Archive for the ‘listen’ Category

STREAMING: Nidingr “Greatest of Deceivers”

By: Chris D. Posted in: featured, listen On: Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012

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It ain't often we say, "Hey, check out this black metal band with a great bass player!" Normally, bass players in black metal get the Jason Newsted treatment, but Borre-based Nidingr have two in guitarists Blargh and Teloch. Why have a full-time bass player when you have two guys with enough talent to sound like bass players? Good ones, too. Just listen to new ditty, "Greatest of Deceivers", and ...

A Very Heavy Halloween: Vanessa Nocera of Wooden Stake

By: Shawn Macomber Posted in: featured, listen, lists On: Tuesday, October 2nd, 2012

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When we interviewed metal iconoclast Vanessa Nocera back in August for the Women in Metal issue she cited the "poetic atmosphere" of surrealist horror films as an prime influence, so we are extremely pleased and honored the Wooden Stake frontwoman has graciously agreed to help us kick off our Halloween month coverage with a truly inspired/eclectic list of her current essential fright flicks as ...

The Lazarus Pit Acrimony’s Tumuli Shroomaroom

By: Jeff Treppel Posted in: featured, lazarus pit, listen On: Friday, September 28th, 2012

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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’re going on a 50 million year trip over the course of (what feels like) a million-year summer with ...

Throw Me A Frickin’ Label Hack: Germany’s Oliver Kaah

By: Dan Lake Posted in: featured, interviews, listen On: Friday, September 28th, 2012

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Decibel knows you’ve got a metal wishlist 23 albums long and five gigabytes of Profound Lore records you still haven’t heard all the way through, but each week we like to give you the opportunity to tune in to a project that isn’t backed by anybody’s hype machine.  Because music is universal, expression is boundless, and even indie labels (whatever that means these days) don’t know ...

Decibrity Playlist: Witchcraft (Magnus Pelander)

By: zach.smith Posted in: featured, interviews, listen, lists On: Thursday, September 27th, 2012

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To celebrate the release of Legend, last week we brought you Witchcraft bassist Ola Henriksson's playlist of weightlifting songs. We'd wager that this week's entry, however, marks the first time any of the artists below have been, and likely will be, mentioned around these parts (other than this apparently). Not only did frontman and founder Magnus Pelander pitch us a much welcomed curveball ...

STREAMING: Bedemon’s “Lord Of Desolation”

By: justin.m.norton Posted in: featured, listen On: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

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Pentagram frontman Bobby Liebling has received much deserved attention for his comeback from a harrowing addiction and the revival of his musical career, not to mention late in life fatherhood. A few of his former bandmates might not have dealt with the same demons but they've had their share of tough times seeing their musical vision realized. Bedemon, featuring former Pentagram members ...

STREAMING: Stinking Lizaveta “View from the Moon”

By: Chris D. Posted in: featured, listen On: Wednesday, September 26th, 2012

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“I think ‘Doom-Jazz’ means playing heavy music, but not robotically,” said bassist Alexi Papadopoulos to Decibel when we were all much younger. “We like to give ourselves the elbow room for self expression. We are very scientific about our modes and time signatures and cues, but that’s what makes it fun.” That's exactly the type of thinking that has landed the Philly-based trio ...

STREAMING: Snakedriver’s “Incessant Madness”

By: adem Posted in: featured, heavy tuesdays, listen On: Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

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We're of the opinion that there can never be too much metal in the world. Thus, we greet the news of a new label, Mutants of the Monster—started by C.T. from Rwake and David Hall from Handshake, Inc.—with great expectations. And the best way we here at Decibel can to celebrate the debut of this new union is to stream a song from its first release—a split from Snakedriver and Laser Flames on ...

Benign Is Overrated

By: Shawn Macomber Posted in: featured, listen On: Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

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We're just about two weeks out from a new Malignancy record (!), and the Yonkers, New York tech-death grinders have graciously provided Decibel with an uber-sick opening salvo entitled, "Global Systemic Collapse" -- which actually might be one of the more cheerily optimistic tracks off Eugenics. Here's what the band has to say about the album in the Romero-esque accompanying press ...

Bonin’ the Interhole: Portugal’s Malevolence

By: Dan Lake Posted in: featured, interviews, listen On: Friday, September 21st, 2012

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Bands like Gojira and Godflesh might be major brand names ‘round these parts, but mention them to your average Metallica-loving broseph and you’re likely to get a squinty-eyed, the-fuck-you-say? half-nod.  But Decibel just won’t quit.  We dig deeper, danker, darker and dirtier (though rarely fitter or happier) to turn up a few otherwise overlooked gems.  While Throw Me a Frickin’ Bone ...