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Bandcamp Waives Fees for 24 Hours: A Decibel Buyer’s Guide, Part III
June 5, 2020
Bandcamp waives their cut of fees to support artists and Decibel recommends our favorites.
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Video Premiere: TheNightTimeProject- “Embers”
June 4, 2020
Decibel is happy to present the new video from TheNightTimeProject, featuring former members of Katatonia and current members of October Tide.
Editorial
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Amorphis’s “Elegy”
May 28, 2020
In which Neill Jameson reconsiders Amorphis‘s controversial 1996 prog-metal gem Elegy.
Latest Issue
Decibel Yearbook: 1995 and the Year of Melodic Extreme Metal
July 2020 [#189]
Includes exclusive limited edition Dropdead flexi disc
Featuring: At the Gates, Dissection, Paradise Lost, the Decibel Hall of Fame: the making of Earth Crisis’ Destroy the Machines, Down, Monster Magnet, Fear Factory and more
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Cro-Mags, Beyond the Black and Ulthar
June 5, 2020 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird wants to fly the coop, but not before dishing out a pecking ZERO. Find out whose feathers will be ruffled this week.
No Corporate Beer Reviews: Chimay Dorée
June 5, 2020 Nick Green
You can get your day drinking on with the Dad Beer, uh, we mean, the Patersbier from Bières de Chimay.
Five for Friday: June 5, 2020
June 5, 2020 J. Andrew
This week’s featured new releases include the death metal double-feature from Exhumed and Gruesome, the new sludge-bomb from -(16)- and many more!
Demo:listen: Gravesend
June 5, 2020 Dutch Pearce
This week Demo:listen premieres the grimy sounds of NYC death metal band Gravesend.
Uada Unveil Title Track to New Album, “Djinn”
June 5, 2020 Albert Mudrian
Melodic U.S. black metallers Uada unleash their first new track from their forthcoming album Djinn.
Legendary Noise Label SKiN GRAFT Adds Shellac, US Maple, UFO or Die (Boredoms) Tracks to Bandcamp
June 5, 2020 Nick Green
Hear a newly remastered track from Boredoms side project UFO or Die, originally recorded in 1994.
Blast Worship: FUCKED
June 4, 2020 Gene Meyer
If you like grindcore, get FUCKED. Seriously, get FUCKED!
Video Premiere: Of Wolves – “Mens Rea (Izaguf)”
June 4, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Noisy Chicago-based sludge/hardcore trio Of Wolves premiere their new aversion therapy-style video for “Mens Rea (Izaguf)” from their forthcoming new album, Balance.
The Haunt of Harvey: Matt Harvey’s Top Five Horror Comics of All Time
June 4, 2020 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of the new Exhumed/Gruesome split 10-inch, Twisted Horror, we caught up with Matt Harvey to find out his top five horror comics of all time.
Album Stream: Throne Torcher’s The Mechanics of a Nightmare Builds Bad Dreams
June 4, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to (and watch) the new Throne Torcher EP!