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Track Premiere: Simple Forms – “Unprecedented Uncertainty”
February 9, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Members of Norska and Yob make old-school grunge in Simple Forms.
Video Premiere: Unaligned Open Up About Their “Occhiolism”
February 9, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest single from Floridian tech-death whippersnappers Unaligned!
Video Premiere: Schizophrenia – “Race Against Time” (GBH cover)
February 7, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Belgian death thrash combo Schizophrenia pay homage to thrash’s roots on new GBH cover.
Track Premiere: Negative Blast – “Egghead”
February 2, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear San Diego punk noiseniks Negative Blast shake it but don’t break it on new single “Egghead.”
Video Premiere: Damien Done – “Pray For Me”
January 31, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hardcore lifer Damien Moyal (ex Morning Again, Shai Hulud, Culture, As Friends Rust) gets his sad on in the new Damien Done video, “Pray For Me.”
Full Album Stream: Palace of Worms – “Cabal”
January 30, 2023 Jon Rosenthal
Though Palace of Worms is now over, hear Cabal briefly breathe new life into this project’s doomed carcass and read an interview with Balan here.
Full Album Stream: Freeroad – ‘Do What You Feel!’
January 26, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Mexican NWOTHM quartet Freeroad feel the noize on their old-school debut, ‘Do What You Feel!’
Video Premiere: Arriver Carry on with “Only On”
January 26, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video from Chicago prog-doomsters Arriver!
Full Album Stream: Malleus (U.S.) – ‘The Fires of Heaven’
January 24, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Feel Malleus’ heat, takin’ you higher on their thrashy black metal debut LP, ‘The Fires of Heaven.’
Live Review: Anthrax with Black Label Society and Exodus (Grey Eagle Events Centre, Calgary, AB: 1/22/23)
January 24, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Decibel’s takes in the Calgary date of Anthrax‘s ongoing 40th anniversary tour.
Track Premiere: Plague Bearer – “Antichristian Inquisition”
January 19, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear members of Seattle’s Drawn and Quartered reconvene their old black death outfit Plague Bearer and disgorge some fresh bile.
Track Premiere: Vanishment – “Door to Deceit”
January 17, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear the thundering new single from Seattle’s Vanishment, featuring ex members of Himsa, Heiress, Hell Promise and other bands that don’t start with “H.”
Video Premiere: God Disease – “Ashes”
January 12, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Finnish death-doom trio God Disease don’t want to brighten up your day with their grim new video for “Ashes.”
Video Premiere: Canada’s Alienatör are Rocking Out While Calling Out Cops on “The Less Dead”
January 12, 2023 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out the latest video offerings from Canadian noise rockers Alienatör!
Track Premiere: American Standards – “The Tourist”
January 10, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Phoenix metallic hardcore pounders American Standards get heated on new single, “The Tourist.”
Track Premiere: Negative Vortex – “The Burning Orb”
January 5, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Brazil/California death-doom duo Negative Vortex’s latest single from their ambitious double LP debut.
Track Premiere: Phal:Angst – “Unhinged (Lustmord Version)”
January 5, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Austrian post-rock quartet Phal:Angst enlist dark ambient pioneer Lustmord to get “Unhinged.”
Q&A: SONJA’s Melissa Moore on the Journey To ‘Loud Arriver’
January 4, 2023 Justin Norton
Melissa Moore, the architect of Decibel‘s #3 album of 2022, on her long road from goregrind and black metal to heavy metal nirvana.
Video Premiere: Ontborg – “Steps of Damnation”
January 3, 2023 Adem Tepedelen
Italian melodic death maulers Ontborg invite you onto the “Steps of Damnation” in their latest video.
Video Premieres: Asbestos Worker Bring the Noise… Rock. Two-Fold
December 29, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out two new videos from Minneapolis noise rockers Asbestos Worker!
Undeath, Sanguisugabogg, Mortuous, Phobophilic Members Reflect On Death Metal In 2022
December 26, 2022 Chris Dick
Undeath, Sanguisugabogg, Mortuous, Phobophilic, 200 Stab Wounds, Frozen Soul, and Ripped to Shreds members extol the virtues of death metal in this cutting room floor piece. Only death wears CROCS!
Video Premiere: Spiral Skies – “Into the Night”
December 22, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Swedish psych metal quintet Spiral Skies close out the ridiculous season with a ‘Boogie Nights’-meets-‘Eyes Wide Shut’ video for “Into the Night”
Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren Launches Savage Lands Lottery to Save Costa Rican Forests
December 20, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Win cool items and help save the planet courtesy of Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren’s Savage Lands nonprofit’s new “Lottery of the Trees.”
The Top 5 Bands That Influenced The Abbey
December 19, 2022 Chris Dick
Finnish progressive doom outfit The Abbey, featuring members of Hexvessel and Shape of Despair, list their Top 5 Albums that influenced new album, Word of Sin.
Video Premiere: The Bleak Picture – “Tragedy’s Own”
December 15, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Finnish goth-doom duo The Bleak Picture find that (gloomy) sweet spot between Sisters of Mercy and Katatonia in their new video.
Track Premiere: Pyramid Mass Drop a Big ‘Ol Monolith of Sound with “Offerings” from Monolith
December 15, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Check out a stream of Pyramid Mass‘ forthcoming debut full-length of spacey, blackened death!
Track Premiere: Faim – “Silver Spoon”
December 13, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Denver metallic hardcore crushers Faim unleash the fury on new track “Silver Spoon.”
Full Album Premiere: Hellish ‘The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents’
December 12, 2022 Chris Dick
Chilean blackened thrash Hellish spawns new album, The Dance of the Four Elemental Serpents. Streaming with blood, fire, and death at Decibel!
Full EP Premiere: Bad Wires – ‘Failed Fables’
December 8, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Louisville power trio Bad Wires invoke the spirit of AmRep-style noise rock past on their new EP, ‘Failed Fables.’
Full Album Premiere: Onhou – ‘Monument’
December 6, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Dutch sludge-doom quartet Onhou get low and slow on their second wretched full-length, ‘Monument.’