Normally, we preface a streaming tune with some irreverent (but oddly salient) details of the band and song we're streaming to the Deci-faithful. This time, however, we're going to let Philadelphia's Ladder Devils own Matt Leo (ex-Minor Times) do the talking (note: salient details oddly missing) via a Post-Apocalyptic Movies Top 5, which is absolutely brilliant as there are only 143 days left ...

We are of the opinion that Iron Maiden exists today not so much to make music, but to provide a steady source of work for people around the world. Maiden has, in its own way, become an economic heavy metal juggernaut spreading dineros far and wide via merchandising, albums, tours and all the residual backdraft from their enormous fame, such as books like author Neil Daniels' upcoming Iron Maiden: ...

Today, in honor of the recent release of the sublimely malevolent Serpent Sermon, Decibel presents an in depth interview with Marduk founding guitarist Morgan Håkansson delving into his roots as a musician as well as the past, present, and future of his much-revered black metal war machine. Last month Christ Dick streamed "Souls for Belial." Marduk is profiled in the latest issue of ...

Sitting in on rehearsals when London (-ish) death-grind crew Oblivionized first started it was kind of hard to see where they were going. Powered by former drummer Jonathan Rushforth's hyper beats, with guitarist Sammy Urwin riffing under the creative direction of vocalist Zac Broughton, it was technical death metal at a time when technical death metal had practiced itself into self-parody. But, ...

Formed in 1980, California's Malice is absolutely cult---full-lengths In the Beginning... and License to Kill were both ushered out by major Atlantic Records to lukewarm reception in the mid-'80s---but ask any hesher in the sub-25 age range, and they'll likely have no idea who Malice was or is. Unless, they bought the mid-aughts re-issues while on an exploratory binge, but let's not digress too ...

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we discover what it's like to party in a Gothic snow globe with Entwined's Dancing Under Glass ...

When a few talented dudes out of the American South filter recent faves ASVA, Death Grips,  Arbouretum, Demdike Stare, and Wolves in the Throne Room through their long-burning love of Godflesh, Spacemen 3, Lungfish, Darkthrone, Talk Talk, Neu!, and Carcass, said dudes are destined to MAKE something noteworthy.  In this case, they actually called their band MAKE, and the sound they developed ...

I'll admit it; I hadn't heard of Chicago's Jar'd Loose until the press folk the band hired to spread the word spread the word right into my lap one day. I'll also admit that there was a pretty good chance I would've passed on checking the band out because of that horrendous name they've saddled themselves with. But to quote some guy who's a much better writer than I, "What's in a name?" So, ...

We may not write about these Canadians very often, but it's undeniable that Rush has had a profound effect on legions of artists that we do cover. So to celebrate next week's release of the ubiquitous band's 19th (!) full-length studio album, we compiled a "best of" Rush playlist that features tracks hand-picked by some of the many musicians who have been slappin' da bass over the years. If ...

It’s been a good year for 16, a band known for writing about bad times. They finally have a steady lineup (for now) and their new album Deep Cuts From Dark Clouds was praised in the July issue of this magazine. So it seems like the right time for 16 to dig into their vaults (or in this case, garages and shoeboxes) to find unreleased material. Fortunately, what they’ve found is far better ...