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Exclusive Excerpt: Exhumed Mastermind Matt Harvey’s Gore-Drenched Cosmic Horror Novelette “The Vessel”
September 30, 2020
Trading riffs for ‘graphs, Exhumed/Gruesome slayer Matt Harvey deftly summons alternate reality nightmares with “The Vessel.”
Premiere
Full Album Stream: Gorephilia – “In the Eye of Nothing”
September 30, 2020
Gorephilia overcome the loss of vocalist Henu to craft In the Eye of Nothing, their most impressive album to date.
Editorial
Fight Fire with Fire: ‘Apocalyptic Raids’ vs. ‘Bathory’
September 24, 2020
It’s Hellhammer vs. Bathory in the ultimate 1984 battle of extremity.
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Spirit Adrift: Soul Survivors
November 2020 [#193]
Includes exclusive limited edition Hyperdontia flexi disc
Featuring: Pallbearer, DROPDEAD, Haunt, the Decibel Hall of Fame: the making of Die Kreuzen’s October File, Genghis Tron, Svalbard, Isengard and more
Album Premiere: 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.
Track Premiere: Malicious – “Death Embalmed”
September 29, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Finnish demons Malicious unleash maddening death mastery on “Death Embalmed,” from their forthcoming debut full-length Deranged Hexes.
Die Kreuzen – October File
September 29, 2020 Nick Green
Milwaukee’s beasts switch gears on their second LP, October File and emerge with a progressive post-hardcore landmark.
Blast Worship: Soil of Ignorance
September 29, 2020 Gene Meyer
Canadian blasters Soil of Ignorance are firmly embedded in grindcore’s fertile roots.
Exclusive Interview: The Faith/Embrace Drummer Ivor Hanson Talks “Live at CBGBs”
September 28, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Let the sublimely chaotic, enlivening 1981 set captured on “Live at CBGBs” help you regain The Faith.
Track Premiere: Folterkammer – ‘Die Nänie’
September 28, 2020 Vince Bellino
Opera meets second-wave black metal from Folterkammer.
Track Premiere: Tombs – ‘Bone Furnace’
September 28, 2020 Vince Bellino
Hear USBM institution Tombs heat things up in the “Bone Furnace.”
Black Metal Mavens Gaerea List the Top 5 Horrifying Places In Portugal
September 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Portuguese black metal mavens Gaerea list their Top 5 horrifying places to visit in Portugal. Only Decibel has a passport into Gaerea’s abyss.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Enslaved, Repuked and Incinceration
September 25, 2020 Blake Harrison
Our cooped up correspondent gets his prog, death, slam feathers ruffled this week.
