Kevin Stewart-Panko
Full Album Stream: The Apparition Orchestra – The Noise Floor
November 8, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The Apparition Orchestra probe the darker end of modern classical.
Track Stream: Grant the Sun’s Simmar Ur Bild
October 25, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the entire EP by these Norse instrumentalists.
Album Review: Soulfly – “Ritual”
October 17, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Word on the street is that Ritual is a return to form for Soulfly. Is it true?
An Interview with Chthonic frontman and Leader of Taiwan’s New Power Party, Freddy Lim
October 11, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Chthonic frontman Freddy Lim discusses his entry into politics as the leader of the New Power Party.
Full Album Stream: Microwaves Get Around “Via Weightlessness”
September 27, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Stream the new album from Pittsburgh noise-niks, Microwaves.
Album Review: Dragonlord – “Dominion”
September 19, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Eric Peterson’s Dragonlord are our Best New Noise.
An Interview with Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn of the Radical Research Podcast
September 13, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The minds behind Radical Research give us a behind-the-scenes look at their podcast.
Video Premiere: Hitman’s “Curtain Call” Drinks ’em All
August 30, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“We’re a stoner band who drinks too much and loves to party.” Join the festivities with Halifax’s Hitman as your hosts.
Ripping Corpse – “Dreaming With the Dead”
August 27, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Ripping Corpse are inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Full Album Stream: With Dystopisk Utsikt, Fredag Den 13:e Want You to Know Everything’s Fucked
August 16, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Swedish grind punks Fredag Den 13:e return with a new album.
An Interview with Cist and a Special Bandcamp Offer
August 2, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“…Like the ghost of Chuck Schuldiner emerged from a creaky tomb with an HM-2 pedal in one hand and Matt Harvey’s record collection in the other.”
Omnium Gatherum Want/Need Your Skulls
July 19, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
A peek at Omnium Gatherum’s new video and a few words about their forthcoming album.
Gearing Up For Psycho Las Vegas Fest
July 5, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Decibel checks in with Enslaved, Wolvhammer, Spirit Adrift and more about Psycho Las Vegas.
EP Stream: Staghorn’s Wormwood III
June 21, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We introduce you to activist DIY lifestylers, Staghorn and their latest release.
An Interview With Heavy Montreal Bookers Daniel Glick and JF Michaud
June 7, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Emperor is playing this year’s Heavy Montreal. We talk to the dudes who booked them (and the other bands).
Exhorder – “Slaughter in the Vatican”
May 25, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Exhorder‘s groundbreaking Slaughter in the Vatican is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Video Premiere: Struckout’s “Queer Shit”
May 24, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
While Long Beach, CA-based post-hardcore menaces, Struckout may still may be a couple months out from the July 20th release of their self-titled third album, the band and its new label, Postmark Records are doing an early, full court PR press. The advance announcement was made a couple weeks ago, pre-orders are already available and…
Track Premiere: Nequient Taps Old Veins with “Cult of Ignorance”
May 10, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
There are many things in life that will instantly put a stupid smile on my stupider face. New material from Chicago’s Nequient is one of those things.
Re-visiting Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties That Blind
May 3, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
June 15th sees the vinyl re-issue of Mouth of the Architect’s The Ties that Blind. Today, we pay our respects in comprehensive, Decibel style with drummer Dave Mann and former guitarist/vocalist Gregory Lahm.
Video Premiere: Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below”
April 26, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The world premiere of Shaving the Werewolf’s “Ass Above, So Below” from their new album, One Way to Dick City
Hellrad Vs. The Hack: Debating Reviews, Coverage and Metal Journalism
April 12, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
After their appearance in a recent Throw Me a Frickin’ Bone column, Philly’s Hellrad sent a none-too-pleased-with-you email to Decibel HQ. This opened a broader discussion about the different frustrations experienced by journalists and indie bands.
Interview with French Black Metal Apostates Glorior Belli
March 29, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Next week sees the release of The Apostates, the seventh album by Parisian black metal shapeshifters, Glorior Belli, a band with a history reaching back over 15 years when they came to life as a Norwegian worshipping whirlwind. With time has come change as band leader Billy Bayou – also known by the less swampy…
Q&A and Track Premiere with Russian Post-Rockers Aesthesys
March 15, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Shining a spotlight on Moscow’s classically informed, melancholic post-rockers and their second album, Achromata.
Interview: Septic Tank’s Lee Dorrian on How Music Shaped Him
March 1, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Lee Dorrian discusses his band Septic Tank and the impact hardcore punk had on his life.
Piece by Piece: Examining the Practice of Merch Cuts
February 28, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Sketchy business practice or a necessary evil? Decibel examines the practice of merch cuts in extreme metal.
The Sounds of Perseverance: An Interview with Taken’s Ray Harkins
February 15, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
An interview with Taken vocalist and issue #162 Reader of the Month, Ray Harkins
Split LP Stream: My Minds Mine and Sick of Stupidity
February 1, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Time to listen to some killer Dutch born and bred grind.
Video Premiere: God Complex Stirs Dark Memories with “Insignificant”
January 18, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch a new video from the explosive God Complex.
Kreator – “Pleasure to Kill”
January 4, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Kreator‘s Pleasure to Kill is inducted into the Decibel Hall of Fame.
Track Premiere: Greber Flattens Everything in Sight with “Backhanded Interest”
January 4, 2018 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Listen to some new jams from this colossally crushing Cambridge duo.
