Andrew Bonazelli

This San Jose quintet is very correctly billed as technical death metal, but the  most prominent comparable I hear in WRVTH’s hypnotic video for “Malaise” is defunct anything-goes post-metallers Burst. 

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 Chris Dick’s chat with Cecilia Verstraelen, mutha of Soilwork’s Dirk Verbeuren. 

We’re pumped to bring you the video for “Aeon of Cold.” Don’t be fooled by that first uplifting 30 seconds. The vast majority of this rips, triumphantly.

In the July 2013 Decibel, Justin Norton interviewed Patricia Rosa, mother of Joe and Mario Duplantier of Gojira for our recurring “Metal Muthas” column. Patricia passed away two days ago, so to honor her, we’re reprinting that interview. Our condolences to the Duplantiers.

 Take your great taste in mathcore to the next level by getting into Syracuse-based “volume worshippers” Bleak.

Melk En Honing
Drinking and driven
dB Rating: 8/10

It’s nice to know the Author & Punisher mastermind has a sense of humor, and it’s on full display in this extremely fucking weird, occasionally hilarious video.

The five-piece is finally gearing up for a new album, but in the interim, self-releasing a 7-inch/digital single called “Xenophobe”/”Fear Itself” and we’re proud to unleash the former track first.

“Serpents,” the leadoff track from forthcoming second full-length Natron, is all about That Riff. We’re talking Isis Celestial-level slow-bang, people.

Danish death squad Undergang are set to release their third full-length, Døden Læger Alle Sår, on Dark Descent July 10. Take a listen to the whole thing right here.

Well, it’s that time of the month again, beak freaks, and we’re going to spew out about some new releases. 

Waldo the Parrot gives the Chicago blackened deathgrinders of Immortal Bird two beaks up in the forthcoming September issue’s Call & Response, but lucky for them, humans like them, too! 

We’re happy to give you the meat and potatoes death metal you need to get through a Wednesday afternoon, although that’s selling Kronos way too short. 

Doom legends Cathedral called it a career in 2013, but we all get to enjoy a nice, nostalgic death spasm with the CD/DVD reissue of 1990 cassette demo In Memorium (now spelled In Memoriam).

Bassist Jason W. Walton recently completed two-song 7-inch, Mara, consisting of field recordings and largely focused on his struggles with sleep paralysis.

 Today we bring you not only a stream of this bad boy, but some helpful exposition courtesy of frontman Travis Ryan.

The dog days of summer don’t have to bite, thanks to your friends at Decibel. If you subscribe right now, we’ll send you five classic flexi discs for FREE.

All Out War’s Dying Gods EP features covers of Carnivore and crust legends Amebix. We’ve got the premiere of AOW tackling the title track from the latter’s 1985 epic Arise! 

You’ll have no choice but to plop down next to ye olde external A/C unit and scour Decibel all summer. Luckily, we have a shitload of killer exclusive content on the horizon, specifically for the Hall of Fame and Flexi Series.

Join Decibel in welcoming the second taste of heavy metal staple Jungle Rot’s upcoming album, Order Shall Prevail, out June 30.

Twenty-three years into the game, German thrash institution Dew-Scented have no intention of whiffing now. Just as I have no intention of ever writing a track premiere post without an idiotic pun! 

As much as yours truly really wishes they didn’t invert the last two letters of their moniker, I’m just gonna have to get used to it. Tempel are here to stay.

The puns fly with reckless abandon on the tracklist of Oakland “stonerviolence” outfit Connoisseur‘s fourth full-length, Stoner Justice 

French death metal vets take on Anthrax as one of three covers from new album.

Here’s a brief excerpt of Blythe’s memories of prison (he did 37 days), and an explanation of one of the two songs on new album VII: Sturm und Drang related to his incomparable experience. 

One of Cannibal Corpse’s more infamous albums is Eaten Back to Life. The theme of Cattle Decapitation‘s Flexi Series debut, “Cannibalistic Invasivorism,” might as well be “eaten back to death.”

Abnormal Thought Patterns premiere a djent-y epic from aptly titled forthcoming third album Altered States of Consciousness

Lucifer I offers eight very good reasons why we gave occult super-duo Lucifer their very first national magazine cover; second track “Purple Pyramid” just may be the best.

“Torn Asunder” marches forward with an authority that belies this three-year-old outfit’s age.

Tomorrow on Relapse, you’re going to do the right thing and pick up the reunited-and-it-feels-so-fucking-brutal Skinless‘s first new album in nine years, but today, preview the entirety of Only the Ruthless Remain right here on the Deciblog.