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Album Premiere: Weedevil – ‘The Return’
April 6, 2022 Sean Frasier
Brazilian stoner sect Weedevil exhale their debut LP of bongripping riffs and ferocious fuzz, The Return.
Blast Worship: Scud
April 5, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Israeli group Scud launch an audio attack of Washington D.C.-styled grinding hardcore.
Watch: CANDLEMASS Frontman Johan Längqvist Talks ‘Epicus Doomicus Metallicus’ Anniversary Set at Metal & Beer Fest: Philly
April 5, 2022 Albert Mudrian
Candlemass vocalist/legend Johan Längqvist discusses the doom kings’ special Epicus Doomicus Metallicus set at Metal & Beer Fest, amazingly, on the record’s 36th birthday.
Track Premiere: Last Wishes — “Loyalty”
March 30, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Hear the fresh-yet-old-school-based hardcore attack of Last Wishes in advance of their gritty, bouncy, defiant debut full-length Organized Hate.
Q&A: Keith Morris on the CIRCLE JERKS Reunion
March 30, 2022 Justin Norton
Catching up with hardcore OG and Circle Jerks frontman Keith Morris on the band’s return to the stage after 15 years.
Grim Reefer Fest Smokes Up Baltimore on April 16th
March 30, 2022 Sean Frasier
Grim Reefer Fest celebrates riffs and spliffs with a nine-band lineup of stoned heaviness on April 16th in Baltimore, MD.
Video Premiere: WOORMS – ‘Quiet As Isaac’
March 28, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based trio WOORMS unveils their third LP, Fatalismo, this spring, and they’re giving us a teaser right now with the video for “Quiet As Isaac.”
Video Premiere: THROES – ‘Fang’
March 24, 2022 Shane Mehling
We’re not gonna give away the ending of this new video by Idaho quintet THROES, but it will only take you about 90 seconds to figure out the twist in the chaotic “Fang.”
Mirai Kawashima of SIGH Discusses His Video Game Debut, Voice Acting and Future Sigh Material
March 24, 2022 Michael Wohlberg
The Sigh mastermind lends his voice to the popular horror game Dead By Daylight, as well as shares what’s in store for the avant garde black metal institution.
Track Premiere: Assumption – “Submerged by Hadean Tides”
March 23, 2022 Sean Frasier
Italian death/doom cosmonauts Assumption release their upcoming LP’s stellar first single, “Submerged by Hadean Tides.”
Blast Worship – Human Cull
March 22, 2022 Gene Meyer
Accelerate the world’s demise with some sci-fi dystopian type grindcore for U.K. trio Human Cull.
Decibel Magazine Metal & Beer Fest: Philly Welcomes Mocama Beer Company & MNRK Heavy
March 17, 2022 Decibel Magazine
We’re proud to announce the addition of Florida’s Mocama Beer Company to our pouring brewery lineup and MNRK Heavy to our collection of presenting sponsors for this year’s event on June 10-11 at the Fillmore Philly.
Don Argott and Demian Fenton On Their New Dio Documentary, ‘Dreamers Never Die’
March 17, 2022 Justin Norton
New documentary Dio: Dreamers Never Die debuts at SXSW today. The filmmakers discuss how the movie came together and the lessons we can all take from Ronnie’s James Dio’s heroic journey.
Rebirth Part 2: Reactivated Skarhead Takes New “Defiance” On the Road
March 16, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Certified New York City Hardcore superstar Danny Diablo resurrects Skarhead and Crown of Thornz for a multi-front breakdown war.
Cradle of Filth Stream Their Full “Dusk…and Her Embrace” Set This Weekend
March 16, 2022 Sean Frasier
Cradle of Filth revisit their landmark Dusk…and her Embrace album with a special performance streaming on the Spring Equinox.
Blast Worship: Fake Dust
March 15, 2022 Gene Meyer
There may be (at least) two Portlands, but there is only one grindcore band called Fake Dust.
Fallow Heart: Truth in Dissonance Part II: Don Anderson (Sculptured, ex-Agalloch) On Art As a Leaderless Movement
March 14, 2022 Forrest Pitts
In which we present the second part of Sculptured, ex-Agalloch guitarist Don Anderson and Decibel‘s Forrest Pitts lengthy discussion on creative musical impact.
Exclusive EP Premiere: Dry Socket – “Cessation”
March 11, 2022 Shane Mehling
Sometimes a name perfectly encapsulates what a band sounds like. And Portland’s Dry Socket found the exact right moniker to describe their painful, impossible-to-ignore approach to hardcore punk.
Track Premiere: Guardrails — “Yours Truly”
March 9, 2022 Shawn Macomber
It’s been a long goddamn while since a hardcore band blasted out of the gate with a sound as feral and kinetic – yet savvily refined in construction – as Guardrails. Hear them now.
Track Premiere: As the World Dies – “Desolate”
March 9, 2022 Sean Frasier
U.K. death metal antagonists As the World Dies premiere their new single, “Desolate.” Album out on March 25.
Pre-Order DEVIL MASTER’s ‘Ecstasies of Never Ending Night’ on Decibel-Exclusive Colored Vinyl RIGHT NOW!
March 8, 2022 Decibel Magazine
The Decibel edition of Devil Master‘s Ecstasies of Never Ending Night LP is “Clear with Violet & Black Splatter” vinyl and limited to just 100 copies worldwide!
Blast Worship: BLCKHWK
March 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Get down with the serious beatdowns of Indonesian grinders BLCKHWK.
Track Premiere: Come to Grief – ‘Life’s Curse’
March 8, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
Hear doom heavyweights Come to Grief unleash the first single form their debut full-length album, When the World Dies, out May 20, via Translation Loss.
Album Premiere: Hellfrost and Fire – ‘Fire, Frost and Hell’
March 2, 2022 Sean Frasier
Claim your own hot or cold spot in hell and blast the debut album from death metal demons Hellfrost and Fire. Stream it now before the album’s March 18th release.
Full-Album Premiere: Comé Mierda – ‘2021 Demo’
March 1, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Horror Pain Gore Death Productions’ reissue of Comé Mierda‘s ripping 2021 demo. That counts as a premiere, right?
Video Premiere: Roadkiller ft. Jess Margera – “Like the Crow”
February 28, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Watch Philly-based speed rock force Roadkiller team up with CYK’s Jess Margera for the project’s latest single.
Fall and Rise: Eddie Leeway Takes On Cancer
February 23, 2022 Shawn Macomber
Eddie Sutton of metallic hardcore crossover underground royalty Leeway continues to battle an aggressive cancer. Here’s the latest update and how you can help.
Track Premiere: Hellbore – “All Men Are Created Evil”
February 23, 2022 Sean Frasier
Tech death duo Hellbore banish us to the underworld in their sinister new track, “All Men are Created Evil.”
Dreary North Fest Announce Lineup for 2022
February 22, 2022 Gene Meyer
Cloud Rat, World Peace, Sick/Tired, Choke, Fluoride, Knoll, Test, Sissy Spacek, Grishka and Brazil’s Test all set for the second annual Dreary North Fest.
Video Premiere: Helsott – ‘I’ll Make Ya Famous’
February 21, 2022 Addison Herron-Wheeler
California’s Helsott are here to grace your unholy President’s Day off are with their new official video for “I’ll Make Ya Famous.”