Lazarus Pit

The Lazarus Pit: Drowningman’s ‘Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline’

September 29, 2022

Revisiting when Drowningman got metalcore very right on 1999’s Busy Signal at the Suicide Hotline.

The Lazarus Pit: Gore Beyond Necropsy’s ‘Noise-a-Go Go!!’

August 25, 2022

Revisiting Gore Beyond Necropsy’s unbelievable Noise-a-Go Go!! and feeling the harshit shock.

The Lazarus Pit: Toxik’s ‘World Circus’

July 22, 2021

Revisiting Toxik’s thrashtastic 1987 debut World Circus.

The Lazarus Pit: Sortilège’s ‘Métamorphose’

June 10, 2021

Revisiting Sortilège’s 1984 record Métamorphose and its English-language counterpart Metamorphosis.

The Lazarus Pit: Torch’s ‘Electrikiss’

May 20, 2021

Looking back on Torch‘s 1984 album Electrikiss, outrageous cover and all.

The Lazarus Pit: Omen’s ‘Battle Cry’

April 22, 2021

Looking back on Omen’s 1984 debut Battle Cry and giving it the headbanging love it deserves.

The Lazarus Pit: Living Sacrifice’s ‘The Hammering Process’

October 15, 2020

Revisiting Living Sacrifice‘s 2000 groove-metal album The Hammering Process to give it the second chance it deserves.

The Lazarus Pit: Venom’s ‘Metal Black’

April 9, 2020

Looking back on Venom’s underrated 2006 album Metal Black.

The Lazarus Pit: The Great Deceiver’s ‘A Venom Well Designed’

March 19, 2020

Looking back on The Great Deceiver‘s underrated debut, A Venom Well Designed.

The Lazarus Pit: ZnöWhite’s All Hail to Thee

January 9, 2020

We explain why ZnöWhite‘s 1984 debut, All Hail to Thee, absolutely rules in the return of The Lazarus Pit.

THE HAIR THAT ATE KANSAS CITY: JPT Scare Band’s Lost Masterpieces “Acid Acetate Excursion/Rape Of The Titan’s Sirens” Now Streaming

April 28, 2015

As usual, we here at Decibel are ahead of the game; we wrote about this lost proto-metal group back in 2011. Now you can hear the glory for yourself thanks to our stream of the brand-new reissue of their two albums.

The Lazarus Pit: Believer’s Sanity Obscure

November 9, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for. This week, we have, by special request of…

The Lazarus Pit: Midnight Syndicate’s Born of the Night

October 26, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for. This week, we have a special treat (or…

The Lazarus Pit: SOB’s What’s the Truth?

October 12, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we go overseas for some seminal…

The Lazarus Pit Acrimony’s Tumuli Shroomaroom

September 28, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we’re going on a 50 million…

The Lazarus Pit: Warlord’s … And the Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun

August 31, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we dig through the Metal Blade…

The Lazarus Pit: Coven’s Witchcraft Destroys Minds and Reaps Souls

August 17, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week’s entry is from 1969, opens with…

The Lazarus Pit: Rock Goddess’s Rock Goddess

August 3, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, Girlschool gets sent to the principal’s…

The Lazarus Pit: Decoryah’s Wisdom Floats

July 20, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we go skinny dipping in the…

The Lazarus Pit: Uncle Slam’s Will Work for Food

July 6, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  In celebration of our nation’s birthday (if you…

The Lazarus Pit: Roachpowder’s Viejo Diablo

June 22, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week’s joint proves the superiority of crossbred…

The Lazarus Pit: Entwined’s Dancing Under Glass

June 8, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we discover what it’s like to…

The Lazarus Pit: Fear of God’s Within the Veil

May 25, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we contract a severe case of…

The Lazarus Pit: Lemming Project’s Hate and Despise

May 11, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we jump off a cliff into…

The Lazarus Pit: Leatherwolf’s Leatherwolf (1987)

April 27, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week’s entry is proof that the bassist…

The Lazarus Pit: Disharmonic Orchestra’s Expositionsprophylaxe

April 13, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we have another Dis- band, although…

The Lazarus Pit: Disgust’s Brutality of War

March 30, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we discharge the extreme noise terror…

The Lazarus Pit: Angel Dust’s Enlighten the Darkness

March 16, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for. This week, we head to the ever reliable…

The Lazarus Pit: Savage’s Loose ‘n Lethal

March 2, 2012

Welcome to The Lazarus Pit, a biweekly look at should-be classic metal records that don’t get nearly enough love; stuff that’s essential listening that you’ve probably never heard of; stuff that we’re too lazy to track down the band members to do a Hall Of Fame for.  This week, we go back to the New…