Daniel Lake
Video Premiere: Junius – “Transcend the Ghost”
May 18, 2023 Daniel Lake
Experience the arresting new video from Boston’s best kept secret, Junius
Watch a Trailer to ‘A Wandering Path: The Story of Gilead Media’ and Read an In-Depth Review of the Documentary
April 3, 2023 Daniel Lake
Michael Dimmitt’s incredible new documentary A Wandering Path: The Story of Gilead Media, is screening in May. But you can watch the trailer and read a full review right now.
Track Premiere: Vredensdal – “Svøpt i blod”
March 15, 2023 Daniel Lake
Fans of black metal with gritty tendencies and a throwback riff-centric approach to guitar performances and song construction should get the hell in here and find out what Vredensdal is all about.
Track Premiere: Acephalix – “Godheads”
August 11, 2022 Daniel Lake
Hear another new banger from deeply deranged death-crust purveyors Acephalix before their long-awaited new LP, Theothanatology, drops on September 30.
Liberteer’s Unsung Grind Classic ‘Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees ‘ Turns 10
February 1, 2022 Daniel Lake
Decibel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Liberteer‘s Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees with Matt Widener, the man behind this eclectic grind masterpiece.
Video Premiere: Ceremonial Castings – “Midnight Deathcult Phenomena”
January 10, 2022 Daniel Lake
Watch recently resurrected symphonic USBM powerhouse Ceremonial Castings (ft. members of Uada) honor their 25th anniversary with a re-recorded classic.
Watch Members of Napalm Death, Voivod, Municipal Waste, Child Bite & Yakuza Cover Cardiacs
February 25, 2021 Daniel Lake
Dan “Chewy” Mongrain, Dave Witte, Shane Embury, Bruce Lamont, Christian Doble and a host of other metal and punk luminaries pay tribute to the Cardiacs‘ “Tarred and Feathered” with an assist from bassist Jim Smith!
Album Review: Evoken – “Hypnagogia”
November 5, 2018 Daniel Lake
Evoken unleash their first concept album with Hypnagogia.
Album Review – Winterfylleth – ‘The Hallowing of Heirdom’
August 16, 2018 Daniel Lake
What’s in a number?
Track Premiere: Hands of Despair – “Body and Souls”
March 22, 2018 Daniel Lake
Next month, you can descend fully into the Well of the Disquieted, but for now, why don’t you just test the waters of Hands of Despair‘s new album.
Track Premiere: Tunguska Mammoth – “Kings and Queens”
March 1, 2018 Daniel Lake
Fans of heavily medicated prehistoric fauna, today’s your lucky day.
Cleric: Extended Interview
January 2, 2018 Daniel Lake
Cleric draw straight lines (through tesseracts) connecting quantum physics to Stephen King and Thom Yorke.
Deafkids: Full Interview
December 26, 2017 Daniel Lake
Brazilian percussive drone/noise/punk trio Deafkids rule harder than you might expect.
Top 5 Records of 2017 That Tied For #41
December 19, 2017 Daniel Lake
The biggest problem with our Top 40 Albums of 2017 is that it’s hard to fit 45 albums onto that list. Let’s expand our horizons with Black Anvil, Vallenfyre, Forgotten Tomb, Grave Pleasures and Suffering Hour.
Talkin ‘Bout Flex: Goatwhore
December 12, 2017 Daniel Lake
Goatwhore command you to destroy on this month’s Flexi, “Command to Destroy.” Find out how it all happened.
Talkin ‘Bout Flex: KEN Mode
December 5, 2017 Daniel Lake
What’s lean, mean and glows in the dark? We don’t know, but this KEN Mode Flexi sure is an offensive shade of yellow.
Track Premiere: Cleric’s “Lunger” From Forthcoming Album “Retrocausal”
November 28, 2017 Daniel Lake
Bow down for the return of Cleric.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Devin Townsend Band’s “Physicist”
November 21, 2017 Daniel Lake
No need to double check the web address bar. Yes, this is Decibel discussing an old Devin Townsend joint. Physicist proves that for every album there is a reaction. Here’s ours.
Live Review: Days of Darkness, Part 2 (Sunday, October 29 @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore)
November 14, 2017 Daniel Lake
Days of Darkness lasted two days. So does our coverage. Come on in for a glance at the damp-weather-enforced second round of doom, etc.
Live Review: Days of Darkness, Part 1 (Saturday, October 28 @ Rams Head Live in Baltimore)
November 7, 2017 Daniel Lake
Neurosis make an East Coast appearance. Dälek joins. Manilla Road and Perturbator show up to make their own noise. We try to keep our heads from exploding.
Justify Your Shitty Taste: Faith No More’s “Sol Invictus”
October 31, 2017 Daniel Lake
Surprised we’re highlighting this one? So are we. But Faith No More‘s legacy deserves a better shake than we first gave it, so let’s lean toward the urinal of taste and shimmy until the job is done right.
Hall of Fame Countdown: Cynic’s “Focus”
October 17, 2017 Daniel Lake
Nearly 100 issues ago, we inducted Cynic‘s Focus into our not-yet-crowded-with-talent Hall of Fame. Now we count down those songs in celebration of one of the most confounding death metal records ever.
GWAR: Extended Interview with Mike Bishop, the Man Behind the Blothar
October 10, 2017 Daniel Lake
Mike Bishop sheds Blothar’s antlers and abdominal adornments to speak frankly with us about GWAR after Brockie.
Spectral Voice Interviewed
October 3, 2017 Daniel Lake
Listen to Spectral Voice. Read about Spectral Voice. But never really know Spectral Voice.
Talkin ‘Bout Flex: All Out War
September 26, 2017 Daniel Lake
All Out War goes all out Flex with a bit of all out grind.
Wolves in the Throne Room: Interview Outtakes
September 19, 2017 Daniel Lake
Less than a week before the full release of Thrice Woven, find out what else Wolves in the Throne Room had to say about their latest work.
Full Album Stream: Hate Moon’s “The Imprisoning War”
September 12, 2017 Daniel Lake
Despise stars. Loathe planets. Abhor meteors. Detest nebulae. Hate Moon.
Argus: Full Interview With Butch Balich
September 5, 2017 Daniel Lake
Argus will release their fourth full-length record this week. Get in here and find out all about it.
Talkin ‘Bout Flex: Today is the Day
August 29, 2017 Daniel Lake
Find out what Steve Austin of Today is the Day has to say about his recent contribution to Decibel‘s Flexi Series.
Wolves in the Throne Room Outtakes: Dayal Patterson and Panopticon’s Austin Lunn
August 22, 2017 Daniel Lake
Two scene scholars sound off about Decibel cover stars Wolves in the Throne Room.