Lists
For Those About To Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks Of The Year
December 23, 2016 Blake Harrison
Ulcerate, Whores, Gatecreeper, Full of Hell/Nails, Gendo Ikari and everything else Waldo pecked on in 2016.
Black Solstice: 5 Cold Classics to Get You Through the Holidays
December 23, 2016 J. Andrew
When you need a break after hearing “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” or “Jingle Bell Rock” ten thousand agonizing times.
Last-Minute Decibel Gifts That Don’t Require Shipping
December 21, 2016 Emily Bellino
Christmas is in four days, but you have nothing to worry about thanks to these awesome gifts that don’t require any shipping. Happy holidays!
Deck the Hails: Neill Jameson’s Christmas Playlist
December 1, 2016 Neill Jameson
Neill Jameson sounds off on the holiday season and gives you a playlist to impress your internet friends with.
December 2016 Decibel Meter: Classic Names, New Titles
December 1, 2016 Decibel Magazine
November was stacked with top-tier releases from genre-defining bands. If you missed any, now is the time to remedy that, and f.y.e. has got them all bundled together in one place for you.
Mos Generator’s Tony Reed Counts Down His Top 10 Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Albums
November 22, 2016 Emily Bellino
Tony Reed of Mos Generator counts down his favorite hard rock/heavy metal albums.
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2016
November 17, 2016 Albert Mudrian
We’re sorry. We’re not trying to ruin the fun by posting this. But someone else already did. You probably shouldn’t click here. Really, you should just wait for the issue to arrive in the mail. For Christ’s sake, have you no willpower? OK, fine.
November’s Doom Indeed: 3 Peaceville Classics for a Mournful Season
November 11, 2016 J. Andrew
A nice crash-course in the classics.
Mikael Stanne’s (Dark Tranquillity) Top 5 Guilty Pleasures
November 7, 2016 Chris Dick
Swedish melodic death metallers Dark Tranquillity are well known around these parts. The group’s discography is well documented in interview, review, and Hall of Fame form. Now that the Swedes have a new album out, the wonderfully crafted Atoma, it’s time we do our due diligence to see what’s brewing.
LIFE OF AGONY’S ALAN ROBERT TALKS “THE BEAUTY OF HORROR” & HIS TOP FIVE HORROR GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR METALHEADS
October 19, 2016 Shawn Macomber
Over the last several years Life of Agony bassist/songwriter Alan Robert has built a fascinating second career as a author/illustrator in the world of dark, cutting-edge graphic novels such as Wire Hangers (2010), Crawl to Me (2011), and Killogy (2012). This month the multitalented provocateur turns his attention to subverting and desecrating the adult coloring book craze with the delectably demented The Beauty of Horror: A GOREgeous Coloring Book — a “blood-soaked alternative,” in the words of its accompanying press release, that will take unsuspecting colored-pencil wielders “on a twisted journey through bizarre carnivals, the zombie apocalypse, serial killer lairs, and haunted burial grounds.”
Top 5 Most Anticipated Sets: Southwest Terror Fest
October 12, 2016 Emily Bellino
Be sure to check these sets out when Southwest Terror Fest goes down next weekend.
THE DEATH METAL THAT INSPIRED DEATH METAL (THE MOVIE)
October 12, 2016 Shawn Macomber
Chris McInroy brought a little shred, gurgle, n’ grind to this year’s Fantastic Fest with his relentlessly awesome, gore-drenched love letter to the decimating power of riffage, Death Metal. The short film is now tearing its way through a huge number of subsequent festivals and considering both its Deci-worthy subject matter overlap and the season, we thought we’d reach out to the director to see if he’d be down to summon up a Death Metal playlist.
Saxon’s Live Albums Ranked From Worst to Best
October 6, 2016 Decibel Magazine
Saxon have enjoyed a prolific career, with a multitude of live albums. Inspired by their upcoming vinyl box set, The Vinyl Hoard, Season of Mist’s Greg Karlowitsch ranks Saxon’s already released live albums from worst to best.
The Top 10 Integrity Songs Picked by New Guitarist Dom Romeo
October 5, 2016 Shawn Macomber
The legendary Integrity is currently recording a full-length for Relapse — news that would be cause for celebration/preparation under any circumstances, but with word coming down that ex-Pulling Teeth guitarist/A389 Recordings founder/superior nasty riff generator Domenic Romeo is leading the six-string slaughter this time out feels more like some straight up Book of Revelation seal-breaking shit.
Thoughts From Two Decades of Road Dogging: Retox Offers “Pre-Tour Diary”
August 25, 2016 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Justin Pearson (The Locust, Retox) is no stranger to the road. Dude has been staring at blacktop and lane dividers in the name of playing dive bars and assorted shit holes around the world for ‘round about 20 years
AND THE RINGWORM AWARD FOR SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT IN HORROR GOES TO…
August 17, 2016 Shawn Macomber
As Cleveland brutalizers/trailblazers Ringworm returns with yet another fiery-as-fuck, slab of bludgeoning occult-infused metallic hardcore entitled Snake Church, it seemed as appropriate a time as any to check in with vocalist and hardcore horror memorabilia collector Human Furnace about his favorite dark films to watch during the offstage lulls on tour.
Krieg’s Neill Jameson on his favorite record stores in the United States
August 15, 2016 Neill Jameson
Krieg‘s Neill Jameson on the best record stores in Philadelphia, Richmond, Providence and Chicago.
Top 5 Norwegian Death Metal Albums Of All Time
August 15, 2016 Chris Dick
Far more prevalent now than ever before. Decibel flips through the musty pages of history to highlight the Top 5 Norwegian Death Metal Albums Of All Time.
Decibel Presents the Top 5 Satyricon Songs
August 12, 2016 Emily Bellino
To celebrate the Decibel Books release of Black Metal: The Cult Never Dies Vol. 1, we ranked Satyricon‘s five best songs.
Top 5 Old-School Underground Metal Fliers
July 25, 2016 Chris Dick
From England to Florida, from Tokyo to Oslo, from Australia to San Francisco, postal workers were the bandwidth by which death metal, black metal, doom metal, and every other underground form of metal communicated. Open a letter and out poured legion! Here’s a tribute to Decibel‘s fave old-school fliers.
Top 10 Music For Nations Releases Of All Time
July 4, 2016 Chris Dick
After 21 years of housing some of the finest metal acts known to mankind, British label Music For Nations closed shop in 2004. The label was folded in Sony Entertainment’s Zomba Record Group and mothballed until last year when Sony rekindled the legendary label’s fire. So, we’re celebrating with an essential Top 10.
5 Black Metal Albums You Might Have Missed So Far in 2016
June 10, 2016 J. Andrew
While the weather outside is warm- everything here is so cold.
Top 5 Maryland Deathfest 2016 Moments
June 6, 2016 Chris Dick
Every year, we travel to Baltimore for Maryland Deathfest, easily the best run festival for underground metal to grace America. Here are five of my memorable moments at MDF 2016. Music-related missives are forthcoming in the August 2016 issue of Decibel.
Friday the 13th: Horror/Slasher Movie Top 5s from Exhumed, Ghoul & Arcana 13
May 13, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Exhumed, Ghoul and Arcana 13 members weigh in with horror and slasher flick favorites in honor of today’s metal “holiday.”
Horrendous’ Top 5 Other-Worldly Death Metal Albums of All Time
April 14, 2016 James Lewis
In anticipation of Choosing Death Fest, get your weird on with Horrendous.
Dying Fetus’ Top 5 Live Death Metal Bands
April 6, 2016 James Lewis
Not one to mess around, Dying Fetus drummer Trey Williams gets straight to the matter (of splatter?) at hand in this Top 5.
Taphos Nomos’ Top 5 Eco-Conscious Metal Songs
March 31, 2016 James Lewis
Mountain of Doom provides “verba/vox/chants” for Choosing Death Fest “Prehadean Sublithic Death/Doom” squad Taphos Nomos. With such nomenclature, how could we not ask them for something earthy?
Top 5 Dan Seagrave Covers of 1991
March 23, 2016 Sean Frasier
Decibel’s all about honoring 1991’s 25th anniversary – just check issue #137’s Metal Maniacs design homage and the “Top 30 Albums of 1991” feature. So when it comes to celebrating our favorite album covers from that landmark year, there’s no better place to start than with Dan Seagrave.
Derkéta’s Top 5 Doomy Death Metal Songs of All Time
March 21, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Frontwoman Sharon Bascovsky dooms you to death in honor of Choosing Death Fest.
Misery Index’s Top 5 Genre-Bending Extreme Metal Songs
March 16, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Guitarist/vocalist Mark Kloeppel goes “off the charts” with this list in honor of Choosing Death Fest.