records that are polluting his ears at this time. Visit Claus at his shop (in the Danforth/Greenwood area of east Toronto) and tell him that The Mighty Decibel sent you!!! Futhark Records - What's New Side 1 (0:00) "Echoes of Affliction": NOROTH - Harbinger (Rotted Life) (4:03) "Excretions Basaltiques": SEDIMENTUM - Suppuration Morphogenesiaque (Me Saco Un Ojo) (8:40) "Inner Perversity": MVLTIFISSION - Decomposition in the Painful Metamorphosis (Pulverized/Huang Quan) (14:23) "Nocturnal Sickness": CRYPTIC HATRED - Nocturnal Sickness (The Other Records) (17:56) "G.E.B.": SUFFERING SIGHTS - When Sanity Becomes Insanity (Burning Coffin Records) Side 2 (21:53) "Decaying Host": CRYPT CRAWLER - Blood Sustenance (Bitterloss Records) (26:57) "Twilight Divination": BONES - Sombre Oppulence (Invictus Productions) (31:07) "Inquisition Sins": CASTRATOR - Defiled In Oblivion (Dark Descenet Records) (34:49) "Darkening of My Soul": DARKENED - Into the Blackness (Chaos Records) (39:25) "Rogue": THE SCUM - The Hunger (In Fastu Negas / Futhark Records)

It's time to revel in the new hardcore punk, d-beat, metal punk and grindcore releases issued from December 2022 and January 2023. Grind 'til death!! (0:00) "Humane Humans/No End In Sight" DISAFFECT - Sanctus Propoghanda Sessions Vol. 3 Sanctus Propaganda Sessions Vol. 3 | Disaffect | Sanctus Propaganda (bandcamp.com) (3:26) "Threat For The Liver" MEAN MACHINE - I Wanna Die By D Beat & Four Roses I Wanna Die By D Beat & Four Roses | Mean Machine (bandcamp.com) (5:42) "Wake Up" NIHILIST DEATH CULT - Death To All Tyrants Death To All Tyrants | Nihilist Death Cult | NIHILIST DEATH CULT (bandcamp.com) (6:51) "Unhinged" BLOODCLOT - Souls Bloodclot - Souls | UPSTATE RECORDS (bandcamp.com) (8:19) "Heresi" MASHMEAT - Heresi Heresi | MASHMEAT (bandcamp.com) (10:06) "Hjalte Utan Betalt" ZYFILIS - single HJÄLTE UTAN BETALT | zyfilis (bandcamp.com) (11:52) "Fuckin' Shit" DISPOSE - Total Disnukers Total Disnukers | DISPOSE (bandcamp.com) (13:33) "XIII" FADEAD - Fadead S/T | Fadead (bandcamp.com) (14:36) "Lost" CONCRETE BASTARDS - Closer To The End Closer To The End | Concrete Bastards (bandcamp.com) (16:42) "Speedway" ROVSVETT - We Are The Roadkill Rövsvett - We are the roadkill | Cimex records (bandcamp.com) (17:48) "Blean Future" LEXICON - Devoid of Light Devoid Of Light (LUNGS-207) | LEXICON | IRON LUNG Records (bandcamp.com) (19:21) "Man's The Leech" SICKRECY - Salvation Through Tyranny Salvation Through Tyranny | Sickrecy (bandcamp.com) (21:55) "Lioviendo Violencia" DISFURIA - No tengo boca y debo gritar No tengo boca y debo gritar | Disfuria (bandcamp.com) (23:43) "Fight" MINDLESS! - Demo 2022 DEMO 2022 | MINDLESS! (bandcamp.com) (24:44) "Bootlick Fuckboi" BALM SQUAD - Point of No Return Point Of No Return | Balm Squad | Pils Records / Pandemix Records (bandcamp.com)

To The Mighty Decibel ears, 2022 was yet another strong year for all genres and sub-genres of heavy, so it's time to produce a playlist celebrating the year. From trad metal, to hardcore punk, to doom, to extreme - we've got you covered. Bring on 2023!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Stoned Wizard": PETH - Merchant of Death (3:04) "Spirit of Death": SAVAGE MASTER - Those Who Hunt At Night (6:00) "Immondice": BOMBARDEMENT - Le Futur Et La (8:04) "Speed Inferno": SEAX - Speed Inferno (11:26) "Age of the Idiot": FREEDOM HAWK - Take All You Can (15:22) "Black Metal Victory": SAVAGE NECROMANCY - Feathers Fall To Flames (17:08) "The Green King Rises": 10,000 YEARS - III (21:24) "Signal To Oblivion": IRONHAWK - Ritual of the Warpath Side 2 (24:30) "Scythian Women": SANHEDRIN - Lights On (27:50) "Speed Demons": XIL - Rip & Tear (31:48) "Wish You Well": ERIC WAGNER - In The Lonely Light of Mourning (36:12) "Blood Red Vision": SKUMSTRIKE - Deadly Intrusions (39:36) "Beast inside": ELIZABETH - Elizabeth (42:13) "Siren of the Air": STEEL INFERNO - Evil Reigns (45:24) "Airboat": LIMOUSINE BEACH - Limousine Beach (47:27) "In Punk We Thrash": ACIDEZ - In Punk We Thrash

The Mighty Decibel spent the month of December naming its favorite albums in four different musical categories: doom metal, hardcore punk, hard'n'heavy and extreme metal. Now, at last, we name our overall top 10 albums of the year (regardless of genre), all of which garnered 9 out of 10 scores ... except for our top album which achieved the iconic 10/10 status. Bang that head that doesn't bang!!! SPOILER ALERT!!! #10 SANHEDRIN - Lights On (trad metal) Lights On | Sanhedrin (bandcamp.com) #9 SKUMSTRIKE - Deadly Intrusions (metalpunk) Deadly Intrusions | Skumstrike (bandcamp.com) #8 10,000 YEARS - III (sludge/doom) III | 10,000 Years (bandcamp.com) #7 SAVAGE NECROMANCY - Feathers Fall To Flames (death/black) FEATHERS FALL TO FLAMES | SAVAGE NECROMANCY (bandcamp.com) #6 FREEDOM HAWK - Take All That You Can (doom) Take All You Can | Freedom Hawk | Ripple Music (bandcamp.com) #5 SEAX - Speed Inferno (speed) Speed Inferno | Seax (bandcamp.com) #4 IRONHAWK - Ritual of the Warpath (metalpunk) Ironhawk - Ritual of the Warpath | Dying Victims Productions (bandcamp.com) #3 PETH - Merchant of Death (old school doom) Merchant Of Death | PETH (bandcamp.com) #2 SAVAGE MASTER - Those Who Hunt At Night (trad metal) Those Who Hunt At Night | Savage Master (bandcamp.com) #1 BOMBARDEMENT - Le Futur Et La (d-beat) Le Futur Est Là | Bombardement (bandcamp.com)

Things started to get interesting in 1972 with the recent birth of heavy metal, the continued evolution of hard rock and rock'n'roll getting progressively heavier. Heavy music hadn't reached its zenith yet, but things were surely pointing upwards. Enjoy 40 minutes of the best music of 1972. Rip this joint!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Supernaut" - BLACK SABBATH - Volume 4 (4:32) "Space Truckin'": DEEP PURPLE - Machine Head (9:07) "Just Got Paid": ZZ TOP - Rio Grande Mud (13:35) "Rip This Joint": ROLLING STONES - Exile On Main Street (15:59) "Paper Plane": STATUS QUO - Piledriver (18:49) "Keep Pushin'": REO SPEEDWAGON - II Side 2 (22:53) "School's Out": ALICE COOPER - School's Out (24:56) "Easy Livin'": URIAH HEEP - Demons and Wizards (27:32) "Saturday In The Park": CHICAGO - V (31:36) "Sufragette City": DAVID BOWIE - The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust (35:02) "You Wear It Well": ROD STEWART - Never A Dull Moment (39:21) "Heart of Gold": NEIL YOUNG - Harvest

It's a new week, so time for another "New Release Monday" episode. This show we spotlight new and upcoming releases from December 2022 and January 2023 in doom metal/rock, including stoner of course. We're all doomed! (0:00) "Sacrifice" MARGARITA WITCH CULT - new single Sacrifice | Margarita Witch Cult (bandcamp.com) (4:28) "Trees Have Eyes" SLEEPING DARK - Days of Mourn Days of Mourn | Sleeping Dark (bandcamp.com) (7:57) "Dead Empire" RATTLESNAKE VENOM TRIP - Dead Empire Dead Empire | Rattlesnake Venom Trip (bandcamp.com) (11:48) "Living On The Earth" IRON VOID - IV IV | Iron Void (bandcamp.com) (17:06) "Corpse Queen" BLACKSTAFF - The Dark Stick The Dark Stick EP | Blackstaff (bandcamp.com) (22:02) "End of the Line" TIDAL WAVE - The Lord Knows The Lord Knows | Tidal Wave | Ripple Music (bandcamp.com)

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

Join The Mighty Decibel as we name our top extreme metal, doom metal, hardcore punk and heard'n'heavy releases of December 2022. Horns high!! Extreme Metal HEXENALTAR - Bestial Damnation Bestial Damnation | HEXENALTAR | 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔷 𝔒𝔳 𝔚𝔞𝔯 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 (bandcamp.com) ENVENOMED - Manifest of the Primordial Essence Manifest of the Primordial Essence | Envenomed | Burning Coffin Recs (bandcamp.com) Doom Metal Not applicable this month Hardcore Punk MEAN MACHINE - I Wanna Die By D Beat & Four Roses I Wanna Die By D Beat & Four Roses | Mean Machine (bandcamp.com) Hard'N'Heavy ROKETS - Break Free Night Time | Rokets (bandcamp.com)

Join The Mighty Decibel as we count down our top 15 extreme metal albums of the year. Whether it be thrash, black or death metal - we've got you covered. Thrash 'til death!!!! SPOILER ALERT !!!!! #10 OFERWINTRAN - It Often Befalls Those ... (black) It Often Befalls Those | Oferwintran (bandcamp.com) #9 AL-NAMROOD - Worship The Degenerate (black/folk) Worship The Degenerate | Al-Namrood | Shaytan Productions (bandcamp.com) #8 BLACK BEAST - Arctic Darkness (black) Arctic Darkness | Black Beast | Primitive Reaction (bandcamp.com) #7 ELIZABETH - Elizabeth (first wave black) ELIZABETH | elizabeth (bandcamp.com) #6 ULTRA SILVAM - The Sanctity of Death (black) The Sanctity of Death | Ultra Silvam | Regain Records (bandcamp.com) #5 TERRORHAMMER - Gateways To Hades (black/speed/thrash) Gateways to Hades | Terrörhammer (bandcamp.com) #4 SEPULCHRAL - From Beyond The Burial Ground (death) From Beyond the Burial Mound | Sepulchral (bandcamp.com) #3 KRUSHHAMMER - Blood, Violence & Blasphemy (black/speed/thrash) Blood, Violence & Blasphemy | Krushhammer (bandcamp.com) #2 OPPRESSIVE DESCENT - Spite Is My Scepter, Blood Is My Crown (black) Spite Is My Scepter, Blood Is My Crown | Oppressive Descent (bandcamp.com) #1 SAVAGE NECROMANCY - Feathers Fall To Flames (blackened death) Feathers Fall To Flames | Savage Necromancy | 20 Buck Spin

We here at The Mighty Decibel are huge fans of all eras of the UK's finest exports, Motorhead. Today we celebrate Lemmy and his revolving gang members of the 80s. Yes, it was a turbulent year, member wise, but there's tons of great stuff to sink your teeth into. Time to let 'em shine!! Side One Ace of Spades (1980) (0:00) Shoot You In The Back (2:38) Fire Fire (5:18) Dance Iron Fist (1982) (7:55) Heart of Stone (10:58) Sex and Outrage (13:06) Don't Let 'Em Grind You Down Another Perfect Day (1983) (16:12) Shine Side 2 (19:24) Tales of Glory (22:18) Rock It Orgasmatron (1986) (26:11) Nothing Up My Sleeve (29:24) Ridin' With The Driver Rock'N'Roll (1987) (33:10) All For You (37:21) Boogeyman

This episode we focus solely on extreme metal releases issued in December 2022. Hear the best thrash, death and black metal releases issued this month. Let the mayhem begin! (0:00) "Nekromancers Under The Axe!" DEMONSLAUGHT 666 - Necroslaughter Battlefield Nekroslaughter Battlefield | Demonslaught 666 (bandcamp.com) (4:08) "Ignis Fatuus" ENVENOMED - Manifest of the Primordial Essence Manifest of the Primordial Essence | Envenomed | Burning Coffin Recs (bandcamp.com) (7:26) "Altar of Witches" HEXENALTAR - Bestial Damnation Bestial Damnation | HEXENALTAR | 𝔊𝔬𝔡𝔷 𝔒𝔳 𝔚𝔞𝔯 𝔓𝔯𝔬𝔡𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫𝔰 (bandcamp.com) (11:10) "Annihilation By Vaccination" REABILITATOR - Mentally Defected Mentally Defected | REABILITATOR | Xtreem Music (bandcamp.com) (14:43) "Advection" CONGEALED PUTRESCENCE - Within The Ceaseless Murk Within the Ceaseless Murk | Congealed Putrescence (bandcamp.com) (17:18) "Guillotine" DESTROYER 666 - Never Surrender (1) Destroyer 666 | Facebook (20:49) "The Sword Everlasting" BLOOD OF THE WOLF - IV:The Declaration of War Eternal IV: The Declaration of War Eternal | Blood of the Wolf (bandcamp.com) (25:20) "In the Woods at Halloween" NIGHNACHT - Asking To Be Killed Asking To Be Killed | Nighnacht | Morbid And Miserable Records (bandcamp.com) (27:01) "Regurgitate Hate" INFINITAR - Inhuman Inhuman | INFITAR (bandcamp.com) (31:44) "Disgrace" DEATH REICH - The Final Plague The Final Plague | Death Reich | Non Serviam Records (bandcamp.com)

Join The Mighty Decibel for our specially curated look (listen?) of the best in hard'n'heavy music for the year. Listen to the best trad metal, hard rock, speed metal, classic rock and punk rock of the year. Horns high!!! Side 1 (0:00) "Spirit of Death": SAVAGE MASTER - Those Who Hunt At Night (2:56) "Speedemons": XIL - Rip & Tear (6:54) "Scythian Women": SANHEDRIN - Lights On (10:16) "Speed Inferno": SEAX - Speed Inferno (13:38) "Airboat": LIMOUSINE BEACH - Limousine Beach (15:41) "Ritual": MAULE - Maule (19:21) "Pleading With The Cosmic Mother": CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL - There Is No Time Side 2 (22:51) "Siren of the Air": STEEL INFERNO - Evil Reigns (26:02) "Reap A Hurricane": THE HELLACOPTERS - The Eyes Of Oblivion (29:18) "Rider of the Night": HARDROCKER - Rider of the Night (35:37) "Undermine/Overthrow": SHOT DOWN TWICE - Shot Down Twice (38:21) "Inside An Icy Light": MIRROR QUEEN - Inviolate (42:41) "Vicki's Polka": THE DREADNOUGHTS - Roll and Go (46:33) "Winterspring Summerfall": TED NUGENT - Detroit Muscle (51:11) "Break Free": ROKETS - Break Free

Another year is (nearly) in the books, so it's time to name our fave hard'n'heavy records of 2022. A Neil Peart drum roll please ... SPOILER ALERT!!! 10. ROKETS - Break Free Break Free | Rokets (bandcamp.com) 9. THE HELLACOPTERS - Eyes of Oblivion (rock'n'roll) Eyes Of Oblivion | The Hellacopters (bandcamp.com) 8. MAULE - Maule (trad metal) MAULE | MAULE (bandcamp.com) 7. STEEL INFERNO - Evil Reigns (trad/speed metal) And the Earth Stood Still | Steel Inferno (bandcamp.com) 6. CHURCH OF THE COSMIC SKULL - There Is No Time (psychedelic/progressive rock) There Is No Time | Church of the Cosmic Skull (bandcamp.com) 5. LIMOUSINE BEACH - Limousine Beach (classic rock) Limousine Beach | Limousine Beach (bandcamp.com) 4. SEAX - Speed Inferno (speed metal) Speed Inferno | Seax (bandcamp.com) 3. XIL - Rip & Tear (speed metal) RIP & TEAR | X.I.L (bandcamp.com) 2. SANHEDRIN - Lights On (trad metal) Lights On | Sanhedrin (bandcamp.com) 1. SAVAGE MASTER - Those Who Hunt At Night (trad metal) Those Who Hunt At Night | Savage Master (bandcamp.com)