Kevin Stewart-Panko
Track Premiere: Getting Cosmic with The Conflux Collective’s “In the Wake of Saturn”
May 14, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Hear former and current members of Decrepit Birth, Animosity, Akurion, Neuraxis, Augury, Emasculator and more gather as The Conflux Collective.
Track Premiere: Maneating Orchid Pummel and Puzzle with “Void Engine”
April 30, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new single by Indian crazies Maneating Orchid!
UNDEATH Sign to Relapse, Record New Full-Length LP
April 23, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Extra! Extra! Read all about what’s new in Undeath’s world!
Q&A: An Interview with the Fire in the Mountains Festival Crew
April 16, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The folks who bring you the Fire in the Mountains Festival discuss the power of music and community.
Lovers of Melody and Power Unite! Hyperspace Metalfest VII is Nigh!
April 2, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
If melodic and power metal is your bag, give a thought to Vancouver’s Hyperspace Metalfest on April 16-18.
Live Review: Emperor + Blood Incantation @ The Concert Hall, Toronto – 3/27/26
March 30, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Read all about it: Emperor and Blood Incantation Kicked off the Emperial Wrath Tour in Toronto on Friday Night!
Album Stream: Everyone Loves Metal Covers of ’80s Hits, Especially Iron Savior!
March 19, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Iron Savior take on the ’80s via their new covers album Awesome Anthems of the Galaxy.
Album Premiere: Getting Brutally Slammed By Russia’s Insect Inside
March 5, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to the new album by Russian death metallers, Insect Inside!
Video/Track Premiere: Screaming At All the Walls With Baltimore Punks PEARL
February 19, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video/single from Baltimore punks, Pearl!
An Interview with ‘Takeshi Sweden’ of Japanese Weed-Lovin’ Punks Rocky & the Sweden
February 5, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Say hello to Japanese weed-obsessed punks Rocky & the Sweden!
Lethargy – It’s Hard to Write With a Little Hand
January 26, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Lethargy‘s cult math metal classic, featuring members of Mastodon and Nuclear Assault enters or hallowed Hall on its 30th anniversary.
Album Stream: Thrashing it Up with Hellmaze’s Dead Flesh Rising
January 22, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of the debut full-length album by Danish thrashers, Hellmaze!
Film Review: Death Reigns Shows That You Can’t Stop Rock and Roll, Even in the Bible Belt
January 8, 2026 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out this doc and learn what happens when you put on a metal fest in the heart of the Bible Belt.
Full Album Stream: Noise Rockers Feel Worse Get Brusque and Bitter With This Will Weigh Heavily On Your Annual Performance Appraisal
December 25, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the debut album from Feel Worse (ft. members of Sulaco, Sully and Burn Everything)!
Biohazard – Urban Discipline
December 22, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Biohazard‘s classic sophomore slugger, Urban Discipline, earns a Hall of Fame induction.
Prog Metallers The Reticent Have a Lot to Say About Mental Health/Illness
December 11, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Read and listen as prog-metallers the Reticent take an extensive, and personal, look at mental health and illness with their new album.
Video Premiere: Getting Tech-y With Phaeton’s “Augmented”
November 27, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Tech metal and Animusic nerds! Check out Canadian tech metal phenoms, Phaeton.
Full Album Stream: Destroy, Erase, Improve? With Negative Blast’s Destroy Myself For Fun
November 13, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new album by rippin’ ‘n’ tearin’ San Diego hardcore punkers Negative Blast!
EP Stream and Tour News: Rottenness and Saintbreaker Team Up To Conquer (Part of) the World
October 30, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A new EP! Worldwide touring! UGDM perpetual motion machine Rottenness (and friends) never stop!
Full Album Stream: The Munsens Return with Degradation in the Hyperreal
October 16, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a massively in-depth preview of the new LP from Denver-come-Asbury Park death ‘n’ doom maulers The Munsens.
Excel – Split Image
October 7, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Excel enters the Decibel Hall of Fame via crossover game-changer Split Image.
Show Announcement/Preview: Martin Atkins Presents: Killing Joke’s Extremities
October 2, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Read all about it! Martin Atkins Presents: Killing Joke’s Extremities to be performed in its entirety for the first time in 33 years at Reggie’s in Chicago on November 28th.
Full Album Stream: Telling Colourful Tales with Ancient Thrones’ Melancholia
September 18, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest colourful concept album from Canada’s Ancient Thrones!
Album Premiere: Duo-Lingual Epic Storytelling with Shardana’s The Monarch
September 4, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new album by Sardinian storytellers, Shardana!
Album Premiere: Visitant’s Rubidium is Very Much an Active Metallic Element
August 21, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Give the debut album from Floridian alchemists Visitant an advance listen!
A Brief Reading Round-Up from the Heavy Metal Book Club
August 7, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
On the eve of a massive Decibel Books announcement, Kevin Stewart-Panko wants you to know what’s on his summer reading list.
Track Premiere: Wading Through the Shit With Deaf Club’s “Crap Circles”
July 24, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Wrap your ears around an advance listen of new material from Deaf Club!
EP Premiere: Opening the Curtains to Blood Brain Barrier’s Windows Drenched in Red
July 10, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take an advance listen to the debut EP from blackened death doom duo Blood Brain Barrier!
Track Premiere: Picking Up Change with Fuck Money’s “Belts”
June 26, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to Austin noiseniks Fuck Money tighten their “Belts” (around your necks)!
Look Out Northeners, Gorgatron and the Northern Destruction Tour Are Coming to Get Ya!
June 12, 2025 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Midwest metallers Gorgatron, Casket Robbery and Frontal Assault coming to the Midwest!
