Interviews
Album Premiere: Possessor – ‘Damn the Light’
October 28, 2020 Sean Frasier
UK horror fiends Possessor wield a mighty sludgehammer on their new monster-conjuring LP, Damn the Light.
Blowing Their Wad All Over God: An Oral History of GWAR’s ‘Scumdogs of the Universe’
October 27, 2020 Justin Norton
Decibel celebrates the 30th anniversary of GWAR‘s landmark Scumdogs of the Universe, and dodges blood and semen to bring you the ULTIMATE oral history of the legendary release.
Interview: Photographer Jeremy Saffer discusses “Daughters of Darkness”
October 27, 2020 Sean Frasier
Heavy metal photographer Jeremy Saffer discusses his upcoming photo book of corpse painted nude portraits, Daughters of Darkness.
Q&A: Dave Mustaine On Rust In Peace, Books & Life After Cancer
October 19, 2020 Chris Dick
Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine talks with Decibel about his new book, Rust In Peace: The Inside Story of the Megadeth Masterpiece.
Dropdead Talk 2020 Reissue campaign, New Discography Album
October 1, 2020 Greg Pratt
Catching up with Dropdead‘s Ben Barnett and Bob Otis to talk about the band’s extensive 2020 reissue campaign.
Immortal Rights: Inside the Legal Battle Between Dan Seagrave and Earache Records
October 1, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Decibel investigates the ongoing fight over album art between legendary artist Dan Seagrave and extreme metal progenitors Earache Records.
Album Premiere and Interview: Empress – ‘Premonition’
September 30, 2020 Sean Frasier
Vancouver post-metal project Empress achieves sonic catharsis on their debut LP, Premonition. Listen to the exclusive stream now.
Q&A: Adam Wakeman on the ‘Jazz Sabbath’ project
September 29, 2020 Justin Norton
Wakeman discusses the jazz-styled Black Sabbath covers of Jazz Sabbath and how Ozzy surprised him with his Dad’s keyboard from the Sabbath Bloody Sabbath sessions.
Album Premiere and Interview: Miasmal Sabbath – ‘Ominous Radiance’
September 23, 2020 Sean Frasier
Death metal cult Miasmal Sabbath ascend from the sewers of Greece to the cosmos beyond on their debut LP, Ominous Radiance.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Shane Embury of Napalm Death
September 17, 2020 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Napalm Death’s new album, Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism, we caught up with bassist Shane Embury to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Holy Mountain Printing Invades the Comic Book Realm with “Deathblazers”
September 16, 2020 Sean Frasier
Heavy metal print shop Holy Mountain Printing ventures into the comic book realm with the weird and wild inaugural issue of Deathblazers.
Album Premiere and Interview: Laser Dracul – ‘Hagridden’
September 16, 2020 Sean Frasier
Swedish doom trio Laser Dracul lure fans of scuzz and fuzz into the haunted forests of their debut LP, Hagridden.
Track Premiere: Daughter Chaos “The Space Born”
September 14, 2020 Chris Dick
U.S.-based melodic death metal trio Daughter Chaos unleash armageddon on new single, “The Space Born.” Streaming only at Decibel!
Video Premiere: Chrome Waves Pay Shameful Tribute to a ’90s Classic In “Gazing Into Oblivion”
August 31, 2020 Shane Mehling
Midwesterners Chrome Waves chose to celebrate their new single, “Gazing Into Oblivion,” with an homage to a true ’90s masterpiece by… Stabbing Westward.
Album Premiere and Interview: Hinayana – ‘Death of the Cosmic’
August 27, 2020 Sean Frasier
Austin-based melodic death/doom dawnbringers Hinayana seek enlightenment in a brutalist hellscape on their Death of the Cosmic EP.
Demonic Roadies & Killer Riffs: How Punk Rock Horror Comedy “Uncle Peckerhead” Got Its Jams
August 19, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Philadelphia riff-slinger extraordinaire Jeff Riddle and writer/director Matthew John Lawrence talk their extremely extreme rock n’ roll gore-fest Uncle Peckerhead.
Podcast “Y’all Can Stay At My Place” Keeps Tour Life Real
August 7, 2020 Michael Wohlberg
The new podcast hosted by members of Rosetta and Constants hears from members of Oxbow, Intronaut and several others about wonderful, horrible, mundane life of a touring musician.
The Primal Heart of Humanity: Metallic Hardcore Supergroup Tooth and Claw Tap Transcendent Heaviness on “Kiss of Night”
August 5, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Members of Earth Crisis, Catharsis, and Die Young bare both Tooth and Claw on this exclusive premiere.
Album Premiere and Interview: Vassafor – ‘To the Death’
August 5, 2020 Sean Frasier
New Zealand black metal duo Vassafor conjure demons and new plagues on their new uncompromising masterpiece To the Death.
A Funeral Request: Former Cathedral Members Talk ‘New’ Live Albums
July 23, 2020 Greg Pratt
Catching up with doom metal legends Cathedral to talk about their two “new” live albums recorded a decade ago.
Funeral Doom Legends Skepticism Look Back on ‘Stormcrowfleet’ 25 Years Later
July 21, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Looking back on Decibel Hall of Famer Stormcrowfleet 25 years later with Skepticism organist Eero Pöyry.
Depraved Indifference No More: Earth Crisis’ Scott Crouse on the “Salvation of Innocents” Reissue
July 8, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Earth Crisis guitarist Scott Crouse talks about the reissue of the epic 2014 animal liberation-themed Salvation of Innocents in this pandemic moment.
Album Premiere: Shroud of Vulture – ‘Upon a Throne of Jackals’
July 1, 2020 Sean Frasier
Indianapolis death/doom dissenters Shroud of Vulture invert tyranny on their crushing debut LP Upon a Throne of Jackals.
The Chains that Bind Us: Napalm Death’s ‘Harmony Corruption’ Turns 30
July 1, 2020 Greg Pratt
Napalm Death‘s Harmony Corruption turns 30 on July 1. And Shane Embury and Mitch Harris look back on three decades of a death/grind landmark.
Q&A: Jari Lindholm & Alejandro Lotero (Exgenesis) Play With Fire
June 29, 2020 Chris Dick
Decibel talks origins and fire with Exgenesis duo Jari Lindholm and Alejandro Lotero. New album, Solve et Coagula, out now!
Album Premiere: Ahab – ‘Live Prey’
June 25, 2020 Sean Frasier
Return to distant waters with German funeral doom mariners Ahab as they revisit their legendary The Call of the Wretched Sea debut on Live Prey.
Interview: Atavist’s Evocative Doom Returns with ‘III: Absolution’
June 17, 2020 Sean Frasier
Manchester doom artisans Atavist are back to disrupt a decade of silence with their cathartic ode to loss and resilience, III: Absolution.
Album Premiere and Interview: Obscene – ‘The Inhabitable Dark’
June 10, 2020 Sean Frasier
Indianapolis death metal quartet Obscene cast doomsday shadows with their nocturnal new LP, The Inhabitable Dark.
Interview: Flashback to 1995 with Monster Magnet’s Dave Wyndorf
June 3, 2020 Sean Frasier
Flashback to 1995 with Monster Magnet frontman Dave Wyndorf as he discusses Dopes to Infinity, stoner rock, nü-metal, and Martian sex.
Q&A: Mat McNerney (Hexvessel) Invites You Into His Inner (Outer) World
May 25, 2020 Chris Dick
Hexvessel frontman Mat McNerney drops insightful words on new album Kindred (Svart) and the processes inside/outside that went into its creation.