Album Premiere: Thinking About Thrashing with Montreal’s MUTANK
Take an advance left cross to the chops with MUTANK‘s new full-length!
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Album Stream: Firing up the Noise with Montreal’s Cell Press and Cages
Listen to a stream of Cages, the new album by Montreal noise rock machine Cell Press!
Contest: Win 2 Passes and Accommodations to Heavy Montreal!
CONTEST: Win tickets to Heavy Montreal!
Song/Video Premiere: Montreal’s Gorlvsh Get Wired and Weird
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
An Interview With Heavy Montreal Bookers Daniel Glick and JF Michaud
Emperor is playing this year’s Heavy Montreal. We talk to the dudes who booked them (and the other bands).
Exclusive “Enslaved 25: The Early Years” Screening Announced at Montreal Stop of Decibel Magazine Tour
Come watch a free screening of the Enslaved biopic at the Montreal date of Decibel Magazine Tour.
Still Deciding What to do August 6-7? Think Heavy. An Interview with Heavy Montréal’s Daniel Glick
Expedite your passport application, make the trek north of the border, take advantage of the Canadian dollar trading at 75-80 cents on the American greenback.
Throw Me a Frickin’ Label Hack: Montreal’s The Unconscious Mind
Because every day another band records another song. Because 83% of those songs are unlistenable and you can’t be bothered to sift through the dreck. Because metal is about not giving a shit and waking your own personal storm. Because music is universal, expression is boundless, and even indie labels (whatever that means these days)…
Throw Me a Frickin’ Label Hack: Montreal’s Pronostic
Because every day another band records another song. Because 83% of those songs are unlistenable and you can’t be bothered to sift through the dreck. Because metal is about not giving a shit and waking your own personal storm. Because music is universal, expression is boundless, and even indie labels (whatever that means these days)…
Five For Friday: December 5, 2025
Greetings Decibel readers! It’s the last standard Five For Friday roundup of the year. One last chance to revise your personal end-of-year lists before you get distracted by the holidays and resolutions you’ll maintain for about two weeks. But trust me, you’ll want to savor the last of 2025 with the albums below, especially the second…
Full Album Stream: Scorching Tomb –Ossuary
Hear Montreal DM crushers Scorching Tomb roll the bones on full-length debut Ossuary.
Video Premiere: Prisoner – “Double Vision”
Watch Calgary’s Prisoner, crank the amps and swing for the fences with their new video for “Double Vision.”
Album Premiere: La Suspendida – “La Suspendida Live”
On May 30, La Suspendida are dropping La Suspendida Live, the recorded performance of the jazz metal opera at Le Forum (Vauréal, France) on November 16, 2023. Hear it now.
Q&A: Alicia Cordisco of Transgressive on ‘Remember Us To Death’ and Fighting Transphobia
The eponymous track on Transgressive’s new EP Remember Us To Death starts with a recitation of the names of victims of transphobic violence. Founder Alicia Cordisco talks about the EP, transphobia in metal and broader culture and why connection matters.
EP Premiere: Vortex – “Alien Realms”
Rimouski, Quebec space-themed, orchestral metal band Vortex are dropping their concept EP Alien Realms tomorrow. Before it gets released everywhere, you can stream it here.
EP Premiere: Voidchaser – “Trust”
Montreal/Stockholm progressive metalers Voidchaser, are dropping their latest EP, Trust, on March 7, and they’re sharing it with us first. The record is their follow-up to the 2024 release Solace and comes ahead of a soon-to-be announced tour.
Q&A: Errol Fritz (New Skeletal Faces) on Nature Television, ’80s Pop and Short Albums
New Skeletal Faces frontman Errol Fritz talks formative years and influences ahead of the band’s Decibel Magazine Tour run.
Track by Track: Ex Deo –Year of the Four Emperors EP
Get caught up on your ancient Roman history on Ex Deo’s majestic new symphonic DM EP, Year of the Four Emperors, courtesy of Reigning Phoenix Music.
Tickets ON SALE NOW for the Decibel Magazine Tour 2025 Featuring MAYHEM, MORTIIS, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT and NEW SKELETAL FACES!
All tickets to the 2025 Decibel Magazine Tour, kicking off in March, are on sale now!
Video Premiere: Mad Parish – “Bishop’s Tomb”
Montreal sci-fi prog-metalers Mad Parish unveil their new album, The Dust of Forever, on January 31 as a self-release, but you can preview the video for their song “Bishop’s Tomb” with us now.
Announcing the Decibel Magazine Tour 2025 Featuring MAYHEM, MORTIIS, IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT and NEW SKELETAL FACES!
The Decibel Magazine Tour returns to the road in March! Tickets on sale Friday, December 20 at 10am local time.
Video Premiere: Tumbleweed Dealer – “Dark Green”
Hailing from Montreal, cannabis-friendly band Tumbleweed Dealer just announced preorders for their fourth record, Dark Green, out February 7. You can check out the title track with us first.
EP Stream: Grinding the Groove with CHÜZO’s M.T.M.D.(Maximum Threshold, Minimum Decay)
There’s a lot to be said about the new EP by Montreal extremists CHUZO
Q&A: Chuck Billy (Testament) Goes A Haunting
Decibel interviews Chuck Billy of thrash metal titans Testament about the reissues of The Legacy and The New Order.
Full Album Stream: BornBroken Break Through with Am I Invisible
Check out a full stream of the new album by Montreal metallers’ BornBroken!
Interview: Nervosa Frontwoman Prika Amaral Discusses New Lineup and First US Headlining Tour
Catching up with Nervosa frontwoman Prika Amaral ahead of the international thrashers’ upcoming US headliner.
Film Review: ‘Voivod: We Are Connected’
Decibel reports on the premiere on the new Voivod documentary We Are Connected by acclaimed filmmaker Felipe Belalcazar.
Phoenix Rising: Lamb of God’s Mark Morton Reflects on 20 Years of ‘Ashes of the Wake’
Mark Morton reflects on the journey of Ashes of the Wake, the collaborative process behind the rerelease, and the album’s enduring impact on the metal community.
Live Review: Wayfarer, Sonja, Valdrin
Recapping Americana black metal phenoms Wayfarer, sleaze upstarts Sonja and fantasy-driven black metalers Valdrin in Montreal.
Track Premiere: Derelict – “Versus Entropy”
After a dozen-year hiatus, hear Montréal melodic tech-death dealers Derelict return with new single, “Versus Entropy.” Their album of the same name is out June 21.