Listen again to Ro’s selection on New tunes from the hard rock and metal world, with tracks from Sidewinder, Goatsilk Lord Elephant and more

• Sidewinder – Firelight
• Goatsilk – Separate
• New Miserable Experience – The Devil We Know.
• KMDFM – Oubliette
• Visions of Atlantis & Warkings – Pirates & Kings
• Lord Elephant – Black River Blues
• Sonic Volt – Breaking Out
• Therion – To Mega Therion (Live)
• Absolon – No Goodbyes
• Planet Hunter – 1000 Years from Now
• Stråle – Blinding Lights (The Weeknd Cover)
• Adeline Gray – Smoldering Depths

Firelight Depths, with DarkCompass was played on Hard Rock Hell Radio on the 9th January 2026

Listen again to Ro and his selection of new Tunes from Kreator, Megadeth, Earthside and more

• Kreator – Satanic Anarchy
• Fueled By Fear – Godmade
• Megadeth – Kill The King
• Reaping Asmodeia – Nothing Remains
• Scherbentanz – Lucia
• Deathraiser – Primative Medicine
• Earthside – Earthsink (feat Daedric)
• Skogskult – Jag Ger Mig Av
• All Ireland Metal Project – Resilience
• Austin Mulka – About A Girl (Acoustic Cover)
• Boozewa – Garbage Day
• Lord Elephant – Gigantia

Satanic Gigantia with DarkCompass was broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio 2nd January 2026

Listen again Ro’s selection of what he thinks were the best from July-December from the DarkCompass shows.

• Danko Jones – Everyday is Saturday Night
• Superseed – Stand Your Ground
• Wednesday 13 – Rotting Away
• Slow Crush – While You Dream Vividly
• Salem’s Childe – She Sells Sanctuary
• Mriodom – Kult
• Nyos – Superstar
• Cardiacs – Woodeneye
• Bentrees – The Sea
• Vibravoid – Computer Dreams
• The Quality of Mercury – Selenite
• Nothing More – We’re in This together (Nine Inch Nails Cover)

DarkCompass’s Best of 2025 Part Deux first played on Hard Rock Hell Radio on the 26th Decembr 2025

A week early we know, but December is a bit odd around the DarkCompass Household, so enjoy with bundle of festive tunes.

• Katy & The Wild Ones – Christmas Time is Finally Here
• Rock The Mistletoe – It’s Christmas Time
• HPLHS – Carol of the Old Ones
• Celldweller – What Child is This?
• Corners of Sanctuary – What if it was Christmas Everyday
• Spinal Tap – Christmas with The Devil
• Airbourne – Christmas Bonus
• Amber & The Embers – It’s Christmas Time
• Absinthe Green – Satan Baby
• The Funeral Portrait – In The Bleak Midwinter
• The Kut – Waiting for Christmas
• Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts – Merry Xmas Everybody
• Weezer – We Wish You a Merry Christmas
• Bad Woves – Carol of The Bells
• Beatallica – Happy Christmas (War is Over)
• flecks – Hold Me Darling (This Christmas Time)
• The Doohickeys – Merry Happy Whatever
• Clouds Taste Satanic – All I want for Christmas is You

An Early Festive Mix from DarkCompass was first played on Hard Rock Hell Radio on the 19th December 2025

Listen again to Ro’s selection of new tunes from the metal world.

• Danko Jones – Hot Fox
• The Hellacopters – Long Gone Losers
• Asylum Road – Mask of Oblivion
• Two Tonne Machete – Pigs Pigs
• Bardo Thodol – Sumerian Tragedy
• Sylosis – The New Flesh
• Godzillionaire – This Solution is Laughable
• Visions of Atlantis – Ashes To The Sea
• The Gems – Hot Bait
• Booby – Sorte Maldita
• Feather Mountain – Rope Me In
• Demons my Friends – Bring The Night

Fox Night with DarkCompass was played first on Hard Rock Hell Radio on the 12th December 2025

Happy Birthday for Sunday!

Not just playing Sludge, but some great tunes from Walk in Darkness, The Ocean, Jaime and more, and IT IS Bandcamp Friday today!!

• Walk in Darkness – Across The Oceans
• Prospect – Dancing with The Devil *
• Shine – A Prophecy, A Trilogy **
• Bob Saliba – Albert *
• Humming Whale – Chasing Rabbits
• The Ocean – Even Deeper
• Triskelyon – Blood Drowned Prophecy
• Jaime – Power of The Sun
• The Quality of Mercury – Selenite
• Olymp – Olive Wreath
• Everfelt – Sludge

Across The Sludge with DarkCompass was Broadcast on Hard Rock Radio on Friday 5th December 2025

Back to some kind of normality this week on DarkCompass with new tracks from Ransom, Final Coil, Beast Eagle and more

• Ransom – Tractor Chicks
• Esprit D’Air – Chronos
• Final Coil – Self Reflection
• Colour Haze – Be With Me
• Ghost in The Machine – Coming of Wolves (Valhalla)
• Beast Eagle – Sharp Tongue
• Bygone – Shadow Rising
• In Virtue – Scream
• Hexjakt – Monolith
• Belzebong – 420 Horsemen
• Yawning Man – Pavement Ends

Broadcast on Hard Rock Hell Radio on the 28th November 2025

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Another Mixtape as Ro is still Poorly, with tracks from Esprit D’Air, Kal-El, Five Finger Death Punch and more

• Scene Queen – Platform Shoes
• Five Finger Death Punch – The End (Feat Babymetal)
• Solar Sons – Altitude
• Imperial Domain – New World Order
• Equilibrium – Borrowed Waters
• Return to Darkness – Go Away
• Nevertel – Break The Silence (ft. Sleep Theory)
• Lothlöryen – There and Back Again
• Phoenix Lake – Bells of Variel
• Ellende – Zerfall
• Kal-El – Juggernaut
• Esprit D’air – Silver Leaf