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Top 5 Unsung Symphonic Black Metal Albums
September 23, 2019 Chris Dick
Decibel lists the Top 5 Unsung Symphonic Black Metal Albums with Bishop of Hexen, Diabolical Masquerade, Anorexia Nervosa, Gehenna and SiriuS.
Everybody Should Know: An Interview with The Young Gods
September 12, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
In which we conduct a length interview with Switzerland’s legendary avant-garde, industrial rock band The Young Gods
Track Premiere: Sinking the Yacht (Rock) with Seizures’ “Toxophola”
August 29, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Don’t ya just love it when a band appropriately names itself?
Full EP Stream: Darkened – “Into the Blackness”
August 20, 2019 Dutch Pearce
Check out the debut release from international death metal band Darkened, featuring Andy Whale (ex-Bolt Thrower) and Daryl Kahan (Funebrarum).
The Offering’s Alexander Richichi & Nishad George Invite You Into Their Home
August 19, 2019 Chris Dick
Boston-based extreme metallers The Offering offer up vocalist Alexander Richichi and guitarist Nishad George for interview.
Video Premiere: Expain’s “They Live”
August 15, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Expain premieres video. Decibel offers second-by-second commentary.
Bob Bagchus (Hellehond, Infidel Reich, Beast Of Revelation & Siege Of Power) Lists Top Five Venom Songs
August 12, 2019 Chris Dick
Bob Bagchus, of Hellehond, Infidel Reich, Beast Of Revelation & Siege Of Power fame, Lists His Top Five Venom Songs.
Gulch Deliver Hardcore ‘Self-Inflicted Mental Terror’
August 6, 2019 Emily Bellino
You should be listening to Gulch.
Education Gets You Every/Nowhere: INUS Album Stream and Video Premiere.
August 1, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
INUS – “a pre-postapocalyptic, post-honky-tonk-prog-skronk, space Tropicalia, math-lounge powersilence trio”
Q&A: Aaron Charles of Falls of Rauros Vows to Conquer the Ocean
July 22, 2019 Chris Dick
Aaron Charles of Falls of Rauros is interviewed by Decibel Magazine for new album, Patterns in Mythology, out now on Gilead Media.
Track Premiere: Getting Crazy-Weird with OXX’s “Birthday Song”
July 18, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Nefarious Industries will release The Skeleton Is Just A Coat Hanger; These Are The Black Strings That Make You Dance on LP and digital platforms on August 16th.
Album Premiere: Nunslaughter “Antichrist”
July 15, 2019 Chris Dick
Prolific Midwestern death metal combo Nunslaughter stream new EP, “Antichrist,” on Portugal’s Helldprod Records.
Redbait Go for the Throat with New EP “Cages”
July 9, 2019 Emily Bellino
You should be listening to Redbait.
Q&A: Karl Willetts Closes Third Memoriam Chapter
July 8, 2019 Chris Dick
UK old-school death metallers Memoriam release their third album, Requiem for Mankind. Decibel tracks down vocalist Karl Willetts to see what life is like on the frontlines.
Video Premiere: Sludgehammer Covers Peter Gabriel. You Know Which Song…
July 4, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
I don’t know a whole lot about Toronto’s Sludgehammer despite my being a lifelong resident of the Greater Toronto Area which just goes to show you that proximity doesn’t automatically equate with intimate knowledge.
Q&A: Bob Bagchus & Vincent Crowley Shotgun Reality From Infidel Reich
July 1, 2019 Chris Dick
An interview with Infidel Reich‘s Bob Bagchus and Vincent Crowley about their “controversial” new album, Reichenstein. Out September 2019 on Helter Skelter Productions.
Song/Video Premiere: Montreal’s Gorlvsh Get Wired and Weird
June 20, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We don’t know if they are, as they claim, “Montreal’s sickest guitar-less band,” but from what we can tell they make a hell of a racket
Listen to Fuming Mouth’s New Album, “The Grand Descent”
June 13, 2019 Emily Bellino
Listen to the new album from the Boston trio.
Video Premiere: Total Fucking Destruction’s “Anal Trump is Gay”
June 6, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Total Fucking Destruction enter the DNC running with their new video.
Album Premiere: Funeral Storm “Arcane Mysteries”
May 27, 2019 Chris Dick
Greek black metal trio Funeral Storm–featuring Varathron’s Necroabyssious–stream debut full-length, Arcane Mysteries, at Decibel.
“Grindcore Violinist” Joey Molinaro Has a New Album Out.
May 23, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We talk to him about it and touring the US and Europe via motorcycle
Q&A: Andy Powell (Wishbone Ash) Talks Twin Leads & XLIX
May 13, 2019 Chris Dick
Wishbone Ash guitarist and founding member Andy Powell regales Decibel about the past, the present, and the future.
In Search of Peace of Mind: Michael Schenker Shreds Full Circle
May 13, 2019 Raoul Hernandez
Scorpions, UFO, MSG guitar hero Michael Schenker on Playing the Whiskey at 18, early Eddie Van Halen gigs, and recent passing of bandmate Ted McKenna
Track Premiere: Dark Numbers Go Off the Deep End with “Shallows”
May 9, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
“All of us come from very disparate places and try to create music somewhere in between all that.” Wrap your ears around the result, “Shallows.”
Mark Riddick, Lucas Ruggieri, Vberkvlt and More Reimagine Xenomorph from ‘Alien’
April 26, 2019 Emily Bellino
Extreme metal’s finest illustrators pay tribute to H.R. Giger and Alien for Alien Day.
Closet Metalhead: Sarah Kendzior
April 25, 2019 Jeanne Fury
Political author, columnist and podcaster Sarah Kendzior talks heavy metal with Decibel.
Live/Film Review: ‘Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records’
April 25, 2019 Kevin Stewart-Panko
The “Experience” run of dates will have wrapped up two days before the time you read this, but if you come across Industrial Accident, it’s very worthy of your viewing time.
Album Premiere: Sólveig Matthildur “Constantly In Love”
April 15, 2019 Chris Dick
Kælan Mikla keyboardist Sólveig Matthildur finds solace in isolation as the Icelandic songstress unveils new album, “Constantly In Love.”
Blast Worship: Dead Instrument
April 9, 2019 Gene Meyer
Dead Instrument play a lot of blast beats. A lot of them.
Blast Worship: Noisear
April 2, 2019 Gene Meyer
Noisear bring a healthy dose of sci-fi skronk to their brand of grindcore.