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Video Premiere: Death Scythe – “Hollow Darkness”
August 10, 2022 Sean Frasier
Mexican melodeath reapers Death Scythe share the video for their freshly reanimated single “Hollow Darkness.” New album out August 26th.
Blast Worship: Ona Snop
August 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Leeds weirdos Ona Snop take their bonkers powerviolence cues from the other side of the pond.
Reborn in Blasphemy: Revisiting Crypt of Kerberos’ ‘World of Myths’ Album 30 Years Later
August 4, 2022 Götz Vogelsang
Deathevokation frontman Götz Vogelsang preforms zombie ritual reviews of lost death metal classics in his new semi-regular column Reborn in Blasphemy.
Track Premiere: Mass Extinction – “Victimized”
August 3, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Today, we have for you some old-school, crusty grindcore goodness from Mass Extinction. Their new track, “Victimized,” is from their forthcoming album Never-Ending Holocaust.
Tonight We Riff in Hell: Mythology & Metal Collide in Extremely Extreme Comic “Gods of Brutality”
August 3, 2022 Shawn Macomber
The new metal-centered graphic novel series Gods of Brutality answers the question, “What if Clive Barker wrote a story inspired by Manowar?”
Album Premiere: Abaddon Incarnate – ‘The Wretched Sermon’
August 3, 2022 Sean Frasier
Irish death/grind demons Abaddon Incarnate summon a new album of crushing blood hymns on The Wretched Sermon.
Blast Worship: Antigama
August 2, 2022 Gene Meyer
Blast Worship welcomes the return of the Polish grindcore heroes Antigama.
Track Premiere: deathCAVE Covers “Leash” by His Hero Is Gone
July 29, 2022 J. Andrew
deathCAVE is here with a new cover off the upcoming tribute album to the crust-masters in His Hero Is Gone!
Video Premiere: Signo Rojo – “Enough Rope”
July 28, 2022 Sean Frasier
Swedish sludge rockers Signo Rojo unveil the video for “Enough Rope,” the first single from their upcoming Majestic Mountain Records release.
Video Premiere: Align the Tide – “Unbreakable”
July 27, 2022 Sean Frasier
Maltese metalheads Align the Tide uppercut your day with a bruising new single and video, “Unbreakable.” New album Hollow out August 26th.
First Annual Barely Breathing Fest Set to Devastate Long Island
July 26, 2022 Gene Meyer
Head to Long Island for a full day of blast beats, extreme music distros and other vendors, at Barely Breathing Fest on Saturday, July 30.
ON SALE NOW: All Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Denver 2022 Ticket Options!
July 22, 2022 Decibel Magazine
The time to swill is now! Get your Metal & Beer Fest tickets to see Cannibal Corpse, Pig Destroyer, Dark Funeral and more at the Summit in Denver, Co on December 2-3, 2022
Scumdog Cinema: Director Scott Barber Talks “This is GWAR” Documentary
July 20, 2022 Shawn Macomber
We speak with director Scott Barber about his poignant, hilarious and inspiring documentary This is GWAR which arrives Friday.
Album Premiere: Wailin Storms – ‘The Silver Snake Unfolds’
July 20, 2022 Sean Frasier
Southern Gothic post-punks Wailin Storms bring the thunder on their upcoming album, The Silver Snake Unfolds.
For Those About Squawk: Waldo Pecks on …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and Tombs
July 15, 2022 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrain returns to tackle a pair of new releases from some of Decibel‘s favorite post-everything artists.
Video Premiere: Rhythm of Fear – “Tears of Ecstasy”
July 15, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Rhythm of Fear unveil their new video for the Hellraiser-inspired “Tears of Ecstasy,” and it just might tear your soul apart.
Read an Exclusive Excerpt from ‘Destination Onward – The Story of Fates Warning,’ The New Book by Jeff Wagner
July 15, 2022 Decibel Magazine
This 400-page behemoth chronicles virtually every facet of the progressive metal heroes’ 40-year history with the cooperation of every single member of Fates Warning, past and present.
Decibel is Looking For Graphic Design Help!
July 14, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Find out how you, too, can become cog in the massive media machine that is Decibel!
Track Premiere: Grace — “Wasteland”
July 13, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Check out the exclusive premiere below of Grace‘s fiery, enlivening new single “Wasteland,” which hits all digital platforms this Friday via Upstate Records.
Pre-Order OBITUARY’s ‘Slowly We Rot’ & ‘Cause of Death’ Live Performances on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
July 13, 2022 Decibel Magazine
We’ve got, not one, but two exclusive LPs of Obituary‘s full-album live recordings of their classics Slowly We Rot and Cause of Death. Limited to 200 copies. Don’t blow it.
Album Premiere: Ashenspire – ‘Hostile Architecture’
July 13, 2022 Sean Frasier
Scottish black metal project Ashenspire demolish power structures on their new LP, Hostile Architecture.
Neill Jameson on Women’s Rights and America’s Descent Into a Theocratic Nation
July 8, 2022 Neill Jameson
Krieg frontman and Decibel columnist Neill Jameson discusses the fall of Roe v. Wade and why no one is immune from its impact.
Tales From the Metalnomicon: Dean Swinford’s Summons Death Metal Apocalypse With “Sinister Synthesizer”
July 6, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Metalhead professor and author Dean Swinford closes his Death Metal Epic trilogy with a tornado or riffs, souls, and apocalyptic fire.
Track Premiere: Witnesses – “Cloistered in Purfleet”
July 6, 2022 Sean Frasier
New York heavy ambient project Witnesses are seduced by gothic doom on their vampiric new single, “Cloistered in Purfleet.”
Blast Worship: Trauma Bond
July 5, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear London duo Trauma Bond come together over in celebration of blast beats and noise-filled breakdowns.
Video Premiere: Inhuman Condition – “Caustic Vomit Reveries”
June 30, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Get ready to have your eardrums destroyed by the latest from old-school death metal crushers Inhuman Condition via the new video for “Caustic Vomit Reveries.”
Track Premiere: Point Break — “I Am”
June 29, 2022 Shawn Macomber
No Keanu, but the latest metallic hardcore jam from Pointbreak hangs a hard ten nonetheless.
Album Premiere: Existence Dysphoria – ‘Minus Negative’
June 29, 2022 Sean Frasier
London sludge trio Existence Dysphoria unveil their crushing debut album Minus Negative. Out July 1st through Sludgelord Records.
Video Premiere: The Boneless Ones –“Good Friends”
June 28, 2022 Justin Norton
Watch crossover thrashers The Boneless Ones address the loved ones that suicide leaves behind in this view.
Q&A: Grave Digger’s Chris Boltendahl on Crusaders, Falsettos, and “Honest Heavy Metal”
June 27, 2022 Justin Norton
Heavy metal lifer, Chris Boltendahl of Grave Digger talks to Decibel about the new album and the graves of the 80s.