Lists
To Mordor and Back: 5 Great Summoning Songs
December 15, 2017 J. Andrew
In anticipation of their latest album, “With Doom We Come,” in 2018, here are 5 great songs to get into Summoning, the masters of Tolkien black metal.
Rank and Defile: Shane Embury Orders Napalm Death’s Albums from Worst to Best
December 13, 2017 Albert Mudrian
Taken from the pages of our limited edition Napalm Death Special Issue, Napalm’s legendary bassist orders the extreme metal institution’s LP discography.
Top Ten Black-Thrash Albums by Steve Jansson (Daeva)
December 6, 2017 Joseph Schafer
Steve Jansson (Crypt Sermon, Trenchrot, Daeva) discusses his top 10 black-thrash albums with Decibel.
The Deep, Dark Heavy Metal Roots of Occult Horror Comic New Canaan
December 6, 2017 Shawn Macomber
Welcome to New Canaan, where the panics are all satanic and the metals ultra heavy.
Somewhere in Time: 5 Debuts That Turned 30 in 2017
November 27, 2017 Emily Bellino
1987 was a massive year for extreme music, with debut albums from Death, Napalm Death, Guns N’ Roses and more. We revisit them.
35 Overlooked Albums of 2017
November 27, 2017 Joseph Schafer
35 records you may have missed, but should consider listening to.
SPOILER: Here Are Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2017
November 20, 2017 Albert Mudrian
SPOILER! SPOILER! SPOILER! Don’t click here if you don’t want to see Decibel’s Top 40 Albums of 2017. Definitely click here if you love typing “NO [INSERT ALBUM HERE]? THIS LIST IS INVALID!”
10 Great Songs About Eating
November 17, 2017 J. Andrew
Every holiday season has its own hallmarks, the things that you identify with the time to make it complete and recognizable. Valentine’s Day has its ill-advised first dates, Saint Patrick’s day has its ill-advised consumption of Irish Carbombs, Christmas has its ill-advised decision to ever voluntarily listen to Christmas music. Others, like Halloween, are just…
November 2017 Decibel Meter: Red Before Black (Friday)
November 14, 2017 Decibel Magazine
Last April we announced our partnership with f.y.e. for the Decibel Meter, a monthly collection featured both online and in store to make sure you don’t miss any of the essential titles from each month. And while we know you’re preparing to spend all that money in the “savings” account on five-dollar flatscreens and pennies-on-the-dollar…
Five Hardcore Releases From 2017 You Shouldn’t Miss
November 2, 2017 Emily Bellino
With so many killer metal releases this year, you may have overlooked these 5 hardcore records that deserve a spot in your regular rotation.
Spooky Synths: A Neill Jameson Halloween Playlist
October 31, 2017 Neill Jameson
Krieg’s Neill Jameson curates a special, dungeon synth-focused holiday playlist for the 2017 Halloween/winter season.
Top 10 Drummer Vocalists in Metal
October 30, 2017 Joseph Schafer
Who are the best drummer/vocalists in metal? Decibel ranks some of the most impressive.
The Top 5 Heavy Metal Bad Boys Gone Blessed
October 30, 2017 Greg Karlowitsch
Not every heavy metal bad boy stays that way forever. These are Decibel‘s Bad Boys Gone Blessed.
Christos Antoniou’s (Septicflesh) Top 5 Movie Scores
October 9, 2017 Chris Dick
Septicflesh guitarist/composer Christos Antoniou details his Top 5 movie scores.
Top Ten Kaiju Metal Crossovers
October 2, 2017 Joseph Schafer
We select the 10 best songs about giant monsters.
Five Times Udo Ruled: The Best of the ex-Accept Vocalist
September 28, 2017 Greg Pratt
Udo Dirkschneider is the man. Here are five times he ruled the hardest.
Dirk Verbeuren’s Top 5 Hardest Megadeth Songs To Play
September 25, 2017 Chris Dick
Drummer Dirk Verbeuren details the five most complicated Megadeth songs to play past and present.
Dark Ambient: For When You Need to Concentrate…or Meditate on the Nothingness of Existence
September 22, 2017 J. Andrew
While we may not want to admit it to each other when engaged in the fruitless exercise of maintaining our street cred, we metalheads sometimes need to listen to something other than metal. At the same time, however, we may want to maintain a similar mood or feel to our usual death, black and doom…
Top 5 Undiscovered Death Metal EPs
September 4, 2017 Chris Dick
Get ready for a dive into the darkest depths of death metal’s extended play past with Decibel. We’ll provide the oxygen, you provide the courage.
Ten Songs Inspired by Stephen King
September 4, 2017 Joseph Schafer
This coming Friday, a new film adaptation of Stephen King’s iconic and massive horror novel ‘IT’ will be released in American cinemas. Will it be good? King does not have the best history with cinema. The beloved miniseries based upon the novel, starring Tim Curry as the shapeshifting clown monster Pennywise, does not hold up,…
Rank and Defile: Greg Mackintosh Orders Paradise Lost’s Records
September 1, 2017 Albert Mudrian
To celebrate the release of the doom legends’ 15th album, Medusa, Paradise Lost’s founder ranks their first 14 LPs.
Singing About What You Know: The Top 5 Songs In Which Raw Power Reference Themselves
August 31, 2017 Kevin Stewart-Panko
We present the top five songs in which Raw Power discusses Raw Power.
Five Times Shorter Was Better
August 31, 2017 Greg Pratt
Quantity isn’t quality. Here are five examples of how extreme metal is at its most potent when it doesn’t waste time.
Cannabis Corpse Premiere New Song, Pick 10 Favorite Albums to Smoke To
August 31, 2017 Emily Bellino
Embark on “The 420th Crusade” with Cannabis Corpse before reading bassist/vocalist LandPhil’s ten favorite albums to smoke pot to.
The Top Five Sick Sets the Dudes From Plaque Marks Have Seen Working at Philly Venue Kung Fu Necktie
August 30, 2017 Shawn Macomber
Future noise rock royalty Plaque Marks discuss soaking up the dissonance at Philly heavy music oasis Kung Fu Necktie.
The Top 10 Metal Songs About Chains
August 29, 2017 Decibel Magazine
In which we consider the top 10 songs about a quintessential heavy metal topic: chains.
10 Essential Trap Them Songs
August 28, 2017 Joseph Schafer
In the wake of the announcement of Trap Them‘s final shows, we consider ten essential tracks from the metallic hardcore outfit.
Top 5 Underrated Thrash Guitarists
August 28, 2017 Chris Dick
Certainly, lists polarize, but if anything’s accomplished from this piece it’s awareness of 5 top-level string-burners and their music. Time to thrash ’em all!
September 2017 Decibel Meter: Wolves in the Record Collection
August 24, 2017 Decibel Magazine
Wolves in the Throne Room is a band rooted in extremity yet bring something fresh to the genre; this month’s Decibel Meter follows suite.
The Top 10 Metal Songs Never Performed Live
August 8, 2017 Joseph Schafer
We look at some of the best metal songs of all time… that have never been performed live.