Month: August 2017

Wolves in the Throne Room is a band rooted in extremity yet bring something fresh to the genre; this month’s Decibel Meter follows suite.

Decibel talks to Holy Mountain Printing ‘s Danny Trudell about vinyl, heavy music and being an artist.

Belgian grinders Leng Tch’e are about to drop Razorgind . Could it be their career-defining album?

Stream the new album from spaced-out psych rockers Ruby the Hatchet now!

Tombs‘s Mike Hill goes dark ambient with Vasilek.

We couldn’t pass up this collaboration called Goat’s Blood between Delaware’s Brimming Horn Meadery and death metal heroes and Decibel Hall of Famers Incantation.

Stream a new track from heavy metal power trio Sanhedrin now!

Let Cloak take you “Beyond the Veil.”

Stream the new split from extreme entities BLK OPS and Cave Bastard now!

Read an exclusive interview with Maim about writing their new album, Ornaments of Severity as a two piece.

Watch a new video from Unfathomable Ruination.

Blast your Tuesday to unholy smithereens with this exclusive full album stream of the debut MLP from Richmond’s Antichrist Siege Machine.

Two scene scholars sound off about Decibel cover stars Wolves in the Throne Room.

Stream the flattening new EP from hardcore heavyweights Vatican NOW before its release on Friday.

Decibel talks to Gods Forsaken about the present and future for the old school supergroup.

In his new column, Notes From the Combat Underground, Tombs’ Mike Hill analyzes the boxing match between boxing legend Floyd Mayweather and UFC rising star Conor McGregor.

Hear and acquire the new Today is the Flexi flexi single right here!

The Lurking Fear rise to this week’s Best New Noise.

Stunned by Horrified’s awesomeness (potential Top 10 here), we begged and pleaded (actually, we asked) to premiere a track off “Allure of the Fallen” for the Deci-masses. You’re welcome.

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is confronted on the street in Seattle. Watch the full video now.

Slim peckin’s this week, if you know what I mean. This week, we are going to review bands with only terrible names. Trust me, there’s plenty this go ‘round.

Watch a new video from Canadian progressive death virtuosos Becomes Astral now!

Stream a new song from Swedish black metal duo Fornhem now!

On this week’s Demo:listen we hear some shit we’ll never un-hear from Atlanta’s Cryptorchidism.

Stream the debut from Squalus (feat. members of Giant Squid) now!

Stream the new album from epic heavy metal duo Sons of Crom!

Bleach Everything have some choice words for Nazis and white supremacists with new song “Nazi Punch, F*** Yes.”

We shrugged our shoulders at it in 1991, but it’s time to realize that Angel Rat totally rules.

Icelandic atmospheric black metal horde Auðn have upped both the aggression and melody on their sophomore record. Listen to the first song now.

You obviously won’t come out of this exercise knowing the usual informational nuts and bolts about Protosequence, like their history and how they formed, but hopefully this will shine some light onto the band’s creative process.