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Album Premiere: Abiotic – Ikigai
February 9, 2021 Dutch Pearce
US prog death technicians Abiotic return from a five-year hiatus bearing their strongest work yet. Stream their third album Ikigai in its entirety right now.
The Plague Rages So Mike DiSalvo, Friends Rip On This Napalm Death Cover
February 8, 2021 Justin Norton
Death metal vocal king Mike DiSalvo and members of Mercurial and Misery Index team up to to record a ripping cover of Napalm Death’s Fear, Emptiness, Despair classic.
Album Stream + Interview: Pan-Amerikan Native Front – Little Turtle’s War
February 5, 2021 Dutch Pearce
Little Turtle’s War, the new album from indigenous solo black metal mission Pan-Amerikan Native Front is streaming in full here, with exclusive insight from Kurator of War of PANF himself.
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School: Metal Musicians Reveal Their High School Bands: Part 2
February 3, 2021 Blake Harrison
Members of Eyehategod, Darkest Hour, KEN mode, Possessed and more discuss the humble beginnings of their first high school bands.
Track Premiere: Seized Up – “Marching Down the Spiral”
February 3, 2021 Sean Frasier
Californian supergroup Seized Up deck you with an uppercut of hardcore punk in the upcoming EP’s title track, “Marching Down the Spiral.”
Track Stream: Secret Fun Club Pull the Trigger on Engine Kid’s “Nail Gun”
January 28, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out noise duo Secret Fun Club (officially) paying their respects to Greg Anderson’s Engine Kid.
Full Stream: Bleach Everything — “Bound/Cured”
January 27, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Bleach Everything breaks on through to the other side on the avant punk hardcore masterpiece Bound/Cured.
Album Premiere: The Ruins of Beverast – ‘The Thule Grimoires’
January 27, 2021 Sean Frasier
The Ruins of Beverast emerge from the fog of a new year with their sixth LP of cerebral blackened doom, The Thule Grimoires.
Full Album Premiere: Pounder – ‘Breaking the World’
January 25, 2021 Chris Dick
California-based heavy metal purveyors Pounder deafen the world on thunderous new album, Breaking the World. Streaming with metal might now at Decibel!
Brutal Renaissance: Rich Thurston (ex-Terror/Blood Has Been Shed) Talks Raising Up the High End Hardcore of Lowest
January 20, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Ex-Terror/Culture lifer Rich Thurston talks Lowest, Treason, and lessons from fighting MMA and playing in Blood Has Been Shed.
Album Premiere: SNOW – ‘Fast N´Heavy Loud N´Slow’
January 20, 2021 Sean Frasier
Brazilian project SNOW balances sludge and hardcore skate punk on their accurately titled debut LP, Fast N´Heavy Loud N´Slow.
Shallow North Dakota’s Tony Jacome Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer. GoFundMe Organized to Help His Family
January 16, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Some tragic news has come down the pipeline this week with the revelation that former Shallow North Dakota drummer/vocalist Tony Jacome has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
Video Premiere: Without Mercy’s “I Break the Chain” Showcases Blast Beats, Breakdowns, Beer Guts and Brogues
January 14, 2021 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the new video by BC death thrashers Without Mercy.
Rock ‘n’ Roll High School: Metal Musicians Reveal Their High School Bands: Part 1
January 13, 2021 Blake Harrison
Members of Converge, Exhumed, Municipal Waste, Integrity and more discuss the humble beginnings of their first high school bands.
Track Premiere: Belushi Speed Ball — “Captain Planet Can’t Stop Us”
January 13, 2021 Shawn Macomber
A green superhero sees red on Louisville crossover thrash sluggers Belushi Speed Ball‘s latest high-octane jam.
Album Premiere: Coffins – ‘Defilements’
January 13, 2021 Sean Frasier
Japanese death crust hellbringers Coffins release a savage two-hour compilation of rancid rarities on Defilement.
Track Premiere: Oceana – “Atlantidea Suite Pt. 1”
January 11, 2021 Chris Dick
Italian progressive metal outfit Oceana (featuring Novembre members) reveal new track “Atlantidea Suite Pt. 1” off new album, The Pattern.
Threads of Darkness: Ex-Agalloch Bassist Jason Walton Resurrects Classic Disharmonic Orchestra & Confessor Shirt Designs
January 6, 2021 Shawn Macomber
Former Agalloch bassist Jason Walton is raising classic underground metal T-shirts and hoodies from the dead.
Video Premiere: Taking it to the Streets with Moxiebeat’s “People’s Protection Program”
December 31, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Watch the new video by DIY hardcore ragers Moxiebeat!
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Horror Author V Castro on Metal Invocations, “Latinx Screams,” and Her Season in the Abyss
December 30, 2020 Shawn Macomber
The Mexican American horror author V Castro brings heavy metal fire to the Latinx Screams anthology.
Video Premiere: Left to Vanish – “Pity”
December 30, 2020 Sean Frasier
Venture into the darkness to watch the music video from metalcore throne-smashers Left to Vanish. Stream their new single “Pity” now.
Track Premiere: Sagenland “Bladval”
December 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Dutch black metal duo Sagenland premiere new track “Bladval” from their upcoming debut album Oale Groond. Only at Decibel!
Radical Sonic Formulas: Swiss Metallic Hardcore Trailblazers Knut Reissue “Leftovers”
December 23, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Knut‘s noisy metallic hardcore “leftovers” are tastier than most extreme music main courses.
Incantation’s John McEntee and Chuck Sherwood Provide ‘Sect of Vile Divinities’ Track-By-Track Breakdown
December 22, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Incantation takes you on a track-by-track tour of their death metal juggernaut Sect of Vile Divinities
Full EP Stream: Blackening up the Doom with Within Nostalgia
December 17, 2020 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take a listen to the new album by Ontario post/black/doom duo Within Nostalgia!
Track Premiere: Grand Cadaver “Blood-Filled Skies”
December 16, 2020 Chris Dick
Swedish death metal veterans relive the oldest days in Grand Cadaver. Decibel joins the bloodbath with new track “Blood-filled Skies”. Only death (metal) is real!
Video Premiere: Black Magnet — “Divination Equipment”
December 16, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Black Magnet resurrects classic industrial metal madness via the punishing clip for “Divination Equipment.”
Video Premiere: Widow Rings – “A Little Forever”
December 16, 2020 Sean Frasier
Virginian post-punks Widow Rings transport us to the golden age of music videos with their goth anthem “A Little Forever.”
Track Premiere: EOS “The Great Ascension”
December 14, 2020 Chris Dick
Australian black metallers EOS emerge from the shadows on new track, “The Great Ascension.” Only black metal is real at Decibel!
Always Love, Never Fear: Harvey Milk’s Creston Spiers Talks Bringing it All Back Home
December 9, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Harvey Milk frontman Creston Spiers returns with a predictably unpredictable, heavy, fuzzy take on classic rock.
