Dean Brown
Last Tape Before Doomsday: Rebecca Vernon (The Keening, ex-SubRosa)
November 21, 2024 Dean Brown
The Keening frontwoman Rebecca Vernon crafts a 13-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped her life for our Last Tape Before Doomsday column.
Last Tape Before Doomsday: Sebastian Thomson (Baroness)
February 26, 2024 Dean Brown
Baroness drummer Sebastian Thomson crafts a 10-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped his life for our new Last Tape Before Doomsday column
Last Tape Before Doomsday: Shane McCarthy (Wayfarer/Stormkeep)
January 30, 2024 Dean Brown
Wayfarer frontman Shane McCarthy crafts a 10-track mixtape of essential songs that shaped his life for our new Last Tape Before Doomsday column
Trve Eire: Five of the Best Irish Metal Releases
March 17, 2022 Dean Brown
On this day, St. Patrick’s Day, we celebrate the resilience of the Irish with five of the best metal releases to ever come from The Emerald Isle.
Finnish Death Gods Lantern Premiere “Beings,” Illuminate Us With New Interview
June 19, 2020 Dean Brown
Dark Descent’s death metal hit parade continues with the latest from Finns Lantern. Hear the latest track from their forthcoming LP Dimensions.
This Means War: Erik Rutan Looks Back on Morbid Angel’s “Domination”
June 11, 2020 Dean Brown
Hate Eternal mainman Erik Rutan talks his Morbid Angel recording debut, Domination, as part of our Decibel Yearbook issue look back on 1995.
A Cosmic Calling: 10 Essential Psych Releases Selected by Oranssi Pazuzu’s Ontto & Ikon
April 13, 2020 Dean Brown
Psychedelic black metal heroes Oranssi Pazuzu pick their Top 10 krautrock/psych/prog rock LPs. Find out what made the cut.
Intimations of Immortality: An Interview with Wilderun
March 24, 2020 Dean Brown
A lengthly interview with Boston’s Wilderun, arguably the finest, most professional-sounding unsigned metal band on the damn planet.
Blades of the Brotherhood: An Interview with Hyborian
February 11, 2020 Dean Brown
How Hyborian have managed to achieve the difficult-to-master balance of writing complex music within the confines of pretty traditional structures.
Through Satan in Blood and Fire: An Interview With Drastus
November 14, 2019 Dean Brown
Drastus‘ La Croix De Sang narrowly missed our albums of the year list, but that doesn’t mean this French black metal project haven’t released one of 2019’s must-hear albums.
Interview: Vouna’s Yianna Bekris on Her Creative Process, Wolves in the Throne Room and the Impact of Environment
October 30, 2018 Dean Brown
Vouna discusses working with Wolves in the Throne Room to release her first LP and streams the opening track, “A Place to Rest.”
Scott Kelly: Mastodon’s Essential Collaborator
October 1, 2018 Dean Brown
Scott Kelly has been a constant guest on each Mastodon album since Leviathan. Decibel compiled a cohesively-running playlist of those songs.
Interview: The Lion’s Daughter Talk New Album, “Future Cult”
July 20, 2018 Dean Brown
The Lion’s Daughter discuss new album Future Cult.