Last Tape Before Doomsday: Rebecca Vernon (The Keening, ex-SubRosa)
The Keening frontwoman Rebecca Vernon crafts a 13-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped her life for our Last Tape Before Doomsday column.
The Keening frontwoman Rebecca Vernon crafts a 13-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped her life for our Last Tape Before Doomsday column.
Watch the Keening‘s arresting video, “Little Bird,” and pre-order their debut LP, out October 6 via Relapse.
DREAM BLOODY GORE shares twisted nightmares, dreams, and hallucinations from members of Gruesome, SubRosa, and Dreaming Dead.
SubRosa‘s hulking chords, massive percussion and thick bowed-string atmospheres absolutely crush on their contribution this month.
Hear the first new SubRosa recording in three years. It’s the latest release in the Decibel Flexi Series.
Every so often, we take a little time on Mondays to pay tribute to the Muthas! That is, reprinting the adorable metal/maternal Q&As that run in the magazine. Today, enjoy Justin Norton’s chat with Dorothy Pendleton, mutha of SubRosa’s Sarah Pendleton.
Salt Lake City doom-sludge band SubRosa is a favorite at Decibel HQ, and endeared themselves to us even further when they eschewed predictable “aggro” shots for their back-cover spread in the May 2014 issue in favor of an “action” shot… in front of a Scrabble board. That was apparently all guitarist/vocalist Rebecca Vernon’s doing, so…
Last week, we brought you the first part of SubRosa’s playlist covering all things Salt Lake City. I could go on and on about how great their latest record, More Constant Than The Gods, is (one of the “exceptional candidates for the top spot” in this year’s top 40 according to the powers that be),…
I live a mere 2,200 miles due east of Salt Lake City, so needless to say I’m not too familiar with many musical happenings there (other than Gaza, RIP). Fortunately, Rebecca Vernon and the rest of SubRosa were more than happy to educate me about their hometown via the quintet’s SLC music playlist. I’ll let…
You always hear terrible stories of hard working bands, bands who are essentially playing for gas money, having their gear stolen, but Salt Lake City doom greats SubRosa took a particularly significant hit yesterday in Sacramento while they were enroute to a show in Oakland. In addition to vandalizing the band’s tour van, thieves made…
To quote your bio: “SubRosa comprises the deep thrum that makes up the underlying plasma of our invisible surroundings.” What does that mean?Sarah Pendleton: We are attempting to be the sonic interpreters of that which is intangible. The name SubRosa implies mystery. Something hidden. Do you actively try to keep things a bit obscure? Rebecca…
Utah doom crushers Hibernaut return with a harrowing new video for “Mark of Shame.” The track appears on the band’s upcoming split LP with Arizona extreme outfit Face Pulp, due March 6 via What’s Left Records.
This week brings us the latest from some long-running legendary metal heroes like Amorphis, Revocation and more!
Check out the new song from LA’s Faetooth and immerse yourself in the blend of doom, sludge and shoegaze they call “fairy doom.”
Hear Salt Lake City drone doomers Eagle Twin offer a strong foil to The Otolith’s flowery, melodic brand of doom on their new split release.
The Keening/Exulansis violinist Andrea Morgan candidly discusses high school jobs and homelessness.
Salt Lake City crushers Hibernaut reveal an appropriately epic video from last year’s Ingress LP.
Salt Late City’s Sacrilegion creates death metal velvet on new track “Transfixed in Spiral Ambiguity,” off From Which Nightmares Crawl out via Chaos Records.
Formed from the ashes of SubRosa, The Otolith forge a unique, yet familiar, path on debut album Folium Limina.
Brazilian stoner sect Weedevil exhale their debut LP of bongripping riffs and ferocious fuzz, The Return.
Doom played on brass instruments? It’s more likely than you think!
This week’s roundhouse kick of new riffs includes the latest from Persekutor, Foretoken, Unholy Vampyric Slaughter Sect and more!
Bandcamp is waiving their cut of all purchases made on Friday, March 20 to support creatives affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Decibel staff provides a few suggestions for your purchasing pleasure.
Boston doomgaze project SEA match funereal heaviness with elemental poetry on their stunning and heart-rending debut LP Impermanence.
To honor the release of Decibel’s 100th flexi single, our editor in chief counts down the 20 best entries in the Decibel Flexi Series.
Vouna discusses working with Wolves in the Throne Room to release her first LP and streams the opening track, “A Place to Rest.”
Northwest Terror Fest announce the full 2018 lineup.
New titles out today from Morbid Angel, The Faceless and others!
Recently, Decibel brought flexi (boxes) back! And now we offer limited edition “Genre Bundles,” which include free copies of out of print death, black, doom, grindcore and hardcore flexi discs!
Mourners Lament are inspired by and pay homage to classic doom-death bands on We All Be Given.