Justify Your Shitty Taste

Celebrate the culmination of spooky season by revisiting Danzig‘s oft overlooked monster, 6:66 Satan’s Child.

In which Neill Jameson stumps hard for Gorgoroth‘s re-recording of their mid-’90s black metal classic in the guise of Under the Sign of Hell 2011.

Justifying Crimson Glory‘s much-maligned prog-glam sidestep Strange and Beautiful.

In which we revisit the oft misunderstood 1996 release from Finnish death/grind-turned rock heroes Xysma.

In which we reconsider industrial post-punk heroes Killing Joke‘s 1988 misfire that got them dropped from a major label.

Justifying Corrosion of Conformity‘s divisive rawk and roller America’s Volume Dealer.

Looking back on Massacre‘s forgotten groove-metal flop Promise and, well, trying to justify it, anyway.

Justifying Twisted Sister‘s 1987 swansong Love Is for Suckers.

Crunching the numbers on Morbid Angel‘s ill-fated Illud Divinum Insanus and defending 54.55 percent of it.

In which we reconsider thrash metal heroes Destruction‘s first Schimer-less foray, 1990’s overlooked Cracked Brain.

If Municipal Waste released it, you’d love it, so let’s give M.O.D.’s Surfin’ M.O.D. the attention it deserves.

A crust-punk angel cries every time Discharge‘s Grave New World is spun, but today we’re here to justify the punk band’s foray into glam.

In which Neill Jameson reconsiders Darkthrone‘s 1999 “comeback” Ravishing Grimness.

In which Neill Jameson reconsiders Suicidal Tendencies‘s “mellow” 1992 downer The Art of Rebellion.

In which Neill Jameson reconsiders Amorphis‘s controversial 1996 prog-metal gem Elegy.

Revisiting the rot ‘n’ roll of Blackstar‘s only album, 1997’s Barbed Wire Soul.

Hey, you’re wrong: Warrant’s Cherry Pie is actually pretty awesome.

Looking back and justifying Sacred Reich‘s underrated 1996 album Heal, which doesn’t really sound like what you remember it sounding like.

Hearts like wheels and doomy sleaze rock: re-evaluating Black Sabbath‘s 1986 album Seventh Star.

Revisiting and justifying Raven‘s major-label experiment The Pack Is Back.

Revisiting two of Entombed‘s later records, Serpent Saints and Morning Star.

Revisiting Master’s Hammer‘s much-maligned Slagry.

Revisiting Saint Vitus‘s much-maligned C.O.D.

Kreator‘s 1992 album Renewal is nowhere near as shitty, or as industrial, as you think. Let’s re-evaluate.

Krieg’s Neill Jameson reconsiders Beherit‘s much-maligned electronic records.

In 1987, Def Leppard released Hysteria , and metalheads worldwide agreed they had jumped the shark. Time to re-evaluate that.

No need to double check the web address bar. Yes, this is Decibel discussing an old Devin Townsend joint. Physicist proves that for every album there is a reaction. Here’s ours.

Surprised we’re highlighting this one? So are we. But Faith No More‘s legacy deserves a better shake than we first gave it, so let’s lean toward the urinal of taste and shimmy until the job is done right.

You’re an adult now. It’s okay to give the post-Huckins/Singer Deadguy EP another chance.

We shrugged our shoulders at it in 1991, but it’s time to realize that Angel Rat totally rules.