Year: 2019

In the latest installment of his Heavy Meta series, Forrest Pitts discusses the mechanics of the heavy metal record review with Decibel contributors Joseph Schafer, Daniel Lake and Adem Tepedelen.

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“It’s important to us to be able to create a situation where we can step out of ourselves and immerse ourselves in the feeling of our music.”

Stream the latest EP from Québec-based modern black metal icons Monarque, their first new work in over five years.

This week’s Demo:listen bows before the primitive strength of Hawaii’s Kūka’ilimoku.

The Ages marks the Oregon brewery’s first foray into the world of lambics and they fucking nailed it!

Does Epitaph’s debut album, from 1971, live up to its ’91-DM cover art? We dig deep to find out.

Open your ears to Damn Your Eyes and their debut video for “Ascension”

We don’t know if they are, as they claim, “Montreal’s sickest guitar-less band,” but from what we can tell they make a hell of a racket

Norwegian death dealers return with a new song, previewing their new full-length album to be released in September.

Former Bolt Thrower and current Benediction members return with their third LP in as many years.

If you — like virtually everyone else — missed late, great ’80s Boston thrashers Temporary Insanity here’s your chance to catch up.

We have a limited number of advance copies of the August issue of Decibel, featuring a flexi disc with a brand new song from Cadaver, available now. Don’t blow it.

Teenage blackened thrashers Vectis keep the riffs sharper than a guillotine blade on their The Executioner demo.

Casket Robbery emerge “From Hell,” armed with a new video.

Bengali black death trio Kapala return with a new EP of pure aural antagonism. Check out Termination Apex now!

You can help powerviolence legends Dropdead and hear some of their best materials in years.

P.L.F., Heinous, Blame God, Couple Skate and Moisturizer are among the acts confirmed for the new Brooklyn-based grind-friendly fest

The peckins are slim this week for our favorite grindcore vocalist/parrot.

Ex-Weekend Nachos frontman returns with a new Ledge song and album.

Meet the “Breeder of the Dead.”

Former Bethlehem vocalist Rainer Landfermann on his legendary Dictius te Necare vocals and his incendiary performance on his new solo LP, Mein Wort in Deiner Dunkelheit

The second iteration of California’s heaviest and hoppiest festival returns in December with rare appearances from Possessed, Vio-lence, Nails, Cadaver, Schammasch and waaaaaaay more!

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine confirms that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

Germany-based death metal trio Scythe Lore reap what they sow on new EP, “Through the Mausoleums of Man.” Streaming now at Decibel Magazine.

Check out our interview with Adam of The Kreutzer Sonata, a Chicago-based punk band ready to unleash a new serving of noise with “The Rosehill Gates.”

Help get dad what he really wants this Father’s Day weekend: An extra five minutes alone in the bathroom!

This week on Demo:listen we enter the dark night of music with Kentucky’s Verboten.

Listen to the new album from the Boston trio.

Take some time to let your mind drift across dark fields and abandoned castles with our stream of Paths of the Eternal’s self-titled demo