Full Metal Racket

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 28th Dec 2025. A special end of year show, looking back at some of the more notable releases of 2025, including my Top 5 of the year!Black Sabbath – Never Say DieDeath Angel – Disturbing The PeaceDestruction – No Kings No MastersParadise Lost – Silence Like The GraveGhost – LachrymaBehemoth – The Shadow EliteDer Weg Einer Freiheit – MarterThe Haunted – WarheadSodom – The Spirits That I CalledHate – Bellum RegiisDesaster – Great Repulsive ForceMalevolence – If It’s All The Same To YouOrbit Culture – Death Above LifeBiohazard – ForsakenSoulfly – No Pain No PowerRevocation – Sarcophogi Of The SoulRivers Of Nihil – The Sub-Orbital BluesOzzy Osbourne – Bark At The MoonMastodon – The Wolf Is LooseAt The Gates – Slaughter Of The SoulLIK – Worms InsideUnleashed – A Toast To The FallenCoroner – SymmetryDead Heat – Perpetual PunishmentBenediction – A Carrion HarvestTestament – Witch Hunt

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 21st Dec 2025. A not-very-festive Xmas Special - this week's special show digs deep into the back catalogues of metal unearthing rare gems in the form of B-sides, rare cover versions, demos and live tracks!Black Sabbath – Back Street KidsKing Diamond – No Presents For XmasDeath Angel – Room With A ViewMachine Head – My MiseryAnthrax – Raise HellMegadeth – Crown Of WormsMetallica – Today Your Love, Tomorrow Your WorldSlayer – Dead Skin MaskTestament – Over The WallKreator – Extreme AggressionObituary – Dethroned EmperorCarcass – Buried DreamsOrange Goblin – No ClassEntombed AD – Back At The Funny FarmMotorhead - Dead Mans HandSabbat – The Clerical ConspiracyDeath – Forgotten PastStrapping Young Lad – CentipedeFear Factory – ConcretoSlipknot – Get ThisNapalm Death – Suppressed HungerSacred Reich – Rapid FireBiohazard – Mouth For War

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell radio on 14th Dec 2025. Only a few new releases this week, from the likes of Iotunn, Vreid and Frozen OceanBlack Sabbath – Symptom Of The UniverseSeventh Angel – Expletive DeletedAnacrusis – DivisionCaliban – Song About KillingPantera – 25 YearsIotunn – Waves BelowMetallica – Holier Than ThouSuffocation – Breeding The SpawnBlood Red Throne – Inferior EleganceDeath Angel – StopOverkill – Blood MoneyVreid – From these WoodsFrozen Ocean – GristimmarEntombed – Tear It LooseSigil – Summoning HateBackfire! – Still dedicatedSuicidal Tendencies – InstitutionalisedToxik – Social OverloadV/Haze Miasma – Praise MeThe Day Of The Beast – The Diabolic Seperation Of HopeThe Berzerker – As The World Waits]Death – Evil DeadCathedral – Midnight Mountain

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 7th December 2025. New stuff from Kreator, Lamb Of God, Mayhem, Black Rabbit, Necrofier and DeathraiserBlack Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody SabbathForbidden – Face Down HeroesBlack Rabbit – ApprehensionDeath Angel – Seemingly Endless TimeSolitary – The DisappearedMayhem – DespairNecrofier – Servants Of Darkness, Guide My Way IOne Machine – I Don’t Care AnymoreLamb Of God – Parasocial ChristSuicidal Tendencies – Emotion No 13Kreator – Satanic AnarchyMetallica – To Live Is To DieThe Haunted – GodpuppetVulture Industries – Pills Of ConformityDeathraiser – Primitive MedicineAgnostic Front – Gotta GoJohnny Truant – The BloodeningParadise Lost – JadedBenediction – NightfearAllegaeon – VerminEon – Welcome To The PyramidSevere Torture – Defective FornificationDying Awkward Angel – The FallenVomit Forth – UnrecognisableBone Gnawer – Channel Of CarnageNightfall – Darkness Forever

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 30th Nov 2025. New stuff from Sylosis, Booby Trap, Discovery Through Torment, Paganizer and PythonicBlack Sabbath – Wheels Of ConfusionBooby Trap – Anti-SocialRegicide – One By OneAcid Bath – What Colour Is DeathVulture – Malicious SoulsMorbid Angel – Chapel Of GhoulsDiscovery Through Torment – DethronementMotorhead – Out Of The SunMegadeth – Bullet To The BrainMordred – Reckless AbandonTestament – Distorted LivesSylosis – The New FleshBloodywood – Halla BolDead Soil – History retoldTed Maul – And We Tolerate The SicknessDead To This World – To Free Death Upon ThemOutlying – ImpairedFight The Fight – Turbo SexHellripper – The Cursed Carrion CrownDark Tranquillity – Insanity’s CrescendoGnostic – Life SufferingPaganizer – Aftermath BleederPythonic – ConceitKreator – Pleasure To Kill

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 23rd Nov 2025. New stuff from Converge, Metal Church, Rob Zombie, Kanonenfieber, Jester Majesty, No Worth Of Man, Svalbard, Lionheart and KaruBlack Sabbath – Children Of The GraveOld Dirty Buzzard – The HammerRob Zombie – Heathen DaysAcid Bath – Dope FiendVoivod – Orb ConfusionMetal Church – FAFOJester Majesty – Married To The MasterplanMaster – Pay To DieNo Worth Of Man – Into The DirtMorbid Angel – HateworkBlood Red Throne – Human FraudThe Old Dead Tree – Time Has ComeSvalbard – If We Could Still Be SavedDRI – Enemy WithinLionheart – BulletproofSaxorior – Sentenced To DeathKaru – Trail Of FireDeadline – Wave You GoodbyeConverge – Love Is Not EnoughKanonenfieber – Der FusilierTsjuder – SurtrMervyful Fate – The Grave3 Inches Of Blood – Night MaraudersPublic Grave – Exhumed Corpses Undead ForcesWitchery - Popecrusher

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell radio on 16th Nov 2025. New stuff from Megadeth, 1914, Heriot, Thermality, Booby Trap, Hellmaze, Get The Shot, Disaffected, Discovery Through Torment, Vinnfrost & WindsweptBlack Sabbath – War PigsMokomokai – Shadow In The StormThermality – HelixStormtroopers Of Death – Freddie KruegerBooby Trap – Sorte MalditaMotorhead – OverkillHellmaze – SlaveAcid Bath – JezebelMastodon – The Wolf Is LooseKreator – IsolationMegadeth – I Don’t Care1014 – 1918 pt 3 (A Duty To Escape)Battlesword – Memento (Te Hominem Esse)No Turning Back – Stay AwayGet The Shot – Torture Your CorpseArceye – DivinityDisaffected – Soul & WordsArch Enemy – WarningNervosa – HostagesHeriot – Commander Of PainDiscovery Through Torment – LesionsVinnfrost – Last Of His KindWindswept – InvestigationSkinlab – PalefaceProng – Off The GridGWAR – Meat Sandwich

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 9th Nov 2025. New stuff from Death Angel, Mayhem, Dead Head, Omnium Gatherum, Jester Majesty, Paganizer and BlakkenBlack Sabbath – Black SabbathAcid Bath – Cheap VodkaOld Dirty Buzzard – Hell Hath No FuryOne Machine – Kill The Hope InsideDead Head – FiregateSoundgarden – Hands All OverAnthrax – BloodSepultura – PropagandaGrip Inc – The Longest HateLegacy Of Payne – State Of AgressionEvile – Time No MoreDeath Angel – Cult Of The UsedMayhem – Weep For NothingThus Defiled – Under Blackening HorizonsThe Suicide Machines – Burning In The AftermathDownset – Eyes Shut TightRun Of Lava – Expanded FunctionOmnium Gatherum – Streets Of RageSodom – The Struggle WithinJester Majesty – Echoes Of πListless – Bloodstained MemoriesBlakken – LabiyrintPaganizer – Aftermath BleederThulcandra – Nocturnal HeresySadism – This Burial Is Ours

First broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on 2nd Nov 2025. New stuff from Kreator, Testament, 1349, Samael and Rotting SoundMotorhead – Thunder And LightningTestament – Seek & DestroyKreator – TranenpalastAcid Bath – The BlueHigh On Fire – Rumours Of WarPrimordial – To Hell Or The Hangman]Gaerea – World AblazeAnaal Nathrakh – Forward!Deicide – Confessional RapePig Destroyer – Circle RiverBrodequin – Fall Of The LeafThe Breathing Process – The HarvestingSamael – Black Matter ManifestoTed Maul – The High CommissionerDevastator – Worship The GoatOrbit Culture – HydraFive Knuckles – CirclesStampin’ Ground – Officer DownCeltic Frost – The UsurperOnslaught – Damnation/Onslaught (Power From Hell)The Haunted – ChasmOf Hatred Spawn – Global Dehumanization<Code> - The Cotton Optic1349 – SlavesRotten Sound – Brave New WorldWormrot – Compulsive DispositionNapalm Death – ScumCorrosion Of Conformity – Vote With A Bullet