Lists
Here Are 35 Great Metal Albums You May Have Missed in 2020
January 27, 2021 Joseph Schafer
Because we’re not even a full month into 2021 and there is still music to discover. And because you can’t get enough goddamn lists, here are 35 more from 2020 to chew on.
Heavy Metal Slumber Party: An Extremely Extreme Watchlist
January 4, 2021 Emily Bellino
Dig into some of the most-metal horror movies on streaming services.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Horror Author V Castro on Metal Invocations, “Latinx Screams,” and Her Season in the Abyss
December 30, 2020 Shawn Macomber
The Mexican American horror author V Castro brings heavy metal fire to the Latinx Screams anthology.
Blast Worship’s Top 20 Grindcore Songs of 2020
December 29, 2020 Gene Meyer
2020 is (almost) fucking dead! Long live the best blasting bits of 2020!
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with David Andersson of Soilwork
December 3, 2020 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of Soilwork‘s new EP, A Whisp of the Atlantic, we caught up with guitarist David Andersson to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Top Five Bathory Albums That Changed My Life With Havukruunu
November 30, 2020 Chris Dick
Finnish black metallers Havukruunu list the Top 5 Bathory albums that changed their lives. Blood, fire, death!
Top Five Psych Rock Records That Changed Our Lives With Molassess
November 23, 2020 Chris Dick
Dark psych rock outfit Molassess (ex-The Devil’s Blood) dig into the vaults to list the Top 5 Records That Changed Their Lives.
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2020
November 12, 2020 Albert Mudrian
We’re sorry. We’re not trying to ruin the fun by posting this. But if we don’t, someone else will. 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. Don’t @ us.
Bandcamp Waives Fees for November Bandcamp Friday
November 6, 2020 Emily Bellino
Decibel staff recommends a collection of hardcore, punk and extreme metal releases for November’s Bandcamp Friday.
Continue the Arise: Brazil’s Metal Scene Lives!
November 4, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Writer/photographer/tireless scene advocate Jessica Marinho takes us on a guided tour of the bustling, burgeoning, extremely extreme Brazilian metal scene.
An Evening with Loud Night: The Mixtape
October 14, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Current and former members of Ramming Speed, Battlemaster, Backstabbers Inc, and more unite to bring you an extremely Loud Night.
Goth Gorgon’s Top 5 Life Events After Mörk Gryning Disbanded
October 12, 2020 Chris Dick
Mörk Gryning mastermind Goth Gorgon reveals the Top 5 things he did after he and co-conspirator Draakh Kimera split from their black metal beast in 2004.
Black Metal Mavens Gaerea List the Top 5 Horrifying Places In Portugal
September 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Portuguese black metal mavens Gaerea list their Top 5 horrifying places to visit in Portugal. Only Decibel has a passport into Gaerea’s abyss.
Five Times Ace Frehley Was the Coolest
September 10, 2020 Greg Pratt
Legendary guitarist Ace Frehley set set to release Origins, Vol. 2 on September 18. As fans of the former KISS guitarist wait eagerly to hear the Spaceman’s latest collection of cover tunes, we look at five times Frehley was just the coolest.
Jim Tasikas (Contrarian) Reviews His Top 3 Favorite Guitars
August 28, 2020 Chris Dick
Contrarian guitarist Jim Tasikas unload a noteful Top 3 Guitar list at Decibel. New Contrarian album out November 20.
Take a Rocket Ride to the Extremely Extreme Side of “Planet Wax”
August 26, 2020 Shawn Macomber
Blood on Black Wax authors Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas are back with another tome on vinyl soundtrack mayhem, Planet Wax — and we’ve got your heavy metal pairings for it.
Johanna Sadonis & Nicke Andersson (Lucifer) Share Their Top 5 Vintage T-Shirt Stories
August 17, 2020 Chris Dick
Lucifer‘s Johanna Sadonis and Nicke Andersson share their top five vintage t-shirt stories. Lucifer’s new album, Lucifer III, is out now on Century Media.
Bandcamp Waives Fees for 24 Hours: A Decibel Buyer’s Guide, Part V
August 7, 2020 Emily Bellino
Bandcamp waives artist fees for 24 hours. Decibel recommends albums to purchase.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Andy Thomas of Black Crown Initiate
August 6, 2020 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of their new album, Violent Portraits of Doomed Escape, we caught up with Andy Thomas of Black Crown Initiate to find out what five heavy albums changed his life.
Ragnar Sverrisson’s (Helfró) Top 5 Tourist Sites Not for Tourists
July 20, 2020 Chris Dick
Icelandic black metal duo Helfró have the self-titled album reissued by Season of Mist. Ragnar Sverrisson tours the country’s Top 5 Tourist Sites Not for Tourists.
Bandcamp Waives Fees for a Fourth No-Fee Friday
July 3, 2020 Decibel Magazine
We’ve got suggestions on releases to help you headbang brain cells away and support bands/labels at time when they profit from it most.
Five Heavy Albums that Changed My Life with Robert Fish of Every Scar Has a Story and 108
July 2, 2020 Greg Pratt
If you know the name Robert Fish, you probably know him as vocalist of legendary hardcore band 108, but today Fish is celebrating the recent release of the new Every Scar Has a Story self-titled EP, which dropped on June 18.
Five Must-Hear Sludge Releases from 2020
June 22, 2020 Emily Bellino
We’re all doomed, so enjoy a selection of Decibel‘s fave new sludge albums for 2020.
For Juneteenth, Bandcamp is donating their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
June 18, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Do your part to help while grabbing some great new music.
1995: The Year in Not-So-Metal Heaviness
June 17, 2020 Shawn Macomber
1995 wasn’t merely a great year for the extremely extreme — it was also an amazing trip around the sun for metal-adjacent music.
Five Doom Classics that Evaded Our Yearbook: 1995 Issue’s Top 40 Albums of the Year List
June 16, 2020 Decibel Magazine
Decibel dives deep beyond the Peaceville Three with this death/doom addendum to our our new Decibel Yearbook: 1995 issue.
Decibel Presents The Top 5 Demo Tapes of 1995
June 9, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Or, Through a Speaker Rumbly ’95. Decibel travels somewhere on tape with this adendum to our our new Decibel Yearbook: 1995 issue.
Bandcamp Waives Fees for 24 Hours: A Decibel Buyer’s Guide, Part III
June 5, 2020 Emily Bellino
Bandcamp waives their cut of fees to support artists and Decibel recommends our favorites.
The Haunt of Harvey: Matt Harvey’s Top Five Horror Comics of All Time
June 4, 2020 Greg Pratt
To celebrate the release of the new Exhumed/Gruesome split 10-inch, Twisted Horror, we caught up with Matt Harvey to find out his top five horror comics of all time.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Gregory Bastianelli’s Heavy Metal Inspired Horror Novels
June 3, 2020 Shawn Macomber
New Hampshire horror novelist Gregory Bastianelli reveals the extremely extreme sonic foundations of his latest blood-soaked supernatural opus “Snowball.”