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It’s Adolyne Overload Day! Interviews! Videos! Songs! Album Announcements!

August 6, 2015

For the majority of you, the name Adolyne may not ring a bell, but in Western Canada, the Saskatoon noise-niks are on the tips of more than a few tongues

Something to (Carefully) Chew On: New Die Choking

August 5, 2015

Comprised of former and current members of Total Fucking Destruction, Cop Problem and Burden, Philadelphia’s own Die Choking are prepared to grind you into oblivion with III, due out this October 

Taken By the Sun’s Post-Doom “Scars” Will Never Heal

August 4, 2015

Would you rather be burnt or taken by the sun? Does “taken” in this case mean kidnapped, raped or simply treated to a matinee showing of Pixels

Gorod’s “Celestial Nature” Shreds Up, Up and Away

August 3, 2015

French tech-death destroyers Gorod are primed to release their fifth album, A Maze of Recycled Creeds, this fall. We have the exclusive premiere of “Celestial Nature” below

Listen to Genocide Pact; Please Don’t Make One

July 31, 2015

Featuring members of Red Death and Disciples of Chris, D.C. death metal maniacs Genocide Pact are set to release their Forged Through Domination 12-inch on A389. 

Worldwide Obscenity and Extremity: An Interview with Obscene Extreme’s Curby

July 30, 2015

Since 1999, Miroslav “Curby” Urbanec has been putting on the Obscene Extreme Festival in Czech. Billed as a “freak friendly extreme music festival,” OE has faithfully and respectfully catered to the grind, crust, punk, hardcore and death metal hordes. We caught up with Curby to ask about trying to book obscenity and extremity for one part of the world from the other.

We’re Down With Unbreakable Hatred’s “Dysfunctional System”

July 29, 2015

Quebec does brutal death metal right, so it’s no surprise that Unbreakable Hatred has already gotten props from members of Cryptopsy, Misery Index and Suffocation. 

This is Hardcore, All Right. Forced Order Launch a “Vanishing Crusade”

July 28, 2015

SoCal hardcore new jacks Forced Order are comprised of dudes from Twitching Tongues, Disgrace and Soul Search, but their aesthetic is strictly skull-cracking old-school, emulating the likes of Integrity and Ringworm.

Q&A: Pete Jay (blackQueen) and song premiere

July 28, 2015

On August 1, blackQueen will release their new Billy Anderson-produced album The Directress, which features guest appearances by musicians including Uta Plotkin, Joy Von Spain of Eye Of Nix, and Wrest of Leviathan. Pete Jay talked to us about his love of horror soundtracks and the comeback of his passion project. 

Fuck the Facts “Prey” on Eardrums, Preach Noise Salvation

July 27, 2015

It’s been four years since previous full-length Die Miserable, but we refuse to take the advice of prolific Canadian grinders Fuck the Facts.

Finishing Moves: Get Lost in Harmonic Cross’s Dark Ambience

July 24, 2015

Ryan Parrish, Graham Scala and Brent Eyestone have teamed up yet again as ethereal/drone/ambient outfit Harmonic Cross, and we have the full stream of their new album It Is Finished

Get Swamped in Broken Hope’s Gory “Live Disease” DVD Trailer

July 24, 2015

You surely recall guitarist Jeremy Wagner’s European tour diary in the August issue, but that’s not all Broken Hope are up to these days. The gore-slinging death metal machine is about to drop the Live Disease DVD.

Kraanium Had to Come Back Here, and They’re Cracking Skulls

July 23, 2015

We at Decibel have a longstanding policy: let the boys be boys. Hence, you get the slam-tastic concussive death metal of Norwegian (very) bad boys Kraanium.

Morbid Slaughter Dabble in “Torture Without Anesthesia”

July 22, 2015

Because the act of torture is generally performed with anesthesia (you know, to numb your victim so the experience isn’t too trying), Morbid Slaughter take the bold step of addressing “Torture Without Anesthesia.”

BM Duo Funeste Let the Bad Times Roll on “Hilkhot Avodat Kokhavim”

July 21, 2015

Montreal black metal duo Funeste obviously derive great pleasure from inflicting pain. The whirlwind that is “Hilkhot Avodat Kokhavim” is all the proof you need.

Game On: Sweat Lodge’s “Bed of Ashes” Video Premiere

July 21, 2015

More bands should play in arcades. If you suck, at least I can plug 25 cents into Ms. Pac-Man and have something else to do for a half-hour. Luckily, that’s not a problem for Austin-based outfit Sweat Lodge

Song Premiere: Giza Explore Psychedelic Depths of the “Hashteroid” Belt

July 20, 2015

Seattle instru-psychers GIZA are not to be confused with GZA, although they’re probably just as qualified as the Wu-Tang veteran to give a TED Talk about the “genius of science.”

Video Premiere: Meatwound Neither Lie Nor Wait in “Funeral State”

July 20, 2015

Floridian nasties Meatwound are everything that is good and right about punk, hardcore and noise squatting in the same dilapidated basement.

Day and Night Collide in inAeona’s “Sun/Moon”

July 17, 2015

Boston-based post-metal three-piece inAeona are getting set to release full-length debut Force Rise the Sun on Prosthetic in early August, and we’re excited to premiere the album’s second single, “Sun/Moon.”

Full Album Stream: In Defence Answer the Bell for Taco Supremacy

July 16, 2015

Weekend Nachos are nice after a hangover, but face it: they’re not a full meal. You’re lazy and bloated; might as well order P-John’s or Dominos, right? Minneapolis thrash-core merrymakers In Defence say fuck no to that. 

Exclusive Premiere: Gnaw Their Tongues Gnaw “Through Flesh”

July 15, 2015

The uber-prolific Dutchman Mories’ one-man nightmare generator is back at it, ripping “Through Flesh,” the second track on forthcoming full-length Abyss of Longing Throats

Full Album Stream: Hope Drone “Cloak of Ash”

July 14, 2015

Brisbane despondence-dealers Hope Drone have emerged from the underground fully-formed with epic full-length debut Cloak of Ash.

Video Premiere: Wrvth Play It as “Malaise”

July 13, 2015

This San Jose quintet is very correctly billed as technical death metal, but the  most prominent comparable I hear in WRVTH’s hypnotic video for “Malaise” is defunct anything-goes post-metallers Burst. 

Ex-Skinhead: “This Was Never Just About Inquisition”

July 10, 2015

Six months ago, Google mandated that we remove the hate speech contained in comments for interviews that editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian and staffer Justin Norton conducted with (respectively) Inquisition (May 1, 2014) and Daniel Gallant (May 5, 2014). At the time, we were unable to delete those comments, so we simply took the interviews down. Now we’re able to better moderate the Deciblog, so here are the interviews as they were originally printed.

Inquisition Frontman Dagon: “I’m Not a Nazi”

July 10, 2015

Six months ago, Google mandated that we remove the hate speech contained in comments for interviews that editor-in-chief Albert Mudrian and staffer Justin Norton conducted with (respectively) Inquisition (May 1, 2014) and Daniel Gallant (May 5, 2014). At the time, we were unable to delete those comments, so we simply took the interviews down. Now we’re able to better moderate the Deciblog, so here are the interviews as they were originally printed.

Video Premiere: Wolfheart “Aeon of Cold”

July 10, 2015

We’re pumped to bring you the video for “Aeon of Cold.” Don’t be fooled by that first uplifting 30 seconds. The vast majority of this rips, triumphantly.

Video Premiere: “Kittenz” by Sapphic Musk

July 9, 2015

If you’ve been paying any attention whatsoever to this magazine over the past 100+ issues, you know the Decibel staff unconditionally loves the shit out of two things: metal and cats. And we know we’re not the only ones.

Bleak Pop a “Handicapper General” On Your Ass

July 7, 2015

 Take your great taste in mathcore to the next level by getting into Syracuse-based “volume worshippers” Bleak.

Lyric Video Premiere: Powerwolf Venture “Out in the Fields”

July 3, 2015

It’s almost Independence Day, so let’s celebrate with a rousing cover from a German power metal band!