Blake Harrison

After flying south for the holidays, our bird is back with new releases from slam newjacks and underground metal/hardocre vets.

Our favorite birdbrain returns with a pair of releases from underground vets moving in decidedly different directions.

Our resident birdbrain returns to ruffle feathers with a pair of new releases from two underground vets.

In which our resident birdbrain previews an artist who have working non-stop for the past two decades and other delivering their first new LP in 20 years.

Our favorite birdbrain returns to distract you from the horrors of earth with the horrors of extreme music.

In which our resident birdbrain clearly prefers classic doom to modern black.

Our fine feathered fiend returns to peck on new titles from Heilung and Russian Circles and to introduce you to his favorite new Baltimore street metal crew.

Our resident birdbrain returns to ruffle feathers with a pair of new releases from two vastly different death dealers.

Our resident birdbrain returns to tackle a pair of new releases from some of Decibel‘s favorite post-everything artists.

Our favorite birdbrain returns with break down a classic record from Swedish legends and an essential new album from some German heroes.

Our favorite birdbrain throws conflict-of-interest caution to the wind and takes on the latest LPs from Misery Index, Terror and WOORMS.

Our favorite birdbrain returns with a pair of sophomore releases from some baby birds.

Our favorite birdbrain returns to distract you from the horrors of earth with the horrors of djent and old-school heavy metal and rock ‘n’ roll.

Our favorite birdbrain returns to distract you from the horrors of earth with the horrors of extreme metal.

The new release schedule is starting to peck up, so our boy Waldo takes on some well-established acts and one Glen Benton-inspired newcomer.

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on some shoegazey metal, metalcore mavericks, and an a still-ruling NWOBHM originator this week.

The peckins are slim this time of year, but our boy Waldo takes on some cool reissues and some underground death metal.

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on some semi-local death metal faves, some less than local death/grind dealers and and what’s — at very least — his second favorite Fortress.

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on some Decibel faves, moshy death dudes, and sullen Finnish doom metallers this week.

Our cooped up correspondent pecks on some legendary death metallers, speed metal deviants, and an outfit neither black metal, nor from China this week.

No we haven’t run out of classic Earache bands to induct into the Decibel Hall of Fame!

Our parrot ain’t an ex-parrot yet, so he returns this week to review three less-than-metal albums.

Our fine feathered fiend digs deep until the underground this week and returns with a mixed bag of worms.

Our birdbrain couldn’t land the new Iron Maiden album so it’s some slim peckins this week!

Our fine feathered fiend digs deep until the underground this week and returns with a mixed bag of worms.

Our fine feathered fiend preens hard for some black/death ‘n’ roll but gets his feathers ruffled over a pair of other new releases.

Our cooped up correspondent finds his feathers surprisingly pecks on the latest from from power metal legends, post-nu-metal survivors and blackened, uh… whatevs!

Our cooped up correspondent finds his feathers surprisingly unruffled by a Max Cavalera side project, a big rock band and yet another Phyrron-related deathstorm.

Things must be getting back to “normal” because our fine, feathered fiend hates everything again this week.

Our cooped up correspondent finds his feathers surprisingly unruffled by the both a mainstream metal band and a Napalm Records release.